The assassin's head was turned backwards, only relying on that lonely and thin vertebra to hang upside down on the back, a blood-red and disgusting mouth was facing the snow-free blue sky.
Before he had time to catch his breath, Fan Xian pulled out the long sword stuck in the snow with his backhand, touched his feet, shrunk his body into a ball, and backed away extremely quickly. After his body shrunk into a ball, the area exposed to the air became smaller, and the off-white Overwatch Council official uniform covered his whole body without any holes.
The sound of crossbows clanged across the field, and You Ruoxihu's iron zithers slashed fiercely, but all of them shot around Fan Xian's body. His movement was so fast that even a fast crossbow could not hit him accurately.
Occasionally, a few crossbow arrows hit him, but they couldn't pass through his body.
Fan Xian swept to the top of the city guard crossbow, channeled the domineering qi remaining in his body, and raised it with his backhand!
How much force does this require
The huge city crossbow rolled in the air, and it just hit the two city crossbows next to it.
It was in this brief moment that Fan Xian raised the point of his sword with his backhand and hit the spring string of the crossbow in the air. At this moment, the crossbow had already been wound, and it collapsed at the most critical moment.
The sword of the Son of Heaven sent by Wang Qinian for thousands of years is indeed the ultimate sword that is rarely seen in the world, and the spring string is broken for no reason when the sword edge passes by.
The snipers around panicked and roared, and rushed towards Fan Xian, but ignored the issue of the city defense crossbow.
Creak creak, a series of shocking sounds sounded from the top of the snow mountain. With three loud bangs, the city defense crossbow slammed into each other, and immediately deflected, and a spring string had been cut by Fan Xian, and the full-metal crossbow that had been charged for a long time was finally shot out.
Instead of aiming at the valley, it aimed at the ground.
The powerful recoil made the huge city defense crossbow jump up, up half a person's height, and directly pressed on the group of people who were chasing and killing Fan Xian.
Run over, a bloody mess, stumped limbs and broken arms.
And the two city defense crossbows that were hit could no longer control the strings on the crossbow machine, and shot out with two swishing sounds. The crossbow bolts had no direction at all, and shot out randomly!
Two sharp lights flashed, and a crossbow arrow shot an old cold tree. How could the trunk withstand such a powerful force? At the part of the hole it snapped off and fell down.
And the damage caused by another crossbow bolt was even more astonishing, it directly passed through the bodies of the three snipers, and pinned them on the snow!
Blood flowed down the terrifying crossbow onto the snow, while the three snipers who were pierced into skewers could not die for a while, moaning endlessly.
There was a moment of chaos.
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Taking advantage of the chaos, Fan Xian once again hid in the snowy forest, leaning over the branches, panting heavily, and being careful not to let the blood on his back drip down from the snowy trees, alarming the snipers .
The opponent had a crossbow in his hand, and if another group of crossbowmen surrounded the seriously injured Fan Xian, Fan Xian would not be sure that he would survive.
And his task has been completed, the density of crossbow arrows in the snowy forest has decreased a lot, and the death of the three principals made these ambushers feel chilled and flustered. With the suppressing effect of the city crossbow, the pressure on the black carriages in the valley suddenly decreased a lot.
Fan Xian leaned on the tree trunk and listened to the movement of the opposite mountain forest, knowing that the shadow had already beaten him and disturbed the camp on that mountain top. The ambushers' morale was already in disarray, and the assassins from the Sixth Office of the Overwatch Council finally got their chance.
The people in the Overwatch Council naturally knew where the fighters were, and they didn't have to wait for the leader to issue an order. They had already rushed out of the carriage, pulled out the black iron rod beside them, avoided the rain of crossbows that had become sparse, and spoke silently and angrily. Sneaked into the mountains.
They had already put on their black official uniforms in the carriage, entered the snow forest like gray ghosts, and began to use their means and resentment to kill any living life in the snow forest at all costs.
A long-planned ambush crossbow battle finally turned into a close-quarters sniper battle in the mountains and forests under the desperate attacks of two strong men, Fan Xian and Ying Ying.
In this world, there is no one who is better at sniping than the assassins from the Sixth Division of the Overwatch Council.
Even the most powerful Qing army in the world is no match for the sixth branch in a close-up assassination battle in the dense forest.
Listening to the strange silence in the snow forest, listening to the occasional sound of crossbows, the occasional sound of breaking snow, the occasional sound of iron rods entering the stomach, and the occasional sound of screaming...
Fan Xian knew that his subordinates had already taken the absolute advantage, and the retaliatory massacre was proceeding in an orderly manner. After the two hundred crossbowmen who ambushed the Overwatch Council caused heavy casualties to the Overwatch Council, they would no longer be able to survive. .
