At the foot of Meiling Pass, flames soared into the sky.
A group of black soldiers quickly retreated towards the city gate with their swords and guns raised.
Behind them, a group of cavalry were chasing closely, geese plundering and killing from time to time, and strangled from time to time.
Under the firelight, one black pawn kept falling to the ground. Finally, four or five black pawns turned back at the same time and killed the cavalry desperately.
The long knife in his hand stabbed the cavalryman's horse's neck directly.
But at this moment, two Thousand Niu Swords moved forward at the same time, directly blocking the long knife that was stabbed. Then, the two Thousand Niu Swords slashed down directly, and a head flew up.
After five "pops", the five black pawns fell directly to the ground.
Blood immediately started flowing rapidly in the soil.
Seeing the black soldiers who had entered the city gate, Qian Niuwei whistled and retreated on horseback in the blink of an eye.
The city gate was closed, and Zuo Fei suddenly leaned against the city gate, his whole body paralyzed as if he had lost all strength.
"Your injury doesn't matter." Zhang Wanyu quickly looked over with Ye Wanwan and He Qing'er, glanced at the long arrow stuck in Zuo Fei's left shoulder, and immediately waved for his medical officer to treat his injury.
"I thought all their archers had gone to rest, but I didn't expect that there were still people here." Zuo Fei gritted his teeth with a look of resentment on his face.
"It's just a few people. They are there to prevent us from raiding at night. There are more of them than us, so don't worry about it." Zhang Wanyu saw through the trick behind this at a glance.
At dusk last night, Wuzhou sent people to launch another attack.
But this time even the archers took a back seat, and the catapults began to show their power.
The round stone was smashed directly on the city wall. Behind the female wall, within the city, no one knew how many people died as a result.
Under the constant bombardment, no one in Guancheng could find peace.
Zhang Wanyu was right, Li Xuan was indeed pursuing a strategy of exhausting his troops, but there was nothing they could do to stop it.
Even if he saw through Li Xuan's plan, there was still nothing he could do.
After a little discussion, Zuo Fei had already led his men out of the city, trying to destroy the catapults.
However, as expected, the cavalry came out at this time. After a fight, they were forced back by their respective archers.
Not only do archers draw their bows too many times, but their bows and arrows will be damaged, and even their own arms will be strained as a result.
In addition, vision is limited at night, so a real archer will not shoot casually at night unless necessary.
Because they themselves know best how terrifying the archers lurking in the darkness will be once they start hunting.
Tonight, Zuo Fei led his men to kill three or four times in a row, but each time he was killed by the cavalry when he was close to the catapult.
But this time, they had other plans.
"Then let's tonight..." Zuo Fei looked at Zhang Wanyu with a solemn expression on his face.
The reason why he risked losing his troops this time was to rush out and fight.
On the one hand, this is because the catapults did have a great influence on the people's hearts and minds in the city, and on the other hand, it is also because they have ulterior motives.
"Let's go. It's just the four of us tonight. We will immediately enter the northwest of Zhuge Town. The creek there must be a drinking place for the cavalry." Zhang Wanyu pointed out the biggest weakness of the cavalry in one sentence.
That's their horse.
People can not eat or drink, but horses cannot. If a horse does not drink water for a long time, it will easily become irritable and irritable, so the horse must be given water every once in a while.
If they find the watering place of the war horses, they will immediately have the opportunity to completely kill these war horses.
"Now after this battle, they will retreat temporarily," Zuo Fei changed his clothes and even removed the arrow wound on his shoulder.
"It's indeed time for the war horses to drink water." Zhang Wanyu looked at a horseman in green clothes standing not far away. The horseman nodded solemnly.
Zhang Wanyu smiled faintly, then looked at Zuo Fei and said: "Don't worry, the location will definitely not be wrong. As long as these horses are poisoned to death, the fighting power of the King of Nanchang will be only half. At that time, we are condescending. The advantage is even greater.”
