The next day, Shi Zhui and the others went out to look for people to look at the house. Although everyone here in the mountain city knew that many people had died in the house where Zhao Hai now lived, and many people did not like to go to that house, but
If you just go to clean up, there are many people who are willing to go. After all, the living conditions here in Kaoshan City are still very difficult. Many people are almost at the point where they cannot afford three meals a day. It would be good to have more income.
While Shi Zui and the others were negotiating the price, bursts of bells came from the city, and then the city gate suddenly closed. Upon seeing this, the man who was negotiating the price with Shi Zui immediately turned around and ran away.
, not a single word was said.
When Shi Zhui saw the man's appearance, he couldn't help but be startled. He quickly grabbed the man and said, "Friend, why are you running away?"
The man was running, but was held tightly by the stone hammer. He couldn't help but become anxious. He shouted loudly: "That's an alarm. Someone is attacking the city. Go home and hide."
Shi Chui was stunned, and the man broke free from Shi Chui's hand and ran home quickly. Shi Chui glanced around and found that everyone on the street was running home, even where he was.
This little teahouse is closing down.
Shi Chui did not stop, and immediately dropped two copper coins, ran out of the teahouse, and ran straight to the house. After a while, he returned to the house. As soon as he arrived at the house, he found that the others had come back and were following him.
Zhao Hai was sitting in the living room talking.
Shi Chui passed by the living room immediately. Zhao Ting glanced at Shi Chui and said, "Shi Chui is back, what's wrong? You seem to be very anxious?"
Shi Chui nodded and said: "Yes, young master, everything is in chaos outside now. Everyone is running home, and I am running back."
Zhao Hai said in a deep voice: "What's going on? I seemed to have heard a bell just now?"
Shi Chui nodded and said: "It's a bell, Master. I heard that someone is attacking the city. This is an alarm, Master. What should we do?"
Zhao Hai was stunned for a moment, then murmured: "Attack the city? So there's a war? This is a bit interesting. Haha, we can't force out of the city now, so we can just wait in the city. I really want to see it.
Look, what happens next."
As soon as Zhao Hai finished speaking, he heard a knock on the door, and a voice said loudly: "Open the door, open the door, we are from the city guard, open the door quickly!"
Zhao Hai was stunned for a moment, then turned around and winked at Shi Chui. Shi Chui nodded, then walked out quickly, shouting loudly as he walked: "Come on, come on." After saying that, he opened the door.
Sure enough, there were five armored sergeants of the city guard standing outside the door. These sergeants glanced at Shi Chui and said solemnly: "Where is your master? Let him come out."
Zhao Hai also stood up at this time, looked at the city guards and said: "Everyone, I am the master of this family, but what are your orders?"
The city guard glanced at Zhao Hai and said solemnly: "Are you the master of this family? Well, listen, the Lord of the City has ordered that one of the five former families in the city should be put on the wall to help defend the city.
, two people will be drawn for every family with more than ten people. Three people will be drawn for every family with more than fifteen people. How many people are there in your family?"
Zhao Hai was stunned when he heard what he said, and then he said in a deep voice: "There are less than ten people in our family, so, Shi Zhui, you can follow the adults up to the city wall to have a look." Shi Zhui responded and followed.
The few city guards left.
At this time Honghua said: "Master, what do the city guards want to do? Why do they have to recruit people from the city to defend the city? Can it be defended?" Honghua is the only one among the demon clan like Zhao Hai.
She is a woman, and she is the person who has been outside for the longest time besides Shi Shui. That’s why she feels strange.
Zhao Hai said in a deep voice: "It seems that this kind of thing is a common practice here, otherwise the people of the city guard would not be able to do it so smoothly. Forget it, let's take a look and tell."
The other people nodded and didn't say anything. They were also very curious about today's events. They knew that there was no peace in the Lost Soul Mountain Area before, but they didn't expect that someone would attack the city at this time.
It was very interesting. They really wanted to know what the battle here was like.
Time passed bit by bit, and about an hour after Shi Zhui and the others left, there were bursts of shouts of death coming from the city wall, and Zhao Hai also used his mental energy to explore.
The city wall is now full of people, and most of these people have not turned into weapons. Only some soul bowers or soul hunters have turned into weapons and are shooting down the city.
