"This guy ...... This guy ......."

"I actually killed the Heavenly General......

On the tower of the west gate of Guangling City, hundreds of Taiping guards looked in horror at the man surrounded by them, the assassin with a strange chain knife.

From the mouth of Zhang Hong, the general of the Five Directions and the Heavenly General of the Army before his death, these Taiping Army defenders finally realized the monster they were facing, a top assassin in the world who was burdened with no less than 10,000 lives and blood debts.

Great Assassin, "Sickle" Mo Fei!

"Wai...... Surround him! ”

"Hugh is ...... Hugh was going to tell him to flee! ”

Countless Taiping soldiers surrounded the monster from afar, and they only dared to verbally express their anger. Because they have long realized that the two are by no means the same level.

[Not very strong, what is this so-called rear army general...... In contrast, Fei Guo and Liao Li are stronger...... Well, Ma Dan can't do it either, only Fei Guo and Liao Li......]

Ignoring the eyes full of anger and fear around him, Mo Fei stood next to Zhang Hong's corpse, slowly wiping the blood from the chain knife with a white cloth, as if the Taiping soldiers around him were as vulnerable as a chicken and a dog.

Finally, Mo Fei wiped the blood stains from the chain knife, he glanced at the Taiping soldiers who looked like they were facing a great enemy, and immediately jumped onto the battlement, jumped down the city, and then disappeared into the night.

From beginning to end, those Taiping soldiers not only did not dare to chase after them, but they didn't even dare to shout to leave Mo Fei, they could only watch Mo Fei fly away after succeeding.

Because the level between the two is too far apart......

"How...... What to do? ”

While rejoicing in the departure of Mo Fei, the killing god, all the Taiping soldiers looked at each other.

In the end, one of them stood up and whispered, "Report it to Wu Shuai, ...... this matter."

All the Taiping soldiers glanced at each other and nodded slowly.

"Ah, let's do it...... Everything is up to Wu Shuai! ”

One of the five generals under Wu Heng, the fourth commander-in-chief of the Taiping Army. Zhang Hong, the general of the Five Heavenly Forces, was killed by Mofei, an assassin subordinate to the Zhou army and one of the Four Heavenly Kings of Dongling.

Although the Taiping army guards at the West City Gate wanted to cover it up, the news still spread and spread within the Taiping army. I have to say that Zhang Hong's death brought a huge blow to the Taiping Army, after all, Zhang Hong was the chief general of the city defense of Guangling City, and controlled the entire city defense of Guangling in the name of Wu Heng, the fourth commander of the Taiping Army, it is hard to imagine that he would be sniped by assassins under the protection of many Taiping soldiers. By a great assassin who is above most of the Assassins.

But then again. Zhang Hong's death in battle only had a morale impact on the Taiping soldiers near the West City Gate. At least the Taiping soldiers in the rest of the country were still full of fighting spirit, eager to take back the South City Gate from the hands of the Niu Zhu army.

Yes, the south gate of Guangling City has fallen into the hands of Niu Zhujun. Just when Zhang Hong mistakenly thought that the withered sheep had fallen into Wu Heng's scheme. When attracted by Wang Jian's feint army, the withered sheep led the main force of the Niuzhu army to forcibly capture the south city gate.

This move not only stunned many Taiping Army generals who knew Wu Heng's plan, but even Wu Zhen, the thousand-man general of the Niu Zhu Army, was also surprised and surprised.

You must know that as the chess piece responsible for the feint attack to attract the attention of the Taiping army in the city in the original plan, Wu Zhen has long been prepared to sacrifice for his own commander Withered Sheep, and it is precisely because of this that even if there are only a few dozen people left around him, Wu Zhen still stubbornly nailed the open south city gate.

It is undeniable that Wu Zhen was indeed desperate at that time. After all, there were too many guards near the South City Gate to support. It's no wonder that even if you put aside the reinforcements of the eastern, western, and northern city walls, there are still more than 8,000 soldiers stationed at the south gate, but those soldiers have changed their guards and rested.

[Dashuai ......]

Quietly staring at the back of his handsome withered sheep in front of him, Wu Zhen's mood was very complicated. He still remembers. When he was in despair, the majestic scene when the withered sheep led the army to slaughter, and the incredible joy in his heart at that time.

However, Wu Zhen also understands that now is not the best time to express loyalty.

"Alas......"

In front of Wu Zhen, the commander of the Niu Zhu army, the withered sheep, sighed a long sigh, because he saw Wang Liang's body on the city tower, the cousin of Wang Jian, the general who had reported to his Niu Zhu army, but was killed by Zhang Hong, the general of the Hou army.

