Chapter 135 Fengning Iron Cavalry
"Master Xu, should I call you... General Xu?"
Mu Yao smiled faintly: "General Xu went to Xinzhou to mobilize troops, but he actually went to Yunzhou... This trick of making a feint to the east and attacking in the west is really hard to guard against. He is worthy of being the Third Master Xu."
Everyone thought that Xu Zhiyi went to Xinzhou, but they didn't expect that the person who went to Xinzhou was Pei Yuanzhou disguised as Xu Zhiyi. Now Pei Yuanzhou has disappeared, but Xu Zhiyi has descended from the sky with the Yunzhou soldiers.
Obviously, he had been prepared.
At this moment, Xu Zhiyi had changed his usual frivolous appearance in a white robe and donned a suit of silver armor, but his smile remained casual: "Thank you for the compliment, Master Mu."
The two men were already pointing their swords at each other, but they were very polite to each other, as if they were old friends meeting.
Mu Yao smiled and said, "We are all poor people here, just wanting to kill some rich and unkind masters and run away to freedom. Why does Mr. Xu have to kill us all? How about you and I each take a step back, you open the city gate and let us leave... and we leave obediently, allowing you to take over Pingning without bloodshed, how about that?"
Xu Zhiyi shook his head: "Not really."
He said, "The matter of colluding with the Japanese pirates to besiege Xinzhou has not yet been fully investigated. How about this... you give me a list of all the people in the court who have had contact with your Tianxin Sect, and I will let you go immediately. How about that?"
This time it was Mu Yao who shook his head: "Not that great."
"It seems that neither you nor I are willing to give in, so..."
Mu Yao pulled Shen Ning to his side, and asked Xu Zhiyi with a condescending smile: "I wonder if this Madam Shen can ask Mr. Xu San to give in a little?"
Xu Zhiyi's expression had already turned cold when he saw Chen Ning beside Mu Yao. When he saw Chen Ning being dragged to his front by Mu Yao, a cold light flashed in his peach blossom eyes that always smiled.
But then, Xu Zhiyi snorted and laughed nonchalantly: "Master Mu, you are the Master of the Tianxin Sect, such a powerful figure, how could you think that I would let you go for a niece I'm not very close to?"
Taking the bow and arrow from the guard beside him, Xu Zhiyi nocked the arrow and slowly drew the string: "Don't even mention that she's not a blood-related niece...even if she's truly blood-related, it wouldn't matter."
Before he finished speaking, with a whoosh, an arrow broke through the air and pierced the city wall, heading straight for Chen Ning.
The arrow came through the air, and Shen Ning's pupils suddenly shrank. The next moment, she was pulled away by Mu Yao.
Mu Yao sneered: "Master Xu is so cruel. Not long ago, you were just for this..."
Xu Zhiyi shot another arrow to force Mu Yao to refute his words. At the same time, a group of black-armored soldiers behind him raised their crossbows and pointed them at the city wall.
He didn't care about Shen Ning's life at all and gave the order directly. In an instant, arrows came like rain.
Mu Yao originally brought Chen Ning with him to threaten her, but at this moment he became the one who protected Chen Ning.
Seeing that Xu Zhiyi didn't care about Shen Ning's life at all, Mu Yao protected Shen Ning behind him, waved his sword to block the rain of arrows, and the people around him immediately protected him.
As his body flashed, the wound on his waist and abdomen was pulled, and Mu Yao's movement paused. At this moment, several black shadows appeared out of thin air under the city wall like ghosts and attacked together.
The man in black beside Mu Yao rushed forward, but at this moment, another black shadow flew over from the air and slashed at Mu Yao with a sword.
At the same time, below the city wall, Xu Zhiyi shot another arrow at Mu Yao.
If Mu Yao dodged, the arrow would hit Chen Ning behind him, but if he didn't dodge... he couldn't avoid the arrow by blocking the long sword, and he couldn't avoid the long sword by blocking the arrow.
Chen Ning couldn't move at all. Looking at the flashes of swords and sabers around her, she was covered in cold sweat. She could feel the chill approaching from afar. Just as she was feeling terrified, Mu Yao suddenly turned around and protected her.
Then she saw an arrow piercing his chest. Mu Yao's body was stiff and blood was flowing from the corner of his lips.
The next moment, he was chopped by the black-clothed man's sword and fell backwards... Before falling, he raised his hand and patted Shen Ning's shoulder to unblock her blocked acupoints.
Seeing that Mu Yao was about to fly backwards and fall off the city wall, Shen Ning took a step forward and reached out to grab him, but the force of his fall caused him to slam into the stone wall with a bang, causing her vision to go black.
"Ningning..."
