The place where heaven and earth are connected is now a black line, and the black line is getting thicker and thicker, gradually becoming a black tide that slowly sours towards Luojing City.

When Li Mao was a teenager, he experienced a major flood that killed many people, and almost half of the Liang country was submerged in water. He still vividly remembers the scene when he stood on a high place and watched the flood rush in, just like now.

The surrounding generals looked solemn one by one, although they expected that the Jin Kingdom would not give up this time, and they all had the heart to fight to the death, but when they really faced this mighty enemy army, they felt differently. The generals are like this, and the soldiers are even more so, and the timid ones are already trembling, and the spears in their hands are shaking.

Li Mao looked around, and his heart suddenly moved, and he wanted to see how his grandson behaved in the face of the boundless military array of the Jin Kingdom. After looking twice in the city to find his grandson, the kid was holding the pheasant and looking intently at the approaching Jin army, looking at it from the side, Li Mao found that Li Jian's face was flushed with excitement, yes, it was excitement.

Not fear, fear or worry, but excitement, the child's hands were clenched and trembling slightly. Li Mao sighed and scolded in his heart: Grandma's, the men of the Li family are all killed on the battlefield!

The Jin army finally arrived, and stopped at the land of three shots.

In the forefront of the Jin army, all kinds of banners were held by cavalry, and on the middle of the banner, a big word "hatred" was waved in the wind.

"It turned out that he was here, no wonder there was such a big battle!" Li Mao looked at the flag and said.

"Grandfather knows that enemy general?" I don't know when I came to Li Mao's side, Li Jian raised his head and asked.

"Not to mention acquaintances, old acquaintances, and no less than a hundred jars of wine together." Li Mao said.

"Qiu Feng, remember, the leader on the opposite side is Qiu Feng, the uncle of the current monarch of the Jin Kingdom, who has dealt with your grandfather for half his life, and is also the only one in the Jin Kingdom who can match your grandfather, and he is very cunning." At this time, Li Tianxuan, who returned to the city, heard Li Jian's question and answered for Li Mao.

After Li Tianxuan finished speaking, Li Mao also spoke loudly, but not to his grandson, but to the generals around him, "Since Qiu Feng is here, you must be careful, this person uses soldiers, is old and cautious, but does not follow the rules, despicable and shameless, from now on you must guard against them like a scoundrel." The generals agreed.

Under the banner of the word "Qiu", a fair-skinned, gray-bearded Jin general is Qiu Feng, he looked at a few Jin cavalry who were nailed to the ground by spears and crossbows not far away, frowned, and looked at the city, and soon, excellent eyesight allowed him to find Li Mao in the city of Luojing City, he looked at Li Mao's figure, carefully distinguished the white whiskers under Li Mao's helmet, and couldn't help but sigh. "You're getting old, too! I thought I could see your demeanor again when I came this time, it seems that the beauty is twilight, the hero is white-headed, and no one can escape! ”

Thinking of this, he made a move with his hand, and a cavalry captain came out of the Jin army and came towards Luojing City.

The people in the city were not nervous, and when they saw that they were writing or talking, they saw that the Jin military captain shouted to the city when he arrived at the place in front of the city: "My family Qiu Shuai has a letter to your general." ”

After shouting, he opened his bow and set up arrows, but this person was a little narrow-minded, and the arrow was tied with a letter from his own commander to the opposing general, and he could find a place where no one was to shoot it to the city, but this person just moved his arm to a standing Liang soldier and let go of the bowstring.

Li Jian's eyes were quick, and when he saw the direction of the guy's bow, he quickly stepped forward and pulled away a soldier, and the arrow was nailed to a wooden pillar in the city tower behind the soldier, and the soldier's face turned pale with shock.

Li Mao saw it and said angrily: "What good words can you say in this book, don't dirty my eyes, give it back to him!" ”

Li Jian stepped forward and grabbed the arrow with one hand, pulled it out of the wooden pillar with a force, and handed it to Li Tianxuan, who was already holding a hard bow, Li Tianxuan put the arrow tied with the letter on the bowstring, aimed at the Jin military captain who had turned the horse's head and was running back, raised the back of the bow slightly, and shot out.

