Chapter VIII

Su Ying stood in front of the sandalwood table and leaned over to look at the map of Licheng and its surroundings on the table. He lowered his eyebrows, his slender fingers tapping over the map.

Ning Qing, Yue Xuan, and Qiong Xiao all stood aside, frowning silently. Su Ying's hand pressed against the map and said nothing.

"Yuexuan," Su Ying didn't look up for a while, and said, "How many people are there in the Licheng rudder at present?" ”

Yue Xuan lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, and said, "Yu Gongzi, counting the people and horses I brought, there are six hundred and twenty-seven people in total. ”

I raised an eyebrow, "If I'm not mistaken, the Licheng Sect has a total of twelve rudders up and down the Spirit Realm, less than eight thousand, right?" ”

"What Childe said is true." Yue Xuan looked very calm, he knew that Su Ying was actually anxious, but he was used to being quiet.

"So, six thousand—not ten rudder troops, but nine." Su Ying said softly, as if talking to herself. Yue Xuan keenly caught the slightest hint of contempt in Su Ying's words, and his hanging heart gradually let go—thinking that Gongzi already had a strategy to break the enemy.

Suddenly, a dark shadow flickered outside the door.

"Who?"

Before the words fell, Ning Qing had already chased out.

"It's me." A crisp voice sounded, and a thin figure walked into the lobby.

Su Ying narrowed her eyes, "Weiyun...... How did you end up here? ”

The young man's face turned slightly red, and he turned his head and did not answer.

Su Ying hooked the corner of her mouth, "It's just right." Childe, I'm just short of manpower. ”

Weiyun turned his head suddenly, looked him in the eyes, and said angrily: "I just broke through to enter Licheng, do you know!" You have been surrounded by thousands of soldiers and horses sent by Licheng! You have no chance of living, let alone winning! Weiyun's voice was excited with a hint of anger.

Ning Qing narrowed her eyes, "Weiyun, Gongzi gives you face, you have to be self-aware." Weiyun seemed to have been pricked by a needle, pouting and angry.

Weiyun was puzzled why there was no trace of panic in the narrow phoenix eyes just now, and even a little excited anticipation. He became more and more incomprehensible to this Suzuki Child, who dominated the fate of the Shadows.

"Is it impossible?" Su Ying provoked a smile, since this is the case, he wants to use this battle to tell the world that there is nothing impossible for him to be a young man.

Turning, he turned his head sideways to look at the moon hanging high in the sky—blood-red. This kind of night is the perfect curtain and the perfect place to stage an earth-shaking feast.

Su Ying smiled brighter and brighter, "Ning Qing, Yuexuan, Qiongxiao, and Weiyun listen to orders." ”

"The subordinates are here." The voice is neat and high-pitched.

Su Ying turned his back to them. "Yue Xuan, you take two hundred people to break through to the perimeter of Licheng to block the attack, and you must not let their follow-up troops come to supply again."

"Subordinates obey."

"Ning Qing, you take a hundred people, do what I told you last night."

"Yes."

"Qiongxiao, you take two hundred people, you have to work lightly, divide them into twenty groups, search inside Licheng, and leave all the assassin squads in the city for me. You send another twenty people who are good at assassination, and I want them to enter the Licheng faction and spread rumors, saying that the Shadow Shuyue Gongzi has been captured, and the Shadow Licheng rudder material reserve warehouse has been burned. This is my back chess, and we must not make mistakes. ”

"Subordinates obey."

"Weiyun, you organize ten people to go to the backyard and find me a warehouse where I don't put anything and burn it; Then select 80 good players and stay in Licheng to divide the rudder. ”

"Yes." After a pause, Weiyun bit her lower lip, "But I'm going to follow you!" ”

Su Ying laughed, still thinking to herself: "In this way, there are only seventeen people left, right?" ”

"Yes." There was some worry and fear in Ning Qing's tone of reply, he suddenly had some fear of Su Ying's wisdom, and Su Ying's mind would always be difficult to peek into at this time.

"Microclouds." Su Ying called.

Weiyun looked up at him.

"Aren't you going to follow me?" Su Ying smiled, "Take the remaining seventeen people and press me to the Licheng Sect General Altar." ”

"Childe!" Yue Xuan and Ning Qing shouted at the same time, "Never! ”

"There's nothing you can't do." Su Ying said lightly. "Don't say any more, I'm up to it." Weiyun opened her mouth and was stunned on the spot.

