Chapter 160 The vine nets cover the sun and the moon
"How? Can I enter the city?"
As the night got darker, Zhao Shu stood by the river bank. Yuan Wujiao, who had a red talisman on his head, said, "No way! I tried several water veins, but vines and trees are growing everywhere. There is no way out."
"What kind of vine is that? Can you recognize it?" Zhao Miao asked.
Yuan Wujiao shook his head: "This disciple has never seen it before. The vines are both virtual and real. In addition to blocking the water veins, they are also absorbing the energy of the earth veins, intertwining into a dense network. When the disciples try to get closer, they feel the energy and blood
float."
"I discovered it too." Zhao Shu looked towards Dantu County in the distance. Fire could be seen faintly on top of the city, reflecting the dark light and shadow.
Looking through Yingxuan's landscape technique, the entire Dantu County seemed to be clinging and entangled with countless vines. The vines formed a net to protect the city wall, making it impossible for the officials and soldiers of the altar to enter and explore. Yuan Wujiao tried to use the underground water to
The pulse escapes and enters, but it is also blocked from the outside.
"You have to work harder these days and keep an eye on the upstream and downstream waterways for me. If there are soldiers and horses of unknown origin, monk Wu Zhu, please report to me as soon as possible." Zhao Shu sent an apricot yellow pill by the way.
Yuan Wujiao opened his mouth and swallowed the pill, his interest greatly increased: "Disciple will definitely fulfill his mission!"
After saying this, Yuan Wujiao jumped into the river, followed by a school of fish, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
As an aquatic monster, Yuan Wujiao has achieved some success in cultivation and can control other non-intelligent aquatic creatures, making him more powerful than before.
And Zhao Mingxing Dharma summoned Yuan Wujiao, and he could also use him to control the river water. He had previously used this to make the grain transport ship move without an oar, and rescued a group of people in Dantu County.
"Now Dantu County has been shrouded by the formations set up by Jiuli Kingdom's witches, and no officials, soldiers, ghosts, gods, or monsters can enter the altar." Zhao Shu returned to the tent in the camp, looked around at the accompanying monks, and asked: "Do you have any questions?
Other ways?"
"We tried to use the Dharma mirror to cast objects, but the scenery in the mirror was all messy and blurry." A monk from the Huaiying Hall said: "As for the paper cranes, we can only visit them from a distance. If we fly over Dantu County, we can only visit them from a distance."
, and was immediately knocked down by the uncertain vines."
"Dharma Mirror..." Zhao Shu looked at Liang Hui who was walking with him: "Fellow Daoist Liang, in addition to alchemy, your museum also specializes in making Dharma Mirrors. I wonder if you can find out the enemy's layout in the city?"
Liang Hui looked troubled: "I tried it during the day, but what I saw in the mirror was not the scene in the city, but the image of a crying baby, a wailing woman, and the blood-stained field, which blocked the ability of the Dharma mirror to illuminate the hole."
Zhao Shu pondered and said: "Is it possible that the formation of Jiuli Kingdom was made by blood sacrifice of babies and women?"
Most of the monks present changed their expressions. Some were shocked and angry, while others were disgusted. One of the female monks from the Mingxia Pavilion stood up angrily: "The Jiuli Nanbarbarians are cruel and cruel. Please give an order from Marquis Zhenming to attack the city as soon as possible!"
"Fellow Daoist Ding, please be patient and don't be impatient."
Zhao Shu looked at this beautiful woman with eagle-like eyebrows and phoenix eyes. Most of the other Mingxia Hall disciples were wearing graceful skirts and veils, but this Ding Muqiu was wearing an arrow-sleeved outfit, long boots, and her long hair was tied up casually.
With a high ponytail thrown behind her head, she is full of the valiant and heroic appearance of a Jianghu heroine, and her words and deeds are fiery. Only a purple silk waistband reveals a bit of her femininity.
