Chapter 17 The Change of Qimen (9)
Outside the courtyard, Li Congjing never dismounted, his eyes fell on the battlefield in front of him, deep and calm.
The He family's compound was under the siege of the Hundred Battles Army, and it was already crumbling. The gate was in front of the crash and could not withstand two hits. Countless He family tribes have become the souls of the Hundred Battles Army.
But as a fortress, there are always places where the Hundred Battles Army has suffered a lot of casualties.
"Meng Ping!" Li Congjing suddenly shouted.
Meng Ping stepped forward to listen to the order, and Li Congjing pointed to the female wall and said: "The resistance here is very urgent, it should be elite, and there is an arrow tower behind it, which brings a lot of casualties to the army, and it can't be attacked for a while." I'll give you two teams of men to take them down for me! ”
"Don't worry, Childe!" Meng Ping responded, ordered the two teams of people, and joined the battlefield.
After looking at it for a while, Li Congjing said again: "Order, let Meng San personally lead people and break the gate first!" ”
"Order Li Shaocheng, after the gate is breached, divide the Ma army to bypass the back gate of the compound to prevent He Feng from escaping first!"
It is a heavy responsibility for the main general to look at the overall situation and dispatch the whole army.
Soon, with a loud noise, Li Congjing followed the prestige, and saw that the gate of the He family's compound was broken, and the Hundred Battles Army suddenly poured into the courtyard!
The gate was broken, and Li Congjing's face did not show a look related to smugness, he just reined in the reins of the horse, stepped on the broken wooden door debris on the ground, and walked into the city in the heart of the He family.
Meng San is leading people to fight for commanding heights such as arrow towers and watchtowers and favorable terrain, the battle in the courtyard is in full swing, and there are groups of hundred battle troops fighting with the He family's tribe everywhere, the sword light and sword shadow are cold and ruthless, and from time to time someone screams and falls in a pool of blood, and there is no chance to get up again.
Zhang Xiaowu led a team of pro-soldiers to always guard Li Congjing's side.
The He family's compound is not an independent courtyard, but a combination of many courtyards, with roads between the courtyards, which looks more like a square in the city.
Breaking through the gate does not mean that the battle is over, but that it has just reached a high tide. The He family resisted stubbornly, and it will take some time for the Hundred Battles Army to end this battle.
The place where Li Congjing is located is a large open space behind the gate.
Looking at the terrain inside, Li Congjing's brows tightened slightly, and he suddenly said, "Don't you think it's strange?" ”
Zhang Xiaowu groaned: "It feels a little strange, but I can't tell what the fault is." ”
Li Congjing said: "With such a good terrain, a large number of archers should have been placed in it, so even if the Hundred Battles Army attacked, it would definitely suffer a lot of losses." But at this moment, although there are archers, they are obviously not commensurate with their strength in preventing the Hundred Battle Army from breaking through the gates. ”
Zhang Xiaowu raised his head in astonishment.
Before he could think, Zhang Xiaowu shouted: "Raise the shield!" ”
At this moment, the sound of "Xiu Xiu" breaking through the air came.
Li Congjing's figure flashed, and the person had already arrived at the horse's belly.
The sound of "poof" sounded, and the war horse jumped with its head raised and neighed.
A rain of arrows fell, and before the second round of arrow rain arrived, Zhang Xiaowu only heard a knife sound, and Li Congjing's figure had already rushed out, drawing a knife in his hand, and the speed was so fast that it seemed to bring a gust of wind.
When Li Congjing ran out, he shouted "Cover!" ”
"Upstairs!" Zhang Xiaowu immediately noticed that the archers were above the side front buildings connected by the corridors. On the second floor of the tall room, there were several open windows, and it was in the window where the archers fired their arrows, "Keep up - General!" ”
It was He Zhong who was ambushed here.
The blow was not successful, He Chong's face was as black as ink, he pointed at Li Congjing, who was running, and shouted: "Release the arrow!" ”
The archer turned the arrow and fired a round of sharp arrows at Li Congjing.
Li Congjing's gaze always fell on those archers, and at the same time as the archers released their arrows, his body jumped to the ground and rolled, and the iron arrows fell one after another behind him, many of which were directly inserted into the ground, which shows the power of these archers.
With the help of grass and trees, Li Congjing avoided this volley, stepped heavily on the corridor railing, reached out and grabbed the eaves, jumped his body, used his hands and feet together, and quickly jumped up to the roof of the corridor like a monkey.
The heavy Mingguang armor did not slow down his figure and pace.
In the past, when he was polishing his martial arts, he carried hundreds of pounds of weight on his back and walked like flying on the mountain road, and this armor weighed only a few dozen catties, so what was it.
The two rounds of salvo shots failed to solve Li Congjing, He Chong was anxious and angry, seeing Li Congjing on the roof, He Chongdao pointed at Li Congjing, and shouted angrily again: "Shoot him down for me!" ”
However, at this moment, a round of arrow rain came first, and next to He Chong, several people were immediately hit by arrows!
In the courtyard, it was Meng Ping who organized the archers to counterattack after hearing Li Congjing's "cover".
He Zhong and the others were shot so that they could no longer release arrows.
Zhang Xiaowu and the others rushed to the bottom of the corridor, working in pairs, one stepped on the other's shoulders and climbed onto the roof.
