Chapter 157: Confrontation
"Patriarch Qiushui, this is the third day, you should give me an answer," Zhang Cheng's face was full of impatience.
Qiu Shuixin's face was thin, and she obviously didn't have the strength to say anything after not eating or drinking for three days, but her eyes were still resolute.
The four elders beside her were also tied up, and several people sat on the ground leaning on each other, their faces and bodies were covered with scars, and they had also suffered a lot of torture.
Zhang Cheng's cold gaze swept over the bodies of several people, "In this case, I won't bother to speak, I can tell you again clearly, the God King is dead, the Qiushui clan no longer has any backers, and now there is only one way in front of you, return to the Emperor of the People! ”
Zhang Cheng's eyes were always staring at Qiu Shuixin, but Qiu Shuixin was still silent and didn't respond to himself at all.
"Don't think they'll come to save you! You can see clearly, there are 250,000 horses here, how can you resist with the defeat of those remnants of your Qiushui Clan! Let them surrender quickly!" Zhang Cheng grabbed Qiushuixin's clothes, lifted her thin body high, and stared at her viciously.
"Hmph, delusional!" Hearing that Qiu Shuixin was still unmoved, Zhang Cheng completely lost his patience.
"Come on, tie them to the flagpole for me, and attack the city with all your strength early tomorrow morning!" Zhang Cheng shouted, and several guards took Qiu Shuixin and the four elders out of the camp together.
Zhang Cheng was angry and hateful, he really didn't expect that without the God King, without the patriarch and the four elders, the Qiushui Clan would now be a group of dragons without a leader, but they still had such a strong combat power, driving him and Nanwang's men out of the main fortress of the Southern Wilderness Castle, if it weren't for the timely arrival of reinforcements from the Eastern Capital. It is estimated that he has already died.
"Vice General Zhang, General Leng is invited!" There was a hurried call from outside the tent, Zhang Cheng's face suddenly became gloomy, he never thought that it was the eldest son and the second son of the Leng family who led the reinforcements this time, the Leng family has a total of three sons, the eldest son Leng Qiuyan is warlike and brave, the second son Leng Ning is good at strategy, and the third son is Leng Quan, and these three sons are all excellent. The eldest son and the second son have been stationed abroad all the year round, and they have long been famous, and Zhang Cheng also knows in his heart that the reinforcements can arrive in such a timely manner, it must be Lengquan's letter asking for help.
"I've seen the eldest son and the second son!" Zhang Cheng bowed.
"Zhang Cheng, it's the third day, have they agreed?" It was Leng Ning, the second son of the Leng family, who spoke, he was the deputy general, and the eldest son, Leng Qiuyan, was sitting in a handsome position. A look of anxiety.
"Well...... Second son, they are stubborn, I have already asked people to tie them to the flagpole!" Zhang Cheng looked helpless.
With a 'snap', Leng Qiuyan slapped his palm on the table. jumped up: "Mom, listen to me earlier, you wasted three days in vain, I would have already entered it with this effort." It's useless!"
As soon as I heard this. Zhang Cheng's face was sweating like rain, he knew that this eldest son was notoriously short-tempered, and scolding and corporal punishment was commonplace. I wanted to persuade the Qiushui clan to show my face in front of them, but now it seems that I am slapping myself in the face.
"Okay, big brother, the army is in a hurry all the way, just use these three days to rest and recuperate, besides, Zhang Cheng is also very meritorious, but I didn't expect these Qiushui people to be so stubborn. Leng Ning persuaded the eldest brother and looked at Zhang Cheng on the side.
"Zhang Cheng, you tied up the person, you just bring it in and guard it, you will be a pioneer early tomorrow morning, and give you a chance to make up for it!" Leng Ning glanced at Zhang Cheng.
Zhang Cheng found in his heart that this is to let himself be cannon fodder, the firearms of the Qiushui Clan, he has seen it, and after the high walls of the main fortress of the Southern Wilderness Castle, it is simply easy to defend and difficult to attack, which is no different from letting him die, but looking at the expressions of the second son of the Leng family, Zhang Cheng knows that he has no choice at all.
