Chapter 54: Defend the Declaration, the Whole City is One
"Roar!! In this charge one after another, another group of people must have fallen, and the sound of artillery fire also sounded, and the whole city seemed to tremble in the heavy bombardment.
The skinny old woman cowered in the corner of the side alley, hugging her five-year-old grandson tightly, so frightened that she didn't dare to say anything. The war came too suddenly, and they ran too slowly, out of the crowd, surrounded by war and fighting, and could only hide in this corner, praying that they would avoid this war.
"Grandma...... I'm afraid ......"
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, grandma is here, hug grandma, don't be afraid......"
"Ahh With a cry of death, a soldier in iron armor collapsed at the entrance of the alley, and the hot blood splattered on the wall, dripping down on an old man and a grandson.
Seeing the pale and distorted face of the dead man, the grandson was about to scream subconsciously, and the old woman quickly covered his little mouth. But a short exclamation was heard, and the deafening sound of artillery fire alarmed a soldier who was close to the alley.
Searching for the scream, a large gray-white wolf poked its head into the side alley, twitching its sensitive nose and waiting viciously with dark green eyes for the old and young cowering in the corner.
"Hey, there are two refugees, an old man and a child...... "The warrior riding on the gray wolf shouted to his comrades not far away, the long knife he held in his hand still dripping with the blood of the soldier who fell at the mouth of the alley, and then turned to the old man and the child and said, "Old woman, are you all right?" ”
"You take them behind the battle line, and here we block the ......," his comrades responded.
"Are you hurt? If you can still move, come with me. The warrior on the back of the wolf said to them, "I will take you to safety." ”
When the old woman heard the warrior's words, she raised her head timidly, and the young and ignorant little grandson also secretly raised her eyes to look at the handsome warrior riding on the wolf.
At this moment, another cannonball flew in the air and exploded on the ground a few meters behind the warrior, and the flames and smoke exploded, but the warrior's body blocked all this.
"Don't be afraid, we are here to save you...... I used to be from Lingcheng. In the midst of the battle, the warriors struggled to squeeze a smile out of their faces.
That's right, they, he was also a child of Lingcheng, and most of them followed Xiang Yu when he was still a Lingcheng guard.
Now, they're back, in ways they never thought possible.
The streets outside the alley are just a corner of the battlefield. The Hundred Beast Legion was so strong that it pressed the defenders of Lingcheng to the middle of the city, but when they arrived, they were desperately blocked by the enemy.
Gray wolves, brown bears, black-armored rhinoceros, and all kinds of wild beasts roared one after another, interspersed with the roaring cannon fire, which looked extremely terrifying. The brave warriors of the border city rode the violent beasts and rushed to kill on the battlefields in the streets and alleys, and the ordinary soldiers stationed in the mausoleum city could not stop this beast cavalry led by Xiang Yu's domineering spirit at all.
In the face of the fierce attack of the gray-haired wolf, their swords were completely unable to attack, and in the face of the giant palm of the wild bear, their shield armor appeared extremely fragile, and as for the collision of the plate armor black rhino, they were even more vulnerable.
"Don't be afraid, we must hold on to !!" Kira, who was just the squad leader of the patrol army, stood on the top of a three-story building and shouted to all the defenders of the mausoleum city, in this battle, he had inexplicably become the commander of the defenders with the orders of Arthur and Zhong Wuyan.
"Our front cannot be retreated, everyone must hold on desperately - don't be afraid, General Arthur and the Boss will soon come to our aid!!"
"Siege engines, open fire!! Super creep, step forward to block !! Everyone's insistence!! In Kira's shouts one after another, the weak defenders became more and more courageous, and they all believed in their hearts that as long as Arthur and Zhong Wuyan arrived, they would definitely be able to turn the battlefield around, and with their strength, these beasts and animals would not be a problem at all...... Just hold on a little longer.
So the siege engines sprayed cannonball after cannonball, suppressing the pace of the Hundred Beast Legion with artillery and smoke outside the battle line, and the super soldiers rushed forward one after another, slamming together with the mighty wild bears, while the ordinary soldiers also kept brandishing their swords and throwing spears, so as not to give those swift gray wolf cavalry a chance.
