In the middle of the four city walls of the east, west, north and south, there is a water gate on each side, and there are two smaller city gates on the left and right.

It is through these gates that the lake pours into the city, where it forms a trickling stream that runs along the cobblestone streets and houses in the city. This makes the streets and alleys of this densely populated city a little narrow.

At the same time, it also constitutes a beautiful scenery where the stream follows the streets and alleys, the water flows around the houses, the small bridges connect the flowing water, and the pebbles are smooth and smooth for every household.

The green bamboo, white walls and black tiles, the bluestone carved windows full of vicissitudes, and the ancient gatehouse with carved beams and paintings, reveal a quiet beauty under the cold moonlight in the night.

In the middle of the city, there is a courtyard surrounded by a bamboo forest, and the purlin beams are all sealed in the gabled hard gable-style roof, looming in the bamboo forest.

Under the cool night breeze, the green bamboo swayed with the wind, and the sound of rustling appeared, making this quiet courtyard even more beautiful and moving.

The carvings and paintings on the beams and pillars in the courtyard are neither the patterns composed of bats and longevity that imply "happiness and longevity", nor are they inscribed on the study of the world, or the ambition of Yonghonghu, but depict a strange toad.

All are three-legged, the front two are strong and vigorous, and the back one is long behind the buttocks, called the golden toad. They come in a variety of shapes and are rich and self-sufficient. It's just that it looks the same everywhere, and it looks a little simpler.

This chic and quiet courtyard has always been the residence of the patriarch of the Water Tiger clan, but after Julong came, the Water Tiger clan deliberately cleaned this already very clean courtyard more than a dozen times inside and out in order to flatter the prince, and then vacated it for Julong to stay.

After Julong came down from the castle tower, he went straight to this place.

After being admitted to the hospital, I went straight to the backyard, went into the bedroom and lay down on the bed, pulled the quilt on my stomach indiscriminately, and fell asleep after a while.

After a few days, he was so tired, and his nerves were tense all the time, and he hardly slept much. At this moment, he suddenly relaxed, and after a while Julong fell asleep, and there was a snoring sound in the room.

I don't know how long I slept, Julong, who was still sleeping well, was awakened by a sudden loud noise in his sleep, and in a daze, he suddenly felt a headache and felt the earth tremble.

Under this trembling, Julong's body swayed slightly from side to side with the trembling of the earth, and he thought that it was an earthquake, so he suddenly sat up from the bed with all his sleepiness. Hearing the noise outside the house, one after another, his heart tightened.

In the noise, there was a loud sound like spring thunder, and every time it sounded, the earth and the beams of the house would tremble. Immediately there was a layer of dust on the beam, which was shaken off.

Julong was stunned again, and after jumping out of bed in horror, he walked briskly to the door barefoot;

But before he could open the door, before he could ask the soldiers guarding the door, he saw a soldier with a frightened face rushing into the courtyard and rushing towards him, shouting loudly as he ran: "Prince, it's not good, it's not good, Prince, the enemy is attacking at night." ”。 Even the words are a little incoherent.

Ju Long's stunned eyes looked around, and he could see that the city outside the courtyard wall was full of firelight, and bursts of choking smoke rose from all corners of the city;

By the light of the fire, you can vaguely see countless black shadows flashing in the air, and every time they pass over the city, these black shadows will drop some objects into the city. It is precisely these objects, once they land, that either burst out into a dazzling wall of fire, igniting the streets and houses, or turning the gatehouse courtyard in the city into a ruin drowning in dust in an instant.

"Where did the enemy come from?" the cries, scolding, and screams grew louder and louder, and Ju Long struggled to suppress the consternation in his heart, why did he question the soldiers who came to report the news: "Is it the Xiao family army?"

As he spoke, he looked up again at the rapidly flashing black shadows in the air, and a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, flashing the words "Flying Head Troops".

I have long heard that the Xiao Jiajun has a flying force composed of feather people, and it is good at using all kinds of firearms;

Under the loud noises one after another, the earth continued to shake, and I saw that the soldier who reported the news heard the words, hurriedly raised his hand and pointed to the top of his head, and said, "Heaven, heaven!" ”。 It also confirmed Julong's speculation.

"Follow me. After figuring out the ins and outs, the consternation faded on Ju Long's face, and gradually turned into a confident color, and he beckoned to the nervous guards around him, and said, "Quickly inform my people that it will start raining." ”。 As he spoke, he strode towards the outside of the courtyard.

Three days ago, he received a Tang newspaper, which was a book from the floating station, which uploaded the information of the Xiao family's army's night attack on the army commanded by the floating station, and finally it was because of the rain of the Gonggong clan that the Xiao family's proud flying army was forced to retreat.

