His strategy was correct, but the shortcomings of his lack of understanding of the characteristics of the Warrior Army were immediately apparent. In Long Zexu's impression, the Xiaowu Army is still the army that is a worm in long-range combat and a tiger in close combat, but in fact, the Xiaowu Army under Yue Hu has already become a tiger and wolf army that can shoot arrows from afar and fight hand-to-hand combat.

Before Long Zexu could give the order to release the arrows, the arrow array of the Xiaowu army outside the city shot up first.

Long Zexu didn't expect that the arrow array of the Xiaowu Army could be shot at the top of the city at such a distance, he was not prepared, and the soldiers of the Great Xia Forbidden Army below were even less prepared, and they were caught off guard by the sudden arrow array, but in an instant, the Great Xia Forbidden Army on the city was shot down by arrows, and the screams came one after another. Fortunately, the generals around Long Zexu reacted quickly enough to protect him as soon as possible, otherwise even Long Zexu himself would be affected by the stray arrows.

Oops, it's not good, Xiaowu Army's arrows are too powerful!

Long Zexu was surrounded by his generals and retreated again and again, and while shouting: "Release the arrows, release the arrows quickly!" ”

With his order, the Great Xia Forbidden Army at the head of the city fired ten thousand arrows in unison, and the black-pressed arrows flew into the air, even the sun was obscured, and then they all fell towards the camp of the Xiaowu army with a strong wind.

"Shield! Anti-archery array-"

The generals and commanders of the Xiaowu Army shouted in unison, and for a while, the red tassels on the Xiaowu Army's camp were gone, and they were all covered by black shields. Clanging - the arrows hit the shield, crackling, the sound of arrows piercing armor, and the screams of people being hit by arrows resounded in the camp of the Xiaowu army.

The entire Xiaowu army camp is moving forward, and the shields of the soldiers cannot be monolithic, there are too many gaps between them, at this time, whether the soldiers can survive is no longer dependent on fighting skills or combat experience, but more on luck.

Pushing forward against the arrow array of the Great Xia Forbidden Army, this is definitely a nightmare that no one wants to experience, the swishing sound of the arrows flying down is like a life talisman, the companion who was still standing next to you just now may be shot into a hedgehog in an instant, and the Xiaowu Army is stepping on the corpse of his fellow brother all the way forward.

When the Xiaowu army camp was about to approach the city wall of the imperial capital, someone under the shield roared and suddenly rushed out, this person was tall and strong, dressed in white and flawless battle armor, holding a long knife, and rushed to the foot of the city wall. For this, the generals of the Great Xia Forbidden Army guarding the city at the head of the city all knew who it was, and Long Zexu could also see it clearly, and shouted at his subordinates: "Stop him!" Yue Hu must not be allowed to rush to the top of the city! ”

He seemed to be clear in his heart, if he let Yue Hu rush to the city smoothly, then his own side would be finished. Needless to say, many of the Great Xia forbidden troops had already aimed their bows and arrows at Yue Hu under the city, and they all released their arrows. Hum - The powerful shooting from top to bottom made the power of the arrows invisibly double, and Yue Hu was about to climb up along the crossbow arrows inserted in the city wall, but was knocked back to the ground by the oncoming rain of arrows.

Thump! Yue Hu's body fell heavily to the ground, and even he couldn't remember how many arrows he had received, and his hard battle armor was covered with tiny cracks. The Great Xia Forbidden Army's arrow array is powerful!

Yue Hu got up from the ground, shook his head, and continued to climb up without giving up, while turning back and shouting, "Give me the enemy's arrow array!" ”

When the Xiaowu army behind him heard this, they immediately lowered their shields and fired back at the city.

At this time, the other party launched a life-and-death shooting. At the head of the city, many Great Xia forbidden troops had aimed their bows and arrows at Yue Hu below, but before the arrows could be shot, they were stuck all over the body by the arrows flying up below, or fell down the city wall, or fell on their backs, but the Great Xia forbidden army seemed to be endless, dying one, filling one, and resisting the city head.

The Xiaowu army below was even more difficult, without the cover of shields, and was shot down row after row by a rain of stray arrows. The corpses were stacked on top of each other, covering the ground and soon covered with carved feathers, and new corpses covered with carved feathers...... In just such a short time, the casualties on both sides are already countless.

