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Chapter 19 OVER

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By Alon LongPublished 4 years ago • 33 min read

The air was full of arrows and spears, and at every step he protected his body with a huge shield. Poor as the Snake-man's aim was, a blind man could have shot at such a close range.

I had a large shield in my left hand, and a long spear in my right hand. But the Serpent had given up his scruple at all, and seemed to have preferred the whole army to annihilation. As one fell, the other rushed forward, and the torches danced and seemed dimmed by the murderous spirit. At this time, Wu Wanling rushed to me, the way: "Commander, we are not able to withstand."

I glanced at him. Over the head of the city, the dead were already covered. Nearly half of the three hundred Dragonscale troops had been killed, and the rest were exhausted. I gnashed my teeth and shouted at the soldiers of the Dragon Scale Army who were fighting bloody battles on the city head: "Life and death are on the line. At this time, anyone dares to back away and kill, even me!"

My roar roused the Dragon Scale army, and I drove down the Serpents who had already rushed to the city. But these snake men seem to be resilient, and as soon as they're driven back, another batch pops up.

At this time, Jiang Zaixuan, who put arrows on the archery tower, exclaimed: "Commander, we have no arrows!"

Fire thunder bombs and Skyfire dragons had been exerting their power at first, but no one thought that this time the snake people had rushed forward with a mad rush, regardless of casualties. Not to mention firearms now, not even the stones thrown down are gone.

And then the sky grew dark.

It has been 40 days since the snake Man appeared, which is also the end of the rainy season.

At this moment, a snake man poked his head from the wall, and I rushed to stab it. The snake man had a big knife in his hand. When I saw my spear, the big knife made a "bang" sound, which made my jaws numb. I tightened the gun, took advantage of the moment, the tip of the gun drew a circle, this is Wu Zhao taught me a flat shot. If Wu Zhao came to the gun, he could draw three circles in the first moment. In the military academy, Wu Zhao showed us that he could cut out a round board from a half inch thick board at a time. I'm not as skilled as Wu Zhao, but the circle is so strong that Wu Zhao would be happy to see it.

There was no way the snake man could have prevented my gun from being cut open by his broadsword with such force. It was drawn round his face and blinded him. He gave a loud roar and sprang up with his body. His left arm caught the shaft of my gun, and the knife in his right hand slid over. I suddenly let go of my hand and stepped back, the blade arcing a foot or so in front of me.

If I had slowed down, my body would have split in half. Without waiting for the Snake man to make another move, I stooped, took the battering axe I had laid aside, raised my arms, and struck it over his head. The snake man gave another shriek, and a long body fell from the top of the city. I was just about to breathe a sigh of relief when suddenly there was a sound like the heavens and the earth falling from the ranks of the right army, and someone shouted: "The city is broken! The Serpents are in! It's coming!"

The heavy city gate was completely smashed by a huge rock. Calls were made from both inside and outside the city. But while one was jubilant, the other was filled with despair.

I threw the axe to the ground, the earth seemed to tremble, but I know this is just my illusion, the axe is only dozens of jin, not so heavy, but my heart, just unspeakable emptiness. Jin Qianshi did not know where to drill out, cried: "Commander, the king of killing life can not withstand, fled, what do we do?"

I do not need to tell you. When the city gate was breached, the right army, the first to defend it, was already in flight. The Snake men came rushing into the city like a stream of dark green turquoise. They had lost all fear of fire. Many of them even carried torches, and flesh and blood flew everywhere they went. Those of us who have survived on human flesh, we have nothing left to fight back against.

It's over! I was puzzled for a moment, but I heard Yue Guohua Shouting: "Dragon Scale Army! Dragonscale! Come here!"

His makeshift camp was on top of the city gate, and the first serpents who rushed into the city had surrounded his camp. With a long knife in his hand, he made a stand and a dozen of them rushed towards him. By this time, the snake Man was rushing towards us.

I said: "Hurry back! Retreat into the houses and prepare for street fighting!"

Now it's just street fighting. But it is ironic that most of those strong houses were burned down when we entered the city, and now most of the remaining walls are broken. We have to find places for street fighting. Most places are nothing more than rubble fields.

Jin Qianshi promised, cried: "Go!"