As for the enemies attacking from the city, many of them have been turned into weapons at this time, and these people are all people who attack soul objects in the process.
However, the people under the city are very well equipped, all wearing black scales, and many of them have devil's masks on their faces. Among their troops, there is a big flag with embroidered embroidery on it.
Holding a big snake spitting out letters.
And Shi Chui is still standing on the city wall with the others. He has not transformed or revealed his weapon. He is just standing there and watching the current situation.
Zhao Hai calculated that the number of troops under the city was about 50,000, while the number of troops defending the city was only about 15,000. This ratio is not very high. If the people on the city all work together to defend the city,
, that can still be defended.
But Zhao Hai looked at the people guarding the city and shook his head gently. Many of the people guarding the city didn't seem so anxious. On the contrary, they looked a little careless. They wanted to rely on such people to defend the city.
City, that is really impossible.
Zhao Hai saw the appearance of the city defenders and knew what was going on. A large part of these people were summoned from the city to the city wall. They did not want to fight in the first place, so naturally they would not contribute.
In addition, there have been wars in the Mihun Mountain area for many years, and everyone has a mood to fight for war. In the eyes of the people here, whoever rules them is the same. They don't care about the country at all.
Because of this, when they fought, they did not use their full strength, but seemed very lazy.
Compared with the people on the city, the troops below the city looked much more professional. Their military formations were well arranged, and their long-range attack firepower was also very strong, making them look very formal.
The two sides exchanged fire for a while, and then the army below retreated, and then camped outside the city, pretending to be ready to fight with them at any time. As soon as he saw this situation, Zhao Hai stopped looking. He knew that the city
The people on the top were afraid that they had to put part of it back. Sure enough, as he thought, the stone hammer was put back after a while. However, the city guards stipulated that when the trumpet sounded, he must go up to the city wall to participate in the defense.
If you don't go, they will come to your home to arrest them and deal with them according to military law.
Of course Zhao Hai knew what it meant to deal with it according to military law, but he didn't care. He just wanted to see how long this battle would last and what the final result would be.
The soul object forged by Zhao Hai's Stone Hammer Tree is also a soul-planting tree. His purpose is to make others think that Stone Hammer Tree is also an ascetic, so that he can transform and use weapons.
The weapons Zhao Hai prepared for the Stone Hammer Tree were two sledgehammers. These two sledgehammers were made of metal and contained a certain amount of gold, but not a lot. So the sledgehammers looked shiny silver, but they
Not golden.
When he first climbed up the city wall, Shi Shui was holding these two sledgehammers. The people on the city wall just thought he was an ascetic and did not make things difficult for him. They just let him stand on the city wall. If the enemy attacked,
After reaching the city wall, he stepped forward to kill the enemy.
After Shi Chui came back from the city, Zhao Hai called Shi Chui to his side and said, "Have you heard any news?"
Shi Chui nodded and said: "Yes, young master, there is news. I just heard that the army outside is from the Spirit Snake City State. The Spirit Snake City State and the Blue Wolf City State are adjacent to each other. People from the two city states have frictions from time to time. But like this time
This is the first time that a large-scale siege has occurred, and I heard that the army of the Spirit Snake City State was originally larger than that of the Blue Wolf City State, but the cavalry of the Green Wolf City State was stronger than the cavalry of the Spirit Snake City State.
This time, the Spirit Snake City State sent fifty thousand troops to attack Kaoshan City. This is almost half of the strength of the Spirit Snake City State. It seems that they are determined to win, and I see that the people in the city have no intention of defending the city. It is difficult to survive for a few days.
God, they will open the door and surrender."
Zhao Hai nodded and said: "It is possible. In the eyes of the people in the city, the defense of the city cannot be defended, but they have to pretend to defend for a few days, so that they will have no chance of surrendering."
What can people say? The defense of the city did not cause any harm to the Spirit Snake City State. After the surrender, the people of the Spirit Snake City State will not embarrass them. If the Spirit Snake City State fails to do anything to the Blue Wolf City State this time, then they will be the ones in the future.
When they arrived at Qinglang City again, they also said that they had tried their best to defend the city, but they just didn't defend it, so that neither party would blame him. It seems that this is the law of survival in troubled times."
