Chapter 81, overnight in vain
When the people walked out of the hall, they saw that the river was full of fire, and dozens of warships, not to mention 3,000 people, were shooting arrows at the defenders of the island, screaming and screaming.
Seeing the heroes appear, the ship stopped firing arrows, and a burly man on the main ship shouted: "Spend a lot of extravagance, hide weapons privately, recruit troops and buy horses, gather the remnants of the dead country, plot against my Daqin, and his crime should be punished. β
Tian Jing stepped forward and shouted: "Fan Qian, you are so bold, without my order, you dare to privately transfer troops to besiege this official, and make a mess, all the troops listen to the order, quickly take down this rebel!" After hearing this, the Qin soldiers were unmoved.
Fan Qian laughed and said: "Lord Tian, I didn't expect it, do you think these soldiers will listen to you, you fornicate against thieves, take bribes, spend all day drinking, the evidence is conclusive, this official has already made His Majesty, Your Majesty is wise, and has already issued an edict to this official, just wait for today, when you are all the remnants of the anti-thieves, you will be annihilated in one fell swoop, by the way, before this official comes here, your family members have been corrected." β
After Tian Jing heard this, he sat down on the ground and scolded angrily: "Fan Qian, you are not as good as a beast, you must not die well!"
Xiang Liang said to the heroes: "There is a clipper behind the island, please leave first with Lord Qu, I will bring five hundred guards, I can resist for a while!"
Guo Zijing carried a big knife and shouted: "What are you going to do, I'm worried that there are no Qin soldiers to kill, and I just have a good time today!" Zhang Liang, Yi Shuihan and other more than a dozen heroes were reluctant to leave.
Xiang Liang said: "Okay, then let's kill it!" immediately began to command the deployment of the defenders, and Qu Heng left with Gongsun Yu and others.
At this time, Fan Qian shouted: "Don't leave any arrows, let go of the arrows!" The arrows in the sky shot towards the shore again.
Xiang Liang hurriedly ordered to extinguish the torches, retreat fifty zhang, dodge the arrows, and ordered more than a dozen people to pile dry firewood under the house and pour fire oil on it to prepare for ignition.
After the Qin soldiers released the arrows, they rushed to the shore with shouts and killing, and at this time, the defenders on the shore drew their bows and shot at the rushing Qin army, and the Qin army was shot down when they landed, and they screamed miserably.
But after all, the Qin soldiers were numerous and well-trained, and it was difficult for these hundreds of people on the island to resist the offensive of the Qin soldiers, and the Qin soldiers quickly pressed up, and the killing shouts soared into the sky, and the melee was a mess, Yi Shuihan carried a long sword, flew up, and led many masters on the island to rush into the Qin army, like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, every sword waved, it was flesh and blood flying, and the screams were screaming.
Xiang Liang rode on the mount, galloped into the encirclement, rotated the halberd, pulled out the mountains and rivers, each halberd was swept down, as if entering a no-man's land, shuttling freely.
Seeing the situation, Fan Qian was in a hurry, and he didn't know what to say to the dozens of black-clothed people beside him, and after those people heard this, they showed their weapons, 'Tengteng!' flew off the main ship, stepped on the water waves, and rushed to the island heroes, cultivating to be extraordinary, and in a moment, they were killed with the masters on the island, swords and swords, and the sound of killing was like a tide.
Xiang Liang swept away the Qin army, covered in blood, looking at the battlefield, although the Qin army lost most of it, but there was not much left of his side, knowing that the general trend had gone, he shouted to the heroes who were fighting hard: "The matter has come to this, it is useless to fight again, save your life, think about it in the long run, all heroes, please come with me." "Lead the heroes, retreat while fighting, light dry wood, and turn to the back of the island.
Behind the island is a broken cliff, digging a sheep intestine path to the shore of the island, in order to prepare for escape, Xiang Liang led dozens of heroes, through the narrow path, flew on two fast boats, cut the rope, down the river, escaped from the island, looked back, saw the whole island burned a raging fire, illuminated the river as day.
The ship had not gone far, and saw a long torch suddenly lit up in front of it, and four more warships of the Qin army, connected by iron cables, anchored in the river, waiting for them to come.
Xiang Liang said in his heart: "It's bad! The Jade Princess and Qu Heng must have been intercepted by them, I don't know if they are still alive now." β
If you want to avoid it, it's too late, only to break through, the arrows that are as dense as the rain shoot at the clipper, the heroes wield their weapons and struggle to resist, Yi Shuihan and other light masters, fly up, step on the river, rush to the opposite battleship, Guo Zijing and other people with good water nature, dive into the water, want to cut the iron chain, so that the clipper can pass smoothly.
There were too many people in the Qin army, Yi Shuihan and the others couldn't kill them at all, and there were people on the boat who were not weak in cultivation, for a while, those people were surrounded by groups, and Guo Zijing and others as long as they showed their heads in the water, the arrows were densely shot over, and they were about to hit the chains, at this time, Xiang Liang shouted: "Abandon the boat and jump into the water!"
As soon as more than a dozen people jumped into the water, the clipper hit the iron chain, smashed when it landed, and the water cold shook off the siege, jumped up, and jumped into the water together, the water surface was like boiling water, and countless arrows were shot into the water.
