Chapter 2: The Mighty Man (Part 3)
The several sorties in the morning were too smooth, so Li Xu was a little contemptuous of the bandits under the mountainside. When withdrawing from the pavilion and rotating with Luo Shixin and the others, he smiled and said that if the rogues had been as "cautious" in their use of troops as they had been in the morning, the four of them could resist each other for another half a month. But soon, Xuzi found that she couldn't laugh anymore, and with the earth-shattering singing, six hundred rogue people rushed up the hillside.
"One sheep, half a bucket of wine!" The leaders proposed that the battle reward was vulgar, and did not leave the word "eat" from head to toe. But a simple word "eat" made the timid minions all crazy. "Izusawa eats roe deer, and Izusawa eats cattle and sheep!" They hummed an unrealistic war song and swarmed up, forcing Luo Shixin and Dugu Lin to retreat. "For example, if Liaodong dies, what will be injured by beheading" The rogues sang forward, stepping on the corpse of the robe, without hesitation.
Who turned these honest and ambitious farmers into bandits? Li Xu didn't dare to think about the answer. At this moment, he has neither the time to comprehend life, nor the courage to cut meat and feed the eagle. In order to delay the rogues rushing in front of him, he had to keep bending his bow and arrows, and every time he loosened the string, one of them would fall down at the sound of the sound.
Riding on a stationary horse and shooting at a target within fifty paces, Asahiko barely had to aim. The bowstring erupted with a crunch, and he knocked one of the minions who tried to sneak up on Luo Shixin from behind. Then, he quickly pulled an armor-piercing cone from his quiver and aimed it at the other small boss who led the charge.
The arrow let out a low whistling in midair, tearing through the armor and shooting half a foot into the small leader's chest. The little leader, humming the war song, glanced hesitantly at the gazebo, spat out a mouthful of blood, and slowly fell down. The formation of the rogues was chaotic again, and taking advantage of this opportunity, Luo Shixin waved a long lance and forced the people who were approaching him back a few feet. There are too many enemy soldiers, and the mountain roads are uneven, so he can't show his skills a little. In the middle of his depression, out of the corner of his eye, he saw a metallic sheen flickering behind him.
"Look for death!" Luo Shixin slammed the stirrup, forcing the horse to jump forward several feet. Immediately, he used his lance as a stick, turned and swept across. There was a sudden huge resistance from the lance, and a rogue who failed to sneak attack was swept by the tip of the lance, and his stomach was broken. Luo Shixin didn't have time to examine his results, so he quickly straightened his body, swept back with the sound of the wind, and knocked away two sharp wooden sticks that pierced his eyes.
A rope was thrown from mid-air, and it wrapped around the lance like a poisonous snake. Luo Shixin regained his strength, but the enemy minions at the other end of the long rope held on to the rope and refused to let go. This little minion who was born as a sheep herder was not as strong as Luo Shixin, and even the people with "weapons" were withdrawn and quickly approached the war horse. He was in a hurry, and dug his legs tightly into the dirt. Moving quickly, his body was blocked by the mountain, and the little minion screamed loudly, his whole body bent into a triangle, and the mud under his feet was also turned out by his legs into two bloody deep grooves. At this moment, a guy who was not afraid of death saw the bargain and swung his knife straight to Luo Shixin's war horse.
"Shameless!" Luo Shixin was so angry that he scolded, but he couldn't pull back the lance in time to protect his mount. Just when he was in a hurry, a long arrow burst through the air and shot at the sneak attacker who had already pounced on the neck of the warhorse. Immediately after, a second feathered arrow whistled and hit the throat of the little minion pulling the rope.
"Shixin, Chongmu, lean over to the gazebo!" Zhang Xutuo commanded loudly while putting a feather arrow on his bow arm. The rebels are desperate, and Luo Shixin's prestige can no longer suppress them. What will happen next will be a fierce battle with a huge disparity in strength, and the outcome is unpredictable. He loosened his bowstring and shot the minions entangled with Dugulin. Then he flew off his horse and untied an iron spine snake spear from the side of the warhorse.
If the two armies are hedging on flat ground, the role of the war horse is no less than making the military general have an extra pair of arms. But four people couldn't hedge against hundreds of red-eyed opponents. If you don't want to escape, it's better to take care of each other by meeting the enemy on foot. Zhang Xutuo turned his head sideways and tried to suggest that Li Xu also engage in the battle on foot. But he saw Asahiko shoot a quick arrow on horseback, and then jumped off his mount. At the moment when the body hit the ground, a second arrow was fired, knocking over the bravest opponent who rushed on the opposite side.
