Chapter 7: A Song of Blood and Fire
Chu Li didn't know why the army was going to open at night, but relatively speaking, he preferred to be active at night. Because Chu Li has had nightmares every time he rested, one nightmare after another, and sometimes he woke up late at night, and the cold sweat could wet the whole clothes.
Chu Li couldn't remember the specific content of the nightmare, only that he fought all kinds of strange creatures in the dream, and when he woke up, he was sore, as if he had really done a lot of exercise.
Over time, Chu Li no longer had a good feeling for sleeping, and if he could choose, he would rather never sleep.
In the quiet of the night, in the silence of the mountain forest, the sound of Suo Suo came, followed by all kinds of footsteps, the sound of broken branches, the sound of conversation, the sound of scolding, as noisy as a typhoon passing through.
Suddenly, someone yelled, "Shut up." The sound of conversation was not there, and it was as if a hundred-meter-long thousand-legged beast had passed through the mountains and forests.
"Stop, stop!" was another shout, and the crowd behind stopped as he said. Then the sound of Suo Suo came from the front, and a group of black and oppressive figures poured out of the road ahead, and then under the command of the prison army, the two waves of people quickly merged, and then continued to hurry.
The crowd assembled in Fu'an City is no longer strange, this is already the tenth wave, according to this form, it is not known how many people will be gathered before dawn.
In the middle of the night, the lone owl flew by, rattling laughter. A black shadow stood quietly, and the white moonlight could not penetrate the endless darkness, as if it had received some instructions, and the endless black shadow moved quietly, like a ghostly black fog.
Chu Li didn't know how many people he was in at this time, but the front and back of the road were all black and pressed, if you counted them carefully, there had been nineteen stops in the middle, if you counted five thousand people in a city, then at this time there were about 100,000 recruits gathered here.
Chu Li bet he had never seen so many people in his life.
"Quiet!" was still the same overseer who had been in Fu'an City at the beginning. He held a horn-like amplification device in his hand to ensure that his voice could be heard by the 100,000 people in front of him.
"First of all, whether you came voluntarily or forced, I am here to say thank you to all of you!" said the prisoner, who really put down the microphone and bowed deeply to the 100,000 people in front of him. There was an uproar all around, and no one would have thought that the prison army, who had always been cold to people, would be like this.
Bending down, bowing, and lifting, the overseer looked at the people in front of him and picked up the horn, "Now give the first order! Three days later, the iron-blooded battalion on the southwest border will assemble, and someone will be called again!" The second order!" the overseer paused, but his voice was not as tough as before, "It's also my personal request, I must survive." There was a little sadness in the voice of the overseer, and then he replied with great decisiveness, "All the army!
The loud echo was still lingering in the sky, and no one could hear a whistling in the voice.
As if he had been choked by the throat, the voice of the prison guard stopped abruptly, and after more than three seconds, only one of those who was close seemed to reflect, and stammered, "Death. Die.. Dead! Lord Overseer is dead!" The last sound had turned into a scream.
The crowd was like a boiling oil pot, and at least half of the 100,000 people had never seen a dead person. But at this time, although everyone was in danger, they did not panic, after all, 100,000 people are here, and there will always be some peace of mind.
In the next second, screams rang out from all directions, and these screams meant that the 100,000-strong army was dying every second in every direction.
"Help!....." "Who are you!" Don't kill me!" "Come and save me! I'll give as much money as I want." "The dead are making their last struggles, and the living are struggling to survive.
"Break out! Break out! Everyone break through! Assemble again in three days!" I don't know who shouted with a megaphone, and the panicked people reacted and ran! I can't die here!
I don't know whose candle flame lit the already fluffy fallen leaves, and the pieces of fire lit up, and then some people reacted and picked up the fire folds they carried with them. If what people fear most is the darkness that they can't reach, then when the fire is lit, people still see endless darkness.
Darkness came like a tidal wave, engulfing the dying and struggling.
Chu Li's breath was very rough, and he needed to do his best to keep up with Lin Hu who was running in front. As early as when the prison guard was shot through the head by an arrow, Lin Hu tugged on Chu Li's sleeve and motioned for him to follow him.
Chu Li didn't know why Lin Hu could always find a way with fewer enemies, but under his leadership, the two of them ran for a long time without danger, passing by many people who stretched out their hands for help, and also passed by many people who were busy slaughtering.
Finally, Lin Hu drew his sword, which meant that the person who couldn't avoid appeared.
Lin Hu's knife, Chu Li saw Lin Hu draw his knife for the first time, he only saw the big man in front of him shake the long package that he had been carrying with him in his hand, and the circle of wrapping was broken. There was no silver blade that shimmered with cold light as expected, and a large knife that blended with the night directly sank into the body of the enemy in front of it.