Li Tianxuan didn't want the life of the Jin military captain, the arrow was nailed to the man's shoulder, and the Jin military captain's body shook violently, and he immediately lay on the horse's back, clamped the horse's belly and fled back.

Qiu Feng saw everything in his eyes, and hated that captain for being reckless and mistaking the letters between himself and his old friend. He glared at the wounded lieutenant, who knew that the commander was angry and didn't dare to speak, Qiu Feng looked at the arrow on his back again, and pulled out the flesh with the belt, and the blood flowed so hard that the lieutenant fainted and fell off the horse.

Sure enough, the letter was still tied to the shaft of the arrow, which was already wet with blood, and Qiu Feng snapped and broke the arrow and threw it on the ground.

It's okay, since you don't read the letters, let you read something else!

Thinking of this, Qiu Feng waved his hand, and the people around him understood, and immediately gave the order, and soon, a group of cavalry from each of the cavalry queues on both sides of the Jin army array galloped out and converged into a row towards the head of Luojingcheng, and when they reached a place from Luojingcheng, they stopped their horses, and under the orders of a team leader, they each planted a thing on the ground, and then turned their horses' heads and returned.

Everyone in the city could see clearly that what was stuck in the ground was a row of cavalry spears, each spear shaft poked a human head, which was also deliberately done by these Jin cavalry, and those human heads were covered with blood stains, and their twisted and hideous faces were facing Luojingcheng.

"It's a sentry we sent." A lieutenant general said to Li Mao, who nodded with a gloomy face.

As soon as the Jin cavalry retreated, more than a dozen tied people were pushed out of the Jin army camp, looking at the clothes and armor, they were also Liang Jun, they were pushed, and some kept struggling and were dragged forward by grabbing their hair and dragging them forward to the front of the Jin army, and they were kicked and knelt down one by one, and those who were not convinced were cut to their knees with the back of a knife.

"Our sentinel, too, right?" Li Mao asked, and the adjutant general next to him looked at the people who knelt down in front of the Jin army, and nodded sadly, everyone knew what the other party was doing.

Sacrifice the flag!

Li Tianxuan's eyes were full of anger and he yelled at a school captain: "Bring them all to me!" ”

Qiu Feng's hand waved again, only to hear a sharp horn, more than a dozen long knives flashed with cold light, and the blood between the necks of the knife light spurted out more than a foot away, and the soldiers of the Jin army also grabbed the hair and lifted those heads, ignoring the fact that blood was still dripping from them, waving and scolding to show off to the Liang army on Luojing City.

From below, I saw people with their hands tied being pushed up, forced to stand in a row facing the Jin army under the city, some were crying, and some were slumped and dragged up roughly.

"Who are those?" Qiu Feng twisted his face and asked the general next to him.

"I'm afraid it is...... Some time ago, our barracks were destroyed...... The one who was captured. A Jin army general beside him said with an embarrassed face.

Luojingcheng suddenly burst out with a thunderous word "kill", and saw a sword shining on the entire city wall, and then it seemed that a human head was thrown down at every pheasant moat, Luojingcheng was on higher ground, and out of the city was a gradually lower slope, and these heads rolled down to the Jin army along the slope.

That's a lot of people! Qiu Fengxin said, this old thing, just like back then, is covered with thorns, and he refuses to eat even the slightest loss. It's okay, since I don't want to see it, let's cut off a few heads and greet each other, so it's also happy, and everyone's hearts are also clear.

Because of the long way, the soldiers need to raise their strength, so the Jin army did not immediately attack the city that day, but set up a camp, this time the Jin army is still camped on the original site of the last camp, but it is not known how many times larger than the last time Li Mao broke through the camp, from the city to the past, there is a feeling of boundlessness. Not only that, but the Jin army camp also rode around, circling Luojingcheng one by one, investigating the movements of Luojingcheng, driving away the Liang army sentry sentry, and preventing the Liang army sentry from spying on the movements in the Jin military camp.

For several days, there was no movement in the Jin army camp, but the sound of axes and wooden saws between the layers of military tents in the camp kept stopping, and the Jin army craftsmen kept making the equipment used in the siege. Although dozens of miles of nearby mountains and forests were either cut down or burned down, how could Qiu Feng not know Li Mao's methods, and sent soldiers to cut down wood on the way all the way, so although there was a bald mountain around, there was no shortage of wood in his camp. At this time, under the command of the craftsmen, the sergeants and soldiers of the Jin army camp shouted the trumpet and worked together to load an extremely heavy weight basket on a stone throwing machine.

