Yin Xiu stood up and looked towards the horizon. At this time, the sky was covered with white clouds, hiding the sun behind it. Only a few rays of light remained to prove that it was still high in the weather was fine, but Ye Tianpei, the general of the capital, felt cold all over. "I have never heard of this tactic called barricade, but I can already sense its dangers just by imagining it." Ye Tianpei stared at Yin Xiu, "You didn't even give the soldiers a chance to escape. Once we give up fighting the foreigners on the plains as you said, and instead withdraw our forces into the city of Tianjin, the foreigners will seize the outskirts of Tianjin and be able to move unimpeded. However, it is impossible for the foreigners to leave such a large army alone and go straight to Yujing. If they do that, their backs will be completely exposed to us, which is something the Eight-Nation Alliance does not want to see. Therefore, they will enter the city and fight with us for every street and every archway. You put the soldiers in hell and also drag the people of Tianjin into it. " "If we start the war on the plains, and after we are defeated, deserters and foreigners enter Tianjin, the people will be safe? They will not be disturbed." Yin Xiu retorted: “This is the only chance to prevent these soldiers from being crushed by artillery fire and fleeing before they even reach the enemy. And I don't require those soldiers not to escape, I just want them to fire three shots, that's enough, block them layer by layer, exchange their lives. As for the people, I have already sent people to persuade them to leave."
“Some people just won’t leave.” Ye Tianpei said solemnly: "Although I am not from Tianjin, I know that people from Tianjin regard leaving Tianjin as cutting off their roots." "If they don't leave, they will have no choice but to hide at home or pick up their weapons and join us." Yin Xiu showed a cold-bloodedness that surprised Ye Tianpei. "Instead of letting the soldiers become rebels or bandits because of defeat and cause chaos, it is better to let them leave a reputation here." "You're a terrible person." Ye Tianpei stared at Yin Xiu, "But those who are fighting for the world are almost the same as you." Yin Xiu had no intention of explaining to him that he had no interest in the empire. He simply asked, "General, will you carry out my plan?" Ye Tianpei looked at the drawings on the table with a serious expression, "I need to think about it." "Time is running out, so just think about it. However, because time is tight, we will continue to build the barricade." "Well?" Ye Tianpei looked at him, "Even the governor of Tianjin agreed with your plan?" "He ran away." Yin Xiu smiled and said, "When he knew that the foreigners were coming to Tianjin, he didn't even want his official hat and ran away with his family. General, didn't you know?" "Ashamed." Ye Tianpei was a little embarrassed, "I came in a hurry and didn't communicate with the government." In fact, what he really wanted to say was that the Jinmen Prefecture belonged to the faction of another adult, and he, the general of the capital, could not command them. Yin Xiu pretended not to notice his embarrassment and just said, "It's useless even if he's still here. It's best if he's gone. General, the survival of Tianjin now depends on you alone." These words did not encourage Ye Tianpei, but instead cast a shadow over his heart. Yin Xiu took back the wine jug, stood up and was about to leave.
