At this moment, there was silence on the city wall.
All the generals and city guards standing on the city wall looked at this scene and were completely stunned. Looking at the bright red and hot blood on the ground, it was almost impossible to say that they were not surprised at all.
They are not afraid of killing each other.
However, what happened in front of him was obviously more than just murder.
General Lee is dead!
He was killed by Su Qing, the Governor of the Five Prefectures of the Northern Desert, with a sword!
The generals and city guards looked at me and I looked at you. They were all soldiers who had received extremely strict training. Normally, if the general was killed, they should resist.
but…
The other party is Su Qing.
He is the governor of the five northern desert prefectures. The most important thing is that they all heard what Su Qing said just now. The Northern Barbarian army invaded Yanjing City, and it was very close.
One hundred thousand troops!
How could they resist it with just the thousands of city guards stationed at the four city gates
"yes!"
"Light the beacon!"
"Quick, light the beacon fire immediately and summon the troops from all directions to protect Yanjing City!"
After hesitating for a moment, the generals and city guards finally took action. Naturally, they couldn't make the decision in this kind of thing. However, if the sky fell, there would be someone tall to hold it up.
Now, the tall Su Qing was standing in front of them.
So what else do they have to worry about
Even if the Holy One really blamed him, he would immediately find Su Qing. After all, the order was given by Su Qing, and they were just following the order.
"Send the order and light the beacon!"
"Light the beacon!"
“…”
Voices kept coming from the east city gate towards the "Beacon Tower". The messengers were running on the city wall, holding the messenger flag in their hands.
Soon, the beacon fire on the beacon tower was finally lit.
Thick black smoke rose and floated toward the sky. It was extremely thick smoke, and even the cold wind at night could not quickly dissipate the smoke.
At the same time, a ray of light also rose into the sky, gathering together with the stars in the sky like a shooting star.
Su Qing looked at this scene, and a smile finally appeared on the corner of his mouth.
The beacon has been lit and the signal has been sent out!
Then, the troops stationed in all directions will naturally rush to Yanjing City immediately. There is no doubt that no one dares to stay.
"Master Su, now that the enemy troops from the Northern Barbarians are approaching the city gate, should we immediately send someone to inform His Highness Prince Duan?" A general walked up to Su Qing at this time and said respectfully.
"Of course we need to notify, but we still have to defend ourselves and figure out the other party's purpose first. If we act rashly, we may fall into the other party's plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain!" Su Qing replied.
"Tune the tiger away from the mountain?" The general looked confused.
"Yes, although I have already discovered the Northern Barbarians' actions this time, no one can tell how the Northern Barbarians will act. If the Northern Barbarians' purpose is just to pretend to attack the city gate, the real target is the Holy Lord in the palace. Then if we send someone to inform His Royal Highness Duan Wang, wouldn't we just fall into the other party's trick?" Su Qing explained.
"Master Su is right, but if the other party is not feinting, then wouldn't it be better if we continued to delay..." When General Pian heard this, a cold sweat rose from his back, but he still hesitated.
"Whether it's a feint attack or not, I'll know as soon as I find out!" Su Qing said confidently.
"How can Mr. Su investigate?"
"As an important minister of the Great Xia Dynasty, I am naturally faced with the national crisis, and I have the ambition to open the city gate. I will personally resist them for a while and find out their purpose!"
"This... Master Su can't do it. The Northern Barbarians have always been cruel. What if Mr. Su..." Upon hearing this, General Pian shook his head and said without thinking.
Personally resist the Northern Barbarian army
Isn’t this seeking death
"Needless to say, I have made up my mind!" Su Qing waved his hand, turned around and walked towards the city wall.
More than a dozen men in black who were following Su Qing immediately followed.
The general was stunned on the spot, looking at Su Qing's leaving figure. He had an inexplicable bad premonition in his heart, but he couldn't tell what it was specifically.
"Master Su, aren't you famous for your wisdom? Why did you adopt such a method?" The general clenched his fists and frowned tightly.
He wanted to ask a few more questions.
However, Su Qing had already climbed down the city wall.
