Chapter 595: The Death of the Great King
This ridge trail on the Goose Ridge is full of craggy rocks, occasionally growing weeds and shrubs, although it is relatively flat, but it is very narrow, most places are only a few steps wide, even if you have thousands of troops, you can only pass in long lines in twos and threes, and there is no possibility for thousands of people to rush up.
When Hou Liangzhu took the lead in taking the Sichuan military horses to touch the top of the goose's back, An Bangyan, accompanied by Zhou Shiru and An Alun, took hundreds of people from the An clan and the last cronies around him, through this trail on the Goose Ridge, all the way to the east, and came to the Goose Head Peak.
It's a pity that there are cliffs on three sides of Goose Head Peak, which is good to go up and down.
Therefore, until the shouting and killing on the top of the goose's back subsided, An Bangyan and the others were still stranded on the goose's head peak, hoping that the barbaric smoke and rain in the sky could help them and escape the catastrophe in front of them.
However, the heavens are not beautiful.
At noon, the mountain wind blew strongly, and although the mountain was still full of thick fog, day and night, the mountain had begun to dissipate.
The ridge trail of Exiangling, hidden in the rain and mist, was also revealed.
As Xu Chengming led his own soldiers to rush up first, Lin Zhaoding, the chief military officer of Yunnan, also took the guards around him to take Hou Liangzhu to climb this ridge one step ahead.
Hou Liangzhu was overjoyed, and once again followed behind the first two chief officers and their subordinates with a grim face, and headed west along the narrow ridge path.
Hou Liangzhu walked forward in a complicated mood, only to feel that all the previous hard work was taken by others, and his heart was very uncomfortable.
In this way, in a complex state of mind sometimes annoyed and sometimes angry, Hou Liangzhu quickly completed most of the mountain road, looked at the crowded Dian soldiers in front of him, and was about to scold them to go quickly, but suddenly heard a surprise shout from the front: "An Bangyan is really here!" ”
Immediately afterward, there was the sound of clanging weapons, and from time to time there were screams of soldiers on both sides falling off the cliff.
Unlike Hou Liangzhu's mood of chagrin and indignation, Xu Chengming's mood at this time was both surprise and anger.
Surprisingly, An Bangyan was on the Goose Head Peak hundreds of steps ahead, and he was at the forefront of the three official and military teams.
Angry, this ridge path was too narrow and steep, and the other party only blocked himself and his elite team of pro-soldiers with a few Yi soldiers holding a few spears.
Seeing that a great achievement is within reach, but it is almost out of reach, how can it not make people feel anxious and angry?!
Just when Xu Chengming was in a hurry, a scream of surprise came, and two more personal soldiers with swords were stabbed off the cliff by the spears of the Yi soldiers on the opposite side.
Lin Zhaoding, who followed behind Xu Chengming and his personal soldiers, and Hou Liangzhu, who was behind Lin Zhaoding and his personal soldiers, soon knew Xu Chengming's situation, and they were no longer in a hurry at the moment.
Lin Zhaoding even said to Xu Chengming: "If Xu Zongzhen can't do it, please ask Xu Zongzhen to make way, let the Dian soldiers under the command of this town go up, and wait to take An Bangyan's dog head, how about you share this credit equally with your brother?" ”
After saying this, Lin Zhaoding burst out laughing.
This laughter was particularly piercing in Xu Chengming's ears, and he immediately shouted and scolded at the soldiers in front of him: "Get out of the fuck for me!" If you can't do it, let Lao Tzu go on it himself! ”
Xu Chengming scolded while advancing with a knife, facing the spear stabbed by the Yi soldiers on the opposite side, dodging and slashing again and again.
For a while, he cut off several spears, forcing the Yi soldiers in front of him to retreat again and again, but as more Yi soldiers rushed from the opposite side and stabbed more dense spears, Xu Chengming was forced to be helpless, and it was worth scolding and retreating again.
At this time, An Bangyan, who was on the goose head peak, had a gray face and a lonely expression, and the three peacock feathers on the hero's knot on his head didn't know when they were all broken, and now they were hanging crookedly on the top of his head, looking very embarrassed and funny.
Several members of the An clan who were also depressed and stunned were relieved to hear that the battle broke out again on the ridge path in front of them, and once again ended in their own "victory".
A middle-aged man with big ears and a short body looked at An Bangyan, who was gray and silent, and whispered after considering his words: "King! The descendants of the Shuixian clan are now all following you, all on this peak! As a descendant of the Shuixian clan, shouldn't the king think about the survival of the Shuixian clan?
"Now, although the life and death of individuals are not to be worried, but the family business inherited by the Shuixian clan for thousands of years is just cut off in our hands?"
The person who spoke, named An Jian, although he was much older than An Wei, was the same generation as An Wei, An Shi, An Luan and others, and was considered An Bangyan's nephew.
Today, all the descendants of the An family in Shuixi are basically the descendants of the three brothers An Wanjun, An Wanyi, and An Wanquan.
If not their grandchildren, then their great-grandchildren.
