Chapter 3577 Siege of the City
The next day, Shi Zhui and the others went out to find people to look at the house. Although everyone here in Backing City knew that many people had died in the house where Zhao Hai now lived. Many people don't like to go to that house, but if they just go to clean it, many people are willing to go. After all, the living conditions here in the mountain city are still very difficult, and many people have almost reached the point where they don't have enough to eat. A little more income is also good.
While Shi Zui and the others were negotiating the price, bursts of bells came from the city, and then the city gate suddenly closed. Upon seeing this, the man who was negotiating the price with Shi Zui The man immediately turned around and ran away without saying a word.
When Shi Chui saw the man's appearance, he couldn't help but be startled. He quickly grabbed the man and said, "My friend, why are you running?"
The man was running, but Being pulled tightly by the stone hammer, he couldn't help but become anxious. He shouted loudly: "That's an alarm. Someone is attacking the city. Go home and hide."
Shi Zhui was stunned, and the man broke free from Shi Zhui's hand and ran home quickly. Shi Chui glanced around and found that everyone on the street was running home, even where he was. This little teahouse is closing down.
Shi Chui did not stop, and immediately dropped two copper coins, ran out of the teahouse, and ran straight to the house. After a while, he returned to the house, and as soon as he arrived at the house, he found other people. They have all come back and are sitting in the living room talking with Zhao Hai.
Shi Chui passed the living room immediately. Zhao Ting glanced at Shi Chui and said, "Shi Chui is back. What's wrong? You look like you are in a hurry?"
Shi Chui clicked. He nodded and said: "Yes, young master, everything is in chaos outside now. Everyone is running home, and I am running back."
Zhao Hai said in a deep voice: "What's going on? I Did you hear a bell just now? ”
Shi Chui nodded and said: "It's a bell, Master. I heard that someone is attacking the city. This is an alarm bell. Master, what should we do?"
Zhao Hai was stunned for a moment, then murmured: " Attacking the city? So there's a war? This is interesting. Haha, we can't force our way out of the city now, so we can just wait in the city. I really want to see what happens next."
As soon as Zhao Hai finished speaking, he heard a knock on the door, and a voice said loudly: "Open the door, open the door, we are from the city guard, open the door quickly!"
Zhao Hai was stunned for a moment, then turned around and winked at Shi Zhui. Shi Zhui nodded, then walked out quickly, saying loudly as he walked: "Come on, come on." After saying that, he opened the door. .
Sure enough, there were five armored sergeants of the city guard standing outside the door. These sergeants glanced at Shi Chui and said solemnly: "Where is your master? Let him come out."< br>
Zhao Hai also stood up at this time, looked at the city guards and said: "Everyone, I am the master of this family, but what are your orders?"
The city guards looked at Zhao Hai glanced at it and said in a deep voice: "Are you the master of this family? Well, listen, the Lord of the City has ordered that one of the five former families in the city should be put on the wall to help. To defend the city, two people will be drawn from every family with more than ten people, and three people will be drawn from every family with more than fifteen people. How many people are there in your family? "
Zhao Hai was stunned when he heard what he said, and then he said in a deep voice. "There are less than ten people in our family. Let's do this, Shi Zhui. You can follow the adults up to the city wall to have a look." Shi Zhui responded and followed the few city guards.
At this time Honghua said: "Master, what do the city guards want to do? Why do they have to draw people from the city to defend the city? Can it be defended?" Honghua is Zhao Hai and others She was the only woman in the demon clan, and besides Shi Zhui, she was the one who had been wandering outside for the longest time, so she felt strange.
Zhao Hai said in a deep voice: "It seems that this kind of thing is a common practice here, otherwise the people of the city guard would not be able to do it so smoothly. Forget it, let's take a look."< br>
The other people nodded and didn't say anything. They were also very curious about today's events. They knew before that things were not peaceful in the Lost Soul Mountain Area, but they didn't expect that someone would attack the city at this time. It was very interesting. They really wanted to know what the battle here was like.
Time passed little by little, and about an hour after Shi Zhui and the others left, there were bursts of killing cries from the city wall, and Zhao Hai also used his mental energy to explore.
