Chapter 439: The Twin Towers
Chapter 439: The Twin Towers
There is at least one team of rebels guarding outside the gate of each city gate in Qiu'an County, which is already regarded as the hinterland of Shandong Province, and the imperial court is far away from the western army, and the left avant-garde is also far away, so the city gate is still open, but the people who pass by have to be checked. The people who could flee have fled, and those who cannot flee live in the lowly. There were not many people entering and leaving the city gates, and no one wanted to go out in the troubled times, except for the forced evacuation.
A big man like Qilin aroused the idea of the rebels as soon as he appeared at the city gate, not to mention that he was followed by a hundred and ten strong men, carrying weapons in their hands, brazenly escorting a carriage and swaggering over. The rebels, who were sitting on the chaise longues at the gate of the city, immediately stood up and waved their hands, and all his rebels gathered around, and the archers drew their feathered arrows and put them on the bowstrings, ready to shoot at any time.
After another day of observation, because there were too few people entering Qiu'an County, even if it was just a few dozen people entering the city in batches, it would arouse the idea of the rebels. Therefore, Fang Xie changed his previous strategy and asked Qilin to swagger towards Qiu'an with a team of 100 people.
"What people!"
The rebels were leading a few men to stop the gates of the city, shouting with their hands on the hilts of their horizontal swords.
The unicorn sitting on the war horse glanced at the team with contempt in his eyes, and he didn't even bother to speak. The soldier behind him took a step forward and scolded loudly: "The general of my family was ordered by General Yin to escort a woman to the king of Dingxi. You eyeless thing, don't get out of the way! ”
"General?"
The rebel army's face changed, and he subconsciously looked at the unicorn a few more times. The news of Yin Poshan's defeat has not yet arrived, but after all, it is really risky to enter the city so blatantly. Although the unicorn is not afraid, it is inevitable that he will be nervous. When he saw that the team was looking at him, his face changed and he said angrily: "Even if you don't know me, don't you know General Yin's flag?" ”
He stretched out his hand and pointed to the battle flag planted on the carriage, and his tone was stern.
The rebel army actually believed a little, after all, this is considered a rear, and it is impossible for the people of the Great Sui Imperial Court to appear. The bandits did not dare to come to attack the county town where there were heavy troops, who dared to travel so openly except for the rebels' own people. The flag is indeed fake, and the unicorn is also wearing the uniform of the rebels.
The leather armor of the rebels is still the standard leather armor of the Great Sui, but in order to distinguish it, the dark blue livery was changed to earthy yellow. Mainly because the cost of homespun cloth is low, and the yellow livery is easy to recognize.
"Please also ask the general to show the diploma of customs clearance, and please forgive the general for his humble duties."
The rebels are clenching their fists.
Qilin took off a token from his waist and gestured: "I am a general under General Yin, and my name is on the list of meritorious services of King Dingxi." We came down from the battlefield, how could there be a guide from the local government? Are you going to ask me to show you the letter that the general has presented to the king of Dingxi? ”
The rebels are in distress: "I'm really sorry, I can't let you go without a guide." ”
Qilin looked up, the rebels on the city wall all leaned down and looked down, many people were holding bows and arrows in their hands, and they were at least a dozen steps away from the city gate, so it was not time to move. If it is blocked, the rebels in the gate cave will close the door immediately, and the previous efforts will be wasted.
He was silent for a while, then took out a money bag from his arms and threw it over: "We are all brothers under the King of Dingxi, why bother your own people." I know that it is your duty, but I am also doing what I am told. In the carriage was a beautiful woman who was found by the general, and specially asked me to escort him all the way to the king of Dingxi. The general has instructed that if this woman is in trouble, we brothers will not be able to save their heads on their shoulders. We are just passing by, and if you are not at ease, bring your general who is guarding the city, and I will speak to him personally. ”
The team was carrying the money bag, and after weighing it, they knew that the weight of the road was very large. Judging from the feel, the bag contains not copper coins but silver nuggets.
"This ...... It's not as good as this. ”
The rebel army smiled and said, "The general and your men will hand over their weapons, and they will be collected by our men, and when you leave the city, we will return them in full." ”
"Bold!"
Qilin's own soldiers said angrily: "Look who dares to drop our weapons!" ”
Qilin's face turned cold: "You should know what it means for a soldier to hand over his weapon." Since you have done your duty, I will not embarrass you, so we will go around and not enter the city. However, when I see the king of Dingxi, I will also distinguish today's things in front of the king of Dingxi, and I will do a good job for you! ”
The team was taken aback by these words, and hurriedly apologized: "The general is angry, why don't you rest at the city gate now, and I will go and ask my general first?" ”
"Roll"
The unicorn waved his hand and jumped off his horse to stand at the gate of the city.
There were about forty or fifty rebels outside the gates, and at least twenty more in the gates, and if they were slow, the rebels in the gates would immediately close the gates. So the most suitable opportunity is to wait until you are in the doorway before you do it. Then firmly occupy the doorway and prevent the rebels from snatching the gate back.
"Wait!"
Qilin said to the rebels who had turned around and ran away: "My people can stay outside the door, but the girl in the carriage is so noble, can you let the coachman drive the carriage to the door to avoid the wind." ”
The team hesitated and nodded, "That's fine!" No one else can come, though. You can only let the coachman drive the car into the doorway, and you can't enter the city and can only stay in the doorway! ”
Kirin nodded, the corners of his mouth slightly raised.
