Dafeng Night Watchman-Chapter 689 - : Kindness is not the key to success

The zombie placed the wooden box in front of Xu Qiyan and turned away.

"Click!"

Xu Qiyan's fingertips pressed against the copper lock, and the Qi replaced the key, causing the lock tongue to pop open.

The moment the wooden box was opened, he smelled the scent of antiseptic and insect repellent powder, and there was a roll of animal skin in the box.

If the animal skin was not deliberately used as the material, then the age of this map must be more than two thousand years. In the era of Confucian saints, the carrier of books was bamboo slips, and animal skins were older than bamboo slips...Xu Qiyan thought to himself and unfolded half of the animal skin.

Only after unfolding it can you see that this roll of map is torn from the middle, which is the left half of a complete map.

The map is drawn in a very strange way, with twisted and irregular lines all over, a bit similar to the map of Xu Qiyan's previous life.

In addition to the lines, there is no font.

I remember that when I was in school, the topographic map also had this kind of messy lines... Xu Qi'an looked at You Shi and said:

"Has this map been deciphered?"

Of course, this map cannot be the same as the topographic map in the previous life.

You Shi shook his head:

"My father has studied it and believes that the lines in the map symbolize the mountains and rivers and the veins of the earth. Only sorcerers can understand it. Even if it is a sorcerer, it is like looking for a needle in a haystack to find the corresponding area in the Kyushu continent."

It was precisely because it was almost impossible to find it that he happily traded it to Xu Qi'an.

Anyway, if it stayed in the Corpse Gu Tribe, it would probably be sealed forever. In this case, it would be better to use it to exchange for the ancient corpse to be kept in the tribe for a few days.

Thinking of the perfect corpse, You Shi's heartbeat accelerated and his blood boiled.

Xu Qi'an's ears moved and heard the woman's moan deep in the yard suddenly became louder and more intense.

He didn't take it seriously, and took out the coffin from the fragments of the Earth Book on the spot, and then put away the wooden box containing the half-rolled map.

"By the way, I advise you not to do anything strange to it, so as not to be contaminated by karma. Although I think the karma on it has been completely eliminated."

Xu Qi'an reminded with a smile.

"You Shi" looked at him with white pupils and said:

"In our Corpse Gu Department, there is an old saying - those who can't resist desires can't succeed.

"Anyone who has the hope of reaching the fourth level can resist the temptation of the life Gu. Although our tribe does not prohibit this, those who go beyond the rules with corpses are all useless dogs."

......Xu Qi'an's face slowly stiffened.

"You Shi" didn't notice his unusual expression, and was concentrating on admiring the ancient corpse, waving his hand:

"Let's go, don't disturb me. "

.......

Xu Qiyan returned to the Li Gu Department. The sun was high in the sky. It was three quarters past the hour. He went back to the house to see Luo Yuheng first.

The national teacher sat cross-legged, practicing breathing. When he saw him come in, he opened his beautiful eyes and smiled sweetly, just like a beautiful woman who loves to smile among the flowers in spring.

Oh, Xiaoxi...Xu Qiyan breathed a sigh of relief. Xiaoxi, like Xiaoai, has a positive personality. She always looks happy without any negative emotions. She is willing to follow his wishes during dual cultivation.

"Southern Xinjiang is great. The climate is warm, the birds are singing, and the flowers are fragrant. I am very happy."

Luo Yuheng said with a smile.

"It's just that there are too many mosquitoes. I helped the national teacher swat mosquitoes last night, and my buttocks were all red. "

Xu Qian'an said with a smile.

Luo Yuheng glared at him, a little shy, but not angry, still happy.

Changed to the "angry" personality, and sent me to the sky with one sword......Xu Qian'an then looked at Xu Lingyin who was sleeping soundly on the bed, and asked:

"Why did Lingyin come back here to sleep."

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Luo Yuheng said helplessly:

"Not long after you left, she ran in, saying that she suspected that Master Lina wanted to eat her, and came to find you in fear, but you were not there."

......Xu Qian'an pondered: "Did you find bite marks on your wrist? "

Luo Yuheng nodded.

After Lingyin was promoted, her appetite increased significantly. When she returns to the capital in the future, her aunt will cry... Xu Qian'an didn't know how to comment, so he could only pray for her aunt in his heart.

On the third day, the warriors of the Heart Gu Division, Corpse Gu Division, Power Gu Division and Dark Gu Division were assembled.

Among them, there were 500 flying beast soldiers of the Heart Gu Division, 400 warriors of the Power Gu Division, 600 mature corpse controllers of the Corpse Gu Division, 800 elite soldiers of the Shadow Division, a total of 2,300 Gu tribes, plus 1,000 extremely powerful walking corpse puppets.

Haohao The team of more than 3,000 members left southern Xinjiang and headed for Qingzhou.

It is worth mentioning that Lina's elder brother Mo Sang was also in the Li Gu tribe's expedition team.

And Lina herself planned to consolidate the power of Li Gu, absorb the blood and energy of the Gu God, and then go north to Qingzhou to participate in the war and hone the Gu Dao.

The Li Gu tribe was both happy and worried about the 400 elite troops going on the expedition. The happiness was that the food rations of this group of people would be handed over to Dafeng in the future. The elders secretly told the young and strong who were going on the expedition:

"Eat as much as you can, and eat up the granaries of the Central Plains people. "

What I am worried about is that after this group of people left, hunting manpower became scarce. The old people who used to farm or simply did not work now have to roll up their sleeves and go into the mountains to hunt.

.......

Late at night!

In a military tent ten miles away from Songshan County, Zhuo Haoran sat at the conference table. In front of him was a copper basin with a freshly roasted lamb leg in it.