It is said that Ding Muqiu is a distant relative of Ding Feiling, the leader of the Mingxia Pavilion. She has good cultivation and is obviously being trained as the future leader. This time, the leader Ding brought her here by the way and let Ding Muqiu stay in Jianjia Pass before supporting General Wei.
Assist Zhao Shu.
In terms of experience and achievements, it is obvious that General Wei is more suitable on the front line. It is estimated that Chief Ding knew that this disciple was impulsive and prone to bad things, so he asked Ding Muqiu to stay in Jianjia Pass, and before leaving, he asked Zhao Shui to treat her
Take more care.
Zhao Shu himself was almost exhausted, so how could he find the time to take care of such an eldest lady? Chief Ding was inexplicably concerned about him. Zhao Shu vaguely guessed the other party's intention. Now that he asked the younger clan members to come, his intention couldn't be more obvious.
"Marquis Zhenming, do you want to sit back and watch the people in the city die at the hands of the evil lich?" Ding Muqiu raised his eagle eyebrows and looked upright.
For some reason, Zhao Shu felt that her facial features were familiar. Putting aside distracting thoughts, Zhao Shu said seriously: "Why don't I want to rescue the people in the city as soon as possible? But now the number and strength of the witches in Jiuli country is still unclear. After escaping from the city,
People learned from the mouths of the people that although the number of barbarians in Dantu County is only three thousand, they are all brave and good at fighting. They can attack more than two hundred miles in a day and night. If we fight with them head-on, the chances of victory are unpredictable."
Those veterans who had contact with Chiyun were indeed experienced in wars for a long time. Before fleeing Dantu County, they had roughly figured out the number of soldiers and horses from the Jiuli Kingdom that captured the city in this surprise attack.
"Currently, there are seven to eight thousand people in our army." Captain Chen said: "And except for the prisoners, the rest are newly recruited soldiers. Although they have been drilled, they may not be enough to attack the city by force."
Zhao Shui said: "I have sent a letter to the officials of the surrounding counties and mobilized Dingzhuang and Xiangyong to come to support. It will not be a problem to gather ten thousand soldiers and horses. Moreover, our army has built a stronghold along the river to guard the waterway, and the upstream grain and grass cannot be transported.
Absolutely, there’s no need to worry about logistical supplies.”
Liang Hui asked: "Does Marquis Zhenming intend to besiege rather than attack?"
Before Zhao Shu could speak, Ding Muqiu interrupted: "How can Marquis Zhenming be so cold and ruthless? If you besiege the city and don't attack, wouldn't you be letting the evil witches and barbarians kill the people in the city?"
"Dantu County is an important transshipment town for grain and grass. It would be best if we could successfully recapture it. What's more, thousands of our soldiers and horses are also restrained here. The troops in Jianjia Pass are weak, which is a big problem!" Zhao Shu said:
"But now that the city is protected by formations, the effectiveness of siege techniques is greatly reduced. We only rely on soldiers to attack, which will cause heavy casualties and may not be successful. I actually hope to force the soldiers and horses of Jiuli Kingdom to take the initiative to go out of the city to fight with us."
Liang Hui shook his head slightly: "But now the enemy clearly intends to hold on and won't take the risk to break out unless everything is exhausted."
Lieutenant Chen also said: "The current surprise attack by Jiuli Kingdom is probably to divert our troops away from Jianjia Pass. If Dantu County cannot be recaptured as soon as possible, I am afraid that another enemy army will attack Jianjia Pass."
Liang Hui was puzzled: "Can the Jiuli Kingdom really mobilize so many troops? General Wei is still fighting them on the front line."
Zhao Shu reminded: "Don't forget, this time there are evil cultivators from the Jiu Corpse Cult in Jiuli Kingdom to help. General Wei has already fought against the corpses on the front line."
"Isn't Marquis Zhenming fully prepared to deal with the walking corpses?" Ding Muqiu put his hands on his hips and said, "The Zombie Cult is after all a treacherous practice and will never achieve great things."
