The Twenty-fourth Island War - Ceremony
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They walked out of the corridor, Chris found that the front yard is more magnificent, because there is no water injection, the buildings here are very well preserved, and the layout of the corridor is paved on this high ground on the small black mountain island, according to local conditions, not rejecting the north and south. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
The horizontal three-courtyard style is the construction method of the early Tang Dynasty, there is only one main hall on the main axis, gray tiles, red columns, white walls, it looks simple and dignified. The main hall is three rooms wide, four frames deep, the single eaves are flat, the eaves are far-reaching, the top is only decorated with two minimalist owl tails, and now it is the official office of Li Qing on the island of Xiaohei.
There are two wings on each side, exactly four, specially designed to receive a few distinguished guests.
In addition, a stage was set up in the courtyard.
Li Qingdao: "You didn't return the night before yesterday, I sent almost all the boats on the island to find you, and postponed the island capture competition on Little Black Mountain Island by one day, fortunately, you will come back yesterday afternoon, otherwise this group of bastards who went to the island will be unable to sit still, and it will be difficult to make a fuss." ā
He pointed to the stage in the center and continued, "These big bosses don't know how to listen to operas! I asked the troupe to set up a stage here, and after the ceremony, I will let them sing to relieve your boredom." ā
Hong Qili squinted at the empty stage.
The stage was built improvised, with wooden planks and bamboo poles, which was very simple, but with a red curtain around it and four big red lanterns hanging in the center, it was very atmospheric. In the background of the stage is a prone tiger, the two tiger claws are naturally placed in front of him, the tiger's head is gently pillowed on the right paw, the tiger's eyes are slightly narrowed, the attitude seems to be well-behaved, but the claws are stretched out.
This Fuhutang's troupe is rare to see, Hong Qili thought so, and the corners of his mouth hooked up a smile.
Out of the front yard along the corridor, facing a small and thin gatehouse, a taller and stronger gray stone wall, which is much older than the wall surrounding the water pavilion, is the original outer wall of Penglai Palace.
Li Qing took Qin Yujiu from the side stone steps and climbed the towering city wall. The stone wall encloses a huge urn city, and all the people who have landed on the island at this moment are gathered in the urn city, and they are gearing up one by one, waiting for the city gate to open.
There was no shelter in the urn city, and almost everyone was standing in the sun, and they were already impatient to wait at this moment.
If you look closely, there are several people standing in the shadows on the side of the city wall.
Chris saw Yin Chen's figure, he was standing with his back against the stone wall, his hands clasped to his chest, his eyes closed. Next to them were Qiu Yulong, Bei Sanqi, Yuan Bin and others, who each meditated and rested, and they were all right. Two people occupied the corner, and at the same time there was a large space around them, and no one wanted to approach it. One is the sarcoma man, and the other is the "soul". Even if they kill the famous Mobei Shuangxiong for the first time on the island, they will not approach them.
The view from the city walls is fantastic. In the distance, there are rolling hills, and a layer of ivory-white clouds hangs over the hills, and the clouds are unpredictable. The large swordfish battleship was docked on the dock on the east coast of Little Black Mountain Island, the battleship was full of soldiers, and all the crossbow machines and naval guns were ready to go.
In order to guard against restless prisoners and rioters, heavy military handles were placed at every key point, and warships parked at the pier could attack at any time, making the whole atmosphere of the ceremony tense and depressing. It is not difficult to understand that the small black mountain island is not big, but it has gathered all the iron and wooden signs, in order to let the killing end today.
It is conceivable that Li Qing has made careful arrangements on Xiaoshan Island, but the guards are so tight, and the soldiers on the swordfish boat are all in a strict posture, even Chris is a little nervous, for fear that Ma Mo's secret actions will be in trouble today.
She turned her head and saw that Hong Qili was looking intently at the other side of the strait, ascending to the pole, the weather was good, and with his eyesight, he could see the big black mountain landing island in the distance.
