Chapter 14: Coercing the Son of Heaven to Kill the Princes (9)
"Liuting, everyone is waiting for you. ”
"Lord Castle, ...... are you?"
"I'll go with you, let's change into a uniform......"
"This general will do it on the castle tower, and use the power of heaven and earth here to lay a misty obstacle on your path. Listen to me, and leave the city at the right time!"
On the battlefield, the aura of heaven and earth was even thinner than other ordinary places in the Lingzhou Continent. Qu Dusk actually wants to spread a mist on the road for them, which is a huge consumption of mana!
"General Qu, thank you for your hard work!"
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On the battlefield on both sides of the trench.
The area of operations on the main battlefield has at least doubled since the beginning. There was already more than a third of the area, and it was full of combat vehicles that had lost their combat effectiveness after both sides fell to the ground. In addition, the soldiers of the Qinshan Kingdom had learned the lessons of the battlefield on the right flank, and most of them even jumped directly from the chariots to fight. Only a small number of soldiers were willing to drive their chariots to attack the enemy in their chariots. Although there are many chariots in the Underworld Kingdom, they are largely directly blocked or trapped by the Qinshan Kingdom chariot, which has become the only task for the chariot in the future. Among them, the soldiers of the Hades Kingdom also jumped off the chariot one after another, and the two sides started a face-to-face battle.
In this way, no side has an absolute advantage in the battle situation. The only impact on the situation was the increasing number of casualties.
Deep in the left flank of the enemy, He Jingling, the commander of the Zhenbei Army, led his personal guards to fight bloodily. Behind him were countless chariots and wreckage of war horses, all of which fell to the ground, and the chariots of the Stygian Kingdom were more likely to overturn directly. From time to time, you can smell the burnt smell of human flesh. Zheng Ergou, who was dressed in battle armor, held two battle axes in his hands, and carried a steel spear on his back, was among the main general's personal guards, and his hands were stained with a lot of blood along the way.
He also suffered a considerable injury to his thigh. However, under the nourishment of the cultivator's aura, it is not impossible to act for the time being.
In the middle and periphery of the entire left-wing battlefield, more than 1,000 soldiers of the Qinshan Kingdom and more than 1,000 soldiers of the Hades Kingdom were fighting together, and the main general escort team of nearly 100 people had been surrounding He Jingling to the deepest part of the battlefield, and the strength of the Hades Kingdom was much less. The deeper you go, the more dense the wreckage of chariots and horses becomes. They could break through in four directions with an unstoppable momentum at any time, but their speed was hindered by the iron sheets in one place.
"Raise the shield!" A young voice suddenly erupted in He Jingling's personal guards. Zheng Ergou suddenly swung his battle axe into the air, cutting off a sharp arrow that was flying towards them quickly. This arrow was shot at General He, who was directly behind Zheng Ergou.
There are still soldiers lurking in the shadows in the Underworld, and their location has already been determined! Zheng Ergou immediately thought of this and roared. The surrounding guards reflexively stopped, and jerked the heavy shield on their right hand above their heads.
He Jingling glanced at the young man in front of him with surprised eyes. He put away the spear in his hand and ordered in a deep voice, "Keep marching on the south side of the formation and maintain the speed." Listen to General Ben's orders to raid again!"
"Yes!"
At the same time, on the south side of the battlefield on the left flank, from the middle side of the main battlefield to the trench more than 50 meters, a faint smoke appeared. The smoke slowly spread towards the trench, and after crossing the trench, it spread to the left, and finally stopped spreading more than 20 meters to the west of the left flank battlefield.
This puff of smoke, like a miserable cloud falling from the sky, was wide, but not thick, and for a while, no one on the left-wing battlefield noticed its appearance.
Except, in the main general's escort army, Zheng Ergou was bending down and slowly walking towards the south side of the battlefield.
The monk's sensitive sensing power could be felt even in the outside world where the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was exhausted, and the fog that rose out of thin air was by no means naturally generated.
