All the golden-armored cavalry moved upon hearing the sound, and in the blink of an eye they formed a formation similar to a sharp arrow.
Starting from the tail of the sharp arrow, a dazzling golden light rose from their golden armor and gathered towards Xue Rong who was leading the way.
"You should know the power of the Golden Armor Pagoda."
Xue Rong pointed his long sword at Jiang Zhihong and said in a solemn voice, "If you surrender obediently, I promise not to implicate these refugees."
Although there were not many cavalrymen, only 6,000, and no matter which one was taken out alone, they would not be a match for Jiang Zhihong, but Xue Rong was not afraid at all.
The golden armor on these soldiers are all golden and jade armor of magic soldiers.
Its effect is to draw 30% of the strength of the entire army and infuse it into the body of one person.
Three thousand golden armors can be used to fight against the Tao.
Six thousand golden armors can kill all kinds of people!
This is Xue Rong’s confidence.
Facing Xue Rong's shouting, Jiang Zhihong said nothing. He stared at the old woman's head that had rolled down to the ruins with a dazed look on his face.
He guessed his own ending, but he didn't expect it to be in this form.
Are you a traitor?
Was my late father also a traitor?
Saving the people of Yongzhou ended up enslaving refugees to rebel?
Jiang Zhihong fell into great confusion.
Because he remembered what kind of person His Majesty was in the past.
Cheerful, wise and intelligent.
Worry about the country and the people, and have the world in mind.
Always with a kind smile.
Even as the top scholar myself, I couldn't help but admire his talent and vision.
Those calls of Jiang Ergou.
We discussed politics and studies every day.
Could it be that they are all fake?
Was all this image you had for so many years just an act?
"Jiang Zhihong! This general will ask you one last question."
Xue Rong's patience was running out, and his eyes were filled with murderous intent. "Are you going to surrender or not?!"
As soon as the words fell.
An irregular stone hit the butt of a horse at the end of the army formation, colliding with the golden armor and making a crisp "bang" sound.
“…”
Xue Rong was silent for a moment, then he roared out his suppressed rage: "Change the formation!!!"
Crash.
The sharp arrow formation turned into a circular formation.
This formation can distribute the damage and impact suffered by the army evenly to every person and every horse.
Generally speaking, it is mainly used for defense .
In special circumstances...it can also be used for massacres!
Massacre the weak ones who outnumber you by far!
"Stand up so that others can survive."
Xue Rong's eyes slowly swept across the crowd.
The refugees subconsciously wanted to retreat.
An old man stood up.
"I!"
“I threw it.”
The old man could barely walk, grinning, "Kill me, I can't learn any evil magic anyway, and if I live I'll just be a burden to everyone and a waste of food."
There was a flash of knife.
Another body was separated.
Xue Rong put away his knife with a look of contempt.
A group of civilians...oh no, just a group of disaster victims.
Although the number is so large, if a fight really breaks out, I and others will be exhausted to death.
After all, most of these people practiced martial arts.
Unfortunately, it’s almost dawn.
As long as Jiang Zhihong is eliminated before dawn, these millions of disaster victims will not pose any threat to the six thousand golden armors.
This is also the reason why he wants to reach the wind drum at this point.
Xue Rong turned his horse around in the circle and said coldly, "Jiang Zhihong, did you see that? Now only two people died. If you insist on resisting and fighting, more people will die."
Bang!
Another stone hit the golden armor.
This time, it was the golden armor on the person that was hit.
Before Xue Rong could get angry, a man squeezed out of the crowd with an extremely arrogant expression: "I did it, come and kill me."
It’s Cai Laogen.
As soon as he finished speaking, the expressions of all the refugees became subtle.
Many people chose to take a step forward and stand with Cai Laogen.
“…”
Xue Rong narrowed his eyes, "It seems that this general is still too merciful. Two heads are not enough to make you understand the situation clearly."
"Situation? What situation?"
Cai Laogen laughed loudly, "The situation is, these two old guys are alive and well!"
"Hunger failed to kill them, plague failed to kill them, and man-eating beasts failed to kill them."
"It's you who want to kill them! It's you high and mighty people like you!"
"Hahaha, you are from the capital, right?"
"Coming so far from the capital, the journey must have been difficult, right?"
"So, the imperial court has the guts to send you here to kill people, but doesn't have the guts to send you to bring even a little bit of food for disaster relief?"
"Haha, a rebel from the Taiping Dao?"
"If being a traitor allows one to live, but being a commoner means death, then this traitor..."
Cai Laogen raised his neck even higher, his eyes bulging: "I'm definitely going to be the fucking boss!!!"
"It's settled...How many people think this way? Please stand up."
Xue Rong did not rush to take action, but slowly looked around.
Maybe it's strength in numbers.
Perhaps Cai Laogen’s words resonated with people.
——Crash.
All the refugees who were closer to the army took a step forward.
"Haha, good, good, very good."
Xue Rong laughed and shouted, "Did you all see it?"
“I see!”
The unanimous reply came from the six thousand golden-armored pagodas.
"In that case..."
Xue Rong raised his long sword and swung it down fiercely.
Just as he was about to utter the word "kill", a huge force suddenly attacked from behind and hit the golden light flowing in the circle.
——Bang!
There was a loud bang.
The six thousand golden-armored soldiers took a step back together.
There is no doubt that this is Jiang Zhihong.
“…”
After a brief moment of shock, Xue Rong came to his senses and laughed wildly: "Hahahaha, Jiang Zhihong, you did it, you really did it!"
"As long as you dare to make a move, you will never be able to take off the label of 'traitor'!"
"This way, His Majesty will have no worries when he kills you!"
