In the early hours of the morning, the streets of Xingrenfu were noisy with people and cars. The people got up and looked out, and they saw a procession of men and horses marching into the city on the long street. Under the light of torches, these soldiers and horses were brightly armored and neatly walked, and they were a well-equipped imperial forbidden army. The people got up and ran to tell each other, smiling happily. The army of the imperial court has arrived, and the psychology of the people who are panicked by the massive number of bandits outside the city today has finally calmed down. Reinforcements from the imperial court arrived in time, and Xingren Mansion might be able to keep it.

In the early morning, mist shrouded the sky and the earth. In late autumn of September, the temperature in the morning was already very cold, and the weeds on the ground were attached to the white frost, which looked like a light snow from a distance.

In the camp of the bandits outside the eastern city, the sound of prayer and chanting could be heard in the misty air. The first prayer of the morning began in the cold early hours of the morning. Tens of thousands of bandit cultists knelt on the ground, pouted their buttocks and began to pray. It doesn't matter if you don't eat or drink in the morning, but this prayer must come first. After the prayer, they were like they had been beaten, and they were immediately full of vitality and motivation. For these congregants, this spiritual food is much more important than breakfast.

"Ahhu, hey, Ak, that Baba! The Holy Father is great! As the chant of the saints ended with a beautiful epilogue, the camp was filled with the voice of the Holy Father, and then everyone began to get up and begin to bury the pot and make food. Everything is back to normal.

In the Holy Father's tent in the middle of the camp, Hai Dongqing's eyes were sunken, and his face was haggard and he sat under the lamp. There was also a large group of apologists sitting in the tent, all of them with tired faces. Judging from the huge candle that had burned in a strange shape in the corner of the table, the candle flame had been lit overnight, and the Holy Father and the leaders of the Youth Sect had also stayed awake all night.

Although everything seems to be going well, the army is approaching the city, and Guo Xu's army is far away from Shanxian County, so it is impossible to rush to support in a few days. But Hai Dongqing didn't dare to slack off at all, because he knew that this was his last chance to fight, and he couldn't miss a little. He had to take the city in front of him and use it as a barrier to stop his pursuers, giving him enough time to break through to the west. He must take the Xingren Mansion bloodlessly, preserve a large number of the strength of the Apologists, and defeat the last obstacle of the Jingbei army. It is precisely because it is necessary to ensure the quick capture of Xingren Mansion and to preserve the strength of a large number of cathar troops, so this siege battle is actually very contradictory. Therefore, Haidong Qingcai gathered everyone to discuss the best siege strategy.

After discussion, a lot of methods and strategies were proposed, but Hai Dongqing did not get a reliable method from it. Hai Dongqing understands the shortcomings of these people under him, they are all from bandits and ruffians, where will there be any reliable methods of warfare. If they want to kill people, set fires and rob things, they are naturally one of the top few. But if it were really put on the table to think of a formal way to fight with a large army, they were like idiots, and the methods they proposed were sometimes childish and ridiculous.

At this time, Hai Dongqing missed Meng Xiang and Song Mian very much. After all, the two of them still have some leadership experience and brains, at least compared to the group of people in front of them, they are much higher. It's a pity that Meng Xiang died under Yangwu City, and Song Mian had to be abandoned as cannon fodder by himself. Now these people don't even have a person who can share their worries

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In fact, Hai Dongqing himself didn't have any good ideas, after the incident, although he experienced the vicious battle of Ying Tianfu, it was actually the first battle of defending the city that Hai Dongqing had experienced, and he had accumulated some experience in leading the army. But at the moment, this is a siege battle, and the experience gained from the battle of Ying Tianfu is not very useful here. One attacks and the other defends, and the means of the two are very different, and they cannot be taken for granted. How Hai Dongqing wished that he also had the kind of siege weapon called the cloud chariot that Guo Xu had when he attacked the city. In that way, he could copy Guo Xu's methods of attacking the city. It is believed that the Heungin Mansion will be broken soon. But how can he have such a big family business, all he has is some improvised manpower, some of the most rudimentary and primitive siege ladders.

However, the conflict between how to preserve the strength and quickly capture the city was resolved by the news learned in the early hours of the morning. When it was learned that the Jingbei Forbidden Army had gone to Xingren Mansion to defend the city, everything became much simpler. For now, it is only necessary to capture Xingren Mansion, because that would also mean defeating the forbidden army in Jingbei. This was overcome, and the two problems became one.

Therefore, there is no need to preserve strength, the opponent's reinforcements have entered the city, and the defenders in the city have reached more than 10,000, and they are all regular troops. Preserve strength in this situation? Isn't it a joke? The problem now is that even if you attack with all your might, I am afraid that you may not be able to capture Xingren Mansion. So the focus of the question turned to the specific matter of how to siege the city. At this point, it was not long before everyone reached a consensus. In any case, the arrow has to be fired, and it must be successful. There were fierce tigers in front of them and evil wolves in the back, and there was no room and time left for them to move, so they could only rely on the tens of thousands of miscellaneous sect members they were holding in their hands to fight to the death.

