Chapter 2 Chapter 1 The World of Shava

When the heavy city gate was split by the battle axe, shouts were heard from inside and outside the city.However, one is cheering, while the other is full of despair. The last city of the rebels was captured by us, and the Republican Army has become a historical term since today. I yanked the great ax from the door, and splinters fell into my face.However, I didn't have any joy after winning battles in the past. In my heart, there was just an indescribable emptiness. The stones and tiles thinned out at once.Those who defend the city also understand that the general trend is over, so they don't insist anymore.No wonder, the siege had lasted for three months, and most of the food in the city had run out, so they wouldn't have much strength to throw stones.

I rushed into the city gate, and the iron armor on my body made a rattling sound. Two soldiers defending the city rushed forward with spears to stop me.Although they were still very powerful, in the three months of the siege, Gaojiu City had already broken bones and cooked, and their spear skills were full of flaws under the hunger.I swung the huge axe, and with the force of a thunderbolt, I swung it across.With the sound of the iron armor being cut, the two soldiers were suddenly decapitated. At this time, the brigade had already pushed open the city gate and rushed in.On the top of the city, the remaining soldiers cried out in despair.Although they all regarded death as home when defending the city, they were all panicked when death was about to come.

I killed two more enemy soldiers who dared to rush forward. At this time, my guards brought the horses over.I jumped on my horse, threw away the axe, and picked up the iron gun.Among the large group of people, a messenger chased after him and shouted all the way: "Marquis Wu has an order to massacre the city." Even though the flames of war have tempered my heart to iron, my heart still trembles.Gaojiu City, one of the twelve famous cities in the early days of the empire, is it the end today? My subordinates didn't think like me, and cheered in unison.In their view, massacring the city is the best reward after breaking the city, which means wealth, women, and killing to vent their depression.

Since I followed Marquis Wu on the Southern Expedition, eight cities have been slaughtered along the way.None of these eight cities would surrender. Given Marquis Wu's brutality, they could not escape the fate of being slaughtered.Although I didn't want to kill too many people, the number of Republican soldiers who died at the hands of me, the centurion of the vanguard battalion, was no less than 20 along the way.Every time I kill a person, I feel the smell of blood on my hand is getting stronger.In particular, many opponents were classmates from the Imperial Military Academy back then, and they died one by one under my hands, and I felt even more empty inside.

War may always be your life or death. My guard, Qi Lie, brought his horse to me and said, "General, let's go." I looked at him under the mask.He is only nineteen years old, perhaps, he does not know how precious life is.I didn't say anything, massacring the city is a great pleasure after breaking the city, I don't want to spoil their fun. "You lead the team, I'm a little tired and don't want to go." "General Chu, didn't you take us there back then?" I turned my head, gave him a cold look, and said, "I won't go." He was startled, and said: "Then, I'm going." He led the horse, waved his gun, and said, "Brothers, come with me."

Of the one hundred people I brought, after several battles, there are still more than eighty people left.These 80 people have always been in the vanguard of the Imperial Army. Perhaps, killing people is already a pleasure for them.They cheered and rushed towards Qi Lie.I watched the tide of imperial troops pouring into the streets and alleys. In Gaojiu City, fires broke out everywhere, and there were cries of women and children.I just feel a little moist in front of my eyes. Is this war?In the military academy, my teacher once taught us that defeating the enemy without fighting is the supreme way of a military strategist.However, in the past few years in the army, I have experienced more than a dozen battles. Every time, I rushed to the top of the city in blood and fire, and the people I stepped on were always the stumps and broken arms of the dead.

I took the carousel and prepared to go back to the barracks.On the top of the city, some Republican captives with their hands raised staggered down the city wall, and a group of imperial troops laughed and drove them down like a flock of sheep.A prisoner may have injured his leg, sprained his ankle, and fell down on the steps. An imperial soldier cursed, swung a knife, and slashed at the prisoner's back.The captive's blood also seemed to have dried up, his body was almost split in two, but not much blood flowed out. Do not kill the captives.This was the third article of the military order issued by the first emperor when he conquered the country. However, after two hundred years, no one still remembers this article.

The prisoner was still alive, so he raised his hand and let out a miserable cry.This seemed to arouse the viciousness of the soldier who wielded the knife, he swung the knife and slashed down again. I lowered my head, unwilling to watch such a massacre again. After walking two steps, someone suddenly shouted in my ear: "Bold!" I was taken aback, and when I looked up, there were three men on horseback in front of me.A man who looked like a servant pointed a spear at me and said, "How dare you be so rude!" I rein in the horse.The man in the middle is Marquis Wu!I ran into Marquis Wu!

