Not long after we entered the cabin, we were blocked by a copper door. Although there are keyholes on the door, there are dozens of them. At first glance, it looks like someone has arranged a river map with keyholes on the door.
Tao Xiyu frowned and said, "This lock is difficult to open. You guys stand back and I'll try."
Just as Tao Xiyu tentatively put the wire into the keyhole, bells suddenly rang all over the ship, and the Qi army, which had been quiet, turned at the same time and charged towards the cabin. When the soldiers holding long swords charged side by side, Ye Xun and I waved our swords to meet each other. The two long swords burst out with cold light and shuttled between the Qi army's armor to stop the incoming enemy.
But just a moment later, Ye Xun and I were separated by the Qi army and were at a disadvantage.
From ancient times to the present, people in the world have been afraid of the army, and this is not a lie.
Fighting alone, the officers and soldiers may not be the opponent of the Jianghu people. As long as the officers and soldiers form a military formation, the Jianghu people will never be able to stop the opponent's two charges.
It is possible to break into a company camp alone, but most people in the world are unable to do this. No matter how flexible our movements are, we still need a certain amount of space to move around. Once the officers and soldiers suppress our movement space with their numbers, the Jianghu people will be cut into pieces with random swords no matter how high their martial arts skills are.
Ye Xun and I were already standing on the small deck, and we had to guard the cabin, so within a short while we were forced to the corner.
"Use a flashlight!" I roared angrily and blocked the enemy's long sword with my knife. I pushed the flashlight away with my left hand and shined it on the enemy's face. When the opponent turned his head subconsciously, I stepped forward with a long knife in my hand. The knife in my hand instantly cut open the opponent's armor, and split the person in half with my sloping shoulder.
Before I had time to take a breath, four long swords struck at the top of my head at the same time. The moment I instinctively held the knife in both hands to face Chang Ge, the flashlight in my hand also fell off and fell to the ground.
The four long swords only touched my blade, and the sword-wielding sergeant dragged the weapon backwards. The long sickle-shaped peck immediately got stuck on my sword, and it was like an iron hook that held me together with the sword. He was dragged towards the military formation.
I held a long knife and fought with each other and shouted sharply: "Donkey, help!"
"I can't turn on the flashlight!" Doudouzi stamped his feet anxiously.
"What the hell..." In desperation, I took advantage of the situation and took a step forward. After sending the knife in my hand forward a few inches, I turned the handle of the knife with both hands at the same time. The long knife suddenly changed direction and pointed the blade at me.
When the four Qi soldiers were unable to retreat, Chang Ge struck the blade again. The long peck on the bronze sword was immediately broken by Mie Tian's sharp blade, and the four Qi soldiers fell to the ground together. I rushed forward and slashed with my sword, four heads flew down at the same time, but the nearby Qi army surrounded me again.
"Kill -" I was furious and swung my knife, Douduzi finally turned on the flashlight and waved it back and forth in front of the charging Qi army. Ye Xun and I took advantage of the situation and rushed into the enemy group, finally suppressing the Qi army. offensive.
"Fire arrows!" Ye Xun and I had just stood firm when the other side's archers formed a formation and surrounded the cabin.
Ye Xun and I were only about ten meters apart from the other side's archers, so the other side could cover us in the rain of arrows without having to aim.
"Back off!" Ye Xun roared angrily and cut off the cabin door with two knives, then pushed the door panel horizontally in front of him towards the cabin.
When I stepped forward to help Ye Xun catch the door panel, arrows were already raining down from the military formation. Ye Xun and I held the door panel in front of the cabin door with our hands. Before we could stand firmly, the sound of a sword hitting a wooden board suddenly sounded in front of us. Although the oncoming long arrow did not pass through the door, it showed its edge behind the wooden board.
I saw the arrow tips piercing through the wooden boards and couldn't help shouting: "Tao Xiyu, are you done?"
"Almost!" Tao Xiyu shouted just two words, and I heard a loud "crunching" sound coming from outside the cabin.
The Qi army on the ship launched three crossbows from nowhere, and arrows as thick as an arm were pointed directly at the cabin. Although the bed crossbows of the Warring States Period were not as powerful as the eight-oxen crossbows of the Song Dynasty, and their accuracy was relatively poor, they were only suitable for large-scale volleys. However, within such a close distance, three bed crossbows were fired at the same time. Don’t say that we only have one wooden board in our hands. , even if there is an earth wall in front of it, it will be broken into pieces by the heavy arrows.
Ye Xun let go of the wooden board and stood up with his knife: "Fight out and chop down the crossbow!"
I was about to let go, but Tao Xiyu shouted: "It's done!"
When I turned my head, the door had opened inward, revealing a straight passage.
"This is not a boat! Don't go in..."
Before I finished speaking, the sound of a bow string vibrating suddenly came up. Ye Xun reached out and grabbed my shoulders and pushed me to the ground. Before our bodies even touched the ground, the wooden board in front of us was being bombarded by heavy crossbows, and wood chips flew into the air. Three powerful crossbows flew past our eyes at the same time and went straight into the depths of the corridor.
