After the armored cavalry occupied the ferry and surrounded the city, they were not in a hurry to attack and built pontoon bridges. I don't know what the people of Beifu think, this pontoon bridge was not selected on the original site, but moved upstream, that is, to the east of the city of Juzhan for more than ten miles. In this way, this new pontoon bridge is more than 30 miles away from the city of Juzhan Ti, and with the camp of the black-armored cavalry blocking it, Hou Luoqi and the others basically can't see the movement there, and no one in the city dares to go east to reconnoiter one or two, so Hou Luoqi and Su Lukai and others don't know anything about the military situation except for standing on the city tower every day and feeling the busyness of Beifu from afar.

On this day, Hou Luoqi looked at the city tower again, but still didn't see anything, and finally had to sigh again, ready to go down the city tower and look elsewhere. It's been seven days, and the unhurried of the Beifu army has made the city more and more panicked, and the soldiers and civilians in the city have become more and more uncomplacent.

Hou Luoqi was thinking about it, and unintentionally turned his head, and suddenly found that Holzmead who was following him was in a trance, and hurriedly asked, "Holzmead, what are you thinking?" ”

Holzmead was stunned for a moment, and it took him a while to react, and he replied in a slur manner, "I want to go home." ”

Before Hou Luoqi could reply, Mi Yucheng next to him preemptively spoke: "Everyone here wants to go home alive." But if everyone is like you, everyone doesn't have to go home. ”

Hearing this, Holzmead, who was still in a trance just now, jumped up like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. Although he admired Hou Luoqi very much, it did not mean that he obeyed the other people around Hou Luoqi. And he and Miyucheng have always had disagreements.

"What's wrong with me like this? If you're so brave, why don't you rush out of the city to kill the enemy, and stay in the city with me. ”

"Ha, you greedy for life and afraid of death, you dare to babble here, our faces are lost." Mi Yucheng was not to be outdone, and his voice became louder.

"Stop!" Just as Holzmid was about to pounce on Mi Yucheng, and the two of them were about to go all out, Hou Luoqi shouted violently. Immediately calmed everyone down.

"If only it were like the two of you. Before the people of Beifu could fight, we collapsed. Now this is the case. If we want to go back alive, we can only desperately drive Beifu away. If you are in such a mood, you might as well save some effort to fight with the Beifu army. ”

"Beifu Army, I think the Beifu Army wants to trap us to death, just like Zhiyu City." A young man said with a crying voice. Anfena, who told them about the tragic situation in the city, was dead, and he continued to have nightmares not only at night but also during the day after his arrival in Beifu. Even when he saw the black, he said that it was a black demon who had come in. During the day before yesterday, the poor Sogdian man finally could not stand this purgatory-like torture day and night, and he struck a wall and died in front of everyone, leaving a deep shadow on everyone.

", Juzhan Ticheng is not the city of the tongue, the city of the tongue is lonely to kill the east of the river, and behind us is the city of Siwanjin less than three days away, where there are still 300,000 coalition troops." Hou Luoqi replied loudly.

"But why haven't they come to our rescue?" Another young man asked in a low voice.

"Help us? They have saved us! If it weren't for the fact that we had 300,000 coalition troops behind us. Will we survive until now? The Beifu army did not dare to move. It was because of the 300,000 coalition troops behind us, and the coalition forces did not dare to move, because the Beifu army was too cunning. What if one accidentally falls into an ambush? I think His Highness B.S. must have led the army step by step, gradually marching eastward, and now it should not be far from the city of Juzhan Ti. Although Hou Luoqi did not have a good impression of the British branch, he still had to rely on his name to boost morale at this time.

Hou Luoqi's words not only relieved his companions, but also relieved the soldiers and civilians who came over after hearing the news, everyone's emotions eased, and even Holzmide and Mi Yucheng calmed down, and there was no tension like the saber-rattling just now.

"Lord Hou Luoqi, His Majesty the King is invited." As the crowd slowly dispersed, a palace guard came over and said to Hou Luoqi.

