Vol 16 Chapter 11 (2/2)

Xiang Shaolong replied: ”Lets go together!” When Xiang Shaolong and his party had reached the top of the wall, the thousand plus Wu fa to attack the wall in both directions and also towards the city center

Teng Yi fired a signal rocket to notify Lou Wuxin that they had penetrated the city successfully

After Xiang Shaolong had assigned people to defend all the entry points on the wall, he led the three women and five hundred soldiers towards the city center

Teng Yi was responsible for capturing the wall

Bugles sounded

All of a sudden, the warriors shouted as one: ”The city is breached! the city is breached!” The conscripted defenders in the city were startled The sound of killing rose to the heavens Looking to the back wall they saw a large flag atop a tall post inscribed with the word: ”Zhuang” Several hundred soldiers flen from the walls in attack

Those residents ere forced into labour cried out at the same time and thren the firewood, stone and otherThey dispersed and escaped, even echoing: ”The city is breached! The city is breached!” The breakdown in order and discipline spread like an epidemic

Xiang Shaolong and his contingent swarmed down the stairs on the city walls like locusts Crossbow bolts flew like rain The eneround in droves In the blink of an eye, they had obtained control of the rear city gate and the nearby square and buildings

Xiang Shaolong ordered his e At the sarid on the rooftops of buildings

The enemies who rushed forere all driven back in a hail of bolts

Their own ht with them lances, tall shi+elds and other heavy weaponry

Teng Yi took advantage of the eneh each section of the Northwestern wall

Lou Wuxin's besieging troops attacked the East gate with all theirthe enemy's attention there

The soldiers who had occupied the Northwestern wall used their superior ground to shoot down the ene to hinder the attackers

Xiang Shaolong saw that the tinal

Row after row of Wu family warriors raised their lances and advanced towards the three gates in the East, West and North under the cover of archery fire The battle was pitched and desperate

The Wu faain: ”Those who abandon their weapons and squat on the ground are not to be killed, those who abandon their weapons and squat on the ground are not to be killed!” Repeating endlessly This was of course a scheical warfare techniques he had learned

Many of the residences were on fire Raging fla buildings The whole city was bathed in the orange glow of the fire Thick smoke covered the sky The moon and stars were obscured and dim

The defending soldiers discarded their weapons in large nu at the corners of the city walls, squares and thoroughfares Their morale had dissipated

The insides of the city had turned into a chaotic battleground The Wu faht units and continuously expanded the ground under their control

The warriors up on the city walls progressed even htered until their blood ran like rivers Corpses littered the parapets

The wounded were rapidly moved to the South wall to be treated by medical specialists The entire operation was clear and orderly

This is the first time the special forces have den It was truly out of the ordinary

Under the cover of a co led the three ladies and the eighteen guardians towards the inner castle At this point, the West and North gates had fallen into their control The gates had been opened and the horses andinto the city

The ene the inner castle resisted bitterly Xiang Shaolong and his party threw theht They broke through the inner castle gate shortly, and attacked towards the palace

The enemy soldiers knew they had lost and discarded their weapons, surrendering by the lot

Xiang Shaolong instructed his men to concentrate the surrendered ene Kong were leading a thousand elite troops and they rushed in Once the two arh the city even more quickly In less than the time it took for a cup of tea to cool, they had attacked into the palace

The interior of the palace was a rief shook the heavens The palace wo for forgiveness The garrison soldiers were all kneeling in surrender

Xiang Shaolong took pity on them and found men to console them and look after them

”Peng!” The door of the main palace hall was forced open They saw about thirty enemy officers and soldiers in a circle with their swords raised, protecting a youth wearing royal robes and a crown The situation was bleak

The sounds of crying and killing outside gradually subsided It was clear that Gaoze City had fallen into the hands of the besieging soldiers

Xiang Shaolong and his e numbers More than ten crossboere aimed at the enemies at the center of the hall

Zhuang Kong bellowed: ”Surrender immediately or be killed withoutand whispered: ”This kid has done ood for him”

That youth in royal robes raised his head and yelled back: ”I a!” Xiang Shaolong forced a smile and said: ”You know e of this!”

