Chapter 33: Sonata before the beacon is lit
"All the Yanlong Camp belongs to me!"
"Green Armor Camp, Peacock Camp, leave the city immediately!"
"All the city defense forces departments, as arranged before, lie around the north gate!"
Accompanied by the successive shouts, a large number of Song soldiers acted towards their respective destinations in a mighty manner according to Chu Kuangge's plan.
Fuling City is a mountain city, half backed by the mountain peaks, and the terrain trend in the city is gradually rising. The city lord's mansion, the center, happens to be located at the highest point of the entire city.
Because it is at the junction with the Jin Dynasty, the layout of Fuling City is completely similar to a war fortress. Every time there is a simple city wall. Although these city walls are not thick and tall, they are composed of watchtowers. Once the enemy attacks the city, these watchtowers will quickly turn into arrow towers to attack the enemy.
At this moment, Yao Ruoyu stood on a watchtower, holding the railing with one hand, silently scanning the movements in the city.
This time his mission was to follow Chigu Camp to arrange a legion-level magic circle. However, because the psychic energy fluctuates too much, they will not arrange the magic circle in advance. Therefore, the bored Yao Ruoyu and Wu Xue first climbed to a watchtower and overlooked the scenery in the city.
Just as Yao Ruoyu was pondering secretly, Chu Zheng, who was standing beside him, suddenly walked to Wu Xue and whispered: "Wu, Miss Wu Xue..."
"Who are you calling for?" Wu Xue flattered her mouth dissatisfied and muttered, "You are the lady! Your whole family is a lady!"
Chu Zheng was stunned. Naturally, he didn't know that in another world, the word "Miss" has a very unique meaning. He thought Wu Xue didn't like this title, so he immediately said awkwardly: "Sorry, Chu doesn't know Wu Xue, you hate this title..."
With his cheeks puffed, Wu Xue curled his lips and said, "Didn't you just call my name directly before? Why are you suddenly shouting like this now? Did you do it on purpose?"
Chu Zheng suddenly felt a sudden sweat. The previous claim was just out of politeness, and of course it was also to lay the foundation for a chat. Unexpectedly, Wu Xue, who had always been cute, suddenly said such sharp words, which made Chu Zheng lose his mind.
Seeing that Chu Zheng was speechless by Wu Xue's question, Yao Ruoyu's mouth couldn't help but twitch a few times. As early as in the lobby, Chu Zheng's eyes looked at Wu Xue were not right. After hearing this conversation, he naturally knew what Chu Zheng meant.
(Poor child! Although Wu Xue is stupid, even a man like us, Kaikai, who is known as a male god, can't deal with her. Although you look at a high IQ, you actually don't have much emotional intelligence. How can you do it if you don't have any emotional intelligence?)
After sighing silently, Yao Ruoyu coughed lightly and said lightly: "It's almost time to set up the altar, right?"
"Hmm? Yes, yes..." Chu Zheng hurriedly wiped his sweat when he heard this, agreed, then turned his head and ran down the watchtower.
Seeing Chu Zheng running away, Wu Xue glared at Yao Ruoyu in dissatisfaction and snorted.
Yao Ruoyu smiled and joked: "I said Wu Xue, I'm interested in you, and I'm a fan, so why are you so sting him?"
Wu Xue pouted her mouth: "I'm so interested in me. I'm not so much more, but not as much less!"
"Oh? Who else is there except Kaikai?" Yao Ruoyu suddenly burst into laughter. Wu Xue was immediately annoyed when she heard this and was about to pounce on her. Yao Ruoyu was so scared that she waved her hand: "Hey! Calm and calm... The group of people below are watching!"
Wu Xue snorted, but stopped moving, kicked the ground with her little feet, and suddenly asked, "Hey, where are Kaikai and the others?"
"Who knows..." Yao Ruoyu smiled bitterly, turned his head to look at the darkness in the distance, and murmured, "Maybe it's not far away, maybe it's a very far away place, but... sooner or later, we will definitely meet."