His heart, which had been tense all this time, finally relaxed.
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There were no survivors, just as Fan Xian predicted, the swordsmen of the Sixth Branch attacked so hard that no survivors were left. Of course, it wasn't just because of the ruthlessness of the Sixth Division. When the battle was about to end, the remaining twenty or so crossbowmen committed suicide in a uniform manner.
Standing on the snow, Fan Xian looked indifferently at the twenty-odd corpses on the ground. Looking at the faces of these corpses, he found that there was no sorrow or fear on the faces of these people, but only perseverance and loyalty.
Qing Kingdom's army... is indeed the most powerful military force in the world. This kind of discipline and toughness, if placed on the battlefield, would be a terrifying force.
Today, there were more than 30 Overwatch Council officials on the black carriage in Guzhong, only about 20 of them were able to enter the Xuelin alive in the end, and these 20 people killed more than 100 crossbowmen.
In the mountains and forests on both sides of the snow valley, under those dark rocky trees, there should still be many corpses whose blood has been frozen.
Fan Xian was agitated, coughed twice, coughed up some blood, turned around slowly, and looked at the bloody man on the ground.
This person was covered in blood, the eyeball of one eye was pierced by a dagger, it was as ugly as a deflated wine bag, both arms were cut off neatly, there was a blood hole in the left hand, and the domineering true energy in the right hand Shattered into pieces.
This was one of the previous three masters, who attacked Fan Xian from behind and hugged Fan Xian bravely when he was dying, but unexpectedly became the only one who survived in the end.
Fan Xian walked to this person's side, slowly raised his foot, stepped on this person's face, stepped on this person's face twice, and woke him up.
The bloody man slowly came to life, and his dull eyes swept around. He saw the bodies of the Overwatch Council spies around Fan Xian and the brothers scattered in the forest. She trembled in pain and said, "My lord, don't kill me, I am willing to do anything..."
It means a closed tooth sound.
Fan Xian shot like lightning, inserted his finger into the man's mouth, pulled it hard, and the man's jaw was bloody pulled down, and it could no longer be closed, and even a few teeth fell out.
Fan Xian reached out to wipe the blood from his hands in the snow beside him, and said, "Don't think about committing suicide, you are still useful to me... Now that you have no hands, and you can't shut your mouth, how can you die to be loyal? "
"Help him stop the bleeding and keep him alive."
Fan Xian gave instructions to the subordinates beside him, and then walked slowly towards the snow valley below the mountain, coughing up blood all the way, and the blood trickling down his back.
Hong Changqing followed behind him, trying to help him, but he stubbornly shook off his hand.
Hong Changqing was lucky, he didn't die under the crossbow rain today, but suffered a slight injury to his left arm.
But the rest of the Overwatch Council did not have such good luck. A total of more than 30 cronies who followed Fan Xian back to Beijing, nearly half of them died, and all the survivors were wounded and weak.
All the way to the valley, the officials of the Overwatch Council along the way bowed and saluted slightly. This is a sincere respect for Mr. Tisi. Everyone knows that without Mr. Tisi's fearless surprise attack, everyone in the Overwatch Council would be afraid today. Is to all die in this valley.
Officials from the Overwatch Council gradually gathered behind Fan Xian, dragging the only survivor, back to the valley, beside the broken carriages.
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Fan Xian squatted beside his overturned carriage, pulling the broken shaft with his fingers, and occasionally glanced at the dead coachman in the carriage. His face was calm, he didn't know what he was thinking, and he refused the request of the Overwatch Council subordinates to treat his injuries .
Why? Why all this
There are dead corpses of the state army all over the valley. Which force has the courage to ambush in a valley so close to the capital? Who has the strength to mobilize so many military masters, and even moved the city defense crossbow!
The crossbow guarding the city is the second suspicious point in this sniping incident. It takes time and a lot of movement for the sniper to install the crossbow. Why is the Kyoto garrison in charge of the security of the four fields of Kyoto not aware of it at all
What chilled Fan Xian the most was why the other party was able to calculate the time of his return to Beijing so accurately. From Yingzhou to Weizhou, he set up doubts and asked Jiangnan Water Village to let out fake rumors, and then went straight all the way... If they wanted to snipe and kill themselves, these troops would never dare to lie in ambush near the capital for too long. How could they be so accurate in timing
What was even more frightening was that although it was close to the capital, Fan Xian asked himself that he did not relax his vigilance and released the spies after a distance of three miles. Why did the spies report that everything was normal at first? Could it be that the spy didn't find anything unusual in the valley? Until the shadow preempts the warning...
