Chapter Eighty-Six: The Weakness Behind the Strong
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"What is this?"
Liao Li next to him saw Liu Qing pick up an object from the ground, and stepped forward with curiosity, he only felt that the small object was shining brightly, shining under the shadow of the bonfire, it looked really familiar, but he couldn't name it.
This unspeakable feeling made him feel quite uncomfortable.
"It's a mirror!" I don't know if I noticed the uncomfortable feeling in Liao Li's heart, Liu Qing opened her mouth to say the name of the small object.
"Yes, yes, yes!" Liao Li was stunned when he heard this, and immediately nodded again and again, but after a while, his face showed a little confusion, and he said strangely, "Is it really a mirror?" How do you look at ......?"
"You can't go wrong!" Holding the small crystal clear object in his hand, Liu Qing said in a deep voice after carefully examining it, "To be precise, this kind of mirror is called a tin foil mirror!" ”
Tin foil mirror, from the perspective of craftsmanship, is not much different from the mirror of later generations, how can the clarity of the mirror be comparable to that of copper mirror? This kind of expensive handicrafts can be called luxury goods even in the circle of celebrities and aristocrats in Jijing, if it is not for the rich and noble, it is absolutely impossible to buy this kind of luxury goods worth thousands of gold.
But why is this expensive luxury here?
"That's right......" Touching his chin, Liao Li said thoughtfully, "How is it different from what the last general has seen in the Donggong Mansion and the Lord's Mansion?" ”
Hearing this, a glimmer of light flashed in Liu Qing's eyes, and she said with a sneer, "Because it's not an ordinary mirror!" The reason why you look awkward and feel different from the mirrors on the Donggong Mansion and the Xie Mansion is that the former is flat, and this ...... Come and see! ”
Liao Li leaned over to take a closer look, and only then did he notice that the original mirror was not a fragment of a mirror, but a complete mirror. What's even more incredible is that it is not flat like a normal mirror, but has a triangular shape on one side and a flat shape on the other. Originally, it seemed like it was supposed to be applied to something that was clinging to.
Staring at the strangely shaped mirror for a long time, Liu Qing muttered, "Sure enough, it is the level of wisdom that determines the level of knowledge......
"What?" It seemed that he didn't hear clearly, Liao Li asked curiously.
Hearing this, Liu Qing woke up like a dream, a trace of unnatural color flashed on her face, she stood up and diverted the topic and said, "Let's go, this army division has seen through the tricks of the Western Army!" ”
Liao Li was stunned when he heard this, and asked in surprise. "Really? The military advisor has really seen through the ...... of the Western Army Not? Trick? In the end, Liao Li couldn't help but be stunned.
"Yes, it's a trick!" As if he had guessed what Liao Li was thinking, Liu Qing smiled a little at the corner of his mouth and said lightly. "It's really unbelievable that the Western Army, one of the four dignified towns, is called a weird and inexplicable art of war, and it is nothing more than this kind of thing that seems to be a first-class deception on the rivers and lakes......"
[But having said that, I'm afraid I couldn't understand it until I met Xie An's guy...... Ah, I can't understand it. Although it is hateful. But the woman of the eldest grandson Xiangyu is indeed right, insight determines the level of wisdom......]
After saying that sentence, Liu Qing made up her unfinished words in her heart.
Liao Li couldn't guess what Liu Qing was feeling in his heart at the moment, and saw that she kept saying that she had seen through the tricks of the Western Army...... Well, whatever it is. Anyway, as long as he can vent the depression he has been feeling these days, Liao Li won't care so much at all.
But when Liao Li opened his mouth to ask, Liu Qing shook his head mysteriously and said solemnly, "The secret of heaven must not be revealed. We'll find out in a little while! ”
Liao Li couldn't help but feel a little depressed when he heard this, thinking that this Liu Junshi was fine, but there was one thing that was very similar to the eldest grandson Xiangyu, that is, he had to wait until a certain moment to tell the generals everything as it was, and he didn't understand the discomfort of the uninformed generals when they were desperate to learn the truth.
"Let's go, it's time to finally close the palace!"
casually put the strange-shaped small lens in the small sachet on her waist, Liu Qing turned around and walked in the direction of Liang Qiuwu, compared with her who was full of bitterness when she came, she was full of energy and full of confidence, as if the Western Army was already in her pocket.