When Ye Xun and I stood up, a large number of Qi troops had blocked the door and were squeezing towards the corridor.
It is no longer possible for us to rush out, and we can only retreat step by step under the strong pressure of the Qi army.
I didn't let Tao Xiyu enter the corridor just now because I visually measured the distance of the corridor.
When we boarded the ship, the warship was parked horizontally at the gate of the city, and the corridor was at least fifty meters long. How long could the warship itself be? If the end of the corridor did not go deep into the hillside, it would be impossible to build a corridor of such length.
However, the cabin was obviously built along the hull of the ship, and the two ends of the warship did not lean against the hillside. How could the corridor go deep into the mountain? There are either mazes or illusions in the corridors.
While Ye Xun was fending off his opponent, I took a look into the corridor, but I couldn't help but be secretly surprised. Tao Xiyu and Douduzi, who were originally guarding the entrance of the corridor, had disappeared, and even the three heavy crossbows that had been fired into the corridor were nowhere to be found.
Just when I was about to remind Ye Xun, the Qi army in front of me suddenly roared and charged towards us side by side with Changge in hand.
Ye Xun and I took a step backwards at the same time...
But just because of this step, I seemed to have fallen into endless darkness, and the surrounding scenery instantly disappeared without a trace, leaving only a staircase behind me.
I stood there and waited for a few seconds before turning around and walking up the steps.
Not long after I walked forward, a quiet room with a coffee table appeared in front of me. Xu You, wearing a Taoist robe, sat behind the coffee table and stretched out his hand: "Please have some tea."
I sat down opposite Xu You: "Mr. Xu, we meet again."
Xu You was slightly startled: "Have you seen me?"
I looked at him calmly and said, "A few days ago, you threw me into the sea. Of course I remember who you are."
Xu You's face darkened slightly: "Who are you?"
I had known for a long time that I would definitely see Xu You on Dan Island. He was the key person to enter Dan Island.
Siming would not be so bored as to come up with a false character to deceive me. He deliberately made Xu You the core of the dream, which must have his deep meaning.
More importantly, Siming gave me a hint in the dream, that is, Xu You is good at controlling the overall situation. Once things develop beyond his expected scope, he will be at a loss, and he will not even know how to respond.
My words immediately disrupted Xu You's train of thought.
I picked up the tea cup in front of Xu You and said, "Mr. Xu still likes to use illusions so much? Illusions are okay to use occasionally. If you want to deceive people, you can't just use illusions. Are you right?"
Xu You said with a gloomy face: "Are you the one who jumped into the water to escape two months ago?"
"Isn't it the same?" I smiled, "Don't you know that in this world, besides illusion, there is also the art of disguise?"
Xu You took a deep breath before sneering: "Are you lying to me?"
"Aren't you also lying?" I looked at Xu You and said, "Let's put it this way! I want the secret of Dan Island, and so do you. However, now the two of us are the weakest among the forces competing for Dan Island. One side. I need your help, and you probably need an ally too, right?"
Xu You said with a gloomy face: "I don't need allies, and I won't share the secret of Dan Island with others."
"Don't refuse in a hurry." I said bluntly, "I'm not interested in immortality. I want to find a person's whereabouts. Whatever secrets there are on Dan Island are yours."
Xu You raised his eyebrows and said, "Is it that simple?"
My voice sank slightly: "I want a few more lives."
Xu You was silent for a moment before saying: "Whose whereabouts do you want? What does that person have to do with you?"
"My father Wang Zhan!" I said, "I want to know, did my father come to Dan Island twenty years ago? Has he come out again?"
Xu You's eyes suddenly lit up: "The man who left the message on the island is your father? How do you prove..."
Before Xu You finished speaking, my eyes had already met his pupils, and Xu You froze on the spot in a daze.
The "life and death gaze" I practiced in my dream was also brought out by me. Although Siming didn't explain the reason to me, I guess it was when I ate the snake's eyes in the dream. Siming stuffed the real snake's eyes into my mouth outside the dream and guided me. I practice in my dreams, otherwise, I wouldn’t be able to practice the life-and-death gaze.
A moment later, Xu You woke up with a sudden jolt. I looked at the other party and smiled and said: "This is my proof. I want to kill you, but I just can't catch you! But if I kill you, I will definitely not be able to defeat the two parties outside, so we have to join forces."
Xu You was silent for a moment before saying, "How do you want to cooperate?"
I said solemnly: "That depends on how much you know about Dan Island."
Xu You's face suddenly darkened: "Do you want to trick me?"
I waved my hand and said: "You are thinking too much. Your previous plan was just to let people explore the road in front of you, but your method seems a bit... somewhat inferior. You put yourself in the position of an explorer, who Will I die for you?"
"If you want to deceive people, you have to make them think that you have mastered the biggest secret on Dan Island, so that someone will die before you. Am I right?"