Pawn Crossing the River

On the other side, a battle broke out in Jiuju Castle in Yoshi County.

The fierce fighting turned Jiuju City into almost complete ruins.

This kind of ruins was not caused by arson after the war, but was maimed by artillery.

Master Qingwei doesn't like to use the artillery group separately. Since it is a "group", it must be concentrated, just like the arrears tactics of fire cannons, using a dense formation to increase the hit rate and form an all-round suppression, so that all the artillery groups in various bunkers can be suppressed. The enemy couldn't even raise his head, let alone fight back.

Therefore, the more than a thousand artillery pieces brought by Daomen were placed outside Jiuju City.

More than twenty crane boats swooped down and dropped the "Fengyan Jialiu" into Jiuju City, igniting a raging fire. Eight hundred heavy artillery pieces turned the nearly fifty-mile-wide frontal battlefield on the east side of Jiuju City into a sea of ​​fire. .

The roar was endless, and many people were shaken to the point of losing their hearing by the continuous and intermittent loud noise. They needed to roar loudly to make themselves or those close to them barely hear what they were saying clearly. The air was filled with a strong and pungent smell. The smell of gunpowder smoke, the glass windows were shattered by the strong sound waves, and the glass fragments rained down. Even if the wooden structure house was not burned by luck, it was still shaking, and the beams and columns creaked, like It was about to collapse at any time, and the overwhelming smoke made the sun and moon dim.

The Jiashen Lingguan responsible for commanding the battlefield here raised his telescope, and the scene of fierce fighting appeared in the telescope. He did not see violence or anger in his eyes, only a calmness like water.

If there is thunder in the chest and the face is like a still lake, you can worship the general.

In fact, the first-grade spiritual officials are the generals of the Taoist sect. They are just civilian officials who govern the country. The Taoist priests who exist as civilian officials hold great power, and the spiritual officials can only be subordinates.

However, this does not affect the transcendent status of the first-grade spiritual officers. In terms of specific war command, the Taoist priests do not interfere too much, and more are left to high-grade spiritual officers who specialize in the art.

Twelve first-grade spiritual officers are divided into Liuding and Liujia, and six sixth-grade spiritual officers are responsible for guarding. They sit in various places and act as gatekeepers. For example, Ding Weilingguan, she is in charge of Fenglinzhou Daofu, so she serves as a defensive spirit officer. Officials also participated in this war.

The six Liujia Spiritual Officers are the main attackers. In the past thirty years, there have been three records of dispatching First-grade Spiritual Officers. The most recent time was a First-grade Innocent Taoist Priest and two First-grade Spiritual Officers who invaded Wu Luo's Kingdom of God.

Jiashen Lingguan is a veteran general on the battlefield. The recent war in the Western Regions was led by Jiashen Lingguan. This time he was ordered to lead troops into Fenglinzhou to fight.

Such high-quality spiritual officials do not belong to the Three Dao, but belong to the Zixiao Palace. Like the Grand Master's lineage that is independent of the Three Dao, they only obey the orders of the Grand Master. This is also the key to the three Dao's competition for the Grand Master's position. . Now that the Grand Master is vacant, they will obey Jin Que's dispatches and orders.

Jiashen Lingguan turned a blind eye to the artillery fire and the large amount of death and blood in the telescope, with a cold smile hanging on the corner of his mouth.

In his opinion, such a war is quite boring, just like an adult strong man bullying a child who is not yet a minor.

At the beginning, the Taoist warriors in the city organized an attack and rushed forward like a tide. However, under the fierce artillery fire, they quickly retreated, leaving only a bloody corpse and squirming and wailing corpses. of dying people.

After that, the rogues never dared to show their faces again.

This gave the Jiashen Lingguan even a bold idea to break through the city without casualties and give these Japanese a little shock.

Soon, the continuous sound of artillery came to an end and the artillery began to cool down.

Then it was the alchemist battalion's turn to appear. More than three hundred alchemists formed a formation and began to cast spells together.

A large thundercloud appeared in the sky above Jiuju City, covering the sky and the sun, completely covering the entire Jiuju City. Then countless thunder clouds fell from the thundercloud. From a distance, it looked like a blue sky composed of thunder and lightning. The purple forest, after landing, looked like a huge thorn bush that enveloped the entire city.

The thunder snake swam away and the electric sparks flew.

Compared with artillery, thunder and lightning are more pervasive. Many Taoist warriors hiding in underground bunkers were not killed by artillery or shocked to death, but were turned into charred corpses by the wandering thunder and lightning.

Jiashen Lingguan's face was still expressionless.

Compassion does not command troops.

It's not about becoming a murderer.

Rather, after arriving on the battlefield, both the enemy and ourselves are just numbers.

A general should take life and death lightly. For generals, life and death on the battlefield are just a number, without emotion at all. It is a cost that generals consider when commanding. Apart from that, it has no other meaning.

Generals should be calm to the point of being ruthless.

As for how to care for the casualties afterwards and how to deal with the prisoners, whether it is humane or not is not within the scope of consideration when commanding operations. That is the matter of the entire Taoist sect, or in other words, it is the matter of the civilian officials.

