And all the mighty men of the western city came to their camp with Nacho, a victorious warrior, and Nou, the king of the people, sacrificed a five-year-old bull to the mighty one to whom they prayed, and thanked him for his protection of Nocho and the people.

They stripped the sacrificial animals of their skins, cleaned them up, dismembered the bodies of the oxen, cut the beef into small pieces, skillfully picked up the tip of the fork, and after carefully roasting it, they took off the forks and set them aside, and when everything was done and the feast was arranged, they opened their mouths to chew, and everyone had eaten a full meal.

Their commander, the Hero who ruled the vast territory, handed him a long loin as a sign of respect for him.

When they had eaten and drunk enough, the wise man of Stoll spoke first, and gave his considered opinion, and before that, the old man's counsel had always been the most appropriate remedy, and with kindness to the people he arose, and said: " Our esteemed chief, Nowu, you know that many, yes, many of the people of the West have died here, and the ferocious angels of war have sprinkled their black blood all over the shores of the clear red sea, and have sent their souls to the hell of hell, so that tomorrow at dawn thou shalt command the people of the West to cease the fighting, and call them back with oxen and mules, and burn them not far from the city, so that when we return to our homeland, where we have lived for generations, that is, in the Near East, where we have lived, every warrior may take a share of the bones and give them to the children of the dead, but now, let us shovel the earth into a heap, and build a grave on the wood, and stand on the plain for all the deadLet us build a tall parapet in front of the tomb as soon as possible, as a barrier to defend the west city and ourselves, and we will build a gate on the wall, and we will join the wall with the parapet, and serve as a passage for the carriage and horses to pass unhindered. On the outer edge of the wall, close to the foundation, we are to dig a wide and deep trench around the parapet to hold back the enemy's infantry and chariots, so that the haughty men of the eastern city may not sweep away our army, nor storm our western city. ”

Stoll made a statement, and was approved by all the commanders.

At that time, the people of the eastern city also gathered on the high part of the city wall, panicked, noisy, and crowded in front of the gate of Nobing.

In the crowd, the cool-headed Lalai was the first to speak: "Listen to me, all the brave and commanders, all the allies, my words come from the heart, take action, and give the gifts lost in the gambling battle to the people of Xicheng! ”

Lao Lalai originally fully supported Nob and No, but after all, he was an incomparable wise man, and he knew where the cause of the current situation was, and the more it dragged on and could not be resolved, the greater the losses that might be suffered in the future.

Old Lalai sat down, and the oath-bearer rose up in the crowd, and he replied in winged words: "Old man Lalai, your words have annoyed me, and you are clever enough to make a better argument than this nagging, but if this is indeed your idea, then it must have come from the Almighty, yes, it must have been them, and they have broken your head, and you are talking so nonsense!" I am going to tell all the people of the East City that I will not pay the money mentioned in the bet, but I am willing to return some of the treasures I have taken from them, and to add some of my own stock, and that they must give Helen back, and that Helen should not belong to my third brother Nocin in the beginning?

When he had finished speaking, he sat down, and the crowd stood up, and Lalai's son, who was as resourceful as his father, spoke with kindness to the people, and said: " Listen to me, Brave Warriors, Fellow Allies, my words speak from the heart and from the heart, and now, you may go to dinner, and in the wide city, as usual, do not forget to set up your sentry posts, and everyone must be vigilant, and at dawn tomorrow morning, let the messenger go to the garrison of those men in the West City, and tell them the terms that they have offered, for whom we have endured this war, and let the Courier bring me my reasonable advice, and ask them if they are willing to give up this painful slaughter, in order to bury the fallen soldiers, and then we may resume the war until Providence chooses between the two armies, and gives victory to one or the other。 ”

After listening carefully to his words, the people obeyed his arrangement, and then the whole army had dinner and formed a unit.

The next morning, just after dawn, the messenger sent by Nocin and others came to the place where the Xicheng people gathered, and found that the warriors were gathering around Nowu, and the messenger stood in the crowd and said in a loud voice, "Honorable leader of the Xicheng people! Lalai and the other noble men of the East City have commanded me to convey to you that the terms that Nohu has made may win your favor and favor, for for his sake, that is, Nod, we have endured this war, and that Noghur is willing to return the treasure which he had received from you, and that I wish he had died before then, and to add some of his own stock, but he said that he also demanded that your side return Helen, for at the beginning Helen belonged to Nodin, but was taken away by Nodin, and all the people of Dongcheng were against Nodin。 They also asked me to tell you, if you wish, to stop this painful slaughter so that you can bury the fallen soldiers. Then we can resume the war until Providence chooses between the two armies and gives victory to one or the other. ”

The messenger was silent, silent, and silent for a long time, until at last, Modus, who roared on the battlefield, broke the silence and said: "No one is allowed to accept Nogi's belongings, nor to send them back to Helen! The battle is clear, even a fool can see it, and now the ropes of death have taken the throats of the people of Dongcheng, including the coward Nogi!"

Hearing these words, all the people of Westside shouted loudly, agreeing with the admonition of the master horse trainer Medus.

Then the mighty Nowu said to the messenger of the eastern city: "This messenger, you have heard with your own ears the voices of our valiant hearts, and this is their answer, and this is my will, but I have no opinion on the truce and the burning of the corpses, and the bodies of the fallen should not be left for a long time, and the warriors should be comforted by the fire as soon as they fall, and this is my vow, let the mighty bear witness, and we will obey it." ”

The messenger of the people of Dongcheng took up the oath and turned back to the east city and replied to Nog, and the lord of the city, Noc, who had made a request.

