Chapter 147: Little Soldiers and Horses Abandoned
(It feels good to see Taimeng and Zhao Wuxian 2014!) )
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As soon as the Shanyue leader roared, Ma Qi had already taken off his bow and arrows in his hand, but the other party was not slow to react, and threw his hands together and threw the arrows as daggers.
Ma Qi waved his bow and pulled away the arrows, turned his head and yelled at the three of Ganmei: "Go to the city tower!" Walk from Pratunam! ”
As a veteran, Ma Qi will subconsciously observe the pattern and defense of any city when he enters it. There are urn cities in the northwest two gates of Huaiyin City, if you escape from the city gate at this time, it is a turtle in the urn. Only the city tower, jumping into the river from the water gate position of the north gate, and going out along the Huai River, is the only chance to escape.
The two Lou boat soldiers also reacted, and drew their knives together, like crazy tigers, killing the panicked soldiers, cutting out a bloody path with their knives, one after the other, escorting Ganmei to the city along the steps.
The city gate was in turmoil, and the people who were imprisoned also stirred, and I don't know who shouted, and the crowd was agitated, and there was a great chaos. The people rushed to the city gate, crowded and trampled, wailing and crying, and I don't know how many unjust souls were added.
Taking advantage of the chaos, Ma Qi swung a knife with one hand and an axe with the other, and killed several rebellious soldiers who wanted to pursue Ganmei from the rear. When he was about to catch up with Ganmei, he suddenly burst into sweat and hair, and the sense of crisis he had cultivated in the grassland made him pounce on the steps ahead without thinking.
Whew—A spear flew overhead, piercing the thigh of the broken Lou Boatman.
The shipwreck screamed and rolled down the edge of the stairs. A group of chaotic soldiers rushed forward, swords and guns were fired, flesh and blood flew everywhere, and they died without even screaming.
Gan Mei screamed in grief and covered her mouth to tears.
Ma Qi turned his head, and saw the leader of the mountain sneering and making a motion to wipe his neck. Ma Qi shook his head vigorously and yelled at Ganmei: "Don't look back! Walk! ”
The staircase is narrow, allowing only two people to walk side by side. No matter how many people there are, they can only squeeze in the back. The horses abandoned their swords and axes, and only needed to face one or two enemies at a time, and they fought and walked, and they were in danger of killing the city.
There were not many guards on the head of the city, only about twenty, because the purpose of Zhenrong was not to defend the city, but to plunder the city and leave after plundering. The main thing is, who doesn't want to be involved in the looting? Stand guard at the head of the city, let alone eat meat. I can't even gnaw on the bones. Therefore, those who were arranged to defend the city were miscellaneous soldiers such as auxiliaries who had little status in the army, and they were not even equipped with weapons.
Although there were many of these miscellaneous soldiers, who were not much stronger than the people, they scattered in fright when they saw two red-eyed people rushing up, and before they could engage in battle, they scattered in all directions in fright.
Ma Qi retreated to the top of the city steps and did not go any further, he put the sword and axe full of crumbles at his feet, and while picking up his bow and arrows, he said to the boat soldier on the building: "Xing Wu." You have a good water nature, take the little lady Gan away, and I will break it for you. ”
Gan Mei was shocked and said, "Why don't you go together?" ”
Ma Qi smiled bitterly, he didn't want to go together. But if he didn't stick to this narrow place where it was difficult for a hundred people to enter, once the rebels poured into the city, they would definitely not be able to withstand two or three breaths. It was chopped into meat sauce.
But Ma Qi didn't have time, and it was impossible to explain, he just calmly said to Gan Mei: "If the little lady escapes safely." When you see the city guard, please tell him that the little soldiers and horses have abandoned and completed their mission. ”
Gan Mei burst into tears, and Xing Wu, the shipwreak, went down with the knife edge, knelt down on one knee towards Ma Qi, and slammed his head.
Seeing Gan Mei leave, Ma Qi also seemed to let go of a big stone in his heart, as if a person like him had a very indifferent view of life and death. Life is to indulge in wine and gallop; Death is the soul of Hange.
"Come on!" The horse abandoned the bow and laughed, raised his hand and an arrow, and pierced the chest of the rebels who rushed to the front. Then five arrows were fired in succession, and the five soldiers in front pounced in response, so that the rebels behind were frightened, pushing each other, and no one dared to step forward.
The leader of Shanyue had a cold face, the trace of murderous aura in his eyes was almost condensed, and his mouth kept ordering: "Get on the shield!" The shieldmen are in front and the archers are behind, concentrating on the ......"