"Childe, this is really too dangerous-" Yue Xuan frowned anxiously.

"Yue Xuan, you know the current situation better than me." Su Ying's tone was a little dissatisfied.

"But-" Ning Qing had seen Su Ying like this, and she knew it very well.

"No, but." Su Ying interrupted him, "Ning Qing, you should know whether you can take Licheng or not, this is it." ”

Ning Qing stopped talking, his face was hidden in the shadows, and he couldn't see it clearly, the hands on his sides gradually raised up, clasped them together, and saluted Su Ying, "Ning Qing understands." But please take care. ”

Su Ying looked at him and nodded silently.

"Qiongxiao, Yuexuan."

"The subordinates are here."

"Gather all the people to the largest training ground in the rudder, I have something to say, childe."

Qiongxiao saluted, turned and walked out, her silver clothes fluttering gently behind her.

Su Ying raised his eyes and looked at the moon in the sky—it was extremely beautiful. With such a beautiful moonlight, something should be done, shouldn't it?

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Qiongxiao saw Su Ying again, and it was on the training ground in the Licheng rudder. Flags fluttered fiercely in the wind around the training ground, and the light of swords and weapons shone strangely and coldly in the blood-colored moonlight.

Su Ying stood on the high stone platform of the training ground.

Su Ying changed into a set of pure white satin clothes. A simple buckle, a simple floor-dragging belt, a simple double-layer wide sleeve, a simple silver-patterned hem, and a simple light linen cloak are obviously so simple, but when worn on Su Ying, they are so gorgeous that they can't be attached.

Su Ying just stood there quietly, but he seemed to be standing at the center of the world. A long black hair fluttered in the cold night wind, and a silver-white hairband was mixed in with the long hair, arrogant and wanton, like a fragment of moonlight, casting a dazzling light.

Su Ying tilted his head slightly, with the whole night as the background, the light linen-colored cloak and white shirt fluttered in the wind, the ribbon on his waist pulled out a long white line in the black, reflecting the whole face delicately, and the closed eyes made the already worldly facial features even clearer and hazy to the extreme, so fragile and so powerful.

At that moment, Qiongxiao's heart was also shocked to the extreme, and he clearly felt that the person was standing in a corner of the sky instead of the ground - was this the person he wanted to follow?

The number of people on the training ground gradually increased, but it was unusually quiet, no one made any noise, only some whispered sighs and surprises, like a lake with stones, ripples rose in waves, and gradually returned to calm.

Shadow has always been known for its harsh rules and absolute obedience. When Su Ying opened his eyes, the people under the high platform had already lined up and stood neatly, with Qiongxiao, Yuexuan, Ning Qing, and Weiyun standing at the head of the line. Everyone looked at him solemnly.

Su Ying hooked the corners of her mouth, feeling something hot in her chest roaring.

"Fellow Shadow Friends, I have the honor to stand with you today in the training ground of the Licheng Helm, and I will remember this day. At the same time, I would like to tell you that we are about to face a battle together, and I have the privilege of leading you to the heights of victory. ”

Su Ying's voice was not very loud, but it could reach every corner of the training ground in the night wind.

No one spoke, and Su Ying appropriately left a moment of silence at this moment.

"Maybe you don't know what you're about to face, but I can tell you - we have only about six hundred men, and the enemy has nearly six thousand, several times our strength, but we will not lose." Su Ying paused, looking at the expressions of the people in the audience.

"I know you're going to have questions. Why? How dare I, a man I have never met, say such arrogant and baseless words? You may find this incredible, and you may think that we will be defeated, but I want you to believe that the campaign I lead will never fail. Growing old alone and without the slightest nostalgia is the saddest of all, and many years later, you will proudly tell others that 'I participated in the Battle of Shadow City', and that will be your eternal and most unforgettable memory. ”

Su Ying's smile became brighter and brighter, the moment he was waiting for was coming, and the excitement in his chest erupted uncontrollably.

"I know you need a reason, a reason to give you confidence, a reason to fight fearlessly, a reason to be willing to be bloody." Su Ying paused, "I can give you this reason, and I also believe that it will definitely give you enough motivation." ”

The entire training ground was silent, waiting for the answer to these generous words.

"Because—I'm Suzuki. Because we have the whole shadow, we have the whole song, and we are bound to have the whole spiritual world, and we will have all the seas, and we will one day trample the world under our feet. The echo floated through the empty training ground, lingering in my ears for a long time, unable to dissipate.

