The angry Erhai Lake returned to calm, reflecting the blue sky. The mountain city after the storm was bright and moving.
Until they saw Mi Nantian coming to greet them with a solemn expression, which surprised Long Ying and others who were originally high-spirited.
Except for one of the twelve ships driven away by Yue San and two Mengshe Zhao soldiers to carry out other tasks, the eleven warships were pulled to the rocky beach and hidden. Last night, when they arrived at the Yue Shezhao River,
On the small island where the division was located, Yue Jizhao wanted to take shelter from the wind and rain, and all the war boats were moored on the shore. After Long Ying and Wan Renyu shot and killed several enemies standing guard on the shore, they launched a surprise attack on the enemies who were still sleeping in the tent.
, the war turned into a massacre. Caught off guard, the opponent had no ability to fight back. They fled in all directions, and those who could not escape died tragically on the spot. At this time, the clouds stopped and the rain stopped, they seized a large amount of food and weapons, and poured kerosene on them to burn the enemy ships. This
Only then returned in triumph.
Long Ying and Wan Renyu, who climbed onto the third platform from the shortcut, hurriedly unloaded the supplies on their backs and placed them on the ground. They talked to Minantian to the side while the others continued to carry the loot up and down.
Long Ying said: "What happened?"
Minantian sighed: "We finally understand why Zong Mizhi was able to successfully assassinate the King of Tibet despite thousands of troops, and then escaped unharmed, but at the cost of the lives of the three Meng Shezhao brothers, who were also injured.
There were more than ten people, and two of them almost couldn't be saved."
Long Ying and Wan Renyu's hearts froze. They didn't expect that there would be masters like the wind passing through the court, looking for Nantian, living in the wild at night, Yue Ling holding the formation, seven divine eagles and forty Meng Shezhao warriors, everyone's martial arts skills
Although they were tyrannical, they still suffered heavy casualties, and they thought that if they had to be reminded by Yue Ling to greatly increase the power to defend the city, the situation would be even more unimaginable.
Piroge came up from the mountain road at this time. Seeing the expressions of the three people, he knew something was wrong, so he came over and said, "Let them attack the city?"
Mi Nantian first reported the bad news to him, saying: "If they succeed in climbing the wall, I'm afraid none of us can survive. Those ghost soldiers are very skilled, not afraid of death, and are very difficult to deal with. We got there by borrowing water."
Zong Mi Zhi also took advantage of the water. More than 300 people dived from the bottom of the water and suddenly launched their attacks, using ropes and hooks to cover the wall. Zong Mi Zhi was the first to successfully get to the top of the wall, but the two brothers could not stop him.
Live, one of them was killed when he met him, and the other brother was severely injured by him. At this time, the young master and I were unable to separate ourselves, and tried our best to intercept the attacking ghost soldiers. The one closest to him was Ye Qiye, seeing that the momentum was not right,
Turn around and follow him, otherwise the casualties will be more serious."
The three of them heard this and their hearts sank. They could imagine how brutal and fierce the battle was at that time.
Findan Tiandao: "Zong Mizhi uses an iron staff with a beast's head, but it is as light as a flying feather in his hand. When it is used, it has unpredictable power from ghosts and gods. The most terrifying thing is that he seems to be invulnerable.
Afraid of ordinary weapons and not afraid of being besieged, the wet cloak became the most powerful protective magic weapon. With Ye Qiye's martial arts and two eagle brothers, he still couldn't resist him, and he severely injured one of the eagles.
After the brother, I escaped and attacked the brother guarding the wall. I fought with him for more than ten moves, and Ye Qiye barely managed to hold the gap. At this time, the princess came and started a bloody battle with him, and she could not get enough of him.
.I really didn’t expect that the princess was so clever. The two sharp blades, one long and one short, were not under his staff. After the young master killed more than thirty ghost soldiers, he split up to attack him. Only then did Zong Mizhi realize the difficulty and retreat.
Leap outside the city."
Long Ying's scalp was numb and he said: "This guy is so powerful, Master, you can't keep him?"
Piroge said in a deep voice: "Let's go to the wall and see the situation clearly."
The water level is still higher than usual, but the scene of a vast ocean outside the city last night is a thing of the past, and the stone bridge is out of the water again. However, due to the vast hilly area where the enemy camp is located, the floods in the low-lying areas have not receded, and there will be no scene for two or three days. , don’t even think about returning to the original state.
