Xiao saw from afar, about a few dozen steps away from the waterhole, and vaguely saw several wizard-like people gathered in one place and seemed to be chatting, there was no one in charge of patrolling in this watchtower, because there were wizards in the watchtower, and there was no one else at all.

Xiao Yao had entered the watchtower twice before, and he had never seen anyone other than a wizard appear inside the watchtower. However, he suddenly remembered that it seemed that the Hu Sect Master of the Poisonous Dragon Sect had flown into the watchtower before the boulder fell.

Xiao Yao had not been to this waterhole in the center of the watchtower before, but according to his memory, Xiao Yao still quickly identified the direction, and the place he was most familiar with was the residence of Mu Huan, the witch god of the Nine Palaces.

As for Yi Feng's residence, Xiao Yao didn't know at all that the people from the Witch God Temple that Xiao Yao knew, that is, Mu Huan, Yi Feng, and the third temple Witch God, so his first choice now was to go to Mu Huan, which was also planned by Xiao Yao before.

First of all, Mu Huan's character is not bad, and he is also familiar with himself, after seeing Mu Huan, he can let him take him to see Yi Feng, so that it is more appropriate to meet the first witch god or the third witch god later.

Xiao Yao didn't want to appear rashly, that would only be regarded as a spy or assassin, causing unnecessary trouble.

This watchtower is a ring of stone buildings, encircling a circle of the site, the surrounding stone buildings are mainly divided into three layers, and the site of the inner siege is about two hundred zhang square, a lot of supporting pillars are set up in different positions, supporting a complete roof, covering the top of the middle area of the entire watchtower.

The project is obviously huge, and there are several huge pillars in the center of the site that support the canopy like a handle. Xiao Yao carefully looked at the entire watchtower and found that this watchtower was repaired on the basis of the original karst cave, and the stone top was the roof of the original karst cave.

Several huge stone pillars in the center are the stone pillars left over from the original karst cave. And the other watchtowers and pillars are built artificially later, the two are perfectly combined, natural, Xiao Yao can't help but secretly admire the designer of this watchtower in his heart, it is really ingenious.

Whether it is from military use or from the convenience of life, the designer has taken all aspects into account to produce such a perfect work.

It's just that in this watchtower, there are not many places where you can hide, but fortunately it is relatively dim at this time, although there are also some torches, but it also makes the place where the fire does not shine appear even darker.

Xiao Yao's figure walked through this darkness like a ghost.

When Xiao Yao was still walking through the inside of the watchtower, the inside of the City Lord's Mansion in Phoenix City was another scene.

The hall, which was originally very spacious, is now filled with nearly 100 toasts dressed in various Miao clothes. They are all of different ages, but their expressions are similar, and they all have worried expressions.

In the middle of the main hall, there are four Miao leaders who are dressed in black, white and red flowers, in fact, it is the Miao King who is dressed in white, but the Miao King at this time is much older than when Phoenix Mountain received Xiao Yao.

"The letter sent by Prince Peng is sent by a horse, I believe everyone has seen it, let's talk about it, what should we do with the four Miao descendants?" The old man in black clothes, who was about fifty years old, stood up, and this person was the leader of the black seedlings, and said loudly.

But there was only his voice in the hall, and no one else seemed to want to take a stand on this issue.

"Are you still expecting that the imperial court will only confront Peng's Tusi in Xizhou for a while this time, and then withdraw from the army?" The old man in black said loudly again.

King Miao looked at the old man in black beside him, but still chose to remain silent, while another middle-aged man in red clothes, as the leader of Red Miao, looked up at King Miao and the old man in black around him, but he stood up and swept his gaze across the entire hall.

"Just now Lei Tianli has read to you the letter from Peng's Tusi, I believe that everyone has their own judgment on the situation, our four major Miao descendants of black, white and red flowers occupy nearly sixty percent of the land in Miao Jiang, so it has always been the largest force in Miao Jiang, this time King Yao can not take a stand, King Dong can not say anything."

Immediately, his voice changed, "But we didn't have a choice, otherwise the army of the imperial court passed through Xizhou, and the next thing would be your territory." ”

After the man in red finished speaking, he sat back and nodded to the old man in black robe.

The black-robed old man said again, "Before, our four Miao descendants have always been represented by the Miao King, but after the Phoenix Mountain Rebellion, I believe that the current Miao King is no longer able to represent the voice of our four Miao descendants, so we gathered the main toasts of the four Miao descendants here to discuss the matter of the imperial court sending troops to Miao Jiang." ”

"King Miao comes from our four Miao descendants, and we are the real masters of Miao Jiang. I believe everyone understands this, but Peng's Tusi is just in the middle of our four Miao descendants and the imperial court, so Xizhou has become the first stop for the imperial court to send troops to Miao Jiang. Although Peng's Toast and we have always had contradictions, if Xizhou is lost, there will be no one below to stop us. ”

The black-robed old man's tone was very contagious, and many of the toasts below nodded one after another.