"Yes, my subordinates will never give up!" Zhang Cheng gritted his teeth in response, and had already greeted the eighteenth generation of the Leng family in his heart.
"Okay, let's go down, we still have military information to discuss!" Leng Qiuyan drove Zhang Cheng out of the camp with an impatient face.
"Second brother, what do you call this, the third brother made a great contribution without much effort, and went back with the body of the princess to restore his life, but he threw such a mess to our brother, how do you say this battle will be fought. "Leng Qiuyan has been fighting all year round, so I don't know that the Southern Wilderness Castle is impregnable, and with the firearms of the Qiushui Clan, it is not easy to capture it in a short time.
Leng Ning walked beside him unhurriedly, and a smile appeared on his face: "Big brother, this Southern Wilderness Castle is a thousand-year-old fortress, do you know why it has been able to stand for so many years?"
Leng Qiuyan's eyes lit up: "Is it because of the strong city wall?"
"Hehe, these are all external factors, and the reason why he can persist for so many years is because of the continuous logistical supply of our eastern capital, but now, this Southern Wilderness Castle has become a lonely fort, not to mention the material supply, even the food and water have been cut off by us, we can't get in, but they can't get out, haha" Leng Ning is really sophisticated, in the past three days, he asked his subordinates to divert the river flowing through the ancient castle, and surrounded the entire ancient castle.
"Haha, I understand, you want to trap them, yes, it's the easiest way to save trouble!" Leng Qiuyan couldn't help frowning, his heart was happy, but he couldn't help but have some questions in his heart, "In this case, why did you let Zhang Cheng go to attack the city?
"Big brother, Zhang Cheng can't stay, thinking that a villain like him is eager for quick success, it would be a disaster to keep it. Leng Ning's eyes were piercing cold, and Leng Qiuyan nodded silently, "Then let him do his best." ”
While the two were talking, there was a sudden fire outside the camp, and the two hurriedly rushed out, only to see that most of the barracks around them were already on fire, and the fire could not be controlled at all by the strong wind, and the entire sky was lit up in an instant.
"What's going on?!" Leng Qiuyan asked, grabbing a panicked soldier.
"General, I don't know, somehow, this fire is ignited. The soldier looked frightened, and was thrown to the ground by Leng Qiuyan at once.
"Someone set the fire, the eldest brother hurried to see the prisoners, it must have come for them, I brought it in to put out the fire. Leng Ning immediately realized that this was someone deliberately setting the fire.
"Okay! Mommy," Leng Qiuyan turned around and pulled out a steel knife from his waist. "Come on, come with me!" roared and led a group of men and horses in the direction of the flagpole.
Leng Ning stayed in the camp tent and commanded the men and horses to extinguish the fire while preventing the camp from being robbed.
Sure enough, as soon as Leng Qiuyan led people to feel under the flagpole, he saw more than a dozen black-clothed people putting Qiu Shuixin and the four elders down from the flagpole, and the carriage on the side was ready.
"Mom, there are really people who don't want to die, come on, cut them all down for me. Just leave one alive!" Leng Qiuyan roared, and the soldiers around him immediately rushed up, surrounding the black-clothed man and Qiu Shuixin and others in the middle, and everyone fought together.
Leng Qiuyan took a closer look at these black-clothed people with strange masks on their faces, which was really scary at first glance.
"The eldest prince, they robbed the camp last time and killed the old general!" I don't know when Zhang Cheng ran in front of Leng Qiuyan, he clearly recognized that this group of people in black was the one who robbed the camp last time.
"You mean, just a few of them?" Leng Qiuyan looked at Zhang Cheng. It's not that he doesn't believe it, it's just that he can see that although these men in black are good, they are still pitiful to face thousands of troops, and they want to say that they robbed the camp. It's really suicidal.
"It's them, I can't be mistaken, I heard Nanwang and his son say that they are all dead soldiers trained by the God King. It was the military camp that they attacked at night with the God King, and killed the Shallow Ink Battle. Zhang Cheng looked affirmative, and Leng Qiuyan on the side couldn't help but be surprised. You must know that they have not found the body of the God King, is it possible...... A terrifying thought flashed in his heart: The God King is not dead!
