Chapter 158: Cutting the Weeds and Eradicating the Roots
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The injured person was the old man in the green shirt who fought with Yang Xiao, and after the defeat, he said that he would retire to the rivers and lakes, who would want to suddenly run back in such an embarrassment. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Chen Chuchu only glanced at it, then sighed and shook his head.
Three arrows were deeply inserted into the back of the old man in green shirts, one of which hit the back of the heart, and he was not killed on the spot, which was already a miracle.
Li Jin pinched the old man's acupoint and asked anxiously, "Uncle, what happened?" ”
The old man in the green shirt gasped and said with difficulty: "Taniguchi...... It has been ...... by a large number of officers and soldiers Wrap up with the disciples of the Qing Sect...... Circumference ......"
Wai Zi exited, he straightened up, and choked his breath.
Everyone took a breath of cold air, Tiandu Mountain is a cliff on both sides, there is only one passage before and after, since the officers and soldiers and the people who clear the door have blocked the road in front, they must have blocked the road behind, and they were caught in the urn of others.
As soon as they heard that the two ends of the canyon were blocked by officers and soldiers and Qingmen disciples, the disciples of the ghost sect and the cult were all panicked and looked at their respective sect leaders in panic.
"Left and right are dead, rush out to live!"
Shangguan Teng and Song Fangyun both had the same idea, and the two sides abandoned their previous suspicions, joined forces, and rushed towards the back valley.
The Demon Gate Conference, all the leaders and elite masters of the Demon Gate were present, Qingmen waited for this opportunity, he had been waiting for a long time, this was an excellent opportunity to annihilate the Demon Gate in one fell swoop, and he was naturally fully prepared.
As long as it is a person in this canyon, even if it is an innocent person, Qingmen will never let it go, and it is better to kill a hundred by mistake than to let go of a person, Bai Gangying's methods are so ruthless that it is chilling.
Rush out, you will only become a target! But being trapped in the canyon will be a dead end sooner or later, and you must come up with a way to escape as soon as possible.
When the disciples of the Ghost Sect and the Cult rushed out, Li Jin looked around, pointed to the dangerous peak on the left, and said in a deep voice: "We can only climb to the top of the peak, hold on to the danger for the time being, and then consider a way to get out!" ”
The canyon is all flat ground, there is no danger to rely on, and the muskets may be able to support it for a while, but if the officers and soldiers ignore the casualties of the frantic attack, plus the large number of disciples of the Qingmen, there is a danger of annihilation at any time.
There is a narrow draw under the dangerous peak on the left, which is not wide, and it is also the only good place to avoid being besieged by a large number of enemies, and it should be able to hold out for a while with muskets.
Everyone ran to the bottom of the dangerous peak, looked up at the towering dangerous peak, and all inhaled cold air.
The smooth mountain wall is covered with stunning moss, so slippery that it is impossible to stand, not to mention that there is no place to stay, except for birds, I am afraid that even the spirit ape will not be able to climb up.
If you can't climb it, you have to climb it, and this may be the only way to escape.
Li Jin looked at Leng Ruyan with a solemn expression, and said in a deep voice: "It's all up to you!" ”
Leng Ruyan also looked solemn, and nodded lightly: "Hmm." ”
According to Li Jin's order, except for Chen Chuchu and the mute woman who followed Leng Ruyan, all the men stripped themselves naked, and only wore a pair of big pants on their lower bodies.
Time was pressing, and no one cared about the embarrassment, thirty guards naked, wearing only a pair of big pants, lined up in three columns, holding guns under the dangerous peak, and two short guns filled with gunpowder were placed at their feet.
In the corner of the peak wall, Yu Hongxue and Yang Xiao collected dry grass and firewood, piled two piles and lit them, and they were now the bombardiers responsible for throwing grenades.
Fortunately, a lot of gunpowder and grenades were brought this time, and as long as the number of officers and soldiers was small, they could still support it for a while.
Chen Chuchu and the mute woman tightened and knotted the men's clothes and pants, tied them into a long rope, and tied them around Leng Ruyan's body.
Don't look at just dozens of pieces of clothes and pants, all add up, the weight is also dozens of pounds, it is very difficult to climb the dangerous peak with bare hands, and there is a long rope weighing dozens of pounds on the body, the difficulty can be imagined.
