The box lid was lifted, revealing the longbows wrapped in oilcloth and neatly stacked inside the box.
Everyone screamed in joy. Although they still couldn't see what was in the package, from its appearance and length, it was known that it was a specially made long bow.
Minantian's eyes shone brightly and he said: "It is actually a good five-foot-five-inch bow. It is not suitable for use on horseback, but it is the best choice for defending or attacking a city. The longer the bow, the stronger and farther it will go."
Wan Renyu praised: "Just listening to these words, I know that Brother Mi is very good at archery."
Wan Renyu did not praise him casually. You must know that the bow used by ordinary infantry is four feet eight inches long, and uses two feet eight inches five inches. Only in this way can they cooperate seamlessly and exert the most effective effect.
Long Ying smiled and said: "Please four beauties to unpack our strong bows."
The eyes of the four girls were already shining brightly. After hearing this, they rushed forward unceremoniously, each took a handful and unwrapped the wrapping cloth.
Everyone looked at the long bow that was taken out with their golden eyes. They shouted "wow" again, like a group of children who got a treasure, and the atmosphere was lively.
Piroge said: "Fortunately, these longbows did not fall into the hands of the enemy, otherwise we would be the ones in trouble."
Generally speaking, a top-quality bow must meet the five criteria of being gentle and powerful, having unyielding power over a long period of time, being strong in both cold and hot weather, having a clear and solid sound, and being able to play well with just one stroke. Whether it can meet these standards depends on the manufacturing process and material selection. The first is the bow stem.
, the wood used is mulberry wood, mulberry wood, and mulberry wood is the best. Then there are horns and bowstrings, the former uses ox horns, and the latter uses ox tendons.
The long bow now held in the hands of the four girls is not only made of high-quality rubbing wood, it is nearly a foot longer than ordinary bows, and the horns are made of young ox horns with smooth texture and smooth color, and the strings are superior to beef tendons.
The stork tendon and the bow stem were wrapped with carved silk, which was meticulously made and followed legal standards. The four women kept pulling and letting go of the string, making a clear sound of the bowstring trembling.
Ye Qiye took out a bow and drew it more than ten times without any effort, and sighed: "I understand what the prince said, this must be a strong bow with more than five stones."
The drawing force of the bow is between one stone and two stones. One stone is one hundred and twenty kilograms, two stones is the drawing force of two hundred and forty kilograms, and five stones is the drawing force of six hundred kilograms. Even with less effort, it cannot be pulled open.
Come.
Dragon Eagle's folding bow is known as the bow of a thousand stones, which is a flattering word. It is an exaggeration to describe the extraordinary strength of the bow. However, without the strength of a thousand pounds, there is no way to pull it even a little.
Feng Guoting said: "The bow is like this, the arrows shouldn't miss anywhere, let's open a box and have a look."
The two Eagle Tribe warriors were busy moving the boxes. The results after unpacking did not disappoint them. The arrow shafts were made of birch wood. They had been steamed and exposed to the sun. They were straight, thick and long. The silk wrapping and glue work were exquisite and delicate.
, the arrowheads are made of hardened fine iron, with the finest carved feathers at the end. The three of them, Long Ying, were secretly frightened. They thought that the Dajiang Alliance could produce such a sharp weapon in large quantities.
It is difficult to cope with it, and it will be even more obedient if it is sent outside the Great Wall to be sipped silently.
Piroge said in Longying's ear: "The bow should be enough, but the more arrows, the better."
Long Ying shouted: "Where is the beauty?"
The four girls couldn't help but lower their long bows, stopped playing with them, and responded with sweet voices, injecting a gentle and graceful flavor into the rough and heroic defenders.
Piroge and others thought that he would order the four girls to go out of the city again to bring out dozens of boxes of powerful arrows. Long Ying said: "We will commandeer the stall selling wheat porridge in the market as our canteen. Today, one hundred and twenty
It’s up to you to prepare lunch for seven people.”
The four girls accepted the order and went happily with their Zhemu bows.