By Wu Wanling rectify the military discipline is really extraordinary, even to this time is still not chaos. The right army was out of order when they fled. Half of them fell down and were killed by the Serpents, even by ourselves. And a hundred or so Dragon Scale troops retreated in good order, still in a fortified position.

I looked at the remnants of the Longyan Army and saw no Yu Dai. Wu Wanling walked in the battle with blood on his face. The Yu Dynasty may have died in battle, but fortunately, the gold Qianshi is still there.

The rightists had lost their light by the time they had retired from the city, but most of them were scurrying about like headless chickens. They ran into the Serpents at once, and died sooner.

As we retreated from the Dragon Scale Army, I asked Wu Wanling, "What about the other gates besides the west gate?"

Wu Wanling said, "The North gate has also been breached. General Hu sent someone to ask for help just now. East Gate or South Gate, Sir. East Gate or South Gate?"

I bit my lip. Now my decision will determine the fate of the Dragon Scale Army, and if it is wrong, there will be no surprise. I bite bite teeth, way: "to the east gate!"

As if in response to my decision, the sound of thunder and drums suddenly sounded out of nowhere: "The whole army is rushing to the south gate, you are in a hurry!" The final scream also echoed through the sky. He must have been attacked by the snake people and died in battle.

Wu Wanling is already a blank, way: "Leader, how to do?"

The East gate must be able to hold on for a while. Even if Lu Jingyu was hit by a high iron rush, the fighting power of the Left army was obvious to all, and the Left army was praised for its good defense. But now the Lord is in danger. Where am I going?

Wu Wanling was looking at me when Jin Qianshi rushed over from one side and shouted, "Commander, the snake people have captured the National Square!"

The National Mall is in the center of the city. To bypass the National Mall to get to the East Gate, you can only go to the South Gate. I breathed a sigh of relief, unexpectedly making my decision easier. "The whole army is marching southward," I said.

Jin Qianshi shouted: "Brothers of the right army hear, the whole army to the south, to join the Lord!"

The rout of the right army is always about ten thousand people, Jin Qianshi's cry in the usual since no one listens to, at this time a call, the crowd of people rushed south. In the hearts of the defeated, if someone stood up to command, whoever it was would listen.

There were not many serpents to the south, and the crowd had already opened a gap, but we had left hundreds of corpses behind, and when the Dragonscale army got there, they would almost walk on them.

We had just walked a hundred or two paces to the south, but we heard a noise in front of us. By the sound of it, an army was breaking out, too, but it was too dark to make out. I was surprised, way: "Is the emperor Hou's army defeated?"

Wu Wanling stretched out his neck and looked, and said, "It's not true. There is, however, an army, something like the Ironwalled Battalion."

I took Wu Wanling and Jin Qianshi forward and shouted, "Here is Chu Xiuhong, commander of the Dragon Scale Army. Which general's army is in front of me?"

The men who came shouted, "The Tiebi Battalion is in control of Fu Mingchen. The south gate has been lost. Your highness is in our army.

The south gate is missing too? My heart sank even though I had expected it. I had no idea that the south Gate had been breached so quickly. Now I had no choice but to flee to the East Gate and force my way through the National Square. But the National Square such a large open space has been occupied by serpents, if forced to attack, that would be like death. I said, "Where is your majesty? I want to see your majesty."

Fu Minchen looked back and did not answer me. Now it was all chaos. Lord Wu's banner was in the middle of the procession, some way from here, and it was also crowded with people. I was afraid I could not find him. I said to Fu Mingchen, "General Fu, the Snake men attacked with great force. General Chai Shengxiang did not collapse. Now the West Gate has been taken by the Snake men, and they have joined the Snake men in the North gate. The only way to get to the east gate is to go around the south."

Just then another roar came from the southwest gates. It was the Snake-man's cheer. Like a tide, the serpents have arrived. Fu Mingchen's face changed. "The Reebok camp is going to break down! Damn it, it's a hell of a time to be with a girl."

He didn't know what the last word meant, and I didn't dare ask him. It was very close to the central position, but the central army was no more than tents, no stronger than the rubble here. Now the remnants of the middle army and the Right army combined were only over thirty thousand men, and these thirty thousand men were crowded together. If they were to engage the Serpents head-on, they would be dead.

At that moment there was another scream from the northwest, where most of the right army was in retreat, and where the Serpents of the West Gate and the North Gate had converged and began to attack us. Fu Mingchen's face was white. "What should I do?" he murmured. What to do?"

