Volume Four, Lord of Double Eagles, Chapter 15, Preparation
Xu Le walked out of the lobby and walked towards the direction of the formation where Wang Dengke was located.
The fire in the valley reflected a red light above the sky. From time to time, there were also the flames that destroyed the mountains and the time at the city. The three craftsmen, Han giant cannons, illuminated the night sky brightly.
Although it is late at night, everything is clearly visible.
Now, many refugees who retreated to Shuangying Guanxi Fortress have been placed in the city lord's mansion. They have all withdrawn from the Qidaoguan Wall.
Now these refugees are sitting quietly in the open air of the city lord's mansion with a little pitiful property. Under Liu Junhe's arrangement, the maids who served in the city lord's mansion took out the reserved grain and dried meat, cooked pots of hot soup, and were passing through the crowd.
Seeing the new city lord Xu Le stepping out of the inner courtyard and appearing in front of everyone, the refugees stood up to salute.
Xu Le forced a smile and nodded at them.
He fought in front of the front one day and one night, and even took refuge in his own city lord's mansion to take good care of him. Xu Le, the new city lord, won the hearts of the people of Shuangying City in this sudden war. Now, except for Xu Le's troops, the private families of all the civilians and all the young and strong men in the city went to the fort wall to defend. Before the Rouran army approached the fort wall, he fought with the Rouran people to the death under the leadership of Xu Le.
As you quickly walk through these refugees, there is the eye of the formation guarded by more than a dozen Northern Barbarian soldiers. There is a stream of light constantly shining, rising to the night sky, maintaining the remaining part of the Nine Gate Golden Lock Array.
This place is not only a refugee, but also a maid in the city lord's mansion is not allowed to approach it easily.
Seeing Xu Le coming, the Northern Barbarian soldiers silently made way out.
These Northern Barbarian soldiers who were under Xu Le's command were taken over because of Cheli, and they took turns to fight several times. Now the guards here also have many blood scars on their bodies.
Wu Daya was leading these more than ten Northern Barbarian soldiers on duty here. When he saw Xu Le coming, he saluted respectfully.
If it was a last resort to serving Xu Le at the beginning, one was that the Northern Barbarian Orc warriors had nowhere to go in Donghua, and they were thousands of miles away to return home. The other was that the little princess of the Ruoshui tribe was under Xu Le's command for some reason, and she looked a little ambiguous with Xu Le, a private subordinate of a wise man. These had no other skills except fighting and fighting. The Northern Barbarian warriors who had an amazing appetite had to rely on Xu Le first.
But after a war, the Northern Barbarians admired the brave and powerful existence. Xu Le always led the way and went around the battlefield. I don’t know how many people he helped and killed the warriors of the Palace of Eternal Life! Such a strong man could not help but admire the Northern Barbarians. In addition, Xu Le was also very impressed by their performance and actually gave them an important place like the Eye of the City Formation to protect!
Generally speaking, the Northern Barbarians have simple and straightforward temperaments. Xu Le trusts them so much. These Northern Barbarians who were homeless and used to fight for fun by the Eastern Chinese as gladiators suddenly felt unrequited. In such a fierce battle, none of the Northern Barbarians felt afraid of retreating. They showed extremely bravery in several battles for the walls, and they always shouted about fighting fiercely, as if the bloodier it was, the more they were, the more they were interested in these beast-patterned warriors who came out of the cold land of the extreme north!
Speaking of which, these nearly fifty strong warriors with beast patterns in the Northern Barbarians were also the only one in Xu Le’s group who had Shi Yao high glanced at him. He thought that they were still useful in the battle formation now.
Facing the Northern Barbarian warriors separated into two rows, greeting respectfully under the leadership of Wu Daya, Xu Le smiled and nodded by. Xu Le himself was a little confused. Why did these beast-patterned warriors who looked very fierce at once? To be honest, they arranged for them to protect the eyes of the formation because Lao Liu and the cat-eared girl Cheli might have a leg up. Cheli would definitely do his best to guard Lao Liu. Xu Le didn't expect that this would be supported by the Northern Barbarian Orc warriors.
When Xu Le passed by, Wu Daya suddenly spoke: "Master, how is Su Junshang's injury?"
