41. Half an hour of life and death
Outside Luoyang City, under the ruined city wall, nearly a hundred black shields have been placed in the breach, which can be regarded as barely sealing the broken land.
Beneath the great shield was a pile of corpses, piled together, nearly a foot high.
Most of them are piled up with the corpses of people and horses of the Northern Dynasties, but there are also heroes who died in the battle array.
On the city wall, the exhausted beggar gang and the Heluo gang re-erected the strong bow bed crossbow, and a group of Jianghu guests who had suffered heavy casualties also stepped up their rest on the city tower.
And outside the broken city wall, Lang Mutou, who was waving the banner of right and wrong, was riding on a horse, surrounded by the brothers of the formation, as well as more than 100 Tiance veterans, plus the Jianghu characters in the city who volunteered to defend the city.
This cavalry also swelled to nearly two thousand people.
Two hundred zhang in front of them, the cavalry of the Northern Dynasty was eyeing each other, and their intention to rush into the city was broken by the remnants of this team, but there were still six or seven thousand people in the formation at this time.
There is still the strength to fight.
This battle has been fought so far, the people of the Southern Dynasties are unwilling, and it is even more impossible for the people of the Northern Dynasties to give up in their hearts.
They are like wounded wolves, surrounding their prey, their eyes cold and fierce, ready to pounce on them and bite off a piece of flesh when the prey is not looking.
But they didn't dare to move!
As long as the Jianghu man who stood at the forefront of the Southern Dynasty people on horseback and could only move one arm, and the eight-foot bright silver spear in his hand was still there, they didn't dare to move.
"Why don't I rush?"
There were impatient quacks on horseback, shouting loudly.
They had just experienced the power of the Hundred Birds and Phoenix Spears in the battle array, and with these thousands of people, they killed the elite horsemen of the Northern Dynasty on their backs, and in that murderous battle array, they seemed to be invincible.
These red-eyed Jianghu guests are eager to rush into the Northern Dynasty formation now, slash and kill again, and avenge the innocent people in the city and those who died.
"Shut up!"
Riding a horse to protect Shen Qiu's side, the one-armed Tiance veteran Wang Duwei turned around and scolded.
These Jianghu people are really narrow-minded.
Do you really think that with the world's sharp weapons, you can break through the great formation of the Northern Dynasty in front of you with less than 2,000 tired troops?
The Hundred Birds Chaofeng Spear is indeed a treasure of the soldiers, this gun is a dead thing, and it will not get tired.
But people get tired!
Before, with Shen Qiu rushing into battle, there were 800 remnants of the Feizhai army, but now everyone is injured, even if there are hundreds of birds and phoenix guns, there are still more than 20% dead and wounded.
Everyone has been killed since the afternoon, even if they are iron-beaten, they should be tired and paralyzed.
Now gathered here, with a hundred birds and phoenix spears to coerce the big formation of the North Dynasty in front of him, he didn't dare to act rashly, but on his side, it was already the end of the strong crossbow, and if he really wanted to kill, he might indeed be able to kill.
But after doing one, how many of these two thousand people can be left?
And if there is no longer their defense, the corpses of those big shields will be broken in the rear, and they will not be able to stop the attack of the Northern Dynasty at all, even if only a thousand people rush into the city, and the city is now on fire.
This Luoyang City, I'm afraid it's going to die tonight.
"Big brother, can you still hold on?"
Xiao Tie is not too tired.
While stuffing dry food into his mouth, he helped Shen Qiu and asked in a low voice.
"It's done."
Shen Qiu, who tied the fractured left arm around his waist, held the gun with his blood-stained right hand, and said a word to Xiao Tie.
"Don't hold on."
Zhang Lan, who rode a horse with him, whispered:
"After killing for so long, you are not a god descending into the world, and you are injured again, I'm afraid you won't be able to hold on?"
Shen Qiu was silent.
Fatigue is secondary, there is Xueji true qi in the body, which can soothe fatigue and endure long-term hard fighting.
But the problem is that there is still cold qi rushing in his body, and he is happy that the previous surprise blow has sent Shuo Xue's energy into his body.
Although he can also master the Xue Xuangong, the wisp of cold qi left behind by Xingxing, whether it is the quality or the degree of condensation, is far beyond Shen Qiu's true qi, and it is not easy to dissolve it.