He also wrote in the Tang newspaper that he guessed that the feathered people had wings on their backs, so once the wings touched the water, the feathers stuck together, and it was difficult to fly, so rain was the most effective way to deal with this flying force.

As everyone knows, Julong, who has already burped in the floating air, also decided to use this method to deal with this flying force that dared to attack him at night.

He has 30,000 Gonggong clans by his side, and the heavy rain that can be attracted is bigger and more violent than the hundreds of Gonggong clans around him, which can definitely make the feather people in the air come and go.

"Tell the defenders on the walls to look for enemy infantry at once. Then he thought that since the flying troops of the Xiao family army were here, it meant that the other party's infantry and Zhu Rongjun were also near Yingzhu City, so he immediately said categorically: "In addition, quickly fire arrows and inform the infantry of Meiziling that they can start to flank the front and rear." ”。 Although he spoke a little faster, his face always maintained a calm and calm look.

But when he stood outside the gate, he realized that he had thought about the problem a little simpler before.

Outside the courtyard, the view is much wider than in the courtyard surrounded by bamboo forests, and it can be seen that five or six out of ten of the houses around the city have collapsed, and most of the pavilions are on fire. In the smoke and dust, the firelight can be seen everywhere. There was a pungent smell in the air of the entire city, and under the destruction of the Xiao Family's flying troops, Yingzhu City was full of holes in an instant.

The streets were filled with the screams and curses of the soldiers, and the cries and wails of the people continued in the alleys. There were also many elephant roars, presumably the elephant army mounts were also frightened in the explosion and flames.

"Let the elephant army not panic and withdraw from the city in order, so as not to panic and cause a stampede. After being stunned for a long time, after seeing that the Xiao family's army seemed to be just bombing around the city, Ju Long, who had come to his senses, immediately thought about countermeasures and ordered: "The infantry take out all the bed crossbows and set them up on the ruins to aim them in the air, and shoot at the maximum density." ”。

"Order the sailor to immediately approach the shore of the lake and find the traces of Xiao Jiajun and Zhu Rongjun. As soon as it was discovered, it immediately launched a fierce attack. In addition to this fright, it is rare to be able to calm down and think quickly about countermeasures, and it must be said that his talent in military command is indeed much more powerful than that of his contemporaries. is also as the saint of the Gonggong country said, act cautiously and can be handsome.

It's just that his luck was too bad, and the commander of the first battle met Xiao Shizhu, a little ghost who fought irregularly. From the beginning of the night attack, Xiao Shizhu's targets were all his elephant army and his sailors.

Xiao Shizhu, who was on the shore in the distance, was worried that his elephant army would hide in various remote places in the city, and the firearms brought by his army were not enough to raze the entire city to the ground, so that the elephant army could escape the catastrophe.

But even the demon spirit of the elephant is mighty, and he is afraid of artillery fire, so he will let the flying troops try their best to bomb the city irregularly, making a big noise, in order to force Julong's elephant army out. Or let them panic and trample on each other.

But he never expected that Julong himself actually sent the elephant army out in advance. This made Qin Yuan and the feather people and the head of the people and sergeants led by him clear about the main goal.

Qin Yuan, who was sharp-eyed in the air, overlooked everything in the city, and as a demon with night eyes, they soon discovered that the elephant army was retreating outside the city. He immediately devised a new tactic and ordered his men to continue to bombard the city after all the elephant army had left the city, while the rest flew out of the city and began to attack the elephant army.

"No!" On the ground, as soon as Julong's voice fell, several soldiers turned around one after another, rushed out in all directions without stopping, and gave the order.

The other guards tried to escort him to a secluded and safe place, but Julong refused, braving the artillery fire around him to stay in place, raising his eyes to watch the black shadows coming and going freely in the air, gritting his teeth, and his eyes burst with the fire of rage.

The guards had no choice but to surround him.

Xiao Shizhu's tactics were unseen and unheard of, at least in the underworld. His flying troops did not carry bows and crossbows, but they carried some strange weapons, such as jars that burned when they landed, fire dragons like bamboo poles, and incendiary military weapons as large as winter melons in wooden frames full of straw* quilts.

Once it hits the ground, the firepower is out of the air, and it rotates on all sides. A small building can be reduced to rubble in an instant.

If it weren't for the dense housing in this city, the Communist Labor Army still had a place to hide, but I am afraid that the casualties would be even heavier than now.

This opened Julong's eyes at the same time, he put away the contempt for Xiao Shizhu in his heart, and secretly sighed: "I was too arrogant before." ”。

The city was still exploding, and the dust and smoke were everywhere, and the flames spread wildly along the beams and pillars of the houses. The offensive in the air has not weakened in the slightest.

What made him most suspicious was that the rain had not yet fallen.