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When the heavy gate of the city was cut open by the axe, a cry was sent out outside the city. However, one is cheering, while the other is full of despair.

The last city of the rebels was captured by us. The Republic Army has become a historical term since today.

I pulled a huge axe from the door, and pieces of wood fell on my face. However, I don't have any joy after winning the war in the past. In my heart, it's just an unspeakable emptiness.

The stones and tiles thinned down. The city guards also understand that the situation is over, and they will no longer insist. It's no wonder that the siege has lasted for three months, and the food in the city is mostly exhausted. They won't have much strength to throw stones.

When I rushed into the city gate, my armor clattered.

Two soldiers guarding the city rushed up to stop me with long guns. Although they are still in great momentum, in March of the siege, Gao Jiu City has broken the bones and eaten easily. Under the condition of starvation, their marksmanship is also full of flaws. I swung my huge axe and passed it with a thunderous force. With the sound of cutting through the iron armor, the two soldiers were suddenly different.

At this time, a large group of people had pushed open the city gate and rushed in. At the head of the city, some of the remaining soldiers cried out in despair. Although they looked at death one by one when guarding the city, they were still panicked when death was about to come.

I cut down two more enemy soldiers who dared to rush up. At this time, my escort brought the horse over. I jumped on my horse, threw away my axe, and took up my iron gun. In the large group, a messenger came up and shouted, "Lord Wu has orders to kill the city."

Even though the fire of war has turned my heart into iron, my heart still trembles. Gao Jiucheng, one of the twelve famous cities in the early empire, is it the end of the day today?

My subordinates did not have this idea and cheered in unison. In their view, slaughtering the city is the best reward after breaking the city, which means wealth, women, and killing to vent their depression.

Since I followed the Southern Expedition of Wuhou, eight cities have been slaughtered along the way. These eight cities are all dead and do not surrender. With the ruthlessness of Marquis Wu, it is inevitable that they will be slaughtered. Although I don't want to kill too many people, there were no less than 20 soldiers of the Republic Army who died in the hands of the centurion of the forward battalion. Every time I kill a person, I feel that the blood on my hands is a little heavier. In particular, there are many opponents who were students of the Imperial Military Academy at the beginning, and they also died under me one by one. I feel more empty in my heart.

War may always be life-and-death.

My guard, Qi Lie, brought his horse to me and said, "General, go quickly."

I looked at him under the mask. He is only nineteen years old. Maybe he doesn't know how valuable life is. I didn't say anything. Slaughtering the city is a great pleasure after breaking the city. I don't want to spoil their fun.

"You can lead the team. I'm a little tired and don't want to go."

"General Chu, didn't you take us there?"

I turned my head, looked at him coldly, and said, "I won't go."

He was startled and said, "Well, I'm going." He took his horse, waved his gun, and said, "Brothers, follow me."

After several wars, there are still more than 80 people left in my 100 people. These more than 80 people have always been in the vanguard of the Imperial Army. Perhaps killing people has been a pleasure for them. They cheered and rushed to Qi Lie. I watched the tide of imperial troops pouring into the streets and alleys, and the high vulture city was ablaze with the cries of women and children. I just feel a little wet in front of me.

Is this war? In the military academy, my educated teacher once taught us that it is the highest way for a soldier to defeat others without fighting. However, in the past few years in the army, I have experienced more than a dozen battles. Each time, I rushed to the city in blood and fire, and stepped on it. It was always the broken limbs of the dead.

I took the horse and prepared to return to the barracks. At the head of the city, some republican prisoners holding hands staggered down the city wall, and a group of imperial troops laughed and drove them down like a flock of sheep. A prisoner may have hurt his leg, sprained his foot, and fell on the steps. An imperial army scolded him, waved a knife, and slashed him on the back. The prisoner's blood also seemed to be dried up, and his body was almost split in two, but the blood did not flow much.

Do not kill the captive. This is the third article of the military order made by the first emperor when he won the country. However, after 200 years, no one still remembers this one.

The prisoner was not dead yet. He raised his hand and gave a sad cry. This seemed to arouse the fierce nature of the soldier who wielded the knife. He waved his knife and cut it down again.

I lowered my head and didn't want to see such a massacre again.