He suffered a fracture in his left hand, which was in serious condition, and he was in urgent need of peace of mind.
But the current situation is really inseparable from him.
"That gun was left by Xiao Tie's father, can he use it?"
Zhang Lan asked in a whisper.
There was also concern in his tone, Shen Qiu understood what Zhang Lan meant, if Xiao Tie could use it, he would hand over the Hundred Bird Chaofeng Spear to him first, and put it on top.
"Just say it's useful, anyone can use it."
Shen Qiu shook his head, he looked at the lonely and cold night in front of him, the big array of shadows and shadows of the Northern Dynasty, the war horses neighed, and said softly:
"This gun is very docile and low-key, and it won't hurt the user, but the murderous battle array... But not everyone can be inspired. The sharp weapons in the world are all like this.
If you don't have a heart, it will ignore you. ”
Zhang Lan also sighed.
His gaze swept left and right in the crowd, and finally fell on Li Baoguo, who said to Shen Qiu:
"Young Master Ben, look at the spear that little brother was murderous before, and he was also active in the formation, like a new student, you say, can he use it?
Lend it to him temporarily, and take it back afterwards.
It is a miracle that you were attacked by the heavenly list and were lucky not to die, but this injury really can't be delayed any longer, and if it drags on any longer, I'm afraid it will hurt your physique at all. ”
Shen Qiu was silent for a few breaths, shook his head, and said:
"Li Baoguo, no."
"Why?"
Zhang Lan asked in surprise.
"Its former owner, but it's a grudge."
Shen Qiu sighed lightly:
"After you soar through the sky with the flying eagle and are proud of the world, can you endure and walk the free-range chickens and crawl the earth together?
That day is a young general, maybe it will be possible in the future, but now, he can't.
It's not just him, if you have to choose one in Luoyang City, my Uncle Ren, maybe it's a little possible, others... No, it doesn't. ”
When Zhang Lan heard this, he also sighed lightly, he stretched out his hand, put it on Shen Qiu's broken arm, and slowly injected it with ghost shadow true qi to alleviate Shen Qiu's pain.
He said:
"Then you can only continue to hold on.
But I don't understand, what am I waiting for? Do you really want to confront the North Korean reinforcements coming? Then we should hurry up and let the people in the city evacuate!
Happy to kill General Zhengzhou, reinforcements will not come.
Isn't it a waste of time to confront each other like this now? ”
Shen Qiu shook his head and didn't answer.
Wang Duwei, who was behind him, coughed when he heard Zhang Lan's words and said:
"There is also a group of reinforcements on the way, and I will wait here until they come to kill them, and then it will be the best chance to fight back and break the enemy's captives."
On the top of the city tower, Chong He Lao Dao, Dongfang Ce and other decent heroes are also seizing every minute to recover.
This will still be here, everyone has made up their minds in their hearts, in case the two thousand people on the other side are attacked, and they can't hold on, it is time for them, the martial arts masters, to dedicate themselves to this lonely city of Luoyang.
Whether it can be blocked or not, no one knows.
But he can only grit his teeth and fight until the time comes for reinforcements or destruction.
"Dongfang, what are you looking at?"
Xiao Lingsu, a disciple of the Jade Emperor Palace, looked at Dongfang Ce while tying up his injured arm, the white Dao robe on the seven-cut swordsman was already covered with blood, and there was no trace of chic.
But instead of looking at the northern army, he turned his eyes to the city, and there was a lot of worry and concern in his eyes.
Hearing Xiao Lingsu's inquiry, Dongfang Ce waved his hand, held his sword, and said casually:
"We're already in the Jedi, but the city is not stable, I have a god friend who is in the city at this time, fighting against the Demon Cult Demon Lord, and I don't know how he is now.
I'm very worried in my heart, if he has three longs and two shorts, I really are... I don't want to live alone. ”
Hearing Dongfang Ce's tender words that showed his boy's friendship, Xiao Lingsu suddenly shuddered, and goosebumps rose on his body.
He wanted to stay away from Dongfangce.
But then I thought that I was born with an ugly appearance and a short stature, so I definitely couldn't get into the eyes of the pure yang hero.
