Chapter 31: Rushing to the crown in anger
Dingbei Wang's Mansion. On the rooftops, some men with steel knives were looking around, the courtyard was brightly lit, the archers were waiting with their bowstrings full, and several groups of soldiers with swords and guns were shuttling back and forth.
As the team of soldiers walked out of the door, the bright light outside the house made Guan Yu and Chen Ling'er have nothing to hide.
One of the oncoming soldiers was the first to exclaim, "Who are you?" ”。
Before he could finish speaking, the soldier's body flew into the air.
Chen Ling'er withdrew the long whip, twisted his body violently, and the silver light in his hand shone brightly, and seven or eight strong men holding steel knives on the roof screamed and rolled down and fell heavily to the ground.
Guan Yu drew his double swords behind his back, pointed his toes on the ground, and rose up, and the rebel soldiers holding bows and crossbows fell off their arms before they understood what was going on.
Although the rebels were numerous, they could not get close to the two of them at all under the shroud of the whip shadow sword light.
In the eyes of these soldiers, these two people's kung fu is so treacherous, it is simply a male and female murder that seeks their lives, and the black and white impermanence of soul snatching. Although some people were shouting in their mouths, their feet unconsciously moved backwards out of instinct, ready to leave at any time.
Life is precious, and bounties are even more valuable. Thinking about it and wanting to go, first save your life. If you have money and don't have a life to spend, you are also blind!
More than a dozen strong men with knives on the roof jumped down one after another and rushed towards Guan Yu and the others. These people are different from ordinary soldiers, they are obviously kung fu and are not afraid.
Guan Yu, who had never suffered losses in front of him, glanced at Ling'er, and the two of them rose into the air, quickly broke away from the battle group, and jumped onto the roof.
The dozen or so strong men with knives who had just jumped down were stunned, and they scolded and went back to the roof, but the light skills were far from these two male and female swordsmen, and they had more than enough heart but not enough strength.
The panicked crossbowmen in the courtyard hurriedly re-aimed and fired. The first wave of arrows was knocked to the ground by the long whip and the twin swords, and the second wave of arrows hit the roof with no one on the ridge.
Chen Ling'er was windy at her feet, turned her head to Guan Yu beside her, and said, "There are only a few places in Pingzhou City where prisoners can be held, let's go find Sister Qing'er one by one, right?" ”。
Guan Yu shook his head solemnly and said: "There has been such a big commotion here, in my opinion, this Ruan Wu has already taken precautions and carefully laid layers of traps, didn't you notice that those strong men with knives have some kung fu?" It should have cost a lot of money to come and deal with us. Since they are determined to take Qing'er as a hostage, Pingzhou City is so big, they may not put Qing'er in prison. It's impossible for us to find each other overnight! It is not advisable to stay here for a long time, so we should leave the city first and return to the camp before making plans. ”
Ruan Wu, the king of Zhendong, paced back and forth anxiously, stopping from time to time to glare hatefully at the few people kneeling at his feet.
He finally couldn't hold back his anger, turned around and scolded: "A bunch of rice buckets! Is the net of heaven and earth that you keep saying is so vulnerable? Are those martial arts masters who are hired with a lot of money all wine bags and rice bags? Why did you still let him run?! ”。
One of his subordinates wiped the fine sweat on his forehead, raised his head and replied in fear: "Lord Wang, we didn't expect them to come with two people, and all of them were superb in martial arts, so they let them take advantage of the loopholes." ”
"Ahh I didn't let you be captured alive, and you were even dead! Get the hell out of here! ”。
Ma Yuanqi, who drooped his eyelids and stood aside with his hands down, opened his mouth to persuade: "Lord Wang, don't be angry, they also tried their best." It's just that I didn't expect this Dingbei King's martial arts to be so unexpected, and he even found a helper! If this person is not removed, there will be endless troubles. ”
Ruan Wu turned around and sat down on the chair angrily, rolled his eyes and said dissatisfiedly: "Do you still need to say this?" ”。
Ma Yuanqi took two steps forward, bowed down and said: "Lord, the minister has heard that this Northern Prince and his wife have a very strong relationship, you might as well make a fuss about it, and the worst will make him mess up and lose his mind." If he can take the initiative to send it to the door himself, he will be caught, it is really the best choice! ”。
Ruan Wu raised his head in surprise and looked at Ma Yuanqi, waiting for him to come up with a good plan.
Ma Yuanqi smiled slightly, stroked his mustache and nodded confidently, leaning into Ruan Wu's ear and muttering.
The red sun rises in the east, and the drums of war rumble.
Under the city of Pingzhou, in the military camp of Guan Yu, the king of Dingbei, smoke and dust billowed out.
According to the original deployment, the army was divided into three groups of men and horses, and surrounded the iron wall of Pingzhou City, just waiting for General Guan's order to launch a strong attack.
Outside the south gate, Guan Yu was in silver armor and silver armor, holding the big black spear, and looked up at the city.
A herald galloped on his horse, clasped his fists on his horse and said: "Marshal, General Zhang and General Du have led their subordinates and horses to be in place, just wait for your order to attack the city." ”
Guan Yu nodded, raised the big gun in his hand high, and prepared to give orders.
