Chapter 15: The Fall (Complete)
Tonight's night is undoubtedly lively. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 After the roaring crowd in the far west, the Liu family, who had some panic in their hearts, found that there was also a burning area in the county. The soaring red tongue of fire emerged its cheerful body in the darkness, and it continued to dance, reflecting the sky red with a scorching light. Under the red sky, it seems that there is the county seat, looking at the exposed red in the west, the people of the Liu family faintly heard the cries of thousands of people in the howling night wind.
"It's me. I didn't expect that an unknown force would come to attack our idea of attacking the country. Liu Yi, who was standing on the parapet of his manor, gritted his teeth with a meaty face. He was not angry that the people of the county town of Yuguo were caught in flames, but that the country of Yuguo, which he regarded as a forbidden country, was attacked by thieves from other forces. For him, the life or death of the people has nothing to do with him, but the wealth in the county town being "stolen" by others is unbearable for him.
He looked west, staring closely at the red night sky, both angry and helpless in his heart. He really wanted to rush out and fight off the enemy with his brother Liu Ke, but he had to stand here without any negligence. Because at the moment, he is the person with the highest status in the entire Liu family manor. He has to take responsibility for himself, his family, his brother's family. His task is to keep the manor under his feet until the arrival of his eldest brother.
Tonight's accident was so big that Liu Yi himself was inexplicable: who dared to attack his family's idea? Thieves? It shouldn't be, there are no powerful people in the vicinity, and the leaders don't have the strength to attack themselves and the Zhou family at all. And at the moment, Xiyang is fighting lively, and some of the forces in these four counties have gone to Xiyang, and there should not be many people left. Liu Yike, who usually follows his brother Liu Ji as a bodyguard, is much smarter than the second brother who commands the guards in the manor, and he can guess this person's character and ability from other people's words and deeds. After seeing the leaders of those large and small forces who had friends with his eldest brother, he understood how much skill those people had.
"Those people are a group of ****, they are all the kind of guys who only have strength and no brains, compared to our brothers, they are simply a heaven and an underground." Every time he sees a group of people, Liu Yi always thinks about it with disdain in his heart. He found that among the powerful people in the four counties in the north, there was no one who could make him look up, except for his eldest brother.
Recalling the strength around him, Liu Yi couldn't think of anyone who would be so strong. Although most of the men of Liu Zhou's family have gone to Xiyang at present, there are still hundreds of defensive soldiers and horses left in the manor, coupled with the strong defense of the manor itself, the other party must definitely have more than a thousand troops if they want to capture the manor. And such a force does not exist in the vicinity at all.
"Damn the Yellow Turban Thief." Thinking about it, Liu Yi thought that the only force that could attack the Zhou family and the county seat at the same time was the people in Dabie Mountain. After all, the strength of the Yellow Turban Army, they are all clear and ruthless. Looking at what the "Yellow Turban Army" is doing now, and then thinking of the thing that has been stuck in his heart for a long time, the hatred in his heart is even deeper. He couldn't forget how his gray-haired father had died at the hands of the Yellow Turban Thief.
The fire in the western county town gradually went out, and the red sky gradually turned black and faded into a dark purple. Only the west is a distant place, and it still shouldn't be that bright red, and the battle of the Zhou family is not over yet.
Although Liu Yi was worried about his second brother who led the team to rescue the Zhou family, and was afraid that he would encounter any trouble on the road, he was more worried about the manor he was guarding now.
The enemy was most likely the Yellow Turbans, a fact he had long anticipated. But how many people there were in this group of attacking Yellow Turbans, and what their strength was, he didn't know at all. The parapet walls of the Liu family's manor were hung with lanterns, trying to stop the enemy's sneak attack, but under the darkness and only such a piece of light in front of him, even Liu Yi, who was as hard as a stone, couldn't help but feel the fear of loneliness.
People who don't have the strength are the most likely to be scared. That's true. Facing the enemy who was hiding in the darkness and didn't know which direction he would attack from which direction, Liu Yi couldn't help but have beads of sweat the size of beans on his forehead. He clearly knew that the current manor was very fragile, and the original eight hundred guards, after being called by the eldest brother Liu Ji and the second brother Liu Ke, only one hundred people remained in the village. The rest of the people, not to mention used for defense, even if they stood neatly on the parapet wall of the manor, it would not be enough to see. After all, the Liu family's manor has a scale of half a mile, which is not big, but it is not small.