"Your Majesty, what did you say? BC wants us to support it for another half month? Hou Luoqi asked in surprise, he couldn't believe that the messenger had brought back this news from Siwanjin City.

"Doesn't His Highness know that there are more than 100,000 Beifu troops outside the city, but the morale of the soldiers and civilians in the city is low." Hou Luoqi then asked.

He knew all this, but he just said that Persia is a big country, and Beifu is also a big country, so everyone has to take care of face. So this time there was also one of his envoys, who had already sent a letter to the military camp in Beifu in the east. Su Lukai replied helplessly, "Our Highness means to first ask why Beifu invaded Hezhong for no reason, and if the Beifu army insists on not retreating, the war will officially start." ”

"What?" Hou Luoqi was even more shocked, both Persia and Beifu had gathered more than 500,000 troops, and the two were only hundreds of miles apart, so they still had to salute first and then soldiers? What was the Persian prince thinking?

"What if the Beifu Army is really repelled back to Hedong by His Royal Highness Blister?" Hou Luoqi asked coldly. If the Beifu army suddenly relented and asked for the crime to retreat to the east of the Yaozhi River, how would the Bezon end up? With the honor of scaring away the Beifu army and the 300,000 army, he went back in a mighty way?

"Who knows?" Sulu replied with her eyes closed, looking very tired

However, Hou Luoqi, you also know that whether it is His Royal Highness Blister's Highness or the people of Beifu who have reached this point, no one will give up. ”

"Your Majesty, what about us?" Hou Luoqi saw Su Lukai's exhaustion, and he knew that these days, Su Lukai's shoulders were too heavy, and he had already exhausted himself physically and mentally.

"Let's continue to do our own thing, it's better to rely on others than on ourselves. No matter what Byrsks thinks, in the end, it's up to us. Su Lukai said slowly.

"Yes, Your Majesty." After saying that, Hou Luoqi said some other things and then got up and took his leave.

"Hou Luoqi," Sulu Kai called out to Hou Luoqi, who was about to go out.

"Your Majesty, what else is the matter?" Hou Luoqi was a little surprised. Sulu Kai's performance today is too unusual.

"If you have a chance, hurry back to your Dibarihei, the river is over." Su Lukai's words surprised Hou Luoqi.

"Your Majesty, why do you say that?"

"The Persian army of 200,000, the army of Tocharian and Kushan of 100,000, plus the Beifu army of more than 200,000 horses, no matter who wins, the region in the river is finished." Su Lukai was silent for a long time, and finally said.

Hearing this, Hou Luoqi understood what Su Lukai was thinking. More than half a million troops. Fighting back and forth in the middle of the river. It's like two sea gods fighting in a pond. In the end, the unlucky ones must be the small fish and shrimp in the pond.

The Persian army has coveted the Transoxiana region for a long time, and if it wins, it is estimated that it will be officially incorporated into the territory, and even if it is finally forced to withdraw from the Transoxiana, the British branch will also use this opportunity to harm the Transoxiana region and greatly weaken its power here.

Needless to say, the Beifu army didn't know how the people of Beifu guaranteed the food and drink of the more than 200,000 horses. However, judging from the performance of Guishan City and Zhiyu City, the Beifu army is definitely the best performance of "extremely vicious", and its locust index is definitely not lower than that of the greedy Persian army.

Two armies of locusts swept back and forth in the middle of the river several times, I don't know how many people will be ruined?

"Your Majesty? We are willing to fight with the city to survive the calamity. Hou Luoqi finally said in a deep voice.

"Hou Luoqi, I already thank you for being here. Our home is here, and our roots are here. But you are different from us, your home is in the west of the Wuhu River. Go back to Barihei while you still have the chance, and go back to your loved ones. That's where you are needed the most. Sulukai's voice was peaceful and loving. It's like a father's elder telling his son's younger generation.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Hou Luoqi couldn't say anything anymore, just made a big bow with tears in his eyes, and then walked out of the door.

"Your Majesty. I really don't tell everything that happened in the city. Hou Luoqi disappeared into the distance, standing next to Su Lukai, and the close minister, who had not spoken, asked, he was the messenger who had just returned from Siwanjin City.

