Chapter 9: Demon Beasts Besiege Tiansui City
In the two thousand two hundred and fifty years of Tiansui City, in the spring, the demon beasts attacked the city.
At that time, the birds and beasts almost covered the sky and the sun, and the siege of the city was also ferocious and fierce, especially the several large fierce beasts leading the army, which seemed to be invulnerable, and the demon law was strong.
Wandering beggars retreated to the city, and for a while the city was chaotic and crowded, and the city was full of despair.
The witch official of Tiansui City was confused, standing on the city tower, setting up an altar to cast spells, calculating the strategy for resolving the catastrophe of Tiansui City, and suddenly spurted blood from his mouth, shouting: "Everything has a time, everything in the world has a time, Tiansui City can't hold it!"
The city lord Li Zhihong was wearing battle armor, sitting in the heavy sergeant guard, seeing this, he was uncontrollable, and looked up to the sky and shouted: "Could it be that the 2,200-year-old history of Tiansui City will be destroyed in the hands of my Li Zhihong, God, why is this! God, please save Tiansui City!"
Some generals told each other: "City Lord, subordinates Yan Yu is foolish, for the sake of today's plan, only to ask the immortals of Xuanzhenguan again, let them help, otherwise Tiansui City will not be spared, the overall situation should be important at the moment, I would like to ask General Wang Mang to write a letter in person." ”
Li Zhihong was helpless when he heard this, nodded and said: "Okay! For the sake of today's plan, this can only be the case." At this moment, the old man immediately sent a cavalry and quickly went to Xuanzhen Temple for help, believing that the old gods and immortals would not die without saving them if they read the piety of paying tribute and burning incense every year. After a pause, he looked up to the sky and sighed: "Wang Mang, you can work hard, let's run again." ”
"I think General Wang Mang will also take care of the rise and fall of Tiansui City for thousands of years, after all, if Tiansui City is broken, it will be a heavy loss for him and us, and it should be the best choice to join forces now. General Yan Qi said again.
Li Zhihong turned his head and asked, "However, if Tiansui City wins this battle, whose world should it be in the barracks?"
"City Lord, if these demon beasts really break through Tiansui City, then wouldn't these millions of Li people have to become chopping blocks, how can you and I want to see such a miserable scene? ”
When Li Zhihong looked back at the chaotic scene in the city, his heart was even more upside down, and his face seemed to have added a few wrinkles in an instant.
Suddenly, someone rushed over and shouted: "Report to the city lord, the big thing is not good, the four gates of our Tiansui City have been attacked by demon beasts, especially at the north gate of the city, there is a giant snake and demon beast that is dozens of zhang high, and the brothers really can't hold it!
At this time, Li Zhihong coughed violently, his face showed pain, and shouted: "Hurry! The flying pigeon sent a message to inform the field army outside the city to assemble and return as soon as possible, just to save the city, otherwise there will be many auspicious people in the millions of Li people! In addition, General Wang Mang was ordered to be the national teacher of Tiansui, and he would invite the gods to come!"
This night, Tiansui City is sleepless, the north and south cities are the most difficult to defend, and the women and children in the whole city are also holding sticks and going into battle, fighting monsters to the death.
When dawn quietly came, the northeast sky was hazy with a faint glow, and the demon beasts at the east and west gates of Tiansui City suddenly retreated, regrouping towards the north and south cities, and the war seemed to stop slightly, but in fact, the discerning people could immediately see that this was clearly the calm before the storm, and a more tragic war would inevitably break out, just waiting for the opportunity.
At the north city gate, the corpses of demon beasts and mortals were erected horizontally all over the ground, and there were even more white bones bathed in a sea of blood, faint moans, and painful struggles, rendering the dawn of this darkness even more like purgatory on earth.
Somewhere at the foot of the city, a pile of corpses was suddenly pushed away, and a pair of shining eyes poked out, he looked around vigilantly, and after a while to make sure that the demon beast had really left, he used his strength to crawl out of the pile of corpses, standing alone in the miserable scene.
