Zhou Xiaoquan's childish face suddenly turned dead gray again, an extremely painful look flashed in his eyes, he covered his face in grief, whimpered fiercely, and tears flowed out of his fingers in an instant.

Among the few people who came out, one of them was Ali's brother Heiniu, he saw Zhou Xiaoquan's appearance, and immediately froze there, and then he grabbed Zhou Xiaoquan's shoulder, lifted him up, shook him desperately, and shouted: "Where is Ali?" What about my own brother? Where is he, where is he, why don't you speak! You're all back, why didn't he come back, why! ”

Letting the black bull shake himself, Zhou Xiaoquan's eyes were sad, and his face was colorless.

The black bull's desperate hands suddenly stopped moving, and someone put a hand on his arm.

"Get out of here!" The black bull scolded, didn't look at who it was, and shook his arm hard.

He was the tallest and strongest man in the fort, and he used all his strength this time, he thought that he could easily shake off the other party's hand, but he was surprised to find that his arm only shook and did not be able to lift it, and the other party's hand on his arm was as steady as Mount Tai.

Hei Niu turned his head in surprise and saw Zhou Loufeng with a calm face.

Zhou Loufeng shook his head at the black bull.

Then Hei Niu's hand involuntarily left Zhou Xiaoquan's collar.

Black Bull's eyes widened in disbelief, he couldn't believe that the old guy in front of him, who was missing two front teeth, only knew how to brag, and never dared to respond positively to his provocations, had such power. This shock made him forget to do anything else for a while.

Zhou Loufeng didn't have a special look on his face, and he didn't pay attention to the strange eyes of the sergeants around him, but just looked at Zhou Xiaoquan who was sitting on the ground again, and asked in a deep voice, "What happened?" You've met the Barbarian's Ranger? ”

Zhou Xiaoquan covered his face with both hands, let the tears flow, and choked up: "Patrol the border...... To the Sanli River, he suddenly encountered the barbarian hundred-man team, engaged, and Ah Cheng ...... Ah Cheng was unfortunately shot by a stray arrow and died on the spot. Ali and I desperately retreated, retreating while fighting, and Ali was also seriously injured on the way......"

His narrative is very simple, but everyone can imagine the scene at that time, three border soldiers, encountered the Khitan hundred-man team, and one was shot in the face, and the remaining two wanted to get rid of the pursuit of the hundred-man team. Zhou Xiaoquan was able to return to the backwater ditch, which cannot but be said to be a miracle.

Zhou Loufeng looked at Zhou Xiaoquan's mount, and everyone followed his gaze, and was surprised to find that the quiver next to Zhou Xiaoquan's saddle was completely empty!

"Hei Niu, I'm sorry, I couldn't protect Ah Cheng......" Finally, Zhou Xiaoquan's voice was already blurred.

The corners of the black bull's mouth moved, and he didn't say anything after all.

"Team up, there's a barbarian horse army coming!" At the top of the fort, there was a sudden shout.

Zhou Loufeng and the sergeants walked behind the low wall to look, and sure enough, they saw that the Khitan horse army appeared at the foot of the mountain, galloping towards the fort, and looking at their number, there were nearly 100 people!

Zhou Xiaoquan got up suddenly, and when he saw this group of Khitan horse soldiers, he almost gritted his teeth with hatred, "It's these barbarians, dog thieves, who dare to chase them here, Lao Tzu is going to chop them up!" ”

Except for Zhou Xiaoquan and Hei Niu, who were resentful of hatred, the faces of the other sergeants in the fort turned pale in an instant.

There were only a dozen people in the fort, but now one was broken and one was injured, and the remaining ten or so people had to face nearly a hundred Khitan elite rangers, even if there was a fort for solidity, it was not difficult to think of what the outcome would be.