An Bangyan is the grandson of An Wanjun, while An Wei is the great-grandson of An Wanyi, and the others are the great-grandsons of An Wanquan.
After the death of An Bangyan in history, An Wei was cared for again, and when An Wei died of illness, there was no heir to inherit it, so the Ming Dynasty selected An Shi from among these descendants of An Shi to take over as the consolation envoy of Shuixi.
It is precisely because An Shi and the others are descendants of the Shuixi clan outside of An Wei, so after killing An Wei, An Bangyan took these people with him anytime and anywhere, lest these people take advantage of the chaos and threaten their orthodox status.
An Bangyan, who was originally lonely, listened to An Jian's words at this time, and his eyes suddenly flashed, staring at An Jian and saying, "What does An Jian Nimoto mean by this?!" ”
An Bangyan even dared to kill An Wei, who else would not dare to kill?
Therefore, as soon as An Bangyan said this, An Jian immediately knelt on the ground and said, "The king is angry! The king's wrath! The little nephew said this, all for the sake of the Shui An's family! We can't all die here, we all die here, and the Shuixian clan will not be there! ”
When An Bangyan heard this, he suddenly said angrily: "What nonsense! I am the Shuixian clan, and the Shuixian clan is me! With me An Bangyan, there is Shui'an An's clan! Without me, An Bangyan, what is the matter with the Shui An clan when he is not there! ”
After saying this, An Bangyan still couldn't contain the sudden outburst of anger, pulled out his sword with a bang, and said to An Jian, who was kneeling and kowtowing in horror: "You waste! An dare to disturb the hearts of our army! ”
After saying this, An Bangyan stabbed An Jian to the ground with a single sword.
An Bangyan's sudden and inexplicable fury surprised everyone around him.
Zhou Shiru, An Alun, An Shi and others hurriedly knelt on the ground and persuaded together: "The king is angry! The king's wrath! ”
An Bangyan kicked the dead An Jian, slammed the long sword in his hand to the ground, and said angrily: "Dare to persuade this king to be appeased again, An Jian is the way forward!" ”
After saying this, An Bangyan glared at An Alun angrily, and said fiercely: "You lost Zhen-Xiong, lost Bijie, and messed up Datun and messed up the ambush, you say, what's the use of this king keeping you?!" ”
When Ann Alun saw that his own brother was about to turn his face against him, he was terrified at the moment, and hurriedly kowtowed and said, "O king, I am Alun, your own brother!" ”
When An Bangyan heard this, he was suddenly stunned, shook his head for a long time, and then sat down on a mountain rock, his expression even more discouraged, and he was silent again.
Seeing this, Ann Alun hurriedly got up, picked up his brother's long sword, and stumbled towards the ridge path to the east.
No one knows if he did this to escape from An Bangyan as soon as possible, or if he wanted to go over and show his worth to his brother.
As Xu Chengming ordered his own soldiers to attack Goose Head Peak again and again, the casualties on both sides increased.
At the same time, Xu Chengming and his personal soldiers are also getting closer and closer to Goose Head Peak.
More than 100 Yi soldiers and guards around An Bangyan, under Wu Azhan's constant orders, gathered towards the place where Xu Chengming and others were approaching.
However, at the same moment when the Yi soldiers and guards beside An Bangyan flocked to the ridge path and went to resist Xu Chengming's department, a person suddenly appeared under the steep cliff not far behind An Bangyan.
I saw that this person suddenly turned over from the back of the cliff, rolled forward and fell to the ground, first took off the dagger on his mouth with his right hand, and threw it at the Yi soldiers who were screaming and waving the knife in surprise, and then pulled out the long knife that was hanging on his waist with his back hand, and pounced on An Bangyan, who was facing him with his back.
The Yi soldier who rushed forward with a scream and a knife was killed by the flying dagger in an instant, but his exclamation still attracted the attention of the others on Goose Head Peak.
Zhou Shiru, An Shi, An Luan and others, who were still kneeling on the ground facing An Bangyan, were even more stunned by the sudden change.
Seeing that the Ming army officer who suddenly climbed up from the cliff behind the goose head peak had already pounced on An Bangyan, who was in a daze, Zhou Shiru instantly came to his senses and shouted loudly: "The king is dangerous!" ”
An Shi and the others, who woke up, also hurriedly shouted: "King! Behind! ”
When An Bangyan heard this, he turned back in horror, only to see that a long knife had already been waved.
An Bangyan, who still wanted to shout something, just opened his mouth, and the blade had already slashed through!
This is the last voice heard by a generation of heroes.
As for the subsequent cry that resounded through the goose head peak, An Bangyan could no longer hear it.
Because at this time, An Bangyan's head had been firmly grasped by the young Ming army officer who suddenly jumped onto the goose head peak.
With the cry on the Goose Head Peak, Wu Azhan, who was resisting the attack of Xu Chengming and his subordinates on the ridge path of the Goose Ridge, immediately gave up resistance, turned around and ran back towards the Goose Head Peak, crying as he ran: "King! The king is dead! Avenge the king! ”