I jumped off the horse, knelt on the ground with one leg, and said: "Lord Wuhou, Chu Xiuhong, the centurion of the forward battalion, is dead." Marquis Wu didn't wear a mask, but there was no anger on his face. He said, "You are the first Chu Xiuhong to rush into the city? Why don't you go to massacre the city with others?" "My lord, the last general charged just now, but now I feel tired and want to take a rest." Marquis Wu smiled and said, "You think my order to massacre the city is too cruel?" I was startled.Marquis Wu has always been famous for his bravery, but I didn't expect him to explain my thoughts in one word.I said: "The last general dare not."

Marquis Wu sternly said: "Rebellious ministers and thieves, everyone can punish them. I ordered the massacre of the city, not for easy killing, but to set an example for those who want to make trouble in the future." I was brave enough to say: "My lord, the civilians in the city are not soldiers. When the emperor took over the kingdom, he clearly ordered not to kill and surrender, so he won the hearts of the people at that time." "You think I'm unpopular?" Marquis Wu's face darkened, my heart moved, I felt chills running down my back, but I didn't dare to say anything more, I just said: "How dare the general put his beak on it? The order must have a deep meaning, and it will be the end of a woman's benevolence."

Marquis Wu laughed and said: "Women's benevolence. Hehe, it is the way of generals. In the "Seven Essentials of the March" written by the military sage Na Tingtian, the first article mentioned that there should be no women's benevolence. When you charge, you will be brave. The three armies are now mother-in-law." He untied his saber from his waist, and said: "This saber is called 'Bai Pi', and it is given to you now. In the future, I will use this saber to cut off the benevolence of your woman." The saber drew an arc in the air, and I caught it with both hands, only to feel a sinking in my hand.Just as he was about to kneel down, Marquis Wu patted his horse and rushed over, followed by his two guards. It may be a good thing to receive a reward from Marquis Wu, but I feel even more empty inside. Back at the barracks, the baggage officer was taking stock and preparing to drive into the city.As usual, after a few days of rest after massacring the city, they were about to set off again.It's just that after this last battle, all that's left is to clean up the remnants of the Republican Army.This time Marquis Wu's Southern Expedition also went smoothly unexpectedly. He set out in February, and the whole journey was like a broken bamboo. In ten months, he fought for two thousand miles. Almost all of the 100,000 troops returned. Even Marquis Wu had never achieved such a feat. . The Republican Army started three years ago.Back then, Duke Cang Yue, who guarded the southern border, suddenly rebelled, under the banner of the Republican Army.At that time, Duke Cang Yue was one of the three great princes of the empire. The imperial titles were granted to the royal family, and the three princes were hereditary.Duke Cang Yue was a vassal of a town, and the previous generations of grand dukes were all leaning on the Great Wall. No one expected that he would rebel, which caught the empire by surprise.At the beginning of Cang Yuegong's rebellion, it went very smoothly, and within two months, the south of the river was leveled, and he and the empire formed a tendency to rule across the river. The emperor of this generation is called the Sun King.Although the Sun King claims to be "as bright as the sun", as a monarch, he may never be called a wise monarch by later generations, but he will definitely be famous in history for his high sexual ability.There are more than a thousand concubines in his harem, and it is said that his children set up dozens of large tables every time they eat.Of course, these must be the nonsense of the folks. As the king of a country, those princes and princesses will not sit around and eat like ordinary people.According to folklore, the Sun King must have been a stallion in his previous life.His energy might also have been sucked dry by women, when Cang Yuegong first got up, he actually thought it was a rumor.If Marquis Wen hadn't stood up to all the opinions and used a partial division to burn down Cang Yuegong's ships accumulated on the south bank of the river, the history of the empire would have ended long ago. Maybe, even though I have been at the forefront of every war, in my heart, I am still on the side of the Republican Army?It terrified me a little, as if the infidelity inside would also show on the face. Thinking wildly, he put the armor in the box.Originally, Qi Lie should do these things, but I really don't like a big man playing with my clothes, even the iron armor, so I always clean them up by myself.People in the military