The sky was still slightly bright, and the blue-black city wall was covered with a thin layer of white frost.
It was clearly early autumn, but after last night, the temperature dropped sharply. The expression on Xing Fei's face became more and more worried. He looked at the wide street on the city wall that was as quiet as a ghost, as silent as a sculpture.
Suddenly, he was the first to feel a vibration when he wiped Bai Shuang's fingers. Then he stared suddenly and saw a group of figures rushing towards the city gate. He could no longer suppress his mood and flew down the city wall.
"Brother!" Yan Qing didn't have time to wipe the blood on his faceplate, got off his horse and rushed to Xing Fei.
Xing Fei opened his mouth to ask, but glanced behind Yan Qing but already knew the answer, but still asked subconsciously: "Where is she?"
Yan Qing said with a face full of grief and indignation: "We were a step late, and my sister-in-law was snatched away by Fen Xi's people. Moreover, they deliberately bypassed the south gate and entered the inner city through the east gate."
"Geshan is really nothing. Brother, just give me a hundred people. I will go and get my sister-in-law back immediately."
After Yan Qing said that, he was so angry that the scales on his chest jingled, and he was about to pick up his sword and go to Ge Shan to ask for an explanation, but when he saw Xing Fei's cold face, he opened his mouth and lowered his head in silence.
Xing Fei was silent all the way, and after leading everyone through the city gate and into the inner city, he said: "Since the people are no longer here, why are there still casualties among you?"
Yan Qing did not hide anything, and said angrily: "There are not enough manpower. If there are twenty more people to pick up my sister-in-law this time, no, as long as there are ten more people, we can surround them after we catch up."
"Brother, you..." Yan Qing was really angry, but seeing that Xing Fei, as the person involved, was still acting quiet, he felt a little depressed in confusion. After thinking about it, he finally said: "Brother, they have all done this, you Haven’t you made up your mind yet?”
Xing Fei narrowed his eyes slightly and asked: "In this case, does Geshan force me to do so?"
"Brother!" Yan Qing's face darkened, he backed away, walked up to Xing Fei and admonished: "What on earth are you thinking? Do you know that that bastard Geshan is forcing you, and you can still endure it?" Stay silent?"
Yan Qing took off his helmet, and his young and arrogant face had a rare hint of pleading. He pointed at the pre-dawn sky that was temporarily blocked by the tall city wall, gritted his teeth and hissed: "As soon as the sky breaks, maybe it will be an hour." After that, many brothers will go to the battlefield. Our brothers in the Guards are never afraid of death, but we must know what we are fighting for!"
"My sister-in-law was arrested, and our family members were sent to the inner city. It was for protection in name, but isn't the real purpose very clear?"
Although Xing Fei usually doesn't speak sternly to these brothers who worship him, his majesty is getting stronger and stronger. After Yan Qing vented the depression in his heart, he saw that Xing Fei was still unmoved, and even had a cold and hard face. The lines of his body didn't change at all, his shoulders slumped, and he suddenly lost his words while holding the helmet.
"It's not enough." Xing Fei said suddenly.
Yan Qing's eyes revealed her thoughts, and she said in a deep voice: "If the reasons to convince you are not enough, then we can ask everyone to talk about their current thoughts."
Xing Fei said silently: "Soldiers are remunerated by the emperor, and their natural duty is to protect the people of this land. If the enemy is too strong, or because our family members have been sent to the inner city, strict measures must be taken to protect the people of this land." If we are looking after them, we choose to protect ourselves and sit on the sidelines, or even more, we turn to the enemy. So what is the difference between us and the city defense troops who claim to be superior to them? Aren't we all greedy for life and afraid of death? "
"Afraid of death? Brother, have you forgotten the battle out of the city yesterday afternoon? We thought that from that moment on, it would be a non-stop battle. We were never afraid of dying on a real battlefield, but we should understand why we insist on fighting. ? For Bai Hao? Are the people secretly rescued in the tunnel under the White Pagoda Temple all criminals? "
When Yan Qing mentioned Bai Hao, his face was filled with disgust. After putting on his helmet again, he turned around and left. After taking a few steps in silence, he paused, turned his back to Xing Fei and said, "I don't want to do anything for Bai Hao for a moment." I will fight with pride, but I am willing to fight for my eldest brother, I hope you can think clearly, eldest brother."
Xing Fei looked at Yan Qing who was leaving in anger. He turned around and forgot to take a look at the outline of the building extending out of the Central Axis Avenue under the blue sky at dawn. Thinking of her who didn't know where she was at this time, he sighed softly with guilt in his eyes.
He waits and waits for the opportunity to lead the personal guards to stop Bai Hao. I wonder what will happen in Geshan?
…
"Do you remember everything I said?"
Behind the screen, the three Liu Yueshan girls put on heavy armor, while Hengyu, who was already fully dressed, approached Geshan.
Facing Ge Shan's serious gaze, Heng Yu couldn't suppress the shock in his heart and said softly: "This blood sacrifice array will really sacrifice more than 100,000 people just for the sake of cultivation..."
Geshan frowned slightly and said impatiently: "I will ask a pair of people with a pair of burning breaths to go out of the city to do business. You go straight to the east. The address..."
Ge Shan looked at Liu Yueshan, who nodded solemnly.
Ge Shan said: "You go directly to Mu Qing and tell him how to break the blood sacrifice formation. Remember, you must be quick!"
Heng Yu had a gut feeling that this was a really big event. He glanced at the corpses lying at his feet. He was a strategist next to Murong Xiuming. For the first time, he didn't know how to speak.
Geshan had already walked towards the outside of the screen, but with his back turned, he seemed to have guessed what he was thinking: "You are really an insignificant place for the battle that is about to begin. By the time I find that you are not here, everything may be over."
