Chapter 33: Desperate Zhang Mancheng
Yin Ruoyang couldn't fight Lin Wenying for a long time, and his heart became more and more anxious. Looking sideways at the situation of the other three elders, Elder Li, who was fighting with Wu Ying, was in a similar situation to himself, and it was difficult to distinguish between the two of them for a while. Elder Tian, who fought against Liu Zixuan, was in a somewhat dangerous situation, Liu Zixuan had already gained the upper hand, and Elder Tian's swordsmanship was gradually chaotic, and I was afraid that he would not last long. In the end, Elder Guo's side played against Ao Qing, and Ao Qing's martial arts were obviously a grade worse, and he was beaten by Elder Guo without the power to fight back, and he could be defeated at any time.
The key to deciding the outcome of this battle is Liu Zixuan and Elder Guo, whoever wins the other party first can take out to help others. Liu Zixuan and Elder Guo also understood this, and they made one move faster than another, striving to take down each other as quickly as possible, and the defeat of Elder Tian and Wu Ying on the opposite side was even more obvious.
After Elder Tian fought with Liu Zixuan for more than 50 rounds, he was finally slashed by Liu Zixuan, of course Liu Zixuan was unforgiving, taking advantage of Elder Tian's panic when he was stabbed, he swung out several knives in a row, Elder Tian barely avoided the first few knives, but the three knives in the back were all slashed on the body, and the last knife was directly cut open to the throat, and he died on the spot.
After Liu Zixuan finished solving Elder Tian, he swung his knife at Elder Guo, sharing part of the pressure for Ao Qing. Because of Liu Zixuan's joining, Elder Guo immediately turned his safety into danger.
Yin Ruoyang saw that Elder Tian was killed again, and his heart was full of grief and indignation, this time he came out and killed two apprentices, not counting, now even the elders in the door have died, and the three of them are still in danger, if they don't handle it well today, the Seven Peerless Sect will be in ruins.
Yin Ruoyang actually knew that this time he was ostensibly helping Zhang Mancheng deal with Shi Luosheng, but in fact, it was still a dispute between the general and the Taiwei, the general was born in the Heavenly Sword Sect and did not need the help of his Seven Peerless Sects. In the face of Zhang Mancheng's active solicitation, which represented Tian Taiwei's forces, he had no better choice but to rely on. But now it seems that it may be because of standing on the wrong side this time, it will bring disaster to the Seven Peerless Gates.
Thinking of this, Yin Ruoyang felt that he couldn't go on like this, and shouted to the two elders Guo and Li to prepare to retreat. Liu Zixuan and the others were willing to let go, and the surrounding Song soldiers also narrowed the circle of encirclement, and slowly approached Yin Ruoyang and the others.
Yin Ruoyang leaned his back against Guo and Li: "Use the Seven Absolute Silver Needles to kill it." "The Seven Absolute Silver Needle is the unique secret weapon of the Seven Absolute Sect, which is quenched with seven kinds of poisons, and it will not be poisoned immediately after poisoning, but will gradually atrophy the body's functions until death, and it was this silver needle that attacked Li Ming last time.
The three of them shot a large number of silver needles around at the same time, Liu Zixuan and others hurriedly dodged, and the Song soldiers behind who didn't have time to dodge were all shot by the silver needles and fell to the ground. Yin Ruoyang and the three took the opportunity to break through, and Liu Zixuan and Lin Wenying hurriedly performed light skills to follow behind.
Elder Li turned around to meet the two of them and shouted, "Door master, you go first, I'll stop them, hurry, don't hesitate any longer, otherwise none of the three of us will be able to get out." ”
Yin Ruoyang gritted his teeth, glanced at Elder Li, and said to Elder Guo, "Let's go first." ”
The remaining Elder Li faced Liu Zixuan and Lin Wenying alone, as well as Wu Ying and Ao Qing, who arrived later. After a few faces, Elder Li also died under Lin Wenying's knife.
Liu Zixuan looked at the backs of Yin Ruoyang and the others fleeing and said hatefully: "You are lucky." ”
Yin Ruoyang and the others finally escaped back to Jeju, Zhang Mancheng listened to Yin Ruoyang's report with a blushing face, and forced the anger in his heart to ask: "Master Yin, you failed in both actions, and until now I don't know whether Li Ming is alive or dead?" ”
Yin Ruoyang saw that Zhang Mancheng's face was not good, and hurriedly said tentatively: "Why don't you go up the mountain again now?" ”
Zhang Mancheng snorted coldly and said, "Just now, the four of you went up the mountain, and only two of you came back, and now you have to go again, will you come back?" ”
Yin Ruoyang heard that Zhang Mancheng did not agree, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. I only heard Zhang Mancheng continue: "Now it seems that Li Ming is eighty percent is not dead, Liu Zixuan has been delaying time, just to wait for Shi Luosheng to come back from suppressing the bandits." Go and call Steward Yu to see what is happening to An Zhihai and Dong Liang now? ”
Steward Yu also just received the news from Xia Qiu and Zuo Xi, and after reading it, his face changed greatly, and he hurriedly ran into Zhang Mancheng's study: "Master, something is wrong, the news just came, it turned out that Dong Liang surrendered when Shi Luosheng went to Xiaqiu for the first time, An Zhihai was deceived by the two and had committed suicide, and all his men surrendered. ”
Zhang Mancheng was stunned after hearing this, and was speechless for a while, "Master, master, what should we do now?" Seeing that Zhang Mancheng didn't speak, Steward Yu asked cautiously.
Zhang Mancheng came back to his senses and said: "Tomorrow gather all the troops in the city, and I will personally lead the troops to level Dongshan." ”
Although Steward Yu had expected it in his heart, when he heard that Zhang Man had made up his mind, he still felt cold in his heart, and he was really going to rebel.
