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Abu recalled Gao Changgong's words, and suddenly laughed with a kind of boldness that was completely opposite to his usual stockiness. The tall figure was getting faster and faster on the horseback, as if he was about to crash into this rainy night!

The "Fang Tian" halberd fell like a mountain.

For this halberd obtained from Xiang Chu, Abu regarded it as life, so he really put a lot of effort into it.

And this blow, it can almost be said to be his most powerful move, called the Landslide Style, relying on the terrifying weight of the halberd and his strong blood, it is powerful enough to crush everything in front of him.

But Sun Qing didn't evade, and he didn't even make a parry, but fired brazenly!

Although the gun was fired a beat later, it came first and pointed at Abu's left chest!

In the blink of an eye, everyone saw Abu fall backwards, and they all let out an exclamation.

Fortunately, Abu soon stood upright again, waving the halberd like a god of war. It didn't look like he was injured, and Shan Ming, who couldn't move while holding the banner, breathed a sigh of relief.

But only Abu, who was fighting on the field, knew that he had brushed shoulders with death in that brief moment, and the cold sweat flowed down slowly with the cold rain.

If it wasn't for Sun Qing's choice to stop in the end, the biggest possibility is that Sun Qing was seriously injured and he died on the spot.

As for why this is so, he is also very clear that in Sun Qing's eyes, he is not worthy of such a high price.

It's just that this kind of contempt made Abu extremely annoyed and ashamed.

Chapter 796 Lost

Billowing thunder and lightning surged from the clouds, and the light burst out in an instant, illuminating the eyes of Sun Qing and Abu.

The military flag fluttered uncomfortably in the strong wind, and the blood stained on it mixed with rainwater continuously flowed down the flagpole, and countless dark red agate-like water droplets were constantly splashed out due to the vibration.

Both Sun Qing and Abu have entered the realm of junior masters, and they have been taught by the Tai Xuetang for many years, and now they look at the whole continent, and they are enough to become a leader.

But in this kind of duel, they didn't show any brilliant moves, but you stabbed straight, and I swung back with a sweep.

Although it looks extremely simple, it has a resolute taste of death, which makes people nervous.

The surrounding Qingzhou Ghost Riders and Jingwu Infantry gave way to the two of them tacitly, as if they had built a competition arena specially for them. The rumbling drums almost drowned out the thunder.

The halberd and the spear meet again.

Feeling the terrifying power on the spear, Abu's heart was filled with mixed feelings, but the blood of his body spurted out with his mind, filling his arms along the blood vessels.

There was only a huge roar, and the place where the two weapons intersected once again aroused a huge flow of air, and even the falling water droplets spurted towards the surroundings, causing a few soldiers who were fighting beside them to pause slightly.

"Give me—get down!" Abu gritted his teeth and hissed.

He knew very well how powerful this halberd from Xiang Chu was, and under the blow of his own vitality and blood to the extreme, even the strongest of the little masters might not be able to regret it.

However, what surprised him was that even in the face of such a heavy pressure from the halberd, Sun Qing still did not show weakness, but returned with a concession!

Followed by Sun Qing's words that were a bit strenuous but full of jokes: "You know, you can't beat me."

"Oh, try again!" Abu responded hoarsely, without stopping the offensive at all, but mobilized his blood to the extreme.

A big halberd and a long spear, just like this stalemate each other in mid-air, it seems that the parry has become a delicate tie, and neither can further suppress the other.

Accompanied by a roar, Abu's qi and blood exploded again, his arms almost doubled like a blown ball, and the overwhelming force pressed forward again!

It's a pity that just when Abu felt that Sun Qing finally started to retreat, the mount he was riding let out a painful neighing, and then he became shorter, and the opposing weapons were separated because of this.

This is not because Abu's height has suddenly become shorter, but because his war horse has struggled for too long in such a long fight, and finally it can't hold it anymore.

After falling down, Abu rolled on the spot, avoiding the heavy pressure of the horse's body. Looking up, the skin of the horse's strong legs had cracked open, revealing bright red muscles.

The blood flowed continuously along the wound, and then gradually formed a puddle of blood in its abdomen.

This is a maroon war horse, but it is a crossbred horse bred in the Jingwu racecourse, and its origin is as ordinary as Abu's, plain and ordinary.

But his body is very strong, even stronger than many war horses of Qingzhou ghost riders, so it was selected by Abu as his mount for this battle.

Just now it endured the heavy pressure of the confrontation between the two little grandmasters without saying a word, just like those brave and fearless soldiers on the battlefield, it did not back down at all from the beginning to the end.

Now its blood vessels, muscles and bones are all broken, and it can only lie powerlessly on the ground, its chest throbbing violently, every breath it spits out is its few vitality.

Abu didn't have time to be sad, he only heard the violent sound of horseshoes like drums.

So neat.

The battlefield does not lack the sound of horseshoes, but Abu can hear that this is definitely not the sound of cavalry on the battlefield, but a cavalry from outside the battle formation is rushing towards this direction!