At this moment, messy footsteps sounded in the silence of the west. Liu Yi opened his eyes and looked to the west, but saw that the remnants of the defeated army, who had been lazy all the way, were dragging their unbearable bodies towards him. Although they were all in the dark, and it was not clear for a while whether they were friends or foes, Liu Yi looked at their ruined appearance, and a sudden uneasiness rose in his heart.
Soon this embarrassed team came to the west gate of the Liu family's manor, and their figures appeared from the shadows, completely revealing their smoky appearance in front of everyone, exposed to the lights hanging on the Liu family's parapet. What kind of team it is. What everyone was wearing was not clothes at all, it was simply rags, almost with their breasts exposed. Their bodies were black, covered in mud, and traces of blood could be faintly seen. It was clear that they were a group of defeated soldiers, a group of defeated soldiers who had just escaped from the Ascension. At present, when they saw this Liu family manor, their dark faces naturally showed a happy smile, and there was joy and a trace of sadness in that smile. Although Liu Yi, who was standing on the parapet, couldn't really see who they were, he could still recognize from their expressions, the smiles on their faces, and their rag-like clothes, that they were the team that had just left the village a few hours ago.
"How so?" Liu Yi looked at the situation in front of him and was a little flustered. Worried about his brother, he looked through the crowd to find him. However, even under the light, everyone looked at the same thing, as if everyone was the same beggar, but for a while there was a lot of commotion that he couldn't really see.
"Open the door! Open the door! Liu Yizheng at the top was looking at it, and the soldiers who were defeated and would come were a little impatient. They shouted desperately, and from time to time someone would bang on the door with their bodies. They seemed to be desperate to enter the manor, and behind them there seemed to be some enemy chasing them, making them feel terrified and desperate for refuge.
"What's it called? Don't you know the rules of my Liu family? Why didn't you see your General Liu Ke? Liu Yi, who was interrupted by the noise below, frowned involuntarily and said. He was worried enough that he didn't find his brother, and now he was being troubled by these damn unruly fellows, and his head hurt again, so that he naturally turned his worry into anger and poured it on the heads of these soldiers.
As one of the three giants of the Liu family, Liu Yi is still very authoritative among these guards. After all, he is the person with the highest martial arts in the entire Liu family. At that moment, as soon as he shouted like this, the people under the parapet were shocked. Everyone below looked at him blankly, the vitality on his body disappeared all of a sudden, and the whole person turned into the original lifeless appearance again, and continued to be silent, faintly revealing a trace of despair.
"Is there anyone who can speak? Tell me what happened? Seeing them like this, Liu Yi's uneasiness deepened, and when everyone thought they were being suppressed by himself, he asked anxiously.
"Big ...... My lord, we have been ambushed by the enemy. In the woods at the east gate of the county seat, we were attacked by enemy fire. Three hundred, that's all that's left in front of you. That's a trap wow. Lord Liu Ke was killed by the enemy's rocket in the moment of the enemy's attack. They seem to have anticipated our every move. The little soldier standing at the front of the crowd cried bitterly. He intermittently used his distinctly sobbing nasal voice to give a confused idea of what had happened.
"What? Second brother he...... He ......, "Although I have already prepared in my heart, Liu Yi never imagined that the bad news that came from him was this. Brothers are flesh and blood. For the three brothers of the Liu family who have lost their father, the one they trust most in each other is their brother. Hearing this suddenly, Liu Yi couldn't help but feel a burst of blood churning, and extreme sorrow and crazy anger occupied his entire heart. His throat was sweet, and he spurted out a mouthful of blood, and his body suddenly weakened and fell into a slight dizziness. Fortunately, his kung fu is good, and his mind is relatively firm, and his body shook a few steps slightly, but he stood firm and gradually regained his senses.
"Open the door...... Come in first, and explain the matter to me one and two two. Liu Yi, who had regained his senses, squinted his eyes and ordered, and as he spoke, he hurriedly got off the parapet. He was always worried about the second brother's hatred, and the most important thing at the moment was not to stand on the parapet wall and continue to patrol, but to go to those defeated soldiers to further understand the identity of the enemy.
