Chapter Twenty-Four: The End of the Road
Lu Zhong was suddenly hit by an arrow and fell, which surprised everyone, of course, except for Wu Qin and his three brothers and Gu De, because it was Wu Shi and Wu Ming, after their eldest brother Wu Qin shot an arrow to save Dong Hong, they came to a double dragon to win the pearl, one person and one arrow, and shot Lu Zhong together, and Gu De was a witness to the whole process.
As soon as Lu Zhong fell, the soldiers of the Jinniuzhai beside him shouted: "The second master has been killed!" ”
When Lu Meng heard the voice, he looked in the direction where the sound came from, and saw that Lu Zhong had a bow and arrow in his neck and chest, and the person was already lying on his back in a pool of blood, his eyes were staring, and he seemed to be extremely unwilling to die. He couldn't help but roar angrily: "Good thief, dare to hurt people with secret arrows, despicable!" ”
"Don't say anything despicable or despicable, haven't you heard that soldiers are not tired of deceit?" Wang Qing saw that Lu Zhong was dead, and his heart relaxed, but the movements in his hands did not stop, and he took the Xinghuo Reverse Spear and greeted Lu Meng.
Lu Meng saw that his two younger brothers were killed one after another, and the second brother died in front of him, his heart was already in chaos, and his shot was even more undisciplined.
"Withdraw!" Lu Meng had no choice but to grit his teeth. He shook off Wang Qing and retreated among the soldiers in the rear.
Although the number of people and horses in Jinniu Village accounted for the majority, firstly, after most of the day's attack, their physical strength was not comparable to that of the men and horses of Woniu Cottage, and secondly, they were intimidated by the combat strength of Wang Qing's hundred-man team. So after a short fight, the Jinniuzhai side did not have any advantage, but lost dozens of people. On the side of Woniu Cottage, it also occupies a geographical advantage, but the loss is lower than theirs, and only more than 20 people were killed.
After hearing Lu Meng's order to retreat, the men and horses of Jinniuzhai threw off their opponents one after another and headed towards Canglong Ridge. Wang Qing watched the other party retreat into Canglong Ridge, and did not let his subordinates immediately chase after him.
"Your name is Wang Qing, right, I remember you, my two younger brothers will never die in vain, you just pray that you don't let yourself fall into my hands." Lu Meng saw that Wang Qing did not chase after him, thinking that he did not dare to chase. So he stopped and said to Wang Qing.
Lu Meng had already made up his mind in his heart, there were too many losses in the cottage this time, and they might not be able to defend Jinniu Mountain. In case of an attack on the overall situation of the Woniu Cottage, he will definitely be defeated and killed. Rather than this, it is better to wait for the other party to retreat this time, and lead the people to Huanglongzhai by himself. He has good things in his hands that Huanglongzhai can't refuse, and Woniu Mountain has offended Huanglongzhai in the first place. He dedicated the things that Jinniuzhai had accumulated over the years to Huanglongzhai, begging the other party to help him take revenge, Huanglongzhai would definitely not refuse, and when the time came, he must make Wang Qing look good. It's just that when he thought that he had to give out all these years of looting in Jinniuzhai, there was also a drop of blood in his heart, which made his hatred for Wang Qing go to a higher level.
"You pray to yourself first, as for me, you can rest assured, there will definitely be many people who will remember it in the future, and they don't care about you." Wang Qing looked at him coldly and said confidently, with his current appearance, a strong aura of iron and blood emanated. All the soldiers, including those in Jinniuzhai, were all taken by his momentum, and they only felt that Wang Qing at this moment seemed to be a pillar of heaven, standing there standing in the sky, and they were ants that could only surrender to his feet.
Lu Meng also felt Wang Qing's momentum, but he felt that he couldn't open his mouth to say the words on his lips. He looked at Wang Qing, turned around and walked towards the camp on the top of the cottage with his men and horses, he was afraid that if he continued to look, he would lose the courage to seek revenge on Wang Qing.
Wang Qing watched them leave, turned around and asked the soldiers to bandage and treat the wounded. As soon as he opened his mouth, the breathtaking iron-blooded momentum naturally dissipated, but the soldiers of Woniu Cottage were even more in awe of him, because they knew that this person who commanded them would definitely spread his name all over the land of China in the future, as he himself said, and would shock an era.
Wang Qing waited for their wounded soldiers to settle down, and let the three brothers of the Gu De and Wu families stay here to take care of them, while he himself planned to take the other horses into Canglong Ridge, and then he could surround Lu Meng and them on Canglong Ridge with Pei Yuanshao's men and horses.
It was supposed to be led by Dong Hong, but he was cut by Lu Zhong just now, and he couldn't use his strength at this time, so he stayed here. At the same time, the three Wu brothers originally wanted to follow Wang Qing, but they shot hundreds of arrows a day, and the protective gear on their fingers was worn out at this time, and their fingers were also worn out of wounds. When he shot Lu Zhong just now, the wound was opened again, and it was really not suitable to continue fighting, otherwise he would be left with a secret wound, and it would be difficult to shoot arrows in the future.
As for Gude, he was more stable, knowing that he had already made a great contribution by killing Lu Wei, and the credit for the rest should be given to others. Besides, almost everyone else here is wounded, and there is also a need to leave someone to preside over the overall situation, obviously, it will be better to stay here.
Wang Qing and the others set foot on Canglong Ridge again, but the situation was exactly the opposite before. An hour ago, they were still being hunted and escaped, but at this time, their identities have changed, and they have become hunters, and they are the opponents who have just pursued them.
