Chapter 410
The setting sun painted the sky a deep amber . The sky gradually darkened, but the torches on the city walls had not yet been lit .
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Jiang Pengji and the troops waited in ambush outside the city walls, patiently looking for an opportunity to attack . Everyone felt as though a storm was brewing .
Although Meng Hun looked cold, he was kind-hearted and gentle . The troops dared to joke with him after completing their own training tasks, so the overall atmosphere was not too tense . However, Jiang Pengji was the leader . She did not say anything redundant, nor did she deliberately show that she was in charge . All she had to do was scan the troops with her cool eyes . From her look alone, they would straighten their bodies and become uncontrollably nervous .
After receiving her glare, a troop member regained his senses and was shocked to find that his palms were sweating . It was true that different generals raised different soldiers .
Jiang Pengji looked up at the sky . The moon was not too bright .
“Stay here . I’ll attack the sentinels on the tower . Be careful––don’t expose yourselves . ” Jiang Pengji measured the distance between where she was and the city wall with her eyes . She began to map out the safest route in her mind . Her black eyeballs lit up .
The troops wanted to stop her, and Meng Hun disapproved of it . After all, it was too dangerous .
As Jiang Pengji’s private troops, they could not let Jiang Pengji be harmed in any way––even if that meant that most of them had to die .
Jiang Pengji glanced at everyone and smirked . “Observe closely . As troops of the Liu family, you should know what to do . A true picked troop member isn’t qualified just by simply shooting improved arrows . ”
She gathered two bundles of ropes, then headed towards the tower . She moved swiftly, lightly, and so fast that she left her troops speechless .
She was like the most dexterous black cat, weaving her way freely through the darkening shadows .
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Upon seeing her risky behavior, the troops held their breaths nervously . Their hearts hung in their throats .
The troops did not expose themselves; they had undergone years of system training, so they were very skilled .
Jiang Pengji rushed to the city gate with ease . Both of her hands accurately found the leverage point . She stuck to the wall like a gecko and climbed up it easily . After a short while, she was halfway up . Her troops stared at her in bewilderment .
They could only see a black ball of shadows moving up the city wall because they were a bit far . However, there was no doubt that the shadow was their Langjun . Although most of the city walls were made of sand and stone, they were not smooth and seamless . It was very difficult to climb them as easily as she did . It was as if she was walking upon flat ground . The troops widened their eyes anxiously . Even the audience in the streaming room did not dare to use the bullet screens .
Many skilled rock climbers in the modern era could have climbed up the city wall of the Xiangyang District… But it was now a battlefield . If she was discovered by the enemy, she would have holes all over her body from flying arrows . Who could retain their composure and act normal under such high pressure?
The city walls of the Xiangyang District were a lot lower than those of Shangjing City, and the bricks were not layered as neatly and opulently . Jiang Pengji hardly used any energy .
A member of the Tsing Yi Army, who was standing guard nearby, yawned . Two drops of physiological tears rolled down from his eyes . He had yet to shut his mouth when a hint of coolness flashed across his neck . He was dead before the pain even reached his brain .
After Jiang Pengji killed the member of the Tsing Yi Army, she climbed over the wall and hurled him down the tower .
Poof… The body fell down the city wall .
Beneath the tower was mud and lush greenery . The body landing on the ground hardly produced a sound .
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The Tsing Yi Army member had been standing guard for a long time, so his neural reflex was slower .
Jiang Pengji stepped on the city wall and drew a longbow . She nocked three arrows, instantly drawing them full .
Poof… Poof… Poof…
The three arrows seemed to go off simultaneously . The arrows penetrated the necks of the Tsing Yi Army members from the side, piercing their tracheas . The three bodies of the Tsing Yi Army members collapsed . They did not make a single sound before they died, but the sound of the corpses collapsing alarmed the other Tsing Yi soldiersArmy members standing guard .
Jiang Pengji rolled over and hid in the shadows formed by the walls . It was even darker there than in other places .
“What was that sound? Who––” Due to the darkening night sky, he could not see what happened clearly . He only realized that the figure that was three feet away from him had disappeared .
Something fell from the sentry tower when he took a step forward . He carefully widened his eyes, and there was a pain in his throat . An arrow appeared in front of him . He had yet to process how the arrow appeared before everything went black and he felt dizzy .
Jiang Pengji thought, There are not many of them on the sentry tower…
She swiftly killed the two sentinels on the sentry tower . Then, she dealt with the Tsing Yi soldiersArmy members on the city walls with ease .
Jiang Pengji’s brain was like a high-speed instrument, calmly calculating and analyzing the enemies nearby and their locations . How quickly she killed them was even more shocking .
Soon, every member of the Tsing Yi Army on the wall was dead . A viewer in the streaming room counted the number of dead bodies, and the fine hair on his body stood on end .
Jiang Pengji’s breathing was steady . It was not noticeable that she had just killed more than 40 people by herself .
She tied two ropes onto the pilaster and released them . At that moment, the troops fell into action . They climbed up the wall quickly .
Jiang Pengji could only carry a limited number of ropes, so the troops bundled and released new ropes as they reached the top of the wall .
More than 200 troops made it up the wall quickly .
The sun had set completely . After another 15 minutes, the people on duty would be relieved, and the torches would be lit .
Jiang Pengji made a few signals with her hands, and the troops understood her tacitly .
She did not use the stairs to descend from the wall . She directly pulled a rope and quickly landed on the ground in the shadows .
“Oh…” There was a short and light crooning sound as Jiang Pengji broke the necks of the unarmed guards at the city gate . She hid their bodies in the shadows of the city pits .
She opened the bolt on the gate and let the rest of the troops in .
Due to the atrocities of the Tsing Yi Army, the people of the city did not dare to go out at night . They were afraid they would be killed if they ran into the rioters . The streets were desolate .
There were tens of thousands of members of the Tsing Yi Army in the Xiangyang District, but they were split up in order to cover the various city gates . The personnel was scattered; they could not assemble immediately, and they were not a threat .
Jiang Pengji entered the city, her troops following behind .
Of course, the ease did not mean that the siege would go smoothly .
“Follow my lead!” Jiang Pengji waved her hand and planned to directly besiege the district headquarters of the Xiangyang District .
After they left the city gate, members of the Tsing Yi Army finally noticed the corpses on the city wall and the rope on the pilaster .
“An attack from the enemy has been discovered at the west city gate!…”
A terrifying scream broke the silence of the night . When the Tsing Yi Army rushed to the west city gate, Jiang Pengji and the troops had already branched out into two flanks . A massacre was about to begin .