Liu Ping was anxiously running on the mountain road, and the sudden loss of the trail behind the Hot Spring Pass made him feel confused, and he didn't know what to do.

Although he had already been mentally prepared for the loss of the trail in the near future, he had thought that even if the trail would be lost, it should happen at least two days later, that is, it would not happen until he guarded the hot springs for seven days.

He really didn't think that this thing would happen so quickly, and there was no time left for him to prepare, how could he not be in a hurry.

Liu Ping, who was running with all his might, was very fast, but it was just a cup of tea, and he had already reached the top of the cliff.

As soon as he reached the top of the mountain, Liu Ping saw John, who was covered with straw at the moment, lying on the edge of the cliff carefully, holding a small notebook and recording something.

"John! Come here, leave it alone, I just got the news that the rear trail has been lost last night, everyone is going to meet in the tent immediately, we need to have a meeting to discuss what to do next. ”

John was taken aback when he heard this, and he didn't care about any disguise, so he quickly got up and ran back: "What happened, didn't the witch people just pass yesterday?" Why did they have an accident in just one night? ”

"I don't know, but let's not care about the reason for the loss, let's go down first, those Persian archers have already discovered us, let's go!"

Since the last time the reincarnation team dropped wood and firewood from the top of the cliff and set fire to the hot springs for a whole night, the Persians have built several tall arrow towers in the past few days, and there are at least hundreds of archers on them 24 hours a day, monitoring the movement on the cliff at any time day and night, and shooting an arrow at once if they find something wrong.

When Liu Ping first went up the mountain, they had already discovered him, but these Persian archers knew Liu Ping and knew that he was very agile and had a big shield, so they didn't bother to waste their strength to shoot him.

But when John also showed his whereabouts, the Persian archers could not stand still, and there was a man who had been hiding on the cliff for so long under their noses, and they had not found it, which was a serious dereliction of duty, and would have been beaten with a military club.

And since you John can hide, then continue to hide, as long as everyone can't see it, no one can say that they are not, but now you suddenly ran out, and you are still standing there chatting with Liu Ping, what does this mean, you are not a naked slap in the face!

So all the Persian archers were in a hurry, and immediately drew their bows and arrows, and they had to shoot this girl!

However, in a blink of an eye, the dense arrow rain immediately shot over, Liu Ping and John suddenly hugged their heads and ran down the mountain in embarrassment.

When the two of them came to the tent, everyone in the reincarnation team had already arrived, and they were asking Pan Zhiwen about the loss of the trail in the rear.

As soon as Liu Ping arrived, he immediately opened his mouth and said: "Okay, everyone is here, let's leave it alone how the trail was lost, let's discuss it first, what should we do now, should we withdraw or stay?" ”

Wei Xuan smiled bitterly: "The question now is not whether to withdraw or not, but whether it can be withdrawn or not, and how to withdraw it." ”

Liu Ping was stunned for a moment: "The situation is so serious?" ”

Pan Zhiwen, who was covered in blood, nodded: "Since the Persians began to attack the rear trail, I knew that it must be impossible to hold it, so I immediately got on my horse and rushed here, thinking of sending you a message and asking you to withdraw quickly, but when I was still halfway, I was caught up by a group of Persian cavalry, if it weren't for the dozens of militia soldiers desperately stopping that wave of cavalry, I wouldn't have been able to run back alive." ”

Poker said with a solemn face: "I have gone to a high ground in the rear camp just now, and there are indeed Persian cavalry in the distance, I estimate that if we don't have too many people here, they should have already attacked, but if they wait a little longer, when the Persian reinforcements arrive, they will definitely attack immediately." ”

Liu Ping couldn't help but be anxious: "Then it's still a fart to discuss here, everyone hurry up and withdraw directly from the east gate, the Persians want to detour from the rear to the east gate, it will take at least half a day, at this time to go, time should still be in time, Wang Dahai and I will help you block the pursuers, no matter what, we can buy you enough time to escape." ”

Everyone stood motionless, helpless.

"What's wrong? What are you guys doing?! Why don't you leave? ”

Wang Dahai shook his head: "You slept all night, so you don't know yet, and the east gate can't be withdrawn." ”

Liu Ping was suddenly shocked: "What?!" ”

John took out his notebook, looked at it, and said slowly: "The Persians, while cleaning up the corpses, took the opportunity to place thirteen catapults outside the west gate, and in the early hours of the morning, all the places where the siege crossbows could be placed at the hot springs, one in all, eight in all. ”

Liu Ping couldn't help but be stunned, and then looked at Wang Dahai: "Why didn't you stop it at that time?!" ”

Wang Dahai shrugged his shoulders, and then spread his hands: "Next to each siege crossbow, there is a giant in charge of defense, if people don't attack, I am already happy enough, where do I dare to take the initiative." ”

"What!"

Liu Ping's eyes widened, this news was really amazing, there were so many giants in the Persian army, which was completely unexpected by him.

