The Southern Army of the Northern Expedition didn't have much time to rest. At dusk the next day after the Battle of Butterfly Hill, Xue Poye received a military report from Sein Fei.
Song Fei marched towards Yongzhou from the lower reaches of the Yi River. Along the way, he also encountered several ambushes. The northern army fought several bloody battles. Now it was only half a day away from reaching the city of Yongzhou, and the target was the second gate in the northwest of Yongzhou city. The meaning over there is to hope that the southern army led by Xue Poye can advance together and attack the two southeast gates of Yongzhou City at the same time, so that they can give the Northwest Army a great shock by relying on their strong military strength, and take advantage of the situation to attack.
Although Song Fei didn't say it clearly, Xue Poye could feel from the lines in the military newspaper that the northern front army's bitter battle along the way must have been extremely tragic, because it was always just a brief military newspaper, but this time it revealed a strong killing intent between the lines And hatred, it must be that the Northern Army has lost a lot, so it hates the Northwest Army.
Called all the subordinates and generals to hold a brief meeting. The Chu army had enough to eat and drink that night, so they raised their army and marched towards Yongzhou City.
But of course the Green Lady doesn’t have to act with the food protection team anymore. The sweat smell of those big men can make people sick, and the environment of the food protection team is not good. It was extremely difficult to get used to, but Xue Poye was a commander after all, so he would take better care of him in all aspects, so he equipped the green lady with a light armor and rode beside him like a guard.
Yu Linwei suffered heavy losses in the battle at Butterfly Hill. According to Xue Poye's intention, he wanted to send some soldiers to protect Ximen Leizang and return to Yizhou City to recuperate temporarily, but Ximen Leizang who had recovered his sanity would rather die than retreat. The only way is to let Ming Xu follow Ximen Lei Zang and take care of him at any time, and the remaining six or seven Habayashi guards continue to follow Xue Poye as guards.
Marching at night is not very beneficial for the Chu army who is not familiar with the terrain in the northwest. Xue Poye would not have marched overnight if he hadn't cooperated with Sein Fei's northern army. In this case, he can only send a large number of scouts to The first thing to do is to find out the way forward, and the second is to see if there is any interaction and ambush by the Northwest Army. After the scouts feedback information, the army will slowly move forward.
Some good omens seem to be leaning towards the Chu army. At least tonight's march, there is still a little bit of starlight. Although it is hazy, it allows the soldiers to clearly see the road under their feet.
Hundreds of thousands of troops, divided into several long dragons, covered the sky and covered the earth under the gray sky, and rushed straight to Yongzhou City.
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Xue Poye and Mrs. Lv rode horses, marching head-to-head. Mrs. Lv in light armor looked even more heroic. In addition, she was a new woman, and her armor was nothing more than to cover up her charm of inverting all beings. After Xue Poye's baptism, it was as if she had been completely reborn. Compared with the astonishing allure before, she was even more charming.
"At dawn, we should be able to reach Yongzhou City." Xue Poye turned to look at the green lady, and said softly, "Are you tired?"
Her man is so gentle and cares about her so much. Lady Lv felt very relieved and even more happy. She shook her head slightly and said with a smile, "I'm not tired." Youyou sighed, and said, "This war, I don't know How many people will die again?"
"Sister, I have more than 200,000 elite soldiers in Chu. They are not the scattered army that just gathered in Taizhou. Several bloody battles have tempered their fighting power and willpower. With their current ability, they can break through Yongzhou in one fell swoop. It is not difficult to build the city." Xue Poye smiled, looking quite confident: "What's more, we still have powerful weapons, hehe...!"
The green lady didn't understand the deep meaning of his words, she just thought that the "powerful weapons" were those siege weapons transported by the siege troops, she couldn't help but sighed, leaned closer, and said in a low voice: "Little enemy, you have seen the siege weapons in Yongzhou City? When you actually see Yongzhou City, you will know that the siege weapons you brought may not be of much use. That city... is not an ordinary city!"
"The strongest city is still a city. In this world, there is no city that cannot be conquered." Xue Poye laughed and said, "Sister, don't worry, when the time comes, you will be able to see how powerful our Chu army is."
The green lady looked up at the scattered stars in the sky, but she didn't say anything.
All the way forward, when there was a ray of dawn in the sky, Xue Poye looked far away and saw an extremely thick and huge shadow in front of him.
That shadow seems to cover half of the sky, covering half of the sky, like a rolling mountain, but it is definitely not a mountain, or even if it is a huge mountain, it seems that there is no thick black shadow in the distance huge.
"That's...!" Xue Poye was a little stunned, and he had never heard of such a huge "mountain group" in the northwest.
The green lady glanced at Xue Poye, smiled wryly and said, "My commander, that is the city of Yongzhou you want to attack!"