The high platform is still erected on the plain outside the stone bridge. A section of the platform's feet about five feet high is soaked in water, which is a silent mockery of Zong Mi Zhi who once practiced on it.
Dragon Eagle and others came to the stage. Only Ye Qiye, Feng Guoting and three Eagle tribe warriors were standing guard. The divine eagles flew over the mountain city, and two of them even penetrated deep into the enemy territory. They used their unique eagle dance to notify their master of their presence. Invisible hiding places and enemy troop movements.
Ye Qiye's face was pale and he was obviously injured. Seeing Long Ying look at him, he said bitterly: "I gave Zong Mi Zhi a punch in exchange for a kick. He acted like nothing was wrong, but I spit out a mouthful of blood. I have always been famous." I can take a beating, but I don’t know anyone who can take it better than me.”
Long Ying felt this and said: "I did underestimate him. I should ask a princess to be the coach."
Feng Guoting said calmly: "The problem does lie with us. First of all, we know nothing about Zong Mi Zhi, but the princess seems to know him well. Secondly, we lack the deep feelings for the entire land like the princess. Therefore, we have a narrow focus and fail to make long-term considerations. But when it comes to the confrontation between the two armies, who in the world can be better than you, Dragon Eagle?"
Everyone nodded in agreement.
At this time, an Eagle tribe warrior climbed up the wall, walked to Ye Qiye, and whispered: "Ye Qiu is late."
Ye Qiye's body trembled and he said nothing.
Everyone's heart sank. Even with the extraordinary combat power and vitality of the Eagle Clan warriors, they would fall into the hands of Zong Mi Zhi.
Long Ying suddenly shouted: "I, Long Ying, Zong Mi Zhi, do you dare to have a life-and-death battle with me on a high platform?"
The sound was transmitted by the magic power and spread far and wide, and the mountains and valleys responded.
The human voices in the enemy camp gradually disappeared, leaving only the neighing of war horses and the never-ending howling of the wind in the mountain city.
A long laugh broke out, and the next moment Zong Mizhi appeared on the high platform, his eyes shot towards the wall like two lightning bolts, the heavy iron staff was put behind his back, and across a space of more than five hundred feet, he said sinisterly: "You What qualifications does this Han dog have to fight with me? But you can rest assured that after the foreign Japanese master captures you alive, he will cook you and eat you. Ha, let me play a little trick to open the eyes of you bitches."
After saying this, he suddenly looked up at the sky, made magic formulas with his hands, and pointed at a condor flying in the sky.
As if being affected, the divine eagle behaved abnormally. It circled and flew down, and suddenly dropped more than ten feet. When it was only about thirty feet away from the secret wisdom of the sect, it seemed to wake up again and fluttered its wings to fly.
When the enemy soldiers saw Zong Mi Zhi's magical power, they burst into loud cheers, completely drowning out the terrified Ye Qi Ye who recalled his beloved eagle's screams.
Seeing that the situation was not going well, Long Ying took off his black sword with one hand and pulled out an arrow from the quiver behind Ye Qiye's back with the other hand. He jumped up to the top of the wall first, and then ejected it towards the stone bridge.
The enemy's eyes were all focused on the eagle in the sky. Dragon Eagle's movements were as fast as lightning, and no one noticed that he was shooting towards the high platform.
Zong Mi Zhi's hands trembled while he was doing the magic. The condor awoke for a moment, and was fascinated by his magic method. It actually dived straight towards him.
Ye Qiye let out a heart-rending cry.
The condor finally woke up and changed its dive to upwards, but it was already a step too late. Zong Mizhi's heavy iron staff rushed into the air. Just when he was about to hit the condor, an arrow came across the sky and hit it hard.
The head of the heavy iron staff made a loud "ding" sound.
The powerful arrows shattered inch by inch, and the heavy iron staff was thrown into the distance.
The condor soared high into the sky, circled, and flew back with its life in hand.
Zong Mizhi stumbled on the stage as if his spell had been broken, and spurted out a small mouthful of blood. His handsome face, which was so proud, turned as pale as a dead man, and his eyes showed an unbelievable look.
Dragon Eagle jumped into the air in the water more than fifty feet away from the high platform. He was still holding a folding bow in one hand and carrying a large water drop. He laughed and said: "It seems that you are the one who is not qualified to fight in a decisive battle. I understand."
Some heretic and unreasonable people speak arrogant words and offend my truly powerful ancestor. Now I will give you a small punishment and a big punishment, and I will kick your ass later."
