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There were cries of alarm throughout the town. The butcher at the street corner had no time to close his stall, and several pieces of pork were overturned on the ground, with blood and mud mixed into a pool.
Some people were shouting, some were pushing, the elderly and children were knocked to the ground while fleeing, and some were trampled by the crowd and could never get up again.
The alley where the martial arts school was located was also affected. Everywhere one looked, people were running for their lives in panic, heading towards the northern imperial city.
Qin Shu's eyes darkened. "The aliens have entered the country, and their target must be the Imperial City. Fleeing north now would be like following the same path as the aliens, without any plan. This is a scout force, and the main force must be behind them. We are safest heading west."
Lu Xiyun nodded when he heard this: "Then I'll hold them off for a while, and you lead them to escape westward. I'll try to give you an incense stick."
Qin Shu frowned and was about to say something when he was interrupted by the other party: "There is no time. You are the prince, you should stand up. Save as many as you can. Don't worry, I won't be stubborn. I will leave if I can't hold on any longer."
Qin Shu's eyes were complicated, and he whispered, "If you get hurt and go to Shengde Temple again, the Queen will be even more worried about you."
The young man raised the corners of his lips and smiled confidently: "As long as I don't get hurt, that's all."
Lu Xiyun glanced at him, still with that familiar, sharp edge tinged with arrogance: "Don't worry, as long as I want to live, no one can kill me."
Qin Shu remained silent, but the other party had already interpreted his silence on his own initiative.
"No need to wait for me, I'll go directly to Shengde Temple later."
The look in Lu Xiyun's eyes, without saying anything, indicated her agreement.
Qin Shu sighed helplessly.
He watched the man walk away. His back was fierce and ruthless, leaving him no room for maneuver.
That lone figure, going against the tide of thousands, stood alone. With only one person and one sword, he wanted to withstand the wind and rain and take care of everything.
Qin Shu withdrew his gaze. He knew that the other party would not try to be stubborn. At least when it came to keeping his promises, Lu Xiyun had always done a good job.
That person is always like this, confident to the point of arrogance, but always able to do what he says.
Qin Shu glanced at the increasingly chaotic streets around him, then at the frightened civilians. He turned and instructed a martial arts disciple, "Go open the back door of the west wing and lead them to the back mountain. There's a sheep path there that leads out of town."
"Find a few people with good Qinggong skills, intercept them north of the town, and then head west into Wanrong Village."
"Go and call a few reliable disciples, and take the elderly and children with you and leave first."
As he spoke, he pulled out a beacon talisman from his bosom and handed it to the other party: "Send someone to go to Lone Moon Bay, thirty miles north of the town, to blow it up. Judging from the speed of these cavalrymen, if nothing unexpected happens, the Imperial City Guards can intercept the aliens here."
He did begin organizing the evacuation of the people.
Not saying anything means agreeing. This kind of thing, the other party is used to it, and he is used to it too, and once you get used to it, it is hard to change.
The martial arts disciple in front of him opened his mouth, but seemed to be immersed in great shock and could not utter a word.
Qin Shu glanced at him and said calmly, "If you're afraid, you can go ahead and head west. Which direction is the town's guard station?"
The young man shook his head repeatedly, like a rattle, his face full of excitement: "Brother Lu said you are a prince, are you His Royal Highness Prince Xiang?!"
Seeing that Qin Shu didn't deny it, the young man's eyes were filled with surprise. "The new martial arts school is really good, and the new martial artists are very responsible! We also have three brothers who have obtained places in this year's martial arts examination. Thank you very much! "
Qin Shu was never used to such a fiery gaze.
He looked away: "If you're not afraid, then get down to business. Once the aliens retreat, I can build as many martial arts schools as you want."
The young man nodded repeatedly and was about to leave when Qin Shu pulled out a stack of intricately crafted artifacts resembling gold and silk from his arms. "This thing can boost your Qi for a short period of time, for a moment. Save as many as you can, and take care of yourselves first."
The martial arts disciple took it solemnly. He had only seen such an exquisite object a few times in his life.
The young man's eyes were filled with admiration. He said in a clear and confident voice, "Don't worry, Your Highness."
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Jiang En hurried into the Fifth Army Office with a nervous look on his face.
