Born short-lived

The bloody setting sun slowly fell to the horizon, and the gloomy night spread to the sky, approaching step by step, crushing the wilderness with millions of dead bodies.

The ground was covered with black powder mixed with blood, and the mud gave off a strange bloody smell.

The last ray of light in the sky was about to disappear, and the gates of the capital of Sri Lanka were locked. The army gathered all the heavy objects in the city and piled them behind the gates, thinking that it would last for a while, always expecting some miracle to happen.

All the remaining 5000 people gathered at the gate of Zhengnan City.

All 5000 people left suicide notes, which were sealed in [-] kit bags with their names written on them.When the black bannermen and Yang Gui's army launched another offensive, no one could guarantee that they would survive.

"There are only 5000 people left." Aldan sighed inaudibly, with a solemn expression, "That's it, let's fight."

Dong Sheng looked at the "army" composed of 1000 Slan and the Tianhe State in front of him. There were only less than [-] people who were truly healthy, and Slan's own generals were almost dead.

Dong Sheng: "The three city gates must be guarded. According to their previous attack route, they should mainly attack the south gate, so 3000 people will be left here. The commander of the imperial army will lead 1000 people to the west gate, and the king will lead 1000 people to the northeast gate, waiting for an opportunity to break through. , it is very close to Hua Xu's East China Sea, go there and find the East China Sea defenders, they will help you."

Aldan was silent for a while, then suddenly asked: "What about you?"

Dong Sheng smiled with the corners of his mouth: "Since I have decided to help you, I will definitely help you to the end."

Aldan blushed anxiously: "...This is my country, I can't let you bear so much..."

"Your Majesty," Dong Sheng looked into his eyes firmly, "Since I have made my decision, I know in my heart that Silan cannot be broken, and if you die, Silan will be finished."

"Only if you know that you are safe and sound," Dong Sheng continued, "these five thousand dead men will not have any worries."

"You!" Aldan's forehead was bulging with veins, but the words were stuck in his throat and he couldn't speak, his face was flushed red: "How could you..."

"Your Majesty!" Dong Sheng's face darkened, "Are you going to let the Black Banner people do whatever they want on this land in the future?!"

Aldan was dumbfounded.

"You are orthodox in the royal family of Sri Lanka," Dong Sheng said, "Don't you understand the reason why you don't have to worry about running out of firewood if you keep green hills?"

"Go to the East China Sea, bring back the reinforcements, and come back to recover your land."

Aldan's eyes turned red, he stared at Dong Sheng's tense face, and said word by word: "Within three days, reinforcements will arrive."

Dong Sheng breathed a sigh of relief: "I'll wait for the triumphant return of the king."

"By the way," Dong Sheng said again, "For the time being, there are no enemy troops surrounding the Northeast Gate and West Gate. Before closing the city gates, let those people who have a place to go leave as soon as possible."

Dong Sheng was worried that once the capital city was broken, the red-eyed Heiqi people would massacre the city.

"I understand." Aldan nodded.

"Then it's not too late, Your Majesty, let's go as soon as possible." Dong Sheng waved back, and Jia Zi, who was wandering around boredly, noticed it, smiled and nodded casually, "I will let him go with you go."

"Who is he?"

Dong Sheng only said: "Hua Xu's soldiers."

Aldan looked at him without saying a word, and after a pause, he finally asked, "Then who are you?"

Dong Sheng smiled without saying a word.

Aldan was startled, then chuckled lightly, shook his head, and silently took out a small box from his pouch: "This is my personal wish, please accept it."

Dong Sheng took the box, and it was heavy inside.

After Aldan said goodbye to Dong Sheng, he set off with a good 1000 people—these 1000 people were lucky, because they were the most likely to survive.

After walking more than ten steps outside, Aldan stopped suddenly and turned around abruptly.

He saluted Dong Sheng, turned around and left without saying anything.

When he was far away, Dong Sheng opened the small box and took a look - a piece of excellent black jade material.

This kind of fineness is the level used to make Tiangang Lingwu inlaid beads.

Dong Sheng looked at the figure of the man riding away on the horse, and smiled calmly.

If there is a reunion day in this life, cooking wine will eliminate eternal sorrow.

Dong Sheng smiled and shouted at Aldan's back who was going away: "When this battle is over, I hope I can beg for a drink in the king's palace!"

Aldan stagnated, but finally endured without looking back, and hurried away.

Soon, the commander of the Forbidden Army of the Imperial City also marched towards the west gate with a good 1000 people.

The last ray of light disappeared in the sky, and night finally came.

The remaining three thousand dead men stood in front of him solemnly, all of them blushing with their necks stuck.

Most of these 3000 people are bound to die.

Dong Sheng leaned over and asked something in the ear of a Silan guard who could speak Hua Xu Jinwen, the guard was shocked and his eyes immediately turned red.

The guard replied respectfully, Dong Sheng read that sentence again in his mouth quietly, nodded, turned around and walked in front of the three thousand soldiers.

They all seemed to know what was going to happen next, they took a hard breath, the veins on their necks were bulging, and their eye sockets were red.

In front of their eyes, Dong Sheng pulled out the Sword of Rebirth from his waist and slowly raised it high.

All the soldiers immediately tensed up, only to hear Dong Sheng say in a sentence of Sri Lankan language he had just learned; "Same hatred with you!"