Su Ying did not stop any longer, "From this moment on, I will no longer be the master, and you will no longer be subordinates." We will fight side by side, for the shadows, for life, for pride, until our blood stains the ground under our feet, until we stitch together ideals and reality. I and you are both members of the Shadows, we are proud to have been born under the Shadow Gate, our strength is incomparable, our lives are incomparable, we must prove their stupidity with the blood of our enemies, we will plant the flying battle flag in the center of this world, we will use our own sweat to expand the territory and lay down a piece of the world. ”

He paused and waited—"I will fight with you for the ideals that will be realized, step on the bones of the enemy, and walk to the pinnacle of glory and usher in a new era." ”

Holding the saber with him tightly, Su Ying unsheathed it and pulled it out, the blade of the sword pointed straight at the dark sky, the crisp roar of the sword body was endless, and the flaxen-colored cloak flew into the wind due to the violent movements, and the white satin was suddenly exposed in the wind.

At this time, Su Ying's whole person in the eyes of others seemed to be radiating light, and it was dazzling that people couldn't face it.

"The subordinates swear to follow the son to the death!"

"The subordinates swear to follow the son to the death!"

"The subordinates swear to follow the son to the death!"

The vast training ground was covered with a huge echo, reverberating layer by layer.

Su Ying reined in his passion, and said in a deep voice: "The shadow subordinates listen to the order. ”

"The subordinates are here."

"Qiongxiao, Yuexuan, Ning Qing, Weiyun, according to what I just said, quickly lead people to action. In an hour, I will hear the answer. ”

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Su Ying sat in the back hall of the Qiongxiao Mansion and took a sip of tea.

Judging from the reaction just now, there is no doubt that he has achieved his goal. Morale is something to incite about.

Standing up, Su Ying picked up the celadon vial on the table, he wouldn't use it unless he had to, but today it wasn't a last resort, but he should use it in his tactics.

Su Ying pursed her lips and walked behind the screen.

When Weiyun rushed into the back hall of the mansion, Su Ying was sitting on the pear wood carved Taishi chair facing the door, with his hands on his cheeks, his legs crossed, and his narrow phoenix eyes closed, lazy and beautiful. Just as Weiyun was stunned, Su Ying opened his eyes.

"What? Done? Su Ying straightened her back slightly and looked at Weiyun standing at the door.

"Hmm."

Qiongxiao walked in at this time.

"Returning to Gongzi, my subordinates led the men and horses to find a total of forty-seven assassin squads in Licheng, except for one team leader, all of whom have been corrected on the spot." Dome is methodical.

I nodded in satisfaction and said, "Bring it on." Qiongxiao gestured to his subordinates behind him.

In a moment, a man in black pressed in—the night robe was covered with blood, the masked black scarf was gone, and there was a deep wound on his face that could be seen to the bone. Qiongxiao's subordinates forcibly pressed him to the ground and knelt down, the man's leg seemed to be injured, and he walked badly, but he couldn't stop struggling.

"How?" Su Ying took nearly two steps slowly, and raised her eyebrows, "You seem to be very unconvinced?" ”

The man raised his head, glared at Su Ying fiercely, spat at the ground, and said, "What are you?" ”

Su Ying sneered lightly, "What's the matter?" Come and kill me, and you don't even know me? ”

The man's pupils narrowed instantly, and his breath became unsteady, "You...... Are you a dreamer? ”

Su Ying turned around with a smile, ignored him, and continued: "There is a reason why you can live until now, now, don't you have anything to say?" ”

"Humph!" The man sneered disdainfully behind him, "Even if I die, I will never say anything, you don't want to get any news from my mouth." Dream! ”

Su Ying also smiled contemptuously, this kind of person likes to say this kind of thing, but after the torture, he opened his mouth ninety, but he didn't have time to interrogate this person now.

Su Ying turned his head, looked at him coldly, and said slowly, "Do you think I don't dare to kill you?" ”

The man was stunned for a moment, then narrowed his eyes, "Forgive me for not daring!" ”

Su Ying squatted down, looked him in the eyes, and said, "The Shadow and the Licheng faction are bound to go to war, whether you say it or not, this cannot be changed, and you will not play any role in the outcome of the war at all." So for me, it's more valuable for you to die than to live. ”

The man's eyes widened, and he stared at Su Ying motionlessly.