Liu Yi, who had already vomited a mouthful of blood, was very pale at the moment. Because the anger in his chest has never dissipated, he squinted slightly at the moment, and there was always a slight essence in his eyes, and his seemingly calm face contained all kinds of terrifying momentum, which was condensed by monstrous hatred. He stood tightly in front of the manor's door, waiting for the group of people who could tell him the news.
The door was opened with a creak, and Liu Yi quickly greeted him, and found the person who told him about things in front of him in the same group of people who were also embarrassed. "Say, what's going on here?" He stopped him and asked eagerly.
"This ...... This ......" Because Liu Yi is not an elegant character, he is in a hurry now, and he asks very fiercely all of a sudden, always choosing people and devouring them, but he scares the one who is asked. He looked at Liu Yi blankly, his eyes showed a look of fear, and the stammering words came out of his mouth, but he could only make a start, and could not continue.
"Say!" Liu Yi roared. He was anxious to see how things were changing, and he didn't even pay attention to the mood of the person being questioned.
"Well, this thing...... This thing is ......" The man was still stammering. In the incoherent words, his body deviated slightly, but he quietly approached Liu Yi.
Suddenly, the light in his eyes flashed, and the sword in his seemingly weak hand quickly swept upward, slashing diagonally towards Liu Yi from the bottom up.
"Who the hell are you?" The martial artist's intuition made Liu Yi quickly retreat at the moment when the blade was added, and he was able to avoid this sudden attack with a sword. For the sneak attacker who suddenly became an enemy, the anger in Liu Yi's chest rose more and more. Whether it is the revenge of killing his brother or his own dignity being pulled down by others, he has to regard the enemy in front of him as one of the people he hates the most. The sword just now made him embarrassed, although he retreated for a while, but the sharp and swift blade had already cut through the still solid armor on his body, which made him really scared into a cold sweat.
"The one who killed you ......" the attacker said coldly, but the sharp blade in his hand turned his hand and drew an arc-shaped trajectory, to the left and right, and wiped it fiercely towards Liu Yi's neck. He seems to know this very well, so the sword in his hand is faster than a sword.
"Kill me, it depends on whether you have the ability to do it." Liu Yi was stunned for a moment, and then retorted coldly. For the attacker's attack, because it was one move after another, Liu Yi could only keep retreating for a while, and could not take out his weapon to counterattack. Although he said it nicely, he was really embarrassed right now.
"Then give it a try." The attacker didn't say much, but the sword moves in his hand kept slashing. Unlike horse warfare, foot combat mainly relies on the dexterity of the footsteps, the speed of the moves, and the flexibility of the body. The attacker in front of him was a thin man, he was not tall, so it was easier to move on the side of the manor cave door than Liu Yi, and he had learned the swordsmanship of the rangers, so it was much more convenient to use it against Liu Yi at the moment.
Liu Yi is a tall man. Although his martial arts are the best among the three brothers of the Liu family, it is said that it is a method of combat immediately, and he has no experience in foot combat. If he and the attacker were face-to-face and the two of them were to compete from the beginning, then he might still be able to oppress the other party with the bloody momentum of the general, but now the other party suddenly launched an attack, and quickly seized the opportunity, and under the continuous offensive, he had no choice. Soon there were many scars on his body, although they were not deep, but they were also bleeding incessantly, consuming his strength little by little.
"If you continue to delay like this, it will definitely not do you any good." What is the situation on his body, of course Liu Yi is very clear. He stabbed the other party with another sword, so he gritted his teeth and waved the long knife in his hand towards the opponent's body without paying attention. This is a lose-lose move, if it is solid, I am afraid that both of them will die. Liu Yi is gambling, betting on whether the other party is more serious about killing himself or saving his life. If the other party ignores it, it is a life for a life, and no matter how you calculate it, you can't say that you will suffer. And the other party cares, then it is possible for him to take the lead and no longer fall into a situation of being passively beaten, and he will also make money. Liu Yi thinks this is really wonderful.
Sure enough, the attacker did not want to fight with him, seeing that he was so desperate, he paused slightly, stabbed the sword directly at the tip of the long knife, borrowed the toughness of the sword body and the power of Liu Yi's swing of the knife to quickly retreat backwards, and quickly broke away from Liu Yi's offensive.
The game has returned to its original level. The attacker and Liu Yi, one holding a sword and the other holding a knife, were three feet apart and opposed. Both of them stimulated the momentum in their respective bodies, and a kind of spiritual competition officially began between the two.