"The old man is incompetent, so Li Lang will be tired!" Zhang Xutuo said very apologetically. Swing a spear and smash the brain of an opponent who rushes in front of him. Then, with a spear as a stick, he said, "Woo! "Whoever is touched by an iron spear will have broken tendons.
"It's an honor for the kid to be able to fight side by side with Lord Zhang!" Li Xu quickly replied, let go of the bowstring, and shot to death the minions who rushed to Dugulin's side. The rogue attack is very fierce, a picture of undying energy. Luo Shixin and Dugu Lin tried to rush back to the pavilion several times, but they were entangled by the enemy and could not successfully join the "main force".
"You, take a few steps back and enter the pavilion!" Zhang Xutuo didn't look back, ordered. After a morning of actual combat testing, he was very satisfied with the arm that His Majesty the Emperor had sent to him. The young man is not only clear-headed, but also first-class in horsemanship, swordsmanship and archery. Especially the bow in his hand, Zhang Xutuo distinguished that it was the best made by the military department during the Kaihuang period of the Great Sui Dynasty, with short arms and sufficient strength. Able to make this kind of bow so skillful, Zhang Xutuo has not seen a second person in the past ten years. can use this riding bow as a stepping bow, and can also shoot arrows without missing hair, Zhang Xutuo can guarantee that he will see it for the first time in his life.
Li Xu took a few steps back very tacitly, and the whole person shrank into the gazebo. The pavilion is surrounded by a waist-high fence, and people stand in it, which greatly increases security. In addition, Zhang Xutuo's spear dancing moves were too close to him, and it did affect the old man's performance.
Zhang Xutuo has no worries, and his weapons are more comfortable. A man with a spear and a ball of wind quickly swam between the enemies. Shi Zihe sent several elite men to try to entangle him. was smashed to pieces by the old general with one man and one spear, and even with a shield. Immediately afterwards, Zhang Xutuo shouted, rushed forward a few steps, broke through the ranks of thieves, and came to Luo Shixin's war horse.
"Come with me, lean towards the gazebo!" Zhang Xutuo commanded loudly. Then he swung his spear and smashed the two minions that were in front of Luo Shixin's war horse, and then the spear stabbed and directly picked up the other person and threw him into the air.
Luo Shixin was originally as fierce as a tiger, and with Zhang Xutuo's strong reinforcement, who could stop him. At that moment, the two took care of each other, danced with spears, walked out of the crowd, and rushed back to the pavilion where Li Xu was sitting with feather arrows. The two bold bandits struggled to chase after them, and only then did they take a step, and Li Xu killed them with one arrow. The other bandits saw that their own corpses were all over the place, and none of the other party's people were left behind, so they screamed, and their momentum was instantly depressed.
"You protect General Li, don't let anyone else get close to the pavilion!" Zhang Xutuo dropped Luo Shixin, turned around and fought into the enemy group again. In an instant, the iron armor on his body was stabbed by several weapons one after another, but the other party had been swept out by the iron spear at the same time as he stabbed him. Because the strength was too late, every wound could not be inflicted.
In the blink of an eye, Zhang Xutuo rushed to Dugu Lin Ma again, and the beard under his chin and the armor on his body were all dyed red with human blood. When those minions saw his fierce appearance, their hearts were cold, and a few of them abandoned their blades and fled into the distance. Zhang Xutuo had no time to chase, pointed at Fanghe Pavilion with the tip of his spear, and took Dugu Lin to rush through the crowd again.
The four of them converged and stood near the pavilion to defend stubbornly, and the situation immediately changed dramatically. The bandits who tried to rush forward to make meritorious deeds should first beware of being greeted by Asahiko with feathered arrows. Finally dodged the feather arrows, and had to face two long lances and an iron-spine snake spear. Fighting alone, a long lance in Luo Shixin's hand is already terrifying, and at the same time, facing three good players who are no less than Luo Shixin, even if the thieves have the courage, they don't have the ability.
"Rush up, rush up, Zhang Lao'er himself went into battle, there were only four of them, and there was no ambush at all." Shizihe hid behind the crowd and shouted hoarsely. He found out that he had won the bet, and Zhang Xutuo was indeed bluffing. Four people, actually dared to shake the army of 20,000, this old man's courage is simply pig iron.
