Chapter 49: Strategizing
From Xue Xuchun's mouth, he learned that this huge stone cave was originally an unknown ancient tomb.
"These jade chairs are also in the tomb. For some reason, maybe it was because I practiced Netherworld Xuangong, and I gradually felt that the divine breath in my body was developing in a cold direction, especially when I encountered some unclean things, it would be like a magnet to absorb it. When I found this tomb before, I went to a burial chamber with seven sarcophagi in it...... Alas, it was also curiosity, and when I opened the mouth, the contents were possessed......"
Speaking of this, Xue Xuchun's face became even more gloomy, as if he had been painted with a layer of black paint.
"Later, I learned that there was a headless corpse in all seven sarcophagus, and as soon as the lid of the coffin was opened, a black smoke flew out of it, just like you saw just now. ”
"What's that?"
"I don't know, it's probably buried here before, and what kind of spell was applied, trapping the primordial god and preventing him from rebirth, turning into a netherworld. ”
"Then how do you know to use Guanghua Baojian?"
"This is learned from Qiankun's eyes. Guanghua Baojian is the supreme treasure of the heavenly clan, and its nature is extremely yang, and it is extremely mysterious, and it is able to restrain and eliminate these cloudy things. ”
Yang Ao said secretly: It turns out that this Guanghua Baojian is so powerful!
"In fact, your treasure can also illuminate the things of the whole world. Xue Xuchun's face softened again, and his expression was not as aggressive as he was at the beginning, and said: "According to legend, Emperor Shitian has a mirror and can observe the situation of heaven and earth. In December, the first month, the fifth month, and the ninth month of the year are to inspect the human realm, in March, August, and October, the divine realm is inspected, and the other second, fourth, sixth, and seventh months, as well as in the winter and six months, are aimed at the demon realm to investigate the acts of rebellion against the heavens. Therefore, in the human world, in May, September and March, those who believe in good faith practice fasting more. ”
"Hehe, this kind of fasting is also a trick to fool the upper realm!" Yang Ao heard this, and he didn't feel funny.
"It's better than nothing, after all, having more awe in your heart is also beneficial to others and yourself. ”
After Xue Xuchun finished speaking, he stood up from the jade chair and led Yang Ao and the two sword masters out.
After walking about one or two hundred steps along the stone path, I came to another quaint stone chamber. Zhu Liang stood alone outside the door, and when he saw the head of the door coming, he hurriedly stepped forward and saluted with his fists. Xue Xuchun raised his hand and asked, "Is Yan'er settled?"
Before Zhu Liang could answer, he saw a young man in a green shirt hurrying behind him, who was the same age as Yang Ao, and he was also a dignified and talented person. Seeing Xue Xuchun, he hurriedly knelt down, lowered his head and said: "The father is above, the child is late because of something, I hope to forgive my sins!"
Xue Xuchun leaned over to help the other party up, and said lovingly: "You might as well do it!
"Yes!" The young man stood up, still holding his fists, and said, "That kid Lu Ming has strengthened his guard in the city, and I heard that the old thief Lu will be here tomorrow!"
"Okay!" Xue Xuchun's eyes were burning with anger, "God really help me! After speaking, he took Yang Ao's hand and introduced: "Come, Yu'er, meet Yang Gongzi." ”
The two teenagers raised their eyes to observe each other, and they both clenched their fists again.
"I'm Xue Yu!" The young man smiled, wearing the same green shirt, wearing a gold and jade crown, a silk belt around his waist, a high nose and deep eyes, and white skin. If it weren't for Xue Xuchun's previous explanation, Yang Ao would really recognize him as Xue Siyan.
"Haotian City, Yang Ao!"
"It turned out to be a friend from a foreign land. When Xue Yu heard this, there was surprise in his eyes.
"This Yang Gongzi was brought by your sister. Xue Xuchun didn't forget to remind him, and after speaking, he led everyone into the stone room.
The furnishings here are more earthly than before. The four sides are brightly lit, and there are several tables and chairs of Jin Sinan. Everyone sat down in order, and Zhu Liang had already served hot tea and snacks.
"The conditions are limited, it's neglected!" Xue Xuchun raised his hand and made a gesture of invitation, and said hatefully: "I hate that old thief of the deer, colluding with the demon world, taking away my Jialan, and destroying my city...... Alas!"
"Father!" Xue Yu said: "According to your instructions, the child has investigated the bottom of the enemy camp and made a special map, please see!"
Seeing this, the second elder of Songshi and Zhu Liang hurriedly got up and wanted to go out to avoid it, but they were stopped by Xue Xuchun and said: "Everyone is their own people, and the next counterattack on Jialan, there will be a fierce battle, and everyone needs to go all out and participate in it with all their bodies." Let's take a look!"
After speaking, Xue Yu had already unfolded a cloth map on the table, and everyone approached.
I saw that the general layout of the city was drawn in ink and white. This city is similar to Haotian City, it is also boxy, narrow from east to west, and long from north to south. In the middle is a circle of walls, with six gates on each side, one on the north and the south, and two on the east and west. The periphery of the city wall is a moat, not far to the east is the sea, to the west and south is a mountain forest, and the north is the place where Yang Ao came out this time, bordering the area of Haotian City. In the southwest of the city and about twenty miles east of the city, a large camp outside the city was stationed, forming a three-point horn with the enemy inside the city. Looking at the city again, the streets and rivers are parallel, most of them are horizontal and vertical, like a chessboard. In the south-central southeast, a small square was drawn, and the word "deer" was inscribed. Everywhere in the map, there are numbers, which should be the approximate number of defending the enemy, and roughly calculated, there are more than 1,000 people.
