Chapter 113: Covering the Moon
There are three reasons why Fan Xian was shocked, one is that the emperor sent himself down the mountain with that trace of pity, which was really unexpected, the second is that the emperor's words seem to have lost the usual confidence, and the third is the emperor's last sentence......
Who sits on that chair and lets him make up his mind? Is this a last word or what? The question is, even if he is fated enough to rush back to Kyoto thousands of miles before the eldest princess preaches the established facts, what strength do he have to turn his idea into reality?
This is not the Jiangnan Ming family, not the Cui family, not the court officials in Kyoto, not the poor people in the Qin Heavenly Prison, but the imperial palace, but the belonging of the world!
The corners of Fan Xian's lips showed a wry smile, even if he was a powerful minister of Qingguo, but he didn't have a single soldier in his hand, what could he do to stabilize Kyoto for His Majesty?
"I won't lose. A smile appeared on the corner of the emperor's lips, and the smile was full of cold killing intent, "Even if you lose, if Ye Liuyun and Sigu Sword accompany me to the funeral, what are you afraid of? You don't have to worry, Dean Chen is in Kyoto, the Queen Mother is in the palace, those people can't make much trouble, you take my will, take my seal, if someone stops you...... Kill them all!"
A cold sweat broke out on Fan Xian's forehead, thinking that if the Ye and Qin families were also reversed, even if he was a great grandmaster, at most he could only fight guerrilla warfare, how could he kill them all?
He had already seen the trace of uncertainty in the emperor's heart, and his heart couldn't help but be a little gloomy, if the emperor really died on the top of Dadong Mountain, what would the world become? Whether it was the crown prince or the second child succeeding to the throne, this Qingguo was afraid that there would be no place for him again, did he really want to hold that cornucopia and embark on the second road?
But the situation did not reach the most dangerous moment. On the top of the mountain, there are also old eunuchs Hong and Uncle Wuzhu. plus more than 100 tiger guards, no matter what kind of strong enemy they encounter, they can support for a long time.
There is only one way to climb Dadong Mountain. At the foot of the mountain, the task of five thousand longbowmen is obviously to sever the connection between Dadong Mountain and the world. At least three days of severance should be cut off to make time for the events in Kyoto, and when it comes to killing the king, these rebels will not play any role.
Because the emperor will not be stupid to go down the mountain.
And then...... Ye Liuyun will climb the mountain.
This is indeed a gamble, if the general trend of the Three Kingdoms in the world is still the same as in the past - the monarch of Qingguo set up a bureau to snipe Ye Liuyun, it must be that Northern Qi and Dongyi are very willing to be optimistic about their success, and Kuhe and Sigu Sword will not abandon their identities. Come and intervene.
But...... The cold sweat on Fan Xian's forehead had dried, and he only felt a cold on his body, and when he was in Wuzhou, his father-in-law Lin Ruofu reminded him. For a tempting enough and even a little gorgeous goal. The Great Masters may come together quite naturally.
Fan Xian's mouth became more and more bitter. If the situation really goes on like this, where can there be any living people on this Dadong Mountain? But didn't the emperor expect this situation at the beginning? He cautiously glanced at the emperor's face and found that the emperor's face was a little gloomy. The pupils in the night flickered with flames......
He didn't dare to continue thinking about these questions, and quickly analyzed the situation in front of him in his mind, the outcome of the Daito Mountain game was unknown, but if it was a stalemate, there was a problem on the Kyoto side. I must bring the news that His Majesty is still alive to Kyoto and to the Queen Mother.
Even if His Majesty is dead. When he returned to Kyoto, he must also convince the Queen Mother that His Majesty is still alive. Otherwise, judging by a politician like the Queen Mother. Once she learns of His Majesty's death, she will definitely choose to let the Qin family Gongwei crown prince ascend the throne and stabilize the Qingguo government.
The emperor is her son, and if someone wants to hurt the emperor, the queen mother will definitely not allow it. But if the death of the emperor becomes a definite fact, as the eldest generation of the imperial family, the queen mother must consider the survival of the entire imperial family and the survival of the world.
Therefore, whether it was from his own safety or from the situation in Kyoto, Fan Xian knew that the emperor's arrangement was very correct. He must return to Kyoto with His Majesty's handwritten letters and seals to stabilize the situation in order to cope with the post-grandmaster era.
Yes, in the era of post-grandmasters, in the battle of Dadongshan, no matter who wins or loses, there will definitely be one or two great grandmasters who will withdraw from the stage of history.
