Chapter 3: The Heroes (Part I)

In an instant, all the courage slipped away from Xue Jingxian's body again. What fame and wealth, what ambition and pride, all were smashed in front of the overwhelming black waves not far away. In the hearts of the whole person, in addition to "Escape! I can't think of anything else. But the four weeks were all war horses, and he didn't have any space to turn his mount at all. I want to shout "Get out of the way!" But he found that his mouth had long been frozen by the cold black wave in the distance, and he couldn't make any sound at all.

Just as Xue Jingxian was about to collapse on the horse's back, a warm and huge palm was placed under his armpit. "The last general, Wang Xun, has been ordered to protect Lord Qincha!"

"Ah, uh, uh, uh......" Xue Jingxian suddenly saw the life-saving straw like a drowning man, grabbed it with his hand, and his fingers buckled white on Wang Xun's arm armor, "Uh, uh, uh, Wang, Wang, uh......"

Seeing him like this, Wang Xun didn't feel so strange. Nine times out of ten, it is this virtue. When they didn't go to the battlefield, everyone was enthusiastic. When it was time to move the real chapter, his hands and feet were weak, and he even lost the strength to escape. "The Great Cannibal is just bluffing. After running such a long way, people have long been sleepy. Only fools dare to attack directly! ”

As if to confirm his inference, with a terrible horn, the rolling black waves in the distance suddenly stopped. Immediately, several wolf-like sounds sounded under the black waves, and dozens of battle flags of all sizes were picked out and lined up in a long straight line at a distance of about five hundred paces.

The words written on the flag are all big food texts, and Xue Jingxian doesn't know any of them. But he finally regained a little of his senses and could tell that the enemy was in formation. It is not possible to attack until the formation is finished. "Yes, there is General Lao Wang!" Turning his pale face, he grinned softly at Wang Xun, "Xue, Xue this is, this is the first time, the first time ......."

"It's the first time that Lord Qincha has seen the two armies face each other so closely." At this moment, the big man Wang Xun, his smile looks so comfortable and comfortable. "It is worthy of the genius who learns to be rich and rich, and Mount Tai does not change color in front of him. It's like the last general, when he confronted the enemy for the first time, he almost didn't even have the strength to carry a weapon! ”

"You think the whole world is like you!" Yuwen Zhi brought a small group of people to ride horses, and stood neatly on the other side of Xue Jingxian, protecting Xue Daqin and his guards between the two teams of Anxi army. "I came here last year, and I shot four enemy generals in my first battle!"

"Yes. Who doesn't know you? And blowing, the first few arrows almost pierced my shoulder! The third one who was ordered to rush over was Song Wu, who heard Yu Wenzhi bragging again, and smiled to expose his old bottom.

The three young men giggled and didn't pay any attention to the enemy troops in the distance. When Xue Jingxian and his entourage saw this scene, their mood immediately became much more steady, and one by one they smiled and loosened the reins of their grip and slowly gathered their mounts into a column.

"Xue, Xue is calm. It's so scared that I forget to be afraid! Influenced by Wang Xun and others, Xue Jingxian also made a joke about himself, "Damn big dog-eaters, look at how many people they came!" ”

"More people are better, lest there will be not enough points for the first level later!" Wang Xun smiled and glanced at the other side, a little contempt on the corner of his mouth.

The cannibals on the opposite side continued to form a group, and layers of armored soldiers jumped down from their camels, lined up under battle flags, and erected the walls with shields the size of the doors. Immediately behind the sword and shield bearers were the great cannibal spearmen, who had just jumped off their camels and couldn't wait to put the tip of their spears over the shoulders of the sword and shield men in the front row. Then, there were the archers, their heads held high, and the arrows of the cold forest pointed diagonally upward. Further back, the heavy cavalry wrapped in armor, light cavalry wearing only a chest guard, without any armor, camel soldiers wrapped in black cloth with half of their heads, wave after wave, converged here from a distance, endlessly, endlessly.

After only looking at it for a short while, Xue Jingxian's heart began to tighten again. When he turned his head sideways to look at his side, he found that the soldiers of the Anxi army didn't even bother to erect the shield wall, so they rode on their horses in a big way, as if they were watching the performance of the enemy army. And Feng Changqing, the commander of the Anxi Army, who was not far from him, didn't seem to take advantage of the enemy's foothold to catch the other party off guard, his eyes were half-squinted, and his white beard trembled up and down with his breathing.

