A huge and majestic iron arm crosses the Yangtze River, bends its elbow into the bottom of the river, and stops the rolling north stream, and the river can only flow around the arm to the west, turning the elbow at a right angle, and the turbulent river flows to the east.

The city of the Divine Arm was built on this iron arm, facing the river on three sides, and only the northeast side was connected to the land. The north and south sides are steep cliffs, and there are craggy rocks below, and there are almost no shoals. Built on a high slope to the southwest and lined with a tall and thick wall, the gate offers a bird's-eye view of the shoal below, where only a narrow and steep mountain path leads to the gate.

More than 800 gangs from the Zhongshan Gang, the Jinsha Gang, and the Zhuhai Gang were divided into two routes, water and land, and surrounded the Shenjian City.

The 300 gangs on the waterway, led by Cai Zhenxiong, the leader of the Zhongshan Gang, rode six river boats, and Hou peeked at the Shenjian Gate on the river in front of the shoal, making the appearance of waiting for an opportunity to attack.

More than 500 gangs on land, led by Shi Bin, the leader of the Jinsha Gang, and Shi Yunping, the leader of the Zhuhai Gang, guarded the slope in the northeast and blocked the east gate. After Bai Yu took the more than 100 gangs who fled from Cuiping Fort and the dozens of gangs who came from the periphery of Chaotian Fort back to Shenjian City, he led the crowd to fight, and in the blink of an eye, he beat these more than 500 gangs into a mess and fled, and was just about to lead the crowd to kill Chaotian Fort, but these people gathered together and made a posture to attack Shenjian City. Bai Yu was afraid that the dozens of gangs left to defend the city would not be able to resist, so he led the crowd to kill back, and these people were immediately frightened and scattered again.

Bai Yu was distressed, and wanted to simply abandon the Divine Arm City for a while, and led the crowd out of the city, killing Chaotian Fort to help, but he was afraid that Chaotian Fort would also fall, and there was no stronghold to hold on, so he didn't dare to give up easily. For a while, I wanted to go with fewer people, but I felt that it was useless. Restless and contradictory, the enemy did not dare to attack, but did not withdraw, and both sides spent three days.

In the middle of the night, a vigorous sound of horses' hooves broke the silent night and came in the direction of the east gate. Bai Yu, who was lying in clothes, did not wait for his subordinates to report, grabbed the seven-star knife on the pillow, "Teng" turned over, and strode towards the east gate.

The guards' subordinates gave way one after another, and Bai Yu went up the city wall and looked down the dark slope. When the sound of horses' hooves reached a mile away, the sound of shouts and blades was heard, and several screams were heard.

Bai Yu raised his breath and shouted: "Who is coming?" An excited shout came: "White City Lord, I am Xuanyong! The Fang Fort Lord is here with all the brothers! Open the door quickly!"

Bai Yu turned around and shouted, "Open the city gate!" jumped off the city wall and ran towards the place where he was fighting, shouting as he ran: "Big brother, I'll pull it!" Fang Yuju's calm voice came from the front: "Second brother, don't come over, the enemy has been killed by us!"

At the opening of the city gate, dozens of people held torches and quickly followed behind Bai Yu to greet them. Fang Xianju led dozens of horses to ride slowly, and everyone was sweating profusely, and when they got closer, they all turned over and dismounted.

Bai Yu saw that the robe on his left shoulder was red, and most of his subordinates were bloodstained, and he had already guessed most of them in his heart, and asked in surprise: "Big brother, Chaotian Castle ......"

"Hey, don't mention it, it's lost! If it weren't for the fact that He Tong had prepared these horses for us...... Hey......" Fang Zhiju was very frustrated, shook his head, didn't want to say any more, and walked straight towards the door.

"Victory and defeat are commonplace, big brother, don't be discouraged, we still have the Divine Arm City!" Bai Yu comforted as he walked quickly into the city with Fang Zhiju. After looking left and right a few times, his face suddenly changed color, and he said loudly: "What about my sister, Yi'er, and Ru'er?"

"Don't worry, they've already left! Let's not talk about that! We're tired and hungry, and we're ready to get something to eat. Fang Guiju didn't wait to walk to the council hall and instructed Bai Yudao.

After everyone finished eating, Bai Yu asked his subordinates to wrap up the wounds of the wounded, change into clean clothes, and let everyone rest.

