October 19, early in the morning.

Outside Dongji, Shuguo, and Dianxing City.

With the sound of piercing horns one after another.

Battle flags emblazoned with the Night Raven totem flutter in the wind.

The birds and beasts in the mountains and forests scattered and fled in the trembling of the earth. The stirring dust, galloping horses, accompanied by a group of troops dressed in black heavy armor and wearing blood-colored long feathered battle helmets marked on their heads and tails, stepped through the fog-colored morning light and arrived as scheduled.

When the wind rises, the day is dark.

30,000 heavy armor, black clouds crush the city.

In an instant, the streets of Point Star City were filled. The clanging of armor and the ticking of horses' hooves echoed through the streets of Star City.

From the time he entered the city to the present, Han Zhao has not seen a single person. The lightly armored war horse walked at the front of the line, and the man's expression was solemn, and his eyes were full of doubt. As they go deeper, the apparent tranquility and truth are gradually revealed.

Except for the outermost gate, the four inner gates were all shattered. The traces of the sword were accompanied by a mess that no one cleaned up. The dried blood-stained walls and streets add a different kind of strangeness to this seemingly peaceful ancient city.

Since the city of Dian Xing was occupied by the Mexican Kingdom, most of the buildings in the city have been almost half destroyed due to the fire that Lu Weiwen heard. As a result, most of the buildings in the Dianxing City rebuilt in the hands of the Mexican people either integrated the styles of the Mexican country and the Shu country, or directly overturned and rebuilt into the Mexican standard.

But now, as far as the eye can see, there are lanterns with wolf heads hanging on the eaves of every house, and there are obvious signs of fighting everywhere, and there is still blood in the air that has not dispersed and dried blood all over the ground. Han Zhao initially deduced that there should have been a tragic massacre here last night.

At this moment, several night crows flew from afar and landed on Han Zhao's shoulder. He raised his left hand and motioned for all the soldiers behind him to stand still. Later, Han Zhao took an urgent report from Night Raven's feet. The originally cold face became solemn after reading this urgent report.

This is an urgent report from Night Raven City, the capital of Mexico, which records the strange things that have happened in Mexico in the past few days. Tens of thousands of stumps and broken arms, with the raging Moyu River drifting through, the originally clear river water was dyed blood-colored, many residents along the river caused illness after eating the polluted river water, and these things can be traced back to the source, it is very likely that Yun Fan was captured alive in Dianxing City two days ago.

At this time, the lieutenant next to him stepped forward to ask Han Zhao what was wrong, but Han Zhao did not speak, and silently looked at the empty street, and fell into deep thought for a long time, until the night crow standing on his shoulder flapped its wings and left.

The deputy general looked at Han Zhao who was gradually retracting his thoughts at this time in puzzlement, but heard Han Zhao say lightly: "You take a thousand people, divide them into eight groups, spread out around here as the center, and search from house to house to see if there are any living people." ”

The adjutant waved his hand: "No." ”

Han Zhao added: "You must check carefully. Regardless of whether there is anything unusual or not, at noon we will meet me at the City Lord's Mansion in Dian Star City. ”

Then, according to Han Zhao's instructions, the deputy general dispatched men and horses, divided into eight groups, scattered around, conducted a detailed search, and soon disappeared into the morning mist. Then, I heard Han Zhao yelling: "Let's go." ”

The wind was coming, and there was a faint amount of blood. With this short and powerful word, tens of thousands of Blood Feather Night Crows with heavy armor all dressed up at the same time, took sonorous steps, and marched towards the City Lord's Mansion in Point Star City.

At this moment, the man was dressed in snow wolf armor and wore "Heavenly Teeth" on his waist, sitting in the City Lord's Mansion, leisurely sipping the freshly brewed tea, alone. According to the information provided by the Ink Cloth Heavy Tooth before, these Blood Feather Night Ravens who arrived in Dian Star City today have a combat power that is close to that of Bright Light Armor.

Maybe their equipment is not as good as the Mingguang armor, but the martial rank should be about the same as the Mingguang armor. Given that there were 30,000 of these Blood Feather Night Crows, after thinking about it again, Yun Fan didn't intend to go toe-to-toe with them.

At first, Yun Fan planned to let the people in the city cooperate with him to perform a big show, but as he received inquiries from the Night Raven Bird from the capital of Mexico one after another in the past few days, Yun Fan was worried that Moyi Cassia had noticed that something had changed in this city.

So just last night, Yun Fan suddenly decided to send the people in the city back to the "Bright Moon Mirror Moon", and let Qin An lead the five hundred Mingguang armor to escort them along the way, while he and the remaining 1,500 armor of Mingguang armor guarded this star city, waiting for the arrival of the 30,000 blood feather night crows of the Mexican country.