Li Zhuyu was standing next to Jiashen Lingguan at this time, looking at his focused profile.

In Li Zhuyu's view, the demeanor and demeanor of this first-grade spiritual official who emerged from the sea of ​​​​blood in the corpse mountain is definitely different from those young men who rose to high positions through nepotism. The calmness and self-confidence established through long experience in the battlefield are... Young people like Li Changge and Qi Xuansu are incomparable. This has nothing to do with talent or family background, but a accumulation of experience.

The Jiashen Lingguan ignored the righteous daughter of the real person in charge of the army. Instead, he silently calculated the consumption of ammunition, used the "sound transmission array" to issue instructions, readjusted the configuration of heavy firearms, and coordinated the cooperation between the "Crane Boat" and the artillery. , rearranged the coverage direction of the artillery group, and the cooperation between the Xuanjia heavy cavalry and the infantry detachment, and then waited until the alchemist battalion's spell casting was completed before ordering an attack. ..

A new round of aerial bombardment and heavy artillery bombardment began again, seeming to completely flatten the entire Jiuju City. The city walls had already been turned into ruins by the "earthquake" spell of the Alchemist Camp, and were now submerged in fire and smoke. among.

More than fifty black-armored heavy cavalry moved forward at a leisurely pace with heavy steps. Behind the heavy cavalry were large groups of infantry, wearing light armor and holding blazing guns.

At this moment, the entire Jiuju City burst into bright light.

It was as if a blazing sun was rising.

The blinding white light drowned everything.

Even Jiashen Lingguan was briefly blind.

After a while, the white light slowly dissipated.

Everything disappeared, the black armor heavy cavalry and the men in black responsible for the attack disappeared, as if they had never existed.

Jiashen Lingguan's sword eyebrows raised slightly.

The priests of Ise Shrine finally entered the battlefield, and they reimbursed more than fifty of his black armored heavy cavalry at once. This was a big loss, and it also completely failed his idea of ​​breaking through the city without any damage.

It was at this time that Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu came to the headquarters of Jiashen Spirit Officer.

Li Zhuyu had already received the news - in fact, the reason why she appeared here was precisely because she took on the temporary position of liaison officer. Qingwei Zhenren, who was sitting in the center and strategizing, wanted to establish the final relationship with each of the generals who led the army alone. Direct contact, Master Qingwei will not easily interfere with the command, but he must know the most real situation on the front line.

Li Zhuyu left the command post quietly and went outside to see Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu. After a brief exchange of greetings, he led the two of them to see Jiashen Lingguan.

Jiashen Lingguan finally put down the telescope in his hand and turned to look at the two of them: "I have admired these two great names for a long time. Are you here to do the gold-plated melee martial arts this time?"

This was said quite rudely and even somewhat provocatively.

However, after several years of experience, Qi Xuansu has gained some experience. After hearing this, he just raised his eyebrows and said, "Your Excellency said yes, that's it."

Zhang Yuelu was calm and unfazed.

Although Li Zhuyu admired Jiashen Lingguan very much, he still expressed some dissatisfaction at the right time: "This is the decision of the real person in charge of the army."

"Since it is the decision of the real person in charge of the army, I have nothing to say." Jiashen Lingguan said, "I don't care whether the two of you are here for melee combat and gilding, or if you really have the intention of going into battle to kill the enemy, I I won’t pay special attention to you two.”

Zhang Yuelu said calmly: "No need to pay special attention."

Jiashen Lingguan nodded: "Very good, now there is an urgent problem that needs to be solved. Jiuju City has been destroyed. I can be sure that more than half of the rogues inside have been killed or injured, but there is still an Yi in the city. The priests of Shijin Palace, I don’t want to use the lives of soldiers to consume the divine power of the priests. It’s not cost-effective. We have a small number of people and we are fighting in a different place. It is not easy to make large-scale exchanges. So, can you two Help me get rid of this group of priests hiding in Jiuju City?"

Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu looked at each other.

This was actually expected by the two of them. The reason why Master Qingwei sent the two here was definitely not to send them to death. The Zhang Juquan incident just happened, forcing Li Changge to stay away from the Fenglinzhou battlefield. , this should have been a great opportunity for Li Changge to make contributions, but it was equivalent to sacrificing Li Changge's career progress to calm the matter down.

If Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu are involved again, it will force the Zhang family and the Li family to go to war. After all, there are no successors, and the future is bleak. You don't care what the overall situation is. Don't take advantage of the Li family to be trapped in the Fenglinzhou battlefield. Let’s fight while the elders of the Zhang family are still alive. Should we wait until the Li family withdraws from the Fenglinzhou battlefield and the Zhang family is no longer around?

Of course, Master Qingwei did not let the two of them command and dispatch. Both of them were Taoist priests. If they were in charge, they would naturally need the words and deeds of many teachers, and they also had quite a lot of experience. But when it comes to leading the army in battle, he is a complete amateur. Therefore, Master Qingwei took a fancy to the two people's realm cultivation. In addition, the two of them combined had a fairy object. They could almost be used as gods in the creation stage, which could have the effect of a surprise weapon.

Zhang Yuelu nodded and said: "Yes, but we need to know the general situation in the city."