The sound of fighting and shouting kept coming from the north gate, but the brightly lit Shouguan Xiaowei Mansion was quiet at the moment.
Li Xuan was sitting in the middle hall of the Shouguan School Lieutenant's Mansion, with a calm face, mixing green onions with tofu on the low table, and happily sipping millet porridge.
The eight-sided Han sword with a black sheath is placed on the table, and the mahogany seven-step measuring celestial tree is hung on the wall.
The sound of fighting went from weak to extremely loud, and then from extremely loud to calm again. Li Xuan looked indifferent.
Even now, he still leisurely dipped the tofu in a little chive flower sauce, and then tasted it slowly in his mouth.
At this moment, a rush of footsteps sounded.
Li Zhu soon appeared outside the door, cupped his hands towards Li Xuan and said, "Report to the prince, the Tianyin thieves have retreated."
"Yeah!" Li Xuan nodded nonchalantly.
Li Zhu followed up and said: "After they hit the city gate with the battering ram, they immediately realized something was wrong, and then quickly retreated."
Behind the city gate of Meiling Pass, Li Xuan blocked it with a stone, and there were wooden wedges and wooden stakes inside.
Even if the gods come, they can't easily attack the city gate.
Even if the people of the Tianyin Sect climbed the city wall along the ladder, it was just a change of combat environment and had no impact on the overall situation.
Not to mention they didn't even go up the city wall.
"Indeed, they should have discovered it." Li Xuan chuckled, stopped the chopsticks in his hand, and after thinking for a moment, said in a deep voice: "Send an order for Xu Canjun to send his subordinate Si Gonglang to go up to the city wall now to verify the military exploits and publish it in the newspaper. Make a book."
"Follow the order!" Li Zhu immediately handed over his hand.
"Call the dining room to all the brothers in the city. Everyone adds a plate of tofu mixed with green onions. Tell the brothers, don't be anxious to ask for some. The tofu must be eaten piece by piece, and the work must be done piece by piece. It may be tomorrow. In the future, there will be plenty of time for them to make meritorious deeds." Li Xuan gently moved the tofu cubes on the plate, as if he was moving lives.
"Here!" Li Zhu understood immediately, cupped his hands, and retreated silently.
Sitting in the hall, Li Xuan could clearly hear the cheers, gratitude and admiration coming from outside.
Xie An, I will also learn from you today.
Closing her eyes slightly, Li Xuan's eyes had turned to the other side.
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On the bloody mountain road, Zhang Wanyu's face was ashen.
Especially the bursts of cheers coming from the city gate tower made her face look ugly.
"Hall Master, we failed to win the Meiling Pass this time. We had expected it. Why should we be upset because of this?" Ye Wanwan stood on one side and comforted her in a low voice. Other generals like Xu Shan could not even take the Meiling Pass. Don't even dare to get close.
"I don't care about anything else. I just care that the King of Nanchang has completely blocked Meiling Pass. It will be ugly if we try to win this pass next." Zhang Wanyu looked very embarrassed.
Ye Wanwan looked at Zhang Wanyu, and while she was thinking, a thought suddenly flashed through her mind: "Master, since the King of Nanchang has sealed the city gate, is he also prepared for the city wall to fall?"
After Ye Wanwan finished speaking, even she felt shocked.
So far, they have not even reached the city wall.
If they tried their best to kill them, but found that they had to face more sniper traps and arrangements by their opponents, I am afraid that everyone would feel desperate.
Zhang Wanyu's face suddenly turned terrifyingly gloomy.
After thinking about it, Ye Wanwan immediately tried to persuade her: "Master, you can actually think about it the other way around. It's not easy for me to get in, and it's also not easy for them to get out... If it's destined to be impossible to take down for a while, We will attack steadily, at worst, in the future we will capture the King of Nanchang while capturing Guancheng, so even if it takes longer, this will be enough to explain."
Zhang Wanyu raised her eyebrows slightly.
Previously, their more planned plan was to capture Meiling Pass.
In their expectation, Li Xuan would definitely lead the Qianniu Guards to escape before this happened.
Now, winning Li Xuan is also included in the target consideration, so it will take a while to understand.
"Besides, what we really need is to capture Meiling Pass before Fang Fengjin's army comes. This way, it won't be considered a delay." Ye Wanwan brought the matter to its most essential point with one sentence. level.
Taking Meiling Pass to offer a gift to the Tianyin Sect was just the icing on the cake.
However, their real purpose in taking Meiling Pass was to open the way for Fang Fengjin's army to invade Wuzhou.
As long as they take the pass before the army reaches Meiling Pass, it will not be considered a delay.
Hearing Ye Wanwan's excuse, Zhang Wanyu's expression immediately relaxed: "Okay, let's go back first and let's discuss what to do next and whether we should continue tonight's siege."
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"Yes, we must continue!" He Qing'er's face was extremely firm, and she looked at Zhang Wanyu, Ye Wanwan, and everyone present, and said: "Tonight's attack on the city is more to make the King of Nanchang and his men exhausted, and their combat power to weaken. , only in this way, after we attack Meiling Pass, can we open the city gate as quickly as possible and lead the army into the city."
"If it's just harassment, a catapult would be enough." Xu Shan looked at Zhang Wanyu and raised objections.
"That's inappropriate." Ye Wanwan shook her head and said: "In today's battle, one catapult has been destroyed. If it is destroyed again, it will be impossible to recover for a while. If we want to attack the city again, we will have to sacrifice human lives to replace it. .”
The importance of the catapult was self-evident to them.