After only two steps, someone suddenly shouted in his ear: "bold!"

I was surprised and looked up. In front of me were three horsemen. A man who looked like an attendant pointed a long gun at me and said, "How dare you be so rude!"

I reined in the horse. The man in the middle is Lord Wu! I ran into Lord Wu!

I jumped off the horse, knelt on one leg and said, "Lord Wu, the centurion of the forward battalion, Chu Xiuhong, is dying."

Marquis Wu did not wear a mask, but there was no anger on his face. He said, "You are the first Chu Xiuhong to rush into the city? Why don't you go to slaughter the city with others?"

"Your excellency, I just charged. Now I feel tired and want to have a rest."

Marquis Wu laughed and said, "Do you think my order to slaughter the city is too cruel?"

I was stunned. Marquis Wu has always been famous for his bravery. Unexpectedly, he broke my mind. I said, "I will never dare."

The marquis of Wu said in a positive tone, "Everyone should be punished for his disorderly subjects and thieves. I ordered the city to be slaughtered, which is not easy to kill, but it is an example for those who intend to make trouble in the future."

I said boldly, "Sir, the civilians in the city are not soldiers. When the Great Emperor won the country, he clearly ordered not to kill and surrender, so he won the hearts of the people at that time."

"Do you think what I did was unpopular?"

Marquis Wu's face sank, and my heart moved. I felt a chill on my back, but I didn't dare to say anything more. I just said, "How dare I put my mouth in the mouth? It's just a little bit of my humble opinion. But I thought that what you ordered must have profound meaning. It's the end of women's kindness."

Marquis Wu laughed and said, "Women's benevolence. Ho ho, for the sake of the general, in the first of the seven key points of the march of the army Saint Nattingtian, you should not have women's benevolence. When you charged, you won the third place, but now you are motherly."

He took off the sabre from his waist and said, "This sabre is called 'Baibi'. It is now given to you. In the future, I will use this sabre to cut off your women's benevolence."

The saber drew an arc in the air, and I caught it with both hands, only feeling my hand sink. Just as he was kneeling down, the marquis of Wu clapped his horse and rushed over. His two bodyguards also chased him.

It may be a good thing to be rewarded by Lord Wu, but I feel more empty inside.

Back to the barracks, the baggage officer was counting and preparing to drive into the city. As usual, after a few days' rest, we will start again. But now, after the last war, all that remains is to clean up the rest of the Republican Army. This time, Marquis Wu's southern expedition was also surprisingly smooth. He started in February and went on the way with great momentum. But within ten months, he turned to fight for two thousand miles, and nearly all of the 100000 troops returned. Even Marquis Wu has never had a record.

The Republic Army started three years ago. At the beginning, Cang Yuegong, who was guarding the southern Xinjiang, suddenly rebelled and played the flag of the Republic Army. At that time, Lord Cangyue was one of the three great princes of the empire. The crown of the empire, the king and the duke were only granted royal family. The third duke was hereditary, and the second duke was the second duke of civil and military affairs. The following is the 13th uncle. As a marquis of a town, the former Grand Priests of all dynasties were relied on as the Great Wall. Nobody expected that he would rebel, which caught the Empire unprepared. At the beginning of Cangyue's uprising, it was extremely smooth. In two months, it wiped out the south of the Great River and formed the trend of ruling by dividing the river with the Empire.

This generation of emperors is called the sun king. Although the sun king claims to be "as bright as the sun", as a monarch, he may never be called the Ming monarch by later generations, but he will certainly be famous for his strong sexual ability. There are more than 1000 concubines in his harem, and their children are said to set up dozens of large tables every time they eat. Of course, these must be folk nonsense. As the monarch of a country, those princesses and princesses will not sit around and eat like common people. According to folk legend, the sun king's previous life must be a stallion. His energy may also be drained by women. When Cang Yuegong first got up, he casually thought it was a rumor. If the Marquis of Wen had not set aside the public opinion to burn down the ships that Cang Yuegong had accumulated on the south bank of the Great River with a partial division, I'm afraid that the history of the empire would have ended long ago.

Maybe, although I am in front of every war, I still stand on the side of the Republican Army in my heart? This made me a little scared, as if my infidelity would also show on my face.