"Let's go!" He Qing'er said only one word, her eyes as sharp as blades.
Zhang Wanyu finally looked at Ye Wanwan, who nodded and said, "Let's arrange things inside the pass first, lest someone else knocks down Meiling Pass as soon as we set off."
"What the saint said makes sense." Zhang Wanyu immediately nodded solemnly. This was a mature statement.
Zuo Fei immediately called his deputy, and after making detailed arrangements, the four of them quietly sneaked out from behind the pass, and then quickly climbed towards the east peak.
All of their group are masters.
As for the peaks that are difficult for ordinary people to climb, for them, although it is not as easy as walking on flat ground, it is not that difficult either.
Half an hour later, the four people had climbed over the peak and then descended silently from the east side of the peak.
…
In the dense jungle, Zuo Fei carefully looked around to make sure there were no hidden sentries in the dense forest, and then waved to the back.
Ye Wanwan, Zhang Wanyu, and He Qinger quickly caught up from behind.
The four people only made eye contact, and then rushed out of the dense forest.
Arriving at the road outside the dense forest, the four people stopped at the same time.
"The road over there leads to Zhitang Town. There is also a road there that leads to Muzhou, but the road is rugged and difficult to navigate. The road is steep and rocky. Ordinary warriors can't get through it without losing one third, and if If nothing else goes wrong, the King of Nanchang has already made arrangements there. If something goes wrong, the cavalry will be able to kill them in a blink of an eye. When a tired soldier who has just come over the mountains faces the elite cavalry, the consequences can be imagined. ." Zuo Fei gradually calmed down at this time, but his fear of the cavalry became more and more intense.
"Let's go, deal with this cavalry first." Zhang Wanyu didn't say anything more, and crossed the avenue directly towards Jinxi in the southeast.
Jinxi flows down from Daofeng Mountain on the northeast side, goes west along the mountain to Zhuge Town, then bypasses Zhuge Town and goes eastward to join the Lanjiang River.
If you follow Jinxi River, you can go straight to Zhuge Town.
It is precisely because of this that this creek became a temporary resting place for the cavalry.
I don't know how long it took, but Zuo Fei, who was walking in the front, suddenly stopped.
Ye Wanwan, who was a little behind, slipped out two daggers from her hands.
The same is true for Zhang Wanyu and He Qinger.
The sword-dancing skills of the Tianyin Sect's goddesses are second-to-none even if you look at the entire world.
"No one!" Two words suddenly appeared in Zuo Fei's mouth, and the three people behind him quickly flew to his side.
At a glance, everyone saw an open area in front of them. On both sides of the dense grass, there was a straight avenue on one side and a suddenly wide stream on the other.
The news that was originally flowing quietly reached the area in front, and the water surface suddenly became wider. Coupled with the hundred-meter-long grassland, it happened to be the cavalry's favorite place to rest and let their horses rest.
"When will the poison be administered?" He Qing'er stared at the stream below.
"Not now." Zhang Wanyu looked at the water surface of the stream, frowned slightly, and said: "Although the flow rate of the stream is not very fast, it is definitely not slow either. Unless we have enough poison to keep it down, otherwise it will soon The poison will be completely washed away, and maybe it will reach Lanjiang overnight."
While speaking, Zhang Wanyu took out a blue porcelain bottle from her arms and said with slightly trembling hands: "This bottle of poison is very strong. If you pour it into the stream, it will kill people and horses in a short while... ...However, it is precisely because the medicine is so poisonous that small fish in the stream, or cattle and sheep that are free-range, will die immediately once they drink it, and it is easy for people to find out the problem. "
"Then just wait!" Zuo Fei looked at the dark night sky above his head and said directly: "Wait, they will always come."
After Zuo Fei finished speaking, Ye Wanwan had already stepped a little further and retreated directly into the depths of the forest. She sat under a tree, closed her eyes and waited quietly.