who didn't know me said that I was very civilian.It's ridiculous to say that a centurion is just a junior officer in the army, but he is regarded as a nobleman. At this time, the curtain of my tent was raised, and it was the baggage officer.When he saw me, he said: "Ah, General Chu is here, Marquis Wu has an order to pull out the camp and enter the city." Actually, these things have nothing to do with me. The things about pulling out the camp are all done by the people in the supply camp, but I said, "I'll come too." It seems that doing some miscellaneous things can forget the emptiness in my heart. The task of the supply battalion is to clean up and drive the cars.Marquis Wu ruled the army like iron. Every time he went to battle with Marquis Wu, he put a cart for every 20 tents.People are also precarious on the battlefield, so there are few things, like I have iron armor, and most soldiers usually don't take off their leather armor. Marquis Wu's four-general encirclement strategy took down Gaoju City, but he also lost nearly a thousand people.While tidying up, I listened to other people's nagging, and before I knew it, everything was packed. The people in the supply battalion are the most uneconomical. Every time they massacre the city, they have no share, and after the war, they only have an average share of property, so many young and strong logistics soldiers are always chasing me, going to the front line camp.They didn't know it, maybe they knew it and didn't want to think about it, the death rate of the forward battalion was high.Before Marquis Wu went to battle, there were 2,000 soldiers in the vanguard battalion, and seven of the twenty centurions died, while three or four out of ten of the soldiers killed in battle were in the vanguard battalion.Perhaps it was because of this that Marquis Wu gave the first order to massacre the city to the Qianfeng Battalion. I watched the long convoy of baggage enter the city gate.The thick city gate was still on the ground, and there were still marks left by my giant axe, mixed with the flesh of the dead, blood and burnt marks. In any case, the war is over, and the Republican Army has become a historical term. At this time, a logistics soldier shouted: "General Chu, what is that?" What he pointed at was a figure on the ridge in the distance.The figure was about dozens of steps away, and it seemed to be standing on the roof. Most of the houses in Gaojiu City are very old brick houses, and it is difficult for a person to stand on them.Perhaps, it was the remnants of the Republican Army. In the chaos of the city, he might not be able to escape from the city. The baggage officer heard his cry, looked at him, and shouted: "Shut up, it's none of your business, hurry up." The logistics soldier stuck out his tongue and stopped talking. Just as the baggage cart was pulled into the National Assembly Hall in Gaojiu City, suddenly, there was a loud noise not far away, mixed with people's cries.I was taken aback and looked at the people next to me.Those lads were still saying such bold words just now, but now they are all stunned. I know something must have happened. At its peak, the Republican Army claimed to have millions of troops, but most of them had just joined the army. Although those Republican troops fought one after another on the battlefield, their combat effectiveness on the battlefield was far from comparable to the 20,000 black armored troops of Grand Duke Cang Yue's direct line. But that kind of charge that is almost suicidal, even if I watch it, I sometimes feel terrified.Perhaps, somewhere in the city, the hiding place of the remnants of the Republican Army was discovered, and they were fighting in the streets again. I jumped off the horse and rushed to follow the sound.The sound wasn't too far away, it was just turning around in small alleys, and it was very difficult to find.The sound became louder and louder, mixed with people's cries. This is not the sound of massacres. I rushed across a corner, and in front of a large courtyard, many people were already crowded, and those shouts came from inside.I saw Qi Lie also squeezed into the crowd, squeezed over and said, "Xiao Lie, what's the matter?" When Qi Lie saw it was me, he said: "General, there are more than a dozen Republicans hiding inside, dug a trap, and arrested a few of our brothers." At this time, someone inside shouted: "Get out of the way, or I will kill someone!" The people dispersed a bit, and I saw that this courtyard was two or three feet square, and now there was a big pit in the middle. In the pit, there were five or six imperial soldiers with scattered armor. There were more than a dozen people holding long knives and pointing Those people in the pit, a man who looks like a leader is threatening to cut them down. The people behind were getting more and more crowded, and those few republican