Chapter 65: Scarlet Moonlit Night I
The sound of hurried horses' hooves became louder and louder, and in this silent night, Yu Jian felt like thunder.
It wasn't a carriage, it was a galloping horse. Dozens or hundreds of galloping horses were approaching them at high speed. No caravanserais on the Virtuous King's Road would have used so many horses to carry goods, and no caravanserai had horses that could have consigned goods so fast.
This is a military horse.
Qin Shuo opened the door of the carriage, he hung on the side of the door and watched the situation behind the car, but even if the moonlight was bright, his vision was very limited, and there were many twists and turns on this mountain road, except for the vague mountain, he couldn't see anything.
"Mom, give me the horn. ”
Mu Rong took out the horn and handed it over, and Qin Shuo blew it, making a high-pitched and loud sound.
The two carriages running in front of them stopped, and Qin Shi also grabbed the horse's head.
"Mom, sister-in-law, you go to the first car. Qin Shuo couldn't help but take Mu Rong and Long Dailan's hands and wanted to take them out of the car. "And Sister-in-law Gui and Sister-in-law, you come together. ”
A few men got out of the carriage in front of him and ran over to see what was going on, Qin Shuo shouted loudly: "Men, come to the tail car for me, all the women go to the front car! Qin Shi, you go to the front car, take the women first." ”
The sound of hurried horses' hooves grew louder and louder, and the pace of the pursuers reached the ears of the people unmistakably. The men were like enemies, and the women were pale. The servants followed the instructions of the young master and began to change cars.
Qin Shuo couldn't help urging: "Quick!"
Yu Jian jumped out of the car, an old maid in the second car was very slow, Qin Shuo rushed over, picked her up with both hands, and hurried to the first car. After looking at it, there was Long Dailan behind, he rushed over to pick up his sister-in-law and send him to the head car, and Mu Rong trotted behind.
"What do you want to do?" Qin Shuo lifted Long Dailan to the carriage of the first car, and the servants took her in, Yu Jian heard Long Dailan ask anxiously.
Qin Shuo ignored her, waited for Mu Rong to get into the car last, and beckoned, "Qin Shi, let's go!"
"Little giant, what about you?" The first car had already started, and Long Dailan tightly blocked the door and did not let it close.
"You go first! it's too late!" The sound of horses' hooves got closer and closer, and Yu Jian could clearly feel that they had caught up. Qin Shuo violently pushed Long Dailan's hand away, closed the car door, and after doing this action, he rolled on the ground before he stood firm.
The servants of the Qin family consciously lined up as a human wall, blocking the road of the virtuous king, Yu Jian walked in front of them, and Qin Shuo returned to the tail car. The pursuers came into his view.
Heavily armed cavalry.
The moonlight shone on their silver helmets and armor, shining sharply with the movements of their bodies. Each had a sword at his waist and a short spear in his hand. The man on the horse in the lead shouted: "Immediately lay down your arms and surrender to me!"
I only heard Qin Ming roar, the sound was like thunder, and it echoed in this mountain road, "This is the convoy of the Qin family in the Golden Castle." I, Qin Shuo, are here, how dare you use force?"
"Death to the rebels!" the commander waved his sword, and the cavalry rushed forward. Facing the wall of people, the cavalry team had no intention of slowing down, and dozens of horses maintained full speed.
They actually planned to kill the people of the Qin family!
Yu Jian had already moved to the side of the road at this time, he ran sideways, rushed from one side of the road to the other, kept waving his hand towards the cavalry, and then galloped diagonally, jumped up, and rushed straight at the head horse of the cavalry.
The front row of galloping horses suddenly neighed, some standing upright, their front legs raised, others slumping to the ground, and the sudden movement of the galloping horses threw off the knights on horseback. The knight on the head horse was also knocked down by Yu Jian, who jumped high.
The knight behind was a little too late to restrain his mount, and collided with the man and horse in front. The road in the mountains was not as wide as on the flat ground, and the whole cavalry team fell into chaos in an instant due to the chaos of the horses in front.
