Chapter Seventy-Four: The Elm Leaves Finally Fall, and a Few People Return to the Twilight Battlefield
In the blink of an eye, Huangsha City was already covered by night.
Su Changge and Ning Xingyao stood on the high-rise building and looked into the distance, only to see the buildings in the distance lined up one after another, the criss-crossing streets of people shuttling, and the soldiers were constantly coming and going, checking various defense measures.
The reason why Huangsha City can become a hub that blocks the desert and green space is because its back gate is also connected to a long stone bridge.
The stone bridge was three hundred paces, and looking at the opposite side, a person was only the size of a little finger.
And under this stone bridge, there is a bottomless abyss, no one knows what lies underneath, the defenders of Huangsha City have dived and explored, but nothing has been found.
After only about fifty feet of diving, the torches were extinguished by the extreme chill below, and the unbearable cold and the environment of not being able to reach out to their fingers forced them to give up their exploration and return to the surface.
And now that the void is coming, Huangsha City is their battleground.
Before, it came all the way along the country of Luo, and it was either surrounded by towering mountains or swamps, and its path was inconvenient for marching.
And the same is true for Cangxuan, the city all the way is located in the plain, so it is directly pushed by Xuwu all the way.
And now the Yellow Sand City is the only gateway into the sand, and once you enter the desert behind and cross such an abyss, it will be a plain without restraint, and the surrounding area will be directly pointed to the hinterland of the Eastern Regions. At that time, all the combat forces that held the edge of the desert would be attacked, and such a vast desert was enough for Xuwu to directly take root in the Eastern Regions, and at that time, the Eastern Regions would be extremely passive.
This is also the reason why these soldiers think that Huangsha City will definitely send troops to defend it, not only the Sha Dynasty, but also the strategic significance of the gateway.
But the reality is often unsatisfactory, and such retreating defensive measures also make them distraught.
Can't they beat it? Not necessarily, as the hub of the two places, Cangxuan sent troops from the beginning to pass through their city, but a month ago, the number of troops sent was reduced one after another, and even later batches of men and horses withdrew.
Since there is only one road, it is naturally a city every certain distance.
When they thought that Cangxuan would arrange to hold on to a city, they retreated.
The next one, retreated again.
Again, the same is true.
Until the Yellow Sand City where they were located, they still retreated, and they couldn't understand how they couldn't understand it.
Every time you retreat, there will be countless people who leave, and they will be slaughtered, and this group of scum who are vain and martial arts seem to have invaded the Eastern Regions, not to occupy, as if they were just for simple killing.
As for such a direct road, there are three roads, and their one way is the middle road.
And this abyss is so long, to the left to the forbidden land, there is a mountain range on the right that suddenly rises from the ground, and the horizontal surface of the mountain range seems to be directly cut by a sharp sword, forming a vertical surface and the abyss on both sides, forming a natural danger, and the back of the mountain range extends to the ocean.
Therefore, for Xuwu, only these three ways can be used as the direction of attack.
As for the place where Guo Jinghe and Zhang Xingyi fought before, it was the sandy land behind the lower road.
If the defenders in Huangsha City knew that the rear was also so chaotic, I am afraid that all they had in their hearts would be confused and desperate......
Su Changge and Ning Xingyao listened to Men Shi come together about their current situation, both of them were slightly embarrassed, Men Shi nodded, and left with solemn eyes to arrange the war.
At night, not far outside the city, there are sparkling fires, each of which represents a tent.
In such an environment, who can not be dignified in their eyes.
And now only these two people are on the city wall, Ning Xingyao looked into the distance and said slowly: "We have been abandoned......"
Su Changge nodded, in this way, these so-called heroes are just outcasts who are fighting for themselves, and some may be inseparable and in danger.
After all, not everyone has the good fortune to receive the news of the retreat in time, and when they receive the news, there is no chance to go out.
And some may be really willing to stay, like Su Changge and Ning Xingyao.
Ning Xingyao's eyes flashed, she slowly looked at Su Changge, and said softly: "Changge...... Don't take what they said in the city during the day before, don't take it seriously. ”
Su Changge was stunned for a moment, and then understood that what she said was about those people who said that they would let him take her, a smile appeared on his face, stretched out his hand on her shoulder, and said with a joking smile: "What?" Don't want me to marry you? ”
When Ning Xingyao heard this, she smiled and replied, "What do you say? ”
Su Changge looked down at her, a smile appeared on his face, and the eyes of the two flashed with tacit understanding at the same time.
Although there are waves in their hearts, they still need more time to understand.
Both of them understood this truth, and without speaking, Ning Xingyao slowly rested her head on Su Changge's shoulder.
