Chapter 127: On the eve of the Great War

On the outskirts of the cloud city, by the river, Li Maicheng ate dry food, watching the sun set, the sun gradually set, he and those soldiers pretending to be merchants waited by the river for half an hour, and then continued to lead the camel and horse to the south gate of the cloud city.

Li Maicheng and Bai Ruoxue walked for a while, and gradually walked to the south gate of Cloud City, only to see a large number of war elephants gathered outside the city wall of Cloud City, there were more than a hundred war elephants, and there were soldiers riding on the war elephants.

Li Maicheng looked at the dense archers on the tall tower next to the city wall, and felt that Cloud City's defense was stronger.

Li Maicheng led a large group of merchants, passed through the guards of the city gate, carefully checked, carefully turned over the silk, tea, and ceramics transported by the caravan, and confirmed that they did not bring weapons, and then let Li Maicheng and their caravan go.

Li Maicheng led the caravan past the bustling street market, walked past the brightly lit rows of pavilions, and finally found a place called the Junlai Inn to stay.

In the Junlai Inn, there are people who come and go, some are chivalrous people who walk the rivers and lakes, some are cultivators, and some are businessmen who come to this cloud city to do business.

Li Maicheng and Bai Ruoxue put their luggage in the guest room, and the camel and horse also let the inn's Xiao Er take them away and keep them on a leash. Then they ate a little bit in the inn, and after eating, Li Maicheng and Bai Ruoxue took more than 20 people to the market in the city to buy swords.

Li Maicheng led the more than 20 people through the bazaar, and gradually came to a blacksmith shop.

And I saw that the shop was full of sharp knives, swords, spears, spears, spears, lances, axes, hammers, and whips.

Li Maicheng took a closer look and chose fifty long knives and fifty swords.

The blacksmith was very curious when he saw that Li Maicheng was buying so many swords at one time, and he asked, "Guest officer, why did you buy so many swords?"

Li Maicheng said: "Brother blacksmith, we are walking the rivers and lakes, and we see that the sword of this cloud city is particularly sharp, so we want to buy more at a time." ”

The blacksmith said, "Well, then I'll wrap these swords in cloth." ”

Li Maicheng nodded and said, "Okay, big brother blacksmith." ”

Then Li Maicheng paid two taels of silver, and after the swords were wrapped in cloth, each of the more than 20 people took a few, and then rushed to the Junlai Inn.

Li Maicheng and they were walking on the gathering, and suddenly thousands of soldiers in heavy armor in Yuncheng passed by and rushed towards the city wall of the cloud city.

Li Maicheng saw that those soldiers were full of energy, dressed in heavy armor, and holding a big knife in their hands, extremely powerful.

After the soldiers passed, Li Maicheng immediately led the more than 20 people back to the Junlai Inn to stay.

The soldiers who pretended to be merchants were each given a weapon, and after getting it, they all fell asleep, and after they fell asleep, Li Maicheng and Bai Ruoxue left the inn and rushed to the dilapidated Yun Yiguan to meet Wu Shitong, Zhou Xiaotian, and Qi Cangyu.

After Li Maicheng and Bai Ruoxue came to the deserted Yunyi Temple, Qi Cangyu, Wu Shitong, and Zhou Xiaotian had already arrived.

General Qi Cangyu saw that Li Maicheng had arrived, and immediately said, "Maicheng, Ruoxue, you are here." ”

Li Maicheng replied: "Yes, you are still going well. ”

Qi Cangyu said: "We are still smooth, we have arranged for people to live in the inn, and the sword and weapons have also been bought." ”

Li Maicheng said: "That's good, then how will our battle plan be arranged tomorrow?"

Qi Cangyu thought for a moment and said, "Tomorrow, we will find a way to open the gate of the city from the inside, so that our rebel army will be more guaranteed to win when it enters the city." ”

Li Maicheng nodded and said, "That's good." ”

Qi Cangyu then said: "Maicheng, seeing this dilapidated Yunyi Temple, I am deeply touched. ”

Li Maicheng said: "General Qi, you can tell the story of Yun Yiguan." ”

General Qi said: "Brother Maicheng, I was originally a disciple of Yunyiguan, because our disciples of Yunyiguan couldn't get used to seeing the demon Taoist people turn those innocent people into demons, so they went to stop it, and were surrounded and suppressed by King Yun, and then some of our disciples of Yunyiguan were arrested, and some fled, and I fled to a small mountain village on the outskirts of Yuncheng to live a life of drinking and writing poems. ”

Li Maicheng said: "General Qi, then your Qi Cangyu's name was originally changed later. ”

General Qi nodded and said, "Yes, I am not called Qi Cangyu in Yunyiguan, but a cultivator." ”

Li Maicheng said: "I see, you and I are both cultivators, I was a child in Zhongnan Mountain to cultivate, my master is a Cangye Taoist, I followed my master Zhang Qian to the Western Regions, all the way to escort him westward, full of ups and downs, we came over with difficulty, in my opinion, encountering those difficulties and obstacles, for me is in the calamity, is in the practice, but also let me understand the good and evil and suffering in the world. ”

Qi Cangyu nodded and said: "Yes, there are many bitter people in this world, and the highest state of our cultivation is the heart, and we must cultivate a heart to save the common people and uphold justice." ”

Li Maicheng said: "Brother Qi, what you said is very right, all things are created equal, that is, he is a demon, as long as he adheres to the good way, we are also friends, but even if he is a human being, he insists on doing evil, then we are also enemies." ”

Qi Cangyu said: "Maicheng, what you said is very right, this world is a world full of good and evil, we don't look at his surface when we look at anything, but feel it with our hearts, feel his good and evil, sometimes animals are kinder than people, sometimes people are more sinister than demons." So we have to keep our eyes open and see people clearly. ”

Li Maicheng nodded and said, "General Qi, what you said is, it's not too early, let's all go back to the inn to rest, recuperate, and fight for tomorrow." ”

Qi Cangyu said: "Okay, then everyone will go back to the inn to rest." ”

Then Li Maicheng and Bai Ruoxue left the deserted Yunyi Temple and went back to the inn, and General Qi and the others also went back to the inn to rest.

