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The wind and rain were bleak, and the military flags in the formation were fluttering and drizzling into the water. Through the vast river water, the sound of water flowing all over my ears. I saw two armies spreading for several miles, facing each other with the river water as the boundary.
A general wearing golden feathers and stool armor stood on a high platform made of wood, looked at the camp on the other end, and asked the people around him, "How long will it take to rain?"
"I don't know. My subordinates have asked people familiar with the celestial phenomena in the army, and no one can measure the exact time when the rain stops."
"It's good. It's raining. The Qi army cannot cross the river. They travel far and the food cannot last long. I think it's necessary to consider withdrawing the troops." The general breathed a sigh of relief and was about to walk off the platform. A soldier hurriedly ran towards him on the ground. He fell accidentally in the middle of the journey, and he didn't care about the dust. He shouted heart-wrenchingly: "No! General! The flood is coming!"
The general's face changed drastically, and he quickly jumped off the platform, took several steps in the air, and landed in front of the soldiers. His skill in stepping across the air was obviously a master who could break through the realm.
"Flood? Where did it come from?"
The soldier turned around and said in a panic tone: "It's upstream, the Qi army secretly changed the waterway and now leads the water here."
“How far is it?”
"Not twenty miles."
The general frowned and looked at the military camp on the other side.
"Send the order! Let the army retreat to Anrong City! Throw away all the baggage! I'll cut off the rear!"
The flag was shaken, and the army was in chaos, and they hurriedly retreated.
The Qi army camp in the distance also took action. The camp gate opened, and countless soldiers carrying wooden boards rushed out and threw the characteristic wooden boards into the river.
A chain as thick as a thumb between the wooden boards was connected, one after another, forcibly building a floating bridge in the surging river water.
The Qi army's armored soldiers shouted and rushed towards the other side. From a distance, they were covered in darkness, like locusts passing through the border.
The generals confronted tens of thousands of troops alone, and there was no fear at all.
With the sound of the bowstrings breaking, thousands of feather arrows were about to cross over the head of the general and shoot towards the retreating army. The general shouted loudly, thundering. All feather arrows in the air were shattered and suppressing the momentum of tens of thousands of Qi soldiers. One person rushed out of the Qi army, walked in the air, holding a black spear. The spear looked different from ordinary objects, and should be a spiritual weapon.
"Gongsun Zhi, I will take your life today!" the man shouted to the general who was blocking them.
Gongsun Zhi sneered, pulled out his sword from his waist, and slashed it with the spear, without any damage. It seemed that he was a spiritual weapon.
The Qi general took a step back and held the spear on the ground to remove the force. The ground contacted the gun and cracked countless cracks, spreading out like an earthquake, spreading for hundreds of meters.
Gongsun Zhi refused to let go, raised his hand and slashed out the sword energy toward the pursuers of Qi army. Seeing this, the Qi army knew the terror of breaking the realm, and they all lay on the ground with abandoned armor.
The sword energy flew past the Qi army and exploded in the sky, shooting out countless small sword energy covering the entire Qi army. For a moment, they screamed and corpses were everywhere.
The general of Qi army stared red with his eyes, and another shot was stabbed, saying, "Wouldn't you be uneasy when you use the Gongsun family's Dui-level martial arts to deal with these miscellaneous soldiers?"
"Conscience is uneasy? How can we tolerate kindness on the battlefield? If it weren't for me here, our soldiers would die. Can you still say the word "conscience is uneasy?" Gongsun Zhi avoided the tip of the gun, was shocked by the spiritual energy several steps, and retorted.
"Hmph." The Qi general was refuted so much that he could only snort coldly and speed up the attack.
Two masters who could break the realm were fighting in front of them, and the spiritual energy within several miles was clearly stirred and rushed towards the center. The Qi army seemed to have a tacit understanding, deliberately bypassing the battlefield of the two masters and continuing to chase the army.
A white line appeared in the distance, accompanied by the rumbling sound, and the moisture in the air suddenly became heavier, as if the raindrops were getting bigger.
Gongsun Zhi and the generals of the Qi army stopped at the same time and looked into the distance. A huge wave several meters high was rushing towards the slowly evacuated army. Once they were in contact, they were still unknown how many people would die.
