Chapter 1: Escape
The wind carried a gust of yellow sand, dancing leisurely in the silent air, and the sky was gray, and the oppressive air was breathless.
Since the 200,000 troops of Daxia broke through the border and entered the country, Dachu was tired of defense, and the huge northern war burned the plains, and there was no pure land. Qi'an is located in the south, is a traffic artery connecting the north and south, the Great Xia army is determined to be in the heavenly capital, now the war is stalemate, the Jiangnan reinforcements are rushing to support non-stop, the Great Xia received a wire report, immediately divided tens of thousands of troops, want to seize Qi'an, prevent the Jiangnan reinforcements from going north.
The wind and rain are coming, the gate of Qi'an City is closed, the war is rainy, the streets in Qi'an City have changed the liveliness of the past, and only a few people are hurrying on the huge street. On the city wall, groups of stubborn soldiers patrolled back and forth, and there was no slack off for a moment under the banner of hunting and flying.
On the outskirts of Qi'an City.
Yang Hao rode his horse up a hill, overlooking the official road from Qi'an to Wei County, and behind him, thirty-seven scout cavalry lined up. Deputy team Li Feng rode his horse to Yang Hao's side: "Big brother, it's been two hours, and I still haven't come back." Yang Hao exhaled a breath of turbidity: "Everyone follow me!" ”
"Yes!"
Yang Hao looked at the direction of Weixian, his heart was extremely firm, there were two brothers in his scout team who did not come back, he had to go to confirm, confirm what happened, they received a report three days ago, tens of thousands of troops in Great Xia have passed Hushui, but after passing Hushui, Qi An has never received any news about these tens of thousands of enemy troops, Yang Hao knows the importance of Qi An, this is a critical period, there is no room for mistakes. For half a month, Yang Hao has been conscientious, and today his brother is missing, so that he smells a few traces of danger, no matter what, he wants to confirm, confirm what happened to these two people, in three days, the large army can reach Qi'an by marching from Hushui, if the enemy army has come to the city and Qi'an is still unconscious, it is the sin of his scout captain.
Yang Hao took these more than 30 people and went in the direction of Wei County.
Qi An, Yamen.
There were only a few thousand defenders in Qi'an City, and the county commander Maowen gathered all the heroes in Qi'an City, wanting to borrow their private soldiers from these arrogant and domineering heroes.
Mao Wen looked at Haoqiang around and chatted leisurely, and his heart suddenly became angry, but he still said politely: "Everyone! Now that the summer thieves are powerful, and tens of thousands of troops are heading towards Qi'an, look at it, how is it good? ”
"My lord, don't worry, the Xia thieves are just bluffing, they are entangled by the imperial army in Liangzhou, how can tens of thousands of troops come to Qi'an, at most a few thousand, don't worry, don't worry!" Wang Jing disagreed with Maowen's worries, he had an uncle who was a big official in the court, and he had always been superior in Qi'an on weekdays, and he didn't even pay attention to the county order Maowen, plus the court's poor ability to supervise the local area in recent years, he secretly raised seven or eight hundred private soldiers under his own hands, and he didn't take anyone seriously.
Seeing Wang Jing speak, some Xiao Haoqiang immediately echoed, but there were also those who scoffed at his words.
"Brother Wang's words are wrong, the soldiers are treacherous, if the Xia thief really comes with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, we will be passive here to defend, and then the Xia thief will break the city and slaughter, dare to ask Brother Wang can retreat? Or will Brother Wang leave Qi'an before anyone else present? The newly promoted Haoqiang Feng Qin asked.
"The surname Feng, don't talk cool here, if one day the city of Qi'an is broken, I don't know who will slip first."
"If you want to run, you really can't run Brother Wang, I want the thieves to rob Qi'an back then, Brother Wang............. Hehe, Feng is ashamed of himself, ashamed of himself! ”
"You fucking want to fight, don't you?" Wang Jing threw the teacup in a fit of rage, and when his private soldiers saw this, they drew their swords and moved forward, so Feng Qin's private soldiers did not show weakness, and also drew their swords forward, and the two sides confronted each other in the court.
"Enough, enough! You all stop for a while, and today you are here to discuss how to hold Qi'an, not to fight among yourself. Mao Wen said to everyone: "Feng Qin is right, we can't underestimate the opponent too much, no matter what, I want to keep the people of Qi'an safe, now there are not many officers and soldiers in Qi'an City, I can only ask you to help, my lips are cold, I think everyone present understands." ”
"Your Excellency is wise! I, the Feng family, am willing to contribute to the people of Qi'an. Feng Qin stood in the center of the public hall and arched his fist.
"Okay, the Feng family is willing to contribute, which is the luck of the people of Qi'an." Mao Wen said to the others: "Everyone, Qi An's life and death depend on your decision at this moment, the Feng family has set an example, what are you still hesitating about?" ”
Everyone is just watching each other, no one wants to be this bird, their foundation is in Qi'an, and it is impossible for them to give up Qi'an easily. The soldiers are gone, they can be raised again, but if the foundation is broken, then they don't want to turn over again in this life, and at this moment, the Feng family said that they didn't twist and pinch anymore.
Everyone stood in the center of the public hall and arched their hands: "We are willing to contribute to Qi An!" Although Wang Jing was very reluctant, he still followed everyone to take the oath.
