Chapter 315 This battle cannot be delayed, it must begin!

Chapter 315 This battle cannot be delayed, it must begin!

Before this, Gao Yao had always had deep doubts about Yi Xiaochuan. To be more precise, he felt something was wrong with the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan. This strange feeling had been around for a long time, and today, his curious guess was finally confirmed to a certain extent. No wonder he always felt that something was wrong before, but now it seems that these doubts have gradually been echoed and confirmed.

Where did the real Yi Xiaochuan go? Or has he already met with an accident and been solved? Has Yi Xiaochuan actually been replaced by Beiyan Shanren? This has undoubtedly become a matter that has not been sorted out yet. But fortunately, the confusing mysteries that originally lingered in the plot have now been gradually revealed.

Cui Wenzi, who had been affecting the plot from the beginning to the end, was just a chess piece. The reason why the Beiyan Mountain Man who had never appeared was able to cross the long time of more than two thousand years was finally revealed - the Beiyan Mountain Man was Yi Xiaochuan!

However, this Yi Xiaochuan was not the Yi Xiaochuan who traveled through time this time. Just now, during the conversation with the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan, Gao Yao caught a crucial piece of information: the star! Everything seemed to be inextricably linked to the star, whether it was the incredible phenomenon of two Yi Xiaochuans appearing at the same time, or the secret of how they were able to travel through time and space.

However, the other party obviously does not know everything. He does not know anything about Gao Yao, including the system. This shows that the other party is not omniscient and omnipotent. Moreover, judging from the process of fighting and the various styles of his behavior, immortality may not be true.

Just now when Gao was about to launch a sneak attack, the opponent still subconsciously dodged to avoid fatal injuries. This shows that the opponent's so-called immortality must have some kind of limitation. Otherwise, he would not have had any scruples when he attacked just now. Wouldn't it be more straightforward to directly exchange his life for his own?

There is another point. If what the other party said is true, and the other party is really the previous Yi Xiaochuan, or more than one previous Yi Xiaochuan, then why must we respect the historical development? This is not logical.

The mysterious Yi Xiaochuan does have the ability to live forever, but it is not necessarily true that he can live forever. At least in the fierce battlefield just now, the terrifying recovery speed he showed was really extraordinary!

Gao Yao had to admit that even if he possessed the powerful Dragon Elephant Prajna Sutra, coupled with superb medical skills as an aid, he could never achieve the amazing recovery speed of the other party. This situation was extremely strange and unreasonable. If we simply analyze and judge from these two aspects, then we can infer that the special ability possessed by the other party is very likely to be closely related to the normal development process of history.

Therefore, no matter what, he had to do everything he could to stop Gao Yao from remaking that history, because this matter was extremely important to him. Although Gao Yao had not yet completely figured out the most critical reason, he still had no intention of accepting it.

Thinking back to the beginning, if someone had made such a request to Gao Yao when he first came here and had just completed the journey, perhaps Gao Yao would have agreed without hesitation. After all, no matter what, it was just to enjoy life to the fullest, so why not? It was just a change of name, no big deal. But now that times have changed and Gao Yao has experienced several life-and-death crises and even nearly lost his life several times, how could he be willing to give up so easily? It's impossible!

"My lord, you should take a rest first!" Erniu looked at Gao Yao, who had just received treatment and was sitting in the main hall, and advised with a worried look on his face, sincerely hoping that his lord could have a good rest.

"Why, even you have figured out something?" Gao Yao raised his head slightly, staring at the loyal subordinate in front of him, with a bitter smile on his lips.

"My lord, I have followed you for many years and know your every word and action very well. Why do you have to hold on like this?" Erniu said sincerely, his words full of concern.

"Ahem... Erniu, you are just too honest!" Gao Yao couldn't help but cough a few times at this time. He felt helpless about Erniu's overly straightforward honesty. He thought to himself: If he can see it, then he can see it. Why must he say it to my face?

"Erniu, now is a critical moment. In the next few days, I will not go up to the city wall to supervise the battle. You just follow my instructions and pass the message to various departments. Tell them that I am seriously injured and have a little inconvenience in moving, so that they will be a little panicked." Gao Yao spoke slowly. Although his tone was weak, his eyes revealed a firmness.

