Heirs of the Seven Swords of the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 1085 The Anti-Qin Alliance is still on its way here on foot
  At this time, on the mountain road a hundred miles away from the city, a large group of people dragged out a long dragon and walked on the rugged mountain road.

It is not difficult to see that this group of people is by no means ordinary people, because a considerable number of them feel as if they are walking on flat ground even if they walk on such rugged and difficult mountain roads.

Although the remaining majority of people were not so relaxed, they were still able to do so with ease, and their speed was not slow.

Needless to say, at this time and place, the identity of this group of people was the anti-Qin alliance force assembled by Yan Dan.

After yesterday's rapid march, they successfully arrived at the mountain area where the government city is located.

However, even for this group of experts, the speed of walking on the mountain road is severely limited. The remaining distance of more than 100 miles is estimated to take at least two hours to complete.

Of course, for Yan Dan, the leading Mohist giant, the time required to travel is not troublesome. The trouble is that the situation seems to have gone awry.

"But what happened unexpectedly?" A handsome young man in green clothes, as gentle as jade, walked forward a few steps quickly, approached the giant of the Mo family, and asked in a low voice.

Yan Dan glanced at the third head of the Confucian Little Sage Village through the gauze cover of his bamboo hat, and replied with a chuckle, "Oh, Mr. Zhang San is indeed Mr. Zhang San. I really can't hide it from you."

"Ha, Juzi has been rewarded. Liang just happened to find out that Juzi has been frequently mobilizing Mohist disciples to leave the team since not long ago. It's just a guess." Zhang Liang said modestly with a smile on his face.

After hearing this, Yan Dan did not continue to praise this third Confucian master, but frankly stated the problems he discovered:
  "According to the plan, when we get here, we should meet the scout team sent by the city to greet us."

"But... haha, it's obvious that no one is close."

"I even sent several teams of people to explore the ground for several miles, but I didn't find any trace of anyone passing by."

"Well...it seems that something went wrong in the government city, so they had no time to send people to greet us, or...the people they sent failed to reach where we are now." Zhang Liang immediately made his own decision analyze.

In this case, there are indeed not many possible outcomes.

Xiaoyaozi, the head of the Taoist sect, also joined in at this time, stroking his beard and analyzing, "Counting the time, the empire should have launched an offensive against the government city. Maybe it's because of this?"

Yan Dan shook his head and turned the bamboo hat on his head twice, "If the situation is normal, the empire's attack at this time should not be enough to pose a real threat to the government city."

"I'm afraid... something unexpected happened that we don't know about."

Zhang Liang pondered for a moment and then suggested, "Master, why don't you gather a small team of experts and rush to the government city first to check the situation?"

What he meant by gathering the experts was actually to gather all the experts in the team together and run to the machine city first, leaving the other weak ones behind for the time being.

Now the team's marching speed has basically reached the limit. If it goes any faster, the people who arrive at the place will probably be almost exhausted, and there is no other use than to go up and kill people angrily.

If you want to increase the speed, you can only separate the stronger people.

This suggestion is not very good, but it is somewhat useful, and the risk is not very high.

The only problem is that dividing the troops will weaken the overall strength.

Xiaoyaozi couldn't help but nodded and agreed, "This method is feasible and worth a try."

After Yan Dan hesitated for a moment, he sighed and refused, "That's all, let's stick to the original plan."

"I must be responsible for everyone in the anti-Qin alliance and cannot leave midway."

"As for the machine city... it may be a little troublesome, but I think it will be enough to last until we arrive."

At this time, Yan Dan made the same mistake as Gao Jianli and others - believing too much in the impregnable government city.

It can't be considered a mistake, it's just...a cognitive bias, just like Guderian's to Maginot.

Out of trust in the dangerous terrain and traps of the government city, Yan Dan chose to give priority to ensuring the safety of the anti-Qin alliance's large forces. Xiaoyaozi had no objection to his decision, because he felt that there would be no big problems.

Zhang Liang also had no objection, but he didn't believe in the government city, he was just hiding his clumsiness out of habit.

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"Huh... It should be safe here." Qiantaki, who ran all the way out with Shaoyu in one breath, stopped and held on to the wall to take a few breaths.

Shao Yu was physically stronger and didn't even sweat, but his face looked a little strange.

After hesitating for a while, seeing that Qianlong had regained his breath, Shaoyu still asked the doubts in his heart, "Qianlong, you... who are you?"

"Why are the killers in Luowang... so afraid of you?"

Shaoyu didn't know yet that those two were the top Tianzi first-class killers in the network, but from their words, he at least judged that the other party was definitely not a small role.

Such an elite networker almost ran away because of Chitaki's threatening threat, and his words clearly stated that Chitaki and Liusha have a close relationship...

This forced Shao Yu to make some meaningful associations.

"Uh..." Qiantaki hesitated for a moment and did not answer. Instead, he turned around and said, "Let's wait until we have the opportunity. Now let's go find Tianming first to prevent anything from happening to him."

"Ah... yes, it's still dawn!" Shao Yujing was reminded, and as if he was just waking up from a dream, he remembered that there was still a little friend who was still alive or dead.

Under this situation, he had no choice but to suppress his curiosity about Chitaki's identity for the time being - mainly because the other party obviously had no intention of revealing it now, and he didn't want to force it.

In fact, he already had a guess that he thought was reliable.

After all, he already knows a lot of conditions now.

Although Quicksand is strong, there are really not many people who can make Luo Wang fear him.

"Well, hurry up and find Tianming." Shaoyu pretended that he had never asked the question before, and calmly nodded in response. At the same time, he also asked Ah Ci, who was behind him, "By the way, Ah Ci, doesn't he?" Will something happen?"

"It's okay." Qian Taki also looked like he was okay, shook his head and replied, "Brother Aci will be fine, but it may take a while for her to join us again."

"It's okay." Shao Yu nodded absently.

Afterwards, the two continued to walk towards Tianming's position.

After the running process just now, they are not far from there now, and they can reach it through two more corridors.

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"Ahem..." Tianming, who had just slept on the bed for a short time, coughed himself up.

Although he didn't sleep for long, he didn't feel low on energy. He frowned and covered his throat, "Ahem... Why does my throat feel like it's on fire?"

After saying this, Tianming suddenly realized that his voice had become hoarse.

He didn't think much, just assumed it was because his throat was too dry, and hurried to the table, picked up the teapot and poured tons of herbal tea into his mouth.

I drank more than half a bottle of water in one go before I felt better.

(End of this chapter)