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"Yes, we will definitely meet... Ah Yeh!"
After touching his nose, Yang Renjie said to Li Yilin with a bored face: "Didn't the old demon say that this time our mission is to raid the Jin army's granary, so we will definitely see those bearded barbarians again."
"You are shouting someone else's bearded..." Li Yilin scratched his head and smiled bitterly, "Why do I always feel a strange feeling?"
"What's the point!" Yang Renjie grinned and smiled, "This is called personality!"
"I think it's funny." Chu Yuan suddenly rode his horse and said with a smile on his face.
Yang Renjie raised his eyebrows and said angrily: "Mom Xipi! Do you know what it means to be funny?"
"I know!" Chu Yuan blinked, "Lao Liu said that the funny guy is Yang Renjie."
"Damn!" Yang Renjie was furious, but because of a distracted spirit, the war horses under him suddenly shaking left and right.
"Haha, hurry up and control the war horses!" Chu Yuan smiled and mocked, "As a cavalry, he can't even control his war horses. Oh, it's ridiculous!"
"Ah!" Yang Renjie was so angry that he almost bit his teeth and slowly squeezed out three words from the gap, "Shame!"
Seeing Yang Renjie and Chu Yuan fighting, Li Yilin next to him couldn't help but smile. The secret of the Liao Kingdom he had built was mainly to control birds and animals, so although it was the first time he rode a horse, there was no problem, but Yang Renjie did not have the ability to do this, so there were problems along the way, which caused Chu Yuan to laugh again and again.
Just as Li Yilin was smiling, Chu Xuan had already rode his horse to chase him and said solemnly: "Second, be quiet!"
Seeing the elder brother coming, Chu Yuan had to restrain himself a little and curled his lips and said, "Brother, he is also making trouble!"
He glared at him angrily, Chu Xuan turned to look at Yang Renjie and said in a deep voice: "Brother Yang, although you are a friend of your sixth brother, since you are traveling with the army, you must also pay attention to military rules. Now our army's mission is an ambush, and it needs to be quiet. Please don't be noisy. If there is any reoffending, the military law will be dealt with!"
Although Yang Renjie is usually funny, he is the deputy director of the Department of Literature and Art. He knows how to behave. He nodded immediately and said solemnly: "Don't worry, I know how to behave."
"That's good." Chu Xuan nodded gently, then grabbed the war horse with both legs and rushed to the front of the military formation.
At this time, the leader of the Yanlong Camp was Song Hang. When he saw Chu Xuan coming up, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Chu Xuan, what's wrong with it?"
Chu Xuan simply told the story. After hearing this, Song Hang smiled and said, "Haha, Chu Yuan is that kind of personality, don't pay attention to it. As for Yang Renjie, he will probably join our Yanggu Army after the end of this battle, and then the Sixth Master will have a headache."
Chu Xuan was slightly stunned when he heard this, then shook his head and said, "I think they may not join our army."
"Why?" Song Hang showed a confused look when he heard this, and said in confusion, "Although these people are young, they can compete with Wanyan Meng, who is in the fifth realm by joining forces. Such talent is really rare!"
Chu Xuan did not answer when he heard this, but looked silently towards the darkness in the distance, or by coincidence, the darkness he and Yao Ruoyu were looking for were in the same direction.
It was not until a long time later that Chu Xuan sighed quietly.
"This...is exactly what I'm worried about!"
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"Well, I'm very worried!" Fu Feng was wearing a thick armor and sat in a big golden sword somewhere in the shadow of the mountain forest in the cross beam, saying to Chen Meng beside him.
Hearing his tone, Chen Meng was shocked and worriedly said, "Brother Feng, what's going on?"
"Well, I'm thinking, what if the enemy comes too few and we don't have enough kills?" Fu Feng smacked his lips and muttered, "Or if the enemy is wrong and flees, we are all infantry and cannot chase them. By then, the enemy will be killed by those guys in the Chu family. Wouldn't it be their credit?"