At the same time, in the forest not far from the Eastern Army, Xixiang Hou Han Yi was standing behind a tree, looking at the bonfires lit by the Eastern Army in the distance.
What the head of the four towns!
What the first cavalry in the world!
But that's it!
The corners of Han Yan's mouth flashed with a cold smile.
He does have a capital to be proud of, because in the past few days, the western army he led has succeeded in sneaking up on the eastern army every time, and has not lost a single one.
Some people may find it strange, is the Western Army really so strong that it can suppress the Eastern Army, which is extremely strong and so strong that even Li Mao, the king of Yan, is afraid of it, or is it that, as Liao Li and others guessed before, in fact, the Western soldiers are all top assassins whose hiding skills are comparable to Liang Qiuhao, Jin Ling'er, Mo Fei and others? Or is it that in fact, the soldiers of the Western Army are actually ghosts who can penetrate the earth?
Neither!
The Western Army is a human being, a living human being, and, although they can also be called elite, they cannot be compared to the Eastern Army, and the reason why they have no head and tail is that they have an extremely special set of armor.
Ah, the armor......
Xixiang Hou Han Li unconsciously looked at the soldiers behind him, those soldiers of the Western Army were checking their armor.
What kind of armor is that?
During the period when a Western soldier was wearing armor, I saw that all the surrounding scenery was reflected on the armor, whether it was the surrounding trees or people, all of them were clearly imprinted, and after the Western sergeant finished putting on the whole set of armor, a terrible thing happened, and the living soldier disappeared in place.
Looking at the sight of Xixiang Hou Han Yi, I saw that the silver-white thin armor on the ground actually "rose" out of thin air, and after a sound of Suosuo, a silver-white armored soldier with no head and no limbs appeared in front of Han Yi.
Through the footprints on the ground, it was known that the soldier had not really disappeared, but had only turned the impossible into a possibility through an incredible prop, allowing a living person to disappear into thin air.
Refraction!
If Xie An was here at the moment, he would obviously be able to reveal the secret of the Western Army: original. The real armor of the Western Army was not the silver-white armor that could only be regarded as confusing, but the armor inside, a set of armor with all the strange-shaped lenses that Liu Qing had found on the leather armor. A set of armor that can refract the soldiers wearing this armor and the scenery behind them through the edges and corners of the mirror through the refraction of light, and refract them to the lenses in front of the armor.
No wonder the Western Army is known as the most mysterious soldiers and horses of the Four Towns, because this kind of armor that transcends the era and the concept it contains completely transcends this era, even if it is called an invisibility cloak, it is probably not an exaggeration.
Similarly, it is no wonder that the Western Army never exercises with other armies, even if it once pretended to accept the invitation of the fifth son of the emperor, Li Cheng, to participate in the rebellion of the forced palace, and when facing the suppression of the Eastern Army. The Western Army is also only releasing water, because this kind of hole card is definitely a trick that can only be used in the last resort.
Once recognized, the Western Army will no longer pose any threat, and at best it will be an infantry adept at crossbow arrows.
To put it mildly. If it weren't for the coercion and temptation of Yang Ling, the commander of the Northern Xinjiang Army, the Han family father and son would never have used the only and final hole card of the Western Army, after all, unlike the Eastern Army, the Southern Army, and the Northern Army, the Western Army is also known as the Treacherous Army, which was originally created as an army for the purpose of disrupting the enemy army, and the creation of this army also used cross-era craftsmanship and immeasurable money, after all, the tin foil mirror is also an extremely rare luxury in the Great Zhou. Creating a set of armor like the Western Army will never be cheaper than the cost of the Eastern Army to store war horses and the Southern Army to build fine iron heavy armor.
It is no exaggeration to say that in fact, the four armies of the four towns of Jijing, which are the last line of defense in Jijing, are themselves piled up with countless money, in addition to the different types of troops, their roles on the battlefield are also different. In fact, from the perspective of spending a lot of money, it is actually about the same.
But there is one thing that makes the Western Army different from the other three Jijing and Four Towns, and that is that they have spent a lot of money to build incredible mirror armor, although it allows them to do some incredible things that seem extremely incredible to the world. But this additional deterrent is as fragile as the raw material of their mirror armor, like a bubble, and once the trick of deception is revealed, there is no doubt that they will be swallowed up by the powerful Eastern Army.