Tuoba Duyi, at this time, dressed in dirty and bloodstained rags, that angular face, a pair of indifferent and resolute eyes, there is even more anger hidden in the depths of his eyes, he looked around for a long time, and then he whispered: "Jiang Ye, come out, let's take advantage of the dawn!"
In the pile of corpses, a cute child poked out, holding an obviously heavy knife in his hand, and kept looking left and right, and asked carefully: "Boss, are we really going to leave now? Will those demon beasts just wait for us outside?" I wonder if we should wait. ”
"Wait, I'm afraid I'll miss the opportunity, and I won't have the strength to take care of you when the war is torn out. Tuoba Duyi frowned.
Jiang Ye gritted his teeth and said: "Boss, if you really have to, you can go by yourself, the two of us can escape one by one, I am familiar with this place anyway, and Xu Fatzi and they are definitely still in the city, I can go to them, you don't have to worry about this." ”
"But, the demon beast kills people without blinking, I'm afraid of you-"
"It's okay, boss, you can rest assured, I have a big knife in my hand now, and I have practiced the kung fu you taught me several times, so I can protect myself. Now, let's wait for the demon beasts to attack the city again, and then fish in troubled waters and escape from the city with everyone. Jiang Ye insisted.
Tuoba Duyi thought about it in his heart, so he had to say: "Alas, now that the demon beasts are all around Tiansui City, we are rushing out now, it is indeed very dangerous. We can only wait until the melee later, the demon beasts can't take care of us, and the two of us may be able to escape. ”
Jiang Ye hurriedly nodded yes: "Then wait a little longer, let them go and kill half a catty." Suddenly, he was depressed again, looking at the layers of corpses around him, the child was terrified in his heart, but he didn't want Tuoba Duyi to worry, so he didn't say anything more.
Tuoba Duyi muttered: "I can only wait for the city to break, in case the two of us are separated, you must find Xu Fatzi and them." ”
"Hmm. Boss, don't worry, as long as I live, I will definitely go to Sanzhen Temple to find you. Jiang Ye grinned.
Tuoba Duyi stretched out his hand and touched his brain, and said with a smile: "Okay! Sanzhen Temple, we will see you or leave." ”
Tuoba Duyi's eyes looked at the low-hanging sky in the north, a horizontal purple-gold cloud was at the junction of heaven and earth, suddenly flooding, the darkness was fighting there turbulently, there should always be a light power about to be born, isn't it?
The light will eventually come, but it is not the legendary group of old immortals who are flying through the clouds and mist to greet the light, but a new round of crazy attacks by the tide of demon beasts, all the demon beasts gather in the north and south cities, and the north and south are attacking, and the entire Tiansui City is crisscrossed with black strange birds, covering the sky and hovering in the void. When the strange bird rushed down from the sky, its beak as sharp as iron pierced the chest of the mortal directly, or it was as if several strange birds made an appointment, and the flesh of these mortals was taken into the sky, and then smashed down high, falling into a pile of meat puree, such a tragic scene, but ushered in the collective victory of the strange birds.
Looking at the north of the city, the war is surging, lying on the city tower, it is actually a double-headed green snake demon as high as dozens of zhang, the snake tail is sweeping thousands of troops, where will ordinary mortal warriors be his opponents, immediately fell down the city tower, and the demon beasts under the city tower immediately surrounded, swords and slashes, and it seems that they are not alive.
The snake's two tongues are long and narrow, and when the snake's mouth is wide open, Xinzi stretches out and rolls, and a mortal is swallowed by him, just a blink of an eye, the seven inches of the demon snake is drummed, and the snake's mouth spits out a pile of white bones, and the living person is so easily devoured into bones!
