C4 Lai Feng San Guan

The Phoenix City Pass was located at the northeast side of the Phoenix Continent. This mountain range that stretched for a thousand kilometers was like a fold, cutting off a quarter of the leaf shaped mountain range that was coming from the Phoenix Continent.

It was also because of this mountain range that it blocked the cold current that was blowing over from the northeast, causing most of the areas in the southwest to become fertile lands that were as verdant as spring.

Fire Phoenix Empire was originally just a small tribe at the southwest edge of the border. With the efforts of several hundred years of the Phoenix King, the Fire Phoenix Tribe had gone through countless bitter battles and fierce battles, annexing over a hundred large and small tribes and nations. In one fell swoop, they became the overlord of the continent, dominating it for a thousand years.

At the same time that the Fire Phoenix Tribe rose to power, in a bitter and cold corner separated by Wulian Mountain Range, a nation called Mo Qiu quietly developed. Although the two nations lived side by side, the people of the Fire Phoenix Empire had almost zero understanding of this Moqiu State. The main reason was because of the Wulian Mountain Range that separated the two nations.

The Wulian Mountain Range stretched for a thousand kilometers. Not only were the resources in the mountain abundant, they also produced something that would cause the citizens of the Fire Phoenix Empire to feel fear: a Demonic Beast.

No one knew how the Demonic Beast came about, nor did anyone know how many of them actually existed. All they knew was how fierce and evil the Demonic Beast was. The Demonic Beast in Five Lotus Mountain was several times larger than normal animals, and had extraordinary strength and speed. Other than the well-trained soldiers forming a formation to deal with it, ordinary citizens were simply unable to think of anything else. But fortunately, after hundreds of years of continuous conquest and repeated inspections with Border Army, as well as the fact that the mountains were already rich with resources, the Demonic Beast had not gone down the mountain to attack the common people for a long time.

Other than that, there was also a special existence in Five Lotus Mountain, which gave the two nations of Fire Phoenix and Mo Qiu an inextricable connection, and that existence was none other than the Demonic King Valley.

The endless Wulian Mountain Range separated the two countries, Mo Qiu and Fire Phoenix. Legend has it that these Wulian Mountain Range were originally five great mountains, and after experiencing millions of years of changes, the five great mountains became one, and became the current Wulian Mountain Range. And one of the important reasons that supported this explanation was also because of this Demonic King Valley.

The Demonic King Valley was actually a crack between the two mountains. It was shaped like a funnel, with a wide exterior and a narrow interior. The terrain of the valley was very steep, and it was filled with thick fog all year round. It was not easy to pass through, and other than the occasional caravan that travelled to and from two countries, no one else had taken this route. However, even if it was a caravan, this trip was still very dangerous. The Ming Family caravan that was saved by Kong Sheng was an exception. Although his Ming Family would not lose because of this, it would still take a long time for him to feel the pain.

This Demonic King Valley had also become the only path between the Fire Phoenix Empire and Moqiu State.

The Fire Phoenix Nation surrounded the funnel-shaped valley and constructed the Phoenix City Pass, Liehyang Pass and Blue Moon Pass known as the "Tri-stage of the Laifeng". The three defensive fortresses were dominated by Phoenix City Pass, and the Liehyang Pass and the Blue Moon Pass were inserted in front of them as support. Although they blocked the way, they were still able to give the caravan the the clearance documents and allow them to go to the Moqiu. As for whether they were going to live or die, or perhaps there were some other secret missions in the caravan, no one would be able to find out.

As for the construction of these three trials, they were forced to do so in the beginning. The Fire Phoenix and Black Qiu had battled for hundreds of years, and although the Moqiu State was small, the soldiers were not afraid of death. In every field battle, the Fire Phoenix Nation had to have twice the military strength to be able to barely confront them. In defensive battles, it was extremely difficult to control the number of casualties at a ratio of one to one. As for the city siege, that was something the entire nation of Fire Phoenix Empire did not even dare to think about.

