Seeing Ersha approaching the carriage, Kongkong'er suddenly slipped behind him and slapped him on the back. Ersha was furious and turned to punch him. Kongkong'er jumped high, but couldn't dodge Xiang Yu's pull. With a ripping sound, his coat was torn into a tailcoat. Seeing that Jing Ke had already engaged in combat, Xiang Yu stood aside with his hands down.
Liu Bang sighed, "At this point, they're still acting like heroes. It seems they haven't learned their lesson from back then."
Zhang Bing glared at him, then quickly looked back at the field.
Ersha was currently putting all his strength into a fierce fight with Kongkong'er. He had neither light-footed skills nor sophisticated techniques, but he had one thing in common: he was fearless. Kongkong'er kicked him in the stomach, and Ersha, seemingly oblivious, slapped him across the face in return. Kongkong'er quickly dodged with a backflip, his face stinging from the force of Ersha's palm strike. Ersha rubbed his stomach and chuckled twice. Anyone facing such an opponent would be in for a world of trouble. Kongkong'er drew two short swords from his waist and said coldly, "Then don't blame me for being ruthless."
His two swords were narrow and long, resembling two iron wires at first glance, gleaming coldly in the moonlight. Kongkong'er lunged at Ersha on tiptoe, but Ersha clenched his fists, ignoring the enemy's short swords, and instead charged forward. We all saw what foolish plan he was hatching. He intended to catch Kongkong'er's sword with his own chest and then seize the opportunity to deliver a heavy blow. But Kongkong'er was incredibly agile; how could he let him succeed?
Just as Kongkong'er's sword was about to pierce Ersha's chest, Xiang Yu sighed. Suddenly, he reached out from behind Kongkong'er, grabbing his ankle and pulling him back. Kongkong'er sneered, "Fine. Come at me both at once!" With that, he somersaulted like a python, slashing down with a short sword. Xiang Yu had no choice but to let go. Ersha then charged at them, and Xiang Yu stepped aside again.
Liu Bang cursed, "You're so pedantic!"
Wu Sangui also shouted, "Brother Xiang, if we have no other choice, let's join forces to take him down first."
Xiang Yu merely smiled slightly and did not move.
Li Shishi glanced at her watch again and said, "We have less than two minutes left."
Liu Bang finally couldn't help but say to Zhang Bing, "You should persuade him. Your words are more effective than anyone else's. Even if he cares about your safety, he will still take action."
Zhang Bing looked at Xiang Yu with a face full of infatuation and said, "I admire Your Majesty's open-mindedness and heroic spirit. I will never hold him back."
Liu Bang angrily said, "If he doesn't act now, he'll die at that bald man's hands sooner or later. You two are all lovey-dovey every day, yet you can just sit idly by and watch your king live or die. Are you even Yu Ji, you little wench?"
Zhang Bing's expression changed drastically, and she exclaimed excitedly, "Of course I am!"
Li Shishi said softly, "Actually, Brother Xiang no longer cares about the empty fame of a hero, but he's afraid that the woman he loves will look down on him. He's too caught up in the moment to think things through." Her implication was that she still hoped Zhang Bing would appeal to Xiang Yu for help.
Zhang Bing's expression changed several times, but he ultimately remained silent.
Hua Mulan suddenly exclaimed, "Oh no, these foreigners look like they're about to wake up."
Liu Bang said, "Don't you have a hammer in your hand? Strike whichever one wakes up first. You must have the strength."
Upon hearing this, Mulan struck a foreigner on the head who had been shaking his head a few times, and he immediately froze. The foreigner who had been trapped in the door, who had been half-awake and about to touch his wound, immediately stopped moving upon hearing our voices. But Liu Bang, with his sharp eyes, pointed at him and kept shouting, "Strike this one! Strike this one!" Seeing that the foreigner wasn't moving, Mulan didn't want to strike him anymore; she was a soldier, and a woman, and she disliked mistreating prisoners who had lost their will to fight. Liu Bang laboriously moved to her side, grabbed the hammer, gathered his strength, and struck him hard. Then, just in case, he began striking the heads of the four foreigners one by one, like striking a set of bells…
It was Ersha who was fighting Kongkong'er this time. He tried several times to fight the enemy to a draw, but failed each time. Gradually, he lost patience and began to swing his arms wildly. Kongkong'er seized an opening and plunged a short sword deep into Ersha's shoulder. Just as he was about to pull it out, Ersha grabbed the hilt of the short sword on his shoulder. Xiang Yu could no longer stand still. His large hand descended from the sky to grab Kongkong'er's head. Kongkong'er, without bothering to pull out his sword, leaped away.
Xiang Yu glanced at Er Sha with guilt. Er Sha was already pale with pain, but he still smiled and said to Xiang Yu, "I'm fine..."
"Leave him to me." With that, Xiang Yu roared and charged at Kong Kong'er. Kong Kong'er had lost his short sword, making him quite clumsy. He couldn't do much with just a finger and a few blows. Xiang Yu, with his powerful fists and long legs, forced him back a considerable distance in just a few moves.
Mulan exclaimed excitedly, "What amazing skills!"
As Liu Bang struck the chime bells, he said dejectedly, "It's too late, we don't have time."
