The Mongols came far earlier than everyone thought.

Early the next morning when Deng Yitong and others made their stand, the mighty Mongolian army had appeared outside Chongqing Mansion and surrounded this thousand-year-old city.

After hearing the news, Yao Ruoyu hurriedly rushed to the Jingluo Embassy with Xu Xuanrong, Song Kai and the old Jin family who had just taken refuge.

As soon as they crossed the gate, everyone saw Xu Jingmiao, Zuo Husong and other Chongqing government civil and military officers gathered in the front yard, among which Cai Zhaozheng, the governor of Kaizhou, was performing his mirror god method, reflecting the Mongolian army outside the seventeen gates of the city with a mirror condensed by light.

Seeing Yao Ruoyu and them coming, Xu Peng, Wang Ping and others all snorted, and Deng Yitong and the others were naturally expressionless, following closely behind Yao Ruoyu, Xu Xuanrong, and Song Kai.

When Yao Ruoyu came closer, Zuo Husong pointed to several mirrors in the sky, frowned, and said, "It's a little weird!"

"What do you say?" Yao Ruoyu had just arrived, hurriedly glanced at those light glasses, and asked casually.

Zuo Husong said in a deep voice: "The remaining strength of the Mongolian army is about 150,000, and after the division of troops to each city gate, the number of troops in each place is less than 10,000, with this number, how sure can Kublai Khan and them break through Chongqing Mansion?"

Yao Ruoyu frowned, looked back at the few people behind him, Song Kaidao raised his eyebrows, and said in a deep voice: "How long has the Mongolian army come?"

Xu Jingmiao was stunned and looked at Xu Kuanhong, who hurriedly replied: "There have been two incense sticks for a while." ”

"Two sticks of incense?" Song Kai narrowed his eyes, thought for a moment, and frowned, "They are delaying time." ”

"Delaying time?" Everyone was a little puzzled, and Cao Yuying couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Song, why are they delaying time?"

Shaking his head, Song Kai didn't answer her, but said indifferently: "Prepare, at most a moment, they will inevitably attack." ”

Ni Ding was puzzled: "Mr. Song, can you explain a thing or two for us?"

"Well, Ben Hou understands a little," Zuo Husong glanced at Song Kai in amazement, and then said in a deep voice, "However, the Mongolian army wants to wipe out all of us, and the various routes are too weak after the distribution of troops, so there must only be a few ways to gather heavy troops, and the rest are just bluffs." ”

Deng Yitong also came to his senses, and said in a deep voice: "There are about seven people in the six realms of Kublai Khan's army, and according to the character of the Mongolian national division, it is likely that these six realms will be divided into groups of two, that is, there are about three city gates that we need to focus on defending. ”

Xu Jingmiao bowed her head and said, "Then first send scouts to find out where they have gathered heavy troops, and then Xu, King Wen, and Yuhu Hou will sit at the same city gate, right?"

"Yes," Yao Ruoyu glanced at Deng Yitong, Ma Shoucai and the others, groaned slightly, and said, "There are only three of us in Wenbang, so let them act with us." ”

"Good. Xu Jingmiao did not refuse, and nodded in agreement.

Speaking kung fu, Zuo Husong had already sent several elites under his command to go to the seventeen to investigate the reality of the Mongolian army outside the city.

Seeing those people leaving, Xu Xuanrong suddenly frowned slightly, and said in a low voice: "I'm afraid Brother Ding won't be so easy for us to find." ”

"Yes!" Yao Ruoyu sighed softly.

After a while, Zuo Husong stared dumbfounded at the seventeen wolf smoke rising one after another in the distance.

According to his order, as soon as those elites found that there were more than two Liujing garrisons outside the city, they would immediately set off wolf smoke. But now there are seventeen wolf smokes, could it be that the Mongolian army has a full thirty-four six realms?

"According to legend, in addition to judging the law, the Legalist also has the magical power of locking the qi to trace and hunt down the murderer," Qu Feng suddenly frowned, and said slowly, "I heard that the Mongolian national teacher is a descendant of the Legalist family, if it is correct, maybe this person forged the breath of those six realms with secret techniques and deliberately confused us." ”

Ni Ding frowned and said: "But now there is less than half a pillar of incense, if you want to distinguish them one by one......"

