A war may take a long time to prepare for, but it will take a long time to start it.

Wolf smoke floated from Xiaonanqiao, different from the past, this time the people in the city were standing on the street looking at the smoke and dust with solemn faces, and the storyteller put down the teacup in his hand.

The listeners were silent.

The renovation of Chunlai Residence continued, but it stopped at the moment.

In the past, the Xiaonan Bridge must not have been broken, but this time it is different.

The gradually depressing atmosphere enveloped the whole city, and even the horse-drawn carriages driving on the streets were surprisingly quiet.

The shopkeeper pushed the door into the back room, where a statue was enshrined.

It was a wooden statue of Li Laizhi.

There was an incense burner in front, and the shopkeeper picked up a few sticks of incense and inserted them on it with a serious face, and then bowed.

"I also hope that Li Shuai will bless me Xiaonanqiao and bless me Tang Guo. ”

Scenes like this are not uncommon in Xiaonanqiao.

The owner of the thatched hut deep in the alley is still lying on a bamboo chair, swaying with the slow cold wind.

The fires in the city were extinguished by the wind and snow, and the snowflakes sizzled as they fell on the remaining ruins, and then dissipated with steam.

There was not a single pedestrian on the main street, and there were countless horses' hooves passing on the empty blue brick floor.

The Nanqiao border army that was hoarded in the barracks quickly caught up with the city wall and waited intently.

Xiaonanqiao is very large, and there are naturally a lot of forces in the rivers and lakes, and they followed up on the city wall under the leadership of Tingxuelou and Gusu City.

There are a lot of people, tens of thousands.

The walls are large and long, and they appear a little sparse when scattered.

Li Xiu had been standing on it without moving, and the cold wind rolled up the corners of his clothes and raised them left and right.

Hundreds of thousands of desolate soldiers stopped ten miles away from Xiaonanqiao and set up camp on the spot.

After a while, smoke rose from the cooking, and it was as if the stove had begun to cook, and according to the old habits of the desolate people, the siege would begin within three days.

"Your Highness. ”

Sun Sheng and Murong Tiancheng came behind him and said softly.

"Almost. ”

Li Xiu looked into the depths of the snowfield, and his hands hidden in his sleeves were clenched tightly.

At this time, Liang Xiaodao had already arrived at Sanlixia led by Ye Xiao's Pingzhen army, and set up a military formation and waited there.

There is no hiding, because Sanlixia cannot be hidden, and because the Pingzhen army is not good at sneak attacks.

The five major arms of the armed forces, Chang'an, have the most comprehensive pro-army capabilities.

The iron hooves of the trapped camp are the sharpest, and the emphasis is on death and life, even a mountain peak in front of it will be trampled into pieces by 30,000 iron hooves.

The Purple Army is the most ruthless.

The Pingzhen army was invincible in defense and suppression.

The three rates of attack in the Northland are unparalleled, and they are flexible.

Therefore, it was Li Si's pro-army who followed Lao Xiucai and others to leave, and Ye Xiao's Pingzhen army left behind was an invisible second-hand preparation.

"Do you want to tell Zifei?"

Sun Sheng asked.

And then there was no follow-up.

After a long time, Li Xiu withdrew his gaze from the depths of the snow field, turned his back against the city wall, stared at the long bricks on the city wall at his feet, and thought for a long time before he said: "It is very important to break the five realms, and after a few decades, Zifei may be able to enter the road, even if the Xiaonan Bridge is really broken, don't bother him." ”

Sun Sheng's pupils shrank, and then nodded.

If it is a simple Five Realms Grandmaster, it is certainly not as important as the millions of lives up and down Xiaonan Bridge.

But if it is an opportunity to enter the Tao.

It is to let the desolate people break the thirteen cities in a row, and it is worth it to come to Xuzhou.

"How much strength is left in the Nanqiao Border Army?"

Li Xiu asked.

Sun Sheng said: "Seven hundred thousand." ”

Several people had a layer of gloom on their faces.