A second-level general of Tiansui City shouted wildly, regardless of how fierce the demon snake was, he rushed to the side of the demon snake with two gunpowder balls in his hand, and the demon snake was suddenly furious when he saw it, but the general had already circled vigorously, tying two gunpowder to the seven inches of the demon snake's snake, it seemed that it was a great success, and the general wiped his mouth full of blood and laughed angrily: "This general will die with you today!"
This man seemed to be fierce, and he played a trick that ended up together.
"General Yan Yan!" the surrounding sergeants exclaimed, stunned with fright.
The snake's tail swept wildly, Yan Yan was directly hit in the chest and flew out of the city wall, but at this moment, the sky-high flames swept the city tower, and the sound of gunpowder explosions rumbled in the flames, and the billowing smoke instantly submerged the demon snake, and there was a terrible beast roar.
"City Lord! The north gate can't be guarded! The city wall is cracking and is about to collapse!"
Li Zhihong is also wearing a golden armor today, holding a bloody iron spear that he became famous in the past, his face is full of solemnity, and he asks: "Is there news that the gods have arrived?"
The counsellors wept or wept with a gloomy face, but none of them answered.
Li Zhihong asked again: "Then do you know where Wang Mang's great master is at this time?"
The witch official was confused, stood up tremblingly, and said bitterly: "Tell the city lord, since you named him the national teacher yesterday, General Wang Mang has gone out of the city from the secret road, and he has not returned yet, and there is no news. His subordinates were only afraid of it, afraid of it, he abandoned the city and fled!"
Li Zhihong smiled miserably at the corner of his mouth, and said: "Okay, life and death are not up to people, the rise and fall has the destiny of heaven, today you will follow me to the city tower, go to face the demon beast, if you die, it is also to protect the family and defend the country, die well, if you are lucky to survive, you can be regarded as worthy of the ancestors and ancestors." ”
The south tower of the city, and the scene of the east and west city walls was staged, the monsters retreated on a large scale, the mortal army thought about the plan, and then dispatched troops to send the main army to the north of the city, sure enough, the north tower of the city attacked wave after wave of demon beast army, and there were countless cracks in the city wall.
This group of demon beasts turned out to be wise, and they also knew how to attack the city, and concentrated their forces to march into the enemy's weak links, so that the defense of Tiansui City was even tighter, the city gate was crumbling, and the entire city was plunged into a raging war.
Huge numbers of refugees rushed into the streets, hid in cellars, rushed to the city gates, and cries, desperate sounds, and the sound of the end times.
Tuoba Duyi and Jiang Ye have been hiding at the foot of the city, watching the battle with cold eyes, at this time both of them are holding the big knives they picked up, hiding silently, even if there are meteor arrows next to them, they don't care, a corpse fell beside them, covered with blood, they were also silent, as if they were waiting for that moment, the city gate was broken, the demon beast entered, rushed out, and went where they should go.
"Jiang Ye, once the city gate is breached, you must follow me closely, we can't be blocked for too long, we must break out of the encirclement of the demon beast as soon as possible. Tuoba Duyi didn't seem to be at ease, and warned again.
Jiang Ye nodded hurriedly, holding the big knife with two small hands, the knife was shaking, and it seemed that it was still a little difficult, and the small eyes looked at the grasshopper-like corpse that fell, screaming beside him alive, every scream could make his body tremble instinctively, but seeing the boss's expression as calm as iron, he gritted his teeth tightly, and he also held back.
More and more people, even with this kind of thought, rather than living in the city to be besieged and die, it is better to rush out, maybe there is still a glimmer of life, the tide rushed to the city gate, crying, scolding, those soldiers on the city wall heard the desperate cry of these clansmen, but also killed red eyes, one by one more and more brave, the more ruthless the killing, the corpses of demon beasts, broken hands and feet, mixed with blood rain, overwhelming, arrows to the sky, strange birds screamed, and you killed and killed.
The prosperous Tiansui City, in a few days, has become like a purgatory on earth, and the four city gates in the southeast, south, and northwest are all fleeing from the country.