Bai Yu accompanied him while drinking tea, while learning about the situation a few days ago, and at the same time telling him about the situation here, the faces of the two of them became more and more solemn.

"Big brother, it seems that the enemy is coming after tomorrow, what should we do? Do we lead the brothers to escape, or do we hold on?" Bai Yu asked with a frown.

"Where are you going to flee to?" asked Fang Zhiju.

Bai Yu shook his head lightly and said, "It's not good, the enemy is several times larger than us, once we are caught up halfway, it is inevitable that the whole army will be annihilated." ”

"So, I mean, stick to it. What better place could be than here?" said Fang as if he were clapping together.

"Good. The enemy must still be attacking from the east gate. With the geographical advantage, fight to the death with them!" Bai Yu's eyes were bright, and he seemed to be full of confidence.

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The sun is shining and the sky is clear. The surging river is like a golden-scaled python, tumbling away. Shenjian Mountain is like a giant eagle in the flood era, crawling on the riverside viciously.

Yu Huantie stood at the bow of the boat, looking at the light and shadow of the river reflecting on the steep cliff, and then at the majestic city wall at the top of the cliff, sighing heavily in his heart.

"Brother Yu, Junior Brother is right! This Divine Arm City can only be attacked from the East Gate. Cai Zhenxiong, the leader of the Zhongshan Gang standing next to him, said with some pride.

Yu Huantie nodded, shook his head and said, "No wonder the Yuan army couldn't capture this Divine Arm City back then, this terrain is really dangerous!"

"Of course, back then, even the Southern Song Dynasty was destroyed for more than 30 years, but the Tatars couldn't take this projectile land, and in the end they were surrounded by groups and forced the defenders in the city to starve to death in the city.

"Don't have anything 'Tatar' or 'Tatar'!" Yu Huantie seemed a little displeased, and when he saw Cai Zhenxiong's puzzled look, he explained: "Now that we are trying to find a way to attack, Brother Cai said as if we were the Yuan army and they were the Song army. ”

"Oh," Cai Zhenxiong was relieved, "Brother didn't expect this, please don't worry about it." "But he secretly scolded in his heart: this person is so stingy, and he said 'Tatar' what's so great, as if he was scolding his ancestors!

At that moment, Yu Huantie still left Cai Zhenxiong to lead the 300 or so helpers to guard the river in front of the Shenjian Gate, abandoned the boat and landed on the shore, and slowly walked to the large field under the slope of the east gate. At this time, it was already dark and full of people, except for Tang Xing who led more than a hundred people to guard the Divine Arm City, the rest of the nearly 800 gangs led by Tang Lifeng had already arrived.

Yu Huantie and He Protector led more than 20 members of the Chu Xiang League to march first, and arrived before noon. After Yu Huantie met with Shi Bin and Shi Yunping, he learned about the situation in the past few days, and left He Protector to lead his subordinates to stay in the local area, and got on the boat of the Zhongshan Gang alone, asking Cai Zhenxiong to take him to the river to inspect the Divine Arm City.

When everyone saw Yu Huantie coming back, they all stood up and greeted him. Tang Lifeng stepped forward to salute and asked, "Brother Yu, how should we attack the city?"

Yu Huantie muttered slightly: "History has long told us that the best way is to attack from this east gate. However, I've checked the terrain before, and it's a tough place to attack!"

Shi Bin, the leader of the Jinsha Gang with a beard on his face, said: "Yes! Not to mention that there are two high ear city guards in front of the city gate, just these two damn pools in front of us have killed our five brothers!"

When Tang Lifeng first came, he didn't understand the situation, he looked at him in some surprise, and then looked at the two pools he pointed to half a mile away. It seemed that the pool was not deep, and I felt a little strange in my heart, and asked, "What's the matter? Is that pool very deep?"

Shi Bin said hatefully: "It's not deep. The bottom of the pond was full of sharp bamboo sticks and the like, and that day we fought with them, and six brothers accidentally fell into the pool, and they were all pierced like hedgehogs, and only one brother was lucky enough to save his life. Hey, it's miserable!"

Tang Lifeng walked forward a few dozen steps in confusion, looked around the terrain, and found that if he wanted to attack this east gate, he really couldn't bypass these two pools side by side. But the road between the two pools is so narrow that it can only be crossed by three people in parallel. About sixty feet away was the Ear City, and before it could cross the path, it was exposed to the range of the bows and arrows of the enemy who was now standing at the head of the wall.