The Serpents of the North Gate were well armed and well placed. They attacked thousands of defeated soldiers led by Chai Shengxiang. I know the big thing is not good, to gold Qianshi way: "Quick, knot the wall, can not let them break up the formation of the Chinese army!"

The Reebok battalion is on the south side building a wall against the Serpents from the south. There's always a thousand or two thousand left in the Reebok, plus the Strikers, outnumbered us by dozens of times. We might have been able to hold back 500 or 600 troops with a phalanx of about 100 men, but how could we hold them back now that the Serpents were running downhill? That's just talking about everything.

I looked around at the Dragon Scale soldiers. Their faces were sad, too. Then the voice of the eaglets was heard in the twilight: "The Ironwall camp is turning to the northwest, the Copper City Camp is in the center, to the left and to the right, and the whole army is retreating into the camp."

I always thought that the eagle little eagle is just a warrior bodyguard, just a brave husband, did not expect that also deep military skills, orders in order. His order was also issued just in time. Fu Mingchen shouted: "Fu Mingchen orders!" He had been a little disoriented, but at the sound of the eaglet's voice a resolute look came back into his face.

The Chinese army battalions are really no weak, although the iron wall camp has suffered heavy casualties, but with the dragon scale army to stand in a place, is still the eight face.

When the soldiers and horses fleeing from the northwest reached us, Fu Mingchen shouted, "Fu Mingchen of the Iron Wall Battalion and Chu Xiuhong of the Dragon Scale Army are here. Who is coming here?"

He equated me with him, and though this was really not the time to be proud, I was somewhat proud.

It was Chai Sheng-sang who led the charge. Chai Shengxiang often rushed to the forefront in the pursuit of victory, and did not change this style when defeated. He rushed up to us, but when he saw that we were not going to move, he gave a sudden stop to his horse and cried, "Run away, generals! The Serpents are coming!"

Fu Mingchen said, "General Chai, if you disturb the army again, I will kill the general in front of the battle in accordance with the law of the army."

Chai Shengxiang was startled. Under the light of the torch, his face turned red and he shouted, "Fu, don't talk nonsense. What time is it now?

Fu Mingchen looked at me. I stepped forward and said, "General Chai, the three gates have been broken. Now, we should rush to the east gate together. If you run away in anger, there will be no good reason. General Chai will think twice."

At that moment, the soldiers behind him shouted again. "How can you talk about luck and misfortune when the fire is burning? How can you escape with order?"

Fu Mingchen said angrily, "General Chai, you were not ashamed to say that you could wipe out the snake people with only one team of ten thousand. Where's your swagger now? He will die, and he will die like a king who killed life."

Chai-seung-sang's face turned red and white, and he did not know what to think. Suddenly, he turned around and shouted: "Brothers of the right, we fight!"

He jerked his horse back. The soldiers who were with him were at a loss, and did not know whether to rush back with him. Fu Mingchen way: "Chu general, you quickly to protect the Marquis, I take the troops to help kill the king."

Chai Shengxiang is a brave husband, strong attack, but just easy to break, his attacks once failed to expand the victory, will become a major defeat. If it had been a fresh army, his charge might have been effective, but now that his main army was on the run and his heart was scattered, it was as good as death. If the Ironwall camp had not arrived in time, he would not have been able to sustain him for a moment.

Jin Qianshi suddenly said: "Leader, today we are going to die?"

I just smiled and said, "General Kim, let's go. It's all up to heaven."

Fu Mingchen's iron wall camp really lives up to its reputation. Although I was born in the forward battalion, I thought that the forward battalion was the strongest in the world, but the Tiebi Battalion was not much weaker than the forward battalion. Chai-sheng-sang's right army was embedded in the Tiebi Battalion and had already established its position.

However, no matter how good Chai Shengxiang and Fu Mingchen were at fighting, the attacks of the Snake men were one wave after another, and the two armies could not hold up for long in such a crazy attack, just like rocks battered by the huge waves. Not daring to look back, I ran towards the central Army with more than 100 dragon Scales. Eaglet ordered the Coppertown camp to take the center, but the Coppertown camp is already in the south, probably Forward camp and Reebok camp are already stretched.

