Chapter 22: The Dust Settles
A very thrilling hand-to-hand fight, has been divided in an instant between victory and death and life and death, the wind and rain that fell all night are finally going to rest for a while, at this time the wind and rain stopped, the thunder and clouds dispersed, between heaven and earth, showing a rare, will make people's minds return to a calm and peaceful atmosphere.
The thick and low dark clouds overhead, after a long night's work, were gradually fading, and it seemed to be stirred by the fingers of the Heavenly Father, and after slowly spinning, it slowly revealed a small vacancy in the center, and the morning sun, which would make people feel warm from the heart, also happened to fall from the hollow, and fell on the battlefield below.
In the very muddy ground, which had been watered by the abundant rain for several days, Wei Chi Lide, who was lying in the dirty muddy water, had a somewhat iron-blue face, which was rendered with a conspicuous layer of gold by the sunlight above his head, and at the same time suppressed the gray that symbolized the meaning of death in his eyes.
The bright sun finally pierced the dark clouds that had covered the sun all day, but he could no longer see this magnificent beauty, or perhaps, this brilliant light did not fall for him.
Gu Xuan stood silently next to his corpse, holding the big knife that was still dripping blood in one hand, his expression was cold, like a biting cold wind in winter.
In this battle of life and death, as the final winner, he was not unscathed, the wounds on his face and shoulder, under the light of this warm sun, began to ache slightly, and his body, which had become a little stiff because of the cold, was slowly returning to a normal state.
He glanced at the opponent who was lying on the ground, and it was impossible to get up and resist anymore, no longer delayed, took a step forward, leaned down, and easily cut off the head of Wei Chi Lide with the sharp knife in his hand, and then carried it, stood up, turned his back, and walked towards the way he came.
And in the guard camp not far behind him, the two warring sides were falling into a stalemate at the moment.
Although from the very beginning, the fighting spirit of the people on the side of the country was not obvious, after all, they were the one who was attacked at night, the scene was chaotic, the situation was unknown, the ghost knows how many people came, not to mention that these enemies looked so terrible one by one, they subconsciously panicked, and after a panic, they immediately wanted to flee first, but when they found that it was useless to blindly escape, they would counterattack when they were forced to do so, and under this counterattack, they found a big problem, that is, the original enemy was not strong。
Although these people are all some pampered second ancestors in the capital, don't forget, for those who have never learned any martial arts at all and don't know any skills at all, the most important factors that determine victory or defeat are actually three points, one is momentum, two is body, and three is experience.
In terms of momentum, although they were at a disadvantage at the beginning, their physical fitness was actually not weak, even if they were addicted to wine in the past, but what they ate every day was the best food, big fish and meat, the most nourishing body, and for the Rakshasa people living in the resource-scarce desert, they did not have such a good treatment.
Many warriors of the Rakshasa clan, even very thin, may not be able to compare with each other in terms of physical fitness, as for the combat experience, although the battle-hardened warriors of the Rakshasa clan are higher, but don't forget, they have crossed the river with great effort before, and they have climbed a high mountain of twenty zhang, and they have long been exhausted, and they are completely supported by willpower.
But not everyone has the long physical strength and perverted recovery power comparable to Gu Xuan like Gu Xuan, even if they have rested for a while and eaten a lot of food as a supplement, but most people's combat strength at this time is not even thirty percent of the original, but the number of people is less than one-third of others, so why must they be other people's opponents?
Finding that the other party was just a strong outsider, it looked terrible, and the actual combat effectiveness was not as good as his own side, at that moment, many people immediately stood up again, grabbed their weapons, and surrounded by a group of brothers around them, their courage instantly grew, and they immediately commanded loudly: "Damn, brothers, kill Lao Tzu!
When someone came forward, they immediately got a response from the others.
"Rush!"
"Kill them!"
"Kill!"
One against one, they may not dare to, but two against one, three against one, then they don't dare, to bully more and less, this is their strength!
The momentum of the other party has risen, and the warriors of the Rakshasa clan are not to be outdone, even if there are more people on the other side, and even obviously surrounded by the enemy, they still dare to rush up directly to fight for their lives, even before they die, they will bite you with their teeth, this side is afraid of death, and the other side is not afraid of death.
It's just that what the two sides who are fighting in the field at this moment don't know is that the duel in the distance that can really determine who should win this battle has ended.
But when Gu Xuan came back with a knife in one hand and Wei Chi Lide's head in the other, the overall situation had already been decided, even if the other party actually still had the strength to fight, but the boss was already dead, where could they rekindle their fighting spirit, which is why many tactics have repeatedly emphasized "capture the thief and capture the king first" The truth is that in front of the two armies, once the commander is killed, he will directly determine the next trend of a war, the so-called three armies are easy to obtain, and one general is difficult to find, which is the truth, although the matter of advice can be handed over to others, but the generals who want to go into battle must at least be strong in martial arts.
Gu Xuan strode all the way to the back door of the other party's camp, kicked and smashed the fence blocking the road, and broke in directly, looking at the chaos in front of him, he raised the head in his hand high, and scolded him in front of him: "Wei Chi Lide has been ambushed, don't you surrender quickly, and if there are those who resist in the corner, they will not be spared!"
