Chapter 195 Blast the city and break through the barrier! (6K)

"General Pang, please stand up quickly." Zhao Xing jumped twice and helped Pang Guangyao up. "With the general's help, I still have a million troops."

Pang Guangyao felt warm in his heart when he heard this.

As expected, he is the eldest son of a big family, his words are so pleasant.

Unlike the princes in the royal court, who are all extremely arrogant and look down on others.

"I am ashamed of my crime and do not deserve your praise." Pang Guangyao bowed and said, "I am just a mountain patrol officer, not an important position."

"The prince sent someone to deliver a letter earlier, but I was afraid that I could not help you and would ruin your plan, so I did not reply to your letter for a long time. I hope you can forgive me."

Zhao Xing didn't know what Xia Jing had said to Pang Guangyao, but he still made up his mind: "I'm sorry, General."

"A powerful sixth-rank warrior was sent here to suffer. The royal court is simply blind!"

"But now that General Pang has surrendered to our Great Zhou, he is a member of the Great Zhou. All the suffering and grievances he suffered before will become a thing of the past!"

"I, Xia Jing, swear on the honor of my family that I will fulfill all the promises I made before after we take down the pass!"

"The grievances the general suffered in the royal court will never happen again in the Great Zhou!"

"After we conquer the Fire Demon Tribe's territory, we can even let the general return to his hometown to serve. We will never let the general suffer any injustice!"

"If I break this oath, I, Xia Jing, will not be worthy of being a son!"

Pang Guangyao was used to being suppressed by the royal court. Now that he had surrendered, he was deeply moved when he heard such a promise from a prince of such importance.

Swearing on the family honor, how much do you value Pang Guangyao? !
He immediately knelt down with a plop.

"Pang Guangyao, I am willing to serve the prince at his whim!"

Now that we have made promises, we need to be practical.

Zhao Xing winked at Long Xiao and Chen Shijie and said, "General Pang, you will first serve as a deputy general in this mixed vanguard camp and follow this brave captain under my command. When we get to Huolong Pass, I will petition the military community to officially promote you."

"I obey your command." Pang Guangyao immediately clasped his fists and accepted the order. He also knew that he had come to surrender on a whim this time.

It is impossible for Xia Jing to prepare any documents or appointments.

Looking at the configuration next to Xia Jing, he is indeed worthy of being the young marquis of the Great Zhou. He is accompanied by a seventh-rank swordsman, a sixth-rank military minister of agriculture, and a combat pet of a powerful exotic beast.

For someone like him who came here temporarily, being able to serve as a general is already good enough. What happens next will depend on whether he has made any contributions or not.

In Zhiyou City, the East Gate Barracks where the Xuanjia Army is stationed.

"Ahh~"

Xia Jing rubbed his nose and put down the military book in his hand in some surprise.

"I have already perfected my Sha training, why did I suddenly sneeze?"

"Yuan Yang, Yuan Yang!"

Yuan Yang, the military doctor, is from the Xuanjia Army. There are many geniuses from the Shiyang Cave Heaven around Xia Jing, and Yuan Yang is one of them.

"General, what's the matter?" Yuan Yang replied outside the tent soon. Ever since Xia Jing won over the hearts of the various camps of the Black Armor Army, Yuan Yang also changed his address to General Xia Jing in formal occasions.

"Come in quickly and let me see if there is anything wrong with my body. The war is about to begin, and there can't be any hidden dangers." Xia Jing said.

"Yes." Yuan Yang then pushed open the tent and went inside.

After coming in, he looked, listened, asked and palpated the patient, and asked Xia Jing to take off his armor. After a careful examination, Yuan Yang fell into thought.

"how?"

"No problem, your five elements are still balanced, but your kidney fire is a little strong." Yuan Yang shook his head, "Your heart is sensitive, but it may also be caused by the tension before the battle."

Xia Jing felt relieved after hearing this: "That's good."

It would be a lie to say I wasn't nervous at all when fighting at Huolong Pass.

Although Zhao Xing prepared fire-proof robes to cross the mountain and had spies as his insiders, Huolong Pass had never been breached after all, and its reputation was there.

Xia Jing brought several battalions to the east, separating from the main force of the Xuanjia Army in the north, which was also a risky move.

Following the main force in the north, even if everything goes smoothly, at least we won't suffer a major defeat.

But here, we might suffer defeat.

Yuan Yang told Xia Jing to rest more and then left the tent.

Xia Jing couldn't fall asleep anyway.