In fact, just when he figured out Wu Heng's true plan and changed the target of the attack from the West City Gate back to the South City Gate, he also wondered in his heart whether Wang Liang, the general who had reported to his Niu Zhu Army, would be threatened.

Because he was Wang Jian's cousin, because he was kind to Niu Zhujun, the withered sheep rushed to the south city gate, but unfortunately, he was still a step slow after all. When he captured the southern city gate, Wang Liang had already died, and even his blood had congealed. According to the surrendered Taiping soldiers, Zhang Hong, the general of the rear army, killed Wang Liang before leaving, and tried to blame him for the crime.

[A hill of raccoon dogs......]

The withered sheep sighed secretly in his heart. Although the Taiping Army claimed to be a benevolent and righteous army that supported the Southern Tang Dynasty, the actions of some generals in the army ran counter to the word benevolence and righteousness.

And all this was gradually exposed after the death of Liang Qiuhao, the third-generation commander of the Taiping Army.

It seems that as soon as Liang Qiuhao died, the righteousness in the Taiping Army was also exhausted. It is undeniable that Wu Heng is an excellent leader, a scheming hero, and more strategic than his previous coach Liang Qiuhao.

Under the leadership of Wu Heng, the Taiping Army did once show the peak of counterattacking the Zhou Dynasty, but behind this light, the withered sheep saw countless tumors one after another.

If it is said that in the period of Liang Qiuhao, any Taiping soldier was a brother of the restoration of the Southern Tang Dynasty, then after Wu Heng took power, the grassroots soldiers have become the pawns of the superior to achieve brilliant results, and they can be discarded at any time.

The woman's benevolence and indecisiveness, in the eyes of the withered sheep, this is the most fatal flaw of the former Taiping Army commander Liang Qiuhao, as if the world's unparalleled hero does not know what it means to be a general, so that in the end, if he can reduce the sacrifice of even one soldier, Liang Qiuhao is not tired.

This matter was not criticized by many Taiping Army soldiers, including his withered sheep, but now. But the withered sheep felt that the Taiping army was too lacking in this will. After Liang Qiuhao's death, unity has become an empty word, and some are only intrigues between various departments in the army, even Wei Hu's Jinling Tianquan Army was not spared before.

"Report! - There are several reinforcements in the city who are coming towards my southern gate! ”

The galloping herald interrupted the withered sheep's thoughts.

"So fast?" The pupils of his eyes shrank slightly, and the withered sheep walked a few steps to the city wall, staring condescendingly at the approaching enemy army in the city, which was also a former friendly army.

"The last general will go down to the city to resist!"

Hugging his fists, Xu Chang took the initiative to ask Ying, and after getting the permission of the withered sheep, he walked down the city wall with his blade and summoned Niu Zhu's soldiers at the city gate. Prepare to resist the incoming Taiping offensive.

Not much. The Taiping army was killed by several reinforcements. On the vastness of the troops, even the withered sheep were moved.

[What's going on?] ]

The withered sheep squinted his eyes, and his heart was full of thoughts.

[It stands to reason that the strength of the Taiping army on the eastern, western, and northern walls is strong.] You should be attracted to Wang Jian...... That Zhang Hong followed Wu Heng's plan, if I don't dry the sheep, then Zhang Hong will definitely wait...... Why were the defenders of the east, west, and north walls able to come to support so quickly? Shouldn't they be waiting near the West Gate to besiege me? ]

Thinking of this, the withered sheep couldn't help frowning.

So far, there is only one possibility, that is, Wu Heng or Zhang Hong has sensed that something is wrong and changed their strategy.

"It's so fast, it's clear that my side has just captured the South City Gate......"

Seeing the chaotic situation under the city, the withered sheep's brows became tighter and tighter. Because he clearly saw that the Taiping army guards from the other three city walls were rushing towards the south gate like a tide, and it was estimated that the number was at least 40,000 or more, which was really more than twice the number of his Niuzhu army.

And not so badly. In order to defend the southern gate from being taken away by the Taiping army, he had to close the defense line in order to deal with various emergencies. For example, a surprise attack from both sides of the walls of the South Gate......

"Report! The west side of the city wall is under attack! ”

"Report! The east side of the city wall is under attack! ”

The heralds who hurried to report the news fully verified the foresight of the withered sheep.