A middle-aged woman who had been sitting on the edge of the four people in colorful clothes finally spoke, "This time the chaos in Miao Jiang has discredited our four Miao descendants, and the responsibility of King Miao cannot be shirked, so if you Bai Miao want to prove it, you must take action." ”

As soon as the woman's voice fell, everyone looked at King Miao.

King Miao had no choice but to stand up, "This king does have an unshirkable responsibility for this Phoenix Mountain turmoil, but these have nothing to do with Bai Miao. However, the imperial court sent troops to invade Miao Jiang, but we Bai Miao were duty-bound, so we Bai Miao were willing to send reinforcements to the front line in Xizhou to fight side by side with Peng's Tusi. ”

King Miao's statement was immediately recognized by most people, and the black-robed old man continued, "I'm afraid this time it won't be a matter of sending some people, and we will also discuss our next countermeasures once Xizhou is lost." Judging from Peng's toast's letter, even if they don't have a clear prediction of how long Xizhou City will be able to hold on. ”

"We, the Red Miao, support Elder Lei Tianli and are responsible for the unified command of the four Miao descendants." The red-robed man said.

"Our Hua Miao also supports Elder Lei Tianli, who is responsible for commanding the four Miao descendants to unify against the enemy." The woman in the flower robe also echoed.

"Bai Miao Yiqiē attaches great importance to big things, and agrees with this." King Miao was the last to speak.

The black-robed old man nodded lightly and said: "Thank you for your trust in Lei, this time is the life and death of our Miao Jiang, we can't expect other forces to come to help us, we can only rely on our own strength to resist." ”

After a pause, he continued: "Therefore, I will gather half of the army of each Tusi of the four Miao descendants, and each of them will be led by four leaders. Each team of men and horses, the four Miao descendants accounted for the same number of people, and blocked the imperial court's army in stages and levels. ”

The black-robed old man began to introduce the layout of the army in detail.

"If each of our stockades fights separately, we can only be broken by the imperial court in the end, and we are the same as the other three major toasts, so we must support the Peng toast, so that we can delay the advance of the imperial army as much as possible. The following is an introduction to the specific situation by Luan Fengli. The black-robed old man looked at the red-robed middle-aged man beside him.

The middle-aged man in the red robe immediately ordered someone to hang a huge map of Miaojiang on a wall, and he stood on the side of the map with a bamboo pole.

"Our four provinces of Miaojiang, there are mainly three routes in and out, the northwest from Xichuan into Miaojiang, this route mostly passes through snow-capped mountains and canyons, the road is rugged, and it is completely unsuitable for the army of the imperial court to enter. The southeast passes through Liangguang, enters Miaojiang, and is blocked by many rivers, and has to go over many high mountains, and it is not suitable for the army to drive straight in, the only best path is to enter Miaojiang from Xizhou, which is also the direction chosen by the imperial army. ”

The red-robed man introduced the current situation in Miao Jiang as he spoke.

In less than ten days since Xiao Yao left Xizhou, the situation has changed dramatically.

First of all, in the name of adjusting defense, the imperial court moved the original Xizhou garrison army to the back, and the infantry army stationed in the Jiangnan camp, the cavalry and infantry army of the Jiangbei battalion were stationed in the original camp of the Xizhou garrison army.

At the same time, the sailors of the Jiangnan battalion have blocked the water transportation outside the city of Xizhou, and not a single ship is allowed to pass through Guò for the time being.

On the other hand, the imperial court issued an edict to summon the four major toasts to enter Beijing at the same time to participate in the Wanshou Festival.

At this time, such a move is simply self-evident.

Therefore, Peng's Tusi immediately fell ill and could not go to the capital in person to participate in the Wanshou Festival, but sent someone to send congratulatory gifts to the capital.

The other two major toasts all resigned to Beijing for various reasons to participate in the Wanshou Festival.

On the other hand, in the newly established Nanjing Taiwei Mansion, Taiwei Zhang, suddenly appeared in the garrison camp outside Xizhou City, and asked the nearby Tusi to go and pay a visit.

The surrounding toasts all watched Peng's toast's actions, and Pengwangfu first suddenly closed Xizhou City on the grounds that Peng Wang was seriously ill, and then united with more than a dozen large and small toasts around him to cut off several entry and exit routes for Miao Jiang from Xizhou.

Peng Shan, on behalf of the surrounding Tusi and Peng Wangfu, personally went to the garrison army camp to meet Lord Taiwei.

Now the two sides have not officially started a war, but they are already fierce and on the verge of breaking out.

At the same time, Peng Wangfu unreservedly informed the four Miao Alliance and the other two Tusi of the previous situation.

It's just that the three parties have not yet officially replied to Peng's Tusi to jointly fight against the imperial army.

At present, the imperial court has concentrated three large battalions of 30,000 infantry troops, 10,000 cavalry, and 5,000 water divisions, and the troops are under the city of Xizhou, and there is a steady stream of troops gathering outside the city of Xizhou.

At the same time, Guangxi and Sichuan also mobilized 20,000 soldiers each, and at the same time blocked the only two remaining routes in and out of Miaojiang.

With Luan Feng's introduction, the melancholy look on everyone's faces became more and more intense.