Laughing at Chang'an

On July [-], Ninety-nine Years of the Tang Dynasty, Zhongtu, Chang'an.

When Li Shen walked into the barracks in the west of the city, the sky above his head was still shrouded in pitch black night, and an extraordinarily bright star appeared above the eastern horizon, heralding the coming dawn.

The mercenaries in the barracks were being awakened by the sound of urgent assembly calls. At this moment, no one knew that today's assembly was not a training exercise.Only Li Shenbushi and Li Mubai knew the time of the decisive battle, and even Huang Sha was not informed in advance.The current situation in Chang'an City is full of internal and external troubles, and they are tied up in everything they do, which is very unpleasant.

Li Shen, who was about to go to the barracks, was stopped by Li Mubai on the way and brought to a lounge next to the temporary staff headquarters.Li Mubai picked up a square alloy box from behind, put it on the table and opened it.

Li Shen asked in surprise, "This is?"

"Shenjia, Overlord's Fury." Li Mubai replied calmly.

Li Shen had already seen Xia Ke Xing and Confidante Drunk, but this was the first time he had seen this set of Overlord's Fury.He smiled wryly, now that he can no longer use the source energy, any battle armor is just a set of metal shells for him, adding burden and meaningless, I am afraid that he can only live up to Li Mubai's kindness.

"This set of Overlord's Fury was specially made by Lu Zhongxian for Li Sanduo. It is said that only the Overlord of Destiny can use it." Li Mubai took out a piece of arm armor from the box as he spoke, and Li Shen, who was about to decline politely, looked at the arm armor On armor, suddenly there was no sound.

"For thousands of years, the successive heads of the Li family have tried it, but no one can use it. As you can see, there is no source pattern on it. Now you are also the head of the Li family. I think it is necessary to bring it here for you to try. ..."

Li Mubai's voice stopped abruptly, and he stared blankly at the piece of arm armor that Li Shen took over, only to see dark golden lines suddenly appear on the smooth and empty armor surface.After a short period of surprise, Li Mubai let out a breath silently, and a self-deprecating self-deprecating feeling floated in his heart, whether it was helplessness or depression.

Overlord of Destiny... Li Tieyi will give the glow to Li Shen even when he dies. There is nothing wrong with that. Even since Li Sanduo, the God Armor Overlord Nu that no one in the Li family has been able to use for thousands of years has also chosen him .

Li Shen held this piece of arm armor, but suddenly figured out something.

If he guessed correctly, the legendary Lu Zhongxian who assisted the mercenary king Li Sanduo to achieve hegemony should be the cliff guard of Dongji Cliff he knew.And this set of Divine Armor Overlord's Fu without the source pattern in his hand is naturally not something that should exist in this world.

Li Shen has always been suspicious of the transaction on the East Cliff.If you just want to protect the underground seal of Chang'an from being broken, then the cliff guard can go to Geng Yan to make a deal.What's more, according to the other party, the hole is a thousand meters below the ground in Chang'an. As long as there is no problem with the brain, who would dig so deep into the ground?

So Li Shen thought that the reason why the cliff guard made the deal with him and asked him to protect Chang'an was more because he didn't want to see the city that carried his memories and was full of his painstaking efforts destroyed... Although the cliff guard said that he It's not human, but it still has human emotions after all.

The Cliff Guard and Li Sanduo, the Luzhong Immortal and the Mercenary King, that is probably a good story that will never be forgotten.

The mercenaries who were assembled in an emergency finally learned that this time was not a drill. There was consternation in their eyes, but they were not panicked or nervous.Things like fighting are very familiar to them, like eating and drinking water. During the final free preparation time, everyone tidied up their equipment safely, occasionally laughing and joking, waiting for the departure The trumpet sounded, they shut their mouths, lined up, and walked silently and quickly to the west city gate not far away.

One hundred thousand Chang'an mercenaries lined up inside the city gate.

Dawn rose in the sky, and under the majestic city wall, the battle armors of the mercenaries reflected the cold light, and the banner of the dragon flying in the clouds was flying, and a figure walked through the army formation, wearing a scarlet cloak , the dark gold flowing on the surface of the domineering battle armor, Li Shen walked to the forefront of the army formation, turned slightly sideways, and turned to look at the mercenaries behind him.

A ray of morning light fell on his face, illuminating the cold and ferocious smile on it.

There is a nostalgic smell in the air, a long-lost smell, the smell of war.Li Shen turned his head and looked at the closed city gate in front of him.

He waved his arms down.

"Open the door."

On the towering city wall, Bu Shi was holding a cup of steaming black tea, and he squinted his eyes comfortably as he watched the tide below pour out of the city gate, quietly and swiftly rushing towards the army array in the distance.

Behind him, layer after layer of dark blue transparent walls slowly floated over the entire Chang'an, and beside him, there were densely packed muzzles of countless fully-charged and ready-to-go.

