This order was like a sword, splitting mountains and seas. The sword energy swept through the heaven and earth and struck deep into the soul, awakening the long-buried instincts in Chang Kuo's heart.
He stood up straight almost instantly.
He had stopped breathing and could no longer blink, so he could only look at the person in front of him.
The army raised a cloud of dust and she stood there, no longer hiding her edge. The sharp edge of a sword was visible between her brows, and she was so cold and murderous that people dared not look at her directly.
Even if he had not noticed anything before, just a glance at this moment was enough for Chang Kuo to recognize his old friend through all the appearances.
One only needs to see the blade of the sword to know that he has seen his old master.
His former master had grown up from a young boy bathed in blood, died of broken bones and a broken neck, and had disappeared from this world. He did not know what unimaginable path he had taken to return here...
Even though he had already felt it from recent observations, he still felt an indescribable shock when he faced the person coming from behind the mountain.
This phenomenon, which could not be explained by common sense, made the girl look infinitely strange, yet paradoxically noble.
Chang Kuo's heart was shaken and excited. He stood straight but felt trembling continuously.
His eyes turned red uncontrollably, tears were about to appear.
He saw from her tears the departure of a girl, the return of a soul, and the continuation, disappearance and nirvana of this world.
His voice seemed to be sealed inside his body until the girl waved the battle flag in her hand, lowered her voice, and said: "The five colors represent the front army, the center army, the rear army, the left army, and the right army - this is the order for the army to move forward."
"This is an order to disperse sideways, to the left, to the right."
She crossed two colored flags in her hands: "This is the order to encircle us."
Chang Kuo's gaze followed the flag in her hand, and tears rolled in his eyes.
Finally, the voice asked, "Do you remember everything?"
Chang Kuo raised his eyes, and finally a trembling, hoarse, but unhesitating voice rolled out from the depths of his throat: "One day... I have not forgotten!"
The gray-haired general's voice at this moment actually sounded a bit tearful.
"Okay then."
Chang Suining handed over the flag and said, "Today you will hold the flag and lead the battle. You will command the overall situation. The flag in your hand is not only a sword to kill the enemy, but also the blood of the soldiers. You must observe the situation and act without mistakes."
Chang Kuo took the flag with trembling hands and held it tightly in his hands.
When their eyes met, he straightened his body even more, and with red eyes he spoke word by word: "... Chang Kuo will not fail in your mission!"
Chang Suining's eyes were slightly moist, and he nodded: "Okay."
She picked up the spear at her side, turned around, went down the city wall, mounted her horse and went out of the city gate.
Chang Kuo stood on the city wall, facing the army, waving the battle flag in his hand, and his voice was as loud as a lion's roar, shaking the whole city: "The army takes the flag as an order, kill the enemy and defend the city!"
"Yes! Yes! Yes!"
The 50,000-strong army, armed with guns and swords, responded in unison, their morale high.
Chang Kuo lowered the flag in his hand, and the chief general of the front army facing the city wall and the army also lowered the flag in his hand. The army immediately rushed forward to kill the enemy, and Chang Suining was among them.
Looking at the army that was coming at him aggressively and seemed to be forming a battle formation while marching, Ge Zong frowned.
The force of more than 10,000 soldiers suddenly increased several times... It was really weird! Looking at the different types of armor on many people, it was clear that most of them were temporarily recruited from the city's civilians, but they were so orderly and there was no chaos at all.
But Ge Zong quickly stopped being afraid: "It's just a paper tiger... the paste hasn't even dried yet, and it dares to come out and bluff people!"
As he spoke, he rode forward with his sword in hand: "I want to see how brave these paper tigers who have never seen blood can be!"
It's not enough to just show off your skills to scare people, you have to use a knife to prove it!
Ji Xi glanced at Chang Kuo who was commanding the situation on the city wall, and then subconsciously searched for the general's flag in the enemy's army.
He soon saw Chang Kuo's general flag, which was being held high by a cavalryman. In front of the cavalryman was a very young, fair face.
Is this the man who led the flag for Chang Kuo? Ji Xi thought of the "little cavalry" that Ge Zong had been cursing recently.
But if he is just a small cavalryman and his lord is the commander of the cavalry, how can he win the support of the people?
Ji Xi was a little curious, but this did not occupy his mind too much. He quickly gave orders and led his troops to meet them.
Ge Zong soon saw Chang Suining. Although she did not conceal her skin color this time, he could recognize her eyes and aura at a glance.
As the two armies fought, Ge Zong looked at the general's flag following Chang Suining, as if he had seen a huge joke. He said sarcastically with a strange expression: "It seems that Chang Kuo was scared out of his wits. He hid himself and dared not go into battle, but asked a yellow-haired kid to take his place!"
The "young boy" said as a matter of course: "Killing the enemy on behalf of my father is only natural."