Bypassing the corner tower of the stone wall, Chris heard a sound of approaching footsteps, and turned around to see Chang Yutong, the deputy lord of the temple, leading Wang Shu and others down the stairs and up to the platform of the corner tower. Seeing Li Qing, Chang Yutong hurriedly came over and reported: "Lord Yan, the auspicious time has arrived, and I have already ordered them to start." ā
"Everyone, Li went to see how they prepared first, and he was out of company. With a fist, Li Qing took the first step.
Chang Yutong turned around and led Wang Xu, and also went to the front of the stone wall.
Wang Shu was still in that style, but there was a hint of pride between his eyebrows, obviously the raft gang had successfully arrived at Salmon Island, and everything was going according to plan, which made his tense mood relax. Now that he has the help of beggars, he is like a tiger with wings, and he just waits for tomorrow to see you on Daheishan Island. Today, Xiaoshan Island is just going through the motions, there are beggars and raft gangs acting secretly, and all he can do at the front desk is to listen to the play, make trouble, and contain Li Qing.
The female Taoist sisters followed behind Wang Shu and a few others. Zi Ling looked very happy when he saw Chris, and pulled Huang Jingjing and secretly waved his hand to her. Mai Xiu's mood was not so high, and there was no blood on his face. Thinking that she had just recovered from her injuries, she was able to reluctantly participate in today's ceremony, thanks to the old man with a green beard who treated her. Seeing the benefactor who detoxified her, although she couldn't do much of it, she also nodded to Chris.
Teng Chuliang walked over to Qin Yujiu and asked, "Brother Qin, don't you mind joining in the next place, right?"
"Of course not. Qin Yujiu replied, and while following the person in front of him, he pointed to the boxy corner tower and said, "Just talk to Brother Teng about this rare Blood Mountain Square Tower." ā
Teng Chuliang raised his eyebrows and asked, "I really didn't expect that Brother Qin would know about the Blood Mountain Fanglou?"
"A little bit of it. Qin Yujiu said modestly, "Now that I am eating Song grain, it doesn't hurt to know more about Baozhou." ā
Chris listened to what they were saying, but he didn't understand a word.
Yes, whether you are a descendant of the Teng royal family or a descendant of the Tang generals, now it is the world of the old Zhao family of the Great Song Dynasty.
Baozhou (now Baoding City) was the first horse city that King Yanzhao chose to shepherd the war horses, called Guangyang City, this water and soil belong to the land of Yanzhao, and it was destined to be the fate of its military city at the beginning of its completion. Song Xuanzu is also the father of Zhao Kuangyin, the founding emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, and was born in Qingyuan County. In the first year of Jianlong, the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, Song Taizu promoted the ancestral hometown to Baozhou and placed the Baosai Army, which means "defending the border fortress". It's a pity that the Song and Liao have been in dispute over the years, Baozhou is in the south of the battle line of the sixteen states of Youyun, and the ancestral land of the emperor of the Song Dynasty is always at the forefront of the Khitan attack.
At this time, they walked to the front of the city wall, in the middle is a wide and majestic gatehouse, two arrow towers on the left and right of the gatehouse, a black and a white, plus the corner towers on both sides, a total of five.
Chris looked back, there were five buildings on the front, and there were three on the other three sides, and both the gatehouse and the corner tower were the appearance of the eaves of the Tang Dynasty. These five buildings are different, they look square, like the gatehouse of a castle in Europe.
Chris said: "Brother Teng, my family officials say that this city and the courtyard inside it are called Penglai Palace, which was built by the Tang Dynasty and what kind of chief administrator, but what is the point of paying attention?"
Qin Yujiu shook his head helplessly and reminded: "Su Dingfang, the general manager of the Liaodong Dao March. ā
"Oh?" Teng Chuliang sighed and said, "Brother Qin knows so well, even I don't know about this. ā
As soon as Qin Yujiu was about to open his mouth, Chris interjected: "What's the matter with the Blood Mountain Fanglou you are talking about?"