Three hundred years ago, there was a huge battle between the two countries. The Moqiu State's forty thousand troops broke through like a hot knife through butter, continuously breaking through the six great armies of Fire Phoenix Empire and seizing more than ten cities. In the end, he had relied on the famous general of the Phoenix Army, Fang Da, to lure a partial division, borrowing the weak point of the Moqiu State army being unfamiliar with water, to use the summer water potential to push him back, saving the Fire Phoenix Empire from imminent disaster. And from that battle onwards, Moqiu State began to emerge as the Devil Kingdom of the Fire Phoenix Nation's population.

After this battle, Fang Da was known as one of the Empire's famous generals. At that time, the Fire Phoenix King waved his hand and appointed Fang Da as the border general responsible for overseeing the construction of the three trials of the Phoenix.

Coming to the Phoenix Trials was the same side of the Wulian Mountain Range, and using the gray colored boulders within the mountains. The huge rock was cut into strips, and the outside side of the rock was polished to form corrugated lines. Whether it was huge or stone-throwing, neither of them could hurt it in the slightest. The Phoenix City Pass of the main pass was fifteen meters high and fifteen meters wide, allowing three mounts to ride side by side. And every five hundred feet there was an arrow tower, and every three hundred feet there was a city, and the inner city was completely surrounded.

Although the inner city was situated, its specifications were even better than the outer city's. The inner city walls were even higher than the outer city wall s by fifty feet. There were also tunnels, tunnels, and caches for hidden troops between the inner city's outer city wall s. The only reason that the inner city had a separate entrance to the water was to guard against the need to break into the outer city. On both sides of the outer city, at the point where the two sides connected with the mountain, there were twenty stone thrower s, each of which were made of fine steel and were firmly fixed on the mountain. All sorts of scales were used to train their accuracy, and as long as one placed the stone on the ruler, these stone thrower s could cover a distance of between one hundred and fifty meters from where their Phoenix City Pass was located.

In addition, the three trials of the Phoenix were all set up in the military. The residents of the city were all military, with the army in times of war and the peasants in times of war. In addition to collecting supplies in the spring and autumn, quarrying was also an important task for them. Taking the stone from the Wulian Mountain Range, the polished stone that was half the height of a man was transported to the city for storage, to prepare for battle.

The three trials had taken more than fifty years to complete since the day of Marshal Fonda's construction. The army he was leading had also been changed into Border Army, which was specifically responsible for defending the three stages of Phoenix City. It was a pity that the newly constructed Phoenix City Pass had only been constructed not long ago.

In exchange for more than fifty years of construction, the Fire Phoenix Nation was at peace for three hundred years. Even though the two nations were still constantly at loggerheads, there was no longer a great battle going on between them. Like a giant hand, they came to the Phoenix Trials and firmly blocked the armies of the Moqiu State outside of their Wulian Mountain Range.

But today, things had changed.

Half a month ago, Blue Moon Pass and Liehyang Pass had sent out an urgent report at the same time, saying that a group of Moqiu State soldiers had appeared in the Demonic King Valley, and pounced directly towards the three stages of the Phoenix.

Although there was a Demonic King Valley between them, this was after all, a land adjacent to the two countries. Adding on the fact that Moqiu State was not as good as Fire Phoenix Nation's, there would be an army that would pretend to be a horse team and rush out from the Demonic King Valley. They would pretend to encircle and attack the city, but in reality, they were trying to snatch grain.

This kind of situation would make it difficult for the border guards, as their Blue Moon Pass and standard troop allocation was only five thousand soldiers. The other side only surrounded the city. If they were to rush out and cut them down, the Phoenix Army would not have the advantage in field battles. The other side's grain fighting army would turn around and pincer the two sides of the city wall. Moreover, if the other party took the opportunity to take over Blue Moon Pass s and Liehyang Pass s, then their losses would not be small.

Those who were soldiers did not like fighting, while those who were officials did not want to fight. Thus, everyone turned a blind eye to this act of pretending to snatch food. It was better than losing your life and also losing Guan Lao Da.

This time, Grand Commander Sun also had the same idea. After sighing, she threw the military report to the side. Commander Sun was a good commander who loved soldiers like her own son, and she was also an honest man who never coveted achievements, but he was absolutely not a famous general in the current world.

