Chapter III. 148. A glimmer of life

When fighting for survival in the midst of the flames, all four seemed to be tireless; But now in the blink of an eye, the rain was pouring down, and the raging fire began to fade at a speed visible to the naked eye, and as soon as the tight string in their hearts was loosened, they immediately collapsed on the masonry and gravel all over the ground, laughing and feeling the impermanence of providence, while opening their mouths, and moistening their sore throats with this 'life-saving rain' that fell from the sky......

At the same time, Zhu Yuntao, who was taking a break in the sword stone, was also caught off guard by the heavy rain in this accident. He looked up at the gloomy sky and said in a deep voice:

"Oh, you want to save their lives with this heavy rain; But from whom should I pay back my son's life? ”

After finishing speaking, he threw out the dry cake in his hand that was wet by the rain, took the tiger head general's helmet again, and pulled out the sword at his waist with his backhand - the golden beast swallowed, and the tip of the sword pointed directly at the valley mouth:

"Soldiers, listen to the orders of a certain general! After the fire is extinguished, he will immediately enter the Valley of Forgotten Worries and kill the court criminals! ”

"Order!"

The heads and blood of the more than 700 Sword Pool disciples just now had already aroused the ferocity of these Zhenxi soldiers. These more than 500 soldiers of the elite battalion were originally the 'vanguard troops' who were reorganized and prepared for war in Xufu County in advance, and they were also the most hardcore descendants under Zhu Yuntao's account; Each of them is one of the tigers and wolves in the army, like the kind of veteran who 'smears his blood and pats his head, changes his military clothes and dies' when he goes to the battlefield, and he is not even qualified to participate in the promotion test.

Although the daily consumption and salary of the 500 strong men of this elite battalion were more than three times higher than those of other soldiers; But judging by their strong combat effectiveness, they really deserve this special treatment!

In the past, the Zhenxi Army and the enemy usually had only two tactics: one was to directly send a large number of cannon fodder soldiers, so that they could attract the enemy's long-range firepower at the same time, quickly press forward to advance the line, and start a close melee with the enemy at the fastest speed; When the two sides were fighting fiercely and could not easily withdraw from the battle, the 500 fresh troops of this elite battalion suddenly slaughtered and went straight to the enemy's banner......

Because when the two armies are fighting, the marshal flag can not only convey the commander's orders, but also play a role in stabilizing the morale of the army......

Otherwise, they will directly use these 500 elites as vanguard troops, relying on their fierce blood and fanatical momentum of sacrificing life and death, at the moment when the two armies have just taken over, they will break the enemy formation in one fell swoop! Those ordinary soldiers, once they are broken up from the establishment, will immediately be reduced to lambs to the slaughter, and their combat effectiveness will be impossible.

With such a strong battalion of men and horses in hand, all the so-called tactics and strategies are superfluous for Zhu Yuntao; Only such a brave and fearless ace elite can kill more than 700 martial arts practitioners in an instant!

Now Zhu Yuntao's calculation is also very simple and rude: no one in the valley is left alive, and he wants to see people in life and corpses in death; No matter how unbelievable those reckless skills have reached, as long as they are still mortal beings in the flesh, they are as fragile as paper under the burning fire!

Although the heavy rain is a bit out of place now, presumably even if the culprits in the valley are still there, there is not much power left to resist!

The tactics adopted by Zhu Yuntao are simply to cover them with a large number of long-range firepower, and then send elite clans to clean up the battlefield and destroy the enemy's living forces by the way! This is a common tactic of bullying, which is not only simple and rude, but also surprisingly effective, and the consumption of one's own soldiers can be reduced to negligible!

It seems that although Zhu Yuntao has no experience in fighting against the Jianghu people, he still chose the most correct way to attack!

These five hundred elite battalion armor soldiers, under Zhu Yuntao's command, quickly lined up in two columns and began to advance in an orderly manner towards the valley entrance passage behind the sword stone......

At the same time, the four people who were paralyzed in the mud also began to recover. Although the crisis of being burned in the sea has indeed disappeared; But Zhu Yuntao, who was full of pain of losing his son, was still eyeing Gukou. Of course, Shen Gui knew that he couldn't delay for a moment, so he got up first and shouted at the other three in the heavy rain:

"As soon as the fire is extinguished, those Zhenxi sergeants should go into the valley to search for people! If we are allowed to spread out the formation, even if we have great ability, it will be difficult for someone to escape the fate of being dismembered! Dayan, you and Shi Niang climb to the top of the cliff together, and clear the four points marked on the topographic map as soon as possible! I'm going to go to the valley and stop the soldiers from entering the valley!" If you have completely cleaned up all the crossbowmen on the cliff, and I am still fighting with the enemy, then let my master quickly kill Zhu Yuntao near the Sword Stone, and use him to exchange him for the lives of us and the other four; If I...... Then the two of you will flee for your own lives, and you must leave Bashu Road quickly! ”

Shen Gui finished shouting this sentence in the rain, pushed away Qi Yan, who was clutching his right arm, pointed to him in the direction of the Haishan Palace, wiped the rain on his face, bent down to pick up the Spring Rain Sword on the ground, and strode towards the direction of the valley road......

