Xu Huaigu failed to see the military parade at Tanglin Pass in the early morning of the next day. The reason was that in the middle of the night, an urgent messenger flying sword was delivered to Tanglin Pass. It was sent by Lu Zijin, saying that a Hulu Pass in the west was attacked by demons. The sneak attack made Xu Huaigu rush to support overnight.
The opportunity to fight could not be delayed. Xu Huaigu didn't even have time to say goodbye to Yu Qin, so he hurriedly set foot on Feijian and rushed to Huluguan in the west.
When he was still ten miles away from Huluguan, he could see the fire filling the sky over there, and the sound of killing was deafening.
Xu Huaigu didn't care about anything and quickly climbed up the city wall with his flying sword. He saw the flying demons raging on the city wall. The soldiers guarding the city were attacked from the air by the flying demons one after another, or were pierced by sharp claws. Chest, or pushed off the wall, suffered heavy casualties.
But the most important arrows to resist the flying monsters are very few, so the flying monsters become even more rampant. Xu Huaigu swung his sword towards the flying monsters in the air, and then used his natal flying sword to rise into the air. In the blink of an eye, dozens of flying monsters fell down.
He was just about to concentrate on dealing with the flying monsters in the sky, when a loud cry for help came from the city gate over there. The monster clan's attack was so fierce that even the city gate was in panic.
Soon, a large number of soldiers gathered behind the city gate, blocking the city gate with their bodies, and how could the monsters outside the city gate be just ordinary people?
When it comes to brute force, humans are naturally no match for monsters. Sure enough, not long after, the city gate could not withstand the collision from outside and shattered with a loud bang. The demon clan outside rushed in like a river releasing water. The soldiers guarding the gate were trampled to pulp in the blink of an eye.
This is the first gate to be breached among the seven passes in the south of Dayu Kingdom. At this time, the situation at the city gate was even more serious than on the city wall. As soon as those monsters entered the city gate, they started killing each other. On the other hand, the soldiers guarding the city, although they fought bravely, were by no means a match for the monsters when fighting at close range. The city gate was already full of corpses.
With shouts, killing sounds, and screams in his ears, Xu Huaigu looked seriously at the bottom of the city wall. After weighing the situation, he had no choice but to abandon the city wall, jump down, and fight with the demon clan that rushed into the city.
The other dozen or so monks who were guarding the pass also came to the city gate and tried their best to stabilize the situation at the city gate.
Xu Huaigu had no time to care about which monks were still in Huluguan. He only focused on using his sword to deal with the demon clan that poured into the pass like a tide, one sword after another.
The blade of the sword was full of blood, and his eyes gradually turned red, and he couldn't care about anything else. Among them, there were also a few big demons in the sixth and seventh realms who rushed into the city gate, but he stopped them all.
The fierce battle continued like this, until the distant horizon gradually became brighter, the demon clan's offensive gradually weakened, and the defenders retook the city gate, and the demon clan began to retreat.
After the demon clan left, craftsmen immediately came forward to repair the city gate. Xu Huaigu took a breath, wiped the blade of the sword clean and put it back into its sheath, but the woman's cry came to his ears again.
He was wondering where the woman in the pass came from. When he looked back, he saw a female monk lying on the ground crying. The body of another male monk lay on the ground, and the blood dyed the white robe red.
Xu Huaigu suddenly felt sad. This should be the first monk to die in the war. There was a swordsman in green walking towards him over there. When Xu Huaigu saw it was Li Siqing, he realized that it was Huluguan that Li Siqing was guarding.
