As long as the target system survives the Battle of Kunyang, it will definitely leave this plane, causing the mission to fail.
This is a situation Hao Jiu absolutely does not want to see; he doesn't even have the right to betray the God of the System now.
To be honest, Hao Jiu got a bit cocky after awakening his supernatural powers. When he first accepted this mission, he didn't think it would be that difficult and thought he could finish it in half a month. But now he hasn't even determined who the target is.
"King Xiang, we don't have much time left for our mission. It's time to use some extreme measures. We must lock onto our target as soon as possible," Hao Jiu said solemnly.
"Extreme measures? What does the God of Wine intend to do?" Xiang Yu asked, puzzled.
"There are too many suspects, and they are all experts who will not easily give themselves away. So we have to take the initiative and kill the suspects. Just like I said before, if we kill the wrong people, we can resurrect them in the future when we have the ability. Xiang Yu must not be soft-hearted at the critical moment." Hao Jiu had thought of this emergency method long ago, even if it meant killing all the heroes in this plane.
"Isn't Dionysus afraid of killing the wrong person and exposing us?" Xiang Yu was actually a little hesitant to do it, especially to Liu Xiu.
"We can't worry about that now. Besides, I want Xiang Yu's split soul to take action. Even if it's exposed, it might mislead the target and lure him to kill the person possessed by the split soul. That way, we'll know who the target is." Hao Jiu wasn't sure if the split soul could fool the target system, but it was better than Xiang Yu himself taking action.
Xiang Yu's gaze gradually sharpened. "If that's the case, then let's start tonight. If Ju Wuba dares to go to Ziyun Mountain, I will kill him first!"
Hao Jiu clapped his hands and shouted, "Alright! Let's go all out starting tonight, finish the mission as soon as possible, and go home early!"
"Okay, go home early!" Xiang Yu nodded heavily. The mission absolutely could not fail; his family was waiting for him.
However, what Hao Jiu and Xiang Yu did not know was that an unexpected change had occurred in the Chu-Han Contention world at this moment!
Suddenly, a pitch-black gash appeared in the sky above the northern desert, then quickly closed up again. But because it was night and the gash was small, no one noticed it.
In the Xiongnu royal court, most of the lights in the palace were extinguished.
Maodun was a tyrant, and a tyrant with great talent and ambition.
He originally intended to unify the desert and then march south to target the Central Plains, but unexpectedly a powerful empire rose up in the Central Plains.
The Hegemon's fame spread far and wide in the northern deserts. He single-handedly fought against all the feudal lords in the world and even won the battle.
Maodun thought that Xiang Yu, who had retreated to Gaixia, was doomed to defeat, but he did not expect Xiang Yu to launch a counterattack from a desperate situation.
"I really want to have a good fight with that overlord Xiang Yu, but now is not the best time. Alas, perhaps I will never have this chance in my life. The Central Plains cannot be attacked..."
"Heh heh, that's not necessarily true. As long as you agree to bind yourself to this god, even ten Xiang Yus wouldn't be a match for you!"
There was no one else in the room, but the voice suddenly rang in Maodun's mind, startling him so much that his hair stood on end, and he turned halfway around, exclaiming in terror:
Who are you?!
Chapter 258 Night Raid
Ziyun Mountain, the main camp of the Gengshi Army, the central command tent.
Xiang Yu's clone stopped wiping his halberd and looked towards the entrance of the main tent. Someone had arrived.
"Report! General, the sentries outside the camp have gone missing!" The soldiers rushed in in a panic.
"Pass down the order: the entire army is on high alert, ready for battle immediately. Tell everyone to be wary of enemy forces and ferocious beasts." Xiang Yu gripped his halberd tightly. They arrived so quickly. How did Ju Wuba find this place?
"Yes!" The soldiers were also a little scared when they heard the words "ferocious beasts". Liu Xiu's three thousand soldiers were defeated by the Ferocious Beast Army.
Xiang Yu, fully armored and carrying a halberd, walked out of the tent. After thinking for a moment, he picked up a ring-pommel sword and slung it behind his back. This weapon didn't exist in the Chu-Han Contention world, but its material was truly excellent. He thought he should take more back with him when he left this world.
However, Hao Jiu said that if you want this kind of weapon, you just need to take a good blacksmith back with you, and there will be even better weapons in the future, such as the Tang sword.
It is said that the craft of forging Tang swords has been lost, and even modern technology cannot replicate a genuine Tang sword.
The entrance and exit of the Gengshi Army camp in the mountain valley.
Riding on an elephant, Ju Wuba swung his long whip and shouted, "All troops, charge! Leave no one alive!"
"Kill them!"
"Charge!"
...
In an instant, the sounds of battle shook the heavens!
Ju Wuba had no intention of launching a sneak attack. With 20,000 troops at his command, what was there to fear?
The Gengshi army had just received orders to prepare for battle when the enemy troops rushed over. The sentries left outside did not serve any warning function whatsoever.
"General Xiang! The enemy is overwhelming, let's retreat quickly via the side road!" The lieutenant left behind by Li Zhi looked terrified.
"It's too late. Even if the enemy didn't ambush us on the side path, so many of us will be crowded at the entrance and exit, and then the enemy will catch up and kill us all. Pass on my order: hold the main camp to the death, repel the enemy, and then break out!" Xiang Yu said coldly.
"Yes, sir." The lieutenant dared not disobey the order. In fact, as Xiang Yu had said, escaping via the side path was now more dangerous.
Just then, a tiger's roar came from the rear of the camp, followed by wolf howls and the roars of various wild beasts.
Awooo...
"The Beast Army! The Beast Army is attacking from the side road! Everyone, watch out for tigers!"
"Shoot the arrows!"
"ah!"