For several days in a row, the sentry detectives of the Liang army could not come back as long as they were released, and those who came back also fled with injuries, and they could often see the cavalry of the Jin army under the city holding their heads to show off while whistlering to Luojingcheng. Li Tian was angry, so he led his elite cavalry out of the city to deal with these Jin army rangers, the opponent was small in number and pounced to eat, the opponent was large in number and seduced the cavalry of the Jin army to move closer to the wall of Luojing City, the Liang army on the city wall would rain arrows every time, shooting down the cavalry of the Jin army, and the rest fled in embarrassment. After suffering several losses, the cavalry of the Jin army no longer dared to approach the city wall, and only dared to circle around Luojing City from afar.

After a confrontation, what should come will come after all, and after resting under Luojing City for a few days, the Jin army finally couldn't hold it back and stretched out its fangs to the Liang army at the head of the city.

On the fourth watch, Li Mao received a report from the soldiers that the stone throwers in the Jin army camp were being pushed out of their camp, so he hurriedly stepped on his war horse and rushed to the city wall.

Before he climbed the city wall, he encountered the first test shot of the Jin army's stone thrower, a large fireball in the night sky crossed the city wall and smashed directly into the city, and directly smashed a stone arch bridge on the Luoshui River, and the fire bomb fell into the river and caused a large splash before extinguishing. This kind of fire bomb is tied to several layers of dense straw rope outside the stone bullet, and the fire oil is poured on the stone bullet before it is fired. The rest of the fireballs that came in one after another either jumped in the streets or smashed directly into the houses, causing a burst of screams or screams, and soon several fires broke out in the city, and the soldiers and people in the city beat gongs and gathered at the place where the fire started.

Li Mao encountered a third round of stone bullets when he went to the city, and this time the Jin army's stone throwers shortened the range and set the target on the walls of Luojing City. The sky was still very dark, which made the fireballs whistling in the air very eye-catching, and those fireballs dragged a long flame down on the city wall with a loud bang, and suddenly flames and rubble flew everywhere, and the Liang soldiers who were affected all wailed.

As soon as the chaos in the city began, I saw another wave of fire bombs on the side of the Jin army, and the people in the city had to find a place to hide, and dozens of heavy stone bullets hit the city wall, making everyone tremble slightly where they were standing.

When Li Mao dodged the stone bullet, he found out by the light of the fire that it was his grandson Li Jian who was hiding not far away, and his heart suddenly became angry, and he scolded: "Nonsense! It's so dangerous, what are you going to do! ”

When Li Jian saw his grandfather, he took a gap and ran to Li Mao's side, but as soon as he arrived, he was knocked down by Li Mao, and then there was another burst of fire bombs on the city wall.

"Go back, it's dangerous here." Li Mao ordered.

"No!" Li Jian replied, and the fire at the head of the city reflected the stubborn face.

"You!" Li Mao was choked up, and before he had time to say anything else, he said, "Then follow me, don't run around." ”

"Whoa!"

When the sky was twilight, the Jin army's stone throwing machine finally stopped. Li Jian followed Li Mao to stand on the city, and when he understood the vision, Li Jian relaxed slightly: this Luojing City is a strong city in the end, and the loss is not as serious as he imagined. The moat was smashed in many places, but the wooden sign could still block the arrows fired from the city; The fire had already been extinguished, and there were few things on fire in this city, and the fire bombs of the Jin army only burned a few decorative wooden pillars of the city tower; Several spears and crossbows were smashed, but could be replaced with new ones at any time. As for the soldiers defending the city, there were many casualties and few deaths.

Li Mao didn't know what to say to Li Tianxuan, so Li Tianxuan pulled a group of lieutenants to arrange, and now there is a group of generals surrounding Li Mao, Li Mao keeps giving orders to these generals, just see that these generals from time to time have a bow and hurry away. Knowing that the Jin army would inevitably attack the city today, Li Jian said to his grandfather while Li Mao had sent away the last general, "Grandfather, let me take someone to guard a section of the city wall, right?" ”

"Nonsense, just follow me, don't run around!" Li Mao refused without even thinking about it.