Chapter 345: Midnight
"And the military emergency here in Lingcheng cannot be underestimated, so we must immediately implement the plan and come up with a result tonight, so that we can know how we will deal with the situation on both sides next!"
"If our plan succeeds tonight, we can disintegrate the strength of this 250,000-strong army, and even transform it into our companions, not only will the battle of Lingcheng end, but the garrison strength of the border city will also be multiplied, killing both sides with one stone!"
"And if the plan fails tonight - we will lead all the armies and cover each other to retreat to the border city - first stabilize the situation in the border city, and then delay the war and find a way to fight against Yingzheng!"
"Anyway, we can't wait any longer, we have to do something tonight!" Xiang Yu clenched his right fist and said with a firm gaze.
"Indeed...... We don't have time to wait any longer......" Liu Bang looked at the resolute light in Xiang Yu's eyes, pondered for a while, and finally said slowly, "Since you have decided, you are the commander of the coalition forces—then we will act tonight!" After getting Liu Bang's consent, the gaze in Xiang Yu's eyes became a little firmer.
"Good!" Xiang Yu let out a loud sigh and turned to look at Ji Bu, "Ji Bu listens to the order." ”
"The last general!" Jibu immediately responded with a fist. "Pass my military orders! Implement the battle plan against the 250,000-strong army of Lingcheng tonight! Most of the army entered a state of pre-battle and marching, and stayed where they were, waiting for orders at any time. The three regiments of the Hundred Beast Legion, Kui Wolf, Black Rhino, and Grizzly Bear guarded the mountain and forest defense line, and were ready to wait for new deployments. The Fourth Regiment of Fierce Eagle Regiment is on standby, and will attack the Mausoleum City with me at night tonight! ”
"The last general obeys," replied Jibu, and immediately turned to deliver the order.
In this night when the song of the clouds is still fluttering, the coalition forces that are dormant in the mountains and forests finally decide-"You...... Are you ......" Far away in the forest outside Xianyang Palace, Han Xin barely supported his scarred and wrapped body covered with medicinal cloth, but his eyes were staring at the man who was sitting on the branch of a big tree wearing a linen cloak, his expression was indescribably shocked, "You are the senior who saved me!" ”
The man sat quietly on the branch, flipped the spear lightly with one hand, and smiled without saying a word. Han Xin, on the other hand, stared at him in shock, yes, he had never seen this man in a sackcloth cloak, let alone what kind of face was covered under his cloak, but—the aura was too strong, too familiar.
At the beginning of the Eagle Mountain Gorge, when Han Xin faced Bai Qi's interception, he was hooked out of his soul by Bai Qi with the awakened secret power "Soul Slayer", at that time, his body and soul were separated, and he was in a desperate situation and was unable to save himself, so he could only wait silently for Bai Qi to swing the death sickle. Han Xin is far from being an opponent of Tu Baiqi, and death is a very inevitable result. However, Han Shin survived in the end, because at the moment when his life was close to death, the old and kind voice appeared, and it was because of the appearance of that voice, or the unknown person, that he supported Han Shin, who was about to fall to death.
He promised to help Han Xin block Bai Qi for three minutes, and then he really did it to block Bai Qi for three minutes, fighting for Han Xin for the last chance of life, allowing him to finally cross the gap in Eagle Mountain Gorge, release signal flares, and even pick up a life that lasted for a long time. Although the person did not appear from beginning to end, Han Xin firmly remembered the voice with a low breath and a sea inside. That's the voice of the man sitting on the branch and wearing a sackcloth cloak! At this moment, he sat quietly on the branch, speaking concise and profound words, and his voice was like an invisible wave surging towards Han Xin from all directions at the same time, making Han Xin feel the aura of the vast sea again. Han Xin looked down at the medicine cloth he was wrapped in, recalled the various scars he had suffered when he entered Xianyang Palace alone, and suddenly looked up at the mysterious person sitting on the branch, paused, and asked, "Senior...... This time, again-at night, Xiang Yu issued an order to execute the army, and then stepped on the black horse, dressed in moonlight, and galloped from the top of the mountain to the bottom of the mountain. And two thousand four hundred lightly armored soldiers sneaked forward, walking briskly, and followed closely behind him.
These lightly armored soldiers were specially trained, moving quickly and lightly, pressing the blade at their waist with their hands while alerting the situation around them, and their footsteps were fast, following the figure of the black horse leaping forward like a swift wind. On the shoulders of these soldiers was a black shadow the size of a vase, and when the moonlight occasionally fell on the soldiers' swift figures through the gaps in the mountains and forests, it illuminated the strange object they had tied to their shoulders—it was an eagle! It was a medium-sized flaming eagle, with its eyes wide and its beak closed, gathered its dark yellow feathers, and was quietly tied to the shoulders of the soldiers, moving quickly with the soldiers.
