Chapter Twenty-Four: The Confrontation at Xiongguan

Waited an afternoon, an evening, and a morning.

When the whole day passed, and the people had finished eating food and drinking water, they were hungry and waiting in agony, but no one dared to go down.

Until you hear the sound of birdsong coming from the mountain road.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the poison gas has dissipated, and the birds have flown back!"

Ke Mingde said that his injuries at this time were much better than yesterday, and the effect of the eaux-de-vie was amazing.

The husband is not guilty, but he is guilty. In order to protect himself, Ke Mingde still pretended to be seriously injured and asked his comrades to send him to the bottom of the cliff with a rope.

The battalion commander cut a few branches, made a stretcher, and carried Ke Mingde on his way.

When the pursuers fled, they left behind a lot of baggage, including food, but no one dared to eat it, despite the hunger of the people.

Who knows if there will be any problems with these soaked in poison gas.

Everyone tried to hold their breath and quickly passed this part of the distance.

The battalion commander asked, "Newton, can this poison cloud technique poison people? I don't see anyone being poisoned......

Ke Mingde was a little speechless: "It's also the first time I've used this magic scroll, it seems that I can't!"

"Let's get out of here and continue on to Saimen Pass by another route, if we hadn't diverted the road to avoid the pursuers, we would have arrived a long time ago. The battalion commander encouraged the soldiers: "There are goats on this road, let's shoot two for cooking." ”

After walking a little further, I noticed a person on the road.

Ke Mingde was not surprised, he had already found this person through scanning.

"He's not dead yet!"

The man leaned against the mountain wall, motionless, his chest still undulating.

As if footsteps were heard, the man was awakened.

"Help...... Help me!" he began, his voice hoarse.

When he looked up, he revealed a face covered with blood blisters, some of which had festered, oozing yellow-red liquid, and black blood scabs in some places, which was very scary.

"Scared!" the crowd was taken aback.

"Help me...... Take me away...... Take me to the doctor......"

The man tried to get up, but he collapsed to the ground, crawled on the ground, and crawled hard towards Kommid.

"What's going on?"

"It's scary. ”

"He's poisoned, isn't he?"

Everyone felt a chill down their spines, and they couldn't help but glance at Ke Mingde lying on the stretcher.

"Don't come here!" shouted the battalion commander, drawing his sword.

He gave his sword to Ke Mingde, and at this time he used Ke Mingde's previous sword, this sword didn't know how much blood he drank, and the blade was full of gaps.

The man didn't care about it, but still crawled over.

"Stop!

The man continued to crawl.

Panama was furious, his round face turned hideous, and he snatched a bow from the soldier next to him and shot a sword into the man's shoulder.

They had run out of arrows, but their pursuers had left behind a lot of supplies to replenish them with arrows.

When the man finally stopped, he struggled to sit up, whimpering and crying, "Kill me...... You devils...... You're all the ones who hurt you...... The poison gas you released...... I'm in so much pain...... Kill me......"

Everyone looked at him in amazement, at a loss.

The man cried for a while, then began to move forward again: "You devils, I will not let you go if I die......"

Panama sighed and shot an arrow right in the neck.

After a while, he swallowed.

The crowd was silent as they walked past his body.

Ke Mingde lay on the stretcher, turned his head sideways, and saw that the man's eyes had not closed until death, and his heart seemed to have a mountain.

"I don't blame you, Newton, you have to do it, and their fate is not good, if you want to blame Prince George......"

James saw that Ke Mingde was in a low mood and offered words of comfort.

Ke Mingde answered, he had already scanned the road ahead, and he was not the only one who fell.

On the way, they encountered enemy soldiers who were deeply poisoned and on the verge of death, some of them lost their ability to speak, and some of them were blind. Some ulcerated all over their bodies and collapsed on the side of the road, unable to move, and their comrades killed them and relieved their suffering.

Having shot two goats, ate a roast lamb and continued their march, they finally found the right way.

Along the way, Ke Mingde scanned the enemy's situation, and under the pretext that the big knight had a keen sense, he avoided several waves of rebels, and finally arrived outside the Saimen Pass.

Saimen Pass is located in the south of the royal capital of the Plantagenet Kingdom, which is the most dangerous Xiongguan in the middle of the kingdom and the only way to communicate between the north and the south.

The city wall of Saimen Pass is 12 meters high, the horse face is tortuous, can increase the difficulty of the project to the greatest extent, the head of the wall is a bed crossbow one by one, this bed crossbow is very huge, it takes five soldiers to pull away, the special crossbow is more than one meter long, the thickness of the egg, the killing range reaches an astonishing 800 meters, there is no possibility of survival when shooting to the human body, but there are defects such as too slow rate of fire, difficult maintenance, high cost, and constant movement, Rao is so, it is also a weapon to defend the city.

The setting sun shone on the walls of Saimen Pass, reflecting the color of blood, and on the battlefield outside the city, soldiers on both sides gathered the bodies of the dead in battle.

The cavalry battalion bypassed the rebel camp and came to the city wall of Saimen Pass.

"Who?" shouted the defenders.

"We were reinforcements sent by the city of York, and we were attacked by the rebels, leaving only twenty-three of us to escape. ”

When the defenders saw that they were in disarray, ragged, they did not suspect it.

After a while, a small door in the wall opened, and several soldiers came out and led them into the city.

After entering the city, the defenders took them to a military camp, and after asking them in detail, they were ordered not to move around and sent guards to guard them.

About half an hour later, several people came to visit them.

"Panama, it's really you!" said the first of them.

Through the torches, Ke Mingde saw that the man was wearing a set of silver-white metal armor, shining in the light of the fire.

"Buck! I almost didn't see you!"

The Panamanian battalion commander excitedly pounced and hugged the man named Rodney.

The two exchanged pleasantries for a while, calmed down, and the battalion commander introduced the identity of this person to Ke Mingde and the others.

"This is the head of the garrison of the Venasson Command, Buck Colin Rodney. ”

Ke Mingde looked at it carefully, this person was tall, his eyes were sharp, his black hair was tied together, his short beard was neatly groomed, he was dressed in bright silver metal light armor to protect the vital point, the sword hung at his waist, and he was followed by two guards.

Ke Mingde had heard that this person was the strongest warrior and the only great knight in the garrison of the Venason Command, and now it should be said that he was the only one, and it was rumored that this person had an extraordinary background, and his family was a powerful person in the royal capital.

"This is the Grand Knight Mr. Kommid Isaac Newton, who saved the lives of all of us. ”

He solemnly introduced Ke Mingde to Captain Buck.

Ke Mingde got up from the stretcher and shook Buck's hand.

Then, the Panamanian battalion commander told Buck Commander in detail about his experience along the way, emphasizing that Ko Mingde played a crucial role in saving everyone who survived with a magic scroll.

"Mr. Newton, you are my friend, if you have any difficulties, please come to me. "Captain Buck values Ko Mingde very much, and through Panama, several people get acquainted.

"I'm going to inspect the city walls next, and I'll have my guards take you to rest. ”

Buck said goodbye to them, leaving behind a personal guard.

The guards led them to a camp and arranged for food and lodging.

"How's it going these days?"

They inquired about the regimental commander's personal guards.

"One attack and one defense, the situation is deadlocked, we have enough food and grass, there are many defenders, and when the support sent by the border army arrives, the rebels will definitely be defeated. "The guards are very confident.

They also inquired about the situation of some enemy troops, and the guards told them that the rebels had gathered 50,000 men outside the city, but the rear was extremely unstable, and the city that was attacked by the enemy gradually reacted and pinned down most of the rebels' forces.