And this is exactly what the Han family father and son were worried about before.
But then again, from all the signs in the past few days, it seems that the Eastern Army has not been able to see through this kind of deceptive tricks.
With that incredible set of mirror armor, there were a few times when the Western soldiers who had successfully attacked were clearly standing in front of those Eastern soldiers, and witnessed the fearful expressions in the eyes of those Eastern soldiers.
Thinking of this, Xixiang Hou Han Yi couldn't help but feel a little funny.
"Marquis!" A silver-white armor with no head and limbs "floated" to Xixiang Hou Han Yi and whispered. To be honest, if Han Yi hadn't known it clearly, if he had been someone else, he would have been scared to death by this shocking spectacle.
"Is it time?"
Han Yi asked indifferently.
"Yes, according to the eyeliner, as Hou Ye expected, the Eastern Army is fleeing towards that dead canyon step by step......"
"Good!" The corners of Han Yan's mouth flashed with a smile.
Think the Western Army's trick is just a sneak attack?
Amusing!
The real purpose of the sneak attack is nothing more than to drive the prey into the trap!
Once the Eastern Army set foot in that Dead Canyon, hum!
A hint of coldness flashed in Han Yi's eyes.
What the? What if the Western Army noticed?
That dead canyon is more than ten miles long, and it is in the deep mountains, and from the mouth of the canyon, you can only see the giant trees standing, and you can't see the whole picture at all, and the Eastern Army will notice that there are ghosts!
"Report! The Eastern Army has set foot in the Valley of Death! ”
"Hey!" With a chuckle, Han Yi licked his lips and muttered, "It's time to go tiger hunting...... as he spoke, his face was straight, and he shouted in a deep voice, "Let's go!" ”
"Order!"
Everything seemed to be quite smooth in the eyes of Xixiang Hou Han Yi, and before he knew it, the Eastern Army had already entered the dead canyon and entered a desperate situation, and the rest only needed Han Yi to take the Western Sergeant to block the back road, and then ......
Hey!
Han Yi couldn't wait to see when the Eastern Army saw countless unmanned hand crossbows "floating" in the air. And what kind of faces will they be when they are targeted.
Is it horrified? Is it panic?
"Interesting!"
An hour later, when the Marquis of Xixiang, Han Yi, led the Western Army to hang behind the Eastern Army unknowingly, and drove the Eastern Army to the Death Valley while sneaking up and harassing him. In fact, there are some people in the Eastern Army who have noticed the anomaly on the road ahead.
"Report! The road ahead is impassable, and this canyon is a death valley! ”
The Eastern Sergeant who served as a scout noticed the abnormality in front of him for the first time and hurriedly came back to report, but Liu Qing had a disapproving look on his face and said lightly, "Hugh should ignore it and move on!" ”
This general order made the generals of the Eastern Army very puzzled, but seeing that Liang Qiuwu trusted Liu Qing quite a lot, he could only continue to hurry.
I didn't expect it to be a short time ago. The Eastern Army came to the end of Death Valley.
"Xiaoqing......" Liang Qiuwu looked at Liu Qing with an inquiring gaze, she could be sure that Liu Qing must have some strategy in her heart that could turn defeat into victory, but unfortunately, with her wisdom, I am afraid she can't guess.
In fact, it's not just Liangqiu dance. Even generals such as Liao Li, Yan Kai, Chen Gang, Xiang Qing, Luo Chao, and Cheng Yang were also incomprehensible.
And at this moment, I only heard Liu Qing say calmly, "The whole army is turning, the front army is the rear army, and the rear army is the front army, ready to fight!" ”
"Fighting? In this kind of place? Xiang Qing muttered with a strange expression, "Back to the cliff." Why do you have to fight against the water? ”
"Isn't it good?" As if hearing Xiang Qing's muttering, Liu Qing chuckled and said, "In the current environment, if our army is still under a sneak attack, then the enemy army can only be in front of our army!" ”
"Huh?" Xiang Qing was stunned when he heard this, and then suddenly realized. The look in his eyes at Liu Qing changed from disapproval at the beginning to amazement, and he said in surprise, "Could it be that Liu Junshi deliberately let our army come here for this purpose?" ”
"Me?" Liu Qing shook her head slightly when she heard this, and said lightly, "It's not me who takes the initiative. It's that the Western Army drove me to wait here, and this army division is just a plan! ”
"Will it be calculated?" Xiang Qing was stunned, and was about to ask, when suddenly countless silver-white figures faintly appeared in the distance ahead.