As he and the soldiers bent over and marched slowly, Zheng Ergou couldn't help but try to focus on the mist. However, he was soon surprised again, because his divine sense could barely penetrate this layer of fog, and he could not even sense whether anyone was in it.
It can be seen that this fog is indeed controlled by the monks. The question that remains in Zheng Ergou's mind now is, is this Qu Dui, or is it the handiwork of a monk?
What the hell is this for?
"Rush!"
He Jingling suddenly roared, Zheng Ergou subconsciously straightened his waist, suddenly lifted the double axe in his hand, and the soldiers around him threw the shield in his hand to the ground, and swooped towards the remnants of the Underworld who were fighting with the soldiers in the north on the south side of the battlefield.
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"It's almost ......"
"Stop. Ben Shuai finally repeated the next strategy. Walk to the back of the trench about ten paces......"
"Lord of the Castle... This trip is dangerous, you must follow closely behind the lower official later!"
"Hmm... Liuting, you must also be careful, you must come back alive for me, definitely!"
The farther and farther away in the fog, Gao Liuting's heart became more and more uneasy. He felt He Zhe behind him gently pat his shoulder, sighed slightly in his heart, and did not tell He Zhe about the situation He Yue had just had.
He Zhe's hand rested on Gao Liuting's shoulder for a long time and did not let go. From the front came the voice of Gao Qingshi commanding the plan. The more He Zhe listened, the tighter the hand on Gao Liuting's shoulder grew. Finally, after a few more moments, the trench filled with corpses appeared ahead of me.
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Behind the trench, about thirty meters, a few dozen meters to the west of the battlefield on the left flank.
From a distance ahead, the area begins to show a downward trend. Until the location of the so-called weapons warehouse, it was already a few meters underground. Normally, no one can see the situation here clearly, and now the generals are in the fog and it is difficult to see the scene ahead.
After the crypt, the slope is steep. At a distance of more than ten meters behind the crypt, a row of tall wooden stakes that were not too long were erected. The height is not much different from the height of the average barbarian.
At this moment, two generals in heavy armor were leaning on a wooden stake. The man on the left was wearing a golden battle helmet, looking at the fog that suddenly appeared more than ten meters away not long ago, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
This person is the Emperor of the Underworld, and beside him is the general of the royal family.
"Your Majesty, the news that the bald donkey gave us is indeed correct. It's just that why don't you bring more people and take down several enemy generals in one fell swoop?"
Xiao Zhi Jingnian gently took something from his back, which was a crossbow arrow glowing with silver light. "This is the way of checks and balances. Don't forget, our deal with Ying Mingxin is there. ”
"However, by killing these generals who were sent to the door, we have a chance to take the northern border of Qinshan Country in one fell swoop......"
"Have you forgotten that woman in the underworld!" Xiao Zhijing Nian glanced at the imperial brother quite coldly, and only then did he scratch his head in a sudden realization, "Imperial brother, I have told you many times, don't just think about fighting and fighting, read more books, and only then can you grow into a real general." ”
"If that slut hadn't done those things, I'd probably wipe them out, and who the fuck cares about the bullshit prince? Luckily, that slut didn't know that I had taken control of the three armies on the front line. However, even so, if we want to regain power, we will not have enough troops here. Ying Mingxin is the aid that is placed in front of us. So, I won't tear my face with him anyway. ”
“... Yes, the Admiral understands. ”
"The monk just told me that in addition to Gao Qingshi, there are two other hussars who want to come and take advantage of the fire. Brother Huang, we only have a chance to shoot an arrow, and we must leave this place. At most, they can only take one life each. Do you figure it out?"
Without saying a word, he replied without hesitation, "Of course, the last general wants to take the head of the enemy marshal Xiang Shang!"
"Hehe... I'm afraid that the one with the high surname is not an idle person......"
"Your Majesty, rest assured! As long as you let me attack him, this arrow will definitely send him to Jiuquan!"