These crazy people! Comparing the two, Xue Jingxian couldn't help but secretly regret it in his heart. I knew that there was such a huge disparity between the enemy and us, so he didn't stay on the front line to watch the excitement! The size of the big cannibal on the opposite side is at least four times that of the Anxi army, and the proud Feng Changqing actually left enough time for the other party to line up, is it not arrogant to the point of madness, or is it because of what?

Going into battle with this group of madmen is purely seeking death for yourself! Xue Jingxian secretly muttered in his heart again, and reached out to touch the weapon on his waist. Prepare to kill yourself with a knife as a last resort. His fingers felt empty around his waist, and only the sachet was left where the knife should have been hung, which was wet and cold, as if there was a layer of water stains.

Damn it! Xue Jingxian scolded in a low voice. Only then did I remember that before leaving the bedchamber, I left the iron-like sword for the newly acquired concubine. In his frustration, Wang Xun had already seen his embarrassment. smiled, untied his saber, and handed it over, "Could it be that Lord Qincha also has itchy hands?" Let's make do with mine first! It is a horizontal knife uniformly distributed in the army, and the spine is a little too thin, which is only suitable for chasing the dead and chasing the north. Adults make do with it first, and I'll find you a better one later! ”

"Thank you, Brother Wang!" Xue Jingxian took the knife in his hand and sincerely hugged his fists to thank him. No matter what the other party approached him for, at least, he had been relieved of the siege for him many times today, and each time he was careful to take into account the face of him, the Lord of the Chincha.

Wang Xun is used to being arrogant, and his protection of Xue Jingxian is actually just out of taking care of his fellow villagers, and he doesn't think about it so much at all. Seeing that the other party was rightly swaying towards him, he quickly turned his body sideways on the horse's back, and said with a smile: "Isn't it just a broken knife?" You can't be so solemn! We're both wearing armor, so don't do it! ”

"Oh! Also! Xue Jingxian heard the sound of the armor on his body crashing, smiled wryly, and put down his flat arm.

Seeing that the other party finally stopped holding the shelf, Wang Xun brought the horse's head closer again, and said with a smile: "If you really want to thank me, you can do it." I got some small items and needed someone to help bring them back to Chang'an. When you go back to pay the decree, just help carry it. My family lives in Chong Yan Fang, from the left to the ........"

"If Brother Wang is willing to let me take my head, it's not impossible to bring something." Xue Jingxian's smile was infected by the other party, and he casually made a joke. "And Brother Yuwen, this Brother Song, if there is anything that needs to be brought back, after the battle is over, it will be sent to me together. Anyway, I'm pretty much done with what I need to do, so I don't have to rush on the road! ”

"That's a good idea!" Yu Wenzhi and Song Wu also laughed, their young faces full of sunshine.

"That's it!" Xue Jingxian smiled and waved his knife, at this moment, his mood turned out to be the most relaxed in more than ten years.

A few people talked about it, and time flew by. It seems that in the blink of an eye, the big cannibals from afar have already set up a formation, and it is pitch black, looking from afar, just like a farmer who set fire to the wilderness in autumn, and accidentally lost control of the fire, burning the straw in his own piles in the ground, cold and desolate.

"Woo woo, woo woo, woo woo!" The muffled sound of the horn sounded again, and the big cannibals in the military formation began to move. Not forward, but kneeling on the ground in turns, muttering from their mouths.

"What are they doing?" I don't know for what reason, at this moment, Xue Jingxian was not as panicked as before. turned around and humbly asked Wang Xun for advice.

Wang Xun was also not familiar with the strange behavior of the big cannibal, and he didn't want to lose face in front of the other party, so he thought about it and said, "I guess, I guess I'm praying to a certain immortal." Pray that the gods will bless them with killing people and setting fires, and they will be invincible! ”

"There are still gods in the world who bless robbers to kill people and set fires?!" Xue Jingxian sneered and pursed his lips, and the awe of the Great Cannibal in his heart dropped by a few points. Although at this moment, he could already clearly see that the armor on the Great Food soldier opposite was well-made, no less than the Anxi Army soldiers beside him.

Speaking from the heart, the expansion of the Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions is not without blood. However, the concept of benevolence and righteousness hidden in the bones of the Central Plains people also made them treat the local tribes as well as possible after defeating the rebels, rather than completely exterminating the other party. The beliefs of the locals, Zoroastrianism, Crucialism, shamanism, and even the Tianfang Sect, which incited the people to make enemies of the Tang Dynasty at this moment, have been preserved very intact. Although these teachings are in some respects incompatible with the Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism classics pursued by the Central Plains people, as Tang people, they have the mind and courage to allow the conquered to coexist, coexist, and even influence and promote each other with their own beliefs.

