Chapter 73: Cold Tears, Sorrow Under Conspiracy (I)
Xianyang Miyagi, Truman.
Zhong Wuyan was pacing back and forth in the city with an anxious face, an hour had passed, no news had been received at all, and none of the soldiers sent out had returned, it was really ......
"Really...... What a fucking rush to death! Zhong Wuyan was so anxious that he scolded, and at this time, a soldier ran up to the city panting and rushed towards Zhong Wuyan.
"How's it going? Did Han Shin get caught? Zhong Wuyan looked overjoyed when she saw that someone had finally returned, and hurriedly asked
"Boss...... Don't you ...... Urgent...... I, slowly...... said......" The soldier gasped for breath as he told Zhong Wuyan everything about the fierce battles and events that took place in the Han Palace. Listening to the soldier's description, Zhong Wuyan's expression also fluctuated greatly one after another.
“…… In this way, although we arrived, no one dared to approach them within 100 meters, which was really ...... It's horrible...... Now that the battle is over, we dare to go over and clean up the battlefield...... And General Arthur, he was wounded, but not serious, and should be fine......" After saying the last sentence, the soldier sat down on the ground and gasped with all his strength.
And Zhong Wuyan's face still had a lingering shock...... I really didn't expect this battle to be so shocking...... And everything that's going on......
- Xianyang Miyagi, Hanmen.
The white god of death flew to the nearest Hanmen with the fainting Han Xin in his hand, and threw the injured Han Xin outside the Xianyang Palace from the sky above the Han Gate.
Han Shin's body slammed through the layers of branches and leaves into the forest outside the city, just as he had come from, but now he was back where he was, and he didn't do anything.
Han Xin fell into the forest with a loud sound, and the Praetorian Guards, who happened to be patrolling, immediately noticed the abnormality, and were about to go over to inspect it, but they were stopped by Bai Qi, the white god of death flying in the air.
"Leave him alone, let him fend for himself......" After saying that, the white god of death turned around and flew straight towards the palace.
Han Xin's body fell quietly under the forest, the wounds on his body were directly exposed to the humid air, and the blood mixed with the corpse's blood flowed out of the wounds and slowly flowed into the soil beneath him.
And Han Xin's hand, even if he fainted, still held the spear tightly, without a little relaxation. Just as his consciousness has fallen asleep in the past, all the frustration and pain that happened today have been deeply engraved in his flesh and blood.
After all, he is still too young.
- Xianyang Palace, Han Palace.
"Unfreeze the corpses." Ying Zheng stood on top of the void, his bright pupils looked down at the several corpse demons on the ground that were frozen by the Ice and Snow Demon Dao, and ordered Wang Zhaojun.
Wang Zhaojun fell to the ground softly, immersed in the complex emotions of sadness, despair, and a little happiness, unable to extricate himself. She didn't speak, but she didn't dare to disobey Ying Zheng's order, she was so afraid, she was so afraid that Ying Zheng would suddenly repent, and send someone to kill Han Xin, who was now struggling to survive, to prevent future troubles......
So she supported herself with the wand of ice, stood up quietly from the ground, and then sealed with one hand, releasing the magic blue energy, and reconciled the ice and snow magic that sealed those corpse demons. Then the ice crystals frozen by those corpse demons gradually dissipated the cold air, overflowed the water vapor, and began to show signs of melting.
"Within half an hour, the magic ice will completely melt......" Wang Zhaojun wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with his hand and said softly. The ice frozen by Wang Zhaojun's Ice and Snow Demon Dao is the Demon Ice with the Demon Blue Seal, and the light and heat of nature cannot melt it, unless Wang Zhaojun himself uses the Ice and Snow Demon Dao to lift the ice, otherwise, the frozen Demon Ice will always condense and never melt.
"Back to the Ice Palace." Ying Zheng said coldly, then turned around and stepped into the void to leave. And Wang Zhaojun also obeyed, turned around and left slowly......
On the edge of the stone wall, Arthur, who pretended to be unconscious, had slowly unawakened, and was carried away on a stretcher by the arriving Praetorian Guards. He looked at everything that had just happened with his empty eyes, and his heart was full of mixed emotions.
A gust of wind blew, sweeping away the dust, but it couldn't sweep away the cracks between the ground and the stone walls.
At the top of the Ice and Snow Palace, the man with two knives tied to his waist was silent. Miyamoto Musashi had been standing here quietly watching the battle, and when Yingzheng appeared, he arrived. However, he didn't make a move, and he never had the desire to pull out the double knife at his waist.
In principle, of course, Miyamoto Musashi wanted to protect Yingzheng's safety, but in fact, he himself didn't care much about Yingzheng's safety, just out of morality, he once saved Yingzheng who was attacked and killed by Jing Kegao under the moonlit night. And this time, Yingzheng is not really in danger.
Of course, the most important reason is that Miyamoto is very reluctant to meddle in this kind of matter, and when he found out that Han Xin single-handedly entered Xianyang to rescue his beloved Wang Zhaojun, he decided not to interfere in this matter...... Although, there is no need for him to make a move.
Glancing at the long road where people went to the empty building from a distance, Miyamoto Musashi didn't stay any longer, turned around, and quietly jumped into the depths of Xianyang Miyagi.
——Mausoleum——
At sunset, the figures are scattered, the wind blows in the wilderness, and the wolf howls.
Xiang Yu stood on the head of the city gate behind the mausoleum, looking at the red ground sprinkled by the sunset, silent.
Maybe it's because the habit is too deep, so Xiang Yu always likes to stand alone at the head of the city, just like standing at the head of Longshun City and listening to the flute sound from the ancient times.