Long Ying said: "This time it is my turn to take action. I can take out as many boxes as I can. The enemy's vanguard is less than three miles away from Fengcheng!"
Long Ying, Wan Renyu, Feng Guoting, and Ye Qiye went to the porridge stall in the market and ate delicious fresh fish porridge around the table. The fish was taken from the fish pond of the three brothers, and they thought that there would be no fish to eat soon.
Now, I feel the taste even more.
Other Eagle Clan warriors filled the other two large round tables in the stall. The huge market was deserted except for their unbridled chatting and laughter.
Piroge and his men were still busy, collecting any supplies that could be used to defend the city, such as kerosene, cloth, and wood, and put them on the chute first, and then sent them to the castle for storage to avoid being blown by the wind.
The rain hit and everything was in order, showing Piroge's meticulous thoughts.
Long Ying suddenly said: "Someone is entering the city."
Ye Qiye couldn't help but ask: "I also heard the sound of the suspension bridge lowering this time, but just now everyone was in the city, and the Dulong brothers knew that the enemy's vanguard was already within a few miles, and it was fulfilled like a god, less than half of the time.
Within an hour, enemies indeed appeared in the mountains to the south."
The four girls, Ding Na, are still busy cooking porridge and making bread to prepare for the second round of meals, the number of people will be five times as many as now.
Feng Guoting said: "Because he is another kind of magical witch. He doesn't know how to cast spells, but he seems to have really psychic abilities. You can consider him a war witch."
After saying this, Ye Qiye immediately understood.
The sound of eagles came from the sky, and Ye Qiye and a group of eagle warriors raised their heads and looked up at the same time. Two divine eagles swooped down from the sky and fell towards the northwest of the mountain city.
Ye Qiye asked in surprise: "Is there a shortcut to the city over there? There are two people coming."
Signing to his subordinates, the four of them left the table.
Long Ying shouted: "Those who are coming should be our own people, don't hurt them."
The four Eagle Tribe warriors raised their hands to express their understanding.
Minantian praised: "It's particularly refreshing to fight side by side with masters."
Ye Qiye said: "Brother Long, do you have any uncanny premonitions about the upcoming war?"
Long Ying said calmly: "To be honest, the moment the suspension bridge was pulled up, I suddenly felt like running away as far as I could. It has never happened to me to be so timid in the face of battle.
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Wan Renyu and Feng Guoting also changed their expressions. The former asked: "Is it a bad omen?"
Long Ying showed a smile full of confidence and said: "No! It's because I sensed Zong Mi Zhi at that time and felt that he was almost unable to resist the powerful means of cracking it, so I had the desire to escape."
Minantian asked calmly: "What kind of method is it? Is it witchcraft?"
Long Ying muttered: "I don't care about his so-called witchcraft at all. I wish I could grasp his strategy out of thin air, but I still don't have the ability at the moment."
Wan Renyu turned away and shouted: "Xiao Fuzi, what are you doing back here? There is Brother Yue San."
Under the escort of four Eagle Clan warriors, Xiao Fuzi and Yue San came to the table in a panic.
Feng Guoting said: "Sit down and have a bowl of fish porridge before we talk."
Xiao Fuzi almost burst into tears and said with red eyes: "More than a hundred warships from the Yue Jizhao have occupied the island closest to Fengcheng. They will cut off Fengcheng's only escape route after it is besieged."
Yue San said dejectedly: "This kid has to swim back after diving. Among the three brothers, I am the only one who has not yet had a wife and children. Xiao Fuzi is my best friend, so I have no choice but to accompany him back. Alas! Two warships are chasing us.
, luckily we reached the beach first, but there was no way we could go back.”
Wan Renyu smiled and said: "Zong Mi Zhi knows that Lord Ying is here."
Piroge came with a solemn look and said in a deep voice: "My sister-in-law just came back from outside the city. Now she went to the wall of Wengcheng and said she had something important to tell us."
Everyone felt bad, lost their mood to eat, and rushed towards the city gate.