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He nodded silently and said, "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, nothing will happen in Kyoto." ”
The emperor looked at him deeply and said, "The road here is difficult, you have to be careful. ”
Fan Xian was slightly stunned, originally in his heart he had a lot of sarcasm and self-deprecation for the emperor's previous words about "my four sons", but when he heard such a sentence, his heart softened a little.
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Fastening his belt and confirming that he was fully equipped, Fan Xian quickly transformed from the status of a courtier to a nine-rank night walker, and his breath was restrained all over his body, as if he wanted to merge with the scenery of the top of Dadong Mountain.
Only those irritating silver moonlight shone on his body not so harmoniously.
He carried the emperor's seal and a handwritten letter to the queen mother in his arms, which were not very heavy, but he felt very heavy - he knew that the news of the siege of Dadong Mountain would definitely return to Kyoto soon, and the news of returning to Kyoto at the same time was the assassination of His Majesty - the eldest princess had a perfect time difference, she didn't even need to prepare anything in Kyoto, as long as the emperor's death was confirmed, the queen mother had to come out from behind the curtain in grief and choose one of the three princes to succeed to the throne.
At this time, the sacrifice to the sky has not been completed, the decree of heaven has not been descended, although the world knows that the prince is about to be abolished, but the prince is still the prince, no matter from the perspective of political stability or what point of view, the queen mother will choose the prince to succeed to the throne.
This is not a conspiracy, it is just a situation to borrow from the water. Even if the emperor left countless followers in Kyoto, Chen Pingping was loyal to the forbidden army, but when the news of the emperor's death spread all over the world, who would dare to disobey the will of the queen mother head-on, unless ...... They wanted to rebel a second time.
Fan Xian stretched his limbs, as if he wanted to make the burden on his body easier, he knew that he was tantamount to carrying Qingguo's dragon chair on his back.
"They're your own brothers, after all. The emperor stood beside Fan Xian, who was dressed in black, and said indifferently: "If you can, you won't kill, especially Chengze." Whereas...... If you have to kill. and they were all killed. ”
Fan Xian's heart was slightly cold. Nodding.
The corners of the emperor's lips curled slightly, he looked at the small boat on the distant sea, and said sarcastically: "Why is Uncle Liuyun so slow? The Grand Master still needs a helper?"
Fan Xian smiled. didn't say anything, looked up at the bright moon in the sky, and frowned.
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"During the day, I once told you why I chose Dadong Mountain to worship the sky. The emperor suddenly said: "The first thing is, of course, to invite the fifth child out of the mountain." ”
Fan Xian looked at the emperor.
The emperor looked at him and said calmly, "The second reason is ...... Dadong Mountain is a lonely peak on the seaside, and it is the best place to die, Yun Rui let Yan Xiaoyi surround the mountain. Then I asked Uncle Liuyun Shi Shiran to go up the mountain to stab me, but I had nowhere to go. ”
Dadong Mountain hangs lonely on the seaside, there is only one desperate way to go to the foot of the land mountain, and the side of the mountain and the sea is absolutely smooth like jade. Even the Great Grandmaster can't perform light body kung fu on it. If the Emperor is assassinated here. It's really hard to fly.
"I chose Dadong Mountain as the place of death. It is to give Yun Rui an illusion. The Emperor seemed to have gotten rid of the news that the Sigu Sword might have come, and returned to that confident look, quietly looking at Fan Xian's eyes. It seems to see through his sincerity.
"She thought she could block all the news of Dadongshan and let her do something in Kyoto. But I forgot...... I chose this place of death, naturally because there are people around me who can get out of the place of death...... Fly out to the living. ”
Fan Xian smiled bitterly. I thought that my own desperate ability did not escape His Majesty's eyes. It seems that it is a matter of its own. Your Majesty doesn't know that there are few things in this world - in this world. Probably only his own peculiar exercise method can help him slide down the smooth and mirror-like Dadong Mountain. The emperor captured himself and brought him to Dadong Mountain. It turned out that there was an ambush here.
Your Majesty really thinks far-reaching. Fan Xian's heart suddenly moved. No longer as worried as before, since Your Majesty can even use it himself, how can he not make a plan to deal with the most dangerous situation now?