Just now, Wei Chi Lide reported his identity during the battle, and he remembered the other party's name.
The whole seemingly chaotic situation, starting from the position he was in, seemed to have an invisible light wave rapidly spreading to the periphery, and the people covered by the light wave began to slowly stop what they were doing, and then turned their heads to look at him.
Gu Xuan actually knew that at this time, if the other party's gang could really unite as one and resist the fight recklessly, in fact, he couldn't do anything about these people, and he had to avoid their edge and retreat for the time being, but at this time, he came with the power of just killing the enemy boss, and from the momentum, he had to suppress the other party.
"Get on your knees!"
He looked at the people in front of him and shouted the first one with anger, this one was like a thunderbolt, instantly shocking everyone.
On the other side, no one made a move, because at this moment the vast majority of the patriotic soldiers were still in extreme shock, what was going on, why was the commander already dead?
"Get on your knees!"
He glanced left and right with one eye, and with a murderous expression, he shouted a second time with a very vicious expression on his face.
This time, most of the people in front of them woke up, but they fell into a kind of confusion again in an instant, what to do, whether to fight, or to run, or to surrender directly, what should we do, who can teach us?
"This king will say one last time, kneel!"
This time, he put away the fierce expression on his face, and became very calm, and his tone was deliberately slowed down, but the atmosphere in the audience became more and more solemn as he spit out word by word.
Many people began to look at each other, hoping to get a decision that they approved of from each other's eyes, but Gu Xuan would not give them time to discuss with each other, he had to make these people become headless flies, overwhelmed, only in this way could he successfully tame them.
So he immediately rushed to the side of a young man who was still stunned, and then kicked him fiercely, unceremoniously and directly in the crook of his leg.
Sun Donghai didn't even know what was going on, but because of the pain in the crook of his foot, he involuntarily knelt down on one knee, but Gu Xuan was obviously not satisfied with this look, so he threw Wei Chi Lide's head to the side first, and directly smashed it on the face of a person with a wide mouth and was still watching, and the other hand was on Sun Donghai's shoulder and pressed hard.
"Hey!"
Sun Donghai couldn't help but scream, he didn't react at all, his knees had fallen heavily without listening to his order, and smashed directly into the muddy water, and the next moment, at the moment when he struggled to get up, a stainless steel knife was already placed across his neck, and the cold air that could really be felt on it blew his hair to stand up, but in an instant, his body stiffened, crying with a face, and he didn't dare to move anymore.
This series of actions seems to be a lot, but in fact, they are just between lightning and flint, all in one go, just two breaths of time, and when Sun Donghai was captured by Gu Xuan, the person who had just been smashed in the face over there held Wei Chi Lide's head and screamed miserably.
Because of the fear in his heart, he shook his hand and directly threw out Wei Chi Lide's head at once, allowing it to roll in the muddy water and wrap it in it, and he couldn't see the specific appearance clearly in a few clicks.
From static to moving, at this moment, Gu Xuan's body was mighty, and as soon as the momentum of holding power and ruling the life and death of ten thousand people was taken out, his tone suddenly became more and more majestic.
"Lay down your arms and kneel to this king, immediately!"
This time, many people immediately turned their heads and hesitated, while slowly kneeling down towards Gu Xuan, as for those who were still hesitating, or completely unwilling to admit defeat, naturally there were also Rakshasa warriors to solve the problem.
Just now, they bullied the warriors of the Rakshasa clan by fighting more and fighting less, but now it is their turn to enjoy this uncomfortable taste.
Think about it carefully, these ancestors of the Second Emperor of the Patriotic Republic were not firm in their will to fight, and their desire to fight was not high, as soon as Wei Chi Lide died, in fact, they wanted to surrender immediately, and those who were not willing to surrender at all were originally their own people in the Wei Chi family.
It's no wonder that they are so weak that they surrender directly to the enemy when they still have the strength to fight, in fact, people will become more or less hesitant in this situation, because you are not sure what other people think, if you want to fight, but everyone else has surrendered, then once you stand up, won't you die in the end?
In fact, this is also a means for the rulers to stabilize their position, because they understand that unless they are in a completely desperate situation, people can never really be united, everyone will have selfishness, everyone will have that kind of luck to a greater or lesser extent, because every living being yearns for life and fears death, this is human nature, and it is also the nature of all things.
Everyone understands that the fruits of victory are enjoyed by the remaining and surviving people, as for those who rush to the front and really pay the most, in fact, they cannot enjoy the fruits of victory, as long as they have these thoughts, that person cannot give everything willingly, and it is inevitable to have reservations.
If Gu Xuan said that he didn't care, in short, he would kill them all, then the other party knew that he would die, and he had a weapon in his hand, so he would definitely resist, but Gu Xuan's attitude could be seen from how he greeted the person under him, surrender may not be death, so why do that hard and thankless thing, others may not resist with him, it is better to give up.
It's no wonder that Wei Chi Lide will lose, the gang of people under him is not the material for war in the first place.