Thinking wildly, put the armor in the box. I should have done all these things, but I really don't like a big man playing with my clothes, even the armor, so I always tidy up myself. People in the army who don't know me also say that I am very civilian. It is ridiculous to say that a centurion is only a junior officer in the army, but he is regarded as an aristocrat.

At this time, my tent curtain was pulled up. It was the baggage officer. As soon as he saw me, he said, "Ah, General Chu is here. Marquis Wu has the order to leave the camp and enter the city."

In fact, these things have nothing to do with me. The people in the baggage camp do all the things about pulling out of the camp. However, I said, "I will come too."

It seems that I can forget the emptiness of my heart by doing some miscellaneous things.

The task of the baggage camp is to pack up and drive the train. Marquis Wu runs the army like iron. Every time he goes to war with Marquis Wu, he puts a cart in every 20 camps. People are also precarious on the battlefield, so there are few things. Like I have iron armor, the leather armor of ordinary soldiers usually does not take off.

The siege tactics of the four generals of Duke Wu captured Gaoji City, but also lost nearly 1000 people. While I was tidying up, I listened to the chatter of others. Before I knew it, everything was put away.

The eople in the baggage camp are the most uneconomical. Every time they slaughtered the city, they had no share, and after the war, they had only an average share of property. So many light and strong logistics soldiers were always grinding at me to go to the front camp. They don't know, maybe they don't want to think about it. The death rate of the forward camp is higher. Before the battle of Marquis Wu, seven of the 20 centurions in the Qianfeng Battalion were killed, and 34 out of 10 soldiers died in the Qianfeng Battalion. Maybe because of this, Lord Wu gave the first order to kill the city to the Qianfeng Camp.

I watched the long baggage convoy drive into the city gate. The thick city gate is still on the ground, and there are still traces left by my huge axe, mixed with the flesh, blood and burnt scars of the dead.

Anyway, the war is over and the Republic Army has become a historical term.

At this time, a logistics soldier shouted, "General Chu, what is that?"

He pointed to a figure on the ridge in the distance. The figure was about a few dozen steps away and looked like standing on the roof.

Most of the houses in Gaojiu City are very old brick houses. It is difficult for a person to stand on them. Perhaps it is the remnant of the Republican Army. In the chaos of the whole city, he may not escape from the city.

The baggage officer heard his cry, looked at it, and shouted, "Shut up, it's none of your business, hurry up." The logistics soldier spit out his tongue and stopped talking.

Just as the baggage truck was pulled into the National Hall of Gaojiu City, suddenly, a loud noise was heard not far away, mixed with human cries. I was surprised and looked at the man beside me. Those young men were just talking about the heroic words that could swallow cattle, but now they are all dumbfounded.

I know something must have happened.

At its peak, the Republic Army claimed to support millions of soldiers, but most of them were just enlisted. Although the Republic Army had a lot of difficulties in the battlefield, its combat effectiveness was far from that of the 20000 Black Armored Army, which was the direct line of the Lord Cangyue. However, it was almost a suicide charge. Even if I saw it, I would be shocked sometimes. Perhaps, somewhere in the city, the place where the remnants of the Republic Army were hiding was found, and it was in the street war again.

I jumped off the horse and rushed to the sound. The sound was not too far away, but it was difficult to find the small alleys. The voice became louder and louder, mixed with human cries.

This is not the sound of slaughterhouse.

I rushed across a corner, and in front of a large courtyard, there were already many people crowded. The cries came from inside. I saw Qi Lie also crowded in the crowd and said, "What's the matter, Xiao Lie?"

When Qi Lie saw that it was me, he said, "General, there are more than ten Republican troops hiding in it, digging a pit, and catching several of our brothers."

At this time, someone inside shouted, "Get out of the way, or I will kill!"

The people spread out a little. I saw that the courtyard was two or three feet square. Now there was a big pit in the pit. There were five or six imperial soldiers with oblique armor scattered in the pit. There were more than a dozen people with long knives pointing at the people in the pit. A leading figure was threatening to cut.

The crowd behind them is getting more and more crowded, and the republican army may also know that they can't escape. The leader shouted at the top of his voice, but only let the imperial army around them encircle the circle. However, the long knife in their hands can stab the prisoners in the pit with one move, so the Imperial Army dare not do it for a while.