Li Jin held his little hand, which was as cold as smoke and as soft as boneless, and said in a deep voice: "Be careful." ”
Leng Ruyan smiled at him, turned around slowly, took a breath, and suddenly jumped up, penetrating the true qi of the inner family, like an onion jade finger like an iron hook, deeply grasped into the hard rock, and the delicate body clinged to the stone wall like a gecko, slowly climbing up.
The twenty meters below the stone wall are so smooth that there is no place to settle down......
The place, where it was as cold as smoke, relied on the non-stop operation of true qi, and the five fingers were inserted into the incomparably hard rocks, and one handprint after another alternately climbed upwards with difficulty.
The gravel on the stone wall fell down with a bang, and Li Jin and the others were nervous, worried that she would accidentally fall down.
There were a few big trees in the draw, which were the dead end of the musket shooting, Li Jin rushed out and shouted: "Yang Xiao, follow me!" ”
Running to the foot of a big tree, Li Jin did not hesitate at all, inhaled his luck, concentrated on his palms, and slapped several palms according to the bucket-thick trees.
With a click, the big tree collapsed, Li Jin grabbed the branch and dragged it back, and then used his palm like a knife to split the branches and leaves, split the trunk with a sword, and stacked it in front of the guards, which was a simple bunker.
Yang Xiao concocted it according to the law, chopped down the inverted parts of the five big trees in the draw, cut off the trunks and branches, and piled them up into a simple bunker.
Five large trees were knocked down, and the entire draw was empty, except for knee-high weeds, completely under the fire of muskets.
A voice as cold as smoke suddenly came from above, "There is a recess wall here, barely enough to accommodate three people. ”
Li Jin looked up, Leng Ruyan had climbed over the bare and slippery section more than 20 meters high, and then there were strange rocks, and occasionally one or two pine trees growing obliquely on the cliff, which could be used as a place to stay, and people could also take the opportunity to take a breath.
Leng Ruyan clinged to the stone wall tightly, looking down with pretty eyes, obviously waiting for Li Jin's answer.
"Put the rope and let Chen Chuchu go up."
The big rope tied with clothes and pants hung down from the cliff, Chen Chuchu held Li Jin's hand, and said in a low voice: "Chen Chuchu went up." ”
With a snort, Li Jin asked the guards to hand over a few fire folds and insert them on Chen Chuchu's waist, urging her to hurry up.
If Leng Ruyan finds a way out of the cliff, the people below can only climb up one by one, so there must be someone to cover the cliff and suppress the officers and soldiers rushing with firepower.
Chen Chuchu carried a spear on his back, hung seven or eight grenades on his waist, and climbed up by grabbing the cloth rope that hung down as cold as smoke.
With the support of the cloth rope, it is much easier to climb up, Chen Chuchu climbed to the depression that Leng Ruyan said, and the cloth rope drooped down, while Li Jin and Yu Hongxue were below, tied the grenade well, and let Leng Ruyan hang up.
When Chen Chuchu was holding on to the cloth rope and climbing up the cliff, a large number of officers and soldiers, as well as the Qingmen disciples who were all dreaming of sound, had already poured into the canyon from the mouth of the valley in front of him.
Under the officer's command, the soldiers did not rush forward, but lined up in a defensive phalanx, with the shieldmen in front, the sharp spears stretched forward, and the archers pressed in the center, slowly advancing.
The canyon is wide and flat, overgrown with weeds, and sparse with towering trees, and there are many places where people can be hidden.
The Qing disciples searched in groups of three and two in a team in the canyon, but wherever they could hide people, they were carefully searched several times.
Bai Gangying would rather kill a hundred by mistake this time, but only miss a person in the Demon Sect, and the order that the Qing Sect disciple received was that he was absolutely not allowed to let go of any creature in the canyon!
There are a large number of ghost cult and cult disciples, and when they heard that they were surrounded by officers and soldiers and the Qingmen, some of them were too clever to sneak away and hide in the dense grass, thinking that they could escape the catastrophe and not want to be discovered by the Qingmen disciples who were searching layer by layer.
A carpet search can't even hide a mouse, let alone a person who weighs more than 100 pounds?