Yue Hu sighed secretly, under such a crazy arrow shot by the Great Xia Forbidden Army, it was really overwhelming to want to attack the city. But now he can't withdraw, as long as he grits his teeth and persists, the task assigned to him by Shaowu Hengyong has not been completed! He shouted, he didn't remember how many times he had climbed to the city, he continued to follow the crossbow arrow quickly towards the city, still the same, the arrows above his head were dense like rain, nailed to his spirit armor, crackling, this time Yue Hu grabbed a crossbow arrow and did not let go, at the same time he shouted, the long knife was also inserted into the wall, and the whole person hung on the city wall like a gecko.

Seeing this, a Great Xia general named Peng Zhan realized that the opportunity had come, and he quietly retreated to another section of the city wall, facing Yue Hu on the side, and then picked up his bow and arrows and aimed at Yue Hu hanging on the city wall. This Peng Zhan is a marksman, so he can't fight against people, but he is a good hand at killing and injuring enemy generals with cold arrows.

The steel arrows on the bow had been spiritualized by him, without warning, only to hear a bang, the bowstring flicked, and the crossbow arrows flew out of the bow and flew straight towards Yue Hu's neck. At this time, Yue Hu's energy was focused on the arrow array above his head, where did he think that a crossbow arrow would suddenly fly from the side. With a muffled thud, the crossbow arrow was nailed to Yue Hu's neck.

The latter let out a strange scream, his hands loosened, and his body fell straight down from mid-air. Thump! After Yue Hu landed, he still wanted to struggle to stand up, but the crossbow arrow stuck in his neck was too terrible, his body shook a few times, and finally fell down, lying on the ground motionless. The surrounding Xiaowu troops could see it clearly, their faces were bloodless with fright, and people screamed one after another: "The general has been hit by an arrow, quickly cover the general!" Cover up! ”

The people lifted Yue Hu up with their shields, and then ran quickly towards their own camp. Yue Hu was hit by an arrow, life and death are unknown, the blow to the Xiaowu army is too great, the offensive is sharply reduced, and the arrow array of the Great Xia Forbidden Army at the head of the city can't raise his head, and soon, there is a golden sound from the rear, and the soldiers of the Xiaowu army are relieved, and they all retreat backwards. Let's say that Peng Zhan in the city, an arrow hit Yue Hu, he almost couldn't believe his eyes, he was stunned for more than ten seconds before he came back to his senses, how high he jumped excitedly, like a madman running all the way and laughing wildly, rushing to Long Zexu approached, he shouted: "General, the last general shot Yue Hu to death!" ”

Can you shoot Yue Hu? When Long Zexu heard this, he scoffed, Peng Zhan's arrow shooting is powerful, but it is okay to deal with ordinary generals, and what kind of person is Yue Hu, how can he be shot by you so easily? He was about to refute Peng Zhan, when he suddenly heard the soldiers of the Great Xia Forbidden Army in front of him shouting excitedly: "General, general, Yue Hu has been hit by an arrow!" Yue Hu has been shot! ”

Yes? Long Zexu looked shocked, and hurriedly came to the city, holding the arrow stack in his hand, and looked out, but no, he saw that Yue Hu was being carried by several Xiaowu soldiers, and retreated sharply to the rear.

Yue Hu was shot in the neck by an arrow, and he was seriously injured if he didn't die, at least for a short time, he could no longer participate in the battle, which made Long Zexu breathe a sigh of relief, and his excitement was overflowing, he first praised Peng Zhan, and made a great contribution to him, and then asked Long Zecheng with a smile: "General, now Yue Hu is seriously injured, his life and death are unknown, and the Xiaowu army has been defeated and retreated, our army might as well take advantage of the situation to fight back and take the Xiaowu army off guard!" ”

Long Zecheng also saw that Yue Hu's neck was wounded by an arrow, but he was not as optimistic as Long Zexu, even if Yue Hu was really shot to death, but the main force of the Xiaowu army was still there, and their men and horses were not necessarily more than the Xiaowu army under the city, if the other party was defending the camp, their own strong attack would not take any advantage.