At this time, some people in the rebels protested: "Miao Tuo, you are just a team leader, why should you give me an order?" I'm also a team rate! Brothers, thieves prickly hands, we don't need to pinch the thorns, the girls in Huaiyin City can't play, who is patient to spend here......"
Before the words fell, the leader of the mountain named Miao Tuo suddenly picked up his knife and slashed hard at the neck of the protesting leader. The team screamed, half of the neck was cut off, and blood shot out, spraying Miao Tuo into a bloody man.
Miao Tuo wiped his face, as if he was bloody, and his tone was solemn: "Just rely on the personal guard rate of the Prime Minister!" Don't say that you have a team leader, even if you are a tun commander, you can command it! The bloody knife slashed into the void, "Kill!" Whoever dares to retreat will be the end! ”
The rebels are all the only ones, you push me, and you are trembling and attacking upwards little by little.
The person Ma Qi wanted to kill the most was this Miao Tuo, but this Shanyue people reacted quickly and protected them very well-there were four shields to cover them. Ma Qi shot two arrows, one in the shield and one in the leg of the shield-wielding pawn, but he was never able to shoot the man.
Ma Qi eventually gave up on the idea of killing the thief because he didn't have many arrows. There were five more arrows, and he hoped that when he dragged on for another half a moment, it would be good to be able to fight for even a little more time. In his busy schedule, he raised his eyes and saw that Xing Wu had already escorted Gan Mei to run near the water gate, and although there were interceptions on the way, they were all killed by Xing Wu. Xing Wu was also half bloodstained, but after all, he was getting closer and closer to his destination......
When Ma Qi shot the last arrow, his shoulder shook - he was still hit by an arrow, but fortunately his opponent used a soft bow, and his short armor was of good cortex, so he lost a lot of strength. If the arrow is fired by himself, the opponent will never think about using the weapon again.
Ma Qi gritted his teeth and broke the shaft of the arrow, and saw that there was no trace of Gan Mei and Xing Wu on the city. Ma Qi let go of his whole body, stroked the horn bow nostalgically, gently placed it on the ground, picked up the chopping knife and short axe that had broken large and small gaps at his feet, took a long breath, and looked up at the sky.
Under the sky, a goshawk can be seen hovering-ah! Isn't that the letter eagle of the Eagle Slave of White Wolf City?
The castle guard has finally arrived!
The goshawk vibrated and shook the sky.
Ma Qi laughed loudly, laughing together, resounding through the world. Immediately, the swords and axes struck, and the sparks splashed in all directions, and the fit pounced on the countless incoming soldiers......
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Gotta get, gotta get...... The sound of hooves was urgent, and a team of iron horsemen appeared on the official road on the south bank of Huaishui more than ten miles northeast of Huaiyin.
The cavalry did not raise any banner to identify themselves, but the indomitable momentum and awe-inspiring aura of the fierce mane of the fierce horse seemed to declare - no matter who we are, don't get in the way!
When the cavalry rounded a low, wooded hill. The faint outline of Huaiyin has appeared in front of me - a square outline, flames soaring into the air, thick smoke billowing out. From a distance, it does not look like a city, but like a peak and a fire.
The cavalry team did not hesitate at all, and quickly whipped their horses, like sharp arrows from the strings, and rushed to the huge "peak fire platform".
Suddenly, the knight at the front stood up, and the knight pulled the reins and fastened the stirrup. The male body leaned forward and sat firmly on the horse's back, showing superb riding skills. The knights who followed also reined in their horses, no more than a horse at a distance from each other, and there was no hasty collision, showing the extraordinary riding skills of this group of knights.
"City Guard, look over there!"
With the whip of the leading knight, all the knights rode out like waves. It's Ma Han!
The horse warrior came, and led thirty white wolf horsemen to come back armed and killed. There is no need to call the police, there is no need to be in a hurry, the billowing smoke can be clearly seen from more than ten miles away. It's the police! It's urgent!
Ma Han didn't know what was going on in Huaiyin, but in the troubled times of the Three Kingdoms, anything could happen, and it was impossible to think too much about the worst. So he divided the fifty white wolf horsemen and the fifty floor boat warriors in two. Leaving 20 light cavalry and archers and all the building boats to guard the ship, he personally led Zhou Cang, 20 heavy cavalry and 10 archers to Huaiyin.
Ma Hanshun looked at the tip of Zhou Cang's whip and saw the river beach not far away. In the dense reeds, there were more than a dozen faint figures, as if searching for something. In the sunlight, the things in their hands reflected a dazzling light from time to time—the reflection of the blades. It was this abnormal reflection that shook the eyes of Zhou Cang, the head of the cavalry, that caught his attention.
