Chapter 8: Encountering the Taiping Sect
"Lord, there is Ji County in front." In the evening, the sun had not completely set in the mountains, Ye Zhao and the others had already appeared outside Ji County, Ding Li panted and ran to Ye Zhao's side, a day's high-intensity march, wearing heavy copper armor, carrying dozens of catties of knives, and carrying bags, even if they had received Ye Zhao's crazy training, they were a little unbearable, the special chopping knife in their hands was about to be unstable, and the copper armor on his body and the bag on his back were also pressed on his body like a mountain at the moment, making people feel breathless.
Ye Zhao had also done rapid marching training before, but the distance was by no means so far, and he was wearing bronze armor at that time, plus the chopping knife could also be carried on his back, and today's rapid march of more than 100 miles was definitely an extreme challenge for Ding Li and others.
"When you enter the city, find an inn to settle down in." Ye Zhao is also not tired, but compared to these men who have received this kind of training for the first time, his spirit is much better, no matter how bad the environment is, if it is not for the fact that his body was too weak before, the rapid march of a hundred miles is simply pediatric for him.
There was a low cheer from the crowd, Ye Zhao looked back, a group of guards suddenly shrunk their necks, and there was no sound, now Ye Zhao is not just their gold master, after such a long time of training, they have already developed an instinct of awe for Ye Zhao from their bones.
A group of people entered Ji County, but there were not many pedestrians in the huge city, and occasionally a few turned around and left after seeing everyone, as if they were some kind of demon.
"Lord, something is wrong, such a big city, why doesn't there even have a city guard?" Ding Li leaned over to Ye Zhao and said in a low voice.
"Don't be too troublesome, find an inn to live in first." Ye Zhao shook his head, what happened to Ji County, it has nothing to do with him, anyway, he will leave early tomorrow morning, he is not a parent official here, and he doesn't want to make trouble.
It's just that he doesn't want to cause trouble, it doesn't mean that things won't look for him, and before the group can find the inn, they hear a dense sound of footsteps rushing towards this side.
"Out of town!" Ye Zhao frowned, it seemed that the situation was more serious than he imagined, and he was about to leave with everyone at the moment.
But before they could turn around, they saw that the gate of the city behind them had been blocked by a group of people, and in the depths of the street, a group of men and horses were also rushing towards this side under the leadership of a man.
"Prepare for war!" Ding Li's face changed greatly, he slammed the slasher to his chest, and with a loud shout, twenty-five guards quickly worked in groups of three to protect Ye Zhao in front of him.
Ye Zhao was under the protection of the crowd, his eyes looked at the man who was awkwardly riding a horse and slowly came to the front, the situation was unknown, he did not rush to reveal his identity, but frowned and said: "I don't know this ...... Why are the strong men besieging us? ”
"Take it!" The strong man didn't say much, holding a cooked copper rod, he glanced at the group of guards in front of Ye Zhao, his eyes were cold, and he shouted.
"Kill!" A group of people around raised all kinds of weapons in their hands and rushed towards everyone.
"Lord, this ......" Looking at these yellow-faced and thin-skinned people, it was obvious that they were just an army composed of some poor people, Ding Li looked at Ye Zhao with some unbearability.
"Kill!" Ye Zhao pulled out his sword and slowly spit out a word, he could naturally see that these were just ordinary people, but so what, since the other party had already shown malicious intent, there was no reason to put himself in danger because of the unbearable feeling in his heart.
The blade of the sword easily pierced the chest of a middle-aged man, looking at the frightened gaze on the other party's face, Ye Zhao did not have the slightest pity, since he did it, then don't blame the enemy for being ruthless.
Compared with Ye Zhao's ruthlessness and ruthlessness, Ding Li, who was really facing killing for the first time, obviously couldn't be as terrifying as Ye Zhao, Ding Li cut off a young man's hoe with a knife, looking at the fear and pleading in the other party's eyes, he couldn't help but be stunned, and the knife that was originally slashed at the other party also hesitated.
It's just that after hesitating for a moment, another strong man saw this, and the wooden stick in his hand had already smashed on Ding Li's head.
Boom~
Ding Li's head was stunned, and he staggered back two steps, but the young man had already stabbed Ding Li's throat with the wooden stick that had been cut by Ding Li.
"Poof~"
The young man's brain was split by Ye Zhao's sword, Ye Zhao pulled Ding Li behind him, killed the strong man who wanted to take the opportunity to step forward with a backhand sword, turned his head to look at Ding Li and scolded angrily: "Do you want to die?" Since it has already been done to us, it is the enemy, what to do with the enemy, do you want me to teach it again!? ”
"Kill~" The shame on Ding Li's face gradually turned hideous, roaring and roaring, the war knife in his hand danced wildly, and four or five militiamen who surrounded him were killed by Ding Li.
These refugees are holding the most rudimentary weapons in their hands, without armor, although Ye Zhao and his party are also wearing copper armor, if it is a real knife and a real gun, the defense of this copper armor is insufficient, and it is very cumbersome, and it is a loss to really go to the battlefield, but just in the face of these hoes, wooden sticks and other weapons, as long as you carefully defend your head, it is basically difficult to break the defense, but Ye Zhao's specially customized combat knife is large and full of lethality, and when these guards adapt to killing, the power is gradually exerted, In just a few moments, dozens of militiamen had already been killed.
"Don't fall in love with the war, exit the city gates!" Ye Zhao glanced at the frightened and frightened enemies who were killed by them, but he had no idea of pursuing, and led a group of people to fight and retreat, killing in the direction they came.