"We will cross the Flaming Mountain tomorrow, and start attacking the city the day after tomorrow. I don't know how many people Ye Chongxian has persuaded to surrender."

On September 14, the three armies, the Xuanjia Army, the Shenwei Army, and the Zhenhai Army, gathered in the Marching Hall to discuss matters, mainly to assign combat tasks.

Huolong Pass stretches for thirty miles, which is enough for a large army to deploy its troops.

The Shenwei Army mainly consists of the two troops of Wen Shaoyang and Liao Rulong, with a total of more than 70,000 people.

The Black Armor Army consisted of only 15,000 people led by Xia Jing.

More than 30,000 people led by Jiang Ming of the Zhenhai Army.

There are also fifteen armies of various sizes, but the number of people in these armies is relatively small, with the largest having only four to five thousand people and the smallest having only two to three thousand. Most of the leaders are only of the seventh rank. They came to the east purely because they could not get a high position in the combat sequence in their original army, so they wanted to try their luck here.

The Shenwei Army wants to break through the Fire Dragon Pass and join forces with the Shenlei Army in the west to attack the Qinggang Mining Area together, hoping to get a piece of the pie by following behind them.

These fifteen detachments, with a total of 40,000 to 50,000 people, also had the same idea, they wanted to follow the recently emerging Shenwei Army and get a share of the spoils.

Among the three main armies, Wen Shaoyang has a special battalion under his command, the 'Great Halberd Battalion'.

The special camp under Liao Rulong is the Five Elements Camp. As for the Shenji Camp and the Nine Sections Camp, these are regular configurations and everyone has them.

However, since the addition of Zhao Xing, the Jiujie Camp, which originally had Chen Shijie, has also become the characteristic of Liao Rulong's army.

Under Xia Jing's command, there is a 2,000-man Black Armor Dragon Cavalry, because the Black Armor Army has three exotic beast breeding bases, one of which is on Yalong Island in Pinghai Prefecture.

This place nurtured some hybrid dragon species, and the mounts of the Tiger Dragon Army were also produced from Yalong Island.

The two most powerful armies in Shiyangdongtian had both won high places in the military legion military performance and occupied a place on Yalong Island.

Being able to ride on dragon riders is the foundation of a strong army.

So although Xia Jing only brought more than 15,000 people, he also had the assistance of sixth-rank agriculture officials and priests, as well as two thousand dragon-blooded beasts. It can be said that his strength was the strongest.

Only Liao Rulong's and Wen Shaoyang's troops of the Shenwei Army combined can defeat him.

Jiang Ming of the Zhenhai Army’s specialty is warships.

The warships of the Great Zhou usually refer to aerial warships, and their number is generally small.

Only level five ships can be called warships, and flying boats are all below level five.

The size of the warships means the size of the "Shenjiying", because the carrying capacity of siege equipment depends on the number of warships.

Lan Hongming, the Marquis of Zhenhai, took great pains to get the two armies of the Zhenhai Army ashore.

Li Que's branch is just mediocre.

But Jiang Ming brought an entire warship battalion!
Because after he knew that Zhao Xing had made the Earth Fire Lotus to make fire-proof robes, he immediately increased the stakes.

A lot of warships and flying boats were dispatched to Jiang Ming!
There are one hundred and twenty fifth-level warships alone!

The number of flying boats exceeded five thousand!
Only the Zhenhai Army could call its warships a "camp". The warships and flying boats of the Xuanjia Army and the Shenwei Army combined were not as many as those of the Zhenhai Army.

In addition, other armies and warships are used for flying in the air.

However, because Jiang Ming was carrying Lan Hongming's expectations for achievement, one-third of the warships he transferred were dual-purpose for water and air combat.

There are even three peculiar fifth-tier top-grade warships, named 'Five Elements Warships'!
Not only can the warship be used on both water and in the air, it can even travel underground.

The three Five Elements warships are equipped with many land flying boats and escape flying boats.

Zhao Xing agreed to cooperate at the beginning, and Lan Hou did not disappoint him. In the matter of warships, the Zhenhai Army gave great support.

After the warships were mobilized, Jiang Ming straightened his back, walked with a breeze, and spoke louder:

"Captain Liao, half of our warships can be allocated to the brothers of the Divine Might Army and the Black Armor Army!"

"Our Zhenhai Army's Shenji Battalion can control the Five Elements warships to burrow underground and break through the underground defenses of Huolong Pass."

"The underground alien races north and south of the pass can also be handed over to our Zhenhai Navy for the main attack!"

"We don't have anything else but a lot of boats!"

