The sounds of fighting and shouts kept coming from the north gate, but the brightly lit guard of the school captain's mansion was quiet at the moment.

Li Xuan was sitting in the middle hall of the Captain's Mansion of the Guard, with a calm face mixing tofu with shallots on the low table, and drinking millet porridge beautifully.

The black-sheathed eight-sided Han sword was placed on the table, and the mahogany seven-step heavenly lance hung on the wall.

The sound of fighting went from faint to extremely prosperous, and then from extremely prosperous to calm again, Li Xuan's face was indifferent.

Even now, he still leisurely dips a little leek flower sauce in tofu, and then tastes it slowly in his mouth.

At this moment, a rush of footsteps sounded.

Li Zhu soon appeared outside the door and arched his hand at Li Xuan: "Return to the prince, the Tianyin thief has retreated." ”

"Hmm!" Li Xuan nodded indifferently.

Li Zhu followed up and said: "After they hit the city gate with a battering ram, they immediately sensed that something was wrong, and then quickly retreated. ”

After the city gate of Meiling Pass, it was blocked by Li Xuan with a stone, and there were wooden wedges and wooden stakes fixed inside.

Even if the gods come, they don't want to attack the city gate easily.

The people of the Tianyin Sect, even if they followed the ladder to the city wall, but they were just a change of combat environment, and it had no impact on the overall situation at all.

Not to mention that they didn't even go up the walls.

"Indeed, they should have found out." Li Xuan chuckled, stopped the chopsticks in his hand, and after thinking for a while, he said in a deep voice: "Order, let Xu Senjun send his subordinate Si Gonglang to go to the city wall now, verify the battle merits, and publish the newspaper." ”

"Obey!" Li Zhu immediately gave up.

"Order the dining room, give all the brothers in the city, everyone add a plate of shallots mixed with tofu, tell the brothers, don't worry, ask some don't worry, this tofu should be eaten piece by piece, and the merit should be established one by one, tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, some are when they make meritorious contributions." Li Xuan gently flicked the tofu cubes on the plate, as if he was dialing human lives.

"Whoa!" Li Zhu immediately understood, gave up his hand, and retreated silently.

Sitting in the hall, Li Xuan could clearly hear the cheers, gratitude and admiration coming from outside.

Xie An, this king will learn from you today.

Closing his eyes slightly, Li Xuan's gaze had already turned to the other side.

……

On the bloody mountain road, Zhang Wanyu's face was pale.

Especially the bursts of cheers from the city gate tower made her face even more ugly.

"Hall Master, the failure to win Meiling Pass this time was originally expected by us, so why be frustrated because of this." Ye Wanwan stood on the side and whispered comfort, and other generals like Xu Shan didn't even dare to approach.

"I don't care about anything else, I just care that the King of Nanchang has completely blocked the Meiling Pass, and it will be ugly if we want to win this level next." Zhang Wanyu's face was very embarrassed.

Ye Wanwan looked at Zhang Wanyu's gaze, and while thinking, a thought suddenly flashed through his mind: "Hall Master, since the King of Nanchang has sealed the city gate, will he be equally prepared for the loss of the city wall?" ”

After Ye Wanwan finished speaking, even she herself felt shocked.

Until now, they hadn't even made it to the walls.

If they finally managed to kill it with all their might, only to find that they had to face more sniper traps and arrangements from their opponents, I am afraid that they would feel desperate.

Zhang Wanyu's face suddenly became gloomy and terrifying.

With a twist of his mind, Ye Wanwan immediately persuaded and said: "Hall Master, in fact, you can think about it the other way around, it is not easy for us to kill them, so in the same way, it is not easy for them to kill them...... If it is destined to be impossible to take it for a while and a half, we will come steadily, big deal, in the future, while taking Guancheng, we will take the king of Nanchang, so that even if it takes a long time, it will be enough to explain. ”

Zhang Wanyu raised her eyebrows slightly.

In the past, their plan was to take Meiling Pass.

In their predictions, Li Xuan would definitely lead Qianniuwei to escape before that.

Now the takedown of Li Xuan is also included in the goal consideration, so that it can be understood for a long time.

"Besides, what we really need is to take Meiling Pass before Fang Fengjin's army comes over, so it won't be considered a delay." Ye Wanwan's words brought things to the most substantial level.

Taking Meiling Pass as a gift for the Tianyin Sect is just the icing on the cake.

However, their real purpose in taking Meiling Pass was to open the way for Fang Fengjin's army to attack Wuzhou.

As long as the army arrives at Meiling Pass, they take the checkpoint, it will not be regarded as a delay.

Hearing Ye Wanwan's exculpation like this, Zhang Wanyu's expression suddenly relaxed: "Okay, go back first, let's discuss it carefully, what to do next, whether to continue tonight's siege." ”

……

"Yes, we must continue!" He Qing'er's face was extremely firm, she looked at Zhang Wanyu, Ye Wanwan, and everyone present, and said: "Attacking the city tonight is more to make the King of Nanchang and his subordinates tired and their combat power decayed. ”

"If it's just harassment, a catapult is enough." Xu Shan looked at Zhang Wanyu and raised objections.

"No." Ye Wanwan shook his head and said: "In today's battle, a catapult has been destroyed, if it is destroyed again, it will not be able to recover for a while, and if I want to attack the city again, I can only fill it with human lives." ”

The importance of catapults speaks for them.

Today, with the well and the catapult, they can barely kill under the city gate, if there is no well and the catapult, then they will pay more flesh and blood.

