Taiping Inn

With Qin Qing's order, the siege began. Read

The new artillery of the Yin-Yang Sect roared, and the "phoenix eyes" that bloomed as soon as they landed flew out of the barrels and landed on the city walls, blasting out pits and burning with flames.

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The walls of the Imperial Capital City are different from those of Yuguan. The foundation of the city is made of granite, and the two walls are built with large bricks. The brick joints are poured with lime, glutinous rice or sorghum juice mixed with tung oil, making them extremely strong. At this moment, although some of the city walls are inevitably in a state of decay due to the passage of time, the overall situation is still intact. In addition, the emperor's feet, in order to take care of the face of the court, will be specially repaired every few years, so it is very unrealistic to want to rely on catapults or solid iron bullets to blow down the city walls. At most, the battlements and towers will be destroyed.

Think about it, the area above the city wall is as wide as a road, with an average width of about four feet, which can accommodate six horses running side by side without being crowded. Only such a city wall can be used to place crossbows and other city defense equipment. The essence of the city wall is rammed earth and bricks, not a thin brick wall. Looking at the depth of the city gate, it is not difficult to destroy the outer bricks with catapults and artillery, but it is only possible for immortals to penetrate the four-foot rammed earth.

So if you want to capture a city like Dijing, you either have to open the door actively or climb up the city wall.

Compared with solid iron bullets, the "Phoenix Eye" specially made by Taiping Sect can explode and has greater power, but it is difficult to open a gap in a short time. Even if you can barely blow up a gap, it will not be very large, so the key role of artillery is to destroy most of the city defense equipment, destroy the towers and battlements, and thus cover your own soldiers to attack the city wall.

However, Qin Qing only ordered the cannon to be fired, but he has not yet ordered the siege with ladders.

Qin Qing was waiting for the Confucianists to show up. These people would not sit back and watch the outer city fall. It would be a waste of time to attack the city now.

As expected, after the second round of bombardment, the Confucianists finally appeared on the top of the city, led by Elder Long.

When the whistling shells flew towards Elder Long, Elder Long did not move. The shells suddenly stopped when they were three feet away from Elder Long. It was clear that the shells were still spinning rapidly, but they could not move forward at all. There were cracks on the surface, and under the cracks was a red light like magma, but it could not explode.

After a while, the red color inside the shells gradually dimmed and turned black. The shells stopped spinning and fell to the ground with a crisp sound.

This is the method of an immortal.

Elder Long did not even look at it, but looked directly outside the city. He looked at Qin Qing for a moment from a very long distance, and then turned his gaze to Li Xuandu, who was not far from Qin Qing.

On the left side of Li Xuandu is Qin Su. Today, she is wearing black clothes for the first time. She is not holding the "Three Treasures Ruyi" in her hand, but leaning on the "Changsheng Staff" of the national teacher. Compared with usual days, she has a bit more solemn and murderous aura.

On the right side of Li Xuandu is Ning Yi. Many people choose to stand on Li Xuandu's side for various interests, feelings, etc. Ning Yi chose Li Xuandu because of the same ideals, especially when Li Xuandu had not yet become famous. So Li Xuandu is very grateful for this affection and has always regarded Ning Yi as his right-hand man, and many important matters are entrusted to Ning Yi.

Ning Yi is already nearly forty years old, with two swords on his waist. He has both the elegance of a scholar and the vicissitudes of life after being through the vicissitudes of life, just like a pot of old wine stored for a long time, which is very "flavorful".

On the left side of Qin Su is Shangguan Wan, who is also dressed in black. She holds the "Yin Yang Magic Sword" in one hand and the "Heaven Yang Earth Yin Candle Dragon Seal" in the other hand, and her expression is quite solemn.

On the right side of Ning Yi was the great celestial master Zhang Luanshan, who was carrying two swords. Perhaps because he had experienced too many ups and downs, his mentality was more peaceful, and there was even a faint smile on his face.

Li Xuandu opened his hands, and the "Yin Yang Fairy Clothes" on his body fluttered without wind.

Then Li Xuandu slowly rose into the air, and finally reached the same height as the top of the city wall, and looked at the old man Long standing on the city wall.

During this process, arrows and bullets were also shot at Li Xuandu from the top of the city wall, but there seemed to be an invisible wall in front of Li Xuandu, and all the arrows and bullets hit this invisible wall and turned into ashes.

On the left and right of the old man Long were three hermits, Chiyang Weng, Jinchan Sou, and Bailu Xiansheng.

Jinchan Sou lowered his eyes and habitually sniffed snuff.

Chiyang Weng squinted his eyes and looked at the endless tide of black armor outside the city, calm and composed.

Mr. Bai Lu put his hands behind his back and muttered to himself, but no one could hear him.

Old Man Long took a step forward, and golden light circulated around him, like a series of small dragons, with a terrifying momentum. He was as still as a mountain, and it was not an ordinary mountain, but the ancestor of all mountains, Kunlun, the origin of dragon veins.

At the same time, sword shadows appeared on Li Xuandu's "Yin Yang Fairy Clothes". Several young Confucian disciples were attracted by these sword shadows and couldn't help looking at them. They were immersed in them in an instant, and then they felt dizzy and felt that the world was spinning. I don't know how many black shadows were intertwined in front of my eyes. My eyes went black and I almost fell to the ground.