Li Siqing walked to Xu Huaigu and looked at the dead colleague. He couldn't help but feel a sense of sorrow for the death of a rabbit and a fox. He sighed and said: "They are from the Shuijing Sect. They were originally Taoist monks, and they specially made an appointment to guard the same place. Pass, now...sigh." Xu Huaigu looked at the corpses on the ground around him and advised: "If there is nothing you can do, people will die in the war. You must take care of yourself. If you are defeated, it doesn't matter if you withdraw with your sword for the time being. , Keeping the green hills, I am not afraid of running out of firewood." Li Siqing smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I can leave, but how will the soldiers guarding the city leave? If I withdraw with my sword, what difference will I make from the deserters?" Xu Huaigu had nothing to say. Li Siqing sighed and said, "I'm going to help them clean up the mess. I'm afraid I won't have time to drink with you today."
"It's okay. I have to go to Lu Zijin's place to recover immediately. If we are free next time we meet, we can sit down and get together." Li Siqing nodded and agreed. Xu Huaigu took one last look at the tearful female monk, and felt in his heart Mixed feelings.
He drew his flying sword and was about to leave, but suddenly as if he thought of something, he turned to Li Siqing and asked: "Where is An Xiaoyu, who came with you?" Li Siqing replied: "She is Liyang Pass in the east."
"The easternmost part... is still a bit far from here." Li Siqing nodded and said: "Liyang Pass is more than five hundred miles away from Huluguan Pass, and even Yujian would have to work more than a stick of incense to get there. "Xu Huaigu said solemnly: "No matter what the battle situation is, please take care of your life." Li Siqing smiled slightly reluctantly and said: "I will."
"Then, I'll see you next time." Xu Huaigu turned his head, tapped his toes, stepped on the flying sword, and suddenly a white rainbow shot through the sun, flying towards Lu Zijin's camp.
Not long after, he landed in the tent and walked in quickly. It was still a familiar scene, no different from when I left two days ago.
Lu Zijin was still sitting in his original seat. In front of him was a large map of the mountains and rivers in the south of Dayu. Soldiers were coming and going in the camp. A thick stack of documents was placed in front of him.
As soon as Xu Huaigu walked into the camp, Lu Zijin immediately raised his head, signaled the soldier who was reporting next to him to stop, and asked eagerly: "How is the situation over at Huluguan?" Xu Huaigu looked serious: "The flying demon is rampant, the city gate It was broken. The defense was defended, but there were a lot of casualties. I don’t know exactly how many people there were. We have to wait for the general over there to send the battle report. I estimate there are 30,000 to 40,000 people."
"Thirty to forty thousand..." Lu Zijin lowered his head and frowned, remaining silent.
"One more thing. In the battle at Huluguan last night, a monk from the Shuijing Sect died. How are you going to explain it to that sect?"
"Fighting bravely in the battle to defend the city, preferring death to retreat, and finally dying in battle, this is the explanation." Lu Zijin lowered his head and said in a low voice,
"Going into battle to kill demons is inherently risky. So many soldiers from the Dayu Kingdom died on the battlefield. The monks are also made of flesh and blood, and of course they will die." Xu Huaigu nodded, pulled up a chair in the tent, sat casually, and looked at Outside the tent, he was still thinking about the female monk who was crying on the ground this morning, and he couldn't help but feel in a trance.
Not only her, he also gradually thought of Yu Qin, Li Siqing and An Xiaoyu, and Pingcui, Huang Shan and Yiyun in Xingqing City.
What would Yu Qin do if one day he died in battle? If she unfortunately dies, what should I do?
Xu Huaigu was heartbroken. After a long time, Lu Zijin finally finished handling the affairs. He looked at Xu Huaigu and asked, "How did you feel about participating in the Tanglin Pass and Huluguan battles these two days?"
"Seeing people die makes me feel uncomfortable." Lu Zijin nodded and said solemnly: "There is nothing we can do about this. All we can do is to reduce casualties as much as possible. Let me ask you again, do you think our strength will be better when defending the city? Where are the weaknesses? Or, where can we improve?"
