A thunderclap boomed across the sky!

Then the rain began to fall in a light drizzle.

From horseback, Gongsun Yi drew his sword and gave the order.

"Whoever kills Mu Zi'an tonight will be rewarded with 500,000 taels of silver and promoted three ranks!"

At this moment, Gongsun Yi had already staked out all his chips.

With the sound of horses' hooves, the cavalry, a mix of bandits and Qiang people, charged into Anping County like a venomous snake.

At this moment, the city gates of Anping County were wide open, and Gongsun Yi took the lead and rushed into Anping County.

However, upon entering the city, they found it completely silent, with only the crackling sounds of the campfires hanging on the walls.

One of the bandits kicked open a wooden hut, but the room was empty.

"The commander-in-chief's room is empty!"

Upon hearing this, Gongsun Yi immediately sensed something was wrong, and the other bandits cried out in terror the next moment.

"There's nobody in the barracks!"

In that instant, Gongsun Yi felt a chill down his spine and immediately shouted.

"Oh no, we've fallen into a trap! Retreat!"

However, the next moment, another thunderclap exploded in the sky.

The terrifying thunder illuminated the surroundings as if it were daytime.

Gongsun Yi witnessed the most unforgettable moment of his life.

On the surrounding city walls, countless soldiers stood in formation.

The bright armor reflected dazzling lightning.

Bows and arrows were already drawn and strung, their arrowheads gleaming coldly as they stared intently at them.

In the rainy night, Mu Zi'an stood with his hands behind his back, looking at Gongsun Yi, who was besieged in the city, with a playful gaze.

"Since we're here, why leave?"

Gongsun Yi never expected that his scheme would be seen through!

"Retreat immediately!"

However, it was too late to leave at that moment, and then there was a loud bang!

The gates of Anping County were slammed shut.

Then, from the shadows, Zhao Yun, clad in silver armor, slowly rode out on horseback.

He pointed his spear at Gongsun Yi and spoke indifferently.

"This road is blocked!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a rapid scraping sound rang out!

Countless barricades were pushed out from all sides, completely blocking Gongsun Yi's path of advance.

Lu Yunxue held her long sword and said with a cold expression.

"You are surrounded."

At this moment, fear finally showed on Gongsun Yi's face.

Jia Xu, dressed in a blue robe, slowly walked out from the city wall.

"After this battle, Luzhou will be secured!"

As Jia Xu waved his hand, the rain fell!

The next moment, a whooshing sound came from the night sky.

Countless arrows rained down from the sky!

Tens of thousands of bandits and Qiang people were now trapped together and had no way to escape!

In an instant, these bandits fell one by one like wheat.

A single volley of arrows wiped out a third of the rebels.

Gongsun Yi raised his sword to block the incoming arrows, shouting loudly.

"Get out of the way! Get out of the way!"

However, the rain of arrows seemed endless as it continued to fall!

Mu Zian stood calmly atop the city wall.

As the arrows on the city wall ran out.

The soldiers of the Five Armies Battalion and the Trapped Camp, who were already prepared to go, drew their long swords from their waists.

The blade gleamed with a chilling light, and the air was thick with the stench of blood.

All of this was constantly stimulating everyone's brain.

With a roar from Zhang Han, countless soldiers instantly charged forward.

Zhao Yun charged into the crowd, spear in hand, darting left and right.

Blood gushed out continuously! The ground was covered with a layer of severed limbs and torsos.

The weapons in the hands of these rebels only left a white mark when they struck the armor of the Trapped Camp soldiers.

However, the steel blades in the hands of the Trapped Camp soldiers could easily slice their bodies to pieces.

Zhao Yun was like a killing machine at this moment! Wherever his white horse passed, corpses littered the ground.

Although he was only one person, he displayed the momentum of a thousand troops.

Lu Yunxue wielded her long sword like a ghost, her swordsmanship a true inheritance from Li Jiuxuan.

These bandits were already terrified, and now that they had encountered Zhao Yun and Zhang Han, these fierce men were powerless to resist.

The encirclement slowly tightened, and the tremors from the ground filled the bandits with despair!

The Qiang cavalry roared angrily.

"You're going to ruin us all today, you piece of trash!"

Gongsun Yi's face was stained with blood, and the long sword in his hand was soaked red with blood.

However, there was not a trace of regret or fear on his face, only a calm and open-minded acceptance of the consequences of his gamble.

Amidst the corpses, Gongsun Yi, holding a long sword, spoke to the brothers guarding his side.

"Today's defeat is entirely my fault. You have all done more than enough. Even ants cling to life. Brothers, there is no need for you to lose your lives because of me."

Gongsun Yi fled from the capital of the Great Chu and became an outlaw in Luzhou, relying on the group of brothers around him.

Having come this far, he has lost everything, and there's no need for them to perish with him.

However, as soon as Gongsun Yi finished speaking, the bandits who had followed him for many years laughed heartily.

"Back then, we swore an oath of blood! We didn't ask to be born on the same day, in the same month, in the same year! We only asked to die on the same day, in the same month, in the same year!"

"Now that you are dead, how can we live on alone?"

Upon hearing this, the surrounding bandits echoed his sentiments.

"I am willing to die alongside the General!"

This scene made Mu Zian feel a sense of respect for them.

The most righteous are often the lowly butchers, and the most ungrateful are often the scholars.

However, there is no room for mercy on the battlefield.

"Since you brothers are so deeply attached to each other, then we have no choice but to go to the Yellow Springs together."

Upon hearing Mu Zian's words, Gongsun Yi laughed loudly, pointed his sword at Mu Zian, and shouted.

"I am Gongsun Yi, the mighty general of the Great Chu! Your father could not take my life back then! Can you take it today?"

"Mu Zi'an, are you willing to fight me to the death?"

As Gongsun Yi finished speaking, the system's voice rang out.

"Ding! Congratulations, host, you have triggered a choice!"

"Option 1: Refuse to fight and let Gongsun Yi die under a hail of blades! Reward: One blueprint for an improved textile machine."

"Option 2: Agree to fight and confront Gongsun Yi head-on! Reward: One blueprint for the Divine Arm Crossbow."

"Please make a decision, host."

On the city wall, their eyes met in mid-air.

From a rational perspective, even if Mu Zi'an hadn't intervened, Gongsun Yi would have inevitably died here today.

But men have never been synonymous with rationality.

Mu Zian gripped the halberd tightly, and then, under everyone's watchful eyes, leaped off the city wall!

With a deafening roar, the powerful impact sent all the bandits around the landing point flying.

With a smile playing on his lips, Mu Zian, carrying the Fangtian Halberd on his shoulder, spoke amidst the mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

"Let's fight!"