Upon hearing what Zhao Hai said, Shi Zhui and the others suddenly realized that they understood what those people in the city meant. No wonder those people in the city seemed careless when they were defending the city. It turned out to be because of this.
Shi Chui looked at Zhao Hai and said: "Master, what should I do? Should I go up to the city wall and follow them to defend the city?"
Zhao Hai smiled slightly and said: "Of course I'm going up, but you don't have to do anything, just show off. Learn more from the people around you, see how they do it, and just follow along for a while.
Don't stand up." Shi Zhui responded.
Zhao Hai turned to Tiexiancao and said: "Tiexian, go out and have a look in a while and see if there are still people walking on the street. If no one is walking on the street, come back. If there are people walking on the street, just take a look.
Is there anyone outside? If anyone is outside, listen to what they say and remember, try not to let the defenders find you." Iron Wire Grass responded, turned around and left. The reason why Zhao Hai asked him to go outside to inquire
The reason for the news is that because he can escape, if he is allowed to go out and get news, he can avoid being discovered, and no one else can.
After a while, Iron Wire Grass came back from outside. He cupped his fists at Zhao Xi and said, "Master, there is no ban on people walking outside. I just saw some people on the street. They are buying food. There are some food stores in the city."
It has also opened, and other stores have also opened. However, food prices seem to have increased a bit, but not too much. Judging from the appearance of the people in the city, they don't seem to be in a hurry. They are just discussing whether this war can be fought.
How long has it been? I don’t seem particularly worried.”
Zhao Hai nodded and said: "It's about what I imagined. It seems that the people in the city have completely adapted to the war. This is not a good thing, because the more they are like this, the more they represent the people here in the Enchanting Mountains. Maybe
It will be messy for longer.”
Honghua looked at Zhao Hai and said: "Master, what should we do? Just stay in the city like this? With our strength, we can leave without knowing it, and no one will notice it. Why should we stay?"
Where is the city?"
Zhao Hai smiled and said: "Don't be in a hurry. Why are you leaving in such a hurry? We will stay in the city. I just want to see how far this war will go. This place in the Lost Soul Mountain Area is just the soul world.
It’s just a microcosm of the spirit world. The spirit world is relatively peaceful now, and this peace is only temporary. Once something breaks this balance, the war in the soul world will probably begin soon. By that time,
It is no longer a battle between two city-states, but a war between the entire spiritual army world."
Everyone didn't speak, just nodded. Zhao Hai said in a deep voice: "Okay, let's go back and have a rest. Tiexian, this time you have to work hard. When you have nothing to do, go out and see more and listen to the people on the street.
What are they talking about? If possible, go to the city lord’s mansion and see what they plan to do. Also, it’s best to go and see the military camps outside the city.”
Tie Xian responded, and after several people bowed to Zhao Hai, they turned around and left. Zhao Hai looked at them and just smiled slightly without saying anything. He went back to the room to rest, but this
At that time, Zhao Hai already had a plan, but now it is just a plan, it depends on how things develop.
The siege of the Spirit Snake City State on the first day was a bit anticlimactic, because after that exploratory attack, they did not attack again, they just set up the camp. After they set up the camp, the sky turned dark.
It's already dark. Although there is light from the plants, the light at night is still darker than during the day. After all, this is a city, not a jungle.
Early the next morning, just after several people had had breakfast, bursts of horn sounds came from the city. As soon as Shi Zhui heard the horn sound, he immediately went out with his hammers. As soon as Shi Zhui left, the iron wire
He also left. He was going to the city to inquire about news. He also went to the city lord's palace and the military camp outside the city to see if he could get any new information.
Not long after Stone Hammer arrived at the city wall, there were waves of shouts of killing coming from the city wall. Such sounds had no impact on Zhao Hai and the others. Zhao Hai was still sitting in the room reading a book, entering from time to time.
Go to space to study those plants, and the others are almost the same as Zhao Hai. They are also reading books now.
Originally, Shi Zhui and the others did not know the characters, but after they arrived in the space, they were illuminated by the golden light from the golden book and the gold pen. Now they knew a lot of characters. Zhao Hai asked them to read the books and try their best.
Learn more about the world through books. Although this understanding is only one-sided, it is better than doing nothing.