Chapter 4: The Thief (6I)

At this moment, Wang Fei and Zhang Jin also rushed to the battlefield with more than 50 guards. Seeing that his coach was in danger, he rushed forward desperately.

These more than 50 people were all elites who had experienced a hundred battles, and they were equipped with the standard armor and weapons of the Tang Kingdom, so they attacked together and immediately opened a bloody gap in the periphery of the battle group.

It was not easy to trap Cheng Mingzhen, how could Gao Yaxian be willing to let the cooked duck grow wings and fly away. waved the command flag and transferred most of the troops to block Wang Fei and Zhang Jin. Cheng Mingzhen, who was in the encirclement, felt the pressure around him loosen, shouted angrily, waved his knife and slashed over the Liu family soldiers in front of him, and then jumped forward.

The Turkic horse under the crotch roared "sigh and slip", jumped up half a foot high, and where the horse's hooves landed, it was the ribs of the enemy's mount. The blue-black Hebei horse was in pain, screamed and fell, and the owner, who had no time to get out of the saddle, was thrown aside, and let the other horses that rushed over him trample to death. Cheng Mingzhen used horsepower to open the long knife and draw a circle in front of him. Blood splattered, and two more cavalrymen of the Liu family army were cut and broken.

Several cavalrymen of the Liu family army saw the opportunity and attacked him from behind. The two guards who followed up resisted desperately, exhausted, and were slashed under the horse with a knife. Cheng Mingzhen turned around suddenly, and the war horse rushed forward, but the knife slashed in the opposite direction to the war horse. A mallet that had been handed to his back was fluffed off, and another grazed under his armpit, picking up a string of blood. Cheng Mingzhen clamped the lance, the blade swept across, a few fingers fell to the ground, and the lance holder dropped his weapon and howled miserably with his arms.

The surrounding Liu family soldiers were also red-eyed, and they all fought hard. Cheng Mingzhen swung his knife and cut down the mount of the person closest to him, but the other person jumped from the saddle and held on to him. "Get out!" He let out a low cry of rage and twisted his body as he tried to throw him off his horse. The soldiers of the Liu family, who had already risked their lives, were thrown into the air and hovered in mid-air, their legs kicked wildly, but their arms never let go.

A long lance stabbed with the sound of the wind, Cheng Mingzhen couldn't dodge, so he had to tilt to the side, and at the same time flicked the outlaw holding him with his arm. The three-foot-long lance stabbed the Liu family sergeant who was holding him through the crossing, and before the castration was exhausted, he stabbed him into the thigh with the impact of the war horse.

A sharp pain instantly spread throughout his body, Cheng Mingzhen gritted his teeth, handed the knife to his left hand, and slashed with his backhand to cut off the lever. Then his right hand was picked up from the base of his thigh and pierced by his own people, and the enemy, who was still struggling, used it as a shield and slashed it out with one hand. The terrible screams were incessant, and blood and flesh splattered. At least four or five weapons hit the meat shield at the same time, stabbing it into rags in mid-air.

Taking advantage of the moment when the attacker was stunned by the terrible howl of the dying person, Cheng Mingzhen dropped the long knife, grabbed the half-cut horse lance that was stabbed on his thigh and entered the flesh for several inches with both hands, and pulled it outward. The pain was so intense that he shook and nearly fell off his mount. Half of the bloody lance was pulled out of his muscles and swung it in all directions as a horizontal knife.

"Come on, kill me!" He shouted loudly, blood dripping down his face, hands, and body. When the soldiers of the Liu family who were rushing around saw this scene, they were actually frightened for a moment, and instinctively tilted the horse's head a few points.

This negligence caused by insufficient training allowed Cheng Mingzhen to escape from the brink of death again. Taking advantage of the moment when the enemy was stunned, he slammed the stirrup with one leg. Feng Luzi under the crotch immediately understood the owner's intentions, raised his front hooves high, and kicked around. Forced the approaching enemy horses into the gap, and then squeezed in without hesitation.

Cheng Mingzhe held one hand on the saddle, and waved the other hand from side to side. By now, he was holding on completely in one breath. Fortunately, the enemy army was also frightened by his fierce and vicious appearance, and his upward movement was a little slower, and he actually ran past him against the horse's head and rushed straight towards Wang Fei and Zhang Jin.

"Protect the leader!" Wang Fei and Zhang Jin were also covered in blood, and cooperated with the enemy troops around them to cut down and take Cheng Mingzhen over. The guards around him turned their horses' heads one after another, gathered towards the three of them like ants, and quickly formed a small circle, protecting Cheng Mingzhen at the core.

Gao Yaxian's face turned purple and black. Half due to anger, half due to shame. If Cheng Mingzhen is allowed to escape with more than ten times the enemy's strength, in the future in the land of Hebei, there will be no need for him to mix up. As soon as he waved the order flag, he quickly adjusted his deployment and let the enemy forces in the melee converge with Cheng Mingzhen. Then he quickly waved the command flag and lined up with all the soldiers and horses to block everyone's retreat.