…
In Zhuge Town, Li Xuan stood at the entrance of the town, looked at Qiu Zhenmu and others who were running back, and said with a gentle smile: "Qianniuwei can rest tonight. The horses' water and fodder have been prepared. We will wait for you tomorrow." Brothers show off their power."
"General, obey your order!" Qiu Zhenmu seriously handed over to Li Xuan, then led his men and walked quickly towards the village.
"Your Majesty!" Yan Tao appeared behind Li Xuan.
"Ask your cavalry to protect Feng Canjun. If no one comes out of Guancheng, then ignore everything and return to the village for fodder supplies and drinking water supplies. Now during the war, no one knows where to go." You will be poisoned by others." Li Xuan ordered with a calm expression.
"General, I will obey the order!" Yan Tao showed a hint of gratitude on his face.
He is a veteran on the battlefield, and his attention to these matters on the battlefield is far beyond what Qiu Zhenmu and other princes from the two capitals can compare with.
"Go!" Li Xuan waved his hand, and Yan Tao immediately led his cavalry to Meiling Pass.
After arranging everything, Li Xuan looked behind him and whispered: "Send the order, daily drinking water must come from the well, and the water in the creek outside the village must be tested with a chicken before use. It is allowed to be used by others, and if the order goes down, those who do not follow the rules will not be compensated as death in battle if something happens."
"Follow the order!" Li Zhu walked out of the darkness and held his hands towards Li Xuan.
Li Xuan waved her hands and then walked towards her courtyard.
With dark expectations, Li Xuan looked up to the northeast.
He knew they were there, but tonight, Li Xuan had no intention of leading his troops to strangle them.
The entire Meiling Pass was used by Li Xuan to train troops.
In the future, they will inevitably have to face the siege of thousands of members of the Tianyin Sect.
If they cannot take advantage of this moment to understand the key points that need to be paid attention to when attacking and defending the city, then once the Muzhou army arrives, what they will have to pay is a bloody price with their lives.
…
Before you know it, the sky will be bright.
Ye Wanwan, who had been sitting under the tree and adjusting her breathing all night, suddenly opened her eyes.
She turned around and looked at Zhang Wanyu, who opened her eyes at the same time.
The two people looked at each other, their eyes full of solemnity.
Zhang Wanyu stood up first and walked to the edge of the dense forest, where Zuo Fei and He Qing'er were still staring at each other with red eyes.
"Okay, we should go back, they won't come." Zhang Wanyu's words determined the failure of tonight's operation.
"I..." Zuo Fei wanted to wait a little longer, but looking at the pale sky in the east, he didn't know what to say for a moment.
He Qing'er took a step forward at this time: "Master, I don't know if I can throw the poison directly in. Even if it doesn't kill the cavalry, I can poison them in twos and threes..."
With a "pop" sound, a slap hit He Qing'er hard on the face.
Seeing He Qing'er's disbelieving eyes, Zhang Wanyu said coldly: "We are humans, not animals."
After saying this, Zhang Wanyu turned around and left.
Ye Wanwan glanced at He Qing'er coldly, then followed closely.
At this moment, a hand pressed on He Qing'er's shoulder, it was Zuo Fei.
Zuo Fei looked at He Qing'er and said comfortingly: "Don't worry, even if the poison is extremely violent, if it is put into such a small stream, it will be diluted to a very low level. Hall Master Zhang is worried that it is not poisonous enough and might scare the snake away."
"Maybe!" He Qing'er lowered her head slightly, a trace of resentment flashed in her eyes.
…
Half an hour later, the four people returned to Meiling Pass.
However, before Zuo Fei could ask about the situation, a violent drumming sound came from in front of the pass.
The four of them looked at each other with nervousness in their eyes.
Without any time to say anything, the four people hurriedly climbed onto the city wall, and then saw hundreds of soldiers arrayed in formation two hundred meters away.
At the front of the crowd, riding on a tall horse, wearing black fish scale armor and holding a long sharp spear, was the prince of Nanchang County, Li Xuan, who had been missing for a whole day.
(End of chapter)
