Verse 540 - Thunder in heaven and earth
The ball of holy light that had just been launched into the sky still alarmed all the saints in the vicinity.
Although the first group of four saints had been intercepted and dragged behind, there were still other saints arriving from all directions.
Another ball of holy light that burst out violently with dazzling light erupted in the sky, guiding the correct position for the holy priests who might rush over at any time.
This is not good news for Li Mo and his party who are rushing to Guxian.
With the first wave, there will be a second, third, and even more enemies coming and dragging them on their way.
"Same as before!"
Li Mo didn't hesitate, and four more warlocks and four warriors in the team left the team.
This is a plan that has been planned for a long time, and it is not in vain that he has brought out so many people, Xiao Lang asked him to bring out all the God Refining Realm Warlocks and Soul Cleansing Realm martial artists, and he has long expected this situation, if there is a shortage of manpower, I am afraid it is another plan, of course, the risk will be greater.
Westerner saints often cultivate both saints and martial arts, coupled with the combat power bonus of the holy fighting armor, it is extremely difficult, and it is not enough to rely on the warlocks of the Heavenly Palace alone, so the warlocks and warriors have become the most suitable combat combination.
With flying swords and martial artists fighting in close quarters, the Westerner saints face such a combination of war profits, I'm afraid they will have a headache just thinking about it.
If you cooperate tacitly, it is not impossible to play a battle where one plus one is greater than two.
"Will they be able to resist?"
Helena looked back at the intertwining of spells and holy arts in mid-air, the warlock facing it head-on, and the warrior waiting for an opportunity.
"Don't worry, Xiao Lang has specially designed joint attack and guerrilla tactics, and they will be more careful if they practice more on weekdays. ”
Li Mo admired the foresight of his younger brother, the Heavenly Palace was newly built, its strength was weak, and there was no way to confront the Five Palaces, Seven Sects, Thirteen Sects and the Holy Court head-on, so he could only use these subtle methods to take advantage of it, and the current occasion was just right for it.
If those saints want to pursue, they will inevitably be harassed, and they will not be rational, nor will they be ignored, and the people of the Heavenly Palace will naturally not fight hard.
The warning ball of holy light rose into the air, and Li Mo and his party turned again, not in a straight line on the way to Guxian, but reserved a number of steering margins, although there were many detours, but they were able to disperse the pursuers of the Holy Court and reduce the pressure of everyone.
The Holy Court's reaction was a step slower.
Half an hour later, Li Mo and the others rushed into an empty county town.
All the people and gentry, including the official lord, were all transferred away in advance, a rumor of the plague, coupled with the subsidy of the imperial court, the old man who was originally inconvenient to walk was worried that he would also become the source of infection of the plague, so he followed very happily, simply and neatly, and there was no nail household left to die.
"The people have been moved!"
Those who arrived in Guxian County one step ahead of time reported to Li Mo and the others.
"What's next?"
Li Mo got the news from the ten-division commander of the Secret Bureau, and it only arrived in Guxian.
Right here, a masked man suddenly rolled out of the corner, startling everyone, but it was Shi Shiran who stood up straight and arched his hand: "Old man Secret Bureau stealing fox, please come with me." ”
"Oh, good, good!"
Li Mo didn't notice that there were still people hiding nearby, there was nothing unusual at all, and he was still watching them, he could even hear what he was saying, and he appeared at the right time.
Fortunately, it was someone from the Secret Bureau, and if it was an assassin, it would be unimaginable.
Other people's thoughts are the same as Li Mo's, and they are shocked, and they no longer dare to despise the secret bureau that has always been mysterious and secretive, and even hides their heads and tails.
In fact, the duty of the Secret Bureau is not to deter, but to eliminate hidden dangers silently in the spring rain, and it should naturally be infamous on weekdays, the more low-key the better, even the own people in the Heavenly Palace don't know much, let alone other people, I'm afraid that even the Holy Court can't figure out what kind of force is playing itself around.
The thief fox led Li Mo and the others to a well, pointed to the mouth of the well and said: " This well is eleven zhang deep, the water surface is about three zhang away from the wellhead, there is a culvert at about six zhang underwater, you can hold your breath and dive, you can go up after fifteen zhang, there is a secret room that can accommodate twenty people, push the wall of the room hard to open the secret road, if you see the end, although push the wall in, after ten miles, there is a larger stone room, can accommodate three hundred people, the water is complete, you wait for the time being, about thirty-six hours after the exit from the appearance, if there is an accident, you can pull the winch to open manually, all the secret doors can only be opened once, be sure to close again after passing, do not forget. ”
Looking at the wellhead that was no different from an ordinary well, Li Mo and the others were more surprised than the other.
