Xuanyuan hinterland, Pushui City.

Pushui City is named after the wide and clear Pujiang River water in the city, known as the natural danger, and is the strongest barrier of the Xuanyuan capital "Ying".

The Pushui city defense is built on the mountain, and the city wall is built by virtue of the mountains and mountains.

There are mountains in the city, there are cities in the mountains, the walls are connected to the mountains, and the mountains are connected to the walls, which is unique.

The twenty-mile-long city wall is a trapezoidal double structure, each weight is ten zhang high, stretching the loop, winding and towering, and the momentum is magnificent. The double-decker lookouts outside the city wall are heavily guarded, and the soldiers survey and patrol, rotate shifts, and everything is in order.

Inside the stone wall, there is a space passage of about ten meters up and down, which can accommodate tens of thousands of armor soldiers and spirit beasts to pass through freely.

If there is an emergency, it is faster and safer to deploy troops from it.

Holes are opened every ten meters on both sides of the passage, one is ventilation and light, and the other is observation and exploration.

The heavy bows and crossbows on the entrance of the cave also have absolute lethality against incoming enemies, so that a three-layer defense system is formed.

Both defense and offense are the mountains that are connected by the city walls.

The mountain peaks are steep, the strange rocks are craggy, and the watchtowers and beacon towers are all over it.

In addition to the ambush of many crossbowmen to complement the defense of the city walls, there are also a large number of long-range trebuchets, which can easily focus on enemy strongholds.

On the contrary, if the ground siege equipment wants to form an impact on the offensive on the mountain, it can only be out of reach.

Outside the city gate is a huge square paved with rectangular bluestone, on which countless round stone pillars are neatly arranged, so it is not magnificent and majestic.

In addition, there is a moat that is artificially dug to divert the water of the Pujiang River, with a river surface of more than 100 meters, and three iron frame chain suspension bridges spanning it. Every 100 meters on the riverbank, you can see stone statues of spirit beasts carved with huge stones.

The birds and beasts of prey are listed and lifelike, and the grandeur of the great country is fully revealed.

It has been more than half a month since the battle of Luoshen Peak, and Xuanyuan Heng has already led the army into Pushui City a few days ago.

King Lanling received a military report and learned that Wanqiu City had already been occupied by Chiyan, so he immediately adjusted his strategic deployment and transferred his army north halfway, approaching Pushui.

I wanted to occupy Pushui City before Xuanyuan returned to the army, but after all, it was still a step too late.

Nowadays, ten miles away from Pushui City, hundreds of thousands of armor soldiers are lined up, and war horses and spirit beasts are scattered everywhere.

Tall ladders, cloud carts, all kinds of crashes, rushing cars, a large number of heavy bows, trebuchets, all in between.

The Great War is on the verge of breaking out.

"Bastard! Since you came back from Wanqiu, you told me that in addition to retiring from the army, you still retired, and you can't imagine that a defeat will make you so depressed, how can you be worthy of the gun in your hand? How can you be worthy of the prestige of my Gao family's 'Ying Long Army'?"

In the Lanling barracks, in the camp tent under the banner of the "Yinglong" army, the old man's scolding was heard.

"Grandpa, it's not that my grandson has lost his fighting spirit and is slumped, I say these things for the sake of the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers in Lanling! You have also seen that Pushui City is a natural danger, impregnable, easy to defend and difficult to attack, if it is forcibly taken, there will be countless casualties, plus the Xuanyuan Heng couple use soldiers like gods, I am afraid that it is ......."

"Shut up, you're raising other people's morale to destroy your own prestige!"

The old man in the tent slapped the table with his hand, and looked at the young general in front of him angrily.

The young man who was scolded was none other than Gao Qing, the commander of the Lanling Flying Bird Silver Armor Army, who had gone through the two major battles of Wanqiu and Luoshen Peak.

The person he talked to was his grandfather, the commander of Lanling's strongest division "Yinglong Army" - Gao Shili.

Gao Shili has a thin face, goosebumps, and gray eyebrows.

Although he is past his prime, his strong figure and deep and low tone show that he is old and strong, and his skills are extraordinary.

In particular, the clear and hot gaze has a breathtaking momentum.

Just now, Gao Qing was forced by his grandfather's sharp eyes to look directly and looked in a trance.

"Grandpa, you take a sip of tea first. ”

Gao Qing knew his grandfather's temper, and in order to avoid the aggravation of the conflict, he hurriedly served tea and poured water, so as to be respectful to his grandson.

"Grandpa, I hope you persuade the king to withdraw from the army, isn't it because the king listens to your words most from Commander Yinglong, you are an old minister of the three dynasties of Lanling, with high power and outstanding meritorious service, as long as you speak, the king will definitely think twice. ”

Gao Qing saw that this trick was effective, so he continued to exert his strength.