He stepped forward quickly and said, "General, fireworks appeared in broad daylight in Lone Moon Bay outside the imperial city. These are the beacon signals from His Majesty Prince Xiang. General Yue Anshan has led his troops out of the city."
Ren Xuan just nodded slightly when he heard this, his expression normal.
Qin Shu had just informed him of this news.
As soon as the Dog Emperor encountered the alien race in Dongliu Town, he immediately assigned him a task - Qin Shu asked him to find out how these bastards bypassed Taixuan City.
Ren Xuan frowned slightly and tapped the table with his fingers: "No news from Taixuan City?"
Jiang En shook his head: "No. Communications in Taixuan City are operating normally, and the garrison commander has not reported any abnormalities."
Ren Xuan's eyes darkened. "That's not right. Thousands of alien cavalrymen can't possibly pass through Taixuan City's defenses silently."
He stood up and walked towards the map hanging on the wall, his gaze flickering between Dongliu Town and Taixuan City. "Notify Taihe City to transfer 30,000 troops to Taixuan City, and another 10,000 to garrison north of the Imperial City."
Upon hearing this, Jiang En's expression suddenly became nervous. He hesitated and said, "General, this... this is mobilizing troops without the emperor's order. This is... this is treason."
Ren Xuan turned around and gave him a meaningful look: "What do you think we have been doing?"
Jiang En suddenly looked up and met Ren Xuan's calm gaze.
Gann had great enlightenment every day.
He took a deep breath, straightened his back, and said in a voice that no longer trembled: "I understand. I will do it right away."
Ren Xuan lowered his eyebrows, his fingertips brushed across the map on the wall, his brows slightly furrowed.
Originally, they wanted to use Qin Xuan's hand to gain leverage.
He mobilized the army in the name of the crown prince and used Qin Xuan's direct line to deal with foreign races.
But who would have thought that Qin Shu would encounter aliens first.
Once the chess game changed, all arrangements were forced to be advanced - after all, the dog emperor's life was the most precious.
Ren Xuan can only move his own cards first.
Taixuan, Taixi, Taicang and Taihe, the four major citadels of the imperial city, now only Taihe is completely in their hands.
Once the troops are deployed this time, they have no way to retreat and can only go down this path to the end.
Suddenly, the inquiry talisman sounded, and Yue Anshan's voice was urgent.
"Old Ren, something's wrong! We haven't seen any aliens in Lonely Moon Bay, only some civilians who fled from Dongliu Town. They said the town was attacked by alien cavalry, but I went all the way to the town and didn't see a single shadow!"
Ren Xuan: "Where is His Highness?"
Yue Anshan's tone became more urgent, "I didn't see it!!"
Ren Xuan's eyes fixed: "Wait, I'll be there soon."
Ren Xuan walked out of the government office quickly and rode his horse forward. Something was wrong.
The target of that group of aliens was the imperial city. Ren Xuan had looked at the map and knew that it was impossible to bypass Lonely Moon Bay from Dongliu Town to the imperial city.
That's due to the terrain, there is no other way.
There is nothing wrong with the position Qin Shu gave, so where is the problem?
Did the alien race change its target halfway?
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High up on the mountain behind Dongliu Town, Qin Shu calmly scanned the chaos in the mountains below, also wanting to know why.
He just blew up a beacon fire talisman and sent a few "Yinyuan talismans", and these scouts heading north suddenly lost interest in the imperial city.
These foreign races that were originally heading straight for the imperial city seemed to have suddenly abandoned their goal, or found new "trophies"
Qin Shu's eyes darkened. He frowned, as if he had just figured out some absurd yet reasonable cause and effect.
This group of foreign cavalrymen are looking for him.
These aliens can recognize his things, and even recognize him.
Qin Shu lowered his eyebrows and looked at the weapon of the Bing alien race in his hand, thinking that the marks of craftsmanship left on the knife were quite interesting.
Suddenly, a martial arts student appeared in Qin Shu's sight, breathlessly reporting, "Your Highness, the people have almost all evacuated. But the foreign cavalry suddenly dispersed in the nearby mountains. I wonder what they're looking for."
