Han Xing returned to the front of the formation, looking at the Jizhou army in the distance, his heart became more and more heavy, whether he should explain Su Qiang's request to Hou Ye.

If you don't say it, you will be suspected of concealing it and not reporting it, and it is inevitable that you will be held accountable afterwards.

If it is said, it will affect the morale of the soldiers. The soldiers will feel that in order to protect themselves, the Hou Ye will gamble the lives of all the people in the mountain city, and the current difficult situation will easily shake the morale of the army.

Han Xing still crossed to the top of the mountain on the side of the canyon as always, looking down at all the situations on the battlefield. For fear that if one is not careful, he will be defeated at the gate of the mountain, and being laughed at by Master Yao is secondary, what about the safety of the people in the mountain city?

So taking advantage of the fact that the Jizhou army had not yet continued to move, Han Xing made an amazing move. He actually mobilized all the people and the soldiers guarding the city to carry the river water to a place two thousand meters within the entrance, poured it on the ground, formed a natural ice platform, and withdrew all the soldiers into the ice platform.

Candle Tian was puzzled, Snake Right was puzzled, and even Su Wu was puzzled, and they all found Han Xing and wanted to ask what was going on. But all of them were rejected by Han Xing, and he just held the sword at his waist tightly in his hand.

Only Chen Xin seemed to understand what Han Xing wanted to do, so he didn't come forward to ask. But when Candle Tian asked Chen Xin, Chen Xin's expression was a little similar to Han Xing, and he didn't say a word, but his serious expression was enough to show the seriousness of the matter.

The snake looked at Chen Xin and Han Xing carefully, and seemed to be able to vaguely guess a few points, but he couldn't say it clearly, so he could only wait for the Jizhou army outside to launch the strongest attack.

The people were still pouring water on the ground, and an ice platform 30 meters wide and 4 or 5 meters high had gradually appeared in front of everyone, with an angle of 45 degrees. In this way, it is difficult for ordinary people to cross such a high ice platform to enter the mountain city, but it also traps everyone in the mountain city and cannot get out.

Hou Ye Su Wu has found Han Xing no less than five times. Asked: "This method is a taboo for soldiers, war has always been about attacking and retreating, you build an ice platform like this, except for retreat, there is no possibility of attacking." If Su Qiang besieges and does not attack, our food will only be enough to consume for two months, and it will be completely self-defeating. ”

Han Xing still didn't speak, but the tears were already rolling in his eyes, but they didn't fall, he was taken back by Han Xing, standing firmly on the ice platform, like a grim reaper.

Hou Ye really wanted to take back the sword, but both the ancestors and the army had the same rules, that is, they must not change generals in battle, otherwise the general with the sword in his hand is qualified to kill all the soldiers, including Hou Ye. Unless it can be determined that the general has the possibility of rebellion.

The world passes quickly, and the ice platform is still increasing. Finally, near the end of the evening, the horn of the Jizhou army outside sounded again.

Subsequently, Han Xing also issued an order to defend the mountain gate to the death, but the soldiers who stayed behind were still the remaining 300 Qimen and 200 monks who were still alive.

Sure enough, Han Xing guessed correctly, Su Qiang still chose to attack with fire, and as huge fireballs fell on the mountain gate within two thousand meters of the mountain gate, the corpses on the ground that had not had time to be cleaned up burned together with the armor and shield.

Immediately afterward, black wooden barrels fell to the ground, and began to explode under the burning fire, and the black oil inside seeped into the ground, flowing through the cracks on the heavy mechanism below.

The fire became more and more ferocious, and a terrible wail continued to be heard from underground.

Hou Ye Su Wu listened to the wails one after another, and his heart was dripping blood, those people were all soldiers who had followed him for many years, and they must be reluctant to leave the heavy organs, wanting to survive in the sea of fire, waiting for the opportunity to deal a heavy blow to the enemy.

But the scholars seem to have expected everything, just like they knew in advance that Tatsumi would be able to obtain information through the unicorn, they never communicated verbally, either through writing or some code gestures.

This time was the same, the vast majority of the remaining Qimen people were stubbornly guarding the indestructible heavy mechanism in their hearts, wanting to avenge their dead brother. As for whether they are waiting for revenge or despair, no one can say.

Because Hou Suqiang of Jizhou did not rush to attack, but moved the oil barrels to the mountain gate and arranged them neatly in a row.

Chen Xin thought that Su Qiang wanted to carry out the next round of attacks, and then said: "They don't want to completely destroy the heavy mechanism deep underground, this is really not a good move, as long as they hide in the core of the heavy mechanism and hold the mechanism unaffected, they will definitely lose." ”

It's not just Chenxin who thinks so, almost everyone thinks so, thinking that inside the barrel is the black oil from before.

But the scholar was expressionless, sitting on the commanding chariot, and didn't say a word, even if it was Su Qiang's question, he ignored it.

Finally, the second round of fire attack began, and those oil drums sank deep into the ground as if they had eyes, and then huge fireballs followed closely behind, falling into the caverns dug dozens of meters underground.

But after a long time, the explosion still did not come. Half an hour later, it was still the same, Han Xing was anxious and wanted to find out, but reason and trust in the soldiers made him never jump off the ice platform.

The sword in his hand was clenched tightly, his eyes were fixed on the location of the heavy mechanism, and when all the enemies entered, he would unceremoniously raise the sword in his hand and launch the command to attack.

