Set out!

Lu Xiang and Tong Xin led thousands of cold sword guards to rush towards the pinching tiger mouth of Bishan in the night, and the group rode their horses and galloped, but there was no sound. In the time of a stick of incense, the thousand-man team had already arrived at the foot of the mountain, except for a few people who were left to be responsible for pinning down the horses, and all the rest were led by two captains and dressed in dark armor and walked up the mountain road.

The mountain range presents a high in the west and low in the east, the closer to the west, the steeper the mountain, and to the east, the mountain gradually lowers and gentle, the mouth of the tiger is just at the junction of the east and west, at the foot of the mountain towards the mountainside, the continuous mountain range is at the mouth of the tiger and sinks down sharply to form a mouth. With this advantageous location, the Lower Tang Dynasty occupied the mouth of the tiger and set up a camp according to the mountain, with two stilted buildings on each side of the col for observation and reconnaissance, and about 300 garrisons in the gentle area in the middle of the col. The position of pinching the tiger's mouth is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and with only three hundred people, it is enough to resist the attack of thousands of people.

More than half of the time is still brightly lit in the camp of Pinching Hukou, and there are night patrol personnel patrolling back and forth in threes, threes, twos, and twos, which is no different from usual. The lookout on the stilt tower yawned occasionally, and continued to look in the direction of Annan with a fixed concentration. In the night, the mountain wind is howling, and the trees near and far are swaying with the wind, all of which can no longer be normal, and it has been basically night and night for nine years. However, one of the lookouts felt that the sound was a little loud tonight, and listened carefully, except for the sound of the wind and the sound of trees swaying, there seemed to be footsteps, but no matter how you looked, no suspicious figure could be found.

As he was in the middle of his life, an arrow flew out of the forest and shot impartially into the throat of the lookout, and the soldier did not have time to ring the alarm bell, and fell from the lookout with his eyes wide and unwilling. This alarmed the other soldiers who were on patrol at night, and before they could react, one feather arrow after another killed them.

After eliminating the soldiers who were patrolling the night, the Cold Knife Guard finally rushed out of the forest, like a ghost shooting into the barracks. The ghost shadow used the fastest speed to slash the sword of the Xia Tang defenders, who had not had time to understand, but after all, he still woke up the sleeping enemy. Several escaped Lower Tang soldiers blew their horns before their lives ended.

The prelude to the war officially began, and the Xia Tang defenders, who had risen up to resist in a hurry, were not the opponents of the prepared Han Dao Guards after all. Xuan Shaoning held the sharp-winged knife issued by the Han Dao Guard and cut the throat of a lower Tang soldier, he didn't look at the painful expression of the person when he fell, war is always helpless and cruel, after taking a deep breath on the spot, he turned around and plunged the blade into the chest of another enemy.

Lu Xiang rushed to the front of the battle group, he held the ring head knife to split a bloody road, and wanted to kill the Chinese military tent, but the guard, before anyone arrived, a green black giant axe broke out of the tent, and attached to Lu Xiang's side face and returned to the master's hand after making a whirlwind in the air.

Ba Xilang, who was full of beard and broad shoulders and round waist, calmly walked out of the camp tent with a big axe in his hand, looked at Lu Xiang and roared angrily: "Since you are here to send you to death, then the general will give you a ride!" ”

The big axe in Ba Xilang's hand was huge, and it weighed dozens of catties, but he was very handy at wielding, and he rushed towards Lu Xiang while throwing the big axe. Lu Xiang put on a posture, and he already felt that his abdomen and back were under attack: the sword wind behind him and the strong man in front of him. Jumping on the spot, the front somersault crossed over the top of Ba Xi's head, and before he could stand on the ground, a punch had already hit the abdomen, and even with the protection of the armor, the pain still spread rapidly. Lu Xiang was surprised that this strong man with a fat head and big ears moved so quickly.

Without blinking his eyes and his head back, Ba Xilang solved several cold sword guards who wanted to come forward to help with a big axe. Blood dripped from the axe, and a mocking smile broke out at the corner of his mouth.

Lu Xiang rushed forward with the ring head knife in both hands, quickly leaned back at a distance of an arrow from the enemy, and wanted to attack its lower plate with the help of momentum, the big axe fell from the sky, stirring up a burst of sand on the ground, Lu Xiang slashed under the crotch of Ba Xilang, the person did not turn around, the blade had arrived, and the ring head knife rubbed a spark on the armor.