They are the fourth regiment of the Hundred Beast Legion, the Burning Eagle Regiment! - Mausoleum - At night, the 250,000 troops guarding the city have reached the time of sleep and rest. However, none of them could sleep. The song of the clouds has been fluttering quietly in the city, and they are also thinking and anxious in their hearts. Lying on the bed in the B&B, I just looked at the top of the wall and listened to the music in a daze, without the slightest intention of closing my eyes. And this is not a question of a certain soldier, is it the roaming of the entire 250,000 army or staying in the gazebo, resting on the white horse, the white horse is asleep, but he is still awake, and now the psychological situation of the army in the city is so bad, as a deputy marshal, he is also under great pressure...... Roaming felt like I was being dragged by a lot of things, and even my breathing was very depressing.
Roaming didn't know what kind of mood it was, but he didn't like it, and more importantly, he didn't understand why he was in this mood - he was a very free man, he liked to play around but never stayed too much, he liked to experience various professions, but he didn't like to be bound by professions.
Qin Chu is just a part of his journey, deputy marshal, and it is just an impromptu experience for him, he will leave all this soon, nothing can catch him, he doesn't care about anything...... But why, when the 250,000 people in this city listened to the song of the clouds and read about their families falling into a low mood, he also felt depressed and felt pressure...... He obviously doesn't care! Perhaps, it was a kind of confusion - roaming did not understand why the soldiers missed their family and friends so much, and they did not understand why they would be sad like that when they listened to a song. Roaming doesn't understand why they are so tightly bound in their hearts and souls by so many things that the enemy can grind the momentum of their vast army into the sadness of missing the past with a single song. Are they free? Is the world free? Bound by so many things and emotions, are people free in the end?
"Forget it! Let it be! Roaming closed his eyes and muttered, he didn't want to think about it anymore, anyway, he was a free man, and he didn't bother to care about others, so he could go whatever others wanted. It's just that he is the deputy commander of this army, and he has to do something for everyone...... But what could he do? It is thousands of miles away from Xianyang Palace, and it will take at least a month to send someone to the Emperor Yingzheng to write to Emperor Yingzheng. Sending troops out of the city to attack the mountains and forests, can they beat Xiang Yu and Liu Bang? Not to mention that the momentum of the army is so bad now, maybe the 250,000 army will have to be so, so let's sit honestly and wait for the white to rise...... Anyway, these troublesome things, roaming is not good at, and he doesn't want to do it, so throw it to Bai Qi and let him come.
"Then again...... It's time for Bai Qi to arrive......" Roaming muttered to himself, subconsciously reaching out to find something to eat, but found that he had also eaten all the green apples he had brought...... The people of the city are so gloomy, and the defenders of the city are no better. Fifty soldiers armed with swords and bows were on duty at the head of the city in the middle of the night, with the song of the clouds fluttering in their ears, and their minds were also constantly thinking, breathing slowly and with solemn faces.
For them, the biggest difference with the army in the city is that they don't have to worry about the city at night, and they don't have to sleep between thinking and sleeping, anyway, they don't sleep. And the strength of these fifty people, of course, is far from enough to defend the city, they are only on duty at the head of the city to investigate, once there is an enemy army, the first time to report to the superiors, behind the city gate they guard, there is also an army of nearly 10,000 people day and night. In the event of an enemy, they are ready to fight at any time. Therefore, the fifty soldiers standing in the city are still very relaxed, after all, there is still an army of 10,000 people under the city behind them as a confidence, if something really happens, if there is an enemy army outside the city, it is good to report it immediately, and they don't even have to join the battle...... But then again, who would come to invade such an easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack mausoleum city at night? So in the long night, there was no nervousness about them, only the song of the clouds that fluttered endlessly, still tugging at their sad hearts.
Suddenly, the silence of the night was broken by a slight tremor in the air, perhaps because it was too quiet, so the soldiers immediately noticed the small sound. So some of them raised their torches and gazed in the direction of the sound, and saw a bird flying in the air near the mausoleum. "It's just a bird...... "The soldiers obviously don't pay much attention to this matter, and it's not too rare for a bird to fly by, but I don't know why this bird doesn't sleep at night, and he is handsome, saying that Liu Bang invaded Lingcheng alone!" When the soldier heard the order, he immediately ran towards the pavilion in the city.
"Rebellious minister Liu Bang! You have no way back now! If you don't want to taste the shelling, I advise you to capture it obediently! The night defense commander turned his head and shouted at Liu Bang again, although he wanted to use the amplified volume to suppress his nervousness. Liu Bang stood surrounded by soldiers and siege vehicles, facing dozens of cannon muzzles and countless blades. His expression was calm and calm, and even a slight chuckle appeared at the corner of his mouth.
