Chapter 65: Victory in the First Battle
Xiao Qiang's heart sank, these old tenants he brought, plus the remaining combatants of the Xiao family, there were only more than three hundred people in total. [No pop-up novel network]
How difficult is it for 300 men against 3,000 men to hold out for three days?
Besides, the veterans are injured and disabled, their combat effectiveness is worrying, and the children of the Xiao family have never seen much blood, so this battle is even more difficult to fight.
But fortunately, the Xiao family manor is built on the mountain, the courtyard wall is high, and only the direction of the main gate is suitable for large-scale attacks, otherwise the other party will attack from all sides, and if they are forced to disperse their forces, I am afraid they will not be able to hold out for even a quarter of an hour!
Thinking that the big war was imminent, Xiao Qiang couldn't sit still anymore, and went out to help everyone build the second protective wall together.
The second master didn't dare to delay any longer, and selected more than 20 young children of the Xiao family to dig up the sealed secret passage.
At dusk, Hu Qingniu rode on the back of a pure black wildebeest, leading a thousand vanguard troops to finally arrive outside the Xiao family's manor, his vicious eyes looked at the manor in the twilight, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching.
"Xiao Qiang, when you abolished my cultivation that day, you probably didn't expect me to kill your hometown, right? That's right, I'm a poisonous snake, but it's a pity, you're not that widow, hahahaha," Hu Qingniu couldn't help but let out an earth-shattering laugh, and with a wave of his hand, a thousand people rushed towards the main gate of the manor.
However, in the midst of everyone's shouts and shouts, the Xiao family manor was surprisingly silent, without the slightest movement, and the courtyard wall was empty, and there was no half of a figure in sight.
"Stop!" Hu Qingniu, even if he didn't know how to fight, sensed that something was wrong, and hurriedly asked the large army to stop.
All the sounds disappeared, and there was a dead silence around, and the Xiao family manor was like a sleeping giant beast, crawling there, making everyone feel weird and inexplicably stressed.
Just when everyone was in a state of agitation, a figure appeared on the tall courtyard wall of the main entrance!
"Xiao Qiang, it's Xiao Qiang!" The former disciples of the Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion recognized Xiao Qiang, instinctively took a few steps back, and shouted.
Xiao Qiang was wearing a black leather armor with a long sword hanging from his waist, standing on the courtyard wall like a javelin, his cold eyes looked at the sparse thousand rebels, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.
He suddenly said loudly: "Hu Qingniu, when you called me Dad, I gave you two gold coins, and if you call me Dad, I will let you go, how about it?!"
Many people looked at Hu Qingniu with surprised eyes, as if to verify whether what Xiao Qiang said was true.
The scar in Hu Qingniu's heart was revealed, his anger surged, his face was flushed, his yellow teeth were almost crushed, and he roared angrily: "Xiao Qiang, your Grandpa Hu is here again, don't you come down and die quickly!"
Xiao Qiang jumped down from the courtyard wall and said with a smile: "Hu Qingniu, don't you just hate me for abolishing your cultivation and taking away your cave mansion, oh, by the way, those two of yours who are good friends also follow me, they can say that you are not very good!"
Ah, Brother Niu has been abolished and cultivated, so even I am not as good as me, I am still the third in the Gang Martial Arts Realm!
Everyone was already dissatisfied with Hu Qingniu, and when they heard Xiao Qiang's words, their eyes became even more weird when they looked at Hu Qingniu's crotch, and some people looked at Hu Qingniu's crotch with a smile, looking gloating.
Hu Qingniu's hard-earned prestige collapsed in a few words, and he was so angry that he almost vomited blood, his eyes were bloodshot, and he said hysterically: "Chong, rush for me, destroy Xiao Qiang, destroy the Xiao family!"
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
A thousand rebels, under the command of Hu Qingniu, let out an angry roar and rushed towards Zhuang Xiaoqiang.
Just when the rebels were less than thirty meters away from the gate, they only heard a hula sound, and more than three hundred warriors of the Xiao family dodged out from behind the courtyard wall, standing in three rows, and at the same time aimed the bows and arrows in their hands at the crowd on the ground.
Qiu Ye Bo looked at everyone coldly and said loudly: "Let's go!"
There was a swishing sound, and more than 300 arrows rushed towards the rebels like lightning, and a large number of people were brought down in an instant, and the other rebels were still rushing forward, and a large number of them were put down.
After two rounds of fire, at least 300 rebels fell in pools of blood, half of them were shot and killed on the spot, and the rest fell to the ground with a terrible scream, which sent chills through everyone's hearts.
Xiao Qiang's big hand was tightly clenched on the hilt of his sword, deaf to the screams around him, and when the four masters of the sixth level of the Gangwu Realm attacked him, his sword was finally unsheathed!
A sword light flashed, and the four sixth heavyweights didn't even see Xiao Qiang's sword drawing movement clearly, and their heads were cut off by a sword!
Four heads flew into the sky, four pillars of blood rose into the sky, and then the rebels who pressed up were terrified, gasped, and stopped abruptly, and before they could turn around and flee, they were shot by arrows flying from the courtyard wall.
Xiao Qiang smelled the smell of blood in the air, two faint flames danced in his eyes, took a step forward, and said loudly: "A sword swings the demons!"