Ah, the reason why half of the soldiers were sent to climb the city wall was not to condescend to attack the Taiping reinforcements from the south gate under the city, but more importantly, to guard against sudden attacks from the east and west sides of the city wall. After all, the four walls of the city can be said to be interconnected, if there are not enough guards on the city wall, once the Taiping army is driven from the east and west city walls and captures the city wall of the south city gate, then the entire Niuzhu army will fall into an absolute disadvantage.

Although the current situation is not too optimistic.

[50,000 or 60,000 troops......]

Covering his forehead, the withered sheep meditated. Now, he also guessed that it was Wu Heng who personally took over the command of the soldiers and horses, after all, in his opinion, Zhang Hong was not enough for the Taiping army to reach such a coordinated battle and no leakage.

"Is it too late?" The withered sheep looked to the west with a worried face, secretly hoping that the Dongling people could send the latest information to the Zhou army commander Xie An and his generals to ensure that the plan to attack the west gate could be changed.

"Be careful!"

With a light sound, the withered sheep only felt that he was being pushed, and when he looked closely, he saw Jian Jiu holding his right arm and standing where he was standing, and on his right arm, an arrow still trembled.

"You...... Are you okay? The withered sheep said with palpitations, if it hadn't been for Blade Nine to push him away in time, maybe his withered sheep would have died on this tributary.

"Don't get in the way......" Jian Jiu shook his head, then glanced at the withered sheep, and said, "Always be vigilant, I can't save you every time......"

The withered sheep nodded sheep, and then turned to look at the city.

[Have you already conquered this far?] ]

The withered sheep who was concentrating on the battle situation realized that Xu Chang, the general in the city who was responsible for resisting the Taiping army's reinforcements, had gradually collapsed the Qubu army led by him.

It's not that Xu Chang's ability is insufficient, it's just that there are too many reinforcements from the Taiping Army, like locusts.

And the more critical reason ......

Squinting his eyes, the withered sheep stared intently at the city, only to see that under the city, a Taiping army general rushed forward bravely, scolding loudly.

"Listen to the sergeants of the Niu Zhu Army, the withered sheep rebelled against Wu Shuai and wanted to join the Zhou army to seek wealth and wealth, and you also want to follow?!"

"What? The marshal rebelled against Wu Heng and wanted to take refuge in the Zhou State? ”

"The withered sheep marshal wants to take refuge in the Zhou army?"

"How is that possible?!"

The morale of the Niuzhu soldiers in the city was greatly disturbed. After all, they only obeyed the orders of the generals before, but they didn't know the real facts, and now they heard that their commander Withered Sheep rebelled against Wu Heng, the fourth commander of the Taiping Army, was seeking wealth and wealth by defecting to the Zhou State, and a large part of them were confused because of this.

[Finally happens, worst thing ......]

The withered sheep frowned again.

Although he had long known that once he made the truth of the rebellion of the Niu Zhu soldiers under his command known, no matter how prestige he enjoyed in the Niu Zhu army, it was not difficult to guess that a large number of soldiers would give up resistance, after all, in the eyes of many Niu Zhu soldiers, they were still a Taiping soldier.

Sure enough. The ominous premonition of the withered sheep was verified. In the mouths of countless Taiping Army soldiers. The will of the Niu Zhu soldiers was shaken, and some of the soldiers put down their weapons one after another under the reprimand of the former, while most of the soldiers were still oscillating between the beliefs of the Taiping Army and their commander Withered Sheep. Although the choice has not been made yet, it is undeniable. Their resistance to the Taiping was much weaker.

It is precisely because of this that Xu Chang, the subordinate general of the withered sheep, fell into a bitter battle, because more and more Niu Zhu soldiers chose to give up resisting the Taiping army, which originally belonged to the same team, and did not participate in the withered sheep's rebellion against Wu Heng and defected to the Zhou army.

"Big ...... The handsome ......" a thousand people trembled and persuaded, "Withdraw?" Enemy...... There are too many enemy troops, and if we continue to entangle, I am afraid that our army will be completely annihilated here......"

"Withdraw? Where to retreat? Still staring at the chaos in the city, the withered sheep asked nonchalantly.

"You can evacuate outside the city!" The thousand-person general hugged his fists and said eagerly. "The city gate has been opened, the drawbridge has been lowered, and our army can withdraw from Guangling safely, and there is no need to fight with it anymore......"

"......" glanced at the thousand-man general, and the withered sheep was silent.

Right. His Niu Zhu army still has a way to retreat, because the south city gate has now completely fallen into the hands of his withered sheep, the city gate has been opened, and the drawbridge has been lowered, as long as he withered the sheep orders the whole army to retreat, it will naturally avoid the tragedy of the annihilation of the whole army.