Mao Wen was very satisfied with everyone's attitude, and his voice became high under the excitement: "Okay! I'm united in Qi'an, and I will call the summer thief to come and go! ”
At the same time, somewhere in the dry forest, Yang Hao and the others abandoned their horses and crawled in the dry grass in a dispersed formation, and they followed the marks left by the missing two brothers all the way, until the marks were broken here, and the years of battlefield instinct made Yang Hao smell a few traces of danger.
It's really too close to Qi'an.
"Coo-co............o-coo" The deep bird call came from the front, this is a brother who has discovered the abnormality, and Yang Hao's heart tightened.
Yang Hao crawled to the side of the signaler, and the man lowered his voice and said in disbelief: "Captain, look! Yang Hao looked in the direction he was pointing and immediately frowned. I saw a low-lying open space not far in front of them, and tents were densely set up in the open space at this time, and a team of stubborn armor soldiers could be faintly seen patrolling inside, according to the specifications of this tent, ten people lived in one tent, and there were at least a thousand tents here. But even in such a large camp, there was not a single commotion heard.
"Big brother, what should I do?" When Li Feng saw these tents, his heart was also extremely shocked.
"Immediately call my brother back to the city to report the news, it won't take half an hour to get to Qi'an here, if they sneak attack in the middle of the night, the consequences will be unimaginable."
Li Feng turned around and gave Yang Hao's order, and the two brothers in the team cautiously walked out of the dry forest, but as soon as the two of them showed their heads, two crossbow arrows flying out of nowhere pierced their hearts, and they only had time to let out a scream, and then they turned into two lifeless bodies.
The mutation protruded, Yang Hao instinctively grabbed the spear next to him, and the others quickly gathered around Yang Hao.
"I was bored early in the morning and went out for a walk, but I didn't expect to meet a group of rats!" A mocking voice came from outside the dry forest, "Inside, I'll play with you today." ”
The sound of Suo Suo could be heard all around, and it was clear that people outside were slowly approaching them. Yang Hao made a gesture of pressing down, more than thirty people immediately understood, and they all stuck their bodies on the ground, Yang Hao grabbed a stone and threw it to his side, the stone fell to the ground with a muffled sound, and then, the rain-like crossbow arrows shot to the place where the stone landed.
Yang Hao listened to the direction of the crossbow arrows, at this time they had been blocked by a semicircle formation of the other party, Yang Hao lifted the spear and ran to the right side to launch the crossbow arrows in a dense place, the team members followed in a divergent formation, they faced a group of crossbowmen, if they still maintained a dense formation, it would undoubtedly be a disaster.
After shooting a wave of crossbow arrows, it takes time to replace the arrows, the mutation is prominent, and the crossbowmen who shoot arrows in the direction of the stone landing cannot react in time, Yang Hao bullied them, his waist sank, and the spear in his hand swept away, and the spear driven by the huge force was vigorous, and the first few crossbowmen were swept away by it in an instant, watching them float in the air and the waist plate had been folded into ninety degrees, obviously unable to live.
More than 30 team members followed by Yang Hao also pounced, just like a hungry wolf saw a sheep, ruthlessly slaughtering the weakest crossbowman in close combat, just counting the time, the crossbowman on the left side had the arrows on it, and a rain of arrows leaned towards Yang Hao and others, Yang Hao and others were not slow to react, and they all grabbed the dead corpses on the ground to cover the arrows for themselves, but there were also those who were slow, and those who were unlucky were shot by the arrows from the gaps, for which they would all pay the price of their lives.
"Pick it up!" After a rain of arrows, Yang Hao shouted.
Everyone understood, immediately abandoned the dead body, picked up the crossbow arrows scattered on the ground, and without hesitation, they leaked to the crossbowman on the left, and suddenly, the crossbowman fell down and wailed.
"Let's go!" Taking advantage of this gap, Yang Hao took the survivors to tear up the encirclement of the crossbowmen on the right, spread his feet and ran wildly, shuttling through the dead grass at waist level, crossbow arrows kept coming from behind, and people kept falling.
"Where to run!" Almost at the same time as this voice came, a very fast war horse rushed from Yang Hao's side, and a spear swung towards Yang Hao, Yang Hao instinctively pounced forward, and was able to dodge this fatal blow. The man on the horse missed a blow, but his speed did not decrease, and he went straight through the formation of the scouts, and under the left and right swing of his spear, four members of the team were ruthlessly killed by him.
Yang Hao fell to the ground and got up instantly, and with this pause, they were already full of soldiers from the Xia Kingdom as far as they could see. A small encirclement surrounded them to death.
There were less than twenty people left in the scouts, they were close to each other back to back, the knives in their hands were in front of their chests, and at this moment they were like a wounded tiger facing a pack of wolves, tensing the muscles of their bodies, waiting for an opportunity to fight back.
"Hahaha! This dog eats and eats beautifully. The man turned around and pointed the spear in his hand at Yang Hao.
"A despicable person who can only hide behind and sneak attack, do you dare to fight with me in a dignified manner?"
Yang Hao visually saw that the movement here had not yet alarmed the large troops in the barracks, this was the only good news, but he suddenly had an extremely bad premonition, he looked at the person in front of him, only by angering this person and killing this person in front of him could he have a glimmer of life.