Abu raised his head suddenly, stared at Sun Qing with both eyes, and said: "You still have a hand?"

Sun Qing did not deny it, but said indifferently: "You are not the only ones who will change, I also... have learned something."

In fact, no matter how Sun Qing answered, Abu's heart was already ashamed. He knew that he had completely lost this battle, whether it was in martial arts or on the battlefield, even though it was not his fault alone.

If he has more than these chips in his hand, why should he put all his eggs in one basket?

But the moment he pushed the chips onto the gaming table, the weight of these thousands of lives was borne on his shoulders, and he would never be able to pay back in his lifetime.

Thinking of this, he suddenly felt a pain in his heart, and spit out a big mouthful of blood.

The entire battlefield was overturned before his eyes, his legs seemed to be drained of strength, and they kept staggering with the "shaking" of the ground.

He fell on his back...

When he woke up again, he was surprised to find himself lying on a warm bed, a quilt with a faint scent of incense, and the split tiger's mouth had been carefully wrapped with a layer of gauze, which was a bit rough to the touch, but Very reassuring.

This is probably a dream.

He should have died on the battlefield, but death, is it so easy...

Candles were brightly lit.

Qin Ke's shadow elongated beside the bed into a shape standing upright on the wall, like a long snake.

"Ake..." Abu blinked his sore eyes a few times, thinking that he might not be dead, "You saved me...?".

Qin Ke seemed to be thinking about something, so he didn't respond immediately, until Abu called three times in a row, finally his shoulders shook, and a pair of eyes immersed in the darkness condensed a deep light.

"you're awake?"

Because of being in the shadows, Qin Ke's face was dark and unclear, which made Abu smell an ominous smell.

"We... lost?" Abu suddenly realized what happened before he passed out, and sat up from the bed suddenly, but the corner of his mouth twitched because of the wound on his body.

"Not yet." Qin Ke looked at Abu like this, and sighed slightly, "You should take care of yourself first, leading thousands of people just thinking of fighting with Sun Qing, if General Li Zhu didn't arrive in time, I'm afraid you Really died on the battlefield."

Abu frowned slightly.

Qin Ke knew that Abu was still unclear about these matters, so he softly told about the private cooperation between Li Zhu and Huang Yao.

The wind blowing from the window made the candle flicker more than a dozen times. Qin Ke stretched out his hand to protect it, and continued: "Sun Qing was caught in an ambush, and his Qingzhou Ghost Riders lost more than a thousand, but it's a pity that he still took people with him." Forcibly highlighted the encirclement."

"In other words, we still have to face tens of thousands of Qingzhou ghost riders and..." Abu looked down at his injured hand, looking very sleepy, but in fact, his mind was constantly calculating the strength of the two sides difference.

Gao Changgong suddenly launched a siege, which caught the defenders in the city by surprise. Later, because of the spread of those terrible Gu insects, the battalions were in chaos, and the entire formation of the defenders had survived in name only.

What Huang Yao and Li Zhu wanted was to hold Sun Qing hostage and order the Qingzhou Ghost Riders. This was certainly a good way to break the situation, but Sun Qing broke through and escaped, and the battle returned to the original point.

Sun Qing will inevitably make a comeback, because the Jianye City formation still exists, and Gao Changgong is still unable to enter the city.

This grand formation, built with the painstaking efforts of many Jingwu craftsmen and alchemists, can be regarded as an existing miracle in the world.

When Luo Fengchu entered Jianye, she used an opportunistic method to exploit the loopholes in the formation. Even so, after holding Qin Ke hostage, she did not dare to fight Gao Changgong, who was in the grand master realm. Don't dare to rely on brute force to break the formation easily.

But if Sun Qing can really destroy the foundation of this great formation, then Gao Changgong only needs to enter the city alone, and the outcome is decided.

After all, no matter how many troops there are in Jianye City, how can they compete with a warrior saint?

An army may be very powerful in the eyes of ordinary people, but in the eyes of a saint, it only needs to capture its commanding flag and break its will, and it will collapse without fighting.

Qin Ke and Abu were silent for a long time. They both knew how difficult this war would be. The worst outcome would be that the city would be destroyed and the city would be destroyed, or even...worse.

Thinking of this, Abu lifted the quilt on his body, clenched his fists and said, "At this time, I can't lie down anymore."

Chapter 797 The Gambler

The palace in the night looked quiet and solemn. Standing in the long corridor and looking out, wherever the eyes could see, there were fires.

It was the bonfire that was lit, bright and majestic. Although they were constantly fluttering and trembling because of the wind and rain, they still propped up their bodies, illuminating the palace and the people around them who were nervously preparing for battle.

Numerous sergeants wearing armor and holding spears kept running on the road amidst the officer's command. The sound of the friction of armor blades on their bodies and the collision of scabbards blended together, as if playing a war song for the upcoming battle.

The sound of the cart wheels turning was more dull, because it was full of wood and stones removed from the city walls and unfinished palaces, each of which weighed tens of kilograms.