"The person who killed me still wants to leave!?" On horseback, the strong man who looked like a leader saw this, a touch of hideousness flashed on his face, and as soon as he urged his crotch to get off the horse, he rushed towards Ding Li, who had killed the fiercest with a cooked copper stick.
"Die!" The cooked copper stick was rounded on the horse's back, and it smashed at Ding Li's head.
Ding Li instinctively raised his knife to block, only to hear a muffled sound, Ding Li staggered back, seeing that the other party once again rounded the cooked copper stick, but his arms were sore, he couldn't gather his strength, he secretly screamed in his heart, but his shoulders sank, but Ye Zhao took the opportunity to step on his shoulder and rushed towards the man, forcing the man to temporarily change his moves, and put the cooked copper stick horizontally to block Ye Zhao's sword.
"Qiang~"
With a muffled sound, Ye Zhao's sword left a deep cut on the cooked copper stick, but his legs were clamped on the horse's neck and slid down.
The strong man just blocked Ye Zhao's sword, it was the middle door that was wide open, seeing Ye Zhao suddenly rush to his horseback, for a while, he didn't know how to deal with it, but at this moment of distraction, Ye Zhao had already buckled his neck, his fingers were forceful, the strong man only felt a numbness in his spine, and in an instant, he was weak, and the cooked copper stick in his hand also fell to the ground with a bang.
Ye Zhao turned over and dismounted, took advantage of the situation, and dragged the strong man off the horse, without waiting for him to react, the sword was horizontal, resting on his neck, and looking around.
"Qu Shuai!" Many militiamen around were shocked when they saw that the leader was captured so easily, and there was an exclamation from the crowd, some wanted to come forward to rescue the commander, while others saw the leader captured, plus this group of people was fierce and abnormal, very different from the officers and soldiers they had seen in the past, and they wanted to escape, and for a while, it was a mess.
"Qu Shuai?" Ye Zhao's heart moved, turned his head to look at the man who was captured by himself, and said in a deep voice: "You are Taiping Sect disciples? ”
"Not bad!" The strong man who was held in Ye Zhao's hand sneered when he heard this: "Since you know that it is us, you still don't let me go, kneel down and surrender, see how much ability you have, I can ask the great sage and good teacher to intercede for you." ”
"Nonsense!" With a slap on the other party's head, Ye Zhao gathered Ding Li and the others, and said in a deep voice: "How about the casualties?" ”
"My lord, three brothers have been wounded." Ding Li stepped forward and protected Ye Zhao with a horizontal knife, with a hideous murderous intent on his face.
"Get your people out of the way, we're going out of town." Ye Zhao snorted coldly, took this Qu Shuai, and slowly retreated towards the city gate.
"Don't think!" The strong man snorted coldly and said angrily.
"I can't help you!" Ye Zhao sneered, grabbed his hair, and dragged people out of the city in the other party's screams, the surrounding militia unconsciously got out of the way, and they were not regular troops, they had not received training, and in the face of Ye Zhao and his party, they were already weak, if it weren't for the large number of people, I am afraid that they would not even have the courage to come up, at this moment the leader was captured, how could he still be in the mood to fight again, in the angry eyes of this Qu Shuai, Ye Zhao and the others went out of the city under the siege of countless Taiping cultists.
"That horn is in this city?" Ye Zhao turned his head to look at Qu Shuai and asked sharply.
"Humph!" The other party snorted, but did not answer.
"It seems so." Although he didn't get an answer, the flickering panic in the other party's eyes was equivalent to telling Ye Zhao that these ancients were really simple, but had the Taiping Sect developed to this point? The huge Daji County turned out to be all Taiping believers.
"Qu Shuai?" Ye Zhao looked at the strong man with a surprised face, and asked in a deep voice, "Do you dare to be famous?" ”
"Why don't you dare?" The other party snorted coldly and said: "A certain family does not change its name, and it does not change its surname, and Guan Hai under the command of a great sage and good teacher is a certain family!" ”
"Why are you attacking me?" Ye Zhao frowned and looked at Guan Haidao, this name, he vaguely remembered, but the specific events, he had no impression, but the characters who could appear in history were still remembered by himself, and his skills should not be too bad.
"Humph!" Guan Hai didn't answer, just turned his head away and didn't look at Ye Zhao.
"It seems that Zhang Jiao's plan is not small!" Ye Zhao frowned slightly, the yellow scarf broke out, he was not ready to mix, but he didn't expect to be bumped into by himself.
"Thief, don't let go of my family Qu Shuai!" At the gate of the city, a fast horse split the crowd, galloped out, caught up with everyone, and pointed at Ye Zhao and shouted.
"You want me to let him go? Yes, let Zhang Jiao come to Hedong to lead people, Hedong Wei's family, how can you let you and others provoke? Ye Zhao's heart moved, and he sneered and said, "Let's go, go back to Hedong!" If you occupy the city without authorization, I should report this matter to the imperial court, great sage and good teacher? Wait to be conquered by the imperial army. ”
After speaking, he took the people and horses to escort Guan Hai, and left without looking back, the Taiping Sect generals hurriedly led people to chase wildly, but Ye Zhao's guards are all trained people, even if they are exhausted now, but they still run fast, a group of refugees-like militia, how to catch up, plus the sky is gradually darkening, after a while, there is no trace of Ye Zhao and his party, the Taiping Sect generals are in a hurry when they see this, and they can only helplessly rush back to Ji County and report the matter to Zhang Jiao.