The thieves who had approached the pavilion looked at each other, and they heard Shizihe's orders clearly, and in this situation, the fool also knew that there would be no ambush nearby. If they still maintain the momentum just now and rush forward desperately, they will be tired, and they can also exhaust Zhang Xutuo to death.
But none of them are willing to rush up to be the first, and the first is the first to say, that is, the top ten people who rush up, and they may not have the opportunity to receive the reward promised by the big boss. The old fellow with a blood-stained beard was stronger than a young man, and the iron-spine snake spear was almost a whip in his hand. It's okay to be stoned to death directly, in case the backbone is broken, there is no rule of "eating for nothing" in the cottage.
"Do you still want to fight, just come up!" Zhang Xutuo held an iron spear and stood between Luo Shixin and Dugu Lin, majestic. This year, he was forty-nine years old, and he was still a young man compared to Huang Zhong, a veteran of the Han Dynasty.
There was a clamor from the rogues, and none of them wanted to take the lead. "Kill the old guy, reward ten sheep, five buckets of wine!" Shi Zihe gritted his teeth and raised the bounty tenfold. As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly felt a panic in his heart, and instinctively dodged to the side, and the strong wind brought by the feather arrow through the air blew his hairs on end. Right next to him, a soldier in pigskin armor fell screaming.
"Bad luck!" Li Xu muttered quietly and put the arrow on the bow arm again. He had bent the bow so many times this morning that he could clearly feel that his arms were already starting to tremble. In order not to affect the mentality of his companions, he took a few breaths in a very small way, tried to stabilize his bow, and aimed the arrow at the small leader closest to Zhang Xutuo.
"Fight and don't fight, retreat and don't retreat, what are you going to do!" Zhang Xutuo raised his eyebrows and asked the enemy. If Shi Zihe ordered someone to release arrows, he and the other three would be shot into hedgehogs in an instant. In order not to give the enemy time to think, the old general had to play tricks again and again.
"Kill, kill, even if he is made of iron, he can't stand so many of us stepping on it!" After the vanguard of Shizihe, more than 600 people squeezed forward. Pei Changcai, like Shi He, hid among the soldiers and loudly gave advice to the crowd. Since there was no ambush ahead, of course he couldn't let Shi Zihe do it alone. When the horses cooperate in robbery and talk about who contributes more and who takes the lion, and when they can share the benefits, the white soldiers have always been unwilling to be left behind.
"Kill it, you can't do it, if you can't come down, let's go up!" Pei Changcai's eldest son, Pei Guang, is as eloquent as his father, fanning the flames against the elite of the gray shirt vanguard who is in the way. Naturally, the brothers under Shi Zihe refused to give credit to others at this last moment. Several small leaders gestured to each other with their eyes, suddenly shouted, and at the same time rushed to the gazebo with dozens of brothers.
"Let them see what Qilu men are!" Zhang Xutuo shouted, shook the iron spear, and met the enemy who rushed to the front. Whether Qin Shubao can bring reinforcements or not, he doesn't need to think about it now. The battle is here, and both the enemy and the enemy are destined for life and death.
He struck the enemy's weapon with one spear, and pierced the opponent with another. Then draw the iron spear and quickly retreat. The two thieves shouted and chased after them, and they were taken care of by Luo Shixin and Dugu Lin alone. Immediately afterwards, Zhang Xutuo's figure rushed forward again, smashing the head of a rogue leader named Shihuan in the midst of weapons. Without waiting for the others to react, Zhang Xutuo's iron spear swept across and swept out of half a circle. Luo Shixin protected his left side, and Dugu Lin blocked the enemy army on his right side. The movements of the three of them are tacitly coordinated, as if a person has three heads and six arms. Under the attack of a group of thieves, he did not fall behind at all.
"Go around and copy him!" Someone shouted an idea to the Greyshirts. The bandits marched forward and swept from both wings to the pavilion. Zhang Xutuo and the others could only block the front, and if they outflanked him, they would surround him. Even if it is really a three-headed and six-armed body, there are times when the hands and feet are too busy.
