Chapter Seventy-Five: The Ladder
After only one day of postponing his trip to Blackwater City, Bai Xiyue was completely in danger, after Zuo Yu'er left that day, Mu Fan was unwilling, so he secretly entered Blackwater City, he wanted to find Bai Xiyue and sell Zuo Yu'er's news to her, maybe she would pay to solve her enemies.
He searched for several days but couldn't find it, until he heard rumors in the city, and deliberately blocked Bai Xiyue on the way out of the barracks.
"Hey, are you cherishing the moon in vain?" When he met someone, he asked, until he really met her, but Bai Xiyue ignored him and walked straight over, and her reaction attracted Mu Fan's attention instead.
"Hey, I'm talking to you, aren't you!" He asked after Bai Xiyue.
She took a deep breath and asked impatiently, "Is there something wrong?"
Hearing her answer, Mu Fan was overjoyed, and looked like he had seen his father, "I found you, let me tell you, someone wants to kill someone, but you don't have to worry, I am strong in martial arts, as long as you give me silver, I can help you get rid of that person, how about it, don't be too moved." ”
"No, I don't."
He said a lot of words, and was dismissed by Bai Xiyue's cold three words.
"Hey, think about it again, I'm really powerful, and that person is very vicious, the thing you robbed someone else's husband was spread by her, do you want to know who she is, as long as you give me money, I'll tell you, the master doesn't help people easily, if it weren't for the fact that you look like a fairy, I won't help you."
"No!"
In this way, Mu Fan followed her all the way, his mouth never stopped, and he kept trying to persuade her, and finally Bai Xiyue really felt annoying, stopped, looked into his eyes seriously and said: "My enemy, I will solve it myself, I don't need your help, don't follow me anymore." ”
"I,"
As soon as he spoke, Bai Xiyue immediately interrupted her, "By the way, I guess you shouldn't be from Blackwater City, if you're following me, I'm going to report you." ”
Such a threat immediately made him stop, she was not afraid of those people, but in this way, things would make a big fuss, and maybe those people would be arrested back when the time came, it would be too boring.
Seeing that he was silent, Bai Xiyue didn't say anything more, and was about to leave, but as soon as she took a step, she was hugged by her thigh, lowered her head, and saw the person holding her thigh, crying: "Have pity on me, I haven't eaten for three days, ask the uncle to eat!" ”
She took a deep breath, suppressed the urge to beat people in her heart, took out several weighty ingots from her purse, and handed them to him, "Don't follow me anymore." ”
Mu Fan took the silver and stood up with a smile, he had seen someone in Yuancheng ask for silver like this, and he learned it today, but he didn't expect it to really arrive, next time if he learned the tattered points they worn, wouldn't it be easier to ask for silver.
He raised his head and wanted to tell Bai Xiyue that he didn't take other people's silver for nothing, and could barely be her personal bodyguard for a few days to exchange for these silver, only to find that she was long gone, "Walk so fast, but it doesn't matter, the master remembers you, and you can be your bodyguard next time." ”
Today is Bai Xiyue's last day here, she was originally taking Bai Ze to hang out, but when she passed by the Raptor Mountain next to Blackwater City, she suddenly heard the sound of someone talking, this place can be said to be a wilderness, who can be here, she hid in the shadows and asked Bai Ze to go over and take a look.
After a while, I saw it running over quickly, and Bai Xiyue carried it to a safe place before asking, "What did you hear?" ”
"Master, they seem to be nearby mountain bandits, I heard them say that they are going to attack Blackwater City tonight, and they also said that the preparation this time is foolproof." Bai Ze told everything he had heard.
After she heard this, she was not in the mood to hang out, so she hurriedly returned to the barracks, she took the lead to find Ye Han, but he had something to go out today, and he was not in the camp, and she obviously felt that there were fewer soldiers in the barracks, and several deputy generals were not there.
If she went to find Jasper, she would definitely not believe it, so who else could she find, just when she was worried, she saw a person from a distance.
"General Gu!"
When Gu Xiu heard her voice, he walked over, he was very tall, probably because he had been on the battlefield all year round, the killing aura on his body was very heavy, and his face on weekdays was mostly solemn expressions, giving people a feeling that he was not getting along well, and he didn't talk much on weekdays, so Bai Xiyue didn't have much intersection with him.
"Is there something wrong?" His voice was as deep and loud as his own.
"I just passed by Raptor Mountain, and I heard someone talking, saying that they are coming to attack Blackwater City tonight, looking at their costumes, like nearby mountain bandits, should we prepare in advance." She told me what had happened succinctly.
After Gu Xiu listened, his face became more solemn, he had transferred a lot of troops recently, and it would be really dangerous if there were mountain bandits coming to attack the city at this time.
"I'll lead the team to deploy first!" After he finished speaking, he was about to leave, and at this time Bai Xiyue said anxiously: "I'll go too." ”
Gu Xiu glanced at her, didn't speak, it was a tacit acquiescence, and soon dozens of people arrived at the city gate, they were obviously well-trained soldiers, and they started to prepare for the battle quickly and orderly, and after Jasper got the news, he also came.
