Chapter 108: Encounter (Part II)
Nanshan pulled the armor on her neck a little higher, covering nearly half of her face, she really couldn't understand why Zhu Yunfeng degraded herself as a "cancer" in front of the enemy, and she could clearly perceive that Zhu Yunfeng did not hesitate or joke in his heart when he said those words, as if he was talking about his true feelings in his heart.
She looked at Zhu Yunfeng, not as respectful and afraid as ordinary people, nor like the iron army under his command who worshiped him as a god, she didn't like the indelible bloody gas on Zhu Yunfeng's body, and she was a little disgusted with his often indecent prodigal appearance, but she also saw his lonely posture of practicing swords alone in the torrential rain one day, she thought about this person, maybe she also had some pain in her heart that she didn't want to show people.
The distance between the two cities is indeed not far, and after a night of riding horses, by the afternoon of the second day, you can already see the majestic walls of Meizhou City in the distance.
However, as their group of hundreds of horses approached, a sudden screech sounded in the air, and everyone looked up to see a rain of arrows rushing from above the tower.
The sergeant in the lead immediately threw out a piece of red silk from his waist, which was half of the flag he had silently put away on the battlefield, he thought that he could only look at this flag for the rest of his life, and even had the idea that if he would die in the guest country one day, he would hold on to this red silk tightly, and maybe there would be a glimmer of hope for his soul to return to his hometown.
And now, he was desperately waving the half of the flag, and several sergeants beside him shouted together: "It's us!" We are General Cheng's men! Open the door! Don't shoot arrows! ”
"You don't get down yet! Don't you want to die! Seeing that those sergeants were eager to lean over into the rain of arrows, Nanshan couldn't help but shout.
It's just that compared to the sturdy men's shouting at the top of their throats, her sentence was like a mosquito humming, and there was no deterrent effect, until one of the sergeants fell to the ground with an arrow, and the others reacted one after another, drove the horses under their crotches, and struggled to dodge in the rain of arrows.
Someone had already cried, he never thought that after the battle on the battlefield, he became a prisoner of war, experienced a humiliating days in the enemy city, and finally got this opportunity to escape, but in the end he would be blocked from the city wall, and die under the rain of arrows shot by his own people.
Nanshan was very calm at this time, she quietly took out a piccolo from her arms, this is the utensil given to her by Zhu Yunfeng, it is said that only adults with more than a thousand households are qualified to wear and use it, she didn't think much about it, and blew the piccolo while enduring the bumps of the horse.
"Huh? It's Luan Mu Flute! One of the sergeants, who were embarrassed by the rain of arrows, screamed excitedly.
"Luan Mu Flute! Is there any Lord of a Thousand Armies with us? A sergeant turned over and dismounted, using his horse as a shield, and he squatted down with his head in his hands, but there was undisguised joy in his tone.
The sound of the flute is not pleasant to the ear, nor is it loud, but it seems to contain some kind of sharpness that can penetrate the clouds.
The second wave of arrows did not come.
Everyone cheered as if they had survived the catastrophe, and for a while they forgot to find out who the "Thousand Households" who played the flute was, and only roared all the way to the larger and larger castle towers that came into view.
"Who!" Someone on the castle tower asked with a huge horn.
"We are General Cheng's men! General Cheng of the Fourth Frontier Army! All the people under the castle tower put their hands to their mouths and made a trumpet shape, and shouted towards the castle tower.
"General Cheng? General Cheng has died on the battlefield, and the 20,000 troops under his command have been wiped out, where is there any Fourth Army on the border! "The voice from the horn was low and majestic.
"Nope! We still have more than 1,000 prisoners...... We ......" The man obviously felt that he couldn't explain it very clearly at once, and his throat became a little hoarse from excessive roaring, so he had to stomp his feet and shout: "We have news from the Blue Moon country!" We are really General Cheng's people! ”
The sound in the horn did not come out again, the figure on the city tower flickered, as if a few people were looking down, everyone ran all night and was a little out of strength at this time, and several people could not support it because of the previous injuries and fell to the ground.
"My lord, isn't General Cheng already dead in battle?" On the castle tower, a soldier guarding the city asked suspiciously.
The person in charge of defending the city today happened to be a thousand household chiefs, so he heard the sound of the Luan Mu flute for the first time, and stopped the crossbowmen from firing the second round of arrows in time.
It's just that he also feels strange in his heart, his skills are profound, not only can he clearly hear the conversations of those ragged sergeants under the city tower, but also can hear the pure Dongzhixia accent of those people, moreover, General Cheng, who was once stationed at the border, was born in the Central Army, and most of the sergeants under his command were brought to the border from the imperial capital, and those people not only spoke a pure Dongzhixia accent, but also made him a little envious of the imperial capital accent.
Now that the situation was tense, he didn't dare to let those people in rashly, but someone had just threatened to find out the inside information about Qingzhiyue, which made him can't help but want to hear it further.
After thinking for a moment, he said to the sergeant holding the big lock of the city gate: "I will go down in person later, and I will open the door when you arrive." ”
He waved his hand at the sergeants standing in line on either side, and said to one of them: "Go and send a message to the general, and the others, go down with me, crossbowmen, and if there is any change in those men, kill them immediately!" ”
"Yes!" Even in response, the crossbowmen remained unmoved, unanimous in their aim and ready to fire.
"Lord of a thousand households, in case ......" followed a hundred household chiefs who walked down the city tower to stop talking.
