RPAGF Chapter 95: Alone in Liangying
Chapter 95: Alone in Liangying
8:00 pm
At this time, Luzhou City had just experienced a fierce battle, and the city walls were covered with traces of blackened beacon fires.
The streets in the city are deserted, the houses are in ruins, and the former prosperity and bustle have been swallowed up by the smoke of gunpowder.
The Liang army shuttled through every corner of Luzhou City like hungry jackals, the weapons in their hands were already stained with blood, and some of the weapons even had slightly bent blades.
Even so, they were still frantically searching for the survivors who were hiding, and then slaughtered them ruthlessly.
But in such a avoidable place, there was a man who walked alone and headed towards the Liang army's camp.
But he did not have the tragic heroism of Jing Ke when he crossed the Yishui River.
His eyes were dull, his mood was low, and he walked unsteadily. He was like a heartless and emotionless corpse.
He walked all the way towards the Liang army's camp. Even though he was surrounded by the Liang army's spears, he remained expressionless, and showed no fear or other emotions.
I don’t know how long it had been, but finally at the last moment when the Panlong incense burned out, I arrived in front of Zhu Youzhen’s chariot.
Zhu Youzhen, who was a little annoyed when he saw Li Xingyun was late, saw the depressed Li Xingyun in front of him, and a hint of pride flashed in his eyes, "Li Xingyun, you are finally here!"
Zhong Xiaokui signaled Liang Bing to surround Li Xingyun, and then he also got into a fighting stance and walked towards him.
"Xiao Kui, don't be impatient." Zhu Youzhen raised his hand to stop everyone and asked Li Xingyun, "Li Xingyun, are you here to surrender?"
Li Xingyun still had no expression on his face. "I will surrender, but I hope you will keep your word and release these innocent people."
"Alas~ I love my people like my own children, how could I massacre my own people?"
Zhu Youzhen paced on the chariot with his hands behind his back, shaking his head, pretending to be very compassionate, and waved at him, jokingly saying:
"Come, come, come, kneel down for me first."
Seeing that Li Xingyun was indifferent and looked like a dead fish, Zhu Youzhen continued, "Hey, kneel down."
Seeing that Li Xingyun still ignored him, Zhu Youzhen was furious and shouted at Li Xingyun: "I told you to kneel down!"
Seeing Zhu Youzhen's angry look, Li Xingyun was worried that he would attack the people, so he finally bent his legs and slowly knelt on the ground.
"Hmm~"
Seeing that Li Xingyun followed his orders obediently, Zhu Youzhen nodded with satisfaction and ordered Zhong Xiaokui: "Xiaokui, lock him up."
"Yes."
Zhong Xiaokui took the order and asked his servants to bring a prison car to lock Li Xingyun up.
In order to prevent Li Xingyun from escaping, Zhu Youzhen specially ordered his servants to pierce Li Xingyun's scapula with an iron hook and nail him firmly on it.
At this moment, a giant sword shadow about three meters high fell from the sky and nailed directly in front of Li Xingyun's prison car.
There was a sound like thunder, which raised a cloud of dust, and a figure followed closely behind, standing next to the giant sword.
"Everyone calm down! Protect His Majesty!!"
Zhong Xiaokui shouted angrily at the Liang army who were panicked by this sudden change.
And this group of Liang troops serving as Zhu Youzhen's guards were obviously well-trained.
Although they were startled, they quickly adjusted themselves after receiving the order, and protected Zhu Youzhen on the middle chariot with layers of protection inside and outside.
"Who are you? How dare you act wildly in front of me!"
Ever since he started leading troops to fight, there has never been anyone who dared to act wildly when surrounded by his 100,000 Liang troops.
At this time, Zhu Youzhen widened his eyes and roared at the top of his lungs.
When the dust gradually dissipated, the person who came had already brought a war drum and placed it in front of the prison car.
He picked up the drumstick and hit the war drum hard. With a "boom", all the noises of the Liang army were suppressed.
"Zhu Youzhen, I want to make a bet with you, do you dare?"
"Senior brother?!" Li Xingyun widened his eyes and looked at the back of the man in blue.
"Bet? Hahahahahahaha..."
When Zhu Youzhen heard the visitor talking about gambling, he was so angry that he laughed.
"You came here alone for no apparent reason, killed several of my soldiers, and stood in front of Li Xingyun, and now you want to make a bet with me?
Who do you think you are? Do you want me to bet with you?"
"Since this guy in the prison car has come to Luzhou, he is protected by Jin State. Now you are openly trying to snatch him away.
As the leader of the Li Sect of Tongwenguan, it is understandable that I want to snatch it back now, right?
However, we at Tongwenguan have always disdained to take advantage of others, so I am here to make a bet with you openly."
An Dongjun smiled faintly and said, "Could it be that you, the great Emperor of Daliang, don't dare?"
Li Xingyun was puzzled as to why his senior brother pretended to be from Tongwenguan. However, seeing that his senior brother came alone at this time and disregarded his own safety to save him, he thought that it might be inconvenient for him to expose his connections in Qi Country.
After hearing that he was the leader of Tongwenguan who had come to snatch Li Xingyun and had deliberately said words to provoke him, Zhu Youzhen suppressed his anger a little.
At this time, he became interested and asked jokingly:
"Since Sect Master Li has come here alone to gamble with me, I naturally cannot reject your courageous move.
Tell me, what are you betting on? The dice?"
Anton-Jun shook his head: "The number on the dice is too small, so there is no point in gambling."
"Then what do you want to bet on?"
Now that it comes to gambling, Zhu Youzhen is obviously much more patient than before, and looks as if he has An Dongjun in his grasp.
That's right, who would be afraid of one person when they have 100,000 troops here? Even if he cheats, I am confident that I can keep him.
"Let's bet on whether I can break through your Liang army camp today, kill 5000 of your Liang soldiers, and then put this drumstick in front of you, how about that?"
Anton Jun raised the drumstick in his hand, then pointed to the "Liang" flag on Zhu Youzhen's dragon carriage and said.
"What did you say? Say it again!"
Upon hearing this, Zhu Youzhen pushed away the Liang army in front of him and trotted to the edge of the platform on the sedan chair.
He wiped his eyes in disbelief, then looked at Anton-jun, as if trying to see what was going on in his mind.
"I say, let's bet on whether I can break through your defenses in your Liang army camp today, kill 5000 of your Liang soldiers, no more, no less, and then put this drumstick in front of you.
I won and Li Xingyun was taken away by me.
Otherwise, as long as I don't fulfill any of the conditions, Li Xingyun and my life will belong to you."
Anton Jun raised the hand holding the drumstick, pointed at the surrounding Liang army, rotated in a circle, and finally pointed at Zhu Youzhen.
"Why, the great Emperor of Daliang doesn't dare?"
"Just you?!"
Zhu Youzhen opened his eyes wide and stared at Anton Jun. The bloodshot in his eyes and his clenched fists showed that Zhu Youzhen's mood was not as calm as he looked.
"Yes, just me."
Anton Jun nodded gently with a smile on his face, showing his calmness and composure, but this was the biggest provocation in Zhu Youzhen's eyes.
But Zhu Youzhen didn't say anything, the Liang army shouted first: "Your Majesty, please grant me your permission!!!"
This roar came from tens of thousands of Liang troops around, strongly expressing the Liang army's dissatisfaction.
There was no way. I had never seen such an arrogant person. How dare he speak so arrogantly? The roar of tens of thousands of soldiers seemed to make the earth tremble.