When the red sun was setting in the west, Moon Cliff City was already in sight.

A large circular hill is like a knife split diagonally from the top of the mountain to the bottom of the mountain, and the section forms a gentle slope, facing the uncertain river rushing from upstream.

This gentle slope is semicircular, just like a semicircular moon, and along the ridge line of this semicircular section, a tall long wall is erected, enclosing the entire gentle slope.

On this gentle slope, there are dense buildings of all kinds, most of which are made of gray-white boulders.

In this endless grassland, this semi-circular white mountain city is like a crescent moon in the sky, and its beauty is amazing.

Moon Cliff City, as expected, is the city as its name suggests.

But now, this beautiful mountain town is in full swing, and the city is full of fire and black smoke.

Outside the city, waving the Qingyun Banner, the ant-like cloud army surrounded the entire Moon Cliff City, and gathered heavy troops in front of it to storm the city wall.

Only the walls of this direction could be breached, the semicircular part built on the ridge of the ridge was not possible to attack at all, and under the wall was a cliff, and the attackers could not gain a foothold at all.

Outside the city, a stone-throwing machine constantly threw flaming oil bombs into the city, which were a whole clay pot filled with oil, the mouth of which was tightly stuffed with oil-soaked cotton cloth and lit on fire.

Once such an oil bomb is fired into the city, it will shatter when it hits the ground, and the fire on the oilcloth will instantly ignite the splash of fuel, and it will immediately become a sea of fire.

This oil bomb is also a special weapon of the Yunzhong Army, in which there is a small basin where sticky black fuel can be pumped out as long as a deep well is drilled.

Under the cover of oil bombs, the soldiers of the Yunzhong Army climbed along the long ladder to the top of the city, and then fell like fallen leaves.

Under the city, there are thick corpses, and it seems that the fierce battle has been raging for a long time.

On the top of a hill a few miles away, Rosh and the others hid in the tall withered grass and looked out towards Moon Cliff City.

Rosh breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Although the enemy attack is fierce, the arc wall cannot be attacked, they can only attack the string wall. However, the string wall is only 300 meters long, and although the enemy army is numerous, it cannot be deployed. The defenders, on the other hand, only needed six or seven hundred men to hold the three-hundred-meter-long string wall. Although I brought out all the elites this time, there were still six or seven hundred strong people in the city who could get together to watch the shelf, and there was no problem in holding on until dark. The problem now is that there are only six or seven hundred people in the city who can go up to the city to defend against the enemy, and if the enemy attacks in turn, they will not be able to rest at all, and they will not be able to hold out for a few days. ”

"So what should we do?" asked Beckett.

"If we attack the enemy directly, it will only be a pebble, and we will soon be surrounded and annihilated by superior enemies in this unobstructed steppe. So, we're going to go into town!" Rosh said firmly.

"Into the city?!" Beckett looked confused.

"Yes, as long as our 2,000 or so people enter the city, the defenders can take turns to rest, and the food and grass in the city are safe, and it will be no problem to defend for three or four months. The Yunzhong Army came from afar, how could it hold out for three or four months. Rosh analyzed carefully.

"But how are we going to get into the city?" asked Beckett.

"In the middle of the night, we touched the outside of the military camp in the clouds, and suddenly there was a surprise attack. If I am the vanguard, I will definitely be able to quickly kill through the encirclement of the Yunzhong Army and kill all the way to the city. When we arrived at the bottom of the city, the defenders naturally recognized the lord of Rosh, and by that time, the gates of the city were wide open, and we could naturally rush into the city. By the time the enemy army recovered from the chaos, the gates were closed again. The brave Salz said loudly.

"No, it's too risky, if the enemy army is prepared, we will be in trouble. Rosh shook his head, and then said confidently: "Since I said to enter the city, of course there is a better way." ”

Seeing that everyone pricked up their ears, Rosh continued: "Actually, there is a secret passage leading directly outside the city in the Moon Cliff, and its exit outside the city is hidden under the cliff on the back of the Moon Cliff City, blocked by a pile of rocks!"

"Although there are many enemy forces, they can't surround the entire Moon Cliff City like an iron bucket. They were mainly concentrated on the front of the city, that is, in the area between the string wall and the north bank of the Wuding River. In other directions, they only sent out some patrols, mainly for surveillance. ”

"In the middle of the night, we can sneak down to the bottom of the cliff on the back of Mooncliff City. If you run into a patrol, you can kill it cleanly. What cannot be destroyed, it is defeated. Then quickly find the secret entrance and enter Moon Cliff City. ”

Beckett's two little eyes lit up, but suddenly he seemed to remember something, and asked, "What should we do if the pursuers arrive and find this hole?"

Rosh said confidently: "I don't dare to enter them if I find them, it's like a labyrinth, and if there is no one to guide you, you will soon get lost in it." Moreover, in many critical places in the labyrinth, there are extremely powerful mechanisms hidden, and it is completely dead. I'm still afraid that they won't enter, and if they dare to enter, they will die in as many as they enter. ”

"Great! When we enter the city, we will pay the ransom to the Yunzhong Army in exchange for me and the family of the city lord of Gross. I believe that they must also abide by the courtesy of the nobles' captives, and our relatives will be fine. Beckett exclaimed.

"Yes, it will never happen. Gross's face, which had been drooping all the way, became bright again.

