Chapter 30: The Sword of the River
Li Bai nodded, staring at the other party's still upright, but slightly lonely back, with a high crown and tied hair, a fluttering skirt and armor, and black combat boots squeaking on the wooden floor......
Until she completely disappeared from his sight, he still looked at the hidden door, and gradually lost his mind.
At the beginning, when Xu Wuliang announced Du Huaibao's assassination, the disbelief and intensity reflected in the depths of Mulan's eyes in an instant were so intense that it seemed that the sorrow of falling into the bottomless abyss could not escape his eyes.
He can imagine what kind of sorrow and sorrow Hua Mulan, who usually inadvertently reveals her gratitude and admiration for Du Huaibao in casual communication, will have now.
But he didn't follow, and he didn't have the idea of borrowing a shoulder.
He knew that Mulan was independent and strong in her heart, and she might need a shoulder at a time, but it was obviously not now, she really just needed to be alone at this moment.
Li Bai believed that when he saw her again, everything would be different, and she would turn back into the fearless patrolman who fluttered like a flag on the Great Wall, making all directions tremble and dare not overstep.
The blood stains on the blade of the Qinggang Sword were gradually wiped clean by him, Qinggang is not Qinggang, and it is not the fine Longquan Sword worn by Cao Mengde in history, it is just a very ordinary C-level prop, in addition to being very sharp, it will not rust, and it will not be easily damaged, it is really lackluster.
If the Qinggang Sword could be replaced with a B-level Xiuzhen System Flying Sword, even if it was the most ordinary kind of flying sword, the power of Li Bai's Imperial Sword Technique would be enough to jump several levels in an instant.
He now buys a lot of points, enough to buy an A-level top-notch immortal sword, such as Wangshu and Xihe.
If he had this kind of sword, he would not only be able to take the enemy's head with a flying sword within a kilometer, but he would even be able to barely achieve a short sword flight.
However, it's a pity that Li Bai needs to save money to buy exercises, and it is impossible to be so extravagant.
......
It's just that even though Qinggang has all kinds of shortcomings in one way or another compared with the real flying sword, at this moment, Li Bai still grabbed Qinggang very tightly, as if he was pinching his own life, as if the sword was my life......
What will help him survive this tragedy?
In the coming disaster, it is better to rely on anyone than to rely on the sword in his hand, and if he is in crisis, even Mulan will not be able to give up all his robes and his duties because he is alone.
Unless he really rides on a black mane as Guo Qianjin said, runs away overnight and becomes a coward and deserter who will make his life and all the viewers in the live broadcast room look down on him forever, the chance of him surviving is really small.
He quickly forcibly suppressed these mixed emotions, as if he had thrown a hot soldering iron into a water tank, and the more critical the moment, the more he needed to calm down, instead of waiting for the end of the world to be panicked.
Gradually, his gaze calmed down.
"First of all, there is a doubt, how could Du Huaibao be assassinated so easily, even if it was the King of Lanling, it was impossible to do so, unless there was a traitor in the army, or Xu Wuliang simply passed on the military order. β
The possibility of the latter is relatively small, although Xu Wuliang is already a miscellaneous general, but his status may not be very high, and the false military order is enough for him to die a hundred times.
It's just that until this moment, he still couldn't believe Xu Wuliang's words that Du Huaibao had been assassinated.
Although Du Huaibao's martial arts cultivation is inferior to Guo Qianjin, but at a glance that day, that kind of demeanor and momentum is absolutely extraordinary, and his breath is like a human slaughter, he killed others Li Baixin, and it was really unimaginable that he was killed by others Li Bai.
Moreover, Du Huaibao is also a disciple of Jixia, whether it is the Demon Dao or the Mechanical Technique, both of which are avenues that can directly point to the divine position, how could they fall into the hands of the old man in the mountain so easily?
He frowned deeply, put the green steel sword in the scabbard, picked up the short sword that Mulan put on the water tank, and opened the shielded barrage while wiping it, at this moment his heart was a little confused, and he wanted to see what the audience thought.
The Great Wall was a mess, and although the garrison was not lax, it was undoubtedly dwarfed by the many enemies it faced, and it was still unclear whether the Great Wall Guards would be able to advance and retreat with them instead of obeying the orders of the Imperial Court to be their enemies.
This made it more difficult for him to defend the Great Wall.
[So domineering!]
[I saw that this thing is not pleasing to the eye, who is pretending to be a big-tailed wolf here?]
[The villain has a will, hehe. γ
[This kind of person is the wolf of Zhongshan, and if he gets his will, he will be rampant, and he will definitely be rectified after not killing him now. γ
[If you kill well, you like the decisive nature of Huahua and Xiaobai, and we are tired of watching the protagonist of the Virgin. γ
[Don't like Huahua too much.] γ
[The baby also wants to be a flower adult.] γ
A group of people felt that Li Bai and Hua Mulan were doing well, which made them also breathe a bad breath, and they praised Li Bai and Hua Mulan for doing it right.
The other group is starting to feel tricky and worried.
[This is numb, internal and external troubles, how can this be beaten?]
