Take the earth to enshrine the gods

Chapter 72 The Siege of Qingqiu
April [-]th, Qingqiu Mansion.

War is not only the battlefield where men make contributions, but also the grave of innocents.

This was the second day after the tiger demon army besieged Qingqiu Mansion. The formerly bustling and bustling city gradually became depressed. There were no busy traffickers and pawns on the streets, most of them were soldiers in a hurry, and there were stretchers carrying the wounded.

The whole city was full of chills.

The fear of the demon clan cannibalism spread in the city like a plague. Today the second child of the Zhang family was torn in half by the bear demon, and tomorrow the eldest of the Li family was swallowed by the snake demon.

Lose, lose, lose.

Back, back, back.

In the past two days, the common people heard all bad news. Under the attack of the demon army, the imperial army, known as the invincible army, was vulnerable to one blow.

The city gate fell...

The granary fell...

The outer city fell...

The common people shouted loudly, what happened to the army that the empire is so proud of?
Could it be that he was frightened by the monster race?
Anger, fear, panic, all kinds of emotions rushed into their hearts. The helpless people hid in their homes, closed their doors, and didn't even dare to light a fire to cook. They could only pray to the gods day and night to protect them from this disaster.

The Qingqiu government office became the wartime headquarters.

The prefect Feng Quji, the fifth brigade commander Geng Biao, the fourth brigade commander Chu Guanjie, and the prefect Tang Sifang formed the temporary command center, but there was no clear leader.

Geng Biao was at the same level as Chu Guanjie, and Feng Quji, as the titular wartime chief, could not command the two brigade commanders, so he could only stand in a stalemate in such a daze.

"No more retreat!"

Tang Sifang's dissatisfied roar came from the meeting hall, "If you retreat again, the entire Qingqiu Mansion will be destroyed. Two generals, we need people and food. I don't understand why we can't fight head-on with the demon army. war?"

Qingqiu Mansion has a solid background.

In order to resist the invasion of the demon army, Tang Sifang, as a lieutenant in the government office, issued an emergency recruitment order, recruiting two thousand warriors and more than a hundred monks within one day.

The major families in the city also expressed their willingness to send family guards to join the battle, vowing to defend Qingqiu Mansion to the death.

Although the city wall of Qingqiu Mansion is just an ordinary city wall, unlike the county town that has the blessing of formations, the hearts of the people and the army can be used. With three thousand regular troops and one thousand garrison troops, it may not be impossible to fight the demon army.

Even defeating it is not impossible.

But the fact is that the [-]th Brigade, as the main force, surrendered the outer city without any resistance, calling it a "strategic retreat".

As a child of the Tang family, Tang Sifang knew a thing or two about the filth in the army. He just didn't expect that at this juncture, the Fourth Brigade was still thinking about it.

In contrast, the Fifth Brigade led by Geng Biao was a glorious defeat.

Tang Sifang almost pointed at Chu Guanjie's nose and scolded his mother, but the latter remained calm and said with a straight face: "Master Tang, you are a civil servant and you don't understand military affairs, so please don't speak nonsense."

"Pooh!"

Tang Sifang didn't give face at all.

Seeing that the two had a dispute, Geng Biao said nothing, and only the second battalion was left in the fifth brigade. Regardless of whether the battle was won or not, he would not be able to escape the military law after the war.

What's even more disgusting is that Feng Quji, as the prefect, has the responsibility to protect the land, and he is also the parent official of Qingqiu Mansion. At this time, he should have stood up and upheld justice.

But Feng Quji didn't.

From the beginning to the end, Feng Quji remained silent, not saying a word.

In Tang Sifang's view, Feng Quji's silence at this time was a kind of connivance. His wolf-like eyes swept back and forth between Feng Quji and Chu Guanjie.

But who is Feng Quji?

He was unmoved at all, as if Tang Sifang didn't exist at all.

On the contrary, Chu Guanjie gave Tang Sifang a playful look, which made Tang Sifang almost couldn't help copying the guy. This person is really hateful.