The war, which had forced half of the mausoleum, was stalemate in such a resolute and tragic way.
"Damn! How did they suddenly become so brave? Ji Bu frowned and rebuked. On the top of a stone building at the rear of the battle line, Long He, the leader of the Kuiwolf Regiment, and Ji Bu, the leader of the Black Rhino Regiment, were watching the battle situation from afar with the artillery fire and the roaring beasts.
"I guess I chose the Jedi fight to wait for reinforcements...... It's not good for us if we go on like this......" Ryuge replied in a deep voice.
"No energy consumption...... Gather the Kuiwolf cavalry and the black rhino heavy armor soldiers, and concentrate their forces to break through to a point......" As he spoke, Long He immediately took out a black wooden horn from his waist and blew out a burst of echoes.
The Kuiwolf cavalry, who were charging or fighting all around, immediately broke away from the current battle and looked in the direction of the sound of the horn.
"Gather together and raid in one direction!!" The dragon roared.
At the same time, Ji Bu also issued an order to the black rhino heavy armor soldiers around him, and in a short time, they gathered together under the command of the two regiment commanders, and gathered into a majestic beast frenzy, charging towards the defense line composed of forty super soldiers and one hundred and twenty siege vehicles.
The howls and roars of wolves rolled out like thunder, startling the soldiers at a loss for what to do—several gray-haired wolves rushed to the line of defense first, jumped up, spread their claws, and pounced on the soldiers. The cavalry riding on the Kui wolf also did not hesitate to draw their swords and slash, and the defenders behind the defense line were suddenly disrupted by the fierce attack, and at the same time, the black rhino troops also rushed in, and those black rhinoceros with copper skin and iron bones fiercely crashed into the interception of the super soldiers.
"No, we can't hold it anymore......" said a wounded soldier as he fled to the side, pale as he turned to Kira, who was standing on the roof......
Kira ignored him, there were so many people who let out such a wail moan, he couldn't hear it and didn't want to hear it anymore - he just hoped that Arthur and they would come soon—"We ...... It's going to be unstoppable......"
Soon, the defense line of the defenders of Lingcheng was torn open by the powerful beasts, and then, the entire army of beasts poured in like a flood that burst the embankment, and the defenders of Lingcheng could no longer resist it.
"Hold on, hold on!! We can't just fall like that......" Chira screamed at the routed defenders. At this moment, a cavalryman jumped onto the roof of the house on a Quiwolf and pounced on Kira, who was commanding the defenders.
Seeing the gray-haired wolf swooping towards her, Kira instinctively dodged to the left, but accidentally fell from the roof and fell heavily to the ground.
Kira spat out a mouthful of blood and struggled to get up from the ground. At this moment, as far as he could see, there were panicked soldiers desperately escaping past him, and then the Hundred Beast Legion was charging strongly, and they had completely suppressed the defenders of Lingcheng.
The whole line of defense is crumbling.
"Can't escape! We can't afford to stand back! General Arthur ............"
In a trance, the violent battlefield fell silent, the Hundred Beast Legion stopped the pursuit and killing, and the fleeing defenders held their breath - all because the man who suddenly appeared on the battlefield made a "stop" movement with one hand.
Kira's tongue seemed to freeze, and he couldn't say anything else, and that kind of domineering aura enveloped him, shocked him, and made him unable to make a sound.
The tall figure stood behind him, and he subconsciously looked back, but before he could turn his gaze, a thick arm suddenly pushed him to the ground.
Xiang Yu grabbed Kira's head and slammed it on the ground! Between the impact of his face and the ground, there was a crisp cracking sound, and Kira's nose bone was broken, but the upsurge of qi and blood choked his nasal passages, making him unable to scream.
