Yicheng County, Shuzhou City, Xia Kingdom.

This Yicheng prefecture is the barrier of Xia Kingdom's capital.

Although from the map, both sides of the Yangtze River are vast and there are many state capitals and cities. As long as the Yun army bypasses this area slightly, they can directly attack the capital of Xia Kingdom in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

But in fact, this Shuzhou City is an important town that is difficult for the Yun Army to bypass!

Because to the north of Shuzhou City, there are the Dabie Mountains, which are lined with peaks and stretch for nearly a thousand miles from east to west. To the south of Shuzhou City, they are composed of many mountains such as Huangshan Mountain, Jiuhua Mountain, and Qiyun Mountain, and the most rugged and difficult-to-travel Wannan Mountains!

Shuzhou City guarded the only road along the Yangtze River. Without capturing this place, it would be difficult for the Yun army to continue attacking the Xia Kingdom!

At this time, under this Shuzhou City.

The artificially dug moat is wide and draws the water of the Yangtze River to surround the city. The huge entrance bridge is raised high at this time. The moat is extremely deep and the current is fast, directly blocking the road to the city gate.

At the city gate, the city gates, which weighed tens of thousands of kilograms and were made of fine steel, were also tightly closed at this time.

The city wall, which is more than ten feet high, is made of blue bricks and three layers of earth. It stands majestically. There are caves for hiding soldiers, horse faces and other defensive measures on it. Behind the city gate, there are urns and turrets where elite Xia troops are stationed.

The tight defense has turned the entire Shuzhou City into an impregnable fortress!

Thanks to Wu Zhengping's prompt decision, he had gathered all the Xia troops in Yicheng County, plus the Xia reinforcements that were arriving one after another, to form a large army composed of 30,000 elites and 50,000 local county soldiers!

It is naturally impossible for such a force to fight in the field with Yun's army.

But Wu Zhengping was confident that under his command, he led this army to defend Shuzhou City, relying on the dangerous location of the city to resist Yun's army.

It can still be done to stop the Yun Army's advance!

At this time, outside Shuzhou City.

Smoke and dust filled the sky, covering the sky. The forest-like cloud and dragon flags were raised high, surging continuously.

The Xia army officers and soldiers on the garrison wall heard the clear roar of the iron hoofs of war horses and the sound of the soldiers marching in unison.

Looking up, General Yun Jun, wearing white armor, was like a tide, coming from all over the mountains and fields in the distance.

The billowing smoke, entangled with the murderous atmosphere of the battlefield, shot straight into the sky.

In an instant, the color of the sky and the earth changed, dark clouds shrouded the city, and came over Shuzhou City, casting a shadow.

This dignified and crushing power of the Yun Army weighed on the hearts of the Xia Army soldiers in the city, making them feel as if a heavy boulder was pressing on their chests, making them unable to breathe at all.

Wu Zhengping flicked his cloak and, surrounded by generals, walked quickly to the city wall.

This group of people, all veteran generals who were used to fighting on the battlefield, could not help but take a deep breath when they saw the majestic power of the Yun Kingdom army in the distance.

At this time, there were countless lieutenant generals and generals in the Xia Army who suddenly felt a sense of despair and helplessness in their hearts.

Such military power is extremely frightening. If it were not for the high city and deep pool of Shuzhou, I am afraid that the morale of the Xia army would have completely collapsed at this time!

Outside Shuzhou City, the Yun army lined up here, and the soldiers formed a phalanx to fight in order.

Tens of thousands of Yun Army elites gathered here at this time, but there was silence. All that could be heard was the forest of Yun Army flags fluttering in the wind and the sound of hunting.

Hundreds of extremely elite soldiers, filled with murderous aura, emerged from the army, surrounded by handsome flags and banners.

Under the banner, Wu Zixu was wearing battle armor and patrolling the military formation. The big red cloak was flying continuously, making him extremely flamboyant.

Wherever the commander's banner reached, the Yunlong flag erected in the army surged like waves.

The soldiers of the Yun Army held weapons in their hands, looked at Wu Zixu with burning eyes, and shouted in unison:

"mighty!"

"mighty!"

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The sound of his voice was deafening, which showed that the morale of the Yun army was extremely high, and their desire to fight was clearly revealed.

Wu Zixu just swaggered around in front of the two armies to boost their morale. Then he reined in his horse and squinted at the vague figures of Wu Zhengping and others on the city wall.

"You're really patient," Zixu snorted coldly and said to himself with a hint of dissatisfaction.

Although he wanted to destroy the country of Xia, he never made any mistakes in leading troops because of his eagerness.

Therefore, he knew very well that if he lost too many troops in order to storm the fortified city in front of him, he would fail and be forced to stop his attack on Jinling City.

And just now, the reason why he personally patrolled the formation in front of the two armies was to see if he could use his identity to inspire the Xia Army generals in the city to lead troops out of the city for a surprise attack.