soldiers probably knew that they would not be able to escape. The leader shouted hoarsely, but he just let the imperial army around them make a bigger circle.However, the long knives in their hands could kill the captives in the pit with just one move, so the imperial army didn't dare to do it for a while. At this time, someone behind shouted loudly: "Marquis Wu is here, spread out quickly!" It was one of the two guards of Marquis Wu.Marquis Wu is here?People make way at once.I stepped aside with the people, only to see Marquis Wu with his horse not far away. Marquis Wu looked around, his face darkened, and said: "Do it, don't you have a knife in your hand?" A person squeezed forward and said, "Report to Marquis Wu, they have arrested some of our brothers." Marquis Wu looked at him and said, "Life and death are up to you, let the arrows go!" His orders are everything in the army.The people who had been around gathered around immediately, some were inside the door, some climbed onto the wall.I could only hear the leader of the Republican Army with a loud voice exclaiming: "You..." Before he finished speaking, there was a burst of screams. When the courtyard became quiet, Marquis Wu looked at the courtyard piled up like a Shura field, and said, "Is there something wrong with the arrested brother?" Someone brought a few bloody corpses over and said, "Report to Marquis Wu, five people have been arrested, four of them have been stabbed to death, and one is still alive." "Carry the medical battalion to heal, and the dead will die in line." After Wuhou finished speaking, he patted his horse and left, but seeing a black whirlwind, his two guards chased after him. I was in the crowd, but Marquis Wu didn't pay attention to me.I watched his back disappear around the corner, but my heart felt so cold that it was about to freeze. In the courtyard, the dead were lying in disorder, and seventeen or eight long arrows were stuck in each corpse.If those Republican soldiers had died on the battlefield, they might not have hit so many arrows. For the first time, I felt that being Wuhou was not my dream. The massacre will continue for a few more days.In the past few days, the imperial army can do whatever they want in Gaojiu City. Do whatever you want.It is almost impossible to say how much these four words can mean.There was fire everywhere, and blood flowed like a river on the ground, and the scattered small pieces of wood floated on the blood. Why, one man, is so much more interested in destruction than construction? It was getting dark, but the desire to kill did not diminish.A layer of black clouds shrouded the city. From a distance, it seemed that there was a black dragon hovering over the top of the city. I'm lying in a hut.The original owner of this room must have been a scholar, because I found two books handed down from ancient times in the room.These books are made of a very tough thin material.According to the legend left by our ancestors, in ancient times, our ancestors were a group of demigods who could fly in the sky with the help of tools and run faster than the fastest horse on the ground.Later, they were condemned by God, and almost all of them died in a catastrophe, and the rest of them no longer remembered the magical arts of their ancestors.After another two thousand years of reproduction, the present world was formed. This legend has been confirmed by those books found.Although the great technicians of the empire deciphered the mysteries written in the books, they could not discover the mysteries of the books themselves.Perhaps it will take many years for this secret to be discovered. I stroke the book.These two books may be more than two thousand years old, and they are still very smooth to the touch.It's just that what the book talks about is very boring, it's just about some things that a person has experienced.I didn't read much, but found too many words that I couldn't understand. How many valuable things we have forgotten.I couldn't help thinking as I closed the book. At this time, there was a noise at the door.I can't help frowning.I really don't like living in a place surrounded by dead bodies, so the small house I live in is almost completely demolished.Who will come here? Someone knocked desperately on the door. I grabbed the Baipi Dao that Marquis Wu had given me and walked to the door.The baggage officer knows that I live here, but he is already so busy that he may not come. I said loudly, "Who?" Outside the door was Qi Lie's voice: "General, it's me." I opened the door, and Qi Lie said happily: "General, we brought you something." I frowned imperceptibly.I really don't like the bloody loot.Once when I was massacring a city, I saw an imperial army trying desperately to grab a gold bracelet on a young girl's wrist. Because it was not easy to retreat, he actually cut off the girl's hand with