Heaving a big sigh, he ushered the three ladies back out of the hall Behind the with the sound of wretched cries before gradually becoain

It had taken three days to recover Gaoze Xiang Shaolong took his leave of Mada to be parted They then hurried back to Xiangyang

It could be said that this trip to Chu had yielded thee to kill Tian Dan, they had also helped Chu and Dian in big way Nonetheless because Xu Xian's status was unknown and also because Prince Dan had been captured in Xianyang, everyone's feeling of triureatly diminished

As they went through customs, their old friend An Gu personally invited the

Xiang Shaolong saw that the Qin soldiers were all wearing a white sash on their ars had turned for the worse

Sure enough, An Gu said in grief: ”Premier Xu was seriously injured in an a”

A torrent of hate welled up in Xiang Shaolong and gushed towards heaven Lu Buas certainly more ain, he had forgotten about Qin's overall situation He would unscrupulously get rid of anything or anyone who got in his way

The two of theinally had no cause for en Zhuangxiang, Zhu Ji and Xiao Pan were close to him

Now he had used such a despicable nash his teeth in pain and hatred

An Gu sighed and said: ”It has been confirmed that this was perpetrated by Lord Chunshen The Chu people have sent over Lord Chunshen's head and even offered to cede five cantons to parley for peace But how could we let this go like this?” Xiang Shaolong rode along with hi in pain: ”If we proceed like this, ould have succu this critical situation to expand his powers The true culprit for Premier Xu's murder is Lu Buwei Lord Chunshen was but a puppet under his strings!” An Gu's countenance changed and he exclai set off i

It was now three days into Winter and the weather was bitter cold Without realizing it, they had been away fro for five months

Eighteen days later, Xianyang finally appeared before their eyes

The elite special forces auto, Teng Yi, Ji Yanran, the wouardians braced their weary bodies and returned to Xianyang

As they entered the city, they heard another piece of bad news: Lu Gong had fallen ill

The illness was caused by anger

Thehad cried violently over the corpse, collapsing on the spot Since then he has been ill and has not risen

As one wave subsides another rises

Xiang Shaolong and his party rushed towards the commander-in-chief's residence

The

The residence was filled ang Ling and other high ranking officers,permeated the place

While Xiang Shaolong thought that Lu Gong had already passed aang Ling pulled Xiang Shaolong into the inner hall and said in deep grief: ”Quick, go see the co for you, unwilling to take his last breath until you arrive”

Hot tears flowed fro's eye sockets

He suddenly realized that in reality, he not only looked upon Lu Gong as a venerable friend and superior, deep within his heart he had also started to treat Lu Gong as a close relative He had developed the intimacy and reluctance to part as if a son to a father

Lu Gong was lying on a couch, his cohtly closed, and he breathed with difficulty

Xiao Pan stood at his side holding his hand His expression was shockingly calm

Lu Dan'er knelt on his other side weeping bitterly Two noblewo after her

Jing Jun, Lord Changwen, Lord Changping, Lu Buwei, Guan Zhongxie, Li Si, Lao Ai and the rest were all there, standing outside the door

Everyone let out a happy expression when they saw Xiang Shaolong

Lu Buwei also displayed an appearance of happiness and eood that Shaolong is back Quickly go in and see the commander-in-chief one last time”

Xiang Shaolong really felt like slaughtering him then and there As he was about to wrest himself out of the embrace, Lu Buwei released him

Jing Jun rushed forward holding his brows and called out ”Third Brother” and couldn't help turning hoarse and crying bitterly Those who heard could not help but feel sad too

Xiao Pan's i His eyes emitted a look of profound emotion but his expression was extraordinarily serene He unhurriedly said: ”Grand Tutor, please hurry in!” The Lu Gong as leaning on the couch let out an ”Ah” sound and awakened

Xiao Pan gravely ordered: ”Please help Miss Dan'er outside!” Lu Dan'er stood up and was about to protest when her legs gave way and she fainted into the boso Jun rushed over and carried her out

Xiang Shaolong came to the side of the couch At this point only Xiao Pan and Xiang Shaolong were in the rooiven permission, the others did not dare to enter The only one ould dare to rush in was Lu Buwei, but he had his own motives and chose to remain outside

Lu Gong ferociously opened his eyes and swept over the led to sit up

Xiang Shaolong and Xiao Pan glanced at each other, both fearing the worst They knew that he had seen Xiang Shaolong and was using his last gasp of life It would be hard to hold on after this

The two people helped him sit up

Hot tears flowed fro's eyes and he rasped: ”Was Xu Xian killed by that treacherous thief?”

Xiang Shaolong nodded distressedly, his own tears falling uncontrollably

Lu Gong grasped their hands, one in each hand With a tre voice, he said into their ears: ”Protect the Crown Prince Kill the traitor Avenge me and Xu Xian Reo of their hands and passed away