Chapter 314 I Test, Sky Fire?

"Ahem, although it's not nice to interrupt your reminiscence, I must remind you that we are in an extremely dangerous environment. If we don't solve the problem at hand, I'm afraid we will have to repeat it here indefinitely."

Dong Yeyu reminded him, otherwise it's not impossible that the topic will gradually become aggressive.

Moreover, the current situation is quite bad. There is plenty of time to say anything. Now it's better to think about how to get out of this situation.

Liuli nodded slightly: "Does Mr. Ayu have any ideas?"

"There is very little information known at present. I don't know whether the cycle here is triggered by conditions or simply because of time."

Dong Yeyu pondered, "Maybe it will take more cycles, but the longer it takes, the greater the uncertainty, and I don't know if those who died here can come back to life."

The more cycles there are, the more dangerous the battlefield is. In addition, it takes several minutes for him to rush to the battlefield from the other end of the hillside. During this period of time, the casualties of the villagers and classmates may not be small-even if he came more timely this time, many living people from outside died under iron cannons, bows and arrows, and spears.

Seeing that he was a little distressed, Liuli pondered for two seconds.

"Sanae and I were sitting in the sedan chair and didn't get much information. We just asked a few more questions on the way. The general who protected us seemed to be Arima Tadayasu, the acting lord of Fukuchiyama Castle. This swordsman seemed to be very famous in history. Is he the same person as the old man last night?"

"Yes."

Hitano Yu nodded slightly. Sanae and Ruri could be trusted, so there was no need for him to hide his encounter with Jinguji Hiiragi Kagami.

So he told them about the old man who was related to the gods and the fact that Shifan's body turned into a corpse demon due to obsession.

"So that's it." Ruri fell into deep thought.

Sanae stood up slightly, moved closer to the fox's head, pulled his fur, and showed an extremely serious and focused look: "When this cycle started, there were some unusual things."

"Tell me more." Hitano Yu asked.

"Not sure if it counts as a discovery--" Sanae folded a piece of armor first, and then said it.

"The time when the cycle starts this time is different from the last time. Last time, we were attacked after traveling for about half an hour on the road, but this time, we were attacked by the enemy in less than two minutes."

Is the cycle time changed because of my arrival? Dong Yeyu pondered.

"Sir A Yu, your arrival time has also changed. This time you will come faster - about three minutes earlier."

Dong Yeyu calculated the time, and it was about the same time when he heard the shouting and killing on the hillside and rushed to the battlefield. It should be to synchronize himself with the people who strayed here.

Otherwise, they would be in a state of time suspension while they were still playing their roles, or like performers waiting to appear on the stage.

You should know that my current cultivation is not bad in the secular world. To put myself in this state, I must be at least at the level of Chunyuan.

It seems that the ghost king achieved by the corpse of the teacher does not have such a powerful power.

Thinking of this, Dong Yeyu felt a little relieved in his heart - if the opponent is a demon in the realm of refining the spirit and returning to the void, it would be a bit desperate.

Then, relying on his extraordinary memory, he recalled the last cycle. It took about thirteen minutes from the time he met them to the start of the cycle.

Dongye Yu remembered this time and deliberately slowed down his pace, preparing to see whether the cycle started because it was triggered by exceeding the scene range or simply because the time was up.

This would bring two answers. If the cycle was triggered because it was beyond the scene range, then he, Sanae, and Liuli must investigate within the limited range.

If the cycle was triggered at the same time, then the triggering condition might be because of the end of the war - just like there is a limited time to choose to exit the copy or start over after the game copy ends.

However, people here naturally have no choice and can only start over endlessly.

Or the triggering condition may also be related to a key person.

Dongye Yu remembered that the teacher was hit by different iron cannons like a magnet on both occasions, as if the opponent would hit the target as long as he fired at this time.

The hit rate of the ancient iron cannons in the island country was frighteningly low, not to mention the iron cannons fired at a distance of about 100 meters. The shooter himself could not judge where the bullet could fly.

Shifan was hit by different iron cannons twice in a row, and both times were fatal injuries. This is too strange.

In the next cycle, we must first kill the iron cannon foot soldiers on the battlefield. There are not many people, only 20 to 30 iron cannon foot soldiers in total, and they use the three-stage shooting learned from other places, arranged in three compact rows, and only a few rows of ground fire can fully cover and save Shifan.

As for bows and arrows, I can block them for him because I am thick-skinned.