The first thing she said after she came was not concerned about the deployment of the city gate, but doubted the authenticity of her words, "Bai Xiyue, did you really hear that someone was coming to attack Blackwater City, or are you grandstanding." ”
Bai Xiyue didn't pay attention to her, just carefully observed the terrain outside the city, and when Biyu wanted to say something more, she saw Gu Xiu walking away, she immediately shut up, in the barracks, the person she was most afraid of was Gu Xiu.
"Biyu, you take people to check the deployment outside the city gate, especially the suspension bridge." He commanded.
Jasper didn't dare to stay longer, so she went down immediately.
Bai Xiyue stood on the city wall and looked down, only to see that the position of the suspension bridge was almost the range of archery, and in the middle of the suspension bridge was a deep ravine, and there were many sharp bamboo sticks inserted in it.
If the bandits want to enter the city, they can only pass through the drawbridge, according to Bai Ze's meaning, do they have a good way to pass through the drawbridge this time, what will it be, she walked around the city wall.
Finally she went down and walked to the drawbridge, and walked around it, and she was standing on the opposite side of the wall, thinking about how she would attack this terrain if she were herself.
The drawbridge is the key thing, if someone crosses the defensive line first and lowers the drawbridge, then the situation will be in their favor, she has no experience in the battlefield, she just observes for a while and then goes back.
Seeing her running around, Biyu was very dissatisfied, and wanted to say that she would relieve the resentment in her heart in two sentences, but when she saw Gu Xiu on the side, she had no choice but to give up.
This day seems to have passed extraordinarily long, everyone in Blackwater City is waiting, the night is quietly falling, the surrounding grass moves, Bai Xiyue stood on the city wall, looked down, and gradually saw a lot of moving heads, they didn't seem to know that they had been exposed, and methodically arrived outside the range of the arrow crossbow, and stopped.
"What's that!" Gu Xiu's expression instantly became solemn.
I saw a behemoth approaching the defensive line, it seemed to be made of wood, and even if it was large, it could be easily pushed away.
Jasper was also stunned, she had never seen this thing before.
"Ladder!" Bai Xiyue recognized that behemoth at a glance, this time it was troublesome, thinking that this thing was the magic weapon that they firmly believed would win.
General Gu turned his head and asked, "Do you know this thing?" ”
When Biyu heard it, she also looked over, her expression was disdainful.
"This thing is called a ladder, to put it simply, it is an upgraded version of the ladder, and the frame at the bottom can fix the ladder in place, so that the soldier can hide behind the upper baffle, and then extend the ladder out, you can easily cross this defensive line." Bai Xiyue explained to him seriously.
Gu Xiu is also a person who has experienced strong winds and waves, and he did not panic when he heard this, but immediately ordered someone to release a rocket, since it was wood, then it could be ignited.
As soon as he gave the order, there was a rain of arrows in the sky in an instant, and the bandits did not expect to be discovered so quickly, and they did not mean to retreat, but pushed the ladder to the defensive line even faster.
The light of the fire illuminated the sky, but the ladder had not been lit, and they had already begun to transport people past.
Seeing this, Gu Xiu ordered the soldiers to shoot the arrows at the cloud ladder, but the rain of arrows shot over, but it still had no effect, it seemed to be invulnerable.
"Isn't there any weakness in this ladder?" Gu Xiu wrinkled his brows and asked like Bai Xiyue, if they really fought, they might not be able to fight, but it was best if there were no casualties.
Bai Xiyue has been observing this ladder since just now, she has only seen it in modern books, this ladder has weaknesses, but I don't know if it's the same ladder.
"Catapult!" She suddenly thought, "The ladder has a special structure, even if the rocket touches, it is difficult to catch fire quickly, but the middle part of it is particularly weak, especially when the ladder is extended, the middle has to bear a lot of force, at this time, if there is also gravity interference from the outside world, it is easy to break." ”
After she finished speaking, Gu Xiu immediately asked people to push the catapult, and then threw it according to the position she said.
The first time I missed, I threw it a few more times, and although I hit it, the ladder didn't seem to have any effect, and it looked like it was about to reach the switch that controlled the suspension bridge.
Gu Xiu ordered someone to push a few more over, and smashed them at the same place together, just under such a round of bombardment, the ladder finally couldn't hold on, broke apart, and smashed down to the ground, but before he could be happy, the broken wood just touched the switch of the suspension bridge.
The drawbridge in the middle was lowered, "Suffer! Look at your bad idea, now it's okay, the drawbridge has been smashed down. ”
Biyu scolded Bai Xiyue dissatisfied.
Gu Xiu didn't say anything, it was too late to say anything now, and he knew that it was just an accident, if he didn't have Bai Xiyue's idea, he was afraid that it would be worse than now.
"You can solve the problems you provoke yourself." Jasper continued, but there seemed to be something wrong with her gaze, and she looked calm, as if she had known that the drawbridge would come down.
Gu Xiu didn't plan to let Bai Xiyue go, but the people in the women's team were noisy, and the other soldiers had different thoughts about Bai Xiyue recently, so naturally no one was willing to stand up and speak, Gu Xiu didn't know her identity, so he sent her alone.