The sky was gloomy and frightening, and the great firebird was weaving through the rag-like clouds.

The enemy receded like a tidal wave, leaving corpses strewn all over the place, and Ji Lie couldn't remember exactly how many times he had repelled the enemy, only that the endless attacks had continued from morning to now.

More than half a month ago, Ji Lie captured Jingcheng.

When Ji Lie came, he came directly to the east gate of Jingcheng around Qishan, and under the cooperation with Kuai Wujian inside and outside, he captured Jingcheng without blood, yes, this smack hit Chen Guo did not come back to his senses for a long time, and when Chen Hou came back to his senses, Jingcheng had already changed hands. It's just that there are advantages and disadvantages, and Ji Lie brought the most elite warriors in Huifeng Town in order to be fast, including the two hundred Chiyan swordsmen lent to him by Jiang Li, but the number is not much, and there are only a thousand people when they are full. Jingcheng is a closed city, there is an endless stream of merchants coming and going, and there are as many as six city gates that need to be guarded, and the strength of a thousand people is inevitably a little overstretched. However, the enemies gathered more and more, including the defenders of Scorpion Pass, the private armies of nearby lords, and even some carrying hoes.

The cold wind was like a knife, tearing the Sun-running Vermilion Bird Flag on the city wall and rolling it upside down. There were also corpses lying in a mess on the city wall, an enemy with a bloody face was not yet dead, he was bending around on the ground, his expression was extremely painful, his mouth was wide open, as if he wanted to scream in grief, but the cry was stuck in his throat, he couldn't shout, his hands were weakly opened, he wanted to pull out the giant sword on his chest, but his strength was not enough. He was pierced through his chest by a greatsword and pinned to the ground. A Chiyan swordsman walked over, tugging at the hilt of the giant sword with both hands, looking at him indifferently and ruthlessly, and the moment the two looked at each other, the eyes of the person lying on the ground showed a light of hope. The Red Flame Swordsman whispered something, and then slammed his sword, and blood shot out, and the splatters of blood stained the Red Flame Swordsman's skirt and armor, making the crimson armor even redder.

Ji Lie sat in a pool of blood under the arrow tower, panting heavily, because there is a scorpion pass in front, so, Jingcheng is almost an undefended city, the city wall is not high, only three zhang, the simple ladder built by the enemy can be easily attacked, and the arrow tower has been abandoned for a long time, the arrow cage inside has been decayed, and it can't stand at all, and even the city wall is not tied with rolling wood, let alone the bed crossbow to defend the city.

It is easy to take it, but it is bound to be difficult to hold it.

Holding the bloody Eagle Evil Sword, Ji Lie stood up, and the cold wind couldn't lift the big sword behind him, because the big sword had been soaked in blood extremely heavy, and the blood was dry and wet, forming a bloody scab on the big sword and armor. Fresh blood and stale blood mix together to give off a suffocating smell.

The enemy came from all directions, besieging the small Jingcheng, they launched an attack regardless of casualties, wanting to bury Ji Lie and his army here, and there were enemies within the city walls, but everyone in the Chen State knew that this was a battle to destroy the country, if Chen Hou lost, there would be no more Chen Guo in the world, therefore, in Jingcheng, almost all the Chen people were in the place where Ji Lie could not see, and looked at Ji Lie through gritted teeth. Yesterday, a small group of soldiers patrolling the alley was attacked, all three soldiers were smashed in the head, Ji Lie checked the scene, found a bloody hoe at the mouth of the alley, and also saw a pair of eyes there, which looked at him through the crack in the door, with extreme hatred. The man with those eyes was a child, not as tall as a hoe.

It was a lonely war, with no friendly troops, only enemies.

Ji Lie took a deep breath, there were at least tens of thousands of enemies outside the city walls, strictly speaking, they were not real warriors, most of them were farmers, but as long as they wielded a hoe or sickle, they would become enemies, fierce enemies. Ji Lie didn't expect that the people of Chen Guoren would resist so strongly, as if they were invaded by a foreign race. Of course, Ji Lie didn't want to die here, he had to defend the city, and he had to find a way to defeat the enemies outside the city, because the purpose of his coming to Jingcheng was not to capture the city alone, but to threaten Chen Hou's grain route. Chen is a small and narrow country, hundreds of miles from west to east, the transportation of grain and grass is extremely difficult, most of them have to be transported through the Scorpion Pass to the Qingfeng Pass of the Biansai of Zhaoguo, it is now the winter season, Chen Hou's army of 30,000 people have to eat and chew every day outside the Qingfeng Pass, and the grain and grass will be disastrous as long as one day is not continued.

The more the enemy resists, the more urgent the battle ahead, and this is a life-and-death stake.

A group of soldiers carried wooden barrels up the city walls, steaming hot, filled with bracken rice porridge and yellow flatbread. The soldiers on the walls gathered from all directions, gathered around the barrels to receive food, munching silently, and they had to eat it up as soon as possible, for the next battle would soon come. Ji Lie didn't dare to recruit the people in Jingcheng to prepare food for them, Chen Guoren would poison the food, and that time, if Kuai Wujian hadn't found out early, Ji Lie and his army would probably have all died at the hands of a woman.

"It's an unjust war."

"Since King Wuying's crusade against King Yin, there has been no righteous battle on the land of Zhongzhou."