"Now, I'll send a few clever scouts to scout closely. They all recuperate here first. Wait until it gets dark to act. Do you think this is going to work, Lord Rosh?" asked Beckett respectfully.

"Yes. Rosh nodded, and he turned around, his gaze sweeping over the back of the hill.

On the back of the hill, two thousand warriors of the four cities sat on the ground, or lay on the ground, resting, and they were tired from this day.

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When the moon sank in the west, the moon had not yet risen, and the world seemed to sink into a black mud, after more than 2,000 warriors from the four cities went around in a big circle, they finally touched the back of Moon Cliff City, and the rocky cliff was only a stone's throw away.

The process went unexpectedly smoothly, everything was going according to plan, and along the way, not a single patrol team of the Cloud Army was encountered.

Rosh's heart became more and more uneasy, and he always felt a sense of foreboding.

In the dim starlight, the layers of rocks on the mountain cliffs that are getting closer and closer are like fierce beasts lurking in the dark, revealing a creepy sense of danger.

"Desserto, I think something is wrong!" Rosh finally couldn't help himself, and whispered to his son beside him.

It was really a prophecy, and as soon as the words fell, there was a whistling sound in the air, which was the sound of countless arrows breaking through the air.

"Ahh

"Enemy attack!"

"There's an ambush ahead!"

"Retreat!"

The team was in chaos.

Torches lit up on the rocky slope that was already close in front of him, and the light of the torches reflected a warrior of the Yunzhong Army with a bow drawn.

Immediately afterwards, a terrible horn sounded from all directions, which was the unique sound of the three-hole military horn of the army in the clouds, far and near, and torches began to light up continuously, but in a few breaths they were connected into pieces.

Everywhere, there were torches and thunderous drum noises, and just by listening to the sounds, you knew that there were at least tens of thousands of people surrounding them.

Just as they took advantage of the darkness to go around the big circle and touch the back of Moon Cliff City, the Yunzhong Army had already quietly set up a pocket formation.

No, how did they know we'd get here!

Rosh suddenly seemed to realize something, and his eyes scanned back and forth around the neighborhood in a hurry, but the target he was looking for was obviously no longer by his side.

When he suddenly looked up, he saw that Beckett had retreated far away with his own men.

"Beckett, you traitor!" Rosh was furious.

This roar also alerted everyone around him, and everyone immediately noticed the abnormality and immediately understood what was happening.

"Beckett, you dare to betray us and lead us into an encirclement, you don't want to die!" Gross, the lord of Giant Wood City, jumped to his feet and scolded.

"Beckett, I'm going to kill you!" Salz, the lord of Broken Water, was about to step forward with his battle axe, but was forced back by a rain of arrows.

But the rain of arrows did not continue to splash, as long as the surrounded Lower Four Cities Army did not act rashly, the other party did not seem to want to kill them all.

"Big Brother Rosh. In the distance, Beckett shouted, "Stop the useless resistance! It was my people who led the Yunzhong Army to deceive the gate of Jumu City, and it was I who led you into the encirclement. ”

"Shameless!"

"Traitor!"

The shouting and scolding rang out.

Beckett turned a deaf ear and continued to shout: "But I am doing this not only for myself, but also to find a way out for us in the next four cities. This time, Dawn, Chichuan, and Yunzhong join forces, and Tuanyue must be finished! How can our four small military cities confront the army in the clouds? As long as you turn to Yunzhong like me, you and your families will be fine. This is what the commander of the Yunzhong Army, the son of the Grand Duke, the Marquis of Brock, personally promised to me. ”

"Aren't you worried about your sons and daughters, Lord of Gross, as soon as you throw yourself into the clouds, your sons and daughters will soon be back to you!" called Beckett.

Gross, who had been jumping to his feet and scolding, suddenly became dumb.

"Young Master Desserto, persuade your father, as long as we turn to the clouds, and then sweep through the Nine Links City, then the Flame Flower of Riptide City will be in your hands. Beckett's words made the expression on Desserto's face change instantly.

"Brother Rosh, are you really willing to be at the mercy of that kid in Weishan City? as long as you throw yourself into the clouds, with your talent, even if you are a legion commander, it is not too much. Beckett agitated one by one.

Rosh's face began to darken.

At this moment, with the sound of horses' hooves, an officer dressed in the high-ranking military academy uniform of the Yunzhong Army galloped from the camp of the Yunzhong Army, and he crossed Beckett and drove his horse until Rosh and the others, as if he did not see the sword and gun raised in front of him and the hostile eyes in front of him.

This is a shrewd-looking, thirty-year-old officer, he jumped off his horse with a "toot", saluted Rosh, and said: "I am Colonel Seaman, the operational staff officer under Marshal Cumberland, and the liaison officer between the marshal and the prince. The prince has sent me to tell you that he has long heard of the great name of the lord of Rosh in Moon Cliff City. As long as you stop your senseless resistance and sacrifice Moon Cliff City, and then lead the army through Jiulian City, you will be the earl of the duchy and will be able to obtain a fief worthy of your title. And everyone else also has a rich reward. ”

"Fuck your shit!" Salz, the lord of Broken Water, was furious and scolded, "We will never betray Your Majesty like that shameless man." Go back, or I'll cut you down with an axe!"

Suddenly, a powerful hand grabbed Salz's arm, holding his tomahawk aloft.