Chapter 378: Falling Short (I)
The high ground on both sides of the col was full of Mengjia soldiers in full armor, and the front row of soldiers was not holding a spear, but the other was holding a shield. In the middle of the shield-wielding spearmen, there were archers with arrows on their belts, aiming at Xiang Yu and Yu Zi at the bottom of the valley.
Xiang Yu and Yu Ziqi were back to back, looking at the Qin army that was almost all over the mountains, it was really obvious that Meng Tian had no intention of letting him go. Just relying on the dozen or so subordinates under his own command, desperately fighting with the Qin army will undoubtedly hit the stone with an egg, or if he can't hit the Qin army with a single hit, he will be shot to death by the opponent's archers on the way.
Looking at Meng Tian who was standing on a high place, Yu Ziqi was a little flustered, and he asked Xiang Yu behind him: "Brother Xiang, what should I do now?"
Xiang Yu was also bitter, originally he wanted to obey Zhang Liang's arrangement tonight, and took his future brother-in-law to end up with Meng Tian here, but he didn't expect that he would be ambushed by Meng Tian again.
"What to do, how do I know what to do, now that we are surrounded by so many people from each other, it may be difficult to leave alive?" Xiang Yu's mouth was full of bitterness, he promised Yu Ziqi's sister to finish the matter of Dongjun, and he took her back to Huiji County in the original Chu State to get married in his hometown.
Yu Ziqi clenched the long sword in his hand, and the beads of sweat on his forehead slipped down drop by drop. Yu Ziqi gripped the long sword and swallowed a mouthful of saliva, "I don't want to die here, I have a younger sister to take care of, I promised my parents, I want to protect her." Brother Xiang, you know. ”
"Of course I know, you know that I like your sister, and I have promised her that I will protect her for the rest of my life, and I don't want to die here. But don't worry, as long as I live, you won't die. Xiang Yu is much calmer at this time, he is a descendant of Jiangmen, and he has been taught since he was a child not to mess with danger, so that he can find a chance to escape.
Seeing that these imperial rebels below were silent, Meng Tian said loudly from the high ground on both sides of the valley: "Xiang Yu, I didn't expect the two of us to meet again, the last time I let you escape in Bolangsha, I think you won't have such good luck this time." ”
Xiang Yu looked at Meng Tian, and if the anger in his eyes could be released, he would definitely be able to burn Meng Tian to the ground. "The last time I was in Bolangsha, it was the luck of Yingzheng's dog emperor, otherwise you probably wouldn't have the heart to deal with me here now. ”
Meng Tian nodded, admitting that Xiang Yu was telling the truth. "But it's a pity, you think your plot is seamless, but you don't know that my subordinates have already told me your whereabouts, no matter what, if today's fate is in my Great Qin, you remnants of the Six Kingdoms, I advise you to be captured as soon as possible, and I can also leave you a whole corpse. ”
"Phew!" Xiang Yu spat at Meng Tian, and he said, "My Xiang family has never had a man who surrendered to the enemy, my grandfather is, my father is, and so does my Xiang Yu. Meng Tian, I am standing here today, if you want to take my life, just come and take it. But before that, I'll also ask your Mengjia soldiers to cushion my back. ”
Meng Tian glanced at the corners of his mouth, at this time, this Xiang Yu actually wanted to challenge himself, if he was somewhere else, Meng Tian might really agree to him, but today, in any aspect, his advantage is much greater than Xiang Yu, and he doesn't have to fight with him at all.
Meng Tian raised an arm, and the archers on both sides of the valley all pulled the bowstrings in their hands at the same time, and it only took an order from the general to fire ten thousand arrows, and the dozen or so people in the valley became hedgehogs in a few moments.
"Protect the young master!" Seeing this, the rebels who came with Xiang Yu and Yu Ziqi shouted in unison, and then quickly ran in front of Xiang Yu and Yu Ziqi, formed a circle with their backs to the two, blocked the two people behind them, and used their bodies to block the arrows for the two.
Meng Tian shook his head, it seemed that these people would not surrender to him, and he was not prepared to leave these people alive. "Arrows!" Meng Tian gently spat out two words.
"Whoosh", the sound of arrows breaking through the air sounded in the valley, and then the sound of arrows shooting into the human body and the screams of the rebels who were shot by the arrows below were mixed together and resounded through the valley, adding a touch of blood to the originally cold moonlight.
The bow and arrow were fired for a while, but Meng Tian stopped him. There were no more people standing in the valley, including Xiang Yu and Yu Ziqi, everyone was lying on the ground. The ground below the valley was full of arrows, and in the middle of the valley there was a bulge, which was densely covered with arrows, and from a distance it looked like a large hedgehog prostrate on the ground.
Seeing that there was no movement below the valley, Meng Tian beckoned, and Huang Can, who was originally hiding behind the Meng family's army, ran over. He ran to Meng Tian's side, no longer the same as before, with a flattering smile on his face, and said, "General, what's the matter?"
Meng Tian put his sword in both hands, looked at the "big hedgehog" in the valley, and said to Huang Can: "You go, lead a few people down to have a look, and see if Xiang Yu and Yu Ziqi are dead." If both of them die, bring their bodies to me. ”
"Yes, the villain obeys. After hearing this, Huang Can turned around and was about to leave, but he turned around again and asked Meng Tian, "General, what if the two of them didn't die?"
