Chapter 366: The Flames Rekindle
Huangfu You has enough confidence in his cloud-piercing arrow, even if it was a rare time before, he couldn't shake his confidence in his archery, and besides, Fang Cai's miss was just a matter between the two of them, as long as this person died, then there would be no second person in this world who knew that he had missed.
Huang Fu You's eyes didn't dare to blink and stare at the vicinity of the city gate, as long as there was any movement, the cloud-piercing arrow in his hand immediately took off his hand and hit the target. But the emperor has been waiting for a while, there is no movement near the city gate, even if it is a master like him, it is inevitable that his arm will start to sore, and he wants to shake it slightly to reduce the sour numbness, and at this moment there is movement near the city gate!
What appeared in Huangfu You's eyes was not a living person, but a burst of flying snowflakes, and the snow-white piece suddenly jumped up at the city gate. The cloud-piercing arrow was already about to come out, and Huangfu Youyou relied on his own strength to not shoot this arrow, and he found that there was a figure moving quickly behind these flying snowflakes.
No, it's a trick! This man actually splashed snow himself as a cover, and ran towards the city! Hmph, the stinky boy has a set, and it's time to explain your life after the carving insect tricks are done. Huangfu You's originally panicked mood calmed down after understanding Xuan Shaoning's strategy, and at the same time, the flying snow deliberately created by Xuan Shaoning gradually landed to show his figure within the range of the attack.
The Cloud Piercing Arrow had already been aimed, even though Xuan Shaoning was already very close to the inner city gate, Huangfu You was confident that this arrow would kill him as soon as it came out. The strings were pulled to the maximum arc and squeaked, and as soon as the emperor let go of his hand, everything would be as he expected. But there are always exceptions, and this time the exception happened.
There was a series of horses' hooves near the inner city, and Huangfu You immediately judged that this was the unique sound of horses' hooves of Huyan's mount, and it must be Huyanhe's coming this way. In such a momentary hesitation, he had lost the best angle of attack, and Xuan Shaoning had already rushed into the inner city gate.
Damn it! Huangfu You immediately stood up and almost smashed his bow and arrow on the ground, which was also the first time he directly removed his hood because of emotion. At this moment, Xuan Shaoning, who was extremely lucky to save his life, still tilted his head and glanced at the city, and saw Huangfu You's appearance at a glance: this is a Liang person, with a face with Liang people's characteristics, two mountain eyebrows, a pair of deep eyes, a high mountain root, and a miserable white mouth, and his appearance is handsome with yin owl, cruelty and viciousness. The most distinctive thing is that there are two scars on both sides of the corner of this person's mouth that extend to the roots of the ears on both sides, these two scars are purple-red, and they look extremely piercing and weird.
Xuan Shaoning didn't have time to worry about Huangfu Yu anymore, he had already noticed that a team of people was coming from the direction of the city, if he ran towards the city, he would definitely collide with them; If you run out of the city, it will be tantamount to exposing yourself to the attack range of the Cloud Piercing Arrow again, and it seems that no matter which way you go, it will be more than lucky.
Seeing that the figures in the direction of the inner city could be seen clearly, Xuan Shaoning made a decision at the last moment: lie down on the spot. That's right, Xuan Shaoning threw himself motionless in a pile of corpses, and it didn't take long for the pile of men and horses to gallop past him, and the shaking and rolling snow made Xuan Shaoning unable to see the person who took the lead, but from their armor, it could be directly judged that this was the Xiliang cavalry.
Did they retreat? They retreated! Judging from their panicked looks, the disorganized ranks, and the small number of people, Xuan Shaoning made this judgment: It must be that the Zhenfu Guard and the Red Guard have successfully repelled the enemy! It's really great! For a while, Xuan Shaoning's heart that had been hanging was finally put down.
After this group of Xiliang troops completely left, Xuan Shaoning dared to get up, and the first thing was to poke his head out to check the city, and only after making sure that the person had left did he dare to run towards the city. The first thing that catches his eye is the rows of houses that have become ashes, Xuan Shaoning still remembers that these used to be the most lively places in Yecang City, this is the only Chinese area in the city, where the people live, most of them are the families of the Jingyi Army. There used to be restaurants, inns, and shops here, which was the place he was most willing to come to relax on weekdays, but now this bustling and lively Chinese district is already a scorched earth, full of ruins and charred corpses.