The disciple looked worried: "Your Highness, Senior Brother Chu Ming and Junior Brother are not here. We are no match for them. This is a dangerous place, so we should leave as soon as possible."
Qin Shu was about to speak when his eyes suddenly fixed. He said in a deep voice, "You are being followed."
The young man's expression changed and he looked back subconsciously, but found nothing.
"Your Highness, we have been careful along the way, and there is no—"
Before he finished speaking, a sharp whistle pierced the sky, and hundreds of foreign cavalrymen poured out from all directions, surrounding everyone in the martial arts hall in the blink of an eye.
The leading alien leader rode forward alone and jokingly said, "Before we set out, the Imperial Master told me that the Great Dragon Qi was about to end. Now it seems to be true."
Qin Shu raised an eyebrow. "Di people? Why don't you stay on the grasslands and come to my hinterland to make trouble? Aren't you afraid you'll never come back?"
The alien leader laughed heartily. "They took advantage of the transition of thrones and destroyed the regime. This is what you, Your Majesty, taught us about the grasslands!"
Qin Shu narrowed his eyes. He didn't remember seeing this person before. But the hatred in the other person's eyes was so thick that it almost gnawed at his bones. It was as if he had crawled out of a sea of blood and corpses and recognized him.
Another guy as troublesome as Wen Congren.
Qin Shu chuckled lightly, his tone nonchalant: "With just this few men?"
"—Killing you is enough."
The alien leader's eyes suddenly turned cold, and his words were like frost blades: "Do you think you can fight better than Lu Xiyun?"
This sentence made Qin Shu's eyes change slightly.
His tone darkened: "Where are the others?"
The alien leader's mouth curled up cruelly: "Go down to hell and look for it, and you will know."
Qin Shu's expression remained calm: "You're just exaggerating."
"The thousands of men I have are all top-tier warriors." The alien leader rode forward and said in a fierce voice, "Let alone a mere fourth-tier warrior, even if he were a third-tier expert, I would still destroy him to pieces."
Qin Shu remained silent. A barely perceptible mechanical sound was triggered by a craftsman's tool, and the Qi in the earth's strata compressed layer by layer. The warhorses under the feet of the foreign cavalry neighed in unison.
The faces of hundreds of warriors changed suddenly. They felt the Qi in their bodies receding like a tide, and their cultivation seemed to be stripped away at this moment.
The martial arts ban was reversed and the earth's energy was sealed.
Almost at the same moment.
The mysterious waterfall is like a curtain, and the black thorns are like rain.
The three-inch arrows turned into dense rain, with thousands of cold points of light, instantly covering the front line of the alien race.
Several war horses were hit by arrows and fell over, the soldiers' formation was in chaos, and screams were heard everywhere.
And in the center of the rain of arrows, a rune quietly lit up.
Qin Shu's figure suddenly disappeared - when he reappeared, he appeared on the other side of the black thorn, next to the alien leader.
The black thorn stopped, and the tip was firmly against the throat of the alien leader.
The alien leader was shocked all over, his face turned pale, and he didn't even have time to react. He stared at the black thorn close to his skin - Qin Shu actually attached a shadow-chasing talisman to the hanging waterfall arrow.
The cold voice penetrated into my mind along my ear bones.
Qin Shu lowered his eyes and said in a voice as cold as a spring: "A rank warrior? What rank are you?"
The alien leader stared at Qin Shu with burning eyes, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
There was a strange certainty in his tone: "You are different. You are emotional."
The alien leader lowered his eyes and suddenly laughed: "You can actually get emotional."
He tilted his head slightly, his voice slow and low: "In your previous life... you would never allow yourself to step into such a dangerous distance."
The alien suddenly laughed loudly, and shouted: "Heaven has eyes!"
The alien's eyes flashed a terrifying blood red: "Qin Shu - pay for the blood debt on your hands with your life!"
A terrifying aura erupted from the alien leader's body. It was a forbidden technique that destroyed his own meridians and burned his essence.
The earth-shaking explosion shook the entire battlefield, and smoke and dust instantly enveloped the center of the explosion.
The alien cavalrymen and their horses were knocked to the ground by the powerful shock wave, and the wailing and neighing of horses intertwined into a chaotic sound wave.
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