Suddenly, the figure on the head of the city shook, Ruan Wu wrapped himself tightly in armor, stretched out half of his head from behind the battlements and shouted, "Is it Sixth Brother Guan down there?" The sixth brother is not harmed, can you take two steps closer to speak. ”
Regarding putting down the big gun, urging the "black panther" under his crotch, he walked forward, stood at the place where the bow and crossbow at the head of the city could not be injured, looked up and said: "Ruan Wu, what happened to the eldest brother and second brother?" Where is my wife now? You yourself are dizzy and want to usurp the throne, so why bother with these brothers under your command to bury you?! Open the city gate as soon as possible, disarm and surrender, and hope that the saint will be gracious, and you will be spared! ”。
Ruan Wu sneered twice and said, "Sixth brother's words are wrong! Third brother, I heard that my eldest brother was being held hostage, so I rushed back to King Qin's rescue. The eldest brother and the second brother are safe now, but the eldest brother is a little weak and plans to give up the throne to me tomorrow. ”
Guan Yu on the horse smiled slightly, looked up at the sunny sky above his head and said with a smile: "Ruan Wu, the sky is already bright, why do you want to talk about dreams?" It's better to wake up early! ”。
Ruan Wu's face sank, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Guan Yu, I know that you are strong and strong, and your subordinates are like clouds, are you sure that you want to raise troops to attack the city and cause me a big deal?" Then look who this is! ”。
Li Shiqing's slightly pale and haggard delicate face appeared on the city tower, she was wearing a pink cloth skirt and was tied up with five flowers. The originally messy bun was clenched in Ruan Wu's hand fiercely, looking fragmented and messy. On her snow-white erect neck, she carried a steel knife with a cold light.
Ruan Wu shouted with a pale face: "Guan Yu, if you dare to attack the city, I will cut off Madam Zun's head and throw it down to the city now!" You killed her with your own hands! If you want to save her life, you must withdraw immediately, and you are not allowed to enter the city with any weapons alone, and we can discuss everything!" ”。
The subordinate soldiers behind Guan Yu were in a commotion, everyone clenched the weapons in their hands, gritted their teeth, and the crowd was angry, eager to attack the city immediately and cut the king of Zhendong into eight sections.
Guan Yu was stunned for a moment, then his eyebrows were upside down, his face was bloodshot, his eyes were wide and his guns were pointed at Ruan Wu and said angrily: "Ruan Wu, if you dare to hurt my wife's hair, a certain family will definitely break your body into thousands of pieces, and your bones will be scattered!" ”。
He glanced back at his own men and horses who were about to move, and shouted: "Pass the order, all the men and horses will retreat three miles, and do not attack the city for the time being!" ”。
The herald was stunned when he heard this, and several generals hurriedly stepped forward, clasped their fists and said, "Marshal, is this inappropriate?" ”。
Guan Yu's eyes widened, and he shouted angrily: "Hugh is long-winded, give orders quickly." ”
The generals hung their heads gloomily, did not dare to say more, and turned around and retreated one after another.
At this time, Li Shiqing at the head of the city saw this and struggled desperately, and shouted anxiously: "Xianggong, don't care about the life and death of the concubine!" For the sake of the great Chu and the people of the world from being harmed by evil thieves, you must not be confused! ”。
Guan Yu under the city was in turmoil, he had never had such a chaotic moment in his life.
There was a crisp sound of "pop", and Ruan Wu, who was already angry, slapped Li Shiqing hard, trying to shut her up. Qing'er's fair face suddenly had a few purple finger prints, and a stream of blood spurted out from the corner of her mouth.
The crisp sound seemed to be a fierce whip in Guan Yu's heart, and the pain was unbearable, only to feel that an unstoppable flame in his chest was ignited with a "boom", and it quickly burned through every pore of his body.
He clenched his steel teeth without saying a word, and stared directly at Ruan Wu on the top of the city tower with fire-breathing eyes, eager to devour him alive.
At this time, the ground under his feet suddenly trembled slightly, people shouted and neighed, and a large group of people and horses hunting under the banner appeared in everyone's sight, which also attracted everyone's attention.
Tang Wannian, the king of Pingnan, led his team to the city of Pingzhou.
Ruan Wu and Ma Yuanqi on the city tower couldn't help but gasp at the same time, and the overwhelming and menacing soldiers and horses quickly worked with Guan Yu's men and horses to drain the water around Pingzhou City.
Just as Ruan Wu was stunned, Li Shiqing suddenly turned his head and bit his wrist that was clutching his bun, and under the pain, Ruan Wu hurriedly let go. Li Shiqing quickly slammed his head into Ruan Wu's chest, and when he was caught off guard, Ruan Wu "kicked and kicked" a few steps back, and the right hand holding the knife didn't have time to exert force, and the sharp blade only cut a slender bloody wound on Li Shiqing's snow-white erect neck.
In front of everyone's eyes, Li Shiqing jumped down from the high city. Her delicate arms were still tightly tied behind her back, and her pink skirt danced in the wind, like a beautiful butterfly with broken wings, falling lightly.
"Qing'er!" Guan Yu let out a heart-rending roar, and his body seemed to have been struck by a merciless lightning, unable to move at all.
In a trance, he seemed to see his Qing'er raise her delicate face, smile at him affectionately, and two cute shallow dimples appeared on her lips.
It was Qing'er, who frowned slightly, hesitated with a dagger in her hand and was at a loss; It was Qing'er, who had tears in her eyes and opened her mouth to call him for the first time;
That is Qing'er, who is full of shame, bites her lower lip and scolds him for being a shameless bandit; It was Qing'er who giggled sweetly and touched his cheek affectionately with her soft fingers.
Guan Yu suddenly raised the big gun in his hand, and shouted hoarsely: "The three armies obey the order, attack the city with all their might, kill all the rebels, and leave no armor!" ”。
Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly spurted a mouthful of blood from his mouth and fell off his horse.