"Don't worry, you won't be asked to follow Liao. Just follow Miss Bai. As for what you are worried about, the streets here are very narrow. Even if there are tens of thousands of enemy troops, the ones in front of the street may only be effective.

a row."

"Twenty versus twenty, our army will not lose. The rear team is listening, and you must obey Miss Bai's orders. From now on, her orders are my orders!"

Zhang Liao confidently raised his halberd and waved it to the side, looking heroic and shouting loudly.

Hearing this, Bai Lili nodded to Zhang Liao and said to the people behind her:

"Well, then please follow me!"

After that, Bai Lili took half of the sergeants and fled to the rear.

Zhang Liao didn't move a step, and the horse beneath her just rubbed its hooves, looking eager to try.

"The remaining soldiers listened to the order and spread out in a long line of snakes in the street! The shield guards are in front and the spearmen are in the back. The terrain here is narrow, and the enemy cannot use it even if there are more people."

"So! Please believe in Liao! Liao will stand on the same front with you until life and death. Here, Liao would like to give you a message from General Gao Shun who fell into the camp."

"Do you know what the slogan of the trapped camp is?!"

Zhang Liao raised the crescent halberd high, and the armor on her body was ignited with flames. At the same time, every inch of her skin was covered with a thin layer of ice.

Her voice is extremely high-pitched, which makes people excited when they hear it.

Infected by Zhang Liao's self-confidence, the troops miraculously stopped the commotion, showed firm expressions, and tightened their weapons.

They were united as one and roared loudly in unison: "The power to charge! There is no way to retreat! The ambition to be trapped! There is death but no life!"

Originally, Li Jue, who was not far away, wanted to use the gap in strength to crush the opponent's morale. After all, all he wanted to do was to stop Zhang Liao's troops.

At first, he saw that most of Zhang Liaojun's people had fled at once, and thought that his suppression strategy was having an effect.

The enemy soldiers saw that the gap in strength was too large, so their morale collapsed and led to a rout.

But if you look closely, you can see that the retreating troops are clearly leaving in an orderly manner.

Moreover, the remaining soldiers even shouted slogans and blocked the front of his troops with very high morale.

After Li Jue saw it, he was completely stunned.

This guy can't really want to break through his letting go with such a small person.

The most outrageous thing is that instead of running away, this guy directly activated his ultimate move as if he was fighting for his life...

"run?"

Zhang Liao opened his lips slightly, raised the corners of his mouth for a moment, raised his head proudly, and said to Li Jue:

"Let me tell you, you made two mistakes in your judgment."

Her eyes narrowed slightly, with a hint of anger in her expression, and she glared at Li Jue.

"First, you should not speak arrogantly and insult the Lord of Liao."

"Second, the number of people means nothing in front of me. Two thousand versus twenty thousand, the advantage is mine!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the crescent halberd struck out from the air.

The water in the air condensed into ice in an instant, and gathered into a swift and fierce attack, attacking Li Jue and his army.

Unprepared, Li Jue had no choice but to raise his sword to resist.

He was safe and sound, but the hundreds of soldiers behind him were frozen into solid ice in an instant...

The crowd was so crowded that the soldiers who were turned into ice blocks only suffered a slight collision and were immediately broken into ice slag.

"If you're not afraid of death, just give it a try!"

Zhang Liao held the crescent halberd tightly with both hands. She seemed very calm on the surface, but her voice was extremely terrifying.

"Interesting, so interesting. You dare to challenge our Xiliang elite soldiers with such a difference in strength. You are so self-righteous and stupid!"

Li Jue glanced angrily at the dead soldiers behind him, raised his hand, and ordered a fierce attack.

At this moment, fierce collisions are taking place in various places, and the situation is changing rapidly.

In a mansion, Li Ru was still calmly closing his eyes and concentrating. On his desk, a chessboard was placed.

Suddenly, the door to his room was opened from the outside.

The shackled legs first stepped into the house from outside the door, then his thin body, and finally, a mask.

"Sir, you are so elegant."