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The sky is gray, the river surface rises white mist, wafting the smell of blood, flocks of water birds loom on the water surface, 'cooing' chirping, floating corpses and broken wooden planks occasionally float on the water surface, aquatic plants on the shore ripple in the water, here is the downstream of Huaishui, has been in the territory of Donghai County.
Gongsun Yusoft leaned under the dead tree, her beautiful eyes did not blink at the river, her clothes were wet and sticking to her body, she was even more emaciated, overnight, all her efforts were in vain, and the only hope was dashed, I clearly remember that when the country was broken, the palace was burned, the queen mother committed suicide, her father was captured, the palace maid was slaughtered and ravaged by the Qin army, General Xiang Liang took four sisters and brothers, fought out of the siege, and the last one who survived was only her, "Although Chu has three households, the death of Qin will be Chu, but how easy it is to die of Qin." β
Luo Yan was hit by several arrows in order to save her, but fortunately she didn't hit the vital point, although her life was worry-free, but it was difficult to recover in a short time, sitting behind Gongsun Yu, and healing her injuries.
Under another tree not far from them, there is another person, that is, no obstacles, they followed Qu Heng on the clipper, when they fled, they first met the Qin army waiting downstream, most of them did not know martial arts, could not resist the arrows of the Qin army, they jumped into the water, Gongsun Yu could not water, in a hurry, Luo Yan mentioned Gongsun Yu, while resisting the arrows that came to him, while stepping on the water to escape, after several arrows in the body, he could not support it, and fell into the water, fortunately, he caught a boat board and floated over, the three of them grabbed the boat board and went down the river to escape, as for the other people, life and death are unknownγ
Wu Jian wanted to go back along Huaishui, looking for Jin Xingzi and Ling Kongzi, and now he urgently needed the protection of the two of them, when Huamanlou was besieged by the Qin army, he didn't know where the two of them were, but he wasn't worried that they would die, just worried about whether they would search for him along Huaishui.
Turning his head to look at Gongsun Yu's desolate figure, his heart immediately sympathized, not knowing where she wanted to go in the future, how long she could live, and whether she could give up this ruined path of revenge.
Seeing a boat coming upstream, he said without obstacles: "Let's leave here soon, the Qin soldiers have searched for it." β
The three of them were exhausted, and the wild goose was seriously injured, and it took a long time to walk and rest, and then they passed through the jungle on the bank of the river, and came to a quiet village, with only a few families, and they were far apart.
The old couple had never seen so many silver taels, and they were happy, thinking that Wuji and Gongsun Yu were out to cheat, and let the whole house go out for them to live in, and the old couple moved to the neighbor's house, and cooked the meals on time, and brought them over to the three of them to eat.
Wuxian wanted to arrange for them to stay and leave, looking for Jin Xingzi and the two, but he could see Gongsun Yu's sad figure, he always couldn't open his mouth, and his heart always followed the same pain, although they had only known each other for a day, but he always wanted to care about her in his heart, and he wanted to understand a question, why her body was so weak.
It wasn't until nightfall that Gongsun Yu was heard sighing from the East House, "The arsenic has fallen into the water." β
Luo Yan said: "That's the best, otherwise, if the princess eats it again, her life will be gone!"
When Wu Jian heard this, he broke out in a cold sweat, "I see!" He had heard Lu Qingfang say that this thing is highly poisonous, and a small amount and long-term use can make the skin fair and the body charming, but the life span is not long, I didn't expect her body to be weak, and she actually took this thing for a long time, "What is the purpose of ruining your body so much?"
Gongsun Yu said: "Now, there is no other way, I can only rely on myself." β
Luo Yan said: "If the princess dies, who else is there in the Chu State, who will restore the country?"
"What is the use of recovering the country for me as a woman, if I can kill Yingzheng, I will be worthy of my father and mother. β
Luo Yan said: "It's better to beg Li Gongzi, anyway, he won't have a few days to live, where is not death!"
Gongsun Yu booed: "If you are quiet, he can hear it!"
Luo Yan shouted: "I just let him hear, if he doesn't agree, I will kill him." β
"If Li Gongzi was afraid that you would kill him, he would have run away a long time ago, how could he place us here, he is not the kind of person you imagined, his heart may be more painful than mine. β
"There are only a few days left, can it not be painful?"
"You're really heartless, don't say it again!"
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After listening to it, she couldn't calm down for a long time, not because of what Luo Yan said, but because he knew what Gongsun Yu wanted, maybe Gongsun Yu never expected anyone to avenge her, she was ready to assassinate Ying Zheng alone from the beginning, otherwise how could she take poison for a long time, how could she reduce her status as a princess, and stroke the piano for those extravagant people night and night, she did this in order to let her reputation reach Ying Zheng's ears, one day, she was elected to the palace, with the heart of death, looking for an opportunity to assassinate, and when she met him, she could meet each other, it was just an accident, what she said was just confiding in her heartγ
The moonlight shines through the wooden window into the house, leaving no shadow, but the cicadas chirp non-stop, and the heart of Wuxian is not only sympathetic, melancholy, and confused.
The East and West Houses are so close that you don't need to speak to hear them.