Marquis Wu's banner had been planted in the camp. Probably Marquis Wu had retreated into the camp, but the battalions were still fighting outside. Just rushed to the gate of the Chinese army camp, only to feel the south suddenly a bright, Wu Wanling suddenly screamed loudly: "Commander, Reebok camp is no longer!"

I was taken aback and turned to look south. In the midst of the chaos, a large flag had caught fire, and in the firelight was the word Reebok. I was surprised: "Hurry to meet the king Marquis."

The Marquis is now the heart of the army, we can still insist on now, but also because of the Marquis. Although the reputation of the marquis has been greatly damaged, but only to see the marquis's location, always can be relieved. Maybe a lot of people still think, as long as there is a marquis, then we can always turn a defeat into a victory.

In front of the crowd was the Lord Wu's army. The little eagle on horseback shouted back and forth, and the big eagle was nowhere to be seen. But the soldiers were running about like chickens with their heads cut off, and could not calm down.

Even the Lord Wu's own army could no longer be restrained. I can not help a chill, is it, we are really doomed?

I shouted, "Chu Xiuhong of the Dragon Scale Army. Are you safe?"

The eaglet heard my cry in the dark and called out, "General Chu."

As soon as he gave a cry, suddenly the copper City camp in front of him, like a separated tide, broke through the formation of the Copper city camp and rushed towards the place of the Lord.

I exclaimed, "Hurry up, boys!"

The dozens of snake men were all using long-handled knives. As soon as several soldiers came forward to stop them, a particularly tall snake swung a long-handled knife in his hand and threw a flower. Three of the soldiers were cut off by the knife.

Jin Qianshi angrily drink, suddenly rushed up. He used a long-handled sword, too, and several of the Dragon Scale soldiers he had trained rushed forward after him. I don't know where he came from, but he was faster than me. At this time, the snake men had already taken the banner of the Marquis, and the tall snake man rushed ahead, only ten paces away from the banner.

Lord Wu is under his banner. I rushed forward, but my body, which had been hungry for several days, did not listen to me. When I twisted my foot, I also fell to the ground, only to hear Wu Wanling exclaim, "Commander!" By the time he helped me to get up, Jin Qianshi and the rest of the Dragon Scale army were fighting with the snake people.

Gold Qianshi body has been spattered with blood, still fight to the death, do not know how he will have such power. Although there were still a hundred of them, and only fifty or sixty of the Serpents, the Serpents had the upper hand. Instead, the dozens of Serpents had interspersed the Dragon Scale Army. They killed so bitterly that the soldiers of a border Lord and the Tongcheng battalion could not rush in for a moment. Suddenly the eagle was heard crying from one of the tents, "Help! Help!"

He cried with great urgency. The Lord Wu's own soldiers had rushed into the camp, but from time to time there came a shrill cry.

The Serpents have broken into Lord Wu's camp!

I forgot the pain on the foot, suddenly rushed over, Wu Wanling with me. When he rushed to the camp of Lord Wu, he just heard Jin Qianshi scream loudly. A snake man's knife was slashed on his back, his sword was still swinging, and blood was pouring out like rain.

Jin Qianshi died in battle! I snapped my teeth to stop myself from screaming. I could not wait to enter the door again. I handed my spear to my left hand. With my right hand I drew my Babie's sword and made a sharp cut against the wall of the tent. There was a crack, the slit opened, and my body rolled into it.

As soon as he got up, he saw two snake men fighting with more than ten of their own soldiers. Many bodies of their own soldiers were hiding on the ground. These two snake men were really fierce. The eagle, armed with a spear, was engaged in a fierce battle with the Serpents. It too was in constant danger. As soon as we were in the camp, he involuntarily looked in our direction. One of the serpents cut him with a knife, and he jumped backwards, and the blade took off his left arm.

Standing behind the marquis, it was she!

The six girls were standing behind him, their instruments still in their arms. Fu Mingchen said "female music" is referring to them? Marquis Wu still did not give them up at this time, I think it was probably to escape back to the capital to let the emperor not to pursue the crime of defeat.

No matter what the Lord had in mind, my heart was filled with heat, and I did not know how much strength surged in my body, and I rushed at the two snake men.

The eagle was still flapping his spear with one arm, and would not retreat. As I rushed to the snake man, one of the snakes suddenly turned around and gave a twitch of the corners of his mouth, as if with a very mysterious smile. The knife whirled in his hand and struck at my neck.