[The strongest Great Wall in history is often broken from within, such as Wu Sangui. γ
[This offended the prison army, I'm afraid that Xiaobai and Huahua will be traitors. γ
[As written in the plot, the two can only be "ghosts wandering outside the Great Wall". γ
[Kind-hearted, that prison army is really not a thing, first provoked a war, and then wanted to harm Huahua, as if to kill him!]
However, the vast majority of the content of the barrage is still a little unnutritious, which is normal, they habitually think that they are just audiences, plus Li Bai has recently greatly shortened his time alone, and the interaction with them has become less and less, and they have gradually begun to look at all this as if they were watching a movie.
They didn't think that they had the power to control all this, and they didn't expect that these so-called plots were not arranged at all, the protagonist was destined to break all the crises, and they felt that as long as they watched quietly, they could enjoy this exquisite live broadcast until the end.
However, Li Bai will die.
He is not the bronze five strong people who are not bad in King Kong, nor is he the protagonist who can explode and kill every time he is abused twice in a crisis, he is just a crowd of beings who have crossed over, he has been lucky to have an adventure, and his strength has improved rapidly, but he can still only look at the back of these bigwigs everywhere.
If King Lanling wanted to assassinate him, he would be able to do it easily; if Mulan really went all out, even if he had made great progress, he would still not be one of them, and as for Guo Qianjin and Du Huaibao, he couldn't even see through it.
However, even a powerful person like Du Huaibao fell so silently, how could he, Li Bai, survive to the end?
Li Bai smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Do you think I'm a little stupid?"
"There are better options to weigh the benefits. I chose to follow my temper and be tough with the other party, obviously if I graduated normally, I should also enter the company and seek a career, but I was cautious in the face of superiors, and I could only be submissive in the face of their scolding, why should I be so hard?"
If he hadn't offended this cautious dead man, he wouldn't have wanted to kill himself, and Mulan wouldn't have caught his murderous intentions because of this, leaving no room for himself to kill blatantly.
He seems to have messed up something, and he blamed himself a little, after all, after completing the three main tasks, he could leave, but Mulan has to live in this world for a lifetime.
Li Bai seems to be asking the audience, but in fact he is asking himself.
[It's really a little irrational, although that thing is really annoying, but we can be false with him.] γ
[Indeed, it is better to stabilize the situation like this first and get through this crisis, and when the situation is stabilized, it will be impossible for the prison army to cover the sky with one hand in the army, and it will definitely be able to redress grievances. γ
[Yo hey, I said that those of you who say that Xiaobai is irrational are not used to being dogs and legs for others?
[Xiaobai, I support you, you did the right thing, don't blame yourself. γ
[Xiaobai, you think too much, the contradiction between Huahua and that product can't be adjusted at all, if you want to stand on Mulan's side, you have to do it with the other party, even if you don't make things difficult when you're in the city. γ
The barrage was crowded and too dense, so Li Bai couldn't see it really, there may be a lot of golden and jade good words, but only the barrage that flashed in the corner was like a thunderbolt from the sky, which suddenly shook Li Bai's heart.
[Xiaobai, you are not stupid at all, because you are Li Bai. γ
Li Bai suddenly clenched his fists: "Yes, I'm Li Bai!"
He remembered the ambitions he had once set, first: to make Li Bai's name famous all over the world because of him! Second, he vowed not to let the sword path of the Qinglian Sword Immortal be disgraced in his hands.
How was Li Bai wild and uninhibited in history?
Lux takes off his boots, and the concubine holds the research!
There is "look up to the sky and laugh and go out, how can my generation be a Penghao person".
There is "I am born to be useful, and my daughter will come back when I am gone." β
How could this courage allow him to bow his head?
And the Qinglian Sword Immortal is not to mention much, he can fight for his friends with one sword per person, enter Chang'an, and face the Son of Heaven, how can this kind of courage bow to a mere miscellaneous general?
If he had chosen to back down from the beginning, wouldn't what he had said before become?
In this world of great contention, only mediocre people can be free from the world.
Thinking of this, Li Bai almost suddenly became enlightened, put the wiped short sword back on the water tank, and the whole person was like a big bow that was pulled out in an instant, a lazy waist stretched out, and there was a crackling sound all over his body.
At this moment, although his appearance did not change at all, his whole person's spirit seemed to be different, and his cultivation had reached a mellow and perfect feeling from the original foundation building peak.
This realm is already extremely close to the Dan, and even the true yuan in his body has begun to gather in the dantian, and there is a faint tendency to condense.
This realm may be called - half-step Jindan!
[Eh, Xiaobai, has you figured it out?]
[Suddenly I feel that Xiaobai has become handsome again, and I really want to lick it.] γ
[This is what we look like Li Bai, he was just a little white-faced ...... before]
[Your words are so sour, my teeth are about to fall. γ
Li Bai smiled: "Thank you for the audience just now for making me understand a lot." β
As he spoke, his brow furrowed slightly, he began to think about how to break the game, but at this moment his expression had begun to become calm.
It is naturally impossible to increase the strength of the Great Wall Guardian in a short period of time, the world is one thing, and on the other hand, he is also limited to spend a long time climbing the technology tree, and using cannons and muskets to deal with cold-armed enemies like his fellow traversers.