Teng Chuliang replied: "The Blood Mountain Square Building is a kind of siege square building invented by Su Dingfang, the general of the Tang Dynasty. It is divided into two layers, the upper floor has three mezzanines, in which archers, crossbowmen and pikemen are hidden, four groups of ladders are folded in the center, and the infantry is hidden in the lower layer, and the infantry can push the square building in it, and can rotate in all directions, advance and retreat at any time, and move left and right. When the infantry advances, there are archers shooting at a distance, and when they get close to the enemy city, they can release a cloud ladder, and if the defenders attack, the crossbowmen will shoot and stab out with a long rush. If all goes well, the infantry will be able to ascend the ladder on the lower level and take the city. ā
Chris said in his heart: Wow, what an all-round three-dimensional attack. This one is called Su Dingfang, which is very powerful.
Qin Yujiu smiled and said: "Su Dingfang is a native of Wuyi, so he has naturally longed for the story of Yan Zhao Haoxia Jing Ke's assassination of Qin since he was a child. Yi County was originally the former capital of Yan State, and there is a lonely mountain in Xueshan Village of Yi County, because there is a pavilion of Fan Yu period on the mountain, so the blood mountain is also called Fan Pavilion Mountain. Legend has it that when Su Dingfang climbed the Blood Mountain, he had an idea and created the 'Blood Mountain Square Tower'. ā
"The Walled Goryeo City is not as tall and strong as the Central Plains, and I am most afraid of this kind of siege tower. Teng Chu smiled coldly, "It's really like what Brother Qin said, this is built by General Su, and his defensive city wall must not be bad in terms of attack ability." ā
Qin Yujiu said: "As far as I know, these five buildings are indeed exquisite. ā
Teng Chuliang said: "I want to hear about it." ā
Pointing to the gatehouse in the middle, Qin Yujiu said: "The tall and majestic one in the middle is the incarnation of Jing Ke." One of the two corner towers symbolizes Fan Yuzhi, and the other is Prince Dan. ā
Chris asked, "Jing Ke, Prince Dan or something, what is it?"
"Xiao Yi, go back and read the history books yourself!" Qin Yujiu reprimanded.
Teng Chuliang pursed his lips and smiled, "That white and black, shouldn't it be the two ghosts fighting Jing Ke?"
Qin Yujiu nodded and responded, "Exactly!"
Hearing this, Hong Qili was also happy, and said: "Thinking about the temperament of the mourning peach in that corner, Su Dingfang set up this second floor, which must be reserved as a sharp weapon to fight the enemy." ā
The two of them were surprised, but they didn't expect Gang Master Hong to think of this. Teng Chuliang said: "Brother A, both civil and military, Teng admires." ā
"Got an axe at the end of the day!"
Seeing the three of them looking at each other and smiling, Chris pursed his lips and thought: In your hearts, I am just illiterate without learning and learning.
When they reached the gatehouse, they saw that they had set up a platform in the direction of the urn city.
There were two rows of golden-armored black snake soldiers, who were like a guard of honor in front of the rostrum, their gold-scale armor shining, their helmets made like snake heads, and their sharp snake teeth were jamming both cheeks. The black feather on the back of the black snake helmet hunted and hunted, holding a golden spear, majestic.
The distinguished guests were in the queue, and Li Qing stepped onto the podium.
The swordfish boat parked at the pier fired a nine-gun salute, and the horns erected on the city walls sounded in unison.
The urn city was crowded, full of people, and the crowd was excited, and they couldn't wait to start the war.
Chang Yutong, the deputy master, made a gesture, and everyone fell silent.
Chris saw Li Qing stand up, and thought that he was about to give another passionate and long speech, but he stepped off the podium and walked to the other side of the city wall.
A man who went to the island for the first time asked, "Well, why haven't you opened the city gate yet?"
Directly above their heads, a large gray flag slowly rose from the flagpole to the top, and was stirred up by the wind.
"Let it go...... Ash...... Gray ......" The person who answered him stuttered a little, and the man was so anxious that he wanted to kick someone.