...
Xiang Yu rushed over with his halberd. Although there were many enemy troops in front, they were fortified with camps. The new army consisted mostly of new recruits and were not very strong in combat. It would not be easy to break through them. In comparison, those wild beasts were much more dangerous. There might even be some that had become spirits among them.
In fact, if Xiang Yu hadn't given the order in time, the Gengshi army might have been caught off guard by the enemy, and the risk of losing the main camp would have been quite significant. But now the Gengshi army has quickly stabilized the situation.
After all, the Gengshi army had fortified camps as a base, while the Xin army had just arrived and launched a surprise attack without bothering to build siege equipment.
Ju Wuba did his best to command his army to launch an attack, but the quality of the army itself was just so-so. To get them to fight to the death, you would have to put a knife to their throats.
"Charge! Anyone who retreats will be dragged down to feed the tigers!" Ju Wuba roared.
However, upon hearing this, the New Army soldiers who were attacking the camp immediately hid on the spot, neither retreating nor advancing, and stopped there and refused to move!
The saying goes, "The law does not punish the masses," and everyone tacitly disobeyed orders, leaving Ju Wuba completely helpless.
His tiger doesn't have that much of an appetite; it can only eat one person a day at most.
Snap!
With a single lash, the grass and trees were torn apart, and the soldier who was nearly struck was so frightened that he scurried away and then hid not far ahead.
Whoever gets whipped moves, while those who don't move an inch, just lazing around, attacking the city with their eyes and mouths.
"Charge forward! Don't stop!" Ju Wuba was so angry that his face turned red. He thought to himself that leading troops into battle was much harder than taming beasts. Just as he was about to give up, he suddenly remembered a saying: "A great reward will surely bring forth brave men!"
"The enemy has so few troops, what's there to fear? This is a golden opportunity to make a name for ourselves! Everyone, charge! There are huge rewards for breaking through the enemy camp!"
After Ju Wuba finished speaking, it did have some effect. Soldiers began to slowly advance with their large shields on their backs. But with such an attitude, how could they possibly break through the camp?
"Useless! All of you are useless!" Ju Wuba's expression grew increasingly ferocious, then his eyes turned fierce. "Beast Army, all troops, charge! Follow me!"
...
At this moment, chaos erupted at the back gate of the Gengshi Army camp.
Sure enough, there are ferocious beasts causing trouble here, and there may be more than one!
As soon as Xiang Yu arrived, he saw a leopard rampaging through the archers, its sharp claws tearing apart the soldiers' bodies.
The armor of ordinary soldiers has too many gaps in protection, especially for archers. Many of them are not wearing armor at all, and even if only one arm is injured, they will immediately lose their fighting ability.
This leopard was extremely fast and mainly attacked archers. It didn't kill many people, but it injured quite a few, with many archers falling victim to its attacks.
Without the archers to suppress them, some of the wolves and other wild beasts have already stormed into the camp!
At the critical moment, Xiang Yu finally arrived. Although it was just an avatar, his martial arts skills were still there. He wielded his halberd like the wind, knocking away several hungry wolves before resolutely charging towards the leopard.
The leopard seemed to sense Xiang Yu's power and hostility, so it tried to avoid a direct confrontation with him and continued to harass the archers. Its purpose was very clear, and its intelligence was in no way inferior to that of humans.
Xiang Yu's clone possessed only the strength and speed of an ordinary general, and for a time, it couldn't catch up with the incredibly fast leopard.
"Don't panic! Protect the archers!" Xiang Yu shouted as he picked up the scattered bows and arrows from the ground, then nocked an arrow, drew the bow, and aimed at the leopard.
But the leopard seemed to have eyes in the back of its head, constantly weaving through the crowd, using the soldiers' bodies to block Xiang Yu's view and the trajectory of his bullets—it was simply amazing.
Xiang Yu cursed inwardly, never expecting that a beast with human intelligence would be so difficult to deal with.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh...
Xiang Yu fired three arrows in quick succession, but his target was not the leopard, but the approaching pack of wolves!
Puff puff puff...
Awooooo...
Every arrow hits its mark!
Xiang Yu single-handedly unleashed the might of a whole squad of archers, causing the beast army's offensive to falter and lose momentum.
Seeing Xiang Yu's bravery, the Gengshi army's morale soared, and they gradually organized an effective counterattack, continuously besieging and killing the wild beasts that broke into their camp.
Although these beasts have sharp claws and teeth, the swords and spears of the army are equally deadly. Given the overwhelming numerical advantage, humans will inevitably emerge victorious in a battle against the beasts.
Of course, this refers to normal wild beasts. If all wild beasts were as cunning as that leopard, the outcome would be unpredictable.
The leopard, possessing supernatural abilities, witnessed Xiang Yu's mass slaughter of wild beasts and somehow managed to outflank him from behind, attempting a sneak attack.
Xiang Yu smiled slightly, pretending not to see it, and continued to fire wildly at the mindless charging wolves. Unexpectedly, the leopard retreated, bypassed Xiang Yu, and escaped from the camp. Immediately afterwards, the wild beasts outside also turned around and left.
The soldiers of the Gengshi Army cheered, realizing that the Beast Army was not invincible after all...
Just then, a deafening explosion suddenly came from the direction of the main gate of the camp!
Boom! Crash...
The sturdy camp gate shattered instantly!
Chapter 259 Snail
I will climb up step by step~~~
The strange snail, seemingly accompanied by its own background music, cautiously climbed to the treetop, its eyes fixed on the direction of the battlefield, as if it were watching an epic war movie, complete with the vibration effects of a 4D film.
The ground shook more and more violently, and the trees swayed along with it.
Fortunately, the snail had mucus, and the shaking of the ground stopped.