Act Ninety-Nine: The White Feather Night Raven
Located at the intersection of the five countries of Mo, Luo, Yan, Xia and Shu, Jibeidian Star City has often been called "the land of five wars" by the world since ancient times, and is adjacent to the "Dengtian River". The "Dengtian River" originates from the "Tianchi" at the top of the Juelong Mountain Range, separating the Mo Kingdom from the Shu Kingdom with its turbulent and turbulent current, and when passing through the Dianxing City, it diverges into the three tributaries of the "Moyu River", "Yangui River" and "Xia Meng River", and finally runs through the territory of the three kingdoms of Luo, Yan and Xia, and converges at the "Sea of Life" east of the Ji Dynasty.
As the "land of five wars", the point star city is also because of the turbulence of the "Ascending Heavenly River" according to the situation, and then it is recognized by the world as easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is an important traffic artery, so there is also a saying of "defending a city, the town is on the side".
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October 16, night.
Jibei Mexico country, point star city.
The city at night, the torches burning.
As the evening breeze blew, a ray of moonlight fell.
On the city wall, most of the night watchmen who were guarding their posts were drowsy. There are only a few who abide by their positions and go to and from the major towers on the city wall, and there are anomalies in the inspection of the city. Some of the officers and soldiers will pretend to "stick to their posts" when they pass by, but after they pass by, they will be sleepy and chatter. The black Night Raven Helmet covers their entire head, revealing only their eyes, snort, and beak.
If it weren't for the long white feather pinned to the tail of the Night Raven Helmet and the reflection of fire, it would have been easy to think of them as monsters with Night Raven heads and whispering to each other on the walls.
Since they had not fought in a war for nearly two years, and they had not strengthened their training much in peacetime, the soldiers stationed here were gradually paralyzed by the increasingly dull and boring life. Loose military discipline, arrogant and lascivious. Looking at their laziness in their manners, it is difficult to associate these people with the "White Feather Night Raven" that almost destroyed the country.
"Alas, have you heard? After a while, the army of the Xiji Thousand Thunder Kingdom will be coming. "On the castle tower, a soldier wearing a Night Raven Helmet is whispering to another Night Raven Helmet at this moment. The others around them were eating supper or humming songs, and it didn't look like they were standing guard at all. Who would have thought that such an army was guarding Dianxing City, known as the "Land of Five Wars", at this moment.
"I heard about it, but I don't think it was coming for us, so it's not a big deal. ”
"How do you know it's not coming at us?"
"It is said that the army of the Xiji Thousand Thunder Kingdom will enter the north of the Juelong Mountain Range, close to the Gulong Pass, which is very close to the Shu Kingdom, and our side is already far to the south, so run so far to fight us? ”
"That makes sense, but I also heard that Yun Fan, the prince of the Shu Kingdom, seems to have come back some time ago, and he also brought nearly six thousand Chiyan warriors with the warriors of Sabe. ”
"These people plus all the troops of the Shu country now, it is uncertain whether there are 80,000. They are thankful that they can hold Bright Moon City when the Xiji Thousand Thunder Kingdom is transiting, and they will not lose the country, if they want to rely on these horses to regain the lost land? It's a fool's dream!"
"What if they join forces with the Thousand Thunder Country?"
"So what? Now we have nearly 100,000 garrisons in Jibei, and because of the recent changes in the Thousand Thunder Country, the lord of the country has specially sent 30,000 "Blood Feather Night Ravens" to come to the rescue, that is the "Blood Feather Night Ravens", the elite of our Mo Kingdom is comparable to the Mingguang Armor of the Su Kingdom back then! That is to say, soon there will be nearly 130,000 Night Ravens stationed in the three cities of Jibei, how can they fight? And if the Su Kingdom and the Thousand Thunder Kingdom join forces, then this war will no longer be a war between the Shu Kingdom and the Mo Kingdom, but a confrontation between Xiji and Dongji. ”
"Also, if they join forces with the Thousand Thunder Country, it is tantamount to rebellion, and then our Dongji countries will inevitably attack them en masse. ”
"At that time, the country of Su will naturally no longer be the country of our Dongji, but the country of Xiji, and we can logically and justifiably 'conquer the rebellion' and include the entire country of Shu into the territory of our country. ”
"Wonderful!
As they spoke, a wisp of evening wind blew the white feathers above their heads. The moonlight fell silently on the vast expanse of the four fields in the distance.
