Chapter 62: The Praying Mantis Catches the Cicada, and the Yellow Sparrow Follows
Cao Xing took his bow and aimed at Luo Ping, who was hiding behind the bandits, and the arrow strings rang out. The arrow whistled and shot at Luo Ping, but a thief happened to hit the trajectory of the arrow's flight.
Cao Xuan missed, and Luo Ping saw the thief fall in front of him and knew that someone was targeting him. He hurriedly looked around and saw Han Xuan, who had come with soldiers to support the Xuanwu camp.
Luo Ping hid behind several bandits with wooden shields, and at this time, Zhang Hu also rushed over with Jiangxia water thieves to meet Luo Ping. Their number gradually increased compared to the officers and soldiers, although the officers and soldiers were well-armed, but the good tiger could not withstand the wolves, Han Xuan had to lead the soldiers to retreat step by step, until a small dirt mountain did not stop.
When Luo Ping saw Zhang Hu coming with someone, he shouted at Han Xuan: "Han Xuan, you have been seen through by Lord Zhang Hu when you are ambushed here." I brought people here today to help Lord Zhang Hu destroy you and avenge Zhao's family! ”
After hearing this, Han Xuan scolded Luo Ping and said, "Luo Ping, you are really a thief shouting to catch a thief." Obviously, you killed Zhao Heihu and replaced him, but you framed me for killing him. Zhang Hu attacked me on my way back to Changsha before, and you also reported it to him, right? ”
I saw a white-clothed swordsman next to Zhang Hu come out and say to Han Xuan, "You guessed wrong, it was Zhao Ci who told us the route you came back." I'm here to help Zhang Hu kill you! ”
Han Xuan remembered the soldier with a halberd he met in the Jiangxia camp when he led people to crusade against the Yellow Turban, could it be that Zhao Ci was also a member of the Heavenly Tribulation Gate? He easily defeated Dong Ping and Yang Xiong. The masked man who assassinated him in the camp that day should also be this Zhao Ci, he and Huang Zhong can still get out of the fight, and his martial arts are not high.
Han Xuan asked the white-clothed swordsman, "You are a person from the Heavenly Tribulation Gate, right?" Why do you Heavenly Tribulation Sect keep trying to kill me? ”
The white-clothed swordsman was slightly startled when he heard Han Xuan say about their organization, and said to Han Xuan, "You have found my token, right?" Yes, I am Li Bai, the envoy of the word 'Dui' of the Heavenly Tribulation Gate, and Wang Fu, who was killed by you before, is the envoy of the word 'Gen', and he has a deep friendship with me. You forced him to death, and I will kill you in public and private! ”
Han Xuan looked at Zhang Hu again and said, "Zhang Hu, Zhao Heihu was killed by Luo Ping, there are brothers in our army who were from Yamenzhai before, I don't believe you ask them." Now that the enemy is standing beside you, don't you do it quickly! ”
But seeing that Zhang Hu was unmoved, Han Xuan said: "I understand, you must think that Zhao Heihu's revenge is a pretense, but in fact, you want to attack Luo County?" ”
Luo Ping smiled: "Hahaha! Han Xuan, it's good that you understand. You can't win against me in terms of strategy, Zhao Heihu died at my hands. You will not escape death today! ”
Han Xuan didn't laugh angrily: "Hehehe, hahaha." Don't compare me Han Xuan with Zhao Heihu, look behind you! White Tiger Battalion, attack! ”
Luo Ping turned around and saw five or six hundred cavalry coming out from behind, and the cavalrymen charged over with iron swords in their hands, rushing the bandits into a mess.
Luo Ping pointed at Han Xuan and said, "It turns out that you have been delaying time just now!" Just to wait for these cavalrymen to come and join you. ”
It turned out that the water thieves led by Zhang Hu rushed up the hillside and slaughtered the soldiers of the Suzaku Battalion, leaving a few hundred people to fight with him, and then he took the rest of the men and horses to meet Luo Ping. It's just that they underestimate the combat effectiveness of the officers and soldiers, and after the White Tiger Battalion and the Vermilion Bird Battalion converged, they quickly annihilated the hundreds of water thieves, and then they quickly moved towards Han Xuan's side.