The reason why she was able to lead the general's flag now, in addition to the prestige she had recently built up in the city, was indeed because of her father.
Ge Zong was stunned for a moment, then laughed strangely: "I thought it was a little bastard who came out of nowhere, but it turns out he has a name!"
So he is Chang Kuo’s son!
His eyes flashed with excitement: "Okay! Then I will kill you first, and then kill your father who is hiding like a turtle!"
"You're wrong. I'm the one who's going to kill you." Chang Suining smiled, but murderous intent flashed in his eyes: "I was just bluffing you last time, but this time, I'm really going to kill you."
With the experience of the last fight, she has roughly figured out the opponent's moves and weaknesses. For example, he is best at using a knife. His lower body is stable, but not very agile. He gets easily excited when he sees blood and is a bloodthirsty person.
For another example, its head looks empty as if it had been gnawed by rats during a famine, and it is easily irritated.
"How shameless! I'll crush your head!" Ge Zong gritted his teeth and attacked with his sword.
Chang Suining dodged, swung the spear in his hand and attacked from the side.
The two fought back and forth for dozens of rounds. Chang Suining relied on his agility, quick moves, and ability to predict the opponent's moves. He deliberately confused the opponent's vision and took advantage of the opponent's unpreparedness to stab Ge Zong in the left shoulder.
Blood gushed out, and Ge Zong hurriedly drove his horse back. A group of personal soldiers immediately blocked his way and prevented Chang Suining from pursuing him.
"General Ge!" a soldier exclaimed.
"Why are you barking like a dog! You won't die!" Ge Zong covered his bleeding shoulder, his face turning red and white.
This injury is really nothing to him, but it is obviously not a good start.
Under the persuasion of his confidant, he uttered a harsh word and temporarily retreated to bandage the wound and stop the bleeding: "...boy, you wait for me!"
"It's you who should bandage it quickly. Don't make me wait too long."
The sound coming from behind made Ge Zong's face hot, and his blood flowed even more violently.
As he retreated to the rear, he urged the soldiers impatiently: "Hurry up!"
But after being urged like this, I suddenly felt that I seemed to listen to that boy very much, and I couldn't help but get even angrier.
While bandaging his wound, he looked at the fighting army. He was not a pure reckless man. Although the real strength of the army had not yet been determined, a closer look revealed that the enemy's marching and deployment method was very rare, which actually made up for the lack of manpower very well and allowed them to advance and retreat easily.
Ge Zong's brows were furrowed tighter and tighter: "...It's really weird. It's really weird!"
These two guys named Chang, one old and one young, are both damn weird!
The younger one looked frail and weak, not at all as tall and strong as Chang Kuo, but his moves were fast, fierce and accurate, making it hard to defend against.
Although the pain in his shoulder annoyed him, it also made him realize one thing: he could no longer underestimate the enemy! He wanted to kill Chang Suining to vent his anger and save his reputation, but he also knew that the battlefield was not a one-on-one exercise field. As the commander, he had the responsibility to command the overall situation and could not act on impulse. Moreover, the situation was unpredictable, so he dared not be careless again.
For a long time afterwards, he didn't find another opportunity to confront Chang Suining head-on.
At some point, the sky quietly became gloomy, and the gray sky was so low that it made people feel breathless.
Seeing that his army was unable to advance, Ge Zong became more and more furious as he killed more people.
At this time, the two colored military flags in Chang Kuo's hands on top of the city wall intersected.
The two teams of soldiers on the left and right immediately rushed forward and attacked Ge Zong and others.
Ge Zong was trapped, losing many of his trusted men. He used countless soldiers as shields and fought his way out, barely escaping.
The feeling of uneasiness and irritability began to make him uneasy.
He began to turn his murderous gaze to the group of female soldiers: "...With these unlucky things around, it would be strange if the feng shui of this battlefield wasn't weird!"
They did not know how to ride, and these were not something that could be learned in a short period of time, so they mostly held guns and guarded the rear.
Ge Zong's eyes were extremely cold. He took the crossbow, chose the right moment, and shot at a woman who was a few steps slower and fell behind.
The woman was shot by an arrow and fell to the ground. One of her companions saw this and exclaimed "Madam Ping" and hurried forward to help her.
However, as soon as she left the army, another arrow flew over and pierced her body.
"…Sister Ding!"
"No one is allowed to leave the battle line!" Seeing this, the leader, Lady Shepherd's Purse, shouted loudly to remind them: "Quick, stand in your position!"
She looked back at her two companions who had fallen to the ground, then turned her face away, gritted her teeth and held back her tears, and moved with the formation, not daring to relax.
The gray sky seemed to freeze until snowflakes began to fall.
Half of the snow fell on the ground and half fell on the soldiers.
The battlefield was filled with trampling and the white snow had no time to accumulate before it mixed into foul blood underfoot.