a single knife, so that I always dreamed of the gold bracelet on the girl's wrist. Bloody severed hand. "You take it and divide it." Qi Lie looked at the other people in my team, smiled and said: "This thing can't be divided. Come, leave it to the general." Without any explanation, the two soldiers brought in a big bag and placed it carefully on my bed.I was taken aback. Although the outside of the pocket was clean, there might be bloody gold and silver inside.I asked anxiously, "How do you know that I live here?" Qi Lie winked and said, "Listen to Master Deyang." De Yang is the delivery officer, maybe these boys have stuffed him with some property.I don't want to say, they had already backed out with a smile on their faces, and Qi Lie closed the door behind him when he left. I went back to the inner room and wanted to get the package disposed of.Just as I was about to drag the bag out of the bed, I saw the big bag move. Inside is a person! I also understood Qi Lie's smile all of a sudden.Here is a person, so it must be some beautiful woman they found, no wonder he said it was "inseparable". I untied the pocket, and as I expected, there was a woman tied up like a rice dumpling inside. She was terrified like a small animal being stared at by a mouse or tiger.I smiled and wanted to comfort her, but she tried to avoid me desperately. "do not be afraid." As soon as I said this, I wanted to scold myself.It sounds like a lust.She stared at me with hatred in her eyes. I reached out to untie her rope, and she shrank into a ball, avoiding me.I smiled a little embarrassedly, and said, "I don't mean anything malicious, you can go." She looked at me, but her eyes were still suspicious and hateful.There was nothing I could do, I drew out the knife and said, "Put out your hand." She probably thought I was going to cut off her arm, and reached out without hesitation.I chopped the knife and cut off the rope between her wrists without even scratching her oily skin, and said: "You go." She probably felt that she had heard it wrong, and said, "Let me go?" I put the knife back into its sheath and said, "What I said doesn't seem to be something you don't understand." She was a little surprised, opened the door and said, "I really have to go." I grabbed a robe next to the bed and tossed it to her.That was the usual attire in the Imperial Army, and she might be taken away if she went out like that. She took the robe and looked at me in surprise, I turned my head and shouted, "Do you not want to leave?" She threw the robe over her body.With neat attire, he looked like a miscellaneous soldier in the imperial army.Watching her go out the door, I don't know why, I feel a little dull. In war, to show kindness to the enemy is to seek death.But after the war is over, do you still have no kindness at all?I took off the saber that Marquis Wu gave me, and played with it carefully.At this time, on the scabbard, the word "Hundred Pieces" was inlaid with gold wire, and only then did I discover that there was an eight-character inscription underneath: "Only the sword is hundreds of pies, and the heart is not easy."It is inlaid with very thin gold wire, and the handwriting is very small, so you can't see it at a glance. The words are very simple, but I don't know what it means.At the beginning, the teachers in the military academy told us that the way to be a general is to have both civil and military skills.Although I prefer to wield knives and guns, I still seem a little cowardly.At least, it would be cowardly to let her go. I sighed and walked out the door.I closed the door and looked at the "Fighter Wuying Chu" sign posted by Deyang on the door. For some reason, I felt a little chill in my heart. Although my house is remote, there is a barracks a hundred paces away.Now is the time to massacre the city, and there is blood and burnt smell everywhere. Although the area around the barracks is considered clean, the smell is still very strong, making people want to vomit.I was walking among the rubble, and from time to time, I would see a severed arm exposed among the broken bricks and rubble. I walked through the barracks with my hands behind my back.Now most of the sergeants have slaughtered the city.Gaojiu City has been in operation for nearly two hundred years and has a population of 300,000.Although a lot of people were lost during the war, there were 500,000 to 600,000 refugees who fled to Gaojiu City during the war, and there are about 800,000 people in the city now.There may be at least five or six days before the city is slaughtered.It was not an easy task for the imperial army, which had been battle-tested and had become a habit of killing people. Now the barracks are empty, it looks like an empty camp in the past.When massacring the city, in addition to the garrison of the supply battalion, only a small number of soldiers were sent to