"It is expected that the lord of the country may also be worried that the Su State will form an alliance with the Thousand Thunder Country and counterattack us, so he will send reinforcements to the three cities of Jibei. After all, judging from the troops invested by the Xiji Thousand Thunder Country this time, even if the country has the help of the Chiyan warriors, it may be difficult to escape the fate of the country. Therefore, surrender may not be a good policy. ”
"Didn't our general say that the Blood Tiger Cavalry of the Xia Kingdom is stationed near Mingyue City?
"Since Yun Fan's return, Yun Ji, the lord of the country, is destined to no longer be the lord of the country, and the marriage of the original dream of Xia is yellow because of Yun Fan's appearance, and the Xia country is thankful that he did not take the opportunity to stab the country behind his back. ”
"I heard that the Thousand Thunder Kingdom claims to want to use 100,000 people this time to set foot in the north of Ji, recover Dongji, and complete the unification of the Ji Dynasty. I wonder what you think about this?"
"With only 100,000 horses and horses, he wants to dominate the Ji Dynasty, which is a bit of a fool's dream, if his 100,000 horses are all Chiyan warriors, then there may be some possibilities. ”
"Alas, in the blink of an eye, almost two years have passed. I didn't expect that after so long of being comfortable, I would have to fight again!"
"yes, we've been in this city for almost two years. By the way, how long do you have to change your guard and get out of here, and then return to China to defend the national capital. ”
"I still have half a year, what about you?"
"I, the brothers who came here to support me will be able to go home in a few days. ”
"Where's your hometown? ”
"Nightraven City, what about you?"
"Me? from Greystone. ”
"That's pretty close, have you got a wife? ”
"No, but it's someone who wants it, what about you. ”
"There is a baby in the family, who has just been born, and there is a loser who is responsible for taking care of his parents, and I can see them in a few days. ”
"Congratulations!"
"When you get out of here in half a year, remember to come to Night Raven City for a while, and I'll invite you to drink when the time comes. ”
"Alright, brother. ”
On the castle tower, the two white-feathered night crows were chatting.
But in the distance, in the wilderness, there was a neighing of horses.
"What sound?"
"I don't know, it seems to be coming from that direction. ”
So, the two white-feathered night crows followed the neighing of their horses and looked in a strange direction.
"Someone looks like there?"
"It's still like I'm alone. ”
"Wait, he's approaching, hurry! Alert!"
"Enemy night attack! Enemy night attack! Go and report to General Moyi!"
A group of white-feathered night crows on the originally lifeless city wall of Dianxing instantly became lively under the shouts of the two soldiers defending the city. Everyone turned from the previous casualness to the appearance of a great enemy.
In the night, the man was dressed in snow wolf armor, holding the "Heavenly Vertical Teeth", and the horizontal knife immediately pointed out the outside of Star City. However, when he wanted to get closer, the rushing water of the "Dengtian River" blocked his way. Since the suspension bridge was not lowered at this time, the man had to look at these Mexican people across the "Dengtian River" at the moment.
At this moment, a man dressed in black and gold light armor, wearing a night crow helmet, and a thin and narrow knife pinned to his waist, came down to the tower of the main gate surrounded by many white-feathered night crows. Unlike the other white-feathered night crows, the man wore a blood-colored crow feather pinned to the back of his helmet.
"General in ink and heavy teeth!" all the soldiers waved their hands to get out of the way when they saw the man wearing the blood-colored crow-feather battle helmet appear.
"What's going on?" Mo Yi looked at the downstairs of the city with heavy teeth, and the man who immediately crossed the knife asked the two people who had just shouted "alert" and "enemy night attack" next to him, "How long have you not been fighting, the other party is alone, you two told me that the enemy army attacked at night? I think it was a lie about the military situation!"
When the two white-feathered night crows heard this, they hurriedly bowed to the ground: "Please calm the general's anger!
Mo Yi looked at the two of them coldly: "Stand aside, get in the way." ”
"Thank you, General, thank you, General!" the two white-feathered night crows saw that they were not going to cure their crimes, so they hurriedly thanked them and retreated into the crowd.
In the crackling torches, the man in ink clothes shouted at the man who was looking at him under the city tower: "Who is coming?"
saw the man raise the long knife in his hand and respond loudly.
"Shuguo Yunfan!"
Yun Fan's response directly made the white feather night crow on the entire city tower boil. The inky clothes and heavy teeth that were originally a little impatient, after hearing the person under the city tower claiming to be Yun Fan, instantly came to his senses: "Friend, this joke can't be messed around, do you know what kind of place this is?"