Seeing everyone's expressions, under the mask that could prevent the snooping of the secret method, the fox thief smiled proudly and said: "The carving insect skills of the City Fox Society rat are not enough to worry about, everyone go down first, leave the sniper people, and there is another way to evacuate." ”
He was originally a native who was good at stealing holes, and after being absorbed into the Secret Bureau, he learned some of the fur of the Momen Organ sharpener, and was assigned to the geotechnical team of the Operations Department.
The best way to prevent others from being stupid is to make the other party feel pain, educating the bear child and warning the enemy not to be stupid are the same thing, only by letting the Holy Court know the pain, knowing that the gain of continuing the pursuit is not worth the loss, Li Dahu and Helena will be truly safe.
"Good work!"
Li Mo didn't have the stinky problem that people in the Dao were either my peers or aliens, and he immediately took a deep seat.
To be able to arrange such a secret arrangement in the underground not only requires ingenious design, but also the amount of earthwork to dig such a long secret passage and secret room is also extremely amazing.
This sentence of hard work is by no means a lie.
"Good work!"
Li Dahu and Helena glanced at each other, and followed the eldest son to salute and thank him, as did the others.
"No, it doesn't have to be like this, it's just a small duty!"
The fox thief was a little embarrassed, before that, he didn't know who he was answering, and he looked at what kind of big man the other party's temperament was.
This mission is just to dig a few secret passages and build a few secret rooms, which is much easier than when he was a Tufuzi, sneaking into those extremely dangerous tombs.
Under the guidance of the fox thief, everyone plunged into the well one by one, protected themselves with true qi or spells, and soon disappeared under the deep water surface, and gently paddled a few times, but found the culvert that went in the other direction.
Sure enough, as the thief fox said, the culvert is connected to the secret room, and there is a secret passage hidden behind the wall on one side of the secret room, and the air is extremely fresh, without any suffocation, not even a trace of moisture, and it is very dry.
After about an hour, the angry Holy Court finally discovered the town, and hundreds of junior saints swooped down with great vigour.
However, as soon as they approached, twenty thick crossbow arrows shot out, and the warriors who operated the Eight Ox Crossbows were all good at shooting, and under the surprise of the attack, none of the armor-piercing crossbow arrows missed, and the twenty junior saints pierced through their chests and fell to the ground in desperate screams.
It was not an ordinary sergeant who operated the crossbow machine, but a warrior who at least cleansed the marrow realm, supplemented by the spirit runes imposed on them by the warlock to increase their strength, and the well-made standard Eight Bull Great Crossbow of the Great Martial Dynasty was unforgiving from the beginning, and then twenty spear-like armor-piercing crossbow arrows shot out of the air, and twenty more junior saints were shot.
The tip of the dysprosium is soaked in poison, and it will die if it is next to it, and it will die if it is rubbed.
Although the Westerners were intercepted before, the opponent's will to fight was not resolute, and after a moment of fighting, they scattered one after another.
There were not many casualties in the encounter, which made these saints involuntarily take it lightly, thinking that the opponent was very easy to deal with, and they were all a group of cowards, but who thought that they originally planned to take the entire county in one fell swoop, but they were caught off guard and hit the iron plate, and those who were hit by the arrow were immediately killed and injured.
Although the Saint Fighting Armor has improved their mobility, it is more than inferior to the real birds, and the straight-line acceleration is not as good as that of the Shudao Imperial Sword, and it is not easy to dodge the salvo of the Eight Bull Crossbow.
It is rare in the extreme west to have such a domineering eight-bull crossbow with a range of up to a thousand steps, so when the Westerners sniped at a strong crossbow, they immediately rushed to the ground.
By the time it became clear that they should disperse and retreat, most of the saints had already fallen on the spot.
Never before has the Holy Court lost so many saints in such a short period of time since the Holy Court launched its crusade.
"Retreat! Retreat!"
"What a powerful crossbow! It's not just flat. ”
"Despicable Han Chinese, they have ambushes. ”
"Be careful!"
Twenty eight-bull crossbows no longer fired in a salvo, but began to gather fire on the saints who had not had time to retreat, and shot down several birdmen again.
In the past, it was the warrior who protected the warlock, but now it is the warlock who protects the warrior, and several flying swords took the opportunity to sneak attack, and they also achieved a lot of results.
The surviving saints were like a flock of frightened birds, even if they were hovering outside the range of the Eight Bull Crossbow, as soon as they saw that the other party was aiming at them, they immediately turned around in fright and fled into the distance.
