Chapter 357

After entering the north gate, you can see that the street is in a mess, the houses have collapsed, the broken things have been thrown to the ground, and many corpses can be seen to fall on the ruins, emitting a foul smell.

Xu Shangyi frowned and scolded in a low voice: "Anti-thieves are really hateful, a good county has become like this, I came here once last year, this small city is still bustling and lively, and now there is not even a figure." ”

A hundred households beside him asked suspiciously: "Lord Qianhu, why can't even the people see it?" It stands to reason that when the officers and soldiers arrive, the thieves escape, and the people should come forward; This Wen'an County has a population of tens of thousands, and it is impossible for the thieves to kill all the people. ”

Another Baihu said: "You still don't understand this? Either they fled, or they were taken away. ”

Xu Shangyi frowned and said: "It's possible to escape, but it's impossible to take it away, didn't you hear the husband and wife say that there are only four or five hundred thieves out of the city?" Wrapped up in the people, it is at least thousands of people. ”

"My lord, if we escaped, why didn't we see any trace of the people along the way? It stands to reason that the direction of the people's escape should be the first choice in the area of our Bazhou Mansion, where there are guards stationed, and the thieves do not dare to chase after the presumptuous. ”

Xu Shangyi stood on his horse, looked back at the soldiers who were rushing in at the city gate, and the five hundred officers and soldiers led by himself had already entered most of them, the weapons were clanging, and the miscellaneous footsteps were very noisy. With this kind of noisy sound, it should be heard in several streets to the left, why no one came out to probe, it is really suspicious.

"The officers and soldiers of the Xinzhenzhai Thousand Households have come to exterminate the thieves, the people of Wen'an County, you don't have to hide anymore, come out." Xu Shangyi shouted loudly.

The aftermath echoed through the empty streets, but not a single figure appeared; Xu Shangyi frowned, the soldiers and horses behind came in, and he didn't move in front, so that the soldiers and horses entering the city behind were congested, so he had to ride his horse forward, and he couldn't go dozens of zhang, and the road turned to the right, only to see a thing on the street, and the sky was too dark to see what it was.

Xu Shangyi ordered someone to go to check, and after a while, the soldiers who listened to the inspection replied: "Lord Qianhu, it is the heads of tables and chairs and big trees that block the road, and I can't get through." ”

Xu Shangyi was taken aback, what is the reason why there are obstacles on the streets of the city, and suddenly his heart was shocked, and he shouted: "Stop, order the soldiers and horses behind to stop entering the city." ”

Before he could finish speaking, he heard a noisy commotion of soldiers at the gate behind him, mixed with the shouting of horror; Xu Shangyi shouted: "What happened? ”

"Your Excellency...... My lord, there are people shooting arrows at the head of the city. ”

"Ahh Xu Shangyi was taken aback: "It's not good, it's an ambush, hurry up and withdraw from the city gate." ”

The soldiers and horses were in chaos, Xu Shangyi and the people turned around and wanted to rush to the city gate a hundred steps away, when he heard a burst of shouting and shouting, and vaguely heard someone shouting: "The drawbridge has been pulled up, and I can't get out." ”

Xu Shangyi's frightened soul flew away, and after a while, he heard the gongs of the Quartet, followed by the deafening shouts of killing, and the barriers piled up on the street in front of him burst into flames, and instantly became a wall of fire several feet high, blocking the road into the city tightly. Under the firelight, behind the broken walls on both sides, beside the big trees, on the ridges of the houses, countless figures appeared at the head of the city wall, one by one holding torches in their hands, grinning and screaming.

Xu Shangyi's soul was scattered, and he understood that he had been ambushed by the thieves, who lured him into the city and trapped himself in the street at the gate of the city, which was hundreds of steps away, with a fire wall in front of him, and the drawbridge behind him had been pulled up.

What made Xu Shangyi even more frightened was that the number of thieves around him was not only four or five hundred, but at least thousands of people, who were all around.

"Hahaha." There was a burst of laughter, and at the top of the tall wooden building on the left, a person shouted while laughing: "Official, do you remember the villain?" ”

Xu Shangyi squinted and watched, there were seven or eight figures standing in the shadows on the heights, one of them approached the torch to illuminate his face, and laughed loudly: "The villain is Yang Hu, we just met outside the city, and the adults are really noble and forgetful." ”

Xu Shangyi couldn't wait to slap himself a few times, the thieves still knew how to use tricks, and deliberately arranged people outside the city to give him false information to tempt him to come into the city, and he was still convinced.

"Put down the blade and tie it down, otherwise the grandfathers will be welcome." Yang Hu shouted loudly.