The snow was getting heavier and the sky was getting darker, which hindered the view of the military flag. The ground underfoot also started to slip. In addition, after a whole day of fighting, some people began to lose their strength, and the formation of the Hezhou army gradually became less neat than at the beginning.
Yun Hui was fighting in the front and his face was covered in blood.
In the bloody light, he saw a man and a horse coming towards him.
It was Ji Xi.
"Let me test you to see if you are stronger or weaker than your father and brother."
The knuckles of Yun Hui's fingers turning white as he gripped the sword, his eyes darkened, and he rode his horse forward.
The sound of weapons clashing rang out, Yun Hui was filled with murderous intent, and although he was exhausted, he was even more brave than when he faced the enemy just now.
By the end of the battle, he had been wounded in many places, but he still refused to retreat, and there was even a desire to die together with the enemy in his eyes.
"More cruel than your father and brother." Ji Xi, who was also injured, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and said, "Your father and brother are too kind. You are not bad, you are a good seedling."
Therefore, we can’t keep him any longer.
Ji Xi swung his sword again and knocked the already seriously injured young man off his horse.
The young man fell off his horse, but quickly got up to his knees, grabbed the long sword at hand, and stabbed it hard into the neck of the horse that was approaching him.
The hot horse blood gushed out, but it still knocked the boy several steps away. Before the horse fell to the ground, Ji Xi jumped off the horse, raised his knife and walked forward, wanting to give the boy who was lying on the ground and unable to get up a quick death.
"Ah Hui!"
A female voice sounded. With her own flesh and blood at stake, Madam Lou no longer cared about anything else. She quickly stepped out of the line and ran forward, shooting an arrow in an attempt to stop the evil spirit that was about to take her child's life.
But Ji Xi was alert and raised his knife to easily block the arrow.
Madam Lou was about to draw another arrow, but an arrow flew from the side and pierced her right leg faster.
She fell to her knees with a thud, and the longbow in her hand fell to the ground.
Ge Zong put away his bow, a satisfied grin appeared on his face, and he immediately drove his horse forward as if to collect prey - he had said that he wanted to capture this widow alive!
At the same moment, Ji Xi, who had already raised his knife towards Yun Hui, suddenly sensed murderous aura approaching from behind.
Although he had been fighting with the young man alone for a long time, he was not as impetuous as Ge Zong. He was always calm and rational. As a fighter, he knew the importance of the back and he would never let his back be lost.
Therefore, he has always had trusted personal soldiers protecting him from behind.
But at this time...
He seemed to see the murderous intent approaching him from the pupils of the boy who was struggling to crawl and sit up.
Yun Hui stared behind Ji Xi with a shocked look in his eyes.
Someone led a team of elite cavalry to attack, and Chang Suining actually went deep into the enemy's rear, and the spear in his hand was breaking through the defense behind Ji Xi.
But this defense was not so easy to break, and enemy troops soon surrounded her from both sides.
At this moment, she suddenly threw the spear in her hand and hit the end of the spear with her palm. The spear passed through the defense, broke through the snowflakes, and flew towards Ji Xi.
Everything happened just the moment Ji Xi sensed the murderous intent.
Ji Xi turned around.
"Yun Hui!" At the same moment, the girl's voice was clear.
Yun Hui struggled to get up, grabbed the nearest spear, held it tightly with both hands, and ran forward.
"Ting!" When Ji Xi turned around, the long sword in his hand narrowly blocked the spear flying towards him.
At the same time, he had already sensed another danger.
But it all happened very quickly.
“Puff——”
Before he could turn around, he saw a gun tip suddenly appear on his chest. It was a gun tip that had come out from his back, carrying his blood. Soon, a few snowflakes fell on it and were reflected in his dilated pupils.
Yun Hui didn't even have the strength to pull out the spear.
When Ji Xi fell to the ground, he also knelt down and vomited blood.
Ji Xi was killed, and his rear was in chaos for a while. Chang Suining took the opportunity to break out, and rode past Yun Hui without stopping: "You have avenged your great hatred, congratulations."
Yun Hui raised his head and forced a bloody smile at her: "Thank you..."
The next moment, he heard someone behind him shouting "Madam" in panic.
Mother!
Yun Hui's heart suddenly tightened and he turned back with difficulty to look.
Chang Suining was one step faster than him and had already rode forward.
After throwing the spear out, she no longer had any weapon in her hand. She held the reins with both hands. In order to avoid being blinded by the snow, she lowered her upper body and neck slightly, raised her eyes and looked forward with a cold expression.
Ge Zong had already grabbed one of Madam Lou's arms and was dragging her away on his horse.
As she was dragged, the arrow in Mrs. Lou's leg broke, leaving a long trail of blood behind her.
The female soldiers who were closest to him rushed forward and tried to rescue him.
(Hey, today is a holiday, so I couldn't write a make-up update as I wished. Please forgive me. I will try harder tomorrow. Good night everyone!
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