He shook his head and said: "The main force of the enemy army still exists, and it is not appropriate for our army to attack rashly at present, it is better to wait and see what happens, and then make plans!" ”

Although he felt that it was a waste of opportunity not to attack now, he still listened to Long Zecheng's advice and ordered the whole army not to go out of the city to chase the enemy.

At this time, it was in the imperial capital, but there was an undercurrent surging.

In the Yan Mansion, Yan Shaobing and Liu Lian sat quietly, the two of them didn't say a word, and it had been all night.

"What do you think of what Childe said?"

Liu Lian raised the teacup and cleared his throat slightly, there are some things that always need to be solved, and sitting there without talking will not solve the problem.

"Where Childe is now, we don't know, look at the handwriting is his handwriting, but, alas, where is he now, such a simple few words, I really can't understand."

Liu Jian smiled bitterly and shook his head, looking at a letter in his hand, his face was quite complicated, he really couldn't believe that such a letter was written by Shaowu Hengan, a person who is no longer there.

As for the content inside, it is more intriguing, the above words are very simple, and the meaning is also extremely clear, that is, support the former prince, Shaowu Hengyong as the emperor.

This really made Liu Jian feel puzzled, if it weren't for the fact that this letter was really Shaowu Hengan's handwriting, he would have thrown it away a long time ago, but at this moment, the most complicated thing in his heart was Yan Shaobing.

Because the other letter he burned yesterday was a handwritten letter from his father, Yan Gongdao, how could this not shock him, a few days ago, he was still at home to pay tribute to his deceased father, but he didn't expect that after a few days of hard work, his father actually sent a letter from outside the city, and the most important thing is that his father is now outside the city, in Shaowu Hengyong's camp.

At the beginning, he was still a little puzzled, the appearance of the two letters, is it a conspiracy, but the handwriting of these two letters is really written by the two of them, which has to make him suspicious, but the sudden appearance of Liu Jian last night made him realize that these two letters are true, but he is still confused, he doesn't know where to go......

"Childe's meaning is very clear......"

After struggling for a long time, Yan Shaobing finally spoke, he simply said a few words, and then he didn't want to say anything more, just looked at your letter with complicated eyes.

Liu Jian glanced at Yan Shaobing and smiled bitterly, he was not a fool, how could he not hear what Yan Shaobing meant, in fact, for a period of time, or since this year, the situation in Great Xia has changed abruptly, and the court has always been in a kind of shock.

At the beginning of spring, the prince rebelled, and a large number of officials who were implicated were beheaded, but Shaowu Hengyong committed suicide inexplicably at that juncture.

The praying mantis catches the cicada, the yellow finch is behind, Shaowu Hengyong is hiding himself too deeply, and even his father and his brother are counted by him.

"Childe may not be too irresponsible!"

Liu Jian sighed in a low voice, still a little complaining in his heart, after all, everyone is also working hard for him, he has not had a good rest for a long time, but now Shaowu Heng'an is inexplicably a letter, and he is not doing it, which really makes Liu Jian very dissatisfied.

"Childe always has his own ideas, and he may not be willing to do this in the first place...... Prince! ”

Yan Shaobing saw that Liu Lian no longer insisted, his words were also a little loose, and his own heart was slightly relaxed, he didn't want to lose Liu Lian's friend, he had already thought very clearly, Dijing couldn't hold it now, his father's life and the king's life were in front of him, and he had only one choice.

"That's it, that's it!"

Liu Lian didn't say much anymore, and when he heard Yan Shaobing talk about it, he also fell silent, and he also understood that from the beginning, Shaowu Hengan didn't want to sit in that position, because he didn't have that kind of body, and he didn't have that kind of ideal, in his heart, maybe only Qingshifang should be his residence, that cold East Palace, except for no human touch, except for nobility and humility, there was no little thing that Shaowu Hengan was willing to see.

He left the Yan Mansion in despair, his heart was in chaos, he didn't know where to go, he just wanted to quietly wait for the day when the city was broken, in fact, he really wanted to find out Shaowu Hengan and ask him clearly, ask him why he ran away, why he wrote such a letter, but now he can see this letter, he doesn't even understand how this letter was put on his bookcase.