Yun Fan: "Dream Country, Dian Star City." ”
Mo Yi looked up to the sky and laughed, his eyes were full of disdain and ridicule: "Now, this is the Star City of the Ink Country!"
As he spoke, a general with a white feather night crow beside him immediately bent his bow and arrows after hearing the man under the city tower claiming to be Yun Fan. When his cold gaze swept over Yun Fan's appearance, he suddenly remembered the scene when he first met Yun Fan on the battlefield many years ago.
It's just that although this general knows Yun Fan, Yun Fan doesn't know who this general is because of the night crow battle helmet. However, at the moment when he bent his bow and arrow, Yun Fan paid attention to him.
As a result, when the afterglow of the heavily armed man caught a glimpse of the general who was bending his bow and arrows, the heavily armed man who was the lord of the Star City showed a look of displeasure, and waved his sleeves: "Xuanmo Wufeng, put down the bow and arrow in your hand, I want to live this person." ”
Xuan Mo Wufeng, who was bending his bow and arrows, looked at Mo Yi with great incomprehension: "General!
Mo Yi listened with heavy teeth, and smiled again: "So what? No matter how powerful he is as rumored, now he is only alone. ”
Xuan Mo Wufeng: "General!"
Mo Yi didn't pay attention to Xuan Mo Wufeng's dissuasion, and turned to Yun Fan under the city tower, shouting loudly: "Whoever comes, is it really the prince Yun Fan of the Shu Kingdom who returned from the Northern Desert not long ago?"
Yun Fan: "I am Yun Fan, the one who destroys the Xuan Kingdom!"
Xuan Mo Wufeng, who was on the side, clenched the longbow in his hand after hearing this, and after hearing this, he frowned and continued: "I don't care which Yun Fan you are, since you are here, if you want to leave again tonight, I'm afraid it won't be too easy!"
Yun Fan: "Tell your general to come out and speak." ”
Ink clothes and heavy teeth: "I am." ”
Yun Fan: "What do you call it?"
"General Moguo Huwei, Ink Clothes and Heavy Teeth!" When mentioning his official rank, Ink Clothes and Heavy Teeth showed a confident smile, but he saw that in the dark night, under the miserable white moonlight, Yun Fan waved the Heavenly Vertical Teeth in his hand at a speed that could not be captured by the naked eye.
Then, a chilling sword qi erupted in the air with a violent friction sound, directly cutting off the cluster of blood-colored crow feathers on the night crow helmet on the head of the heavily armored and heavy teeth in front of everyone, and cutting off a piece of the city tower!
The broken bricks and tiles smashed on the armor of some white-feathered night crows on the onlookers, and if it weren't for the originally quiet city tower, under Yun Fan's knife, it began to be restless.
Mo Yi was furious: "I think you're tired of life!"
Yun Fan sneered, turned the hilt of the knife in his hand, and shouted at the people on the city tower, "Now, you know what I'm doing here so late, right?"
Mo Yi was furious, and in a panic, he touched the night crow helmet that was burning his head at the moment to see if it was damaged: "Who can go down and capture this thief alive! I will personally report to the lord of the country for him!
After listening to the words of the heavy teeth of the ink clothes, all the soldiers on the city tower began to discuss, and Xuanmo Wufeng on the side looked coldly at Yun Fan under the city tower and did not speak. At this time, a burly man with a height of eight feet walked out of the crowd with a war hammer in his hand: "The last general Qiu Hu is invited to fight!"
Mo Yi looked at it with heavy teeth, and it turned out to be General Qiuhu who could lift the tripod with one hand and shatter the mountain and stone with one punch, so he arched his hand and said: "There is General Lao Qiu, come here! Open the city gate! Put the suspension bridge!"
On the upper floor of Dianxing City in the middle of the night, the ink-colored flag fluttered in the wind, and in the sound of war drums, Qiu Hu, the general of the Mexican country, held an eighty-pound war hammer in his hand, and rode his horse out of the city.
Under the bleak moonlight, Yun Fan turned the heavenly longitudinal teeth in his hand and rode his horse to wander in front of the suspension bridge. When the drawbridge was completely lowered, the tiger leaped into the horse, waved the war hammer in his hand, and without saying a word of nonsense, he smashed the door of Yun Fan's face.
The stirring dust and sand obscured everyone's vision.
The two of them fought to the death in the dust raised.
In the flash of the sword, the spark illuminates the night.
