A month ago, Jiuyuan started spring, and everyone was happily busy with learning, planting, grazing, breeding and training.
suddenly! The red wolf smoke representing the enemy's invasion ignited and floated high into the sky along the river wind.
At the mouth of the big river, which was used to transport slaves from the Morgan, there was a lot of shouting and killing, and the Jiuyuan soldiers who were in charge of defending the river mouth were forced to retreat while fighting.
More and more ships docked, and more war slaves wearing battle skirts and holding spears poured out of the ships.
Shen Gu leaned over and hacked an enemy war slave to death, and rescued Zhu Neng who was besieged by several people, "Break out! Go to the coal mine. The fierce regiment of the fourth regiment should be patrolling there. Tell me the situation here." He, let him send a message back quickly, so that the city is ready to meet the enemy! Go away!"
"Yes!" Zhu Neng didn't dare to delay at all, turned his horse's head with a whistle, and broke out in the direction of the chaotic stone forest.
A spear flew towards Zhu Neng's back, Shen Gu charged at the horse's belly, swung the bone knife and slashed in the wrong direction.
The tip of the spear brushed against Zhu Neng's horse obliquely, the wildebeest suffered pain, roared angrily, and ran faster.
A wounded soldier turned around and shouted: "Shen regiment! There are too many enemies, and we can no longer defend our side!"
"All the infantry retreated into the forest, and the cavalry took the wounded and followed me, retreat!" In order to protect his subordinates and let more people escape, Shen Gu fought alone at the front.
"Xi Yuyu!" The wildebeest has a spirituality, and without the order of the knight, it can lift the ladder and kick people, or lower its head and sprint with the long horns on the top of its head.
Fukaya bent down and picked up a companion who was seriously injured and was about to fall to the ground, and put it on the horse's back.
There are not many soldiers staying on the river bank. If they were not well-trained, they would have been beaten by now.
The enemy not only came by boat from the other side of the river, but some chose to cross the river a little downstream, and then approached quietly. When the patrolling people on Jiuyuan's side found out, they launched an attack on the other side of the river in coordination.
Fortunately, the soldiers assigned to patrol and guard the river bank have certain combat experience. When the deep valley shouted to retreat, no one loved to fight, and not many people panicked—the panicked ones died not long after the battle started. As it has been done many times, the infantry all fought and fled to the forest behind them, while the cavalry tried to hold more enemies so that their companions could escape.
Although the war slaves who crossed the river and attacked first did not have war beasts, they did not run slowly. Some chased into the forest, and some wanted to entangle the cavalry.
"Brothers, take a walk with these bastards!" Shen Gu let out a sharp roar, and the cavalry understood it and quickly accelerated their retreat.
A large number of enemies chased subconsciously, and they didn't run far, "Boom!"
The ground collapsed, and all the war slaves chasing at the front fell into the trap.
Shen Gu stopped the wildebeest, turned back with his companions, and killed another batch with bow and arrow.
The spears flew in, and Shen Gu didn't dare to stay any longer. With a strange cry, he led the cavalry to run wildly again.
That morning, Meng Meng, who got the news, did not rush back to Jiuyuan immediately, but ran to observe the enemy's situation after the beacon was lit, and quickly sent people to support Shengu.
The soldiers on the watchtower on the Jiuyuan city wall were shocked when they saw the red smoke from the nearest sentry post, and passed the news up immediately.
Hearing the news, the warrior leaders and the stewards, such as Hin, were a little suspicious of their own ears.
Who is the enemy? Where are you coming from? Why is it against Jiuyuan
They don't know all of this.
"Where is Meng now?" Hide raised his head and asked.
Lan Die, who stayed behind in the fifth regiment, had a good relationship with Meng, and was the first to answer: "It's his turn to lead the patrol this time. According to the time, he should have arrived near the coal mine."
"Then he should already know about this by now, and he should take the initiative to inquire about it. We only have to wait for him to come back to know the details. But before that, let's light the wolf smoke and blow the horn, let the hunting team and all the people outside The people of Jiuyuan have come back, and from now on Jiuyuan will enter the period of preparation for war."
Hide began to issue orders one by one, and the others did not have any objections. Long before the leader and the priests left, they had issued an order that if there was a war that endangered Jiuyuan's safety, they could command the whole city.
Jiuyuan City moved at the fastest speed, the mermaid also got the news, and Ramon and Ji met.
That night, after rushing back, the meeting hall was lit with braziers and torches.