Meng Tian looked at Huang Can coldly, and said angrily: "Then do you still need me to teach you? Kill the two of them, no matter what, you only need to bring the corpses of the two of them to see me." ”
Huang Can said yes repeatedly, although he didn't know the bottom in his heart, but he also saw the scene of the Meng family's army firing a salvo of ten thousand arrows, even if Xiang Yu and Yu Ziqi in the valley were not shot to death, they should not live long, and he killed the two of them with a knife in the past, which can be regarded as a great achievement.
Huang Can led a few younger brothers who fled with him, slowly descended from the path on the side of the valley to the valley, carefully walked through the arrows on the ground, and walked towards the pile of corpses in the valley.
Walking to the pile of corpses that had been shot into hedgehogs, Huang Can instructed his younger brother to carefully remove the corpses and find the bodies of Xiang Yu and Yu Ziqi who were buried below. After removing the corpses above, the bodies of Xiang Yu and Yu Ziqi were already submerged in blood, and the two of them were lying on the ground, their eyes closed, as if they were no longer breathing.
"General, Xiang Yu is already dead!" Seeing that Xiang Yu and Yu Zi at the bottom were not breathing, Huang Can raised his head and shouted happily to Meng Tian above the valley.
As soon as Huang Can's words fell, Xiang Yu's "corpse", who was not breathing, suddenly opened his eyes, startling a little brother of Huang Can who was about to pull Xiang Yu out, before he had time to shout loudly, he only felt a pain in his abdomen, and an arrow had been inserted into his body.
Then Xiang Yu raised his leg and kicked the little minion who was killed by his own arrow, kicked it away, and then picked up his spear with one hand and stabbed it into the throat of another Huang Can little brother. "Ah!", with a scream, the spear passed through the throat of the little minion, bringing a burst of blood, Xiang Yu suddenly withdrew the spear, and the little minion didn't understand what was going on, and his body fell down limply.
At the same time as Xiang Yu made his move, Yu Ziqi also moved, he was holding a scimitar in his hand, and a knife slashed through the waist of a small minion standing in front of him, and the long knife slashed, directly dividing the little minion into two halves from his waist and abdomen, and the blood in his body was like a fountain to the sky.
In the blink of an eye, the few younger brothers who followed Huang Can to take refuge with Meng Tian were all killed by Xiang Yu and Yu Ziqi, and Huang Can was the only one left in the valley. Huang Can was shocked when he saw that Xiang Yu and Yu Ziqi were not dead, and for a while he forgot to escape. After Xiang Yu and Yu Ziqi solved all the little brothers under him, Huang Can wanted to escape, but there was no longer any possibility.
"General, help!" Huang Can's cry for help echoed in the valley.
Meng Tian also didn't expect that the lives of Xiang Yu and Yu Ziqi were so big, and so many arrows failed to shoot these two people to death, which was beyond his expectations.
Xiang Yu saw Huang Can, his eyes were full of anger, it was this person who harmed himself, originally he thought that he had no chance of revenge, but he didn't expect this traitor to actually send him to the door by himself, which made Xiang Yu want to thank Meng Tian, thank him for letting Huang Can go down to the valley to check if he was dead.
"Huang Can!" Xiang Yu roared, making Huang Can's legs tremble. Huang Can, the name of Xiang Yu's God of War, knows it, even if there are a hundred of them, they are not necessarily Xiang Yu's opponents, not to mention that they are left at the bottom of the valley now.
"Big leader, spare your life!" Huang Can's legs were weak, and he knelt directly on the ground. Just now he asked Meng Tian for help, but he didn't see Meng Tian send someone down to save him, it can be seen that Meng Tian is also unwilling to waste the lives of his soldiers to save himself, Huang Can is already desperate, he knows that he will die.
Xiang Yu glared angrily at Huang Can who was kneeling in front of him, and without saying a word, the spear was like a dragon out of the water, directly stabbing Huang Can's chest, and then he raised his leg with a kick, kicked Huang Can's corpse away, and pulled the spear out of his body by the way.
Huang Can's life and death are insignificant to Meng Tian, now there are only two people left in the valley, Xiang Yu and Yu Ziqi, and there are so many soldiers of the Meng family in his hands, no matter how you look at it tonight, it is impossible for Xiang Yu to leave here alive.
"Xiang Yu, I can give you another chance, surrender, otherwise I think Xiang Yan will be dead. Meng Tian looked at Xiang Yu below the valley and said.
Xiang Yu didn't seem to hear Meng Tian's words, but said: "If you want my life, you can come, what is my Xiang Yu afraid of!" Xiang Yu's roar resounded in this world, like a thunderbolt, even if Meng Tian stood on the valley, his ears couldn't help buzzing.
"Young master, don't panic, I'll come!" After Xiang Yu yelled, a voice sounded behind the soldiers of the Mengjia army, and then there was a shout of killing in another part of the valley.
"What's going on?" Meng Tian said in a loud voice as he looked to the other side of the valley.