Taking a sip of hot black tea, Bu Shi stared at the distant empire's position, and softly said to the herald beside him, "Fire the cannon."

Numerous cannon muzzles turned toward the sky, shining brightly.

Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom---

The forest bird that hadn't woken up suddenly flew into the air, and the silent dawn was broken by artillery fire in an instant. The dazzling fire light engulfed the field of vision, and then was cut in half by an even more dazzling knife light.

The lightning-like golden knife light broke into sight, and the whole battlefield fell into dead silence for an instant. With a soft clang, Li Shen retracted the knife and put it back into its sheath.In front of him was the imperial barracks that had been cut in half with a single knife.

And the third paladin of the Guangming Empire who was cut in half with a single knife.

Early bird gets the worm?No, I was looking for death.

Stepping over the body of the third paladin that had turned into countless golden light particles, Li Shen walked towards the imperial barracks that was being baptized by artillery fire. Behind him were hungry wolves with killing lights in their eyes.

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Early in the morning, Chang'an City was awakened by artillery fire. People who were startled from their sleep poked their heads out of the window, only to see a dark blue protective wall covering their heads. There were no signs of attack in the front, back, left, and right. It came from the west... Those who are serious just go back to sleep.

In Li's Mansion on Gubai Road, Geng Yan had already finished his bath and changed into a white coat.The new butler in the mansion stood behind him, helping him put on his black robe. Now his hair only grew behind his ears, so he didn't need to take care of it.

After some dressing, Geng Yan in the mirror returned to that noble and incomparable emperor.The butler led him from the utility room in the backyard into the unknown underground passage of Li Mansion. Feeling the fresh air in the underground passage, Geng Yan couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "I never imagined that Li Shen would hide such a secret passage in the mansion." secretly."

"This secret passage leads directly to Dongyangji." The housekeeper walked in front with the light on, and explained after hearing the sound, "The old slave ordered someone to open another exit. Don't worry, the Lord, the people of Li's family didn't notice it."

Geng Yan was noncommittal, and only ordered indifferently: "After this time, remember to ask someone to seal the exit back to its original state."

The butler respectfully agreed.

The two walked along the secret passage for several minutes. The butler stopped and groped on the wall for a while, and a secret door appeared on the wall.After passing through this secret door, after a short walk, there is a stone step, and when you go up to the exit, you will arrive at a bedroom.This exit is the inner door of the wardrobe in the bedroom. The housekeeper and Geng Yan walked out of the wardrobe one after the other. The former walked to the door of the bedroom and knocked on the door four times from the inside, and soon after, From the other side of the door came four heavy blows back.

The housekeeper opened the door and walked out, and after a while, he turned back to the door and bowed to Geng Yan who was standing inside the door.Geng Yan glanced at him, stepped out from the door, and saw that outside was a living room in the style of the Eastern Wilderness. On the upper wall of the living room was a picture of mountains and rivers in ink and wash. Below was Zhang Taishi's chair. There are eight seats lined up, and at this moment there are two people standing beside the chairs, one on the left and one on the right, with their hands down.

Geng Yan went to the upper chair and sat down, and the two people at the bottom knelt down together and said respectfully——

"Subordinate Yi Pu (hoe Wu) pays homage to the lord!"

"Get up." Geng Yan ordered, "How about the matter I asked you to investigate?"

"Return to the master, my subordinates are incompetent, and I haven't found any trace of Li Xifeng." Yi Pu knelt down to plead guilty as soon as he stood up.Geng Yan ignored him and turned his gaze to Ji Wu who was standing on the other side.

If Li Shen was here, he would definitely be no stranger to this hoe, because not long ago, this hoe was still in front of him, fighting to the death with the people left behind by Feng Liancheng for the position of the leader of the arms alliance... But who? Can one imagine that he, like the dead Feng Liancheng, is from Geng Yan?

Ji Wu also knelt back to the ground, and said in a low voice: "The Lord said, after the new emperor ascended the throne, the Daguang Palace has now completely fallen under the control of the gray robe department, and the sixth gray robe knight Wang Zhen has always been the one who has come out. The sage has never shown his face in public."

Geng Yan narrowed his eyes thoughtfully, but he didn't ask the two people below to get up, he just quietly rubbed the armrest of the grand teacher's chair, thinking about the doubts in his mind - nothing happens for no reason, the sage betrayed him, There must also be a reason.At first, Geng Yan thought that the other party wanted to overthrow him to seize the power of the empire, but this reason was not sufficient, and after planning the public assassination, the other party's actions were only to control the Great Bright Palace, and did not even face the front line The Knights of Light and the five paladins made any interference.