On the other hand, the Heavenly Fang Sect, just through a few days of contact, had already left a very bad impression in Xue Jingxian's heart. Concubine Honglian's fear of the Heavenly Sect was not pretended, and the rumors circulating in the army about the fanatic followers of the Heavenly Sect who regarded all non-believers as prey were not entirely groundless. This cruel and paranoid doctrine was in great conflict with the Confucian ideals in Xue Jingxian's heart, and the more he came into contact with it, the more he felt contempt.

It was not the contempt of force, but the innate superiority of civilization over barbarism, which made Xue Jingxian's heart full of pride. Even if the Anxi army really lost today, in addition to escaping and dying in battle, as a powerless scholar, he never thought that he actually had the choice of surrendering and being a prisoner. Because of those two redundant choices, it not only insulted his belly of articles, but also insulted his Tang blood!

The prayers of the Great Cannibal are long and endless like flies. Xue Jingxian only looked at it for a short while, and then became a little impatient. touched Wang Xun with his elbow, and continued to humbly ask for advice, "This should be a good opportunity." The enemy dismounted. Let's just take the cavalry and charge ......."

"This battle is not to defeat the Great Cannibal, but to convince it!" Regarding Feng Changqing's strategic goals, Wang Xun understood very clearly, "The Anxi army only has such a few people, even if it wins, it will not have the strength to continue to expand its territory to the west." And Dashi is also a big country in the world, and it is said that the land and population are comparable to Datang. If they attack while they have come from afar and gain a firm foothold. The odds of victory are great, but after the Great Cannibal loses, they may not be afraid of our army. can only give them a chance to beat them up in a dignified manner. In order to make them completely afraid, at least a whole generation, dare not take the initiative to provoke us again! ”

"A soldier who surrenders without a fight? The sealing degree is really generous! Xue Jingxian's reaction was not slow at all, and when Wang Xun mentioned it, he immediately understood Anxi Jun's intentions. But isn't this intention a bit too wishful? In line with the reader's consistent bad feeling towards the barbarians who turned into foreign barbarians, he was not very optimistic about Feng Changqing's goal.

Just as he was about to discuss a few more words with Wang Xun, the enemy formation on the opposite side changed again. With the sound of several trumpets, all the soldiers rose from the ground and returned to their places. Then, the gate of the array suddenly opened, and a giant who was too tall and six feet away from his shoulders strode out, carrying a black scimitar.

Knock, knock, knock, from a distance, Xue Jingxian could almost hear the rhythm of the other party's footsteps. At the end of the line is one step at a time, stepping on the ground and shaking back and forth. Of course, these are all out of his imagination, the ground in the Western Regions is not so soft, and the Big Eater Giant is not a wild beast. But the feeling of oppression still made the breath of many people in the Anxi army stagnant.

"Oh, oh, oh—" The giant walked to the center of the battlefield, about two hundred and fifty paces from both sides of the battlefield, and finally stopped. Sticking his scimitar into the ground, he stretched out his arm, which was not protected by any armor, and slammed himself in the chest. "Oh, oh, oh—"

The cry of a beast quickly spread throughout the battlefield. The morale of the big cannibals was high, and they shouted in unison to the rhythm of the giants. The soldiers on the side of the Anxi army scolded loudly, but their momentum was obviously slightly inferior to that of the other side.

"What years have you been playing this heads-up trick with the old man?!" Feng Changqing was finally alarmed, opened his eyes, and a cold light appeared in his eyes. "Who's going out for me and cut down that fool on the other side!"

"The last will go!" Before Feng Changqing finished speaking, Wang Xun's mount had already rushed out of the formation. While galloping on his horse, he shouted loudly, "The last general has just been unusually promoted by His Majesty, and there is no way to repay him. Let's take this guy's head as a score. Brothers, don't fight with me! ”

Zhou Xiaofeng, Zhao Huaixu and others had already rushed away from the card, and when they heard Wang Xun's second half of the sentence, they laughed and scolded and turned around their mounts. Only Yuwen Zhi was not at ease, and followed from a distance, and at the same time took off the riding bow and put the feather arrow on the bowstring.

Before Wang Xun rushed to the center of the battlefield, the giant suddenly turned around and ran away. ran away with a smoke, turned around again, and jumped and shouted at Wang Xun.

"Hahahaha!" Seeing this scene, Xue Jingxian and the others, who were secretly sweating for Wang Xun, couldn't help laughing. Just as he was curious, he saw the giant carrying a scimitar with black paint and many large gems on the side, striding towards the center of the battlefield.