In an instant, tears burst out of someone's eyes, and for a while, the voice shook the sky.

The evening wind howled, and the city wall that had been punched with countless holes wailed like a leak, it seemed to be a wail, and it seemed to be a lament.The Lan River passing through the city was as black as ink, gurgling towards the mountain of corpses and sea of ​​blood.

The wind is small and the water is cold.

The five sword spirits standing not far away also stared at him, speechless.

It's so similar.

Ruoshui finally sighed and said, "It's exactly the same as in his previous life."

Feng Lingyunxiao looked at her sideways, relatively speechless.

Soon, the scouts on the city wall reported that the enemy army was less than a hundred miles away from the south gate of the capital.

A total of about 30 coalition forces.

Dong Sheng closed his eyes and said in a deep voice, "According to my previous deployment, prepare the army for war."

Ruoshui stood beside him at some point, and asked abruptly, "How long will it last?"

Dong Sheng sighed: "At least let Aldan escape completely."

"Is it worth it to pay here?"

Dong Sheng couldn't speak for a while, his hand unconsciously touched his chest, and grabbed the small jade pendant through his clothes.

I don't know where Zhou Zirong is at this time.If Aldan went to Donghai to ask for help and met him, he would definitely not sit idly by.

If I thought about it earlier, I should ask Aldan to help carry something.

"I can't die," Dong Sheng said suddenly, and silently took out a letter from his cuff to Ruoshui, "But if something happens, please find a way to help me deliver this letter to Donghai."

This is his suicide note.

Ruoshui thought for a while, it seemed that he had done this kind of work before, so he smiled wryly, and accepted it.

Dong Sheng looked towards the far side under the city wall, and the dark enemy army had already approached a lot.

almost.

In the night, the bloody smell of the wind spread in the air, and there was a cold metal reflection in the distance, which was much colder than the ironic full moon in the sky.

The sound of shouting and killing came faintly in the wind.

"Prepare the muzzle!"

This was the last wave of psychic cannon fire they could support, and Lingshi Curry had already run out of ammunition and food.

Dong Sheng closed his hands, fixed his eyes on the forward of the Spirit Ghost Army who was overtaking them, silently grasping the timing.

Leading the charge was a dark "army" of spirit ghosts, rushing towards this side on all fours, screaming sharply, like evil spirits.

Dong Sheng waited for them to get closer, and estimated the range of the shattered metal cannon in his heart. When he felt that it was almost there, he waved his hands and shouted; "Fire!!"

Fortunately, this psychic cannon wasn't too shaky, as long as the psychic energy was sufficient, the cannonball would roar away at no time.

The psychic cannon fire slammed into the spirit ghost fiercely like a burst of wind, and a large ball exploded as soon as it touched the ground, black powder flew horizontally, and smoke and dust rose everywhere.

But just after one group was blown up, a new one would break through the dust and continue to approach without hesitation, as if the stream was endless and endless.

The hissing of the spirit ghost was getting closer and closer.

"Continue to explode!!"

The number of spirit ghosts was too large, the first batch of spirit stones were exhausted quickly, and the second batch followed closely.

And this batch of shells has a special compartment, which is filled with concentrated kerosene.

"Fire!"

It was still a group of explosions, but the group of evil spirits rushing forward seemed to have not noticed anything splashing out at all.

"My lord! My lord, there are no more spirit stones."

Dong Sheng looked down, and shouted: "□□Arrow ready!"

In the blink of an eye, the soldiers all raised their bows and arrows.

"put!!"

The guns tied to the cluster of arrows rubbed against each other in the air and caught fire, piercing into the pile of ghost spirits against the hunting flames, and instantly spread a sea of ​​flames with the kerosene that was poured just now.

The burned spirit ghosts didn't know how to retreat until they were burned to ashes, batch after batch, they rushed up, and they were burned one after another.

The large army at the center seemed to have sensed something was wrong in front, and they didn't know what tricks they used to control the spirit ghost that hadn't burned yet and start to retreat.

The front was burning with crackling noises, and the spirit ghosts howled horribly together, just like hell.

Soon, all the ghost spirits in front were burnt to a pool of ashes, and the ghost spirits who retreated behind immediately rushed forward again.

"Shoot arrows!!"

The arrows rained down impenetrably, but they had no deterrent effect on the spirit ghost.Ghost spirits don't have the concept of death, let alone feel pain, so they are almost fearless.

There was originally a forest outside the pass, but now most of it was cut down and burned in several wars. The bare land was covered with black dust, like a pitch-black wasteland.

Just like the one they encountered in the East China Sea, the number of these spirit ghosts was outrageous, as if they were endless.

Some people have already faintly started to panic, and the hands holding the bows and arrows are shaking uncontrollably.

"Calm down!!" Dong Sheng scolded angrily, "Do you want to die?!"

The soldier who drew the bow silently swallowed his saliva, and leaned against the city wall to stabilize his figure, so as not to tremble any more.

This deja vu behavior made Dong Sheng's heart tremble.

A steady stream of ghost spirits quickly approached the foot of the city wall.

The last one.

"The boulder is ready!"

The boulders dipped in kerosene were pushed up by several people and placed on dozens of supports on the city wall.

The ghost spirit slammed up the wall.

"Smash!!"

The moment the torch touched the boulder, the boulder turned into a huge "flint", and then the pull rod under the bracket was pulled, and the boulder fell down like flying.