Can't hide, the cowardly raised their hands to surrender, some resisted, and in the blink of an eye, they were dismembered by random knives, and some wanted to escape, and were shot into a big hedgehog by the dense rain of arrows, and the death was unbearable.
Slowly advancing, searching and clearing from place to place, it is really a mouse that can't escape.
The officers and troops advanced to the vicinity of the draw, and found Li Jin and others in the draw, they were not in a hurry to attack, leaving a team of people, blocking the only exit, and then continuing to advance.
On three sides of the draw is a dangerous peak cliff that the ape can't climb, blocking the only exit, and you can catch turtles in an urn with peace of mind.
Li Jin and the others are indeed like turtles in an urn, waiting for the officers and soldiers and the disciples of the Qingmen to catch them.
However, the officers and soldiers and the disciples of the Qing Sect ignored them for the time being, blocked the only exit, and then continued to advance towards the back valley, while Li Jin and the others were happy to make all kinds of defensive preparations as possible.
Back Valley, the sound of killing shook the sky.
Shangguan Teng and Song Fangyun each led the disciples of their sect to desperately attack the only exit, and only by rushing out of the valley could they escape.
In the middle of Taniguchi, a purely defensive phalanx was laid out, just blocking the exit.
The officers and soldiers were in front of the spears, densely laid out the gun array, behind were the archers who pressed the formation, plus the archers who were ambushed on the dirt slopes on both sides of the exit, thousands of arrows were fired at once, countless blood flowers were fired, and the screams were endless.
As if the locust arrows rained down, most of the disciples of the two sects who had no shield to protect themselves fell on the spot, and some of the high-skilled people relied on their weapons to shoot away or dodge the whistling arrows.
The rain of arrows was too dense, and I was afraid that before they could rush to the front of the phalanx, everyone would become a big thorn.
Shangguan Teng and Song Fangyun noticed that something was wrong and hurriedly ordered them to retreat into the canyon.
These reckless men relied on a moment of blood, like a rain of locusts and arrows, most of the brothers fell, and the heart-rending screams filled the air, which had made the rest of the people tremble and chill, and without waiting for the sect master to order a retreat, they ran faster than rabbits, and ran back into the canyon as soon as they slipped through the smoke.
Everyone ran back desperately, and the officers and soldiers blocking the only passage were not in a hurry to pursue, and the phalanx slowly advanced forward, maintaining a neat formation.
In terms of fighting alone, these officers and soldiers are not the opponents of the heroes of the rivers and lakes, but the army fights, paying attention to the overall coordination, dense spears block the enemy in front of the formation, and the archers in the formation take the opportunity to shoot the enemy who rushes into the formation.
This kind of tight defensive formation is not so easy to break through, at least, masters of the level of Shangguan Teng and Song Fangyun are never willing to rush into the formation unless it is a last resort.
Even if they broke through the first defensive phalanx, there were several phalanxes behind the phalanx, and there were even Qingmen disciples whose martial arts were no less than theirs, and they forcibly rushed into the formation, and there was only one way to die.
Shangguan Teng asked as he ran, "Sect Master Wei, what now?" ”
Song Fangyun wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead and gasped: "Let's retreat into the valley first and then find a way, by the way, the people from the Xiaoyao Sect didn't follow, could it be that they found another way out in the valley?" ”
Shangguan Teng nodded and said, "This is possible, otherwise there would not be a terrifying thunderclap in the valley?" ”
The Xiaoyao Sect has firearms with amazing lethality, and it will definitely not be restrained, if the officers and soldiers counterattack the attack, there will be thunder roaring in the canyon, and it can be heard for miles in a radius.
The two looked at each other, and they couldn't help but feel regret, they knew that the people who followed the Xiaoyao Sect would be fine, and they would not cause heavy casualties.
But stay in the green mountains, not afraid of no firewood, as long as you escape, there will always be a day to make a comeback, after recovering your vitality, and then find a clear door to settle accounts.
They desperately rushed towards the valley, hoping that the officials and soldiers of the former valley would find the people of the Xiaoyao Sect before they entered the valley and escape together.
There was a commotion ahead, and the fastest escaper ran back in a panic.
"There are a large number of officers and soldiers in front ......"