John coughed, and after attracting Liu Ping's attention, he continued to look at the numbers in his notebook and read: "On the sea north of Hot Spring Pass, fifty-six warships appeared, and each warship was full of archers, I roughly counted them, basically there were about fifty on each ship, roughly three thousand archers in total. Judging from their clothing, they should all be Persian marksmen, although because of the reef, those warships can't get too close and can't come up, but the distance is not very far, and the archery can still shoot up, so many marksmen, plus siege crossbows and catapults, should be able to completely block the road to the entire Hot Spring Pass. ”

After saying this, John looked up at Liu Ping: "All the soldiers on our front line can only shrink into the Zhongmen Canyon to defend now, and they don't dare to go out at all." Of course, if it weren't for the sudden loss of the rear trail, even if the Persian army had dispatched so many men, I think we would still have hoped to hold on for a few more days. ”

Liu Ping's head suddenly became extremely big, and after thinking about it, he asked Wang Dahai: "You have been in front, you know what the situation is now when the hot springs are closed, you and I will make a decision, if the two of us use shields to protect them one after the other, what is the chance of running out of the east gate with them." ”

Wang Dahai couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Although I don't want to admit it, this probability is really low, it should be less than one percent." ”

"Why is it so low?!"

"They are all the qualities of ordinary people, the reaction speed is too slow, under the aim of three thousand archers, no, three thousand marksmen, if you want not to be shot, you can only have one person and one shield, people rely on people, surround each other, move like turtle shells, it is possible to protect the whole body. But in this case, we will become a living target for those siege crossbows, and a volley will come down, not to mention that they will die, and I will probably be seriously injured by you and me. ”

John nodded: "There are also thirteen catapults, their power is also very huge, although the stones they project, it is difficult to control the specific landing point, but the road from the middle gate to the east gate is very straight, as long as they throw the stones to that side, as long as the spherical stones bounce along this road, the chance of hitting us is still very high." ”

Wei Xuan hung his head and said: "When I went to look for Wang Dahai, I took a special look, it really can't be done, there are too many enemies on the sea." You can't go through the east gate, it's too dangerous, so you have to find another way. ”

Poker tilted his head and thought for a while, and suddenly proposed: "Why don't you rush to the south, the Persian cavalry that appears now, according to my observation, is not very numerous, I believe that with our strength, there is still hope to rush out." ”

Pan Zhiwen couldn't help but be shocked: "No, no, no!" The Persian army in the rear was quite numerous, otherwise the trail would not have been lost so quickly, and we had about 2,000 men guarding it. But at the beginning of the attack, the Persians only fired a rain or two of arrows, and almost all of them were already dead, and you think how many archers it would have been necessary to inflict such casualties. If there were so many archers, the number of infantry would not be much less. ”

Pan Zhiwen suddenly remembered something at this time, and hurriedly added: "By the way, did you just talk about the giant, did you mean the kind of giant that is more than three meters tall and has a mouth full of fangs." ”

Seeing that everyone nodded, Pan Zhiwen swallowed his saliva: "This kind of giant, there are also in the rear, and I saw two." I saw with my own eyes the wall we had built, and it was destroyed with a mace, and with a single blow. ”

Everyone fell silent for a moment, and it seemed that the rear was not a good direction for a breakthrough.

Jun Ningxiang raised her hand to signal to everyone, and then said weakly: "If we run away now, what will happen to the mission of the Lord God?" It's only the sixth day! If you can't complete the task, won't you be wiped out?! ”

Pan Zhiwen was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly retorted: "No, today is the eighth day!" The minimum requirements of the Lord God have been passed. ”

Jun Ningxiang shook his head: "Today is only the eighth day that we have come to this world, but it is not the eighth day of guarding the Hot Spring Pass, but the Persians only came to the Hot Spring Pass in the afternoon of the next day, even if it is counted from their first attack, we should have to defend it until tonight, and it can be regarded as seven days." ”

Wu Yun only had the operation yesterday, and her face was very pale, but she still lay on the bed and nodded: "I also have this opinion, I think we should stay, no matter what, if we don't stay for seven days, everyone can't leave." ”

Liu Ping disagreed with Wu Yun's statement and shook his head: "No, if you really wait for the Persians to come and surround the entire hot spring, then no one will think that they will be able to run away." ”

Jun Ningxiang: "What about the mission of the main god?" ”

Liu Ping pointed to himself: "I'll stay!" ”

"You stay?!" Everyone was stunned, what does Liu Ping mean by this?

"Yes, I'll stay, you go! The mission of the Lord God is only to ask for seven days to keep the hot springs, and it is not necessary for everyone to stay here, as long as I can keep the hot springs safely until tomorrow, everyone will be safe. ”

Wu Yun suddenly became anxious, struggling to get up from the bed: "No, you have to stay together, you have to go together." ”

Wang Dahai nodded: "That is, we are all companions, so there is a reason to leave the captain behind and go by myself, and I will not leave." ”

John and Poker also smiled at this time, and said in unison, "We mercenaries never abandon our companions." ”

Pan Zhiwen was dumbfounded, he was different from these people present, he didn't have much affection for Liu Ping, he really couldn't say such a thing, he couldn't help but look at Wei Xuan, Wei Xuan, like him, was a newcomer who only appeared this time, so he shouldn't have taken the initiative to ask to stay.

But I didn't want Wei Xuan to tilt his head and think about it, then he actually said: "If you veterans are not together, I am a newcomer, but there is no hope of breaking through, so I can only stay." ”

After Wei Xuan said this, Jun Ningxiang bit her lip, then stomped her foot, walked to Wang Dahai's side, and hugged his arm tightly: "Wang Dahai is my man now, where he is, I will be there." ”

Her behavior can move Wang Dahai, as soon as she stretched out her big hand, she hugged her waist, and bowed her head and kissed her in front of everyone.

Jun Ningxiang struggled at first, and then hugged Wang Dahai's neck tightly with both hands, and kissed him as if no one was around.