The mist rose from the Xiao River, crawled slowly along the slightly mottled city wall, gradually overflowed the city, and drifted towards the streets and alleys of Hanlu City.

Before the sun rose, the mist traveled on the ridge of the roof, stopped at the tip of the eaves, and fell on the stone street, making the moss between the cracks of the stone a little heavier.

Due to the presence of strong enemies, the city gates were closed, and the curfew was imposed in the city, which made the originally lively and noisy Hanlu City a lot quieter. The people stayed in their houses, anxiously awaiting the outcome of the war. Under the sword soldiers, whether it is the powerful or Li Shu, it is possible to turn into a pile of rotten meat.

Therefore, the people in the city consciously followed the military orders of the lord's mansion, obediently stayed at home, and through the cracks in the windows, secretly watched the carts of arrows being transported to the city, and brought back carts of wounded.

Ji Chen sat on the tower of Yongning Gate, wearing a big coat on his body, silently looking at the rebels outside the city. The mist wet his sideburns, and his hair was covered with strings of glittering water.

Since the rebels besieged the city, they have launched one siege from the south and west of the city. Originally, seeing the appearance of the rebels camping, they thought that they should be preparing for a long-term siege, but they didn't expect the other party to launch an offensive so quickly.

In particular, the attack on the Xidingmen Gate of the city was the most thrilling, and the rebels dispatched a strange team, each carrying a black and white box, but when it was opened, it was a wind kite that was only more than two people tall. These people rode the wind from the high slopes in the distance, and they could fly in the air, and they flew to the top of the city so easily.

The defenders of the city were so shocked by these strange flying men that for a moment, they forgot to return fire with their bows and crossbows. It's no wonder that there has been no war in Cold Land City for many years, and these soldiers defending the city have never seen such a battle.

With the cooperation of the ground siege forces, these rebels flying in the air almost took the Andingmen in the west, and if it were not for the timely support of the defenders of the neighboring city gates, it is impossible to say that the cold land city would have been broken.

Since these two sieges, Ji Chen did not dare to enter the city tower to rest again, and kept an eye on the movements outside the city. He was originally a careful person, and he had to bow down to everything, but in the past few days, he can be said to be physically and mentally exhausted, and there are more gray hairs on his sideburns.

There was a crisp sound of swords and armor clashing behind him, and then a faint fragrance like jasmine came, and Ji Chen knew that it was his wife who had arrived.

Since the arrival of the rebels, Murong Yanyu has changed into women's clothes, put on military uniforms, and ran around the city day and night, inspecting the city defense, pacifying the soldiers guarding the city, and dispatching the ordnance and food needed at the head of the city. To be honest, it's harder than him, a young master.

"Madame, rest, you only slept for an hour last night, how can you go on like this?" Himeya stood up, ignoring the others around her, and grabbed her wife's hand tightly.

Murong Yanyu smiled slightly, gently patted the back of her husband's hand, and said softly, "You can't cultivate, your body is weak, you should rest more, I don't have to do anything."

Ji Chen sighed, took his wife's hand to the city, pointed to the faint black shadow in the distance, and said, "The thieves have failed to attack twice in a row, judging by their frequent scheduling, they should be preparing to attack the city for the third time, and this time I don't know what means to use to attack the city. According to the captured captives, there are 8,000 of those kites, and the thieves have this thaumaturgy, and they can launch a surprise attack on our cold land city at any time, which is really unguardable."

Murong Yanyu looked at the south side, turned around and looked at the east side, "Husband, don't you really want to transfer the second brother's northern and southern armies back, although after Wu Gen came last time, I was also full of confidence in defending the city, but after fighting in the past few days, the more I fight, the more weak my heart becomes."

After all, there are too few of our people, and those formations can't be easily activated, although I have transferred some clansmen from the city to guard near the city wall, but they have never fought, I am afraid that if the stalemate continues, this city will not be able to hold it."

Ji Chen looked at his wife with a smile, and removed a wisp of grass ash from her hair bun for her, which should have been left behind when she was making breakfast for the soldiers at the head of the city, "Second brother, they are not having a good time there, and it is not easy to fight like this with inferior forces. The last time I heard that they had won a big victory, they rebelled against the Ba family, and the number of rebels was already comparable.

Such a great opportunity, if he is transferred back, it will not be a waste of all his achievements. Let's grit our teeth and hold on a little longer, and when he destroys the rebels in Lushan, he will come back. Besides, aren't there 20,000 men of your family going to rush here?"

As soon as she mentioned this, Murong Yanyu's face was a little ugly, and she said indignantly: "I didn't even know that there were troops at home, so it can be seen that I am already a dispensable existence in my father's eyes, but my sister has led heavy troops outside. One thick and one thin, one close and one sparse, obvious." Speaking of this, Murong Yanyu looked at Ji Chen worriedly, "Husband, these days, when I fall asleep, I am often awakened by nightmares, and I always feel that something will happen." net

"You're overworked, you're exhausted, what's going to happen? I know that the Murong family sent troops, don't you know, you really think too much." Ji Chen comforted his wife, but a trace of worry flashed in his eyes.

"Don't talk about it, you hurry up and eat, look at the appearance of the thief in front of you, it is estimated that the city will be attacked again today, and you will have to be busy again." Murong Yanyu took Ji Chen's hand stroking his hair, turned his head and said to Lu Zhu, "Hurry up and bring the food, let's eat at the head of the city." After eating, you hurry down to the city, the arrows have no eyes, you are a fool, it is safer down there."

"Madame is not afraid, what am I afraid of." Lu Zhu stared at her round eyes, as if she was dissatisfied with Murong Yanyu's statement.

