Chapter 70: Times Have Changed
Han Xuan and Liu Du finally reached a consensus on the matter of fighting against the Heavenly Tribulation Gate, and Han Xuan and their next discussion was the issue of unifying the regime.
"None of the alliances in history have been very strong. So we can only merge the two countries into one country......" Han Xuan was interrupted by Liu Du before he could finish speaking.
Liu Du stood up and walked in front of Han Xuan, and asked in a very serious tone, "After the merger of these two countries, who will be the king?" ”
As the saying goes, there are no two tigers in one mountain, and there can only be one supreme ruler in the new regime. Liu Du has a very firm position on this issue, and Han Xuan has long been mentally prepared.
Han Xuan was stunned for a moment, and then replied in an affirmative tone: "If you agree to my conditions, I am willing to be a minister and serve you as a king!" ”
"Oh, what conditions do you have?" Liu Du was really moved, he wanted to hear Han Xuan's conditions.
"Chu and Shu merged into one country, and the new country name cannot be 'Chu' or 'Ji Han'."
"What's that called?"
"I haven't thought about it yet."
“……”
Liu Du paced back and forth, thought for a while, and then asked, "Why do you want to change the country name?" Everyone in the world misses the glory of the Han Dynasty in the past and looks forward to the revival of the Han Dynasty. ”
"Huh. That's just the ethereal ideals of the nobles! The people of the world yearn for a world without famine and war, and can live and work in peace and contentment, so they don't care whether the country name is 'Han' or 'Chu'! Han Xuan pointed out sharply.
Liu Du was still very hesitant, and Han Xuan continued: "The reason why we want to change the country name is to show new life and hope, and secondly, to inspire all of us not to indulge in the glory of the past!" We want to build a new kingdom that is stronger and more prosperous than any previous dynasty! ”
Han Xuan said that Liu Du was also enthusiastic, but Liu Du still cared about something.
"I know it's hard, but it's man-made! As long as you and I work together, I believe that any difficulty can be overcome! Han Xuan encouraged Liu Dudao.
Chen Wu and Zhao Yun, who were guarding outside the pavilion, had some grievances before, but at this time, they were also guarding each other and ignoring each other.
"Hey......" Zhao Yun saw a shadow flashing in the water in a trance, and wanted to greet Chen Wu.
Chen Wu still refused to ignore him, Zhao Yun pressed his hand on the Qingyu sword at his waist, and slowly moved his steps to the side.
Chen Wu saw Zhao Yun pressing the sword, and hurriedly drew the sword in his hand, ready to strike first. Zhao Yun hurriedly turned around and looked at Chen Wu: "There's something in the water!" ”
"What nonsense, we didn't ambush this time! Oh~ Could it be your people? Chen Wu was suspicious of Zhao Yun.
"Impossible!" Zhao Yun firmly denied it.
"What?" At this time, Han Xuan also noticed the abnormality of the two people outside the pavilion and came over to inquire about the situation.
"There's someone in the water!" Zhao Yun explained to Han Xuan.
After Liu Guo came, both sides affirmed that they did not bring troops. Han Xuan immediately reacted: "It must be someone from the Heavenly Tribulation Gate!" ”
Han Xuan hurriedly took out the arquebus in the box and loaded it with ammunition, and Chen Wu and Zhao Yun also drew their swords and guarded the two of them.
The four of them were guarding the surrounding water with their backs, and suddenly bursts of water bubbles in the water surged, and a man wearing a fierce beast mask jumped up from the water and slashed at Han Xuan with a knife.
Zhao Yun raised his sword to block the blow, and Chen Wu then rushed forward to fight the masked man.
After four or five moves, Chen Wu couldn't get cheap. Han Xuan took the arquebus and aimed left and right, wanting to help Chen Wu, but he was afraid of accidentally injuring Chen Wu.
"Zilong, go and help!" Liu Du wanted Zhao Yun to help.
"Not necessarily! You protect them. Chen Wu sped up the speed of his sword, and when the masked man was distracted to guard against Zhao Yun and Han Xuan, he seized the opportunity to kick him away and widen the distance.
"Good chance!" Han Xuan immediately opened fire, and the projectile shot straight at the masked man.
Who knew that the masked man had already taken precautions, and his head was tilted, and he was able to dodge the projectile. The masked man hesitated for a moment, Chen Wu rushed over again, and the two fought together again.
Han Xuan was just about to reload again, but several enemies wearing waterproof masks appeared behind him.
