Sixty-three
The two people who suddenly jumped from the tree were none other than Ma Sandao and Li Shoucai. I saw that the two of them were covered with fireworks, their hair and beard were scorched and curly, stained with soot, and their clothes were burned and tattered. At first, the Jurchens were caught off guard and were slashed three or four, but when they came to their senses, they immediately surrounded the two of them, relying on the tenacity of the armor on their bodies, and attacked the two of them.
Ma and Li are good at Jianghu kung fu, and if they talk about the subtlety of sword moves, they are naturally much stronger than these Jurchens. It's just that this moment is not a competition between the rivers and lakes, but on the battlefield of life and death. It's not a fancy trick, it's a tough force.
The two broke through from the sea of fire and broke into here, and most of their strength was consumed; In addition, the terrain is complex, and it is difficult to stand firm, let alone perform any tricks. The two knives in their hands were just ordinary guys, and the lethality of the armor of these Jurchen bannermen was limited, so after a few hits, they gradually softened and lost their strength, and they were suddenly in danger.
Seeing this, Yue Xiang hesitated for a moment whether to work together to kill these pursuers or take this opportunity to slip away, because the identities of Ma and Li had always made him have scruples in his heart, after all, both of them were the leaders of the Red Seal Society, and their motives for attaching to him were not pure. If it was Yue Shan, he would definitely step forward to help without hesitation. But these two people followed him because of Gao Huai's hidden gold, and it was difficult to guarantee that there would be no bad actions later.
But he only hesitated in his heart, and then Yue Xiang rushed forward with a waving sword. If you don't help, it means that these two people will be chopped into meat if they can't support it for a while, and they will be caught up again if they can't run far with the two of them. And it is not known how many pursuers there are behind. Now at this critical moment, even if the strength is not enough, I can only go out and fight for my life.
These Jurchen bannermen are all brave and ruthless outlaws, fierce and brave when fighting, and are not afraid of death. The Han people who usually look down on Liaodong have always thought that these shouting Han people are all weak and incompetent lambs to be slaughtered. So seeing that Yue Xiang didn't take the opportunity to run away but pounced on him, he felt quite surprised, and said in his heart that this Han dog was not afraid of death, and one of them screamed and waved a knife to meet it.
Yue Xiang is the last force in his body, roared with a knife and slashed Huashan head, the flag Ding raised his knife to meet it, the two knives struck each other and burst into sparks, half of the tip of the knife flew obliquely, and the waist knife of the flag was cut off by this knife.
The force of this blow was not great, but the sharpness of the sword was amazing, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that the iron was sharpened like clay. The tip of the knife fell unabated, slashing diagonally into his chest, straight from under his right abdomen, the sharp blade cut through the iron wire armor on his body like cutting a layer of paper, and then the blood gushed out like a fountain, and the internal organs of his intestines splashed out with a foul hot gas. The flag man howled miserably, turned over and fell, and died of exhaustion after a few convulsions of his body.
The Jurchens present were all taken aback, they were all veterans who had survived a hundred battles for a long time, and all of them were quite skilled, but they didn't expect that they didn't even block someone else's knife. But soon they saw that the guy in the hands of the Han people was not ordinary, and Yue Xiang was weak under his feet because of too much force and lack of strength, and he tripped over the corpse that had fallen to the ground, and almost fell on his heels, which also exposed the state of being strong on the outside and doing things in the middle. Immediately, two people rushed over with a roar, and two knives slashed left and right.
Yue Xiang didn't dare to block hard, at this moment, his strength was weak, and he lost his usual lightness and neatness, and he flashed to the side, almost rolling and hiding behind a tree beside him. The Jurchens slashed the air with one knife, and the other slashed straight at the trunk of the tree, slashing into it more than an inch deep, splitting the bark in all directions.
Before Yue Xiang could get up, a knife hand forced him over again, and when it was his turn, he chopped his head. Yue Xiang didn't have time to dodge, his body fell backwards, stretched out his arm to block, and at the same time raised his knife and stabbed forward.
The knife slashed straight at his wrist, and the sound of gold and iron clashing exploded, but fortunately he had a steel bracer on his arm, and this knife did not chop off his hand, but it also shook his hand as if it had been broken. At the same time, he also missed his head with a knife, which was aimed at the abdomen, but a knife pierced his right thigh, and the knife hand screamed and was about to retreat, Yue Xiang's blade dragged it horizontally, directly opening the flesh of his thigh and pulling the knife out, the knife hand stood unsteadily, and fell over on the spot.
Another saw that this Han man was so brave that he could hurt his companion even if he fell to the ground. Immediately, he pulled out the knife like a crazy beast, and slashed at Yue Xiang's knife with a backhand with a wild scream.
Yue Xiang fought the two of them in a row, and he had basically exhausted the strength in his body, and he even barely did it when he stabbed people just now, and he didn't even have the strength to get up at this moment, let alone open this knife, the knife was directly knocked out of his hand by this time, and he suddenly let out an exclamation, and subconsciously wanted to pick it up, but his chest was firmly stepped on by one foot.
Determined to avenge his companions, he raised his sword above his head, his face full of murder. Yue Xiang grabbed the foot on his chest and shook it desperately, but he couldn't break free. Seeing a knife down, the heart is finished! But he might as well fly out from behind the tree next to him, and smash it firmly on the head of the bannerman.
Although he wore a cowhide iron helmet on his head to protect his face, this stone could weigh twenty or thirty catties, and the flag man was not lightly smashed this time, and he suddenly stumbled to the side.