[The Western Army is coming?!] ]
The generals of the eastern army tensed their nerves, panicked but helpless, and watched the countless silver-white figures disappear one by one.
[Where?] Where is it? ]
Many of the Eastern Sergeants looked around nervously, saying that it was not an exaggeration to say that they were all soldiers at the moment. It's no wonder, after all, in their hearts, the Western Army has almost been equated with the ghost who wants to die.
Seeing this, Liu Qing shouted in a deep voice, "There is no need to look, the Western Army is just a living person, and in such a narrow terrain, it can only appear in front of you!" As she spoke, she leaned over and said a few words to Xiang Qing beside her.
I saw Xiang Qing with a strange expression after listening to Liu Qing's instructions, and pulled Luo Chao to the rear of the army.
At this time, as Liu Qing expected, Xixiang Hou Han Yi and his Western soldiers and soldiers under his command had slowly approached the Eastern Army, and they were only a stone's throw away.
But what puzzled Han Yi was that although the generals of the Eastern Army on the opposite side were panicked one by one, they were solemn, as if there was some trick.
But after thinking about it, Han Yi didn't care anymore, because in his opinion, anyway, the Eastern Army couldn't see them, so what could they toss?
He was negligent, although the generals of the Eastern Army could not see them, but there were two people in the Eastern Army who had intuition that was difficult for the world to match, and the sense of crisis honed on the battlefield was sometimes far better than the eyes.
No, it was clear that there was no one in the distance ahead, but Liang Qiuwu instinctively clenched the sword and wolf slash, and Liao Li also took the spear from the hand of the attendant and looked at the front with a nervous expression.
"What's wrong?" Liu Qing asked Liao Lidao knowingly.
"It's not quite right...... tiger eyes narrowed slightly, Liao Li sweated nervously, swallowed saliva and whispered, "The last general feels murderous ahead, but ......"
"But there's no one to see, right?" Liu Qing asked with a smile.
Liao Li looked at Liu Qing in surprise and nodded puzzled.
"Then let's try it!" Smiling slightly, Liu Qing snapped his fingers and said lightly, "The front army spread out to both sides, and the crossbow team stepped forward!" ”
Yan Kai was stunned when he heard this, and he didn't understand the purpose of Liu Qing's order, but this did not prevent him from acting according to the order, after all, Liang Qiuwu had a word first, and the Eastern Army was temporarily under Liu Qing's dispatch.
Seeing that the Eastern Army had transferred the bow and crossbow team, Xixiang Hou Han Yi was stunned.
What's going on? Could it be that the Eastern Army has discovered the traces of our army? How can it be! Obviously, there is still a place for an arrow, and at this distance, they should not be able to see our army......
Well, maybe just a scare!
After all, the Eastern Army can't see our army, and it is impossible to fire arrows indiscriminately!
However, just as he was thinking, the Eastern Army unexpectedly shot a wave of arrows.
Suddenly, under the shocked and unbelievable look of Xixiang Hou Han Li, there was a strange clicking sound from the Western Army under his command.
Turning his head to look, Han Yi felt a chill on his back, because he found that the Eastern Army had shot that wave of arrows first, and some of the mirror armor on his body had been shattered.
What does this mean? This means that they have lost their intact mirror armor and are completely exposed to the Eastern Army's iron cavalry.
"Hiss......"
When the generals of the Eastern Army let out a burst of frightened and inexplicable gasps, they couldn't figure out how to figure out that the place where there was no one was just now, after a wave of arrows, countless figures appeared out of thin air.
And at this moment, Liu Qing gave the order for the cavalry to charge.
As soon as the words fell, Xiang Qing and Luo Chao each led a cavalry to rush out of the rear army......
Seeing the chaotic formation of the Western soldiers who were exposed in front of him because of the loss of their complete mirror armor, Liu Qing's eyes flashed with a bit of mockery.
"Sure enough, just like the tin foil mirror, it looks incredible, but it's actually fragile and tight...... The same is true of some things in this world, which at first glance seem mysterious, but once broken, they become worthless! Tin foil mirrors are so, and so are the Western Army! - Kill it! Assault of the whole army! ”