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The coachman drove the carriage into the door hole slowly, and the rebels guarding the door all stared at the carriage, as if they wanted to break through the carriage to see what the supposedly stunning woman inside looked like, so that Yin Poshan could send troops to escort the woman who traveled thousands of miles to the king of Dingxi, which must be a gesture of alluring the city and the country.
A group of ruffians, expecting the woman to get out of the car. Such a woman is destined not to be what they can have, but everyone has a love for beauty, and it is pleasing to the eye even if you look at it. The rebels were running into the city to ask the general who was defending the city, and the soldiers subconsciously leaned towards the carriage, and some of them sniffed vigorously, as if they wanted to smell the woman in the carriage.
Although they were looking forward to it, they also knew that the woman would definitely not get out of the car.
But at this moment, the door of the carriage creaked open from the inside, and the surrounding rebels immediately widened their eyes and stared at the door. They were expecting a pair of jade hands to open the curtain, and then a woman who would have dreamed of twenty years of spring dreams would come out at a glance.
They were expecting that shock.
Although they had already had fantasies about the woman's appearance, they were still frightened when the person came out, and the shock was beyond measure!
Because it was a man who came out.
Not only a man, but also a man with a tall body of two meters and a beard. As soon as the man came out of the carriage, it was like a mountain suddenly appeared in front of the rebel soldiers.
Then the rough-looking man pursed his lips and smiled, and he asked the rebels, "Am I beautiful?" ”
When the rebels were stunned, a dozen cold rays flew out of his hands, and the dozen or so rebels gathered in the nearest place almost simultaneously covered their eyes and squatted down.
That's the embroidery needle.
That man is naturally Nie Xiaoju.
After he had injured people with a flying needle, he turned around and pulled out a huge slashing knife from the carriage, and with a single sweep, he cut four or five rebels in front of him. This tower-like man is always unexpected, and when anyone sees him for the first time, he would never have thought that such a magnificent man is actually an embroiderer, and his weapon is an embroidery needle. When people are just getting used to his embroidery needles, he shows another side.
The saber was too big, with a blade of more than one and a half meters and nearly two feet wide, and it looked like a knife, and it was clearly a door panel.
As soon as he made a move, the unicorn immediately took off the copper stick from the victory hook of the war horse beside him, slapped the three rebels in front of him with a stick, and smashed the head of a rebel soldier with a stick, he strode forward, and the copper stick was sent forward and hit the chest of a rebel soldier, poof, the stick actually passed through the chest. The unicorn picked up the stick, and the bronze stick with the corpse slammed the two rebels over.
The elite of the Shanzi battalion behind him immediately made a move, drew his horizontal knife and rushed forward. Those rebels didn't react at all, and they were cut down by the elite of the mountain battalion twenty or thirty in an instant.
The defenders on the ramparts were startled, and immediately someone blew the horn. It was too late for the archers to release their arrows, and all the soldiers of the Shanzi Battalion had already followed the unicorn into the doorway.
The mournful horn sounded, and the rebels in Qiu'an County were immediately startled.
Needless to say, even Qilin was frightened by Nie Xiaoju's horse chopping knife. Although Nie Xiaoju is almost the same size as him, Qilin has always looked awkward. After all, it is unacceptable for such a rugged man to sit quietly and embroider when he has nothing to do. But now Nie Xiaoju's knife slashes horizontally, Qilin looks even more uncomfortable.
The knife was too ruthless and domineering.
With such a heavy horse chopping knife, ordinary people can't dance at all!
The blade swept and easily cut off the human head, and in the blood mist that spurted out of the neck, Nie Xiaoju strode forward, unloading half of a rebel soldier's body with one sword, and splitting a rebel into two pieces from the middle of his forehead. The blade slashed in from the top of his head and slashed out from under his crotch, and the bloody and fishy-smelling internal organs fell to the ground with a thud.
Stepping on the enemy's internal organs, Nie Xiaoju strode forward.
"Guarding the doorway!"
Qilin followed Nie Xiaoju's pace and shouted loudly: "Before the general leads the troops to kill, even if we all die in battle, we can't take a step back!" ”
"No!"
One hundred and ten men answered, and swung forward with their knives. The more than 20 rebel soldiers in the doorway resisted, and they were all killed by Qilin and Nie Xiaoju almost without anyone else's hands.
The two men walked to the other side of the door and stood still, and the two of them sealed the doorway.
Nie Xiaoju glanced at Qilin, and the corners of her mouth picked at the provocative expression. Qilin snorted coldly and clenched the copper stick in his hand: "Don't think that if the embroidery needle is replaced by a horse chopping knife, you can kill more people than me!" ”
Nie Xiaoju didn't speak, and swept the horse slasher sideways to cut the two rebels who rushed over in two.
Not to be outdone, the unicorn danced like a windmill, and the rebels who came over were swept away and immediately shattered to the bone. Two fierce and vicious figures stand here, who can get closer?
As the horn sounded, the rebels in the city rushed to this side in large numbers. In the distance, the archers began to release arrows, and the soldiers of the Shanzi battalion took out the giant shields from the carriage to form a row, protecting Nie Xiaoju and Qilin behind the shields. In a short time, the giant shield hand was covered with a layer of white feathers.
"Kill them!"
The rebel general defending the city shouted angrily.
Hundreds of rebel soldiers screamed and pounced forward, and after the feather arrows stopped, Qilin and Nie Xiaoju straightened up again, swords and copper sticks flew, and outside the shield array, there were stumps and broken arms. The rebels died one layer after another, and it didn't take long for the corpses in front of the two people to be piled up to half a person's height!
Who can break the door of these twin towers?