I glanced at my watch; it had been exactly 10 minutes since Xiang Yu and the others started eating the biscuits, only a few dozen seconds off.
Sure enough, the once unstoppable Xiang Yu gradually weakened at a visible speed. His massive fists, which had swung out with the ferocity of a machine, now appeared light and feeble, like a spoiled little girl throwing a tantrum. It was strange to see a giant over two meters tall gradually growing tired.
Xiang Yu's final punch was almost entirely thrown out of inertia, his body being pulled along with it. Kong Kong'er, who had been standing nearby, gave him a gentle push on the back, and Xiang Yu collapsed to the ground with a thud. Kong Kong'er was taken aback, then suddenly realized, and laughed, "Let's see who saves you now." He turned to look at Er Sha, who was also sitting on the ground, still tightly gripping his sword hilt. At the same time, Liu Bang said miserably, "We missed a golden opportunity—we could have used the guns the foreigners brought!" We both paled. I said angrily, "Why didn't you say so earlier, you son of a bitch!" Liu Bang gave me a resentful look and said, "None of us have ever seen a pistol, let alone used one, so we had no concept of it. But you… you've watched so many gunfight movies, why didn't you think of that?" Although I had never used a gun, I only knew about the safety and the bolt. If Er Sha and Xiang Yu had been able to pull their guns from the foreigners while they were still standing, the situation wouldn't have deteriorated so quickly. But now it was all too late. When Liu Bang struck the chime bells, he could barely hold up a small hammer and let it fall on its own. Let alone the fact that we don't have the strength to pull the bolt of a gun now, we wouldn't even be able to aim it if we had a gun in our hands.
Kongkong couldn't help but feel smug, and suddenly laughed loudly, "What great assassin of all time, what Hegemon of Western Chu, none of them can withstand three or two punches and kicks from me, hahahaha..."
I felt he looked vaguely familiar, and then I remembered that Erpang looked exactly the same after his duel with Xiang Yu. I said with lingering fear, "He's probably in for a rough time."
In any case, based on my experience, once someone acts so cocky, they're either hit in the face with flip-flops or have their scalp twisted by Hu Sanniang; no one has ever escaped this fate.
When Kongkong heard what I said, she first looked around warily. Seeing that everything seemed normal, she was about to laugh a few more times. Just then, a voice asked weakly, "Is Xiaojing here?"
Kongkong suddenly somersaulted several times and landed under the light, shouting, "Who's there?"
We only saw a blur before our eyes, and a person floated in from the darkness. This person's face was as white as paper, his body was frail, and his eyes were somewhat unfocused, making it clear that he was not quite in his right mind.
I asked in surprise, "Zhao the White-Faced?"
When Zhao Bailian saw me, he was overjoyed and said, "It's good to have found you. Where's Xiao Jing?"
I silently pointed to Ersha, who was sitting on the ground. Zhao Bailian turned his head and exclaimed, "Found you!" He ran to Ersha and tried to help him up, and Ersha grinned and offered his hand. Kongkong'er's sword was still stuck in his shoulder, and with the effects of the sleeping potion taking hold, Ersha's hand slipped halfway down. Upon seeing this, Zhao Bailian exclaimed in surprise, "Who hurt you like this?"
Seeing that the newcomer was nothing more than a fool, Kongkong'er stopped looking at him and said to me, "Where did you put all your things? You can fool others, but you can't fool me. Besides the Overlord Armor and Jing Ke's Sword, you also have at least 300 Yue Family Army soldiers' weapons. These are all top-quality antiques..."
Seeing that Kongkong'er was carrying another short sword, Zhao Bailian asked steadily, "Why did you stab Xiaojing?"
Kongkong'er said impatiently, "If you want to live, get out of here."
Zhao Bai scratched his head and said, "That murderous aura is so familiar. I've seen you before."
Upon hearing this, Kongkong'er looked at Zhao Bailian in surprise: "You can actually sense my killing intent?" Then she said, "You discovered my whereabouts several times when I was following Xiao Qiang?"
Now that he mentioned it, I remembered too. The first time was when I went with Jing Ke to meet those recruiters, and Zhao Bailian shouted loudly on the way back; the second time was when I came back alone, and Zhao Bailian was swinging a big broom, and he also shouted that there was murderous intent. It turns out that he had already discovered Kongkong'er back then.
Zhao Bai stared intently at Kong Kong'er, still asking the same question: "Why did you stab Xiao Jing?"
Kongkong'er was so startled by his gaze that she took a few steps back and asked sharply, "Who exactly are you?"
Ersha laughed and said to Kongkong'er, "You can't beat him. He's my good friend Gai Nie."
Kongkong'er exclaimed in horror, "You're the Sword God Gai Nie? Jing Ke was waiting for you to assassinate the King of Qin? Why didn't you go in the end?"
Ersha said sadly, "By the time he finds out I'm waiting for him, I'll already be dead."
Zhao Bai looked bewildered and asked, "I don't know who I am—why did you stab Xiao Jing?"
Kongkong'er snapped, "Can't you ask me something else?"
Zhao Bai scratched his head sheepishly, then stared at Kong Kong'er and asked, "Then—why did you stab Xiao Jing?" We were utterly speechless...