Mu Yao obviously didn't expect Chen Ning to pull him. He looked up at Chen Ning in a daze and suddenly smiled at her: "It's great to know you."
After saying that, he used his other hand to pry Shen Ning's hand apart and fell straight back into the fast-flowing moat below.
Shen Ning was a little confused. At this moment, a cry came from behind her: "Ning Ning."
It was Xie Yunqing who was also captured and put on the city wall. As soon as Xie Yunqing was dragged out, she saw Chen Ning. The people guarding her were killed, and she rushed towards Chen Ning.
Immediately afterwards, Shen Nian behind her also rushed over: “Sister, mother…”
Just after running two steps, she fell down with a bang as if she was unable to support herself, and bumped into Xie Yunqing's back. Xie Yunqing was caught off guard and was thrown forward, and the dizzy Shen Ning was knocked backward and was about to fall out of the battlements of the city wall.
Xie Yunqing opened his eyes wide and cried out miserably: "Ningning..."
At this moment, a black shadow flew along the city wall, grabbed Shen Ning and pulled her into his arms, kicked the toes on the city wall, flew up like an eagle, turned around and landed steadily on the city wall.
“Chen Ning…”
Xiao Nanchen hugged Shen Ning tightly in his arms, full of fear.
Shen Ning let out a long sigh: "Anan, I'm fine."
Xie Yunqing staggered to his feet and tried to get closer but suddenly stopped.
She almost killed Shen Ning just now.
Not daring to take another step closer, Xie Yunqing asked tremblingly, "How's Ningning? How's Ningning?"
Xiao Nanchen glanced at the mother and daughter opposite with cold eyes, ignored them, and without saying a word, carried Shen Ning down the city wall.
At this time, the people from Tianxin Sect on the city wall had been cleared out by Chengying, Chixiao and Pingning Guard.
Chi Xiao whispered to Cheng Ying, “You were too cruel just now and almost got Madam Shen into trouble.”
Chengying was shocked: "You want to kill me? When have I ever implicated Madam Shen?"
Chi Xiao whispered, "Unless you give me the Snow Soul Sword, I will tell the Master..."
Chengying was furious: "Shameless!"
Here, the dust had settled on the city wall and people were already bickering. Below, the city gates were opened, and Xu Zhiyi led the heavily armored soldiers into the city step by step. The rioting slaves howled and fought, but like wheat under a sickle, they fell one after another and were harvested.
But from beginning to end, no one retreated.
However, the raging rage could not withstand the sharpness of weapons. Before long, the rebellious slaves were all suppressed, and what awaited them was the most terrible capital punishment.
When Xu Zhiyi climbed up the city wall, he saw County Magistrate Lu being dragged over by his subordinates. In just one night, County Magistrate Lu seemed to have aged by ten years, with his temples turning gray. When he saw Xu Zhiyi, he snorted and laughed.
"Master Xu, you haven't won yet."
At this time, the guard who had just taken over the city wall shouted: "Report...enemy."
Outside Pingning City, Xinzhou Governor Yang Xu, wearing armor, led 30,000 Xinzhou troops to surround Pingning.
Xu Zhiyi climbed up the city wall and looked at the dark mass of Xinzhou troops outside, with a half-smile: "Lord Yang, what are you doing?"
Yang Xu's usual amiable demeanor was gone, his beard trembling as his eyes shone fiercely. "I heard there was a riot in Pingning, the Tianxin Sect seized the city, and the Xinzhou Army came to suppress the bandits..."
"Oh, really?"
Xu Zhiyi smiled and said, "Yesterday, I sent my aide Pei Yuanzhou to Xinzhou to mobilize troops, but Pei Yuanzhou was detained... Sir Yang, what does this mean?"
Yesterday, Pei Yuanzhou disguised himself as Xu Zhiyi and went to Xinzhou to mobilize troops, but was detained by Yang Xu. The Xinzhou army remained motionless. If Xu Zhiyi had not made a feint to the east and attacked in the west to mobilize troops from Yunzhou, Pingning would have fallen into the hands of Tianxin Sect.
Looking at the crazy and brutal appearance of these mobs, they might be about to massacre the whole city.
Yang Xu, as the governor of Xinzhou, detained "Xu Zhiyi" who was carrying out the emperor's order. He could no longer hold back.
Xu Zhiyi asked coldly, "Master Yang, do you know what you are doing?"
The veins on Yang Xu's forehead throbbed a few times, and then he gritted his teeth and said, "I only know that you, Third Master, took something you shouldn't have. If you return my things to me, I will lead my army back to Xinzhou."
Xu Zhiyi smiled: "Is this what Lord Yang is talking about?"
He slowly raised his hand, holding a book that looked like an account book.