Dongye Yu told the two of them his guess. After listening, Liuli pondered for two seconds and made some additions. Sanae exclaimed in a somewhat yin and yang tone: "So Lord Ayu also has such wisdom?"

Look down on foxes, right? Dongye Yu glanced at her, and when he was about to say something, the world in front of him suddenly began to distort and change.

Finally, Dongye Yu found himself on the hillside again.

Is this starting to cycle again? Dongye Yu thought in his heart, and ran towards that side at full speed before he heard the shouts of killing at the other end of the hillside.

"This time, it took ten minutes from the time I met them to the start of the cycle."

"The missing three minutes were the time I arrived early. You could also say that the war ended three minutes early."

"So the conditions for triggering the cycle are most likely directly related to the end of this small-scale attack, or to the death of Shifan."

Of course, this is just a logical inference without evidence, and whether it is correct needs to be verified by facts.

With this judgment in mind, Dong Yeyu came to the small platform at the top of the hillside and looked down. What he saw this time was indeed different.

At the foot of the hillside, a large group of soldiers and horses were emerging from the woods to launch an attack. However, the teacher on the plain official road had already made preparations. While arranging the evacuation of the women and children, Sanae and Ruri, they formed a team to meet the enemy.

The total distance between the two sides was less than 500 meters. The archers and iron cannon ashigaru took the lead in attacking.

Bang bang bang!

A series of gunshots echoed in the mountains, and gunpowder smoke filled the air. A total of thirty iron cannon ashigaru fires, but only one person on the teacher's side was shot. The accuracy of the iron cannons was evident.

In contrast, bows and arrows illustrate what it means to be a popular weapon that has been used for thousands of years. Even if the number is not large, it is not even a rain of arrows after shooting. It is sparse, but it still kills several people.

The ashigaru armed with spears did not run at full speed. Instead, they stopped after a hundred or two hundred meters to repair the formation that began to scatter. The cavalry went around from the woods to the flanks in an attempt to attack. There were even several famous dynasties in the cavalry formation. Shooting on horseback.

Although the Normal School suffered losses before engaging the enemy, they did not panic. Many warriors bent their bows and arrows and shot at crowded places. Two or three arrows could kill a human life - or, in other words, a ghost life. .

Shifan himself was sitting high on the pony, and in the blink of an eye, he shot down all the few horse riders, so that they were about to fight hand-to-hand.

Maybe most people can be saved this time.

Dong Yeyu only observed it for a few seconds, and then it turned into a burst of gray-white clouds, summoning several fire dragons to circle in the clouds, and flew away on the wind with extremely fast speed and terrifying momentum.

The situation on the front line became increasingly tense, and the commanders of the attackers slowly came to the predetermined hill. Although the terrain here was not high, they could observe most of the battlefield conditions so that they could adjust their countermeasures at any time.

There were hundreds of people in total, including the bodyguards and some accompanying men and warriors. The leader was a warrior on horseback, with a crescent moon blowing above his head, and dressed in the best clothes of the time. He was short and stocky, holding an arbor to observe the distance, followed by what seemed to be Sensing something, he stretched his neck forward and pointed at the evacuating bearers and maids.

"We can't let those two highnesses escape. Let the scouts go out and bypass them. We must capture them alive. If it is impossible to do anything, in the worst case scenario, we can just shoot them on the spot."

There was a warrior beside him who looked troubled: "Master Dongshan, but those two highnesses have distinguished status."

Masanori Higashiyama looked indifferent: "Afterwards, I will say that he died in the middle of nowhere. Lord Tokugawa will leave it to me to explain. At this time, it is a matter of crusading against the rebellious minister, and there is no room for mercy. Please pass on the order."

Just as he was talking, a warrior suddenly noticed a strange screeching sound on the hillside behind him. Almost most of the horses were frightened, pawing the ground uneasily and hooting. Some warriors began to comfort their horses without knowing why, while others started to calm down vigilantly. Look around.

There is no mistake in every song, one post, one content, one 6 one, one book, one book, take a look!

One of the warriors looked back following the sound. He was immediately shocked and pointed at the sky behind him: "Look!"

I saw the looming fire dragons hovering in the clouds falling diagonally towards the battlefield like meteors. There were so many of them, it was like rain of fire falling from the sky. The trailing flame tails were extremely gorgeous, and the harsh blasts in the air kept giving warnings, and again Like the last reminder before death.

"What is that?!"

"Could it be, Sky Fire?"