The masked man glanced sideways at the chessboard on the table and said:

"The whole of Chang'an is in chaos. It's really not easy for you to be able to lay out the chessboard so calmly and invite someone here to get together."

Li Ru didn't even raise his head. He just slowly opened his eyes and said with a smile:

"I have underestimated you. Haha, for the sake of this last game of chess, Ru Ke has given up everything and specially invited you to come to my house."

"I see, then come on, I will accompany you in the next game. Sir...which color will you play this time?"

"I have played the black chess piece for so long. This time, I want to try the white chess piece."

"Oh, you're welcome then." The masked man casually took the black chess piece and made his first move in the center of the chessboard.

Without saying a word, Li Ru took the white piece and then went down.

Seeing them playing chess so calmly, no one would believe that these are two people who are stirring up trouble behind the scenes of Chang'an City.

The two played chess very fast, and after a while, the chessboard was filled with chess pieces. On the surface, the white pieces were slightly overwhelming the black pieces, but Li Ru's brows became more and more frowning.

Suddenly, the masked man stopped holding the chess pieces and asked:

"Haha, sir, do you know the meaning of this chess game?"

"Oh~ I'd like to hear the details."

"An ancient book says that the chess pieces are of two colors, black and white on the chessboard, life and death on the battlefield, and good and evil in the human world."

"Now, I hold black and you hold white. Just like today's situation, good and evil are divided into two parts. Good and evil are judged. The ancients said that good and evil are not mutually exclusive. It is not a truth, but a concept. On this chessboard, the relationship between people

The fight will never end as long as we work together."

After listening, Li Ru was silent for a moment, and he responded with a smile:

"Haha, since ancient times, people have longed for light and cannot tolerate a trace of darkness. However, Confucianism believes that this is not the case."

Li Ru pinched the chess piece in his hand and pressed his thumb on its smooth white surface, because... this was the only time in his life that he held a white chess piece.

"During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, after hundreds of years of war, the brutal Qin Dynasty was able to stand out and wipe out the world. Some people say that Qin was cruel and unethical, and it ushered in destruction within fourteen years of its reign. Everyone in the world believes that this is the case."

"But Ru, I don't think so."

"Haha, I don't think so either."

"Oh?" Li Ru made a confused voice.

Under Li Ru's disbelieving gaze, the masked man put down the chess piece in his hand and said:

"If the Qin Empire hadn't used brutal force to quickly seize the world, then... the war would have lasted for hundreds of years, and by then, more people would have died. I also like this approach."

"Crazy, evil, doing whatever it takes, using all the power he can use to fight for a world, but... this is unique after all, how can the world understand it."

"Oh, it seems that you have understood our philosophy?" Li Ru waited for the masked man's answer with interest.

"I understand and agree, but I won't implement it."

"Why?"

"Everyone in the world thinks that black and white are good and evil and cannot coexist, but I think they can be yin and yang. They are interdependent and blend with each other. Both are indispensable."

"The so-called yin and yang way actually also includes the law of governing the country. If there is black, there must be white. If there is white, there must be black."

"As long as there is white, there will inevitably be darkness, and it is precisely because of black that human beings will yearn for light. If there is no white, the world will be shrouded in darkness. Without black, the world will also end in destruction."

The masked man slowly took off his mask, stared at Li Ru quietly with his deep eyes, and said slowly:

"What mankind needs is not a hero who can reshape the world at all. What mankind needs is an enemy, a common enemy that can be fought against."

The man's eyes flashed, and he picked up a chess piece again.

"...can I know your real name?"

"Junior, your real name is Lu, just call me Xiao Lu. It looks more friendly."

Li Ru thought calmly for a while and said:

"Interesting, how did you come up with this?"

"Well, probably because of Naruto."

"Naruto? What the hell?"

The man replied:

"It is a fantasy world. There is a village in it. It is very bright on the surface, like the green leaves on the big tree in the sky. But under the green leaves, there must be roots hidden in the dark."

"Wherever the wooden leaves are flying, fire will also grow endlessly. The fire will illuminate the village and make new trees sprout. And as long as the wooden leaves under the sun have roots hidden in the soil, this is the will of fire!

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Chapter completed!