As expected, the situation changed, Yu Jian rolled on the ground twice, turned over, and continued to attack the leading knight, while hearing Qin Shuo shouting excitedly: "Brothers, give them some color!"
The servants pulled out their weapons and charged towards the chaotic cavalry. There were long swords, daggers, short clubs, and three wooden crossbows.
Yu Jian had already seen that among these men of the Qin family, there were not a few domestic servants who really did chores, and most of them were guards. Even if it is a servant of the Qin family who does odd work, there is no one who does not know a little boxing and martial arts. When they set out from Fort Gold, they had brought their equipment with them, which finally came in handy.
"Formation!"
After the knight on the head horse was knocked to the ground by Yu Jian, he rolled around on the ground a few times, and actually avoided Yu Jian's next move. He retreated to the cavalry group, and Yu Jian had to retreat. The man reacted quickly and calmly, and immediately gave the order.
The cavalry began to assemble as soon as they received the order, and those who had fallen off their horses gathered towards the rear row. With the exception of the wounded horses, which were paralyzed on the ground, the entire cavalry team recovered almost instantly.
The commander used a short spear with one hand to frame Yu Jian's short sword, and with the other hand he pulled out the long sword at his waist and launched a counterattack.
His helmet covered the top of his head and cheeks, revealing only his eyes, nose, and mouth, and he didn't look very old. Yu Jian couldn't remember where he had seen such a person, but Qin Shuo recognized him.
"Isn't this the newly appointed chief guard of the Dragon Monarch?
It turned out that this person was Yuan Yiping. Yu Jian remembered that the first time he saw him was when he accompanied Prince Long Zixing on a tour of the country a few years ago. After that, Yuan Yiping came to the dragon with his father and saw it a few times. This person was two years younger than him, had practiced in the Awakening Temple for many years, and had also spent time in the Iron Fist Temple. Many people believe that this rising star is no less skilled in boxing than him, and the usurper hired him as the captain of the general's personal guard, and after seizing the throne, he was appointed as the chief dragon guard, replacing him. The usurper's personal guard had 500 well-trained soldiers, including 250 infantry, 150 cavalry, and 50 crossbowmen, and now they were classified as the guards of the Dragon King, all of them were dressed in silver armor, but the difference was that the infantry covered the whole body, which was thicker, and the main protection of the cavalry and crossbowmen was much lighter. The current chasing force was obviously part of the cavalry of the pro-guards.
"Pursue on both wings, close in the middle!" Yuan Yiping issued the command at the same time, the action did not stop for a moment, the two weapons in his hands were used very skillfully, the short spear in his right hand defended, and the long sword in his left hand attacked, from being at a disadvantage at the beginning to having the upper hand.
Yu Jian recognized the long sword in Yuan Yiping's hand. This sword gauntlet has a double dragon holding a pillar, the sword jaw is golden-faced and the dragon's head, and the blade has a dragon ascending to heaven, which is the dragon mark sword given to him by the ancestor King Long Xingtian.
The Dragonsmark Sword and the glorious title of the Sword Messenger originally belonged to him. But all this was stolen by ingenious and vicious plots. Seeing the dragon marks as if he had seen the first king, Yu Jian's anger surged in his heart, but the short sword in his hand was just a mortal thing, and he was helpless against this divine soldier for a while.
"The Qin family actually has a master like you. Yuan Yiping sneered, swinging his sword even faster, "The person who can throw this kind of projectile, I only know that there is Chen Jingxian, but I don't know that there is another master." It's rare that a short sword can still parry my attacks. ”
Hearing his teacher's name read out of his mouth, Yu Jian was secretly surprised in his heart. His skill in throwing projectiles with one hand was indeed learned from Chen Jingxian. The martial arts learned by the teacher are very miscellaneous, absorbing the strengths of all families, and not confined to the art of dragon fist. However, now in close combat, he knew that the short sword in his hand alone would not last long. He glanced at the surrounding situation, the Qin family and the cavalry had already fought together, and many cavalrymen got off their horses and fought hand-to-hand with the Qin family.
