For the wars of this era, it is not surprising that there are people and men trapped in the siege team.

The civilians brought in are often used as cannon fodder and forced to push siege equipment. The real siege soldiers followed behind with shields. After all these siege men were shot and killed, they replaced them with formal soldiers. Often, the siege equipment was extremely close to the city gate, which was enough to exert their maximum power.

This method can greatly reduce the losses of formal soldiers, and it is also a common method used by some "rebel soldiers" with cruel means on the battlefield.

But this time it is different. Those who were forced to raise were not the middle-aged men, but a large number of elderly, weak, women and children! Unarmed elderly, weak, women and children! There are also crying babies and children among them!

This is not a war, but a naked massacre!

"If you don't want to die, go!"

Behind the more than a thousand people were the soldiers of Lijia who held a round shield and a short sword in hand, constantly driving the people towards Guanchengguan.

"Damn it, Li Shimin, you are shameless!" Looking at this scene, Kou Zhong gritted his teeth and cursed on the top of Shengcheng Pass.

The soldiers around him also cursed in unison, full of righteous indignation.

To drive away the elderly, weak, women and children to open the way in front and take the opportunity to attack the city, it is often only the fierce, stubborn and violent aliens who can do it. Unexpectedly, Li Shimin, who has always regarded himself as a benevolent and righteous teacher, actually did such a move.

These are all Han compatriots! And they are all ordinary people at the junction of Sichuan and Suizhou!

In the Li family camp far away, on the central army command platform, Li Shimin looked at the scene in front of him with a cold expression, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

He didn't want to do such a thing that would be unwilling to the people.

However, the siege of the city for 20 consecutive days failed to conquer the elite Tiance army under his command, which caused heavy casualties.

The army he brought this time is said to be more than 50,000, but more than 10,000 of them were forced to serve the civilians, and the remaining 40,000 were truly trained Tiance Army.

These 40,000 Tiance Army were the foundation of his foothold in the Li family, and every soldier was trained by him after countless efforts and money.

Although the 10,000 elite troops in his hands are not involved in the siege battle, and only the second-class auxiliary soldiers are killed, these Tiance Army's auxiliary soldiers can be regarded as elite soldiers when placed in the ordinary rebel army!

Now these first-class auxiliary soldiers have suffered nearly 6,000 casualties in the siege of more than half a month!

According to the Grandmaster's return observed on the mountain, the young commander's army suffered casualties these days at most one thousand, no more than two thousand!

Although the young commander's army had the advantage of the terrain and the garrison, and had the mysterious protective formation, such a casualty exchange ratio really made Li Shimin feel frightened and angry, and felt extremely distressed.

Moreover, Kou Zhong brought 5,000 elite young commander troops. Li Shimin estimated that if he really wanted to repel Kou Zhong's young commander troops and occupy Shengcheng Pass, he would have to pay another six or seven thousand people.

That would be a loss of 30%! For the Tiance Army, which had only 40,000 people, it would be enough to hurt the body. This is not a count of the fierce battle that may occur after the invasion of Suizhou.

Even if he reaches the city of Liangdu, his Tiance Army will lose a lot of strength, and what capital will he have to compete with his elder brother Li Jiancheng for the military achievements of occupying Liangdu to further enhance his prestige in the Li family?

After thinking about it, Li Shimin finally decided to tear off the mask of hypocrisy, and to destroy his reputation, he also drove away the old and weak people captured from the surrounding villages as the pioneer of the siege.

The Young Marshal's Army has always regarded themselves as caring for the people. How can they kill these elderly, weak, women and children!

Once they dare not shoot arrows, their siege equipment and soldiers can directly push them to the city and attack the city Guanzhong in one go.

If Kou Zhong ordered these old, weak, women and children to "take the overall situation into consideration", he could expose his face, making the young commander, who was already in a state of turmoil because of the massacre of the people, feel confused and no longer in a fight. This will make it easier to capture this heroic pass!

This is simply a dilemma. Kou Zhong, it depends on how you make a decision!

Li Shijun waved his hand coldly, and the sound of fighting drums in the Li family camp resounded even further throughout the four fields.

The soldiers of the Li family who were sieging the city in front accelerated to drive away the elderly, weak, women, children and the people forward, and behind were the catapults, shields, and wooden chariots that specifically hit the city walls and gates, as well as thousands of soldiers who were arranged in strict plastic surgery and slowly advanced.

More than a thousand iron armored cavalry responsible for supporting the two wings are also eyeing them. Once the young general dares to open the city gate, he will pounce on him and strangle him.

...

The young generals above the old pass of Shengchengguan, the soldiers on the front of the city wall were extremely ugly.