The lowered suspension bridge, the wide open city gates, the deserted streets, and the diffuse smell of blood make the Star City full of indescribable horror and gloom at this moment. Even in the daytime, it's enough to make people shudder.

However, the journey back to the country could not be completed in a day or two, and the existing baggage and military rations simply could not afford such a large number of exiles. In view of the fact that he was accustomed to the hard days of "cannibalism" in the Northern Desert in the past, Yun Fan proposed to bring those prisoners of the Mexican Kingdom as "moving food".

As a result, among the Mexican people who were originally taken prisoner, all the men and old people were killed by Yun Fan on the spot and thrown into the river. Some of the children and women were used as "rations", and together with the high-ranking generals of the Mexican State, the heavy teeth of the ink clothes and the Xuanmo Wufeng, were escorted back to the kingdom of Shu by Qin An and the five hundred Ming Guang armor.

Right now, the water prison in Dian Star City is full of the corpses of the captured white-feathered night crows of the Mo Kingdom. Their blood had been drained by Yun Fan long before the Blood Feather Night Raven arrived in Point Star City.

This was Yun Fan's first gift to Han Zhao.

When many Blood Feather Night Crows surrounded the City Lord's Mansion, the legendary Blood Feather Night Crow Commander Han Zhao who had stepped into the "Heart Martial Realm" slowly came to Yun Fan, who had been waiting for a long time at this moment. saw Yun Fan raise his eyes slightly, and said lightly: "You are here." ”

Han Zhao was not afraid of deception here, he sat directly in front of Yun Fan, and poured himself a cup of tea, as if he was very familiar with Yun Fan, and he didn't see anything outside.

As a first meeting, Han Zhao's move surprised Yun Fan very much. He looked at the man in front of him with interest: "Aren't you afraid that I will poison the tea?"

He took off his heavy Night Raven helmet and met Yun Fan's eyes with cold eyes. The knife-like face and the hook-like nose bridge make people feel their meanness and arrogance: "The tea is not poisonous, but it is cold." ”

Yun Fan smiled: "How do you know that tea is non-toxic?"

Han Zhao said lightly: "Just smell it and you'll know." ”

Yun Fan: "All the martial artists in the Heart Martial Realm are like this?"

Han Zhao: "I'll know when you get to the realm of Xinwu." ”

Yun Fan: "I'm afraid it's going to take a long, long time." ”

Han Zhao: "So, you are Yun Fan?"

Yun Fan: "It's me, Your Excellency is the rumored Blood Feather Night Raven Commander - Han Zhao?"

Han Zhao: "Exactly. ”

Yun Fan: "I heard someone say a long time ago that there was a top martial artist in the Moyi clan who entered the heart martial arts, but for some reason, in the end, the top martial artist of the Moyi clan was expelled from the family tree and could no longer be named Moyi. ”

After listening to Yun Fan's words, Han Zhao's gaze gradually deepened.

"That warrior did something unforgivable. ”

"What an unforgivable thing is so serious that you should be expelled from the family tree. Yun Fan looked at the man in front of him curiously and asked.

Han Zhao was silent for a moment, as if sinking into a memory.

"Kill a whole people by personal whims. ”

Yun Fan: "It seems that the people of the clan that he killed should enjoy a certain status and prestige in the Mexican country, otherwise how could they make trouble and expel you from the family tree." ”

"That man killed his wife, and his people, just as you did when you were in the Northern Desert. Han Zhao looked at Yun Fan coldly.

Yun Fan was stunned, and then smiled: "Are you implying that I am actually the same kind of person as you?"

Han Zhao said disdainfully: "How can we be the same kind of people? You are the kind of waste who deserves to die but is still alive, and I am a warrior who is alive but is dead." ”

Yun Fan sighed and said, "I did this when I was in the Northern Desert to survive. What are you doing in Mexico? Is it possible that there are people who want to persecute you? ”

Han Zhao: "At that time, the country of Mexico was not the country of Mexico. ”

Yun Fan: "I forgot, at that time, the country of Mo should be called Xuanguo." ”

Han Zhao: "For the sake of my family and country, I can leave everything behind." ”

"Yes, there is no hesitation," Yun Fan raised his glass and touched Han Zhao's cup, "I respect you for this glass of wine." ”

Han Zhao and Yun Fan drank it all. The surrounding Bloodfeather Night Crows watched in bewilderment as the two of them confronted each other. But he heard Han Zhao ask Yun Fandao: "Where is the ink clothes and heavy teeth at the moment?"