So all he has to do at the moment is to describe it in four words - "play up the strengths and avoid the weaknesses." β
The reason why the Tang people's army was strong was that on the one hand, the vast empire and the advanced government military system could give it an elite and sufficient supply of soldiers, and on the other hand, because its weapons and equipment were extremely advanced compared to the countries of the Western Regions.
Just as the Spanish conquistador HernΓ‘n was able to conquer the Aztec Empire with a population of 15 million in five years with a thousand conquerors armed with muskets and war horses, the Tang people were able to conquer the relatively backward Western Regions with their advanced weapons and military systems and prosperous civilization.
But if the Aztec Empire hadn't been in slavery, had not even had iron weapons equipped with cotton armor and obsidian weapons, and had no horses, let alone cavalry, would it have been conquered by Hernan?
At this time, with the import of Tang Dynasty culture and the important geographical location of the Silk Road, the Western Regions had begun to prosper, and the gap between them and the Tang Dynasty was narrowing, which was originally inferior to the Aztecs and Spain, not to mention now.
So the advantages of the latter are completely meaningless.
On the other hand, it was the former, because there were still a lot of weapons in Zhichong Prefecture, and there were quite a few people in this town where the first line of defense of the Great Wall was located, so it should not be a problem to temporarily organize a new army.
Originally, perhaps because of the meaning of the above, the Han people in the Western Regions were not suitable as a regular source of soldiers, but at this moment, the two of them even killed the people of the Broken Leaf Supervision Army, where is there such a scruple?
After making up his mind, Li Bai strode out, stretched out his hand and patted the guards beside him: "Gather people and horses, and everyone will prepare for war immediately." β
The guard's face changed slightly, and he hurriedly said, "Yes!"
"This captain, why hasn't our general come out after going in for so long?" said a Tang cavalry frown.
Li Bai glanced at him: "I'll go and carry them out later." β
"Lift?"
The Tang rider's face turned pale.
"What happened to our general?"
With this question, there were countless bright long knives, and the guards of the Zhichong Mansion immediately surrounded them, and the swords were tense, and those Tang Cavalry were even more violent, intimidating those guards.
"What are you doing here? Do you want to rebel?"
Li Bai sneered and glanced at them: "Don't you know what your general is? He just died ten thousand times without losing anything, and went to carry your people out by himself." Zhang Xi, you are optimistic about these people, and they will all be sent to prison for the time being. β
"Yes!"
"Why did you arrest us, you little Captain Guoyi, kill Shangguan, do you really want to rebel?"
The Tang cavalry said angrily, and the guards of the Zhichong Mansion also looked at Li Bai with scruples.
"Xu Wuliang colluded with the Beiyi people, wanting to take the first line of defense from inside and outside, the evidence is conclusive, although these people are his subordinates, they are not necessarily insiders, so don't kill them for the time being, and Captain Hua will personally interrogate them. β
Li Bai was sure of what he said, and instantly gave support to all the guards, and when the Tang cavalry roared angrily, "You spew blood", they were disarmed and tied up in an instant.
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When Li Bai distributed the weapons and trained a militia of nearly 1,000 people, he returned to Zhichong Mansion, put the prepared dinner at the door, and then left silently, the short sword on the water tank was still there, indicating that Mulan's "want to be quiet" was not over.
Hopefully, tomorrow, she will be in good shape.
The night is getting darker.
Li Bai climbed the Great Wall, he did not leave this night, just stood at the head of the cold wind city, staring into the distance for a long time, the soldiers guarding the Great Wall saw that Li Duwei was there, they couldn't help but show a look of admiration, and they became more and more serious when they performed the task.
"Tomorrow is the last day...... I hope I can live. β
As he spoke, he lifted the gourd and took a sip of the wine, which was small but never exhausted, and there was a bottle of mineral water every hour, so it was really no problem to drink it overnight.
Gradually, slightly drunk.
Li Bai called out to the Qinglian Sword Immortal, who had never paid attention to him before.
"Big guy, can you teach me the Sword of the River?"
There was silence for a long time, and just when Li Bai thought that the other party would still ignore him as before, a voice finally came from there.
"You can't learn even if you teach it. β
"Just let me see, maybe it's done?"
There was silence again, and it took a quarter of an hour before he finally spoke.
"Okay, now you come in, I'll show you. β
Li Bai closed his eyes silently, but his hand was still holding the green steel sword, like an old monk in a trance, just silent, if it weren't for the fact that he would occasionally raise a wine gourd and pour wine into his mouth, it would be like a dead man.
The flask dried, but the blade of the sword became sharper, as if a flame was burning.
This night, Zhang Chao sat in the city for a whole night.
At dawn the next day, he was like an unsheathed sword.
Invisible sword qi swept out from his body, cutting the ground into deep ravines, and finallyβthe ravines were connected, forming a line of wild and uninhibited cursive script, as if it could fly off the ground at any moment.
The sword of the great river comes up from the sky, rushes to the sea and never returns!
He's finally mastered a new skill, the Sword of the River!