Chapter 9 Rooftop Defense
The northern, eastern, and western gates of Tiantai City were opened, and 80,000 troops poured in. Tiantai leader Zishan waited at the north gate with a group of dignitaries, facing the mansion lord and Lingwu's guards, and when he saw Zhao Wu coming, he hurriedly knelt down and saluted: "See the general, the little incompetent, please surrender the adult." After saying that, he touched his head on the ground, but he didn't dare to raise it.
"What the hell is going on? Didn't I tell you to guard the Willow Camp? Don't say more, take me to the south of the river immediately, I want to investigate" Zhao Wu was obviously in a hurry, Zhang Zishan didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly guided in front, and the palace lord's guards passed through the city from the north gate and came out from the south gate, and Lingwu's guards also followed.
About the time of the hurried pillar of incense, Lingwu saw a river in front of him, the river was not very wide, about a thousand meters or so. In early autumn, there is a lot of rain, and the river is swollen and the water is rapid. Only to the south, there is a wooden bridge, about three meters wide, which runs from south to north, and only through this passes. The bridgehead was already guarded by a team, and when Lingwu looked closer, it turned out to be the vanguard of the previous rapid march.
Zhao Wu had already gotten off the sedan chair and went straight to the bridge, and Lingwu also came down to follow his father. Zhao Wu saw that his son was coming, and turned around and called Lu An: You follow Lingwu, there will be a mob over there.
Zhang Zishan hurriedly stepped forward: "My lord, this is Zishui, it flows eastward into Fushui. Tiantai City is separated by these two rivers to the east and south, and the southeast is the Nanting Ling, and to the west it enters the territory of De'an Province. ”
"The Willow Battalion has been lost, there is no danger to defend in front, and the enemy situation is unknown. Now our army cannot rush forward, defend this bridge, and must not afford to lose. Send scouts across the river to find out the situation in the two hundred miles south of Zishui, especially where the mob is now? How many people are there? ”
"No" Zhang Zishan immediately arranged manpower: "Dare to ask the adults to move to the city to rest." Zhao Wu walked directly to the middle of the bridge, looked at the water potential under the bridge, and then walked to the opposite side, checked the terrain on the shore, and saw his son following him, so he said: "Lingwu, this river is fierce in autumn, and it is difficult to cross the river. The terrain on the banks of the river is gentle, and the vegetation is lush, which is conducive to the enemy's landing and the ambush of our army. It's a good place to defend, but it's hard to defend during the dry winter season. Archers can be ambushed in the grass at the head of the bridge and on the shore, and the bridgehead is prepared with torches and firewood, and the bridge can be burned in case of danger, at least until the wax moon. Hopefully, if the mob doesn't come to an end, we'll march straight and break through each of them. ”
Zhao Wu looked east along the river one by one, and then entered the city from the east gate, Zhang Zishan led the group to the lord's mansion and placed wine for hospitality. Zhao Wu considered that the Fumian army was marching so far in a hurry, and the men and horses were tired, so he ordered the teams to rest early.
Lingwu lived in a row of rooms south of the Lord's Mansion Chamber, very close to his father. Xia Yu and the others had already arrived, but they were only tired and half dead, and when they served Lingwu to lie down, they collapsed on the side of the bed and fell asleep. Seeing that the three of them were so tired, Lingwu quietly helped the three of them down on the bed, took off their cloth shoes, and covered them with quilts. Tiptoe to a futon, calm down, and let your spiritual sense practice the skills of detection. As soon as his current spiritual power was released, it immediately spread around, and the ripples of spiritual power quickly swept over the lord's mansion, swept past every house in the city, and the spiritual power even swept over the city walls on all sides, and the soldiers were walking back and forth on the city walls. Lingwu was a little surprised, he felt that there should be a thousand meters, the detection distance had increased so much in a few days, and it felt like it was still increasing, the surrounding spiritual power and energy continued to enter, and the scope of detection was also expanding little by little. At this time, he found that when he meditated and cultivated, the spiritual power vortex in his body turned faster than when he was not cultivating, and the spiritual power he absorbed was also faster. It seems that you really can't be lazy! Lingwu kept pondering, and before he knew it, the sky was bright.
The next morning, Lingwu followed his father and inspected the city walls on all sides. Tiantai City is a small city with a population of less than 20,000 in normal times. The city wall is made of a mixture of earth and grain grass, and is about ten meters high, with arrow stacks on it, where you can hide and drop arrows downward. There are a lot of arrows on the walls. Lingwu had some itchy hands, took off the bow, put on the arrow, stared at an unknown bird flying in the sky, stared at it, and calmed down unconsciously, all his spirit was focused on the arrow in his hand, pulling the bow, and loosening the string. The arrow flew out with his heart, and the arrow seemed to know its own mind, and flew towards the bird, and he could even feel the arrow piercing into the bird's body, and felt the arrow fall in the air. Lingwu was immersed in a mysterious state, and the thunderous cheers woke him up, and he saw his father staring at him in amazement.
Zhao Wu was overjoyed: "Lu An, you really deserve to be my number one archer, and you have taught my son's archery skills to such an extent in a short period of time." He only cared about his own happiness, but he didn't notice Lu An who was stunned on the side. Everyone was happy about this for a while, until the scouts outside the city hurried into the city: "Urgent, urgent, a small number of enemies have been found thirty miles south of Zishui." The city suddenly exclaimed one after another. Zhao Wu hurriedly summoned the scouts: "What is the situation?" ”
"Tell you, my lord, we have found a large number of enemies a hundred miles to the south, and we have found a large number of enemies, and we dare not continue to advance, so we have to come back, and when we come back, we see that a few rioting slaves have approached thirty miles south of Zishui."
"Countless? How many do you see? ”
"At least 300,000, keep coming from behind, no less than 300,000 anyway"
"The order, the teams under the command of He Jian and Zhao Zhengyi, and the teams under the leadership of Tiantai prepared bows and arrows, and ambushed them by the bridge, commanded by the commander He Jian. Install fences in and at the bridgehead, defend the wooden bridge so that the enemy never crosses, and remember to put more shields and spears on the bridgehead. The gates of the city are guarded and there must be no mistake. More than 100,000 of our Tiantai City are elite soldiers, and the enemies are all rabble, even five times as many as I can beat it. You have to send more scouts to reconnoiter along the river, and we will turn the other side of the river into a mob cemetery. ”