In the blink of an eye, hundreds of citizens of the Principality of Cheryl rushed to the city gate in a panic.
"Don't open the city gate! Put down the hanging rope!" Houllier was worried that the soldiers would open the city gate without authorization to receive the prisoners, so he couldn't help but give the order in advance.
The soldiers of the Principality of Cheryl are not fools. They can all see the enemy's intentions. Now Fort Mayba is their only stronghold, and they must not make any mistakes.
Even if they knew that the Alat bandit had bad intentions in releasing the prisoners and that the people who ran back were in trouble, the soldiers stationed at the gate of Mayba Castle could only watch helplessly.
Lowering ropes from the city wall so that the runners could climb up the wall was their biggest concession.
Of course, the members of the Alat Bandit would not just sit back and watch the prisoners climb up the city wall.
Root said he would count a hundred times and he would kill him after he finished counting. However, the people of the Principality of Cheryl who ran away had no idea how many times he had counted or whether he had finished counting.
To be sure, Root only counted a dozen times and then stopped counting.
After all, counting is not the point at all. The point is to drive away the people of the Principality of Cheryl and let them flee to Fort Mayba.
When the people of the Principality of Cheryl were clinging to the ropes and climbing desperately, the Alat Bandit took action.
The members of the Alat Bandit, just like playing a game, used the released prisoners as live targets. They first watched them grab the ropes and climb up desperately until they were about to climb to the top of the city wall. The soldiers standing on the wall seemed to be able to
When you reach out to hold them...
The members of the Alat Band aimed at the prisoners' arms and shot an arrow in a whoosh, causing them to fall to death from the tower in front of everyone and under the eyes of everyone.
Whenever someone falls to death on the city wall, the members of the Alat Bandit will cheer enthusiastically.
It was like they were playing a game, killing people was no different from hunting game.
"Open the door! Open the door quickly! They are going to kill us!"
"Please let us in!"
Compared to the cheerful atmosphere of the Alat Bandits, there was a wailing at the gate of Maiba Fort. Many people even knelt on the ground, begging the soldiers stationed at the city gate to open the gate and let them in.
The city guards of Maiba Castle were all heartbroken and wanted to save them, but they were unable to do anything.
The soldiers of the Principality of Cheryl knew well that the consequences of opening the city gate would be that everyone would die together.
At this moment, there was a sudden burst of booing from the Arat bandits, and Zhou Xingyun looked around. It turned out that someone shot an arrow incorrectly...
"Hurry! Grab my hand!" The soldiers from the Principality of Cheryl quickly leaned down, grabbed the climber's arm, and used all their strength to lift him up the city wall.
Because the members of the Arat Band missed their arrows, a little boy miraculously climbed up the tower and was rescued by soldiers from the Principality of Cheryl.
Zhou Xingyun glanced at the pitiful little boy, couldn't help but rush forward quickly, showed a friendly smile and asked, "Are you okay?"
"Well..." The little boy nodded shiveringly, as if he wanted to say something, but unfortunately he realized something was wrong before he could say anything.
Zhou Xingyun suddenly used a move to catch the tiger, grabbed the little boy's arm, and then pulled him in front of him.
In the blink of an eye, the little boy was like a slaughtered rabbit, being pinned to the ground by Zhou Xingyun.
"Your Excellency, this is what you are doing!"
"Instructor, what are you doing!"
The soldiers of Cheryl's principality and the little girls in Paradise were all dumbfounded.
The little boy escaped from the thieves in a dangerous situation. How could Zhou Xingyun treat him like that?
"Use your brain! Use your brain! If something goes wrong, there must be a monster! Everyone else fell to death, but this little beast climbed up the city wall. Do you believe he is a good person? No matter what, everyone who climbs up must be strict
Watch over it!" Zhou Xingyun showed everyone through his actions that he is an experienced generalissimo!
Be careful with the Wannian ship, they must strictly examine every escaped prisoner to prevent the enemy from confusing them!
Zhou Xingyun had used a similar trick before, asking Qin Shou, Li Xiaofan and others to disguise themselves as civilians in Lingdu City and infiltrate Qingtian Xiong's army.
The villains of the Alat Band, don't try to trick him with their intrigues!
"His Excellency Zhou Xingyun's words are reasonable. Let's all do as he said. We must strictly examine everyone to prevent enemy spies. Not only those who escaped today, but also those who came before, including the soldiers of the Principality of Cheryl.
Check them one by one!"
Zhou Xingyun's words woke up the man in his dream, and Houllier realized that there might be a mole among the prisoners released by the enemy.
"Ouch! How dare you bite me, little beast!" Zhou Xingyun suddenly felt a sharp pain on the back of his hand. It turned out that his guess was correct. The little boy was really a trick of the Alat band of thieves who had secretly inserted themselves into the prisoner.
After being bitten by a small animal, Zhou Xingyun got angry and punched him back.
Zhou Xingyun didn't say anything about capturing the little boy. In fact, there were two factors. From a work perspective, there must be a monster when something goes wrong. The little boy was highly suspicious. Zhou Xingyun first caught him and examined him. If he was innocent, let him go.