"Bastard! What are you shouting about? What are you holding onto? Xiang Yu had a gloomy face and yelled at Qila under him, "Are you waiting for reinforcements?" Do you think there are still reinforcements? ”
"Arthur, they've fled! You don't have any reinforcements! ”
Kira's whole head, which was choked with blood in her nose, was dizzy, but Xiang Yu's words pierced his numb consciousness like a knife. Not only him, but all the defenders of the Mausoleum City present were stimulated by this sentence.
"You've been abandoned!"
"Bang-" A knife landed on the ground with a crisp and heart-wrenching sound. The wounded soldier standing in the corner could no longer hold his knife...... In fact, after holding on for so long, they had long wondered why Arthur and the others had not appeared for a long time, until Xiang Yu's words...... They could no longer hold the knife in their hands.
"Liar...... The hoarse voice of the ...... quivered on the ground.
Xiang Yu's brows furrowed.
"Liar......" Kira said stubbornly again with her mouth close to the ground, "General Arthur could not abandon us, he will never abandon us!" ”
"Bastard!" Xiang Yu roared, and there was a trace of sadness in his roaring voice, "See for yourself what this is!" ”
Xiang Yu grabbed Kira's head and jerked him off the ground. Kira was as powerless as a child being beaten by an adult, and his swollen and purple nose was covered with dirty blood, and although his eyes were closed, he could still faintly see the desolate tears and blood flowing down his face.
"Look at the city! Mausoleum, what has become of this huge city! What was once the most prosperous city is now like a dead city, but the people of a country are still fighting each other in it! ”
"What are you believing in? What are you believing in? Arthur? Or Yingzheng? ”
"Don't you know who is responsible for all this? It's Yingzheng! Lingcheng is just the tip of the iceberg, what is the whole Qin Chu like now, don't you all know at all? ”
Kira didn't speak, he couldn't say a word, he just let the blood flow from his nostrils, and let the hot tears drain the blood away.
In the distance, the dragon on the roof of the building froze with Ji Bu, silently watching their commander question an insignificant creep.
"Tell someone to prepare a few loudspeakers there—these words must be heard by all the people in Lingcheng." Liu Bang appeared behind them at some point and said silently.
Long Ji and Ji Bu looked back at Liu Bang who suddenly appeared in surprise, greeted "King Han", and immediately went to do what he explained.
"There's no need for this battle to continue...... Xiang Yu whispered, putting the feeble Kira to the ground. He kept his head calm and his expression was gloomy, "We have no reason to fight here, we are all family members in the land of Qin Chu." We all want this country to be peaceful......"
"And now, Qin Chu has become unpeaceful and even dilapidated, as the protector king and as a member of this country, I have a responsibility - but I will never let this kind of thing continue, our country must not be ruined in the hands of anyone like this - even if he is the supreme emperor!"
Lingcheng became unusually silent at this moment, and Xiang Yu's voice was quietly placed by the loudspeaker that spread throughout Lingcheng, and everyone, everyone in this city was silent.
The Hundred Beast Legion, the defenders of the Mausoleum City, or the old people and children who fled or hid in various parts of the Mausoleum City. They all heard Xiang Yu's every word clearly.
"As the Protector of the King, my first duty is to protect the peace of the whole country - but as a member of this country, it is the responsibility of each of us to protect its stability!"
"We are not enemies! We are compatriots of one country, and we must unite every citizen in this land to defend our own country! ”
After a short silence, there was the sound of a large piece of swords and armor falling to the ground, and all the defenders of Lingcheng gave up their weapons, gave up fighting, and even gave up escaping, as Xiang Yu said, they are not enemies, there is no reason to fight!
"Roar!! - "King of Chu!! King of Chu!! Defend!!! Defend!!! All the beasts let out a loud roar, and the warriors riding the beasts also raised their voices, shouting to follow Xiang Yu's will, shouting to defend Qin Chu's heart!!
"King of Chu!! King of Chu!! Defend!!! Defend!!! The numb bodies of the defenders of Lingcheng rekindled their blood, and the dim pupils of the citizens scattered all over Lingcheng also lit up with the light of hope again, and each of them chanted!
A condensed cry resounded throughout the city, raising a new dawn in this land of blood and death.