26, Zhang Xutuo died
For a long time, the reason why Zhang Xutuo must win the battle and conquer the attack is that in addition to his own bravery and good fighting, there are also two capable generals under his command, both of whom have the courage to be unstoppable, one is named Qin Shubao, and the other is Jia Wuben. The two have followed Zhang Xutuo for many years, are loyal and respected. Unfortunately, half a month ago, Qin Shubao had returned home from leave due to his mother's illness.
At this critical moment, Qin Shubao was not on the scene and fought side by side, and the burden on Jia Wuben's shoulders was even heavier. Seeing that the situation on the battlefield is becoming more and more unoptimistic, and the chance of turning defeat into victory is very small, at this moment, his only thought is to effectively cooperate with Zhang Xutuo and help him break through the siege as soon as possible. It was with such a firm belief that he always had no distractions, turned a blind eye to everything in front of him, and the spear in his hand became more and more powerful, following closely behind Zhang Xutuo, and did not pull down half a step.
In this way, the two of them went one after the other, covering horizontally and vertically all the way, passing the level, and cooperating seamlessly. Although the Wagang army has a large number of people and can intercept it layer by layer, they are helpless to witness the two of them rampage on the battlefield.
Zhang and Jia are so brave and invincible, Wang Bodang has an endless view of everything, and he is also secretly amazed. He thought about it repeatedly, knowing that in order to get rid of Zhang Xutuo, he had to try to kill Jia Wuben first, and the best way to kill Jia Wuben was to try his best to isolate him from Zhang Xutuo, forcing them to fight separately and lose each other's support, so as to finally achieve this goal! Thinking of this, he swung his big knife, urged him to step forward, saw the opportunity, and suddenly penetrated between the two, turned back to block Jia Wuben's way, and tried his best to entangle him.
Although Jia Wuben is excellent in martial arts, he has traveled a long way, and he has been fighting for too long, he has not eaten a drop of water, and he is hungry, thirsty and tired, and his skills have been greatly reduced. Now, it is a first-class master such as Wang Bodang who intercepts him from stalking, and it is really not easy to get out smoothly. Since he couldn't get rid of Wang Bodang's entanglement for a while, of course he could only grit his teeth, tighten the spear in his hand, put it in a desperate stance, and squeezed the opponent again and again.
Jia Wuben was anxious and desperate. Uncle Wang had the right time, place and all six characters, but his mood was diametrically opposite. If he dealt with Zhang Xutuo with the strength of one person, he obviously lacked this ability, but when he fought Jia Wuben, he asked himself that he was still competent. With the bottom in his heart, he was always not in a hurry, just calmly raised the knife, calm and steady, opened the spear one by one, but did not attack, and occasionally took the initiative to slash a knife, just like a performance on the stage, he didn't really try his best, at least it looked light and fluttering on the surface.
At this moment, what Jia Wuben hates most is this kind of play - if you want to die, you will die happily, you always kill so undeadly, and use Lao Tzu as a monkey, Lao Tzu doesn't have so much spare work! Annoyed, he tightened his spear again, and stabbed Wang Bodang wildly with one move after another.
The other party was desperate, and Wang Bodang did not dare to be ambiguous, although it was mainly defensive, it gradually changed, turning to defending and attacking, attacking in defense, and making it difficult to splash water with a big knife.
The two generals have a big battle, and there are more than 50 rounds of battle in the blink of an eye, and it is still difficult to distinguish between victory and defeat, which is obviously equal. That momentum, if you change to weekdays, even if you kill for three days and three nights, you may not be able to distinguish between the superior and the inferior. However, Jia Wuben was concerned about Zhang Xutuo's safety, and he had an extra burden in his heart, and he had no intention of going all out to fight the enemy. What's even worse is that he is now fighting alone, surrounded by Wagang men and horses. Although Wang Bodang always took care of his identity, did not bully more and less, and ordered his subordinates to rush forward, the final outcome can be imagined - no matter how hard you Jia someone try, even if you are lucky enough to kill the enemy, you will still be unable to escape death in the end!
Since the ending is already so unimaginable, the panic in Jia Wuben's heart can be imagined, and if he is not careful, he let Wang Bodang take the lead, and the spear in his hand can no longer exert its due power. The most terrible thing is that he squinted his eyes in his busy schedule and found that Zhang Xutuo had long since disappeared, and he was even more shocked.
It's over, it's all over!
Masters fight, the most taboo to have distracting thoughts, Jia Wuben is distracted, the disadvantages are more obvious, the more busy the moves, the longer the time, the more flaws. Wang Bodang seized that rare opportunity and slashed down. Jia Wuben had no way to avoid it, but he was stopped and cut in two.
Without Jia Wuben's cooperation and order, the Sui army became more and more chaotic. Fortunately, Zhang Xutuo has been fighting for many years, and he has long put life and death aside, and the famous saying "a good man dies with a sword, and a general dies in battle" has always been recognized by him as his final destination. At present, although he has encountered a strong enemy that he has never encountered since his debut, not only does he not have the slightest sense of fear in his heart, on the contrary, he is becoming more and more courageous, wielding a sword all the way, and countless Wagang soldiers have died under his sword. His whole body was already splashed with blood, but he blindly rushed to kill. Although there are many people in the Wagang army, none of them can match the power of his gun and sword.
After a hard and bloody battle, Zhang Xutuo broke through many obstacles and finally successfully broke out of the encirclement. At this point, he finally breathed a deep sigh of relief - hmph, you want Lao Tzu's life, right? It's not that easy! However, it was only for a moment. Next, he turned his head to look behind him, but none of his men followed. His heart suddenly cooled again.