At this time, the old and weak people were stumbled and approaching, and soon they were about to reach the range of arrows. Behind were a large number of Li Jia soldiers cunningly using the people as shields and holding round shields to dodge.

Any old, weak, women and children who walked slowly were shot and killed by Li clan soldiers without mercy with arrows or with swords, forcing them to speed up and rush towards Shengcheng Pass.

For a moment, the crying sounded loudly, and many people cried and ran away, begging loudly: "Dear young men of the army, we are all the people in the neighborhood. Please save us a way out!"

Listening to the familiar local accent, the soldiers had obviously bent their bows and arrows, but no one could loosen their strings.

A general asked Kou Zhong anxiously: "Young Marshal, what should I do?"

Kou Zhong gritted his teeth and was about to break. He said hatefully: "The Li family is unkind, we must not be unrighteous. Since our young commander is fighting for the people, if these innocent people are massacred at this time, it is no different from the Li family! Open the city gate and I will take five hundred people to save them. If you can save one, you will defend the city here..."

Everyone was shocked. Kou Zhong was in danger of the entire Shengcheng Pass. If something happened to him, Shengcheng Pass would be destroyed without attacking him.

Immediately, several generals rushed forward and said, "Young Marshal, please stay here, let's go and save the people! We are all members of the Young Marshal's Army, and we have no choice but to do this!"

In fact, everyone knows that going out of the city is almost dead and dead, but they also understand that only in this way can the young marshal army prevent the young marshal army from shooting arrows at the people and avoid damaging the young marshal's morale.

As long as these five hundred people fought their lives, even if they could not save a single citizen, it would be enough to boost the morale of the whole city, allowing the remaining young commander army to fight to the end without end, giving Li Shimin's army the greatest damage and achieving the strategic goal of this battle!

Kou Zhong didn't understand the thoughts of the generals. He looked with tears in his eyes and said with sighs: "I'll go! I'm the most martial arts masters, and I'm still sure I can come back when I go out of the city! You are all the backbone of the Young Marshal's Army, so you can't stay here! The situation is urgent, so it's settled!"

"Young Marshal..." The generals' eyes rolled in tears, and they were about to fight for it again, suddenly they heard a young man saying, "No need to fight, I'll go, I'll go alone, Young Master Zhong, I'll leave the city to you."

Everyone was shocked. When they turned around, they found that a handsome young man had stood beside everyone at some point. He was wearing silver light armor and a crimson cloak flying in the wind. When he stood up, he had a mighty power of standing tall.

Kou Zhong said in surprise, "Ah" and put his hand on the young man's shoulder: "Brother Chu? When did you come?"

The other generals also recognized it, their eyes widened, surprised and happy, and shouted: "Chu...Ship Chu!?"

The young man clasped his fists and said, "Young Master Zhong, generals, don't be fine!"

The person who came was Chu Zheng.

He saw the criminal acts of the Li family driving the elderly, weak, women and children to rush forward on the mountain, and immediately understood the dilemma of his sinister intentions and the young commander's army.

He changed his mind quickly, but a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he immediately thought that this was the best time to attract the enemy's attention?

At that moment, Chu Zheng quickly took out the pen and paper, wrote a few words in a hurry, folded them, and handed them to A Qing along with his token of "Chu": "A Qing, you should hurry back and meet with the army immediately. You will use this token as a basis to hand over this order to Ge Feng and Zhu Chaoge, and let them execute it immediately!"

Ah Qing grew up in the mountains and forests. When it comes to knowing the way in the mountains and ridges, she is especially above Dongfangbai. Moreover, Ge Feng and others know her, so it is most appropriate for her to pass on the orders.

What's more, attacking the solid camp established by Li Shimin with the Panlong Formation also requires the help of A Qing's "heart sword".

Chu Zheng also instructed Ah Qing about how to cooperate with the coalition forces to attack the camp.

Considering that the invisibility mode would be lifted ten feet away from Chu Zheng, Chu Zheng added a few more words to make A Qing pay attention to hiding his figure and not let the enemy discover it. A Qing said in a sweet voice: "Don't worry, Chu Loujun, guarantee to complete the task!" She saluted playfully, her blue shirt shaking, and the girl's slim figure had already rushed towards the distance.

Chu Zheng whispered to Dongfang Bai: "Little Dongfang, two masters of Li Fang on the opposite mountain, are you sure to clean them up?"

Dongfang Bai glanced at him and hummed arrogantly: "How can I not handle it just two scum?"

Chu Zheng also saw that the two masters of the Li family on the other side were only in the entry level, and they were probably only about 900 points in martial arts evaluation. Dongfang Bai, who has reached the "Shen Shen Realm", will not be too difficult to deal with them. He nodded and said, "Let's act separately. You can ambush here first, and wait until I enter Shengcheng Pass before taking action."