Before it was too late to breathe, the axe came again, Lu Xiang kicked on the handle of the axe and jumped up with his strength, and after the ring head knife was blocked by the axe, the sharp wing knife at the calf with his left hand slashed one of Ba Xilang's cheeks. The knife was angled from his right cheek to his left brow bone, leaving a terrifying wound on his already ugly face.

A sound like a bear's roar spread in the mouth of the tiger, Ba Xilang angrily wiped away the blood that flowed down, and took a big stride and rampage, Lu Xiang took two steps back and then jumped high again, and his body was still in mid-air and slashed the ring knife in his hand towards Ba Xilang's Tianling Gai, the other party still blocked the blow with a big axe, and reflexively kicked Lu Xiang's side waist causing him to fall far away. After Ba Xilang succeeded, he didn't stop, and immediately came up with an axe, seeing that the axe couldn't be dodged, but he heard a clang, and the axe stopped at the tip of Lu Xiang's nose!

Sweat dripped from between his eyebrows, Lu Xiang didn't dare to pierce his eyes, staring at the axe at some point A string of iron chains was wrapped around it, which just fixed the axe firmly. Ba Xilang looked back and saw a man standing not far away, tugging at the chain vigorously. It's Xuan Shaoning! Lu Xiang seized this opportunity to hold the ring knife with his backhand, rolled to the side of Ba Xilang, and reached out to the opponent's ankle with a knife. Yes! Ba Xilang shouted angrily, shook off the chain forcefully, and turned around and slashed at Lu Xiang, but the other party had already prepared and dodged.

Ba Xilang touched his ankle, which was beginning to bleed, his eyes were about to erupt with fire, and the big axe in his hand was also held to make a sound.

"You two don't want to see the sunrise tomorrow!"

At this time, the main force of the Han Dao Guard captured the camp, and the defenders of the Lower Tang Dynasty had already begun to flee in the direction of Yinzhou.

"Stop! Hold on to the tiger's mouth! Whoever dares to run away will be chopped by the general's axe! Ba Xilang roared angrily, but his anger was far less than the threat of the enemy, and the defenders of the Lower Tang had already given up resistance.

Seeing that he could no longer stop the Han Dao Guard from seizing the tiger's mouth, Ba Xiwei simply fought with Xuan Shaoning and Lu Xiang again with a murderous intent. Although his ankle and face were injured, the big axe in his hand was still wielding a tiger, so that the two of them could not find a chance to get close, Ba Xilang forced Xuan Shaoning to turn around and rush to Lu Xiang for a while, this time he did not use the axe but chose the axe handle, and with a bang, he flew away from the ring knife in Lu Xiang's hand, Ba Xilang sneered at the corner of his mouth, thinking that he had succeeded, but who knew that Lu Xiang used a sharp-winged knife to stab Ba Xilan's right waist, and for a while, Ba Xilang hurriedly withdrew from the battle group and flashed to the side. At this time, a soldier from the Lower Tang Dynasty ran over to support Ba Xilang and shouted: "General, let's withdraw quickly, the army of the Liang Dynasty is coming!" ”

Needless to say, the most advanced unit must be the Guangyuan Army. Thinking of this, Xuan Shaoning couldn't help but feel excited, Ba Xilang suddenly launched the Tang soldier and slammed it towards Lu Xiang, and he turned around and ran towards the stilted building.

"Shaoning, stop him! He's going to Mingjin! Lu Xiang kicked the enemy away, and shouted knowing that he had lost the opportunity, and Xuan Shaoning immediately rushed to chase after him. Ba Xilang suffered an ankle injury and was no longer able to run fast, and he was caught up just as he reached the foot of the stilt building.

Xuan Shaoning threw a sharp-winged knife to block Ba Xilan, but before he could turn around, he swung his knife and slashed at the arm holding the big axe, but before the blade arrived, Ba Xilang's entire body suddenly sank. Xuan Shaoning's doubts in a moment gave the enemy a chance, Ba Xilang's left hand suddenly aimed at Xuan Shaoning and shot three short crossbows, and when he was at the last moment, he subconsciously pulled out the Jun Wu sword, when the three sounds of the dangdang, something that Xuan Shaoning couldn't believe happened, and the Jun Wu sword actually cut off the three crossbow arrows together.