Xue Poye was stunned for a moment, and his face immediately changed.
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Yongzhou City, the birthplace of the Great Chu royal family, is now the well-deserved No. 1 city of Great Chu, and even the largest city in the world.
Although Kyoto is the capital of Great Chu and the center of power and politics, when it comes to scale, it is still half smaller than Yongzhou City.
Yongzhou is the northwestern barrier of Great Chu, the first line of defense against Beihu. As long as the Beihu people break through Yangguan, they will directly face Yongzhou City, and the firmness of Yangguan is obviously much worse than that of Yanmenguan.
Whether it is due to its own reasons or to guard against the Beihu people, Yongzhou City has been reinforced and heightened for decades. After the Mingyue King settled in Yongzhou City, the construction of Yongzhou City began to reach its peak. The width, thickness and height of the city walls are all Rapidly expanding, the stones used are also big thunderstones collected from Kunlun Mountains, which are extremely strong.
So what stands in front of the Chu army now is like a huge prehistoric monster, giving people a feeling of covering the sky and covering the sun. The height of the city wall is far beyond the comparison of other cities.
Many soldiers immediately realized: "It seems that if we want to attack Yongzhou City, the ladders will no longer be needed!"
The height of the ladder is far less than the height of Yongzhou City. If the two parts of the ladder are connected, the height may be reached, but the load of the ladder is obviously unsupportable.
To deal with such a city, the most likely to achieve results is to attack the city with all your strength and hit the city gate with a tiger-headed hammer.
But approaching Yongzhou City, the huge city gate made many people wonder: "Can a tiger-headed hammer really break through such a city gate?"
The dark Chu army finally stopped less than ten miles away from Yongzhou City and set up their army formation. At this time, the generals of the Chu army saw that the banners were flying at the top of Yongzhou City, and the Northwest Army was already in full formation.
Yang Yijun urged the horse to rush to Xue Poye, respectfully said: "Commander, shall we... attack?"
Xue Poye looked at the majestic and huge city in front of him with a shocked expression, sighed, and said, "How is the situation with Shuai Song?"
"Shuai Song has already arrived at the North Gate, and he just sent someone over to ask for instructions from the commander in chief. He suggested launching the first wave of attack on Yongzhou City at noon, because at that time, people are most tired, and our army may have a chance." Yang Yijun said : "Shuai Song asked the commander-in-chief, is it possible to implement it?"
Xue Poye pondered for a while, and said: "Noon is the most tiring time for people. This is a good saying, but... our army may not be energetic at that time." Jia Mingming waved his hand and said: "But this first battle is always going to be fought, you send someone to tell Song Shuai, and according to his wishes, at noon, combine the strength of the two armies to storm Yongzhou City... Well, go !"
After Yang Yijun retreated, Xue Poye got off his horse and walked forward for a while under the protection of several Habayashi guards. Every step he took, he could feel the imposing aura of Yongzhou City.
"Grandma's." Xue Poye couldn't help cursing: "I really didn't expect that Yongzhou City is so big... No wonder the marks on the military map are so conspicuous... It's a bit difficult to handle!"
He looked around, and saw that most of the soldiers of the Chu army were staring at the city in a daze, with frightened expressions in their eyes.
Yes, how can such a huge city be captured!
Xue Poye knew that his soldiers were startled and there was a trace of fear in their hearts, and this emotion could not be allowed to spread. He turned around and walked to the side of the horse, flew on the horse, galloped to the front of the army formation, drew out his saber and raised it high, loudly Said: "My brothers, are you afraid?"
The soldiers looked at their marshal raising their swords and shouting, and all looked at him.
"You are warriors crawling out of the sea of blood. You must remember that our countless brothers died at their hands. If you are a man, you should avenge your dead brothers. Maybe everyone has the fear heart, but not today, maybe everyone has the heart to shrink back, but it is not today... Today is the day of the warriors, the day when we draw out our swords and avenge the dead brothers, and it is also the day to protect our people in Dachu The days of peace and prosperity for the country...!" Xue Poye raised his saber high, with a solemn expression, and his vigorous voice flew far away: "Here, we want the Northwest Army to taste the taste of our blade. Here, we want to Let the Northwest Army understand what is the true way of heaven. As long as we wipe them out here, our parents, relatives, brothers and sisters will not be disturbed by the flames of war... I firmly believe that with a group of brave fighters like you, the Chu army will surely Win!"
What he said was full of blood and impassioned, and the soldiers were immediately infected. They raised their swords and spears and shouted in unison: "The Chu army must win, the Chu army must win!"
The loud voice spread more and more widely, and the soldiers of the Chu army in the company roared angrily, shaking the earth and shaking the mountains.
The Northwest Army on the top of the city couldn't help showing a look of fear at this time.