"Who the hell are you? Why can't you get along with us? Don't you know that some of your Yellow Turbans are also in Xiyang? If they can't get along with us, they'll be doomed. Liu Yi's hand straightened, the long knife in his hand pointed diagonally at the attacker, and asked with a pale face. Until now, he thought that the people who came to attack him were the Yellow Turban Army.
"The Yellow Turbans? Hmph, don't compare us with traitors who only know how to plunder, we are a dignified Han official army. The assailant pouted and retorted dismissively, then waved his hand behind him and shouted, "Come out, brothers." Let these damn thieves see who we really are. ”
"Oh!" As the attacker's words fell, many people jumped out of the darkness in the distance. Those were well-clad warriors. Although the armor on their bodies was faintly stained with some dust, showing a little dust, their neat queue and high fighting spirit made it clear that they were a team that could not be insulted.
This is definitely not the Yellow Turbans. The Yellow Turbans did not have such good weapons and armor.
Liu Yi saw this very early. However, the doubts in his heart did not dissolve with the appearance of the other party: "The other party is not the Yellow Turban Army, so who is it?" It seems that there is no other force here except the Yellow Turban Army that can send more than 500 troops at a time. Even if a force like his own Liu family, which is one of the best in the local area, after considering the defense problem of his own family, he sent a mere three or four hundred people, which is already a large force. Who is the guy on the other side? Liu Yi's eyes were confused.
"We are the team under the command of Lord Liu Biao." Seeing Liu Yi's doubts, the attacker simply told him the answer: "Because the three brothers Liu Ji, Liu Ke, and Liu Yi, who were guilty of the crime of Chayi, rebelled and rebelled, and caused disaster to the township, so Xiyang County ordered Li Sheng to come to crusade." Hmph, you all wait for the trial. ”
"What? Are you really officers and soldiers? Hearing what the other party said as if it were true, Liu Yixin suddenly panicked. After all, they are not the Yellow Turban Army, and they are still a little afraid of the big man in their hearts. As soon as they heard that these people in front of them were officers and soldiers, they couldn't help but be a little afraid. Of course, they were not afraid of how much combat power the officers and troops in front of them had, but they were afraid that the other party would identify themselves and attack here in waves. That's terrible for them. Because no matter how they are, they only have the territory of this mere and half a county, how can they fight with the forces of a state. Moreover, the soldiers and horses of Xiyang County appeared here, which probably means that the things in the east are on the right, and his brother is afraid that he will be more auspicious.
"Bastard!" Thinking that such a terrible thing would happen, Liu Yi's heart was no longer calm. His hand trembled, and the dangling knife shook incessantly.
"It's an opportunity." The attacker seriously flashed a trace of essence, he strode forward, the sword in his hand trembling and stabbing out, drawing a bright trajectory in the void, and enveloping Liu Yi's upper body.
Liu Yi lost the opportunity again, and immediately became more and more panicked. He didn't think of cracking the opponent's sword move for a while, so he could only rely on the opponent's attack and fight with the opponent in a hard-to-hard way, and came to a sword bayonet block, constantly bursting out a little brilliant spark in the air, making all kinds of frightening resonances.
The sword in Liu Yi's hand was naturally not ordinary, but the sword in the attacker's hand was also sharp. After the symphony, the two of them retreated, each raised the weapon in his hand to look, but saw that the sword in his hand was not damaged by fighting each other no less than twenty times. They are still as clear as water as before.
Liu Yi gasped slightly, and the weight of the knife in his hand naturally consumed a lot of physical strength. The repeated agitation of his mood made him attack the other party with all his strength. With the passage of time in the fight, even if he had the strength of an ox, he was almost exhausted. He helplessly stabbed to the ground, while secretly recovering his physical strength, he stared at the opponent tightly, guarding against the critical attack that the opponent was likely to rise. In the past round of attacks, he could clearly feel the strength of the opponent. He had to admit that the other party's weird sword moves were indeed more suitable for the current fight than the sword technique in his hand.
Liu Yi was very frustrated, because he knew exactly what the outcome of his fight would be. For him no matter what, it is a "lose" word - to stop in front of him is a loss, and to continue to fight is also a loss. He knew he couldn't beat the guy in front of him whose name he didn't know until now. Because the other party is still so strong, and he is already a little weak.
