The sun is hanging in the sky, and the heat wave is rolling. In March, the village is full of warm flowers, and even in March in Xinjing, it is full of spring, but in the cold of Jerusalem, you can only see the earthy yellow, which is always hot day after day, year after year.

However, at this time, the defenders on the walls of Jerusalem felt a chill one by one, this cold was not from the outside, but rose from the bottom of the heart, which could make people shiver involuntarily.

In the open space outside the city, a group of about 500 elite slaves in front of the Western Qin army were escorted to the front of the military formation by the infantry of the Western Qin army, and they were kicked to their knees one by one by the escorted soldiers of the Western Qin army, and as a Western Qin general pulled out his waist knife and waved it downward, a knife light flashed, and the heads of the five hundred slaves fell to the ground at the same time, and a fountain of blood sprayed out from the broken neck of the corpse, and these headless corpses fell to the ground one after another without movement.

On the city wall, Bishop Perici broke out in a cold sweat on his forehead and felt a chill in his heart, and he asked Guy in a trembling voice: "What are they doing?" Why slaughter those people? O God, they slaughter the defenseless, this is a sin, this is a monstrous sin that will go to hell! ”

Even a Jewish elder as strong as Guy felt a chill hit him when he saw the Western Qin army slaughtering slaves outside the city in front of all the defenders on the city wall, maybe others didn't understand, but Guy knew that the massacre was a counter-action that might provoke strong resistance from the defenders, and it could also break the resistance of the defenders after mastering a certain degree.

Standing next to him, the elder of the Great Food Sect, Muri Sardin, said: "Bishop Perich, those who were killed were all slaves, I just counted them, and this time there were five hundred people killed!" ”

Next, the soldiers of the Western Qin Army escorted over another 500 people, and killed these 500 people according to the way just now, when the slaughter reached the sixth group of people, many of the defenders on the city wall could not bear this psychological pressure, Zhao Ziliang knew that this method could not be delayed, and it was necessary to break the psychological defense line of the defenders in one go, so that their hearts would collapse, and they would be scared of their bitter courage.

When the massacre reached the tenth batch, most of the defenders on the city wall could not stand it, and the weapons in their hands were involuntarily dropped, and one by one they were paralyzed on the ground in fright.

Murisardin suddenly figured out why the Western Qin army wanted to slaughter these people, and he said to Peric and Guy with a solemn face: "I know why they did this, these people who were killed were slaves, and the reason why the Western Qin army killed these people was because on the one hand, they used this method to break our resistance, caused us a huge oppression and made our soldiers lose their combat effectiveness, and on the other hand, because the king of Western Qin planned to use slaves to attack the city and consume our troops, But these slaves were not willing to obey his will to attack us, and you see, these men were brought to their knees and prayed earnestly in the direction of the Holy City, although I do not know what religion they were, but I am sure that they were devout believers! The king of Western Qin could not drive these devout believers to attack the holy city, and he was worried that it would be a disaster to keep them, so he ordered these people to be escorted to the city and killed in front of us, which can not only break our will to fight, but also avoid disasters, and also deter other slaves, this king of Western Qin is too terrible! ”

These words made Perridge's confidence begin to shake again, and he continued to tremble, "Two adults, I think we are only afraid that we will not be able to hold on for long before we will be breached, this king of Western Qin is not only strong and strong, but also has high wisdom, and we have no foreign aid, once we persist, in case we anger the king of Western Qin, and when he breaks through Jerusalem, not only will we not live, everyone in the city will die, I can't imagine the scene of the holy city becoming hell, if we send someone to talk to him now, At the very least, we should be able to get everyone in the city to be spared······"

Guy categorically interrupted Perridge and stared at him coldly, "Master Perridge, don't you think it's too late to say this?" Things have reached this situation, and they can no longer develop according to our will, and the king of Western Qin is bound to win, will he agree to negotiate peace with us? Okay, whether he wants to make peace with us or not, but who do we send out of the city to talk? Do you dare to go? ”

Now that the army under the city is gathered and murderous, no one dares to guarantee that once they arrive at the Western Qin army camp, they will be able to come back completely, and the possibility of being killed there is definitely much greater than the possibility of returning completely, and no one dares to take this risk.

The slaves outside the city had been slaughtered in the tenth batch, and the heads of five thousand people had fallen to the ground, and the heads had rolled down to the ground and had been piled up into a mountain of human heads, and the headless corpses on the ground had been spread layer after layer, more than one person tall, and the blood had stained the whole earth red.

Most of the defenders on the walls were paralyzed by the bloody and brutal scene, and Perridge was so frightened that he kept chanting: "Oh God, send these sinners to hell······

In the end, Peric couldn't stand it anymore and said to Guy and Murisadien: "I'm a little uncomfortable, and I don't know how to defend the city, so I'll leave it to you!" ”

Guy and Murisardin looked at the back of Perridge leaving, both of them were a little worried, thinking that this city was only afraid that it would be difficult to defend, and the king of Western Qin came with such a hand, which frightened everyone, and there were only many people with combat power left.