Facing Xue Rong's pride and ridicule, Jiang Zhihong turned a deaf ear and just continued to attack the golden armor army formation, causing one roar after another.
His speed was getting faster and faster, his strength was getting stronger and stronger, and the golden armored army was constantly forced to retreat by him.
However, no cavalryman was actually injured.
"They're stalling for time!"
A voice suddenly came from not far away.
Chu Wei accelerated madly while shouting loudly, " They want to delay until dawn, wait until everyone loses their martial arts skills, and then kill you immediately!"
"My Lord, please leave now!!!"
Chu Wei shouted and rushed towards the army, "They can't possibly massacre a million people! Only if you leave, will we have a chance to continue to lead everyone to survive!"
He was wearing the robes of a registrar and holding an ordinary standard long sword.
My own realm is only at the first or second level of enlightenment.
There is almost no threat to the Golden Armored Pagoda.
There is no need for the general to even take action.
A long sword was thrown out by the outermost cavalryman.
puff!
Before Chu Wei could get close, he was stabbed through the heart.
"grown ups!!"
Chu Wei fell down, and screamed with his last bit of strength: "Before it gets light, go!!!"
The refugees were already in a state of extreme resentment and anger.
Chu Wei's words were like a spark that flew into everyone's heart.
Delay time?
Wait till dawn and wait until these people forget about martial arts?
If that’s the case... those people in golden armor are afraid of me and others?
The refugees looked at the people around them.
The flame was ignited.
"My Lord! Go!"
I don’t know who moved first, maybe they moved together.
Refugees within a radius of several miles rushed out together and swarmed towards the army.
They don't know any martial arts, and can only use the power of a few dozen acupoints.
At best, it just makes them a little stronger than ordinary people.
It is simply impossible to destroy the military formation.
But Chu Wei's words and Chu Wei's death made them believe that only by letting Jiang Zhihong go first, they and others would have a chance to survive!
That is enough.
that's all.
Tens of thousands of people moved, and hundreds of thousands of people who were confused about why followed suit.
Refugees from all over the mountains and plains poured towards the city gate like a tide .
As soon as the two sides came into contact, the refugees were thrown out like torn cotton, knocking down more people.
But there is still a steady stream of refugees.
“Let’s go!!”
At first only some people were shouting.
Later, everyone was shouting.
“Damn it!!!”
Xue Rong looked extremely ugly.
The situation he was most worried about finally happened - Jiang Zhihong stopped.
He was not afraid of these refugees storming the army, he was only afraid that Jiang Zhihong would escape.
Just as Chu Wei said, it was not far from dawn, and these refugees could not break through the military defense in such a short time.
But the problem is, although this period of time is short, it is enough for Jiang Zhihong to escape!
He is clearly a Huangting cultivator and has the means to form a Dan, but he is not using it. Instead, he is using his physical body to fight against the army.
Why?
In Chu Wei's opinion, this was proof that Jiang Zhihong was wavering.
If you stop now, you will most likely choose to run away.
Riding on the clouds... the heavy cavalry can't catch up.
Therefore, Chu Wei could only shout in a stern voice: "Jiang Zhihong, if you dare to escape, I swear that tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people here will die because of you!"
"Don't worry, I won't leave."
Jiang Zhihong reappeared on the ruins, facing the military formation.
This sentence was also spoken with great power and was extremely grand.
The refugees' pace slowed down, but many of them had already approached the army.
There were flashes of swords and blood flying everywhere.
Xue Rong smiled, "If you don't want to leave, then you should commit suicide as soon as possible. If you delay for a moment, many of these people will die."
"Suicide?"
Jiang Zhihong shook his head and took a step forward.
As he took this step, half of his body's strength disappeared and suddenly poured into the jade pool under his abdomen.
"Just now, what Chu Wei said was actually wrong."
“These refugees have no hope of survival because you came here.”
Jiang Zhihong asked as he took the second step.
After taking one or two steps, the jade pool was completely soaked in strong energy.
His body expanded at a speed visible to the naked eye and became younger.
In the blink of an eye, he became a middle-aged man in his forties.
"Yuchi Zhongdao... How is it possible?!"
Xue Rong was shocked.
He only knew that Jiang Zhihong was a Huangting cultivator, but now!!
But that’s not all.
"You came here with His Majesty's order to kill me, Jiang Zhihong?"
"No, it isn't."
"What you really want to kill are these millions of poor people!"
Jiang Zhihong took his third step.
With this step, all the acupoints in the body are destroyed.
The most basic potential of the human body is completely released.
The tremendous power far exceeded the level of body cleansing and raged wildly, forming fingertip-sized lumps on Jiang Zhihong's body surface that kept moving.
"You are here, and the ending is determined."
When the fourth step is taken, the meridians of the whole body are reversed.
The total amount of strength doubles again!
Countless cracks appeared on Jiang Zhihong's body, turning him into a bloody man in an instant.
"Since the ending is already determined."
"The only thing I can do is to let you serve these millions of people..."
"Buried with him!!!"
Take the fifth step and burn yourself!
The force began to compress, compress, and compress again!
The extreme compression brought about extreme temperature. The moisture in the human body was evaporated and spread around the body, making Jiang Zhihong, who had already become a bloody man, even more terrifying.
"Isn't he going to label me a Taiping Dao traitor?"
"Then prick up your ears and listen to me."
"I am Jiang Zhihong!!"
Jiang Zhihong opened his mouth and roared: "It is Jiang Zhihong of Taiping Dao - yes!!!"
In the last step, the newly born Tao seed collapsed!
Swish!
Jiang Zhihong's figure disappeared on the spot.