"The king is now ostensibly in a posture of attacking the city, in fact, he also knows the difficulty of breaking the city, but now it is just difficult to ride a tiger, and he is setting up a formation to pretend to attack the city just to show Chiyan and Qi Sect and wait and see their response. Grandpa, you play a pivotal role in Lanling, so you should think more for the king and our Lanling, weigh the advantages and disadvantages, and never lose the whole game with one wrong move, and mislead yourself and the country!"

"Hmph, you kid tell me, how to mislead yourself and your country?"

Gao Shili almost didn't choke on the tea.

"This battle is nothing more than two results, one is the victory of the coalition forces, and the other is the victory of Xuanyuan. No matter what the outcome, we in Lanling can't please it. Needless to say, Xuanyuan won, and we will definitely lose our troops. If they unite with Chiyan and Qizong, spend a great deal of money to capture Pushui City, and then take Yingcheng, the capital of Xuanyuan State, in one go, wouldn't the three coalition forces start a war again because of the division of Xuanyuan? Even if Xuanyuan is divided and ruled according to the covenant, my Lanling and Xuanyuan are far apart, and there is an inner spiritual domain in the middle, how to govern Xuanyuan City, which is thousands of miles away. The Chiyan and Qi Sects are different, especially the Chiyan and Xuanyuan borders, and they can really get the benefits of the war. Grandpa, imagine that after Xuanyuan was defeated, Chi Yan would give away pieces of fat to others and let other countries' troops be stationed in his backyard?"

Gao Qing is not only aimed at the current predicament, but also focuses on the future development of the situation, and his remarks are incisive.

After Gao Shi left the hearing, he turned from the anger just now to relief, and the relief was slightly lost.

"Qing'er, don't you know what you said about grandpa, but the overall situation in Lanling Country is beyond my control. ”

As he spoke, Gao Shili took the gun in Gao Qing's hand and looked at the plum blossom carving on the gun.

"Several generations of our Gao family, for the Lanling battlefield, hard work, in exchange for today's status, originally planned to hand over this 'Yinglong' banner to your father in his old age, but God is jealous of talent, your father died early due to illness, leaving only ......"

Gao Shili had tears in his eyes, and sorrow came from it.

He choked up in an old voice: "Your father created his own 'Taihong' marksmanship when he was young, I don't know how many strong enemies fell under this plum blossom gun, if he is still here, the prestige of my Lanling'Ying Long Army' will surely resound throughout Jiuzhou, how can I still need to be supported by a person who is about to die." Qing'er, there is no need to go in the past, the prestige of our Gao family is declining, and the king believes in the national teacher, grandpa agreed to fight, just hope that you can inherit your father's legacy, make meritorious contributions, and revive the prestige of my Gao family!"

Among the several famous families in Lanling, the Gao family is the most powerful.

With the death of Gao Qing's father, the Gao family has deteriorated, and the day is declining.

In addition, the status of the national teacher is rising, and Gao Shili has a more and more sense of crisis of family survival.

As a clan talent, Gao Qing is young and promising, how can he not hope to get ahead, glorify his ancestors, and reproduce the former glory of the Gao family.

It's just that after two wars, he deeply felt that Xuanyuan was not the rumor of Jiuzhou - the first king of Xuanyuan was reckless, which led to the exhaustion of national strength and the people's misery;

He had a vague sense that the coalition was likely to repeat the mistakes of a decade ago.

Thinking of his father's early death, thinking of his grandfather's hard support, and thinking of the many crises that Lanling will face, Gao Qing is also worried, and his eyes are full of sadness.

"Grandpa, grandson, why don't you know your hard work......"

"Hey, hey, what are you arguing about, I heard the voices of your grandfather and grandson from afar!"

A general strode into the tent, with a big belly and a rich voice.

"I said old man, in the past few days since the young master came back, you haven't given a good face, you have been anxious and cold-talking all day long, isn't he your own grandson?"

"Uncle Cheng, it's Qing'er who is wrong and makes grandpa angry. ”

Gao Qing took back the plum blossom gun from his grandfather and greeted him with a smile.

The Uncle Cheng in his mouth is the infantry commander of the Ying Long Army and a close friend of Gao Qing's father.

"Cheng Tong, what is the situation in the army when you come over?"

"Old man, the king has a message over there, please go to the main camp with the young master, saying that the national teacher has returned to the camp and is holding a banquet to celebrate his success. ”

"Celebrate?

Gao Shili had also heard Gao Qing mention that Zikui had set up an ambush in Dayu Valley, but he didn't think he could make a difference.

"The last general heard that the national division in the Great Yu Valley captured Xuanyuan tens of thousands of horses, captured a large number of weapons, battle armor, the king is very happy, ordered the Chinese army to hold a banquet, a for the national division to celebrate the success, but also to discuss the siege plan, now the commanders of the various departments have arrived, just wait for the old man. ”

"Oh oh! I really didn't expect that our Lanling National Teacher would not only raise flowers, but also fight. Qing'er, come with me to see the king. ”