"Today's battle is enjoyable!" Cheng Mingzhen held back the sleepiness that hit his head for a while, and said to everyone with a forced smile.

"Hehe, when he was carrying a long life for Dou Jiande, Lao Tzu didn't like the surname Gao. I wanted to teach him a lesson, but I didn't get the opportunity! Wang Fei stretched out his arm and responded with a laugh. After the hard battle just now, there were less than twenty of the fifty or so people he and Zhang Jin had originally brought, and they were all covered in injuries. But at this time, we must not say anything discouraged, otherwise, as soon as the army's morale collapses, everyone can only be slaughtered by the enemy. (Note 1) "Is it?" Straight lady thief, Lao Tzu has endured him for many years! Zhang Jin also stepped forward and wiped the blood on his face and said. He had always had a serious face, but today he suddenly told a joke, but the skin on his face was still tense, as if he was owed hundreds of dollars.

The guards didn't react much to Wang Fei's words, but they were amused by the expression on Zhang Jin's face. pointed their weapons at him and laughed non-stop.

More than 20 steps away, Gao Yaxian led his soldiers and horses to form a big circle. Seeing that Cheng Mingzhen and others were talking and laughing at the end of the mountain, they couldn't help but secretly admire in their hearts. Waving his hand to protect his own soldiers, he opened a gap and slowly exposed half of his body.

"General Cheng, you and I are old friends." lest the distance be too close, and Cheng Mingzhen will fight for his life. Gao Yaxian leaned out half of his body in the crowd and smiled and advised. "Thinking about the love of the year, I don't want to hurt you. Surrender, from now on, we will write off all grievances! ”

"Write-off?" Cheng Mingzhen turned the horse's head towards Gao Yaxian, trying to get closer to find an opportunity. But seeing that the other party had already taken precautions, he had to give up this plan. "To put it lightly, there is a deep hatred in the sea of blood, do you mean that you can write it off? General Gao, have you ever tasted the killing of your relatives and the taste of life and death? ”

"It's just a woman!" Gao Yaxian smiled and shook his head, feeling very impulsive for Cheng Mingzhen's impulsiveness. If it weren't for the other party's confusion today, they would never be in trouble. He would never have had this impulse before, and he probably won't have it in this life. "If one dies, marry another, ....... today"

"Shut up!" Before Gao Yaxian finished speaking, Cheng Mingzhen's eyes were already red again, and the severe pain rushed from the root of his thigh to his brain, but it couldn't calm him down. "If my wife dies, I can marry again, and if my wife dies, can I find another one? You elegant and virtuous old lady, how did you give birth to such a brute!

"You!" Gao Yaxian was scolded so red in the face. I can't wait to pull Cheng Mingzhen in front of me immediately, and I will cut it with a thousand knives. But thinking about the price paid by his own brothers in the short half-pillar of incense just now, he did his best to suppress his anger. As long as you deceive the other party, you will be caught, and there will be many opportunities for revenge, not at this moment. Gritting his teeth, he responded pretending to be considerate: "Gao saw that you were a man, so he kindly persuaded you." If you refuse to surrender, why speak ill? Today I have ten times as many men and horses as yours, and there are brothers who will come in the next 6 years. No matter how high your martial arts are, it is estimated that it will be difficult to fly. If you can't let go of your personal grudges, you're dead. Can you bear to have so many faithful brothers bury you with you?! ”

"Funeral?" Cheng Mingzhen sneered, tilted his head, and swept his gaze over the faces of the brothers.

Without him asking, Wang Fei handed his shoulder forward and said with a smile: "Don't listen to him fart, the head of the sect, we are from the Jinzi Battalion!" Anyone can let go of hatred, but we will never stop if we don't buy Liu Heimin and Dong Kang into thousands of pieces in this life! ”

"I'm also from the Jinzi camp!" Zhang Jin shook his head and responded.

"Me too!" "Me too!" Several of the guards grimaced.

"Although I am not from the Jinzi camp. When I was training in Juluze, the mung bean soup that the seven masters boiled with their own hands was not less! At the end of the line, a bearded man said with a smile. If this hatred is let go, I won't be able to close my eyes when I die! ”

Cheng Mingzhen felt a warm current in his heart, he nodded vigorously to everyone, and then turned his face to the enemy again, "You heard it all, tall master?!" It's easy for me to let go of my hatred, you let Liu Heimin, Dong Kangmai, Wang Xiaohu, and you guys with blood on their hands, go back to your own mother, kill all your wives, and send them over! For the sake of your former colleagues, Cheng will spare you from dying. Otherwise......"

