Chapter 38: Fried Couch Pagoda
There were no ambushers in Ci'an Temple. The Rust Guards under Zhan Ting easily climbed to the highest point of Yinzhou City - Ci'an Temple Pagoda. This seven-story tower is located in the corner of the temple. Upon climbing to the highest level, you can easily observe the entire Yinzhou City and naturally see the battle situation at the city gate.
Zhan Ting stood at the highest point and said to Shi Gong Zhengyuan beside him: "As such an important strategic commanding height, the Tang people actually bowed to someone like this?"
"Xia Tang arranged an ambush in the city, and there were ambushes on the other side of the official residence!" Shi Gong Zhengyuan had noticed the sound of fighting from the direction of the official residence, "Isn't this just a siege in the art of war?"
"Finish the task as soon as possible. I always feel that this temple is unsafe!" Zhan Ting said to the signal soldiers beside him. After the man ordered, he immediately drew out the signal fireworks to be launched, but at this time the signal fireworks exploded in the air.
"It seems that Tong Xin and the others have succeeded!" Zhan Ting was slightly excited, "Let's retreat immediately!"
The two armies outside the Ci'an Temple were fighting in full swing. The Xuanjia Army was indeed a strong army under King Yu. After the initial panic, they quickly rearranged their formation and focused on meeting the enemy. Ye Kai and Zhao Kexin were worthy of being personal guards, and they were always guarding King Yu forward and backward.
"Capture the king first!" One of the troops in the Tang Dynasty galloped out on a snow-white horse. The man pulled the reins of the horse and stood in front of the army with his head held high. It was Fan Yu. "I, Fan Yi, can meet the general of the Liang Dynasty today, and I am really a match! This sentence was said by you Liang Dynasty people, and I will give it back to you today!"
"It turns out it's General Fan! General Fan has a lot of knowledge about our Daliang, but unfortunately he used the wrong place!" King Yu was also arrogant when standing in the military formation.
"oh?"
"General Fan has reversed the positions of the thief and the king!" Before he could completely fall, King Yu had already jumped up on the spot. As he jumped up, a long spear seemed to be shot out from King Yu's body and headed towards Fan Yun! The whole process was too fast, so fast that Ye Kai, who was standing next to King Yu, could not see clearly when King Yu took action.
Fan Yun stared with his eyes wide open. The move that King Yu had originally had to kill was avoided by Fan Yun. He turned around and turned directly under the horse's belly. King Yu's spear was also inserted into the horse's head at the same time. The horse neighed in pain and high-pitchedly. Fan Yun was not the one who was waiting to die. The moment the horse fell to the ground, it rushed towards the Xuanjia Army formation like an arrow from a string. The orderly Xuanjia Army soldiers wanted to block him, but unfortunately they had not reacted yet, and there was a blood mark on their necks!
The complete military formation was torn a hole by Fan Xu in a short time, and the Tang Bing, who was following Fan Xu, also took the opportunity to attack the hole. After a while, the hole was torn open and wider. King Yu turned around and shot a sharp shot. Fan Xu blocked it with a scimitar. After being attacked by King Yu, not only did not retreat but attacked continuously. The scimitar in his hand transformed into a silver halo in the rapid movement, like a silver snake wandering in the air, colliding with King Yu's gun to create dazzling sparks, and in a short time it transformed its original passive position into an active position.
"No, King Yu is in danger!" Ye Kai was about to escape and go to help, but was surrounded by two enemy troops one by one. "Go to help King Yu, leave it here to me!" Zhao Kexin flashed not far behind Ye Kai and rushed into the battle group of Fan Yun and King Yu.
Zhao Kexin's kiss and swung his hand, and sprayed out dozens of silver needles. Many of them hit the enemy's Yin Tang, which immediately took their lives. This move temporarily forced the enemy to retreat around King Yu. However, the enemy was like a tide, and after retreating, it ushered in a more fierce attack. The battle formation of the Golden Armored Guard was torn open and the number of people was at a disadvantage. King Yu could only fight and retreat, and behind them was Ci'an Temple.
When Shi Gong Zhengyuan followed Zhan Ting down from the tower, he looked towards the west of the city from time to time. The fireworks in his hope did not rise, and his inner anxiety became more and more serious as time went by. If he had not tried hard to restrain himself, he would have been afraid that he would have taken the initiative to send a signal.
After a few people came down to the fourth floor of the Ci'an Temple Tower, the signal that Shi Gong Zhengyuan had been looking forward to finally appeared! A wisp of blue smoke rose from the north of the city, very light. It would be impossible to notice this wisp of blue smoke if it were not for deliberately searching on this bloody battlefield. A rare expression fluctuation appeared on Shi Gong Zhengyuan's face. The time has come!
"Fighting Captain..."
As soon as Zhan Ting turned around, he only saw Shi Gong Zhengyuan's mouth moving, and he could not hear anything he said, because the huge rumbling completely covered up all the noise. With this loud noise, the entire Ci'an Temple Tower began to break from its base, and the tower that had lost its center of gravity collapsed instantly. The collapse of Ci'an Temple Tower caused the feeling of collapse of the sky and earth to spread into the temple, which was so shocked that the Liang army, who was backing Ci'an Temple, was in chaos, and some people were even hit by the gravel that flew out and died.
The sudden scene caused Liang Jun, who was originally in a passive state, to fall into danger. The formation of the Golden Armored Guards was completely disrupted, and the Tang army took the opportunity to separate them. What was even more unfortunate was that the Rust Jade Guards, which were closest to the Ci'an Temple Tower, entered the tower and were near the tower, most of them were buried by the tower.
