Chapter 160
Dark clouds are pressing down on the city, and the city is about to be destroyed.
Standing on the city gate tower, Wang Xuan finally realized the meaning of the poem when he saw the dark masses of soldiers hundreds of feet away.
Moreover, the weather today was not very good, and the sky was also dark, and it felt like it was going to rain.
The atmosphere was very depressing.
Except for Wang Xuan, no one was optimistic about this war.
Especially the people in the city, most of them had left, and the remaining soldiers added up to less than two thousand.
Wang Xuan did not try to intercept them at all.
For this reason, Wang Er and his men specially recruited civilians to come and defend the city, so that there were finally people to defend the four walls.
But he knew that if a fight really broke out, it would be a situation of collapse at the first blow.
Wang Er gritted his teeth and knelt down, saying, "Your Highness, it's not too late now. Let's go from the south and escape to Yuezhou, and then take the opportunity to return to the northern border!"
Wang Xuan shook his head, "No, Lu Ziang is surrounded on three sides and one is missing, just to let us escape, then he can defeat us one by one. I can leave, but you are definitely finished."
Wang Er was moved.
I didn't expect that His Highness the Prince was still thinking about the Xuanlong Guards at this time.
"It is our destiny to die for His Highness, please think twice!"
"Please think twice!"
Not only Wang Er, but the surrounding Xuanlong Guards also knelt down together, trying to persuade Wang Xuan to leave.
It seems that they had discussed it well.
If Wang Xuan hadn't been so powerful now, they might have taken him away by force.
But now there is no way, they can only persuade him to leave.
Seeing their persistence, Wang Xuan shook his head and said with a smile:
"Do you have so little confidence in me?"
"Your Highness, this is wrong. I know that your Highness has great cultivation and can fight in and out of this army of 100,000, but human power will eventually be exhausted. Unless you have the same martial power as Taizu, it will be easy for the army to surround and kill a warrior."
It's not that he looks down on the warriors of the top level.
But no matter how powerful a warrior is, how can he resist the endless army?
When he was young, the King of Zhenbei could give an order and lead 3,000 Zhenbei soldiers to trample the entire martial arts world of Daqian.
Even the most powerful sects with top masters can only avoid his edge.
However, some people in the Buddhist sect did not believe it and wanted to fight with the King of Zhenbei, but they were smashed to pieces.
As a result, most of the Buddhist sects withdrew from Daqian and fled to the west.
This is why there are very few Buddhist sects in Daqian.
Wang Xuan sighed: "Forget it, I'll show you something, so you don't ruin my good deeds."
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Outside the city, in the Daqian army.
Lu Ziang looked at the gate of Jiangling from afar.
He felt indescribably irritated.
Then he turned around and asked: "Zhongyuan, do you think our battle will go smoothly?"
Beside Lu Ziang were the military officers, counselors Zhang Han and Zi Zhongyuan.
He smiled and said: "Don't worry, General. Those who escaped before said that Jiangling City has been in a state of panic. There are not many people left, and there are even fewer soldiers. I, Daqian, have sent 100,000 soldiers this time. Even if the prince of Zhenbei has unparalleled martial arts and has three heads and six arms, how can one person resist our thousands of troops?"
Hearing this, Lu Ziang did not feel relieved much, but became more irritated.
"But he could have escaped! We have left the south, why didn't he escape, but stayed in the city?"
Zhang Han said disdainfully: "General, please rest assured, maybe he is worried about his subordinates. After all, he can escape, but his subordinates are not as capable as him, and they can't escape our pursuit at all."
"After all, he is just a young boy. A woman's kindness will not make him great. He is still far behind the King of Zhenbei."
Lu Ziang frowned: "Zhongyuan, don't be rude!"
After all, the other party is still the prince of Zhenbei, and they can't say anything.
Zhang Han apologized quickly, but his face was very disdainful.
He is just a traitor.
Although on the surface, the court has not issued a proclamation to attack him.
But he understands that it is to stabilize the situation in the north.
When Wang Xuan is captured, are you afraid that the King of Zhenbei will not surrender?
Lu Ziang didn't pay much attention to Zhang Han's little tricks, but looked far away in the direction of Jiangling City, as if he wanted to look beyond the city wall and see what Wang Xuan was thinking.
But suddenly, his eyes shrank, as if he saw something extraordinary.
"Zhongyuan, look, what are those...?"
Zhang Han looked in the direction Lu Ziang pointed and was also surprised.
Could this dust in the sky be a dust storm?
But he calculated that there might be a heavy rain in half an hour, but this place in Jingchu is not as dry as the north, so how could there be dust?Violent?
But the next moment.
Boom boom boom!
The sound of clear horse hooves reached their ears.
His face changed and he shouted:
"It's cavalry!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the scout also arrived in front of him:
"Report! A large number of cavalry appeared in front, about 3,000 people! Please tell me clearly, General!"
Lu Ziang frowned: "How could there be cavalry? Isn't there only more than 2,000 soldiers in Jiangling City?"
Then he looked back at Zhang Han.
Zhang Han's face froze: "General, this... But the person who escaped said there were only soldiers! Damn, he must have lied to us!"
Lu Ziang's face was gloomy. He didn't expect to be tricked.
This Wang Xuan's mind is so deep that he can hide 3,000 cavalry!
It is clearly impossible to put it together in a hurry.
In other words, Wang Xuan brought the cavalry to Jiangling a long time ago, maybe it was sent by the Zhenbei Army.
But why didn't the court receive the news?
Or was there already someone infiltrating the court, and the news was no longer accurate.
Thinking of this, Lu Ziang's face became even uglier.
How important is intelligence for a war?
Wrong intelligence can even ruin a country.
Fortunately, he brought more people this time.
Not to mention the 30,000 elite troops, there are also 5,000 cavalry.
Even if the opponent has 3,000 elite cavalry from the Zhenbei Army, they can't expect to get away with it.
"Listen to the order! All troops attack! Break Jiangling City and capture the thieves!"
Since the opponent wants to fight head-on, let's fight!