The original excitement began to cool down with the surrounding environment at this moment, this area should be the first place where the fire appeared to have such a tragic situation, and in the distance there was still a sky-high fire, and the fire spread to the barracks! Xuan Shaoning began to worry about it, he wanted to run but the city was full of corpses, this area was different from outside the city, there were more corpses of robes.
From the armor, it can be seen that these are all calming guards, although Xuan Shaoning has not dealt with them much, but they are also their own robes, and they are also sad to see them die in battle. Looking at the corpses of some of the female soldiers and ordinary people mixed in with it, Xuan Shaoning's heart was raised again, what happened to Scarlet and Rouge?
In the process of moving towards the center of the city, Xuan Shaoning couldn't believe that this was the Yecang City where he had stayed for so many years, everything had changed, from the original military camp with warmth to the hell on earth in front of him, all of which was caused by the people of Xiliang.
In Xuan Shaoning's search, he finally found a trace of a living thing, this is the first time since entering the city to find signs of life: a series of disorganized footprints continued from a farther away to Xuan Shaoning's feet, originally this kind of footprints were too common, but this footprint was deeper than ordinary footprints, it was because of the snow that the footprints became clearer, and this footprint also carried steaming blood.
And the living! Xuan Shaoning immediately began to chase along the footprints, and it didn't take long to see the figure that was moving with difficulty, it was two people, from the back it was a man and a woman, and it was certain that this woman was Ling Scarlet.
"Scarlet face!" Xuan Shaoning himself didn't feel that the voice shouted was already trembling uncontrollably, he ran to Ling Feiyan's side and determined that the other man was Feng Chu, but Feng Chu's face was already blue and there was no trace of breath.
"Scarlet?" Xuan Shaoning looked at Ling Scarlet again, his hair was messy, his helmet was gone, his armor was covered with wounds and blood, he walked with a limp, and the only thing that could be recognized in the blood stain on his face was the pair of firm eyes.
Seeing Xuan Shaoning appear, Ling Feiyan finally grinned, she may want to laugh, but this smile is really several times more ugly than crying. Ling Feiyan wanted to say something, but in the end, she collapsed and fell into Xuan Shaoning's arms.
Xuan Shaoning hugged Ling Scarlet and checked her injuries as soon as possible, and found that although the injuries were serious, at least they were not life-threatening, and then he went to check on Feng Chu, Feng Chu's whole body was cold and stiff, and he had already lost his breath. Xuan Shaoning sadly placed Feng Chu on the side of the road and covered him with a cloak he had picked up.
Xuan Shaoning knelt down and kowtowed: "Commander Feng, I believe that your bravery and righteousness have been seen by the heavens, and the people of the Liang Dynasty will definitely know it, so I will kowtow to you instead of them for the time being!" Don't worry, the last general has limited abilities and can't take you away, but you can rest assured that after determining the situation in Nightshade City, the last general will definitely come to bury you. ”
The cold wind blew, and the cloak on that side moved, as if Feng Chu was replying to Xuan Shaoning. Xuan Shaoning wiped away his tears and picked up Ling Scarlet Yan and walked towards the center of the city, with Ling Scarlet Yan there, he couldn't run anymore, so he could only walk in the snow with one foot deep and one foot shallow. The closer you get to the center of the city, the more corpses there are, which shows that this was the main battlefield at that time.
Standing in this position, you can better understand the battle situation in the city, the fire is spreading all over the city, from here to the direction of the city gate on the other side is a raging fire, this fire is already irreparable by manpower and even heavenly power, Xuan Shaoning has to admit that Yecang City is completely gone.
"Rouge, where are you? Where are you! Xuan Shaoning wanted to call her name, but reason told him that now was still not the right time, there would inevitably be enemies in the city, and after all, he had never seen anyone else alive except Ling Feiyan along the way.
Even if the various dangers encountered in the previous battle did not make Xuan Shaoning as desperate and helpless as he is now, he had a place to go at that time, with Qingshan Academy and Yecang City, and he could go back. What now? The academy was burned down by a fire, and now Cangcheng can't escape the same fate, his last destination in the world has been taken away, and the infinite depression and pain in his heart have finally turned into a cry.
"Ahh Heaven, you made me an orphan of war, and everything you gave me is now so ruthlessly taken away, why? Are you testing me? Still torturing me! I'm not going to bow my head, absolutely not, I used to think I had given it up, now I'm going to fight for it again, I'm going to get everything I want! ”