But what about after that?

The southern city gate will fall into Wu Heng's hands again, and once he closes the city gate, making it impossible for the Zhou army to enter the city, how long will this battle last?

Ten days?

Twenty days?

January?

March?

And how many innocent lives will be implicated during this period?

[The so-called military disaster...... Na! ]

Taking a deep breath, the withered sheep looked up at the night sky, and his brother-in-law Xie An's advice unconsciously echoed in his ears.

Yes, Wei Xuan, Wei Hu, Wang Liang......

At first, the withered sheep may not have been aware of it, but when those people around him died one after another in this military disaster, he realized the horror of the military disaster.

The withered sheep looked around, looking at the countless corpses above and below the city. Those corpses, there are Taiping soldiers, and there are also other Niu Zhu soldiers.

Would these people have survived without this military disaster?

The heart of the withered sheep was filled with sorrow.

He once again realized the correctness of what his brother-in-law Xie An said to him.

[Forgiveness, as long as you can let go of the hatred you once had, why can't you live?] At least three meals are enough, aren't they? ]

The former withered sheep felt that this sentence was very ridiculous, but now, he felt that this sentence did have its truth.

Taking risks for the sake of livelihood is called tragic; To take risks for the sake of hatred is called sorrowful!

Obviously, if you can survive, as long as you let go of the hatred you once had, you can obviously live well under the rule of the Great Zhou, after all, the Great Zhou is not a ** court, and the court is not a traitor or a villain, why do you want to make Jiangnan fall into the military disaster again for the grievances of thirty years ago, so that tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of innocent people are trapped in this quagmire and cannot get out?

The withered sheep sighed secretly, maybe he still felt a little guilty about rebelling against Wu Heng before, but now looking at the corpses all over the ground, he desperately hoped that this catastrophe could end as soon as possible, so that the entire Jiangnan could once again be stable and peaceful.

[The deceased return to the earth, what about the Taiping Army?] ]

The withered sheep suddenly remembered what Liu Yan said when he met Liu Yan, His Royal Highness the Thirteenth of the Southern Tang Dynasty a few days ago, when he muttered to himself.

Indeed, the Taiping Army, as the condensation of the resentment of the Great Zhou Dynasty of the Southern Tang Dynasty, as a legacy of the old era, should not continue to remain in the world......

The passage of time and the change of dynasties are inevitable, and besides, is the Southern Tang Dynasty really as beautiful as the Taiping soldiers rumored?

What you can't get is the best; Because of possession. So dismissive.

[Huh!] Slowly opening his eyes, the withered sheep took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "Shou! Defend until the Zhou army comes to help! -- At all costs, the south city gate must be handed over to the Zhou army safe and sound! ”

After that, the withered sheep picked up his sword and stepped down the tower, and as the commander of the first army, he actually joined the melee himself.

[Let's end it, let this turmoil that has actually lasted for more than 20 years......]

The withered sheep clenched the blade in his hand, and with a single sword, he slashed a Taiping general who had killed him off his horse.

"Handsome?"

"Withered sheep?"

It seemed that he noticed the appearance of the withered sheep, and the morale of the Niu Zhu soldiers who did not defect to the side of the Taiping army was boosted; On the other hand, the Taiping army is on the side. But because of the appearance of the withered sheep, he was murderous.

"The withered sheep are here! The traitor withered sheep is here! ”

"Kill!"

Countless Taiping soldiers roared angrily and slaughtered the withered sheep. Because in their opinion. The withered sheep are traitors, traitors to their Taiping army!

Kill, endless fighting......

As the hours passed, the withered sheep gradually lost count of how many Taiping soldiers he had killed who were originally friendly soldiers.

"The walls have been captured!"

The Niuzhu rebels under the city listened. Surrender quickly and wait for Wu Shuai to fall! ”

[Have the walls fallen?] Why hasn't Zhou Jun come yet? ]

Wielding his sword like an ordinary soldier fighting in the chaos of the army, the withered sheep did not have time to care about the changes on the city wall.

[Ah, thanks to me, the initial target of the Zhou army was the West City Gate, and it would take an hour for them to change the target of their attack from the West City Gate to the South City Gate...... Coupled with the time for the Dongling people to go back to report the news......]

A sword slays an Overseer general, and the withered sheep stumbles and nearly falls to the ground. It's not hard to see. His physical strength had been exhausted, but the Taiping army in front of him seemed to be the same number as before, and it had not decreased in the slightest.

