The moment the hoopoe rushed into the black mist, he couldn't see his fingers and all the noise outside also disappeared. It seemed as if someone had covered his eyes and blocked his ears.
Hoopoe tried to stay calm, but the more he panicked, the faster he died.
One thing is very clear - the target of the association rate is Li Shimin, so he is safe for the time being.
Hoopoe remembered Li Shimin's marching route, and rushed towards that direction with the shadow of the turtle shell on his head.
It must be faster, even faster. If Li Shimin dies, he will have come in for nothing.
After taking a few quick steps, a knife shadow suddenly struck him. Hoopoe immediately thought: Li Shimin couldn't see him either, and in order to save his life, he must swing his knife to protect his whole body.
The hoopoe hurriedly said: "Erlang, it's me, the hoopoe!"
After saying that, he saw the shadow of the knife stop.
However, Hoopoe suddenly felt a sense of trepidation.
He immediately jumped forward and hugged Li Shimin.
The two of them hid to the side together.
The next moment, in the black mist, a murderous aura flashed over.
Hoopoe guessed that it was the short end of the association rate.
Li Shimin waved his sword to block it, but the thing passed through the Dingtang sword.
"It's useless...it's not the real thing!"
The Hoopoe said, condensing the turtle shell shadow to the extreme - this is his only awareness technique, extracted from the old turtle's back carapace [Shadow of the turtle shell].
Hoopoe once felt that this defensive awakening technique was useless. But today, it might be able to save his life.
Something hit the [Shadow of the Shell], and after a moment of delay, the shell was scratched.
Hoopoe's heart suddenly sank. The opponent's awakening skills were indeed a level higher than his own.
At this moment, a thought flashed through his mind: Hoopoe, you are a death row prisoner and you are the one who saved your life, so there is nothing to be afraid of.
The rest is simple.
"Erlang, be careful."
Hoopoe grabbed Li Shimin's shoulder, turned it sharply, and protected him in front of him.
A huge force hit him, and the blade pierced his back.
The hoopoe groaned in pain, his back was wet and there was a lot of blood.
Fortunately, after being blocked by [Shadow of the Shell], the ultimate move can take a lot of force away.
His consciousness was slightly blurry, but he generally understood that he had withstood the most dangerous blow. Logically speaking, the Awakening Technique of Association Rate should have also entered a rest period, and he was safe for the time being.
The hoopoe fell softly into Li Shimin's arms, and he heard him say: "Hoopoe! Hoopoe!"
Li Shimin's voice was full of energy, and Hoopoe was relieved.
In the black mist, a figure rushed over with a knife.
Li Shimin hugged him, waved the Dingtang Sword, and greeted him.
A clanging sound rang out. This was the black mist of association, and he could definitely see it clearly. Li Shimin, like the Hoopoe, was a blind man.
Hoopoe didn't know how long Li Shimin could hold on, and there was nothing he could do. This feeling of leaving one's fate to others was really terrible.
At this time, a bright fire lit up in the darkness, and a heat wave hit, slightly dispersing the nearby black fog.
Hoopoe knew that it must be Liu Wenjing who was here - Liu Wenjing's awakening technique was of the fire element.
Although this Liu Wenjing has entered the Tang Pagoda, judging from the power of his awakening skills, it is clear that he is still far behind the association rate.
Fortunately, Li Shimin had fled for a while and had reached the edge of the black fog. The fire that called Liu Wenjing burst out, and the surrounding area became slightly brighter.
Li Shimin swung his sword to split the association, looked in the right direction, hugged the hoopoe, kicked off and rushed out of the black mist.
The association leader followed and slashed at Li Shimin's back with his blade.
Li Shimin rushed forward and deviated slightly, avoiding the fatal blow from his vest. However, he failed to prevent the short blade from cutting open his arm, causing blood to flow out.
It's just that this black mist, in addition to blocking people's eyes and ears, seems to have the effect of hindering movement.
Li Shimin took a few steps and ran slower and slower.
The shadow of the blade in the hand of the leader behind him was whirring and flashing, as if he was about to make a second killing move at any time.
At this moment, an iron ring rushed out of the black mist, covering Li Shimin from the top of his head down.
As soon as the iron ring was tightened, Li Shimin was pulled out of the black fog with a strong force.
When the black mist emerged, Hoopoe saw Liu Wenjing holding a withered vine dragon staff in one hand and pulling a long rope in the other.
"Erlang, I'm late!"
The moment she saw the hoopoe, Liu Wenjing opened her mouth wide and her face suddenly changed.
"Ah You……"
The hoopoe couldn't hold his consciousness for much longer, so he bared his teeth and smiled at Liu Wenjing.
"Hey, you are so useless." Hoopoe thought, and then passed out.
…
When she saw Hoopoe lying in Li Shimin's arms, Liu Wenjing knew she was late.
His first reaction was to give this guy a shot. It was really a headache to encounter an opponent like this. If he keeps struggling like this, there is no guarantee that Datang Tower will be in good shape.
One day I really won’t be able to keep it anymore.
But in front of Li Shimin, it's best not to do this kind of thing.
Liu Wenjing reacted quickly. While locking the [God-given Fire] in the direction of the black mist, she quickly called for people to escort Li Shimin and Hoopoe to a safe place.
The awakened disciple in the black mist did not take advantage of the victory to pursue the victory. The opponent may be worried about Liu Wenjing, or of course, it may be that the awakening technique has entered a period of rest.
Never mind it. Liu Wenjing didn’t intend to stupidly get into the black mist anyway.
Li Shimin summoned two cavalrymen and repeatedly told them that they must escort the hoopoe back to the city and get treatment as soon as possible. Liu Wenjing watched the hoopoe walk away covered in blood, thinking that he was so seriously injured that there was a high probability that he would be seriously injured.