Just when the military discussion fell into a stalemate, a report came from outside the door: "My lords, Yize County has sent a battle report!"

Only then did Feng Quji open his eyes, his eyes flashed away, "Submit it up." A black armored guard walked in, presented a sealed battle report, and then retreated.

Feng Quji opened it and took a look, speechless for a long time.

"What happened?" Tang Sifang gave Feng Quji a strange look.

"See for yourself!"

Tang Sifang took the battle report, and the more he looked at it, the more excited his face became. At the end, he couldn't help exclaiming: "It's amazing, it's amazing, it's really amazing, it's amazing, it's amazing, it's fun, it's great!!! "

By the end, it was incoherent.

When Geng Biao and Chu Guanjie saw each other, they looked at each other inexplicably.

It turned out that in this battle report, Qianyuan not only briefly reported the killing of the tiger demon general, but also emphasized that he had sent troops into the territory of Qingqiu Kingdom to implement the strategy of besieging Wei and saving Zhao, hoping that Qingqiu Mansion would stick to it to the end.

This time, even Chu Guanjie couldn't hold back his face.

The better the performance of Yize County, the more it will set off the incompetence of the Southern Army. This is a blatant slap in the face. Even with Chu Guanjie's shamelessness, he can no longer say "strategic retreat".

In that way, can the Legion of the South still gain a foothold?

Feng Quji took a look at Chu Guanjie, and said, "Yize County won another beautiful victory, setting an example for the empire. We shouldn't be too ugly, and we shouldn't let the people poke their backs." There was some dissatisfaction in his words.

"Then let's fight!" Chu Guanjie suddenly became easy to talk.

Geng Biao and Tang Sifang naturally had no objection. So, stimulated by a battle report, the Qingqiu Mansion headquarters reached a consensus as quickly as possible and prepared to switch from defense to offense.

The battle of Qingqiu Mansion ushered in another turning point.

In the afternoon of that day, the fourth brigade, which had been passively defending, suddenly launched a countercharge against a thousand-man Tiger Demon Army on the ground, killing the latter by surprise.

The fierce battle between the two sides for nearly an hour ended with the defeat of the thousand-man team.

At the same time, the remnants of the fifth brigade, the garrison army, and two thousand recruits temporarily recruited launched counterattacks against the Tiger Demon Army on all fronts.

The fight was resolute and brutal.

Seeing their own massive counterattack, the guards of the major families who had been hiding all the time also poured out from all over the city, and there were even unnamed warriors and monks who came out of nowhere and beat the dog in the water.

The attacks continued.

After conquering the outer city of Qingqiu Mansion, the tiger demon army that had been gathered before had become very scattered without knowing it. Some were still on the front line, some were responsible for guarding the granary, and some were looting in the city.

Compared with the huge area of ​​Qingqiu Mansion, the five thousand demon army still seems too small.

After the division of troops, the human race seized the opportunity and took advantage of the familiar terrain to divide and outflank the Tiger Demon Army, forming a local strength advantage and eating away the small units of the Tiger Demon Army one by one.

This further aroused the fighting spirit of the people in the city.

More and more warriors joined this unprecedented siege, and the crowd was excited. The common people hated the Yaozu as much as they feared it.

I can't wait to eat its meat and boil its bones.

The wandering little demon got lost and entered the residential area. He wanted to intimidate him, but he was besieged by the local people. The butcher picked up a butcher's knife, the blacksmith picked up a sledgehammer, and the cook held a kitchen knife.

If you really don't have a weapon, use a wooden stick.

Like hunting wild boars in the mountains, everyone beat the little monster to death. That night, the little monster's body was turned into pieces of monster meat, which became dinner for the common people.

This sudden counterattack lasted until the evening, and the two sides had no choice but to stop fighting.

Caught off guard, the Tiger Demon Army, dazzled by the victory, suffered a big defeat because they underestimated the enemy, retreated in succession, and was finally forced out of the outer city by the coalition forces.

Qingqiu Mansion was miraculously recovered.

(End of this chapter)