"Hey, it's really easy to defend and difficult to attack!" Tang Lifeng sighed in his heart, shook his head, and walked back in frustration.

walked up to Yu Huantie's side, looked at him with a solemn expression, and asked, "Brother Yu, it looks really hard to attack!"

"Well," Yu Huantie nodded, "It's hard to capture, so I just went to look elsewhere before." ”

"Is there really no better point of attack?" Tang Lifeng seemed to be a little unwilling.

"No," Yu Huantie shook his head and added, "The south gate and the north gate are both on the cliff, and there is no way to attack them from these two places...... Brother, you might as well go and have another look!"

"No need. Tang Lifeng waved his hand, "Brother Yu has seen it himself, how can there be a problem?...... Ignorance...... Brother Yu already has a good plan for attacking the city?"

"There is no good strategy," Yu Huantie gritted his teeth, "There is only a death battle!"

"In this way, we are bound to pay a heavy price in casualties. Tang Lifeng said "we", in fact, refers to his own Tang Sect, he really doesn't want the strength that Tang Men has developed so hard over the years to suffer heavy losses in this battle, and it is difficult for him to explain to his grandmother and the entire Tang Sect. At the same time, he was also dissatisfied with Yu Huantie's methods, feeling that there were few people in their Chuxiang League, and all of them had extraordinary martial arts, so they really wanted to be killed or injured, and most of the casualties were their own people, and they couldn't suffer a few casualties. felt that his method was somewhat disregarding the intentions of the Tang Sect disciples. So he hesitated, "I mean, can we ...... Trap them...... Take your time and figure it out?"

"There is no better way than to fight a decisive battle as soon as possible!" I don't know if Yu Huantie knows Tang Lifeng's thoughts, "Divine Arm City is no better than Chaotian Fort!" I asked Cai Zhenxiong, not only is there a lot of grain reserves here, but there are also fertile fields and vegetable fields in the city, and the water source is also very abundant, so you can't die if you are sleepy...... On the contrary, we have come from afar, and there are many people, and after a long time, supply is a big problem. ”

Tang Lifeng nodded and asked, "How to conduct a decisive battle?"

"I've thought about it," Yu Huantie seemed to have a plan in mind, "our attack will be carried out in two steps. The first step is to capture the city of Ear. I have observed that there are about one hundred and fifty archers in the city of Two Ears - I suppose they must have no catapults, repeaters, cannons, or the like, but archers are easy to do. At the same time, we selected another hundred brothers who were good at shooting, led by me, and a hundred brothers with the best kung fu with hidden weapons, led by Tang Yun, mixed among the first two hundred brothers, firing arrows and secret weapons to fight back. Another hundred brothers were selected to follow behind with a ladder and prepare to build a ladder, while the rest were led by Elder Tang and followed behind to attack the city. ”

Tang Lifeng listened while bowing his head, thinking that everyone was taking the lead, but he really had no selfish intentions; Shi Bin and Shi Yunping were also relieved, they were afraid that Yu Huantie would arrange them to take the lead and be cannon fodder, but now it seems that he is too worried, and at the same time, he admires and is grateful to Yu Huantie.

Yu Huantie observed everyone's reactions while continuing: "Capture Ercheng, the first step is completed. The second step is to capture the east gate. The detailed plan for the second step will be discussed after the first step is completed.

The leaders nodded in agreement, and then each selected personnel to stand by.

Yu Huantie looked at the expressions of grinding his fists one by one, nodded with satisfaction, and ordered: "Everyone first eat enough dry food on the spot and rest for an hour." In an hour, listen to me!"

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Yu Huantie stroked the hilt of the sword on his waist with his hand, and stood under a green bar tree. He Protector stands on the left holding a long sword, and a subordinate on the right carries a strong bow on his back, and clusters of arrows crowd the quiver.

Everyone sitting on the floor looked more or less nervous.

An hour of waiting has finally passed.

"Let's go!" Yu Huantie pulled out the purple light phantom sword, and the tip of the sword pointed angrily ahead. More than fifty sturdy men held rattan cards in their hands and rushed out first, Yu Huantie had a strong bow in his hand, and led thirty or forty archers to follow behind.