Yun Fan: "Alive, but not in the city." ”

Han Zhao: "Xuanmo has no edge." ”

Yun Fan: "Together with the heavy teeth of the ink clothes." ”

Han Zhao: "Where are they now?" ”

Yun Fan paused, and then asked, "Before answering your question, I hope you can satisfy one of my curiosity." ”

Han Zhao: "Say." ”

Yun Fan: "How did you go from being an unknown person who was expelled from the family tree to becoming the commander of the Blood Feather Night Raven?" I remember that many high-ranking generals in Mexico do not allow non-clan members to take on the position, Mo Yi Hanzhao, don't mind if I call you that." ”

Han Zhao: "When the Xuanguo was destroyed, Moyi Cassia took his sister Moyi Hanshuang into exile in other countries, and at that time, I was in Qiguo as a guard for Nangong Liuli, the lord of Qiguo, and secretly accepted them as a private opinion. ”

Yun Fan: "So, later, in order to repay his kindness, Moyi Cassia wooed you to go back and share the wealth and glory after the restoration of the country, right?" ”

Han Zhao didn't answer Yun Fan's question, but Yun Fan acquiesced to Han Zhao's opinion. At this time, the deputy general who had been sent by Han Zhao to investigate the strange appearance of Star City today was covered in blood and was carried in. Looks like he's dead.

Han Zhao glanced at the lieutenant general, then put down the cup in his hand and came to the corpse of the lieutenant general to examine the wounds on his body, and finally closed the lieutenant's eyes: "His name is Zhao Yu." ”

Yun Fan: "Is this dead person?" ”

Han Zhao: "Well, from the time I was in Luoguo to the present, I have been trembling all my life, without any sloppiness and omission. Usually treat his subordinates very politely. ”

Yun Fan: "Having said that, why don't you show any sad and sad looks, should all the martial artists who enter the realm of heart martial arts abandon the joys and sorrows of human nature first like you." ”

Han Zhao: "Probably, it's just me. Usually though, I express my emotions with actions. ”

Yun Fan: "For example?"

Han Zhao didn't answer Yun Fan's question directly, but instead said, "Originally, I planned to let Zhao Yu inherit the Blood Feather Night Raven from me in the near future. ”

Yun Fan: "It seems that I have no successor for you." ”

"Let me ask you a few last questions. Han Zhao slowly turned the hilt of the sword in his hand, "Where have all the people in this city gone?" ”

Yun Fan glanced at the deputy general who was already dead: "It's all the same as him, and they went to the place where you people from Mexico should go." ”

Han Zhao: "Why didn't I find the body?" ”

At this time, a blood-feathered night crow stumbled in, and told Han Zhao everything he saw in the water prison in Dianxing City with a panicked face, and before Han Zhao could ask, Yun Fan turned the wine glass in his hand and said lightly with him: "You people of the Mo Kingdom, after I killed them, I threw them at the mouth of the Moyu River, as for those soldiers, you should know where they are now." From the time you entered the city, you should have noticed the strangeness of the Star City today, right? The lower drawbridge, the wide open city gate, and the deserted streets below. ”

After listening to Yun Fan's understatement, there was no trace of emotion in Han Zhao's eyes: "How many of your people are there in this city." ”

Yun Fan smiled and put down the wine glass in his hand: "Fifteen hundred." ”

Han Zhao: "How many people did you take this city before?"

Yun Fan: "Two thousand armor of bright light armor." ”

Han Zhao originally wanted to scold the White Feather Night Crow guarding here for being a group of wine bags and rice bags, but when he heard Yun Fan say that it was the Mingguang Armor of the Two Thousand Armor, he couldn't help but sympathize with the White Feather Night Crow who was originally stationed here. After thinking about it, Han Zhao turned to Yun Fan and said, "In other words, the remaining 1,500 armors are all Mingguang armor?"

Yun Fan got up slowly: "Exactly." ”

Han Zhao: "So, you are now planning to use this 1,500 armor of Mingguang Armor to wipe out the 30,000 Blood Feather Night Crows of my Mo Kingdom in this Star City like before?"

Yun Fan: "I have long heard that the Blood Feather Night Crow of the Mo Kingdom can fight with the Mingguang Armor of my Dream Country." But in the face of the disparity between 30,000 of you and 15,000 of me, I don't want to try life and death for the sake of a point. ”

Between the words, Han Zhao pulled out the sword in the scabbard and pointed it at Yun Fan. saw Yun Fan quickly swing the "Heavenly Vertical Fang" to split this sword qi. The dissipating sword qi slashed brilliant golden sparks on the snow wolf armor, and it bloomed and withered in the snap of a finger. The table, table, and tea set next to Yun Fan were broken into pieces during this period.

All of the Blood Feather Night Ravens present drew their swords from their scabbards at the same moment, surrounding Yun Fan. At this time, Han Zhao slowly walked out of the crowd and said lightly to Yun Fan: "Do you know why you and I are meeting for the first time today, and why I have to answer all the questions you ask me?"