It was the snake man who cut off Shen Xiping's head when he was defeated! It was a smile I had never seen on the face of another snake man, though I could see no difference in his appearance at all. This must be the snake man!

It came very fast. I gave a low cry and stared at the falling hilt. I reached out with my left hand and grabbed it violently.

The Snake Man's power was beyond my control. If I pressed against his sword with my left hand, my arm would break, and the sword would still cut me in half. But as it fell so lightly on the hilt, he must have never thought that the weight of the knife had increased, and the head hit the ground with a sudden thud. I took advantage of the force and sent the Bibby into his chest. The snake man was also clothed in soft armor, but the sword had been cut with the strength of both me and him. The Brig's sword had broken and passed through the armor, up to its handle, into its breast. The snake fell backward without a snort. I drew my knife, and blood poured out of its wound.

Another Snake-man was about to strike the eagle with his sword, but the fall of the snake-man startled him, and with a roar of fury the man rushed forward. The Snake-man's long sword struck him on his left shoulder, almost cutting him in half, but his shot went into his shoulder. The snake-man gave a roar and stretched out his hand to draw his spear. I rushed forward, and the man sprang up and struck the snake-man on the top of his head.

The stroke was so swift that I had no idea I could reach such speed. The Snake man only flashed his head and Babie's blade cut off half of his cheek. He gave another shriek and reached for his long knife, but it was stuck in the eagle's body and could not swing it for a moment. By this time Ben's own men, who had been behind the eagle, had rushed forward, and half a dozen knives fell and cut off the eagle's head.

The snake man's blood spattered out, and even if it was warm, it was still cold. A drop of blood splashed to my mouth, I licked, looked at the Marquis standing above, said: "Marquis, the matter is urgent, please leave immediately, in order to give."

Wu Hou paused his knife, with a wry smile on his face, and said: "To try again? It's impossible. I have killed a hundred thousand men. If I die, how can I face these souls?"

He looked at the soldiers around him, sighed and said, "Tang Shengtai is incompetent. Brothers, if you want to scold me, scold me."

I got a little wet in the corners of my eyes. Hero end, Wu also in deep regret. He was also burdened by the fame of famous men, so much so that. But it was impossible to hate him.

At this time, the little eagle rushed in and shouted: "You, hurry! The Reebok Camp has collapsed, and the Serpents will soon break through the Bronze Camp. If we do not move, it will be too late."

Lord Wu raised his head and suddenly gave a loud cry.

The roar rose high into the air, probably heard by all the warring parties, and for a moment there seemed to be a kind of freeze, and a very short pause in the roar of battle.

Lord Wu cried, "Bring me my horse. Tang Shengtai must fall by the sword, as the moon says."

The eaglet suddenly burst into tears. Wuhou stamped his foot and said, "Eaglet, why are you crying? Go!"

Lord Wu patted my shoulder and looked at the knife in my hand. With a deep sigh, he said, "General Chu, if you are not kind, God will punish you and you will be killed. Unfortunately, Tang Shengtai found out too late."

I choked up and said, "You are Marquis."

I also had several conflicts with the Lord, and the Lord trusted me and doubted me. But all this was like a breeze blowing by, and my heart was just a blank, and there was only the sigh of this final hero.

The little eagle took the horse to the door, way: "You marquis."

The Marquis took his hand off my shoulder and looked at it. He said, "Eagle, Chu Xiuhong, you two go out and give the order to each of you to escape."

I was surprised: "Don't you go to the east gate? Where the land is still fighting."

Marquis Wu's face surfaced a wry smile, said: "The fishing has escaped this calamity."

I didn't dare ask anything. I followed him out. As soon as he went out, Lord Wu shouted: "Go quickly! The one who escapes is the one who escapes. Don't sacrifice yourself for nothing!"

The little eagle cried: "Jun Hou, the little eagle is willing to accompany you to die!"

I was about to say the same thing, when I was suddenly stung by something. The shadow flashed before my eyes, and the words I wanted to say fell back on my throat. Lord Wu had sighed, clapped his horse and shouted loudly: "Tang Shengtai is here. Come with me if you dare to fight!"

The eaglet jumped on his horse and ran after him, and by this time I could not follow him. At the sound of the Lord's voice, some of the soldiers, who had already been running away in all directions, returned to fight again. The Snake Man was taken by surprise and weakened by the attack.