I can't survive.
When he turned around, he saw Li Shimin looking at him.
Liu Wenjing raised the iron ring in her hand and said, "Last time, Wang Kangda fell into the Turks' trick. He said he also encountered this kind of black fog, so I had a good memory and asked someone to make this mechanism quickly, and it came in handy.
."
Li Shimin laughed and said Zhao Ren came at the right time.
Liu Wenjing saw that the soldiers and generals all around were fighting in their own way, and no one was disturbing them for the time being. She whispered in Li Shimin's ear: "Wu Langjun asked me to come here for something else."
"We just want soldiers."
"Ah... did you know this in advance?"
"My guess is, how else would these mutilated and injured people be transported out?"
"One hundred Qingqi," Liu Wenjing stretched out her index finger and shook it, "No wonder Wu Langjun said that Erlang must understand."
Just as he was talking, another strange change appeared in the black mist. I heard screams one after another, and there was blood splattering on the edge of the black mist. I guessed that the Jinyang soldiers who had just accidentally fallen into the black mist had all killed themselves.
.
Li Shimin looked in that direction with a serious expression.
Liu Wenjing immediately understood what he was thinking. Those who were swallowed into the black mist were all Jinyang's elite cavalry, every one of them was missing. Liu Wenjing came to the rescue a step too late and had already suffered a big loss. She had just made up for it now.
He immediately raised the withered vine dragon staff, a ball of hot fire gathered on the top of the staff out of thin air, and pointed at the black mist...
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At this time, Pei Ji, who was sitting in command at the front, also noticed the strange changes here, and hurriedly rode over with his deputy Wang Kangda. Seeing that Li Shimin was bleeding from a shoulder injury, he hurriedly asked a few questions with concern.
"We've arrived just in time," Li Shimin said: "You two, please arrange a hundred Qingqi to go to Wu Langjun's side to help."
Pei Ji frowned and was about to speak when Wang Kangda said first, "Wu Langjun wants someone?"
"Needed for rescue."
"This is inappropriate!
Erlang, what you are dealing with is the most deadly awakened disciple in the Turkic camp. There are thousands of Qingqi attacking, so if you can resist it, it will be good."
Wang Kangda said, reaching forward and pointing far ahead,
"Pei Gong and I are also rushing to kill the enemy. If we move a little slower and the Turkic army stabilizes its position, it will have to suffer a counterattack by tens of thousands of people from the other side. How can we divide the troops?"
"It's difficult for us here,"
Pei Ji said: "Wu Langjun took the risk himself, infiltrating tens of thousands of enemy troops with only a few hundred people, and also had to escape with the scarred and immobile people, tying up his hands and feet everywhere, wouldn't it be more dangerous? ?”
In fact, Pei Ji understood Wang Kangda's thoughts.
Wang Kangda was originally born as a peasant rebel, and later defected to Li Yuan with his men in order to make contributions and seek a bright future.
But since he was a rebel, his position among Li Yuan's subordinates was considered poor. When he is written down in history books in the future, he will most likely be labeled a traitor commander by future generations.
Wang Kangda was definitely not willing to give in. He wanted to completely change his destiny. After much deliberation, there was only one option, which was to make meritorious deeds, make great contributions, and make great contributions to the creation of the world. Therefore, in this night attack, Wang Kangda took the initiative to volunteer and take charge of the charge. Only then will Ren stand firmly by Li Shimin's side.
At present, Wang Kangda is certainly not willing to transfer him to cooperate with the horse dance before he can take the credit for the charge.
As expected, Wang Kangda said: "I told you a long time ago that this time we will just burn down the enemy camp. Why bother to save any prisoners?"
"General Wang, in everything you do, you must put the overall situation first——"
Pei Ji pulled the reins of the horse and signaled him to calm down.
"It is important for us to go into battle to kill the enemy, but the people in the Turkic camp are the key to stabilizing the hearts and minds of Jinyang's army and people. It is much more effective to rescue these prisoners safely than to kill hundreds of more Turkic soldiers."
Pei Ji spoke clearly enough, and Wang Kangda should be able to understand it if he had any brains.
Wang Kangda wanted to say something else, but Li Shimin waved his hand to signal him not to say more, "Just follow the orders."
"Okay, I'll go right away."
Wang Kangda also knew that the war was tense at this time and could not allow any more arguments, so he had no choice but to ride his horse and leave to mobilize his troops.
Pei Ji looked at his back and thought about it in his mind.
It goes without saying that the prisoners in the Turkic camp are very important. But in fact, Pei Ji didn't want to mobilize troops. On the one hand, the combat power here was indeed tight.
On the other hand, this fire attack and night attack had a clear division of labor. Liu Wenjing was the main force in the fire attack and rescued people, while Pei Ji was assigned to take advantage of the chaos and attack at night.
But Liu Wenjing accidentally came over, saved Li Shimin's life, and worked together to deal with the Turkic Awakeners. Both sides got the credit, which was a double attack. He could eat more and occupy more. The hoopoe's sacrifice of his life to save others was wiped out.
Pei Ji also pointed out that he had made a great contribution this time and it would be of great use afterwards.
Just as he was thinking about it, a group of fully-equipped Turkic infantry came from the front. It seemed that they were coming from the Turkic rear battalion for reinforcements. Wang Kangda had just raised more than a hundred cavalry and happened to hit them head-on.
Pei Ji rode forward on horseback. Seeing this situation, he suddenly thought of something and changed his mind. He rode a few steps and said to Wang Kangda:
"You stay here and guard, I will lead the troops there to support Mr. Wu Lang!"
This time it was fine, and all four of them were happy.
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