Although it seems that the number is so huge, Qin Ke knows that all these things will be scattered on the enemy troops who are besieging the city in just a few hours after the start of the war.

It seems that their mission is to kill rather than defend from the beginning.

"How many of us are there now?"

"It's hard to say. Huang Yao has gathered more than 1 people, General Li Zhu has [-] Qingzhou Ghost Riders who are loyal to him, and [-]... Lei Jun."

Qin Ke paused.

He knew that this army even surpassed Li Zhu's two thousand Qingzhou ghost riders in a sense.

Those were all old soldiers who had fought in the most intense battle zone on the front line, and some of them were even one of the eight thousand Qingzhou ghost riders, but their aging and physical disabilities prevented them from continuing to fight on horseback.

But there is no doubt about their loyalty or combat effectiveness, and this is also Sun Ji'an's last hole card.

"It's time to use them." Abu felt a pain in his right arm as if something was tearing, so he raised his left hand and squeezed it hard, and nodded with a frown.

The two walked through the long corridor and walked into the temporarily requisitioned hall. You could see a map of Jianye laid out in the center. Countless people took off their shoes and stepped on it. point to this place.

Sun Ji'an was in the center of the center, his face was a bit haggard, but his eyes were still calm and deep.

"This gap was left the year before last. Because the prime minister has been emphasizing diligence and thrift in the court these years, it has not been repaired. But I have sent people to it. As long as stones and wood are piled up, it is not as good as a complete wall. Not much."

It was Huang Yao who spoke. He was in uniform, with his helmet held on his chest by his left arm, and the red tassel on it fluttered slightly with the wind blowing in from outside the door.

Taking off his sloppy hooligan coat, he really looks like a famous general who has strategized and won a decisive victory thousands of miles away.

"You are very thoughtful." Sun Jian patted Huang Yao's shoulder, as if he was relieved to have such a young junior, "It seems that we still have the strength to fight."

"No... I'm afraid it's not enough." At this moment, Abu walked in straight away, still looking tall and burly in civilian clothes, like a sharp steel knife, he said: "We have to take the initiative to seek opportunities. "

"Are you awake? How's your body?" Huang Yao's eyes lit up, and he threw the helmet he was holding out, then he laughed and stretched out his arms to give Abu a bear hug, "Drag you back to me But it took a lot of work.”

"I owe you once. I'll treat you to a drink in a few days." Abu smiled. He was taller than Huang Yao, and he raised his hands a little at a loss.

He got out of his arms, and respectfully saluted Sun Ji'an who had just caught the helmet with an inexplicable expression: "Master Sun."

Sun Ji'an also grinned: "General Lu won't retreat with more than [-] remnants of his defeated army. It's really me, a loyal soldier of Jing and Wu."

It was rare to hear Sun Ji'an praise a general like this, and Abu was flattered.

At the same time, he was also a little embarrassed. Some polite words went round in his heart a few times, but he didn't put them into his mouth after all.

But fortunately, Sun Ji'an has always been a pragmatic person, so the two quickly began to discuss military affairs.

In principle, Sun Ji'an advocates defense.

In his view, although his side retained some strength, their morale was low and there were many wounded. It would be foolish to abandon the palace wall and go out to confront the enemy head-on.

However, Abramovich's words were fierce, and he always firmly believed that only by taking the initiative to attack can he win the final victory in this war.

"Why take the initiative to attack? With our current strength, we still can't suppress the more than 1 Qingzhou ghost riders, let alone Sun...the enemy army has other backs. If we attack rashly, once we fail, you know how much it will be." Dire consequences?"

"I...know. Once defeated, the army will break through the palace walls within an hour. Jianye, no...the whole Jingwu will be destroyed by the flames of war, and there will be no chance of recovery." Abu was a little tired from fighting, closing his eyes as if You can already see Jianye City turning into a sea of ​​flames.

"The palace walls are not as tall and strong as the city walls. If the enemy can break through the first city wall, they will surely be able to break through the second. And our army's passive defense all night is also a great blow to morale... But these are not what I think the most important thing."

Huang Yao and Li Zhu looked at each other, as if they had already guessed what Abu wanted to say.

"On the battlefield, the right time, the right place, the harmony of people...these are actually not important anymore. Brother Chang Gong once said that there is actually only one thing to win: don't be led by the nose by the enemy."

"I believe that Sun Qing will be able to conquer the palace wall."

"If so, our persistence can only have one result."

Sun Ji'an looked at Abu in shock, never thought that Abu, who seemed a bit unconfident in the past, would say such confident and even arrogant words now.

"Just because you believe it?" Sun Ji'an roared, "The wealth and lives of the people in the city and the fate of Jing and Wu are all tied to this. Are you crazy! You are a gambler!"

Abu stood on the spot, facing Sun Ji'an's roar, like a piece of unconscious wood, letting the spittle fall on his cheeks, bringing a coolness with the wind.

Yes, he is betting.

He didn't even know how it would end.

If it was in the past, he would definitely think that such a thing can only be done by a lunatic.

But now he has become this madman.