Dongfang Bai said "yes" and saw him leaving. He whispered behind him: "Be careful, I will clean up these two guys and come to meet you."

Chu Zheng turned around and made a reassuring move, and flashed toward Shengcheng Pass a hundred feet away.

At this hundred feet of distance, the mountain peaks are even more steep, but for Chu Zheng, who can already control the wind, can still climb up.

He carefully avoided the sight of the two great masters on the opposite side and soon touched the peaks on both sides of Shengcheng Pass.

As soon as he approached this area, Chu Zheng immediately felt a huge pressure covering his whole body, and his actions were greatly affected, and his whole body seemed to be covered with heavy lead blocks.

This is obviously the effect of the "Nine Nine Xuanwu Array"!

But in the blink of an eye, the effect of this formation disappeared, and it felt like it was a light feeling, as if the body had become much lighter.

Chu Zheng remembered that Kou Zhong said that this "Nine Nine Xuanwu Formation" was judged by the hostility emitted by the person entering the formation. It was only because Chu Zheng was worried and concerned about the Young Marshal's Army and had no hostility in his heart that the formation was considered "one person", and the negative effect disappeared and replaced with a positive bonus effect.

Chu Zheng couldn't help but sigh that Kou Zhongjian's formation was really powerful. With his current strength and cultivation, he felt restricted, let alone others.

No wonder Li Shimin did not dare to organize his masters to sneak into Shengchengguanzhong to create chaos and attack the city gate!

Without the drag of the formation effect, Chu Zheng's body movements were faster and lighter, and quietly floated down from the mountain and landed on the heavily guarded city. Before the young general soldiers could react, Chu Zheng had turned into a wisp of smoke and appeared beside Kou Zhong...

As expected, Kou Zhong chose the most difficult and only way to resolve Li Shimin's ruthless move, so he spoke out in time.

...

At this time, standing above the city, Chu Zheng winked Kou Zhong and said quickly with a message: "Mr. Zhong, I will go down to attract the attention of Li Shimin's army, so that he can invest more troops to kill me and attack the city. The ambush I brought will have the opportunity to launch a sneak attack from behind, burn his camp, and kill the defeated Tiance army. If you cooperate with me, you must do your best to restrain Li Shimin's main force!"

Chu Zheng's plan had already been told to Kou Zhong through a secret letter in advance. At this time, Kou Zhong understood what he had to say when he heard it. Chu Zheng only patted his shoulder and suddenly jumped off the head of the city more than ten feet high.

...

Li Shimin stood on the high platform of the camp and saw clearly the offensive and defensive momentum of both sides.

At this time, the more than a thousand old, weak and weak women and children had entered the range of the young commander's archery under the Li family soldiers, but no rain of arrows fell. Even the catapults that had already sounded and flew out of the city did not move at all.

Changsun Wuji next to Li Shimin sneered: "Kou Zhong is indeed pretending to be hypocritical!"

Pang Yuze smiled and said, "No matter whether he is a false benevolence or a false righteousness or a hypocritical act, he is seeking death. The flag of our army will surely be inserted on the head of Shengcheng Pass tonight!"

When Li Shimin saw that his sword and shield hand had begun to walk through the people on a ladder and rushed towards the city wall, only seventeen or eighteen feet away from the city wall, he couldn't help but smile.

The overall situation has been decided, and the young commander's army will undoubtedly be defeated in this battle!

But at this moment, a figure suddenly floated down from the top of the city.

The crimson cloak fluttered in the wind, and it jumped down from the city that was more than ten feet high, but the figure seemed to violate the common sense of gravity, and its whereabouts were slower and slower.

Everyone present who saw this scene was shocked.

Only a clear voice from the air was heard, and he said coldly: "Li Shimin, if this is your last method, it may not have disappointed me too much!"

The young man's voice was not loud, but it was clearly transmitted into everyone's ears, and his eardrums were even shocked and painful.

Before everyone could react, a dazzling red sword light swept out from the air, like a full moon, and the ten Lijia soldiers who were carrying the ladder had not even had time to scream, and were immediately cut into two pieces in half!

Blood squirted wildly, the broken bones fell, and the ladder fell.

The young man had already fallen to the ground, and then jumped up again the next moment, and then soared into the sky, jumping several feet high, with indescribable movements looking handsome and beautiful.

He held the deer-cutting knife in the air, and waved several sword lights out in succession, killing the other two teams of Lijia soldiers who were approaching, and then flew behind the panicked people.

He waved his hand again, and the terrifying sword light flashed away, the ground rumbling and shaking, shattering the earth and rocks, stirring up countless dust, and then a half-meter-wide knife mark, more than ten feet long, appeared on the ground.
Chapter completed!