Age of Heroes, 10-game winning streak

No one knows how long the capital can hold out.

But I know that I can never retreat from now on.

If we continue to retreat, we will have to retreat all the way back to Jiangnan.

Therefore, everyone has different psychological expectations on how to defend the capital and how long they can defend it.

Whether it is the civilians, the military, the staff of the Ten Departments of Daxia, the senior leadership team, or the canonized saints... everyone is under a lot of pressure.

The human heart is shallow and complex.

Even Ao Xuanyue felt the pressure, let alone others.

She knew Bai Yu much better than anyone else. She had watched him rise to the position of a genius step by step. She should have had enough confidence in this young man and believed that he could defeat the powerful enemy that even Luohou could not defeat.

She could only force herself to believe, otherwise she would not have been able to hold on until now.

But the women in front of me are different. They can talk and laugh not because the pressure they bear is less than others, but because they have hope in their hearts.

They believed in Bai Yu from the bottom of their hearts, and as long as he was there, the sky would not fall.

Ao Xuanyue originally thought that this trust would eventually be completely eroded as the situation worsened.

But at this time, the battle line had already reached the front of the capital, but they were still the same as before, not showing any signs of nervousness, but instead were talking and laughing.

So she felt very envious.

"Xuan Yue, now that you are here, don't leave." Su Ruo immediately grabbed her good friend's wrist and said, "Come on, let's make dumplings together."

"It's not dumplings, it's Yuanxiao." Su Ruoli corrected.

"It's all the same."

"Oh, yes, today is the Lantern Festival..." Ao Xuanyue suddenly realized that since entering the battlefield, it is difficult to have free time for the festival.

"Hurry up and wrap it. I'm waiting to eat it." Tao Rusu looked like he was not going to do it.

"Let me teach you. Yuanxiao is very simple."

Amemiya Mahiru had already prepared the materials.

The women sat around the table, chatting about everyday things while starting to make Yuanxiao.

On cold winter days, the courtyard here is a little warmer.

……

Zhonghu Courtyard.

Miu Tianji stopped several people outside the yard.

He glanced at the newcomers calmly, raised his hand to stop them, and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, don't rush in."

The visitor glanced at Miu Tianji and said unhappily, "Old man, what do you mean by this?"

"Nothing special, just asking what you guys want."

"We are all here, what else could we be here for?" An old man with a white beard asked calmly, "Is your eyesight so poor?"

"Don't you old guys all cherish your reputation?" Miu Tianji asked bluntly, "Before you go in and disturb the adults, I'll make it clear - do you really intend to fight to the death here, or are you just going through the motions?"

Several people had different expressions.

One of them glared at him and said, "If the capital is destroyed, Daxia will be destroyed. How could we come here to gain fame? If we lose our country, what's the point of keeping this reputation?"

Miu Tianji sneered, "Why didn't you come earlier? If you had reported here three months in advance, I can be sure that the battle line would not reach the capital in another month."

Another person said: "It's useless to say this now. We have also wasted a lot of time."

"If you want to report, go to the military camp, or just find a place to stay on the city wall." Miao Tianji waved his hand directly: "Don't come here to find trouble."

Several people looked at each other and left.

Miu Tianji stood at the gate of the yard, and his domineering demeanor calmed down.

"Are they all gone?" A low voice came from the courtyard behind, and it sounded like a seriously ill patient gasping for breath.

"It's okay, no one will come in." Miao Tianji comforted him, "Don't worry, I'll guard the door."

“I should still meet them.”

"We can't meet at this time. If you are so weak, it will shake the mentality of these people... They are not peerless. If they really can't hold on, they may be the first to escape, so we can't gamble."

Da Xia in the courtyard no longer insisted. After a moment, she asked in a low voice: "Where is the little guy?"

"Not awake yet."

"It seems that we need to find a time to transfer him out."

"Can……"

"It's okay. I'm mentally prepared."

The woman in the courtyard caught a fallen leaf and said in a gentle and calm voice: "I can die, Daxia can perish, if I have to burn myself to continue civilization, I will also happily go to the fire... But the child should stay, he is the fire we want to leave for this world's civilization, as long as he is here, everything can start over again."

Outside the door, Miu Tianji bent down deeply, lowered his head, and remained silent, his voice as soft as ice flowing down a spring.

……

At the same time, at the gate of Beijing.

Many people are leaving the city and heading south with their families.

Vehicles are flowing and the highway is blocked.

Most of those who left were young people, while the elderly were reluctant to leave.

Having lived in the capital for their entire lives, how could they bear to leave just like that? Even if the capital were to be destroyed, they would rather die at home.

Three miles outside the city.

"Okay, let's just send it here." A young woman held the young man's hand and said softly, "If we send it any further, we will reach the south."

The young man held the woman's hand, remained silent for a long time, and asked: "Did I make you wait too long? Even in the end, I just hurriedly got the marriage certificate with you. I know I am very selfish, even if you scold me a few words."

The unremarkable woman looked calmly at the man in front of her and reached out to pinch his nose.

