great-warnovel Chapter 284 They turned on each other right after the family acknowledgment.
Chapter 284 They turned on each other right after the family acknowledgment.
A temporary defensive line was erected outside the toll station.
Twelve heavy cannons fired in turn, while the mechs guarded the flanks. Tracks rolled over the road, and spent shell casings formed a long brass strip behind the vehicles.
The cannonballs crashed into the front lines, shattering dozens of terracotta warriors into pieces.
The remaining flags fluttered in the rear row, and terracotta shards rolled back to the army formation, climbing up the calves of the terracotta warriors to reassemble armor and long spears.
By the time the second round of shelling landed, the front ranks had been replenished.
The array narrowed by half a meter, and the shields were fastened together more tightly.
The Dragon Guard command channel was now only filled with numbers being reported.
"Team A has 70% of its ammunition remaining."
"Mech number two has suffered damage to its left leg."
"The front line has retreated 400 meters."
Zhao Leiguang stood close to the porthole, his two shields strapped to his back.
"If it's broken, we can pick it up again; this saves on materials in this battle."
Wen Yue inspected the magazine of the World-Destroying Thunder Crossbow.
"Go down and try, maybe they'll take you in too."
"I have a permanent position; I refuse to be rehired."
Lu Yan laid out the map of mountains and rivers on the tactical platform. The Qinling Mountains were divided into sixteen branches on the map, fifteen of which were converging on the central high platform.
The northwest direction is empty.
The stone slab that was removed by the mobile sanctuary is now embedded in the base of the high platform.
Each time the stone slab lit up, the army advanced nine steps.
Deeper still, a silver line stretches along the earth's veins toward Chang'an, and along its path, the coordinates of the ruins light up one by one.
Lu Yan pressed down on the corner of the picture.
"The terracotta warriors are carrying out a brutal order."
"The sanctuary uses them to excavate the earth's veins, its goal being the underground of Chang'an."
Qin Wuyi stared at the tattered flag.
The character "姜" on the flag is only half visible, but the tail of the flag always points towards Chang'an, and the change in wind direction cannot make it deviate.
"The military orders lacked content; they only included entering the pass and attacking cities."
"Whoever completes the second half of the sentence will be able to command this army."
The red lights in the cabin came on.
The tailgate descended, mountain winds rushed into the cargo hold, and distant artillery fire illuminated everyone's combat uniforms.
Xiao Qianyu threw out four spatial beacons.
"Valley mouth, mountainside, highway bridge, right flank of the central command."
Lu Yan put the communicator on.
"Airdrop".
Zhao Leiguang was the first to jump.
With the core of the Earth Pulse Suit operating at full power, the two shields closed in front of him as he charged forward down the hillside.
Dozens of long spears pressed down at the same time.
The shield rippled with earthy yellow waves, the blade was pushed to the sides, and Zhao Leiguang crushed the roadside guardrail, increasing his speed by another level.
Excuse me!
The savage charge pierced through the front row, sending seven terracotta warriors flying off the ground, and creating a gap in the rear formation.
Zhao Leiguang stepped down with his right foot.
The trampling of war swept across the ground, the terracotta horses broke off their four legs, and rows of terracotta warriors lost their long spears.
Shen Xinglin landed behind him.
The ever-changing lances unfolded, their tips piercing the left flank of the formation, the shafts turning into lockblades, pulling down two bronze pillars of the military formation.
The third position was hidden under the belly of the taoma (a type of taoma).
The lance retracted half a foot, its tip forming a heavy hammer, and the terracotta horse, along with the battle formation, sank into the roadbed.
Having lost three points of position, the vanguard scattered to the flanks.
The rear guard stepped over the damaged armor to fill in the gaps, taking only six steps.
"They're changing formation!" Qin Wuyi shouted. "Old Zhao, don't stop in the gap!"
Zhao Leiguang turned around.
The two terracotta shields had already closed behind him, and more than ten long spears were being thrust out from the gaps in the shields.
The spatial beacon lit up, and Xiao Qianyu landed above the shield array.
The Dragon King's Halberd slammed down, breaking the shield wall in the middle, and Zhao Leiguang dragged his two shields as he rolled out of the encirclement.
"If I'm reminded even half a step earlier, I can still maintain my image."
"You didn't have much left when you entered the formation."
On the mountainside, Wen Yue cocked the crossbow.
The scattering grenades flew over the heads of the crowd and landed in the crevices between the rocks on both sides of the valley.
The second batch of grenades penetrated under the highway bridge and were arranged in three rows along the piers.
The vanguard of the terracotta warriors stepped into the marked area.
The World-Destroying Thunder Crossbow was reloaded with high-explosive arrows, and the arrow struck the first scattering grenade.
The flames followed the mountainside all the way to the bridge.
Rock fragments, armor pieces, and broken spears flew into the air, half of the highway bridge collapsed, burying hundreds of terracotta warriors in the valley.
Lin Chuxue stood at the edge of the impact zone, her shield catching the incoming rocks.
The purple-black array patterns spread from the bottom of the staff towards the valley entrance.
Blood Explosion spells rained down on the remaining formation, and the terracotta warriors that had just climbed out of the rubble were pushed back into the pit.