He held back a burst of dizziness and gritted his teeth, "Otherwise, Cheng Mou will catch you one by one and kill you with his own hands in this life." Give my mother, avenge my wife! Even if you chase to the ends of the earth, as long as one person does not die, you will never stop! ”

Although there were only about 20 people on the other side, Gao Yaxian's heart suddenly swelled with a cool breath. Not wanting to hear Cheng Mingzhen continue, he waved the order flag vigorously, "I want to see how you take revenge!" Brothers, rush up and chop him up for me! ”

"No!" The sergeants were also frightened by Cheng Mingzhen's vicious expression and words, and they agreed and led their horses forward. The two sides had just made contact, and not far away, suddenly there was a low war drum, "Knock, knock......."

Gao Yaxian was slightly stunned, and couldn't help but look back at the place where the drum was coming from. I saw smoke billowing from the northern sky. Under the thick smoke, there were several yellow dusts, approaching quickly. It was not rushing at his own group of soldiers and horses, but divided into left and right, and outflanked everyone's retreat.

"Enemy troops?" For the first time, Gao Yaxian thought in astonishment. "What is he doing over there, cutting me off from the camp?"

He is far from the only one who has the same thoughts as Gao Yaxian. In order to come to meet the grain transport team, everyone ran all the way and left all the foot soldiers behind. If the enemy light cavalry rushes towards you with superior forces, cut off your own contact with the foot soldiers. Today's battle is probably not that everyone made Cheng Mingzhen dumplings, but that Cheng Mingzhen was joined by Cheng Mingzhen, and it blossomed in the middle.

"Knock, knock......." The drum beat more and more urgently, and it spread closer and closer. The smoke and dust brought up by the cavalry brigade also got closer and thicker, and it passed over the crowd of people who were fighting, and slowly met and approached in the south of the official road.

The black smoke has risen so high that it is inevitable that the grain and grass will be burned. Just to fight hard with Cheng Mingzhen, I have to risk being surrounded and killed by enemy troops, I'm afraid it's not worth it. As soon as he hesitated in his heart, the desire of the soldiers of the Liu family army to rush upward was no longer as eager as before. was rushed side by side by Cheng Mingzhen, Wang Fei, Zhang Jin and others, and there was a long gap.

At the gap, the soldiers of the Liu family retreated one after another, and Cheng Mingzhen broke out surrounded by the guards. After rushing out more than 100 steps, he heard the sound of the horse's hooves behind him, and he took his mount with all his strength, resolutely stopped, and turned the horse's head.

"Ahh The few soldiers of the Liu family, who were in hot pursuit, didn't have time to adjust their mounts, and were surrounded by Cheng Mingzhen and others. The knife slashed and stabbed under the horse.

More than two dozen blood-stained guards followed behind Cheng Mingzhen, leaning against the approaching smoke and dust in the distance, and rearranged themselves into an attack queue towards Gao Yaxian. "Come here, don't die today!" Cheng Mingzhen carried the half-snatched horse lance with one hand and shouted loudly to the other party.

Gao Yaxian, who was still hesitating whether to continue to pursue the enemy, was stunned for a moment, he really couldn't bear to see who would be killed if this unjust battle continued, sighed, and waved his hand to signal the brothers to stop attacking.

The smoke and dust in the distance of "Today's ......." are getting closer and closer, and they are about to close behind him. If you don't leave, it's too late, Gao Yaxian looked back first, very unwilling, but instinctively wanted to put down a few cruel words before fleeing. "Count yourself lucky today, surnamed Cheng, let's ......"

"Between the two of us, sooner or later one will die under the knife of the other." Cheng Mingzhen raised half of the horse lance and swore to the sky, "Cheng Mou swears here today, you, Liu Heimin, Dong Kangmai, and all those who have the blood of my mother and my wife on their hands, Cheng will not let go." If you violate this oath, the heavens and the earth will be destroyed! ”

"Then I'll wait!" Gao Yaxian was worried that the retreat would be cut, and he didn't have the courage to continue to entangle with Cheng Mingzhen, so he spat on the ground and turned his mount angrily.

The soldiers of the Liu family army followed one after another, chasing after Gao Yaxian and fleeing into the distance. Do you really want to die? Thinking of the hatred in Cheng Mingzhen's eyes when he swore an oath, some people couldn't help but quietly look back.

In the north, smoke from the burning of grain soars, connecting the earth with the lead-gray sky. The flames burned the smoke and the bottom of the clouds into a dark red, and in the clouds, it seemed as if a monster was walking towards the world along the thick smoke, covered in dark red blood, with teeth and claws!

Under the smoke and dust, in a place where everyone couldn't see, Wang Ermao led dozens of strong men, desperately beating several war drums. Behind them, dozens of horsemen dragged brooms made of improvised firewood and grass and galloped back and forth in the field.

used trickery to scare Gao Yaxian away. His plot succeeded. But at this moment, on Wang Ermao's face, there is no half of the peaceful smile of the past.