Four days later, when the first group of Moqiu State soldiers appeared in front of his Phoenix City Pass, Grand Commander Sun finally sensed that something was amiss. However, when he sent out more scouts, it was already too late. The Moqiu State armies firmly sealed all the paths from Phoenix City Pass to Blue Moon Pass. Not to mention people and horses, even birds had to be shot down with crossbows!

Only two of the scouts from the Five Way had escaped and returned with only a single piece of information, "Devil Kingdom Soldiers, suppress the border!" Please quickly ask the imperial capital for help! "

Upon hearing this news, Commander Sun hesitated for a moment before deciding to wait another day. However, it was on this day that he lost his life.

Squads of infantrymen in black heavy armor and grey leather armors appeared from the horizon. They chopped down the forest, set up tents, and buried pots and pans to make food. The smoke from the smoke spread for several kilometers, causing all the generals of Phoenix City Pass to gasp despite their image. From the looks of the situation, there were probably no less than thirty to forty thousand people! In terms of military strength, it was no less than the war that happened three hundred years ago!

It was only when he saw the densely packed military formations with his own eyes that Commander Sun decided to send his light cavalry to the imperial city for reinforcements. At the same time, he issued a "Ten Day Deathmatch Order" to his subordinates.

The commanders could only smile wryly at the order. If they had sent a team of light cavalry to test the so-called grain raiders, even if they had sent troops to ask for reinforcements the moment they received the scout's report, they would have survived for a bit longer.

Commander Sun also felt bitter in his heart. How many people did he have in his hands for the enemy's forty thousand soldiers? The Phoenix City Pass was one level higher than the Blue Moon Pass and Liehyang Pass, so even if the soldiers were fully equipped, they would only amount to eight thousand. However, there had been no war for hundreds of years, and the army was no longer fully staffed. Of the seven battalions in Border Army, less than five thousand were capable of fighting, and there were only three hundred under Kong Sheng's command in Red Camp, of which only a hundred and fifty were heavy-armored knight s.

In a field battle, heavy-armored knight could use one versus ten, charging up and even breaking out of the formation. But if it was placed in front of a city wall, how different would these heavy-armored knight s be compared to those ordinary Border Army soldiers?

In the beginning, Commander Sun gave Kong Sheng a Red Camp mission to defend a part of the city wall, but this mission was rejected by Kong Sheng. He felt that the enemy's position was unclear, and that rather than sending the most mobile cavalry to the city walls to be used as soldiers, he might as well keep it as a reserve for the time being, to be adjusted and used according to the situation of the battle.

This suggestion received the unanimous support of a few Border Army guards. After pondering for a while, Commander Sun also nodded his head in agreement with Kong Sheng's idea. But at the same time, he made a request, which was that the Fire Phoenix Army cavalry should be ready at all times. Kong Sheng nodded in agreement, at the same time, he expressed that he would bring the hundred and fifty Apprentice Knight s to guard the city walls, and would not take a step back.

However, on the first day of the enemy's siege, Commander Sun revealed his military inadequacies. Just a thousand man team's probing attack, he had already ordered his stone thrower to attack. Over twenty stone thrower shot three rounds, and over two hundred rocks flew out in all directions. Facing the doubtful gazes of his subordinates, Commander Sun waved his hand. "Soldiers' lives are at stake. Don't care about those dead things right now!" Everyone had nothing to say after hearing his words. They could only watch as the huge boulders filled the sky "fight" with the few enemy troops in the distance.

The first day of defense of the city: Devil Kingdom Soldier suffered over a hundred casualties, stone thrower Stones were used up by over three thousand.

On the second and third day after that, the soldiers on top of Phoenix City Pass City were watching their own rocks and the enemy's soldiers as they "battled". Without any danger to their lives, the soldiers were naturally relaxed and happy. Some of them even sat on the walls to watch the fun, while the veterans and their guards all had worried looks on their faces. He couldn't kill a hundred and eighty people in a day, but his family consumed a lot of stones. Commander Sun was loyal to his duty. He stood guard over the city gate tower day and night. As soon as he saw the enemy soldiers enter the range of the stone, he immediately gave the order to fire.