I turned around, Wu Wanling at a loss: "General Chu, how to do?"

Lord Wu's own men had rushed out after him. The dozens of Serpents had been killed, but the Dragon Scale army was almost completely destroyed. Now he and I were alone in the camp, along with the six girls. I couldn't think of anything to do at this point, but I had to go ahead.

I looked in the tent, and the six girls were still standing there. Most of the other women were terrified out of their wits, but she still held the lute in her arms, seemingly unconcerned.

'Come on,' I said. 'Take them, and we'll go up town!'

Wu Wanling said, "Take them?"

I shouted: "Those who are unkind, God will punish them. General Wu!"

These words shout out, but my heart can not help some dull pain. I'm just yelling because she's in there, right? I just found a grand reason for my inner selfishness.

It was easy enough to let us down from the city, but in the open field we were about to face the Serpents. In the field war, it is Shen Xiping also lost the first World War, needless to say others.

Wu Wanling grimly said, "Snake people are everywhere now. How can we get out? Well, unless you're flying out."

My heart flashed and I cried, "That's right! Fly!"

The city was littered with the dead, but luckily there were no snake men.

The Serpents built a long strip around the city to kill soldiers who fled. Even when the Imperial Army was strong, it could not fight the Serpent on its own. The Snake Man is doing this to kill us all.

The central camp is not close to the west gate. Just walked a section, Wu Wanling whispered: "Head, there are people ahead!"

I looked ahead. The Chinese camp was on fire, the last remaining line of defense of the Imperial Army. By the light of the fire we could make out two figures, hurrying along in front of us. "It's one of us," I said.

The people in front of us heard our voices and suddenly moved aside. I stopped them and whispered, "Who are you?"

At this moment, someone exclaimed, "General Chu!"

It was two voices, so mixed up that I couldn't tell who they were. I said, "Who is it?"

"Chang Longyou and Wu Keqing."

As they emerged from the darkness, Wooke whispered, "By your voices, we knew the Snake Man was coming."

I turned my head to look at the battlefield where the battle was being fought, and my heart ached. I'm a deserter now, no matter what I say. But now, if we don't run, we'll die.

I said, "Where are you going?"

Wu Keqing sighed and said, "Whatever comes, the Lord sent us out to join the army and told us to find our own way, so we had to go into the dark. General Chu, where are you going?"

Wu Keqing once came to the Dragon Scale Army undercover, he can probably still fight, but Chang Longyou has always been in the baggage camp, probably can't even ride a horse.

"Fly out of town," I said.

Chang Longyou looked at the six women behind me, as if he wanted to ask something but dared not. He only said, "With the kite you used to use?"

He does have a good brain. I nodded and said, "Let's go."

Wu Keqing sighed, "I never expected to be defeated so miserably. Alas, I am afraid that the Snake people will be a catastrophe and the empire will be in trouble."

A little distracted, I said, "Go on, stop talking." Now and then I kicked one or two dead bodies at the head of the city to the west, and once when I stepped on a round body I almost cried out, only to discover that it was the body of a snake man. Along the way, there were holes in the wall, and from time to time there were gaps in the wall. A woman fell into the gap, did not hear the sound, and probably fell to her death. We did not dare to look for it, but ran west of the city as fast as we could.

If there are snakes in the right camp, all is lost. I couldn't help thinking as I walked into the empty right camp. But it looked dead inside, with only a few unburned torches burning and a whole field of dead bodies.

The Serpents had bloodied themselves when they broke into the right camp, and all I wanted was not to destroy the thing. But there are nine of us. How do we sit?

I looked around the right camp. Remember Xue Wen also camp at the beginning of the side of Luan Peng, but at night seems to be more than the same. I looked for a long time, and suddenly I heard a low voice: "Is it General Chu?"

This is the voice of Xue Wenyi! I was overjoyed, said: "Xue Gongzheng, it is me! Where are you?"

One of the dead bodies on one side of the ground moved. I pulled up the remaining half torch near a tent and ran to it, only to see Xue Wen lying among the bodies of several right soldiers. He was badly wounded by a stab wound to the stomach. I supported him, stretched the knife from the body cut a piece of cloth for him to wrap, said: "Are you okay?"

