Ren Baqian sat on Qishui's back as they walked upstream along the White Dragon River. As the terrain got higher and higher, the distance between the two banks became narrower and narrower.
"In front of us is the Falling Moon Gorge," Teng Ji reminded.
At this moment, the road that had been straight all along the river suddenly took a turn, increasing the distance between them by quite a bit.
After walking for some distance, Ren Baqian saw many flags fluttering in the distance. There were quite a few of them, and the words of this world were written on them.
At the same time, he also saw what the so-called Falling Moon Gorge looked like. He saw that the Falling Moon Gorge extended forward on both sides, and below it was a mountain wall that extended backward, all the way to the bottom.
Above them, the two protruding mountains almost merged together. The closest point was only three meters away, but it was also extremely narrow, only a meter wide. At the same time, there was a rope bridge connecting the two sides.
Here, the winged cavalry's mounts could directly jump over, but only one at a time. It was the same for the rope bridge.
After reaching the opposite side, they passed through a narrow path that was a few meters long and gradually expanded to both sides, forming a large piece of flat land.
At this moment, the army of over ten thousand stood there densely, stretching all the way to the forest in the distance. Flags were fluttering in the air.
The 10,000 strong army stood there in neat formation, and a murderous aura assaulted their senses.
If they wanted to go over now, they could only jump over one by one and face the enemy's army head-on.
Needless to say, as long as the other party fired a volley of arrows at one person, even an Earth Wheel expert would have to suffer.
The main problem was that it was too narrow. Only one person could jump through at a time, and then they would be focused on.
When Ren Baqian saw this scene, he felt that it was spectacular. Soon after, he smacked his lips. The other party was simply breaking the rules.
Without the poisonous gas, he really couldn't think of how to pass through.
Even Teng Ji, Zheng Hu, Li Tanhua and the others had solemn expressions on their faces as they carefully observed the opposite side with their binoculars.
The empress squinted her almond-shaped eyes and curled her lips. Even though Great Xia wouldn't suffer a huge loss if this group of people were to perish here, they would at least feel some heartache, right?
After all, with such a neat formation and murderous aura, one could tell that they were elite soldiers who had been through hundreds of battles.
"Qi Zixiao!" An old man in armor shouted as he galloped out from the opposite formation.
"I am Jia Yugong, I have been waiting here for a long time."
Zheng Hu immediately scolded, "Old thief, how can you call His Majesty's name directly?"
"That's the emperor of Dayao, not the emperor of Great Xia! Furthermore, whether or not I can return to Dayao and continue to be the empress still depends on whether or not my subordinates agree. "Jia Yugong laughed heartily.
"Hundred Battles! Hundred Battles! "The opposing army immediately drew out their long sabers, raised their arms, and shouted in unison. Their murderous intent soared, and their voices resounded through the clouds.
If other people were to see this scene, their legs would probably go weak.
The Empress snorted in disdain.
As for the other winged cavalry warriors, they were all at the Earth Wheel level, so they weren't easily intimidated.
If they were forced to charge into the army formation with weapons and spears, they would also not care about it and charge forward while laughing. It was still unknown who would win and who would lose.
However, it was true that they were guarding the other side, so it would not be easy to go over.
Ren Baqian looked at the other side and wondered if he would go to hell if he died.
In the past, he didn't even dare to kill a chicken. Then, he ordered Xiong Pi to kill for the first time. Then, he personally killed for the first time. Then, he poisoned the Nine Pavilions with sarin gas. He didn't know the details, but the second time, he poisoned thousands of people to death. This time, it was another ten thousand people.
However, why did Great Xia's news travel so slowly?
Previously, 4,000 people died at the pass of Mount Lianyin, and these people didn't receive any news at all?
To think that Ren Baqian even thought that the other party would run away after hearing the news.
In the end, there were so many of them standing together …
After thinking for a long time, he finally sighed faintly and said, "Sigh, what a sin!"
This caused a few of the winged cavalry warriors to roll their eyes.
The empress, who was behind him, almost laughed out loud at his sigh.
…
Just as Ren Baqian was sighing, a yiniao suddenly flew over from the back of the opposing army. In fact, this yiniao had arrived a few minutes ago, but the murderous aura from below caused it to circle a few times and not dare to come down.
After everyone quietened down, the yiniao circled around again before flying toward the yiniao in the cage below. Someone plucked the note from his leg. After taking a glance at it, his expression changed drastically. He hurriedly ran to Jia Yugong's side and shouted, "Sir, Sir!"
Jia Yugong stood there with his back ramrod straight, looking straight at the people opposite him with a rather heroic spirit. When he heard the voice behind him, he turned around and asked, "What's the matter?"
"Sir, take a look," that person said with a deathly pale face.
Jia Yugong looked at him suspiciously, took the note, and immediately, his expression changed drastically.
"Be careful of the poison. 4,000 soldiers from the Yucheng barracks at Mount Lianyin have been poisoned to death."
At first, he found it strange that these people didn't seem to have experienced any battles before arriving here. He never expected that the 4,000 soldiers lying in ambush at Mount Lianyin would be poisoned to death.
This time, he couldn't remain calm and heroic anymore.
If it was a real battle, he wouldn't have any complaints even if he died in battle.
However, if they were poisoned to death like the Yucheng barracks, he couldn't accept it.
Soon after, his mind was spinning rapidly. How did the other party do it? How could he guard against it? Did the other party still have that kind of poison?
How should he handle the situation now? Should he fight or retreat?
If he fought, what would he do if the other party poisoned them? Right now, he had no idea how the other party had managed to poison so many people to death in two open spaces.
Would his 10,000 soldiers follow in their footsteps? They didn't even get close to the other party before they were completely wiped out.
If he retreated, how would he explain it to the higher-ups? Moreover, if the other party didn't have any more poison, wouldn't he become a joke?
Right now, he had the advantage of time and place. If he retreated just like this, he could kill himself if word got out.
His spine felt like it was about to be broken.
After thinking about it, he could only bet that the other party didn't have that kind of poison anymore. However, no matter how he thought about it, the possibility of that was very small.
At this moment, an arrow pierced through the air and flew directly in their direction. In an instant, it shot into the army formation.
"Not shooting myself? But the army formation? " Jia Yugong was puzzled at first. Then, an idea flashed in his mind and he shouted, "The first five rows, spread out to the sides and get into formation at the back of the army."
As soon as Jia Yugong shouted, the front line of the army formation became slightly chaotic. At this moment, another arrow was shot into the army. Jia Yugong was even more certain that the other party's arrow was poisoned. At the same time, he noticed that the arrow seemed to have something on it. At this moment, he was almost certain.
"Six rows, seven rows, spread out!"
"Those who break the formation will be killed!" Jia Yugong shouted again, and all the soldiers in the front line who were called out flowed around the army formation and got into formation at the back.
After the empress shot two arrows, she stopped just as she was about to shoot the third arrow. Given the situation, even if she shot the remaining 12 bottles of poison, it wouldn't be very effective.
This Jia Yugong was a little troublesome.
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