"Archer." Xu Huaigu said it almost without hesitation,
"Flying demons pose too great a threat to the city wall. Once the city wall is in chaos, they cannot effectively deal with the demons attacking the city from the ground. They will attack the city gate more aggressively, and then the city gate will be lost and the pass will collapse at the first touch. I think we should increase the number of archers. To deal with flying monsters in numbers is a top priority." Lu Zijin nodded in agreement: "You are right, but..." Then he showed a troubled expression. Xu Huaigu saw it and hurriedly frowned and asked: "Since Mr. Lu also agrees, why don't you Why is there any hesitation? In the past two days, I have witnessed with my own eyes in the pass. When the monsters attack the city, the flying monsters always take the lead, paving the way for the follow-up army on the ground. As long as the flying monsters can be defended first, the front can be stabilized and the city can be defended. Gate. If the city gate is not broken, the losses can be limited to the minimum range. The demon clan will definitely suffer more losses than us!"
"I know, what you said is certainly correct. Chu Xiuyang also sent me a letter asking for arrows, but..." Lu Zijin sighed,
"Although a lot of preparations have been made before the war, the number of flying monsters is still far beyond the original expectations. Now every pass is asking me for arrows, and the arrow reserve has been almost exhausted."
"No wonder..." Xu Huaigu frowned.
"I saw very few arrows shooting into the air in Huluguan last night. It turns out that the reserve has been exhausted. So, the arrows Chu Xiuyang asked for from you were not delivered in time?"
"She asked me for 100,000, but I only gave 30,000." Lu Zijin replied,
"This is because Tanglin Pass is the most important pass among the seven passes. The other passes are given 15,000 in turn, and that's all. Now that the reserves before the war have been exhausted, I have already There is not a single arrow left." Xu Huaigu's face was uncertain and very ugly.
Flying demons are inherently flexible and shoot arrows into the air, which is one of the most difficult problems. Ten thousand and fifty arrows can only deal with about one thousand and five flying demons at most, and the demon clan has at least thousands of them every time they attack the city. The flying demon attacks, these arrows are really not enough.
"What should we do? I heard about your plan from Lin Cangyang. It's only been about ten years since the war started. Is it possible that after holding on for such a while, we have to abandon the Seven Passes and retreat north?" Lu Zijin shook his head. , said: "It's not that bad yet, there is still a way to go."
"What way?"
"Recently, a big businessman came all the way from China to the front line. As soon as she arrives, we can buy arrows to meet our urgent needs."
"I also heard about this from Chu Xiuyang." Xu Huaigu was not very optimistic about this.
"I'm afraid that this person wants to take this opportunity to make a fortune from the national crisis. Besides, how many arrows can she sell? Even if there are one hundred thousand, it will only be enough for the frontier army for four or five days, which is far from enough." Lu Zijin said with a smile: "She has more than 100,000 arrows. If she sincerely wants it, she can have as many as she wants. It depends on whether she is willing to sell it. What I am worried about now is when she will arrive. There are only seven arrows at the seventh level. It's enough to deal with a monster siege. If she doesn't come after we run out of arrows, we will have to withdraw. We can't just watch the soldiers die in the pass." Xu Huaigu couldn't help but became anxious and asked: "What is this person doing? Who is she? The border is in an emergency and the time is of the essence. Mr. Lu should send a message to ask her to come quickly! If that doesn’t work, tell me where she is and I’ll go find her!”
"It's useless. You can't rush her. She will come when she thinks the time is right." Lu Zijin shook his head and said,
"As for this person's identity, have you ever heard of Luoyun City?"
"I've heard that it is the largest trading place for monks in the Central Region. Why, is she related to Luoyun City?"
"More than just related, this person is the city lord of Luoyun City, Wei Caiyi." Xu Huaigu was shocked. Regarding Wei Caiyi, he had heard about it from Li Zi before. He was one of the few eleventh-level monks in the Central Territory!
And according to Li Zi, Wei Caiyi is still one of the most promising people today to break through the Twelve Realms. Such a big shot actually wants to come to the border?
"Haha, what a coincidence, I arrived just as I said." Lu Zijin smiled and looked outside the tent.
"People are already here. Come on, Xu Huaigu, come with me to greet Senior Wei."