Qi Yan looked at Shen Gui's resolute back, gritted his teeth, and quickly ran back to the Haishan Palace; After a while, the two figures quickly separated and climbed to the top of the cliff on the east and west sides......

Hong Feng looked at the two people who were climbing like apes in the heavy rain, and he knew in his heart that his current physical condition would not help at all; Therefore, the sword wound had already cracked, and he could only slowly walk back to the Haishan Hall with the support of Zuo Qiuliang; Ignoring their damp and muddy robes, the two of them knelt down in front of the statue of the ancestor Yue Haishan, and sincerely pleaded guilty to the master's spirit in heaven......

Of course, the gods and ghosts also know that if there is no three people in Zhuhai Jianchi to drag them down at the moment, if the three of them want to run away, even if they borrow him Zhu Yuntao's two legs, they will definitely not be able to catch up with themselves; Moreover, Shen Gui is also a veteran who has been on the battlefield, and he knows more clearly that no matter how deep his kung fu is and how good his physical condition is, he will definitely not be able to resist Zhu Yuntao's full camp of elites head-on. But the disaster of destroying the faction in the Bamboo Sea Sword Pond, although it was something that had been put on the agenda by the other party a long time ago; But his appearance happened to be the fuse, which was equivalent to completely tying his hands and feet.

Fortunately, Urge and his own skills are still in between; Fortunately, although Qi Yan's skills are ordinary, they also have many secrets that are not easy to show; Therefore, Shen Gui asked the two of them to clear the crossbowmen on the cliff, even if they returned in vain, there would definitely be no danger to their lives; As for the four survivors who stayed in the valley, whether they could escape in the end, the only possibility was whether the speed at which Urre captured Zhu Yuntao was faster than the speed at which Shen Gui blocked the enemy.

Shen Gui walked in the direction of Taniguchi, and at the same time ripped off a piece of white cloth from his waist and tightly wrapped it around his left hand holding the sword, in case the Spring Rain Sword would be taken off due to rain in the middle of the fierce battle between the two sides!

He had just tied a dead knot at his wrist when Shen Gui heard the faint sound of footsteps stepping on the rain in his ears; He looked up and saw that the leader of the elite battalion had just appeared near the mouth of the valley, and it seemed that the leader was planning to form a formation here, and after all the five hundred brothers under his command had passed through the narrow mountain road and set up a formation that was convenient for meeting the enemy, he would order to continue marching forward......

Don't miss the time!

Shen Gui, who is accustomed to fighting in group battles, naturally knows the stakes well: if the opponent's numerical advantage is bound by the narrow terrain, then with the huge gap between the two sides, he will definitely have a chance to drag it until Zhu Yuntao is captured by Urge; But once the other party sets up a position and traps himself in the crowd, then no matter how great the difference in individual strength is, he will only be dismembered by a knife......

Because there were three wounded Jianchi who had no combat effectiveness at all in the Valley of Forgetting Worries behind him, Shen Gui was forced into a dead end: he could neither retreat nor escape, so he could only face these hundreds of elites of the Zhenxi Army head-on, and fight a blocking battle with his mantis arm......

Shen Gui bit the tip of his tongue with his back molars, and after lifting his spirit with a strong sense of pain, he silently carried the Spring Rain Sword, and under the cover of the rain curtain, he quickly attacked the other party!

The first sword that Shen Gui swung quickly cut off the neck of an elite battalion commander! At the same time, after witnessing this scene, the two pawns next to them didn't even shout 'oops', they directly let go of the steel knife in their palms, and rushed towards Shen Gui left and right!

Only then did he find out: It turned out that the Zhenxi Army brought by Zhu Yuntao this time turned out to be the elite of the elite! The level of experience of these people on the battlefield is simply terrifying!

In the face of the sudden appearance of the enemy, these two battalion soldiers neither slashed nor punched, but instead gave up their blades, opened their arms and hands, and pounced on themselves in a captive posture! If it is in the territory of the two armies with a large number of people and military chaos, they may have to suffer some big losses; But now they have an absolute numerical advantage, and there is only one person and one sword on their side! It is foreseeable that as long as these two soldiers who sacrificed their lives and forgot to die, they were temporarily entangled in their hands and feet; Next, there will definitely be countless Zhenxi troops who are not afraid of death, and they will continue to pounce on their bodies!

Once there is no room for flickering and maneuvering, then even the top martial arts masters may not be much stronger than ordinary people!

In desperation, Shen Gui had no choice but to use the sword and make a left and right slash, killing the two elites of the Zhenxi Army, and temporarily resolving the crisis in front of him...... At this moment, a middle-aged man who was looking out over the battle in a cave in the distance said to a friend beside him:

"Tut-tut, if he just plays like this, it will take another half an hour at most! I said Bai Wenyan, is this how you teach your disciples? If he dies like this in our Zhuhai Sword Pool, I am afraid that the little abacus in your heart will all come to naught! ”