C82 (1/2)
”Hurry up and run.” These were the first words that Kong Sheng said to the Xiu'er.
Xiu'er was stunned for a moment. From the moment the two of them went out to now, Kong Sheng had been bringing her through alleys and alleys, climbing onto the city walls from an inconspicuous corner. He hadn't said a word throughout the entire trip, but who would have thought that this would be the very first sentence they would hear.
”Why?” Xiu'er subconsciously asked.
Kong Sheng pursed his lips, turning his head to look at the Xiu'er, ”His Majesty ordered for me to kill you, and to see your corpse if you are alive. Now that the Tiger King wants your life, no matter what purpose Mo Qiu has, I will carry him to the end. But I don't know what to do with His Majesty's orders. ” After saying that, he shook his head in distress, ”In the three days since you guys came back, Old Zhao and I have organized the military intelligence and the death list. We also thought of many countermeasures, but we could not think of how to explain your situation to His Majesty. Last night, Moqiu Army sent a letter asking us to hand over the three of you. I think this might be an opportunity, so it took me half a day before I could report this to the capital. This half a day is more than enough for you to escape. ”
After saying these words, Kong Sheng found it difficult to speak. He was a soldier that was close to the old school, and to disobey the emperor's orders to release a criminal was very difficult for him.
The corners of Xiu'er's mouth curled up as she asked, ”Then ~ how did you write about me in the notice you gave the imperial city? Missing? Or did she just directly report her death? ”
Kong Sheng's face did not look good. After a long while, he said, ”I did not write about my death, it's bad luck. I wrote about my whereabouts and whereabouts, we are currently investigating.”
The Xiu'er nodded her head thoughtfully. This was indeed hard to write, the letter and portrait of the Tiger King had become evidence, proving that she had entered the Moqiu Army camp not long ago. The only possibility left was a false report that she had died on the battlefield, or that she had been unaccounted for after breaking out of the siege. Kong Sheng did not want to divulge the lie of fighting to your death, but the only choice left was to be unable to locate your whereabouts.
Seeing that the Xiu'er did not say anything, Kong Sheng thought that she was focusing on something else, and immediately added, ”I know your ability is impressive, but she is still the emperor. She has many experts by her side and brought over tens of thousands of troops, you will not have the chance to approach her ~”
Before he could finish her sentence, Xiu'er had already put a finger to his mouth and said with a smile, ”I have never thought of assassinating that Her Majesty Yanrann before, I definitely won't do something as foolish as this.”
”Oh ~ ~ Then what are you hesitating for?” Kong Sheng gently moved Xiu'er's finger away and suddenly made contact with the little girl's finger. His face unexpectedly flushed a little.
Xiu'er walked to the side of the city wall by herself, and looked at the Moqiu Army array in the distance as she said indifferently, ”I know there are many questions, but I also have some results from this trip to the Moqiu State. The biggest gain is that I know some of the things about my life, about half of them. As for the other half, I also know a general idea, so I can't leave. Huo Yanrann wanted me to leave and wanted me to die, but I wanted to see her with my own eyes even more.
Hearing that, Kong Sheng was startled, then said: ”You can slowly find out about the background's problems, but if you are not able to escape this calamity, then there will be no future.”
Xiu'er shook her head slowly but firmly, ”I can't leave. Other than to see Huo Yanrann, I'm also worried about you. If Moqiu Army were to really go all out and attack, do you really think that it's possible to defend against it? ”
Kong Sheng did not say anything, he was the general of Phoenix City Pass, a person who truly understood the situation of the battle. In these few months, rather than saying that Moqiu Army was attacking the city, it would be more accurate to say that it was training the soldiers and eliminating others who were not their own. There was no need to talk too much about getting rid of the enemy. Their internal situation was not that easy to grasp, but it could be seen from the quality of their troops. Some troops would change after two matches and reorganize themselves, using actual combat to increase their combat strength. Other than giving battle results to the defending troops of Phoenix City, they really could not see how they were of any help in the battle. These were the typical ways to eliminate those who were different from them. It was impossible to say who among them was not going to deal with this matter, but the goal was clear, it was related to the issue of ”splitting the meat” after breaking the Phoenix City Pass, no one wanted to share more with people they didn't like.