Hearing his answer, Chen Meng, who was originally nervous, almost fainted on the ground. After a while, she held her head and sat upright, helplessly: "Brother Feng, please don't talk nonsense there seriously, okay?"
"Hey! Where do I have any serious nonsense?" Fu Feng suddenly became dissatisfied and reached out to hold Jiang Siyu, "Jiang Siyu, come and judge, why should the cute master say I'm nonsense?"
Jiang Siyu, who was pulled over by him, brushed the silk that was blown by the night wind helplessly and said lightly: "You are very serious."
"Right! My dear, even Jiang Siyu agrees with me!" Fu Feng immediately smiled and said happily to Chen Meng, but he didn't notice the strange expressions of Chen Meng and Jiang Siyu.
Silently pressing down the silk that was blown by the mountain wind, Jiang Siyu looked deep into the distance. At this moment, the night sky was dim. Although the "Nightingale Heart Method" she practiced can enhance her eyesight, with her cultivation, she can only see a little outline in the distance.
After a while, Jiang Siyu turned around and whispered: "Mad Dog, cute master... are you afraid?"
"Fear? Fear of Sa Zi?" Fu Feng curled his lips, and was about to say something, but saw a light color passing through Jiang Siyu's eyes. The heroic words immediately blocked their throats. After a while, he said in a muffled voice, "Well... I'm a little scared."
"Yes! Although we survived every battle, we still feel scared every time we approach the battle..." He smiled like a self-deprecatingly, Jiang Siyu whispered, "To be honest, we are people who have experienced life and death, but we are still the same as before..."
"No, we are different from the time we were in the past!"
Chen Meng's two eyebrows frowned together, and a tic toe was squeezed out from the middle of his eyebrows. His face was no longer as hilarious as usual, but more solemn: "Although we had the same power as we are now,...we are not the same!"
Looking at Chen Meng's serious expression, Jiang Siyu was silent for a few seconds, and suddenly burst out with a slight laugh. The stubbornness and perseverance between her eyebrows instantly turned into nothingness, and only the girl's happiness and joy: "Make me, your serious look is so funny..."
"Ah?" Jiang Siyu smiled like this, and Chen Meng's original seriousness collapsed immediately. He said with a bitter face, "Sister Jiang, can you still be serious if you are not as good as you...?"
"Sorry, sorry..." Jiang Siyu finally straightened his waist and said with a wry smile, "I read too many sketches before. It's rare to see you so serious. It's really easy to dance!"
"As an actor, it's very simple to dance. Just go back," Fu Feng said with a serious face, and then he was probably embarrassed to continue pretending to be like this. He simply stood up and hummed, "Jiang Siyu, don't worry, no matter how scared he is, my husband and I will protect you!"
After patting his chest, Fu Feng looked proud: "After all, Li Yijian is my roommate. If he can't even protect his girlfriend, how can I still be in the literary and artistic department?"
"Brother Feng, shouldn't he be ashamed of Brother Jian's roommate friendship?" Chen Meng scratched her head and said helplessly.
"Stop making trouble! I'm very serious." Fu Feng frowned and said solemnly.
Chen Meng shrugged when she heard this, looked at Jiang Siyu, and grinned and said, "But that's true. Sister Jiang, don't worry. If we come out with you, we must protect you! Otherwise, we will not be worthy of the training of our Literature and Art Department!"
Hearing Chen Meng's words, Jiang Siyu couldn't help but recall the words of the Ministry of Education that Yao Ruoyu shouted after being drunk. His eyes immediately became curled up and he chuckled: "Yes! What about the Ministry of Education and Arts..."
"Well, then..." The eyes were flowing, and Jiang Siyu looked at Fu Feng and Chen Meng gently.
"Mad dog, cute master, my safety..."
"Let me leave it to you!"