Those people came straight towards Han Xuan, and Zhao Yun hurriedly stopped them. It's just that these people are all strong in martial arts, and it is difficult for Zhao Yun to win for a while.
The two enemies dragged Zhao Yun, and the other two killed Liu Du and Han Xuan, Liu Du held a chair and resisted desperately, and Han Xuan was still loading ammunition. saw a person swinging a knife and slashing Liu Du, and the chair in Liu Du's hand was also split in half, and Liu Du was shocked and flew out.
Han Xuan finally loaded his ammunition and immediately aimed at the enemy who was flying into the air.
"Bang!" A gunshot rang out, and the man was hit and flew upside down.
However, another enemy also swung his knife and slashed over, but this time Han Xuan didn't have time to reload his ammunition.
"Your Majesty, be careful!" Zhao Yun swung his sword to cut off the sword of an enemy, and one rolled in front of Liu Du, holding his sword to block the sword.
Zhao Yun kicked the man away again, helped Liu Du up, and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, get on the boat!" ”
Han Xuan also reloaded ammunition while retreating to the direction where the boat was located, but a man in black arrived first and blocked them.
"Quick! There's a small boat over there. Han Xuan pointed to the right and said.
The three of them immediately retreated to the other side, and Liu Du got on the boat first, rowing with oars. Han Xuan then boarded up and shot at the enemy with an arquebus.
Chen Wu was besieged by a group of black-clothed men, and also retreated to this side. Han Xuan hurriedly shouted at him, "Zi Lie! Don't fight, get out! ”
Chen Wu covered the knife wound on his shoulder, and fought and retreated, and Zhao Yun took him on the boat together. The boat carried four people majestically and headed towards the shore.
Those people in the pavilion stood by the water and threw throwing knives, darts and other hidden weapons at Han Xuan, but they were all swept away by Chen Wu and Zhao Yun with their swords.
Just when a few people thought they were out of danger, a huge black shadow suddenly floated in the air, obscuring the sky. The black shadow flew closer, and Han Xuan saw that the real body of the black shadow was the hot air balloon he had ordered the craftsmen to develop!
"Impossible! It's supposed to be in Jianye, why is it here? Han Xuan exclaimed.
"Are you sure?" Liu Du was also taken aback.
Just when a few people were panicking, a building ship slowly sailed over, followed by several ships, all with the flag of the Chu Army on board.
"It's Gan Ning who came to pick us up!" Chen Wu said with great joy.
This fleet was originally arranged by Chen Wu in advance by Gan Ning in the distance, in case of accidents.
Han Xuan and the others hurriedly stood on the boat and waved at them, Gan Ning found them and hurriedly asked someone to take them over the boat.
"Xingba, how did you get here?" Han Xuan asked.
"It's all the General's arrangement." Gan Ning replied.
Chen Wu nodded embarrassedly, Han Xuan didn't blame him, if it weren't for him this time, I was afraid that they would really have the path of the Heavenly Tribulation Gate.
"You also called the hot air balloon?" Han Xuan asked Chen Wudao.
"Nope." Chen Wu denied.
"It's broken! Something must have happened to Jianye! Han Xuan thought that his family was still in Jianye, and he was anxious at this time.
But when he saw that the hot air balloon was flying lower and lower, and when it stopped at a certain height, he began to drop bombs at Han Xuan's big ship. Luckily, it was poor, and most of the bombs fell into the water.
"It's the enemy! Spread out! Although Gan Ning was not familiar with this "monster" flying in the sky, he did not panic at all, and ordered all ships to disperse to meet the enemy.
The crossbowmen on each ship fired back at the balloon, but most of the arrows couldn't reach it.
"At present, this hot air balloon is still in the experimental stage, Jianye is just such a ship, and it is absolutely secret, how could it fall into the hands of the Heavenly Tribulation Gate?" Han Xuan muttered to himself.
"Xingba, give me the binoculars!" Han Xuan said to Gan Ning, who was commanding the enemy.
Han Xuan looked at the cockpit of the hot air balloon with a telescope, clenched his fists and said, "Sure enough, it's Zodiac Zhou!" ”。
"Did you hear me right? Can a man fly to the sky? Zhao Yun had an expression of disbelief, not only him, but also the soldiers on the ship couldn't believe it.
Liu Du smiled, patted Zhao Yun on the shoulder and said, "You heard it right, Zilong." Times have changed! ”