The dragon flag on the head of the city is still fluttering, but it is shaking, and everyone seems to have seen the twilight of this country, the imperial capital, and the fall is imminent!

"Driving ......"

On the official road, a knight was galloping, he frowned, touched his chest from time to time, and then urged the horse under his crotch, 100,000 urgent, he wanted very important news to be delivered to Sanshui City.

Because the horse was extremely fast, inadvertently, his cuffs lit up, and strangely, on the cuffs of the coarse linen clothes, there was a delicate Xiao character embroidered.

Southwest, or Jiangnan, there is only one surname Xiao!

"Hanju, come with me to Xiao's house tonight!"

Under the dim candlelight, Liu Fa finally made up his mind, in the past few days, he found that the Xiao family is not simple, in this Xiao family, there are things that are familiar to him, from the time Xiao Yao appeared, he found out.

That night on the Huamanlou floor, Xiao Yao lost his temper, and for the first time showed the majesty of the children of the world, in fact, Xiao Yao was also stimulated that night, Xiao Yao was different from Liu Fan, he deeply suppressed his emotions, and he didn't dare to face Qin Wanrou.

The door is right, it has never been an empty word, and he does not have a main room now, even if Qin Wanrou is a Qing man, but she is from a humble background, Xiao Yao has no way to express his love.

As the first family in the southwest, they stay away from politics and do not live in temples, but they still have to deal with officialdom unavoidably, they want to survive in the southwest, they have to recuperate, they have to recuperate, so they rarely have the time to exert force, but when they exert their strength, it is extraordinary.

That night, Xiao Yao made a big fuss about the Huamanlou, for Qin Wanrou, he was angry at the crown, and almost demolished the Huamanlou with the strength of one person, but the old bustard and the thugs who were full of flowers could only beg bitterly, they couldn't afford to offend, they really couldn't afford to offend.

Xiao Yao is in the light, Liu Fa and Han Ju are in the dark, Xiao Yao made several moves that night, and they all showed a very strange thing, that is, a jade pendant hanging from his waist, if it was something else, Liu Fa might not pay too much attention, but the picture and text on the jade pendant were so similar to the mark on the back of Liu Fa's neck, how could Liu Fa not be surprised.

It's just that Xiao Yao's jade pendant is not an overall pattern, it seems to be just a corner of the back of Liu Fan's neck, Rao is so, but it still attracted Liu Fan's attention, at this moment, he suddenly remembered that the Xiao family has been established for eight hundred years, what does eight hundred years mean, it means that since the founding of the Great Chu State, there has been the Xiao family!

Although he didn't know what the connection between the Xiao family and Da Chu was, he wanted to go to the Xiao family to investigate and see what it was, the Xiao family could be in the southwest for so long, but it was known to women and children, even if they were low-key, how could a family that had been inherited for 800 years be low-key.

The most rewarding thing that night was not only Liu Fa, but also on the upstairs full of flowers, there was another person who was very happy in his heart, because the result he wanted finally appeared.

Originally, Xiao Yao liked Qin Wanrou, but Xiao Yao had no choice, he could only let Qin Wanrou be in prison, but he couldn't redeem her, but in his heart, Qin Wanrou was already his own ban, how could he allow others to get involved, that night, he finally broke out.

And all of this is just the prince of Dali behind his back, from the time he entered the Southwest Mansion, he was already thinking about how to deal with the Xiao family, but he couldn't even see Xiao Ting's face, and how to deal with it, it was because he thought of a way to slowly approach the Xiao family.

In fact, when he picked up Qin Wanrou, Xiao Yao had already begun to pay attention to Qin Wanrou, and what the prince of Dali had to do was to use Qin Wanrou as a springboard, and then establish contact with the Xiao family.

But he himself doesn't know that Wang Zhi of Dali is not here, no matter how powerful the Xiao family is, it is just a gate valve, what is there to pay attention to by the king of a country, what King Dali is concerned about, it is exactly the same as Liu Fa!

Given that the prince of Dali was on the upper floor, Liu Fa didn't stay long, and his attention has now shifted to the Xiao family, because the Xiao family may have the answer he wants to know.