"Leave it to me!" Yao Ruoyu raised his head, his spiritual sense stretched out from the center of his eyebrows, spreading out in all directions like a tide, but in an instant, it had already enveloped the huge Chongqing Mansion, and then crossed the city wall and swept towards the Mongolian army outside.

With Yao Ruoyu stepping into the Seven Realms, the range that can be covered by spiritual consciousness has broken through to more than 100,000 zhang, especially now that his skill is triple in the seven realms, the range that can be enveloped by spiritual consciousness has skyrocketed to 300,000 zhang.

Faced with the coercion of his belonging to the Seven Realms, Ding Yanzhi's Six Realms Qi Machines concocted by the Legalist secret technique were shattered one by one, and in the end, only the Eight Realms and Six Realms Qi Machines already existed in Yao Ruoyu's perception, just in groups of two and two, outside the four city gates in the east.

"It's all in the east!" Yao Ruoyu sensed it carefully and said, "Chaotianmen, Tongyuanmen, Jintangmen, and Dingyuanmen." ”

Zuo Husong immediately shouted loudly, and ordered the two Liujing under his command to rush to Chaotianmen, and the Tongyuan Gate was led by Xu Jingmiao and Wang Ping to lead the garrisons of Chongqing Prefecture, and Fan Hu and Mu Lie led their troops to Jintangmen, as for the final Dingyuan Gate, it was Xu Xuanrong and Song Kai who took the civil officials of the old Jin family to guard it. ”

Xu Xuanrong, Song Kai, and Deng Yitong had just led the army to arrive at Dingyuan Gate, and the Mongolian army outside the city had already moved, and a large number of armor soldiers came out in formation, and the shield soldiers, archers, and sword soldiers were in a group, which seemed to be loose, but in fact they were tightly pressed towards the city gate.

Seeing this scene, Xu Xuanrong and Song Kai looked at Deng Yitong at the same time, the latter also served as the temporary commander, and with his order, thousands of elite border troops from Kuizhou and Wanzhou quickly took over the posts of hundreds of Yuzhou government troops at the head of the city.

Xu Xuanrong and Song Kai are both spirit masters of the Six Realms, and they are not afraid of ordinary arrows, so they simply stand in front of the wall and overlook the Mongolian army outside the city.

"Can you see where the commander on the other side is?" Song Kai glanced at and asked suddenly.

Shaking his head, Xu Xuanrong pinched a strand of hair and kneaded it gently, frowned and said, "The other party hides well, but once the fight starts later, he will definitely not be able to continue to hide." ”

Hmm, Song Kai agreed.

With a simple attack, the Mongol commander could naturally hide behind the scenes, but once the two sides had a close confrontation, if they wanted to command the battle, the commander would inevitably not be able to continue to hide himself, and at that time, it would also be the time for them to break the game.

As he spoke, more than 2,000 Mongolian troops outside the city had already approached the city wall, and Deng Yitong gave an order, and hundreds of archers from old gold raised their iron crossbows one after another and shot at the bottom.

Jin is good at horsemanship, bows and horses have always been combined, so the archery skills of the Jin people are not weak, but in the face of Mongolia that threatens China with archers and cavalry, they naturally dare not fiddle with archery at will, so the archers in Kuizhou and Wanzhou are all equipped with iron crossbows with amazing strength.

The screams of countless crossbow strings formed a cold and piercing music of killing, and with this wave of arrows, more than 300 Mongol soldiers died tragically under the city.

"Collect the crossbow, raise the shield!" Deng Yitong shouted, and the crossbowmen at the head of the city put away their iron crossbows and retreated, retreating under the big shields raised by the soldiers behind them.

The next moment, countless mournful strings sounded outside the city, and the rain of arrows that were more magnificent and louder than the previous salvo was like a huge waterfall with a backlash and surge, and the dense arrows intertwined the pale mist above the waterfall and fell overwhelmingly towards the city.

Although all the crossbowmen had retreated under the big shield in time, in the face of countless arrows, more than 400 Song soldiers still died tragically under the rain of arrows because the leather shield was shattered.

In the face of the dense arrows pouring like a torrential rain, Xu Xuanrong just flicked the chaos bell above her head, swinging away all the arrows that were shooting at her, and at the same time sheltering the Song soldiers within about 300 zhang around her.