Xu Le turned to look at him. Wu Daya was one head taller than them, and the guards here felt it was troublesome to take off the leather armor, revealing the upper body of the muscles, and the cloth strips were wrapped with more than a dozen new wounds. Some were still bleeding, making the cloth strips red, but Wu Daya looked completely indifferent. The two fangs were rolled outside the thick lips, and the beast eyes looked left and right, revealing the fierce light. Looking at him from afar, the girl Gui Fang Xihe who was traveling through the yard subconsciously hid far away.
If the orc warriors fight in battle, they were handed over to commander Su Ming by Xu Le. Su Ming's fighting style is actually one. He relies on his strong body to defend himself, but he is fighting desperately with his eyes red. He is even more Northern Barbarians than these Northern Barbarians. He led them to fight, Su Ming killed more Rourans than them, suffered more injuries than them, and fought harder than them. For these Northern Barbarians now, the three people who are most recognized by the Xu Le group are Cheli, Xu Le, and Su Ming in order.
Xu Le nodded to Wu Daya and smiled: "Mr. Su... is a little hurt, it's okay. I will still take you up to fight at that time, even I can't stop you."
Wu Daya licked his thick lips with his tongue, looking eager to try: "It's great to fight with Su Junshang! If a person like Su Junshang was born in the Northern Barbarians, he might be selected as the guard of the Holy Mountain!"
Xu Le laughed, went over and patted Wu Daya on the shoulder, and walked down over them.
The light and shadow of the Nine Gate Golden Lock Array are changing beside Xu Le. On the eyes of the formation on the black stone ground, Wang Dengke was sitting cross-legged, his hands constantly bounced like the wind, or used a Tongyuan pen to draw the formation lines, or burned the talisman paper to attract the energy of heaven and earth to repair the formation and stimulate defense ability.
As the constant flash of light was flashing, Lao Liu, who had always been lazy, had an indescribable face, but his face was indescribable. He was still wearing the pair of gold-wisted glasses on the earth, but the circles under the glasses were black and bloodshot inside his eyes.
Whenever the power of heaven and earth triggered by the mountain-destroying craftsman Han's giant cannon bombarded the light curtain shield of the Nine Gate Golden Lock Array, the formation's eyes shone, and Wang Dengke's body shook, and his face showed a painful look.
Two nosebleeds slowly flowed down his nostrils.
A girl's fair and tender hand suddenly reached next to her. In her hand was a piece of facial paper that Wang Dengke brought from the earth, gently helping him wipe away the bleeding from the nose. Then she quietly took it back.
Next to the formation eye, the little princess of the Northern Barbarian Ruoshui tribe, Cheli, the cat-eared girl. Her always pretty face is now full of heartache, and her big eyes are always looking at Wang Dengke quietly. Wang Dengke's body shook. Her furry cat ears tilted on her green hair were also shook.
Even if Xu Le arrived, Cheli didn't notice it. All his energy was concentrated on Wang Dengke.
Xu Le didn't bother them, and slowly walked around the black stone floor at the eye of the formation.
There are many formations of the overlapping nine-gate golden lock formations that no longer shine at this moment. The rest are still struggling to maintain for Wang Dengke.
Under the formation of the Nine Gate Golden Lock Array, there are the nine ancient lines, hundreds of years ago. The most central pattern of Zhou Shiwang’s sword-off jade dragon. Even if it has been hundreds of years, even if the lines are so simple, they are still lifelike.
But the legendary formation left by King Mu of Zhou was eventually dead.
Shi Wuju hopes to make Shuangying Pass’ strength higher. But there is too little time left for himself……
Xu Le quietly looked at the patterns from hundreds of years ago, over and over again, while the light of the Han giant cannons in the sky above his head that triggered the power of heaven and earth was still flashing.
A loud bang came from afar, and a part of Wang Dengke's formation was silent and dim again. The light curtain shield of the fifth wall was finally broken.
Wang Dengke shook his body and fell backwards. Cheli rushed up with a whoosh and put Wang Dengke's head on his chest without any hesitation. He asked repeatedly: "Is it okay, is it okay?"
Wang Dengke said weakly: "It's okay......... help me up, and I have to strengthen the remaining formations... Boss?"
He finally saw Xu Le, and Xu Le also looked at Lao Liu, who seemed to have been reborn and smiled: "Lao Liu, the treatment is good."
Wang Dengke blushed a little, and sat up in a hurry. Then he sighed: "Boss, I have done my best. But the two craftsmen's Han giant cannons are too powerful. In just one day, the nine-gate golden lock formation will be...Boss, when will the reinforcements come?"
Xu Le smiled and raised three fingers: "Three days."