Moreover, the most important thing is that now that General Li is dead, Su Qing has naturally become the supreme commander who can issue general orders. So, as a soldier, how can he question Su Qing's decision
"Open the city gate!"
"Master Su wants to go out of the city to talk to the Northern Barbarian army. Open the city gate!"
"Crunch, crunch..."
As the orders were conveyed, the heavy city gate was finally slowly opened. The night wind blew by, picking up bits of yellow sand on the ground and flying towards the outside of the city.
Outside the city, countless black shadows were rushing toward the city gate. They all held long spears wrapped in black cloth in their hands, and their faces were all covered with black cloth.
Sen Leng's murderous intention rushed toward him.
Su Qing's eyes narrowed at this time, looking at the black figures getting closer and closer, and slowly stepped forward towards the outside of the city gate.
The dozen men in black who followed him did not follow Su Qing out, but stood quietly at the city gate, watching Su Qing leave.
All the city guards were extremely shocked when they looked at Su Qing who actually walked out.
"Close the city gate!"
"Wait a minute!" A man in black spoke at this time, his tone was cold, and his eyes shone with a cold and heart-stopping light.
When the city guards guarding the city gate heard what the man in black said, no one immediately questioned him, but their faces were full of doubts.
"The city gate cannot be closed until Mr. Su comes back!" The man in black spoke again.
"This... how can this be done? What if the city gate is not closed and the Northern Barbarian army rushes in?" A city guard immediately shook his head when he heard this.
However, just as he finished speaking.
A ray of light also lit up.
"Poof!"
The sword enters the throat without mercy.
This sword was naturally struck by the man in black, and the target was the city guard who had just replied. Blood spurted out from the city guard's throat, and the city guard's eyes widened.
"Why... why..."
"thump!"
Before he finished speaking, the man fell to the ground.
The several city guards who were also responsible for guarding the city gate subconsciously took a step back, with fear gleaming in their eyes.
If they disagree, the sergeant will be killed.
They have rarely seen such strict managers...
"Are you afraid?" The man in black gently wiped the bloody sword in his hand on the armor of the city guard. At the same time, his eyes scanned all the surrounding city guards.
"Don't be afraid!" the city guards replied immediately.
"As sergeants of the Great Xia Dynasty, you should have had the awareness to die long ago. Now that Mr. Su is alone to resist the enemy, he has to close the city gate and ignore Mr. Su's life and death. What do you think?" The man in black asked again.
"this… "
"Damn it!"
"Yeah, damn it!"
The more than ten city guards responsible for guarding the city gate looked at each other, then looked at the still bright red blood on the ground, and finally took a bite and replied.
"If the Northern Barbarian army really charges over, we will rush out and fight to the death. You can just take advantage of the trap and go to the city gate. Do you understand?" After hearing this, the man in black finally changed his tone and said.
"Understood!" Upon hearing this, the city guards nodded immediately.
They had to understand, because they had no choice at all. Either understand or die. This choice was too simple and direct.
Moreover, the most important thing is that now that Su Qing has left the city gate, more than a dozen men in black have promised to rush out to resist when the Northern Barbarian army comes.
So…
They can only pin their last hope on this.
…
The night was not a peaceful night. The yellow sand slowly swirled on the ground. The night wind blew through the gates of Yanjing City and blew on the faces of the city guards.
Su Qing, who was wearing a decent court uniform, stood outside the city gate with his hands behind his back. His back was not a majestic figure, but at this moment, it was the hope in the hearts of all the city guards.
He stood up straight, showing no sign of fear or flinching.
Even though those black shadows were getting closer and closer, they were so close that they were about to step over Su Qing's body and the spacious moat outside the city gate.
"Archers, get ready!" On the city wall, the generals commanded the city guards to pull up their bows and arrows. In addition to the bows and arrows, the hot oil was also heated.
Everything is preparation for the coming war.
finally…
The shadows crossed Su Qing's body and ran toward the spacious moat. They did not stop, and it seemed as if they had not seen Su Qing at all.
Like a swallowing black cloud, the speed is astonishingly fast.