garrison in turn.Including the garrison guarding the four gates outside the city, they also changed their guards in turn.That's not for any other reason, just to let everyone enjoy the joy of burning, killing and looting. However, since my first day in the army, I have hated this kind of killing. Just as he was thinking, suddenly, there was a strong wind blowing from behind.I was taken aback.Is it a remnant of the Republican Army? I didn't look back, and I could feel the chill of the weapon through my clothes.Listen to the sound of the wind, it is the sound of a long gun.If I turn around, I'm afraid I will be pierced by this gun first.My body leaned forward, I fell down, and the gun pierced my back. The man stabbed empty, and was already returning the gun to prepare to stab again. My right foot had already kicked back, impartially, and kicked the man's gun barrel. With a sound of "pa", the man's gun was kicked away by me, and before he could make another move, I drew out the Baipi knife.At this time, another gun stabbed at the side.But at this moment I was fully concentrated, the gun was like a child's play for me, my left hand grabbed the man's gun point half a foot below, the man took advantage of the situation and turned back, the knife in the right hand cut towards the man's arms holding the gun. This is the spear-breaking technique taught by Wu Zhao, an instructor who is known as "the first shot in the army" in the military academy.It is of course difficult to use this trick immediately, but it is easy to do it when stepping down.There is also a way to break the gun, but those two are probably just small soldiers. Their spear skills are very blunt, and they will never be able to use counter-attack marksmanship. Except that I was caught off guard at the beginning and felt a little difficult. Now I want to kill them. It's a piece of cake. Just as I was about to slash, I saw their attire out of the corner of my eye. They were two imperial troops.I was angry and funny, no wonder I was attacked at the gate of the camp, but I didn't dare to let go of the gun in my hand, and shouted: "Stop!" The soldier whom I kicked off the spear earlier had already grabbed the fallen spear, and was taken aback when he saw me yell.I snatched the spear from my hand, returned the knife with my right hand and put it back into the sheath, and said, "I am Chu Xiuhong, the centurion commander of the Fifth Battalion of the Forward, you can see clearly!" The two soldiers were stunned again, and after a while, one said: "You...you are General Chu who rushed into the city first? Why aren't you wearing armor?" I took out my token from my pocket and said, "The battle is over, of course I don't wear armor. Whose subordinates are you?" They looked at my token and knelt down on the ground.One said: "We are the subordinates of General Pu of the 3rd Battalion. It's our turn to stand guard today. When we saw General Chu coming alone, we thought it was the remnants of the Republican Army. We didn't intend to offend the general." Hearing the words "General Pu" they said, I couldn't help frowning.The General Pu they are talking about is Pu Anli, a classmate of the same class in my military academy, who is currently the centurion of the third battalion of forward strikers, and is on the same level as me.He was born in a noble family and was the son of Uncle Kaixian Puzhi.When I was in school, he had a very unpleasant fight with me, and now, even though he is a colleague, we seldom interact with him.They, a group of high school children, and our few centurions who were born as civilians were divided into two major factions in the vanguard camp, and the subordinates often fought.There are also a few centurions who are not partial and can be regarded as neutral.But personal grievances are personal grievances. I cooperated well with Pu Anli in this siege of the city. I was able to rush into the city first because of his troops to contain the Republican Army at the gate of the city. I said, "Where are you General Pu now?" The two of them looked at each other and said, "General Pu took other brothers to chase after a woman. General Chu, if you see General Pu, please tell him, let's change the guard early." I looked at them and said, "Okay. It's just that you stand on guard with all your heart, and don't run into your own people without knowing it." The two of them kept talking.When I walked away, I also felt that they could be forgiven.I'm not wearing armor, so I can't really tell.Now the city is full of murderous and red-eyed imperial troops, if I get hurt, it's really not worth it. Just as I was about to turn around, it suddenly occurred to me that what they said was that Pu Anli was chasing a woman.I said, "Who is that woman General Pu is chasing after?" A soldier said: "Not long ago, General Pu saw a short man wearing a military uniform and