The city wall is now full of people. Most of these people have not turned into weapons. Only some soul bowers or soul masters have turned into weapons and are heading down the city. Take a shot.
As for the enemies attacking from the city, many of them have been turned into weapons at this time, and these people are all people who attack soul objects in the process.
However, the people under the city are very well equipped. They are all wearing black scales. Many of them have devil masks on their faces. In their group, there is a big flag. , the big flag is embroidered with a big snake spitting out letters.
And Shi Chui is still standing on the city wall with the others. He has not transformed or revealed his weapon. He just stands there and looks at the current situation.
Zhao Hai calculated that the number of troops under the city is about 50,000, while the number of troops defending the city is only about 15,000. This ratio is not very high. If the people on the city, If everyone works together to defend the city, it can still be defended.
But Zhao Hai looked at the people guarding the city and shook his head gently. Many of the people guarding the city didn't seem so anxious. On the contrary, they looked a little careless. It is really impossible to defend the city with such people.
Zhao Hai saw the appearance of the city defenders and knew what was going on. A large part of these people were summoned from the city to go up the city wall. They did not want to fight in the first place. Naturally, I won’t contribute any more. In addition, there have been wars in the Mihun Mountain area for many years, and everyone has a mood to fight for war. In the eyes of the people here, they are all the same no matter who rules them. They don't care about the country at all. Because of this, when they fought, they did not use their full strength, but seemed very lazy.
Compared with the people on the city, the troops below the city looked much more professional. Their military formations were well arranged, and their long-range attack firepower was also very strong, making them appear very formal.
The two sides exchanged fire for a while, and then the army below retreated, and then camped outside the city, pretending to be ready for a decisive battle with them at any time. As soon as he saw this situation, Zhao Hai stopped looking. He knew that some of the people in the city might be released. Sure enough, as he thought, the stone hammer was put back after a while, but the city guards stipulated that when he heard the trumpet sound, he must go to the city wall to participate in the defense. If he didn't go, they would come to his home to arrest him. , and be dealt with according to military law.
Of course Zhao Hai knew what it meant to deal with it according to military law, but he didn't care. He just wanted to see how long this battle would last and what the final result would be.
The forged soul object of Zhao Hairen's Stone Hammer Tree is also a soul plant. His purpose is to make others think that the Stone Hammer Tree is also an ascetic, so that he can transform and use weapons. .
The weapons Zhao Hai prepared for Shichuishu were two sledgehammers. These two sledgehammers were made of metal and contained a certain amount of gold, but not a lot, so the sledgehammers looked It looks silvery, but not golden.
When he first climbed up the city wall, Shi Shui held these two sledgehammers. The people on the city wall just thought he was an ascetic and did not make things difficult for him. They just let him stand on the city wall. If the enemy attacked, After reaching the city wall, he stepped forward to kill the enemy.
After Shi Chui came back from the city, Zhao Hai called Shi Chui to his side and said, "Have you heard any news?"
Shi Chui nodded and said, "Yes. Master, there is news. I just heard that the army outside is from the City of Spirit Snake. The City of Spirit Snake and the City of Green Wolf are adjacent to each other. People from the two city-states have frictions from time to time. However, a large-scale siege like this time is It happened for the first time, And I heard that the army of Spirit Snake City State was originally more than that of Qing Lang City State, but the cavalry of Qing Lang City State was stronger than the cavalry of Spirit Snake City State. This time, Spirit Snake City State sent 50,000 troops to attack the backing city. This was almost It is equivalent to about half the strength of the Spirit Snake City State. It seems that they are determined to win, and I think the people in the city have no intention of defending the city. Maybe they will open the door and surrender in a few days."
Zhao Hai nodded and said: "It is possible. In the eyes of the people in the city, it is impossible to defend the city, but they have to pretend to defend for a few days, so they can surrender." No one would say anything. The defenders did not cause any harm to the Spirit Snake City-State. After the surrender, the people of the Spirit Snake City-State would not embarrass them. If the Spirit Snake City-State failed to do anything to the Green Wolf City-State this time, then they would Even if it comes again Qinglang City State also said that they had tried their best to defend the city, but they didn't defend it, so that neither party would blame him. It seems that this is the law of survival in troubled times. "
一After hearing what Zhao Hai said, Shi Zhui and the others suddenly realized that they understood what those people on the city meant. No wonder those people on the city looked careless when they were defending the city. It turned out to be because of this.