"Don't tell him. Such a bad act of the British branch is a great disaster for Manichaeism, and I am afraid that the black city of Bari will not escape the poisonous hands of the British people. Sulukai's voice grew lower and lower, and he became more and more depressed, "Hou Luoqi is still very young, hoping that he can understand and leave a spark for Manichaeism. ”

On the second day, the Persian envoy returned, and he was not as proud as he had been when he had gone east yesterday, and his face was full of frustration and anger. Without even saying hello to Sulu, he ran west with his guards and reported to his landlord.

Perhaps it was the Persian envoy who reminded or stimulated the Beifu army, and on the third day, the Beifu army lined up to attack the city of Juzhanti.

It was an unusual morning, and the sun had just risen before it could drive away the thick fog, so the outside of the city was still shrouded in a thick blue-gray fog.

One after another, the spies intermittently reported the military information that their companions had exchanged for their lives, and the Beifu army twenty miles away had finished the morning prayer and began to march out of the camp and was slowly moving westward. Due to the dense fog, it is difficult to see how many people there are, but listening to the footsteps and other movements, more than half of the soldiers and horses are dispatched instead of the nest.

Half of the soldiers and horses, there were also 100,000 horses. The soldiers and civilians of Juzhan Ticheng knew that the moment they had waited for had come. Instead of the anxiety of the previous days, they all silently took their weapons and walked up to the wall, and then stood there, looking at the fog in the distance.

When they were about to arrive, the soldiers and civilians in the city had already heard the sound of footsteps coming from outside the city. The sound of neat and dull footsteps was accompanied by the rattling of ironclad blades, and a strange "buzzing" sound mixed with a slight drum sound, as if countless people were chanting some incantation at the same time.

At this time, the sun began to rise violently, and the dense fog had mostly turned into water droplets, moistening the fertile Yaozhi River Beach. Without the cover of the dense fog, everything in the distance began to appear in the eyes of the soldiers and civilians of the city.

The first thing that appeared was a huge flag, a five-star flag with blue on the top and yellow on the bottom, followed by more than a dozen yellow flags, embroidered with a round object, black and white, well-informed people know that this is the banner of the Yellow Sect, the black and white round object is its logo, this religion is like wildfire in the Western Regions, quickly swept all over the place, whether it is Buddhism, religion or Nestorianism, Manichaeism, in front of it can only flee in the wilderness.

What followed was dozens of metal "anti-S" logos, held high by slender poles. The golden color of their bodies makes them shine brightly in the morning sun, like a light or a star, guiding people

Then there was a layer of silver-white sea, and the flickering white light made the soldiers and civilians of Juzhan Ticheng think that they had suddenly arrived on the edge of the West Sea, and the swaying scale light dazzled their eyes.

Hou Luoqi squinted his eyes, and then he realized that it was tens of thousands of soldiers in the Beifu Territory wearing white iron armor, and they were lined up in a neat line. Slowly walked towards the city of Juzhan Ti. And it's all over the mountains. Continuous.

When the Beifu army got closer, the soldiers and civilians of Juzhan Ticheng knew that the slight drum beat just now was coming from the side of each phalanx, and its rhythm commanded the advance steps of the entire phalanx. And the "buzzing" sound was the Beifu sergeants chanting words with their footsteps, as if they were reciting some kind of poetry.

Soon, the Beifu army came to the city, and at that moment. The Beifu army all stopped, and there was silence in front of the battle. After a while, Hou Luoqi saw a strange flag appear, which was rapidly drifting towards the city of Juzhanti. When they got closer, everyone saw the sign on it, which turned out to be something they didn't recognize, boxy, with two ears and four legs. But very few people know about it. That's Ding. A treasure that represents the "national weapon" in the East.