hurriedly walking out of the city. I stole a set of military uniforms from somewhere and wanted to escape. General Pu led a dozen or so brothers who were in the camp and chased after him.” It's that woman!I can tell almost instantly.I asked anxiously, "Where did they go?" The soldier pointed to the left.Before he could understand, I ran to the left. On the left is the road up the city wall.I hadn't run for a long time, when I heard a commotion in front of me, a very loud voice laughed and said: "Little girl, don't run away, you have no way to go." That was Bu Anli's voice, and they were at the top of the city.I ran to the top of the city. On the stone steps, the still-dried human blood made my feet slip, but I didn't care at all.In my heart, I just felt that since I let the woman go, if she fell into someone else's hands, it would be almost my fault. When I walked up to the top of the wall, I saw Pu Anli holding the woman's hair in his hand.The woman was struggling desperately in his hands, but like a small animal caught in a trap, she couldn't break free.I shouted: "Pu... General Pu, please let go." Pu Anli looked back at me, and said sarcastically, "It's General Chu, the warrior. General Chu has a sharp nose, and he came over as soon as he smelled feminine. Don't worry, after we have played, we will definitely give it to Chu. Appreciate it, the general." This run made me a little out of breath.I held back my breath and said: "General Pu, I'm really sorry, this woman belongs to me. Please let her go." "Your?" He looked at the woman under him, and let go of his hand.Although we don't get along well, he should give me this little face.He said to his subordinates with a bit of sarcasm: "It turns out that we are chasing General Chu's woman. Brothers, let's take it for a long-distance run, hahaha." He let go of the woman's hair, I ran over and said to her, "Are you okay?" She stood up, stroked her hair with her fingers, combed it a little, raised her head and said, "I'm not yours!" I startled.Isn't she crazy?Did she want to fall into Pu Anli's hands?Pu Anli was on the side but grabbed my shoulder and said, "General Chu, is she your woman?" She replied very loudly: "No! I am a free citizen of the republic and no one else!" I said, "Are you crazy?" I was about to say something again, but Pu Anli pushed me away and said, "General Chu, come on, you want the woman to find another one, we found this one." I was staggered by him and almost fell down.His soldiers all laughed, which annoyed me a little.When I stood firm, I said, "General Pu, she was given to me by Qi Lie. Am I going to lie?" Pu Anli turned around, patted the saber on his waist and said, "Chu Xiuhong, I've given you enough face, if you don't know what to do anymore, don't blame me for being rude." My heart suddenly ignited like a flame, I drew my knife and said: "General Pu, I can let you do other things, but she must never give it to you." Pu Anli turned around, looked at me, and said slowly: "General Chu, do you want to fight me?" The empire favors martial arts, and a duel is not illegal as long as both parties agree.In peacetime, news of someone dying due to a duel is heard from time to time, but this kind of thing doesn't often happen in the army.Because Marquis Wu was afraid that a duel in the army would affect military discipline, he ordered that if someone fought a duel, regardless of the reason, the loser and his subordinates would be demoted to one rank.Although this kind of treatment seems unreasonable, it makes people think more before a duel, because if a person wants to fight a duel, he is not only responsible for his own reputation and official position. Impulsively, I pulled out the knife, which means a challenge.But if you want me to take back the knife, I will never do it.I said: "General Pu, I don't want to fight you, I just hope you can save me." He grinned grinningly and said: "The face has been given to you. If I don't fight with you now, my brother will only say that I am afraid of you, so where will I put my face? Brothers, clear the place and give General Chu a piece of paper." Soft armor. Look at him like a reader." All his subordinates laughed, and a soldier took off his leather armor and handed it to me.I was a little surprised and said: "General Pu, do you really want to fight me?" Pu Anli said: "It's not that I want to fight with you, it's you who want to fight with me. Now stop talking nonsense and prepare quickly." His men spread out left and right, leaving a space on the city wall, and she was standing by the battlements between two soldiers, looking at us.I held the knife in both hands and said, "General Pu..." He shouted: "Don't give it to my mother-in-law, if you don't wear leather armor, I will attack you too." I know that the current situation is like an arrow on the string, and it is irreversible.I put the knife on the