At this time, a man behind him shouted, "Lord Wu is here, quickly disperse!"

That is one of the two bodyguards of Lord Wu. Is Marquis Wu here? People made way at once. I retreated to one side with the people, and saw the marquis Wu with his horse not far away.

Marquis Wu looked around, his face sank, and said, "Do you have a knife in your hand?"

A man crowded forward and said, "Report to Lord Wu that they have captured some of our brothers."

Marquis Wu looked at him and said, "Life and death depend on life, shoot arrows!"

His orders are everything in the army. The people who were originally around gathered at once, some in the door, and some climbed onto the wall. I just heard the loud leader of the Republic Army exclaiming: "You"

Before he finished speaking, he just screamed.

When the yard calmed down, the marquis looked at the yard which had been piled up like a monastery and said, "What's the matter with the captured brother?"

Someone came with several bloody corpses and said, "Report to Lord Wu, five of them have been arrested, four of them have been stabbed to death, and one has a breath."

"The dead died in battle after being treated in the medical camp."

After Lord Wu said that, he clapped his horse and left, but a black whirlwind caught up with his two bodyguards.

When I was in the crowd, Lord Wu did not pay attention to me. I watched his back disappear at the corner, but my heart was as cold as ice.

In the yard, the dead lay in a tangle, with seventeen or eight long arrows on each body. If those republican armies died in battle, they might not have been hit by so many arrows.

For the first time, I felt that being a marquis was not my dream.

The slaughter will continue for several days. In these days, the Imperial Army can do whatever it wants in the city of Gao Jiu.

do as one pleases. How much meaning these four words can have is almost impossible to say. There are fires everywhere, blood flows on the ground into a river, and scattered small wooden products float on the blood.

It was getting dark, but the desire to kill did not abate. The city is covered with a layer of black clouds. Looking from a distance, it seems that there is a faint black dragon coiled around the city.

I lay in a hut. The original owner of this room must be a scholar, because I unexpectedly found two books left from ancient times in the room. These books are made of a very tough thin material. According to the legend left by our ancestors, in ancient times, our ancestors were a group of half-human and half-god characters who could fly in the sky with the help of tools and run faster than the fastest horse on the ground. Later, they were cursed by heaven, and almost all of them died in a major disaster. The rest of them can no longer remember the magic of their ancestors. Later, it took another two thousand years to multiply and multiply, and then formed the present world.

The legend has been confirmed by the books found. Although the great technicians of the Empire have read the mysteries written in the books, they cannot find the mysteries of the books themselves. Perhaps it will be many years before this secret can be discovered.

I stroked the book. These two books may be more than 2000 years old, but they still feel very smooth. However, the book is very boring, but only about some things that a person has experienced. I didn't read much, but I found too many incomprehensible words.

We have forgotten many valuable things. When I closed my book, I couldn't help thinking.

At this time, there was a noise at the door. I can't help frowning. I really don't like living in a place where there are corpses all around, so the little house I live in has almost been demolished into white ground. Who will come here?

Someone knocked desperately at the door.

I grabbed the Baibi Dao that Lord Wu gave me and walked to the door. The baggage officer knows that I live here, but he is too busy to come.

I shouted, "Who?"

Outside the door, there was a voice of Qi Lie: "General, it's me."

I opened the door, and Qi Lie said cheerfully, "General, we have brought you something."

I frown imperceptibly. I really don't like those bloody trophies. Once when I was slaughtering the city, I saw an imperial army desperately stroking the gold bracelet on a young girl's wrist. Because it was not easy to fall back, it unexpectedly cut off the young girl's hand with a knife, so that I always dreamed of the broken hand dripping with blood.

"Take your points."

Qi Lie looked at other people in our team, smiled and said, "This thing can't be divided. Come on, leave it for the general."

The two soldiers could not help but say that they carried a big bag and put it on my bed carefully. I was surprised. Although the outside of the bag was very clean, there might be some gold and silver in it. I said urgently, "How do you know I live here?"

Qi Lie squeezed his eyes and said, "Listen to what Lord Deyang said."

Deyang is the baggage officer. Maybe these boys also stuffed him with some belongings. I don't want to say that they have already walked out laughing, and Qi Lie closed the door when he left.

