Chapter 24: The Battle to the Death (I)
"My lord, the person I saved woke up." Zhao Qingshan came to report.
"Bring him here, and we'll see who is so powerful and can summon such a powerful pursuer."
Not long after, Zhao Qingshan and another person came to the hill where Zhao Yi and the others were carrying a middle-aged man.
This person is in his forties, with a clear face, although he is a little dirty, but he has a feeling like a spring breeze, a bit like a scholar.
"In Xia Su Yun, thank you Xiao Langjun for saving your life."
"Who are you? Who are they? Why are you hunted down? Zhao Yi asked calmly.
"This ......" Su Yun hesitated.
Zhao Hai said angrily: "What? We saved your life, and we killed eight brothers, don't you even want to say who you are? I shouldn't have saved you if I had known. ”
"Zhao Hai! Since others don't want to say it, it means that there is something unspeakable, so we don't force it. Zhao Yi stopped Zhao Hai's complaints.
After Zhao Hai muttered a few words, he didn't say anything more.
Su Yun's face was slightly red by Zhao Hai's words, and his mouth opened without speaking.
Seeing this, Zhao Yi didn't want to persecute others, so he asked Zhao Qingshan to take him down to rest.
Seeing the indignant Zhao Hai, Zhao Yi said: "What's the matter, others don't want to say it, can you still force him to say it?" You're not afraid that what he's saying is false? ”
"It's not this, it's just ...... Alas...... I thought that our people were already good, especially the two teams of Xu He and I, who were bandits who had experienced life and death, and I thought that I couldn't fight the army, and it should be no problem to kill the bandits, but I didn't expect to lose so badly, I really sat in the well and watched the sky. Zhao Haiqing said in a low voice.
"Don't talk about you, even I didn't expect these thirteen people to be so powerful, but the other party has such good horses and weapons, defeat is nothing, this can be regarded as a reminder to us, lest we be arrogant. This time I met thirteen people, what if the next time I met dozens or hundreds? Don't think about it too much, go back and train our people well. ”
"By the way, Zhao Hai, did you find anything from the man in black?" Zhao Yi thought for a moment, raised his head and said to Zhao Hai.
"No, there is nothing special about them, but their horses and their weapons and shields are superb. There were also thirteen crossbows, but there were no arrows, otherwise the consequences would have been even worse. ”
"The best horses, the best equipment, the best knights, who is this? Don't provoke the big ones. Lao Jiu Zhao Jie said softly.
"Lin Luo, where do you think such a person should come from?" Zhao Xi asked.
Lin Luo smiled bitterly: "I can't tell you about this, those who can be equipped with crossbows are generally wealthy businessmen or big families." Since the other party didn't reveal his identity, I don't know very well. However, it also shows that the other party is not small. ”
"But what I wonder is, how sure is the other party that he can rely on thirteen people to fight our two hundred knights." Xu He interjected.
Zhao Xi and Lin Luo's faces changed, and they said almost at the same time: "It's not good! ”
Zhao Yi stood up abruptly and said eagerly: "Zhao Jie, you immediately rush to Crouching Tiger Mountain, let Uncle Li leave a team of people behind, and the rest of the people will come to support immediately." ”
Although Zhao Jie didn't know what was going on, he quickly got on his horse and galloped away.
"Xu He, you go and say hello to the people in the town, move the people here into the town first, and tell them that there are mountain bandits attacking, tell them to prepare, and tell them that the mountain bandits this time are killing people like hemp, and they won't fancy their little money, so let them not have the idea of reconciling with the mountain bandits."
"What does the big brother mean is that the other party still has a large number of people?" Zhao Hai asked. Then he said: "Yes, only this explanation shows that they feel that they are fighting hard with us." ”
Lin Luo: "I think they thought that our township was moving the villagers, and they wanted to disperse us at once, but they didn't expect that our combat power was not small. ”
"Lin Luo, you go to the whole team and tell them to prepare for battle immediately. For the sake of your own family! ”
Lin Luo took the order and left.
"Big brother, if we send our family to the town, will those black knights attack the town?"
"If we don't enter the town, we shouldn't attack the town first, of course, if we are destroyed, this Lijia town will not be able to escape."
"It's all my fault, if I don't save that Su Yun, it should be fine." Zhao Qingshan, who came back after sending Su Yun down to rest, also heard the beginning and end of Zhao Yun's words, and said with self-blame.
Zhao Yi patted Zhao Qingshan's shoulder and said with a smile: "You're right, if we don't save it, then it's no different from a mountain bandit." What's more, even if you don't save him, no one can be sure that they won't kill him. Don't blame yourself, a manly man is worthy of his conscience, as long as he doesn't do anything wrong, he does it. I don't believe that we can't beat them, let's fight together. ”
"Thank you for your understanding, my subordinates are willing to fight to the death with your lordship!" Zhao Qingshan said loudly.
Seeing that the family members not far away began to move towards the town, Zhao Xi also came to his mother's carriage.
"Xi'er, are you going to war?" As soon as Zhao Xi entered the carriage, Zhao's mother hurriedly asked, and the two little girls also looked at themselves.