Seeing the booklet, Yang Xu's eyes suddenly widened, and his eyes were bloodshot: "It is in your hands as expected."
Commander-in-chief Zhou Chenglu and prefect Tao Yongan were arrested one after another. Yang Xu knew that he was also in danger. He had been guarding against Xie Yuncheng in the army, but he didn't expect that his home would be stolen by the seemingly unreliable Xu Zhiyi.
This account book contains all his transactions of smuggling, bribery and collusion with the Japanese over the years. Tao Yongan and Zhou Chenglu's families are in his hands. How dare they!
When Yang Xu suspected Xu Zhiyi, he immediately arrested the "Xu Zhiyi" who went to Xinzhou to borrow troops, and risked his life to kill Mr. Xu Sanye to save himself. However, he did not expect that the Xu Zhiyi was actually a fake.
It was also at this time that Yang Xu finally confirmed that Xu Zhiyi did know, so he used the tactic of making a feint to the east and attacking in the west to appease him.
He knew how crazy his current behavior was, but he had no choice, so he dared to risk everything.
After all, if he made up his mind to fight, there was still a chance of survival. If he really waited for Xu Zhiyi to bring the things back to Beijing, what would be waiting for him would be skinning, stuffing straw, and the extermination of his entire clan.
Yang Xu raised his hand, and the Xinzhou army in the distance behind him all raised their swords.
He spoke each word with great emphasis: "Master Xu, I'll count to three, one..."
Xu Zhiyi asked him, "How do you want to end this?"
Yang Xu's face was expressionless: "The banditry is rampant, the cult is slaughtering the city, Pingning is destroyed, Third Master, you have sacrificed a heroic death... Second!"
Xu Zhiyi sneered and shook his head: "You may be overthinking it."
Yang Xu narrowed his eyes and said, "Pingning has fallen, and the cult has taken over the city. Pass the order down, break into the city and eliminate the bandits!"
The general behind him shouted with a ferocious expression: "Pingning has fallen, the cult is slaughtering the city, everyone listen to my order... break the city!"
"Break the city!"
Orders were passed to the army at the rear, accompanied by the clanging sound of armor. The Xinzhou army was full of murderous intent and ready to go.
But at this moment, the ground suddenly shook.
Yang Xu's hand, which was about to wave, suddenly froze. He subconsciously turned around... only to see dust rising in the distance.
The general beside him frowned: "Sir, there are heavily armored soldiers approaching."
Yang Xu's face was tense: "Where did Xinzhou get such a large number of heavily armored soldiers?"
As they were talking, the ground was shaking more and more obviously, and the thunder-like vibrations were getting closer and closer. In the distance, the dark heavy armored cavalry came into everyone's sight.
When he saw the dark golden word "Ding" on Lielie's flag, Yang Xu suddenly opened his eyes wide, his eyes twitching a few times, and he almost shouted out: "Fengning Iron Cavalry? No, impossible... Impossible!"
The Fengning Iron Cavalry under the command of Prince Ding Xiao Nanchen is the number one killing weapon of the Daxuan Dynasty. No one can match them. They kill wherever they go. Why, why would the Fengning Iron Cavalry appear here?
He has risked his life, even if it means forging a sacred order to lead the army to besiege the city, to get back the important account book. But who can tell him why the Fengning Iron Cavalry is here?
In a moment, a large mass of heavily armored cavalry approached like thunder, and the Xinzhou army was a little dumbfounded.
Which soldier doesn't know the Fengning Iron Cavalry, the ultimate powerful army that protects the country for the Daxuan Dynasty? They were surrounded by the Fengning Iron Cavalry?
Could it be that they are traitors?
The soldiers in the rear formation had no idea what was going on. They were here to suppress the bandits, so why were they surrounded by Feng Ning's cavalry?
Looking at the murderous and hellish aura of the heavy armored cavalry, everyone was silent.
The black-armored heavy cavalry obeyed orders and rushed forward like rolling thunderclouds. There was no sound when they stopped. Then, several black-armored soldiers in the first row dismounted, took a few steps forward with the sound of heavy armor colliding, and knelt down with a loud bang, clasping their fists.
"Fengning Iron Cavalry, meet the commander."
Head coach?
who?
Isn't Prince Ding already dead...
Yang Xu's neck had become stiff. He slowly turned his head and saw that on the city wall, next to Xu Zhiyi, there was a tall man in armor and a fluttering cloak.
Even from such a distance, Yang Xu recognized the man at a glance.
Xiao Nanchen looked down at him: "Yang Xu, you are quite courageous."
Such a calm and light sentence made Yang Xu's lips tremble. He couldn't utter a word. His face turned pale in an instant. All the strength in his body was drained in an instant. He actually slipped off the horse and fell to the ground...
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