Countless questions came to Fan Xian's mind, especially some questions, which made him feel cold all over.
Today's round is completely different from the one in the Hanging Temple.
Today's game is a dead game. The opponent has used such a powerful force and careful preparations. There is no doubt that he wants to kill himself. If the eldest princess ordered Yan Xiaoyi to act, it must be that the capital has undergone major changes, and the other party is so unscrupulous, so daring to despise the emperor... However, if there is real turmoil in the capital, even if there is no news from the palace, But what about you
Fan Xian thought gloomily, but what about you? Even if everyone in the world is frozen, you... must have a way to notify yourself.
This is a contradictory proposition. If there is no chaos in the capital, it cannot explain why the eldest princess and Yan Xiaoyi dared to do such a big thing, and if the capital is really in chaos, why didn't he get an early warning
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"My lord, it's time to make a decision." A member of the Qi Nian team, with blood on his face, whispered into Fan Xian's ear. The people of the Qi Nian team had followed Fan Xian the longest, so they spoke more directly. The man said in a deep voice, "Should we return to Weizhou and get in touch with the capital first, or enter the capital directly."
Fan Xian remained silent, glanced at the seriously injured subordinates around him, and knew that he had to make a decision immediately.
If the capital is really in chaos, my group will die if they return to the capital.
He was silent for a long time, then raised his head suddenly, looked at the faintly visible outline of the city of Kyoto outside the valley, and said indifferently and forcefully, "Issuing the fireworks order."
"yes."
A smoke rocket soared into the sky from the snow valley, with a sharp whistling and a dazzling light, covering the heavy snow and the gloomy day.
This is a dangerous first-level signal from the Overwatch Council to call for help. The entire Qing Kingdom military and Overwatch Council system use this signal, so Fan Xian doesn't know whether the person who will go into the valley to meet him later is the military or the Overwatch Council. hospital people.
He hoped it was the former.
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After an unknown amount of time, a rush of horse hooves came from outside the valley, and the horse neighed. In the blink of an eye, a cavalry team of about 200 people drove into the valley. These cavalry troops were well-armored, with swords and guns at their sides, full of awe, but they didn't even have time to fly the flag.
But in Fan Xian's eyes, it would be a bit weird not to fly the flag. He would not believe anyone when he had just experienced a bloody assassination.
The leading man was a middle-aged man in his thirties, with a solemn face, a short beard fluttering under his jaw, and a sword by his waist, but there was a hint of puzzlement in his solemn expression.
When he saw the corpses and horse corpses all over the mountains and valleys, as well as those overturned carriages everywhere, and the crossbow arrows that penetrated into the crevices of the rocks, the general's awe-inspiring expression was filled with infinity besides puzzlement. shock and anger.
The general raised his right fist and shouted loudly, "Be on alert."
The two hundred cavalry behind him immediately became vigilant, watching everything in the valley.
The man drove into the valley with a gloomy expression, and drove directly to Fan Xian who was sitting next to the carriage. He dismounted from the horse very gracefully, holding the long sword in his hand, and asked in a deep voice, "Are you all right?"
Fan Xian coughed twice, looked at him and said, "What do you think?"
"Who did it?" The general gritted his teeth and said with a murderous look on his face.
Fan Xian lowered his head, and suddenly said, "I didn't expect that it was you who came here...there are no other generals in the Jingdu garrison? They actually alerted you, the commander in chief, to save people."
The person who came was none other than the second son of the Qin family, Qin Heng, who is currently the most popular military figure in the garrison of the capital.
Seeing that Fan Xian was alive and still able to speak, Qin Heng knew that the enemies must have been wiped out, so he felt relieved and sighed: "Everyone in the capital knows that you are coming back soon, so of course they guessed It's you... I was scared to death, how dare you not come?"
He lowered his voice and laughed at himself: "If you die, we don't know how many people from our Kyoto defense will be buried for you."
In fact, the moment he saw Qin Heng entering the valley, Fan Xian relaxed. Since the Qin family still controls the defense force of the capital, it means that the emperor is still in control of the army in the capital, and there should be no trouble in the capital.
But he still asked, "Is Kyoto all right?"
Qin Heng understood what he was worried about, shook his head and said, "It's calm."
Fan Xian lowered his head and said, "Then... that's really strange."
Qin Heng also understood his words, if the capital is calm... who would dare to risk the emperor's wrath to assassinate a dragon
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Fan Xian briefly told Qin Heng what happened today. Qin Heng was terrified and said with a frown, "These people are really ambitious."