In the middle of the sentence, he fell back from the highest point and after saying the last sentence, he submerged into the water with a "porphyry" sound, not giving Zong Mizhi, who was looking at him with hatred, a chance to retaliate.
The Royal Fort, located on the highest platform of the mountain city, is far smaller in scale than the Tubo people's war villages and war forts, nor the royal fortress in Khotan. It is just a group of buildings with the mountain behind and the sky in front of it. However, because it is built against the mountain,
The surrounding environment is rough and integrated with the majestic backing. It still has a fortress-like defense. In addition, the enemy must attack from the rear, so it becomes the last position of the defenders and the rear of the mountain city.
The outer wall of the King's Fort is made of rubble, up to three feet thick, and is very strong. There are seven groups of buildings inside, built around the patio, ranging from two to three floors, all built with rocks. There is a watchtower on the left and right of the outer wall as a
Peripheral defense.
The most distinctive feature is the roof, which is made entirely of iron tiles due to the rich mineral deposits in the Erhai District, so it is not afraid of fire.
The main building of the royal castle is the three-story main hall after entering the castle. There is a square in front and the ground floor of the palace is paved with stone slabs. It is the largest internal space in the castle, where King Tong Mubai of Erhai handled all the affairs of the mountain city. Secondly
The first floor is the kitchen, storage room and bedroom. The highest floor is the temple, which worships the gods believed by the Bai people. There are exquisite shrines and stone carvings of the gods, adding a mysterious atmosphere to the main hall.
All houses have no windows on the windward side, only windows on the other three sides, and the window openings are not large, which is another feature of the castle.
Behind the main hall is another space. The water waterfall from the back mountain flows into the royal castle in two rivers. It converges to form two pools with a diameter of two feet, and then flows down the mountain from the water diversion channel. Then six groups are arranged on both sides.
The building at the back is the back garden of the castle, with a square pavilion and cloister, a small bridge and flowing water, and a waterfall cascading down from near the top, forming a three-story pool. It is also the most charming place in the castle. Next to it is
Steep stone steps lead to the pavilion at the highest point of the mountain city.
They held a simple but solemn funeral for the deceased, and then Long Ying personally prepared embalming medicine, wiped it all over the body, wrapped it properly in white cloth, and placed it in the morgue of the royal castle, preparing to transport it back to his hometown for burial in the future.
Everyone was a person who could afford to lift things up, and the dragon eagle gave them a bad breath, which made them feel much better. Since the enemy could attack at any time, everyone concentrated their efforts on the attack and defense of the mountain city, and first sent the loot to the king's castle.
resettlement, and then discuss how to take advantage of the unique situation of the mountain city to maximize combat effectiveness.
More than thirty people, led by Long Ying, Wan Ren Yu, Feng Guoting, Piro Pavilion, Ye Qi Ye and Findan Tian, walked up to the second platform from the lower level.
Piroge said: "The inner and outer city walls and the first platform are at the same level, and they share a common destiny. Once the wall collapses, enemies will pour in like a swarm of ants. The first platform is half the area of the entire mountain city. The buildings are so densely packed that it is impossible to intercept them and to defend them."
Findan Tiandao: "Every time we lose one person, our combat strength is reduced by one point. However, the opponent's follow-up power is endless, and they can take turns to attack day and night. We can hold up for two or three days, which is very impressive. "
Wan Renyu said: "We must resist him for a hundred days before we can get a better chance."
Long Ying relaxedly said to Feng Guoting: "What clever plan did the young master come up with this time?"
Feng Guoting said angrily: "I knew you had everything in mind, but you still had to sell it."
Ye Qiye said gratefully: "If Brother Long hadn't defeated the enemy with one arrow this morning and rescued Ying'er, the enemy's morale would have been greatly boosted and they would have dared to attack the city empty-handed. But now it's just the opposite. They lost twice. , which greatly weakened the prestige of Zong Mi Zhi and made people doubt his magic power. Our fighting spirit was aroused, and we were very different from each other. "
Minan Tian sighed: "I am completely convinced by Ying Ye's archery skills."
Wan Renyu frowned and said, "Boy Long, do we have a lot of time?"
Xiao Fuzi, who was eavesdropping on the side, burst into laughter and murmured: "Boy Long! Hee hee!"
Long Ying shouted: "If you haven't gone to help the four sisters prepare dinner, what are you doing here!"
Xiao Fuzi quickly headed towards the royal castle.
Everyone's eyes were focused on Long Ying, to see if he could find a way out of no other solution.
