Chapter Seventy-One: Attack in the Night
Piracy detected! Ma Chao's reverence as the general of Shenweitian is not a record in the official history, but from the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".
Although "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was written by Luo Guanzhong in the Ming Dynasty, he was based on the materials of the official history and wild history of various places, exaggerated, beautified, and scandalized various modifications.
Ma Chao, as an excellent local figure in Xiliang, has many legends about their true and false here in Guzang.
This Kamui General Street is obviously from the wild history, and the reason why the wild history is more attractive than the official history is that it has a heroism that makes people's blood boil.
This is also the reason why "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is better and more exciting than "Three Kingdoms".
Wang Changling bragged about the wild history he knew, and Pei Min was not calm.
As a liberal arts student, I have watched "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" more than a dozen times. Not to mention that it is like a stream, but it is also familiar with every heroic deed.
How can you endure the axe in front of him?
I was thinking about a section of "Xu Zhu's naked fighting horses", but when I turned my head to the right, I saw a trace of the light and shadow of the weapon shining in the dark part of the eaves on the right.
The light and shadow were faint, but it was enough to keep his attention alert in the dark night.
Curfews were the best means to maintain law and order at night in ancient times, and ordinary people and even high-ranking officials and nobles were not allowed to go out without special circumstances.
Even if there are special circumstances, it is necessary to report to the regional head and obtain permission to go out.
Otherwise, if the night patrol soldier or the watchman sees it, he will be punished criminally.
At night, hiding in the shadows, there are weapons......
Combining these characteristics, Pei Min reacted instantly, and he smiled quietly: "I still have something to forget to tell Zhang Xiaosong, let's go back." ”
As soon as Pei Min's words came out, Zhang Jiuling, Wang Changling, and Wang Zhilian, who had been following Pei Min for a long time, reacted instantly.
Even Wang Wei sensed that something was wrong.
Pei Min has always respected capable people, even if Zhang Xiaosong has agreed to be his subordinate, it is impossible to rudely call him "Zhang Xiaosong".
To call it Mr. Xiaosong, or Mr. Zhongshan, even if it is Xiaosong or Zhongshan, and to call him by name is a kind of disrespect.
Everyone was clear and agreed.
At that moment, the bowstring cracked!
In this dark night, the bowstring is especially loud!
Pei Min only felt that his pores were terrified.
From the moment the bowstring sounded, he could already hear it.
The voice was not a bow and arrow, but a crossbow.
Since ancient times, the crossbow arrows of the East have been leading the world, especially their strong bows and crossbows in China, which are no less powerful than the firearms in the early stage of development.
It is only because of various factors such as complicated production, not easy to carry, slow rate of fire, high price, etc., that firearms will gradually become obsolete.
The power of the crossbow is huge, and it has been forbidden by the imperial court in ancient times, and it is not allowed to have private possession.
The other party actually used a strong crossbow, and I was afraid that it was still a crossbow with an arm open when I heard the sound.
The arm-open crossbow was the most powerful single crossbow in the Tang Dynasty, with a range of up to 230 steps, and the power at close range was even more terrifying.
Pei Min's body was tense, he had already taken precautions, and shouted: "There are assassins, protect a few gentlemen!" ”
As he spoke, the strong wind came straight towards him, and in an instant, he had arrived at Pei Min's door.
There is no doubt that the other party's target is him!
In the flash of light, all the consequences flashed in Pei Min's mind.
This has been prepared in advance, if he really wants to dodge, he can still dodge, but he is beside Zhang Jiuling, and when he flashes, Zhang Jiuling is definitely hit by an arrow.
The situation did not allow him to hesitate at all.
At the moment when the arrow was hit, Pei Min's movements were also as fast as lightning, his body flashed to the side, and at the same time, he drew his sword and slammed towards the crossbow arrow!
He knew that human power was the power that could never shake the crossbow, so he did not fight head-on, but used the back of his sword to tease the crossbow arrow and force it to change direction.
The crossbow arrow collided violently with the Qin Emperor Sword, Pei Min only felt that his wrist shook, the tiger's mouth suddenly hurt, and the muscles of his whole body stiffened. Even though it was only a side touch, there was still an irresistible force surging, like an electric shock, and the Qin Emperor Sword came out directly.
A fiery wind slammed into his right shoulder, as if it was about to burst out. With this desperate blow, the crossbow bolt was slightly deflected and stabbed into his right shoulder.
Pei Min was worried that the crossbow arrow would break out of his body, and he still shot Zhang Jiuling behind him, and the natural reaction of his body even exceeded his thoughts, just thinking of this stubble, he had already glared at his feet, and following the force of the crossbow arrow, the whole person flew backwards and knocked Zhang Jiuling under the horse. His back landed on the ground, and the crossbow bolt stabbed into the ground, and his strength dissipated......
This series of events is only in a blink of an eye, and ordinary people can't see all these changes even with the naked eye.
only knew that Pei Min was hit by an arrow, and then his whole person was shot away.
The scene is a little chaotic, Pei Min is their backbone, if there are three long and two short, all of them will be to blame.
The soldiers reacted quite quickly, they gathered in the front row, prepared for defense, and did not rush to attack without knowing the enemy or the enemy.
In the darkness, more than 30 people emerged from the streets and alleys, and they were holding sharp blades one by one, and they didn't retreat, but under the shouting of one person, they attacked Pei Min and them.
The man shouted, "Don't let one go, kill them all!" ”
Pei Min grinned in pain, but when he heard the other party's angry shouting, his heart was even more angry.
Liangzhou Guzang is his territory, and being assassinated in his own territory is already embarrassing enough, and the other party has the audacity to plan to kill them all?
Pei Min gritted his teeth, reached out and broke the crossbow arrow on his back, helped Wang Zhilian, who was investigating his situation, to get up and shouted: "A few thieves still can't help me, you guys hold steady, protect a few gentlemen, and wait for reinforcements." ”
Pei Min's voice was as strong and powerful, and the originally uneasy hearts around him instantly settled down.
Immediately there was a flame in his eyes again, Pei Min treated each of them as his own, and now because they were not good at guarding, resulting in injuries, in addition to guilt, they hated the enemy in front of them, they came up, shouted and shouted one by one, and fought with them for their lives.
There were more than 30 thieves, all of whom were fierce, and although the guards were well-trained, they were at a numerical disadvantage and did not have the upper hand.
Especially the person opposite, a long knife dancing in his hand rushed left and right, and actually killed three guards in a row in a few breaths.
Wang Zhilian's heart shouted: "It's not good! ”
His swordsmanship was not weak, and it was clear that the Assassin Leader's martial arts had reached a certain level, and the well-trained guards were no match for him. If he doesn't stop him, let him play it, and the guards will not be able to stop this group of assassins with less and more fights.
Pei Min's guards are not without good hands, but good hands let him send them out, so that now they can't stop the opponent's masters.
Wang Zhihuan was trying to go up and block him.
But he heard a person beside him: "Ji Ling, you are responsible for protecting several gentlemen......"
It was Pei Min who spoke, he picked up the Qin Emperor Sword from the ground, this right hand was injured, and instead of holding the sword in his left hand, he rushed towards the arrogant assassin leader......
Before the crowd could stop him, he had already stepped forward.