"General Cheng's 20,000 soldiers and horses were besieged at that time, and the royal army of Qingzhiyue was almost swept, but it is not ruled out that some people will be captured in the end, and the wrists of the border army have emblems embroidered with the juice pattern of golden orchid grass, and they will be examined carefully, and they will not be wrong." This Qianhu walked quickly, and in a few breaths, he had already taken the lead in getting down the tower.
The gates of the city slowly opened with a heavy "rattle", and at that moment even several of the seriously wounded sergeants stood up strongly, as if they were a group of people walking in the darkness and suddenly saw a light not far away, and some of them even trembled their lips.
Qianhu held one hand on the hilt of the sword, his eyes were fierce, and he looked at this group of unarmored and gray-faced sergeants one by one, and said coldly: "There is an insignia on the wrist of the border army, presumably, you should all remember it, right?" ”
When the sergeants who came back from the escape heard this, they were stunned at first, and their eyes were suddenly overjoyed, and they rolled up their sleeves one after another, and they couldn't wait to hand it to Qianhu's noses.
"My lord! We have! We have all of them! ”
"Look, my lord! We have all of them! ”
On the bony wrists, one golden insignia after another was revealed, some of which were covered with dust, but they were quickly wiped clean by the sergeants' spittle, and some of the insignia were pierced by a bright red scar, but you could still see how delicate and clear the original embroidery was.
Nanshan and Zhang Yingying were a little dumbfounded, but she didn't believe that Zhu Yunfeng didn't know anything about the "military traditions" carried by these prisoners of war, or did that guy still want to make her a little bad and give her a little stumbling at such a time?
But if she can't enter the city smoothly, she won't be able to use the Heart-Stirring Technique, what's the benefit to him?
Of course she didn't know that this was precisely where Zhu Yunfeng's bad taste was, at this time he was drinking hot tea in Lizhou City, looking leisurely.
It's not that ...... Does the defender of Meizhou City like beauty? With the appearance of the south hall, it shouldn't be killed...... Zhu Yunfeng blew on the top few tea leaves, and thought with a smile on the corner of his mouth.
The sergeants spontaneously lined up, and at this time they seemed to have a big rock in their hearts to the ground, and they were very cooperative to accept the inspection of the city gate.
Qianhu carefully watched each emblem, and asked the two chiefs of the hundred households beside him to help search their bodies, making sure that these people did not bring not a single sawdust into the city.
Soon the team was about to come to an end, Zhang Yingying was originally standing in front of Nanshan, and was a little hesitant, Nanshan suddenly felt a little heartbroken, bowed his head and walked over first.
She first handed the Luan Mu flute over.
"What is this?" Qianhu was a little puzzled, but he did recognize the style of the Luan Mu flute, because he also had one hanging from his waist at this time.
"I survived...... Hurry up and take me to the general, I have something important to tell you! Nanshan deliberately lowered his voice, sounding like a person with a dumb throat.
"You mean, about the Blue Moon? What about your emblem? After entering, I will naturally take you to the general. Qianhu glanced at the Luan Mu flute, but did not reach out to take it, and his hand was still lightly resting on the hilt.
Nanshan put one hand behind her back, and quietly pinched a breath of Yihua in the palm of her hand, and she said calmly: "We only followed General Cheng from the city, and there is no insignia of the border army. ”
"Oh? City? What is your name? Qianhu's eyes already showed a hint of murderous intent, and he raised his head, "How can I ...... I have no impression of you. ”
"That ......" Nanshan raised her eyebrows, only between the lightning and flint, her palm had suddenly swung out, and a breath was like a huge open umbrella, forming a solid shield in front of her, and at the same moment, the knife in the hand of the thousand households had already been unsheathed, and the knife light flashed, slashing fiercely on the invisible shield of consciousness.
Nanshan's heart was slightly relieved, from this knife, she could know the gap between the person in front of her and herself, she smiled: "Since you don't take me to the general, then I'll find it myself!" ”
As she spoke, her body twisted, like a soft water snake, once again avoiding the siege of several spears coming from all sides, she expanded the shield of Yihua by a few points, and then glanced back at Zhang Yingying.
When she found that the young man had finally been clever this time, and had quietly taken advantage of this gap to sneak into the sergeants who had checked the insignia, she finally no longer had any room left, and a white light burst out between her palms, and the white light was so dazzling that everyone present subconsciously narrowed their eyes, and even the crossbowmen on the city tower who were ready to aim and release arrows had to look away.
However, after the white light, where there was still a figure in the place where Nanshan was standing.
"Search all over town! Also, for the time being, let these people settle down, and then the general will decide after the matter settles! Chino's expression was slightly distorted, and he roared through gritted teeth.
Shield of Meaning...... This person has such ability, I am afraid that he is a difficult master to deal with.
And taking advantage of the white light to shine, Nanshan had to use a selfless body transfer technique, which was beyond the limit of her cultivation, since she broke through the realm of forgetfulness, she felt that she could no longer go further, and rashly exceeded the limit of her cultivation to use a higher-order technique, she naturally had to suffer the pain of repercussions caused by the disorder of her mind.
In this way, she was only afraid that it would take a day and a night to recuperate and recover, and the mind control technique was a technique of forgetting her mind, and it was not enough to support it with the remaining thoughts now.
The Selfless Body took her to a dark secret room, and she couldn't tell why this spell was so weird, but after all, she hadn't reached the realm of selflessness, and it was indeed understandable that she was not proficient in magic.
It's just that she didn't expect that there would be people in such a dark place, and that person didn't seem surprised that there was suddenly an extra person in the room, still quietly staring at the chessboard in front of her, and her left and right hands dropped two chess pieces, one black and one white, almost at the same time.