"No matter how you win or lose this battle, no one will know your steadfastness and perseverance at this time, that is, you will die in vain." Su Ying's voice was very soft, and he looked into his eyes with interest.

"Then you're going to kill me!" He shouted violently, wanting to rush at Su Ying, but was naturally held down by the person behind him.

Su Ying shook his head, stood up, and said lightly, "This is meaningless foolishness. If you dare to bet, why should I not dare? You bet that I won't dare to kill you, but as everyone knows, you don't have any leverage to threaten me at all. ”

The struggling man on the ground was silent.

Su Ying mechanically hooked the corners of his lips and ordered: "I won't talk nonsense with you anymore, can I pry your mouth open, I have to give it a try, right?" ”

After a pause, Su Ying's smile increased, "I believe that the result of the attempt will not disappoint me." ”

There was a moment of silence in the courtyard.

Then, someone responded to him, followed by an urging to press people away. Su Ying turned his back to them, endured and waited......

“…… I say...... Don't kill me...... I'll say everything...... I, please, don't kill me...... I...... I said......" A heart-rending shout came from the courtyard, and Su Ying closed his eyes and raised the corners of his mouth - it was obvious that this man's bones were not as hard as he himself said.

Su Ying turned around and walked into the courtyard, stopping a few steps in front of the man, the eyes of the people on the ground were wide open in fear, and their bodies trembled uncontrollably.

"Let him go." Su Ying commanded in a low voice. As soon as the man who had been holding the man let go, he fell to the ground and could not get up again.

Then, with difficulty, the man clasped the ground with his fingertips and crawled towards Su Ying. Su Ying raised his hand to stop the movement of the people around him, and let the person finally crawl in front of his feet, like a huge worm.

"Say it." Su Ying's voice was cold and cruel, "While I still have patience." ”

"I ...... I am the deputy hall master of the sixth rudder of the Licheng faction. We came to besiege the Shadows this time, and we dispatched eight—uh, nine rudder-splitting men, more than five thousand nine hundred...... Equipped with the best weapons and equipment, you want to annihilate the Shadow Suzuki Prince in one fell swoop...... We are now commanding the battle by the eldest son of the gang leader of the Licheng faction, who sent seven squads to assassinate the prince of Shuyue, and he should all be ...... ...... all," his voice lowered.

"Anything else?" Su Ying urged.

"The eldest prince and the nine main and deputy hall masters of the rudder are currently gathering five miles outside Licheng, waiting for us to send back the information about the shadows inside Licheng, and then make plans......"

Su Ying pondered for a moment, then suddenly asked, "Do you assassin squads know each other?" ”

"No...... I don't know, we rely on the waist card to distinguish friend from foe......" he said, and he trembled and took out a blood-stained waist card.

Su Ying lowered her head and picked up the waist card, looked at it carefully, and said, "Is there anything else?" ”

“…… No, it's gone......"

"Good." Su Ying left in front of him, walked back to the steps of the back hall, and stopped, "Qiongxiao......" Su Ying called softly.

"Uh......" was accompanied by the sound of a sharp sword piercing the body, and the thud of a heavy object falling to the ground.

Su Ying turned his head and looked at the eyes full of disbelief written in the blood red.

"You...... Not keeping promises? He struggled, blood gushing out of his mouth, his eyes bulging with hideous rage.

"Throughout, did I promise not to kill you?" Su Ying looked at him without expression.

His eyes widened, his pupils narrowed as thin as a pin's eye, "You ......"

Su Ying laughed silently, "Just two words, you betrayed the Licheng faction, how can I explain to the leader of the Licheng faction if I don't kill you?" ”

The man glared at Su Ying angrily, the luster and anger in his eyes fading, and finally turned into a dead silence.

Compared to Weiyun's incredulous gaze, Qiongxiao looked back at the bright white with a blazing gaze - this kind of crisp and resolute, wise and vicious person can go further than an indecisive and sentimental person...... That's who he's going to follow. The cleanest white was actually the most tragic blood red, but it was impossible not to succumb to his thoughts and steps.

Looking at the back of Qiongxiao leaving, Su Ying turned his head silently, "When I see the people of the Licheng faction, no matter what happens, I have to listen to my son, and those who act rashly will die." ”

"The subordinates obey the orders of the son." Weiyun and the seventeen people behind him should be in harmony. Su Ying looked up at the moonlight—there was blood red gradually turning yellow and misty, and the shape could not be seen clearly.

"Let's go." He tipped his chin at the rope in Weiyun's hand.