Thinking like this, Xiao Lingsu's heart settled down.
It's just that there is a different kind of sadness.
"Whew"
Just as the two armies were confronting each other outside the city, an eagle chirp broke the bottleneck, and Shen Qiu, who was recuperating with his eyes closed, suddenly raised his head and saw the purple electric beast gather its wings and fall towards him.
Xiao Tie stretched out his hand, let the green crested eagle land on his arm, untied the letter on his claws, and just swept it, and his face changed greatly.
He handed the letter to Zhang Lan, and when the latter saw it, he subconsciously looked at Shen Qiu behind him, and he whispered:
Qingqing said that in order to protect Shiyin, Yaoqin and the seriously injured Mustard Seed Monk, Tie Niu and others voluntarily followed the Demon Sect people.
At this time, the young girl was following behind the demon sect.
She wants you to figure it out. ”
When Shen Qiu heard this, his face was gloomy, and he whispered to Zhang Lan, this pity playboy immediately jumped up, and the city wall more than ten zhang high was climbed by him, and it was falling beside Chong and Lao Dao.
Zhang Lan told Chong He and Dongfang Ce the news, and he said:
"The Demon Sect has made such a big battle, in addition to helping the Northern Kingdom break the city, it is also about capturing the Holy Flame Sect Holy Maiden, which the Eastern Hero knows.
If they brought the Holy Maiden back to the Western Regions, the Holy Fire Sect, which rarely got involved in the struggle in the rivers and lakes, would definitely return the favor.
If Yang Tao is the same guy, and the five party protectors under his command also join the dispute between good and evil, the entire Western Regions Guanzhong will fall, just between the ten months.
You can't let the Demon Cultists take the Holy Maiden out of the city! ”
"Let's go here!"
Daoist Chonghe immediately drew his sword and got up, glanced at the battlefield in front of him, and hurriedly went to the city with a few disciples.
Zhang Lan watched Chong and Lao Dao leave, and he said to the people around him:
"The Demon Sect man has an evil knife in his hand, and he rushes to the Dao Chief, and he is not an opponent, so he can only stop for some time. That saintess has a friendship with us, if she can, Shen Qiu will definitely go and save her in person.
But it also has to take care of the people of a city.
Alas, you righteous people are really very entangled in your actions. ”
Dongfang Ce listened to Zhang Lan's words, and his brows were also furrowed,
This matter in Luoyang is really chaotic, but in all fairness, he can understand Zhang Lan's thoughts at this time.
He also had an impulse to give up this place and go to help Lu Guizang.
"Whew"
Just when Shen Qiu was fighting in his heart and it was difficult to decide, another eagle chirp sounded from a distance outside the city.
When everyone looked back, they saw a larger circle of flying eagles, descending from the night in the northern sky.
Shen Qiu raised his head, a gleam flashed in his eyes, and when he raised his right hand, the Shocking Beast fell very obediently on the barrel of the Hundred Bird Chaofeng Spear, and Xiao Tie reached out to untie the letter on his paw.
There was a bird feather stuck in the letter, and when Wang Duwei saw it, his eyes widened.
"This is, my letter from the Tiance Army."
"Yes."
Xiao Tie opened the letter, borrowed the torch, read it again, and then his face was overjoyed, and he handed the letter to Wang Duwei, and said loudly:
"The five thousand forwards of the Tiance army have gone around to the north bank of the Yellow River, defeated the reinforcements of the Northern Dynasties, and have crossed the Yellow River at this time, and at most half an hour later, they will rush to Luoyang City!
We'll just hold on here for half an hour! ”
This voice was shouted, and when the surrounding people heard it, they were overjoyed, and their already tired hearts would stir again.
"Shen Qiu Daxia, who are you?"
Wang Duwei turned his head, and saw Shen Qiu holding the horse's belly between his legs, and when he took a few steps forward, he asked.
Shen Qiu glanced back at him and said in a cold voice:
"In the Northern Dynasties military formation, there must be horses to explore, and we can't hide from them for long if we know about it. If he knew that the Tiance Army was coming to help, the dog thieves of the Northern Dynasty would definitely jump over the wall in a hurry, and the whole army would be pressed.
I have more than 2,000 people, how can I stop the tired army!