"Mother, you and Sister Li'er and Sister Xin'er will go to the town first, and your son will fight here, so that those mountain bandits can see, we people are not easy to bully."
"You'er, you have to be careful, my mother won't make trouble for you, I'll wait for you in the town to return triumphantly."
"Cousin, be careful!" The two girls also said nervously.
Seeing that everyone had entered the town, the low gate of the town was also closed, and a hundred and ten villagers stood on the town wall and watched from afar.
"It's a pity!"
"What a pity?" Zhao Hai said puzzled.
"It's a pity that the terrain here is too flat and not suitable for ambushes, so you can only fight hard." Zhao Yi looked at the flat terrain around him and sighed.
"My lord, we are ready, the foot soldiers stand in front of this little dirt bag, and the cavalry is on top, on both sides." Lin Luo also straightened up the team.
Zhao Xi came to the front of more than 220 people and said loudly: "Now, another group of mountain bandits has come to attack our idea, our families, relatives and the people of these 800 people are behind us, and their lives are in your hands. We can't watch them die before our eyes, we have to fight them to the death. Some of us used to be mountain bandits, but now I hope that you, like everyone else, should do what a man should do, that is, to protect his wife and children, and the old and weak from being bullied. If anyone is afraid and unwilling to fight the enemy to the death, I will not force it, put down the weapons and horses in my hand, and can retreat to the town. ”
"We will fight to the death with the enemy!"
"Fight to the death!"
More than 200 people shouted in unison.
"Good! Everyone is a good man, I live and die with you! Fight to the death! Everyone rests in place and is ready to fight! ”
"Zhao Qingshan, you bring that Su Yun to me." Zhao Yi said sharply.
Zhao Qingshan once again carried Su Yun to Zhao Xuan's side.
"Mr. Su, you didn't want to say it before, and I didn't persecute you, but now, I hope you can sue me, who are you and why are they chasing you?"
"This ......"
Zhao Yi sneered: "You can also see what I'm doing." When they come after me, I'll hand you over, and it's too late for you to say it, and I'm sure they got what they wanted, and they won't fight me, don't you say? ”
Su Yun's face turned pale, and after a while, he sighed: "Okay, since that's the case, I'll sue you, but I want to know, who are you?" ”
Zhao Hai said angrily: "Looking for death, in order to save you, we didn't say how many people died, but we also had to fight to the death with them, and you still haven't told us the truth, I think, I still handed you over." ”
Su Yun said without fear: "If you don't tell me who you are, then hand me over, it's a big deal." ”
Zhao Yi sneered: "Okay, it's nothing to sue you, you also see it, we are migrating the people, we are the townspeople of Xinyan Town in the southwest, and I am their leader Zhao Yi." ”
"Xiang Yong? Xiang Yong is not as good as you, is he? ”
"We are indeed Xiangyong, but not now, we are the righteous army, the righteous army that specializes in clearing out mountain bandits. I don't know if you're satisfied? Zhao Xi's face became more and more cold.
Su Yun was stunned and said with a smile: "Righteous army? I believe it, I believe in you, you can save me, and you can move the people to the town, but you stay outside the town, and you are indeed not ordinary people. You tell the people around you to pull away. ”
Zhao Di asked the few sentries who came with Zhao Qingshan to retreat and said, "Now, you can say it." ”
"I'm the left soldier and horse envoy of Yanzhou."
"What? Are you a soldier and horse envoy in Yanzhou? Lin Luo said in a lost voice.
Zhao Xi was also taken aback when he heard this, the Yanzhou Soldiers and Horses Envoy was the adjutant of the Yanzhou Governor, and together with the Yanzhou Commander and the Right Soldier and Horse Envoy, he was in charge of all the soldiers in Yanzhou Mansion.
"Since you are the Yanzhou Soldier and Horse Envoy, why are you here alone, and why are there people chasing you?" Zhao Yi hurriedly asked, he knew that now he had fallen into a whirlpool.
Su Yun smiled: "Knowing that I am a soldier and horse envoy of Yanzhou, do you want to know anything else?" ”
Zhao Yi smiled bitterly: "Knowing that you are a soldier and horse envoy of Yanzhou, it is already difficult to get out, whether you know the others, it's all the same." In this case, it would be more advantageous to know in more detail. ”
Speaking of this, Zhao Yi remembered Steward Zhao's words, and gradually understood something, but now it is difficult to avoid.
Su Yun glanced at Zhao Yi approvingly, and said, "You are indeed not ordinary, but the other party has three hundred black-clothed knights, can you resist it?" ”
Zhao Yi said: "If you can't resist it, you can't resist it, you won't know until you fight, and now it seems that even if you can't resist it, you have to block it, otherwise not only my two hundred people, but even this town will be difficult to preserve." ”
Su Yun said: "As long as you abandon the people you migrated from this town and the foot soldiers of your subordinates, you and your cavalry may be able to go." ”
Zhao Xianzheng said: "Maybe, but if even your family and brothers can be abandoned, it is no different from a brute." ”
"You're wrong, and a lot of times, a lot of people throw away things that they can't give up. When you're faced with a choice, you'll understand. Then I'll tell you why I'm here, I'll be hunted down. ”