Xue Wen also sighed and said, "I was still working on the flying machine when the snake Man attacked, and I got a knife. General Chu, will I die?"

He's bleeding a lot, and he's weak, but if it were me, I'd be fine for a while. "It will be all right," I said. How many of those planes did you make? Where is it?"

He coughed and said, "I've done ten. Do you want to use that?"

Ten! My heart lightened, but then the cold returned. Xue Wen definitely can't fly in a plane like this, and those women definitely can't either. Do you see hope, and it will be dashed?

Xue Wen also said: "How many people are there in your party?"

"Nine, five of them are women."

Xue Wen also smiled, said: "The five is enough."

It turns out you can seat two people in a flying plane! My heart is wide again. Xue Wen also said: "It seems that the sky is not on me, I only know that I am certain to die, did not expect General Chu you will come back. Where is your highness?"

My face fell. Now I do not know what to do. It seems to me that Lord Wu is fighting a final battle on a horse. I said: "You let us escape, escape one by one."

Xue Wen also lifted himself up with effort and said, "So the south gate is also lost? Good heavens."

I did not tell him that 90 percent of the east gate of the land route has been taken. I said, "Where the hell is your plane? I didn't see it."

He smiled and said, "It is not in my tent yet. If I hadn't pretended, I would have been crushed by the snake people."

Xue Wenyi's flying plane is a three-part assembly. Ten of them made a whole tent, and there was only a small space for him to sleep. We according to Xue Wen also assembled, pile up a ground, and listen to him said the point of the frame driving, Wu Wanling and I lifted a frame on the shelf, I said: "Xue Gongzheng, how to fly out?"

He started suddenly and said, "My God, are there any horses now?"

As if I had been hit on the head, I said, "What? A Malay one?"

"You need to pull a horse before the plane can take off."

I shook, not knowing what to say. After all my trouble, this is the result. I said, "What else can I do?"

Xue Wen also thought about it and said, "There is a way, but I haven't tried it."

Suddenly he coughed violently, almost dying. I was so anxious that I said, "Xue Gongzheng, what else can I do?"

He pointed to one side, as if he wanted to say something, but the sooner he tried, the less he could. Suddenly, his eyes rolled and he fainted.

I was so anxious that I shook him and shouted, "Xue Gongzheng! Xue Gongzheng!" But he didn't answer me. He had exhausted his strength by helping us set up the aeroplane, and though he was not dead, it would not be long before he woke up.

I'm on my own. I went to the place where he pointed. There was a heap of broken offensive and defensive equipment, which he must have repaired. There was an engine, a stone cannon, and a ladder broken in three pieces.

It's not gonna work. Is it an aerial ladder? Suddenly, Wu Wanling shouted, "With a stone cannon!"

My eyes lit up. The gun's net was broken and one of its wheels was broken, but the trigger and spring were intact. If there is a rope, then the stone cannon must be more powerful than a healthy horse. I said, "That's right! Quick, help me move!"

Far away, there was still the sound of fighting, but it was much weaker. If the Imperial Army is defeated, the Snake man will return. Wu Wanling and I were frantically busy, desperately trying to get the stone cannon done. As he hooked a rope to a hook in front of the plane, Wu Wanling said, "Governor, I'll try it first."

I patted him on the shoulder, not knowing what to say. We don't know if it's going to work, but right now we're just trying.

He sat into the plane, another woman also sat down in fear, Wu Wanling said: "General, come on."

The sound of fighting is getting closer. Perhaps it was the Serpents, after the scattered Imperial army, who were already on their way. I clenched my teeth and said, "General Wu, if you don't succeed, don't blame me."

Wu Wanling shouted: "General Chu, how do you mother-in-law, hurry up!"

As soon as I pulled the trigger of the stone gun, the gun sprang with great force and the flying plane slid off its shelf and shot out into the night sky like a bird. As the hook on the nose of the plane opened back, the plane flew, and the rope slid out and fell to the ground.

It worked!

I was delighted and said, "Quick, Mr. Zhang, you first."

Zhang Longyou sat in a bit flustered, he took Xue Wen also, also flew out very smoothly.

Two in a row went well, and I got a little bolder. After Wu Keqing and a woman sat in, I pulled the trigger, suddenly, the flight plane a tilt, even from the shelf oblique fly out.