Luo Ping shouted at the few people next to him: "Brother Zhang Hu, Lei Da is in charge, Jin Biao." As soon as you all step forward and kill Han Xuan, as soon as this person dies, these officers and soldiers will not have to worry. ”
Zhang Hu and Jin Biao led the men and horses to rush towards Han Xuan, Han Xuan had already gathered the soldiers of Qinglong, Xuanwu, Vermilion Bird Battalion and headquarters, drew out his long sword and commanded: "Array to meet the enemy!" ”
Li Bai waved his long sword and turned into a remnant of the Dao Dao, bursting out with sword qi in the crowd, and several soldiers with spears clutching their bloody throats fell down instantly. Li Bai rushed into the ranks of officers and soldiers under the cover of the water thieves, only to see a white shadow flickering, and several soldiers fell under his sword. They are no match for Li Bai at all.
Han Xuan raised the short crossbow of the Shadow Tiger Army and aimed at Li Bai and shouted, "Li Bai, you killed my guard Yang Xiong, and today I will take your head to sacrifice him!" ”
Behind Li Bai, Jin Biao raised a big ring knife and hacked to death a soldier who wanted to sneak attack Li Bai. Li Bai reacted, and when he saw Jin Biao leading the bandits to help him, he jumped out of the battle group and went straight to Han Xuan with his sword. Han Xuan hurriedly pressed the trigger of the short crossbow and shot at him, Li Bai raised his sword and slashed at the rushing crossbow arrow, splitting the crossbow arrow into two parts, the speed was unbelievable.
Lei Ling, the leader of Huangfeng Village, saw everyone fighting, he rode straight to Han Xuan with a horse lance, wanting to fish in troubled waters and take the opportunity to kill Han Xuan. Han Xuan has been the county lieutenant of Luo County for two years, and he has scared the thieves in the surrounding cottages. Lei Ling thought that if he could kill Han Xuan, then Huang Fengzhai would be able to walk sideways on these mountains in the future.
Unfortunately, as soon as he rushed in front of Han Xuan, an arrow flew and shot into his left eye. Lei Ling wailed and fell off his horse, and the bandits behind him were too frightened to step forward when they saw that their leader had fallen off his horse and did not know whether he was alive or dead.
Several soldiers under Han Xuan's command surrounded him and raised the spears in their hands towards his chest. Several spears stabbed down together, stabbing several large holes in his body, and a large amount of blood gushed out of Lei Ling's mouth, and he was already too dead to die.
Seeing that their leader was dead, the bandits of Huangfeng Village scattered and fled. They ran around like headless flies, messing up the people and horses brought by Luo Ping and Zhang Hu.
The water thieves and Luo Ping led by Zhang Hu were struggling to resist the onslaught of the more than 500 cavalry, if they were on the river, these cavalry were no match for their group of water thieves. But this was on land, and hundreds of horsemen with stirrups charged in unison, and they could only break up.
Li Bai rushed closer and closer to Han Xuan, and the archers beside Han Xuan released their arrows together, and a burst of arrows shot at him. Li Bai turned the sword in his hand like a windmill, and wrenched the arrows to the ground. However, after a wave of random arrows was fired, another wave came, and he was also a little weak and forced to retreat again and again.
Seeing that the tide of the battle was reversed, Han Xuan was about to send troops to pursue. A gust of wind whistled and blew off the big flag behind Han Xuan, although Han Xuan was unwilling, he still said to Cao Xuan: "Zijian, give the order to the whole army, withdraw the army back to the city." ”
Cao Xuan felt very puzzled: "My lord, now that the tide of the war is reversed, our army can defeat the thieves in one go, why should we withdraw the army?" ”
Han Xuan sighed and said: "The banner of the Chinese army was blown down by the wind, according to the "How-Machine Sutra", this main rear is lost!" ”
Han Xuan didn't want to believe it, how could two things he didn't want to do be connected, he was a modern person who wanted to be superstitious. But just in case, I still have to go back to Luo County to have a look, after all, Qian Rui and Zhao Mu are unlikely to be reliable.
When Han Xuan and Cao Xuan led the army back to Luo County, it was already evening. I saw that the gate of Luoxian County was closed, and there was a bunch of small flags on the head of the city. Cao Xing immediately stepped forward and shouted: "Qian County Order, open the city gate quickly." Captain Han led the army back victoriously. ”
Suddenly, shouts of murder erupted from the castle tower, and a large group of peasants dressed in coarse linen clothes stood up from the city walls, shaking their swords in their hands and shouting in demonstration.
Han Xuan rode forward and shouted towards the city tower: "I am Han Xuan, the county lieutenant of Luo County. Where are Qian Rui and Zhao Mu? Come out and talk to me! ”
A man with a long lance came out of the city tower and shouted at Han Xuan, "County Lieutenant Han, I have already heard of your name. It's a pity that Luo County, which you worked so hard to run, is now occupied by me! ”