For this time, only by taking the lead and disrupting the northern army's large array with the last fight can we safely wait for reinforcements to come!
I want to charge and kill again, and if you can fight again, you will follow!" ”
"Brother Shen, count me in!"
After killing for most of the day, Li Yijian, who was already exhausted, saw that his eldest brother was about to rush into battle, and he rushed forward regardless of it, his family and wife were all in the city.
If the city is broken, the Li family will be completely dead.
Yi Sheng and Zhang Xiaohu, who drove away the epidemic virus, will naturally not lag behind.
Without waiting for Wang Duwei to speak, Li Baoguo also stepped forward with a gun and shouted loudly:
"Shen Daxia took me and others to defeat the enemy several times today, and he is really a hero in the world. Everyone has fought for their lives several times today, and they are all brave people until now.
In this last fight, how can we not follow the righteousness?
Shen Daxia, take us to rush! ”
Lang Mu and the others were silent, but they had already dispersed, and as Shen Qiu formed a loose charging formation, the Tiance veterans followed behind Shen Qiu in the shouting of Wang Duwei, forming the backbone of the charging formation.
Behind him, all the Jianghu guests, who dared to come to fight, were all blood warriors, and they were also shouting and shouting, following the formation at the end.
"Shen Qiu, I'm convinced!"
The bearded Yang Fu laughed, rode a horse, and protected Shen Qiu on the other side, he knew that Shen Qiu was also the end of the crossbow, so he wanted to use the long and short knife in his hand to protect Shen Qiu.
"Whew, Whew, Whew"
On the city wall, there were also masters who swept down, Zhang Lan took the lead and landed in front of Shen Qiu's saddle, he grabbed the reins of the horse, and said to Shen Qiu:
"You have one hand left, if Young Master Ben doesn't take you with him, I'm afraid that you will rush halfway, and you will have to get off the horse. Said to be a good group to go all over the world, this son, I will go crazy with you today. ”
"Huh"
One thing was thrown into Zhang Lan's hands, a small blue porcelain vase.
Dongfang Ce stepped forward immediately, the Xuan Snake Sword hanging from his waist, and a red war spear in his hand, he said to Zhang Lan and Shen Qiu:
"This Xuan Turtle Spirit Snake Pill was originally left to me by my master to save my life, you can eat it."
"It's not poisonous, is it?"
Zhang Lan laughed and uncorked the bottle, and stuffed a black pill into Shen Qiu's mouth with his backhand, the pill melted in his mouth, and in the medicinal fragrance that filled his mouth and nose, it turned into a stream of heat and integrated into Shen Qiu's body.
The cold qi entrenched in his body was swept up by the heat flow and quickly dissipated, making Shen Qiu's spiritual head also lift a few points, and his face became good-looking.
"That's a real goodie."
Dongfang Ce shrugged his shoulders and said to Shen Qiu:
"If it weren't for Brother Shen being a real hero today, I wouldn't be willing to take it out."
"There are a lot of good things in the Pure Yang Sect, and Shen will definitely visit Taiyue Mountain another day."
Shen Qiu was holding the gun in one hand, the heat was tumbling in his body, as if he was constantly gushing out with inexhaustible strength, and he glanced back at it, Xiao Tie was releasing the Thrilling Beast into the sky.
The crested eagle let out an eagle cry and flew towards the city, carrying Shen Qiu's advice to Qingqing.
"Yaoqin, I said I would protect you, but it will take half an hour... Hold! ”
Shen Qiu's heart flashed with divine thoughts, and he raised the Hundred Birds Towards the Phoenix Spear in his hand, and between the neighing of the blades, the murderous aura rolled out, rolling into a storm, and the crows flew up in the cold night.
Zhang Lan galloped on his horse, like an arrow on his head, and the two thousand men and horses behind him howled endlessly, the earth shook, the torches were raised, and the flames burst into bursts, shining red with the hideous color of the people who rushed into the formation, illuminating the dead night sky on this side.
The Northern Dynasty Great Array was also surprised, but seeing that the people of the Southern Dynasty were crazy, these Northern Dynasty men also came on horseback and were not afraid.
"When you live and die, it's right now!"
"All the heroes! Kill me! ”