The figure was like electricity, Xiao Qiang rushed into the crowd, once the "chaotic sword style" was cast, the weird fire cloud sword continued to cut out messy sword light, each sword light wiped the neck of a rebel, and after his body went back and forth, at least forty people fell under his sword, and none of them were spared!
Hu Qingniu pressed the formation in the rear, looking at the tragic battle in front of him, no, it should be said to be a massacre, and his eyelids jumped vigorously.
When he found that half of the 1,000-strong troops had been lost and the soldiers were almost scattered, he finally realized that he had been deceived, and in a panic, he hurriedly shouted: "Withdraw, quick, withdraw!"
The remaining more than 600 rebels had long wanted to run, and after hearing Boss Hu's words, they immediately turned around and ran, as fast as they wanted.
Akino Bo's figure appeared on the courtyard wall, drew a rusty cast iron sword, and roared angrily: "Attack!"
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
The children of the Xiao family pulled out their long swords, jumped directly from the courtyard wall, and rushed towards the fleeing rebels.
The two closed doors also opened, and the disabled veterans let out angry roars and rushed into the war group, as if the wind was sweeping away leaves, sweeping down a large number of people!
Although the veterans are disabled, their movements are still fierce, especially their murderous appearance, which makes the enemy want to be heartbroken, and they have already given birth to three points of cowardice before fighting.
After Xiao Qiang killed several masters of the Gangwu Realm, he continued to cover the Xiao family's children to rush forward, and he looked at the rebels rushing with infinite joy in his heart.
Qiu Yebo saw at a glance that the 1,000 people led by Hu Qingniu were nothing more than a rabble, so he made a plan with Xiao Qiang to make Xiao Qiang anger Hu Qingniu and encourage them to attack.
Sure enough, after Hu Qingniu lost his mind, he pressed all the troops and became a live target for the Xiao family's warriors.
Those descendants of the Xiao family have never killed anyone, so they can't be regarded as a qualified warrior, and this group of local chickens and dogs can be used to practice their hands and courage, which is more suitable.
More than 300 people, under the leadership of Xiao Qiang, chased more than 600 people and slashed them, leaving corpses everywhere, Hu Qingniu rode a horse and ran fast, and had already fled far away under the cover of more than a dozen followers.
The dark night finally covered the earth, and at the fork in the road leading to the Xiao family's manor, Lu Zixuan led an army of two thousand to move forward, and then saw dozens of people fleeing back in embarrassment on the opposite side.
Hu Qingniu threw away his armor, turned over and dismounted, and said with a crying voice: "Lord Lu, we fell for the trick and were beaten back by the Xiao family warriors!"
Lu Zixuan was taken aback, frowned and asked, "How many people are in the Xiao family?"
"At least eight hundred!"
"Eight hundred, how could there be so many of them?!" Lu Zixuan was shocked, his triangular eyes flashed, and he stared at Hu Qingniu suspiciously.
Hu Qingniu's eyes dodged, and he hurriedly said: "Lord Lu, Xiao Qiang is also here, it was he who led people to lead us to be fooled!"
Hearing Xiao Qiang's name, the warriors and family members of the Lu family suddenly became murderous, and their eyes were full of hatred.
Lu Dongao, Lu Zhonghe, and the two young talents of the Lu family all died under Xiao Qiang's hands, this hatred is not shared, he didn't leave, and returned to the Xiao family, it couldn't be better!
Lu Zixuan's cold eyes looked at the Xiao family's manor, and said in a deep voice: "Pass the order, keep in formation, and speed up the journey!"
After the order was completed, Lu Zixuan glanced at Hu Qingniu in disgust, and said coldly: "Your people will follow behind the troops, without my order, you must not act rashly!"
Hu Qingniu's 1,000 people were simply a group of bandits, raping and plundering in the city, doing all kinds of evil, and some big families in the city were afraid of robbery, forming a militia group, and guarding their respective mansions.
Lu Zixuan had originally formulated a thorough pacification plan, but because of Hu Qingniu's reckless behavior, all of them were in the soup, and the people of Sanhe City were now hiding when they saw the people of the Lu family, and they didn't listen to their explanations at all.
Lu Zixuan let Hu Qingniu's subordinates act as strikers, just let them be cannon fodder, a group of scum, it's better to die!
That night, two thousand troops besieged the Xiao family's manor, and Lu Zixuan ordered the army to rest on the spot.
The Xiao family had just won a battle, and their momentum was booming, but on their own side, they had come from a long distance, and they had been fighting all morning since dawn, and they were already exhausted.
Under the advantages of one another, if they launch an attack at this time, they will inevitably suffer heavy casualties, you must know that these people are the original members of the Lu family, and they are also where Lu Zixuan's confidence lies in the future negotiations with the Jade Dragon Principality, so we must try to avoid casualties.
However, he couldn't let the people of the Xiao family live in peace, Lu Zixuan called the elders of the family and ordered them to go down, and the five elders disappeared into the night with seven or eight masters.
The Lu family's master group spread out harassment everywhere along the periphery of the Xiao family's manor, but what surprised them was that the huge manor was very well defended, and the advantage of the terrain was fully utilized, and they were forced back several times by the demon-breaking arrows shot out in secret, or intercepted by the four elders of the Xiao family, and they did not take the slightest advantage.
In the rebel camp, Lu Zixuan was reviewing the battle report sent from Sanhe City, and after learning that the aristocratic families in Sanhe City had not completely given up resistance, he had a headache and drilled his temples with two thumbs