Gongsun Zhi had the intention of retreating in his heart. He swept the defense of the Qi generals and quickly retreated towards the army.
At this time, the huge waves were approaching, and many soldiers from the Cliff Kingdom did not care about anything else and rushed to the direction of Anran City. The army was in chaos.
An earthquake sounded soaring into the sky. Gongsun Zhi actually made a long sword to break out of the small canyon, blocking the army and the huge waves. The huge waves immediately rushed into the canyon, and all the waves were blocked, pouring into the depths of the canyon, unable to rush towards the army.
Gongsun Zhi was gasping for heavy breath, probably using all his spiritual power.
A shot pierced Gongsun Zhi in the chest, and the general of Qi coldly twisted the tip of the spear to kill him. A thunder came to the world and struck the general of Qi, which made his body tremble, and it was also uncomfortable, and blood gushed out of the corners of his mouth.
The thunder talisman in Gongsun Zhi's hand turned into ashes and smiled weakly at the generals of Qi. Seeing this, many soldiers from the cliff country rushed forward to protect Gongsun Zhi.
The general of Qi turned his head and glanced at the increasingly huge flood. At this time, the water level in the canyon had half flooded, and obviously it could not be stopped for long. If he continued to waste here with Gongsun Zhi, it would be difficult to guarantee that he would not be dragged down by Gongsun Zhi and died together in the flood. The general of Qi pulled out his spear, turned around and left and sarcastically said, "I will spare your life today. I will break through Anran City in a few days, and I will kill you."
The water overflowed Gongsun Zhi's ankle. He covered the wound between his chest and shouted at the soldiers who rushed forward regardless of his injuries: "Run! Don't worry about me!"
The soldiers stood firm and hesitated for a few seconds before turning around and running away.
The Qi army in the distance no longer chased and divided into two groups, retreating one in front and the other behind, stopped on the shore to avoid the flood.
Gongsun Zhi could already hear the roar of water waves in his ears. He was about to leave with all his might, but he didn't expect that because of excessive blood loss, the blackness in front of him almost fell into the water.
"Damn." Gongsun Zhi bent down with difficulty and said. The flood was about to flood his knees, and his feet were soaked in the water, so he could not exert any strength.
Seeing that the flood was about to pass through the canyon and flood him, suddenly, several sounds of horse hooves stepping on the water sounded, getting closer and closer to Gongsun Zhi. A strong arm grabbed him and threw him on the horse's back.
Gongsun Zhi was shocked. He saw the back of the horse's back covered with dry vine armor, and he couldn't help but feel at ease. This was the military armor of his cliff country. A strand of long hair floated out through the gap of the helmet, holding the horse rope with one hand, and protecting Gongsun Zhi's side with the other arm against his backhand to prevent him from falling.
"Go!" Hearing the sound, he was a very young boy. Gongsun Zhi knocked down two healing pills, appreciated them in his heart, and held the horse's back tightly.
The horses ran wildly with Gongsun Zhi, crossing the flood behind them, and it took half an hour to arrive in front of Anran City.
The soldiers on the city wall were on guard. Seeing that there was Gongsun Zhi on the horse's back, they hurriedly opened the city gate and let the horses come in. The army then arrived and entered the city scatteredly. Everyone's vine armor was wet, and they looked like a tragic look. Many people even threw weapons and armor on the road in order to escape, and ran back in civilian clothes.
Gongsun Zhi was helped off the horse by the general defending the city. Seeing Gongsun Zhi's bloody wound on his chest, the general asked with a pale face: "General, I don't know, and no reinforcements were sent."
Gongsun Zhi waved his hand and looked at the soldier who saved his life.
The boy turned over and got off the horse, his movements were skillful and agile, and he also turned his head to look at Gongsun Zhi. This was the first time Gongsun Zhi saw the boy's face.
A somewhat pretty face has a firm temperament, and a pair of black pupils and eyes are calm and cold, as if they are used to life and death.
Gongsun Zhi was also rarely seen as such a young man, and said in admiration: "Since ancient times, a young man has become a hero, I don't know which general you belong to and what position you hold."