Plug in, unplug. The knife is like ink, and the blood is like an injection.
Killing an enemy didn't seem to slow Lin Hu's footsteps, he continued to run, Chu Li followed closely, just taking a second look as he passed by the fallen corpse.
Masked, black-claded, eyebrow-free, standard long knife, shadow legion!
Chu Li knew that if there were no reinforcements, the 100,000 people would be over, and there would be no one left. The Shadow Legion is the close service legion of the monarch of Wu State, with a full strength of 150,000, and is the most elite group of people in the entire Wu State, and is only responsible to the monarch on weekdays. The standard outfit of the Shadow Legion is masked, black, and without eyebrows.
Chu Li didn't know if he could survive this night, and if he could see the sun tomorrow, he remembered the half of the jade on his chest.
Lin Hu stopped, and for the first time since the breakthrough, he stopped. The surrounding firelight reflected his face, and Chu Li saw the solemn eyes of the big man. So Chu Li picked up a knife from the ground, a long steel knife with three taels of silver in the blacksmith shop, which was very heavy and very handy.
The wind blew, bringing with it a strong smell of blood like solidification, and the saplings on the side of the road were burned to a creaking sound, and Lin Hu's knife was horizontal in front of his chest. The three men in black in front of him lined up one after another, waiting for him.
Lin Hu moved first, he knew that he couldn't be delayed here, the longer he broke through, the more enemies he faced.
One step on the spot, the person has rushed forward, each step has left a deep footprint on the solid ground, it is really a person as his name, Chu Li, who was watching the battle from the sidelines, only felt that the big man in front of him had become a tiger descending the mountain.
"Bell!" The Shadow Legion is not a general, one of them raised his arm and swung his knife forward to slash forward, Lin Hu was originally a horizontal knife, and the two of them staggered. The man in black staggered back three steps, but Lin Hu rushed to the right by inertia, and the knife slashed out from the bottom left to the top right.
The man in black on the right didn't expect Lin Hu to abandon the person in the middle to attack him, and hurriedly raised his knife to block, but where could he block this heavy blow. The long knife in his hand shook and he didn't know where to fly, but the big man in front of him kicked him.
kicked the one on the right, Lin Hu didn't stop for a moment after he landed, and rushed to the one on the left in a circle. He had to clean up the two before the black-clothed man in the middle could slow down, otherwise the other three would be in a combined attack, even he would feel very tricky, not to mention that there was a drag oil bottle in the back.
Chu Li didn't expect Lin Hu to be so strong, and he had the upper hand with one enemy and three enemies, and he felt a little at ease, feeling that he could not escape this time. Before he could finish his breath, Chu Li only felt a gust of wind pass by his side, lifting his clothes.
Chu Li could even smell the warm smell of blood from his body, and at that moment he could have swung his knife and slashed through, even if he couldn't keep the other party, he could have stopped him for a moment. But at that moment, Chu Li thought a lot, remembered his father's cold gaze, remembered his mother's gentle greetings, and remembered Liu Rui'er's sly smile.
Chu Li flinched, he even threw the knife in his hand to the ground, he didn't want to die, even if he knew that he was just a little blocked, the possibility that the other party would spend time killing him was very small, but he still flinched.
Chu Li collapsed on the ground and closed his eyes, he didn't dare to look at what was about to happen, he didn't dare to look at Lin Hu's eyes, he heard Lin Hu's roar.
The wind blew, and Chu Li could feel his hot cheeks about to burn, he could feel the warmth of being soaked with blood under his body, and he could feel the sporadic screams behind him. He felt himself being grabbed by a large hand, and then picked it up. What came from his ears was Lin Hu's roar, "Run, Xiao Chuli, stop and do something!"
When I opened my eyes, the sky was still soaked in ink, and the shouts and killings around me were still endless, and the smell of blood and the heat of fire still filled my ears and nose. Lin Hu's face was stained with the blood of unknown people, a red line from his left shoulder to his right leg, and as his movements gradually spread, there were four corpses lying on the ground.
Chu Li didn't know how he spent the next half of the night, he only knew that he had been running with Lin Hu, running out of the hustle and bustle of blood and fire, running through an army dressed in Xuan armor, and running out of the mountain forest where the dead were buried.
It wasn't until Lin Hu in front of him fell down that Chu Li came back to his senses and helped up the big man who fell to the ground. "There's a town ahead, and it's where you and I rest. Lin Hu fainted after saying this, and the blood stained the clothes on his chest.
Chu Li didn't hesitate, he picked up Lin Hu on the ground, and walked towards the town in front of him, which was still shining with light, step by step, leaving footprints with blood.