Chapter 45: Looking for the Condor
When Zhang Yang entered the city, he saw that the bustling street market was long gone, and every shop was closed.
The streets are full of garbage and dirt, and under the scorching sun, a foul smell comes to the nostrils.
The streets and alleys of the city were so cold that there was not a single ordinary person in sight, except for the occasional passing by a group of patrolling sergeants.
These sergeants all looked tired and blank, obviously under the fierce battle for many days, they had squeezed the only fighting spirit left, and there was a faint sign of despair.
The situation was tense, and Lu Wende didn't have time to hold any celebration banquet for everyone, but directly took everyone to the city wall as high as more than 20 meters.
"Xiangyang City is surrounded by mountains on both sides, the terrain is very high, and it is a military fortress with both offense and defense. Although there are tens of thousands of people on the other side, thousands of us can keep them out, just because they have taken advantage of the geographical advantage. Now Zhang Mengzhu has come to help with thousands of heroes and heroes with strong martial arts, and I believe that he will be able to defend the day when the imperial army will come to help. Lu Wende stood at the head of the city and said with great relief.
Zhang Yang looked left and right, and sure enough, he saw that there were many cliffs and mountains on the left and right, unless he was a master of light skills, he wanted to climb these cliffs and cliffs, almost no different from looking for death.
He raised his eyes again and looked in front of the city wall, and everywhere he saw were yurts as round as steamed buns, and when he looked up, these yurts stretched for at least several miles, which showed that the other party's army was numerous.
In the face of this scene, his martial arts are relatively strong, and he is also shocked.
The enemy has thousands of troops, even if you are the best in the world, I am afraid it will be difficult to resist the siege of hundreds of people, Zhang Yang is naturally quite afraid.
However, recalling the original book, the Mongol soldiers were afraid that they would fall into civil strife due to the death of the Great Khan in the near future, and this military disaster should be alleviated soon, which is a lot more reassuring.
But when he thought about it carefully, he suddenly felt quite uneasy. Just because he didn't know if there would be a butterfly effect after the crossing, it changed the course of history.
"It would be nice if I could fly, so that even if the Mongol army is overwhelmed, I can easily escape." Zhang Yang couldn't help but think like this.
"This is the Condor World, isn't there a Condor left behind by Dugu seeking defeat? As long as you find this artifact, you can be like Zhang Yang in the original book, and the ox fork will fly everywhere! Zhang Yang suddenly thought in a flash of inspiration.
"Where's the Condor? It doesn't seem to be described exactly where it is in the original book, only that it is somewhere outside the city, where there is a valley. There are caves and things like that. ”
"But there are many mountains and valleys around here, not a thousand but eight hundred, and as for the caves, not to mention, there are as many as a cow's hair. If you find it like this, I'm afraid you'll have to die of exhaustion. ”
Next, many ideas about how to find the Condor popped up in his mind, and he didn't even hear the words introduced by Lu Wende beside him.
Lu Wende sang a one-man show alone for a while. It seems that he also noticed that Zhang Yang was absent-minded, so he set his eyes on the Guo couple. Obviously, he also found out that the Guo couple was the real person in charge of this alliance, and Zhang Yang was the young leader of the alliance. It's supposed to be an empty shelf.
Zhang Yang didn't care about the other party's thoughts, he was thinking about how to find the Condor, compared with these broken things in the war, it was better to take life-saving measures first.
Just as he pondered. I only heard Guo Fu's coquettish voice from behind: "You two are really annoying, who wants you to point fingers, don't I have eyes." Can't do without ears? ”
Miss Guo's tone was fierce, without a hint of ladydom, and the only ones who were scolded by her and still didn't dare to speak up were the two of them.
"Huh? Big and Small Martial ...... Pregnant! Zhang Yang suddenly slapped his thigh, thinking of a reliable way to find the Condor.
He remembered that in the original book, after Zhang Yang found the Condor, he found two brothers in the vicinity who were dueling due to emotional conflicts. In other words, if Xiao Wu really found a place to duel, it would definitely be near where the Condor was!
"Next, as long as you follow these two guys, you may be able to find the Condor." Zhang Yang looked at the three Guo Fu in the back meaningfully.
In the days that followed, the Mongol soldiers seemed to notice that there was an extra reinforcement in Xiangyang, so they did not rush to attack the city.
Zhang Yang, the idle alliance leader, was invited to attend two meetings two days ago, but after everyone saw that he looked dying and listless, the others didn't bother him in the next meeting.
Of course, he didn't waste time, but every day he sent Huo Du or Hong Lingbo and others to take turns to monitor Xiao Wu's every move. Just because the big and small martial arts are not important figures, with the martial arts of Huo Du and Hong Lingbo, as long as they don't deliberately monitor each other, others can't see the clues.
After seven days of peace, Huo Du suddenly came to the mansion eagerly, and said with great joy: "Master, after being scolded by Guo Fu, the two of them really turned against each other and made a big noise. ”
"These two are really going to duel, it seems to be the same as in the original book!" Zhang Yang sighed secretly in his heart.
After thinking about it, he turned his head and said, "Huo Du, you go and bring the prepared horses, and you and I will go outside the city together." ”
He doesn't know how to ride a horse, so he naturally has to find a driver, although it is uncomfortable for two men to ride together, but he can't care so much at this time.
When the two rode out on a thousand horses, Xiao Wu was nowhere to be seen, but when the two chased to the city gate, they finally saw the two being interrogated at the city gate.
During the war, in order to avoid spies in the city, whether they enter or leave the city, they need to go through a strict check.
After the two of them left the city, Zhang Yang and the two followed closely and came to the gate of the city.
In order to get out of the city, Zhang Yang had already planned, and the day before yesterday, on the pretext of going out of the city to check the enemy's situation, he asked for a customs clearance token from Lu Wende. At this time, the token is taken out and it is easily released.