In fact, if it weren't for Xu Xuanrong to protect everyone with the Chaos Bell, I was afraid that the Song army's losses would be even more.

After a battle, the Mongol army lost more than 300 people, and the Song army lost more than 400 and nearly 500.

Seeing that his own losses were so great, Deng Yitong's eyes floated a little cloudy, although the soldiers strictly followed his command, but the Mongolian army's archery skills deserved to be famous in China, even if there was a leather shield to cover tightly, it was still broken by more than 400 leather shields.

"Change the arrows, fight back!" The thought in his heart turned, but Deng Yitong's face was silent, and he still sighed, and the crossbowmen took another step, raised the iron crossbow and shot a fierce shot, shooting more than 200 people again, and then quickly retreated under the leather shield.

After exchanging shots four times in a row, Ma Shoucai couldn't help but say, "Lord Deng, if this continues, our crossbowmen will be killed and wounded!"

"The Mongolian army is good at archery, and it is natural for us to fall below," Deng Yitong held on to the wall, his eyes as cold as a knife, "But if it weren't for the counterattack at any cost, do you think we would still be able to stand safely on the head of the city?"

Ma Shoucai was stunned, and Xu Xuanrong sighed: "What Lord Deng said is very true, Brother Kai?"

With a sigh, Song Kai's eyes showed a bit of coldness: "When the Mongolian army approaches, I will make a move." ”

"So fast?" Deng Yitong frowned, and then said, "If we fight with the low-level soldiers first, our side will not have an advantage, and we will fall into the trap of the Mongolian army. ”

"By the way, what kind of trap do the Mongols have?" asked Fan Gui, the county governor of Fengjie, with some confusion.

Xu Xuanrong, Song Kai, and Deng Yitong glanced at each other, Xu Xuanrong pursed his lips, and said: "The Mongolian army is only a hundred thousand troops now, and it has divided its troops to attack the seventeen city gates of Chongqing Prefecture, and there is no possibility of breaking any of the city gates. ”

"We can know how Kublai Khan didn't know, but since they did this, they must have their own conspiracy," Xu Xuanrong looked at the crowd and explained, "Their purpose is very simple, to completely block our chance to escape, and completely wipe out the last troops of the entire Chongqing Prefecture here." ”

"How is that possible?" Ma Shoucai's eyes widened and he said in surprise, "There are not even 10,000 troops at each city gate, if we want to run, how can they be able to stop it?"

"Can't stop it, but their purpose is not to block, but to delay, delay the time for us to escape," Deng Yitong sighed, his eyes revealing a bit of sharpness, "Because their real strength has not yet arrived." ”

"What?" Ma Shoucai, Fan Gui, Jin Zheng and others were all shocked when they heard this, and Fan Gui was even more shocked: "Where do they still have troops?"

"Are the Mongols still in the Great Song Dynasty's army?" Song Kai asked coldly.

Fan Gui was stunned, and Deng Yitong said in a deep voice: "If you want to break through Chongqing Mansion, it is not enough to rely on reinforcements, Kublai Khan and they must find a way to create a gap before the reinforcements arrive, a gap that can accommodate the reinforcements to drive straight in." ”

"That is the city gate where we are standing now," Xu Xuanrong said solemnly with cold eyes, "The other city gates may not suffer much attack, but we are here, their attack is bound to be extremely fierce, everyone, you must be prepared to die." ”

As soon as these words came out, the city was suddenly silent, Ma Shoucai, Fan Gui, Jin Zheng and other people who had just understood were all pale, even if they were ready to die in battle, but suddenly learned that the city gate they were standing on was actually the target of the Mongol army's key attack, it was inevitable that they would be a little apprehensive.

Seeing everyone looking at each other, Song Kai sneered: "What's the matter, are you afraid?"

Although Ma Shoucai's face was pale, he frowned when he heard this: "Lord Song's words are a bit excessive, we have followed the army all the way to this point, even if we have been defeated repeatedly, we have never had the idea of escaping!"

"That's the best!" Song Kai paused slightly, and his tone revealed a bit of coldness, "Whether it sounds good, or whether you can do what you say, it all depends on your actions!"

Seeing that Song Kai was motivating morale, but this method was too mean, Deng Yitong couldn't help frowning slightly, but when he saw Xu Xuanrong quietly shaking his head at him, he resisted the urge to speak.