God, aren't you deliberately playing, deliberately watching my Zhang's jokes? I, Zhang Xutuo Hero I, when have I left so many good brothers under my subordinates and ignored them! If you want to die, you have to die with your brothers! Only in this way can we be worthy of the heavens, the earth, and the conscience in the middle! Thinking of this, he no longer hesitated, resolutely turned his horse's head, shouted loudly, and returned to the battle.
Zhang Xutuo rode back alone, for the Wagang Army, it was really a fried soybean in a dung egg, both surprised, but also surprised inexplicably - at the beginning, many soldiers of the Wagang Army watched him break through the siege but were helpless, and they were sighing one by one! At this moment, he once again threw himself into the net, and he couldn't let it go no matter what! So, all the soldiers shouted, and squeezed him one after another, but everyone only advanced and did not retreat, and in the blink of an eye, they surrounded him again.
Come on, Lao Tzu is not even afraid of death, he will care about the number of you people! Zhang Xutuo was prepared in his heart, at this moment, the fatigue of his whole body seemed to have disappeared, and the gun and sword in his hand were more and more free, shouting and roaring all the way, but seeing the blood dancing corpses, I don't know how many Wagang soldiers were like dry wood and fallen leaves, batch after batch, died under his gun. It's a pity that there are too many Wagang troops, and they are all willing to work hard, no matter how many people and horses die in front, the soldiers and generals behind are still endless, squeezing forward desperately, more and more every moment, and one is more desperate than the other.
People, in the end, are mortal bodies, no matter how steel and iron bones are, there will always be a time of fatigue. Although Zhang Xutuo fought hard with his bravery, as time went by, with the unbearable hunger and thirst, he gradually felt a little powerless. At this critical moment, a cold arrow flew from behind him and hit his left arm.
When it was over, his heart suddenly cooled, and he completely understood that the grass thief who had never been regarded by him as a thing was not to be underestimated, and there were many people who should not be underestimated! Seeing that the water was exhausted and the mountains were exhausted, and he was weak to return to the sky, he couldn't help but raise his head and sighed and said, I, Zhang Xutuo, am invincible, this time it is time to capsize in the gutter!
Zhang Xutuo sighed, and couldn't help but feel a thrill in his heart, and then asked himself silently - since ancient times, how many victories Lao Tzu has fought in his life, I'm afraid I can't count it with my fingers, can I really tolerate this only defeat? Do you have to pay for an old life to be finished? No, stay in the green mountains, don't worry about no firewood, only if you keep this life intact, can you have the opportunity to wash away Lao Tzu's shame today! There is a chance to avenge the many brothers who died! If Lao Tzu dies unjustly, then he can't live with the sky, the earth, and the brothers who died! As evidenced by the sky, I, Zhang Xutuo, am definitely not the kind of bastard Wang Ba who doesn't care about the life and death of my brothers! I've tried my best, and I can't save them anymore!
Thinking of this, he was ruthless, stretched out his right hand, and pulled out the arrow shaft on his left arm violently, and with a large stream of blood burst out, he actually tore off a large piece of the belt flesh. He didn't even bother to look at it, but threw the arrow at the approaching group of enemies as hard as he could, turned his horse's head, and with a bloody body, he roared angrily, and his spear and sword danced, and he went back and forth to kill him. The war horse under his seat is also the same as its master, galloping and roaring, showing its might, and crashing out all the way, but no one can resist it.
A brave little leader in the Wagang army was volleyed head-on by Zhang Xutuo's war horse, and he was about to die in Huangquan, and it was obviously too late to dodge. At the critical juncture, he couldn't help but be in a hurry, his body fell to the side, rolled on the spot a few times, did not retreat but advanced, quickly rolled to Zhang Xutuo's horse, and took advantage of the situation to slash with a horizontal knife. Seeing that the momentum was not good, the horse screamed a few times in a hurry, and raised his front legs. The little leader slashed it off, and with a crisp "click", one of the horse's hind legs was cut in two.
Although the horse was one of the best horses in a hundred, it clashed back and forth repeatedly, and it was always powerful, but suddenly broke a leg, no matter how good it was, there was nothing that could be done, and the butt involuntarily sat back. Zhang Xutuo was caught off guard, and was suddenly thrown far away, and fell on his back in the mountain stream below the slope. He was about to turn over and get up and fight again, but a row of ribs on his waist was broken, but he felt that his whole body was paralyzed like thin cow dung, and no matter how hard he struggled, it was useless. When the soldiers of the four Wagang saw it, they all rushed up, raised their swords and guns, and fell at the same time......
Here, Zhang Xutuo's entire army was wiped out, and Xu Shiyun went out all the way, but he was also taken by surprise and attacked overnight. The Sui army was completely defenseless, and the Wagang army suddenly attacked, most of them were caught off guard, and they were defeated like water. Almost bloodless, Xu Shixun also successfully took Luokoucang.
The Wagang army completely annihilated 25,000 men and horses of Zhang Xutuo in the first battle, and easily captured Luokoucang, thus greatly boosting its prestige, and the Sui troops in the nearby four directions were all terrified. Xingyang bore the brunt of the attack, and Yang Qing, who was too guarded, was particularly frightened because of the loss of Luokoucang, not only afraid that Yang Guang would be investigated for dereliction of duty afterwards, but also worried that the Wagang army would come sooner or later, and the jade would be burned, so it was better to take the initiative to surrender! Therefore, he ordered the city gate to be opened to welcome the Wagang army into the city.