When the messengers arrived at their station, the people of the East City and their allies were gathering in one place, waiting for the messenger's return for a long time. When the messenger returned, he stood in the crowd and announced the news of the return, and the people immediately began to prepare and divided into two teams, one to collect the corpses, and the other to collect the wood. On the other side of the battlefield, the people of Xicheng also prepared separately, one team went to collect the corpses, and the other team was responsible for collecting the village salary.

The next morning, when the sun had just appeared, the morning sun spread over the peasants' fields, and rose from the distant part of the Red Sea, where the waves were still and the water was deep, and they stepped on the stairs to the sky; the men of both sides met in the battlefield and toiled on the corpses of their own people, washed the blood from the corpses with clean water, identified the dead comrades one by one, and carried them into the cart with tears.

However, the king did not allow his subordinates to cry, so they silently put the dead on the pyre, and in their grief they set fire to the corpses, and returned to their dwellings in the eastern city, while on the other side, the people of the western city were also putting their dead on the pyre, and in their grief, they set fire to the corpses, and then turned back to their dwellings.

When the dawn had not yet broken through the net of night, and night and day were in chaos, a group of selected people of Xicheng were already standing around the pyre, they built a tomb on the ashes, and covered all the dead with the mud of the plain, and they built a high parapet wall in front of the tomb as a barrier to defend Xicheng and themselves, and built a gate on the wall, which was connected with the parapet beads, and used as a passage for the carriage and horses to pass freely. On the outer edge of the wall, close to the foundation, they dug a wide and deep trench, a wide and deep trench, and also buried sharp stakes at the bottom of the deep trench.

In this way, the people of Xicheng worked hard and rushed, and those who were high up and above gathered around Satan at this time, watching the huge work carried out by the people of Xicheng in bronze armor.

The proud angel was the first to speak, saying, "O Lord, who in the great world will now inform us of his thoughts and plans? Don't you see? These people of the West City have built a parapet outside the original wall, and dug a deep ditch outside the wall, but they have not offered us a rich sacrifice, and the fame of the high wall will shine like the dawn, and the people will forget the other wall, the wall of the old West City, the castle that we have helped to build to protect such a weak human being. ”

His face was full of unhappiness and he replied angrily, "What are you talking about, the earth-shaking angel in the distance, if it were another angel, his courage and fury are not comparable to yours, and he might be afraid of this trick, but you will not!" Don't worry, your fame will shine like the dawn, and when the people of Xicheng return to their hometown in the Near East, you can smash their retaining wall, throw it into the sea, spread out a thick layer of sand, level the wide beach, and so on, and destroy the wall built by the hands of the people of Xicheng!"

In this way, they went back and forth, and they talked about it, but they just watched the members of the human race who were busy doing meaningless things, and used them as material for conversation and laughter, and although they did not do anything to disturb them, their tragic end had been determined.

After the day of busyness, the sun was slowly sinking in the west, and the people of Xicheng had finished their work, and then they slaughtered the fat oxen by the barracks, and had eaten supper, and drank the wine that had been hidden in the ships of the sea, which they had exchanged for all sorts of precious things, and which they drank now.

These people of the West City prepared a sumptuous meal, ate and drank with their bellies, and stayed up all night, while the East City people and their allies had dinner in the city of East City. All night long, the scheming angel and the boss Satan were planning a new calamity, and to the people of Xicheng shook their nerves with rolling thunder, and sent them terror, and extreme fear enveloped the whole barracks; they all trembled and poured their cups, and no one dared to make a second sacrifice before the sacrifice to the Almighty; they raised their glasses and drank when the sacrifice was over; and when the feast was over, they lay down and accepted the wish to sleep soundly.

The next morning, Dawn shook off its golden robe and scattered it all over the earth.

Satan, who loves to blow up thunder, summoned all the angels under his command, all of course, fallen angels, and gathered on the summit of Catherine, who was towering on the ridges, and he was confronted by the angels, and all the angels listened: "Listen, all the archangels and special angels, and the middle and lower archangels, and the ordinary angels! My life is inspired and driven by the heart, which is determined by my will, and my will is supreme! No one of you, whatever rank of the angels, shall refute my instructions; I must agree! That way, I will be able to put an end to these matters quickly! If I were to find any angel carrying us on another set of our backs, and going to the aid of the people of the East, or of the West, then, when he returns to our temporary abode, the top of Mount Catherine, the whip of lightning will bring him to the brink of face, and even more severely, I will pick him up and throw him down from the bottom of the gloomy Hell, far into the depths of the earth, the lowest abyss below the surface, with iron gates and bronze sills, which is as far away from Hell as the distance between heaven and earth, and he will know how strong my boss must be compared to other Almighty OnesLet us lay down a golden rope from heaven, and let you, all the angels, grasp the bottom, and yet, even then, even if you have broken your hand, you will not want to pull me, Satan, the Supreme King, from where I am, to the earth, but if I am determined to lift you, yes, up with the earth and the sea! Then I will hang the golden rope on the horns of Catherine's house of my house, and tie the knots tightly, and let you wander in mid-air! yes, I will be so strong as all angels and mortals, whether fallen or holy, whether sinful or sinless, it will be the same, and there will be no special. ”

Satan's reprimand, stunned all the angels, and they were speechless for a long time, the majesty of this boss is definitely not covered! What he said was indeed harsh and extraordinary.

Everyone was terrified there, silent for a long time, and did not dare to squeak, lest they be caught by the boss and become a typical example.

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