The banner soon stopped in the middle of the Beifu military formation, and at this time, several passwords were heard from far outside the city. The Beifu military formation, which was still dense just now, quickly dispersed forward. Hou Luoqi saw the rows of iron men walking in the front, who quickly put on a set of fish-scale armor, covered themselves from head to toe, and then stood there with a strange long-handled knife in their hands, revealing only a pair of eyes. Next to them stood a large group of soldiers in light armor, holding a slightly curved steel knife in their right hand and a small shield in their left hand. Then there were rows of spearmen, standing behind them, rows of spears gleaming diagonally in front of them.

Behind the land, tens of thousands of people stood in scattered formations, each with a barrel or something like that, which seemed to be filled with arrows. Instead of carrying a spear or a steel knife, they were holding something similar to the former Han's crossbow, but it seemed to be larger. Seeing this, the soldiers and civilians of Juzhan Ticheng were a little surprised, the hard crossbow of the former Han Dynasty was famous in the Western Regions, whether it was the Kangju army, or the Hun cavalry who moved westward, or the Dawan Kingdom, they all made this kind of hard crossbow shoot to the disgrace.

At this time, a horn sounded, and tens of thousands of Beifu soldiers raised their long crossbows with a "whoop", pointing at the city of Juzhan Ticheng. At this time, Hou Luoqi and the others only saw that the sea that was still white just now suddenly turned into a dense and boundless black arrow tip, pointing at them from afar. Hou Luoqi felt a little bad in his heart, and his legs trembled a little, after all, this was the first time he had officially faced a large-scale battle, but he still persevered, standing straight behind the city wall.

At this time, three huge drums sounded in the Beifu military formation, and with the sound of drums, more than 100,000 Beifu sergeants shouted in unison: "Victory!" Win! Win! ”

After three earth-shattering shouts, only a loud "hum" was heard, and all the soldiers and civilians of the city saw a huge black cloud flying towards them.

"Arrows!" Someone exclaimed, and the defenders on the city wall fled like hornets that had blown up their nests, looking for their own shelter.

Hou Luoqi bent down and pulled the nearest Davyeda to hide behind the stomping wall, and raised a large shield to cover the top of their heads. Hearing only a continuous crackling sound, Hou Luoqi saw the walls full of black arrows, and heard the sound of these arrows shaking the body of the arrows.

Hou Luoqi's eyes were only black all over the ground, and his companions who were lying on the ground and struggling seemed to have been drowned in them, only the sound of buzzing and shaking in his ears, and the heart-rending screams of his companions seemed to drift farther and farther away. Hou Luoqi stared blankly at the world outside the shield, the soldiers running in a panic, the overwhelming arrows, the sound of metal piercing into the flesh and wooden boards, and the splattered flesh and blood, all turned into countless arcs and phantoms flying in Hou Luoqi's eyes.

Hou Luoqi finally calmed down, he pulled Radhavyeda, pointed to Miyucheng in the distance, and motioned to quickly move his position and hide there.

Mi Yucheng also saw Hou Luoqi and the two, and waved his hand there, beckoning them to come over quickly. Miyucheng was relatively close to the sentry tower, and as soon as the rain of arrows flew over, he rushed in with his shield on his head. So when the towers were full of arrows and rivers of blood, he and more than twenty lucky people were intact in the watchtower. After all, no matter how strong the iron arrow of the Beifu Divine Arm Crossbow was, it was impossible to penetrate the wall made of earth.

Hou Luoqi and Da Fu Yeda waited for a while, calculated the arrows that had just fallen, and prepared to rush over to take advantage of this gap. As soon as the two of them got up, they only heard a "bang", and a huge fireball smashed accurately on the sentry tower like a meteorite. And at that moment, the fireballs scattered in all directions, and countless sparks flew in all directions, sticking to one place to create a large fire.

The sentry tower turned into a sea of fire in front of the eyes of Hou Luoqi and the others, and the more than twenty sergeants inside who were still glad that they immediately turned into fire men, writhing and struggling in the midst of miserable screams. Hou Luoqi looked at everything in front of him dumbfounded, he didn't know which of those fire men was Mi Yucheng who was waving to him just now, he could only watch as these twenty people were finally swallowed up by the growing sea of fire and disappeared.