Just as Qiu Hu raised the war hammer and directly forced Yun Fan to block, the white-feathered night crows on the city tower erupted in unison with cheering shouts. With their understanding of Qiu Hu, within the next ten moves, Qiu Hu will inevitably take down Yun Fan.
What they didn't expect was that the next moment, Yun Fan turned the Tianzong Fang in his hand, and tried out the "Cloud Dragon Seven Verticals" to directly cut Qiu Hu and the war hammer in his hand into fourteen pieces, and before he could even scream, he killed Yun Fan's knife.
The beating drums of war fell silent at this moment. The smell of blood spread with the wind between the heavy teeth and nose of the ink clothes, but he heard Yun Fan arrogantly provoke the soldiers of the Mexican Kingdom on the city tower: "Who else!"
Ink Yi Heavy Tooth, whose eyes were wide open and didn't know what to say, couldn't help but ooze cold sweat from his forehead, and at this time, two more generals took the initiative to stand up and ask Mo Yi Heavy Tooth to fight. Mo Yi looked at it with heavy teeth, and it turned out to be the two brothers surnamed Chen, and then he was overjoyed.
"The last general, Chen Xiao!
"The last general, Chen Yong, please fight!"
The frightened ink-clothed heavy teeth waved his sleeves, and the attendant brought the freshly warmed wine. Mo Yi raised his wine glass and toasted the two brothers: "Waiting for the triumph of the two generals!"
Chen Xiao and Chen Yong glanced at each other, and said with ink clothes: "Pour the wine, the general will come later, I'll come when I go!"
Dust raised, drums of war.
When everyone's eyes met, the lonely moonlight gave Yun Fan a lonely monologue. The battlefield is his stage. At this moment, although the Qiu Hu who had just died under his knife was in a different place, his blood had not yet cooled down. Before Yun Fan could recover from the small victory just now, Chen Xiao and Chen Yong came uninvited, and the horizontal knife was immediately in front of Yun Fan.
"I am the general of the Mexican country, Chen Xiao!"
"I am the general of the Mexican country, Chen Yong!"
Between the words, Yun Fan directly waved his heavenly teeth towards the necks of the two, and did not forget to say: "Who are you, my business, I never cared about the names of dead people!"
After Yun Fan's provocation, the two immediately swung their knives angrily, blocking Yun Fan's retreat from multiple directions, and trying to defuse Yun Fan's offensive at a fast pace!
The war drums on the city tower sounded, and the cheers of the people fighting under the city tower continued. At this time, in the corner where the ink clothes and heavy teeth were inadvertent, Xuanmo Wufeng, who had been reprimanded by him before, once again secretly bent his bow and arrows.
As one of the few martial artists in Dongji who had stepped into the peak of the tenth order, from just now to now, Xuanmo Wufeng had been observing Yun Fan's every swing of the sword and analyzing what would happen if he went down with this sword. Xuanmo Wufeng knew very well how strong Yun Fan's strength was.
Although the two Chen brothers who are now at war with Yun Fan are both at the peak of the ninth order, and they are temporarily at the peak, they are quite brave. However, based on Xuan Mo Wufeng's judgment and analysis, the final outcome of the Chen brothers could not escape the death of Yun Fan's knife after all.
As Chen Xiao's knife was slashed against Yun Fan's face, Chen Yong directly forced Yun Fan to dismount with a knife, and the drums on the city tower vibrated loudly, and the cheering sound was like a collapse of the ground!
The black sword qi lingered with the blood-colored true qi, directly splitting Chen Yong, who had just forced him to dismount, into two with his men and horses. The blood mist was scattered on the battlefield, and when the war horse was at the end, it raised the dust and sand that covered the eyes, and during the period, every drop of the blood mist that slowly fell into the sand raised here, not a single drop.
At this time, the wine glass in the hand of the heavy tooth of the ink cloth was still warm.
"Brother!" Chen Xiao, who had thought that he could have made a name for himself by taking down Yun Fan and shining on the lintel, shouted his younger brother Chen Yong's name with great grief, but Chen Yong couldn't hear it anymore. In the next moment, reason overcame anger, and fear drove reason to make Chen Xiao take the way!
Seeing this, Yun Fan didn't chase or hurry.
He did not mount his horse, but instead grasped the hilt of the knife with both hands.
Just when Chen Xiao was about to arrive at the suspension bridge, Yun Fan waved his heavenly teeth, vertical and horizontal, and slashed twice, directly cutting Chen Xiao and the fleeing people and horses together, and cutting off the rope of the suspension bridge together. Without waiting for everyone on the city tower to be frightened by this scene in front of them, Xuanmo Wufeng, who was hiding in the shadows, caught Yun Fan and waved his heavenly teeth, and in a short interval, he fired three arrows in a row!