I watched as the army of the Marquis of Jizhou was slowly entering the location where the heavy organs were. Han Xing didn't dare to leave his sight for a moment, he was in the land of ice and snow, but he was sweating all over, and he was so nervous that even his hair was a little scattered, as if a massacre was about to be staged again.

Finally, Han Xing raised the sword in his hand again, and the messenger hidden in the ice and snow lit the wolf smoke.

But the heavy organ that made everyone's blood boil did not make the slightest movement, and even the high-pitched shouts of the monks and the people in the Qi Sect were never heard.

Han Xing was completely defeated at this moment, because he had realized what was going on, Su Qiang lied to himself and everyone.

Because inside those oil drums, there was not only black oil, but also a large amount of sulfur mixed in them, and after falling into the ground, because their own weight had already broken, there was no violent explosion sound.

However, as the fireball fell, the sulfur burned instantly, depleting the air underground and emitting a large amount of smoke, making it difficult for even a monk with advanced cultivation to survive in the face of smoke, black oil, and fire.

They were either burned alive or suffocated, because no matter what, they would hold on to the last person for the sake of the people behind them, and even if they died en masse, they would never back down.

After the scholar made a gesture, Jizhou Hou let out a long breath.

said: "Chen Xin, I know that you are still listening to me, let me tell you the truth, your soldiers who stayed under the agency have died en masse a long time ago, and in this battle at the gate of the mountain, you still can't stop us from advancing."

pace. Go back and tell Su Wu that if I surrender now, I can still save the lives of the people in the city, and if my losses are greater, I will order the slaughter of the city. ”

Chen Xin raised his head and told Han Xing about Su Qiang's words.

Han Xing finally couldn't hold back his tears, and the candle sky and snake right around him were also indignant, and they dissuaded Han Xing one after another, not to take it lightly, because the war is not over yet.

Hou Ye Su Wu still walked out of the living room, came to Han Xing, and said, "It's my fault, I should follow your wishes and withdraw all those soldiers from the heavy organs." However, they have been guarding there all their lives, and even if I give the death order, it is nothing more than forcing them to commit suicide in front of me, and it is absolutely impossible for them to evacuate. Therefore, it is much better to let them die in battle with dignity than to die in front of me. ”

Han Xing finally understood Hou Ye's intentions. said: "It's the fault of my subordinates, I don't understand the deep meaning of Hou Ye, it turns out that all this has long been within Hou Ye's plan, otherwise, I wouldn't just select five hundred people to meet the enemy." ”

Hou Ye said: "Where have I counted so much, I just think that five hundred people are enough to control the heavy mechanism, and no matter how many soldiers go, except for increasing some momentum, it has no effect on the battlefield." ”

Han Xing asked: "Master Hou, what should I do now? Do you want to give up the heavy machinery to the Hou of Jizhou? Isn't that helping the gang to abuse and acting for the tiger?"

Su Wu said: "You don't understand, for me, the mountain city is all I have, but for Su Qiang, the world is his purpose." Although I am proficient in Qimen Dunjia and the Five Elements Formation, I am outnumbered by the enemy, and I definitely cannot easily win by relying on mechanisms and tactics. Moreover, there are some secrets behind this, and after a while, you will understand. ”

Su Wu looked at the three people with black and gray faces and bowed.

said: "You have worked hard, now there is this ice wall, and the other mountains on three sides as a barrier, as long as you guard the entrance of the water flow and the ice platform, presumably Su Qiang will not attack the mountain city for a while, everyone will go with me to rest." If you think about it, you've been commanding operations all day long, and you're already tired. ”

The snake right said: "Thank you, Master Hou, then we will be respectful and obey our orders, and we will go to the inn to rest." ”

Hou Ye said with a smile: "Don't worry, this hungry stomach is not a way of hospitality, although it is wartime, but the number of etiquette should not be less, you will go to the living room with General Han to eat." I am here to temporarily assume the position of General Han's commander-in-chief, guarding the ice platform. ”

Su Wu looked at Su Qiang's Jizhou military camp not far away, and his heart was indescribably bitter, although he did not witness the killing of 3,000 light cavalry by the heavy organs, nor did he personally go to see the scene where 3,000 heavy armored soldiers were killed by the sound of a qin, but the death of the more than 6,000 soldiers was inseparable from him.

Su Wu knew that even if he was defeated and surrendered now, Su Qiang would never kill him, at most, he would take away the gold medal and open the door of the treasure house of the divine weapon, and he was still the master of Wangwu Mountain. But Su Wu also knew that for the sake of those dead Jizhou soldiers, all the soldiers in Wangwu Mountain were dead in addition to returning to obedience.

Because Su Wu knew that although Su Qiang killed his other brothers, the reason was that his other younger brothers were bent on rebellion and wanted to kill Su Qiang to replace the position of Jizhou Marquis.

Even so, on the surface, all his younger brothers died on the spot, but according to Su Wu's secret investigation, he learned that his other younger brothers were alive, but they were restricted from their freedom, and they could only spend their old age in their own mansions, and they could no longer stir up any big storms.

And at this moment, with the change of the battlefield situation, there was a cheer in the Jizhou military camp, and the celebration banquet was held until two or three o'clock in the night before it gradually ended, and Su Wu looked at his former brother, facing the faintly flickering firelight, and actually had the idea of surrendering.