Xiao Zhijingnian turned his head and glanced at the imperial brother with an unpredictable smile. Then he continued to look at the impenetrable fog in front of him. "Then, how far you and my brothers can go, each depends on creation!"
With that, the Emperor picked up his crossbow arrows and slowly paced in the direction of the crypt.
"One, two...... Eight, nine, ten. ”
In the mist, the two hussar generals and the marshal Gao Qingshi walked in the front, followed closely by the selected warriors. Gao Qingshi stopped immediately after counting, looked down, and sure enough, the terrain in front of him began to deviate downward.
"It's still more than ten meters away from the underground warehouse. It is difficult for the fog to spread underground, so in order to avoid being discovered, it is best to run over it directly!" Hussar General Murong Yu said in a deep voice, and Gao Qingshi also echoed. As soon as the words fell, Murong Yu was the first to break out of the fog, rushed down the slope, and ran directly towards the underground warehouse.
The moment he ran out of the fog, everyone had a momentary hallucination. Seemingly, a bright ray of sunlight pierced the fog and shot into the crowd.
"Keep up, keep up with ......"
At the back of the crowd, Gao Liuting waited for several people in front of him to leave, then glanced back at He Zhe, took his hand, and ran quickly towards the bottom of the slope.
"Lord of the Castle... For a while, you don't want to follow Marshal Gao into the warehouse. There will definitely be a big battle at the gate of the warehouse, I will protect you, and I will never let you get hurt!"
He Zhe followed Gao Liuting and ran quickly, and after hearing his words, a wave of emotion surged in his heart. Gao Liuting could hear the faint gasps behind He Zhe, and his tone was very firm. He Zhe thought that the people guarding the warehouse gate must be the elite soldiers of the Underworld Kingdom, and the people they brought with them may not be as good as others in terms of numbers. He had been worried about Golyuting, but this loyal subordinate had always put his safety first.
"You don't have to worry about me, just be careful not to get hurt!"
He is not the kind of weak scholar who has never seen a big scene.
"Your Majesty, look at my might!"
With a "whoosh", the man lying on the ground suddenly took out the longbow on his back, bent the bow and set the arrow for an instant, and aimed directly at the generalissimo Gao Qingshi, who had just run to the middle of the slope. The arrow was so fast that he felt like he was about to break his bowstring. The Immortal Emperor, who was also lying on the ground, jerked his shoulders back and whispered, "Be careful! Don't let them see our faces!"
Before the words fell, a ** who endured severe pain sounded. Xiao Zhili was dragged by the Emperor of the Underworld, so he controlled himself and did not poke his head down to look. In the middle of the slope, Gao Qingshi waved his hand frantically, signaling everyone not to make a sound. His other hand was pressed on his forehead, and his face was covered with blood, but the sharp arrow was stuck in his palm, and the blood was still gushing out of it.
Gao Qingshi staggered, his whole body couldn't help but tremble, but he didn't make any more movements. He gently removed that hand, and under the stunned and shocked gazes of everyone around him, he silently pulled out the sharp arrow that almost pierced the entire palm. The Gao family medical guard on the side hurriedly handed over a piece of cloth prepared in advance. Gao Qingshi pressed his injured hand with a cloth, raised his head, and shouted in a low voice, "Hurry up and run over!"
"Ho ho. The man who was lying above let out a laugh. "Brother Huang, it seems that the surname is higher than that of you. Such a sneak attack failed to put this person to death. ”
"Fuck... Your Majesty, won't you make up an arrow and kill Gao Qingshi?"
"I have people to kill. As soon as the words fell, Xiao Zhi Jingnian suddenly stood up suddenly, holding a crossbow arrow in his left hand, and took out a mask painted with the totem of the underworld out of nowhere in his right hand, and hung it on his face. His left hand lifted the bolt at the same time, and with great skill, with only one little finger, with an astonishing flexibility, he picked a silver arrow between his ring finger and little finger to the string above the crossbow machine, and with the other hand slammed the string off!
