Urban Sims

Chapter 147

Two days later.

On the western outskirts of the city, there are military camps on the left and right.

Zhou Ming in silver armor came to take over the command of the army under the leadership of Shi Guang, the servant of the Ministry of War. As soon as he entered the barracks, even though he was prepared in his heart, Zhou Ming was still taken aback by the scene in front of him.

Of the 40 soldiers, most of them were old soldiers over [-] years old. Many of them were gray-haired and trembling when they walked. The younger ones were either emaciated, disabled, or too young, only thirteen or fourteen At the age of ten, he struggled to carry his armor and was conscripted into the army to serve.

Zhou Ming roughly estimated that among the [-] soldiers, less than one-fifth of them could actually go to the battlefield to kill the enemy.

As for weapons and equipment, it would be nice to be able to find a spear without any rust. Iron armor, leather armor, and shields are mostly rusted and rotten, moth-eaten and moldy, and cannot be used at all.

The food and grass supplies in the warehouse are also pitifully small, at most enough for the [-] troops to feed for a month.

After understanding the general situation, Zhou Ming, who had a good idea in mind, did not complain to Shi Guang, who had been wearing a strange smile on his face all the time, which made Shi Guang, who had already prepared his excuses, very depressed.

"Beat the generals' drums and gather the soldiers to come to the campus!"

Zhou Ming said to Li Dazui, Li Dazui nodded, and took a drumstick and beat the huge cowhide drum with a "dong dong dong".

After the three-way drum sounded, the time was extended by two quarters of an hour. The personnel in the large school field were basically full, but they only stood in the sun for a while, and there was a sound of complaints from below, and there were some old soldiers. Sitting on the ground rattlingly, led a group of people to sit down, and the military discipline soldiers who were responsible for maintaining the military appearance were useless no matter how much they scolded them.

Standing on the high platform, looking at the mob below, Zhou Ming knew: Taking this army to fight is no different from running to die. An elite army of 5000 men can overwhelm an army that is not even considered an army. Annihilation.

So, after the lord general spoke, Zhou Ming only said three sentences, and then created a great commotion among the soldiers below, or cheers.

"Those who are over [-] years old and under [-] years old should immediately return to the army and remove their armor, leave the barracks, and go home!"

"Those who are disabled, physically weak, and unsuitable to fight the enemy should immediately return to the army and remove their armor, leave the barracks, and go home!"

"If you are the only child in the family, or the family is poor, there are too many children to support, and the parents are bedridden and cannot leave for a while, immediately return to the army and disarm, leave the barracks, and go home!"

These three sentences reduced the number of soldiers in the school field by half, one quarter, and one eighth respectively, and the number of soldiers left in the school field was less than 5000.

With just three sentences, Zhou Ming reduced the 90 army under his control by [-]%.

"Tian...Tian Zihua, you are giving up on yourself, and you don't want to complete the task His Royal Highness entrusted to you!"

Looking at the backs of the soldiers who left the barracks together after taking off their armor, Shi Guang, the servant of the military department, pointed at him and stared at him, wishing he could eat him!

This 5 soldiers and horses were specially selected by him from the 50 troops of the Sixteen Guards according to Wu Sansi's order, the old, weak, sick and disabled, with low combat effectiveness!Not even considered as cannon fodder, he will definitely lose in the battlefield!Tian Zihua's doing this is tantamount to defeating his army, because even if this army is defeated in the end, part of the responsibility will be shifted to his head.

"Lord Shi, I have handed over the military order to the Queen Mother. If you can't break the siege of Yumen Pass, please behead me. I won't implicate you. You don't have to be afraid." Zhou Ming comforted him.

"You are a lunatic who doesn't know how to live or die!"

Shi Guang cursed and ignored him.

……

three days later.

All preparations were in place, and when the army was about to set off, there was a sudden commotion outside the barracks.

It was a group of young men dressed as scholars with swords on their waists, who came to the barracks in droves, clamoring to join Mr. Zihua's army.

"Mr. Zihua, I will join your army and go out together!"

"Mr. Zihua, you are going for the righteousness in your heart, and we are people who are greedy for life and afraid of death! I am willing to fight against the enemy with you, and kill the enemy to serve the country!"

