Chapter 11: A Fierce Battle of Life and Death
Father Ling took the tea, lowered his head and took two sips, slowly raised his head, his eyes couldn't help but have a trace of moisture, and he gasped for two breaths, ready to continue to talk about where he hid to avoid the thousands of arrows, how he escaped from the impermeable encirclement of the Royal Forest Army, how he was chased by hundreds of chasing soldiers for thousands of miles, and how he returned to Huanglongling safely......
Suddenly, there was a sound of people shouting and neighing from outside, breaking the tranquility of this small mountain village by the sea.
Apparently Father Ling also heard it. He said angrily: "It seems that they have chased here!" Look for a chance to go! ”
Ling Xue grabbed her father's hand and said with tears in her eyes: "Dad, let's go together!" ”
"Daddy Ling, let's go together, I'll carry you together!" Song Qi also persuaded.
Hearing the sound outside getting closer and closer, Father Ling could only nod in agreement. Because he knew that if he didn't agree to go, these two people wouldn't go. Although he knew that his time was approaching, following them would only become a burden.
Time is running out for them now! They hurriedly packed their things, mainly self-defense weapons such as repeating crossbows, bows and arrows, swords, plus simple luggage. Song Qi and Ling Xue came to the courtyard from the room with the extremely weak Father Ling from the left and right, Father Ling was holding the sword in his right hand, and the sleeve on the left was empty.
A group of men and horses had approached the outside of their courtyard, shouting outside, "You can't go!" Let's get caught! Song Qi looked outside, and saw that the number of people in the team was about 300 people, all of them were green helmets and green armor, holding knives and grabbing them, stretching bows and arrows, and one of the generals was holding a machete in his hand, sitting down on a black horse, majestic.
Song Qi gasped and secretly said in fear: "There are so many enemies, and our side doesn't have the kind of terrain advantage we had yesterday, how can we resist the enemy?" ”
I saw Father Ling pointing to the team outside and asked loudly. "Who the hell are you! Why are you chasing me for thousands of miles? ”
I saw that the general was arrogant, and the halberdier scolded: "I am the deputy envoy of the Prince's East Palace Praetorian Guard, you thug brutally assassinated the emperor, heaven and man are angry, everyone is punished!" Today we are going to arrest you and hand you over to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince! \"
When Father Ling heard him say this, he thought, "So King Chen Liuwang didn't succeed in ascending the throne?" "But now I don't have time to think about whether Chen Liuwang will ascend the throne or not, the most important thing at the moment is to let Ling Xue and Song Qi get out alive, as for whether he can get out alive, he hasn't thought about it at all.
"I can go with you! But you have to promise me one condition! Father Ling looked at Yi Hengdao.
"On what terms?" Yi Heng asked.
Father Ling pointed at Ling Xue and Song Legend and said, "Let my daughter and the two of them go!" They are innocent! ”
Yi Heng listened to it and said with a cruel smile: "Are you still qualified to talk about the conditions now?" You have committed a heinous sin, the sin is unforgivable, and the nine tribes are guilty of the same crime! 'Let my daughter and the two of them go!' 'Haha, you dream! ”
"And what do you want?" Father Ling glared at Yi Hengdao.
Yi Heng looked back at his soldiers and ordered: "Capture them all!" ”
Father Ling seemed to have suddenly gained strength, pushed Song Qi and Ling Xue away, and said, "Rush out!" Remember, rush to the foot of Longwei Mountain and sail away at every opportunity! ”
Ling Xue bent her bow and put an arrow outside, and said angrily, "I'll fight with them!" ”
Song Qi also picked up the repeater and released a few. Seeing that they wanted to rush outside, Yi Heng waved his hand and ordered, "Release the arrow!" Suddenly, dozens of arrows rained down on them. Father Ling used the sword in his hand to draw arrows in the air and escorted them into the house.
But when they entered the house, the arrows followed them as if they had eyes, and shot through the doorways, through the windows, on the roof, on the walls, on the floor, and on the tables. Ling Xue leaned against the door and shot out, Song Qi hid behind the window and fired crossbow arrows, and Father Ling hid behind the door.
Ling Xue shot down five soldiers, Song Qi shot six, however, this did not repel the enemy's attack, on the contrary, the enemy's attack was even more fierce!
"A few of you put arrows to cover, a few of you rushed in through the door, and a few of you killed in from the back of the house." As they stood in the house, they could clearly hear Oyoko directing the soldiers to attack separately.
At this time, Father Ling looked at Song Qi and said with tears in his eyes: "I'm sorry, I'm dragging you down!" "He felt very guilty and constantly blamed himself, after assassinating Chen Guang, he shouldn't have fled home, didn't this lead the wolf into the house?
"Don't say that, Daddy Ling, you saved my life! You picked it up for me! Song Qi replied in a trembling voice.
"Yes, Dad, you also gave my life!" Ling Xue said with a crying voice.
But they don't have time to blame themselves anymore, and they don't have time to comfort each other anymore! The soldiers outside had already rushed into the house. Father Ling was one against three, Ling Xue's bow and arrow were no longer useful, she threw the bow on the ground, drew her sword, and defeated two.
For the enemy who has already entered the house, the crossbow is useless, because Song Qi is worried about accidentally injuring Ling's father and daughter, so he can only lean on the window and continue to release arrows outward, he wants to repeat the old trick, shoot the thief first and shoot the king first, but he can't see the shadow of General Yiheng when he looks around.
