Early in the morning of the second day of the siege of Dongcheng, the people of Xicheng left the warship and came to the city of Dongcheng, preparing to attack the city.

Neros and the victorious Medus were the first to attack the central gates, but the warriors of the eastern city were there to defend the city with all their might, and Forbos and the brave Lytes and other heroes stood high above the gates, using arrows and stones against the swarming siege forces.

Ding Yuan led his troops to attack the gate behind the mountain, and the heroes of the eastern city, Renos and Genol, inspired the soldiers to resist on the battlements.

The gates facing the Great Plains and the Warrior Camp of the West City were besieged by the armies of Piros and Noji, while the brave Neas of the Eastern City stood on high walls and commanded his soldiers to throw stones so that they could not approach.

At the same time, Cross fought valiantly on the shores of the Red Sea, which had always been a key offensive front for the Easterners, targeting the Westside's warships, which were of course the lifeline of the Westside, and if the ships were destroyed, they would be left homeless.

However, although the battles everywhere were fierce and abnormal, there was no breakthrough, and they were all mixed together, showing a stalemate.

Noji is different, he is not the kind of reckless man who only shows off his muscles, but he is good at using his wisdom, he thinks while fighting, and in the middle of the battle, he suddenly has an idea, thinking that this can break a gap and even capture the eastern city.

He ordered the warriors to put their shields together and raise them above their heads to form a canopy, under which the soldiers could gather in groups and advance in groups, and in this way the people of Xicheng boldly approached the gates, and under their shields they heard the sound of countless stones, arrows, and spears falling from the walls, but not one of them was hurt.

So they marched toward the gates like a dark cloud, and the earth groaned at their feet, and dust flew over their heads, and the soldiers of the western city were filled with joy at the sight of this strong formation, and they encouraged them to march forward steadfastly, and were ready to tear down the gates, or to split them with their axes, and to see that Nodin's tactics were about to lead them to victory.

But the angels who protected the people of the East City on Mount Catherine came out to intervene in the war again! They added divine power to Neas's arms, causing him to pick up a huge stone and slam it down on the top of the shield, which was so large that even the shield array formed by the combined efforts of all people could not bear it, and a large number of besieging enemies of the West City fell under the shield one after another.

At this time, Neas stood on the city wall, his armor shining with golden light, and beside him stood a powerful angel of war, who was hidden in the clouds so that no one could see him, and whenever Neas threw stones, he made it accurately hit the enemy, causing the siege of the city to suffer heavy casualties and panic.

Neas kept shouting loudly at the head of the city to boost morale; under the city, Ding Yuan was also motivating the soldiers to persist in the attack; the bloody battle lasted all day without stopping for a moment, even if the people of Dongcheng had the help of the war angels, it did not break the balance of the war, but the intensity increased significantly, causing heavy casualties on both sides.

On the other hand, the people of Xicheng who were attacking the city were more successful, and the effect was much greater; the brave general Nomao shot down the soldiers defending the city with spears and arrows; his comrades-in-arms and fellow townsmen Camedon saw that there was a place on the city wall where the defenders had been cleared, so they hurriedly erected a ladder and climbed up; Kamedon put his shield on his head and sacrificed his life to open the way into the city for his comrades.

Neas saw his danger from afar, and saw the bravery of Camedon that no one could do. He came to see the good when he arrived, and when Camrodon had climbed the last level and just revealed the wall, he was struck in the head by a stone thrown by Neaz, and he fell on his back, breaking the ladder, and before he could hit the ground, he was already dead.

Ever since Nosha shot Noshi, his great name as an archer was unmatched, and when he saw the son of Casses running like a beast of prey, he shot an arrow at him, hitting the target, but only grazed the shield of the other man, and shot another man from the east, Memon.

The opposing general, Memmun, fell from the top of the city and fell to his death, and Neas threw a boulder at Nosha's friend Kemes, shattering his head instantly.

