From the sky, the sporadic lights twinkled.

In Taiping Lane, the explosion stirred the air, causing tremors. The shouts and footsteps of people running in the streets converged into a cacophony, painting the scene with chaos. But in truth, from the start of the explosion, everything unfolded in mere seconds. No one truly wasted time.

People ran, chased, made their judgments. The girl wielding the domineering blade swept through, Ning Yi charged in and out of the shed. Some were blocked by the explosion. Gou Zheng and the clever one who jumped into the crowd were perhaps the most unlucky. The former was caught in two blasts, and the latter was blown away. Shi Bao was affected and intimidated by the explosion beside him, hesitating for a moment. In that instant, Ning Yi was about to dash out of the courtyard, grabbing the bloodied Gou Zheng and pushing him out with a simple slash: "Stand firm! Crouch down!"

As Gou Zheng was blown away, he had already run several meters further.

From the courtyard to the canal bank at the other end of Taiping Lane was about two hundred meters. From the beginning, the Su family, protected by Geng the Bodyguard and others, didn't run out of Taiping Lane. Instead, they retreated towards the canal tributary. With a mere twenty-odd people, the adults and children moved quickly and orderly under Su Tan'er's suppressed commands. Even if Fang La's men wanted to charge, the first wave would be blocked by Geng the Bodyguard and others, then deterred by the explosion.

Ning Yi attracted most of the attention in a short while. Frankly speaking, although the explosions were intense for a moment, covering such a large area and continuing to explode, the damage caused each moment was actually limited. Even if Ning Yi had previously been able to mobilize significant military resources, he couldn't have truly buried the entire street.

The explosions mainly followed the escape route, with fewer explosions on the streets and in distant places. The main purpose was to prevent the enemy from detouring and encircling from afar. As for Ning Yi, he could only predict the initial few seconds of the explosion range. For longer durations, when each pile of gunpowder might explode, even he had to rely on guesswork. He couldn't perform thrilling actions like rushing into the shed and triggering an explosion.

But the battle that erupted in that moment was mainly psychological warfare. Ning Yi was cautious and composed when planning the overall situation, but when the moment came, he was more decisive and ruthless than anyone else. Once he made a choice, he immediately decided to abandon the others in Taiping Lane. His initial running direction wasn't fixed, but those who initially wanted to attack him were blocked by the explosion. He used himself as bait, giving everyone a deterrent. When he chopped down Gou Zheng like a dog, blowing him into pieces, his aura overwhelmed almost everyone in the flames.

These people were all famous heroes in the southwest greenwood. They licked blood from the knife in their early years, and after joining the rebellion, they killed countless people. Ning Yi's martial arts were not high. In a one-on-one fight, someone like Shi Bao could probably kill him in a few moves. But at this moment, facing more than a dozen ferocious bandits, he almost became as terrifying as a mountain in everyone's eyes. When Shi Bao shouted "Kill your whole family," he just waved his hand and said, "Then come on—" Everyone was almost frightened at that moment.

Of course, while he created a huge deterrent force in an instant, it didn't mean that Shi Bao and others were timid rookies. The more they opposed powerful people, the more they had to be aware of the danger. When Ning Yi quickly rushed through a courtyard, Shi Bao finally roared and sprinted. His eyes were basically bloodshot. On the side, a figure also outflanked him.

The explosion almost sounded beside him. The flames danced, and the flying stones cut across his face, drawing blood. Although Ning Yi walked fast, he was still staggering. At this time, he couldn't find a better way to go, otherwise, it would be a dead end.

This explosion was basically a tree-like chain reaction starting from several points. He couldn't precisely control the interval between each line and each explosion. In such a huge chaos, it was quite difficult to rely solely on the sequence of explosion points to make predictions. While running, his fingers unconsciously tapped on his side, assisting memory and calculation. Behind him, Shi Bao and others sprinted along the route he had taken. On the side, a knife light flashed past, rushing past his side as he lowered his head.

Weapons crossed, Ning Yi flipped over a courtyard wall in the explosion and flames, rushing through the crater that had already exploded. The people behind him followed closely. The other side now had experience. As long as they chased where Ning Yi had already gone, there would always be no problem.

Running in the fire for a while, when the other side slashed again, Ning Yi jumped up, rolled on the ground, and stood up. The other side had already approached again. Two steel knives collided in the light. Ning Yi staggered back a few steps, suddenly stood still, looking like he was waiting for the other side to come. The man waved his weapon, waiting to charge again, but suddenly hesitated for a moment and looked at his feet.

It was also because Ning Yi's deterrence was too great at this time. The sudden strange expression could not be ignored. The man stood in place subconsciously confronting Ning Yi for two seconds before he reacted and wanted to pounce. A loud explosion boomed under his feet. The huge impact pushed Ning Yi back a few steps. He supported himself on the ground with his hand, muttering "Fortunately", and then turned around and continued to run.

On the other side, the Su family had arrived at the bank of the canal tributary. Someone lifted a layer of cloth, revealing a simple and sturdy large raft underneath, and began to board the boat one after another. On this side, right behind Ning Yi, the sound of wind whistling came.

Shi Bao had already killed him from behind at this time. Ning Yi gritted his teeth and sprinted towards the front. This time, he took almost a straight line. Shi Bao rushed up and slashed out. The explosion roared, and the rising flames drowned the two people.