Everyone was shocked, and they were blocked in front and back, and now it was all over.
Song Fangyun, whose face was pale and bloodless, smiled miserably: "Sect Master Teng, we have no way out......
Shangguan Teng gasped, and a hideous smile appeared on his pale face, "Since it's a dead end, let's fight hard, the left and right are dead, and you have to pull a few cushions!" ”
Song Fangyun laughed miserably, "Okay! ”
He raised his arms and shouted, "Brothers, we are already in a desperate situation, there is no way back, fight, kill all the capital, kill a pair and earn it!" ”
Shangguan Teng also shouted loudly, "Brothers, the left and right are dead, fight, rush out to have a chance to live!" ”
In fact, he knew that with the only few people they left, they couldn't rush out at all, just to improve morale and kill a few to be enough.
These demon disciples, all of whom were outlaws who had added blood to the rivers and lakes to survive, now learned that they were in a desperate situation, and they were all ferocious, staring at their reddened eyes, waving swords and shouting, following their sect master, rushing forward to kill.
The phalanx, which was slowly pushing forward, stopped, and the archers fired the first wave of arrows at the officer's command.
Like a rain of locust arrows roaring towards Song Fangyun and the others who rushed towards them, the blood flowers were marked, and the disciples of the two sects fell most of them screaming miserably.
Song Fangyun, Shangguan Teng and other masters slammed the whizzing arrows with the weapons in their hands, and on the other hand, they rushed forward, and the speed was as fast as lightning.
The dog jumped over the wall in a hurry, not to mention the person who was in a desperate situation, knowing that he would definitely die, and the beast nature and combat power that burst out were terrifying.
A powerful arrow roared and nailed into Song Fangyun's left shoulder socket, he just snorted, broke the shaft of the arrow, and continued to rush forward frantically.
When the second wave of locust arrows roared, Song Fangyun, Shangguan Teng and other more than a dozen masters had already rushed to the front of the formation, brandishing their respective weapons and tearing apart the officers and soldiers.
In front of the formation, there were dense sharp spears like a forest, and Song Fangyun roared, holding the long sword he picked up and slashing quickly.
The long sword that was infused with ten percent of the true qi of the inner family cut off more than a dozen spears that had been stabbed, and crashed into the phalanx of officers and soldiers, like a mad tiger, slashing and slashing wildly, and for a time the flesh and blood flew sideways, and the miserable screams were endless.
Shangguan Teng and more than a dozen other masters also cut off the spears that stabbed them, crashing into the dense crowd, bloody and desperate.
He threw away the long sword in his right hand, clenched the katana with both hands, turned around and slashed, several puffs of blood mist sprayed, and in the miserable scream, several bodies were cut off by him.
Except for these dozen or so skilled masters, all the disciples who rushed forward died in the chaotic arrows.
The formation of the official army has quietly changed, and the archers have withdrawn from the periphery, and they are filled by sword and shield hands, densely surrounding layer after layer of iron shield knife mountain, trapping Song Fangyun and others in the formation.
Song Fangyun and the others all knew that they would definitely die, so every blow was full of ten successes, and every time the cold light flickered, there were guns that broke and flew, shields broke and people fell, blood mist burst out, and miserable screams were heard again and again.
In this way of playing, the loss of true qi is the fastest, but they know that they must be undoubted, who cares?
Anyway, killing one is enough, killing a pair will make money, they are like crazy tigers, crazy slashing and killing, I don't know how many officers and soldiers have been killed, and they have earned N times.
More than a dozen crazy masters fought bloodily in the dense crowd, and the ferocious killing, domineering murderous spirit, and brave and fearless fighting spirit made the officers and men feel the slightest fear in their hearts.
Song Fangyun and the others slashed wildly, and several times rushed the formation of officers and soldiers into a messy formation, but all around were densely packed with officers and soldiers, killing layer after layer, and they couldn't finish killing at all.
In the bloody battle, more than a dozen masters died one after another, and in the end, only Song Fangyun and Shangguan Teng were left.
The two of them gasped back to back, their heads and bodies were covered with dirty blood, and the whole person became a bloody person, with their own blood, more of the enemy, and the dripping sweat was red.