As soon as the enemy changed their tactics, the pressure on Li Xu immediately increased. He only had one bow, and the other party rushed up to twenty of them. He quickly released his bowstring and shot the fastest bandit. Then bend the bow and shoot down the second one. Before he could put the third arrow on the string, the third bandit minion with an ash pole approached the gazebo. In hand-to-hand combat, pikemen naturally do not fear archers. With a smug cheer coming out of his mouth, the bandit minion aimed the sharpened end of the ash rod at Asahiko's chest. This blow, he is determined to win. Even the companions around him couldn't bear to compete with him, and deliberately slowed down the forward rush. The tip of the ash rod did not transmit the expected force, and the little minion found that he had stabbed a spear less than five feet away, and he hurriedly reclaimed his weapon, only to find that the ash rod was caught under the archer's arm. Immediately, he saw Xuzi pull out a long black knife from the ground like a trick, and then, he found himself flying into the air, and saw the smoke curling in the city, and the streets were as beautiful as a fairyland on earth.
The head that lost its body fell from mid-air with a sigh, and Li Xu kicked the headless corpse away, jumped out of the pavilion like a tiger, and rushed forward against the flow of people. None of the rogues expected him to come to this trick, and he couldn't dodge it, so he actually cut down three of them in one go. A fountain of blood erupted, staining the winter sky red.
Xuzi's eyes turned red, he was only one person, and he couldn't protect the backs of Zhang Xutuo and others. plus Zhang Xutuo, there are only four people on his side, and he can't hold the official road under his feet. "There's nothing left to do!" He roared loudly, scattered the enemy troops on the side of the pavilion, and then without any cooperation with Zhang Xutuo and the others, he broke away from the core of the battle group and cut straight from the relatively sparse place of the enemy army to the Shizihe hiding behind the crowd.
No one thought that Xuzi would do this, not even Shizihe himself, who had always been cautious. The rogues had always been wary of someone using feathered arrows to stop their boss from a distance, but they never imagined that an enemy army of only four people would stand out and counterattack. By the time they heard the screams of Shizihe, the entire battlefield was in chaos. Xuzi roared loudly, like a beast, and broke through the interception of the two squads. In the blink of an eye, he had suffered four or five wounds, but the distance between him and the enemy's commander had shrunk to less than thirty feet.
Shi Zihe had many soldiers around him, and it was an impossible task to kill him in the crowd. But the situation on the battlefield made it impossible to maintain a calm thinking ability, and in the first few tentative attacks, the combat effectiveness shown by the black long knife was so amazing that the minions who cared about the safety of Shizihe did not dare to gamble with the lives of the big bosses.
Zhang Xutuo stabbed another opponent to death with an iron spear, and then, keenly, he realized that the enemy forces around him were much more scarce. The bandits turned back and didn't look back. Zhang Xutuo was stunned for a moment, and soon understood the reason. General Li Lang, who was originally protected by him, didn't know when he started, and he didn't know what method he used, but he had already rushed to the side of the enemy general. After chasing the enemy, the main general and his own soldiers strode back. And behind General Li Lang, hundreds of gray-shirted sergeants shouted and chased after him.
"Good man!" Zhang Xutuo secretly praised in his heart, he sincerely liked this deputy. Although the two sides have been with each other for less than half a day, although everyone will soon die together. But with such a brave man on the Huangquan Road, absolutely no one will feel lonely. Pointing at Shi Zihe with an iron spear, General Zhang gave a general attack order to Luo Shixin and Dugu Lin, who were covered in blood, "Rush up with me and kill the one surnamed Shi!" ”
"Yes!" The answer not only came from Luo Shixin and Dugulin, but on the hillside, hundreds of people responded with a bang. Zhang Xutuo turned around in surprise and saw Qin Shubao rushing up the mountain beam with more than forty cavalrymen, and on the official road behind him, there were countless Qilu heroes shouting and killing.
"Uncle Bao, hurry up and save General Li Lang!" Zhang Xutuo was so happy that his voice changed, and he pointed at Li Xu, who was chasing after the Shizihe battle flag, and shouted, "Hurry, hurry,......! ”
"Yes!" Qin Shubao knocked his legs in the stirrups and rushed straight down the hillside. The formation of the rogues on the hillside was already very chaotic, and when he suddenly saw Qin Shubao rushing down with a large group of men and horses, he thought that he had encountered an ambush that he had been guarding against all along. In an instant, the gray shirt army of Shizihe dispersed Pei Changcai's white belt army, Pei Changcai's white belt army fled in panic, and then dispersed the gray shirt army watching the battle at the foot of the mountain.
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