Section 16 The Soul Army

The city is just a small city, and the defenders are only five hundred.

Originally, the five hundred defenders had enough weapons to deal with the rebellion of a group of riots, but the existence of Bu Jingxian and Zhao Ji made the power of these five hundred defenders quickly collapse.

Bu Jingxian asked everyone to eat and drink, and prepared weapons. When the defenders of the city were sent to suppress the city after receiving the news, they killed most of the officers and soldiers with Zhao Ji on the way. They took advantage of the situation to attack the city. Before the city gate was closed, they were controlled by Zhao Ji. The defenders on the city wall were chased by Bu Jingxian and Zhao Ji in two groups. The slogans rushed into the city with agricultural iron tools and shouted, "When the soul wakes up, the soul enters the soul. If you believe in the soul, you will be free, and you will be punished against the soul." When you encounter resistance, you will kill them, and when you see rich people, you will rob them.

The remaining defenders were afraid that they would not run fast enough, and they would flee when they saw the rioters with red eyes. Anyone who was caught would be smashed and chopped by hoes, sickles and other randomly, and died on the spot. The residents in the city closed doors and locked windows, fearing that they would be implicated. The pursuits of immortal soul will and poor refugees gathered in the city joined the robbery and killing troops one after another, making the momentum even more amazing.

The battle to take Licheng lasted for more than an hour.

More than a thousand people increased to eight thousand in a blink of an eye. However, the armour of the city was insufficient. Including the armor of the soldiers guarding the city, the armor was only enough to be equipped with 700 people. More than a thousand people used weapons plundered from the blacksmith shop in the city, while the others used meat knife confiscated from the homes of the residents in the city.

After seeing the topographic map of 80 miles near Licheng, Bu Jingxian divided the 8,000 people into ten teams and ordered them to sweep away the villages and towns within 80 miles around Licheng.

He also told Zhao Ji: "Flying Eagle sent a message to the princess and sent fifty good soul-cultivating masters to rush to support him. Then he rushed to Zheng Guodong Pass with my letter and handed it to Zheng Guoxin Hou Lingluo in person. No mistakes should be made."

"Your Majesty wants to borrow the troops of Zheng?" Zhao Ji was puzzled.

"Otherwise, the army of Kailai City, a hundred miles away from Wei, will come here, and these untrained 8,000 people are not enough to resist. Go and do it immediately. If I expected, I believe that Hou Lingluo had already been in Dongguan City, Zheng State, and was going to attack Wei State. Now we are rebelling in Licheng, and we are creating an opportunity for them to send troops."

"I'm going to receive the order!"

Zhao Ji left with the letter.

Bu Jingxian also told the 100 seekers of immortal soul will who were on standby to come to the city to appease the people and promote the immortal soul will. He sat in the city government office and waited for the rewards of the battle.

Zheng Guoxu learned about the incident in the city and quickly reported to Ling Luo from Shangguan, Dongcheng.

Zheng State originally planned to launch troops to attack Wei a month ago, but later it was postponed for some reason and has not yet been deployed. However, Ling Luo arrived at Chengguan early. This was his first time to command the army, and his confidants were the effective deployment of his father Zuo Shuchang. Ling Luo attached great importance to this expedition, for fear of mistakes and losing his father's reputation. He spent most of his time in the military camp tent and considering war.

When I get a detailed reward, I applaud.

"Okay! It's time for the immortal soul to cause chaos. I will send our military orders and let the generals come to the big tent to discuss matters."

Shortly after the messenger left, someone came to report it again.

"Qi reported to the Marquis of Xin, General Zhao Ji of Zhou State held a letter from Beijun, and asked for a visit outside the camp."

Ling Luo was secretly surprised. Not many people in the country knew about his coming to Beiguan, just to make Wei unprepared. "Please!"

After seeing Zhao Ji and reading Bu Jingxian's letter, Ling Luo's evaluation of Beijun was even higher.

"The King of Wei is not kind, and it is natural for the whole world to fight together. I wonder how many soldiers and horses in the Zhou State participated in this battle?"

"Reporting to the Queen of Xin, the King was just going out to relax. When he passed by here, he learned that the King of Wei was cruel and unkind, so he raised his arms and shouted and led the people to revolt. Zhou would not send troops because of this, but the King of Wei was everywhere. The King of Wei had no intention of seizing the land of Wei just to save the suffering people, so he hoped to form an alliance with Zheng and attack Wei."

"Okay! If you are willing to report to Beijun, you and our army will be an alliance from now on. We will not violate each other and will unite in the attack on Wei!"

After Zhao Ji left, the adviser in the tent advised: "If the Zhou State advances to attack Wei, our army will have a chance to take advantage of the vacancies of Zhou, and Xinhou's move may be inappropriate."

Ling Luo laughed and said, "Our army formed an alliance with the Immortal Soul Uprising Army led by Beijun, not the Zhou Kingdom."

The strategist suddenly realized and said straight: "Xinhou is thorough in thinking and admires him."

The rebellion of the city was established in advance and the State of Zheng sent troops to attack Wei. Wei originally wanted to seek help from Yan, but the envoy had just set off, and the State of Chu also sent troops to Yan.

After a short while of cessation, the world was in chaos again due to Zheng and Chu's troops.

The news of the Immortal Soul Uprising of Licheng has added fuel to the fire. In three months, the number of Immortal Soul Uprising Army led by Beijun exceeded 200,000, and steadily occupied the land of Wei in a few hundred miles around Licheng. Beijun's uprising became the object of imitation for many people. In half a year, there were Immortal Soul Uprising Army of varying sizes everywhere in the world, and the leaders all claimed to be the soul messenger selected by the Great Immortal of the Soul.

At first, many people disagreed with the Immortal Rebel Army, believing that the poor and destitute were not good at doing anything. However, soon, the number of these rebel troops increased by more than 1.5 million like a snowball, all countries were troubled by the unrest caused by these rebel troops.

Soon after the war, homeless refugees were everywhere in the world. These refugees also followed the rebel army to cause chaos, which increased the momentum of the rebel army day by day. Most of these rebel troops were short of money and food. Many of them fled to Zhou after being attacked by the seven strong forces, some stayed in Zhou, and some defected to Licheng. Everyone knows that Zhou Beijun was the leader of the Licheng Rebel Army and the pursuer of the immortal will of the soul.

Because of this, the population of Zhou State surged by two million in eight months.

At this time, the uprising army led by Licheng Beijun was known as the Divine Soul Army, with a number of more than 500,000. After several months of training and preparation, taking advantage of the trend of Zheng's attack on Wei, he seized two big cities in the east and north of Licheng and sealed the pass. The trained troops exceeded 80,000, and the complete regular troops exceeded 50,000.

"Your Majesty, the princess Feiying sent a message saying that there was another rebel army in Zhou that had been defeated by Chen and came to Licheng, with a population of 10,000." When Zhao Ji reported that Bu Jingxian frowned and knew that he was worried about his support for the army. The rebel army was incredible and the number of people increased. However, money, grain and weapons have always been a headache. Even if Zhou State helps with all its strength, it can't afford such military appearance.

But Bu Jingxian has never used Zhoudu’s money and grain reserves, and it all depends on the supplies of the two major cities of Wei. But this is not a long-term solution. There is not enough training for the troops, incomplete military equipment, and large numbers. If we cannot continue to attack Wei, it will inevitably be unable to support it. However, Wei has increased its troops and defense, and it is difficult to defeat the enemy with the combat power of this equipment.
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