Yue Xiang also burst out with a surge of excitement at the moment of life and death, stiffened his body, and finally overturned the foot on his chest, rolled to the side and grabbed the sword, and slammed it to the side, just stroking on the waist of the bannerman, directly cutting a hole in his waist armor, and even the skin and flesh inside were cut a lot, and the blood flowed immediately. If the strength is sufficient, this knife may be cut in half.
"Ahh The flag man screamed, but then his eyes turned red. Regardless of the depth of the wound, he raised his knife and threw himself at the place where the stone was thrown.
It was Wang Yining who threw stones behind the tree, his martial arts were extremely bad, but after all, as a man, he still had the strength of a hundred and ten catties, seeing that Yue Xiang was in danger, he knew that he would give it for nothing when he went out, so he threw stones to help. Seeing that the flag man was stabbed and didn't die, he was suddenly sweating all over his body in fright, and turned around and fled with a scream.
Yue Xiang struggled to get up from the ground and chased after him. Just because Xiao Wan is also in that direction, it would be bad for this Wang Yining to run around and don't lead that person to Xiao Wan again. The pressure on Ma Sandao and Li Shoucai over there was greatly reduced, and they could barely gain the upper hand against one person each, so they didn't need to care about them anymore.
The battlefield is on a sloping hillside, overgrown with trees, and is not open to running and chasing like flat ground. Wang Yining scurried around among the bushes like a headless fly, and the flag man was wearing armor, and it was inevitable that he would be bulky when he climbed up and down, and he was always out of reach. Xiao Wan was really nearby, and when she saw a fierce Jurchen Tartar wielding a knife and killing her, she jumped out of her hiding place as if she was frightened, and when she saw Yue Xiang nearby, she ran to him lifelessly.
Yue Xiang followed behind that Qiding, he was already so tired that his hands and feet were sore, and the sword felt several times heavier than usual when he held it in his hand. He has been fighting viciously all these days, and he has not rested well at all, so even his iron body can't stand it.
He also had the strength to get up at this moment, if it wasn't for the anger of the flag man just now who chased Wang Yining, but gave him a knife first, he would be a corpse at this moment. That Xiaowan was frightened for a while, seeing that her husband was in front of her, she didn't care about anything else, so she just hid behind him, and reached out to pull him but almost pulled Yue Xiang down, almost even she fell.
Wang Yining was chased left and right, and the flag man almost slashed him with several knives in a row. Seeing that he was about to catch up, he was also in a hurry, and he actually climbed a tree in three times and two times, Yue Xiang had never seen him move so flexibly. The flag man chased under the tree, raised his knife and slashed upward, but Wang Yining had already tossed up three or four meters, and the flag man bit the knife in his mouth and climbed up. Wang Yining, who was above, took out something from his arms, threw it at his face, and threw it down.
The flag man had a face up, close and defenseless. The bag was smashed in his face, and the smoke and dust suddenly enveloped him. The flag man screamed, covered his eyes, and fell from the tree, falling straight on his back.
It turned out that Wang Yining's bag of things was actually quicklime, and the Qiding's eyes, nose and mouth were all filled, and a pair of eyes were burned by lime in unbearable pain, and he rolled on the spot, if it wasn't for the trees that happened to block him, he would have rolled to the bottom of the hill this time.
This time the situation reversed, no one expected Wang Yining to have such a move. Now only the two bannermen who fought against Ma and Li are still standing, and the rest are either dead or injured. Although the two were indeed brave, they were still dominated by their opponents in the end, Ma Sandao fought with his arm, cut off the opponent's neck with a knife, and then attacked the other with Li Shoucai, and stabbed him in the chest in a few rounds.
The fierce battle is over, and all the Jurchen bannermen have been put down. But Yue Xiang and the others also fell to the ground tired. Their physical strength was really at its limit, Wang Yining came down from the tree, took the sword from Yue Xiang's hand, killed all the Jurchens who were injured and did not die, and then looked in the direction of the road.
"Nobody, we're fighting so much here, if there were any other pursuers, we should have come a long time ago. These people are supposed to be scouts sent by the Tartars to search for escapees. ”
Yue Xiang didn't care about answering, he only knew how to gasp for air. Xiao Wan picked up the water bladder he dropped, there was still a small half bag of water in it, and fed Yue Xiang a few mouthfuls, and after a while, Yue Xiang gasped and said, "Fuck his grandmother, how did these Tartars keep up with us?" You just fired cold arrows at me, could it be that they came specifically to catch me? ”
"No, the Tartars haven't seen you, so how do you know who you are, and you don't understand the language. And I heard that they were going to capture you alive, how could they kill you? I think we might be treated like ordinary Hermes-Epitek. ”
"Isn't it dangerous here? Let's go quickly, this team will definitely arouse suspicion if they don't go back. After a long time, a large group of people will come. Yue Xiang said that he wanted to stand up, but the fatigue of his whole body really made him uncomfortable, and the muscles in his legs were so sore that he sat down in Xiao Wan's arms again after just working hard.
"It's okay, the Tartars outside the mountain won't notice it for a short time. Moreover, the terrain is secret, and even if they find out, they may not be able to find it. The fire outside alone was enough for them to do their work. ”
Wang Yining said, found some dry food and fresh water from the corpse of the dead flag Ding and handed it to Yue Xiang, and then watched Ma Li and the two of them not move. Yue Xiang stared at them, and the two of them also eased up a little at this time, and also looked at Yue Xiang. At this time, Yue Xiang didn't want to go around in circles, and asked, "Why are you here?" ”
The two glanced at each other, and Ma Sandao slowly spoke: "Why are we here, I guess Gongzi knows it in his heart." I Ma just want to ask, is the clue to Gao Huai's hidden gold in that temple? ”