"According to the intelligence, our troops can at least paralyze the underground defense mechanisms and magic arrays of the 20-mile north and south sections of Fire Dragon Pass for more than three hours!"

Jiang Ming shouted, "Brothers on the ground, don't worry about falling into a pit or being trapped by the Fire Demon Tribe's trap."

"Okay, okay." Liao Rulong smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Commander Jiang."

"With the help of Captain Jiang's warship battalion, we will definitely be able to take this pass!" Xia Jing also boasted.

Things have changed, and Jiang Ming has now been promoted to Jiang Duwei, instead of 'that guy'.

There was no choice, the Zhenhai Army only sent two detachments ashore. Unlike the Shenwei Army and the Xuanjia Army, the troops of Xia Jing, Wen Shaoyang, and Liao Rulong were only a part of them.

The Divine Power Army and the Black Armor Army were not only attacking the Fire Demon Clan's territory of the Golden Feather Royal Court, but also had troops deployed in other war zones against the Holy Spirit Royal Court, the Purple Dragon Royal Court, and the Flame Light Royal Court.

Jiang Ming's troops are the only ones in the Zhenhai Army on the shore. Whether they can achieve success depends on him. All the resources mobilized by Lan Hongming are focused on his army.

"Tonight our three armies will unite and send a total of 18,000 men to cross the Flaming Mountain."

"We will seize the four castles in the south and north of Fire Dragon Pass respectively, with the goal of destroying the defense formation."

"As long as one of them is breached, the army outside can attack!" Liao Rulong said, "In order to create conditions for the troops that sneak in, the three armies will attack at the hour of Xu tomorrow!"

"The thunder in the gale layer is the signal!"

Starting at noon on September 14, a total of 15,000 people crossed the Huoyan Mountain. Because Zhao Xing and Chen Shijie had already led 3,000 people in a day earlier, the actual number was 18,000.

Xia Jing led a team of 4,000 people and crossed the Huoyan Mountain from a place called Guanshanbei.

As for the command of the Xuanjia Army, it was temporarily handed over to Deputy General Jin Ming.

In the Shenwei Army, Liao Rulong sent Yu Ziqi as the camp commander, leading 5,000 people to cross the Huoyan Mountain from [Guanshan South].

Wen Shaoyang's troops sent Fei Liangxun, who led 6,000 men, to cross the Huoguanwei Pass.

As for the Zhenhai Army, they did not participate in the sneak attack, but joined the main force in the frontal attack outside the Great Wall.

The time goes back to the morning hour of September 14th.

With Pang Guangyao as the leader, Zhao Xing, Chen Shijie, Long Xiao, Gao Jue, Xu Quan, Zhang Ying and others, with three thousand people, have crossed the Huolong Mountains and quietly arrived in the interior.

Using the Five Elements Mist Concealment high-level spell as cover for an army of 3,000 people, they quietly left the patrol area of ​​the Flame Mountains and came to a dense forest outside the city.

"Sir, the 'Full Moon City Gate' of Fire Dragon Pass is ahead." Pang Guangyao said, "It is one of the formation bases of Fire Dragon Pass."

"Within a radius of twenty miles, there are twenty-one cities of varying sizes, but the others are just forts. Only Yuanyue City is built on a fire vein and is one of the main formation bases of the Fire Dragon Pass's defense formation." "If it is destroyed, all the defense formations twenty miles south of Fire Dragon Pass will be paralyzed. Even if there are backup formations in operation, their power will be weakened by more than 60%, and many alien races underground will even be suffocated to death."

"Even if we need to repair it urgently, it will take at least four hours."

“The destruction of Yuanyue City will take more than four hours to rebuild. According to the efficiency of the Fire Demon Clan, it will take three or four months.” Pang Guangyao said with a slight sarcasm.

Zhao Xing certainly knew the importance of Yuanyue City.

Yuanyue City is a city of mechanisms!

Why is Huolong Pass so famous?

The bases of other magic arrays, such as the Shui Che Qing Yuan Array that he asked Wang Ji to build in Yuncheng, only have eighty-one bases.

Each array base weighs about a hundred tons and can be transported by a flying boat. The Gantry triple crane can lift it easily and can be lifted up even if it is placed in the river.

But the smallest formation base of Huolong Pass is a castle covering an area of ​​four or five hundred acres.

It can be used as a place for people to live and it is also a magic circle in itself.

A city like Yuanyue City covers an area of ​​100,000 acres!

There are forty-nine such cities in Huolongguan.