Such a scene undoubtedly shocked the city guards and generals on the city wall. They never expected that the other party would ignore Su Qing.
"No! Close the city gate quickly!" A general reacted first and immediately shouted towards the city gate.
But…
Strangely, there was no sound from the city gate, not even the sound of the suspension bridge being lifted up, as if the commander's order was not heard at all.
"Damn it, are you all embarrassed?" The general's face became anxious. Just as he was about to go down to the city wall to take a look, he saw a man in black appearing in front of him.
"What's wrong?" the man in black asked.
"The Northern Barbarian army is invading and the city should be closed immediately..."
The general's voice stopped quickly before he finished speaking, because his neck felt a little cold, and there was a blood mark on his neck.
A quick streak of blood that could be fatal.
The general's hand covered the blood stain that was spurting out blood, and his eyes looked closely at the man in black in front of him and the blood-stained sword in the man's hand.
However, the man in black did not look at him again. Instead, he walked gently in front of him and pointed a finger on his forehead.
"thump!"
The general's body fell to the ground.
The sword of the man in black also lit up again, shining with a cold light under the moonlight. When the sword came out, the coldness swept over him, and the body of a general fell to the ground again.
"Sir, you... what are you doing?" The city guards, who were tightening their bowstrings, were completely unable to react when they saw such a change.
what happened
Why did the man in black following Su Qing attack the general
Are they traitors
impossible!
Master Su Qingsu had already sacrificed his life for the country just now. He was completely devoured by the Northern Barbarian army and died outside the city gate. His body could not be found.
But if he wasn't a traitor...
Why kill again for no reason
The city guards couldn't understand, but several people had died today. Ever since General Li was killed, death had been going on on the city wall.
They wanted to ask, but couldn't.
However, they saw one thing clearly.
The sword of the man in black was very fast and very cold. It was so cold that their bodies trembled, and it was so cold that they could not avoid it at all.
One body after another fell to the ground, more and more...
Such a change finally made the city guards wake up, because no matter what the reason was, the men in black should not kill again and again.
"stop!"
"What are you doing? Are you crazy?"
"Quick, take down this madman!"
The remaining city guards reacted and the resistance finally began. However, behind the man in black there were more than a dozen "madmen", and their swords were equally fast.
"Poof!"
"Poof!"
“…”
The sound of sharp swords slicing through throats and piercing bodies sounded on the city wall. The bodies of city guards fell to the ground. Their eyes were all rounded, and there was a faint aura of ice mist on their bodies.
"A strong man with the reincarnation realm!"
"Why? Why is there a strong man in the reincarnation realm behind Mr. Su? What's going on?"
"And there's more than one!"
The city guards couldn't understand that even though Su Qing was the governor of the five northern desert prefectures, it was already rare and valuable to have a strong man from the reincarnation realm behind him to protect him. How about a dozen strong men from the reincarnation realm to protect him together
This is absolutely unimaginable.
After all, even if the entire Daxia Dynasty's Samsara Realm powerhouses combined, there would not be more than a hundred people!
The city guards had begun to resist.
However, how could they resist the killings of the powerful men in the reincarnation realm.
Every time the sword lights up, a life will be taken away. Every time the sword lights up, there will be another corpse on the ground, either cold, or hot, or whose throat is sealed by a sword.
Blood was thrown in the air.
The city gates of Yanjing City were dyed red, pushing this ancient city that had been baptized by the flames of war onto the blade again, and at the same time, it also cut open the signs of aging again.
Screams echoed in the air.
At the same time, the dark shadows that rushed over quickly from outside the city finally crossed the moat, rushed through the city gate, and poured into Yanjing City.
The black cloth that originally covered their spears was taken off.
The bright spear points lit up one by one, looking cold under the moonlight. Soon, those cold points also gained a touch of warmth, the warmth of blood.
"Military order! In half a quarter of an hour, the battle will be completely resolved!"
"Yes!" A solemn and loud voice sounded in the blood. Blood dripped on the dark black clothes, and the blood was soaked in little bits, revealing the thick armor inside. (To be continued.)