"Did the gods punish me because I offended the noble?"

The voices of people and horses were mixed together, and coupled with various speculations, the warriors who had already secured victory and waved their hands to take possession while talking and laughing suddenly became a little panicked.

These days, feudal superstition can sometimes even determine the rise or fall of a kingdom - not to mention that there are real gods, ghosts and demons in this world.

"Quiet! Anyone who panics again will be killed!"

As a veteran on the battlefield, Dongshan Zhengze suppressed the panic immediately, and then immediately issued the military order for Ming Jin to retreat, and then watched silently as the fire rain fell on his army formation, exploding into golden and red flames. , the rough hands holding the reins trembled slightly, and the wrinkled brows had a few more vertical lines.

Jin Gui's iron artillery ashigaru regiment was immediately decommissioned, followed closely by the archers. The archer general, who was dressed in distinctive contemporary attire, was covered in fire and rolling on the ground. The ashigaru side was not optimistic either. The men and horses fell on their backs, and the army was in chaos.

In other words, the cavalry suffered less losses due to their speed, but they were still scurrying around like headless flies on the smoke-filled battlefield.

It's over.

Dongshan Zhengze closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He didn't feel any frustration at all. This defeat was caused by gods. It was not something human beings could do, and it was not a crime of war. However, he still had an irresistible feeling of powerlessness in his heart.

The warrior carrying the flag on his back received the order and galloped away. Many warriors present looked around and remained silent. This raid was probably going to end miserably, so no one dared to offend the general.

Just as I was thinking this, the screams above my head seemed to be getting closer and closer, some warriors raised their heads in surprise, and there were also sky fires?

"Master Dongshan, be careful!"

An alarm bell rang in Dongshan Zhengze's heart. The horse under him stood up due to fright. He simply rolled to the ground.

boom!

The bright golden-red flame exploded very close to him. The terrifying high temperature made the armor on his body extremely hot. Dongshan Zhengze got up with difficulty and was about to stabilize the morale of the army. However, he heard a continuous shriek from the sky. It was the roar of flames passing through the air.

"It's really unfair"

He murmured, looking up at the abnormal gray-white cloud in the sky. The flames illuminated the clouds, and a fox face could be vaguely seen.

Fox?

He was stunned, and was swallowed by the sea of ​​fire before he could recite his farewell poem.

Seeing the military flag standing in the back fall under the engulfment of the flames, and the army was trapped in the sea of ​​fire, some commanders at all levels were set on fire and rolled on the ground, and some were crushed to death on the spot. The morale of the army had already reached the bottom and completely collapsed.

Everyone only wanted to escape. Many people dropped their heavy weapons and took off their armor and fled in a panic.

The samurai and foot soldiers of Arima Tadayasu looked at the rain of fire falling from the sky in amazement, but they did not whisper to each other because of it. They looked like a strong army with strict military discipline.

Arima Norimune climbed on his horse, breathed a sigh of relief, looked around, and smiled: "This time we have the help of the gods, we are a righteous army, the time, the place, and the people are all on my side, everyone, follow me to fight!"

Norimune was still not very calm and needed more experience. Arima Tadayasu frowned, first glanced at the place where the opponent's main general was, which had turned into a sea of ​​fire, and then looked back at the two nobles who had run away.

Fight? When Higashino Yu heard him say this, he was afraid that Arima Tadayasu would rush forward and die in various ways because of bad luck, so he turned into a white fox and appeared above everyone's head.

The soldiers and samurai present were stunned when they saw this, and they knelt down and worshiped, calling the gods.

"Now that we have defeated the enemy, we should complete our mission first. Don't chase after an enemy who has reached the end of his rope." After saying this, Higashino Yu turned into smoke and returned to heaven.

"God, this is reasonable. Ze Zong, protecting the two princes is the key. Retreat."

Arima Tadayasu quickly issued a military order. He did not doubt the god in front of him. When he was young, he traveled around the world to compete in swordsmanship. He had seen ghosts and wild monsters in the mountains, and was also entertained by mountain gods. He was even a close friend of a god.

Moreover, the enemy's command system had completely collapsed, and there were not many remaining remnants. They had already lost their combat power. Now they were very close to Fukuchiyama Castle. As long as they entered the city, they would have achieved their goal.

After the order was issued, although the warriors were a little disappointed, they followed the order and organized their troops to catch up with the nobles they were protecting. Then they marched quickly to Fukuchiyama Castle.