"No matter how strong the enemy is, so what? When a man is born in this world, he should wield his sword and fight to the death!"

"Mr. Zihua, that demon queen is trying to harm you in every possible way. Why don't we start our army here, enter the imperial capital, and get rid of all the traitors!"

"Mr. Zihua, I have heard about your archery skills for a long time. I am also good at using big bows. How about you and me competing on the battlefield?"

"Zihua..."

More than 3000 literati with weapons joined Zhou Ming's army.

And these literati learned from the mouths of the soldiers who were released home: Mr. Zihua, who is merciful and compassionate, released most of the old, weak, sick, disabled, and soldiers who had difficulties at home. The imperial capital was infected by Mr. Zihua's benevolence, righteousness and great love, and they scrambled to discuss this matter. Countless people were moved to tears and knelt on the ground, begging God to bless Mr. Zihua's triumphant return.

Countless literati in the imperial capital were even more excited by this kind of righteousness. Many of them became overwhelmed and took up weapons angrily, wanting to fight the enemy together with Mr. Zihua!
It's true, they are all frail scholars, with no strength to restrain a chicken, but they are also fearless. Even if they die in battle, they will die with honor, and die with dignity!

Zhou Ming was ecstatic to accept all these people who joined by accident. These are intellectuals who have read poetry and books, and each of them needs at least ten years to cultivate talents. Why didn't he accept these valuable talents? ?
Early morning on the fourth day.

After swearing-in, Zhou Ming took the army of more than 8000 people, rolled up the billowing dust, and marched northwestward at a relatively fast speed of more than 300 to [-] miles a day. During the march, there were still scholars, Or join the Jianghu ranger, two to [-] fresh blood flow in every day, like a snowball, the team is getting bigger and bigger.

You don’t even have to worry about the supply of food and grass, because along the way, there have been countless volunteers who have prepared food and grass supplies in advance, put them on the only way to march, and use them whenever they arrive, without taking a penny. It takes a lot of time and manpower to transport a lot of luggage.

And that night, when standing on the observatory in the imperial capital, looking at the literary star in the sky, emitting brighter and brighter light, Lai Junchen sighed, and said to Wu Mei beside him: "Your Majesty, This literary star can no longer be suppressed. From now on, it can compete with Ziwei emperor star. If there are a lot of people who follow the dragon to assist, this literary star can even be transformed into an emperor star. From your majesty, Competing for the luck of the world...and he is based on high virtue and popular support, if he intends to rebel, the minister is worried..."

"Is it?"

Looking up at the starry sky, Wu Mei asked noncommittally, and whispered to herself: "But Ai's family will not give him another chance, miss me 'Ghost Valley Seven Stars', in order to suppress this literary star, the five senior brothers, He stayed by his side for seven years, which is about the same, and it's time to end... For thousands of years, Guigumen has entered the world seven times, and has never encountered such a big change."

Lai Junchen nodded and said: "Senior Sister, although there are variables, this game of fighting for the dragon in the world, I, Guigumen, will definitely win another game! You will surely perish!"

Wu Mei nodded incredulously, but for some reason, it felt like her eyelids were always twitching.

……

two months later.

Zhou Ming arrived at the important starting point of the Silk Road—Yinzhou in Liangzhou with his soldiers and horses, whose number had swelled to 2.

In Yinzhou, Zhou Ming stopped the large group of people, and then led Li Dazui, a hundred clan soldiers, and five martial arts masters who followed behind, and galloped westward on the pretext of doing something.

In the Gobi Desert, a group of people rode wildly for most of the day, buried their heads in the road for more than [-] miles, and said nothing all the way.

And following behind, five white-haired and long-bearded martial arts masters who were over eighty years old felt puzzled, their mouths moved, and they began to communicate with each other using lip language.

"What the hell is this kid doing in such a hurry?" one person asked.

"Do you want to escape like this? Get rid of us?" Another person asked.

"It shouldn't be. He has tracking powder on him. No matter how far he runs, he can't escape my palm."

"Could it be that he wants to..." One person thought of a possibility, and pointed his eyes to the others.