The morning sun dispelled the morning fog, and the cold air became warmer. The sound of trumpets under the city began to sound, and the bandits had already begun to march out of the camp and prepare for the siege of the city six hundred steps away from Xingren Mansion. The defenders of the city head were also facing the enemy, Guo Kunlin, Jue, Wei Dakui and other generals all boarded the ship, and the ten thousand defenders at the head of the city were ready for battle. In the Heungin Mansion, the people of the whole city put down what they were doing, gathered on the street square, looked east, and silently prayed for the victory of the defenders and the safe return of their families who participated in the battle.

Halfway through the hour, the horns and gongs and drums were even more noisy, and the black star and moon dragon flag representing the presence of the Holy Father appeared in front of the battle. Hai Dongqing, whose face was covered with a mask, sat on a cyan high-headed horse, and a golden order flag appeared in everyone's field of vision.

"The deity will persuade the lost lambs at the head of the city to turn back. Otherwise, the deity will have to send them all to hell. Hai Dongqing shouted in a deep voice.

Someone rushed to the city and shouted, "Listen, people in the city, my Holy Sect Holy Father has come to admonish you, and you must not be rude." Before the two armies are in battle, there should be etiquette. If a secret arrow hurts someone, it is an unkind and unrighteous act. ”

Guo Kun laughed and said, "What is there to say?" Is the Holy Father of bullshit still coming to chew his tongue? If you want to fight, you will fight, and the old men are impatient to wait. ”

Lin Jue said in a deep voice: "Brother, it's nothing to see what he says, he is Hai Dongqing, and he can be regarded as our old friend." After a while, we can ridicule him and make him lose face, which can be regarded as boosting morale. ”

Guo Kun nodded and said, "Well, that's what I said." He turned his head to the city and shouted, "Okay, it's okay to do left and right, but let's see what ivory he can spit out of his dog's mouth." Tell him to come and speak, whoever sneaks up is a bastard. Tell him not to tremble. ”

Soon after, hundreds of Qingjiao guards surrounded Hai Dongqing and more than a dozen guardians slowly stepped forward, and after entering the range of arrows, the guards raised their big shields and surrounded them in all directions, in case the city released arrows to attack, and they were extremely cautious.

"The Holy Father has arrived, and Ze has been born! Don't kowtow yet! An apologetic shouted at the top of the city.

"Hahaha." The soldiers and civilians at the head of the city burst into laughter. The little prince leaned back and smiled and scolded loudly: "I'm still pretending to be a ghost, just fooling myself, and I'm still running to fool your master." Hai Dongqing, you don't have to hide it, you're just a bandit leader, what kind of god stick are you pretending to be? Do you know your grandfather? Back then, the gentlemen brought soldiers and horses, but they took your Peach Blossom Island bandits' nest. ”

Guo Kun was not polite, as soon as he came up, he lifted Hai Dongqing's old bottom and turned his past upside down.

Hai Dongqing slowly took off his mask, revealing a handsome and old face. That face was full of anger and malice. Hai Dongqing actually knew that it was Lin Jue and others who annihilated Meng Xiang's army in Yangwu County, and he was also mentally prepared, his old bottom could not be concealed in front of Lin Jue. Despite this, he was still furious after being uncovered.

"Who you are, the deity doesn't know you. The deity used to be the owner of Peach Blossom Island, but that was already a thing of the past. The deity has long been enlightened by Tianzun and reborn. The person in the past is no longer me, and I am not the past me, and in front of you at this moment is the messenger of the Temple, the Apostle of the Heavenly Venerable, the leader of the Holy Sect who redeems the people from sin and cleanses the world of demons and evil ways. The deity doesn't care if you speak badly, because you lost sheep don't know what heinous sins you have committed, and you don't know what punishment you will face. You will eventually come to your senses, either when you are influenced by the Buddha-figures, or when you suffer from the devouring of all demons in hell. Hai Dongqing said slowly in a deep and desolate voice.

"Hey, you're still squirming, and you're still in a set, what kind of garlic is in it? You don't know me? The little master is the little prince of Hangzhou Liang Wangfu, you always know this. Reborn? I see you as unrepentant. When you escaped from Peach Blossom Island, it was already a fluke, but I didn't expect you to become a saint again, and bewitch so many people to make trouble, this time, you don't want to run away. Guo Kun said loudly.

"It turned out to be the little prince of Liang Wangfu, but I have heard of it. The deity doesn't have much impression of you, and it wasn't your work back then, so why would you put gold on your face. The deity does the way for heaven, and the people voluntarily follow it, so how can it be bewitched? The court regarded the people as grass mustard, exploited the blood and sweat of the people, and forced the people to live. The people have awakened under the inspiration of the deity, and they are no longer silent sheep, this is an awakening. You say that the deity is in turmoil, why don't you ask the emperor Guo Chong in the Bianliang Palace, he doesn't give the people a way to live, why should the people support him? If you understand this truth, you should not blame the deity and the people, but should question Guo Chong. He is the culprit of the turmoil in the world. Hai Dongqing responded in a deep voice.

"Phew, a bunch of nonsense, gossip to confuse the public." Guo Kun spat at the foam and scolded loudly.

。 Nine Heavenly God Emperors