The Emperor smiled and said, "I once told the palace keeper. Your ability to climb walls. It's very ...... Much stronger than me. ”
Fan Xian looked at the abyss-like cliff at his feet. twisted his neck and made a rare joke: "There is a son over the wall, but it's a pity that the moonlight is too bright tonight." ”
"The moon is cloudy and sunny, this is what you once said. The Emperor looked up at the sky. "I can't predict everything that will happen, but I know it. The moon can't stay this bright forever. ”
Where the voice fell. A dark cloud drifted in the sky, obscuring the full moon behind the clouds. The silver light flickered, and the night returned to the earth. The summit of Dadong Mountain is pitch black.
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By the emperor's side, there was no trace of Fan Xian.
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At the foot of the mountain, the night forest was filled with the smell of blood and water, which was more fishy than the smell of the sea breeze. Occasionally, when the moonlight shines through the forest, you can faintly see dead bodies everywhere in the mountains and forests, some corpses lying on the ground, and some corpses leaning weakly on the trunks of trees. Most of the dead were dressed in the clothing of the Praetorian Army, and more consistently, the Forbidden Army who were sniped to death. There are several feathered arrows pierced through their bodies.
The feather arrows penetrated deep into the bodies of the deceased, stabbing them fiercely into the trees and the ground, and the field looked very miserable and terrifying.
The forest at the foot of Dadong Mountain is dense, and the official road is covered by the night and the forest at the same time, and the general appearance can no longer be seen, only countless corpses and blood can be seen. The closer you get to the foot of the mountain, the remnants of the scene indicate that the previous battle is more intense.
A fire was lit and then extinguished, only a few trees burned in the forest near the mountain gate, and only a corner of the silent night was illuminated, and the smell of burnt paste lying on the ground gradually rose, suppressing the smell of blood and the smell of the sea breeze, and making the troops on both sides begin to get nervous.
"Whoosh!" a sharp sound broke through the air, and a long arrow of ground feathers shot out like lightning, striking one of the Forbidden Army closest to the periphery of the edge of the forest!
The forbidden soldier held the long arrow in his chest and wanted to pull it out, but under the severe pain, he no longer had the strength and sat down slowly.
In the process of sitting down on the ground, three more feather arrows broke through the air and stabbed him fiercely!
The janissary tilted his head, blood spurted from his lips, and he died.
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There was silence at the foot of the mountain, and the five thousand rebels came to Dadong Mountain unknowingly, and launched the most despicable and sudden night attack on the two thousand forbidden troops. The forbidden army couldn't react for a while, and they sacrificed to the sky with the royal driver. There was no preparation of the heavy armor needed for field battles......
The incoming rebels were Yan Xiaoyi's personal battalion. More than 5,000 longbowmen marksmen. Feints in Cangzhou and Yanjing and escaped. With the acquiescence and deliberate cover-up of the sword. It took nearly 20 days to traverse the sixteen vassal states of Dongyi City, and then to pass out of a secret passage in the north of Shanzhou. Like five thousand ghosts, it sealed Dadong Mountain.
The scouts along the Dadong Mountain were sniped by the rebels' masters in the middle of the earth. There was no time to send any news - two thousand forbidden troops without heavy armor. Raided by five thousand longbowmen, it is conceivable. What a terrible price to pay.
And what made these forbidden soldiers the most angry and painful was. The first wave of the attack on the rebel archers turned out to be rockets!
It was in that moment. At the foot of the Dadong Mountains, thousands of sky lanterns seemed to be lit at the same time, shooting towards the camp of the forbidden army. The rocket ignited as soon as it hit the ground, and the camp burst into flames. The forest burned. Everything was on fire, and the momentum was fierce. At that time, it was the place where Emperor Qingguo and his entourage saw on the top of the mountain lit the fire.
But the forbidden army could not have distracted themselves from fighting the fire. Because of the burning fire, suddenly the night forest brightened. Expose all of them to the opposing archer's view. Although the forbidden army was well-trained, they immediately looked for suitable terrain cover as soon as possible. But he still paid more than 200 lives in a round of arrow rain that followed closely behind!
This was followed by a bloody and tedious counteroffensive. Assault Battalion. Fail. Encirclement and annihilation.
A place of corpses, a mountain full of blood.
It didn't take a few turns. The rebels then routed the Praetorian army. Achieved a preliminary victory. Blockade the forbidden army in a radius of nearly half a mile to the left of the mountain gate of Dadong Mountain. At this moment, the rebels' offensive suddenly stopped, and only occasionally cold arrows were fired. Kill the Forbidden Army who tried to break through and report the news.
The occasional sound of arrows. Let this suddenly become dead and silent in the woodland at the foot of the mountain. Became quieter, deadly quiet.