When it came to training soldiers, that was a big problem. Demonic Beast Soldier s appeared fewer and fewer times, but they worked with the ordinary soldiers more and more skillfully. In the past, Demonic Beast Soldier and ordinary soldiers could only go up like a swarm of bees. Their s relied on various mechanisms, crossbows, and the Fire Phoenix Knight s to withstand them. They also discovered many of their weaknesses during the battle, such as fear of fire, struggle for power, or being easily angered. In the battles that followed, the Phoenix City defenders began to use these weaknesses to deal with the Demonic Beast Soldier. The most common method they used was to ambush the kerosene beforehand, and then deliberately place the Demonic Beast Soldier at the top of the city wall. Afterwards, they would set a fire, and use flames to force the Demonic Beast Soldier together.
However, in the near future, the frequency of Demonic Beast Soldier would decrease, not because there were fewer of them, but because they had started to increase their teamwork. The Demonic Beast Soldier s did not fight alone, but hid behind the heavy armor Infantry soldiers. The surrounding light infantry soldiers held onto handheld crossbow s and wildly shot out, clearing a path for the heavy armor soldiers. When the heavy armor soldiers advanced to a certain stage, the Demonic Beast Soldier s suddenly rushed out, killing the Phoenix City guards who were completely focused on defending against the heavy armor soldiers. Then, the heavy armor Infantry soldiers advanced again and stood firmly at the base of the city wall. As they continued to advance forward in a circular fashion, the Phoenix City had lost more than half of the city's walls. If not for Kong Sheng and Ling Zilu bringing their two squads of Fire Phoenix Man-at-arms to attack from the front and back, the outer city wall would have been in great danger at the time.
After that, every time Demonic Beast Soldier appeared, they would have a new tactic to coordinate with it. Whether it was to attack from the front or to ambush and kill, regardless of whether it was a failure or a success, the use of Demonic Beast Soldier in Moqiu Army continued to improve as the war progressed. The last time she intercepted Xiu'er and the others, it was a typical cavalry unit and heavy armor infantry unit. If it wasn't for Kong Sheng who had experience and was sure that the Demonic Beast Soldier had set up a trap for them alone and had used the kerosene and torch to disperse them, the consequences would have been hard to imagine.
Thinking about all these, and thinking about what might happen in the future, Kong Sheng really didn't dare to think about it any further. Disregarding the number of siege equipment that had been amassed in the Moqiu Army, and how much improvement their soldiers had made in the recent period of time, just using a sea of people to attack the city, and then using the cooperation of Demonic Beast Soldier and heavy armor s to advance, this move would definitely give a headache to all the Phoenix City Pass soldiers. Although there were kerosene s and heavy crossbows, they were all dead and someone had to use them. The handheld crossbow in Moqiu Soldier's hands were no joke. It could pierce through someone a hundred or twenty meters away. At this distance, no matter how many kerosene there were, it was useless.
So when Xiu'er asked Kong Sheng if he could hold on, he didn't know how to reply. Right now, there was only one way left to him, and that was to rely on others to fill in the form. He could only hope that the Imperial City's reinforcements would arrive soon and help Phoenix City Pass defeat the enemy. However, at that time, it would be hard to say if he would survive or not.
Thinking up to here, Kong Sheng changed the topic: ”Then you won't be of much help staying. After all, you're just a single person.”
Xiu'er smiled sweetly, ”If it really comes to that, although I won't be able to fend off the army by myself, I can at least bring you along with me.” Although she didn't say it clearly, the meaning behind ”at that time” couldn't be any clearer.