I went back to the inner room to have the package disposed of. Just as I tried to drag this bag out of bed, I saw the big bag move.

There are people inside!

I also understood Qi Lie's smile at once. This is a person, so it must be the beauty they found. No wonder he said it was "inseparable"

I untied my pocket. As I expected, it was a woman tied like a rice dumplings.

She was terrified like a small animal that was stared at by a rat. I smiled and tried to comfort her, but she seemed to avoid me desperately.

"Don't be afraid."

As soon as I say this, I want to scold myself. It sounds as if it is a lust. She stared at me with hatred in her eyes.

I reached out to untie her rope, and she shrank into a ball and dodged me. I smiled awkwardly and said, "I mean no harm. You can go."

She looked at me, but her eyes were still suspicious and hateful. I pulled out my knife and said, "Put out your hand."

She may think I'm going to cut off her arm and stretch out her hand without hesitation. I cut the rope between her wrists with a knife, and didn't even scratch her with a bit of oil. I said, "You go."

She probably felt that she had heard wrong and said, "Let me go?"

I took the knife back into its sheath and said, "I don't think you understand what I said."

She was a little surprised, opened the door and said, "I really have to go."

I grabbed a robe beside the bed and threw it to her. That is the common dress of the Imperial Army. She looks like she will be caught when she goes out.

She took the robe and looked at me in surprise. I turned my head and shouted, "Don't you want to leave?"

She draped her robe over her. Dressed neatly, it looks like a miscellaneous soldier in the Imperial Army. Seeing her go out of the door, I don't know why, I feel a little dull.

In war, to be kind to the enemy is to seek death. But after the war is over, is there still no kindness? I took off the sabre that Lord Wu gave me and played with it carefully. At this time, the scabbard was inlaid with gold wire with the words "Baibi". At this time, I found that there were eight inscriptions below: "Only Baibi, only heart is not easy". It was inlaid with very thin gold wire. The handwriting was very small, so it could not be found at a glance.

The words are very simple, but I don't know what it means. At that time, the teacher in the military academy told us that in order to be a general, the general should have both civil and military skills. Although I prefer to play with swords and guns, I still seem a little cowardly. At least, it's cowardice to let her go.

I sighed and walked out of the door. Close the door and look at the sign of "Forward Five Camp Chu" posted by Deyang on the door. I don't know why, but I feel a little chilly.

Although my house is remote, it is a barracks a hundred paces away. Now is the time of slaughtering the city. There is blood and scorching everywhere. Although the area around the barracks is clean, the smell is still very strong and disgusting. I walk in a piece of rubble, and from time to time, I will see a broken arm exposed in the rubble.

I walked past the barracks with my hands behind me. Now most of the soldiers have gone to slaughter the city. Gaojiu City has been operating for nearly 200 years and has a population of 300000. Although a lot of people were lost during the war, there were 56 million refugees who fled to Gaojiu City during the war. Now there are about 800000 people in the city. It may be at least five or six days before the city is slaughtered. It is not easy for the Imperial Army, which has been used to killing people for a long time.

Now the barracks are empty. It looks like an empty camp. When the city was slaughtered, only a small number of soldiers were stationed in turn, except for the baggage camp. The garrison, including the garrison guarding the four gates outside the city, also changed their posts in turn. That's not for any other reason, just for everyone to enjoy the pleasure of burning, killing and looting.

However, since my first day in the army, I have hated this kind of killing.

Just thinking about it, suddenly, a strong wind came from behind. I was surprised. Are they remnants of the Republic Army?

I didn't look back. I felt the chill of the weapon through my clothes. Listen to the wind. It's the sound of a long gun. If I look back, I'm afraid I will be stabbed by this shot first. My body leaned forward, and I fell down, and the shot stabbed me in the back.

The man stabbed in the air, and was ready to shoot back. My right foot had kicked back, impartial, and was hitting the man's barrel. With a sound of "Pa", the man's gun was kicked away by me, and I had drawn a hundred knives before he started again. At this time, another gun stabbed at the side. But at this time, I was completely engrossed. This shot was like a joke to us. The left hand grabbed the lower half foot of the man's gun tip, and the man took advantage of the situation to turn back. The knife in his right hand had been cut to the man's arms.