Thinking of this, Wang Qing told himself in his heart that he must not make similar mistakes in the future, and never let the soldiers who followed him die in vain because of tactical mistakes, and he seemed to have a deeper understanding on the way to lead the troops.
Lu Meng and the others had just walked for less than half an hour. Canglong Ridge is a small road on the top of the cliff, winding and circling, and the line of sight is very good, so at this time, Wang Qing and they can see Lu Meng and them going up along Canglong Ridge from a distance, and they have almost reached the exit camp above Canglong Ridge.
At this time, among the people and horses of Jinniu Village, I don't know who looked back, and found that there was a piece of fire below along Canglong Ridge towards him, and he couldn't help shouting: "Everyone look at the back, is there the people and horses of Woniu Cottage chasing over." ”
Everyone stopped and looked back, Lu Meng was no exception, he sneered: "Don't be afraid, look at the number of torches on the other side, it should be those people from Woniu Cottage, let's go back to the cottage camp first." We have a numerical advantage, and we are at home, so if they dare to chase them, we will let them have no return. ”
The people of Jinniuzhai listened to the words of their big boss, and thought about it, it was true, could they still be attacked by half of their own enemy, so they were also relieved, but the steps under their feet were faster. They wanted to get back to the camp at the top of the hill as soon as possible, where it was safe and there was food.
After fighting to chasing, and then fleeing back to the camp, nearly six hours passed. According to the algorithm of later generations, they fought from about 11 o'clock in the morning until 10 o'clock in the evening, and their physical exertion was huge, and they were already hungry, and now they just wanted to return to the camp on the top of the mountain to have a full meal.
Soon, they arrived at the exit of Canglong Ridge, and Lu Meng took the lead into the camp where they had attacked for half a day. He had barely taken a few steps in when he felt a palpitation, as if there was great danger waiting for him ahead.
He looked at the inside of the camp, and at this time, the Canglongling camp was even darker under the light of his own torches. Before he could hold his feet down, Lu Meng heard a sharp chirp, followed by bows and arrows shooting out of the darkness.
The soldiers of Jinniuzhai had no time to resist, each bow and arrow hit a target, and the person who was shot either fell in response, or covered the place where it was shot and wailed, at this time everyone was stunned by what was happening in front of them.
Until Lu Meng shouted: "There is an ambush!" All the people reacted and hurriedly found a place to squat.
At this time, the torches were lit up one after another in the darkness, and the people of Jinniuzhai slowly saw clearly, only to see more than 500 people waiting in line in the depths of the camp, and there were more than 100 archers in the rear, each of whom was wound up with arrows and aimed at his side.
The other party was led by a bald young man with a mace, who also had a fierce face and a burly physique. He led the formation of 500 soldiers and slowly advanced towards the men and horses of Jinniuzhai.
"It turns out that you are ambushed here, I said how to attack the people and horses of the Woniu Cottage, neither the big boss Zhou Cang, nor the second boss Pei Yuanshao." Lu Meng naturally knew Pei Yuanshao, he had fought before, and the two were not equal in force. He saw and wondered why it would be an unknown centurion who was waiting for him at the entrance below Canglong Ridge to take the lead, it turned out that Pei Yuanshao brought people and horses here to cut off his back road.
Lu Meng understood everything at this time, and he also knew that Wang Qing and the others did not follow him closely, but followed slowly, it turned out that he knew that even if he went out of Canglong Ridge, he might not be able to escape easily, and even, he might not be able to escape. He looked at the soldiers behind him, and saw that everyone had a frightened look in their eyes, and some even had their eyes flashing, not daring to look at him directly.
"Yes, we arrived as early as when Ziwu and them were holding on, and we hid them in the camp before retreating into Canglong Ridge. Lu Meng, you let your men surrender, I can call the shots, spare their lives, and treat them equally. Today, you can't get through. Pei Yuanshao also saw that the morale of the people in Jinniuzhai was low at this time, so he wanted to persuade him to surrender, and he didn't want his brothers to die in vain, so it was best to surrender without a fight.
"Surrender, well said, they can surrender, but you definitely won't let me stay." Lu Meng looked up to the sky and sighed.
"That's right, you are the owner of Jinniu Village, and we have killed so many of your subordinates, even if I want to protect you, I don't dare. But I can give you a chance, we go head-to-head, as long as you win, I will let you go down the mountain alone, and where you go at that time, it has nothing to do with us, if you lose, then I can fulfill your last wish within my ability" Pei Yuanshao said one by one.
"Don't, let's protect you and kill you." There were soldiers loyal to Lu Meng who said to him, but more people did look at him expectantly, and when they heard Pei Yuanshao's words, they already had the idea of surrendering.
"Okay, I promise you. If I lose, I hope you can bury me with my second brother and my third brother, so that we can live together in the underworld. Lu Meng stopped the soldiers who persuaded him, and agreed to Pei Yuanshao's proposal. He knew that this was Pei Yuanshao's respect for himself, and he had no more choices.
"Don't worry, I agreed to this request, the dead are great, and we will not desecrate your brother's corpse." After Pei Yuanshao finished speaking, he came to the middle of the two teams with a mace, and at the same time he said to the soldiers behind him: "Don't interfere with any of you, this is a fair duel between me and Lu Meng." ”
Lu Meng also instructed the soldiers around him, of course, mainly to those soldiers who were still loyal to him, and then he took his weapon and walked slowly in front of Pei Yuanshao.