Using cities and castles as formations, they continuously draw power from the fire veins and provide it to the operation of the magic formation in front of the Fire Dragon Pass.

It is impossible to take it down. It is impossible to get through a fifth-order "Fire Dragon Formation".

Just think about the scene when they crossed the Flaming Mountain and you will know. Even with all the preparations, they were still burned to death by the strange underground fire that was accidentally erupted.

In Fire Dragon Pass, these underground fires are controllable and can even form dragon-shaped flames to attack the enemy.

The number of true combatants among the barbarians guarding Fire Dragon Pass is only about 30,000 to 40,000. But as long as there are no internal problems, even a million people will be useless in a war of the highest level six.

"The Lord of Yuanyue City is named Badasi. He is Yue Haisheng's nephew." Pang Guangyao continued to introduce, "He is only in the early stage of Tiangang."

"No other sixth-grade?" Chen Shijie asked.

"No more." Pang Guangyao shook his head. "There are two or three hundred people who have reached the perfection of the Earthly Fiends. They are all Basda's guards."

"This configuration sounds a bit unreasonable." Long Xiao said, "How come he is the only sixth-rank person in such a heavy city?"

"Because he is Yue Haisheng's nephew, if there is another sixth-grade master, the benefits will not be enough for his nephew to share." Pang Guangyao mocked, "The Earth Fire Lotus in the Lava Cave, the Flame Crystal in the Guanshan Mine, the Natural Materials and Treasures in the Yuanyue Forest, which one is not a treasure land? Leave some money behind!"

Chen Shijie shook his head when he heard this. Pang Guangyao, who was a strong Tiangang Realm, could only be sent here as a mountain patroller. However, Basda, who was in the early stage of Tiangang, was guarding Yuanyue City.

If you employ people in this way, no matter how strong the fortress is, it will be breached sooner or later.

"It doesn't matter whether it's Basda or the others." Zhao Xing said with a smile, "If Huolongguan can't stop them, a hundred Basda will have the same effect."

"General Pang, do you have any feelings for this Basta?"

Pang Guangyao shook his head: "He and his uncle have humiliated me many times. I want to eat... chop him up."

Zhao Xing said: "After the city is captured, he will be handed over to you to deal with, but you are now a general of my Great Zhou, do you understand what I mean?"

"I understand." Pang Guangyao nodded. He didn't really want to eat anyone.

"How long will it take to change clothes?" Zhao Xing asked Lao Chen again.

After crossing the Flaming Mountain, you naturally can no longer wear the Fire-Proofing Robe to fight. The main function of the robe is to ward off fire, and it is mediocre in other aspects and cannot withstand a few blows from a fourth-tier divine weapon.

The fire-proof vestments were made one size larger, mainly for the armor worn underneath, and some baggage was also brought with them.

For example, Si Nong's Wenzhu box and a small number of siege weapons were disassembled into parts and placed in a vehicle made of Earth Fire Lotus.

"We have already finished changing." Chen Shijie said, "The soldiers are all resting now."

"How much time do we have?" Long Xiao asked.

Zhao Xing took out the almanac and looked at it: "It is not even the hour of Mao yet, and there are still two and a half days until the agreed time to capture the pass."

Liao Rulong was a very cunning man. He let 3,000 men of the Shenwei Army come first so that they had enough time to prepare.

Zhao Xing and his team have already arrived, but Xia Jing and his team haven't set out yet.

It would take a few more hours for Xia Jing and Wen Shaoyang's men to cross the Flaming Mountain.

By the time they get here, it will be tomorrow.

The army outside the pass will start sending the signal on the night of the day after tomorrow.

So Zhao Xing's team has plenty of time to prepare.

If all goes well, after taking Yuanyue City, they will have time to attack other places.

The more you do, the more achievements you will gain.

"Let the two teams of farmers take turns farming. Remember, don't make too much noise." Chen Shijie gave the order.

Although there was Wuyin's interference, he still asked the military farmers in the vanguard camp to harvest some seeds just in case.

Freeing up time can, firstly, allow the soldiers to have more rest, and secondly, make preparations for the Ministry of Agriculture.

What to prepare? Materials for siege equipment can be grown, food can be grown, and even weapon materials can be grown. There are too many things to do.

They were stuck between Full Moon City and the Flame Mountains. The environment wasn't too harsh, so they could at least grow some fire-attribute food.

Of course Zhao Xing also started to sow seeds. He knew the advanced methods of his own sect. As the military minister of agriculture, he was the main source of support for the 3,000 men in the Vanguard Battalion. Food, tools, and high-end materials were mainly provided by him.