"It's a sergeant. I don't know if it's Zhao Taishou's sergeant, or ...... "Ma Han pointed at the whip," indicating his identity, go down and ask, see if he wants to help. ”
Zhou Cang nodded to the two knights behind him, and the three horsemen rolled up a cloud of smoke and dust, and ran towards the river beach along the slope.
The horse leaned on the side of the road, picked up his bow and arrows, and buckled them to the string, and the ten archers behind him also did the same - Huaiyin City was in turmoil, and the enemy and friend were unknown, and they would not willingly think that the following must be friendly troops.
Under everyone's attention, Zhou Cang stepped forward to ask, and the other party found that the situation was wrong, so he stopped searching, and walked out of the reeds one by one, surrounding the three of them in a semicircle. The two sides seemed to talk for a while, Zhou Cangsan rode his horse and wanted to return, and the other sergeant also dispersed, and it seemed that he was fine.
The horsemen and the cavalry archers slowly loosened their strings - but at this moment, a change was born!
A man and a woman suddenly rushed out of the reeds. The man was covered in blood and dirt, and the knife in his hand had been broken for half a year, apparently after a tragic tear; And the woman's dress is torn, and her cloak is scattered.
As soon as these two men appeared, they caused a commotion among the sergeants, and they all swung their blades at each other.
At this time, the man and the woman mourned at the same time: "City Guard-Ma Jun-"
Ma Han's reflex arc was faster than Zhou Cang, who was close at hand, and the sound entered his ears, his face changed suddenly, and he almost raised his bow and shot an arrow without thinking.
The sergeant who was running at the front on the river beach seemed to have been pushed hard, and his whole body fell out horizontally, and he was covered in blood and did not want money.
The arrows of the castle guard are orders!
The ten archers barely thought about it, and they all raised their bows and fired, and the group of soldiers on the river beach fell nearly half.
Although the eighteen heavy cavalry did not wear heavy armor, they rushed down the hillside one by one with heavy weapons in hand, and the bowl-sized iron hooves stepped on the ground, and the rumbling and shaking of the river beach was full of gravel.
The nearest Zhou Cang Sancai didn't have time to make a move, and the battle was over.
Ganmei, who had experienced all the bitterness, fell under the legs of the horseman and cried into tears.
In Xing Wu's mournful voice, Ma Han's face was expressionless, only a pair of eyes with fire tufts beating.
Above the city gate of Huaiyin North Gate, a person covered in blood, with open skin and flesh, can hardly find a piece of good meat on his body, if it weren't for the convulsions from time to time, he would almost be hoisted high as a dead person. The chaotic soldiers who came in and out of the city poked their weapons from time to time, and some people even opened their bows and were ready to shoot. If it weren't for the two soldiers guarding the city, they kept claiming that Miao Tuo's team would hang this person alive and dry, and he would have been crippled.
The chaotic soldiers in and out of the city were pointing and poking, laughing and gesturing, when they suddenly lost their voices collectively and their movements froze. Leaning less, shouting, like a flock of sheep rushed into the sheepfold by a group of vicious wolves, the ghosts screamed in the sky, and scattered in all directions.
Indeed, there are really wolves coming!
Thirty white wolves rode fiercely, swooping out of the woods like a tornado, their iron hooves crisscrossing and driving the rebels like headless flies. Many of the rebels could not escape, and were swept under the iron hooves, screaming again and again. After the iron ride, the smoke and dust dissipated, leaving only a slightly trembling rotten flesh......
Eleven horsemen broke out from the iron horsemen, and flew along the moat, and immediately flew with bows and arrows - the target, the head of the city.
Snort! Although the arrows were sparse, they were so strong that after the city guards fell, the rest either hid behind the pheasants, or fled into the gatehouse in a hurry, or simply walked away.
Phew――
An arrow like lightning breaks the rope. At the same moment, he rode like the wind to the city gate, opened his hand to catch the dying horse, and returned with his horse under his side.
"City guard, this brother is afraid that he is ...... It's hard to live. Zhou Cang dismounted and carefully abandoned the bloody horse to the two white wolf warriors.
Seeing this comrade's brother in such a tragic situation, the soldiers around him all shed tears of grief and indignation.
Ma Han retracted his bow, looked at this loyal subordinate who was tortured beyond recognition, his right hand tightened, and he broke the reins alive, and his voice cracked into the air: "Save him at any cost!" (To be continued......)