Chapter 370: If I don’t fall into the trap, how can I have such an opportunity!

Chapter 370: If I don’t fall into the trap, how can I have such an opportunity!

The mysterious Yi Xiaochuan didn't care. He raised his mouth slightly, revealing a sly smile, and continued: "Haha, this is of course very useful! To be honest, I am full of curiosity about you! After thousands of years, you are the first person I really regard as a strong rival! Naturally, I am very interested in you. In this case... why don't we do it the same way. As long as you are willing to give up everything you have now and follow the original development trajectory of things, then I can guarantee you that you will get a more generous reward! How about it, is this deal worthwhile?"

"Do you think you won?" At this time, Gao Yao's mouth corners slightly raised, outlining a sarcastic smile, but this smile did not last long, because he found that Yi Xiaochuan in front of him did not seem to take him seriously.

The mysterious Yi Xiaochuan didn't care about it at all, and said calmly: "Win? That depends on how you judge this contest. Admittedly, your actions did bother me a little before, but since the moment I stepped into Yecheng, everything has been under my control. For example, black gunpowder...right?"

When Yi Xiaochuan said the word "black powder" without hesitation and bluntly, Gao Yao's face suddenly became gloomy, as if he had been hit in the vitals. He stared at the seemingly relaxed opponent in front of him with wide eyes, wondering in his heart: How did this guy know this?

"To be honest, I really can't imagine how you achieved this amazing achievement! In this era we live in, it is harder than climbing to the sky to successfully replicate and manufacture black powder! Just knowing a formula and then trying to successfully produce it is nothing but a pipe dream. In fact, due to the limitations of the times, the current technological level is seriously lagging behind, which undoubtedly brings huge obstacles and challenges to related research work, resulting in an extremely low success rate."

“Those complicated and tedious experiments often require thousands of attempts and explorations before you can get a solution that can produce a specific effect, with the right proportions and a reasonable mix. However, it’s incredible that you actually did it!”

At this moment, when the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan said this, Gao Yao, who was standing on the city wall, couldn't help but tremble slightly. Because he never expected that this mysterious person in front of him actually understood these things so thoroughly and comprehensively.

"Why, Gao Yao, do you think you can shock me with just these few tricks? They lured the imperial army to keep marching towards Xiangjun. On the surface, it seemed like a normal march, but in fact, they wanted to take this opportunity to gradually disperse the imperial army. And the large amount of black gunpowder hidden in Yecheng must have been specially prepared for me! And look at the fact that they later dispatched soldiers to resist stubbornly in Longxian. Their real intention was nothing more than to ensure that the troops evacuated from Xiaxian could smoothly attack our army's food supply line. Am I right?"

The mysterious Yi Xiaochuan raised his lips slightly, revealing a meaningful smile. Every time he said more, Gao Yao's expression became more gloomy and ugly. Gao Yao secretly complained in his heart. He really didn't expect that the god Yi Xiaochuan in front of him was so powerful that he could accurately see through all the conspiracies and tricks he had carefully planned. What's more terrible is that the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan had already seen through everything, but he remained silent and did not take any action to stop it.

At this moment, Gao Yao, who had been silent all the time, suddenly spoke up: "You clearly did this on purpose. You want to use us to eliminate Li Xin."

Although Gao Yao was far behind the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan in terms of strategy and tactics, experience and strength, this did not mean that he lacked insight into human nature. Almost instantly, Gao Yao saw through the clues and quickly came to such a conclusion. At the same time, Li Yi deliberately raised his voice, as if he wanted the mighty imperial army behind the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan to hear this sentence clearly. His purpose was self-evident, which was to disrupt the morale of the army.

At this time, the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan was unusually calm, even indifferent. He knew very well that the troops he led this time were the most elite troops in the Northern Army. How could these experienced and well-trained soldiers be easily swayed by Gao Yao's words? Therefore, no matter what Gao Yao said, he could not shake the morale of the Northern Army.

And the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan actually spoke again, and slowly uttered a sentence: "You really overestimate Li Xin. At the same time, you also underestimate yourself too much!" As soon as these words came out, it was like a thunderclap exploding in Gao Yao's ears, making his face instantly become extremely ugly and as pale as paper.

