With a "bang" sound, a fireball drew a bright flame under the night sky, and finally landed on the mountainside.
The mountainside was immediately illuminated and became completely transparent.
At this moment, a cry of killing suddenly came from the bottom of the mountain.
I don't know how many people there were in the darkness, rushing directly from the foot of the mountain to the hillside, shouting.
With the help of the fireballs that were illuminated all around, these people rushed to a dozen meters away. However, the Tianyin instructors on the top of the mountain did not move at all until they rushed to the place almost halfway up the mountain. The huge rocks and Lei Mucai smashed them down one after another.
At this moment, the soldiers on the mountainside immediately retreated in an uproar. However, this time, the rolling stones and hammering logs on the top of the mountain did not stop.
They didn't stop completely until the soldiers on the mountain completely retreated to the foot of the mountain.
At this time, the fireball on the mountain suddenly extinguished in an instant.
The whole mountain suddenly became dark.
"Uncle Wang, why don't they completely illuminate the mountain road?" Li Ji stood on one side and looked at Li Xuan with some confusion.
If the Tianyin Sect has illuminated the mountain path from beginning to end, then no matter how the army attacks the mountain, there will be no results.
"This shows that some of them want to capture it." Li Xuan raised his head, looked towards the top of Black Dragon Ridge, and said softly: "There are also capable people up there. If the enemy doesn't see me, and I don't see the enemy, many calculations can be carried out."
Pei Xuan, who was standing on one side, immediately raised his hands and said, "In this case, we won't dare to attack the mountain with all our strength, and we have to prevent them from attacking down the mountain at night."
"Could it be that you are overthinking it? They just don't have that many things to make fire with." A calm voice sounded from the side.
Qiu Shenji, wearing bright light armor, walked out from one side.
"I've met Qiu Changshi." Everyone present immediately raised their hands and saluted.
Although Qiu Shenji is now the governor of She, he was formerly the Zhonglang General of the Jinwu Guard, a real fourth-rank official.
Although he has been demoted to the position of governor of She for some reason, the holy family is still there. As long as he returns to the capital of God, he will immediately be a proper central official again.
Even being directly promoted to governor of a certain state is not impossible.
"What General Zhonglang said is reasonable." Li Xuan said to Qiu Shenji, cupping his hands: "But Xiao Wang wants to come, if he really wants to hold on, then he should not give me any chance to wait. Since there is a chance, then It means the other party is also planning something."
The Tianyin Sect withdrew from Shezhou. Although Shezhou reported to the central government and other states that they had defeated the Tianyin Sect under Beiye County, this was not the case at all.
Many people now know that the Tianyin Sect actually took the initiative to retreat from Beiye.
After taking Beiye, the Tianyin Sect plundered all the remaining supplies and ordnance in Beiye, and then calmly evacuated from Beiye.
Maybe they were unable to attack She County anymore, maybe they saw more reinforcements coming behind She County, maybe the fall of Muzhou made them feel that their way back was in danger, or maybe it was because they had obtained Wen News of serious injuries.
Due to various reasons, Tianyin Sect withdrew from Shezhou.
However, although they evacuated Shezhou, they still had the strength to fight.
What's more, if the current army is completely defeated by the Tianyin Sect, then they will have the opportunity to invade Muzhou and Shezhou again.
At that time, the entire situation will be completely overturned immediately.
Qiu Shenji took a deep look at Li Xuan, and finally nodded silently, saying: "What Twenty-Seventh Lang said is reasonable, it is indeed possible."
"It's just a trivial delusion." Li Xuan immediately changed her tone and said with cupped hands: "With General Zhonglang and Duan Dudu sitting in charge, the Tianyin bandits cannot easily win..."
Before Li Xuan finished speaking, a burst of footsteps could be heard from ahead.
Suddenly, he saw twelve soldiers, dressed in black, retreating from the foot of the mountain.
These soldiers all held swords in one hand and shields in the other, with solemn expressions.
One of them staggered with his left leg, and the other with his left arm
Drooping, obviously injured.
Seeing these people, Qiu Shenji was suddenly surprised: "There are only twelve people. There were only twelve people who attacked the mountain just now?"
You know, there were only thirty or fifty people making noise on the hillside just now, but now there are only twelve people.
"It's just a bluff." Li Xuan glanced at Qiu Shenji, then stepped forward and said solemnly to everyone: "Thank you for your hard work. Injured brothers, take a good rest when you go back. Good wine and meat are ready. In addition, ..."
Li Xuan turned around and waved his hand to the side. A huge fireball had been thrown to the mountainside, and then burned fiercely.
"Everyone, you see, on the mountain road today, the strongest and brightest fire is where the fireball burns. However, the darkest place on the entire mountain road is at the end of the fire. I also ask you to remember that place. , If we want to break through Black Dragon Ridge, we have to rely on that place." Li Xuan's voice was loud, but it also made people confused.
"Here!" Although many of the soldiers present didn't know why, they still accepted the offer.
Qiu Shenji, Li Ji, Pei Xuan and others on the side all had a trace of doubt on their faces, but they were quiet and did not ask any further questions.
Li Xuan waved her hand lightly, and the twelve sergeants immediately retreated.
At this time, twelve more sergeants came up from behind, with the same sword in one hand and a shield in the other.
Li Xuan turned to look at Pei Xuan on one side and said in a deep voice: "After half an hour, we will continue to attack the mountain."
"Here!" Pei Xuan immediately accepted the offer.
Li Xuan nodded, turned to look at Qiu Shenji, cupped his hands and said, "General Zhonglang, I still have things to deal with, so I won't accompany you."