In the night sky, there was still a scream from Wookeqing. I looked at a new aeroplane and felt a chill in my heart. Xue Wen also do the flight plane is not perfect, just Wu Keqing and the woman like a bullet flying out of the city, I can not help but feel cold. I looked at the three remaining women and hesitated.

Of course I'll take her when I leave. But what about the other two? What about them? Do they have the guts to try again?

Suddenly, as if she knew what I was thinking, she said, "General, I'll try."

It's the only way.

She held the pipa in her arms, still impassioned, as if the battle not far away had not existed. I nodded and said, "Okay."

I held her up, picked up her legs and put her in the plane. Watching her lute beside me, I whispered, "Be careful."

She looked at me, her bright eyes a little tearful. I dared not look any further. "Are you ready?" I asked.

She nodded. Then another woman screamed, "General, the monsters are coming!"

"Hush!" I shouted. I closed my eyes and pulled the trigger. At that moment, my heart was in the air. If anything happens to her, I don't want to go any further. It's better to die in the Serpentine than to think of her in the future.

With a crack, the plane she was sitting in flew lightly away. Then I heard a voice outside the camp call, "What's that? Fly."

That's the voice of a snake man. The snake man is coming? I whispered to the slightly dazed woman, "Help me put the plane on."

I had just placed her, and I had gone to fasten the stone cannon, when a voice from outside the camp called: "Here! Come on!" The woman screamed, "How do you pull it? How do I open it?"

The serpents have flooded in. I picked up a long gun on the ground and said, "Shut up." Rushing to the shelf, I do not know where the strength, jumped up, has already sat in, saying: "hold on!"

At that moment, one of the snake men let out a roar and shot. The crack of the shot was so loud that I dared not turn back, and, gathering my composure, aimed at the trigger of the stone cannon.

I had it all figured out. If it's Jiang Jae-xuan with the archers behind him, it's a safe bet, but right now I have to gamble.

The shot hit the trigger of the gun, but as soon as he threw the spear, his hand was weak. The spear only touched the trigger, but the stone gun did not move!

At that moment, the long lance thrown by the Snake man grazed me with a whoosh and disappeared into the darkness. Although I did not touch, but I was cold sweat. Now that I had no chance to try it again, I could not help regretting that I had not tied the string to it, or I would have had another chance.

Now the chance is gone, now it is my time to die.

I closed my eyes.

Just close my eyes, suddenly only feel a shock to the body, only feel a flower in front of my eyes, around the rapid backward, open my eyes, I have flown into the night sky.

It was the snake man's shot that triggered it! In a fit of ecstasy, I looked down, and saw that serpents had swarmed on the ground, their mouths wide open, as if I didn't know what was going on.

Got out! I wanted to give a shout of joy and look over my shoulder at the woman sitting behind me. She was probably still in shock, but her mouth was still open.

I control the engine of the plane and make it fly through the air. Xue Wen also told us that if we were lucky and the airflow was strong, the plane could stay in the sky forever, possibly as far as the Imperial Capital. I don't think I'll have that much luck, but I'll probably be able to fly a dozen miles.

After a few attempts, the plane was almost under control. I circled along the airflow for a few weeks, the higher the disk, the overhead stars also seemed to be much closer, in front of the eyes seems to be able to pick off.

At that moment, from below, there was a sudden, shrill sound of a flute, accompanied by the throaty voices singing:

When he was dead, he was buried in the mountains,

The mountains are so Weiwei, the sky so green,

There are trees in the mountains, but the country is broken.

One of the high, old voices was Marquis Wu. The marquis has come to the last moment, my tears have been surging out of the eyes. Fire was burning everywhere in the city of High Eagle, and even in the air, the cries of the Imperial army and the roar of the Serpents could still be heard.

At this moment, the woman sitting behind me suddenly shouted in nightmare: 'No! Don't kill me! '

I wiped away my tears and yelled, "Don't scream!"

Although I shouted at her like this, in fact, in my heart, also want to shout, also want to vent everything in my heart.

I looked up. The moon was bleak. The pale moonlight fell on my face like water, and seemed to melt me away.

"Come on, let's go."

I whispered, and then whispered, "I'll be back."

With the wind blowing from the southeast Sea, the plane circled to fly to the north, behind, the burning in the fire of the city has gradually become smaller, gradually like a trivial star, no longer visible.

Sci Fi

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    Written by Alon Long