In his eyes, two figures appeared
- At the junction of the mist and the slope, two warriors from the East have just escaped. Immediately came a tall warrior with his hands behind his back, as if he was pulling someone. Before Xiao Zhijing Nian satisfactorily pulled the crossbow machine, the last person to appear had a somewhat messy footsteps. Seeing this last person who came out of the fog, it was really the same as the message given to him by the monk.
He Zhe, the city lord of Blackwater City, who has no grudges with me in the past and has no enmity recently, please die!
"Uh... Uh......"
"No—— Lord of the Castle!
"You... The generals... Listen... Order! and the two hussars rushed forward!"
"Give the Thunder to General Ben!"
———— Hezhe's eyes had just seen a ray of sunlight outside the mist, and the sound of sharp arrows cutting through the air flow suddenly overwhelmed his whole body. The arrow went straight to his brow. This arrow is like the Cangluan Soaring Star Han, the Wu Hook driving the jade toad, the Yin Evil Sipping Yao Pond, and the Black Devil Facing the Ghost Division.
It cut through the fog and came between Ho Zhe's brows, telling him that it was all over and that it was all going to be for naught. The power contained in it seems to be no ordinary arrow. It melts the coldest snow and ice in the entire North, cuts off all the rushing rivers on the continent, shoots the ventricles of the Eastern Sea, and dries up the blood of this world, turning it into a ruin after the war has passed.
Its arrival made the crisp sound of the birds and streams become hoarse and mocking, and all the sweet dreams of yellow sorghum were ruthlessly eroded by the eternal nightmare, making the fairyland-like Baili Lotus Pond soaked in dust and blood. This arrow disperses the Queqiao Immortal Road, this arrow awakens the Nine Demon Lords, this arrow runs through the Nine Lotus Holy Lake, and this arrow is terrifying.
Only stories remain that will flow forever in the world and will not be consumed by time, becoming the last ashes in the ruins. With this arrow, He Zhe saw death, saw his own death, and saw the unstoppable power. Finally, he saw his own eyes, which would eventually become an ember of ruins that would finally sleep beneath the earth.
His heart had given up resistance. The sharp arrow of the Emperor of the Emperor was shot into the center of He Zhe's eyebrows, and with the viciousness and cunning of the barbarians, he naturally poisoned it. As soon as the eyebrows were hit by an arrow, he was immediately wrapped in all the toxins, and there was no blood spilling, and the poison carried it to all parts of his body with an unstoppable momentum. He Zhe collapsed with his mouth open, his eyes unable to open as if they were covered by death. Gao Liuting fell to the ground holding his corpse in his arms, watching as a small amount of blood slowly spilled out of the Seven Orifices of Hezhe. The iron-clad man was in tears, he held He Zhe's face with both hands, and no matter how fierce the battle in front of the underground warehouse behind him was, he kept calling He Zhe's name.
He remembered all these years under Hezhe, and everything he had experienced. Gao Liuting glanced back, and the three generals had already drawn their swords and fought with the tall barbarian soldiers guarding the gate. Gao Liuting lowered his head slightly, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and gently left a mark on the already stiff lips of the city lord of Blackwater City, using his hot lips.
No, it can't be, why is this happening......
Why didn't this arrow come at him, why did it attack Hezhe!
If he could, how he wished he could die in place of this man......
"General Xiaozhi, let's go. ”
Before falling into an eternal slumber, Gao Liuting had been kneeling on the ground and holding Hezhe's face. He Zhe's lips suddenly moved, Gao Liuting's eyes immediately glowed, and he was about to say something, but He Zhe said in a tone that was no different from usual
- "Liuting, I can't do it..."
"You can help take care of the affairs in the house. Tell my master, let him come to Blackwater City quickly, and before the imperial court elects a new city lord, in the name of this official's will, temporarily take over the position of city lord!"