Yin Ruoyang was even more shocked in his heart, I came to help you to see the face of Lord Taiwei, this time for you, my Seven Absolute Sects have suffered heavy losses, and now you still want to pull me to rebel with you, then my Seven Absolute Sects will be doomed. If Lord Taiwei knew about this, he wouldn't let you go, and I had to find another way to not go crazy with you.
Leaving the Taishou Mansion, Yin Ruoyang said to Elder Guo: "Elder Guo, this madman Zhang Mancheng is planning to rebel, we can't go crazy with him, you rush to Jianye now, tell Lord Taiwei about the situation here, and let him find a way to clear up the relationship." I will now go to Dongshan to find General Liu and ask him to take precautions as soon as possible. ”
Elder Guo was a little puzzled and said, "Sect Master, your two disciples Yue Yun and Yue Lei, as well as Elder Li and Elder Tian, have all died at their hands, and we are still going to report to them?" Why don't you let the two of them fight on their own, and they are both killed. ”
Yin Ruoyang said: "Elder Guo, you don't understand this, I used to help Zhang Mancheng because of Lord Taiwei, but now that Zhang Mancheng wants to rebel, we will definitely be implicated, and then the entire Seven Absolute Gates will not escape the end of being destroyed." Now if you want to clear up the relationship, the most direct way is to join Shi Luosheng's side, bring down Zhang Mancheng together, and make meritorious contributions. ”
Elder Guo understood now and nodded. The two went to Dongshan and Jianye respectively.
"Yo, you're really bold, you're here again, this time you just swaggered into my barracks, you don't take me seriously, right?" Liu Zixuan looked curiously at Yin Ruoyang, who came to his military camp twice to assassinate Li Ming.
Yin Ruoyang said calmly: "The purpose of my visit this time is different, the first two times were to help Zhang Mancheng, but this time I came to help you, the general." ”
"Oh? Help me? How do you say that? Liu Zixuan asked.
Yin Ruoyang told Liu Zixuan that Zhang Mancheng was going to rebel, Liu Zixuan frowned after hearing this, and asked people to invite Guo Xu, Lin Wenying and others.
"Mr. Guo, the current situation is like this, do you have any way to deal with it?" Liu Zixuan asked.
Guo Xu thought for a while and said: "Zhang Mancheng's rebellion was expected by us, but we didn't expect it to come so quickly, General Shi's side has just pacified Zuoxi, and it will take at least five days for him to come back." Zhang Mancheng now has 30,000 city defense troops, and we only have 500 people, and the disparity in strength is too great for the Dongshan battalion to defend. ”
Guo Xu walked a few steps and suddenly said: "I have a risky way, just now this Yin Sect Lord said that Zhang Mancheng will only use troops against us tomorrow, and now under the mountain is his nephew Zhang Ziming's 10,000 troops." It's better for us to take advantage of the night now, gather all the men and horses to rush down the mountain to rob the camp, kill him by surprise, and then go to Xiaqiu to meet General Shi after breaking through. General Shi's side plus Zuoxi and Xiaqiu's troops also had nearly 30,000 people, and it was not a problem to take Zhang Mancheng. ”
As soon as Liu Zixuan heard that there was a play, he immediately ordered all the people and gave each person a pot of wine and a pound of meat. Liu Zixuan said to the soldiers: "Tonight is related to everyone's life and death, Jeju Taishou Zhang Mancheng is going to rebel, and tomorrow he will lead an army of 30,000 to encircle and suppress us, we don't want to sit still, so we can only rush down the mountain tonight to meet General Shi." Now I invite you to drink this cup to the fullest, and I hope that you will work hard to move forward, fight bravely to kill the enemy, and put down the rebellion, and General Shi and I will not get drunk with you. ”
Everyone was infected by Liu Zixuan, and they also knew the danger they were in, and they said: "I am willing to serve death." ”
Liu Zixuan and the soldiers ate the wine and meat, put on their armor and got on their horses, and galloped to the edge of Zhang Ziming's camp. Everyone galloped in the camp, killing people whenever they met, and suddenly the sound of killing was everywhere, and the fire was soaring to the sky.
Yin Ruoyang has also entered Zhang Ziming's camp several times, this time he is also familiar with the road, and he took Lin Wenying to kill him directly, Zhang Ziming didn't have time to pull out his long sword, and his head was cut off by Lin Wenying.
The city defense army without the command of the main general was even more chaotic, and everyone had no intention of fighting and was running around. After a night of massacre, those who survived fled back to Jeju City. Liu Zixuan didn't dare to chase after him, so he asked Lin Wenying, Wu Ying and Ao Qing to take Li Ming back to the General's Mansion, and at the same time told Deng Yuanjue that Zhang Mancheng had rebelled, and he and Guo Xu rushed to Xiaqiu and Shi Luosheng with the army.
In Jeju City, as soon as it was dark, Zhang Mancheng rushed to the school field, ordered all the people, and then took 20,000 city defense troops to Dongsan to meet Zhang Ziming. Not long after leaving the city gate, he saw the city defense army originally stationed in Dongshan rushing towards him. Most of them only rode bald horses, saddled and robbed, and all their clothes were abandoned, and they looked miserable.
Zhang Mancheng hurriedly stopped and asked, "What happened?" What about you Commander Zhang? ”
The first person saw that it was Zhang Taishou and hurriedly knelt down and cried: "We were stolen by Liu Zixuan last night, and we lost more than half of it, and even Commander Zhang was killed. ”
Zhang Mancheng felt that his eyes were dark after hearing this, but fortunately, the housekeeper Yu beside him supported him in time, otherwise he almost fell off the horse.