"What's the hurry! There are many barbarians, and we can only find death when we rush down! Zhou Loufeng said, "Listen to my orders, prepare for battle, and enter the defensive position!" He glanced up at the sky and sneered: "It's getting dark, as long as you can hold out until night, this battle will be much easier!" ”

Turning around, he calmly looked at the dozen or so border soldiers in front of him, "The stones and wood are all moved out for me, and all the bows and arrows are distributed to each sergeant. ”

The dozen or so border soldiers were either angry, or calm, or anxious, or worried, or afraid, and their expressions varied. But they also all knew that when the Khitan barbarians hit their doorstep, they had no way out.

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The mountain road to the fort is quite narrow, but the mountain road that can run the horse can accommodate two or three people walking side by side, and the mountain is not so steep, the brave, the more athletic, can also climb the rock, the battle of the ditch fort is not easy to fight.

The point is that there are too few of them.

In front of the fort, there is a low wall, and about twenty steps below the low wall is a mountain gate. The only thing worth mentioning is that a deep ditch has been dug outside the wall, which makes it possible to enter and exit the mountain gate, if you don't want to spend too much money, through the small suspension bridge.

But now, the small suspension bridge has caught fire and was burned down by Zhou Loufeng's order.

There was only one way up and down the mountain, and the wooden bridge was burned, which caused trouble to the Khitan and left the sergeants in the fort with no way to retreat.

Zhou Xiaoquan stood behind the mountain gate, with two quivers full of iron arrows beside him. Almost half of the iron arrows in the fort were with him, and even then, it was only a hundred.

Next to Zhou Xiao's body, Zhou Loufeng stood side by side with him. On either side of them were piles of stones and wood, except for one sergeant on the top of the fort, and the other sergeants in the fort were now here. This will also be the first line of defense for their battles.

The Khitan horse army had already reached the bottom of the mountain, and half of them dismounted, and they did not attack immediately, but cut down trees, because they needed some shields that could withstand the arrows. Rangers are not worthy of shields, they are all lightly armed, and their armor is very light, in order to pursue extreme speed.

"These Khitan barbarians are very weird, it stands to reason that they have no reason to fight with our forts, and it has never been the duty of the rangers to attack the city." Zhou Loufeng stared at the barbarians under the mountain and said, his brows furrowed a little deeply, "Could it be that the Khitan barbarians have made a big move recently, so they can't wait to pull out our border forts?" ”

Zhou Xiaoquan did not speak.

This was expected by Zhou Loufeng, he suddenly smiled, "There are a hundred and ten barbarians in front of me, after this battle, the chance of living is very small, if you don't say a few more words to my father, I'm afraid I won't have a chance in this life." ”

"Shut up!" Zhou Xiaoquan coldly spit out two words.

Zhou Loufeng was used to Zhou Xiaoquan's attitude, so she didn't mind much and smiled.

The pre-war wait is always the most torturous, and the tranquility allows one to hear one's own heartbeat, and to feel more clearly one's inner tension, uneasiness, and even fear. It wasn't long to wait like this, it was getting late, and the Khitan barbarians didn't have much time to waste, and after they hurriedly built some temporary shields, they couldn't wait to rush up.

Zhou Loufeng squinted his eyes and said in a deep voice: "Give me calm, the number of stones, wood, and iron arrows is limited, and I will throw them out when the barbarians get closer." ”

Almost every soldier held their breath, and behind the Khitan barbarians, their archers began to exert their strength, and a wave of Boli arrows rushed up, falling inside and outside the mountain gate, crashing into the stones, clanging.

Zhou Xiaoquan squatted behind the stone wall, his hand holding the strong bow trembled slightly, and he desperately tried his best to breathe steadily to calm himself down. Zhou Loufeng glanced at him and said with a smile: "It's much stronger than when Lao Tzu first went to the battlefield, and Lao Tzu almost peed his pants at that time!" He seemed to have a lot to say, as if he was afraid that he would never have a chance if he couldn't finish it.

Zhou Xiaoquan glared at him.

Zhou Loufeng's gaze moved away from the crack in the stone, and he suddenly let out a loud roar, "Fight!" As he spoke, he raised the big stone in his hand and threw it out.