"It can't accomplish anything, but it can cause bad things." Zhao Shu scratched his head: "The first thing now is to try to break the formation, so that we can attack the city. Even if I personally bring all my comrades, fly into the city together and kill them
The enemy commander must also break the formation first."
Zhao Shu felt helpless. In fact, he had gone to the altar again today to rain down thunderous arrows. However, the power of the thunderbolts fired by the soldiers on the altar alone was not enough to break the formation. The thunder and fire from the sky were resolved and dissipated by the vine net formation. It was a success.
shallow.
It can only be said that after being tempered by the Five Kingdoms War, even Nan Tu Wu Zhu, who was considered to be unconquerable by the king, has abilities that can be boasted. Zhao Shu's rituals and magic are far from enough to allow him to run rampant.
degree of taboo.
"Captain Chen, when will the siege equipment be completed?" Zhao Shu asked.
"Speed up the construction tonight and it should be completed tomorrow."
Zhao Shu nodded when he heard the words. At this time, Zhang Liwei quickly stepped into the tent and said, "Inform Zhao Changshi that there are snakes and insects near the camp."
"Oh?" Zhao Shu looked wary, stood up and said, "Lead the way!"
Arriving at the outskirts of the camp, Zhao Shu saw more than a dozen centipedes, all curled up into a ball.
"We followed the instructions and carried the incense burner while patrolling the village, and accidentally discovered this pile of dead centipedes," Zhang Liwei said.
Zhao Shu leaned over and inspected them. Those centipedes were the size of a water basin when curled up. They were obviously not ordinary snakes and insects. The carapace on their backs was so hard that it took some effort to cut them open even with a sword.
"Could he be a Gu master from Jiuli Kingdom?" Liang Hui asked in surprise.
Ding Muqiu snorted coldly: "Seeing that it is difficult to break out of the encirclement, do you have to rely on poisonous insects to poison the soldiers?"
"Although Nantu Gu magic is not a great method, it should not be underestimated." Zhao Shu said with a solemn expression: "There are big and small poisons. The big ones are like oxen and horses, which can carry people and loads. The small ones penetrate into the seven orifices and invade the five treasures.
, it is difficult to detect. The reason why I let the camp burn incense day and night and hang talismans everywhere is to prevent the harm of poisonous insects."
Liang Hui asked: "Marquis Zhenming seems to know a lot about the art of Gu?"
Zhao Shu was a little embarrassed, so he could only say: "I... met a Gu Master by chance when I was a child, and I suffered a lot, so I took the trouble to deal with it."
Zhang Liwei asked from the side: "How to deal with these Gu insects?"
Zhao Shu took out the Qingxuan pen and made a few empty strokes, which attracted blazing flames and burned more than a dozen centipedes to ashes in the blink of an eye.
"These voodoo insects have been raised through secret methods, and they may even be dormant and alive." Zhao Shu said: "If you touch them randomly, the voodoo insects suddenly wake up and take a bite, I am afraid that they will not even run back to the camp to report.
It’s too late.”
"Having said that, the effect of poison on those who are successful in cultivation is mediocre." Ding Muqiu did not hide his confidence: "And the poison master is not good at head-on fighting. If you see him on the battlefield, we have plenty of countermeasures."
Zhao Shu didn't like these words very much, and frowned: "You are successful in cultivation? How many people like this are there in the camp now? Why do other Gu masters want to fight with you and me head-on? What is the purpose of the Gu master?
Just to spy on the camp."
Ding Muqiu pursed her lips slightly. Although she didn't refute, she was obviously not convinced.
"Marquis Zhenming, although there is no shortage of food and grass in the camp now, there is not enough incense used to drive away poisonous insects and plague." Liang Hui reminded: "According to your instructions, we will burn incense around the camp every day.
If this continues, the fragrant medicine will bottom out in three to five days."
"I understand." Zhao Shu looked towards Dantu County and made up his mind: "Tomorrow, attack the city!"
…
Listening to the roaring sounds coming from outside the city wall, even the ground inside Dantu County was shaking slightly.