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Suddenly, a man covered in blood suddenly stood up from the pile of dead bodies, in such a moonlit night. In the midst of such an asura field, such a scene suddenly appeared. Sergeants on both sides felt terror. Only immediately it became numb again, and so many people died. Where will you be afraid of thick changes?
Yan Xiaoyi's fingers trembled, and ten arrows shot over. Each arrow did not repeat its target, aiming at a certain place on the bloody man, enveloping him all over his body, so terrible that the man could not avoid it at all.
This is a military order, and it is strictly forbidden for anyone to break through, so the rebels in the attacking area shoot one person each. To ensure that the man died, suddenly found that someone had come out of the pile of dead bodies, and the archers subconsciously fired arrows. Thinking you're not dead yet?
But no one could have imagined that the more than ten soul-devouring arrows in front of the bloody man didn't care at all, he just picked up the two corpses around him and danced like a shield!
A series of muffled sounds sounded, and more than a dozen arrows shot at the bloody man at the same time, almost in no particular order, but the next moment it became clear that they were all just shooting at the dancing corpse of the bloody man, spurting out countless blood water, staining the bloody man even more terrifyingly.
The corpse is heavier than the shield, but this bloody man can dance the corpse and block extremely fast arrows, it must not be said that this person's arm strength is very amazing, and his vision and realm are even more jaw-dropping.
There seemed to be an order from the rebel camp, so there was no such thing as a salvo of arrows.
The bloody man slowly put down the corpse in his hand, grinned, as if he was mourning something, sympathizing with something, feeling something, and then he slowly walked in the direction of the mountain gate, without the disturbance of arrows, he walked very calmly.
He walked under the mountain gate, and there was a thunderous cheer from the forbidden army.
They didn't know who this bloody man was, but they knew that this bloody man was an official of the Supervision Yuan, a close confidant who followed Vantisi, and an absolute master...... In the third wave of the rebel offensive, the Inspectorate official alone killed more than 40 longbowmen, until they were finally overwhelmed by a wave and buried in a pile of corpses.
Everyone thought he was dead, but they didn't expect him to be alive, and on such a terrible night, when the rebels could shoot all the forbidden troops to death at any time, they suddenly found that they had such a strong man, which was enough to boost the morale of the few remaining forbidden troops.
That's why there was that thunderous cheer.
Wang Shisanlang walked to the door of the burnt black mountain, slowly sat down on the stone steps, and took the towel handed over by a member of the Qi Nian team beside him. wiped the blood on his face, revealing the bright one. Handsome ground appearance.
He grinned, revealing a mouth full of healthy white teeth. Looking at the other side of the night, he smiled at where the rebels were.
Thirteen Lang. A true warrior, learning to use corpses to block arrows tonight is no longer considered a reckless man. If Fan Xian saw this scene here, he would definitely sigh like this.
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The horse's hooves sounded slightly, and the rebel camp was divided, and several horses came out, and one person sat on the horse first. The man was covered in black, and his face was also hidden.
Yan Xiaoyi's personal soldiers didn't know who this man in black was. But I only know that the governor of Yan Dadu strictly ordered that this battle was commanded by this person. Originally, although the pro-soldiers strictly obeyed the military orders. But he was still a little dissatisfied in his heart, but until he came to the foot of the East Mountain through the mountains and rivers, the black-clothed man gave a military order. Split the bracket. Beat the forbidden army to the ground......
It's all very simple with some commands. are all very straightforward arrangements, but they are very subtle to fit the terrain at the foot of Dadong Mountain and the environment of the night, and the man in black uses soldiers...... True as God.
Facts have proved everything, and at this time, the five thousand longbowmen in the field looked at the man in black with only admiration and fear. Even if the previous incomprehensible order to suddenly withdraw troops, no one dared to question it anymore.
The man in black is tall. Sitting on a horse is more powerful. It's just a pity that he was wrapped in black clothes and couldn't see his real face. and the majesty hidden under the black clothes.
The man in black looked at the young man covered in blood and white teeth under the mountain gate from a distance, and a voice came out of the black cloth, and he sighed very much.
"Great...... If you don't kill him three times, you are really a warrior, if this person joins the army. Not a year. There will be another fierce general in the world. ”
The man in black suddenly smiled: "But the general trend has been achieved, how can the power of the horseman go against the sky?" It's just a pity, in a while." The mighty man was going to die. ”
Someone beside him suddenly sighed. The man in black turned his head to look and asked gently, "Yun everyone, do you cherish your talents?"
