Chapter 206: The Siege of Xizhou by the Wulang Army (2)
The place where Li Tiantu's eyes stayed the most was the big tent of the Chinese army under the hunting and handsome banner outside the south of the city. If he sneaked into the big tent tonight and slaughtered Wulang, would the 100,000 Tubo army under the city collapse without a fight? Looking at the tent of the Chinese army surrounded by the army like an iron bucket, he shook his head vigorously, a year ago in the camp of the Tubo royal court in the east of Luoqi City, if it were not for the secret cover of Lingyou as a talisman, it would have been difficult for him to escape from the army of 20,000, and now he is facing a heavily guarded army of 100,000, and there are countless scouts for the open and dark piles.
When quantitative change causes qualitative change, both sides are strong to a certain extent, and the most effective method is to simply and rudely hit the hard.
Li Tiantu glanced at the north again, where the terrain was high and narrow, and it was the place where the water in the upper reaches of the two rivers was turbulent, and the Tubo cloth had the least troops, which also infinitely reduced the probability of the black horse being discovered hidden in the reeds.
Without taking the wooden ladder, Li Tiantu jumped directly from the top floor of the Metropolitan Protectorate, and slammed on the side wall of the lookout when he fell, and when he landed, he was already on the street outside the Metropolitan Mansion.
Li Tiantu paced slowly on the slightly empty central street, there were not many pedestrians on the street at this time, and although the passers-by were in a hurry, they looked as usual, without the slightest panic under the pressure of the army. casually stopped a middle-aged uncle who passed by, Li Tiantu couldn't help but ask: "Tubo 100,000 troops besieged the city, don't you know?" ”
The middle-aged uncle, who had lived near Xizhou City for most of his life, looked the young man in front of him up and down, and asked with a smile: "Little brother is not a local, right?" Xizhou City has stood on the top of the two rivers for hundreds of years, during which it is well documented that it has been besieged by foreign armies no less than dozens of times, no matter which time it is not less than 100,000 people, and the most one is to return to a full 300,000 army, but Xizhou is not still safe and sound, and has never been attacked by foreign races so far. Moreover, this time, there is Li Daduhu and his Anxi Mo sword riding in the thirty states of the Western Regions, and there is no safer than this time. The city had never been breached before, and this time, it was safer. It seems that he is used to seeing the chaos of war, and the uncle said unusually calmly and calmly, and his gaze at Li Tiantu is also like a hillbilly who has never seen the world enlightened by people who are used to seeing the world.
Li Tiantu, who was a little unsettled in an instant, shook his head helplessly, and watched the middle-aged uncle disdain to leave, and was speechless. I couldn't help but sigh in my heart, can it be the same this time? Although most of Anxi is brave to protect Li Bu, and although the city wall of Xizhou is as high as ten zhang, if there is no foreign aid, how long can the grain and grass in the city last? One year, two years, what about it? Don't underestimate the patience of the Tibetan people. You must know that the longer you hold on, the greater the resentment accumulated by the enemy when the city is broken, the lighter will slaughter the city for half a day, and the heavier will become a dead city. Xizhou seems to be at ease at present, if there are no reinforcements when the food and grass are exhausted, it will become a veritable lonely city, and I hope that by then people will be as calm as they are now.
Su Ling'er, who was holding the Kunwu sword in her arms, appeared leisurely and silently followed behind Li Tiantu.
Li Tiantu continued to move forward, walked a few steps, and suddenly turned around and asked, "Ling'er, are you interested in going to meet the Tubo army outside the city with Gongzi tonight?" ”
Su Ling'er nodded with a smile, and at the same time did not forget to bring up the old things, and said quietly: "You didn't take me with you last time you went to the North Tianshan Mountain." ”
Li Tiantu smiled helplessly, although the little girl was well-behaved and generous, she only cared a lot about things involving her own safety, but this is not difficult to understand, after all, Kunlun Nu Agui, who was regarded by the little girl as a teacher, left a last word, and the two of them were the only people in the Kunlun Temple in the world. Think about it, Agui has endured the cold of the body for more than a thousand years in the Tianhan Cave for the inheritance of the temple, as the master of the temple, he felt ashamed of the hungry Tiantu, and sighed lightly: "The current situation in the Western Regions affects the whole body, Li Bu is the central focus of the entire war, if I take you away last time, although Li Bu has no worries about his life under the god-killing dagger, he probably can't run away from the color hanging on his body." ”
As a party to the case, Su Ling'er was silent, knowing that what her son-in-law said was indeed the truth.
