"Probably the latter." Hong Miao thought.
She looked at Xi Heng for a long time, and finally sighed slightly.
"Junior sister, you are really weird."
"Really?" Xi Heng felt that he was just a normal person who had experienced a lot.
She was not mentally disturbed like a mental patient, nor did she have any strange psychological habits.
"I have seen many strange people, but none of them can match you."
“This statement is too exaggerated.”
Xi Heng wanted to refute that she was not a weird person.
But the senior sister didn't say anything more. She stood up with the help of the cushion under the seat, hung the sword covered with layers of poison behind her, walked around Xi Heng with steady steps, and walked out of the room.
"The Tianliang Army will attack the city soon. You and I will go outside the city and wait for an opportunity to attack."
"Okay." Xi Heng naturally followed.
Compared to Senior Sister Hong Miao's rigorous preparations before the battle, she was as casual as ever.
"Be careful." Seeing her like this, Hong Miao couldn't help but remind her.
"Senior Sister, you don't have to worry about me." Xi Heng chuckled.
The two men, holding two swords, walked against the flow of people who were still fleeing in panic on the street.
……
Chapter 54: Hidden Sword Shadow
Under the dense dark clouds, as the time slowly moved towards the early night, the sky seemed to become increasingly darker.
There is no moon or light tonight, and the fine snow keeps falling.
Outside the thick city walls, in the Tianliang military camp, clusters of fires were burning, emitting surging light that illuminated the ground covered with fine snow. The flames that shot up into the sky flickered constantly in the cold wind of the snowy night.
Pillars of fire shot up into the sky, giving the dark clouds a faint orange tint.
Groups of Tianliang rebels, wearing simple and thin clothes and holding crude weapons, crowded around clusters of fires. They even had very few tents for marching, which could not withstand the wind and snow.
Therefore, the Tianliang Army outside could not fight the officers and soldiers in the city head-on in this winter, nor could they wait for other major cities of Da Zhao to send troops to assist Jinshi, so they had to attack the city as soon as possible.
The sturdy siege ladders have been tied up, and tonight is the time to attack the city.
The heavy drumbeats made countless soldiers who had been sitting and resting for a long time stand up slowly, and gathered together, each holding a spear, a machete, or a farm pitchfork and hoe.
Although the weapons and equipment of the Tianliang Army were mostly simple, there was some order inexplicably. There was no chaos when the troops were mobilized. The spearmen, broadswords and wooden shield soldiers were lined up in rows, and it was obvious that they had all received training.
At this moment, Xi Heng and his senior sister had already reached the rear of the Tianliang Army, in a small woods not far from the elite camp.
It was a very dark night today, and most people in troubled times suffered from night blindness due to malnutrition. It was good enough to be able to see ten meters clearly in the dead of night, let alone notice the two of them hiding in the bushes.
Even though there were many guards patrolling with torches and lanterns around the military camp, it was extremely difficult to spot them.
"Sister, Tianliang has already mobilized the troops. The person we want to assassinate may have already gone to the front line to participate in the siege. Should we still hide here? Wait until he comes back from the siege to clean up the camp and then kill him?"
Xi Heng only now realized that being an assassin was not as interesting as he had imagined.
Because during the assassination, the most common thing an assassin does is not to chop off people's heads, nor to lay out extremely careful and rigorous plans to plot to lead the enemy to death step by step.
Instead, wait.
The crudest, simplest and most effective method is to wait until the opportunity arises.
If there is no opportunity, just keep waiting.
However, Xi Heng's impatient nature made him unbearable.
"Liang Mangchen is a coward who is greedy for life and afraid of death. He is also in charge of military equipment and logistics. In such a big battle, he will definitely retreat to the rear... He is now either discussing military affairs in Fang Tiande's camp, or in the front of the Green Flag Army camp responsible for guarding logistics." Hong Miao said calmly:
"However, even if he is in the main camp now, he will come back sooner or later. You and I just need to wait for him."
The more tense the moment becomes, the calmer Senior Sister Hong Miao becomes.
With the help of the firelight in the camp ahead, Xi Heng saw many elite soldiers wearing layered paper armor and holding standard broadswords forming arrays and trotting towards the front line.
After waiting for another ten minutes, more and more soldiers left.
But even so, there are still hundreds of guards and patrol troops wandering around.
There was food stored in this camp, so the security was quite alert, and some elite soldiers were also left here.
Moreover, according to Senior Sister Hong Miao, the Tianliang Army and the Huangmeishan Army have long been in contact, and high-ranking officials and generals will be accompanied by one or two martial arts masters as guards.
As for the so-called Liang Mangchen, he was a dark force warrior several years ago, and maybe he has already mastered the dark force now.
If he hadn't waited for a good enough opportunity for this assassination, he would have probably lost his life if he had acted hastily.
……
The cold wind whistled continuously in my ears. The snow was getting heavier. The cold wind made the surrounding leaves rustle, and blew over the torches in the camp. The flames flickered and swayed, and seemed to be going out.
The troops left the camp one after another, and the campfires went out one by one. Gradually, only the large tents were left with relatively large sources of light.
From a distance, it looks like a bunch of dim lanterns hanging together.
The torches held by the patrolling soldiers were unable to illuminate due to the cold wind, and even the lanterns they were holding were swaying.
Seeing that the range of these people's vision was shrinking, Xi Heng suggested quietly, "Why don't we slowly assassinate these patrolling soldiers first?"
"Don't alert the enemy. Today, you and I are here to assassinate him in the chaos, not to attack the camp." Hong Miao retorted.
"As long as no one finds out."