"Foreign Army, Flag Commander." The young man glanced at the general beside him, unwilling to say anything more.
Gongsun Zhi was a little confused. He was the general of the front army, but he had never heard of a young man. He had the ability to remember all the soldiers of the front army since he was a child. Not to mention that all the soldiers of the front army knew each other, at least most of them. If there was such a young man in his front army, he would not have refused to recognize him, nor would he let the young man take the position of an insignificant flag commander.
"You go and find some healing medicine for me first." Gongsun Zhi was helped into the house and said to the general: "I will talk to this young man for a while."
"Yes." The general immediately understood and dismissed the soldiers who followed him, turned around and left and closed the door.
Gongsun Zhi took a few deep breaths one after another, took off his soft armor, and the wounds inside had completely healed together, and hemorrhagic scabs were formed and no longer bleeding.
"My name is Ling Xi." The young man suddenly took the initiative.
A meaningful smile appeared on the corner of Gongsun Zhi's mouth, and he leaned against the seat to treat the wound.
"I'm not a member of your army. I just wanted to get in." Ling Xi said to himself, his eyes fixed on Gongsun Zhi.
He arrived here a few days ago. Out of precautions, the spies in the Wang Court did not notice him. Ling Xi did not take the initiative to come to Gongsun Zhi, but was always paying attention to the trends of the war.
When Ling Xi heard the flood out, he knew that the opportunity had come and took the opportunity to rescue Gongsun Zhi, just to make Gongsun Zhi trust him and have the opportunity to communicate with Gongsun Zhi alone.
"Ling Xi, why are you looking for me? You have to be so sneaky. Go to my account to inform me, and I can still see you."
"Do you know why this war was initiated?" Ling Xi asked Gongsun Zhi instead.
Gongsun Zhi was amused: "No one knows this. They spy on our country's divine objects and found a reason to start a war with us."
"Do you know the royal court?" Ling Xi did not intend to ask this question, but in order to ensure that Gongsun Zhi really believed him, he had to say it out. Even He Ci Yan's spy could find out the reason for this matter. How could Gongsun Zhi, as a general of the Ya Kingdom, not know about it?
"How come I don't know?" Gongsun Zhi smiled and said, "What Qi State really wants is not a magical weapon, but the territory of my Ya Kingdom. The royal court is the force that really wants magical weapons. The two sides unite, one open and one dark, and want to annex my Ya Kingdom. Who are you? Since you know Wang Court, you must be not ordinary."
"I am a disciple of Guyun Sect." Ling Xi showed off his Guyun Sect's waist card, not afraid that Gongsun Zhi would doubt anything. Almost all countries knew the battle between Guyun Sect and Wang Ting a hundred years ago. The two sides had a strong sense of the situation and had long become enemies.
"Are you a disciple of Guyun Sect?" Gongsun Zhi didn't believe it. The doctrine of Guyun Sect is hidden in the world. If it were not necessary, it would only take a hundred years to recruit disciples.
"What are you doing? It's also a magical weapon?" Gongsun Zhi continued to ask, looking at Ling Xi up and down. Judging from Ling Xi's temperament, it is most likely true that he can develop something that is not ordinary forces and can also take out the Guyun Sect's waist card.
"I am looking for a person's wounded spirit herb. It is rumored that the magical artifact can find spiritual objects thousands of miles away. I just need to use the magical artifact to help me find the location of the wounded spirit herb." Ling Xi said coldly, and an anxiety flashed in his eyes.
Hongjing had been sent back to Guyun Sect by him to check Ling Yingxi's injuries. He had been looking for herbs for more than a month, but there was still no news. Ling Yingxi lacked healing pills and seriously injured her dantian. I don't know how far it has reached.
Seeing Ling Xi's expression sincere, Gongsun Zhi believed it a little more and asked, "You are a disciple of Guyun Sect. I think you are only at the level of Mozhi Jiudan. Although you are a dual cultivation of Yuan Ling Dharma Body, you... want to assert that you are involved in the war between our two countries. Is the huge force too rampant tone?"
Chapter completed!