I saw that he inserted the Silver Moon Sword back into his waist, and his hands quickly sealed on his chest, and the rolling magic blue energy overflowed from the palm of his hand unhappily, and while condensing into a light purple light, it covered Liu Bang's whole body, and the light was like a sharp blade in the process of overflowing, as if cutting the void and cutting out an independent spatial layer for Liu Bang.
Then, the light covered faster and faster, and the color condensed deeper and deeper, and finally the purple-deep black light overflowed Liu Bang's body in the shape of a spherical surface, and was still surging like an undercurrent on the spherical surface, and from a distance, it seemed that a layer of dark purple energy shield had been condensed around Liu Bang's body - "Moon Shadow Space Shield!" "Rebellious Liu Bang! Don't be reckless! Disarm the spell now and lay down your weapons, or we'll open fire immediately! "Panicked, this time I was really panicked, seeing that Liu Bang ignored the threat of the heavy army, calmly released his skills around him and formed a layer of shield, the night defense commander immediately panicked. When you use all your strength to intimidate the enemy, and the enemy is still calm, it will be the time when you are most overwhelmed - because you will feel that there is nothing to do, and even if you have a plan, it is useless to use the breeze under the moonlit night, and the head of the mausoleum city is silent, only the song of the clouds is still slowly fluttering. After completing the task of pulling the target point, the Flame Feather Eagle gathered up and stood quietly on the head of the city.
When Liu Bang inserted the Silver Moon Sword back into his waist, the fifty soldiers on duty at the head of the city had already fallen to the ground silently, so only he and the feather eagle were left in the entire Lingcheng City. And a hundred steps away from the front gate of the mausoleum, Xiang Yu held a three-foot overlord blade in his hand, wearing a lion's hair and blue hair, straddled the tall black horse, staring at Liu Bang, who had attacked the city head and had solved all the city guards. Behind Xiang Yu, two thousand four hundred fiery eagle soldiers crouched on the ground, each with a fiery feather eagle standing on their shoulders, and the human and eagle were the same silent and silent, like statues under the moonlit night.
Liu Bang stood at the head of the city, turned his head to Xiang Yu on the ground, showed a firm gaze and nodded deeply, and then turned around and looked at the 10,000 defenders who were guarding behind the gate of Lingcheng City and had not yet noticed the accident. Liu Bang stretched out his hand and let the tightly trained Fierce Feather Eagle stand on his hand, and then after whispering a few words in the ear of the Fierce Feather Eagle, he flicked his hand away and let it spread its wings and fly away.
“…… Let's go" Liu Bang whispered, but the Fierce Feather Eagle vibrated its wings, rode the night wind, and soared towards the mausoleum. The flaming feathered eagle with its wings spread its wings flew freely from a hundred meters above the mausoleum city, which immediately attracted the attention of the 10,000 troops who were on duty behind the city gate, and they all moved their eyes to the eagle flying quickly in the air, and exclaimed in surprise, "Where did the flying eagle come from?" In addition to the exclamation, the entire army was alarmed, and the night defense commander's expression immediately changed, and he wanted to order the siege vehicle to use artillery to shoot down the unknown flying eagle that had invaded the mausoleum. But as his gaze moved, he immediately noticed the figure with a cloak fluttering on top of the city. "Who is it! Dare to invade the mausoleum city at night! The night defense commander immediately shouted towards the mausoleum, and the eyes of all the guards immediately moved from the Blazing Feather Eagle to the head of the city.
The night breeze slowly blew across the city, gently brushing the light purple hair on Liu Bang's forehead. With a flash in his eyes, he stepped out into the shadows of the city, exposed to everyone's gaze. The bright moonlight sprinkled on Liu Bang's body, as if he was draped in a transparent white veil, and he pulled out the silver moon sword at his waist, shattering a jade moonlight, and jumped from the city in full view! Liu Bang's eyes were cold and resolute, his body fell under the propulsion of natural gravity, but the purple cloak flew upward, and he held the Silver Moon Sword with both hands downward, with a light purple halo, and fell straight on the ground where the army was standing.
The blade of the sword was inserted into the ground, and the moment the sharp tip of the sword touched the ground, the light purple halo condensed by the magic blue energy took the Silver Moon Sword as the heart, and the waves surged away in an instant, with the powerful aura of Liu Bang's volley landing, shocking all the soldiers present. An aura that did not rhyme emanated from Liu Bang's body, causing the soldiers to subconsciously take a few steps back, and then fixed their heels and eyes, staring at the enemy who had invaded the city. "What are you stunned about, hurry up and surround this enemy for me!" The night defense commander saw that everyone was subconsciously stagnant, so he scolded loudly. Only then did the soldiers react, and they moved quickly while picking up their weapons, forming a ring of encirclement, encircling Liu Bang, who was alone.
At this time, under the illumination of Jingyi's moonlight, they all saw the faces of the comers clearly, and some well-informed people in the army immediately exclaimed-"Liu Bang, King of Han!" ”
(End of chapter)