"You, that is, with me, if it were another family, you are lazy, and you dare to talk back, you would have been beaten to death by someone's mouth." Murong Yanyu twisted a handful of green beads, and her round face was doting.

After eating, Lu Zhu still walked towards the city according to Murong Yanyu's meaning. Looking at the little girl's plump figure, Murong Yanyu whispered to Ji Chen, "Luzhu looks more and more cute, do you want to be included in the room, if you can give birth to a son and a half daughter."

Ji Chen, who was rinsing his mouth, heard this, spit out all the tea in his mouth, and kept pointing at Murong Yanyu with his hand, "You can imagine it, Luzhu has been with us for many years, just like his own family, how can he be included in the room."

Murong Yanyu looked sad, and lamented with her cheeks: "Aren't I in a hurry if I can't give birth to an heir, if the green bead can be born, I will take it over and raise it by my side, so as to block some people's mouths."

Ji Chen naturally knew who some of the people she was talking about, but she was not easy to speak, so she had to take advantage of food to wander around the city wall.

The sun was gradually rising, the fog was slowly dissipating, and seeing that there was no movement on the other side, Ji Chen returned to the house to take a nap.

Just fell asleep, suddenly Lu Qianhu, who was in charge of the south of the city, knocked lightly on the door, Ji Chen was already sleeping lightly, and immediately woke up, "But the traitors are attacking the city?"

Lu Qianhu arched his hand and said, "Young master, the thieves haven't attacked the city yet, but there is something wrong on the other side, please go and take a look."

Ji Chen immediately jumped off the bed, and with the help of the guards, hurriedly put on his armor and ran out.

When he arrived at the city gate, Ji Chen looked south, but he stood on the spot. I saw that in the thief camp opposite, four behemoths appeared.

It resembles a tiger, with a single horn on its head, but its body is humanoid, covered with golden iron armor, and it is lying on the ground. It seems that it is five or six zhang high, so that the other party's wall can't stop it at all.

"What is this?" Ji Chen's voice trembled slightly, and instinctively made him feel that this thing was very dangerous.

"My subordinates don't know what it is, but yesterday a convoy came from the north to the thieves' camp, and I think it was this thing." Qianhu beside him was also shocked, he was in Hanlu City when he was a young soldier, where had he seen such a foreign object.

"This is the Golden Golem, which is said to have come from the Temple of Ascending to Heaven and is designed for siege." A voice suddenly sounded beside him, and behind Ji Chen, a white-bearded old man appeared.

This person's name is Ji Zhong, and he is also a member of the Ji family, and he is still the same generation as Ji Xin according to his generation, but he is just a distant branch. Since his cultivation had reached the Five Realms, Ji Xin summoned him to the mansion as an offering, guarding the mansion and taking care of the city defense. There are three more people like him in Cold Land City.

These people are dedicated to cultivation, and although their cultivation is profound, they have never led a soldier, so they cannot serve as a calmer, and can only be used as a guard.

It's just that when they are in such a situation, they don't have to patrol and stand guard like ordinary guards, and they will provide everything they need for cultivation on weekdays, and they will only appear when there is a major event or someone is causing trouble.

Before Ji Xin went to Zhaoqin City, he took the test

Considering that Ji Chen couldn't practice, just in case, he assigned Ji Zhong to serve as Ji Chen's personal guard, and at the same time, if the enemy attacked the city and high-ranking people appeared, they were also responsible for intercepting and killing these people.

"Uncle, what's so powerful about this golden golem?" Ji Chen hurriedly asked.

"Don't you dare to call your uncle, just call the young master by his first name." Ji Zhong hurriedly took a step back and bowed deeply.

Ji Chen waved his hand, signaling that the other party didn't have to be like this.

"This thing is really no different from a puppet, it is driven by spiritual jade, its body is extremely hard, and soldiers can be hidden inside." Ji Zhong stood up and pointed to the golden golem in the distance and explained, "The golden golem can break through the city with the top horns of the head, and at the same time, under the control of people, it can also fight against people, and its combat power can be equivalent to that of people in the Five Realms. It's just that people get tired, but it doesn't, so if you face someone, it's often it that wins. As for what other magic Jin Zhen has, his subordinates don't know much.

"Young Master, since the thieves have dispatched this thing, it proves that they will attack the city soon, please be sure to remind everywhere, strengthen defense, and ...... if necessary" Ji Zhong paused, "Please also ask the young master to activate the formation to protect the cold land city."

Ji Chen nodded, turned his head and said loudly to Lu Qianhu, "Quickly report everywhere, explain the power of the golden puppet, set up a thousand jin crossbow, and prepare for defense." At the same time, order the reserves under the city, and be ready to enter the city at any time."

As the order came out, the entire Cold Land City became busy. The soldiers lifted the rows of straw mats under the city walls, revealing huge crossbows and aiming them at the outside of the city.

Ji Chen glanced at Ji Zhong, turned around and walked into the dark room in the city tower, walked to the square jade platform, and carefully took out a brocade box from his arms.

When the box was opened, there was a stone sword made of green jade. Gently stroked the sword body, and a coolness penetrated into the skin, making Ji Chen shiver.

Carefully placing the stone sword into the groove on the jade platform, an imperceptible humming sound sounded in the dark room, and the jade platform glowed with a faint white light.

"Uncle, please take care of this place, don't let thieves in, this is the last barrier for us to defend Cold Land City. Please." Ji Chen got up and bowed to Ji Zhongshen.

Ji Zhong hurriedly helped him up, and said with a solemn expression: "Please rest assured, young master, as long as Zhong lives, he will be safe here."