Princess Yueling stood proudly on the wall, her jewel-like eyes focused on the situation of the enemy formation outside the city, seemingly unaware that Long Ying and other large numbers of people had climbed onto the city wall.
She didn't put on makeup anymore, she just put on war paint on her face like a beauty among flowers. The paint was a bit messy, as if she didn't want people to see her appearance. But she didn't know it, but she was tall and well-proportioned.
Her graceful body and posture are only superior to Shangguan Wan'er but not inferior to her, which is enough to make men all over the world go crazy for her.
Her hair was tied up in a black cloth, with two streamers hanging down the back. It was fluttering with the never-ending wind of the Windy City. It was so light and unrestrained, making people feel that she did not want to be controlled by any means.
Wearing a tight-fitting black samurai uniform and a plain yellow cloak, it was blowing endlessly, as if it could be taken away by the wind at any moment.
People lined up on both sides of her and looked out. The trees near the stone bridge had been cut down, leaving a large open space on the slope, and the fortifications were still in progress.
Banner tents were erected in many highlands, forming a hidden force that blocked Fengcheng. On the right near the Erxi Plain, at the edge of the camp, thousands of people were busy setting up wooden archery towers and fences.
Dragon Eagle naturally came to Yue Ling's side, and the fragrance immediately filled her nostrils. She couldn't help but feel a surge in her heart, and quickly restrained herself. She looked at her, looking at her undulating outline, thinking that only the mountains and rivers of Yunnan could reach her.
Breeding such a unique charm, her unique and unusual beauty can rival the beauty of flowers.
Yue Ling said without looking at them: "Have you seen that mountain with stacked terraces? There is a village on the mountain. Zong Mizhi arrived there last night. We looked at him from the top of the wall, and he also looked at us from the top of the mountain."
Everyone looked far ahead, to the top of the terraced field on the right side of the hilly land, and felt a strange feeling in their hearts. She had a strange feeling that everything was clear to her mind when she talked about it. Her voice was as beautiful as flowing from Cangshan Mountain.
The stream flowing down is lazily swaying with indifference and sadness, but it is also so sexy and attractive, with a kind of unpretentious attitude. The lower part is like the windy and rainy Erhai Lake, and the high part is occasionally filled with joy, which makes people feel happy.
People are elusive.
Everyone wanted to ask her why she knew the location of Zong Mi Zhi so well, but they always felt that any question would be disrespectful and offensive to her, so no one asked her in the end.
What she said was so natural that there was no room for doubt.
Yue Ling said calmly: "We are afraid that we have lost this battle."
Piroge, who was on the other side of Yue Ling, was stunned and said: "Why did Wang Sister say this?"
Yue Ling said coldly, as if recounting something that had nothing to do with him: "Before sending the letter of war to Fengcheng, Zong Mizhi not only knew that the three Han people who had helped Shi Ronin defeat his army were already in the mountain city, but he also made a decision
The whole cold-blooded but effective and almost perfect battle plan. When the Bai people fled the city, the Yueji people took speedboats to land on both sides behind Fengcheng. They spared Tong Mubai's army-protected team, but captured a large number of city residents, and escorted the women and children away.
Here, 20,000 people were imprisoned in the camp on the shore of Xu'erxi Plain. More than 10,000 strong men were taken here and locked up in a camp surrounded by Muzha archery towers. Because the family fell into the hands of Zong Mi Zhi, this
The captives had to sacrifice their lives for Zong Mi Zhi."
Wan Renyu snorted angrily: "Despicable!"
Findantian sighed: "Despicable, but effective. We really lose before we fight. Let's see if we can escape."
Everyone's expressions, including Long Ying's, became ugly.
Without Yue Ling's explanation, I knew that Zong Mi Zhi would drive these innocent Bai men to take on the task of attacking their own city. Just ask, tens of thousands of Bai people were pushing bags of mud and stone to fill up the moat, and all they could do was watch.
Look, what else can I do?