This is how Wu Zhao, the instructor of the military academy known as "the first shot in the army", taught us how to break the gun. Of course, it is difficult to use this move at once, but it is easy at the next step. There is also a way to crack the gun itself, but the two men are just small soldiers. Their skills are so raw that they can never use the anti-Croatian method of shooting. In addition to being caught off guard at the beginning and feeling a little tired, killing them now is an easy task.

I was about to cut it off, but I saw their costumes from the corner of my eyes. They were two imperial armies. I was angry and funny. No wonder I was attacked at the camp gate, but I didn't dare to let go of the gun in my hand. I shouted, "Stop!"

The soldier who had been kicked off the long gun by me had grabbed the dropped gun. He was shocked when he saw me drink. I grabbed the long gun in my hand and put it back in the sheath with my right hand, saying, "I am Chu Xiuhong, the centurion of the five battalions of the front, you see!"

The two soldiers were shocked again. After a while, one said, "Are you the first general of Chu to rush into the city? Why don't you wear armor?"

I took my token out of my arms and said, "The war is over. Of course, I don't wear armor. Whose subordinate are you?"

They looked at my token and knelt down on the ground. One said, "We are subordinate to General Pu of the Third Battalion. Today it is our turn to stand guard. When we saw General Chu coming alone, we thought he was a remnant of the Republic Army and didn't mean to offend the General."

Hearing the words "General Pu" they said, I couldn't help frowning. Pu Anli, the same classmate of our military academy as General Pu, is now the centurion of the three battalions of the forward, and is at the same level with me. He was born in a noble family and was the son of Kaixian Boshi. When he was at school, he used to have a bad time with me. Now, although he is a colleague, he seldom contacts with me. A group of their high school children and several of our civilian centurions were divided into two groups in the front camp, and their subordinates often fought. There are also several centurions who are neutral. However, private grievances are private grievances. In the siege war, Pu Anli and I cooperated well. I was able to rush into the city first because of his team holding the Republican army at the gate.

I said, "Where is your General Pu now?"

They looked at each other and said, "General Pu and other brothers have gone to chase a woman. General Chu, if you see General Pu, please tell him, let's change our posts early."

I looked at them and said, "OK. But now you just stand on your guard with all your heart, and don't meet your own people again without knowing."

They kept their promises. When I walked away, I felt they were excusable. I don't wear armor. I really can't see it. Now the city is full of red-eyed imperial troops. If I get hurt, it's not worth it.

Just as I was about to turn around, it suddenly occurred to me that Pu Anli was chasing a woman. I said, "Who is the woman General Pu is chasing?"

A soldier said, "Just now, General Pu saw a short man wearing a military uniform and hurried to the outside of the city. He drank. The man turned around and ran away, but it was a woman. She must have stolen a military uniform from somewhere and wanted to escape. General Pu took about ten brothers in the camp to chase him."

It's the woman! I can almost tell. "Where have they gone?" I said urgently

The soldier pointed to the left. I ran to the left before he understood.

On the left is the way to the city wall. I didn't run long before I heard a loud noise in front of me. A loud voice laughed: "Little girl, stop running, you have no way to go."

That was the voice of Poanley. They were at the head of the city. I ran to the head of the city. On the stone steps, the blood of people who had not dried completely made my feet slip, but I didn't care. In my heart, I just think that since I let the woman go, if she fell into the hands of others, it would almost be the same as I did.

When I walked up to the head of the city, I saw Pu Anli holding the woman's hair in his hand. The woman struggled desperately in his hand, but like a small animal in a trap, she could not get rid of it. I cried, "General Pu Pu, please let go."

Pu Anli looked back at me and said with a bit of sarcasm, "It's the brave General Chu. General Chu's nose is pointed, and he comes at the smell of femininity. Don't worry. After we have played, we will give General Chu some appreciation."

This run makes me a little breathless. I held my breath and said, "General Pu, I'm sorry. This woman is mine. Please let her go."

"Your?" He looked at the woman under his hand and released it. Although we don't get along well, he should always give me this face. He said to his men a little sarcastically, "It turns out that we are chasing the woman of General Chu. Brothers, let's take it for a long run, haha."

He loosened the woman's hair. I ran to her and said, "Don't you worry?"