"Alright, we, the Five Elders of Guigu, have spent seven years on this kid, and it's time to end it. We'll see where he goes, and we'll finish him after we get there!"

"But Junior Sister said, it's best to arrange for this kid to die in the army, so as not to cause too much criticism. This has not yet reached the battlefield, so..."

"I can't control that much, now this kid is looking for death on his own initiative, and I'll just wait for him to be fulfilled!"

"Yeah, it's been seven years. I can't play with this kid anymore with my old bones. This will make him fall. Let's be relieved too!"

In the evening when the sky was full of red clouds, a tall sand dune appeared in front of it.

A red flag was planted on the top of the sand dune. After seeing the red flag, Zhou Ming blew a whistle. When he heard the whistle, Li Dazui and a hundred soldiers behind him immediately dispersed to both sides and slowed down.

Zhou Ming clamped Chilongma's belly with his legs, and ordered Chilongma to speed up suddenly, almost like a burst of sprinting. Chilongma instantly opened the distance from the five martial arts masters behind him by as much as a hundred feet.

"This kid wants to run!"

The five masters behind were in a hurry and wanted to catch up with him, but the speed of sitting on the horse was not as fast as that of the thousand-mile horse Chilong, and the distance was getting wider and wider.

"Dismount and chase!"

A master jumped off the horse and ran wildly with both feet. What is shocking is that this person has a unique pace and a running speed like lightning. Not to mention that he is not at all slower than a horse, and he has gradually narrowed the distance from Zhou Ming. When the other four masters saw it, they also got off their horses and ran one after another, with their palms together forming knives, using their inner strength, they were ready to kill the person on the horseback in front of them.

"Chilong, hurry up, hurry up!"

Seeing that the pursuers were getting closer and closer, Zhou Ming hit the red dragon horse's buttocks with a whip, and the red dragon horse screamed "Ang Lu~" and accelerated a little, finally reaching the top of the sand dune. When there was a group of people neatly arranged below, the red dragon horse went downhill and leaped three times with all its strength. Like a heavenly horse, it flew over a distance of [-] meters and landed behind the group of people.

"Musketeers, shoot!"

After landing, Zhou Ming immediately issued an order.

"Bang bang bang bang!" Rows of dazzling flames sounded at the same time, and the explosion sounded like thunder.

"Puff puff puff!"

Countless high-speed projectiles came across the surface, and the five masters who were chasing after them saw the figure suddenly appearing behind the sand dunes. Before the expression of surprise appeared on their faces, amidst the deafening sound, the dramatic scene after the body was penetrated immediately followed. pain.

Four of the five fell to the ground with disbelief in their eyes and died on the spot.

There was only one person, because of his position at the back and his quick response, he was only hit by three or four bullets in the dense bullet rain, and was slightly injured. After seeing four of his companions dead, his eyes were tearing apart, his grief and anger were inexplicable, and he yelled wildly The names of several companions wanted to rush up to take revenge, but after hearing another sound like fried beans, they turned around and ran away. After being hit by more than a dozen bullets in their backs, they fled to the back of the sand dunes with tenacious vitality. , I want to escape from birth!

"Chase!"

Zhou Ming took the lead and chased after him.

Behind the sand dunes, Li Dazui and a hundred soldiers who had been waiting for a long time stopped his retreat, took out the revolvers in their pockets, and fired thousands of bullets at him. It also slowed down his escape speed.

"bump!"

Zhou Ming was the first to catch up with him, and kicked the bloody expert to the ground from behind. He was lying on the ground, spitting out a mouthful of blood bubbles, and wailed, "Don't kill me, don't kill me!" Kill me! I am Qian Ji, the third disciple of Guigumen, save my life, and I can help you fight for the dragon!"

"I'm not uncommon!"

Zhou Ming took out a revolver, pointed it at his head, and emptied the bullets with bang bang bang, beating his head into a colander.

After asking someone to move the five corpses together and confirming that they were all dead, Zhou Ming was relieved.

Killed!These five system bugs have the same thing, and finally all of them are eliminated!

It's been seven years, even Zhou Ming himself can't believe that he will be trapped in the imperial capital for seven years by five old men over 80 years old.

During this period, he had singled out these five old men with force, but each of them had unfathomable force, and at most they were tied.