"You actually did it on purpose? You were aiming for this very moment!" Gao Yao suddenly realized what was going on after hearing the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan's words. He secretly regretted that he knew there was a trap ahead, but he still jumped into it without hesitation. The intention behind this behavior was obvious - it was just to make himself less guarded and create a perfect opportunity.

"Indeed, it is just as you said. Your control over the southern border is indeed amazing, but it is precisely because of this overconfidence that I have taken advantage of the opportunity. If I had not fallen into the trap, how could I have such a good opportunity today? After my careful investigation, the number of defenders in the city is less than 3,000 at most, and the number of defenders in the entire Guilin County is also very small. In order to support other operations, you actually sent most of your troops away. Within three days, you can't even expect reinforcements. Under this situation, what can you rely on to fight me?"

Facing Gao Yao's fierce reaction, the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan did not hide his own calculations. In fact, while Gao Yao and Zhang Liang were carefully laying out the game within the game, the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan was also secretly planning his own chess game. It was just that the two sides' chess games were aimed at different targets. The mysterious Yi Xiaochuan's main target at the beginning was Gao Yao.

The battle between Gao Yao and Zhang Liang was mainly aimed at the entire imperial army. Now, it was equivalent to the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan using nearly 100,000 imperial troops and Li Xin's life in exchange for Gao Yao alone.

"Hahahahahaha...this is really unexpected! I didn't expect that you would value me so much. I really feel a little uneasy and flattered! But, it doesn't matter. Now that things have come to this, there is no need for us to say any more nonsense. Anyway, my life is here, just come and take it if you have the ability!" At this time, the ugly look on Gao Yao's face disappeared, and was replaced by a domineering aura.

"Shoot! Shoot him to death!" With his order, the defenders on the city wall drew their bows and arrows, and the extremely sharp arrows shot towards the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan like raindrops.

Facing this sudden attack, the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan did not dare to be negligent. He flashed and quickly retreated, while swinging the long sword in his hand tightly, blocking the arrows flying towards him one by one. However, despite his agility, two fists are no match for four hands, and several arrows still grazed his body, leaving a few blood marks.

At this moment, a trace of dissatisfaction appeared on the face of the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan. In fact, he did not want to fight Gao Yao to the end. The reason why he kept trying to persuade Gao Yao to give up resistance was, on the one hand, because he felt that this would avoid unnecessary casualties; on the other hand, it was because he wanted to get some secrets about the Southern Territory from Gao Yao. After all, there are too many unknown mysteries and secrets hidden in the Southern Territory, and these things are exactly what the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan has been pursuing but has never been able to find out.

After fighting with Gao Yao several times before, the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan was deeply shocked and puzzled by the huge changes that Gao Yao showed. He couldn't figure out how the seemingly ordinary Gao Yao had obtained his current powerful strength and many unknown secrets. Therefore, he wanted to uncover the mystery and find out the truth behind Gao Yao more and more urgently.

The mysterious Yi Xiaochuan was able to possess such a martial arts value, which could be said to be a result of his constant transformation in reincarnation. He constantly tempered his body, which almost raised his martial arts value to the limit. He had fought with Xiang Yu, Lu Bu, Ran Min, and others, but none of them was his opponent. Moreover, he had been constantly polished and tempered to have his current strength, but Gao Yao suddenly obtained it. Mysterious Yi Xiaochuan wanted to know these questions.

When Gao Yao spoke just now, the aura on his body also frightened the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan. In the thousands of years of reincarnation, the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan had come into contact with and learned too many things, which naturally included some Qimen Dunjia and even physiognomy. It was no exaggeration to say that he was well-versed in ancient and modern times, and he had met countless emperors and generals.

And just now, what Mysterious Yi Xiaochuan saw on Gao Yao was the aura of an emperor. This was something that Mysterious Yi Xiaochuan had never expected. He had only seen the same aura on those famous emperors. This made Mysterious Yi Xiaochuan a little unbelievable for a moment. Gao Yao should not have such an aura. His impression of Gao Yao had always remained in that of a cook and a eunuch. Now Gao Yao fully displayed the posture of an emperor, which made Mysterious Yi Xiaochuan even more worried.

"Hmph, just barking wildly. All troops, attack!" Since Gao Yao was unwilling to cooperate no matter what, the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan stopped talking nonsense and pointed the long sword in his hand directly at the city gate.

Following the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan's order, the imperial army immediately launched an attack on the county town...