The feather arrows on the ear city were overwhelmingly shot at the men who rushed ahead, and in the muffled snort, some people fell. The rest of the people followed one after another, the bees crowded through the narrow road, rushed forward bravely, the sound of feather arrows and shields colliding was like rain, like a thin drum, "Teng" and "Teng" were endless, and there were bursts of miserable screams.

Yu Huantie rushed forward, stretched out his bow and arrows, and shouted: "Shoot!"

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" shot three arrows in a row, knocking down the three Divine Arm City Gang through the chest. Yu Yuyu's arrows shot at the wall one after another, and screams were heard from time to time.

Feather arrows shuttled like a torrential rain, and in an instant, more than a dozen people fell on both sides. Sleeve arrows, sleeve darts, flying locust stones, flying knives, iron lotus seeds, iron galls, and projectiles hit the wall like flies, and in the terrible screams of "ah" and "ah", more than 20 archers fell.

The arrows and feathers on the wall fought back, causing many Tang Sect disciples of the hidden weapon to fall to the ground in pain.

Dozens of ladders were erected on the wall, and the crowd climbed to the wall like ants. From time to time, a ladder was overturned, and it fell miserably.

After a battle of about half a pillar of incense, dozens of people fell on both sides, and the feather arrows and hidden weapons gradually decreased.

He Protector led several people to jump onto the wall first, and the two sides began hand-to-hand combat. Yu Huantie also shot arrows in the air, drew his sword and jumped onto the wall. These people are all strong in martial arts, and in the blink of an eye, they have knocked down seven or eight people.

The rest of the people climbed onto the wall one after another, and the two sides scuffled. The remaining sixty or seventy archers in the city of God's Arm were ten times the size of their own enemy, and they were slaughtered cleanly in a short time.

Bai Yu's eyes were split, and he wanted to lead the crowd to kill, but he was stopped and dissuaded by Fang Zhiju.

Bai Yu's heart was furious, he didn't expect that with a pillar of incense, his first line of defense would be broken through. In fact, when the enemy first launched an attack, he wanted to lead more than 100 gangs to kill him, but Fang Zhiju knew that the enemy had several masters, and the number was numerous, so he was afraid that he would lose and refused to agree. By the time they saw that the archers on the periphery could not resist and tried to summon them back into the city, it was too late, and the enemy had already swarmed them and surrounded them.

The people of the Tang Gate took the ear city, and they were very excited, and when they saw that the east gate was close to dozens of zhang, and the wall was not as high as Chaotian Fort, they all shouted and swarmed up along the hillside.

In the sound of "boom" and "boom", four or five fireballs flew out of the wall, "bang" and "bang" smashed into the crowd, and more than ten people were smashed to the ground, wailing and rolling.

"Catapults, retreat!" Tang Lifeng shouted.

In the sound of "boom" and "boom", several cobblestones with fire flew out, smashing over more than a dozen people, and causing everyone to stumble and retreat. After a while, everyone hid behind the ear city, and the only thing left on the hillside was a few wailing gangers and self-burning flints.

"Damn! There's a catapult!" Tang Lifeng, who has always been elegant, also spoke violently and became irritable. It's no wonder that he, just now he killed and injured eighty or ninety Tang Brothers, which inevitably shocked and hurt him.

"Don't attack yet!" Yu Huantie seemed much calmer, and seemed to have expected it, "If you take here, you can count it as a completion of the plan." Everyone rested on the spot first, and gave medicine and wrapped up the wounded brother. ”

Tang Lifeng also calmed down, bit his lower lip, looked at Yu Huantie, and asked, "Brother Yu, what should we do next?"

"How many enemies are there in the city?" Yu Huantie didn't answer his words, and suddenly asked.

"There were about three hundred and fifty or sixty more. Shi Yunping said. When he attacked just now, he hid behind with his brothers and only injured two brothers, so he was calmer and estimated it at once.

"Don't attack yet! Wait until it's too late!" Yu Huan said. After a pause, he squinted at the sky, "Everyone prepare their hats, it looks like it's going to rain!"

"Looks like it's going to rain tonight!" Bai Yu said as he stood at the top of the wall, looked up at the sky, and frowned.

"It's changed!" Fang Qiju stood beside him, clearly feeling the cool breeze of the mountain rain coming.

The clear blue sky gradually turned pale, and there were bursts of gray gloom clouds.