Because these five old men seem to have mastered a mysterious "qi training technique". They gather their inner qi by meditating for hours every day, and after condensing it into a gang, they use some martial arts moves that even exceed Zhou Qi's skills. Ming's understanding of martial arts in this world.

He wanted to learn this kind of qi refining technique, but these old men didn't teach it at all.

In addition, these old men are knowledgeable and capable of various languages, including lip language, ventriloquism, and even bird language, cow language, horse language, and cat language, and they can drive some animals to do things.

There are also astrology, tortoise divination, divination and other techniques for predicting the future, and sometimes they can accurately deduce what he will do tomorrow, who or what will he meet?
There is also a magical positioning technique, no matter where he goes, these old men can find him quickly, and after many times, he completely gave up the desire to run away.

In the past seven years, these five old men have brought great restrictions and troubles to Zhou Ming, and they are extremely loyal to Wu Mei, asking them not to be within ten feet of themselves at all times, and they really did it. Of course Zhou Ming also thought about killing them with the Musketeers, but the old men were so close to him, what if the bullet accidentally killed him?

Moreover, if four of the five cannot be killed in an instant, even if there are only two left, Zhou Ming's life will be in absolute danger, so even if there are many opportunities to do it, Zhou Ming will still No risky gamble is launched unless the success rate exceeds 80%.

Until today, after a careful deployment, Zhou Ming finally got rid of these old masters as he wished, and he didn't want to talk too much, just went to listen to the uninteresting nonsense of "Ghost Valley Gate", "Zhenglong", and those nagging He didn't want to listen to so many conspiracies and tricks. He talked about the Musketeers, and a row of firefights passed by. No matter how awesome they are, I will fall down!

What else is Guigumen, a musketeer team with 1 people is easy to use?

"Wu Mei, I don't care if you have a more powerful back move, don't provoke me again! If you provoke me again, I don't care what kind of powerful person is standing behind you, I will die!"

……

Seven days later.

Outside Yumen Pass, gunpowder is billowing, 50 Turpan and Turkic coalition forces are on the offensive, and the siege troops have stood on the top of the city many times, making the pass crumbling and falling soon.

"Up to three days, can this barrier be broken?"

Lun Zanqin, who was riding on a horse in front of the large army outside the city, looked at the Yumen Pass with inexplicable excitement in his eyes.

It has been 13 years, and he has waited hard for 13 years!Finally, it's time to wash away the shame and take revenge!
In order to achieve a balance in his heart, Lun Zanqin decided: After breaking through this pass, he will bloodbath the Yumen Pass and slaughter all the men, women and children in the city!

Lun Zanqin made this decision to massacre the city. On the one hand, he wanted to release the hatred that had accumulated in his heart for many years, to completely destroy this city that had brought him endless shame, and drive it into the abyss!
On the other hand, Tu Yumen Pass is also to deter the countries of the Western Regions who have not long surrendered, so that they will obediently offer up the treasures of beauties, and dare not have the slightest thought of betraying Tu Fan!
In addition to the Western Regions, he also has a longer-term ambition and plan, that is, he hopes to lead troops into the Zhongzhou Imperial Capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty in his lifetime, destroy this huge empire, and then enjoy a feast in the city that is so prosperous that it makes his soul tremble. Countless merchant women ascended to the Supreme Dragon Throne!

This dream is indeed a bit lofty, but it is not impossible to realize it, because Wu Mei, the Empress Dowager of the Great Zhou Dynasty, is going against the sky, making the artifact shake, and there are signs of a crowd of heroes competing for the deer. He just needs to wait for the change and find out Time to start again!It is not yet known who will have the artifact in the end.

Thinking of the bright future, Lun Zanqin was full of pride, waved his horsewhip, and said to the flag commander: "Send two more slave teams of [-] people to step up the offensive!"

Hearing this order, the Turkic King Ashina Gu smacked his lips in distress. It is extravagant, too extravagant. In the past few days, Lun Zanqin has already invested the lives of 10 slaves in this fortress. , although the lives of these slaves are worthless, they are basically captured from various countries in the Western Regions, but [-] people, this is a shocking wealth on the grassland, almost equivalent to a million cattle and sheep, that's it filled it in?
Anyway, Ashina Gu was reluctant to invest so many slaves in to capture a useless city. He also wanted to bring these people to the grassland to strengthen his tribe.