"Dead sheep traitor!"

A strong-looking Taiping general rode his horse towards the withered sheep, who recognized the man. It was Chen Tong, the guard of the North City Gate, a fierce general who was said to be able to wield a hundred-pound sword.

"Bang!"

The swords struck, and although the withered sheep, which already did not have much physical strength, blocked Chen Tong's swing, he was also knocked away by more than a few feet.

"Dashuai?!"

"Dry sheep handsome?!"

"Be careful!"

With a pop, blood splattered, and the withered sheep looked at Jian Jiu with a shocked face and opened his arms, blocking himself with his already scarred body, and using his shoulder to resist Chen Tong's knife.

"Blade Nine!" The withered sheep roared, although the two had only been in contact for a few days, how could they be ruthless when they got along day and night? What's more, Blade Nine saved his dead sheep twice.

"Huh? Assassin? Chen Tong seemed quite surprised that he didn't end the withered sheep with a knife, and when he was stunned, he saw that Jian Jiu gritted his teeth and turned around, and the short blade in his hand actually pierced Chen Tong's arm.

"You ......" Chen Tong, who was in pain, was furious, and punched Blade Jiu in the abdomen with his left hand, only to see Blade Jiu spit out a mouthful of blood, and then his body slowly fell.

Ah, the Assassins are very strong, especially the Assassins of the Dongling Clan, but in the battlefield, the role of a lone Assassin is actually very small......

"Chen Tong!" With a loud roar, the withered sheep slashed at Chen Tong with a sword, mixed with the anger in his heart. But unfortunately, he was already exhausted, and he still had any strength to swing his sword.

"Boom!" Easily, the sword in the withered sheep's hand was knocked away by Chen Tong.

"What six gods will be the heavenly pivot god general, but that's it!" Seeing the withered sheep that fell to the ground with no strength, Chen Tong licked his lips and said with a smile, "Kill you, Lao Tzu is the ...... of the Tianshu God."

As he spoke, he slowly raised the big knife in his hand, and then slashed it down.

Seeing the big knife that was about to fall on his body, Rao is withered sheep also showed a bit of unwillingness and panic in his eyes, and in an instant, these were replaced by despair.

However, at this moment, a rapid sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded behind him......

"Huh?" As if noticing something, Chen Tong subconsciously raised his head, and his face immediately changed drastically, because he saw that a horseman was driving a war horse to come quickly.

In an instant, the spear in the hand of the cavalry general had already framed Chen Tong's war knife, as if he intended to save the withered sheep.

[Oh?] Fighting with Lao Tzu? ]

As soon as his mind turned, Chen Tong's eyes showed a little interest, but immediately, the calmness on his face was quickly replaced by horror and disbelief.

"Bang!" In the frightened and inexplicable eyes of countless Taiping soldiers and Niu Zhu soldiers, the sturdy Chen Tong was shot several feet away, and unfortunately fell into the two teams of soldiers who were fighting, and was unfortunately stabbed to death by the two soldiers who had no time to react.

Both the Taiping Army and the Niu Zhu soldiers were stunned, after all, Chen Tong could be regarded as a brave general, but in the face of this general, it seemed that there was no room to fight back, and he was easily knocked away.

What arm strength that is!

"I said wildly, I thought it was strong, but it turned out to be just like this......" Ignoring the countless shocked gazes around him, Laijiang sneered, raised his spear and pointed ahead, and countless Zhou cavalry poured in from the drawbridge at the city gate.

[Liao Li?] The coming general turned out to be Liao Li, the general of the Zhou army! Didn't he fight with the former army general Mu Guang outside the city? How did it end up here? Could it be ...... This person has defeated Mu Guang? Unbelievable......]

The withered sheep secretly looked at Liao Li, the Zhou general who saved his life not far in front of him.

Zhou Jun...... The Zhou army has entered the city! ”

"Zhou Jun has come in!"

The Taiping army was in chaos all of a sudden, but the Niu Zhu army on the side of the withered sheep showed a look of joy as if they were a Jedi, and they retreated one by one to make way and let the Zhou army enter the city.

I don't know that even the strength of the main force of the Taiping army is not as good as the Zhou soldiers, or because it was caught off guard by Liao Li, in the face of the cavalry that swarmed into the city, the Taiping army was defeated and retreated.

Realizing that the balance of the battle was finally tilting in favor of his side, the withered sheep secretly breathed a sigh of relief and struggled to stand up.

"After that, I'll leave it to General Ben, little uncle!"

"Huh? Ah......h