Old Man Long said in a deep voice: "Below the Heavenly Man Realm, retreat from the city wall."

After hearing the words of Old Man Long that could not be questioned, the Confucian disciples who were usually arrogant left the place without saying a word.

Elder Long looked at Li Xuandu again and said, "I was unable to determine the winner in the battle at Qixia Mountain that day. We will fight again today, and there must be a result."

Old Man Long's voice was not loud, but it spread across hundreds of miles, and everyone could hear it clearly.

Li Xuandu replied the same way: "That's true."

Both sides knew that Li Xuandu made great progress in this realm and had entered the wonderful realm of the Nascent Soul, not weaker than Old Man Long. However, Old Man Long's advantage lies in his backing with the Imperial Capital. Although he lacks Bohai Mansion, the "Su King" It can still exert 90% of its power.

But even so, Old Man Long could not defeat Li Xuandu and Qin Qing's joint efforts. The last battle in Qixia Mountain was when Qin Qing led his army to the north, and Dan Taiyun also advanced westward with tacit understanding, which led to a one-on-one battle between Old Man Long and Li Xuandu.

Today is very different. Dan Taiyun just wants to delay the process of Liaodong unifying the world, rather than sincerely helping the Confucian sect to compete with the Dao Sect, so she will not participate in the death and decisive battle between the two sides, so there will be fewer Confucian sects on the Confucian side. With a bargaining chip to restrain Qin Qing, Qin Qing will definitely take action himself when it determines the direction of the world's general trend. Moreover, this is not a Yuxu Sword Fighting. Everything is aimed at winning, and there is no fair fight.

Li Xuan was very curious about what means did Old Man Long have to check and balance Qin Qing.

Whether it is restraining, delaying, or other methods, it can be useful, and the Confucian sect has to fight. I hope that Old Man Long will be better than Li Xuandu. If it is useless, there is no chance of winning. He can only fall into the situation where Old Man Long is besieged by Li Xuandu and Qin Qing.

In fact, not only Li Xuan thought so, but those who could truly participate in this war, whether they are Confucianism or Taoism, think so.

Bai Xiushang did not stand in the Taoist camp, but stood beside Qin Qing, just as Qin Su, the eldest daughter of the Qin family, did not follow her father, but stood beside Li Xuandu.

It is undeniable that both marriages have a strong marriage nature, and this is the case whether the parties involved are in love or not.

Taoist gates can be divided into Jiangbei Dao Gate, Northeast Dao Gate, Jiangnan Dao Gate, and Northwest Dao Gate according to their region. In addition to the Northwest Dao Gate, the Qin and Li marriage represent the alliance between Jiangbei Dao Gate and Northeast Dao Gate, and Bai Xiushang is the representative of Jiangnan Dao Gate. Marrying Qin Qing is a unity between the Northeast Daomen and the Jiangnan Daomen, as well as the Jiangnan family that does not belong to the Confucian camp. They need an empress from Jiangnan to speak in the future temple for them.

If according to Qin Qing's "Yin and Yang Pisces" theory, the power represented by Qin Qing is "white fish", and Li Xuandu is "black fish", then Qin Su is the white dot in the "black fish", and the white embroidered skirt is It is the black dot in the "white fish". You have me and I have you, so that Pisces are truly united and cannot be easily divided.

Of course, it would be even better if the parties have an emotional foundation, but it would undoubtedly make the alliance stronger. Needless to say, Li Xuandu and Qin Su, Qin Qing and Bai Xiushang also had a passionate relationship when they were young, and Qin Su's word "Su" has a lot to do with Bai Xiushang.

Qin Qing held the head of the sword on his waist with his palm, rubbed it gently, and asked Bai Xiushang beside him: "It seems that my feeling last night was not an illusion. Suyi, do you think that Old Man Long's backhand will be What?"

Bai Xiushang whispered: "What kind of hermit is hidden inside the Confucian Sect? It's just that for some reason that he cannot leave the imperial capital, so he didn't show up until now? I can only guess this way."

Qin Qing did not comment.

Nowadays, Confucianism and Taoism have a dilemma.

Whether it is the Taoist master, Li Xuandu or Qin Qing, you cannot rashly enter the imperial capital to stop the Confucian people's planning in advance, or investigate, because there is a large formation in the imperial capital that can suppress the immortal people.

But the people of the Confucian sect cannot always hide in the imperial capital, because the formation cannot stop the rolling army, and they must defend the enemy outside the city.

This led to the Taoist sect having no idea what Confucian sects did and could only guess at this time.

The Confucian Sect is not much better. Since the death of Ziyanshan people, they have completely lost the capital for field battles outside the city and can only defend the city.

Huo Sishi had retreated from the city and came to a high tower in the city. He could still look out the general situation outside the city through "Looking Thousand Miles". This important minister of the court had a dark and complicated look. No one expected that Liaodong and the court would be The peace talks took less than one night. The King of Yan only "bargained" once, and the negotiations had broken down and Qin Qing directly began to attack the city.

That means that Liaodong has no hope for peace talks. If the city is broken, the lives of the nobles and powerful people in the city will be...

It seems that I have to make a decision early.