Shi Chui looked at Zhao Hai and said: "Master, what should I do? Do you still want to go up to the city wall and follow them to defend the city?"
Zhao Hai smiled slightly and said: "Of course I have to go up, but you don't want to go out either. No matter how powerful you are, just show off. Learn from the people around you and see how they do it. Just follow along and don't stand out." Shi Zhui responded.
Zhao Hai turned to Tiexiancao and said: "Tiexian, go out and see if there are still people walking on the street in a while. If no one is walking on the street, come back. If there are people walking on the street, then come back." If so, just check to see if anyone is outside. If there is someone outside, listen to what they say. Remember, try not to let the defenders find you." Iron Grass responded, turned around and left. The reason why Zhao Hai asked him to go outside to inquire about information was because he could escape. If he was asked to go out to inquire about information, he could not be discovered, and no one else could.
After a while, Iron Wire Grass came back from outside. He cupped his fists at Zhao Xi and said, "Master, there is no ban on people walking outside. I just saw some people on the street. They are buying food. Some grain stores in the city have also opened, and other stores have also opened. However, grain prices seem to have increased a bit, but not too much. Judging from the appearance of the people in the city, they don't seem to be in a hurry. They were just discussing how long this war would last, and they didn't seem particularly worried."
Zhao Hai nodded and said, "It's about what I imagined. It seems that the people in the city have already. It is not a good thing to completely adapt to the war, because the more they are like this, the more they represent the Mesmerized Mountains, and the chaos may last longer.”
Honghua looked at Zhao Hai and said: "Master, what should we do? Just stay in the city like this? With our strength, we can leave without knowing it, and no one will notice it. Why should we stay?" Where is the city?"
Zhao Hai said with a smile: "Don't worry, why are you leaving in such a hurry? We will stay in the city. I really want to see this war. To what extent will the fight be carried out? The Ecstasy Mountain Area is just a microcosm of the Soul World. The Spirit Soldier World is relatively peaceful now, so this peace is only temporary. Once something breaks this balance, the Soul World The war here is probably going to start soon, and by that time, it won’t be a battle between two city-states, but a war in the entire spiritual army world.”
No one spoke, just nodded, Zhao Hai said in a deep voice: "Okay, let's go back and have a rest, Tiexian, please work hard this time, go out and see more when you have nothing to do, Listen to what the people on the street are saying. If possible, go to the city lord's mansion to see what they plan to do. Also, it is best to go to the military camps outside the city. Take a look."
Tie Xian responded, and after several people bowed to Zhao Hai, they turned and left. Zhao Hai looked at them and just smiled, not saying anything. He returned to the room to rest, but at this time, Zhao Hai already had a plan, but it was just a plan now, it depends on how things develop.
The siege of the Spirit Snake City State on the first day was a bit anticlimactic, because after that exploratory attack, they never conducted an attack. They just set up the camp and waited for them to complete it. After it was tied up, it was already dark. Although there was light from the plants, the light at night was still darker than during the day. After all, this was a city, not a jungle.
Early the next morning, just after several people had had breakfast, bursts of horn sounds came from the city. As soon as Shi Zhui heard the horn sound, he immediately went out with his hammers. As soon as Shi Zhui left, the iron wire He also left. He was going to the city to inquire about news. He went to the city lord's palace and the military camp outside the city to see if he could get any new information.
Not long after the stone hammer arrived at the city wall, there were waves of shouts of killing coming from the city wall. Such sounds had no impact on Zhao Hai and the others. Zhao Hai was still sitting in the room watching Writing a book, he would enter the space from time to time to study the plants, and the others were almost the same as Zhao Hai. They were also reading books now.
Originally Shi Zhui and the others did not know the characters, but after they arrived in the space, they were illuminated by the golden light from the golden book and the gold pen. Now they knew a lot of characters, so Zhao Hai asked them to Also read books and try to understand the world as much as possible through books. Although this understanding is only one-sided, it is better than doing nothing.
(End of this chapter)