She stood up, stroked her hair with her fingers, combed it a little, raised her head and said, "I'm not yours!"

I was shocked. Isn't she crazy? Does she want to fall into the hands of Poanley? Pu Anli grabbed my shoulder and said, "General Chu, is it your woman?"

She answered loudly, "No! I am a free citizen of the Republic, not my own!"

I said, "Are you crazy?" I just wanted to say another word. Pu Anli pulled me open and said, "General Chu, come on, you want a woman to find another one. This is what we found."

I was staggered by him and almost fell. All his soldiers laughed, which made me a little angry. When I stood still, I said, "General Pu, she was sent to me by Qi Lie. Can I lie?"

Pu Anli turned around, patted the sabre on his waist and said, "Chu Xiuhong, I have given you enough face. If you don't know what is good or bad, don't blame me for being rude."

My heart suddenly lit up, and I pulled out my knife, saying, "General Pu, I can let you do anything else, but she can't give you anything."

Pu Anli turned around, looked at me, and slowly said, "General Chu, do you want to duel with me?"

The Empire values martial arts, and the duel requires the consent of both sides, and does not violate the law. In times of peace, we often hear the news that someone died due to duel, but this kind of thing does not often happen in the military. Because Marquis Wu was afraid that dueling in the army would affect military discipline, he ordered that if someone dueled, the loser and his subordinates would be demoted regardless of the reason. Although this kind of treatment seems unreasonable, it makes people think twice before dueling, because if a person wants to duel, he will bear more than his own reputation and position.

I pulled out the knife on impulse, which means challenge. But if I take back the knife, I can't do it. I said, "General Pu, I don't want to fight with you. I just hope you can save me face."

He smiled grimly and said, "Face has been given to you. If I don't fight with you now, my brothers will only say that I'm afraid of you. Where will my face go? Brothers, clear the floor and give General Chu a soft armor. Look at him like a scholar."

His men all burst into laughter, and a soldier took off his leather armor and handed it to me. I was a little surprised and said, "General Pu, do you really want to duel with me?"

Poanley said, "It's not me who wants to duel with you, it's you who want to duel with me. Now stop talking nonsense and get ready quickly."

His men spread from side to side, leaving a space above the city wall, while she was standing by the battlements between two soldiers, looking at us. I held a knife in both hands and said, "General Pu",He shouted, "Don't give it to my mother-in-law. If you don't wear leather armor again, I will attack."

I know that the current situation is like an arrow on the string, which can no longer be retrieved. I put my knife on the ground and silently wore the leather armor.

The figure of that man is about the same as mine, but he is thinner than me. This leather nail is a little tight. When I tied the thread on the leather armor, I said, "General Pu, it's impolite."

In military academies, there are three main courses of martial arts, namely, military techniques, instruments and boxing. There are mainly two kinds of equipment, namely, the horse gun and the step knife, and the duel is also divided into the horse gun and the step knife. My immediate ability is not the strongest. There is an annual examination every year in the five-year military academy. Among the graduates of that year, I was only about 20 in the annual examination of marksmanship, while Stephanie won the second place in two years. Poanli is just the opposite of me. He has never ranked in the top ten in the annual examination of marksmanship, but his sabre skills are always below the top ten. In the military academy, I also had a sabre match with him, and he had no success in three fights. His sabre technique is completely powerful. Although it is fast, it does not work well. What is his intention in abandoning his strong points?

Now I can't help thinking more. Pu Anli stopped drinking, and people came down like black towers. I looked at his knife. When he came over, I caught his knife.

With the sound of "Dang", the edges of the two knives collided and sparks burst out. Although his knife is not as good as mine, it can also be blocked. But I only felt my arm numb and my whole body shook.

His strength is so great!

I can't help being a little surprised. Although I know that the power of Puanli is outstanding in the army, I am confident that I can withstand it. But now his strength is so great. Maybe he killed too many people and trained them. Although I often exercise, I am dwarfed by him.

He was still pressing down, and I jumped back. I had jumped three or four steps, and I could not help feeling a little shy.

He smiled and strode forward. His momentum is really like the top of a mountain. I am almost overwhelmed by him.

He must have weaknesses!