Kong Sheng was young and vigorous, he had seen Commander Sun a few times, and was scolded back at him. Commander Sun said that he had done nothing less than take the lives of his soldiers as child's play. Kong Sheng was unwilling to accept this, he said that the enemy's military was too strong, they should control the use of the resources in the city, at the same time, they should send out many fast horses to the provinces in order to request for reinforcements, at least to let the neighboring provinces prepare for war. Commander Sun angrily rebuked Kong Sheng, saying that the current enemy's circumstances were unclear, and that the circumstances of the two trials of Lan Yue and Lie Yang were still unclear. What if the enemy was still trying to steal food? At that time, the reinforcements would arrive and the provinces would have their defenses ready. Then the enemy would take the food cart and run away. What should he do? Was this responsibility something that a small White Feather Battalion Commander like Kong Sheng could shoulder?

Kong Sheng was rendered speechless by the blockage, he could only helplessly exit from the city gate tower while holding onto his blade and feeling annoyed by the side. Master Sun has such a temperament, he has always sought stability, furthermore, he will soon be sixty years old, and will be back home safely for the new year, who would be willing to take part in this? "

"But … but what if we run out of stone and the enemy invades? What should we do?" Kong Sheng shook his head helplessly.

Zhao Handong's eyes became cold, and he asked solemnly: "What else can we do? To be a soldier was nothing more than carrying a gun and fighting. To defend the earth for ten days was the duty of the heavens. Now that the Devil Kingdom Child is here, let's do it. "

Hearing that, Kong Sheng looked at the densely packed Devil Kingdom tents, and could not help but sigh.

On the third night, Moqiu State began to invade the city.

The night had provided them quite a bit of cover. In addition to the previous three consecutive days of feints, it allowed them to thoroughly understand the attacking intervals and range of the Phoenix City Pass stone thrower. In addition, the relaxed Phoenix City Pass soldiers allowed these few thousand elite Moqiu State soldiers to easily reach the city walls. By the time the patrolling soldiers discovered him, all of the assault ladders for Moqiu State had to be set up.

Each battalion was alerted to the loss and quickly rushed to the top of the city wall with their own troops, not allowing anyone to steal the city wall. However, in the midst of their panic, they did not know what to do or do, so they threw rocks, rolling wood, and purified feces downwards as if they did not need any money, in hopes of quickly retreating. The Moqiu State naturally didn't want to give up this opportunity that was right before their eyes. Taking advantage of the night sky where they were constantly increasing their numbers, the two sides slaughtered each other to death on the city wall, sending flesh and blood flying everywhere.

At this time, Commander Sun couldn't care about anything else, and ordered all the stone thrower to be launched continuously. As a result, the stones above his head flew about, and the purified feces below his feet boiled. The two sides fought fiercely for the entire night. Moqiu Army had thrown down over a thousand corpses before retreating. Phoenix City Pass had achieved the greatest victory since the start of the battle, but the crowd still wanted to cry over the remaining slabs of slabs and purified feces.

When the sky brightened, the guards immediately dispatched people to pick up the stone, but they were not as quick as they were to throw it away. In addition, he had sent more than ten scouts with powerful crossbows to stir up trouble from time to time, which quickly stopped the unfair exchange of life for stone.

The next moment, both sides began to engage in a frenzied melee. The people on top of the city wall had lost their rock and purified feces, so they could only occupy the ground and rely on their weapons to block the people below from climbing up. The people below the city wall were fearless as they rushed up the city wall, relying on the strength of their individual soldiers.

From the fourth day onwards, the Phoenix City Pass became a meat grinder. The armies of the two countries washed the pale-gray walls with their blood, at least a few hundred bodies a day. Every day, he would repeat himself, but his Phoenix City Pass could not bear such consumption. Even a fast horse would need at least ten days to get to the imperial city of Phoenix City Pass. At that time, it would be hard to say whether or not there were any Fire Phoenix Empire left in the Phoenix City Pass.

"Sir!" Some soldiers from the south gate have arrived! " The soldier's voice recalled Kong Sheng's memories. He was stunned for a moment before jumping up.

South Gate? That was the gate that led to the inner part of the pass. There were troops at the south gate. That was the arrival of reinforcements! Which family's reinforcements arrived so quickly?