Fan Xian suddenly looked at him and asked, "You are in charge of the defense of the capital. In this valley so close to the capital, there is such a strong army buried... How do you explain it?"
"It can't be explained." Qin Heng said directly: "This is our problem."
Fan Xian nodded.
Qin Heng said: "Come back, your injury needs to be healed." Then he sighed: "These people are really ruthless. Are all your subordinates dead?"
"No." Fan Xian coughed twice, then said with a smile, "All my subordinates are waiting for you."
In the mountains on both sides of the snow valley, more than a dozen spies from the Overwatch Council slowly walked out, all holding crossbows in their hands, calmly and indifferently facing Qin Heng and the Kyoto garrison who were in charge of cleaning up the corpses in the valley.
Qin Heng's complexion changed slightly, and he said, "What? Don't you believe me?"
"Who do you think I can trust now?" Fan Xian mocked, "Don't forget, I almost turned into a ghost earlier."
Qin Heng shook his head silently, and said helplessly: "If you feel that using these small crossbows to point at me can make you feel more at ease, then you can do so." He then frowned and said: "Otherwise, I will accompany you back to Beijing first, and you may It will feel much safer, and the cleaning work in this valley will be left to the Kyoto garrison, which is our business."
The successor of the Qin family said calmly and seriously: "If it is true as you said, the military forces have intervened in this matter, believe me, our old Qin family will definitely help you seek justice."
Fan Xian shook his head and said, "No need, let's go together, I want to keep these corpses."
Qin Heng knew what kind of anger was hidden under Fan Xian's calm face. He nodded, looked at the dying but not yet dead sniper under Fan Xian's feet, and asked, "Where is this living? I'm afraid His Majesty will personally kill him." Interrogation."
Fan Xian said blankly, "All the dead people in this valley are mine, and the living people are also mine."
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The corpses of the state army were ignored for the time being, but the officials of the Overwatch Council were carried out, and the corpses of the dead snipers were also gathered together from the mountains and forests on both sides.
Fan Xian looked at the cold corpses of his subordinates, tilted his head slightly, and glanced at the corpses of those ambushers, and said softly: "My brother's corpses have to be taken care of, and as for these people... why are they dragging so many corpses? Cut off all the heads and take them back to Beijing."
Hong Changqing took orders loudly from the side.
Qin Heng watched this scene from the side, frowning slightly. If nothing else happens, these corpses are also good sons in the army. Although because of the strife in the court, they became the murderers who murdered the imperial court envoys, death is naturally not a pity, but it seems that Fan Xian humiliated the corpses like this. The generals of the young and strong faction in the army felt a little uncomfortable.
Fan Xian didn't care about Qin Heng's feelings at all, and watched his subordinates beheading people there with a hint of playfulness.
After everything was cleaned up, the remaining bloody corpses in the valley, horse corpses and broken carts, naturally had follow-up personnel from the imperial court to deal with them.
Half of the 200 Jingdu garrison cavalry dismounted, and carefully helped the corpses of the Overwatch Council officials onto the horses, and at the same time let the injured Overwatch Council officials sit on the horses.
This was all Qin Heng's decision. He knew that at this juncture, he must do everything possible to appease Fan Xian's anger and the Overwatch Council's anger.
The Overwatch Council and the military have always had a close relationship and a long-standing friendship, but because of the battle in this small valley, there will inevitably be a wound that will never heal.
After Fan Xian also got on the horse, Qin Heng got on the horse and said calmly beside him, "Have you ever thought about it, if the military really wants to harm you... I can kill you all at this time."
At this time, the officials of the Overwatch Council had received their crossbow arrows, and they were all seriously injured after the catastrophe. Qin Heng led two hundred cavalry, so he really had the confidence to say this.
Fan Xian didn't even look at him.
Behind the two of them were the horses carrying the remains of Overwatch Council officials, and suddenly the corpse of one of the horses bounced up!
The corpse swept across the distance between the three horses like a ghost, and floated lightly behind Qin Heng, sat on his horse, clinging to his chest and back, so close... just like his Same as the shadow.
Qin Heng turned pale with shock, but he only had time to draw half of the long sword at his waist, only to find that the person behind him blew lightly on the back of his neck—it was very cold.
Qin Heng knew that he was caught off guard, and with the extremely terrifying skills of the person behind him, in such a situation, if the other party wanted to kill him, even if Grandmaster Ye Liuyun came, he would not be able to save him.
The shadow behind him was a very ordinary spy, wearing a gray dress, with his head drooping, as if he was dozing off.
Qin Heng fell silent, put his sword back into its sheath, and glanced at Fan Xian. Fan Xian didn't look at him, but narrowed his eyes and looked at the distant capital.