The blades of the sword were rolled and collapsed into a jagged shape, the hand holding the sword was trembling, almost numb and painful, even the legs were trembling, and the prostration was almost unsteady.
The two looked at the dense officers and soldiers around them, and then looked at the corpses all over the ground, and couldn't help laughing wildly.
Killing one is enough, killing a pair to earn one, they don't know how many officers and soldiers they have killed, anyway, they have already earned N ten times more, and they have definitely made a profit.
Song Fangyun gasped and said: "Sect Master Teng, I originally disdained to be with you, but you still don't lose a good man, this friend, my surname is Wei!" ”
Shangguan Teng showed a hideous and terrifying smile, "For the great cause of the Demon Gate, Lao Tzu doesn't even want his life, and he doesn't even care about his reputation, but unfortunately, the Demon Gate ......will die out."
Song Fangyun said with a smile: "Don't worry, the Demon Sect Xiaoyao Sect is still there, sooner or later, it will set foot in the Qingmen, hahaha!" ”
The big hands of the two clasped together, "Brother, we will meet again in the next life!" ”
Song Fangyun reversed the long sword and died by the neck.
Shangguan Teng laughed, the katana swept through his neck, and his tall body fell down with a bang.
The draw is long and narrow, and it seems crowded for five people walking side by side, and after a hundred steps, the inside gradually becomes wider.
The officers and men blocking the entrance of the draw received the order to attack, and under the command of the officer, they slowly advanced in a row of five people, holding their spears.
Twenty-eight guards shirtless and dressed in colorful trousers lined up in four rows, and the guards in the first row were half-squatting and half-kneeling, with their spears flat-ended, aiming at the officers and soldiers who were slowly advancing.
The guards in the back three rows were ready to shoot their guns, the deputy guard chief Lu Liangdong stood aside to command, and the remaining guards were waiting for the guns.
Yang Xiao and Yu Hongxue stood next to the two fires, holding grenades in their hands, ready to light and throw them at any time, and the dumb woman had nothing to do and was responsible for taking care of the fire.
Everyone is on the lookout.
The officers and soldiers were still advancing slowly, and the distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer, eighty paces away, Lu Liangdong waved his big hand and shouted loudly, "First row, shoot!" ”
"Boom Boom Boom Boom ......"
The muzzle of the black hole spewed out clusters of fire, and the smoke filled the air, choking the mouth and nose.
The officers and men of the first platoon let out a terrible cry and fell to the ground like haystacks.
Suddenly, there was a deafening thunderbolt in the clear sky, and the comrades in the front row fell in a pool of blood, and the wounded and not dead let out a heart-rending scream, which shocked the officers and men of the second row, trembled and shivered, and hesitated to stop or continue to advance.
Lu Liangdong waved his hand, "Shoot!" ”
The guards in the second row pulled the trigger, and another burst of fire flashed.
The whistling bullets pierced through the thin leather armor of the soldiers, tearing through their bodies, causing them to let out a cry of pain and fall to the ground.
The officers and men of the third platoon retreated in horror, the enemy's weapons were too powerful, the range was longer than that of a strong bow, and the fire flashed, and the people fell in response, which was too terrifying.
"Sword and shield hand! Sword and shield hand! ”
The frightened officer shouted, and shouted for the sword and shield behind him to come up.
The big shield protects the body, and the crossbow can't be shot through, so there should be no problem now, right?
With the cover of the sword and shield hands, the officers and soldiers suppressed the fear in their hearts and began to slowly advance again.
It was still a distance of eighty paces, and Lu Liangdong ordered to shoot.
The whistling bullets pierced through the Iron Leaf Shields, through the thin leather armor of the soldiers, and into their flesh.
The sword and shield hands in the first row rolled to the ground, struggling and crying.
The iron leaf shield offset most of the penetrating power of the bullet, and the soldier who was shot was only injured and did not die, but the lead bullet was stuck in the flesh, which was terrible pain and completely lost its combat effectiveness.
The frightened officers and soldiers dragged their wounded companions and retreated in panic.
The lethality was so terrifying, and the range was so long, they had never heard of it.
It is necessary to advance at least ten steps forward to be the effective range of the strong bow, but the firearms of the Demon Gate are far away from eighty paces, how can this battle be fought?