After the moat was filled in, the main wall of Wengcheng, which could be smashed to pieces with a sledgehammer, was also completed. When the enemy's elites mixed with the captives and rushed into the city, they could not have any better choice except to die fighting hard.
choose.
Now it is clear that they are in a deadlock and have no other way out.
Ye Qiye said in a deep voice: "While the enemy's position is not stable now, we will break through after entering darkness."
Yue Ling said: "This is exactly what the enemy wants. Zong Mi Zhi has deployed a large number of archers in the dense forest outside the stone bridge. We rushed out like this, and before we crossed the stone bridge, we were already shooting at the enemy like target practice."
Piroge said: "So what if you jump into the water to escape? If you swim against the current to Erhai Lake, even if Yue Xizhao's warships intercept you, there is still a glimmer of hope for escape."
Long Ying, who had been silent all this time, said categorically: "No! We can't defend Windy City, we can't defend everything."
Everyone looked at Long Ying in confusion. The problem in front of them was simply impossible to solve. Under such circumstances, as many people as possible could escape, how many people should be allowed to escape?
Waiting for death in the city. The other option is to shoot in cold blood the prisoners who are forced to attack the city.
Long Ying shrugged and said: "As long as we can release all the prisoners, let them reunite with their families, and then escape to the Erxi Plain, the entire situation can be reversed."
Minantian lost his voice and said: "We are not even sure of crossing the stone bridge now, how can we rescue the hostages in the hands of a powerful enemy?"
Long Ying smiled and said: "The way I turn defeat into victory is to have my own master in the dark. The enemy's most powerful method is exactly the opponent's most vulnerable weakness."
Piroge was overjoyed and said: "Brother Long actually thought of a way to deal with it? Tell me quickly and listen."
Minantian shook his head and sighed: "There is absolutely no way to deal with it."
Long Ying nodded and said: "Brother Mi saw it very accurately. My head suddenly failed. Now it is completely blank without any ingenious plans."
If he were not Dragon Eagle, everyone would have cursed him loudly, and the glimmer of hope he aroused was quickly shattered. Now it was no longer a question of whether he could defend the city, but how to break out and escape.
Yue Ling still had the same cold and calm expression, as if she was listening to something that had nothing to do with her.
Long Ying said with a smile: "Just because I can't think of it doesn't mean that no one can think of it, brother Ting! It's time for you to take action!"
Feng Guoting was staring blankly at the moat and said in shock: "How do you know the solution I just thought of?"
Everyone was overjoyed, but also couldn't believe it, fearing another disappointment.
Wan Renyu sighed: "In the dark world, there is a master. I also understand his grandma."
Feng Guoting saw that everyone's eyes were on him except Yue Ling. He smiled casually and shouted: "Yue San!"
Yuesan said in a trembling voice: "Here!"
Everyone was puzzled. Yue San didn't understand military affairs and was just an ordinary fisherman. What could he ask from elsewhere?
Feng Guoting said: "Is there a tide in Erhai Lake?"
Long Ying, Wan Renyu, Minan Tian and Pi Luo Ge all exclaimed at the same time because they had already guessed Feng Guoting's clever plan. The others were still confused as to how the tides of Erhai Lake were rising and falling, and how they were related to the great ocean in front of them.
What relationship can disaster have?
"Brother Ting!"
The wind shook the courtyard, and he looked towards Yue Ling.
After Yue Ling called out "Brother Ting!", she still didn't look at him, only a smile appeared on the corner of her lips, and she said softly: "This name is very weird, but it sounds nice!"
Long Ying and Wan Renyu exchanged glances, feeling strange. Piroge also looked surprised.
After Yue San's lips trembled for a long time, he finally spoke and replied: "Yes! The water level can rise two to three feet during spring tide, and then it recedes after a big rise."
Feng Guoting suppressed the strange emotions in his heart and said: "How many days will it take for the latest big tide to occur?"
Yue San said: "It should be the next full moon night, about midnight eight days later."
Feng Guoting sighed: "This is called having a master in the dark world!"
"The Sun and the Moon Are in the Sky" Volume 12 Ending