Li Xiu showed a smile: "700,000 is enough, much better than I imagined." ”

The desolate people are more than that, if it is only these hundreds of thousands of people, it is naturally easy to say, but this is only the vanguard force, and it is estimated that there are three times as many troops as this in the back to arrive within three days.

Zhibai's hand was too big, and this attack was almost the largest in decades.

"Your Highness, if they don't hesitate to attack with their lives, I'm afraid this little south bridge won't be able to hold it for long. ”

Sun Sheng said in a deep voice.

The other party is close to three million soldiers, and more than half of them are monks who are willing to go to the three levels.

Not to mention the follow-up troops, just say that among the hundreds of thousands of pioneers at present, there are more than 40 cultivators who have become wanderers.

There are less than thirty wandering monks in Xiaonanqiao today.

The gap is huge.

Fortunately, You Ye is not a Five Realms Grandmaster after all, and the strength of the individual has little impact on the battle situation, especially the moat array of Xiaonanqiao is still very intact.

"I just want you to defend it for a month, and keep the city without losing it within a month, can you do it?"

Li Xiu asked.

"No problem. ”

Sun Sheng did not hesitate and responded directly.

With a large array of city guards and 700,000 soldiers, not to mention people, even 700,000 steamed buns are enough for them to gnaw for a while, so it is more than enough to defend for a month.

"The desolate man's offensive should not stop, which means that you will have little time to rest in the next month, so you can still hold on?"

Li Xiu looked at him and said lightly.

This time, Sun Sheng did not agree.

Murong Tiancheng has not intervened, his strength is very strong, but he does not have much say in military strategy.

This is not an ordinary person's offensive and defensive battle, and the more than forty wandering monks are like forty sharp knives.

If you don't stop, how long can you hold on to the big battle of the city?

Li Xiu said seriously: "I only need you to guard it for a month, even if there is only one person left, I need to guard it for a month." ”

Sun Sheng nodded, his face full of seriousness.

"When the sun sets, I will lead the three rates of the Northland to go deep into the snow field in Qingfeng Valley, if I don't lead the army back after a month, the city will be abandoned!"

Think about defeat before you win.

"Let Murong Xue stay away, she's too stupid. ”

Li Xiu said a word to Murong Tiancheng, and then left here.

Second Master Murong's eyelids twitched.

Sun Sheng glanced at him, then took a deep breath and began to set up the city defenses with all his heart.

The incident happened suddenly, and it was completely too late to ask for help from other places, and this time it could only rely on the Nanqiao border army.

The smoke stopped, and the sound of trumpets sounded among the hundreds of thousands of desolate people, and it was deafening to rush into the sky.

Then the siege began.

Sun Sheng glanced at the direction of Sanli Gorge, dispelled the worry in his heart, and looked at the desolate army galloping under the city, his eyes were three points colder than the perennial frost of this snow field.

His black armor shone in the sun, his aura gathered in his throat, and his voice dispersed in all directions.

"His Royal Highness the Prince of the World risked his life to go behind enemy lines, this is the battlefield, behind us are the people of the Tang Kingdom, I am not afraid to sacrifice my life here, but I believe that the final victory will eventually belong to us. ”

"Kill!"

A word full of killing intent spit out from Sun Sheng's mouth, and the great array of city protection opened in an instant, and the Nanqiao border army and the Jianghu people turned into several battle groups in an orderly manner.

In addition to attacking, the divine cultivators are also trying their best to restore the physical strength of the soldiers around them.

The souls of the soul cultivation battle group bloomed in the air, and there was a small area of thunderclouds condensed in the sky, and then countless thunderbolts slashed down wildly, and the desolate camp wailed.

......

Sanli Gorge is called a canyon, but it is relatively wide inside.

The 30,000-square-meter town army did not ride horses, but stood on the ground in a military formation, holding a gun in one hand and a shield in the other, waiting for the battle.

There is a high platform in the center of the Pingzhen Army.

Liang Xiaodao stood on it with both hands holding the flag.

Ye Xiao stood at the front, and a white tiger phantom appeared behind him, looking up to the sky and roaring.