He held the lamb leg in his left hand and bit it hard. The long knife on his right hand was stained with blood.

On both sides of the conference table were silent generals.

A major battle had just ended. The Yunzhou Army under Zhuo Haoran repelled the Dafeng defenders who attacked all night. Such attacks have occurred from time to time in the past few days.

The generals secretly glanced at Zhuo Haoran and did not dare to speak. The atmosphere in the military tent was tense, with only the sound of Zhuo Haoran biting the lamb leg.

Five The deadline had long passed, and Songshan County had not been taken.

Not only had it not been taken, the Yunzhou Army had suffered heavy losses.

Zhuo Haoran was a fierce general, with brave personal combat power and outstanding leadership ability. His strategy for the capture of Songshan County was to organize refugees and soldiers to consume the enemy's artillery shells, crossbows and arrows in the first three days.

As well as the city defense equipment such as wood and kerosene.

During this period, experts were sent to mingle among the refugees, waiting for an opportunity to climb the city wall and destroy the artillery and crossbow.

This move achieved outstanding results.

On the third day of the siege, the defenders had only two artillery pieces and one crossbow left, and it was difficult to form a major force. They could only use wood and kerosene, as well as archers to fight against the Yunzhou Army that was attacking the city.

Seeing this, Zhuo Haoran immediately sent elite infantry who had been dormant for three days to attack the city.

However, when the elite infantry of the Yunzhou Army rushed into the artillery When the range was reached, the top of the city suddenly fired artillery and bowstrings thundered. The fierce firepower directly stunned the elite infantry.

After the siege failed, they left behind seven or eight hundred people and retreated hastily.

Xu Xinnian still had a batch of artillery and crossbows, but he didn't use them in the first three days, even though the defenders suffered heavy casualties in the process.

Just from the four words "kindness does not lead the army", Zhuo Haoran had to admit that the guy was a qualified leader.

The general said that the essence of war is to win at all costs.

Unable to attack head-on, Zhuo Haoran secretly divided his troops and asked the elite soldiers to launch an attack from the dangerous peak in the south at night. As a result, they stepped on the traps all over the mountain and the deep pits with sharp wooden stakes.

Except for the masters who could break through, the soldiers suffered heavy losses.

Zhuo Haoran was concerned about Songshan It hadn't rained in the county for more than half a month, and the mountains were dry. Xu Xinnian might set fire to the mountains, so he gave up the plan to bypass the dangerous peaks and attack the city defenders.

On the fourth night, drums suddenly beat on the top of the city, followed by the sound of horse hooves.

The siege failed during the day, and the exhausted Yunzhou army thought it was an enemy attack, so they led the army to fight, but found that it was a feint and there was no attack at all.

After several times, the Yunzhou army was exhausted.

At dawn, the drums on the top of the city sounded again, but the Yunzhou rebels did not take it seriously, and only symbolically sent scouts and a small number of troops out of the camp to check the situation.

As a result, they encountered a thousand light cavalry charging, and the Yunzhou army was killed and wounded more than 2,000 people.

One third of the six thousand elite troops were lost.

On the fifth day, Zhuo Haoran forced the attack on the city regardless of the losses, but returned in defeat, and both he and the city defenders were injured.

But at night, the city defenders used the same trick again, disturbing the Yunzhou army.

It is now the seventh day. The 4,000 soldiers of the refugee organization have been killed or wounded, and only 3,000 of Zhuo Haoran's 6,000 elite soldiers are left.

The defenders still have nearly 2,000 people.

Judging from the current comparison of the number of people on both sides, Songshan County cannot be taken.

Zhuo Haoran swallowed the last bite of meat, glanced at the generals coldly, and said:

"Let the soldiers have a good sleep, there will be no more harassment tonight."

"After a good sleep, the city will be broken at dawn!"

He looked calm and confident, as if he could definitely break the city at dawn.

.......

Miao Youfang and Zhu Jun led 500 cavalrymen to rush through the city gate and return to the base camp.

"General Zhu, Erlang cooked a cow on the top of the city. Let's go up and have a few drinks? "

Miao Youfang invited enthusiastically.

Zhu Jun was a thin middle-aged man, taciturn, the only fourth-rank official in Songshan County, responsible for guarding the north gate.

It was because of him that Xu Erlang dared to let the cavalry attack the enemy camp, otherwise they would be dead.

He shook his head and said lightly:

"Let Lord Xu send it to the north gate, and forget about the drink."

After that, he took his subordinates and galloped away.

"Boring! "

Miao Youfang shook his head, dismounted, and climbed up the steps to the top of the city.

There were iron pots on the horse path, and the soldiers were sitting around them eating meat.

They were smiling happily, eating meat with big mouthfuls, and were very enthusiastic.

Miao Youfang looked at the excited faces of the soldiers and recalled the conversation with Xu Erlang during the day.

Xu Erlang forcibly requisitioned the cattle, dogs, chickens and ducks of the people in the county to reward the soldiers defending the city and compensate them with a small amount of rice.

Miao Youfang felt that it was not right at first, and thought to himself, Isn't this a disguised way of plundering the people's property?

But Xu Erlang told him that in times of war, the interests of the soldiers should always be put first, followed by the people. The soldiers have been fighting bloody battles for days and are exhausted. Eating meat can boost morale.

As for the people, if they can't defend the city, their fate will be even worse.

Miao Youfang now feels that what he said does make sense.

He walked straight into the city wall and saw Xu Erlang looking at the map at his desk, frowning and silent.

"Erlang, according to what you said, they should withdraw tomorrow."

"If there are no reinforcements, it is true."

Xu Erlang looked up:

"But I think the reinforcements of the Yunzhou rebels are coming soon."