Xi Heng pouted.
"If there are so many fewer patrolmen, they will be discovered eventually."
Hong Miao had no choice but to explain, and she felt that this junior sister was too straightforward.
"Oh……"
From the direction of the distant city wall, where the Tianliang army gathered, the sound of rough and unpolished wheels rolling gradually came, squeaking and harsh.
The heavy war drums sounded, and on the city walls, the shouts of the soldiers defending the city could be heard from afar, as if they were giving orders to draw their bows and release their arrows.
Xi Heng really wanted to see the specific siege scene with his own eyes, but the assassination at hand was more important than seeing the scenery.
There were more and more flames on the battlefield, and the sound of catapults being fired sounded like the heavy notes of a piano.
The tumbling boulders hit the city walls or the top of the city, making a loud bang.
Amid the roar, one could faintly hear someone shouting "release the arrows."
The order was passed on by others and spread far away, and each one sounded like an echo.
The raging fire grew bigger and bigger, and at the same time, people's roars and cries of pain began to accumulate in the noise.
The sound of war drums, the voices of orders, the soldiers' courageous roars, and the roaring sounds of boulders falling or kerosene being poured out could be heard one after another.
For a long time without stopping.
After half an hour, Miss Xi Heng, who was hiding in the woods, was almost tired of the noise over there and yawned slowly.
After glancing at Senior Sister Hong Miao who was still staring at the camp intently, Xi Heng knew that he had to continue waiting.
It seems like they just skipped this part and went straight to the murder scene...
Too bad there's no fast forward button.
The girl continued to observe silently.
The front camp was the same as before. As a bell rang in the camp, the soldiers patrolling outside quickly ran back to the camp to replace their posts.
The new patrolmen no longer held torches, but instead carried lanterns that were somewhat windproof.
"Every four incense sticks, the patrol soldiers outside will change shifts..." Senior Sister Hong Miao said nearby.
"Next time when we change shifts, will we just rush in directly?" Xi Heng asked.
"It's still not certain that Liang Mangchen is in the camp, so we need to at least test it out first."
"Then I'll go and try it out."
"Wait a little longer..." Hong Miao rejected Xi Heng's proposal.
"..."
So being a killer is really boring.
Especially in such a cold day, when the assassination needs to be carried out outdoors.
As a dark force warrior, Xi Heng's internal energy and blood can resist the cold, but after all, he was only wearing a thin set of physical clothing, and the coldness blowing on his neck still made him feel a little uncomfortable.
The siege battle not far away had already caused flames to spread all over the sky. The dark clouds in the sky were reflected into a warm red by the raging fire on the ground, and the falling snow reflected the firelight, flickering slightly.
The intensity of the battle has not decreased at all after such a long time, and roars can be heard in the distance.
Suddenly, a firework shot up into the sky from the city wall and exploded in the air.
The flash of fire in the sky illuminated Xi Heng's profile like thunder. Although the fireworks were fleeting, they set off a series of shouts and whistles from the entire Tianliang Army in the next moment.
"Kill your way into Jinshi! Live in a tiled house! Eat the righteous food!"
"Live in a tiled house! Eat voluntary food!"
……
The city walls, which were already shrouded in flames, now became even more chaotic and chaotic. Ladders were built on the towering walls, and ant-sized figures climbed up the ladders one by one.
The guards above drew their bows and arrows and shot at the figure on the ladder without stopping.
The rolling kerosene poured down, causing the figure on the ladder to fall to the ground with a sizzling sound, and then fell into the sea of fire.
The huge rock was lifted up by the guards on the wall, and rolled down the ladder, causing a lot of damage.
At the same time, several tall and rough platforms mounted on wheels were pushed forward by the Tianliang Army. On the platforms were powerful elite soldiers who were holding heavy weapons and shields and wearing full armor.
The crossbowmen were stationed at the bottom of the tower, shooting arrows at the archers guarding the city walls.
The tower slowly rolled to the side of the city wall, and the elite soldiers in heavy armor above risked their lives to jump onto the wall, holding swords and heavy shields, and immediately cleared a space.
The martial arts masters in Jinshi City also came one by one to help. Now that the warriors in the city have not been divided by the Huangmeishan Army, the government and the big families in the inner city maintain contact with the warriors, and naturally invited them to join the war.
As for the Red Line Sword Academy, since only Xi Heng and his senior sister were left, it had an empty name but no substance, and thus avoided the government's call-up.
Another half hour later, Xi Heng saw that the entire Jinshi City was almost in danger. The Tianliang Army sent waves of elite soldiers to charge forward, almost tearing open a gap.
"Aren't you going to take action yet?" She was afraid that after the siege was over and the Tianliang Army returned to the camp, it would be even more difficult to take action.
"Be patient." But the senior sister didn't seem to think so.
"Woo..."
After a while, the patrol soldiers in the camp changed shifts again.
Xi Heng scratched the hilt of the sword at his waist again and again with his right hand, and his palms were already feeling a little hot and itchy.
I thought an assassin was a job that involved finding a place to chop off heads.
But after this battle, Xi Heng's impression of this has changed greatly.
The girl sighed and continued to observe.
She suddenly realized something was wrong and frowned slightly.
“There seem to be fewer patrols.”
"Ah."
"Will there be fewer people as the night gets darker? Or have they been transferred because of something else?"
After asking in a low voice, Xi Heng saw Senior Sister shook her head and answered:
"He was murdered secretly."
"Assassination?"
"Look carefully in that direction."
On the right side of the Hongmiao Agent Camp, there was a patrol team of three people carrying only a small lantern.