"Where are you going?" Ye Tianpei asked suddenly. Yin Xiu smiled and said, "Since the general has no intention of keeping me, I will make some other preparations. I think you also need some time to think about it." "Are you going to deal with the foreign vanguard?" "Just take it as it is." Yin Xiu didn't stop and gestured to Ren Qi to leave. "If you come to visit without saying hello, you will be mistaken for a thief, and I have never had a good impression of thieves." Then he looked at Ye Tianpei and said, "General, I hope you can make a decision as soon as possible, because it will determine the life and death of many people." "I need to think about it carefully." Ye Tianpei was still hesitating. "I know." Yin Xiu no longer cared about what Ye Tianpei thought and walked straight out the door. When they got outside, there were few pedestrians on the street, and Ren Qi approached. "He sent someone to follow us." "It's normal." Yin Xiu nodded. "He thinks this is the safe approach, doesn't he? If we don't let him catch anything, he will doubt us instead." Ren Qi said dissatisfiedly: "That guy is really a very troublesome person, and he is also stupid to death. Maybe this is the reason why he has been hanging around in the border before and has not been transferred back." Yin Xiu spread his hands, "There's nothing I can do. You know it's always hard to meet the right person at the right time in this world. Otherwise, it wouldn't be called a good story for all time." Yin Xiu's words reminded Ren Qi of what happened last night, and he couldn't help but remain silent. Not noticing Ren Qi's inappropriateness, Yin Xiu asked him again: "Do you want to go together, or do you want to go alone?" Ren Qi was depressed at this time, and his eyes could not help but show more murderous intent, "Can it be done without me?" "That's definitely not possible." Yin Xiu was frightened by Ren Qi's inexplicable murderous aura, and just hoped that Ren Qi would not turn his anger towards him, so he said hello, asked for two fast horses from his subordinates who were passing by, and immediately left the city with Ren Qi. At this time, not many people were heading south out of the city, but the north of Tianjin was very lively, with civilians fleeing the city and warriors coming to defend Tianjin in response to the call. It is said that some people heard that Ren Qi was here and came here specifically to seek revenge, causing a strange scene at the city gate. Those who were leaving the city were dejected, in a hurry, and had fear on their faces. However, those who entered the city held their heads high and chests straight, considering this to be a matter of great honor and ready to die. At the gate of the north city, the three people responsible for welcoming those martial artists were Chen Tianyou, Shi Tiebing and Nie Huo. Things in the underworld always involve supporting each other and giving each other a boost. The excitement was all in the North City. The people leaving the South City at this time were all fast horses. They were spies sent by various forces just to gather intelligence on the Eight-Nation Alliance. Many people have recognized Yin Xiu and saluted him from afar. Even those who don’t know him will give him a look.
"You are now a big shot in Tianjin." Ren Qi kicked the horse's belly again, "People in Tianjin are serious about things. They do everything with a chivalrous spirit. Even if they don't get along with you, as long as you have the ability and what you do is admirable, they will sincerely call you Master." "It doesn't matter to me." Yin Xiu held the reins with one hand and let the other hand hang loosely on the side of the horse, letting the horse sway with him. "I just hope we can try to bring everyone together, that's the best." "It will definitely be fine." Ren Qi snorted coldly: "As long as no one from the imperial court is involved, there won't be any internal fighting, mutual framing, or betrayal." "But most of these people have not yet seen how terrible foreigners are." As Yin Xiu rode, he nodded and greeted the people who passed by and had already returned to the city. "The battlefield is like a dentist's operating table. Everyone says they are heroes before they lie on it. I guess you thought it was easy before you killed someone for the first time, too?" Ren Qi glanced at him disdainfully, "What's so difficult about it? Do you think my legs would go weak and my hands would shake the first time I killed someone?" Yin Xiu gave him a thumbs up, "You were born to do this." "Why are you scolding people?" Ren Qi snorted coldly, "It was my first time killing someone. With one cut of the knife, the man's intestines flowed all over the floor. When I stirred it again, his snot mixed with bile dripped onto the floor." “Eh,” Yin Xiu felt a little sick, “and then?” “Then I vomited all over the floor.” "what……" Yin Xiu only felt more disgusted now. The two men continued to ride forward, and when they passed a forest, they came towards a group of riders, about five or six people. The horse sat straight forward, and the rider on top also sat straight. Ren Qi noticed something was wrong from a distance and couldn't help but frown. When he got closer, he threw the rope from his horse, flicked his wrist, and swung it in front of the horse team, frightening the horses and causing them to stop. As the horses came to an abrupt stop, half of the riders fell off their horses and hit the ground headfirst. Ren Qi and Yin Xiu jumped off their horses and went to look at the bodies that had been dead for a long time. There were no obvious wounds on their bodies, but their faces were blue or even pale, obviously they had lost all the blood in their bodies, and were somehow tied to horses and carried back. "All done." "Ah." Yin Xiu nodded, "It should be those advance teams who did it, as a warning to us." "warn?"