I tried to find the flaw in his figure. If I lose, it's not only my centurion's position that can't be saved, but they will follow me down. Even for the sake of my more than 80 brothers, I will never fail!

When Pu Anli came over, I bit my teeth. I couldn't keep him steady. I jumped on him.

The last time he attacked, this time it was my turn.

I rushed to Poanley, who was motionless as if he were unconscious. When my knife struck his chest, his hand suddenly softened, and he suddenly put his knife across his chest. As soon as my knife touched his knife, his whole body rushed forward. I only felt a strong attack, and the knife in my hand was almost to be released. He didn't wait for me to change his movements. The knife on his chest turned over, pressed my knife, and pushed it flat along my knife.

If I don't discard the knife, my finger will be cut off by him.

I bit my teeth, but my hand was much faster. My right hand released the knife and pulled it out of his knife. His knife was pressing down hard, and the chest was already open. My right hand had changed its fist and hit him hard in the chest.

This punch is a gamble. His knife is coming flat. If my fist is slower and his knife comes first, I can't hit him with this fist. However, his speed is still not as fast as mine. Although my fist is not too powerful, he has no defense except for soft armor on his chest. The fist hit him in the chest. He stumbled, his whole body retreated, and the knife waved to his chest, probably to break my hand. However, my right hand has been taken back, and then extended to his knife, and seized the Baibi knife I just released, which only fell a palm distance.

This move is too fast. Probably no one except Pu Anli can see it clearly. His subordinates said "pity" at the same time, perhaps because they thought that he slipped down and let me go. Of course, they would not say sorry that I didn't beat him with a punch.

Before their words fell, the Baibi knife on my right hand had been pulled back and stabbed him in the chest with the tip of the knife. He broke out and stepped back. His voice jarred in my ears, but my knife was not stagnant, and I had pushed forward one step.

Pu Anli himself didn't expect my knife to follow him like a shadow. He was still following him backwards, and his face was also a little discoloured. He took another step back at his feet, but the knife in his hand was waving up at random. My right hand shrank back, and my hand had taken off the handle of the knife and turned into a fist. After he waved the knife upward, it hit him in the chest again.

The punch was hitting the same place just now. He can't take it calmly any longer. He can even keep up with me when he changes his movements. The empty knife swings up and down again. At this time, my right hand has retracted to grasp the knife just released, and stabbed him in the chest again. His knife "snapped" and pressed on my knife again.

His subordinates roared at the same time: "Good!" Before he was happy, and before the cries of those people disappeared, my right hand had abandoned the knife again, retracted, and turned into a fist "bang", impartial, and hit him in the same place on the chest for the third time.

He can't stand the punch. Although my strength is not as strong as his, he is not iron. He can't bear to eat my three fists in such a short time. He took another step back. My right hand reached under his knife again and pulled back the Baibi knife. At this time, his subordinates' voice of "good" had not finished, but suddenly stopped.

I held the knife in my chest with both hands and said, "General Pu is really good. Let's call it a day. Please give me the woman."

Pu Anli's face was white and red. He doesn't want to be as brazen as I am to say it is a tie, but if he wants to make it clear, he will be punished even more if I go to Lord Wu. After a long time, he said, "Your skill is really good. Brothers, let's give this woman to General Chu."

I turned my head to look at her. She had been looking at us just now. Now the two soldiers have dispersed. She leaned against the wall and did not move. It was dusk, the setting sun was shining golden, and the afterglow was scattered. Her appearance was very beautiful and moving. No wonder that Qi Lie would give her to me. I couldn't help but move my heart, put the knife in its sheath, walked towards her, stretched out my hand and said, "Come, follow me."

As if she had seen a ghost, she cried, "Don't touch me!"

I was stunned, only said that she was still a little embarrassed, and smiled: "Don't be afraid, now you are my person."

She pressed her hands on the wall, and she leaped lightly onto the battlements. She wore the kind of gown that the imperial army usually wore, but she looked very beautiful. I was just trying to comfort her. She stood on the battlements and shouted, "No, I'm not yours, I'm free!"

She shouted, and the man leaped out and rushed down the city like a bird. I was shocked and said, "Don't do silly things?

In people's exclamations, she was like a bird with broken wings, falling down to the top of the city ten feet high, and still carrying the afterglow of the sunset.

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