According to the reports of his subordinates, after the new emperor ascended the throne, there was no sign of being controlled behind him. Geng Yan still knew his uncle quite well. As one of the few bright-minded people in the imperial family, his uncle He is a person with a real brain, and more importantly, he knows what his surname is, and he will not do anything that insults the surname of Shu'en.That's why Geng Yan kept him by his side and handed over some of the secret power to him to manage. Even in the face of the coercion of the gray robe, his uncle would not be powerless to fight back and choose to act as the opponent's puppet .

So what exactly does the sage want to do? Since he didn't want to change the dynasty and become the emperor himself, why would he want to have trouble with the emperor for no reason?

"My lord, there is one more thing I want to report." Yi Pu raised his head and said.

Geng Yan was interrupted, but he was not annoyed, nodded and said: "Speak."

"My subordinates received news that Fenqin had arranged for someone to do the false information that made Wang Ziyun ambush a while ago, but when his subordinates wanted to contact Fenqin for confirmation, they found that the building was empty and everyone had disappeared. , without leaving any trace, just like disappearing out of thin air."

Geng Yan's complexion finally changed, although it was slightly imperceptible.Fenqin Tower is another hidden stake he planted in Chang'an City. Although Zhutang's forces spread all over the whole of China, he only started to intervene more than ten years ago. It is impossible to use this bright empire for nearly a thousand years. The huge organization that has been buried is all in his own hands, so he only selects key branches from it to replace his own people, and uses these key branches to indirectly control the entire Zhutang organization.

Fenqinlou is one of them, and he is in charge of Zhu Tang's secret eyes and ears throughout Chang'an.

Yi Pu said in a deep voice: "This subordinate boldly guesses that something happened inside Fenqin, otherwise it would be impossible for all the staff to disappear so silently, let alone make false information without the master's instruction... , I am afraid it is the means of that sage."

False information caused heavy losses to Chang'an, so this matter is probably not planned by the people in Chang'an. Geng Yan thought about what Yi Pu said, and suddenly a strange idea arose in his heart-the other party used Fenqin Tower to make false information. I am afraid that this matter is not only for causing losses to Chang'an, but also for blaming him... If the people from Fenqinlou fall into the hands of Chang'an people at the behest of the other party, and confess that he is the mastermind behind the scenes, then this is a black pot , he must have made up his mind.

If he wanted to use the hands of Chang'an people to get rid of himself, all this would make sense.

Geng Yan frowned deeply. If things were as he speculated, once Li Shen learned the so-called behind-the-scenes truth about the false information, he didn't really want to guess, and he couldn't guess what Li Shen, who was in a rage, would do to him. .

The worst result, of course, is to kill him.

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At daybreak, a large extended container truck drove in from the south gate of Chang'an and galloped on the empty street.It dashed left and right with dexterous movements completely different from its own bulky body, and rushed all the way to the gate of the west city, which was constantly roaring.

I saw the heavy container box suddenly unfolded to both sides, and several mercenaries of Xianlu level carried out a huge alloy cylinder from the carriage, carried it together and pulled the flying claws to jump up the high gate tower, and the A giant column is erected next to Bushi's podium.

With the buzzing of the mechanical wings, Dong Gong Lu Cang, sitting in his egg-shaped wheelchair, flew up to the top of the city and landed beside Bu Shi.

"You are..." Bu Shi looked at the weird extra pillars around him, and heard four bang bang bang bang bang sounds, and four support arms emerged from the pillars, gripping the sides firmly like the joints of insects. Then it began to fall and deform, turning into a strange giant cannon behind the front circle.

Bu Shi, who wanted to say something more, suddenly looked away and looked at the distant sky. In the sky that was gradually turning pale, a dark cloud was rushing towards Chang'an at an extremely fast speed—it was a warship of the empire. group.

Lu Cang, who was parked beside him, also saw this scene, nodded and said: "It seems that we have caught up."

Bu Shi ignored his efforts and ordered the anti-aircraft guns that had been prepared long ago to prepare for firing. It was expected that the imperial warships would come to support them. When the battle plan was drawn up, Bu Shi repeatedly told Li Shen to control the battle line in Chang'an The range of the anti-aircraft guns in the city is within the range of the anti-aircraft guns. However, the empire certainly did not ignore this when setting up the barracks. For this reason, Bushi also specifically asked Donggong to secretly improve the range of all anti-aircraft guns, but even Donggong’s It is impossible for a university student to increase the range out of thin air, so the power of all anti-aircraft guns is correspondingly reduced a lot.

Therefore, losses are still unavoidable. The only good news is that the Changan mercenaries led by Li Shen have completely broken up the counterattack of the Bright Knights. The losses caused by differential bombing should be within a controllable range.

Lu Xiaonian, who was ignored by Bu Shi, pressed the console on the wheelchair silently, only to see the weird cannon next to him constantly adjusting its angle, then suddenly stopped, and fired a huge pitch-black shell with a bang .

