Aggrieved Fish Sprite

The sky was dim and the evening clouds hung low.

Tianshou Wang's army surged forward like a tide, and in a blink of an eye, the city of Nanping County was surrounded by an isolated island.

The trees outside the city were cut down by the Jingzhou army, and the ground was also destroyed into thousands of ravines, like ugly scars, or reefs protruding from the sea, barely visible in the overwhelming waves, and disappeared instantly. trace.

The rebel army pushed the wheelbarrow filled with sand into the trap trench, and laid planks for people to pass through.

They brought these things from Hua County. Hua County is only half a day away from Fucheng, so it is not troublesome to transport them all the way.

The defenders in the city were shocked and angry when they saw that the first line of defense that had been laid so hard was gone.

"It's unreasonable!" General Ma, who was sitting at the head of the city, was so annoyed that he almost went to settle accounts with the dignitaries of Jingzhou.

It was said before that Wang Dajun was a man with mud legs, a refugee with red eyes from hunger, and looked unstoppable, but in fact, as long as he survived the first few waves of offensives, the refugee would naturally go to another place if they had no food in their stomachs and panicked.

Here the city walls are high and the city is deep, there is no shortage of food, grass and troops in the city, and with the full support of King Jing and many families, General Han's brain became hot, thinking of seeking wealth and wealth, and the revitalization of the family is on his shoulders, so he took over. This job.

In the end, there was no fight, and General Han wanted to curse just this one face-to-face meeting.

"Damn mob, this obvious law of war governs the army, look at this lineup, is it led by generals who don't understand the art of war?"

He had already prepared to fill the trenches with mud and sand boards, and he did not trample on them, and he could still work together in unison. General Han felt that none of the Jingzhou troops under him had such skills, so he immediately yelled and cursed.

The city defenders were already nervous, but when they heard this movement, they panicked.

Several lieutenants reluctantly remedied it: "...It should be those crooked banners playing tricks, foolish people blindly believe, just follow along, there is no art of war."

"That's right, no matter how neatly you build bridges and roads, you can't prove that you are an elite soldier. The rebellious army is a mud-legged soldier from Yizhou. The mountain roads there are steep, and you may have gotten used to it long ago."

At this point, they are about to convince themselves.

That's right, that must be the case, otherwise how can we explain that a group of refugees who couldn't get enough to eat swept across the entire Jingzhou.

It must have been the first to underestimate their combat power, and then overestimated their abilities when they saw the lineup of the rebellious army, so they avoided the battle or even ran away in fright.

General Han spat hard, his complexion improved, and he issued a series of orders, all the bows, arrows, rolling stones, and trees were ready.

He thought that it was evening, and the first wave of the rebel army's offensive would definitely not last long, and it would not be difficult to hold on.

——The poor people eat their last meal without resting their meal, and they can't see clearly at night, so there is no need to fight.

Not to mention the refugees, except for some elite soldiers and horses, most of the Jingzhou army also suffer from night blindness, making it impossible to fight at night.General Han may still be worried about this going to the Qi army in Shangbei. He doesn't know how the soldiers of the Qi army are treated, whether the army's salary and food are severely deducted, and what if their eyesight is better at night!But here is a group of rebels, what is there to worry about?

General Han waved his hand and ordered the arrows to be released.

Seeing the rebellious army falling down like wheat under the city, they burst out laughing.

"Keep firing, shoot these bastards to death." General Han strode to the edge of the city wall and cursed happily.

The front line of the rebellious army began to be chaotic, but this chaos did not last long, because it was easier to rush forward than to turn around and run backward. If you run out of the range of the bow and arrow, you will naturally not be attacked by cold arrows.

"boom."

As the first rebel soldier slammed on the city gate with an ax in his hand, the frantic onslaught began.

Rolling stones, logs, and even boiling water were thrown from the top of the city.

Flesh and flesh suddenly turned into soil for people to trample on. Most of the fallen people were not fatally injured, but they couldn't stand up for a while, but they died soon.No one paid attention to how they died, the people behind kept rushing up, and the people on the city wall kept throwing stones.

Soon, the fallen stones, logs and even piled up corpses became a protective barrier.

No matter what you throw, you can't roll out as far as before, sweeping down a large area at a time.

"Stop! Everyone stop!"

General Han was startled and ordered quickly.

After demolition of houses in Nanping County, there was no shortage of stones or wood. Seeing the appearance of Tianshou Wang Dajun like a mad tiger, the guards also panicked, throwing bows and stones desperately, wasting a lot of arrows. The stones and logs under the ground were also piled together.

This was supposed to be a predicament that would only emerge after an hour of fierce fighting, but the rebellious army rushed too hard, the defenders were too panicked, and the city leaders couldn't manage it in time.

Although General Han woke up in time, the opportunity was lost.

The gongs and drums are noisy, and the horns are sounding.

Teams of elites wearing armor and holding shields suddenly appeared in the Tianshouwang army formation.

Holding their shields above their heads, they moved forward slowly against the rain of arrows.

The Dharma Guardian of the Holy Lotus Altar kept shouting bewitching words, and the ears were filled with the instrumental music of various gongs, drums, and conchs. In addition, the smoke and dust flying in front of the city wall, and the piles of logs and stones made it difficult for the rebel soldiers behind to know what was going on in front of them. of casualties.

After slowly approaching and seeing corpses all over the place, chaos suddenly appeared in the array.

"The monsters have tracked them down. If we can't take down the Fucheng today, and borrow the might of the Heavenly Soldiers from the Town God's Temple in the county mansion, we will all die!"

The shrill voice of the saintess echoed in the ears of the rebel soldiers. This time they were not wearing veils, and there were a lot of congregants and guardians around them.