"Be a little panic? Lord, I'm sorry for my stupidity. I don't quite understand what you mean by this." Hearing what Gao Yao said, Erniu was confused and puzzled. After all, Gao Yao was clearly enduring the pain to support the overall situation, but now he was asked to deliberately spread the news of his injury. The reason was really puzzling.

"The reason why I choose to stand here is because all the troops in the city depend on me, so I have to stand here. The reason why I deliberately spread this panic atmosphere is to let the enemies outside the city who are eyeing us know that the morale of our army has been shaken." Although Gao Yao felt helpless in his heart, he knew very well that in such a situation, he had to show two completely different attitudes internally and externally.

In fact, Gao Yao didn't need to meet and communicate with everyone, he just needed to maintain his normal state. In this way, the relevant news would naturally spread quickly throughout the army. By then, even if everyone noticed a little bit of panic, they would only regard it as a clever strategy, not a real lack of morale. In this way, not only would they not feel fear and anxiety, but they would also firmly believe that this was just a strategy to lure the enemy deeper.

Of course, deliberately showing weakness to the enemy was actually to lure the imperial army to launch a comprehensive and fierce attack. If facing other ordinary cities, they might have to worry about whether the enemy would take advantage of this momentum to break through the defense line in one go. But what Gao Yao really hoped for was that the imperial army would attack, and the two sides must go to war.

What really worried Gao Yao was the solemn instructions Xiao He gave him before he left. Since the imperial army was clearly in an advantageous position, this protracted war was actually an extremely unfavorable situation for the southern border. If one was not careful, they might fall into an irreversible situation.

Although the southern border did intend to delay the battle, the time span they envisioned was even longer. However, they could not choose to avoid the battle at all, for the simple reason that if they did not fight the imperial army, they would have no idea where the main attack direction was. Only by fighting could they delay the enemy's main force to the greatest extent.

Although the imperial army was facing a difficult situation of tight logistics supply, it was not a problem to maintain the stalemate for a month or so. Originally, Gao Yao had also planned to take the initiative to attack while the imperial army had not yet gained a firm foothold. He even considered taking the initiative to attack or launch a sneak attack at night.

However, when he learned that the leader of the army was Li Xin, he had to give up these thoughts. After all, Li Xin was famous and his military talent was awe-inspiring. Therefore, Gao Yao only hoped to slightly dampen the morale of the imperial army. It was for this reason that he finally agreed to the duel between the two sides.

But who could have expected that accidents would happen one after another! Yi Xiaochuan had suddenly transformed into the mysterious "Mysterious Yi Xiaochuan", whose strength was so strong that he not only surpassed Xiang Yu, but was even better. As a result, Gao Yao not only failed to gain any advantage, but also almost encountered a big problem.

"Well, please rest assured, my lord. I will do it right away. Please have a good rest."

"go"

At the same time, the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan finally returned to the camp after going through many hardships. He looked a little embarrassed, with multiple injuries on his body, especially the injury on his left eye was particularly serious. After entering the tent, he was immediately helped to the bed and quickly called the military doctor to treat him.

However, this is not a well-equipped clinic after all, and the so-called treatment is just some simple treatment and bandaging of the wound. Despite this, the pain still made the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan frown. After an examination, the doctor regretfully told him that his left eye was too seriously injured and it might not be able to recover its normal function.

At this moment, the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan's face was as pale as paper, and his expression was terribly gloomy. Recalling the thrilling battle with Gao Yao just now, he was filled with regret and unwillingness. He had never expected that Gao Yao, a seemingly inconspicuous guy, actually had such a powerful weapon hidden in his hand - a crossbow! No, to be more precise, it should be an arrow hidden in the sleeve.

This hidden weapon is extremely concealed and has a very fast firing speed, making it difficult to defend against. It was precisely because of this sudden attack that the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan was caught off guard. Not only was he seriously injured, but he also missed the perfect opportunity to kill Gao Yao in one fell swoop. Of course, it is impossible to recover, but it is true that he will not be able to use his left eye in the short term.

As for what he said to Gao Yao before, it was actually half true and half false. Yes, after experiencing countless reincarnations, the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan did need to take the elixir of life continuously to maintain his life, but the key ingredient in the elixir formula was the Tianxing powder. This also led to a large amount of Tianxing powder accumulated in the body of the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan due to long-term use. This is the reason why his wounds healed so quickly.