Miao Saluo stood in the empty courtyard of the courtyard and performed magic on a simple black-glazed pottery pot. After a moment, countless locusts rushed out of the pottery pot like billowing black smoke.
The head flies away.
The roaring explosion outside the city wall immediately slowed down, and Miao Saluo lightly jumped onto the roof. From a distance, several monks from Huaxu Kingdom could be seen in the air outside the city, offering magic weapons to resist countless locusts.
The most eye-catching person among them is a heroic woman. The purple silk in her hand is dancing and circling, as if she is summoning a cloud of dense purple air. It is light but contains a fierce attack. If the densely packed locusts get closer, they are immediately crushed into fly ash.
"Tsk, where did the tigress come from?" Miao Soluo looked displeased.
Just as the locusts in the sky were restraining several monks, Sheluo Mandrill jumped down from the city wall, wrapped his body in wild boar skin on his back, and immediately transformed into a strong and fierce wild boar, with a bulging back one foot high and two snow-white tusks.
With a sharp edge, he could be seen moving his legs and running towards the Huaxu National Army formation.
Now the soldiers and horses of Huaxu Kingdom are using various trebuchets and ballistae carts to attack the city wall. Once these siege equipment are fixed, it is inconvenient to move, and there are large troops arrayed around the siege equipment.
Sheluo Mandrill's move was not to break out of the siege, but to take the opportunity to destroy the siege equipment. With its almost mountain-like body shape, it was faster than a galloping horse. Let alone a mortal body, it could break through even a city wall.
A hole!
Seeing this wild boar as strong as an elephant charging into the formation, the army could not help but gradually become disorganized. No matter how brave the soldiers were, they would not dare to face such a vicious beast head-on.
"presumptuous!"
There was a loud shout from the rear of the military formation, and then the tiger roared and the golden wind flew past the forest spears. A black iron tiger of similar size rushed straight towards it and collided hard with the white wild boar.
The divine tiger used its true form to pounce and scissor, and each strike was comparable to a hammer hitting the ground, causing dust to fly everywhere. The giant white pig had strong skin and strong muscles, and an ordinary wild boar would have been turned into mincemeat.
, but he was not injured, and he could still swing his two snow-white fangs, arch and swing the divine tiger in its true form, almost flying it away.
At this time, the drums at the rear of the formation continued to sound, flags were waved, the military formation quickly moved out of the way, the crossbows adjusted their angles, and at the same time several monks raised their hands and flew talismans, causing the ground under the giant white pig's feet to suddenly turn into a quagmire, making it difficult to extract its limbs.
"put!"
At the command, the crossbow fired a ray of black light, and the divine tiger transformed into the size of a tiger talisman in its true form and flew away, allowing the spear-sized crossbow arrow to hit the giant white pig's body.
The giant pig staggered and fell into the quagmire. At the same time, it roared, and the roar was overlaid with the man's cry of pain. However, the crossbow arrow made of pure iron only penetrated a small part.
Most of the rest is still hanging around outside the body.
"Damn it, is this pig made of iron?" The soldiers wielding the crossbows were also frightened. One arrow fired from the crossbows of Huaxu State was enough to drive into the city wall. With the talisman arrows made by the Jinding priest, it was already
It was about to open a hole in the city wall of Dantu County. But when it came to this big wild boar, it only penetrated a small part?
"Take it!"
After the formation, Zhao Shu shouted loudly, several monks each offered magic treasures and talismans, and a restraining force enveloped the giant white pig.
Seeing that there was nowhere to hide, Sheluo Mandrill exerted his might again, and a round of totem round light bloomed in front of the formation, breaking all the magic spells, and the crossbow arrows that were nailed into the body were also forced out inch by inch.
Zhao Shu didn't give him a chance. He slapped the token, and the spells on the altar flew around, turning into sword lights. At the same time, a snow-white figure came to the battlefield in mid-air. It was the egret Wangji flying across the harp, and the immortal mantle was fluttering and stroking the strings.
play music.
For a moment, the piano and the sword were combined, and they gathered great power, overwhelming them!