Aoyama

Chapter 274 Siege
The sounds of the world seemed to disappear.

Chen Ji stood at the end of the stairs, wielding his sword like a curtain and sweating profusely. He could no longer hear the shouts and cries of the Tian Ce Army. The only sound in this world was his heavy breathing.

He forgot how long he had been fighting, but it was a long time anyway. It was so long that his arms were sore and his palms were numb, and it was so long that all his strength was almost drained away, and he wanted to close his eyes and have a good sleep.

There were two levels of corpses stacked in the inn, and the blood covered the soles of the shoes. The soldiers of the Tian Ce Army made sticky sounds when they stepped on them, and the stairs also became sticky and slippery.

The armored soldier of the Tian Ce Army chopped at him with a sword, and Chen Ji counterattacked with a sword.

The blade of the whale knife pressed against the opponent's blade, rubbing against each other to produce sparks of fire, and cleanly cut through the skin, flesh, and bones of the neck.

Qi Chenzhuo saw that he was tired and immediately shouted, "Take a break, I'll do it!"

Chen Ji looked at him silently and took a step back to the left.

Just as Qi Chengzhuo was about to take the lead, a member of the Tian Ce Army suddenly flew over. What they were waiting for was the moment when Chen Ji was exhausted!
Qi Zhuozhuo swung his sword to deflect the knife swung by the Tian Ce army soldier, and then chopped the Tian Ce army soldier on the shoulder.

But that day, the armored soldier of the Tiance Army threw away his sword like a mad dog, put his hands on Qi Zhuozhuo's waist, and tried to push him away with brute force to get out of the stairs.

Qi Chengzhuo wanted to draw his sword and strike again, but the blade was stuck by the muscles, bones and armor of the Tian Ce Army soldiers.

"Ah!" Qi Zhunzhuo yelled in panic.

Before Chen Ji had time to catch his breath, he slashed upward with his knife, cutting off the arms of the Tian Ce Army soldier.

After Qi Chengzhuo broke free from his restraints, he retreated in panic and watched Chen Ji gasping for breath as he climbed back into the gap.

As he watched, he felt that it was not difficult for Chen Ji to guard the narrow staircase as he only had to face one person at a time.

But at this moment he realized that Chen Ji had actually killed everyone with his sword, which prevented these fearless soldiers from finding any chance.

Some people and some things are like mountains. They seem ordinary when viewed from a distance, but only when you stand at the foot of the mountain can you realize how majestic they are.

Qi Chenzhuo said with an embarrassed look: "I just want to help you..."

Chen Ji turned his back to him and panted, "Go and guard the window."

In the main hall, a Tian Ce Army soldier, leaning on a heavy sword and wearing a black pheasant tail on his head, was holding a jar of wine and drinking it sip by sip, his eyes fixed on Chen Ji.

The next moment, just as Chen Ji was about to kill another Tian Ce Army soldier, he threw the wine jar in his hand out.

The wine jar as big as a head whizzed away and headed straight for Chen Ji's face.

Chen Ji had no choice but to dodge sideways, leaving his flaws exposed.

The Tian Ce Army soldiers on the stairs saw that he was unable to come to his rescue and immediately swung their swords like crazy. At the critical moment, the black sword in the pattern on Chen Ji's waist flew out from the seam of his clothes and flew past the soldier's neck lightly.

With a thud, the strength of the soldier who had rushed over was drained away, and he fell softly on the stairs, and then rolled into the main hall.

Chen Ji didn't want to use the sword type, only because there was a huge mountain called "Martial Temple" behind this sword type...but he had no choice.

The soldier holding the sword in the main hall originally thought that this attack would create a gap, but he did not expect that the soldier under his command would die in unclear circumstances.

The soldier's body blocked his view, so he didn't see clearly what was hurting him secretly. When the body fell, he squatted beside it and ran his fingers across the neck of the body. The fine wound looked like it was caused by a sword, but the young man upstairs clearly used a knife.

He narrowed his eyes slightly and looked up, but could no longer see any clues.

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In the backyard of the inn, more than a dozen Tian Ce Army soldiers wasted no time looking for ladders. Some quietly took off their heavy armor and went into battle lightly, while others squatted down in layers to form a human ladder, easily carrying two colleagues who had taken off their armor to the second floor.

The Tiance Army soldier who was lifted up grabbed the edge of the window sill with one hand and shouted: "Get up!"

The stacked soldiers under his feet suddenly stood up, lifted him up and let him lean half of his body out of the window. He didn't care if there was anyone behind the window, and slashed inside with his knife.

It would be best if this knife hits someone, but if it doesn't, you can avoid being ambushed.

However, surprisingly, the knife did not hit empty air, but seemed to have cut into a ball of soft and sticky yellow mud.

When he looked closely, he saw a monster with black smoke all over its body standing in the room in front of him. It suddenly opened its bloody mouth from the chest and abdomen!
In an instant, Taotie swallowed half of his body in one gulp, and blood poured down from the sky, soaking the soldiers under the ladder in blood.

The soldiers below suddenly looked up, only to see that their colleague, whom they were holding up, had been swallowed by the monster from the waist up.

Someone saw Taotie and said in surprise: "Taotie! Mandala Seal?" At this time, another soldier not far away also leaned out and tried to climb into the next window, and happened to meet Qi Chenzhuo. Qi Chenzhuo contained his anger in his sword and killed him with one sword.

The Tian Ce Army downstairs abandoned the bodies of their colleagues and showed no intention of retreating. They lifted up two people and launched a feint attack again.

