In this way, Long Long relied on his wisdom, courage, insight and scanning ability to lead Long Hu and Qin Lu through the waterway smoothly and came directly to the bottom of the sluice gate of Yuanjiang City.
The former Jiangcheng port was originally used for the berthing, replenishment and taxation of passing merchant ships. Naturally, it has now been completely blocked during the war, and even the sluice gates have been tightly closed.
So a problem arose: how to notify the defenders in the city?
It is impossible to knock on the door. If the defenders in the city don't hear it, the enemy outside the city will be attracted first.
Even if the defenders got the news and came to question him, how to prove his identity would be another problem.
The two men subconsciously turned their eyes to Long Long to see if he had any good ideas that could help them enter the tightly blocked Yuanjiang City without alerting the enemy outside.
"Why are you looking at me?" Long Long asked curiously.
"Wait for you to figure out a solution." Long Hu said directly.
"Wait for me?" Long Long was surprised. "Use your Golden Crow True Fire Fan!"
Longhu's face suddenly turned red, and she actually forgot about this magic weapon.
The last time they were at the bottom of the river, they used the Golden Crow True Fire Fan to melt the gold fossils and dug a tunnel from the bottom of the river, thus escaping - why couldn't they remember it so soon?
After a moment of shame, Long Hu attributed it to Long Long's attitude of taking care of everything himself, which made his originally smart and flawless thinking become dull.
She then mobilized her true energy and waved the Golden Crow Divine Fire Fan.
Countless white foams instantly rolled up in the river, and flames poured down, quickly melting a big hole at the bottom of the river.
The dragon fox fanned fire to clear the way, leading the two of them into the ground, and then slowly dug upwards.
Finally, light appeared above. The three of them were immediately excited and quickly broke out of the ground... and then they were surrounded by a large group of Feather Clan monks.
This couldn't be blamed on Dragon Fox. You have to know that the Golden Crow True Fire Fan was so powerful that the noise it made couldn't be small.
Last time, they dug deep into the riverbed, so no one noticed. This time, they were traveling on the shallow surface. The Feathered Clan monks in the city soon felt the ground shaking, and there was a faint red heat coming out of the soil... If they didn't notice it, they would have to be blind.
Seeing three people breaking out of the ground, the Feather Clan monks immediately launched attacks from all directions without even waiting for them to reveal their identities.
Long Long reacted the fastest. Seeing that most of the flying swords coming from the Feather Clan were from the Feather Clan, he quickly threw out the Panlong Xiujin Ball.
A huge magnetic force was generated, which immediately caused the surrounding flying swords to lose their balance and be sucked onto the ball.
The dragon fox also quickly activated the Eastern Light Pure Glass Lamp, and then boundless light was generated, forming a brilliant lampshade that protected everyone inside. No matter how many magical powers the outside Feather Clan monks used, they could only hit the lampshade and could not penetrate it.
Qin Lu's expression was the calmest. He held the Red Feather Arrow given by Feng Yan high in his hand like an imperial sword, without moving.
Soon, a general of the Feather Tribe noticed what she was holding and exclaimed:
"Stop! Everyone, stop!"
"In the name of His Highness Feng Yan, Long Long of the Dragon Clan is here to rescue the defenders of Yuanjiang City!" Qin Lu continued to bully others and said loudly, "Anyone from the Feather Clan must cooperate unconditionally. Seeing this feather is like seeing His Highness!"
"You don't need to say the last sentence." Long Long corrected in a low voice.
"I understand." Qin Lu nodded.
While they were whispering to each other, the Feather Clan monks around them did not show any doubt. Instead, they were filled with gratitude and excitement, unable to control themselves.
Although the Feather Clan as a whole is very xenophobic and often make things difficult for non-Feather Clan cultivators, these cultivators have been trapped in Yuanjiang City for a long time after all. They can't get any help from heaven or earth, and they don't even know whether the reinforcements can arrive smoothly. Every day they just watch the resources to maintain the defense formation continue to decrease, and they are so worried that even their feathers are almost falling off.
Now reinforcements have finally arrived, although they are from the Dragon Clan rather than the Feather Clan, but what does it matter?
Finally escaped!
Long Long asked in detail, and the Feather Clan monks looked at each other for a moment before pushing out a young Feather Clan member.
It turned out that Qiu Jiang, the city lord who was originally in charge of the defense of Yuanjiang City, was accidentally besieged and killed by several Dongyuan realm monks when the Qilin and White Tiger coalition forces besieged the city.
According to the rules of the Yu Clan, the leadership position was handed over to his eldest son, that is, the embarrassed young general named "Qiu Ying".
Although Qiu Ying was young, he had been through the war and had lost the arrogance common among the Yu clan nobles. He just said to Long Long in a flattering way:
"Since our allies have the Red Feather Arrows in their hands, please give us your orders. Even if it means going through fire and water, we will do it without hesitation!"
"Very good." Long Long nodded, "I want you to go through fire and water."
"Huh?" Qiu Ying was shocked.
"Our mission is to save as many of you as possible, not to hold on to Yuanjiang City." Long Long said bluntly, "But there are so many of you. If you follow me and evacuate openly, leaving an empty city behind, the White Tiger God will definitely find out and will send a large army to kill you halfway."
"The plan now is to send some people away first, and leave some people in the city to continue to resist stubbornly, so that the enemy will think that the defenders in the city are still trapped."
"As for who will leave and who will stay..." Long Long quickly scanned the number of people in the city, estimated the city defense needs, and finally said quickly, "About two-thirds of the people will leave first, and one-third will stay. The specific number of people can be decided by yourselves."
The atmosphere around them quickly became tense.
Today, Yuanjiang City is like a giant ship that is about to sink. Everyone wants to abandon the ship and escape, but they find that the lifeboat can only carry a part of the people. This is very embarrassing.
He would definitely not be happy if I left and he stayed. What criteria can I use to judge whether to leave or stay?
I'm sorry, no matter what standards are proposed, the monks who are determined to stay will definitely feel that the standards are unfair.
Qiu Ying thought hard for a moment and said:
"Then let the high-level monks stay here, and the low-level monks evacuate with the allies first!"
Noticing the slight change in the expression of the older general (high-ranking monks are basically elders), he quickly added:
"Of course, I am a general, so I must stay with my seniors!"
The high-ranking monks were ready to protest, but Qiu Ying said, "I'll stay too." Some of the elders were about to criticize him but couldn't say anything. Instead, they heard Long Long say strangely:
"Although I am an outsider, I still have to remind you: why did His Highness Feng Yan send people to rescue you? You should all know it, right?"
"That's right!" The older generals said as if they had been pardoned. "Your Highness wants to preserve our manpower, but if all the high-level monks are killed in the battle, what manpower will be left?"
The low-level cultivators were somewhat dissatisfied, but after all, their seniority, age, and cultivation were there, so they had nothing to say for the time being.
"Then the high-level cultivators go first, and the low-level cultivators stay!" Qiu Ying also realized something was wrong and quickly changed his words.
The young generals immediately started to make noise, and Long Long said:
"If all the high-level monks have left, with the strength of you scumbags, I'm afraid you won't be able to defend the city for long. How can you hide the truth from the White Tiger General?"
So the young generals all silently shed tears in their hearts: Although what he said was to help us, why did it make people so unhappy to hear it?
Qiu Ying was speechless for a moment, and then suddenly he had an idea and said respectfully:
"Since the allies have come with red feather arrows, your opinion is what Your Highness wants. It should be up to you to decide who goes and who stays!"