Ba Xilang took advantage of this gap to throw the big axe towards the stilt building, this move continued to surprise Xuan Shaoning, and the arrow on the stilt tower was the purpose of Ba Xilang. There is an arrow in the herald system of the Lower Tang Dynasty, which looks like an ordinary feather arrow, but the arrow body is hollow, and the arrow cluster is composed of a special six-hole sharp mouth, usually the arrow will be placed on a small pedestal, and the arrow and the base are restrained by a lead rope, once the lead rope is broken, the arrow will roar into the air, and its poignant and sharp chirp can be heard even if it is dozens of miles away. Once the big axe shatters the base, the arrow will be in the air, in order to pinch the distance of thirty miles from the tiger's mouth and Yinzhou City, but I am afraid that it will not be possible to continue to be silent.

Xuan Shaoning was powerless, he watched in horror as the axe got closer and closer to the arrow, and at the same time, a black figure shot in quickly, following the stilt building, and when the axe was about to approach the base, the man swung the big knife and knocked it away, because the force was too strong, he almost fell off the stilt building, and grabbed the railing with one hand.

"Tao Sikun!" Xuan Shaoning shouted excitedly. Tao Sikun waved his hand at Xuan Shaoning on the ground, and his heart could be regarded as letting go.

Xuan Shaoning made a gesture to Tao Sikun and then used all his strength to deal with Ba Xilang, who immediately jumped on the stilted building and began to light a torch and wave. Yang Zhong, who was already waiting at the foot of the mountain, saw the fire flashing regularly in the direction of the pinching tiger's mouth, and knew that the pinching tiger's mouth had been taken, so he was very excited in his heart, and shouted loudly: "Guangyuan Army, follow me through the pinching tiger's mouth quickly!" ”

Suddenly, there was a slight vibration in the mouth of the tiger, and Ba Xilang was surprised to see a group of Liang Dynasty cavalry leaping up from the foot of the mountain and quickly passing through the camp he had painstakingly built, trampling everything where the horse's hooves passed, and disappearing into the exit of another place in the blink of an eye.

The angry Ba Xilang vented his anger on Xuan Shaoning, but unfortunately he was injured and lost his axe, and now it is difficult for him to gain the upper hand. Xuan Shaoning picked up the dirt on the ground and threw it at the enemy's eyes, and then tried to go around Ba Xilan, taking advantage of his dizziness, attacking from the side, stabbing his other leg with the Jun Wu sword, and finally Ba Xilang couldn't stand and fell to the ground. Xuan Shaoning didn't want to be entangled any longer, he jumped on his shoulders and raised the Jun Wu sword high, Ba Xilang raised his head, at that moment he seemed to see the desire to survive and the faint humanity in his eyes, the sword in his hand paused slightly, but the goodness in those eyes was fleeting, Ba Xilan's hands grabbed Xuan Shaoning at the same time, and finally no longer hesitated, and stabbed down with a sword.

Jun Wu, who can cut off the bow and crossbow, is even more comfortable when he cuts through the flesh, Xuan Shaoning felt that the body under his feet suddenly stopped moving, half of the sword body sank into Ba Xiyu's throat, those eyes were still open, and there was nothing in them at this moment. Xuan Shaoning jumped down, and at the same time pulled out his sword, a stream of blood gushed out, and Ba Xilang's body fell with a bang.

"Shaoning is good!" Lu Xiang, who rushed over, said excitedly: "The pinching tiger's mouth has been completely taken!" Most of the Guangyuan Army has passed smoothly, and the next is the general's Xuanjia Army. ”

"Is it ugly?"

"Don't worry, we got the job done on time!"

The ugly time is about to pass, the Guangyuan army has all passed through the tiger's mouth, and the king of Yu led the army to appear on this battlefield, seeing the bloody battlefield and the corpse of Ba Xilang, the king of Yu looked at Lu Xiang and Tong Xin and the cold sword guards under his command approvingly.

"The Chill Guards have never let me down! You fought beautifully in the first battle, but then there is something more difficult to bite, Lu Xiang! ”

"The last general!"

"Order you to lead 300 people to stay and guard the tiger's mouth, and be responsible for sending the injured back to Dazhi City!"

"The last general obeys!"

"Tong Xin, you lead the rest of the soldiers to attack Yinzhou City with me!"

King Yu rode to the side of the tiger's mouth facing Yinzhou City, he stood on horseback, and a waning moon happened to be reflected behind him. King Yu pulled out his sword and raised it high, and the moonlight reflected the cold light on the blade. Yang Zhong, who was already assembled at the foot of the mountain, turned around and raised his head to look up at the col, and the reflected moonlight was a military order.

Yang Zhong drew his saber and ordered Guangyuan Army: "The artillery battle is lit!" The gong is banging! Brothers, charge! ”