She bit into the lollipop and spat the paper stick aside.
"Wen Yue, move five meters to the left in the next round."
"reason."
"Old Zhao's shield is stuck on the right side, I don't want to equip him with new gear."
Zhao Leiguang pulled the shield out of the pile of rubble.
"Thank you, but your way of showing concern is exhausting."
The central command platform is still moving forward.
Qin Wuyi ran to the top of the slope, and thirty-six metal discs fell along the ridge, forming a hexagonal array that spanned the entire valley.
"The front and rear formations are divided, while the central army blocks the gate."
The copper coin soared into the air, and six walls of light rose from the ground, heading straight for the connection between the high platform and the rear army.
The tattered flag spun halfway around.
A military order flowed back along the battle formation.
The six walls of light turned around, surrounding Qin Wuyi in the center.
As the terracotta warrior took its ninth step, the battle line broke apart in large sections.
The backlash surged from Qin Wuyi's arm into his chest, and he knelt among the rubble, coughing up blood that dripped onto the copper coins.
The tattered flag took over his position.
If they can hold on for just one more breath, the hexagonal trapping formation will lock down the one who set it up.
Lu Yan stood outside the formation, without unleashing the Black Lotus Pure Land.
"Withdraw the troops."
Qin Wuyi raised her hand and grabbed the first copper coin.
"I can still change it."
"First, observe the road ahead."
Lu Yan kicked away the broken halberd at his feet, revealing nine footprints left by the terracotta warriors.
The first eight steps are in order, the ninth step is biased to the northwest.
The same applies to the next team.
Tens of thousands of terracotta warriors, every nine steps they take, leave half a body space empty in the northwest corner.
Qin Wuyi tore off the opposing line and retrieved the copper coins one by one.
He lay prone on the slope, his gaze following the footprints toward the mountainside, then turning back to the northwest, where the landscape map was missing.
"The stone slabs are incomplete, so the army formation is using footwork to fill in the gaps."
"Don't trap the soldiers," Lu Yan said, "trap the path beneath their feet."
Qin Wuyi rolled down the slope.
The metal discs were no longer thrown at the terracotta warriors, but instead were driven into the rock strata at six mountain ridges, two tributary valleys, and below the highway.
He pressed the last copper coin at the intersection of the earth's veins.
"If you don't move the mountain, you can't make a road."
"seal up."
The array patterns sank into the ground.
Despite the lack of light on the surface, a series of impacts emanated from the heart of the Qinling Mountains, locking dozens of earth veins within the rock strata.
Tao Ma, standing on the high platform in the center of the army, raised his leg, his hoof hovering in mid-air.
Ten thousand terracotta warriors stopped in their tracks.
The heavy artillery position fell silent; the gunners still held the firing ropes, and no one rushed to fire first.
The tattered flag flipped over, its damaged surface facing the top of the slope.
A face made of silver fragments was revealed beneath the banner.
"Those in charge, state your names."
The voices came from the mountain walls, the valley floor, and the chest cavity of every terracotta warrior.
Qin Wuyi wiped the blood from her chin.
"The Qin family of Sichuan, Qin has no clothes."
The tattered flag fluttered in the wind.
The terracotta warriors lowered their long spears, making way for the road leading directly to the central army.
"The Qin family guards the map and is permitted to enter the military."
The next moment, Tao's horse dismounted, and the entire army bypassed the first squad and charged towards Chang'an.
Lu Yan looked at the landscape painting.
The silver thread has passed through the army formation and penetrated deep into the Qinling Mountains.
"There are people in the ruins."
"The terracotta warriors are paving the way for it."
Black lotus pure land presses down on the landscape painting, ink-colored patterns cut off the silver lines.
In the distance, large sections of the earth collapsed, and the entrance to Chang'an through the earth's veins closed.
The army halted.
A crack appeared in the northwest stone slab beneath the central military platform.
A woman's voice came from inside the stone slab.
"No clothing, do not let anyone open the ancestral gate of the military school."
Qin Wuyi shoved aside two terracotta warriors and rushed toward the high platform.
"sister!"
He climbed onto the carriage shaft, gripping the edge of the stone slab with both hands, but the same sentence came from inside the slab, with no difference in pause, breath, or ending.
At the very beginning of the third take, Lu Yan raised his hand and pressed down on the stone slab.
"Snatched memories".
Qin Wuyi paused for a moment.
The silver lines, hidden in the cracks, were using Qin Zheng's voice to lure him into destroying the stone slab.
He drew his array sword and used it to sever the circuit.
The character "姜" on the tattered flag was stained with blood.
"The Qin family has betrayed the order."
Ten thousand terracotta warriors turned around.
The long spear was raised, its blades all pointing towards the high platform.
The incomplete military order was rewritten in the valley.
"Eliminate the wielders."
Zhao Lei raised his two shields and stood in front of the platform.
"They turned on each other right after recognizing each other as family; this family has a rather short temper."
Shen Xinglin landed on the left and deployed his lance.
Wen Yue's crossbow bolts were already aimed at the broken flag.
Lu Yan stepped onto the high platform, and the black lotus totem covered the carriage shaft.