After the two of them left the city, they saw from a distance that the horses of the Great and Small Warriors had walked about five or six hundred meters ahead. Because there is only one official road here, they are not afraid of losing people, so they hang far behind them.
After riding a horse for about half an hour, he caught a glimpse of the horses of the great and small warriors tethered in front of a forest.
The two also dismounted, afraid of disturbing Xiao Wu's search for the final duel location and delaying the exact location of the Condor, so Zhang Yang and the two walked lightly towards where they were.
Zhang Yang and Huo Du walked one after the other, stretching out towards the woods for about two or three hundred meters. Suddenly, a man's voice was heard from the quiet woods:
"Big brother, this place is empty and inaccessible, even if one of us dies here, I'm afraid no one will know, let's make a break here today."
Zhang Yang looked in through the gap in the tree and saw that the person who spoke was Wu Xiuwen.
"Okay, here it is." Wu Dunru immediately stopped, looked around, and then brushed it. He drew the long sword at his waist neatly.
Wu Xiuwen didn't draw his sword, and said with a sad face: "Big brother, the two of us are fighting today, if I am not defeated, you will not kill me, and you can no longer live in the world as a brother." As for the three major things of avenging your mother, supporting your father, and caring for your sister, you can only pick it up on your shoulder, eldest brother. ”
"We care about each other, so why bother? It will be the same if you overcome me. Wu Dunru tried his best to make a look of anger on his face. But I still can't hide the trace of unbearability in my eyes.
Wu Xiuwen still didn't draw his sword, walked up a few steps and said, "Big brother, you and I have lost our mother since we were young, and our father is far away. The two brothers depend on each other for their lives, and they have never quarreled for half a sentence, today it has come to this point, big brother, don't you blame the brothers? ”
"Brother. It's a matter of days, and you and I can't be the master. Wu Dunru sighed.
"No matter who lives or dies, we must not leak the slightest rumor in our lives. So as not to make Daddy and Fumei sad. Wu Xiuwen said with a sad look on his face.
Wu Dunru nodded, walked over and held Wu Xiuwen's left hand, and the brothers looked at each other gloomily, speechless for a long time.
Zhang Yang saw this picture of deep brotherhood, but he had to face each other with swords, to be honest...... I really think these two guys are stupider than pigs, for the sake of a brainless Guo Fu, why do you want to do this, I don't even recognize brotherhood.
He originally wanted to stand by and watch, but after thinking about it, he felt that although these two brothers had a bad temper and their brains were not bright, they were at least bloody men.
Second, Li Mochou killed the mother of the two, which caused the two brothers to lack maternal love since childhood, and under the lack of teaching, they embarked on this road of no return.
"Saving them can be regarded as a good deed, and you can get the system's exchange point reward, and it can be regarded as accumulating a little virtue for Li Mochou." Zhang Yang thought of this, and was ready to stop the two.
At the same time, he sent a message to Huo Du and instructed him to go to the neighborhood to find out if there was any whereabouts of the Condor.
After Huo Du left, Zhang Yang suddenly raised his voice and laughed, and the sound mixed with internal force spread all over the four directions, and the sound shook the valley.
When the Wu brothers heard this, they were all taken aback, they didn't expect to meet martial arts masters in this mountain forest where birds don't, so they immediately jumped back and looked into the forest.
The two of them realized that the person who walked out of the mountains and forests was actually Zhang Yang, and they resented the memory of the fool in the inn who was exactly the same as Zhang Yang, so naturally they would not be polite to him, and said together with a wary face: "What are you doing here?" ”
"What are you doing here again?" Zhang Yang replied with a playful smile.
"My two brothers have nothing to do, and they come here to practice swordsmanship." Wu Xiuwen pretended to laugh calmly.
"Practicing swords actually practiced to the point of martial arts fighting, regardless of your lives, you two brothers are also the first people in ancient and modern times." Zhang Yang's unrelenting sarcasm.
"Go away, you don't have to worry about my brother's business." Wu Dunru suddenly said angrily.
"If you two really practice hard, I naturally can't control it. But when you make a move, you think about my sister in your heart, if I don't care, who cares? Zhang Yang smiled coldly and told the lie he had just made.
The reason why he said this was only because he knew these two people, and the only way to stop them from fighting was to bring out Guo Fu, a brain-dead girl.
When the Wu brothers heard the words "My Sister Fu", their faces shook at the same time, and they couldn't help but tremble with their long swords.
"What nonsense are you talking about, who is your sister?" Wu Xiuwen shouted sharply.
"Fumei is the biological daughter of Guo Daxia and the Huang gang leader, isn't it, marriage must be ordered by her parents? Guo Daxia secretly promised Fumei's life to me, you two fools were kept in the dark, and you two fools are still fighting swords here privately, competing for my wife who has not passed the door, is it really stupid? Zhang Yang said indifferently.
"How is this possible, you already have three wives, how could the master and the master marry Fumei to you as a concubine? Your lie is so outrageous. Wu Xiuwen sneered.
"The man is alive, three wives and four concubines can be seen everywhere, I am the leader of the martial arts alliance, a heroic young man, even if there are three wives and concubines, but the official wife's room has been vacant. I have already promised Guo Daxia and his wife that if they marry Fumei to me, I will let her be my main house. ”
"I'm the head of a faction, and my martial arts reputation is extremely high, and Fumei marrying me is considered a good match, what's wrong with this? On the other hand, the two of you are just two errand apprentices of Guo Daxia and his wife, in terms of martial arts, not as tall as me, not as handsome as me, and in terms of status, there is a difference of 108,000 miles between you and me, you two ...... What do you compare to me? Zhang Yang said contemptuously. (To be continued......)