Today, with the well gates and catapults, they could barely reach the city gate. If there were no well gates and catapults, the price they would pay would be more flesh and blood.
"It won't work if we don't attack. If we attack, the city gate will be blocked, which will be a dilemma." Hu Guang's face also looked a little ugly.
"The city gate is only sealed, but it is not sealed. As long as there are enough manpower, it will take less than half an hour to remove the stone bars and open the city gate." He Qing'er suddenly said something coldly, and everyone present looked at him. Suddenly it lit up.
At this moment, Hu Guang suddenly said: "Then how many lives will we have to pay in this half hour?"
"Maybe it won't take half an hour." Zhang Wanyu said thoughtfully at this time: "As long as we can take down the city wall and half of the city, then we can start from the inside and outside at the same time, burn the city gate from the outside, and then simultaneously from the inside and outside. It might be faster to move the blocking stones."
"The hall master is wise!" He Qing'er immediately bowed her hands to Zhang Wanyu.
Others present also quickly saluted Zhang Wanyu: "The hall master is wise."
Lowering their heads, Hu Guang and Xu Shan looked at each other, with a trace of helplessness flashing in their eyes.
Burning the city gate is easy to say, but the city gate is so easy to burn down.
If this is the case, there has always been no need to attack the city wall or use a siege ram when attacking a city. It would be better to just use fire.
At this time, Zhang Wanyu, who was sitting above, spoke again: "Everyone, don't think so far, just understand that we have a way to open the city gate, but first, the primary target is those city walls."
Zhang Wanyu's words made everyone present immediately understand that the reason why they were talking so much now was just to dispel the psychological impact in everyone's hearts due to the news that the Meiling Pass gate was sealed.
This woman Zhang Wanyu is not that simple.
She looked at He Qing'er and said in a deep voice: "Qing'er, at midnight tonight, you will personally lead a group of masters to directly attack, attack the city wall, and enter the pass. I want to know what the layout of King Nanchang is in Meiling Pass?"
Since they were driven out of Meiling Pass, the Tianyin Sect knew very little about the internal situation of Meiling Pass.
They don't know how many people are inside Meiling Pass, and they don't know how many personnel are deployed inside.
If they try their best to take down the city wall but find that it is more difficult to take a step forward, they will be in trouble.
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It was dark at night, and Li Xuan and Zhou Shen walked to Guancheng together.
"I have met the prince, Brother Zhou." Yan Tao saluted Li Xuan and Zhou Shen one after another, and then said: "Tonight, every half hour, they will throw stones, but they have not gained anything."
Under the north gate is an urn city. Compared to the south gate, no matter how many stones you throw at the north gate, it will have no effect.
"I know, let the brothers go down and rest. I will leave it to Captain Zhou after midnight tonight. However, there is a high probability that they will attack the city tonight, so I leave everything to Brother Zhou." Li Xuan handed over to Zhou Shen, Zhou Shen immediately returned the courtesy and said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, my subordinates are prepared and will not give them any chance."
Li Xuan nodded with satisfaction, and then said solemnly: "Yes, this is the truth. The best way is not to let them even approach the city wall."
There was a hint of cruelty in Li Xuan's eyes.
Zhang Wanyu is much more difficult to deal with than he thought, so from now on, it's best not to miss them at all.
"I'll leave everything to Brother Zhou." Li Xuan handed over his hand, and then left with Yan Tao very neatly.
The night attack is just a trick, the real highlight will be tomorrow.
Although Zhang Wanyu said there was no rush, secretly she had already begun preparing for tomorrow's siege.
She did not make any backup preparations for the night attack by He Qing'er and others tonight.
Unknowingly, Li Xuan had walked around the city and arrived at the south gate.
It was at this time that bursts of shouts of killing came from the north gate.
The perspective in front of Li Xuan changed instantly.
A bright fire burned under the north door.
This is not the people of the Tianyin Sect burning the city gate, but torches being thrown down from the top of the city wall. The flames rise, illuminating everything below.
Even though He Qing'er could lead a group of experts and attack the city wall relatively easily, he still had to have a chance.
Zhou Shen himself is a master, but when so many people approached He Qing'er, he just threw the torch down from the city wall, and everything was immediately exposed.
"Swish, swish, swish," long arrows kept shooting down from the city gate. As the swords flashed, everyone kept approaching the city gate, but at this moment, a cold voice came from the city wall: "Crossbow arrows, shoot!"
With a "buzz" sound, countless crossbow arrows fell straight down from the top of the head like a rain of locusts.
He Qing'er, who was a little behind, had already retreated a few feet away in the blink of an eye.
At this time, a long arrow had been nailed to He Qing'er's right shoulder, and blood was flowing down her fingertips.
He Qing'er suppressed the anger in her heart, waved her hand back without hesitation, and shouted in a cold voice, "Everyone, retreat!"
In an instant, all the masters quickly retreated, leaving only a dozen corpses on the spot.
Masters, so-called martial arts masters, cannot play a decisive role in the real battlefield.
One person is the enemy, hundreds of people are the enemy, how can it be compared with ten thousand people.
Especially the tens of thousands of soldiers working together.
Countless strong bows, crossbows, chariots and armors have long since completely smoothed the gap between the two sides.
He Qing'er's defeat has proved this.
The perspective was restored, and Li Xuan looked at the starry sky in the southeast with a solemn expression.
The crescent moon was like a hook, and the sky was bright, except for the southeast, which was full of haze.
The wind blows in your face and you feel the water vapor in the air getting thicker and thicker.
A cold wind blew in my face.
Li Xuan spoke softly: "From tomorrow on, the world will change drastically."
(End of chapter)