Ren Qi sneered, "I think they are looking for death." "it's the same." Yin Xiu had already jumped on the horse and looked ahead. "Since they are willing to reveal their whereabouts, there is no need for us to look for them ourselves." He rubbed the few drops of blood on his fingers. Although the blood had already cooled down, it was enough to provide Yin Xiu with enough information to find the last location of the advance team through [Bloody Memories]. There were even a few vampires among the advance team. "interesting!" Yin Xiu kicked the horse's belly and the horse ran forward quickly. Ren Qi followed closely behind without saying a word. The two ran forward for a while and entered a dark forest. It was here that a solemn and cold atmosphere began to appear in the forest. This was the deep hostility towards them from the advance team hiding in various places in the woods. Before they could stop their horses, bullets were fired from all directions. A thunderous explosion echoed through the woods, and smoke filled the air. In the thick smoke, a vampire took off his cloak, revealing his pale face, red eyes, and a pair of sharp teeth. He opened his eyes wide, searching for the two people. However, he didn't need to look for her, as Yin Xiu soon came in front of him and met his eyes. Before the vampire could tell his companions to be careful, the sound of flesh and bones being cut was heard behind him, and then people fell down one after another. If this vampire could speak Chinese, he should have shouted "It's a pity" at this time. However, he didn't know how to do that, so he could only open his mouth and shout, or rather, groan, before being pressed against the tree by Yin Xiu, causing his teeth to shatter and fly. "Which family are you from?" Yin Xiu asked. The vampire's face was full of fear, but he seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw. He hurriedly said vaguely: "Dracula, I am Baron Mark von Dracula Williams, how is it?" "not so good." Yin Xiu grabbed the vampire, flames ignited on his hands, and in the blink of an eye, the vampire's body was covered with flames. Ignoring his struggles while dancing in the air, he turned him into ashes alive. Seeing this, the other vampire did not rescue his companion, but instead pounced on Yin Xiu's back and attacked him from behind. Yin Xiu stood still, but the vampire's vision was blurred and he missed him, and crashed into a small tree as thick as a bowl on the other side, smashing it to pieces. Not good! Although he didn't know the reason, he felt Yin Xiu's power and turned around and ran. Yin Xiu looked over there, staring at the escaping vampire. Beast way! The vampire's body twisted and deformed in mid-air as he leaped towards the branch, and soon disappeared without a trace, as if he had never appeared here.
On the other side, Ren Qi raised his sword and chopped down all the other people in the blink of an eye. "Here, I leave it to you." Ren Qi pointed at one of the figures who was still struggling. He was also one of the vampires, whose hands and feet were chopped off by Ren Qi. At this moment, he was lying on the ground at a loss, with fear in his eyes. "Eleven, twelve..." Yin Xiuqing pointed at the target, and finally pointed at the vampire on the ground, smiling and said: "The thirteenth, you are the thirteenth." "What thirteenth?" The vampire didn't understand why, but he felt that something terrible was about to happen to him. "I mean, you will be the thirteenth vampire I kill. Not the most important one, but one that completes the puzzle." Yoon Soo slowly approaches him. "What the hell are you talking about!?" The vampire roared and blood spurted out of his mouth. It was unclear whether he was injured by Ren Qi or if he was too excited and tore the wound. Seeing the vampire looking at him, as if he wanted to die knowing full well, Ren Qi also shook his head, "I don't know what will happen, I don't know eleven or twelve. But I know very well that you are going to die soon, this is certain." "Why do we have to make such a clear distinction?" Yin Xiu looked at the vampire, "It's the same. You kill people and suck their blood without asking why, right?" The vampire didn't know that the thirteenth number Yin Xiu mentioned was the number in the milestone. After countless long and tortuous battles, this poor vampire became the one that completed Yin Xiu's milestone. Yin Xiu grabbed and twisted his hands, and the vampire's head was separated from its body. At the same time, a voice sounded in his mind. [Milestone reached: Eliminating vampires (13/13)] (End of this chapter)