Each of these three arrows was aimed at Yun Fan's vital point.
As long as he can shoot an arrow, then Yun Fan will definitely die!
Then, the bursting sparks bloomed in two roars that resounded through the sky! The first two arrows were intercepted by Yun Fan when he collected his knife, but the last arrow, Yun Fan couldn't dodge, and was directly pierced by the shoulder bone of Xuanmo Wufeng!
"Cloud Piercing Arrow!?"
Right now, Yun Fan didn't have time to pull out the arrow feather that pierced his shoulder bone, he just broke the tail of the arrow, and then got on his horse and prepared to escape. I wanted to capture Yun Fan's heavy teeth alive, but when I saw that Xuanmo Wufeng didn't listen to his orders, I was ready to attack, but I saw that Yun Fan was seriously injured by Xuanmo Wufeng and was ready to flee, and there was no serious danger to his life. So he raised the wine glass in his hand and hurriedly said to the soldiers: "Quick, shoot out three hundred elite white-feathered night crows! Before this glass of wine is cold, I want to see the living Yun Fan appear in front of me!"
When the three hundred white-feathered night crows with excellent war horses and armor came out of the star city to the sound of war drums, and pursued Yun Fan under the bright moonlit night in the north of Jibei, the ink clothes and heavy teeth who wanted to attack Xuanmo Wufeng saluted the wine glass in their hands to Xuanmo Wufeng with a wicked smile.
Ink clothes and heavy teeth: "If it wasn't for the general's three arrows just now, I'm afraid it would be difficult to take down this thief tonight, I have offended a lot before, and I hope that General Xuanmo will not want to go to his heart, I will do this glass of wine first as a respect, and I will pay compensation to the general! If you can successfully capture this thief alive tonight, you will be a general tomorrow, please take the first credit!"
Between the words, Xuan Mo Wufeng put away his bow and arrows, turned his gaze to Yun Fan, who fled in panic under the starry night, and gradually fell into the depths with the thick night: "I hope that all this can be as General Moyi wishes." ”
In the moonlight, the man rode his horse all the way south, without looking back. Behind him, three hundred white-feathered night crows equipped with sophisticated war horses and sword armor chased after him. In the end, a fierce battle broke out between the two sides in a dense forest outside Point Star City.
When the noise and wailing cease with the evening breeze.
The wine glass in the hand of the heavy tooth of the ink coat was cold here.
Three hundred white-feathered night crows, no less than one brought Yun Fan out of the dense forest. On the tower of Dianxing City, the ink clothes and heavy teeth in the distance were overlooked, and he was overjoyed: "General Xuanmo! I will repair a book later, and report it to the lord of the country.
Xuanmo Wufeng, who was not interested in fame and fortune, and was dedicated to his family and country, listened to it, and politely bowed his hand to Moyi: "Thank you for the promotion." ”
Mo Yi smiled and patted Xuan Mo Wufeng's shoulder: "Where is it, it's really terrifying!"
In fact, what Mo Yi Chongya said to Xuan Mo Wufeng just now was just talking. After it will be determined that the captured Yun Fan is indeed the rumored Yun Fan, Mo Yi Chongya will take this merit alone, and then use this merit to apply to Mo Yi Cassia Ming, the lord of the Mexican country, to be transferred from the front line, return to the capital of the Mexican country to have a leisurely business, and spend the rest of his life leisurely.
After thinking about it, the people on the upper floor of Dianxing City saluted the three hundred white-feathered night crows who returned from a distance with the most noble military salute, and paid silent tribute to the three generals who were killed by Yun Fan downstairs. Then, Moyi Heavy Tooth sent the three generals under the command of the dead to collect their bodies.
The beating of the drums ceased at this moment.
As a result, when the wind blew away the blood that night, the moonlight fell on the armor of the three hundred white-feathered night crows, causing a thick stain of blood. Looking at the three hundred white-feathered night crows who were about to enter the city, Xuan Mo Wufeng, who had gradually thought that everything was decided, suddenly remembered that Yun Fan had directly destroyed the suspension bridge chains when he was fighting with the Chen brothers just now.
After thinking about it, looking at the white-feathered night crow who had returned from the three hundred horses, the more Xuan Mo Wufeng thought about it, the more wrong it became: "Could it be ......?"