He said with his eyes closed, as if he didn't have the slightest reaction to his imminent death. It was so calm, but it was completely different from his inner reaction at this time. He was about to leave, and no matter how much pain and unwillingness and doubts in his heart were, there was no way to say it.
"It's... It's ......"
He Zhe tried his best to open his eyes and look at him and the world again, but unfortunately he didn't. His body softened completely, and the last sentence echoed in the ears of his loyal subordinates, "Take care of Yue'er......"
"Lord of the city, Lord of the city...... He Zhe!" Gao Liuting shouted He Zhe's name several times, and suddenly stood up suddenly, his eyes like a flame erupting, and the tears evaporated without a trace. As soon as he turned, he slammed into the fierce battlefield behind him.
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"Your Majesty, there are remnants of soldiers on the front line to report that our army's underground armory has been blown up by the enemy using thunder. Failed to capture the enemy alive. But some of our soldiers escaped. It is said that it was Murong Yu who threw a small Heavenly Thunderbolt into the warehouse, and Gao Qingshi threw it into a torch at the risk of death to detonate it. All the supplies in the warehouse were blown up. ”
"Your Majesty, how is this good?"
"Heh... Do you think I have this hand to prepare? The Crown Prince is on the side of my Underworld, and I know every move of the enemy. The spy who was plotted against me had already been discovered. It's just a matter of calculating. Most of the military resources that arrived on the battlefield last month were sitting under Ying Mingxin's buttocks!"
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When Zheng Ergou, who was fighting bloodily on the battlefield on the left flank, heard the explosion underground, he immediately focused his attention on the battlefield. When he saw the soldiers on the slope holding shields and retreating in the middle, his eyes were drawn to one of the men, who was covered in blood and had lost all his spirit.
He carried a huddled corpse in his arms. Zheng Ergou looked at it in disbelief, the monk's eyesight was much higher than that of ordinary people, and he withered in an instant, draining all the strength of his body. He Zhe, He Zhe, this is the city lord who the eldest lady wants him to protect no matter what!
How can this be, how can this be!!
Zheng Ergou let out a wail in the He family's personal guards. He desperately knocked away the remnants of the defeated army in front of him, dropped the axe in his hand, and rushed towards that side like crazy. He Jingling, the main general behind him, glanced at him strangely, but he couldn't call Zheng Ergou back at all.
Rushing to the periphery of the battlefield, a soldier of the Underworld suddenly appeared with a face covered in blood and holding a spear in his hand. When he saw Zheng Ergou, he rushed towards him desperately. Zheng Ergou almost hit the spear, and in the rage in his heart, he couldn't control the surging aura in his body, and a light blue aura appeared on his palm, and the young man shouted, and a punch hit the barbarian's face, smashing his face out of a terrifying depression and blood hole.
The man fell to the ground in response, and Zheng Ergou immediately ran quickly towards the people who were retreating towards the city tower. As soon as he ran two steps, extreme horror instantly surrounded Zheng Ergou's whole body - just now, he actually used his aura out of his body to kill a mortal?
The thousand-year-old taboo in the cultivation realm entangled him like an evil spirit, making Zheng Ergou numb from fright. The punishment of the five decays of heaven and man, the punishment of the five thunders...... I heard about bad luck countless times when I was a child... He didn't control himself, and almost as if he was instinctive, he was lucky enough to beat that brute to death!
He was still running, but his nose was sore. Death seemed to have hung over Zheng Ergou's head, and he couldn't imagine the doom that would befall him next, and he couldn't even breathe. His mind froze like ice, and all he knew was to keep running, keep running......
Finally, a piece of gravel on the ground tripped Zheng Ergou mercilessly and completely crushed him. The boy showed the vulnerability and fear that should be expected at this age, and it was even difficult to stand up again, and the corners of his eyes suddenly turned red, and he crawled on the ground, aimlessly. Despair and fear engulfed him completely, and infinite weakness completely froze his thoughts.
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Behind the main battlefield, a thunderous sound came from the enemy general Wan Yan Sizhong.
"Throw the Thunder!!"