Meng drew a line on the huge terrain sand table, "When I came back, these enemies who suddenly appeared had already rushed here, about two hundred miles away from the mouth of the river. Shengu and I took them to circle around specially, and even waded There are some traps, but they have not been thrown away, and they have a large number of people, and the consumption is not much."
"According to their itinerary, how many days do you expect them to arrive?" Hide asked.
He licked his lips fiercely, and his eyelids were black and blue, "These people didn't bring war beasts, but their footsteps are not slow. If they are fast, they can arrive in about seven or eight days."
"Have you found out the detailed number of people?" Hide continued to ask.
The other leaders looked at Meng together.
Taking a deep breath, "About 5,000 people, most of them are third-level fighters, but their little leaders are all fourth-level and fifth-level."
five thousand! Everyone present was silent.
"This is the people who came here. There are still a group of people hiding on the other side of the river. There are about two thousand people in that group. They are more powerful. They should be their backup. I guess the strength of that group of people is just ordinary fighters. I'm afraid they are all at the fourth level. More than that." Meng Meng's expression of laughter in the past was gone.
Hao asked, "Did you find out where they came from? Do you know why they attacked us?"
"I heard them talking about the Huangjing tribe. As for why they attacked us, I can't stay for too long. I don't know for the time being."
"Huangjing Tribe?" Wu Chen frowned, "I heard Master mention this tribe, it seems to be a powerful tribe, rich in Yuanjing mines, and seems to have a good relationship with the Morgan tribe. The last time Master and the others went to Morgan, And made a deal with them."
"Trading? Are they interested in our red salt?" Hao is worthy of being a former chief, and his words hit the nail on the head.
He nodded, "It's very possible. But no matter what they are doing, the other party has already sent so many slaves to fight, so we have to continue."
Immediately, he asked Meng again: "Are there any fighters above level six? How many blood fighters are there? What abilities?"
Meng continued to answer: "No sixth-level fighters were found among the people who came over, but there were on the other side of the river. I need to rush back to report, so I didn't check carefully, but the leader of their team should be a sixth-level fighter, and it is very likely that he is a god-blood warrior." Soldiers. The enemies who have already landed have found a total of three blood warriors. Their abilities are very strange, as if they can create invisible shields to block the attacks of our soldiers."
The faces of the group leaders were not very good, and they continued to ask calmly: "What is the range of the blood's ability? How long can it last?"
"One person can protect about a hundred people. Because of the three blood warriors, our soldiers can't hurt them at all. That's why we can't stop them from landing with bows and arrows."
"Has the track at the coal mine been covered?"
"It's all done, even if they look for it, they can't see the slightest trace."
"The traps along the way have also been laid?"
"It's all been dug before, but there are so many people coming, they may not be able to dig much."
He groaned for a moment, then looked up at the crowd, "7,000 people, not counting follow-up, this is already three times the net combat power of our Jiuyuan, and the lowest-level fighters they sent here are also three-level, but our fighters still have a lot Few people are only level 1 and level 2. They also have level 6 blood warriors, while our current highest level of blood warriors is only level 4, which is still fierce."
"Hey, what kind of tone are you talking about, that you dislike me? If it wasn't for my ability to be upgraded to level four, do you think I could go to the enemy camp to scout for information and shorten the ten-day journey to half a day without disturbing anyone? "
"The leader and the priest have left. Now, apart from the mermaid warriors in the tribe, you are indeed the only one who has awakened as the blood warriors at the highest level."
He didn't care about the second violent offender, and said instead: "Everyone knows what a high-ranking blood warrior is equivalent to. This time, there are not only high-ranking blood warriors, but also a large number of slaves. Judging from the number of slaves , the other party may have the idea of attacking and killing us in one fell swoop. Now let's talk about how we plan to meet the enemy."
Kusamachi looked up carefully and said, "I have a few questions before that."
Hideous, "Please tell me."
Kusamachi: "I remember Mo Da once told me that the leader and he both showed their strength in Morgan, and the other party should already know that our leader is a seventh-level blood warrior, so why didn't they come this time with higher-level fighters? Moreover, the other side doesn't know about our situation in Jiuyuan, so how dare they just send people to attack Jiuyuan like this? In addition, it seems that the enemy is also very familiar with our place of residence, Mengtuan and Shentuan clearly led them around in circles on the grassland , but they still ran towards Jiuyuan, why?"
