The connection between heaven and earth is now a black line. The black line is getting thicker and thicker, gradually turning into a black tide that slowly flows towards Luo Jing City.
Li Mao experienced a great flood when he was young. Many people died in that flood, and almost half of the Liang Kingdom was submerged in water. He still clearly remembered the scene when he stood on a high place and watched the flood coming, just like now.
The surrounding generals all looked solemn. Although they expected that the Jin State would not give up this time and were prepared to fight to the death, it was a different feeling when they actually faced this mighty enemy army. The generals are like this, and the soldiers are even worse. The timid ones are already fighting, and the spears in their hands are shaking.
Li Mao looked around, and suddenly he wanted to see how his grandson would perform in front of the boundless military formation of Jin. He searched twice at the top of the city before finding his grandson. The boy was holding the battlements and looking intently at the approaching Jin army. Looking from the side, Li Mao noticed that Li Jian's face was flushed with excitement. Yes, it's exciting.
It wasn't fear, fear or worry, but excitement. The child's hands were clenched tightly and trembling slightly. Li Mao sighed and cursed in his heart: Grandma, all the men of the Li family died on the battlefield!
The Jin army finally arrived and stopped at the place where they shot three times.
In the front line of the Jin army, various flags were held by cavalry. On the middle flag, a big "Qiu" character was fluttering in the wind.
"He's here, no wonder there's such a big battle!" Li Mao said, looking at the flag.
"Grandpa, do you recognize that enemy general?" Li Jian, who didn't know when he came to Li Mao, raised his head and asked.
"We're not just acquaintances, they're old acquaintances, and we've had hundreds of drinks together," Li Mao said.
"Qiu Feng, remember, the one leading the army on the opposite side is Qiu Feng. He is the uncle of the current king of Jin. He has been dealing with your grandfather for half his life. He is also the only one in Jin who can rival your grandfather. He is very cunning." Li Tianxuan, who returned to the city at this time, heard Li Jian's question and answered for Li Mao.
After Li Tianxuan finished speaking, Li Mao also spoke loudly, but not to his grandson, but to the generals around him, "Since Qiu Feng is here, you and the others must be very careful. This person is very sophisticated in his tactics." Cautious, careless in their actions, despicable and shameless, from now on we must guard against them as we guard against scoundrels." All the generals agreed.
Under the banner with the word "Qiu", a fair-skinned Jin general with a gray beard was none other than Qiu Feng. He looked at a few Jin cavalry who were nailed to the ground with spears and crossbows not far away. He frowned and looked at the top of the city again. Soon, his excellent eyesight allowed him to find Li Mao at the top of Luojing City. He looked at Li Mao's figure and carefully distinguished the fluttering hair under Li Mao's helmet. The white beard, can't help but sigh. "You are getting old too! I came here thinking I could see your former grace again. It seems that beauties grow old and heroes grow old. No one can escape this!"
Thinking of this, he made a move with his hand, and a cavalry captain emerged from the Jin army and came towards Luo Jingcheng.
Everyone in the city was not nervous. It seemed that the visitor was here to write or talk. As expected, when the Jin military captain arrived at the shooting place in front of the city, he shouted to the city: "My commander-in-chief Qiu has a letter for your general. "
After shouting, he opened his bow and nocked an arrow, but this person was a bit intolerant. The arrow was tied with a letter from his commander to the opponent's general. He could just find a deserted place and shoot it into the city. However, this person moved his arm and aimed at one. The standing Liang Jun soldiers loosened their bow strings.
Li Jian had quick eyes and quick hands. When he saw the direction where the guy's bow was pointing, he quickly stepped forward and pulled away a soldier. The arrow snapped and was nailed to a wooden pillar of the tower behind the soldier. The soldier then His face turned pale with shock.
Li Mao saw this and said angrily: "What kind of words can I say in writing a letter like this? Don't dirty my eyes, give it back to him!"
Li Jian stepped forward and grabbed the missing arrow with one hand. He pulled it out of the wooden pillar with one force and handed it to Li Tianxuan, who was already holding a stiff bow. Li Tianxuan then took the arrow with the letter tied to it. He put it on the bowstring, aimed at the Jin army captain who had turned his horse and was running back, raised the back of his bow slightly, and shot out.
Li Tianxuan did not want the life of the Jin military captain. The arrow was nailed into the man's shoulder and back, causing the Jin military captain's body to shake violently. He immediately lay on the horse's back, clamped the horse's belly and fled back.