More than a dozen border troops emerged from behind the stone wall, and large stones fell down the mountain road. The stone weighing 100 catties is not too big, but when it rolls down from the mountain road, the potential energy is not small, and when it hits the Khitan barbarians, it can immediately smash them and vomit blood and fall down. Such stones, the shields in their hands simply cannot resist. It's just that the direction of the stone rolling down can't be controlled, and it can't do intensive attacks, and only a few can knock down the Khitan barbarians.

But the archers behind the Khitan barbarians are not in vain, the threat of stones they suffer is much smaller, and they can bend their bows and lead arrows with more peace of mind, and they are also a big threat when sharp arrows fly up.

The two sides came and went, bows and arrows intersected, stones flew sideways, and the sergeants in the front row of the Khitan barbarians were hit in a short time, and they vomited blood and fell, rolling down the hillside.

The archery skills of these Khitan barbarians are good, although the inverted ditch sergeant behind the stone gate is only exposed for a moment, but under the rain of arrows, there are still people who are taken care of. The black bull was tall and fat, and the area of the blow was larger, and he threw less than three stones before he was shot in the shoulder by an iron arrow.

But he didn't care, he didn't pay attention to the iron arrow stuck in his shoulder, he still roared loudly, and frantically threw stones down the mountain, he had great strength and fast movements, and the stones were thrown out in his hands, and the force was greater, and the power should not be underestimated.

In the end, the stone is big, and it was good when it was first lost, but it kept throwing too much, and it was inevitable that the hands and feet would be sore, and the momentum would not be the same. After the Khitan barbarians paid the price of more than a dozen people, the sergeant of the pouring ditch behind the stone gate gradually lost his strength, and his movement of moving the stone was much slower.

Zhou Loufeng glanced down through the crack in the stone, and the iron arrows kept flying over his head, he turned his head and said to Zhou Xiaoquan: "Go behind the stone gate and take good care of these Khitan barbarians!" ”

Zhou Xiaoquan silently lifted the bow and arrow, and the cat's body sneaked behind the mountain gate, the arrow was wound, the bow was bent like a full moon, and he suddenly turned around and shot an arrow. Iron arrows flew out, tearing through the air, sliding through a straight line and nailing into the throat of a Khitan barbarian. When the blood beads sprayed, the Khitan barbarian tilted his head back, and his body rolled down the mountain.

Zhou Xiaoquan released an arrow, and without looking at the results of the battle, he retracted his body back to the inside of the mountain gate. Ready for the next arrow, and shot it like this, and again and again, he shot three barbarians in succession.

Zhou Loufeng saw this scene in his eyes, and couldn't help but applaud loudly, and when Zhou Xiaoquan was about to release the fourth arrow, he suddenly said loudly: "Change places, change places!" Don't stay in one place all the time! ”

Zhou Xiaoquan frowned, but did not have the slightest doubt about Zhou Loufeng's words, and sneaked to another part of the stone wall. Zhou Loufeng took off the cloak behind his back, rolled it into a ball and grabbed it in his hand, and glanced at Zhou Xiaoquan who was not far away, "Look at it, I'll let you release the arrow, and you will release the arrow again." ”

Zhou Xiaoquan behind the stone wall didn't speak, nodding slightly.

Grinning, revealing two leaky front teeth, Zhou Loufeng rolled up the cloak in his hand and threw it towards the mountain gate, and shouted at the same time: "Release the arrow!" ”

When the cloak swept past the mountain gate, a cluster of sharp arrows flew up from the bottom of the mountain, and at the same time, Zhou Xiaoquan leaned out and shot again with the iron arrow in his hand. When he squatted down again, Zhou Xiaoquan saw the cloak behind the stone gate that was pierced by several sharp arrows, like a hedgehog. Zhou Xiaoquan's heart was cold, and he looked at Zhou Loufeng, but saw that the other party only slightly exposed his two front teeth.

An old face full of wrinkles, a slight smile, and two front teeth missing. This face made Zhou Xiaoquan feel very uncomfortable. He suddenly pulled the bowstring, aimed at Zhou Loufeng in an instant, and shot an arrow before the other party could react.