After a pause, Kuomachi said again: "The most important point is, why didn't they come early or late, but why did they call at the beginning of spring? And it happened that the leader and the priest and Lord Jiufeng left together and were not at home. If they knew that the leader, the priest, and Lord Jiufeng were not there, then it would be easy to explain why they only came with level six divine-blood warriors."
Everyone obviously thought of one point, and said: "You said that there are spies among us, who secretly spread the news that the leader and the priest are not in the city? That's why the Huangjing tribe dared to attack us unscrupulously?"
Kusamachi pointed out: "We only brought back a large number of slaves from Morgan last year."
Yes, who can guarantee that these slaves do not have the eyes and ears of other tribes
Even more terrifying, why did those people come to Jiuyuan so coincidentally during the period when the deep valley was guarding the river bank
No one wants to doubt Fukani, including Kusamachi who asked the question, but there is no doubt that there are spies in the tribe.
After discussions in the middle of the night, Hide synthesized everyone's opinions and sorted out a plan to fight the enemy.
First, send some blood warriors to harass them on the grassland, and kill as many as they can.
Second, lure the enemy to the trap.
Third, pay equal attention to both civil and military. While beating someone, you might as well ask the other party why they came, and try to delay the time as much as possible.
Fourth, in addition to the mermaid, send another person to ask for help from the dwarves.
Soon, Shengu fled back, saying that he saw the Morgans.
Then, Wu Chen, who followed Mengqian to negotiate, was almost detained by the enemy, and in the end he was carried by Mengmeng on his shoulders and ran as fast as possible before escaping back.
But Wu Chen and Meng also confirmed one thing, the other party really came for Hongyan, and the enemy knew that their leader, priest and patron saint Jiufeng were not there. But one thing is strange, they don't seem to know that Jiuyuan is still guarded by mermaid warriors.
Half a month later, the combined team of Huang Jing and Mogan finally reached the city of Jiuyuan.
At this time, the next two thousand of them had also joined the team. Although Jiuyuan had consumed a lot of people before, after joining these two thousand people, their number still exceeded five thousand, and half of them were four. super fighter!
Jiuyuan was short of manpower, so he ordered that Qingyuan Lake in the east and the city gate in the south be handed over to the mermaid clan for protection, and the fierce Fifth Warrior Regiment was responsible for support. The first and second regiments guard the North City, and the third and fourth regiments guard the West City. Each regiment of Scouts is in charge of messaging. Others, etc. are responsible for logistics and weapons support, etc.
The mermaid warrior Ramon asked to see the patriarch.
Hai Sen asked Yu Wu, "What are your plans?"
Yu Wu was playing with a fat little mermaid who was just born, "What are your plans? Didn't we send the agreed eight hundred soldiers?"
"I heard that there are many human enemies coming this time, and eight hundred soldiers may not be enough."
Yu Wu didn't care much and said: "Let's take a look first, Jiuyuan can't always rely on us, Little Mo Wu's tribe has also been pieced together in the past few years, and it just happened to go through a few wars to sharpen it. Okay. , bad, loyal, and unfaithful, you will know after this.”
Hai Sen didn't really care about human life or death, but, "If too many Jiuyuan people die, are you not afraid that the little priest will come back and turn against you? Don't forget that we are now..."
Yu Wu wants to say that he dares! But if you think about it carefully, that kind-hearted little guy might really dare to turn against him. Looking at the cute little mermaid in his arms, for the long-term development of the mermaid clan, Yu Wu turned and asked Ramon: "...over there Let us defend the east city and the south city?"
Ramon quickly replied: "Yes."
"Then we will guard these two sides, and no non-Jiuyuan people are allowed to enter Jiuyuan from these two sides, and no non-Jiuyuan people are allowed to approach Qingyuan Lake and Red Salt Lake! If the other two city gates cannot support , Jiuyuan took the initiative to ask for help, and sent another 500 soldiers."
Ramon looked at Heisen.
Heisen nodded.
"Yes." Ramon received the order and left quickly.
Outside Jiuyuan City, Huang Jing and Moore's alliance team saw the mermaid warrior in the outer moat. Before their greed arose, they were frightened by the opponent's aura, and immediately frowned fiercely.
"What is that? You didn't say that there are mermaid warriors in Jiuyuan!" The leader Huang Jing, who led the team, pulled his face down.
"What about the mermaid? Are you afraid? It's hard for me to get the news that the leaders and priests of Jiuyuan, including their big human-faced bird, are not in Jiuyuan now, and they won't be back in the short term. If you don't take advantage of this If we attack Jiuyuan, we will have no chance of obtaining Jiuyuan territory in the future, let alone Red Salt!"