Qiu Feng saw everything and deeply hated the captain for being reckless and missing the letter between himself and his old friend. He stared at the captain who had returned from injury. The captain knew that the coach was angry and did not dare to speak. Qiu Feng looked at the arrow on his back and pulled it out with his skin and flesh, and he was bleeding profusely. , the pain was so painful that the captain fainted and fell from his horse.
Sure enough, the letter was still tied to the arrow shaft, which was already wet with blood. Qiu Feng broke the arrow and threw it to the ground with a snap.
Well, since you don’t want to read the letter, let me let you read something else!
Thinking of this, Qiu Feng waved his hand, and the people around him understood and immediately passed on the order. Soon, a team of cavalry from each side of the Jin army's array galloped out and formed a row towards the head of Luojing City. , when they reached a distance from Luo Jingcheng, they stopped their horses. Under the command of a leading captain, they each inserted something into the ground, and then turned their horses' heads to return.
Everyone in the city could clearly see that what was stuck in the ground was a row of spears used by the cavalry, with a human head stuck on each spear shaft. It was also intentional by these Jin cavalry. Those heads were covered with blood and twisted and hideous. Their faces were all facing Luo Jingcheng.
"It's the sentinel we sent out." A deputy general said to Li Mao, and Li Mao nodded gloomily.
As soon as the Jin cavalry retreated, more than a dozen tied people were pushed out of the Jin army camp. Judging from their clothes and armor, they were also Liang Jun. They were pushed, and some struggled and were grabbed by their hair and thrust towards them. He was dragged forward to the front of the Jin army's formation, and they were kicked to the point of kneeling down one by one. Those who were not convinced were slashed with the back of a knife until they fell to their knees.
"Is he also our sentinel?" Li Mao asked. The deputy general next to him looked at the people kneeling in front of the Jin army's formation and nodded sadly. Everyone knew what the other party was going to do.
Sacrifice the flag!
Li Tianxuan yelled at a captain with eyes full of anger: "Bring them all to me!"
Qiu Feng waved his hand again, and after hearing a sharp horn, a dozen long knives flashed with cold light. The hot blood on the neck where the sword passed by spurted out more than ten feet away. The soldiers of the Jin army also grabbed the hair and pulled those He raised his head, ignoring the blood still dripping from it, waving and yelling to show off to Liang Jun in Luojing City.
Unexpectedly, the sound of horns was also heard from Luojing City, and it was continuous. Looking from below, I saw people with their hands tied one by one being pushed up and forced to stand in a row facing the Jin army below the city. , some were crying, while others collapsed and were roughly pulled up.
"Who are those people?" Qiu Feng turned his face and asked the general next to him.
"I'm afraid... he was someone who was captured when our camp was breached a few days ago." A Jin army general next to him said with an embarrassed look.
Luo Jing City suddenly burst out with the word "kill" like thunder, and saw the light of swords shining on the entire city wall, and then it seemed as if a human head was dropped on every battlement. Luo Jing City is on a higher terrain, so outside After entering the city, there was a gradually gentle slope, and these heads rolled down one after another towards the Jin army along the slope.
There are quite a lot of people caught! Qiu Fengxin said, this old guy is still the same as before, full of thorns and unwilling to take any losses. Well, since you don't want to read the letter, let's cut off a few heads and greet each other. This will be happy and everyone's hearts will be clear.
Since they had come a long way, the soldiers needed to maintain their strength, so the Jin army did not attack the city immediately that day, but instead set up a camp. This time the Jin army still camped on the same site as the last camp, but it was smaller than the last time Li Mao conquered it. I don't know how many times the fortress is. Looking over from the city, it actually feels boundless. Not only that, the Jin army camp also had people riding around, circling Luo Jing City one after another, investigating the movements in Luo Jing City, driving away Liang Jun sentries, and preventing Liang Jun sentries from spying on the movements in the Jin army camp.
For several days, there was no movement in the Jin army camp, but the sound of axes, chisels and wood saws continued among the military tents in the camp. Jin army craftsmen were constantly making equipment for siege. Although the nearby mountains and forests for dozens of miles were either cut down or burned down, how could Qiu Feng not know Li Mao's methods? He sent soldiers to cut down wood all the way. Therefore, although there was a barren mountain around, there was no wood in his camp. But there is no shortage. At this time, the sergeants of the Jin army camp, under the command of the craftsmen, shouted chants and worked together to install an extremely heavy weight basket on a trebuchet. After the weight basket was installed, the craftsmen immediately loaded it again. He stepped forward and swung his hammer and ax in a flurry of activity.