Long Ying calmly said: "Let's talk about the normal situation first. The enemy attacks by breaking trees and ramming cars across the filled-in moat. We shoot arrows and throw stones at the enemy from the top of the wall, or even pour boiling oil and climb up with ladders. We fight against the enemies who come to attack the wall. Under such circumstances, when the city is broken, it will be the day of our death, because most of us have died while defending the wall. Even if none of us die, we do not have enough strength to start a street battle with the enemy. , we can only retreat step by step until we retreat into the royal castle, or we can barely hold on for another day and a half."
Wan Renyu said dejectedly: "What you said is exactly what everyone is worried about."
Long Ying said: "Now Zong Mi Zhi is very wary of us. He doesn't dare to attack us personally, and because the ghost soldiers suffered heavy casualties, they will not send them to take risks. They can only send ordinary soldiers to weaken our battle first." This is a consuming tactic. As long as we use it better than Zongmizhi, we will annihilate thousands of enemies in batches, turning the mountain city into a dragon's pool and a tiger's den, with no way in or out, even Zongmizhi will be overwhelmed. .”
Piroge said: "Brother Long's analysis is very thorough, but how can we do it?"
Long Ying said: "Whether it is a dragon pool or a tiger's den, there must be an entrance. An open place is never considered a dangerous place. The entrance to our tiger's den is the city gate. As long as the city wall is not broken, the tiger's den will still be a tiger's den." Do you understand?"
Minantian said happily: "I feel more and more that fighting side by side with Lord Ying is the joy of my life. I am even more fortunate that I am no longer on the hostile side. To protect the tiger's den, we must protect the city gate. To protect the city gate, we must protect the city wall." .If we can keep the city wall, we won’t have to worry so much. Please give me some advice, Master Ying.”
Dragon Eagle put his hand on his shoulder and said with a dumb smile: "Have you ever heard that if you break into the dragon's pond and the tiger's den, you will be rejected? Neither the evil dragon nor the tiger knows how much they welcome this delicacy brought to your mouth."
Everyone was stunned. Their wisdom was as high as the wind passing through the court. Wan Renyu, Piluo Pavilion, and those who found Nantian were still unclear, not to mention the others, but they also knew that Long Ying held the pearl of wisdom.
Long Ying said: "Before the flood recedes, we attack the city every night, using the situation of the stone bridge and the arrow tower to kill one by one, and kill every pair. We must seize the initiative. When Zong Mizhi suppresses it, Don't stop, send people to attack and try to regain control of Shiqiao. This will be the first step to our success."
Wan Renyu said in confusion: "But when the enemy comes to attack the city in a large scale, the situation we are worried about will not change at all."
Long Ying said: "Of course there is a big difference. The enemy's siege tools were captured and pushed into the flood, and were taken to the Erhai Lake with the receding tide. To remake another batch of siege tools, let him invest all the manpower and material resources. How can we do it in less than ten days? We are just here to save them time and have a big fight. Please also invite them to come in and use various obstacles to defend the second level of the platform, which is also the line of defense where we stand now. When the enemy thought that the city was about to be defeated and kept increasing their troops and accumulated five or six thousand people, we set fire to the first floor and reduced it to ashes. Then we took advantage of the situation to recover the dangerous stone bridge, and then You can play a new round of games with Zong Mi Zhi. Ha!"
Everyone listened attentively at first, thinking with concentration, and finally held their breath, and then burst out with cheers that shook the city. It was as if they had finally found an oasis with abundant water after many days of walking in the desert due to lack of water and food; and like they were in the vast ocean. In the stormy waves, I was holding on to driftwood.
Ye Qiye exclaimed: "Absolute! Absolute! Absolute! This tactic will allow us to survive for at least ten days, half a month, and maybe a little longer."
Mi Nantian said: "I'm not surprised that Master Ying can come up with countermeasures. When the northwest wind blows at the city gate and the thick smoke rolls into the main wall and the outer wall, it will definitely suffocate many people. We also need to prepare for the first floor Adding firewood and oil to the house caused the fire to get out of control and instantly turned into a raging flame, burning the enemy to ashes."
Wan Renyu smiled and said: "Have you ever heard of the name 'Young Marshal' Kou Zhong?"
Everyone, including Mi Nantian, was in awe, which showed that Kou Zhong's name was far and wide.
Feng Guoting said: "Long Ying belongs to the tribes outside the Great Wall. Regardless of friends or enemies, they all recognize him as another 'young commander'."
The crowd burst into cheers again, and their fighting spirit reached its peak.