Li Tiantu glanced at Su Ling'er, who always took half a step back, and said calmly: "The Kunwu Sword is the treasure of my temple, Ling'er, you are used to holding the Kunwu Sword in your arms, and it is probably indispensable for this reason." ”
Su Ling'er didn't deny it, glanced at Li Tiantu's waist without a trace, and muttered to herself: "Uncle once told me that the Kunwu Sword is the sword of the palace masters of the past dynasties, and it is the symbol of the temple, let me protect it on behalf of my son." ”
Li Tiantu chuckled, his eyes were a little moist after laughing, and he shook his head and said helplessly: "This thousand-year-old monster probably saw that my kung fu was not on the sword, but he didn't want to forcibly violate my original intention, so he secretly asked you to protect the Kunwu sword for me." Alas! It's just..."
It's just that Li Tiantu still has a word to say, in fact, Agui, how do you know, I have already accepted the famous sword "Tianshan Snow" sent by Yun'er on behalf of the Snow Fairy. After all, in the heart of the amorous Li Tiantu, the soft sword "Tianshan Snow" that was implicated with the two most important women in his life was much more precious than the Kunwu Sword that had been passed down for thousands of years in the Kunlun Temple.
Su Ling'er, who was told by Ah Gui to guard the sword protector, hesitated: "Actually, Uncle still left a sentence for me to tell you when it is appropriate, but I don't know what is the most suitable time." ”
Li Tiantu intuitively felt that Su Ling'er's words were related to Kunwu Jian, and couldn't help asking: "But it doesn't hurt to say it." ”
Su Ling'er, who unconsciously followed her son-in-law to the remote streets and alleys, looked up at the surroundings and said softly: "Uncle said that the sword is the king's soldier of my generation of Jianghu people, the most light and agile dance, free and uninhibited, and the most consistent with the essence of my temple." The martial arts path of the people of the temple is actually very simple, there is only the secret of the cross, which is to take the sword and abandon the sword, and then take the sword and then abandon the sword. ”
Li Tiantu stopped, and repeatedly thought about Agui's cross secret of "take the sword and abandon the sword, and then take the sword and then abandon the sword", the first half of the sentence seems to be not difficult to understand, it is about the chivalrous man entering the rivers and lakes holding the Qingfeng sword and the sword after the completion of the sword, this is to take the sword and abandon the sword.
But the second half of the sentence is simple but also profound. Although Li Tiantu is not a master of using a sword, he also clearly knows that the chivalrous man who abandoned the sword has already had a glimpse of the corner of the Heavenly Dao, so he should abandon it to the end and continue to sharpen the sword heart, in order to be able to use all things in heaven and earth as a sword, so why be obsessed with holding the sword in his hand again, where does this start? Li Tiantu, who wanted to catch something, seemed to feel something ethereal, but he couldn't understand it. Li Tiantu, who was in a trance, suddenly reached out without warning to grab the Kunwu sword in Su Ling'er's arms, but when he took the sword, he touched the softness of the little girl, which provoked Su Ling'er to scream.
Li Tiantu, who came back to his senses, looked at the sword in his hand with an embarrassed face, knowing that the little girl's cultivation had already entered the hall, otherwise his sword-grabbing right hand would not accidentally touch something that should not be touched, and hurriedly looked left and right and said to him: "With you, the Kunwu sword, which ranks first among the top ten famous weapons in the rivers and lakes, the threat of the god-killing dagger to Li Lao is no longer nothing." ”
Su Ling'er, who knew that Li Tiantu was deliberately changing the topic, pursed her lips and said, "Childe, if you want, Ling'er can give it to you, why do you want to use force?" ”
(End of chapter)