For several days, Liang Jun's sentinels could not come back if they were released. Those who came back also escaped with injuries. It was often seen that small groups of Jin army cavalry under the city were whistling towards Luo Jingcheng while killing heads one by one. Hold it up to show off. Li Tianxuan couldn't get angry, so he led his elite cavalry out of the city to deal with these Jin army cavalry. If the opponent was small in number, he would pounce on them and eat them. If the opponent was large in number, he would lure the Jin army's cavalry closer to the city wall of Luojing City. The beams on the city wall Every time, the army would rain down arrows, shooting down some of the Jin army's cavalry, and the rest would flee in confusion. After suffering several losses, the Jin army's cavalry no longer dared to approach the city wall, and only dared to circle around Luojing City from a distance.
After a confrontation, what should come will eventually come. After the Jin army rested under Luojing City for a few days, they finally couldn't restrain themselves and stretched out their fangs towards Liang Jun at the top of the city.
At the fourth watch, Li Mao received a report from his soldiers that the trebuchet in the Jin army camp was being rolled out from their camp, so he hurriedly mounted his horse and rushed towards the city wall.
Before he climbed the city wall, he encountered the first test firing of the Jin Army's trebuchet. A large fireball crossed the city wall in the night sky and directly hit the city. It directly collapsed a stone arch bridge on the Luoshui River. The fireball fell After entering the river, it stirred up large splashes and then went out. This kind of fire bomb consists of several layers of dense straw rope tied around the outside of the stone bomb. Before firing, just pour kerosene on the stone bomb and ignite it. The other fireballs that came in one after another either bounced on the streets or directly hit the houses, causing a burst of screams or screams. Soon several fires broke out in the city. Soldiers and people in the city gathered at the place where the fire broke out, beating gongs. Splash water.
Li Mao encountered the third round of stone bombs when he entered the city. This time the Jin army's trebuchets shortened their range and targeted the city wall of Luojing City. The sky was still very dark, which made the fireballs whistling in the air very eye-catching. Those fireballs dragged long flames and fell on the city wall with a loud bang. Suddenly, flames spread everywhere, gravel flew, and people were affected. All the soldiers in Liang's army were wailing.
The chaos in the city had just begun when another wave of fire bombs was seen from the Jin army. The people on the city had to find places to take shelter. Dozens of heavy stone bullets hit the city wall, making everyone stand still. Everywhere was slightly trembling.
When Li Mao was avoiding the stone bullets, he discovered by the light of the fire that the person hiding not far away was his grandson Li Jian. He suddenly became angry and cursed: "Nonsense! It's so dangerous, what are you doing!"
When Li Jian saw his grandfather, he took a break and ran to Li Mao. As soon as he arrived, he was pushed down by Li Mao, and then there was another burst of fire bombs hitting the city wall and chaos.
"Go back quickly, it's dangerous here." Li Mao ordered.
"No!" Li Jian replied, his stubborn face reddened by the firelight at the top of the city.
"You!" Li Mao was choked, and before he could say anything else, he said, "Then follow me and don't run around."
"Here!"
When the sky was dimming, the Jin army's trebuchet finally stopped. Li Jian followed Li Mao and stood on the city. When he understood the scene in front of him, Li Jian felt slightly relieved: this Luojing City is a strong city after all, and the damage was not as serious as he imagined. The battlements were smashed in many places, but the wooden signs could still block the arrows fired from below; the fire had been extinguished long ago, and there were few things on fire in the city, and the Jin army's fire bombs only burned down part of the tower. Several decorative wooden pillars; several spears and crossbows were smashed, but they can be replaced with new ones at any time. As for the soldiers guarding the city, they suffered more casualties than casualties.
Li Mao didn't know what he said to Li Tianxuan, and Li Tianxuan called a group of captains to arrange it. Now there are a group of generals surrounding Li Mao. Li Mao kept giving orders to these generals. From time to time, these generals would have one He bowed his hands and left in a hurry. Knowing that the Jin army would definitely attack the city today, Li Jian took advantage of Li Mao to send away the last general. Li Jian said to his grandfather: "Grandpa, let me lead people to guard a section of the city wall?"
"Nonsense, just follow me and don't run around!" Li Mao refused without even thinking.