Nosha looked up angrily at the enemy on the tower, and cried out, "Neas, you throw stones down from the tower, and you think you are the bravest man in the world, but you do that like a weak woman! If you are a hero, go out of the gates and compare bows and arrows and spears with me, and I tell you, I am invincible!"

But the East City warrior did not have time to answer his words, for another part of the city wall was in danger and needed him to defend it. He strode over, and Nosha was so angry that he wanted to shoot his bow, but looking at the distance, he felt uncertain, and put down his bow and arrow.

His bow and arrows are the most precious treasures, and it would be a pity to shoot them in the air, and his reputation as an archer also prevents him from flying them indiscriminately.

In this way, the offensive and defensive stalemate between the two sides, the Xicheng people besieged the Dongcheng and could not succeed for a long time, and the Dongcheng people tried their best to keep the castle intact, but there was no way to lift the siege crisis; however, this stalemate put more pressure on the Xicheng people.

So Cass, the leading soothsayer and prophet of the western city, called a meeting, and he said: "It is useless for you to attack the city in this way; listen, I saw an omen yesterday: an eagle chased a dove, and the dove flew into a crevice in the rock and hid, and the eagle waited by the rock for a long time, but the pigeon did not come out; the eagle hid in the bushes nearby, and the foolish pigeon flew out, and the eagle immediately pounced on it, and caught it with its talons! ”

After he finished speaking, the heroes racked their brains to come up with a plan to end this terrible war as soon as possible, but they could not think of it.

In the end, it was the wisest of all who came up with a clever plan, saying, "Friends, do you know what to do?"

Then, without waiting for others to reply, he continued, and couldn't help but raise his voice: " Let us make a huge wooden elephant and let the elephant hide as many warriors as possible in its belly, and the rest of the men leave the coast by boat and retreat to the distant island of Dos, where the barracks must be completely burned down before we set out, so that the people of Dongcheng can see the fireworks on the city walls and go out of the city without guard; at the same time we let a soldier whom the people of Dongcheng did not know, pretend to be a fugitive, and let them enter the city and tell them that the people of Xicheng were going to kill him and sacrifice him in order to retreat safely, but he managed to escape; he also said that Xicheng had made a huge wooden elephant and offered it to the enemy of the people of Dongcheng, that is, the sheep-eyed angel, and let the soldier who spoke tell the people of DongchengThe soldier must be able to repeat the story to the people of the East, and tell it in such a way that they will not be suspicious, that the people of the East will take pity on the poor stranger and bring him into the city, and that he will try to tell the people of the East to drag the elephant into the city, and that the soldier will give us a predetermined signal when our enemy is asleep, and that the man who is hiding in the elephant will quickly crawl out and light the torches to summon the warriors who are hiding near the island of Doss, so that we can destroy the city with sword and fire。 ”

Noji told him his plan, and everyone was amazed at his plan, which was exactly what Cass the soothsayer wanted, and he was glad that the cunning hero understood his intentions! He drew the attention of the assembled men to the auspicious omen of the eagle and the thunder that showed the approval of the Almighty, and urged the people of the West City to hasten into action.

But Ding Yuan stood up and raised objections: "Daddy Cass, the brave warriors must subdue the enemy on the open battlefield; let the timid Dongcheng people hide in the castle tower to fight! But we don't want to use trickery or other unscrupulous methods, we must show that we are strong warriors in open battles!"

His words were so full of courage that even he could not admire his noble and upright qualities, but he retorted: "You are the excellent son of your noble father, and your words show that you are a brave hero, but it must be remembered that your father, a great and mighty hero as an angel, has not been able to conquer this fortified castle, and you should know that not everything in the world can be succeeded by bravery!" Therefore, I ask you and your heroes to heed Cass's advice, listen to my advice, and immediately proceed to implement my plan. ”

With the exception of Nosha, the heroes cheered in favor of Noji's suggestion, but Nosha sided with Ding Yuan and was eager to fight, because his desire to fight was not yet satisfied. At last the two of them were almost ready to convince all the people of the Westside, but the Almighty objected, and he angrily showed thunder and lightning, and the thunder shook the earth, so that the heroes understood that the Almighty Man agreed with the prophet and the advice of Noghe. Although Ding Yuan and Noxia were opposed, they had to obey the providence expressed by the Almighty.