"If you don't attack, you won't be able to attack, if you attack it, the city gate will be blocked, and this will be a dilemma." Hu Guang's face was also a little unsightly.

"The city gate is only sealed, not sealed, as long as there are enough manpower, it will not take half an hour to remove the stone bars and open the city gate." He Qing'er suddenly said coldly, and the eyes of everyone present suddenly lit up.

At this time, Hu Guang suddenly spoke: "Then how many lives do we have to pay in this half an hour." ”

"It may not take half an hour." At this time, Zhang Wanyu thought about it and said: "As long as we can take down the city wall and take half of the city, then we can start inside and outside at the same time, burn the city gate outside, and then move the blocking stones from the inside and outside at the same time, maybe faster." ”

"The hall master is wise!" He Qing'er immediately shook her hand at Zhang Wanyu.

The others present also hurriedly saluted Zhang Wanyu: "The hall master is wise. ”

Lowering their heads, Hu Guang and Xu Shan glanced at each other, and a trace of helplessness flashed in their eyes.

Burning the city gates is easy to say, where are the city gates so easy to burn.

If this is the case, it is not necessary to attack the city walls or use a battering ram to attack the city, and it is better to burn it directly with fire.

At this time, Zhang Wanyu, who was sitting above, spoke again: "Everyone, don't think so far, just understand that we have a way to open the city gate, but first of all, the primary target is those city walls." ”

Zhang Wanyu's words made everyone present suddenly understand that the reason why they are saying so much now is nothing more than to dispel everyone's hearts, because of the psychological blow brought by the news that the Meiling Gate was sealed.

Zhang Wanyu, this woman, is not so simple.

She looked at He Qing'er and said in a deep voice: "Qing'er, tonight, you personally led a group of masters to directly raid, kill the city wall, and enter the pass, this seat must know what is the layout of the king of Nanchang in Meiling Pass?" ”

Ever since they were driven out of Meiling Pass, the Tianyin Sect knew very little about the internal situation in Meiling Pass.

They don't know how many people there are in Meiling Pass, and they don't know how many people are inside.

If they did everything they could to take the wall, only to find it more difficult to take a step forward, they would be in trouble.

……

The night was dark, and Li Xuan and Zhou Shen walked up to the gate together.

"I've seen the prince, Brother Zhou." Yan Tao saluted Li Xuan and Zhou Shen successively, and then said, "Tonight, every half an hour, they will throw a stone, but they have not gained anything. ”

Under the north gate is an urn city, compared to the south gate, the north gate you just throw more stones, there is no effect.

"Got it, let the brothers go down and rest, and it will be handed over to Captain Zhou in the second half of the night, but there is a high probability that they will attack the city tonight, so please leave everything to Brother Zhou." Li Xuan bowed his hand to Zhou Shen, and Zhou Shen immediately returned the salute: "Don't worry, your subordinates are prepared and will not give them any chance." ”

Li Xuan nodded with satisfaction, and then said solemnly: "Yes, this is right, the best way is not to even let them approach the city wall." ”

Li Xuan's eyes showed a hint of ruthlessness.

Zhang Wanyu was much more difficult to deal with than he imagined, so from now on, it would be best not to have a chance against them.

"Everything is up to Brother Zhou." Li Xuan gave up, and then left with Yan Tao very neatly.

Night raids, that's just a means of playing house, the real highlight is tomorrow.

Although Zhang Wanyu said that she was not in a hurry or in a hurry, she was secretly preparing for tomorrow's siege.

For tonight, He Qing'er and others' night attack, she did not make any backup preparations.

Unconsciously, Li Xuan had already walked around the city and came to the south gate.

It was at this time that there were bursts of shouts of killing at the north gate.

The perspective in front of Li Xuan's eyes changed instantly.

A bright fire burned under the north gate.

This is not the people of the Tianyin Sect who are burning the city gate, but from the city wall, they keep throwing torches, and the flames rise, illuminating the light below.

Although He Qing'er led a group of masters, he could attack the city wall relatively easily, but he also had to have a chance.

Zhou Shen himself is a master, He Qing'er so many people approached at once, he just threw the torch down on the city wall, and everything was immediately exposed.

"Whoosh" long arrows kept shooting down from the city gate, and between the flashes of swords, everyone kept approaching the city gate, but at this time, a cold voice came down from the city wall: "Crossbow arrows, shoot!" ”

With a "buzz", countless crossbow arrows, like a rain of locusts, fell straight from the top of their heads.

He Qing'er, who was a little behind, had withdrawn a few feet away in a blink of an eye.

At this time, He Qing'er had already nailed a long arrow to her right shoulder, and blood flowed down her fingertips.

He Qing'er suppressed the anger in her heart, waved her hand back without hesitation, and shouted coldly, "Everyone, withdraw!" ”

In an instant, a group of masters quickly retreated, leaving only a dozen corpses in place.

Masters, the so-called masters of the rivers and lakes, do not play a decisive role at all on the real battlefield.

One enemy, a hundred enemies, how can it be compared with 10,000 people.

Especially the 10,000 soldiers who worked together.

Countless strong bows and crossbows, chariots and armor, have long since completely erased the gap between the two sides.

He Qing'er's defeat has proved this.

The perspective was recycled, and Li Xuan looked at the starry sky in the southeast direction, his face solemn.

The crescent moon is like a hook, the sky is bright, but the southeast is overcast.

The wind blows in your face and you feel the moisture in the air getting thicker and thicker.

A cold wind blows in your face.

Li Xuan said softly: "From tomorrow, the world will change greatly. ”

(End of chapter)