"It's damn good." Liu Yi complained unwillingly. He glared viciously at the attacker on the other side, and the anger in his eyes seemed to burn the person on the other side.
"You don't have to complain. Because no matter how much you complain, nothing will change the current outcome. You have a maximum of 100 guards in your estate, but I have 500 on my side. I've entered the door, and I won't let you reclose it under any circumstances. So please give up. The attacker smiled and said, "If you surrender now, I may be able to spare your life." Otherwise, that's a mess. ”
"Hmph, it's all over the place! Your so-called slashing is just killing everyone in this manor. Then you have the ability to kill it, whether you surrender or not, our three brothers will not survive. This is a full house for us, and as for the others, what does it matter if they are dead or alive? Liu Yiman said nonchalantly. The long knife in his hand he raised again rushed towards the attacker, and when he approached in two or three steps, it was a fierce straight slash, from top to bottom, as if he was going to split the attacker in half in an instant, and the earth-shattering momentum and the fierce sword wind mixed together gave people a feeling of inmatchability.
The strength of the knife has not arrived, and the qi machine has arrived first. The indomitable momentum made the attacker stunned, as if he could not imagine that someone would make such a terrible stab. He wanted to move, but found that the space around him seemed to be condensed by some strange force, and became so dense that it was difficult for him to move even a finger.
"Damn, how come there are first-class masters here?" The attacker secretly felt a little strange and couldn't help but curse in a low voice. However, the curse cannot kill the other party. In the face of Liu Yi's swift knife momentum like a meteor, only with practical actions can he save his life. The attackers themselves are well aware of this. Although the space around the body is locked by the opponent's qi, because the opponent is not a real first-class master, and only reaches that height in a short time, this locked qi does not seem to be very stable. The attackers were still able to move their bodies with difficulty. Although it is not fast enough to completely dodge it, it can save one's vital point from dying. This is the best thing to do right now, when the attacker does not have the strength to fully parry the opponent's sword.
The knife fell bloody, and the sharp blade did not directly cut the attacker's left arm, but the strong knife wind still cut the attacker's entire arm to blood. The pain was so intense that the cold sweat on the attacker's head could not stop oozing. He felt like his left arm was going to break, numb as if it didn't exist.
"Damn." The attackers shouted loudly. He couldn't bear the pain, and he felt like venting. The sword in his right hand shook, and he stabbed forward with all the strength of his body. The huge power made the sword that stabbed forward become fast, and a little shining star turned into a silver thread in the darkness, and it sank into Liu Yi's body with a pop. The blow just now was a blow he had barely made out in despair, and it was a very reluctant thing in itself. Now that he has exhausted his blows, his body is naturally much slackened, which just gives the attacker a chance to hit.
This silver thread passed through his chest and pierced Liu Yi's heart. Liu Yi only felt a pain in his chest, and his whole body softened. He was falling to the ground when a dazzling silver light flashed out of the corner of his eye. He felt himself fly a little higher, and saw a headless corpse lying on the ground.
"Original...... I've been beheaded. This became Liu Yi's last thought.
"The first evil Liu Yi has been executed, and those who surrender will not die!" The attacker had a smile of excitement on his face, and he raised Liu Yi's head high and shouted loudly. He understood that most of the people in the Liu family's manor were working for the Liu brothers in order to survive. As long as he gives them some way to live, and lets them see the sad fate of the Liu brothers, then it is not very difficult to subdue these people. So, he took off Liu Yi's head and used it to order everyone in the manor.
Sure enough, just as the attacker had expected: the people in the manor were deflated at the sight of his head held aloft in his hand. When they heard that they could avoid death by surrendering, they rushed to surrender. With a slight wave of his hand, the attackers who had been waiting outside the manor swarmed up, quickly entering all parts of the manor and taking control of all parts of the manor. In this way, even if someone wants to escape, it is inevitable that they will be brutally suppressed.
An hour later, the Liu family's manor completely fell into the hands of this group of attackers. A large number of gold and silver were plundered by Liu Ji's greed, and the money was counted. Under the scorching gold and silver light, the attacker's whole body trembled with joy, and he laughed loudly, but it was the wound on his hand that caused him to crook his mouth for a while.
With the team attacking the Zhou family from the west coming over with a large number of captured materials, after the two sides turned in the Liu family's manor, the entire campaign to attack the Zhou family came to an end.