As a result, all the people of Xicheng withdrew to the warship, and they all lay down on the ship to sleep and rest well before starting their work.

In the middle of the night, the sheep-eyed angel gave a dream to the hero of the western city, Peos, and told him to make a giant elephant out of rough wood, and promised to help him to finish it as soon as possible.

As soon as it was daybreak, he told them about the dreams of the sheep-eyed angels, and when the people of Xicheng heard this, they immediately went to the nearby high mountains to cut down the tall and thick pine trees, and the timber was soon transported to the shore near the camp of the people of Xicheng on the beaches of the Red Sea, and many young men worked with Peros.

Some of them sawed wood, some cut branches and leaves, and Peros himself was responsible for making the wooden elephants, and he first made the elephant's feet, and cut the elephant's belly, and made an arched elephant's back above the elephant's belly, and then he placed the elephant's breast and neck, and put delicate manes on the elephant's neck, which seemed to be fluttering in the wind, and the elephant's head and tail were covered with fine hair, and the elephant's ears were erected, and the round elephant's eyes were bright, in short, the whole elephant was like a living elephant.

In the end, he made a huge ivory, and the wooden elephant was all over the body, but this ivory was the real ivory, which was found by Nodin's son Ding Yuan from his father's booty, and was twice as long as the other largest tusks.

With the help of the sheep-eyed angel, he completed the task in three days, and everyone was amazed by his masterpiece of art, and they even believed that the elephant would neigh and run at any moment! Peros raised his hands to the sky and prayed in front of all the soldiers: "Great sheep-eyed angel, please listen to my prayer, please bless me and your wooden elephant!" and all the people of Xicheng also prayed with him.

At the same time, the people of the East City closed the gates and hid in the city, and the angels on Mount Catherine, because of their different views on the fate of the East City, were divided into two factions, one to protect the people of the West City, and the other to oppose them, and they came to earth and formed a formation over the great waves of the Red Sea, but the mortals could not see them.

The same is true of the angels of the sea and of the currents, some on one side and some on the other, about fifty angels of the sea, all of whom are subordinates of the angels of the sea, and therefore consider themselves relatives of Nodin, and therefore on the side of the people of the West, and other angels associated with the waters of the East City, who set up great waves and come at the warships and the wooden elephants, and if the Angel of Fate allows them, they will destroy them all.

However, the Angel of Destiny is now in agreement with the Lord of Catherine's Mountain, Satan, so he will not let those angels who oppose the people of Xicheng succeed, so those angry angels only make the waves empty, but they cannot harm the people of Xicheng, and their warships, as well as their works, which are the giant wooden elephants.

But at this time, since those angels have all gathered, the battle between the angels that has been brewing for a long time has begun.

The rough angel of war has long hated the sheep-eyed angel, and immediately launched an attack on the sheep-eyed angel; the two angels started to fight, which was a signal to the other angels, and immediately, all the angels fought and did not give in.

Their golden armor clanged together, trembling beneath their feet, their cries of slaughter reaching the underworld, and the ruling angels of hell trembling, who chose this moment to go to war because the mighty old man, Satan, had gone out to a cave in the middle of the sea.

Satan, the Boss, was the ruler of all these angels, and he was in charge of all them, no matter how far away he was, and he knew at once that the angels who were having a headache were fighting in his absence, so he did not delay at all, and immediately got on the thunder cart, urged his wings to chase the horse, and the angels drove him back to the top of Catherine's Mountain; when he arrived, he did not stop at all, and quickly sent lightning at the angels who were fighting on the ground.

The angels were taken aback and immediately stopped fighting.

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