"Ash man!" shouted several people around at the same time.
"What is a Grey Man?"
"It's the prisoners who don't have wooden signs. It is possible that the people who went to the island only snatched the signs of these people but did not let them go, or it may be that the prisoners took the initiative to not ask for the wooden signs in order to save their lives, and they will be transported to Little Black Mountain Island in the end anyway. They will be released back to the island before the gates are opened......"
Someone interjected and asked, "Aren't these people out of wood, why do they have to release them?"
Someone replied with a sly smile: "Killing ten gray men is equivalent to a wooden brand, and there are still people who are willing to do it." ā
"Those wooden and iron signs were put on the island before dawn, and they had time to hide and hide, and these gray men would be much easier to chase. ā
"I heard that if the Grey Man can escape today's catastrophe, he won't have to die this year, and he will be able to pick the island he wants to go to next year. ā
When there was a lot of talk in the urn city, a gust of wind blew on the gatehouse, and Chris felt that he had heard something.
"Xiaofei, did you hear that?" she asked in a whisper.
Ning Yifei nodded, trying to find the source of the voice.
It sounded like a thousand people whispering. Although I couldn't hear what they were saying, it was menacing.
Xiong Daiying and Hong Qili were silent and quickly walked to the edge of the city wall, and Chris followed.
She glanced around and looked down at the city, and their emotions were immediately contagious to the people around her.
Everyone's eyes followed, and everyone saw it.
Chris's eyes widened, and there were a dozen huge wooden cages hanging from the lower sides of the city wall, all of which were filled with people.
It's the prisoners, Li Qing calls them gray people.
According to Lord Li's original words, "Even ashes have residual heat", so they were nicknamed "Gray Man".
Their eyes were full of horror, and they tried their best to keep an eye on the road ahead. The gray flag was raised, and there were guards on the city wall who slowly pulled up the dozens of chains that were hanging, and the iron chains led the gates of the wooden cages. The rattling sound grew faster and faster, and the prisoners in the cage shivered and breathed more and more rapidly. The wooden gate opened, and one of the prisoners jumped and fell into the black water of the moat below. Then the prisoners jumped off one by one, and they had to climb up the moat as quickly as possible, giving them not much time.
When someone jumped, he fell on the stone ditch of the moat, broke his leg, and blood seeped out of his rotten pants in a terrible way, and he seemed to not care, and hurriedly crawled out of the stone ditch, holding his legs and staggering to keep up with the crowd fleeing in all directions.
Maybe it was because she watched the scene where Li Qing let the dog bite the prisoner before, and then saw today's specially arranged scene, Chris quickly controlled her emotions and suppressed the anger in her heart, she noticed Li Qing, he observed everyone present during the whole process, and enjoyed the process very much.
This pervert!,Chris cursed inwardly.
The female Taoist priests couldn't look any further, and Zi Ling closed her eyes at the beginning.
Shock, fear, and disgust are a mixture......
In Li Qing's eyes, this is all normal, and he is happy to let these high-ranking nobles be stimulated.
When everyone slowly retreated from the city wall to the ceremonial platform, Chang Yutong gave an order, and a black flag was raised on another flagpole on the gatehouse, and the flag crackled in the wind.
Seeing the black mountain basilisk on the flag again, Chris became more and more disgusted, always feeling that this femme fatale octopus monster was the incarnation of Li Qing, and she wanted to tear the flag to pieces immediately.
Li Qing took a few steps forward, came to the wall, and shouted to the crowd in the urn city: "I know you are waiting for this day, so don't talk nonsense, the seizure of the island of Xiaoshan Island begins!"
There was a cheer below.
Another group of golden-armored black snake soldiers appeared in the urn city, and they walked through the square to reach the city gate.
There was a squeak when the gate was opened, and hundreds of people of all shapes and sizes, from different gangs, with all kinds of weapons in their hands, rushed out of the city, all with one mind.
Finally someone to kill.
No one wants to miss out on this thrill.