"Wrong way..." On the raft not far away, Su Tan'er stared straight at this scene, murmuring "Husband" and wanting to rush out, but was blocked on the raft by Geng the Bodyguard, Xiao Chan and others. There was still some movement in the flames. Shi Bao's broadsword was still waving, but it became blurred in the light and shadow. In the small piece of ruins that was originally standing there, a pillar was cut off. The flames swallowed it down. Ning Yi rushed into the ruins, followed by two explosions, drowning the line of sight. In the impact of the explosion, two figures intersected fiercely. Further back, the girl named Liu Xigua had already rushed over, but seeing such an explosion, she finally propped up the giant blade and stopped. Her hat had long been blown off, and the skirt fluttered in the air, like a black silhouette.

A few seconds later, Shi Bao, covered in blood, was blown away. He roared a few times, wanting to stand up, but he staggered and couldn't stand still for a while, and sat back again. His body was covered with wounds caused by the explosion. There was only one knife wound, perhaps Ning Yi chopped it in the chaos, but it was not serious. On the other side, Ning Yi's figure ran towards the raft from the other side, clenching his teeth. One side of his body was obviously stained with blood, but it was much better than Shi Bao. Witnessing this, a girl named Liu Xigua rushed again.

When the explosion rose, the girl detoured slightly from the side. Ning Yi pounced on the raft. Su Tan'er and others wanted to rush over. He shouted "Stand back" and took out a few things from his arms. On the shore behind, the girl dragged the knife and strode, suddenly leaped up! Ning Yi gritted his teeth, turned around on the raft, and aimed the things in his hand at the girl in the air.

With a bang, it was as if a ball of fire lit up in his hand.

The girl's figure rotated several times in the air and fell on the ground by the shore.

The raft sailed away from the shore and headed towards the other side. Someone propped up a wooden barrier to prevent stones or arrows from coming over there. In everyone's vision, the girl shook her head on the ground, holding the knife in one hand and supporting the ground with the other, and slowly raised her head towards this side. Her face could not be seen in the darkness, only her eyes seemed clear, without any angry expression. It even seemed a bit curious and confused. Ning Yi slumped on the raft and waved his hand jokingly, then reached out with his left hand to his injured right arm, gritted his teeth and used force to pull out a small piece of wood chips or iron pieces that were stuck there, and threw it into the water.

"I am Bloodhand Butcher, Ning Liheng..."

As the distance gradually increased, he sat there and murmured this sentence, but at this time he no longer had the strength to shout loudly, feeling bored, he finally lay down on the raft. Tan'er's face, Xiao Chan's face, Juan'er's face, Xing'er's face, Geng the Bodyguard's face and other people's faces were shaking in his field of vision. There was a column of smoke in the corner of the field of vision, and the center was a clear and vast starry sky. What the body could feel was the intense drumbeat of war still raging around the city at night, but at least on the Taiping Lane side, the army had also begun to rush over, and it was their turn to have a headache next...

The preparation of this raft was not originally intended to leave the city. The canal area outside the city gate should have been occupied by Fang La's people. It was meaningless to take the canal. The raft was just for crossing the river, to have one more option. No matter who caused this unexpected disaster, his family on the Taiping Lane side would definitely not be able to go back.

The river was not too wide. When the raft approached the other bank, the girl in the blue floral dress was still standing on this bank. The middle-aged man who had always been with her had already taken the giant blade: "Miss Qianqian, it's time to go."

"He's so amazing." The girl tilted her head, "I want him... to be a military advisor."

On a rooftop that was a bit higher than the terrain of the street and alley on this side, two figures were watching this side in the dark. One of them gently patted his thigh, and what he uttered was also a similar sigh to the girl: "So amazing... so amazing..."

"Lord Buddha, that person... should we think of a way..."

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter..." The middle-aged man named Fang Qifo shook his head, his gaze looking towards the Qiantang Gate, feeling the intensity of the battle, "There are amazing people everywhere, it's surprising to suddenly meet one, but... it doesn't matter, the overall situation is outside the city, although this person is amazing, but in the case where the overall situation has been determined, he can't do anything... let's go."

The city has been besieged for several days, and the situation in the city is chaotic and irritable. However, not many people can truly grasp the overall situation of Hangzhou at this time. Even Ning Yi, who is not familiar with war, finds it difficult to grasp what kind of state the war situation outside the city is in. In the eyes of Qian Xiwen and others, the soldiers of the Wude Camp

are ultimately elite. In the general intelligence that was passed on, the battlefield was intertwined, with each side having victories and defeats. Fang La's side entered the city several times, but under the original preparations of the Wude Camp, they were subsequently suppressed by a strong offensive and pushed out.

Unable to grasp the situation there, Ning Yi could only focus his mind on the situation in the city, trying to use the bureaucracy at this time to catch Fang Qifo and others in the city in a day or two and wipe out these troublemakers in one fell swoop. If it weren't for the situation on this night, perhaps in a day or two, he could truly reap the rewards. But it was useless to complain at this time. He could only start to sort out his mood and prepare for the next round of counterattacks with Qian Haiping and others. However, to everyone's surprise, everything turned into bubbles the next morning.

On the morning of the fourth day of the seventh month of the ninth year of Jinghan in the Wu Dynasty, the Qiantang Gate of Hangzhou was officially breached under the offensive of Fang La's army. The defensive posture of the Wude Camp collapsed, and they began to shrink. Subsequently, they won about a day or so for the citywide escape of the people in Hangzhou - in fact, this may not have been what they actively fought for. According to the recollections of the participants afterwards, it was just that Fang La's army was chasing, and they were also escaping, and battles had to happen. A day later, Hangzhou fell.

On the morning of the Qixi Festival, eight hundred li urgent report brought this news to Bianjing, becoming the last straw that broke the camel's back...

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Besieging the city is settled, a small perspective in a large area, and then slowly expanding, has always been a technique I like, but it's a bit of a brain teaser.

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