Feng Yi, the most powerful king of Nanling in the Xurui Dynasty, ruled nearly fifty prefectures, while Zheng Kai, the king of Qiulu, was the least powerful of the seven kings of the dynasty, ruling only twelve prefectures.

In less than a month, Shi Dewa and the soldier lord Da Ran led the troops to capture Luyang Mansion, Maozhou Mansion and Hui'an Mansion south of the royal city, and the troops were already directly facing the territory of the royal city.

Although Zheng Kai, the king of Qiulu, was very distressed about the three lost prefectures, he did not mess around: he ordered several prefectures and prefectures in the west and east of Wangcheng to defend the prefectures to the death, and not to engage the troops head-on; ordered the county guards of several county towns south of Wangcheng to take the initiative to abandon the county towns and withdraw their troops to Wangcheng; and set up a position in Wangcheng to annihilate the troops.

Due to the fact that several county towns and county guards south of Wangcheng took the initiative to evacuate with their troops, Shi Dewa and the soldier lord Da Ran led the troops to fight bloodlessly along the way, and it only took a few days to reach Wangcheng directly from Hui'an Mansion.

Punishing Feng Yi, the king of Nanling, and Zheng Kai, the king of Qiulu, were the two major purposes of the Nine Desolations Ridge to attack the dynasty. Feng Yi, the king of Nanling, was the first-hand creator of the eight-year captivity life on Yong'an Island, while Zheng Kai, the king of Qiulu, was the direct creator of the thousands of civilians killed in the Nine Desolation Mountains.

In the face of the royal city of Zheng Kai, the king of Qiulu, Shi Dewa and the soldier lord Da Ran did not dare to slack off, and they gathered an army of 100,000: all the soldiers of the second and third armies, 15,000 soldiers of the first army of the chieftain, and 5,000 soldiers of Luyang and Maozhou who surrendered sincerely.

Shi Dewa and the army lord Daran led the 100,000 troops to set up a large camp ten miles away from the royal city, and the soldiers spent three days to build an impregnable camp.

The big camp built four tall walled gates, between the walled gates were built up with trees and stones, and some arrow towers were built in the wall, and a watchtower several zhang high was also built in the camp, and a big ditch of one zhang wide was dug around the wall.

After setting up the camp, Shi Dewa and the soldier lord Da Ran led 10,000 soldiers to the royal city, and asked some soldiers to come forward to fight the enemy and curse the formation.

Shi Dewa and the soldier master Da Ran looked at Wang Cheng from a little distance, and they both felt chills in their hearts.

The city wall of the royal city is more than three zhang high, there are many arrow towers densely lined up at the head of the city, many bows, beds, crossbows and other equipment to defend the city are all over the city head, and the moat outside the city is more than one zhang and five feet wide.

The soldier lord Da Ran looked at Wang Cheng and said to Shi Dewa: "Brother Harrier! If Zheng Kai, the king of Qiulu, hides in the royal city and does not come out, we will not be able to attack the royal city with such a strong defensive force." A little Qiulu King, we are helpless, we have underestimated the strength of the dynasty!"

Shi Dewa said: "Brother Ran! Although the power of Zheng Kai, the king of Qiulu, cannot be compared with the great forces of Feng Yi, the king of Nanling, the king of the grassland, the king of the grassland, Sun Han, the king of Liangjiang, and the king of Taiping, Meng Tai, he is one of the seven kings of the dynasty and one of the seven army commanders, and he will not close his doors without fighting. ”

Soon after Shi Dewa's words fell, the gates of the royal city were opened, the drawbridge was lowered, and a group of men and horses rushed out.

Shi Dewa saw that Wang Cheng rushed out of a team of men and horses, about a few thousand people, led by a general, six feet five tall, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, a leopard's head and eyes, and a face like the bottom of a pot, sitting down and riding a big black horse, holding a bull's head in his hand.

When Shi Dewa saw this person, he immediately recognized him as Zheng Tu, the son of Zheng Kai, the king of Qiulu, and they had studied together for four years in the Imperial Martial Arts Academy in the capital. At that time, Shi Dewa and the sons of the seven kings studied together in the official class, Zheng Tu was the shortest, thickest, and darkest of the seven kings, and his image of a fat man remained deeply in Shi Dewa's heart.

Shi Dewa saw Zheng Tu, and urged the war horse to rush to the front of the formation, and Zheng Tu saw Shi Dewa and rushed to the front of the formation.

Shi Dewa and Zheng Tu faced each other, and Zheng Tu saw that the two of them were more than ten zhang away from their respective teams, so he lowered his voice and said: "Shi Dewa! ”

Shi Dewa said: "Zheng Tu, have you lived in this royal city all these years, have you married and started a family?"

Zheng Tu said: "Ah! I am married, and my children are three years old. ”

Shi Dewa said, "Zheng Tu! Congratulations! I should send you a congratulatory gift!"

Zheng Tu said: "On the day of my wedding, the four princes, Feng Rui, Sun Xun, Meng Ze, Xu Zhan, Mo Rigen, and Daji Bao all came, and I sent you. ”

"Well——! how can I be with you!"

Zheng Tu said: "Shi Dewa! You shouldn't fight against the dynasty with the soldiers of the Nine Desolation Mountains!

Shi Dewa said: "Zheng Tu! In order to rob us of a metal ore on our island, the king of Nanling cheated Yong'an Island to death, and then blockaded Yong'an Island for eight years, causing many of us to wander to Jiuhuangling, and our flesh and blood were separated, and the great rumor master and my father died of depression because of this; your dynasty attacked Jiuhuangling for no reason, and wanted to destroy the soldiers, and after the Jiuhuangling was defeated by the soldiers, he slaughtered thousands of ordinary people in Jiuhuangling, and many women and children died tragically in it. Should I oppose such a dynasty?"

Zheng Tu listened to Shi Dewa's words, the big black horse "Da Da Da" took a few steps back, he pulled the reins of the horse, sighed and said: "This ——! Shi Dewa! Are these things you said true?"

Shi Dewa said: "Except for the fact that I did not see the evidence of Feng Yi, the king of Nanling, everything else is what I have seen with my own eyes. ”

Zheng Tu heard his father, Zheng Kai, the king of Qiulu, say that he did not believe in the death of the king of Nanling; in addition, although Zheng Tu did not go to the Nine Wilderness Mountains with his father, Zheng Kai, the king of Qiulu, he also heard about what Zheng Kai, the king of Qiulu, did; now when he heard Shi Dewa, he completely believed everything that Shi Dewa said, because Shi Dewa's personality is absolutely credible.

Thinking of all this, Zheng Tu clasped his fists at Shi Dewa and said, "Shi Dewa! I am deeply saddened by the unfortunate death of your father! I deeply sympathize with the people of Yong'an Island! I also apologize to the people of Jiuhuangling on behalf of my father, King Qiulu! But I am the city guard of the royal city, and we can only use swords. ”