The number of soldiers and horses in the royal court in the south of the city is far inferior to that of the Xumeng Mansion tribe in the north of the city. What's more, they are not very skilled in bows and horses. They are completely inferior to the tribesmen in the tribes who look quite strong in stature. If we say It was because of the lack of manpower, and it was not considered crucial. The horse's legs were not as strong as the others' mounts, and they were taken advantage of by others. It was the two steps that actually trapped the soldiers and horses of Zhengzhang Wangwangting North Road in Shanlan City. Chess, someone seems to have accurately calculated that the royal court is now short of manpower and needs to constantly add troops to garrison this increasingly unbreakable barrier of Luzhou, using this as a way to fight against the Xu Meng Mansion in a separate court, recuperate, and conquer most of the Yuan Dynasty. All the land was turned into the capital to stimulate the endless supply of war, so he did this deliberately.
Regardless of whether this matter is caused by a conspiracy or not, the current situation has already been put in front of the desperate soldiers of the main court. After all, there is no way forward, no reinforcements behind, not even letters and reports have been sent out of the mountain. Going to Lancheng, there is no way to go.
However, the cold wind and rain in the second half of last night made these people trapped in the inn and drank too much, intending to use this to temporarily relieve the sorrowful soldiers and horses of the royal court. For a while, they temporarily raised their thoughts and even geared up to wait for the good news. Everyone They often looked at the door of the inn where they had not seen anyone for a long time, and then pretended to be drunk and drank freely. However, during the whole day, they had not drank much wine, and almost all of them were distracted. I am impatient and have no leisure time.
Yun Zhong left the city today and rarely went to the Duan Sin Mountain again.
I wanted to thank the pipa player and take over the hard work of going to the Duansu Mountain to guard the formation. I was almost grateful to Yun Zhong for his kindness. I really disliked his behavior of pretending to blow his nose, so he took Yun Zhong's hands out of his hands quite rudely. Pulling off the ordinary cloth, Shang Yao went to the nearby mountain spring to wash his hands carefully in front of the latter, and then sat in front of Duansu Mountain. After all, Yun Zhong's thoughts were put to rest, and fortunately Take a break from this penance with no way out for the time being.
If we want to be more precise, the person who should be grateful to Pipa Player the most is not necessarily Yun Zhong. After all, he has been accustomed to practicing diligently for so many years. The person who should almost kowtow to Pipa Player should be Chu Xin. . This young junior, who had to travel through mountains and rivers with great difficulty, and who came here from Langmeng Pavilion to bring the sword box with fear, never thought of coming here. Not only did he not learn any superb magical powers, but Yun Zhong involuntarily pulled up his clothes and began to practice hard. After so many days, even though I have a very timid temperament, after Pipa Guest took over this matter and knew that I could rest a little for two days, my eyes were slightly wet and I bowed to Pipa Guest again and again, and escaping seemed like walking down the mountain. go.
However, speaking of practicing hard every day without rest, it is indeed of great benefit. Chu Xin has been practicing sword movement and qi non-stop for more than ten days, and his own state has become more and more stable, almost as good as He was only half a step away from the Second Ascension Realm of Nian Nian, and stepped on the head of Nian San. Not only was his swordsmanship now stripped of a lot of redundancy, but his body and bones were also much stronger than before. The wood that was scorched by lightning was much darker and thicker than before, but now that it was time to set off, it was no longer as strenuous as it was in the first two days.
It is often said in schools that learning is like sailing against the current and that if you don't make progress, you will fall back on the teaching. What's more, it is the path of spiritual practice in the human world. Since the path is boundless, and it requires daily hard work, you can barely speak it, and you have not wasted the talent bestowed by God's grace.
And Yun Zhong has been doing this kind of thing for many years. Since he went to Nangong Mountain, he has also wasted time and neglected his practice. But how can I put it, during the diligent practice season, he really stayed up all night, day and night, both I know that I don't have the extraordinary talents of the three senior brothers, and I don't have the profound understanding of analogy. The only way I can do it is to practice hard, so I can barely avoid being dumped to the point where it is hard to see the dust, so I am quite comfortable in doing it. However, even though he was born with meridians, his talents were at the lowest level. Even with the help of the mysterious and profound Taoist who flew to the peak, it was only a narrow threshold for him to step into practice. As for the future, How far it can go is really unimaginable.
Although this is true, there are not many disasters in the world. In fact, for Yun Zhong, good things have come in pairs recently. Chilong, who occupied the magpie's nest, lost what should have been his due to a bet in the city. The body that is not under his control is returned, and he still says some very confusing words. Even if he can understand the sporadic meaning from the words, he still can't understand it. After all, it is inexplicable to use the red dragon's magical power to strengthen the realm, and it is always far away. Sheng Yunzhong, since he has never spoken clearly, Pingyun
How can Zhong Xinsi and his knowledge be able to speculate properly?