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By the time Chu Zheng returned to the watchtower, the entire Fuling City had completely fallen into silence. The streets and alleys of all sizes had been blocked by the soldiers of the Fuling City, and ordinary people were not allowed to go out at all.
When he came back to the tower, Chu Zheng seemed to have forgotten the previous embarrassment and bowed to Yao Ruoyu: "Brother Yao, Wu Xue, the magic circle is ready, please follow me down and prepare."
Yao Ruoyu smiled slightly when he heard this and nodded: "Okay."
Following Chu Zheng down the tower, the three of them left the barracks under the escort of several soldiers and soon arrived at a courtyard. A huge altar had been laid on the ground here, and countless red candles filled with spiritual energy were inserted at the key points of the spiritual patterns. Fifty spiritual masters in fiery red scribes robes sat cross-legged next to them to rest.
Seeing that there were only such a few people, Yao Ruoyu said curiously: "Didn't it mean there are thousands of people?"
Chu Zheng smiled and explained, "Oh, that's because during the daytime battle, the Jin army was large in number, so he could only respond with a magic circle of thousands of people. The Jin army attacked tonight at night would not be too many. The father and commander felt that there was no need to concentrate on using large-scale spiritual techniques to fight the enemy, so he ordered us to group 50 people and scattered all over Fuling City."
Yao Ruoyu nodded, showing a look of understanding. He was already suspicious and felt that even with Zhang Ziqiang's face, he and Wu Xue would not be able to see the legion-level magic circle. After all, this is a "nuclear bomb-level" strategic weapon that only national wars are qualified to use!
Now he realized that Chu Kuangge had no intention of letting them see the legion-level magic circle at the beginning, and he simply created a fifty-man-level magic circle to make excuses. It was enough.
Then, Chu Zheng looked at Yao Ruoyu and Wu Xue and said, "The people here are all spiritual masters from the seventh part of my Chigu Camp. I am responsible for establishing the magic array. Wu Xue, you are practicing the fire-attributed spiritual method. Wait for a while and you can enter the formation with me and listen to my arrangements."
"What about me?" Yao Ruoyu looked at the altar with interest, "What am I responsible for?"
Chu Zheng hesitated for a moment and pondered: "Brother Yao's spiritual method is ice attribute, which does not match my fire attribute magic array, so..."
Yao Ruoyu, who understood, immediately smiled bitterly, shrugged helplessly, and said, "Then I'll do whatever I want? By the way, can I enter your altar?"
"Of course," Chu Zheng nodded and replied, "as long as you don't touch the arrangement in the altar."
"Okay!" Yao Ruoyu patted Wu Xue on the shoulder and smiled, "Then I'll be by your side."
"..." Chu Zheng was slightly silent, and then whispered, "Wu Xue may have to stay in the center of the formation."
"Oh, that's right!" Yao Ruoyu laughed, "I heard that my great Song Dynasty magic legion has been famous for a long time, but this magic array has never been seen. I have this honor today and I have watched it in the heart of the formation."
Chu Zheng was silent for a moment before he forced a smile, nodded and said, "Okay, since that's the case, let's enter the formation first..." After saying that, he walked into the altar with an ugly expression.
After Chu Zheng entered the formation, Wu Xue smiled and pulled Yao Ruoyu's corner of the clothes: "Beautiful job!"
"What's beautiful?" Yao Ruoyu held his glasses and said blankly.
Seeing the unacceptable confusion on his face, Wu Xue didn't realize that Xiao Yin's teeth bit, but a smile appeared on her face: "It's nothing, I just think the night sky tonight is so beautiful!" As she spoke, she had already run into the altar, but when she passed by Yao Ruoyu, she seemed to accidentally step on Yao Ruoyu's instep.
Following Wu Xue, Yao Ruoyu stomped his feet with grinning, but soon, a faint smile appeared in his eyes.
(Wu Xue... You little girl, seem to be hiding something.)
Chapter completed!