Yin Yong and Kuai Wujian walked side by side along the zigzag wall ladder to the city wall, followed by a team of heavily armed soldiers, now, as long as Ji Lie's people walked in Jingcheng, it was not safe, and they had to be guarded by soldiers.

Old Mr. Yin is still elegant, but his face is not very good, and he is blowing his beard and glaring at Kuai Wujian debating. Kuai Wujian is still chic, wearing a jade crown on his head, wearing a snow-white robe, the robe is very clean, there is not a little dirt on it, there is a thin sword hanging from his waist, and the exquisite small wine jug hanging on the sword bag swings and gently pats the sword body.

Ji Lie was able to successfully capture Jingcheng, Kuai Wujian made great contributions, the heir of Mr. Guigu lived up to expectations and provoked a war between Chen and Zhaoguo, and was reused in both countries, Chen Hou even promised that as long as he destroyed Zhao Fat, he would worship him as Shangqing. Before Ji Lie set off from Huifeng Town, he persuaded Chen Hou to transfer more than 1,000 defenders of Jingcheng under the pretext of the danger of the war.

When they came to the city wall, the two were still arguing.

Yin Yong said: "As the saying goes, flaws do not hide jade. King Wuying won the world, divided the world, and formulated the etiquette of the world, which is the most meritorious thing, as long as Jiuding is still in the Song City for a day, then, the Great Zhou Dynasty will always be orthodox in the world. ”

Kuai Wujian said: "As the saying goes, the merit is not hidden. Three hundred and eighty years ago, the person who looked at the world was King Yin, not King Wuying. And King Wuying rebelled when King Yin conquered the Dongyi people and seized the world from behind, which was not done by his courtiers. Besides, the old gentleman is also the queen of King Yin, but he doesn't know that King Yin is really the hero of the world, wise and wise, and no one can control him. ”

"Warlike will perish, whether just or unjust."

Old Man Yin sighed, his expression was extremely gloomy, that was nearly four hundred years ago, who can say clearly? However, everyone in the world knows that King Yin is indeed a great king, and every war he leads is a famous and righteous war, not like King Wuying. If you talk about martial arts, King Wu Ying is indeed the first in the world, however, if you talk about justice, King Wu Ying is indeed not on the stage. (Martial arts, martial arts merits)

"The old gentleman is right, there is no justice or injustice in war."

Kuai Wujian also sighed.

When the two were arguing, Ji Lie squatted on a stone and nibbled on the bracken cake, and he waited until they were done arguing before rubbing the vegetable cake in his hand into his mouth in annoyance, chewing hard for a while, swallowing it into his stomach, and then patting his ass and standing up. As long as these two people meet together, they will be arguing all day long, from astronomy to geography, and there will even be famous theories such as white horses and non-horses. Ji Lie was already calloused when he heard it, but he didn't dare to interrupt them easily, because once he interrupted, these two people would definitely point the finger at him, and they would count their heads and faces, of course, they were counting some profound things, and Ji Lie couldn't understand them at all. In fact, in Ji Lie's view, war is profit, gaining benefits and losing benefits, this benefit is big but life and death, small but hungry and warm.

Where there are people, there is war.

As soon as Ji Lie stood up, Yin Yong and Kuai Wujian walked towards him, Old Mr. Yin's pace was faster, his wide robe and big sleeves were waving in the wind, he walked in front of Ji Lie, and said in a deep voice: "Someone has attacked the cooking camp. ”

Ji Lie frowned and said, "What about the casualties?" ”

Yin Yong replied: "One soldier and seven civilians were injured, and another eight civilians died on the spot. ”

"Oh."

Ji Lie let out a deep 'oh', his frowning brows let go slightly, things like this happen almost every day, non-combat attrition occurs every day, and it is getting more and more intense, he has been tired of listening to it, fortunately, no soldiers died this time. As for why the dead were civilians, he didn't bother to care, he didn't kill the woman or the child, it was already a great mercy. The Chen people can resist, and of course the soldiers can resist.

Yin Yong said: "If you go on like this, you will definitely lose people's hearts." You want not only a city, but also the people in it. When the war is over, they will be your people. As a benevolent lord, you should protect them from harm. ”

"The old gentleman is right, when the war is over, and now, the war is still going on."

Kuai Wujian intervened just right, he stood beside Yin Yong, looked at Ji Lie for a long time, and didn't speak. At this time, Yin Yong put his hands in front of his chest, waiting for him to make a difficulty, and in the face of debate, Mr. Yin was never scared, nor would he take it lightly. Ji Lie was also waiting for Kuai Wuji's tongue to bloom into a lotus, because at this time, he didn't know how to answer his teacher, and his mood was bored. Who knows, Kuai Wujian suddenly pointed at Ji Lie and laughed: "It's a pity, it's a pity, it's a pity that this good armor." ”

Ji Lie looked down and saw that he was wearing the most exquisite set of armor, with a big firebird engraved on his left chest, and two crossed iron swords on his right chest, but now the two iron swords were damaged, and the breastplate of his entire right chest was shallowly sunk in, and the culprit was lying in a pool of blood, which was a stone hammer used to pound rice.

Kuai Wujian twisted the stone hammer, the stone hammer was quite heavy, he couldn't dance, he could only throw it off the city wall, and then turned around and looked at Ji Lie and Yin Yong: "When the enemy still has a weapon in his hand, even the merciful White Wolf King will not give mercy. ”