But he is not in Longshun City now, and he is not looking at the ancient place, and there is no flute sound that soaks his soul in his ears. What he is facing now is a war in the interior that is approaching step by step with a horn and gunsmoke!
Xiang Yu, as the first commander of the coalition army, is now the pillar of Qin Chu's rebellion against Yingzheng, and he has too many responsibilities and expectations on his shoulders - this is a great change related to the thousand-year-old pattern of Qin and Chu, and he must not lose.
However, the pressure has been really high lately...... Xiang Yu rubbed his brow, which had been frowning for a long time, and sighed lightly...... In fact, when he had a little leisure, he would still unnaturally think of the ancient flute sound he heard every day in Longshun City...... Thinking about it, the unknown woman who played the flute, when she thought about it like this, it would make Xiang Yu feel very relaxed and quiet.
Suddenly, the roar of the gray wolf in the distance came urgently in the wild wind, alarming Xiang Yu, who was missing in a trance.
Xiang Yu stared at it, and saw that on the large plain outside the city gate behind the Lingcheng, in the red of the setting sun, several gray-haired Kui wolves were running at full speed in the wild wind, rushing towards the Lingcheng.
It's Long He who came back - Xiang Yu saw Long He riding the leader of the gray wolf in front of him at a glance - Fourteen days have passed since Zhang Lianghua Mulan left the Mausoleum, and the army sent by Ying Zheng has also approached, so Xiang Yu sent someone to inspect the enemy army for the last time, and Long He personally led the order. And now, he's back.
Ten minutes later, Long He returned to Lingcheng, without any delay, and walked to the city as soon as possible, like Xiang Yu to report the investigation situation.
"Report to King Chu, my subordinates are back." Long He simply clenched his fist to Xiang Yu, and immediately said, "I personally led people to the front to reconnoiter the information of the battle line, the enemy's 200,000 troops divided into three groups have gathered three hundred miles in front, and their marching speed is even faster than we imagined, and my subordinates estimate that they will be able to appear within the sight of Lingcheng in three days at most......"
"Hmm...... It's coming quickly...... "The enemy army came earlier than expected, which made Xiang Yu frown, and asked, "How about their armament, food and grass, and military appearance......
"As in the previous investigation, they are very well armed, combat soldiers, magic guide soldiers, siege vehicles, all fully equipped, and even a super soldier team of 1,000 people, in terms of food and grass, their preparations are also quite sufficient, and they can start a protracted war with us, as for the military appearance...... It is worthy of being a soldier trained in vain, and the military appearance and momentum are not ......"
"Hmm......" Xiang Yuning frowned, thought about it and said, "That's right...... What about white rising? Did he show up? ”
"Nope! Bai Qi still did not appear, and after the 200,000-strong army was gathered, it was led by an unknown general and a temporary marshal. ”
"Haven't you shown up yet?" Xiang Yu fell into deep thought, "The victory or loss of this battle is of great significance, and it is impossible for Yingzheng not to send Bai Qi to command...... But until now, Bai Qi himself has not appeared...... Is there some conspiracy? ”
"But...... If Bai Qi himself is not there, it will actually be more beneficial to the implementation of our plan......" As Xiang Yu thought so, a light purple halo appeared in the void beside him, condensing into a transparent shield.
The light and darkness, shape and color, around the shield, twisted and blended under the action of an inexplicable force—until the dimensional crack appeared in the void for a moment, and at that moment, another shield condensed by a light purple halo poured out of the crack and stood beside Xiang Yu.
Liu Bang stretched out his finger and tapped it, and the shield outside his and Xiang Yu's bodies immediately dispersed into dots of purple light and flowed back into his body.
Liu Bang's cross-domain space, with Xiang Yu as the chess point, at the same time, along with his cross-domain came a seven-meter-long black wooden card - to be precise, a city card that was scorched by the flames for most of the area, and even broke a few points - the city card that would be hung at the head of every city in Qin and Chu, if you look closely, you can still vaguely recognize the words "Hegu City" from the black and damaged city card.
"You're back......" Xiang Yu looked at the city card on the ground that had crossed with Liu Bang and said.
"Well, Hegu City is too far away, and I still have to pick up its city card......" Liu Bang agreed with a pale face, his body was still a little weak, and he seemed to be about to lose his footing. Xiang Yu on the side hurriedly helped him.
"What's wrong?"
"Heh......" Liu Bang smiled awkwardly and said, "There is also an upper limit to the quality of the items I can take away across the space - this city card is too heavy, and it consumes me a bit ......."
"Good work...... However, in this way, our things are also ready-for other cities that are relatively close, Ji Bu has already sent someone to retrieve all their city cards, plus you're a piece - one hundred and twenty-seven cities in Qin Chu - we have collected one hundred and thirteen city cards, so it's enough. ”
"King of Chu, King of Han, do we really have to deal with the enemy army according to Zhang Liang's strategy?" The dragon who was waiting on the side suddenly asked, obviously with some unease in his tone.
However, both Xiang Yu and Liu Bang looked at him firmly and nodded slightly.
"In this battle, Zhang Liang's thinking is the most objective, no matter what, it's worth a try." Xiang Yu said.
"Well, believe Zhang Liang, his strategy will definitely work wonders." Liu Bang also said.
"Well, the enemy army will only be forced to Lingcheng in three days, and we are running out of time." Xiang Yu suddenly looked at Long Ji with a solemn face, and said in a deep voice, "Send the order down, let the old people and children in the city pack their luggage, go out of the city overnight, and settle in the canyon outside the city of Lingcheng, at the same time, all the soldiers in the city are ready, and after the people have all left, we will start to evacuate and drag the army line to the canyon——"
"-We, give up the mausoleum!"