Volume 1: A stone strikes a thousand waves, the world surrounds Li Daosheng Chapter 137: Bloody Light
It should be at noon, when the first drum of war sounds, striking people's hearts.
A cloud of smoke appeared outside Huaiyang Pass.
The smoke and dust covered the sky and the sun, carrying the flags and surging along with the howling north wind.
Then countless figures emerged from it, walking across the yellow sand towards the city gate. They held bows and swords in their hands, wore leather armor, and moved forward silently with the savage momentum of wild beasts.
The chariots crushed the stones on the ground, breaking through the dust with the dull sound of the wheels rolling; the war horses shook their heads restlessly, making sounds like low roars; long ladders were placed on the shoulders of the soldiers, connecting the seemingly endless army formation together.
The Jin army came again, and this time, they should have mobilized almost all of their troops.
As the army advanced, the sound of the war drums grew louder and louder, until the ground seemed to begin to vibrate.
At Huaiyang Pass, the soldiers of Tian Ce Mansion had gathered on the top of the city wall. They either drew their bows and arrows or set up their spears on the city wall, waiting for the upcoming battle.
Su Hongluo was still standing in front of the city wall, with the spear in his hand standing beside him. The red tassel under the spear blade fluttered in the wind, dyeing the dust in the sky a touch of blood red.
There was a piece of blood-stained white cloth tied around her arm, probably because the arrow wound from a few days ago had not healed yet.
Su Changwu stood beside her holding a long sword, looking at the Jin army approaching the city. After a while, he chuckled and said.
"Little sister, just follow me later, I will protect you."
Su Hongluo glanced at him sideways and pursed her lips as if with some disdain.
"Just don't ask me to save you again."
Su Changwu's face froze when she said that, but then he seemed to remember something, shook his head and laughed out loud.
"Haha, come to think of it, it seems like we have been like this since we were young."
"Yes." Su Hongluo turned around, looked down at the city, and said calmly, "It has been like this since childhood."
At that time, although Su Changwu was tall and strong, he was very dull, so he was always bullied. Whenever he was bullied, Su Hongluo would go to help fight, and they always won, so the other party would always report to his family.
Then Su Changwu would accept all the punishments from his father without saying a word, and no matter how he was asked, he would never mention Su Hongluo.
But once, they lost the fight, and Su Changwu hugged Su Hongluo tightly, protecting her under his body, and allowed people to punch and kick him, without any intention of letting go. It was not until those people got tired of fighting and gradually dispersed that Su Changwu sat up, smiled at the dazed Su Hongluo, and asked.
"Are you okay, little sister?"
That day, both of them were punished together, and no one said a word.
Su Changwu just knelt there and smiled foolishly, while Su Hongluo said nothing.
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On the city wall, the wind was getting stronger and stronger. Su Changwu suddenly asked Su Hongluo with a smile.
"Do you think we can return alive this time?"
Beside them, the flag of Tiance Mansion was shaking and fluttering.
"Yes." Su Hongluo replied calmly.
"Yeah," Su Changwu nodded, looked at the Jin army outside the city, the smile on his face gradually faded, and the sword tilted slightly.
"I believe you," he said.
And even if he can't, he will protect her, just like before.
In the Jin army's formation.
Abuham was riding on a war horse, holding the reins in his left hand and a scimitar in his right hand. He looked up at the Huaiyang Pass in the distance, silent.
This majestic pass still stood in the direction where the sun rose, and the dazzling light made it difficult for him to open his eyes.
But today, he will break through here.
Next to him, a middle-aged man with a long sword hanging from his waist was riding a warhorse.
Abuham didn't know much about this man. He only knew that his name was Shu Huheng, and that he was a swordsmanship master who had always been with King Jin. This time, he came under the pretext of helping in the battle.
Abuham was very disdainful of this. In his opinion, this was just a means for King Jin to monitor him.
But even if he knew this was the case, he couldn't say it out loud. On the contrary, he had to treat Mr. Shuhu with good courtesy.
Thinking of this, Abuhamo smiled and said to Shuhuheng.
"Mr. Shuhu, do you think it's time to attack the barrier now?"
Shu Huheng glanced at Abuhamo, touched his beard and nodded.
"It's all up to the general."
"Yeah." Abuhamo must have guessed that Shu Huheng would answer like this, so he responded, turned his head, looked at the front of the army formation, raised the scimitar in his hand, and shouted.
"All troops, listen up!"
"Bang bang bang bang!" The war drums beat at his command.
At the sound of drums, all the soldiers stopped and waited for orders.
"Attack the problem!" a command was shouted.
The scimitars in Abuham 's hands fell at the same time, and countless human figures were reflected on the bright blades.
The next moment, those figures rushed forward at the same time, accompanied by earth-shaking power, and shouted killing sounds that shook the sky.
At this moment, people seemed to be unable to hear any other sounds in their ears, and the only sound they could hear was the deafening roar.
Inside Huaiyang Pass, the soldiers of Tian Ce Mansion also clenched their spears, and the archers released their bowstrings that had already been fully drawn.
Countless arrows flew into the air and fell into the crowd below the city like a rain of locusts.
One after another, the Jin soldiers fell in the rain of arrows, but they seemed to be inexhaustible. They rushed towards the city gate one after another, and finally rushed to the foot of the city wall and placed a long ladder on the wall.
Everyone knew that the real fight was about to begin.
But no one knows that variables will also arise at this moment.
When the first Jin soldier climbed to the top of the city wall, a soldier from the Tian Ce Palace also raised his spear, but before the spear could fall, a black shadow flashed by.
No one could see clearly what happened, but there was a cut on the Jin soldier's throat and blood kept flowing out, staining his armor red.
Until the last moment before his death, the Jin soldier's eyes were still wide open, and he didn't know why he was dying.
The soldiers of Tian Ce Mansion were also stunned, but the next moment, countless black shadows had already passed over the top of the city, accompanied by countless Jin soldiers falling from the city.
Only after the first wave of Jin soldiers were completely killed did the dark shadows stop and stand on the city wall.
Only then did people see their appearance clearly.
They were masked men dressed in black, holding various weapons in their hands. They were of different heights, weights and bodies. The only thing in common was that they were all covered in blood.
It was a smell of blood that could almost be smelled, along with the cold murderous intent in their eyes, which was enough to make one feel cold all over.
There was silence on the city wall for a moment, perhaps because people had not yet reacted to what had happened.
Then, a sound of footsteps, neither light nor heavy, was heard behind them.
Someone looked back and saw a ragged man in a black robe walking towards them with a broken sword in his hand.
"Blood Robe Building." The man spoke calmly as he walked. His voice was not loud, but it was clear in everyone's ears.
"Here!" Hundreds of black-clad figures on the city wall responded at the same time.
"Kill anyone who comes." The man walked through the army formation, came to the front of the city, drew out the broken sword in his hand, and said lightly.
"Yes!" A group of black figures raised their weapons and shouted in unison.
"Blood Robe Building, kill! kill! kill!"
As the word "kill" was uttered, the murderous intent was overwhelming.
The two words "kill" were uttered, and the chill was bone-chilling.
As the three words "kill" were uttered, the tower seemed to be filled with blood.