The smoke and dust that had risen from the collapse of the tower had not completely dissipated. A man covered in gray and white dust poked out half of his body from a gap. His head was unkempt and his face was no longer visible. The man was breathing heavily and coughing. After a while, he recovered some strength and gritted his teeth and pulled out his legs that were still pressed by the collapsed building. Because he used too much force, his whole person rolled down from the mound.
The man struggled to stand up, shaking his whole body caused a small wave of dust to fly again, revealing his green armor. He reached out and wiped his face randomly, and finally exposed his face. This person with dirt was Shi Gong Zhengyuan. His eyes were flying dust and flashing swords. All he could hear were the enemy's shouts of killing and the cry for help and moans of his robe. Shi Gong Zhengyuan shook his head, and he recalled that the closest one to him before the tower collapsed was Zhan Ting.
"War Commander!" Shi Gong Zhengyuan shouted at the top of his throat, and at the same time began to search the pair of mounds in front of him. "War Commander Commander, answer me when he heard it!" He dug the rubble with his bare hands, and his fingers became blood holes and had no time to worry about it, because he dug open one corpse in robes after another. They were soldiers of Rust Guards, who were both in their prime and full of energy, but now they have become unrecognizable corpses.
Tears surged out of his eyes. Shi Gong Zhengyuan remembered that the last time he cried was eight years ago. He knew that this was not the time to cry, but the surging feelings made him unable to control himself. These fresh lives in front of him should have fought bloody battles on the battlefield. Even if he died, it would be glorious. But at this time they were buried in the ruins, and they might not be found and could never go back to their hometown. Shi Gong Zhengyuan felt scared. He was afraid that he would fall into Zhan Ting's corpse, so this means that the Rust Claw Guard was wiped out in this battle. According to the Daliang military system, the general was killed in battle and the guards executed all military laws. He knew that the reason for his fear of death was different from that of others. If his wish was done, he would have no worries even if he died at this moment. However, before the goal was completed, he had to spare his life. The value of his existence in the world was still there!
When the army Gong Zhengyuan dug up the rubble again, one arm was exposed, and there was still temperature in his palm. There was still rescue! Under the army Gong Zhengyuan's unremitting digging, a complete arm appeared in front of him, with a copper ring with the three-winged green phoenix logo on his arm. This was the symbol of the commander. This man was Zhan Ting! The pain of the ten fingers connected to the heart was no longer cared about. The army Gong Zhengyuan only knew how to dig, and he was shouting for help while digging. Unfortunately, the battlefield was too chaotic, and the defense line of the Golden Armor Guard had been completely torn apart by the Tang army. The fire of war spread from the official residence to the Ci'an Temple, and the remaining remnants of the Rust Claw Guard also joined the battle.
Without helpers, Shi Gong Zhengyuan could only rely on himself. As a huge rock beside Zhan Ting was pushed away, Zhan Ting's whole body was vaguely visible. Fortunately, Zhan Ting was not suppressed by rubble. There was a collapsed gate above his body, which endured most of the pressure. Shi Gong Zhengyuan worked hard and exhausted the last trace of strength in his body to drag Zhan Ting out of the ruins, cleared Zhan Ting's face, and watching his breathing gradually smoothly, Shi Gong Zhengyuan finally collapsed on the ground.
While gasping desperately, his nose began to smell an unusual smell. Due to his practice in the academy, Master Gong Zhengyuan judged that this was the smell of sulfur-doped saltpeter. Gunpowder! The tower collapsed with great bang and turned out that someone had buried the gunpowder in advance! Recalling the previous things, Master Gong Zhengyuan was able to guess the general direction of the evolution of the war: the weakness of the guards in the southeast city gate was an illusion, luring them into the ambush circle step by step. He was ambushed on three sides of the official residence, but Ci'an Temple was left behind in order to allow the Liang army to enter the explosion area. In this way, the positions of the ambushed and the ambushed sides had been exchanged.
At this time, Fan Yizhi was very proud. He used every killer move just right, which gave the Liang Dynasty army a fatal blow. The resistance in front of him was getting weaker and weaker. He stood on the horse's back, his eyes only about one person - the Prince of Liang Dynasty and King Yu Xiao Yunqi. As long as he could capture him alive, he would have made great contributions.
"Kill all the people of Liang and capture the general alive! Military achievements are used to cut off the ears!"
Under Fan Yi's military order, the Tang army became more powerful and more rampant than before. The battle situation that was originally evenly matched began to show signs of one-sidedness. The brown army destroyed the yellow army like a tide and buried it. King Yu always insisted on being on the front line and led by the soldiers to inspire the soldiers. The Golden Armored Guards were loyal to King Yu, but the number of enemies was too large, and their formation completely dispersed. They could not, but watched the robes around them fall down one after another.
The sound of the battle became clearer and clearer. Shi Gong Zhengyuan turned around and saw that the Golden Armored Guard had retreated near the Ci'an Temple Tower. Behind it was the collapsed tower. He gritted his teeth and stood up hard. He dragged Zhan Ting, who was still unconscious, to a relatively safe corner, then took off the Liuhong bow that had been on his back, searched carefully, and found a pot of arrows in the ruins and swung it on his back. He stretched out the Liuhong bow with both hands, his eyes returned to its former coldness, and was ready to fight at any time.
Chapter completed!