"It seems that your people have also lied to you a lot. Since he can hide from you that there are mermaids here, maybe the absence of the leader of Jiuyuan is also a lie to you?"
"Is it fake news? Let's try to attack the city and we'll know. Anyway, these are just war slaves from our two tribes. So what if they're all dead?"
In Jiuyuan City, many people were praying to the sky, hoping that the leader and the priest would come back quickly.
Some people even couldn't help complaining secretly: "They have been out for such a long time and haven't come back, so they don't care about us?"
And this kind of complaint gradually spread in the city after the war became more brutal.
All Jiuyuan people are asking a question: Where is our leader, priest and patron saint Jiufeng now
Ten days ago, on the top of a high mountain outside Tucheng.
Jiufeng stood on the tallest boulder and stared fiercely at Tucheng.
Curse Witch clicked his mouth, "What should I say? I'm going back to Wucheng with me, and I'll take revenge on Tucheng later. Or go back to Jiuyuan."
Ding Ning Ding Fei was very silent, they lost the leader and the priest, how could they have the face to go back
As an outsider, Ziming couldn't say anything, anyway, he had already decided that he would follow Ding Ning wherever he went.
Bing is the calmest one among all of them at the moment. After venting his revenge on Tucheng during this period, his sanity has returned, "Mo Wu definitely wants us to go back to Jiuyuan, and I don't believe he is dead, he is Mo Wu , is the priest of the gods who have been personally inherited by the ancestor gods, and he will not die."
Ding Fei also immediately said: "Yes, the priest will definitely not die. Da Da also said that the priest is not dead!"
The curse witch waved his hand, and said bluntly: "Da Da that kid ran away by himself, and I don't care about him. Let me ask you, what are you going to do? You can't just stay outside Tucheng and continue to make trouble for them? I'm not afraid They, but your self-protection is a problem, if you don't care about you little bastards, Jiu Feng and I will toss them as long as we want."
Bing decided: "Go back to Jiuyuan. If the leader and the priest are all right, they will definitely go back to Jiuyuan."
"Jie!" Jiu Feng said that he wanted to leave the team, and Da Da had already gone to find Mo Mo, and he wanted to go too, he didn't believe that Mo Mo died, his little two-legged monster didn't die so easily.
The witch refused, "No, you are leaving, who will take us back to Jiuyuan? Go back? How long will it take?"
"Jie!" Trouble! Jiufeng was angry.
Two days ago, at the edge of the woods where the slave trader Na Fei and Yuan Zhan met, they were looking for the beast with a little residual smell, and they pounced on a kitten.
"Meow." The kitten called out pitifully under the pressure of its big paws.
Da Da raised his paw, and before the kitten could run away, he pressed his tail again.
The kitten frowned, "Meow!"
Several catmen hid in the trees and slowly approached the black beast, trying to catch it off guard.
"Shua!" The black beast rushed into the forest with the kitten in its mouth.
The cat man was in a hurry, "Meow! Save me, the monster has taken Xiao Yunyun away!"
Running, the cat people had to run into the mountain forest near Yincheng again, and then they saw the black beast running towards the Yincheng soldiers patrolling the road with the kitten in its mouth!
Now, in the palace of Yincheng, in the small castle of the eldest prince La Moling.
Yan Mo felt uneasy for no reason, he wanted to sit up, but his body didn't allow it.
Yuan Zhan held his hand.
"Hiss." Yan Mo gasped in pain.
Yuan Zhan quickly relaxed, but did not let go.
Yan Mo found that he could not open his mouth to speak, so he still used his mental strength: "I will take out the pocket later, and you bring all the belongings collected during this period for me to put away. In addition, I have the ninth-level yuan in the pocket Jing, I will probably fully recover soon. There is still one more day, we need to prepare well."
"The door..." Wu Guo's voice sounded very abruptly again.
"What door? Ah! You mean the disc and the ring you received this time?" Yan Mo responded quickly.
Wu Guo stopped talking.
Yan Mo didn't ask further, but Wu Guo would rather spend his mental energy to convey such a word, so that he could change his mind, "Your eldest son seems to want me to spend the rest of the day studying the newly acquired bones."
Yuan Zhan was about to speak when he suddenly turned his head, and soon he stood up.
"A Zhan?"
Yuan Zhan turned around, but he didn't answer Yan Mo's call, he raised his legs and walked towards the gate of the small castle.