But there was a huge disparity in the number of the two sides, there were three or four times more chasing soldiers, Qin Shuo was besieged by several cavalry, and the Qin family's family members were all two or three enemies, and they were gradually compressed into a small circle. The cavalrymen who were still on their horses rushed through the gaps vacated on both sides of the road and chased after the carriage that Qin Shi was driving.
Yu Jian secretly said that it was not good, but Yuan Yiping's dragon marks* were so tight that he couldn't get out. Qin Shuo probably also noticed that the situation was not good, and let out an astonishing roar, only to hear his roar mixed with a series of wails and screams, it was obvious that the long sword in his hand had accurately found the gap in the armor, and cut down many enemies one after another. But there will be only more that surrounds him.
The little giant is in danger.
Yu Jian saw a cavalryman holding a short spear in his hand, getting up from the ground, preparing to sneak attack Qin Ming's back, and immediately approached a cavalryman next to him without hesitation, turned over his hand to grab his sword, and threw out the short sword in his hand, the short sword accurately hit the back of the sneak attacker with the momentum of thunder, and it didn't reach the handle. The cavalryman's armor was not covered all over his body, and there were a few gaps in his back, but even if it was a full-covered armor, it was impossible to block his blow.
However, the Qin family only had about a dozen people, and the soldiers surrounding them were forty or fifty people, less to more, and well-equipped.
Qin Shuo's family members became fewer and fewer, he was surrounded by six soldiers, with several colors hanging on his body, and blood seeped out from his thick fur coat, staining the white linen filial piety clothes he wore outside. He swung the sword in his hand, but it was swinging more and more slowly.
Yu Jian was anxious, but Yuan Yiping's fighting spirit became more and more vigorous, and he did not relax at all, wrapping him tightly like an octopus, and the men of the Qin family fell even more. Soon, apart from Qin Shuo, only three seasoned guards were left who were still struggling in vain. Yu Jian had only one opponent, Yuan Yiping, and although the other cavalry surrounded him, he did not join the battle. This Yuan Yiping is so proud that he wants to subdue him alone.
Yu Jian was distracted by Qin Shuo, it was difficult to respond to the battle wholeheartedly, and he couldn't help retreating. On Qin Shuo's side, a family member was found to have a flaw, a short spear pierced his back, the tip of the spear passed through his chest, his eyes bulged out instantly, and blood gushed out of his mouth, but the family Ding stuck the sword in his hand on the ground, insisted on refusing to fall, a cavalryman kicked him in the back, and he finally fell face forward.
The little giant screamed wildly, roaring with rage, and he cut off the head of one of the horsemen, his face covered in blood, and his crazy laughter roared in his ears.
"The men of the Qin family are all good!"
His energy had been exhausted too much, and saying that made his movements even more sluggish. Yu Jian wanted to help him, but it was too late, a short spear pierced his thigh, the long sword in his right hand blocked the attack of another short spear, and his left hand grabbed a long sword that stabbed at him.
Qin Shuo grabbed the long sword and did not relax. If he let go, the sword would pierce his chest and abdomen.
Yu Jian erupted the strength of his whole body, ignoring the pursuit of the dragon marks behind him, and sprinted towards Qin Shuo. Qin Shuo is in danger, he must be fast! Faster! Qin Shuo, you have to hold on!
But there are too many enemies. Qin Shuo's physical strength was exhausted, and he could no longer stop the attack of more weapons. Yu Jian watched as a blood-stained sword pierced Qin Shuo's waist, this attack made Qin Shuo unable to support it anymore, his knees weakened, and he fell to the ground.
Another short spear pierced above Qin Shuo's head, and the sharp tip of the spear flashed with the cold light of death.
The sword in Yu Jian's hand was thrown, and it was able to hit the short spear, but the sharp fall of the spear tip did not slow down, and the tip of the spear did not enter the skull. Qin Shuo knelt on the ground and hummed, his arms hung down, and blood flowed down.
The little giant's flame of life is extinguished forever.