Lun Zanqin laughed at himself, saying that the older he was, the more timid he was. As long as he took down the Yumen Pass and swept the Great Zhou, there would be millions, tens of millions of slaves waiting for them to catch. half the state.

Ashina shook his head, noncommittal, he lived over 70 years old, among all the Turkic kings in the past, he lived the longest life, he can live so long, in addition to the necessary cruelty, ruthlessness, but also It is because he is scheming, knows how to judge the situation and act according to his ability.

Lun Zanqin underestimated Da Zhou too much, or in other words, he underestimated those Central Plains people too much. Yes, when the dynasties established by these Central Plains people were at their weakest, the grassland people could plunder and bully them at will, ordering them to pay tribute and become ministers. Offer beauties, take whatever you want, but when it is the most powerful, it can also send troops to sweep the grassland, behead the Khan in the thousands of miles, and the grassland people who beat them lost their pastures, so they can only escape to the Western Regions.

Ashina Gu quite agrees with the Central Plains people's saying that "five virtues end, rise and fall alternately, and cycle every 300 years", because the rise and fall of grassland tribes also conform to this law.

Moreover, there is another law: the Central Plains is chaotic, the grassland is strong; the Central Plains is strong, the grassland is chaotic, and it is impossible to be strong at the same time.

Ashina Gu also knows that now is the period when the Central Plains people are strong and the grassland people are weak. The best time has not yet come. Central Plains.

This process may take another hundred years.

However, now it was Da Zhou who was messing around and showing his flaws to give him a chance. Of course, he would not miss this rare opportunity to snatch a big piece of fat from Da Zhou, a tiger.

Ashina Gu also planned: After capturing the Yumen Pass in front, he will take the treasure population and withdraw to the grassland to rest and digest, and let Lun Zanqin gnaw on the hard bone of Dazhou first. If Lun Zanqin wins , he also joined, if Lun Zanqin loses, I'm sorry, the Western Regions used to be divided into half by the two countries, and now the Turks have to enjoy it exclusively...

"Report! A reinforcement army from the Zhou Kingdom came from the east. The number of people is about ten thousand. They all come riding on camels, and the weapons they use are weird! It seems that they all come with a big iron rod on their backs!"

At this time, a Tupan Tanma hurried over to report.

"Iron rod?"

A look of puzzlement flashed across Lun Zanqin's face, and he turned to his third brother, Zan Po, and said, "Zan Po, you lead [-] elite soldiers, and you must wipe out this Zhou reinforcements!"

"yes, Sir!"

Grandma Zan set off with an army of [-], and after a while, there was a sound of "bang bang" like a heavy rain ten miles to the east. Said: "Commander, Zanpo's army is completely wiped out, General Zanpo is dead!"

"what?!"

Lun Zanqin was taken aback, and after asking about the situation, he still couldn't believe it, and immediately ordered one of his generals, Chi Song, to say: "Chi Song, you lead an army of [-], and you must destroy this Zhou army!"

"Bang bang bang bang bang!" The thunderous sound resounded endlessly. Lun Zanqin sat down on the horse and was restless after hearing it. Lun Zanqin himself was staring at the east. is jumping wildly.

"Commander! Commander! Zhou Bing has a divine weapon in his hand, which is so powerful that the soldiers can't resist it. Run, if you don't run, it will be too late!"

General Chisong held an arm that was bleeding continuously, and fled back in a hurry to report. Behind him, he followed the Tupan deserters who were all over the mountains and plains.

Behind, Lun Zanqin also saw the true face of the weird Zhou army: wearing green cloth clothes, holding magical soldiers that can emit flames in their hands, they were arranged in pairs and shot together, while the soldiers who spewed fire hundreds of steps away Fan'erlang, on the other hand, seemed to be struck by lightning, pierced by dense fiery red light, and then fell to the ground, howling to death.

Lun Zanqin even saw with his own eyes: Those Zhou soldiers were bombarded at a distance of three or four hundred steps, and there were hundreds of people on their own side, who were knocked to the ground in pieces...