When I thought of this, I couldn't help but feel a chill in my back, "Cut them all down for me, and don't leave any of them!"
As he spoke, Leng Qiuyan brandished a machete and rushed over with his subordinates.
"Let's go!" A few black-clothed people pushed Qiushuixin onto the carriage, while the four elders and a few black-clothed people on the side were already surrounded by the Leng family army who had rushed over.
"Let's go, take the patriarch and leave us alone!" Qiushui Boyan shouted, "Tell the God King, avenge us!" Saying that, the four elders and the Leng family army fought together, although the four elders were old, they were also rare masters in the Qiushui clan, and several people had not made a move for decades, but now they wanted to leave their last blood in the Eastern Wilderness homeland, but they also got what they wanted.
"Brothers, let's indulge in the fight today, if we can die here, we can be regarded as worthy of our ancestors, haha" Qiushui Boyang laughed loudly, and the other three elders also smiled.
"Don't let me go, archers prepare!" Leng Qiuyan let a dozen archers line up, but instead of aiming at the four elders and others, he aimed at the autumn water core on the carriage.
"Second brother, protect Xin'er!" Qiushui Boyang saw that the archer was about to release the arrows, and his heart couldn't help but tighten, and he shouted for Qiushui Wanshan, which was closest to the archers.
"It's not so easy to hurt my patriarch!" Saying that, Qiushui Wanshan and the two black-clothed men moved forward, plus he was already extremely powerful, so he forcibly strangled the two Leng family soldiers by the neck, and rushed towards the archers with them.
Several archers immediately turned around and shot at Qiushui Wanshan and the others.
In an instant, Qiushui Wanshan, the two Leng family soldiers in his hands and the two black-clothed people behind him were shot into honeycombs by random arrows and fell to the ground.
"Mom, it's really troublesome!" Leng Qiuyan looked at the Qiushui Wanshan who fell to the ground, and suddenly felt a burst of anger in his heart, and then looked at the carriage, which had already run far away, beyond the range of bows and arrows.
"Chase me!" he hurriedly led a few soldiers on horseback to chase the carriage, but as soon as he chased a few steps, he saw Qiushui Boyan rushing out of the encirclement and standing in the middle of the road with a big knife in his hand.
"Cut him for me!" Leng Qiuyan commanded the two cavalry in front of him to rush towards Qiushui Boyang, only to see the other party waving the big knife in his hand and slashing towards the horse's hooves, and the two war horses neighed and fell heavily to the ground.
Leng Qiuyan was taken aback, he didn't expect Qiushui Boyang to have white hair and such strength to be able to cut off a horse's hooves! "Okay!" Leng Qiuyan unconsciously felt his heart boiling, he hadn't met such a match for a long time.
The steel knife slapped hard, and the horse ran towards Qiushui Boyang.
At the moment when the two met, Leng Qiuyan's hand tightened, strangled the horse rope, and under the effect of inertia, the whole body flew towards Qiushui Boyang, and when the air was split, Qiushui Boyang was startled and raised the handle of the knife to block, but the power of the opponent's steel knife was like lightning, and it directly cut off the handle of the knife, straight into the top of Qiushui Boyang's head.
After a while, Qiushui Boyang only felt a hot current gushing out of his eyes, and his heart was suddenly empty, and he fell to the ground on his back, but he still had a smile on his face.
"Hmph," Leng Qiuyan stood up, looked at the autumn water Boyang on the ground, and looked for the carriage again, but it had already disappeared into the night, and he could no longer find the direction.
"My lord, are you still chasing?" asked the subordinate beside him timidly, and Leng Qiuyan glared back at him.
"Chase a fart, mother, kill them all for me, and hang my head on the flagpole!" Leng Qiuyan roared angrily, and suddenly the soldiers behind him rushed towards the remaining few people like crazy.
Under the clear dawn, more than a dozen heads on the flagpole of the military camp were strung together and hung high on the flagpole, the two brothers of the Leng family stood under the flagpole and looked into the distance, while Zhang Cheng was running towards the Nanhuang Castle with a bunch of people and horses...... (To be continued......)
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