Su Changge slowly stretched out his hand and grabbed Ning Xingyao's shoulder.
Ning Xingyao helped herself again and again without conditions, and even risked her life to find herself, no matter what her purpose was before, and who she regarded herself as before...... Whoever it is, will be moved.
What's more, Su Changge felt his heart, I don't know when Ning Xingyao had entered his heart, and he could really feel Ning Xingyao's feelings for him.
It's to yourself, not to yourself in your past life.
As a result, he is also emotionally invested, and Ning Xingyao also knows this.
It's just that Su Changge's heart has always been a little estranged, and he himself knows it too.
Fingers passed through Ning Xingyao's green silk, his eyes were also slightly stunned, he had been deceived by Luo Qingran who had disappeared without a trace, and now he was even more afraid that the girl next to him would be the same as before, just like this green silk, passing through his fingertips, and finally turning into nothingness like a dream.
Ning Xingyao leaned beside Su Changge, and his eyes naturally couldn't escape her eyes, how could she not feel Su Changge's slightest reservation about herself, just like she didn't completely distinguish between Su Changge in her past life and this life.
They all have reservations and know that for monks, and even more for simple monks like them, it is not difficult to be aware of each other's feelings, which is the instinctive spiritual perception of entering the foundation building monks.
Suddenly, a drum beat came from afar.
The melodious sound of ancient drums continued, and as the drums stopped, the deafening sound of ironclad soldiers marching followed.
Everyone in the city climbed the city wall, Su Changge and Ning Xingyao also put on a pair of iron armor at this time, and the red armor was worn on their bodies, but the two of them revealed the ultimate killing intent, and even Su Changge's body had gradually become black, which was the appearance of killing intent.
Su Changge's eyes suddenly froze, and he turned his head to look At the roar of footsteps, the mud particles on the city wall also jumped.
The entire Huangsha City seemed to tremble in this footstep; It's like their hearts tremble.
The elm leaves in the city have long been yellow, and the swaying leaves can't hold the smell of blood in the face after all, and they fall quietly when the gusts of yellow sand and wind sweep in.
The fire shone brightly, and as they attacked, their soldiers also took out their torches, like a series of flowers, but these were blooming man-eating flowers, swallowing people into without spitting out bones,
The firelight dyed the clouds like twilight clouds, the sand and soil flew, and a few people from the ancient battles could return.
With the last sound of the horn, the soldiers under the city threw their torches into the city.
Behind the charging soldiers, standing like pine needles, the dense archers pulled the sharp arrows in their hands at the same time, and the arrows were tied with oil belts, and the oil in them ignited in the flames, blooming like the snake letter of a poisonous snake.
The defenders of the city looked at the torches flying overhead, but did not make the slightest move.
Menshi just looked at the archers in the distance vigilantly, Su Changge looked back at the torches that were suddenly lit in the city, and the billowing smoke rose from behind.
Su Changge couldn't help but wonder in his heart, Menshi noticed that Su Changge turned around, slowly spoke, and said in a low voice like his dull mood: "This is their usual trick of vain martial arts, and it's normal for you to not know." ”
"Whenever they attack a city, they burn it, destroying its living forces and strategic structures. From this, they just had to dispose of our resistance on the walls. ”
Su Changge nodded, with a thoughtful look in his eyes, and asked, "Then do we have any countermeasures?" ”
Menshi moved very slowly, shook his head, and replied, "No." ”
His words seemed to knock on everyone's hearts, making everyone's faces darken.
Suddenly, an extremely bright flame of fire flew out from the void army in front of him, and Menshi's pupils shrank suddenly, and he shouted: "Arrow attack, coming at us." Hurry back! ”
As soon as his words fell, a roar sounded at the head of the city, and suddenly, the flints splashed, the bricks flew up, and the upper center of the city wall was smashed into a large hole.
And immediately after this blast, arrows with fire swarmed down the city wall, and the arrow rain rained down.
After a roar, Menshi turned over and entered the watchtower in the city, and Su Changge and Ning Xingyao beside him naturally followed. But some soldiers didn't have time to dodge, and some had no combat experience and didn't know where to run.
There were a few people who were directly frightened by this scene, accompanied by a few screams, and then from the outside world, there was only the "boom" sound of arrows falling, and some of the burning sounds of raging fire.
Finally, the outside world slowly quieted down, and Menshi looked around, and finally stopped his gaze on Su Changge and Ning Xingyao.
He knelt on the ground suddenly, clasped his hands into fists, and slowly spoke: "I, Zhang San, am here, and thank you again for the two adults who are willing to take action and buy time for the villagers!" ”
"You are our benefactors! Kneel and thank! ”