Wang Dengke's face suddenly collapsed: "Where is it too late?"
Xu Le still smiled relaxed: "So I want to destroy the two craftsmen, Han Ji Cannons. Then, let alone three days, we can handle it in half a year. Lao Liu, don't you?"
Wang Dengke's face was immediately more serious than the bombardment of the giant cannon of the mountain-destroying flames: "Go and break into the Rouran camp?"
Relying on the power of the Nine Gate Golden Lock Formation and the natural dangers of the Shuangying Pass, Xu Lecai led the defenders to barely support the Rouran people under the powerful offensive. Now Xu Le has to go deep into the Rouran people's troops to destroy two closely protected craftsmen, Han cannons. Isn't it kidding?
When Wang Dengke saw Xu Le's seemingly relaxed but firm expression, he knew that the boss was really not a joke.
Wang Dengke patted his legs and wanted to stand up, but he sat for too long and tried hard, just shook it there for a while: "I'll go too."
Xu Le raised his hand to stop him from doing: "What are you doing? Who presided over the formation? What talisman paper can be used to sneak into the Rouran camp? I'll hand it over to the little girl Luohuqi later. Then you will wait for my good news."
Wang Dengke was silent for a while and asked, "Who else will go?"
Xu Le said: "I am the only one who takes the initiative, and there are still a few of the highest cultivation levels. Yao Nian, Shi Yao, Luohu Qi, and Lao Wu... are gone."
When Wang Dengke heard that these five people were fighting hard, he knew that the boss had suppressed many opinions. Even he wanted to fight with the boss!
Everyone is inseparable from living together in Donghua. To live together and die together is the most natural thought in everyone's heart.
I really don’t know how the boss convinced Sister Xiaomei!
In fact, Xu Le didn't convince Liu Xiaomei much. Liu Jun and Lai Wenzhen and the others took some quarrels, and finally, with the power of the boss, they suppressed their desire to fight. From Liu Xiaomei, Xu Le only saw Liu Xiaomei taking a deep look at him.
However, Xu Le seemed to be able to understand the thousands of words in Liu Xiaomei's eyes immediately.
Come back alive, or I'll go find you.
Thousands of words rolled in Wang Dengke's mind, and finally he just squeezed out a sentence: "Boss, be careful, come back safely."
Xu Le smiled and said, "Nonsense, I haven't lived enough yet... I'm leaving, go and prepare. When Luohu Qi comes, remember to give her the talisman paper."
As he left, Xu Le turned around and glanced at the nine patterns on the ground.
What fucking method should be used to make the formation set up by King Mu of Zhou, the legendary Zhou Dynasty, come alive? No matter how many times I activate the true essence of the Sun Yao real method here, it will be useless at all?
These Rouran people came so quickly, and they really didn’t leave any time for me!
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On the other side of the mountain road leading to Shuangying Guanxi Fort, among the rugged rocks, Xu Le and the other two stood quietly.
Everyone cleaned their whole body and matched their weapons in the most convenient position. Shi Yao covered her head and face again. Although Luohu Qi did not cover her face, she carefully wrapped her long rose-colored hair with a cloth towel.
Xu Le leaned against a huge rock and looked at the firelight ignited by the Rouran man in the valley below the mountain. The two craftsman Han Giant Cannons were at the center of this seemingly endless fire. Even at a height of nearly a thousand meters, with Xu Le's vision, he could easily distinguish the Rouran King's Treasure Wolf Cavalry Guards stacked on the outside of the two craftsman Han Giant Cannons.
After looking for a while, Xu Le took out a pack of Chinese cigarettes that Liu Xiaomei had stuffed to him when she was leaving, gave Cai Hengwen one, looked at Yao Nian, and handed him another one. Luo Huqi leaned his head curiously and wanted to reach out, Xu Le glared at her: "What cigarettes are the girls smoking?"
With a bang, the lighter lit up, and Xu Le lit all three cigarettes and took a deep breath with Cai Hengwen. Yao Nian also drank a big mouthful as Xu Le looked, then exhaled the smoke and shook his head: "It's very choking."
Xu Le squeezed his eyes at him and smiled, "Yan is a man's best friend."
(Oscar voiceover: Smoking is harmful to health, it is best to quit if you can!)
Yao Nian sucked his head without saying a word, and the three cigarette butts couldn't stop Ming Mie. Finally, Xu Le threw the cigarette butt on the ground, crushed it hard, and said softly: "Let's go!"
PS: First update
Chapter completed!