To be honest, some of the Xia Army generals in the city just now did have such thoughts.

Especially Yun Kaige, Xia Guoming's top expert, wanted to rely on his cultivation in the land of gods to kill Wu Zixu.

Wu Zhengping was still clear-headed and knew that Wu Zixu, as the commander-in-chief of the army, would never fall into danger easily. If he dared to step forward at this time, he definitely had a trump card, so he ordered some generals headed by Yun Kaige not to leave the city to attack

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Seeing that he failed to lure the enemy, Wu Zixu shook his head slightly and said in a deep voice:

"Prepare to attack!"

When the generals of the Yun Army beside them heard this, they straightened up and shouted in unison:

"Take your orders!"

Immediately, the generals dispersed and returned to the army, giving orders to prepare for the attack.

The Yun army's military formation, which was originally neat and motionless as a mountain, suddenly dispersed like a tide.

Countless siege equipment were pushed out.

The most eye-catching thing was the dozen or so vehicles pulled by several packhorses.

The carriage was covered with white cloth. Where the cloth did not cover it, the thick black steel cannon body was exposed.

More than thirty military masters specially allocated to the artillery team relied on their vigorous military training skills to directly transport the artillery, which weighed more than ten thousand kilograms.

In just a moment, the dozen or so huge, ferocious, dark cannons were aimed straight at Shuzhou City in the distance.

The craftsmen from the Shenji Institute accompanying the army were constantly directing the army's lieutenant generals to adjust the angle of the muzzle.

On top of the city wall of Shuzhou City, Wu Zhengping looked at the moving Yun Army and the strange long black cylinder that was constantly tinkering in front of the army formation, and suddenly he had an unpleasant premonition in his heart.

General Xia Jun, who also saw it, couldn't help but point to the distance and frowned:

"What is that?"

"Could it be some newly invented trebuchet?"

Wu Zhengping frowned, suddenly thinking of the elite Southwest Xia Army who were completely wiped out by the Yun Army.

When Rongzhou City suffered a disastrous defeat, there were actually many reasons worth mentioning.

The Yun army was elite and brave, but its retreat was cut off and its commander was incompetent.

But Wu Zhengping believes that the most important reason is that the Yun army suddenly revealed a way to unite the army, which caught the Xia army off guard, and many soldiers thought it was ghosts and gods who were helping.

With great morale, Wu Zixu used his weak force to annihilate the entire army!

People in the Yun Kingdom like to use these weird things.

But this time, the dozen or so artillery pieces placed in front gave Wu Zhengping such a bad premonition.

"Something's wrong!" Wu Zhengping said in a low tone.

And just when Wu Zhengping ordered the army to be on alert and urged the generals to stabilize their morale, all they heard was a violent roar of "bang".

In an instant, it was like the roar of thunder exploding in the ears of the soldiers of both armies.

Smoke was everywhere, flames suddenly appeared, and iron cannonballs were like meteors, piercing the sky, whistling and even igniting the surrounding air.

There was another "bang" sound, and the ground on the city wall suddenly shook, and rubble was thrown up.

Sound of panic, miserable

The sound of screams and despair and collapse instantly enveloped the walls of Shuzhou City.

Some of the shells fired by more than ten artillery pieces hit the wall, causing huge holes and cracks in the extremely strong Shuzhou City wall.

Some cannonballs directly hit the city wall, directly destroying a turret. Under the broken bricks, more than a hundred elite Xia troops died here before they could perform any feats. Only the bright red blood flowed along the remains of the turret.

Down.

There were also artillery that had been adjusted at an unknown angle, and the shells fired were fired directly into Shuzhou City, destroying all the residential buildings near the city wall. The cruelty and ruthlessness of the war, which affected innocent people, was vividly demonstrated.

At this time, not to mention the Xia army officers and soldiers in Shuzhou City, even the elite Yun army who had never seen the power of artillery were temporarily deafened by the roar of artillery, their heads were buzzing, and they were stunned on the spot and were at a loss.

On the huge battlefield, hundreds of thousands of troops from both countries fell into a daze.

After a while, the Yun Army soldiers finally reacted.

Looking at the extremely miserable Shuzhou City Wall in the distance, their faces flushed and they were extremely excited. Their morale exploded again, and they suddenly let out cheers that shook the world.

Correspondingly, the Xia Army soldiers in Shuzhou City fell into extreme panic and despair, and their morale was completely defeated.

There were even signs that the county soldiers garrisoned on the city wall ignored military orders and fled to the city in an organized manner.

Wu Zixu pierced his ears, shook his head, and then looked at the dozen or so artillery pieces in front of the formation with extremely hot eyes, unable to conceal his excitement, he said:

"Unbelievable. Unbelievable!"

"This is a god-given weapon of war. With this thing in hand, no matter how strong the city or fortress in the world is, it cannot withstand the strength of my army!"
To be continued...