In the formation of the Western Qin army outside the city, Zhao Ziliang held a telescope and had been observing the reaction of the defenders and generals on the city wall, and when he found that they had been frightened and panicked, and many of them could not stand, he knew that the will of the defenders to resist was only afraid that it would soon collapse, so he ordered to continue the slaughter of the eleventh batch of slaves.

"It looks like if we kill a few more batches, the defenders of Jerusalem will collapse, after all, it is an army that has not been recruited," Xuan 15 said.

Wei Gao also said: "King, Weichen thinks that he can make the soldiers ready, and once the time is ripe, he can immediately order the soldiers to kill them and break the city in one fell swoop!" ”

Zhao Ziliang nodded, and was about to order the army to prepare for the attack, when Zhao Bei, the commander of the Dragon Guard Army, shouted: "King, there is news from the sentry on the side hill, look!" ”

Everyone immediately looked at the side hill, only to see that the sentry on the hill kept using small flags to wave the flag, Zhao Ziliang picked up the binoculars to observe, and soon changed his face, he put down the binoculars and ordered unwillingly: "There is a sandstorm in the south, pass on the king's military order, withdraw the army back to the camp!" ”

After that, he pulled the reins of the war horse, turned around and galloped towards the rear barracks, and the generals looked at each other, and some people couldn't help but scold: "Seeing that you can attack Jerusalem in one go, but there is a sandstorm at this time, it's too coincidental!" ”

"It's not uncommon for there to be sandstorms in this place, withdraw the troops and return to the camp, if you move slowly, you are afraid that you will be swept away by the sandstorm!"

The Western Qin army soon began to withdraw in an orderly manner, the infantry turned directly back, the cavalry remained in the rear, the remaining slaves were escorted away, and the open space outside the city was soon empty.

The defenders on the city wall were stunned, what was going on? Why did the Western Qin army suddenly withdraw? Guy and Murisardin looked at each other, and Murisardin asked, "Why did the king of Western Qin suddenly withdraw his troops?" ”

Guy couldn't figure it out, but soon someone answered their doubts, and only heard a nearby soldier shouting: "Look, the sandstorm is coming, the sandstorm is coming, the sandstorm is coming from the south!" ”

When everyone heard this, they turned to look over the south of Jerusalem, and sure enough, they saw a large amount of black sand and dust gathering in the sky, and they were about to sweep towards Jerusalem.

Sandstorms can be big and small, and the powerful ones are extremely terrifying, people, animals and everything standing on the ground will be swept away, even including trees and houses, and the small ones can make people disappear without a trace, causing great destructive power.

Only then did Guy and Murisardine understand why the King of Western Qin suddenly withdrew his troops, it turned out that they had discovered the sandstorm, and Guy immediately ordered: "Leave a few sentinels on the city wall, and all the others and all the others withdraw to the city to hide from the wind and sand!" ”

The defenders of the city were relieved at this time, in their opinion, the sandstorm was far less terrible than the Western Qin army, and with the protection of the city, the ordinary sandstorm would not cause them much harm and loss.

Murisardin looked at the surging sandstorm and prayed: "Allah forbid, I hope that this sandstorm can directly make the Western Qin army lose its combat effectiveness, otherwise when the sandstorm passes, the Western Qin army will also come back!" ”

Guy shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Muri Sardin, the Lord treats the world the same, if the sandstorm can wipe out the Western Qin army, then Jerusalem will definitely not be able to escape this fate!" ”

Sandstorms occur in various parts of the Middle East for a long time, which is nothing new, but sandstorms generally occur in the center of the desert, such as this near towns is rare, but it is not impossible, Jerusalem has also produced sandstorms, but the violation is not big, after all, the sandstorms that can blow here have lost most of their power.

Luckily, the sandstorm was not too big, but it covered the city with a layer of fine sand, destroyed some dilapidated houses, and blew off a few large moth-eaten trees. The Western Qin army did not suffer any losses, and the military camp was set up at the foot of the hill, and the nearby hills blocked most of the power of the sandstorm, only to sprinkle a layer of fine sand in the camp and disappear without a trace.

Zhao Ziliang got out of the tent, shook the sand on his body and scolded: "It was not easy to defeat the fighting will and morale of the defenders of Jerusalem, but a sandstorm came and disturbed the good thing of the lonely king, everything that was done just now was in vain, and the five thousand people died in vain, and if you want to do this, there will be no effect like just now!" ”

Chen Qing hugged his fists and suggested: "King, you really can't do it, you can only attack!" ”

Zhao Ziliang's cold face exuded infinite killing intent: "Pass the order, and launch an attack on the city early tomorrow morning!" ”

"Yes!"