Seeing that the saintesses who usually believed in all rushed forward together, the rebellious mood was barely stabilized.

Since the demons attacked Hua County at night the day before yesterday, causing many congregants and rebel generals to be injured, they were terrified when they heard the word demons.

As the saying goes, seeing is believing, hearing is believing, Master Luo blocked the blood shadow monster, but he didn't expect that there was another monster hiding in the dark.When they got into trouble suddenly, they didn't even see the monster's appearance clearly. Some people felt that things under the firelight were distorted instantly, some people saw the flame being absorbed into a vortex by an inexplicable force, some people felt that the monster wind was blowing up and they couldn't stand still, and then they felt a strong headache and dizziness , I couldn't tell the difference between southeast and northwest, and when I came back to my senses, I found myself lying on the ground with bleeding from my mouth and nose.

Isn't this a demon?

It is said that King Tianshou was seriously injured.

I heard that Master Luo defeated the demons.

Sacrifice to the sky failed, blood stained the universe, there will be a catastrophe.

Some people are timid and want to escape. Anyway, they have already arrived at the treasure land in the south of the Yangtze River. They should grab some things and find a random village to farm and hunt. They should be able to survive. However, those who ran out at night were hanged on the tower of Hua County the next day, and their bodies were everywhere. Bloodstains, extremely strange.

In the army, it was widely rumored that the demon was guarding not far away, and without the protection of the saint, there was no way out.

The ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven was held again, the burning spices made people dizzy, and the blessings of the scriptures they were accustomed to lingered in their ears. The panic in the hearts of the rebel soldiers was eliminated.

Yes, it’s nothing to have a field that can be cultivated. Once it doesn’t rain or there is a flood, the whole year’s harvest will be gone.

Even if you can escape from the demons and take advantage of the chaos, the tax collectors and yamen servants can kill the whole family, it is better to work hard, and you can be a rich man who sits on the farm and collects rent without being an official.

——I have killed people and stained my hands with blood, so I don't think there is any difficulty in this matter.

Everyone held their weapons tightly, roaring in their mouths, and in their ears were words of bewitchment and blessings.

"kill!"

"Ziwei Hengzhao!"

Only by following the Heavenly King can they survive. They did not starve to death, and went all the way to the south of the Yangtze River.

"kill!"

"The Mandate of Heaven Comes to the World!"

The shouts in the city gradually changed from chaotic to orderly, and then the gongs and drums suddenly stopped, and tens of thousands of people shouted the word "kill" at the same time.

The oncoming sound waves shook the spears and halberds resting on the city wall, and the sand and dust rolled down.

The Jingzhou army stationed on the top of the city turned pale, and some people's feet were weak.

The second cry that followed was like thunder rolling across the sky.

The sky is about to end, and the city is lonely.

From a distance, it looks like a reef on the desert that is about to be submerged by the black tide. The afterglow of the setting sun cannot penetrate the thick clouds, but only faintly visible in the gaps, and at the same time gradually sinks.The darkness is an invisible monster, and the shadow slowly climbs up the city wall, about to engulf everything.

***

"Oops."

Meng Qi's expression changed suddenly, his breathing was uneven.

Seeing that Hua County had become an empty city, he knew something was wrong, so he grabbed Mo Li and hurried forward.

After a while, he met someone from Fengxing Pavilion on the side of the road.

"Where did the army of the Heavenly Granted King go?"

"Two hours ago, I might have arrived at Nanping County's prefecture."

It was Shanshanhu who spoke, and he gasped, "Flying pigeons have already gone to Jiangxia. I am ordered by the master of the pavilion to find some seniors from the Hengshan sect to restrain the guardians of the holy lotus altar and the thunderbolts." Tang, the longer the Nanping County prefecture is guarded, the more beneficial it will be."

"Qiu Gezhu is right, the premise is... that he can hold on to it."

After Meng Qi had seen the fortifications and where the food and grass were stationed in Hua County by Tianshou Wang, he felt troubled.

The rebellious army seems to be disorderly, but it restrains the foolish people through the holy lotus altar, and can temporarily turn them into a forbidden army.

That's all, many details show that there are quite a few soldiers in the Tianshouwang formation who are used to marching.Meng Qi looked at the camp to be sure, but it is useless for the general to have foresight, the soldiers under his command are useless, even a person who cooks and sets up the camp can make mistakes everywhere.

Also occupying the houses in Hua County, the rebel army is divided into two completely different groups. Some people only care about looking for a big house and long for a high bed to warm their pillows. .

"There are not only refugees and ordinary people here, but also elite soldiers." Meng Qi suddenly realized that he flicked his sleeves violently, and the sand flew up at his feet, and the stone was almost stepped out of a hole by him. "Before Yizhou was the territory of the Chu Dynasty, The imperial court not only has troops stationed at Xuanchuan Pass, but where are the soldiers from the counties in Yizhou?"

It is impossible for them all to be killed by refugees, or to flee and disappear.

"The Qi Dynasty did not control these troops at all, nor did they get them back."

Meng Qi gritted his teeth and said word by word, "The government is incompetent. After being defeated by the holy lotus altar or the king of heaven, these soldiers may have become thieves, and the king of heaven later gathered them in."

This time and again, although the number of soldiers has dropped sharply, they have escaped the eyes and ears of outsiders, thinking that the rebels are all vagrant bandits who can't eat.

"Lu Zhang is a waste!"

Meng Qi was furious and reached out to hold his forehead.

During the more than ten years of Qi Dynasty and Chu Li, until he met Mo Li, Meng Qi didn't know much about what happened in places other than Shangyun Mountain, especially remote places such as Yizhou, Pingzhou, and Yanzhou.