ground and put on the leather armor in silence. The figure of that person is almost the same as mine, but thinner than me, and the leather armor is a little tight.After I tied the thread on the leather armor, I said, "General Pu, I'm sorry." In the military academy, the martial arts class has three majors: the art of war, equipment and boxing.Among the weapons, there are mainly two types, the spear on the horse and the knife on the foot, and the duel is also divided into two types: the horse and the horse.My immediate skills are not the strongest. In the five-year military academy, there is an annual exam every year.Among the graduates of that class, I was always only around 20 in the annual examination of spear skills, but I had won the second place twice in Bu Xia Dao skills.Bu Anli is just the opposite of me. He never ranks in the top ten in the annual test of spear skills, but always ranks below ten in sword skills.In the military academy, I also had a swordsmanship competition with him, and he fought three times, but he didn't win a single one.His saber technique is completely power-based, although the saber technique is fast, it does not turn well.What is his intention to abandon his strengths? Now I can't help myself to think too much, Pu Anli stopped drinking, and the person was crushed like a black tower.I watched his saber movement, and when he rushed over, I blocked his saber. With a sound of "Dang", the two knives met, and sparks burst out.Although his saber is not as good as my Baipi Dao, it can be blocked as much as possible.I only felt a numbness in my arm, and a shock all over my body. His strength is actually so great! I can't help being a little surprised.Although I know that Bu Anli's strength is extraordinary in the army, I am confident that I can stop it.But now his strength is so great, maybe it's because of killing too many people and training it.Although I also exercise regularly, it pales in comparison to him. He was still pressing down, and I jumped back, and I had already jumped three or four steps away, and I couldn't help but feel a little timid. He smiled hey, and strode forward.His aura was really overwhelming, I was almost out of breath under his pressure. He must have a weakness! I tried my best to find the flaws in his figure.If I lose, not only will I lose my position as a centurion, but Qi Lie and the others will also follow me and downgrade.Even for the more than 80 brothers under me, I will never be defeated! When Bu Anli came over, I gritted my teeth, but I couldn't stand him steady, so I rushed on him. Last time he attacked, this time it's my turn. I rushed to Bu Anli, but he remained motionless as if unconscious.When my knife hit his chest, his hand suddenly softened, and he suddenly swung the knife in his chest across his chest.As soon as my knife touched his knife, his whole body rushed forward suddenly, I only felt a strong attack, and the knife in my hand almost fell out.But he didn't wait for me to change his moves. He flipped the knife on his chest, suppressed my knife, and pushed along my knife. If I don't give up the knife, my fingers will definitely be cut off by him. I gritted my teeth, but my hand was much faster. I released the knife with my right hand and pulled it out from his knife.His knife was pressing down hard, the chest was already wide open, my right hand turned into a fist, and I punched him hard in the chest. This punch was desperate.His saber is coming straight, if my punch is slower and his saber arrives first, then I will not be able to hit him with this punch.But his speed is still not as fast as mine. Although the strength of my punch is not too great, except for the soft armor on his chest, he has no defenses. With a "bang", this punch hit his chest solidly.他一个踉跄，整个身体都向后退去，那刀向胸前一挥，大概要确断我的手。我的右手却已收了回来，又伸到他那刀上，一把抓住了我刚才脱手的百辟刀，这刀只下落了一掌的距离。 这一招实在太快，大概除了蒲安礼，旁人都没看清。他那些下属同时发出一声“可惜”，也许是以为他自己滑了下才让我脱身的，当然不会为我一拳没打倒他叫可惜。 他们的话音未落，我右手的百辟刀已经抽回，顺势用刀尖刺向他胸口。他嘴里断喝一声，人退了一步。他的声音震得我耳朵里直响，我的刀却没有滞涩，已向前逼了一步。 蒲安礼自己也没料到我这把刀如影随形，居然还在跟着他向后退，脸上也有点变色。他脚下又退后了一步，手中的刀却胡乱向上挥来。我右手向后一缩，手已脱开刀柄，已变成拳，在他那刀向上挥个空后，又是一拳打在他胸口。 这一拳正打在刚才同一个地方，他再不能泰然处之了。他变招居然也跟得上我，向上挥个空的那刀又向下挥来。此时我的右手已缩回来抓住刚才脱手的刀，又一刀刺向他胸口，他这一刀“啪”一声又压到我的刀上。 他的下属在一边又震天般齐吼道：“好！”不等他高兴，也不等那些人的叫声消失，我的右手又已弃刀，缩回，化成拳，“砰”一声，不偏不倚，第三次打在他胸口同一个地方。 这一拳他已经受不了了。我的力量虽没他大，可他也不是铁打的，受不了在那么短时间内吃我三拳的。他人向后又退了一步，我的右手又伸到他的刀下，抽回了那把百辟刀，这时他下属们的那声“好”还没叫完，却突然嘎然而止。 我把刀用两手抱在胸前，道：“蒲将军真是好本领，我们不分胜负，就此罢手吧。可还请蒲将军把那女子送给我。” 蒲安礼的脸上白一阵红一阵。他不愿厚着脸皮也和我一样说是不分胜负，可要他明说败绩，只消我告到武侯跟前，只怕更要受到处分。半天，他才道：“你的本领确实好。弟兄们，这女人就让给楚将军吧。” 我扭头看了看她，她刚才一直都在看着我们，现在那两个士兵散去了，她靠在墙上，动也不动。正是黄昏，斜阳烁金，余霞散绮，她的样子倒十分美丽动人，怪不得祈烈会把她送给我吧。我不禁心头一动，收刀入鞘，向她走去，伸出了手来道：“来，跟我走吧。” 她象看见鬼一样，叫道：“别碰我！” 我怔了怔，只道她还有点拉不下面子，笑道：“别害怕，现在你是我的人了。” 她双手在墙头一按，人轻盈地跃上了雉堞。她穿着帝国军平时穿的那种长袍，倒显得姿态美妙之极。我正想再安慰她一句什么，她站在雉堞上，大声道：“不，我不是你的，我是自由的！” 她喊着，人向外一跃，已象飞鸟一样向城下扑去。我大吃一惊，道：“别做傻事！”人冲了过去，却哪里来得及？ 在人们的惊呼中，她象一只被折断翅膀的鸟一般，落下十几丈高的城头，身上，犹带着夕阳的余晖。