Moreover, it was an out-of-nowhere joy. Just the fact that the pipa player handed the pipa he was carrying to the old man with a lonely hand and asked if he could repair it a little was enough to know that this person looked the most sloppy and disorganized. The old man in Guzhang really didn't brag about anything. Now the sword furnace of Duansuishan has begun to take shape. The old man is even more energetic. Even the dull scene all day long is no longer there. To this day, he actually thinks of many things in his youth. When I have nothing to do and go back to the inn, I often have to talk to these junior good students, regardless of whether others are willing to listen or not.
But making a sword is a long-term thing after all. It really doesn't happen overnight. Even though the old man is quite proud of his ability to make swords, when Yun Zhong asks how long it will take, the old man always frowns. He glared and gave a few words of instruction, saying that young people really don’t have much patience. How can there be such an easy way to practice swordsmanship? Even the ordinary blacksmith in the Book of Songs forges a sword, which takes several months or even more than a year. If this practitioner The sword is really that easy to make. In this world, swordsmiths who are not good at cultivation and don't like to compete with others will be as hard to find as they are now. It is absolutely impossible to come soon. I advise Yun Zhong to wait patiently. , you can stay here with peace of mind until the sword is completed, and then make plans.
Even though Yun Zhong searched for ways to punish people, in the end he still didn't make the old man let go. But only when he said that he would stop drinking the old man's drink, the latter was reluctant to say anything. It's snowing in the sky, maybe there is little delay, and we have to wait until the end of the new year. Although I don't know how long Yun Zhong can wait here, the sword making is still in no hurry. The month of March and May is already considered the end of the year. few.
The bow is bent and the horse is hung, and the sword and spear press the saddle.
There was a good rain last night, which caused the autumn tigers to raging in the city. In an instant, they bowed their heads and became silent. They were no longer as arrogant as before. It is said that an autumn rain brings a cold coolness. After all, all the men who climbed the mountains were not. Once again, every time I go up the mountain, I have to carry a water bag weighing nearly two or three kilograms to survive. Enjoying the cool air really becomes enjoying the cool air, rather than continuing to endure the heat in another place. Some of the weaker people in the city have changed into long robes, although they still I feel quite hot and dry, and whenever the autumn breeze comes, I always feel quite comfortable.
As night fell, sporadic rain fell again, and there were no lights everywhere in the inn in the south of the city. At least they were looking forward to the summer time to go away and have two days of cool and comfortable sleep. Even the outsiders fell asleep one after another. , there were only two or three lights, and most of them were drowned in the increasingly loud sound of the rain, which was probably from the homes of people who had been working all night long.
The inn where the soldiers from the Royal Court settled down was still dim, and everyone was silent. They had no idea that a light as light as a bean suddenly lit up across the street from the inn, and then went out quickly. As expected, the soldiers of the Royal Court who were almost besieged in the city had a good drink early today. Just a brief inventory showed that almost everyone had drank more than a jar of wine. What's more, ordinary people only have a limited amount of liquor in Shanlan City. People in the army are good at drinking to strengthen their bodies. After drinking such an amount of liquor, they will definitely be drunk, so they need to take a rest early. After all, things were so commonplace that even the spies of the Xu Meng Mansion who had always been hiding around the inn were not surprised. They put out the lights and left from the back of the inn.
The soldiers of Xu Meng's Mansion have already set up many spies outside the inn. Each person needs to watch here for three hours before another person with equally good eyesight keeps an eye on this inn. Beware of anyone coming or going.
But today's rain caused the two Xu Meng Mansion soldiers to almost pass each other, and the two complained a lot.
"The commander said that he lights up the lamp every three o'clock as a signal, but why does he come so late today? It's obviously past the hour. It's really a mistake to rest for a while with this little trick."
The soldiers who came to replace this man were also bored. Seeing that this man was looking a bit like a tiger, they started to curse, "You know how to make people dislike you. When I want to come outside the city, you are..." Fighting bravely, how come no one is hurt in the season of merit-based rewards? Nowadays, when doing this kind of business, I always know how to complain. I think in the future, brothers like us will be allocated good fields and pastures, and among them there will even be leaders of hundreds of men. , but you are still fighting for your life on the battlefield with those most ordinary soldiers, so there is no rush to pull the skin of a tiger."
The two of them said nothing to each other.
At the same time, there was a bird outside the second floor of the inn.
The bird landed in front of the window, with a letter tied to its foot.
The soldiers of the royal court, who had been dormant in the city for several days again, finally got a letter from the young master of the Zhang family in the rainy night, in which the troops and horses of the Xumeng Mansion tribe outside the city were deployed and the time was recorded on it. When the two eye-catchers were having a quarrel, dozens of fast horses rode away with grass in their hands and hooves hanging from the thatch. They were almost running like flying, ignoring the increasingly urgent autumn rain and exiting from the west gate of Shanlan City.
The city defenders had known about the news in advance, and before these dozens of fast horses came, they opened the city gates wide and arranged the manpower to bring pine oil torches to light the way. Everything went smoothly. , after all, he is the eldest son of the head of the Zhang family, so naturally there are some clues about what he is like in this city.
Dozens of horses ride on the autumn water, and lotuses grow everywhere.