"The King of Nanchang is leaving." Qiu Shenji gave Li Xuan a solemn look, and Li Xuan immediately backed away.
The crowd around them immediately dispersed, leaving only the twelve sergeants still waiting.
At this time, Huai Jin walked to Qiu Shenji's side and whispered: "Brother Qiu, why do you think that King Nanchang's strategy of exhausting troops is different from what we use?"
The strategy of exhausting the troops is not a very clever one, but it is a conspiracy.
There are many people who have seen through it. For example, right now, whether on the mountain or up and down, there are many people who have seen through Li Xuan's strategies and conspiracies, and have adopted corresponding countermeasures, but there is still a lot of energy involved. above this.
"The King of Nanchang will definitely launch an attack on the mountain tomorrow night." Qiu Shenji said with great certainty.
Huai Jin, who was standing on one side, was not surprised at all. He nodded in agreement and said, "Of course, it's just that he won't attack the mountain simply and recklessly. There must be something fishy in it."
The impression that the King of Nanchang was treacherous had already spread to the ears of every soldier in the entire camp as rumors spread quietly.
Qiu Shenji sighed softly, turned around and looked at the fireball that was about to burn out on the hillside, and his face became serious: "Beyond the firelight, there is the darkest place... I am afraid that the King of Nanchang wants to take advantage of this darkness beyond the firelight, above. The Tianyin teaching soldiers suddenly attacked the mountain at an unexpected place, and then captured the top of the mountain in one fell swoop, then there would be a steady stream of soldiers attacking the mountain."
"This is indeed a bit strange, but it should be more than that." Huai Jin thought, looked at Qiu Shenji, and said in a low voice: "Brother Qiu, why don't we try it out? If we can succeed, we can also stand up more. Credit."
Qiu Shenji looked at Huai Jin with a surprised look on his face: "Brother Huai, when will you get rid of your greed for merit? If you are not careful, your brother will be defeated in the future and harm the plan of the King of Nanchang. Duan Du will take the blame. It’s your skin.”
"It won't be like this." Although Huai Jin said so, he was already sure in his heart that it would be like this.
Once Duan Baoxuan was really angered, the cramps and skin peeling would be minor, and he might even behead him on the spot.
After all, as the counter-insurgency coach, Duan Baoxuan has this right.
Even if it is time to hold him accountable for his mishandling, if he is killed, he will be killed.
After thinking about it, a plan immediately popped up in Huai Jin's mind: "Brother Qiu, as long as I don't do this, I can find him."
The rest of him, let him charge forward, and we will follow closely... If he fails, Governor Duan will investigate and throw him out, or let him die on the battlefield early...".z.
In a few words, a sinister plan was formed.
"You, please stop thinking about such crooked ways." Qiu Shenji rolled his eyes at Huai Jin angrily, then turned around and walked away.
Seeing Qiu Shenji's action, Huai Jin immediately knew that he agreed with his opinion.
As soon as he turned around, Huai Jin also went to work.
Li Xuan, who was in the distance, suddenly looked at the backs of the two of them, with a sneer on his lips.
At dawn, the sunlight behind us was pointing directly at the top of the mountain.
Under the thousand-foot peak, Li Xuan looked up at the peak above his head.
No one saw it. In front of his eyes, two convex water patches overlapped.
The last fireball beside him was thrown high, and finally landed directly on the mountainside with a "pop" sound.
A burst of laughter immediately came from the top of the peak. At this moment, even the rolling stones and the wood were gone.
Lowering her head slightly, Li Xuan whispered: "Two hundred and thirty meters."
It is three hundred feet lower than a thousand feet.
Li Xuan lowered her head slightly, looked sideways at the catapult, thought for a moment, and nodded.
The arm bar of the catapult must be lengthened.
However, you can’t lengthen them all at once, you have to lengthen them slowly and in batches.
At this time, a steady sound of footsteps sounded beside Li Xuan. Li Xuan took back his thoughts and turned his head to look, and he saw that Governor Duan Baoxuan, with a group of soldiers, had walked not far away.
"Captain!" Li Xuan quickly saluted.
All the craftsmen around him saluted: "I've seen the governor."
"Go and get busy." Duan Baoxuan waved everyone away, then looked at Li Xuan and asked curiously, "I heard that you led people to practice all night!"
"Yes." Li Xuan nodded seriously, then glanced at the catapult and said, "We still lack some preparations for the time being, but by tonight, we should be almost ready."
"Yeah!" Duan Baoxuan responded casually, then walked past Li Xuan, looked at the twelve catapults neatly placed on one side, and whispered: "Ask your people to take these catapults." Take them all down, the governor needs to use this place."
"Here!" Li Xuan immediately raised his hand and said, "Here!"
Anyway, he has used up this area today.
Watching Li Xuan lead this batch of catapults down with his craftsmen, and then another batch of catapults were brought up.
Duan Baoxuan, as the governor of Yuezhou and General Wei, the leader of the inspection school on the left, had many more craftsmen than Li Xuan could imagine.
Seeing the craftsmen placing the catapults one by one, Duan Baoxuan turned sideways and looked at Yao Zhi: "It seems that the rumors in the court about the king of Nanchang being proficient in ordnance manufacturing are true. There are so many people in the whole camp, and the catapults are placed The one who chose the best location turned out to be the King of Nanchang.”
Yao Zhi stepped forward slightly and said in a low voice: "Judging from my subordinates, the King of Nanchang is not proficient in the art of battle and killing at all. What he is best at is the art of celestial vision and craftsmanship. In addition, he also has a little bit of insight into people's hearts." It’s just my ability.”
"Yeah!" Duan Baoxuan nodded subconsciously, then reacted and turned to look at Yao Zhi, his face full of amusement.
