The two stood together, looking at the boundless lake, silent for a while.

Two days passed like this, and on the morning of the third day, Zhou Rouqiang went to the cliff to inspect, and suddenly found that a small boat on the lake was speeding towards Gushan, and two small boats were chasing after him.

Zhou Kang took a closer look and said, "That's the soldier I sent to ask for help from King Mu's Mansion!"

Zhou Rouqiang hurriedly ordered someone to bend the bow and arrows and get ready. When the soldier's boat approached, Zhou Rouqiang gave an order, and the archers released their arrows one after another, shooting at the two small boats behind. Two of the pursuers behind him were instantly killed by arrows, and the rest of the pursuers were so frightened that they quickly turned the bow of the boat and returned to the opposite shore.

When the soldier's boat docked, two soldiers waiting there quickly pulled him up. The soldier came to Zhou Rouqiang's side, walked over and said, "The villain is incompetent, and he failed to invite rescuers." ”

Zhou Rouqiang exclaimed: "What's the matter?"

The soldier said: "When I was about to arrive at King Mu's Mansion the day before yesterday, I saw soldiers and horses gathered outside King Mu's Mansion, all of them were not good, and there was tension between several people. Further inside, I saw two small groups of soldiers fighting. I didn't know why, so I avoided the crowd, quietly touched the outside of Mu Wangfu, and met Liu Chengcai, the general of Mu Wangfu. Liu Chengcai sighed after listening to me talk about the situation here. He told me that the guards and Tusi from all over the country were gathering in Muwangfu to discuss the plan. But all forces have their own opinions, and they don't give in to each other, and no one is willing to obey the dispatch of the grandfather. There were even people who openly resisted, intending to start a war with Mu Wangfu. Mu Wangfu is already a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, and it is difficult to protect itself, where can I still take care of our river.

The villain refused to stop there, and begged General Liu to let me see Grandpa Mu. Later, General Liu went in to report to Grandpa Mu, but after he came out, he still said the same sentence, and asked the villain to convey Grandpa Mu's apology to Lord Zhou. The villain was helpless, so he returned to Jiangchuan. ”

Zhou Rouqiang saw that the soldier's hair was scattered, his clothes were tattered, and he had knife wounds, and knew that he must have suffered a lot along the way, so he comforted him a few words and ordered him to go down to rest.

Zhou Rouqiang and the others were originally counting on Mu Wangfu to send troops to the rescue, but now their hopes have been dashed. Zhou Rouqiang's heart was desolate, and he looked at the sky and said loudly: "Could it be that Cang Tian really wants to let the Jiangchuan soldiers and civilians die here?"

Suddenly a boom was heard, and the enemy began to fire on the island. The first artillery hit Zhou Rouqiang and others a hundred paces away, collapsing the cliff and seven or eight soldiers and civilians to the ground amid the sound of artillery. The second shot hit the center of the square, making a large hole in the ground. Fortunately, there was no one in the square. After a while, the enemy fired a third shot, which hit the temple right in the middle of the temple. After the three artillery pieces, a trumpet was heard, and more than 100 ships of the enemy's size marched towards the island, with a huge momentum and a sound of killing that shook the sky.

Zhou Rouqiang pulled out the big knife at his waist, waved it in the wind, and said loudly: "Brothers, prepare to kill the enemy with me." Are you ready?"

The crowd shouted in unison, "Ready!"

At that time, Ding Cheng was teaching Fa Ming knife method outside the temple, when he suddenly heard a bang, and the main hall of the temple collapsed. The two hurriedly ran into the temple to see that several monks were calling the master in a circle. Fa Ming's heart was shocked, and he rushed over in a few steps, and when he separated the crowd, he saw that the Wuxiang Zen Master fell to the ground, covered in blood, and he didn't know where he was injured.

Fa Ming picked up the Wuxiang Zen Master and ran towards the monk's room, several monks followed, and in a panic, a monk fell to the ground, and immediately got up again, and rushed into the monk's room before he had time to pat off the dust on his body.

At this time, there was chaos in the temple, and the young and strong people ran out one by one, and the old, weak, sick and disabled all went into the room.

Ding Cheng ran towards the room where Yun Ying and Mrs. Zhou lived, and as soon as he arrived in the courtyard, he saw Yun Ying walking out of the house.

Ding Cheng asked, "Sister, why are you going?"

Yun Ying said: "Mrs. Zhou is not worried about Brother Zhou, and wants to go out to have a look, but I stopped her." I went out to check on the outside for her. ”

When the two came to the edge of the cliff to take a look, they saw that the enemy ship was already approaching the shore, and they were about to land on the island. Zhou Rouqiang hurriedly ordered the sergeants to release the arrows, and the enemy's offensive eased slightly, and as soon as the arrows stopped, they quickly rushed up again. The defenders had a limited number of arrows, and soon ran out of arrows, so they moved the rocks and threw them down the cliff.

But there were too many enemy troops to stop them, and soon dozens of enemy troops rushed up and fought with the soldiers guarding the edge of the cliff. The enemy's ships arrived on the shore one after another, and the enemy troops were more and more, and the black pressure on the opposite bank was full of enemy troops, estimated at more than 20,000 people. The soldiers defending the island put up a desperate resistance, but when they killed one enemy soldier, more enemy soldiers attacked. Zhou Rouqiang had already drawn his sword and rushed forward, but he was instantly surrounded by the enemy regiments that rushed up.

Ding Cheng said to Yun Ying: "Sister, you hurry up and go back to take care of Mrs. Zhou, I will help the eldest brother kill the enemy here." ”

Yun Ying knew that the matter was urgent, so he only said, "You take care of yourself, and ran back quickly."

Ding Cheng held the big knife in his hand, shouted, rushed into the enemy formation, rushed left and right, and instantly dispersed the attacking enemy soldiers. The enemy army grew more and more, and in a short time nearly 1,000 people climbed to the edge of the cliff. Hundreds of brave people on the island also gathered on the edge of the cliff. The two groups of men and horses are intertwined, and the killing is inseparable. One by one, the soldiers and civilians fell, and half of the lake was stained red with blood.

At this time, two generals rushed up from the enemy army, tall and bear-backed, each holding a pair of maces. There was a burst of smashing, killing many soldiers and civilians. Seeing this, Zhou Rouqiang held a big knife in his hand, killed the enemy, rushed over, jumped into the air, and slashed at the top of the head of one of the generals with a swing of the knife.

The general stretched out his hand, and the mace in his hand swung upward, blocking Zhou Rouqiang's slash, and the other person also hit the elbow with the mace. The three of them immediately fought together, and the fight was inseparable.

On the other side, when Ding Cheng was rushing to kill the enemy with a treasure knife in his hand, suddenly a person with a spear stabbed Ding Cheng in the chest, and the momentum was extremely fast. Ding Cheng used the blade of the knife to make a square at the head of the gun, and at the same time jumped to the side. At a glance, the person who came was handsome, not annoying, and the spear in his hand was longer than an ordinary spear, and the head of the spear was shining silver, which was made of cold iron.

The man's wrist flicked, and the head of the spear turned into ten thousand pear blossoms and stabbed at Ding Cheng. Ding Cheng secretly praised: I didn't expect that there was such a good hand in the enemy army! Unfold the treasure knife at the moment and deal with it carefully.

These three people were against Zhou Rouqiang and Ding Cheng, and the rest of the enemy troops took the opportunity to rush through, break through the defense line of the soldiers and civilians defending the island, and kill inward.

Ding Cheng fought with the man who made the spear, and after twenty or thirty moves, he knew that although this person's marksmanship was good, it was not difficult to defeat him.

(End of chapter)