"What about Mr. Ge? Isn't it dangerous for you to do this?"
The woman's gentle and cold voice sounded, and the two men in the room looked over.
Liu Yueshan was quite tall. She was wearing a military armor that covered her face, but she had a certain heroic spirit. After so many days in Geshan, it was rare to feel a greeting without a trace of skill. In a daze, half of her body was hidden outside the screen, and she turned around to look Xiang Liu Yueshan smiled and said, "I have always been in the midst of the current situation. Maybe when the situation is over, I can rest."
At that moment, Geshan seemed to be telling this woman, who was still a stranger, all the pressure that had accumulated in his heart these days, but it was only for a moment, and he disappeared behind the screen without even saying goodbye.
Hengyu looked at the three neatly dressed women, his eyes gradually became firm, and he hung the waistband given by Geshan directly on his waist, nodded and said, "Follow me."
In Bai Hao's study, Ge Shan, who thought there was no one there, directly met Bai Hao who seemed to be waiting for him.
He was slightly startled, and faced Bai Hao's serious gaze, he stepped forward and asked, "What else does the city lord have to explain?"
Bai Hao's gaze fell on Ge Shan's face like a knife. For a moment, Ge Shan was already sighing in his heart that everything was over, but he didn't expect that Bai Hao's cold voice asked another thing: "Why are you still talking about the dragon blood pill?" Not being fully equipped is something I told you a long time ago.”
Just as Geshan was about to speak, Bai Hao motioned for him to follow him and enter the secret passage.
Ge Shan walked into the secret passage and no longer had the intention to secretly follow the secret passages extending in all directions in the inner city. He said solemnly: "Since I learned about this incident, my subordinates have been looking for children of school age everywhere. Now there are still more than a dozen..."
"I already know the difference. There are hundreds of thousands of people in the inner city, which is not enough for you to find a dozen children. I think you are delaying them on purpose."
Bai Hao's voice was as cold as frost, and the temperature in the secret passage dropped again and again. Ge Shan followed up and said: "It's not that there are none, but that there is no suitable reason for a while. In such a short period of time, there are so many school-age children, and my subordinates are already Check out the Zhaiji Temple and those on the list..."
"There's no time, you know what I'm talking about." Bai Hao suddenly turned around and said with serious eyes: "The Dragon Blood Pill must take the blood of three hundred boys and girls, but it will not harm their lives. If you If you are worried, you should have asked me beforehand instead of procrastinating!"
Geshan said with a deep jaw: "The list of family members of the Guards has been prepared as soon as possible. I will select enough children from it."
"Don't let me down. Once there are enough people, send them to the center of the formation. This matter must be resolved within half an hour."
Seeing Bai Hao take the initiative to mention the formation, Ge Shan, who was following him and walking towards the formation, asked in a solemn voice: "Lord City Lord, I wonder where it will be safer for my subordinates to go after the formation breaks out?"
"Haha, you finally couldn't help it anymore."
Bai Hao was not surprised at all that Ge Shan was afraid of death, and said in a deep voice: "Just go to Xing Fei. You are now my personal Marshal of the Army. You will watch over them..."
Before Bai Hao finished speaking, Ge Shan shook his head and interrupted: "City Lord, I captured Chu Chun. If I go to the Guards at this time, they will probably kill me with a knife. If the City Lord still doesn't trust me, I don’t have to torture myself like this.”
Bai Hao was aroused by Ge Shan's words, and his face suddenly turned cold. Ge Shan just raised his head and looked at him, his tense body slowly relaxed, and finally he bowed slightly and remained silent.
If I had to use one word to describe it, it would be to kill at the first sign of attack.
"You are the first subordinate to talk to me like this." Bai Hao thought of the dozen boys and girls who had not gathered enough, and finally suppressed the idea of wiping out Geshan Physics in the secret passage. Treating life and death as a sign of loyalty made me secretly vigilant, and he said slowly: "Go to the White Pagoda Temple, or go to Guanhaiguan. These two places are where the Youyan Array's formations are stable, so you will be fine."
In front of Bai Hao, Ge Shan did not hide his sincere relief, but showed more respect to Bai Hao: "The city lord's plan can be said to be an outright conspiracy. As long as those Hidden Valley masters dare to come to the city lord's mansion, when the time comes, the Nether Flame Formation will Opened……"
"Okay, I don't need you to flatter me. You still have less than half an hour left. If you can't finish it by then, you can come back and lead the city defense army."
Bai Hao continued to go deeper into the secret passage, while Ge Shan quickly left the secret passage. Even after leaving the study, his feet became faster and faster.
What he asked Hengyu to pass on was the news of destroying the Blood Sacrifice Formation, while he and Xing Fei stayed in the inner city, thinking about how to destroy the Nether Flame Formation.
"Watch the sea, watch the sea..."
He kept thinking about this place in his mind, but he felt a little chilled by Bai Hao's behavior.
There is a Baita Temple built in Yanfufang. Xingyefang, which is across the central axis from Yanfufang, is the area where Guanhaiguan, a dilapidated Taoist temple, is located. This Taoist temple has few incense and is quiet and isolated from the world. After a long all-night conversation with Xing Fei, he had actually been to this place before and found nothing out of the ordinary, so he quickly gave up the idea that this place was as important as the White Pagoda Temple.
Bai Hao's behavior has always been to let you see three points, guess three points, and finally piece together nine points. But for the remaining one point, whether it is true or false, how many lives will it take to verify it?
As daylight gradually dawned on the situation in the inner city, everyone involved in the situation felt an unprecedented sense of urgency.
No one dares to say that they are fully prepared. Even Ge Shan, who is wandering on the line of life and death to gain Bai Hao's trust, does not know what the Suzaku inner city will look like when the red autumn sun sets today.
But he's trying.