For a while, Guxian seemed to have become a thunder pool for the "birdmen", and they only dared to hover and monitor from afar, and did not dare to take half a step closer.
One after another, the warning balls of holy light shot into the air, exploding violently, and the violent fluctuations of the holy light summoned the large troops on the left.
It didn't take long for two huge flying boats to appear together, getting closer and closer.
More junior saints began to appear, as well as intermediate saints riding holy beasts.
The War Hallows is a flying fortress commanded by high-ranking saints, serving as the main ground of the Holy See, wherever it flies.
The Westerners began to throw in the mortal legions on the ground, regrouping hundreds of junior saints to cooperate in the siege of Guxian.
The first thousand-man warband opened the city gate smoothly and entered the county with a terrible roar, they are an army that has completely released the heart of the beast, wants to kill, wants to rob, wants to do all kinds of evil, and will do everything that has not been done in Luoning City, here again.
This county, which was still home to tens of thousands of residents two days ago, has completely become as empty as a ghost domain, allowing these Westerner soldiers to break into the houses, but all the houses are empty, not to mention food and property, even if there is not a single hair of livestock, let alone robbery and murder, only rushing to the eyes of Venus, not even a ghost shadow is seen.
Soon, these Westerner soldiers were slaughtered by the Heavenly Palace Warlocks and Warriors, and some of the warriors were directly engaged in short-handed combat and entered the middle of the Westerners' mortal battle array.
The street battles with complex terrain greatly restricted and weakened the battle array, allowing the warriors of the Heavenly Palace to be like fish in water, setting off a bloody storm, killing the heads and severed arms and stumps of the Westerners, and causing heavy casualties as soon as they came into contact.
Hundreds of saints dressed in saint armor released two pairs of light wings behind them, trying to rush into the county seat, but with a salvo of crossbow arrows, the saints who are usually high in the sky are no different from those mortal soldiers who were slaughtered like chickens and dogs, and they had no ability to resist at all in front of the powerful arrows launched by the eight bull crossbows.
The warriors who controlled the crossbow wound up with all their might, and the twenty eight-bull crossbows did not stop at all, shooting deadly crossbow arrows into the sky, taking the lives of one saint after another.
Holy magic fell from the sky, and room after room collapsed or disappeared.
The Secrecy Bureau evacuated all the inhabitants, and only lost some houses, but none of the people were injured, using a city as a battlefield and implementing scorched earth tactics at the same time, I am afraid that even the Holy Court would not have expected that its opponent would have such great courage.
In order to avoid the holy attack of the Westerner saints on the Eight Bull Crossbow, the crossbow warrior had to drag the crossbow machine to move continuously, and even so, there were still Eight Bull Crossbows destroyed in battle.
Warriors are good at hand-to-hand combat, and only warriors who are good at bows and arrows can attack farther, so in the battle with the Westerner saints, the Heavenly Palace Warlocks gradually became the main force.
Although the number of more than sixty warlocks and warriors was far less than that of the attacking Westerner saints and the mortal soldiers who followed one after another, with the help of geographical advantages, the two sides fought fiercely for nearly an hour.
Although the warlocks and warriors of the Heavenly Palace were exhausted, the Westerners who were also like this retreated like a tide.
"Guys, it's time to go!"
The fox thief, who had not appeared in the battle just now, appeared in front of more than fifty warlocks and warriors again, and there were many casualties among the Westerners, and the Heavenly Palace was inevitably damaged.
The fierce fighting allowed the Holy Court to find out the situation in this small city, and the withdrawal of the attacking team was not an admission of defeat and regrouping for a better attack.
The two flying boats are getting closer and closer to Guxian, ready to fly over this tough and hard-boned city.
Although the Eight Bull Great Crossbow was sharp and ferocious, for the defensive power of the War Hallows, the crossbow arrows that could easily penetrate the Saint Dou Armor were only enough to tickle, and it was impossible to penetrate the Holy Force Domain Field brought by the flying boat.
This time, the Westerners succeeded.
They did not make much effort, to be precise, they should have met no resistance and occupied Guxian in one fell swoop.
The saints who had put away their wings of light and landed in the county town looked at each other, they didn't even see a single enemy, not even the fragments of those eight-oxen crossbows.
Could it be that Fang Cai himself is fighting a ghost?
When the westerners were still in doubt, the sky shook suddenly under their feet, and a blazing fire engulfed everyone, even the entire county.
Bang!
There was a thunderstorm on the flat ground, like the sky cracking down, and the two flying boats flying over Guxian shook fiercely without defense, and then they were swallowed up by the pillars of smoke that rose into the sky.
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