Startled by the sound, Bu Shi glanced at the big black bullet flying into the distance in surprise, but after a while, nothing happened.

He was a little bewildered.

"I've thought about what you said that day, and it makes sense." Lu Xiaonian said, "A sky fortress is really useless, so I changed my mind and started to develop a group attack weapon."

In his voice, the weird cannon changed its angle and fired another big black bullet. This time, Bu Shi took a closer look, and it wasn't that nothing happened. After the big black bullet flew away, It split into countless tiny black dots in the air, just above the battlefield where the fierce fighting was happening below.

The Imperial battleships are approaching.

"I call this an energy-sensing levitation launcher. The miniature bombs that are launched can be suspended in the air, and once an object with a specified source energy concentration approaches, it will explode."

Before the words were finished, a bead-like cluster of bright light suddenly lit up in the sky, the dazzling light even overshadowed the skylight that was covering the world, even Bu Shi, who was looking at the sky, blinked unconsciously and was stunned.

Lu Xiaonian caught a glimpse of the shocked expression on his face, a reserved and proud smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, then curled his lips in disdain, and turned his head away.

On the battlefield in the distance, Li Shen walked alone, truly explaining what it means to kill people like mowing grass. There may be tens of thousands of Imperial Knights of Light in his hands alone.The fifth paladin who was completely enraged disregarded his colleagues to stop him, and with a blade-like armor wing on his back, he rushed towards Li Shen like lightning.Although he was angry, he was not dazzled by the anger. Seeing that he was about to reach Li Shen, he slapped his armor wings and rose into the sky, intending to attack Li Shen by taking advantage of the air superiority of the flying armor... After that, there was no more .

On the ground, Li Shen set up a pergola with his hands, watching the people being bombed in the air, drifting up and down, left and right, rolling 360 degrees and circling 720 degrees, while the little boy on the road in Chang'an was still replenishing the air with suspended bombs. It seems that this saint Your Excellency the Knight...he won't be able to come down for a while.

The imperial warships, frightened by the power of the floating bombs, could no longer provide support to the Knights of Light on the ground. In the eyes of everyone, a new dark cloud appeared in the eastern sky of the battlefield. Before they could approach the battlefield, it was A blinding cannon light hit the empire's warships.The two sides in the battle couldn't help raising their heads, and even Li Shen showed a look of astonishment. On the city wall of Chang'an in the distance, Bu Shi's eyes suddenly lit up, and he ordered the herald to issue a signal for the general attack.

It happened to be the first batch of warships that Li Shen recruited from Donghuang. The timing was too coincidental and too good.

With air support, the Chang'an mercenaries no longer had any scruples, and launched the craziest attack on the enemy after the order for the general attack sounded, and the Bright Knights, who finally recognized the situation, no longer resisted, and tried to pack up and retreat in embarrassment .Although Chang'an's warships were much smaller than the empire's, they launched a fierce confrontation with the opponent without showing any weakness. The empire's warships also had no intention of fighting, and tried their best to cover the defeated troops below, and followed them to the battle. After retreating.

Li Shen led the Chang'an mercenaries to chase for more than ten miles before letting go of the retreating imperial army, declaring that the battle was completely over.It's not that he doesn't want to take this opportunity to destroy the Empire's Knights of Light in one fell swoop, it's just that the battleship group belonging to them can't stand it anymore.After ordering the mercenaries to start cleaning the battlefield, Li Shen raised his head and glanced at the group of battleships that stopped with him above his head, feeling a little joy in his heart.

After this battle, Chang'an City will formally launch a counterattack against the empire's invasion and seize the initiative in this war.

Facing the rising sun, he returned to Chang'an with the warships above him. When he was approaching the battlefield just now, Bu Shi, who had already enjoyed the victory tea on the city wall, suddenly remembered something, and a sip of black tea choked his throat.

"Cough... put those things away quickly!" He pointed at the countless black spots still floating in the sky in the distance, and exclaimed to the little boy Lu beside him.

Lu Cang was startled.

"It was originally a one-time consumable, and it was not designed to be recycled." He calmly said to Bu Shi, "When the energy is exhausted, it will fall by itself." He paused, then added, "Levitation The energy consumption is very small, and it will take about a month."

Bu Shi protruded his eyes like a carp... he looked so stupid.

In the end, with the herald's desperate semaphore and signal lights, the group of warships they had finally obtained narrowly stopped at the edge of the danger line, and were not blown into slag by the new invention of the boy Lu.Li Shen, who returned to Chang'an, learned of this thrilling process, and broke into a few drops of cold sweat silently. However, before he had time to take a breath, a mercenary in a glow uniform rushed over, saying that it was for Li Shen. He brought an important message from Li Mubai.

Li Shen finished listening to the rather brief message calmly.

He said, I see.