What is this fool going to do? Everyone was slightly stunned. Immediately, I saw Wang Xun also jump off the mount, hung the horse lance on the side of the saddle bridge, and picked up a strange blade that looked like a chain hammer and a meteor hammer with one hand.

It turns out that the giant who looks like a fool is not stupid at all. He actually refused to eat the enemy's loss on his horse and his own steps, so he ran away, and then protested with his back to his own large array. And although Wang Xun didn't understand the big food, he guessed his intentions from the actions of the giant man. That's why he jumped off his mount and chose to fight with the opponent fairly.

The horizontal knife on his waist had just lent it to Xue Jingxian, so at this moment, there was only the Iron Meteor given by Gao Shi at hand. And the big food giant on the opposite side is also considered to be experienced in a hundred battles, and it can be seen at a glance that the Tang general who came to fight him made a fatal mistake, and used the horse weapon used by the heavily armored knight in the extreme west as a stepping weapon.

This kind of door-to-door delivery is cheap, and it is a fool not to take possession. said that it was too late, it was fast, and I saw the big food giant Tengteng Teng Teng running a few steps, shouting, and waving a knife at Wang Xun to remember the straight split. At this moment, Wang Xun was no longer the rookie who had just experienced the battle half a year ago, first jumped half a step to the side, avoiding the opponent's blade, and then shook his arm and hammered the iron meteor head-on.

"Hehe...... "The big eater sneered, revealing a mouth full of yellow teeth. His head tilted slightly, and with agility that was not commensurate with his size, he avoided the attack of the Iron Meteor. Then he quickly rushed forward, and the blade slashed straight at Wang Xun's face.

The heavy armored cavalry of the Iron Meteor was originally in the extreme west, and after the first wave of impact was completed and the spear in his hand was ineffective, it was used to sweep away the opponent's foot soldiers. Therefore, the chain is designed so that when sitting on horseback, one arm can be rounded. At this moment, Wang Xun was confusedly used as an infantry weapon in the East, and the chain was a little too long. was snatched close to the inner circle by the giant, and immediately became a burden. caused Wang Xun to dodge left and right, and he had no ability to fight back.

How could the big eater be willing to allow Wang Xun to slow down and counterattack. After taking advantage of it, he never let go, and stabbed several times in succession, and the knife did not leave Wang Xun's neck and chest. Seeing that the other party's body had gradually lost its balance, he sneered again, the blade turned from vertical to oblique, and the shoulder strap was split off.

Seeing that Wang Xun was about to be in a different place, Xue Jingxian couldn't help but close his eyes. The young man's knife was in his own hands, and if he died like this, Xue would be to blame. Just as he was blaming himself, he heard another cheer, followed by a terrible roar, which instantly rushed into the ear drum.

"Ahh Xue Jingxian couldn't believe his hearing. The big food giant is injured, Wang Xun is actually okay? He opened his eyes and took a closer look, only to see that the big food giant was covered in blood, with a knife on the left and a knife on the right, chasing Wang Xun and slashing hard. But his feet had staggered, and he was obviously not lightly injured.

looked at Wang Xun again, but he was empty-handed, going back and forth around the big food giant. The iron meteor, which had previously been considered a burden, landed on the ground not far away, and the sharp corners of the hammer were faintly red in the sunlight. It turned out that just when Xue Jingxian closed his eyes, Wang Xun suddenly violently pushed back, then let go of the iron meteor, and the whole person squatted down, escaping from the opponent's attack range in a life-saving posture of lying on the ground.

And the big eater was very unfortunate to grab it, and the blade swept right across the chain of the iron meteor. The chain that lost control immediately turned into a poisonous snake, circling the giant man's weapon again and again. Before he could pull the weapon back in a strange situation that suddenly occurred, the hammer head of the Iron Meteor swept back with a roar because of the inertia that Wang Xun had left on the weapon before. It went around in a circle with the strength of the big food giant and smashed right on the back of his head.

Rao is the giant man was wrapped in an iron helmet on his head, and the back of his head was also broken by the sharp horns of the iron meteor, and blood was gushing out. However, this person still couldn't accept the reality of being defeated by a Tang general who was shorter than himself and only half his age, and roared angrily to wield his weapon, and tried his last breath to chop Wang Xun under the knife.

It's a pity that this wish is really a bit extravagant. Wang Xun just circled around at random, and then the injured giant man was dizzy. Spotting the flaw, he kicked it in the crook of his leg and kicked it to the ground. Then he snatched the knife and swung it down. I saw a red light, and a huge head jumped into the air, and his eyes were full of anger and unwillingness.