The underground fire is strong, so the most suitable thing to grow is, of course, firecrackers.

Zhao Xing and Chen Shijie each carried a box, peeled off the lotus leaves on the outside of the box, and took out the firecracker seedlings from them.

"How many are still alive?" asked Chen Shijie.

"I still have 50% chance of you being alive."

"It's about the same in my box." Chen Shijie said, "I carried the fifth-level firecracker seedlings across the Flame Mountain. If 50% of them survive, it's pretty good."

Dozens of people died, let alone the seedlings.

But it’s pretty good as long as more than half of them are still alive.

There are many benefits to planting fifth-level firecrackers.

Lao Chen knows how to escape, and so does Zhao Xing. Among the three thousand people, there are also quite a few sorcerers from the Five Elements Camp.

There are at least a hundred people who know how to escape.

Yuanyue City is not outside the Great Wall. People from the Fire Demon Clan also have to go in and out, and some people even live in it.

Of course, it is impossible to be like outside the Great Wall, where there are people guarding dozens of miles underground and there are lethal magic arrays and mechanisms.

The interior of a strong pass is always fragile, and it is easy to lurk behind it.

As long as there are enough firecrackers, and you bury some in Full Moon City, you don't even have to do anything. The firecrackers alone will be enough to send Basdar flying to the sky.

"let's start!"

Zhao Xing and Chen Shijie each led a team of farmers and began to plant fifth-level firecrackers in the forest.

Since the firecrackers are already at level five.

So there is no need to use the Moment of Origin.

On the contrary, spells such as Wasteland Condensation and Savage Growth are more suitable for cultivation.

The use of the Tianshi method was prohibited because Zhao Xing had already used the Five Elements Mist Concealment to conceal the area in the forest. If other Si Nong used the Tianshi method, they might be discovered.

The geographical advantage method can be used, both the Dizang Guiyuan method and the Digong method can be used, one is used to gather the vital energy, and the other is used to regulate the intensity of the fire veins.

"Chichi~"

The firecrackers grew at an astonishing speed, and soon a bamboo forest grew out.

Waiting to enter the growth stage.

Zhao Xing immediately cast two other spells.

"Bai Li Xi Yuan Shu!"

Compared with the Momentary Origin, the intermediate Baili Xiyuan Technique only makes the firecrackers grow better, but it will not break the original rank.

"Nine Dragons Folding Technique!"

Then Zhao Xing cast the ego spell again.

The branches of the firecrackers quickly fell off, and the top four sections of all the firecrackers withered and cracked.

The nutrients flow back and are poured into the bamboo nodes below.

The fiery red bamboo forest suddenly became bare.

"Have you learned all the four minor techniques of my sect?" Chen Shijie was watching from a distance. He was still waiting for the right time, but a group of people on Zhao Xing's side had already matured.

"Well, there are a lot to learn. The spells of my school complement each other." Zhao Xing said casually.

“……”Chen Shijie didn’t know what to say.

Who doesn’t know that they complement each other?

The problem is that you have to have the energy and talent to learn it!

He looked at Zhao Xing's book on the Four Methods of My Sect, and found that they were all at the intermediate level of perfection.

In addition, he also has a high-level Dharma, the Original Moment.

"What kind of monster did I bring out from Gucheng?" Chen Shijie even wondered whether Gucheng was turned into some kind of blessed land by Caoxi.

Pang Guangyao was also confused. Wasn't it said that the prince was a warrior? How could he farm?
Farming, shouldn't this be the job of the Minister of Agriculture of the Great Zhou? Only the sorcerers in the Southern Barbarians would do this kind of work!
Is this person the Crown Prince Xia Jing?
Pang Guangyao vaguely felt that he had got on the wrong bus.

You worshipped the wrong person.

However, at this moment he was next to Long Xiao and Shanmao, so even if he had doubts in his mind, he did not dare to ask more questions.

He had already killed a mountain patroller and was completely on board the Great Zhou's pirate ship. Even if he wanted to get off the ship now, it was impossible.

We can only wait until Huolong Pass is taken down.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, two days have passed.

Today is the day agreed upon for the three armies to attack the city and break through the pass.

"Is it almost time?" Chen Shijie stood on the top of a big tree, looking at the strong wind layer. "It's still one hour away from the Xu hour, but it's almost time. We are in the southern part of Guannan. Calculating the time, the fighting outside should have started."

"I think so too." Zhao Xing bared his big white teeth: "In that case, let's prepare to blow up the city! Send Basda to heaven!"

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