After Li Maicheng returned to the Junlai Inn, he lived in a room with Bai Ruoxue.

In that room, Li Maicheng sat on the edge of the bed and looked at the beautiful and graceful Bai Ruoxue, and immediately took her into his arms, hugged her tightly, and kissed gently, and Bai Ruoxue also kissed Li Maicheng.

Li Maicheng kissed while stroking Bai Ruoxue, gradually took off Bai Ruoxue's clothes, and carried her to bed, and then the two of them stayed in the quilt, enjoying the sweetness of love, turning clouds and rain in the quilt, hugging each other tightly, feeling the joy of love.

After a while, Bai Ruoxue lay in Li Maicheng's arms, pillowed Li Maicheng with her arms, and said with a blushing face: "Maicheng, you are so good, I love you." ”

Li Maicheng replied: "Ruoxue, I love you too." You are the most beautiful girl in the world in my heart. ”

Bai Ruoxue smiled: "Maicheng, your sweet words are as sweet as sugar." ”

Li Maicheng said: "Ruoxue, are you happy with me?"

Bai Ruoxue replied: "Maicheng, I am happy, being with you in this life is my happiest moment." I would like to go all over the world with you, and you will see the spring flowers, and you will see the summer pond lotus, and you will see the autumn red maple, and you will see the winter snow, together, and never give up. ”

Li Maicheng said: "Ruoxue, so am I, I want to go all over the Western Regions with you, listen to the sound of the pipa, watch the sunset purple glow, eat the food of the Western Regions, drink the grape wine, and break together."

Swing in the Western Regions, go to the end of the world with a sword. ”

Bai Ruoxue said: "Okay, Maicheng, then let's sleep." ”

Li Maicheng said: "Okay, Ruoxue." ”

Then Li Maicheng hugged Bai Ruoxue tightly and fell asleep.

After a night, the sky gradually brightened, and at this time, the war drums in the cloud city thundered, and the king of Yun personally took command, and climbed the city tower with General Li to prepare to meet the rebel army led by Qin Shenghai.

And Li Maicheng and the others also got up one by one, brought their weapons, and prepared in the inn room, waiting for the big battle to begin.

On the outskirts of Nayun City, General Qin led an army of 30,000 rebels to rush towards Nayun City.

I saw that in the procession, there were many soldiers carrying ladders, stone throwers, and huge wooden piers that broke down doors.

And the squirrel king also brought a thousand squirrel demons to follow behind the rebel army, and the giant ape monster, Jin Xiqing, General Zhang, and General Lin Yifan rode on horses one by one wearing heavy armor and marched forward.

The Koi Monster stayed in Longxiao Mountain to protect Master Zhang Qian, Gan Fu, the injured Su Chengxuan, and the soldiers of the mission.

The 30,000 rebel army led by General Qin gradually came to the city of Yuncheng, only to see that the army of war elephants in Yuncheng had already lined up outside Yuncheng to prepare for battle, and on the more than 20 towers outside the city wall, there were archers, and the city wall of Yuncheng was also full of soldiers wearing heavy armor, and hundreds of stone throwers were placed on the city wall, as well as a large number of Lingbao big bows.

General Qin saw that the formation of the Yuncheng army was very powerful, and immediately ordered the rebel army to stop outside the range of the bow and arrow.

At this time, Yuncheng opened the city gate, and the Demon Daoist disguised as King Yun and General Li, as well as two other generals, the four of them rode out of the city on war horses to prepare to persuade General Qin to surrender.

General Qin took General Zhang, General Lin, and the Giant Ape Monster, and the four of them mounted their war horses to meet King Yun and General Li.

Gradually, the generals of the two armies converged.

King Yun said to General Qin: "General Qin Shenghai, you better surrender, I have 60,000 elite soldiers and strong generals in this city, and you have brought only 30,000 soldiers and horses, but you can't beat us." ”

General Qin replied: "King Yun, you tyrant, don't you think, our rebel army is from a poor background, and we have long been oppressed by you so much that we can't survive, so we raised troops to revolt. ”

King Yun said: "General Qin, as long as you surrender today, I am willing to give you an official fief, make you the king of Qin, and reward you with sixty villages and towns around Longxiao Mountain." ”

General Qin replied: "King Yun, don't you think, since we are here today, we are going to fight you to the death, and we will not withdraw our troops if we don't take Yuncheng and cut off your head." ”

When King Yun heard this, he immediately replied: "General Qin, you are delusional, and you have a big dream of the Spring and Autumn Festival." ”

General Qin said: "King Yun, you have ruled the people brutally over the years, and you have lost the hearts of the people, and the people have long hated you, and you have also captured so many beautiful women from the people and included them in the palace as concubines, you are really evil, today I am the one who eliminates evil for the people and does the right thing for heaven." ”

King Yun laughed and said, "General Qin, your tone is not small, today I will let you see what it means to fall short." ”

General Qin said: "King Yun, you have lost the hearts of the people, you also ordered the demon Taoist to turn the innocent people into demons, and then dragged them to the execution ground to behead them. ”

King Yun smiled when he heard this: "General Qin, you just say it, anyway, if you become a king and lose a villain, if I win today, you will be beheaded by demons, if I lose, I will be written as a tyrant by future generations, whatever, let them write it." ”