"Which way will the old thief enter the city tomorrow?"
"Yes! If the information is accurate, it should be the Qianmen in the west. ”
"Lu Zikun has always been thoughtful and suspicious, and such an important matter will never be revealed. Xue Xuchun twisted the short beard of his chin and thought: "Since the news that came out is Qianmen, it must not be here!"
"Could it be that they would also guess that we would think so, and instead enter the city according to the gate where the wind is released?" Xue Yu asked rhetorically.
This sentence is more tongue-twisting, but everyone understands it.
Indeed, it is likely that Lu Zikun deliberately let out the wind, saying that he would come from this Qianmen in the northwest corner tomorrow. Because White Deer City is in the west of Garan, it is most convenient to walk through this gate. In fact, this was just a smokescreen, and he was likely to enter through another city gate to avoid the Xue family's ambush. According to this hypothesis, it is most likely that it was to make a large circle, coming from the sea, and entering the city through the southeast or south gates. This, of course, is the first hypothesis.
So, is there another possibility? Lu Zikun also guessed that you would calculate, and according to the first hypothesis, conclude that he came around from the sea. So the Xue family mobilized their forces to the sea route, and ignored or even gave up the ambush on the Qianmen side. According to the principle of "negation of negation", he just chose the road of Qianmen, but he could enter the city smoothly and safely. This is also the reason for Xue Yu's rhetorical question.
"No, I am also familiar with this old thief, he has always considered Zhou Xiang in his work, and he is not very reckless. Since he has deliberately revealed the news that he is going to enter the city from the west, he will also expect this analysis of 'negative and positive', and it is estimated that we will guard the seemingly impossible west side with heavy troops. But if he goes any further, he will definitely enter the city from the sea. Moreover, this group of people has captured Garan for half a month, and it is enough time to detour from the coastal road of White Deer City. Furthermore, why did they place a large camp on the southwest and east sides of the city? If the old thief really wanted to come from the west, he should have placed the corresponding camp west of the Qianmen. ”
This round-and-forth analysis has already blinded the other people present, and they don't know how to answer for a while.
I heard Xue Xuchun continue: "Otherwise, Second Elder Songshi, you two have worked hard all the way, now you and Yang Gongzi hurry up to rest, and you can go to the Qianmen early tomorrow morning to ambush and guard, just in case." Yu'er and Zhu Liang and I ambushed together at the coastal crossing. If those people blatantly assemble at Qianmen tomorrow, please ask the second elder to find out the truth, and then come to the beach to help!"
"Yes!" The second elder of Songshi hugged his fists and received the order, Xue Yu and Zhu Liang also responded in unison, only Yang Ao was silent.
"What's the matter?"
Yang Ao heard the analysis of the Xue family's father and son, and it was not unreasonable, but he had fought with the Jinyi people in the city and a group of Ding Jia before, especially the white-clothed mask man, whose martial arts were unfathomable, and he couldn't help but be a little worried, so he asked, "How many people are there on our side?"
"Not counting the two girls, plus you are six, that's all. ”
"Only six people?" Yang Ao couldn't help but be taken aback when he heard this, the other party was hundreds or thousands! With these six swords, could they stop it?
Xue Xuchun also saw his doubts, smiled, and said, "Don't worry, don't worry! What you see is only these six people, in fact, there are quite a few, but it is inconvenient to tell them now." ”
"What do you mean?"
"Hahaha!" Xue Xuchun suddenly laughed loudly, "Young Master Yang, don't worry too much, believe me, Xue is by no means an idle person, you will know it early tomorrow morning." Moreover, thank you for your help just now, this head has prepared a generous gift to express his gratitude! It's just that I really can't tell you now! Hahaha!"
Yang Ao was confused by the other party's secretive words, and wanted to ask again, but when he saw Song Henian coming up with a shy round belly, he still called "silly boy" and said: "It's not early, let's go rest first!"
Xue Xuchun didn't say much, and asked Zhu Liang to lead Yang Ao and Songshi to rest in the back, and he discussed with Xue Yu for another half night.
Yang Ao was dragged by Song Henian, walked all the way to the back bedroom, and arranged a place to stay.
There are lamps and candles hanging on the four walls of the stone cave, and I don't know what method is used, the lamp oil in it seems to never burn out, and the flame cannot be extinguished, it seems to be the legendary ever-bright lamp. Although he was running all the way and fighting on the long street, he was already very sleepy when he calmed down now, but in the midst of the huge ancient tombs that he didn't know how he was built and why, staring at the flickering firelight, Yang Ao's heart was still thick with fog, and he felt weird.
Suddenly, a gust of wind blew from outside the door, giving people goosebumps. Yang Ao recalled what Master Xue said about the number of people to fight just now, and his scalp suddenly went numb!
That's right, this ancient tomb turned into a secret room, which is what they call the holy realm of the Nine Xuantang, why haven't they seen anyone else before?
Not to mention the body of Zhang Bo who was placed in the ice room, as well as the four black smoke nethers that have been dispersed by the Guanghua Treasure Book, in addition to the three members of the Xue family, the three swordsmen of Song, Shi, and Bamboo, and the two of them and Xiaomei, in this huge stone cave, are there only eight big living people?
Thinking about it like this, it makes me feel even more eerie......