Xu Shangyi shouted angrily: "Anti-thief, you dare to rebel, and you are not afraid of exterminating the crimes of the Nine Clans." ”

A man with a scarred face and beard beside Yang Hu laughed loudly and said: "Dog official, at this time, he is still talking, the official forces the people to rebel, eliminate violence and peace, it is a matter of course, give you ten breaths of time, put down the blade, and your Liu Ye can keep your whole corpse." ”

Xu Shangyi scolded angrily, and ordered loudly: "Kill the head of the city, put down the drawbridge, and let the brothers outside the city come to respond." ”

All the officers and soldiers clamored to attack the city wall, Liu Liuyi gave an order, and suddenly arrows rained down, javelins, clubs, and stones rained down from both sides, and then, thieves with various simple blades in their hands swarmed out, blocking the officers and soldiers on the street, and the two sides fought together.

There was also a mess outside the city gate, and when the soldiers and horses were entering the city, hundreds of people suddenly appeared on the head of the city, and the bows and arrows were shot indiscriminately, and the stones were smashed indiscriminately, and the people who walked on the drawbridge and killed the soldiers and horses in the city turned over on their backs; The front hurried to the city, and the latter hurried back to the outside of the moat, and the thieves at the head of the city pulled up the drawbridge, separating the officers and soldiers inside and outside the city at once.

With Xu Shangyi entering the city, there were only 500 soldiers and horses, and there were 6 or 700 people outside the city, but they couldn't enter the city, knowing that the soldiers and horses in the city were ambushed, but they could only look at each other across the river and couldn't rescue.

Chen Bao yelled and ordered the archers to shoot arrows at the top of the city to attack, while sending several horsemen to gallop along the moat, trying to find a place to cross the river and whether the other city gates could be entered, but he himself knew that this qiē was just in vain, since the thieves had set up this trap, how could they leave a way into the city.

The sky was already dark, but fortunately, it was half a moon, and a bright moon rose in the eastern sky, so that Chen Bao could still see the situation on the city, but this did not help the war at all, and he shot all the arrows he carried, and the thieves on the city were only shot hundreds of them, and they still could not enter the city, and at this moment the city was already a slaughtering purgatory.

Xu Shangyi was covered in blood, and the big knife in his hand slashed and killed more than a dozen thieves, but there were too many thieves, as the soldiers fell one by one, less than seventy or eighty of the five hundred soldiers could stand, and his heart was gradually getting cold, the general trend had gone, and he was afraid that he would die here today.

"Anti-thief Liu Liu, dare to fight me? What is the ability to calculate by intrigues? Xu Shangyi spat out a mouthful of blood and shouted angrily.

Liu Liu was also covered in blood, and the two steel knives in his hands were curled, and he took the lead and killed more than a dozen officers and soldiers. Hearing Xu Shangyi's words of challenge, he spat at the mouth and walked forward slowly.

"Sixth master, you can't fight with this guy, he is provoking you." The brothers around him stopped them, they had seen Xu Shangyi's bravery, and they were worried that Liu Liu was not his opponent.

Liu Liu reprimanded: "What are you saying, are you letting the sixth master of your family shrink his head and be gossiped behind his back in the future?" Get out of the way. ”

Everyone in the fight unconsciously stopped, automatically let go of a clearing, Liu Liu stepped forward with a blood-dripping double knife and bared his teeth and smiled: "If you want to fight alone, it will be as you wish." ”

Xu Shangyi stepped forward silently, straightened his helmet, wiped the blood on his face, and said in a deep voice: "Okay, although he is a thief, he is not a man." ”

Liu Liu smiled and said: "You don't need to pat the sixth master's ass, take out your skills to see the truth." ”

Xu Shangyi said: "Okay, but I have a mention." ”

Liu Liu smiled and said: "I know, you don't need to say, if you win, I will let you and your men out of the city, if I win, you will order your men to abandon their swords and surrender, so as not to hurt people's lives." ”

Xu Shangyi said with a smile: "That's it, but if I lose, you will die, and if you lose, I will not spare your life, and we can only live between us." ”

Liu Liu licked the blood on his lips and smiled: "Okay, talk quickly, I like it, it's so decided, you all heard it, even if I died in the hands of this official, you also have to keep your promise, otherwise I won't be blind to death." ”

Everyone was silent, it was not the time to preach morality at this time, Liu Qi secretly made a look, Yang Hu and the others understood, and quietly ordered someone to pull a bow and arrow in the dark, waiting for an opportunity to help.

Xu Shangyi arched his hand, suddenly shouted, dragged the big knife and stepped forward, walked to Liu Liu's body, and suddenly his body bounced in the air, and the big knife turned into a semicircle like a lightning bolt and slashed towards Liu Liu, who was standing on the ground.

Liu Liugao shouted: "Good come." ”

The body twisted to dodge the head slash, Xu Shangyi's body fell to the ground, his hind legs swept, Liu Liu took another leap, he could avoid this leg sweep, and shouted in his mouth: "Come to my Wen'an County is a guest, I let you make two moves, now it's my turn." ”

The voice fell, the double knife dance in the hand flew up, up and down the cutting of the chain of moves, for a time 'dangdang' the sound of the blade exchange was endless, the two fought in one place, life and death did not leave a back hand, the shot was ruthless and fast, and the palms of the people around him oozed cold sweat.