He who sighs is not a stranger. It was the first disciple of the sword in Dongyi City. A generation of swordsmanship, everyone is cloudy!
Fan Xian was not mistaken, Dongyi City really sent their most elite killer team to help the rebels of the eldest princess, and it was Yun Zhilan who personally led the team!
Yun Zhilan glanced at the black-clothed man beside him, smiled a little reluctantly, but did not answer this sentence. Because everyone in the room. Only he knew who the young man was, covered in blood, but still strong and smiling.
That person is not an official of the Supervision Yuan, or even a citizen of Qingguo! He is Wang Shisanlang, the youngest disciple of the master's favorite land, and his most accomplished junior disciple.
"Are you all crazy?" Yun Zhilan muttered to himself. He thought to himself, since the junior brother knew that the master had sent someone, why did he still guard the mountain gate like a fierce tiger? What was he thinking?
"The master sent you to follow Fan Xian, but it didn't make you really Fan Xian's help, Yun Zhilan looked at the bloody man under the mountain gate in the distance, and thought in his heart: "If you do something, you will be loyal? Even if you don't care about the interests of the master, what is this crazy...... Or is it the most admiring of the master's murderous nature?"
"If you're not crazy, how can you survive?" the man in black replied lightly to Yun Zhilan's sigh.
Yun Zhilan shook his head and didn't say anything, although he didn't know why the little junior brother did this, but as the descendant of the Sword Mansion, he respected the little junior brother, so he wouldn't reveal the details of the little junior brother in front of this man in black.
He didn't know who this man in black was, but all the teams at the moment were led by this person, and he had been watching for a long time, he had to admit that this man in black was really good at using troops, and he had no tricks to do anything, he was all steady and steady step by step, but he deployed the resources of the entire rebel army to a state close to perfection, and did not give Qingguo's forbidden army the slightest chance to counterattack and break through.
Yun Zhilan came out with most of the masters of the Sword Mansion, and cooperated with Yan Xiaoyi's personal battalion, and the cooperation between the two sides was originally a huge problem, if the six swordsmen of the Mountain Supervision Institute or those tiger guards with high martial arts broke through, it would not be so easy to completely seal it.
However, the man in black on the horse seemed to have a pair of divine eyes that could see all the details of the battlefield, and at the beginning of the raid, he forcibly ordered the masters of Cangdong Yicheng to set up ambushes in seemingly inconspicuous places.
At first, Yun Zhilan didn't understand, but when the sniping occurred again and again in the dark, when Dadong Mountain broke through again and again, he was fiercely pressed down by the wrist of the man in black...... Yun Zhilan finally understood that this man in black was definitely not an ordinary person, he could lead the battlefield all, but he did not let go of any possible loopholes.
Such a use of troops, not immersed in the battlefield for decades, can not be achieved - so Yun Zhilan is very puzzled, why didn't Yan Xiaoyi personally lead the troops here, who is this man in black?
He was guessing, in fact, many people in the rebel army were speculating about the identity of the man in black, this man in black only joined the rebel team with two personal soldiers, and he was full of clothes, but he used his soldiers like a finger and killed with a dashing and fierce killing, which was very admirable.
The man in black did not explain to his subordinates the intention of stopping the attack at this time, but just looked indifferently at the mountain that suddenly rose in front of him. This trip to lead the rebels to attack is only a part of the agreement, and this group of forces will not be temporarily held in your own hands, Your Majesty...... It's hard to make that decision.
Suddenly a dark cloud floated in the sky, covering all the bright moon, and it was dark near the mountain gate, and the man in black did not move on his horse, only the short weapon in the cloth bag held by the two people beside him was shining faintly.
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Fan Xian didn't know how long the moon would be obscured, he slid silently down the mountain, his speed did not slow down or speed up, and he kept a steady speed in horror. During the day, the jade-like wall of Dadong Mountain exudes a faint deep light in the middle of the night, which perfectly blends with him in night clothes.
Dadong Mountain is like a knife-like dividing line on both sides of the mountain, straight into the ground by the sea, where there is a master of Dongyi City, so it is impossible for him to choose that route, only to descend from the side facing the sea breeze.
No one in this world could slip out of such a desperate situation, except Fan Xian - so he was not worried that the people on the sea, the rebels on land would find their traces, but he was still extremely nervous, because he always felt that a pair of eyes were piercing through the night and the howling sea breeze behind him, calmly watching him. wW