The roof of the corridor was connecting the wooden corridor on the second floor of the big house, and Li Congjing turned over and rushed forward with an awe-inspiring momentum.
Li Congjing went upstairs, the rain of arrows stopped, He Chong raised his head, saw Li Congjing outside, and immediately shouted: "Kill him and kill him!" ”
As soon as Li Congjing's feet stepped on the plank, he felt a violent shaking of the wooden barrier, and then a group of people rushed out of the house with knives, screaming and killing him.
Li Congjing's eyebrows were calm, and when he entered the battle, his body was like a raging flame, and the surging power in his body seemed to overturn the entire building, but his eyes were cold to the bone, as ruthless as death.
The corridor is narrow.
The He family, who rushed to the front, slashed down with a force, seemingly trying to split Li Congjing in half, but when his knife was still a few inches away from Li Congjing's helmet, Li Congjing's horizontal knife had already wiped his neck.
His eyes widened in disbelief, the remaining strength in his body prevented him from falling immediately, but his pupils were already glazed.
Li Congjing pushed the man forward with his left hand, using him as a shield, and the horizontal knife in his right hand blocked the long knives from a tricky angle, and also stabbed them into the throat one by one.
Every few steps he took forward, someone fell clutching his neck. The narrow corridor seemed crowded, but he moved forward extremely steadily.
When he arrived at the door, Li Congjing kicked the corpse in front of him hard, bumped into several people who wanted to go out, and then bullied in.
A long sword stabbed head-on, Li Congjing turned around to avoid it, and at the same time reached out and grabbed the opponent's wrist, a short body, his footsteps moved, and he was already behind the man, and his long knife, after taking away the opponent's arm, was horizontal in front of the opponent's throat.
The arm was cut off, and the man howled miserably, and he watched the blood in his body continue to gush out from the cut in the severed arm, but there was nothing he could do, and he almost fainted. However, the horizontal knife in front of his throat kept him awake and did not dare to move a bit.
Li Congjing just held a hostage like this, and took a few steps forward, but no one dared to step forward.
"Li Congjing, there is a kind of letting him go, coming to grandpa!" He Chong and several people around him confronted Li Congjing a few steps apart, and he roared.
Li Congjing glanced at He Chong, a smile on the corner of his mouth, and as soon as his right hand moved, the blade of the horizontal knife slid across the man's neck.
The man had one hand around his neck and fell to the ground, his eyes wide and frightened, and he struggled helplessly, smearing blood everywhere.
Zhang Xiaowu and others caught up and appeared beside Li Congjing.
"If you don't want to die, surrender!" Li Congjing's eyes didn't have any emotion at all, he looked at the person in front of him, "I will let you live." ”
"Li Congjing, grandpa is going to kill you!" He roared and took the lead!
In the entire He family, which has produced many martial artists, He Chong has maintained the name of the first warrior for ten years, and his martial arts can be seen, so he is confident enough to be able to kill the kid in front of him.
Li Congjing stepped forward and said in an indifferent tone: "I don't know whether to live or die." ”
After a fight, Li Congjing had already moved his body, and the whole person had entered a state of battle.
There were only a few steps between the two, and they arrived in the blink of an eye, but the two rushed opposite each other, and after two steps, there was no movement to use the knife.
Whoever does not use the knife will die, whoever moves the knife first will die, and whoever does not use the knife before crossing the last line will die.
There is only a thin line between victory and defeat and life and death, and in a narrow space, both of them only have one chance to make a move.
Cultivate martial arts for a lifetime, and when it comes to use, it is only in an instant.
A lifetime of martial arts, condensed to this moment.
The wooden floor slabs trembled under the feet of the two of them, and wisps of dust jumped out and spilled from the cracks in the wooden planks.
It's dimly lit.
This is where the gates of hell are about to open.
A ray of light flashed in He Chong's eyes.
He saw that Li Congjing had touched the invisible line.
"Die!" He Chong's knife passed a semicircle from his right hand, and slashed horizontally in front of Li Congjing's throat with lightning speed.
He Zhong has confidence in his own knife.
Based on his lifelong experience in martial arts and a lifetime of fighting, he came to the conclusion that the timing of his sword was accurate and there was no deviation in the slightest.
So, he's sure to win.
Therefore, Li Congjing will definitely die.
The moment the knife slashed out, a smile had already appeared in He Chong's heart.
That's a smile on your face.
But the smile was still in his heart, and before it could appear on his face, he couldn't smile anymore.
The blade didn't cut into Li Congjing's neck.
How is this possible?
Li Congjing's pace of rushing forward did not stop in the slightest.
But his body, from his waist upwards, suddenly leaned back.
The whole body was strangely ninety degrees at that moment.
The blade swept against the tip of his nose.
Twist your waist, turn around, and take out the knife.
Passing by He Chong, Li Congjing's body returned to straightness.
There was no knife left in his hand.
He Chong's body rushed out a few steps before he could come to a stop.
A stream of salty blood suddenly gushed out of his mouth.
Li Congjing's knife, stuck in his chest, penetrated his body.
He Chong looked at the knife in his chest in a daze, and said with difficulty after half a sound: "This ...... It couldn't be ......."
With a "boom", He Chong's body fell heavily to the floor.
Li Congjing indifferently looked at the stunned He family in front of him, and said, "Put down your weapons, I will let you all live." ”