At the same time, a soldier of the Tian Ce Army with a black pheasant tail on his helmet and a broadsword in his mouth climbed up silently.

With no one to support him, he just casually grabbed with his thick fingers, and the bricks and stones of the inn's wall were torn into several holes like tofu. He actually made a "road" on the wall with his bare hands!

He approached the window silently like a gecko, and just when Qi was about to kill another Tian Ce soldier, he leaped with all his might!
The soldier opened his mouth while in the air, and the machete fell into his hand.

The sword suddenly appeared!
Qi Zhuozhuo had just exhausted all his strength in one sword strike and could only hastily turn his hand back to block.

when!
Qi Zhuozhu was startled, and subconsciously raised his hand to look, only to find that the sword in his hand had been cut off by the opponent's sword. His hair stood on end, and his whole body was chilled!
He used to think that the Yulin Army was called the Dandy Army because of their background.

It was not until this moment that he finally understood why the three imperial camps looked down on him.

Qi Chenzhuo quickly retreated and watched the Tiance Army soldiers rush into the house one after another: "Chen Ji, someone broke in, save me!"

Chen Ji dragged his tired body and stabbed the soldier in front of him with a knife. Turning back, he saw Qi Zhuo quickly leaving Room No. Dizixu.

He shouted, "Zhang Xia, go to the third floor!"

After saying that, he raised the whale knife with both hands and slashed at the stairs in front of him, but failed to cut through them.

A soldier rushed forward, and he forced him back with a knife, then swung the knife towards the stairs!
The wooden stairs could not bear the weight and creaked, dragging more than a dozen soldiers on the stairs down together, and the entrance of the stairs became a "cliff".

Chen Ji was about to block the door of Room No. 1, but he heard the armored soldier in the main hall holding a heavy sword slowly say: "Young man, what's the point of serving those southerners? They look down on warriors. We northerners are different. If you surrender to our Tiance Army, you will be granted the title of Hereditary Marquis. When the father dies, the son inherits, and when the elder brother dies, the younger brother inherits. That is wealth and glory for several generations."

Qi Chenzhuo panicked when he heard this: "Chen Ji, don't listen to his nonsense. Once you surrender and get tattooed on your face, you will always be inferior to others! After returning to Beijing, I will betroth my sister to you, and you can still live a life of wealth and glory!"

Chen Ji glanced at him indifferently, picked up his knife and rushed to the door of Room No. 10, "Take everyone to the third floor, and go to the roof from Room No. 10 to delay time, as long as you can."

Upon hearing this, Qi Chenzhuo immediately protected the prince and ran upstairs.

In another Dizi room, Xiaoman pulled Zhang Xia and Zhang Zheng upstairs. Chen Wenxiao hurriedly said, "Don't go. You have to stay here to stop those Jingchao thieves. When we return to Beijing, I will promote you to a first-class maid and increase your monthly salary by five taels of silver!"

Xiao Man walked away while sneering, "Who cares? I am the young master's maid, and I won't listen to you. Forget being a first-class maid, I can't even be your mother!"

Chen Wenxiao roared, "Bitch!"

Xiaoman ignored him and ran out without looking back.

When she went out, the little girl rolled her eyes and closed the door casually!
Chen Wenxiao's eyes were red with anger, and he quickly opened the door and followed.

Chen Wenzong supported Liang and helped his mother hold up her clothes.

When Chen Liqin was going out, he tripped over the charcoal brazier on the ground. Seeing that another Tian Ce Army soldier had already stuck his head out of the window, Wang Gui, who had already run halfway to the stairs, gritted his teeth, turned around, carried Chen Liqin on his back and ran upstairs.

For Wang Gui, wealth and honor are achieved through risk. If Chen Ji can't be defended, everyone will die anyway, so he might as well take a big gamble!
It would be fine if we all died together, but if we really survived, it would be a life-saving grace!
When everyone ran to the third floor, Chen Ji made a feint attack with his sword to force back the Tiance Army soldiers, and then flew back up the stairs. He chopped off all the wooden stairs, leaving the Tiance Army with no way to escape.

Seeing this, the soldiers of the Tian Ce Army turned around and ran towards the window. They held their machetes in their mouths and climbed to the third floor with their bare hands.

Longmen Inn is an octagonal building with windows on all sides that are defenseless. Once a gap is opened, the entire floor will fall.

Room No. 1 in Tianzi was originally where Chen Ji and others lived. When Hong Xiuzhao's killer attacked, Chen Ji used his whale knife to cut a crack in the room.

Zhang Xia and Xiao Man brought the table and chairs and stacked them together. Chen Wenxiao was about to climb up, but Xiao Man grabbed his collar and pushed him away: "Get out of the way, Sister Xia goes first."

Zhang Xia did not hesitate and climbed onto the roof through the crack using a chair.

Zhang Zheng, the prince, Qi Chenzhuo, Chen Liqin, Liang, Chen Wenzong, Chen Wenxiao, none of them were left behind, only Xiaoman and Wang Gui were left at the end.

Zhang Xia poked his head out from the crack, stretched out a hand, and called out loudly: "Xiao Man, what are you doing? Come up quickly!"

Xiaoman hesitated for a moment, but finally shook her head: "No, I promised my aunt that I would protect the young master. He must live to marry a daughter of a noble family!"

Zhang Xia was stunned.

At this time, Wang Gui had just climbed onto the chair and was about to climb onto the roof. Xiaoman rolled her eyes, kicked over the table, turned around and ran out.

Wang Gui fell heavily to the ground with a cry, holding his waist in pain and unable to stand up.

(End of this chapter)