The entrance to the draw was crowded with panicked soldiers, the pale-faced officers were helpless and could not engage in hand-to-hand combat, and the archers could not enter the effective firing range, how could they destroy the enemy?
Some Qingmen disciples squeezed through the dense soldiers, came to the front to watch, and a cold **** shouted: "There are only about 30 disciples in this demon sect, and they are scattered soldiers, as long as they get close to them quickly, it will be victory!" ”
The officer who led the command slapped his forehead: I was dizzy, I didn't expect this trick......
Under the order of the officer, the sword and shield men launched a charge, but the draw was narrow, the troops could not be spread, and it was useless to have many people.
Lu Liangdong waved his hand, "First row, shoot!" ”
The flames flashed, and the officers and soldiers who rushed forward screamed and fell.
"Second row, shoot!"
There was another flash of fire, and another man fell.
"Third row, shoot!"
"Shoot!"
"Shoot!"
“……”
The draw was filled with billowing smoke, obscuring the air, and the rumbling of gunfire echoed in the canyon for a long time.
More than a dozen volleys were fired, and hundreds of corpses lay on the ground.
The frightened soldiers, under the orders of the officers, continued to attack.
The two gourds emitted a trace of green smoke, drawing a perfect arc, and threw down among the soldiers, and one of the unlucky ones was hit on the forehead, swallowed, and fell to the ground.
There were two loud bangs, and in the sky-high firelight, the stumps and armor were thrown all over the sky,......
The swords and shields that charged in a dense manner were all gone.
Two more musket volleys were fired, and the charging sword and shield men all fell in pools of blood, the wounded and undead rolled and struggled, and the bitter howls were heart-rending and terrifying.
With such a dense crowd, the terrifying lethality of the grenade was brought into full play, which also made the officers and men tremble and chill, and their fighting spirit was completely lost.
Fear, quickly spreading in the army.
The beautiful young woman was also shocked by this terrifying lethality, and after a while, she bit her silver teeth, named the names of the ten masters, and ordered them to spread out as much as possible and assault forward.
As long as these ten masters can get close to the enemy and drag for a while, the officers and men of the brigade will rush forward.
The ten masters each performed light skills and flew forward quickly.
Lu Liangdong frowned and looked at Li Jin.
If it is an open field, it is really a headache, but the draw is narrow, no matter how good the light work is, it is useless, and ten muskets are enough to block the entire passage.
Li Jin shouted: "One or two rows of volleys!" ”
The guards in the first and second rows hooked the trigger, and then quickly stepped back to reload, and the guards in the back row quickly filled their positions.
Of the ten masters who were rushing quickly, seven of them fell on the spot, two of them just flew close to the ground, and one rose into the air, just escaping.
Li Jin shouted loudly, "The first row shoots flat, and the second row shoots at a slightly lower angle!" ”
The fire flashed, and the two clearers were shot and fell, and the last one of them rushed to the ground.
This guy's lucky.
Yang Xiao snorted coldly, his body burst up, and intercepted the person in mid-air.
He grabbed his opponent's door with five fingers.
The lucky master of clearing the door was ecstatic in his heart, as long as he fought with the enemy, the officers and soldiers behind him would definitely be able to rush forward.
He was in mid-air, and with a loud shout, several sword flowers appeared with the long sword in his hand, striking Yang Xiao's throat.
Yang Xiao's right claw changed his move halfway, turned his claw into a fist, and hit the sharp tip of the sword, and his body took the opportunity to retreat violently.
The powerful impact force shook the master of clearing the door and retreated.
"Shoot!"
The whistling bullets tore the lucky clearer apart, and his body fell to the ground.
The officers and soldiers who rushed in were also knocked down by a wave of whistling bullets, and the rest fled in panic, ignoring even their comrades who were lying on the ground struggling and screaming in pain.
Losing ten masters at once, the glamorous young woman was so angry that she was pretty, but she was helpless.
The firearms of the Demon Gate were too powerful, and the lethality was terrifying, and the officers and soldiers who were terrified and chilled had been completely deterred, and their fighting spirit was completely lost, and they continued to attack, only increasing casualties.
Unable to think of a good way to break the enemy, she had to order to stop the attack.