That is. If he is a member of the Alat Bandit, then capture him and use him as a hostage! There is no harm in it anyway.
From a selfish point of view, this little boy is very handsome. When he grows up, he will definitely be a pretty boy who seduces women from good families, so there is no harm in catching him first!
After Zhou Xingyun was bitten, he even wanted to punch the gangster on the bridge of his nose to make him want to learn, but he actually followed a group of heinous thieves to cause trouble.
To be honest, the little boy is about thirteen or fourteen years old. According to common sense, even if he is very handsome, Zhou Xingyun will not target him. After all, he is a young man and he will not remember the faults of others.
It's a pity that this young man actually followed the Arat bandits to do evil. Zhou Xingyun felt very unhappy when he thought that the little boy in front of him was most likely a rapist, rapist and a beast who did all kinds of evil.
Fortunately, Zhou Xingyun calmed down at the last moment when he struck, and did not directly punch the opponent in the face.
Why do you say fortunately? Because when Zhou Xingyun punched the little boy in the abdomen, a scream of "咹" came from his ears.
Huh? This voice doesn’t sound like a boy’s! Little boys aren’t that tender!
When he thought of this, Zhou Xingyun immediately examined it carefully, and then a few wrinkles appeared on his forehead... Not good! It's a little girl!
Just when Zhou Xingyun suddenly understood, the little girl reacted quickly, turned around, and like a boneless loach, she broke free from Zhou Xingyun's restraints.
Immediately afterwards, the little girl nimbly knocked down two soldiers from the Principality of Cheryl, jumped off the city wall and escaped.
Zhou Xingyun was quite shocked. He didn't expect that there was a little girl hidden in the Arat bandit group. This was so surprising...
When the members of the Alat Bandit saw that Xina was 'rescued' and pulled up to the city wall by the soldiers of the Principality of Cheryl, they were secretly happy in their hearts.
As long as Hollier and others are not aware of Xina's identity, she will be able to attack the guard tonight, break the gate of Mayba Castle, and open the gate to the Alat Bandits.
"She failed, and I have no choice. Now I can only think of another way." Root looked at Sheena who returned without success, and couldn't help but said with expectation: "In addition to the old woman Houllier, there must be others in Mayba Castle.
Who among the others saw through my plan?"
From the beginning, Lute kept setting traps for the opponent, first with the corpses at the city gate, then with the method of provoking the generals, and then with releasing the captives and mixing his own people among the captives.
Unfortunately, his plots have failed so far.
The first three tricks were seen through by the opponent, but Root thought it was normal. After all, their intentions were very obvious. In the end, Sheena was asked to disguise herself as a prisoner and sneak into Fort Mayba. This was all seen through by the opponent, and Root felt very uncomfortable.
I didn’t expect that my opponent would be so wary, even guarding against a ‘little boy’.
However, yesterday's ambush of the Alat Bandit team and the operation to recapture Fort Maiba were so aggressive and resolute.
Who is the sage who helped Hollier reverse the situation? When did the great empire recruit such a far-sighted counselor?
"Xina, who saw through your disguise."
"He is a foreign man with black hair. He is a very powerful warrior."
After the little girl returned to the Alat Bandit, she told Root everything she saw and heard on the tower.
"Are they strangers again..." Root fell into deep thought. As early as the first day he invaded the Principality of Cheryl, he heard his companions mention strangers.
Several people who escaped from the Border Village Arena said that outsiders knew witchcraft, which made them inexplicably unable to exert their strength, and they didn't know whether it was true or not. Root once suspected that Zhou Xingyun and others had used poison.
Something like that will make your friends lose their strength...
"Aluo, clean up all the remnants at the city gate. I want to negotiate with them again."
Zhou Xingyun and others stood on the tower of Maiba Fort, feeling very helpless at the situation in front of them.
Is there really nothing Zhou Xingyun can do to save the people trapped at the city gate?
In fact, this was not the case. If Zhou Xingyun was determined to save people, he could help those trapped at the gate of the city.
For example, when the citizens of the Principality of Cheryl climbed up the rope ladder to the city wall, Zhou Xingyun could use his internal strength to deflect the opponent's arrows with his energy.
Why didn't Zhou Xingyun do this? First, he was standing on the tower, too far away from the people at the city wall. Second, the time was not yet ripe for him to take action.
You must know that the Alat bandits only released a hundred and ten hostages, and there are still more than a thousand citizens of the Principality of Cheryl in the hands of the bandits.
If Zhou Xingyun and his party act rashly, it is inevitable that the Alat bandits will become enraged and will do even more cruel things to the hostages.
To put it bluntly, Zhou Xingyun wanted the Alat bandits to mistakenly believe that they had no means to guard against the enemy's arrows, and then take action at the critical moment.
"Xingyun, they plan to kill everyone." Wei Suyao suddenly reminded Zhou Xingyun that all the members of the Alat bandit picked up their longbows and stood in the front row.
According to the formation of the Alat bandit, they should launch a volley to kill all the people who gathered at the gate of the city crying and screaming.