"When have you ever listened to me? It's been like this since I was little... When I was little, I hoped you would study hard, but you spent all day wielding swords; when you went to school, I hoped you would find a class to attend, but you went out to make a living; later, I hoped you would come back to see me, but you were gone for ten years; then, I almost forgot about you, but you became famous all over the world; then, I hoped you wouldn't come to find me again, but you still found me; I hoped you wouldn't say you loved me, but you still said it."

The woman sighed: "What else can I do except marry you?"

The young man was embarrassed and apologized in a low voice.

The ordinary girl continued, "However, I don't regret meeting you. It's just that I'm too ordinary, so I often feel uneasy and scared... When I was a child, I was afraid that you would fight all day and get hurt; when I went to school, I was afraid that you would be illiterate and not study well; later, I was afraid that you would forget me; then I was afraid that I would forget you; then, I was afraid to see you again... If you lose something without ever having it, it might not be so sad."

She reached out her hand and gently hugged the man, her voice calm but with unshakable affection and strength.

"But now I'm not afraid anymore, Ren Nanbei. I'm not afraid of being your wife, nor am I afraid of being a widow to you."

Ren Nanbei hugged the woman tightly... They were actually seven or eight years apart in age, but his wife had a baby face and looked younger. It was more like an sister-brother relationship than a childhood sweetheart.

In the past, Ren Nanbei was always worried that the other party would not accept it, and was also worried about other people's opinions, but now he can let it go.

He buried his head in the other person's hair, took a deep breath, and from then on he had endless courage to face an ending that might be tragic or brutal.

……

In the capital city.

An elderly couple opened the door and walked into a new courtyard.

Shang Ming'e's eyes lit up: "Wow, it's so spacious? It's my favorite courtyard house. How much did you pay for it?"

"It's not that much." Su Haoran said with a smile: "You have long said that you want a house closer to the children, and I have been looking for one for a long time. It just so happens that the housing prices in Beijing have dropped a lot recently, so I bought one."

"Let's move."

"Now?"

"Move now!" Shang Ming'e said with a smile, "The sooner the better."

"Okay, okay, I'll listen to you." Father Su nodded, his eyes calm and his expression indifferent.

They will not leave the capital.

It’s not that I can’t bear to leave here, but my children are all in Beijing. As parents, why would they leave?

No matter where or when, the family should be reunited.

……

Martial Saint Pavilion.

Hua Jianlei lit a stick of incense, placed it in front of the spirit tablet in the Wusheng Pavilion, and watched the incense burn.

In just a few months, she was the only one left out of the four Martial Saints in the Martial Saint Pavilion.

Huo Qiu Shui and Yan Wuji died one after another, Ying Sheng was seriously injured and dying...but she was the one who escaped death.

In the empty Martial Saint Pavilion, there were not even a few disciples to be seen, as they had all gone to the front lines.

Today is the Lantern Festival. After a temporary call, we found that among the ten true disciples and inner disciples, only three or four are alive.

The number of spirit tablets became larger and larger, and many people's bodies were not brought back. Only a few relics were left, which could barely be used as a cenotaph.

After everyone had burned incense and left, in the empty mourning hall, the Flower Saint, who always gave people a lively and cheerful feeling, suddenly covered his heart, mouth and nose, and burst into tears.

……

That night.

Thirty miles outside the capital.

In a field of wild grass, Tai Sui stood on a commanding height and looked towards the direction of the capital city, which was brightly lit and colorful.

Even if they retreated to a corner of the capital, they could not conceal the prosperity of this place. Even if only one in ten people were left, it was still the capital of Daxia.

It took him four months to fight his way here.

But he was neither hurried nor slow...he even deliberately slowed down the progress a little.

He knew that there were at least a dozen canonized saints gathered in the capital, and it would not be easy to take it down.

But no amount of canonization can stop the process of destruction.

Luohou can guard the human world alone for a thousand years.

Without Luohu, China is in such a state of disarray.

However, Bai Yujing, who was regarded as his lifelong enemy, has been missing till now, and he may not be in that city.

At this time, Tai Sui was quite absent-minded. He did not have any lofty ambitions. Instead, he looked towards the direction of the capital city, feeling a little desolate and lonely.

A war without an opponent is nothing but a massacre.

"That's all..."

Tai Sui raised his hand, and the demons under his command received the order and temporarily stopped their day and night advances.

The night battle and siege of the city were supposed to begin in three hours at most.

Tai Sui called a halt to the night battle and asked the vanguard to wait for the follow-up army.

"I'll let you have a good Lantern Festival tonight."

"I will send you to the underground for a reunion tomorrow."

Chapter 918: Magnificent Chaotianque, Long Night)

Its daybreak.

The sunlight surged in like a tide, illuminating the capital city.

Thirty miles outside the capital, countless defensive fortifications have already been densely arranged, including trenches, mines, fortresses, formations, etc.

At daybreak, many people had already climbed to the top of the city wall.

As a type of defensive fortification, city walls can still play a greater role in the hands of powerful formation masters. They can not only be strengthened by fortifications, but also mobilize the power of the earth veins to maintain defense.

So, it is not just a decoration.

In this era, offense has not completely overwhelmed defense; but if you want to win, you still need to punch.

At this moment, the group of people standing on the city wall are, without exception, the strongest people in Daxia today, and they are all famous people in the world.

Looking from left to right...