Yun Fan sneered: "Could it be that I look very much like your father?"

Seeing this, the surrounding Blood Feather Night Crows said angrily:

"When you are dying, you dare to be hard-mouthed here?"

Han Zhao patted the dust on his body, and then said slowly with Yun Fan: "If you have any questions, you must answer them, this is the respect that the people of Mexico can only have for the deceased." ”

After hearing this, Yun Fan looked up to the sky and smiled: "Then do you know what our Suguo people usually use to welcome an arrogant invader like you Moguo people?"

Han Zhao looked at Yun Fan coldly.

At this time, there was a roar outside the city lord's mansion. Han Zhao frowned, and Yun Fan showed a sly smile and said lightly: "I don't know if the commander of the ink clothes still remembers what happened to your Mo Kingdom on the first night when you took this city. ”

......

The lieutenant general who had previously received Han Zhao's order to conduct a detailed investigation of the Star City did not expect that at this moment, in addition to them and those Mingguang armor hiding in the shadows, there were only corpses in this city. The smell of blood in the air was left over from the massacre of last night.

All the people of the Mexican Kingdom who were not taken away were brutally killed by Yun Fan during this period and thrown into the river. And those soldiers who were captured by the Mexican country were also killed on the spot in the water prison. Yun Fan used their blood to dye several special places in the Star City red, as "marking points", luring the Blood Feather Night Crows to gather.

Interestingly, the deputy general of the Blood Feather Night Raven, Zhao, happened to experience the night when the Mo Kingdom occupied the Star City, and Lu Weiwen lit the fire of burning the city. So after seeing those special "marking points", I instantly realized that this city may have become a huge "trap" again.

As everyone knows, it is not a simple matter to set fire to a "land of five wars" like Dianxing City. Moreover, setting a city on fire is not as simple as setting fire to a building or a group of buildings.

At that time, after the Mexican army occupied Dian Star City, it took over everything in the city as soon as possible, and then began to loot wantonly. Chaos was the only color of Star City that night. Until Lu Weiwen lit the fire and gave the city a new meaning.

You can't just burn a building in one place. The Mexican army is not stupid and may not be able to extinguish a burning pavilion, but it is not difficult to stop the spread of the fire. Therefore, if you want to ignite the city, you must first expand the "chaos" of the city, and then set fire to the chaos that spreads.

However, in fact, Lu Weiwen did not do this.

I didn't have the time and energy to lay it out like that.

So, how did Lu Weiwen set this city on fire alone? Because he found the lifeblood of this city, Jiulong Zhenyan. What is "Nine Dragons Zhenyan"? The eyes of fire are all over the nine important locations of this Star City, which is known as the "Land of Five Wars".

Anyone, even a child, can light one of the fire eyes, and the fire eyes will erupt huge pillars of fire from the ground, and then ignite the buildings around the fire eyes as "food", and then take the fire eye as the center, and the radius will turn into a sea of fire.

The rumors about "Nine Dragons Zhenyan" are known only to the Lu and Yun royal families. During the siege of Star City by the Mexican Kingdom, although Lu Qingshu conspired with Shen Menglong, he did not share the matter of this "Nine Dragons Zhenyan" with him. When later scholars analyzed this matter, it was generally believed that Lu Qingshu kept a hand with Shen Menglong out of caution.

Maybe it was because Lu Qingshu was worried that Shen Menglong's "fake apostasy" would become a "real rebellion", so he had the fire of burning the city that Lu Weiwen lit after night, as a backhand. However, Lu Qingshu, even in the face of Lu Weiwen, in the end, he only told Lu Weiwen where one of the fire eyes was.

As for the exact reason for this, later scholars have debated that there is still no definite result. And the remaining eight fire eyes that were not lit were all found by Yun Fan on the night of October 18.

So, around these eight "Nine Dragons Zhenyan" that were not ignited, Yun Fan made the next plan. Using himself as bait, he sat in the mansion of the city lord of Star City, sang the empty city solo, attracted the attention of the warrior Moyi Hanzhao, who was known as entering the realm of heart and martial arts, and bought time for the 1,500 armor of Mingguang armor outside the mansion, and at the same time ignited the "Nine Dragons Zhenyan".

Facing the 30,000 Blood Feather Night Crows, Yun Fan was very clear. If he fought with 1,500 armor of Mingguang armor, no matter what the victory or defeat was, the result would be more than worth the loss for him, but if he didn't solve these Blood Feather Night Crows, they would soon catch up with Yun Fan and the others who had fled back to their homeland. When the time comes, it will be even more burdensome to bring a group of refugees to fight them.

So after thinking about it again, Yun Fan had no choice but to make this decision.