At this time, more and more soldiers rushed into the house, and there was a fierce fight in the room, although three were put down by Father Ling's father and son, and ten more poured in.
Song Qi could only use the repeater, so he had to retreat to a corner and fire at the soldiers who entered the door, the closer he got, the higher the accuracy of his shot. He pulled the trigger five times in a row, and when the arrow hit, he shot down five more soldiers.
At this time, the arrows in the crossbow were finished, and just as he was about to load them, a soldier raised his sword and slashed at him with the force of Tarzan's overwhelming force. Song Qi only had an empty crossbow in his hand, and there was no sword to block, so frightened that he shrank to the side, so dangerous, the knife grazed his earlobe with the sound of the wind, and with a click, it slashed down the pillar deeply.
The soldier pulled out his knife from the pillar with force, and swept it over with the momentum of sweeping thousands of troops according to Song Qi, and if he swept the knife, he would immediately slash it in two pieces. Song Qi saw the knife sweeping over, and his legs were so frightened that he couldn't care about anything at this time, so he could only fall to the ground and dodge the knife for him.
When the soldier saw that he had cut it hollow again, he was so angry that he picked up his sword and slashed it to the ground as if it had been cut by a sword. Song Qi saw it, he was so frightened that his soul flew out of the sky, and after saying it in his heart, he had no choice but to roll on the ground, fortunately, his body dodged the blade, but his clothes did not dodge, only heard a poof, the knife cut an inch outside his waist and slashed heavily on the ground.
"It's dangerous!" Song Qi wanted to continue rolling to the side, but he couldn't do anything, and when he looked sideways, he saw that his clothes were nailed to the ground with a knife, which frightened him and gasped.
In the gap between the soldier drawing his sword from the ground, Song Qi hurriedly clamped the crossbow arrow, and at this time he had added a crossbow arrow, he lay on the ground, pulled the trigger on his back according to the soldier, and said, "You go to death!" The soldier fell to the ground.
The scene just now was so thrilling that Song Qi had brushed shoulders with death several times. After experiencing this cycle of life and death, there was nothing to fear Song Qi anymore, only to see him tear his clothes, get up from the ground, and have no time to pat off the dust on his body and return to the battle.
At this time, there were four or five soldiers in the room who were twisted together with the Ling father and daughter, and seven or eight soldiers at the door brandished their swords and rushed in.
Song Qi hurriedly raised his crossbow and fired at the door, and immediately shot down the three who poured in from the door, and was about to shoot a few more arrows, when he suddenly saw that the remaining few turned around and retreated.
For at this moment they heard their general Yi Heng shouting in a long voice outside:
"Prepare for a fire attack!"
At this time, the house was full of soldiers' corpses.
Looking at Ling's father and daughter again, they were still rushing left and right around the sword and sword, and the soldiers who didn't have time to retreat were like fighting trapped beasts.
For the enemy who was fighting with Father Ling's father and daughter, Song Qi could not use crossbow arrows because he was afraid of accidentally injuring his own side. He could only carry a repeater and watch out for it.
Song Qi was so strange that with Daddy Ling's weak body, he needed support to walk just now, but now in the face of a sudden strong enemy, he didn't know where the strength came from, he could fight for so long and kill so many enemies.
Today, even the crossbow made a great achievement, shooting down at least twenty soldiers, suppressing the enemy's attack to a certain extent. Song Qi was very glad that he made this repeater more than ten days ago, if it wasn't for this repeater, today's consequences would be unimaginable.
But the next battle will be even more intense! The enemy is ready to attack with fire, and in the midst of fire, this repeater will be useless! So how do we deal with the enemy next?
Before he could think about it, the torches were already being thrown into the house from all directions. Wooden structure, turf roof, such a house is the most likely to catch fire, one point is on fire, as soon as it burns, the tongue of fire along the roof, doors and windows, burning into the house, what you see. The fire was so strong that the whole house was engulfed in flames.
At this time, the crackling sound on the roof was incessant, and from time to time wooden rafters flew down from the roof with pieces of sparks.
The remaining soldiers saw that the house was on fire, and they all wanted to see an opportunity to get out, but they didn't want to show their flaws and be injured by Ling's father and daughter.
The men below were in the middle of a battle, unaware of the mortal danger hanging over their heads. I saw that the girders on the roof were scorched by the fire on both sides of the load-bearing pillars, and they were crumbling and in danger, and they could roll down at any time. This girder was directly above the head of Daddy Ling's fighting ground. If it is smashed by the girder, the consequences are unimaginable.
And the fierce battle that followed hastened the arrival of this danger. Because the sword light and sword qi that filled the room helped the girder to shake, making it shake even more, and the old dust accumulated on the wooden beam sparkled down.
Song Qi exclaimed in a hurry: "The girder is about to fall down!" Get out of the way! ”
Before he could finish speaking, a soldier's knife slashing at Ling Xue slashed into the air, and slashed heavily at one of the load-bearing pillars with a clatter. The pillar had been loosened by the fire, but it was slashed by a knife, and the wooden beam on it creaked out of place, and one end lost its support, and with a roar, with a raging flame, and scorching heat, it smashed the heads of the people who were fighting on the ground with the momentum of Tarzan.