The forward troops were almost completely wiped out, and the officers who had managed to escape met the large army of the Longxi Army that was marching in a hurry in less than half a day. [Ran^Text^Library] An officer of the rank of a great samurai was kneeling in front of Long Xihou in fear, reporting on the situation of the forward troops.

"Report to the great marquis, our front army was suddenly attacked by the shameless Longwei army at night, General Lei died heroically, and we finally ran back to report the news. I implore the invincible Hou Ye to avenge us and set foot on the rooftop city, leaving no chickens and dogs. ”

"Still invincible? Before Ben Hou started fighting, you let the enemy fall into the water. Honestly, how many of the enemy stole the battalion? How did Lei Wanyong die? ”

"Master Qiqi, the little one doesn't dare to lie. The enemy surrounded our camp in the middle of the night, and everyone was awakened in their sleep by the sound of the alarm, only to see that there were enemy torches everywhere, and there were no less than 100,000 people. Originally, we also had 80,000 horses, and we were not afraid of a strong enemy, everyone held down their soldiers and prepared to fight the enemy. At the critical moment, General Lei's guards were in chaos, and the general's guards held their heads and shouted loudly, saying that General Lei had let the enemy kill them. The army suddenly bombed the battalion, we could no longer suppress the troops, and the soldiers scattered and fled. Only a few samurai resisted, but the enemy was really strong, there were many samurai, and we were no match at all. ”

"So how did Lei Wanyong die, you don't know at all?"

"Master Qiqi, everyone is sleeping in the middle of the night, and we don't know the situation of General Lei."

Long Xihou pondered for a while, turned back to the people around him and said, "Send someone to focus on reconnaissance immediately, is Lei Wanyong dead?" To live to see people, to die to see corpses. Order the whole army to advance at full speed, and be sure to rush to camp outside Tiantai City today. ”

At dusk that day, from the direction of the Zishui River in the west, some graceful black shadows began to be found. The whole city of Tiantai sounded the alarm bell, sounded the military trumpet, and the soldiers climbed the city wall and the Tiantai Mountain and Phoenix Mountain outside the west gate, and everything began to be in place. The enemy soldiers and horses were approaching, and the soldiers on the two hills could even see them with the naked eye.

The enemy stopped three kilometers from the city and began to set up camp. Night fell, but it wasn't dark, as countless torches lit up around the rooftop city. Smoke rose and fire soared, and frightened flocks of birds flew up from the trees, swirling and screaming.

All the woods near the city were cut down, this was to facilitate future attacks, and also to build a temporary camp for the Longxi army. The soldiers lit countless piles of anointing fires, and the camp was bright, and the clanging sound continued until dawn.

On this night, the follow-up troops of the Longxi Army continued to arrive. Countless torches appeared on the dark horizon, forming one after another bands of light, the light bands became longer and longer, closer and closer, but it was still impossible to see its end, countless points of light on the ground were connected with the stars in the sky, and finally like a river flowing into the sea, these countless moving points of light all converged to the outside of Tiantai City, like a vast ocean of light.

When dawn came, people could see the enemy troops clearly, and it was shocking: in the early morning mist, countless soldiers and horses were crowded together, and it was difficult to distinguish who was who. The queue of gatherings, along the continuous crowd of horses, the black pressure is overwhelming, and the edge cannot be seen with the naked eye. This dense array of soldiers and horses, like a big mountain, stands on the west side of Tiantai City.

The result is not difficult to predict: all the people in Tiantai City who can wield swords are only about 100,000, and all the men, women, and children are less than half of the enemy's number. Whether it was an officer or a soldier, looking at this army of unprecedented scale, the undulating human heads like the sea, the sword mountains and sword forests that rose like dense forests, and the flags fluttering like clouds, all turned pale and showed horror in their eyes.

At this time, Lingwu was patrolling the defense on the top of Phoenix Mountain, and personally instructed the soldiers to erect a fence in a slightly slower place. Everywhere he went, he told everyone, "What's the use of having a lot of people? The enemy's vanguard of 80,000 people is not a fart and urine flow for our 30,000 people to fight overnight. Don't look at him showing off his power now, let him cry at the bottom of the mountain tomorrow and call his mother and mother. ”

"Let me tell you a good news, Marquis Longwei has defeated the Marquis of Hanzhong in Tongjiang, and the Hanzhong army has been defeated and retreated to Yuanshan to defend. Now that Hou Ye has personally led the army to support us, the troops are all halfway there, and they will arrive tomorrow morning. ”

"You must be careful tonight, don't learn from that Lei Wanyong, I don't know how my head fell off. No alcohol is allowed, and no sentries are allowed to take a nap. ”

Lingwu told everyone the story of the drunkard who tied his belt to the tree in the Longxi Army, and the soldiers laughed so hard that they couldn't straighten their waists. Everyone threw the current tension of the enemy out of the clouds.

In the camp of the Longxi Army, Longxihou and Master Li were not idle, looking at the bloody heads in front of them, Longxihou's face was indescribably ugly. Master Li waved his hand quietly, and the guards took out Lei Wanyong's head in amusement.

Only then did Long Xihou speak: "General Lei has been buried." Master, it seems that this Zhao Lingwu still has some ability. My 400,000-strong army is behind, and he dares to go out with the whole army to attack my front army, which is not a small courage. ”

"Hou Ye looks down on him, he is just a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, and he doesn't know that the sky is high and the earth is thick. He is so reckless, there will definitely be a leak in the rooftop defense. I'm not worried about him, but according to my investigation, Long Weihou is coming to Tiantai City at full speed with 70,000 or 80,000 troops after defeating the Hanzhong army, and I'm afraid it will arrive early tomorrow morning. If they let their two armies converge in Tiantai City, although they are still inferior to us in numbers, it is still enough to defend the city. ”

"In this situation, we have only two options. Either take Tiantai City tonight, or divide troops to send reinforcements tonight, and never let reinforcements enter the city. If you want me to say that it is much less difficult to divide troops to block Long Weihou in the north, as long as the reinforcements are defeated by us outside the city, Tiantai is just a lonely city, and even if he is trapped, he can be trapped. What does the master think? ”

"This is a good idea, I'm afraid that Zhao Lingwu will go out of the city to attack us."

"Does he have that guts? Then Benhou will not attack the city, but will fight them outside the city. We divided 200,000 troops to ambush Long Weihou twenty miles north of the city tonight, and Master Lao was highly concerned about the southward route of Long Wei's army, Ji Changwu was very cunning, so he was afraid that he would slip away. ”

"Hou Ye, please rest assured, of course I will go north with Hou Ye, if Zhao Lingwu really dares to go out of the city, Hou Ye, you will be alone against the gods and spirits, then you will suffer. Outside Tiantai City, you can appoint the commander of the prince, pretend to attack, and the camera can act. ”

There were still torches outside the rooftop, and no one noticed that the camp was still there, but most of the troops in the camp had been withdrawn. Their goal was the Moon Bend ferry in the north of the city.