"Monster soldier, demon soldier!"

Lun Zanqin felt tightness in his chest, and almost spat out a mouthful of blood. He hurriedly shouted and ordered: "Withdraw the troops, withdraw the troops!"

The Turkic King Ashinagu was also taken aback when he saw this scene, and ordered a cavalry unit of ten thousand people under his command to charge towards the Zhou army. As a result, amidst the sound of thundering beans, the people turned on their backs, leaving behind more than 3000 corpses. , turned around and ran away.

"Withdraw, withdraw!"

The 20 Turkic army fled to the north in a hurry, beating the horses desperately, throwing away slaves and treasures, and those who had no time to mount their horses and could only escape on foot, rolling and crawling, only hated their parents for not giving birth to two more leg.

However, none of the 50 troops of these two countries, together with their coach Lun Zanqin and the Turkic king Ashina Gu, could escape, because Zhou Ming led 5000 musketeers to break the siege of Yumen Pass and at the same time Two elite musketeers of [-] each have captured the Stone City on Tianzhu Mountain and the Dragon City on Dayin Mountain respectively. They have captured these two Turkic and Turkic armies and fled back to the country. pass through the fortress.

Among the two fortresses, the 30 musketeers who waited for a long time to work at ease killed 20 of the [-] remnants of the two countries who had fled here, and captured [-] on the spot.

"Young Master, what should we do with these captives? Should we send them all to Penglai Xiandao as pioneer slave labor?"

After the two armies met, brigade commander Tian Zhiqing asked Zhou Mingdao.

"No need!"

Zhou Ming waved his hand, and said in a cold tone: "If you bring so many people into trouble, shoot them all, and kill them on the spot!"

"Yes!"

"Bang bang bang bang!"

……

half a month later.

A news that shocked the court of the imperial capital, shocked the imperial capital, and shocked the ten states of the world came from the Western Regions:

Tian Zihua, the general of the left and right military guards, led an army of 20, and defeated the Turpan and Turkic coalition forces outside Yumen Pass in the Western Regions. More than [-] enemies were killed, and [-] prisoners were all killed. !
In order to prove the authenticity of this news, there were hundreds of heads of high-ranking generals of Turpan and Turkic countries, such as Lun Zanqin, Turkic king Ashina, and more. It is well tanned, carefully packaged, and clearly recognizable.

Now that she ascended to the throne and changed her name to Wu Zhao, Wu Mei, who called herself "Emperor Holy Goddess", received a special "gift" from Zhou Ming in addition to this great military victory.

This gift is naturally the head of the five elders of Guigu.

Seeing the five heads, Wu Zhao's body swayed, and if it wasn't for his junior brother Lai Junchen who helped her in time, she would almost fall down.

"My five senior brothers, it was my junior sister who harmed you!"

Thinking of the years of practicing in the mountain gate, and the care and love of the five senior brothers, Wu Zhao felt sad and couldn't help crying.

"Here's another letter!"

Seeing a letter inside a wooden gate with a human head, Lai Junchen, with sharp eyes, took out the letter.

Wu Zhao snatched the letter, swept his eyes away, trembling with anger, tore the letter into pieces, and then returned to the bedroom with boundless anger. Within two or three days, he was beaten to death 57 An innocent court lady.

Lai Junchen quietly put together the shredded letter paper on the ground, and suddenly saw sixteen large characters:
So far, if you don't commit crimes, you still have to provoke and take your dog's head!
"Tian Zihua! How dare you provoke our Guigumen like this? Aren't you afraid of our dragon-slaying technique?"

Lai Junchen roared angrily.

but……

He also knew that all this was in vain.

Because, Tian Zihua now has an invincible golden body that can't even be broken by Guigu Dragon Slaying Technique, and after he disappeared without a trace with the [-] soldiers and horses equipped with magic soldiers, leading to the current In the dark night sky, the astrology is in chaos, and it is impossible to predict the future. However, Wen Xing is so bright that the light covers Ziwei Dixing, and there is even a faint tendency to control the entire starry sky, which cannot be stopped...

　More than 7000 words, asking for a monthly ticket is not too much, right?
　　
　
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