Chapter II: Distress
Ye Xiao was still immersed in the memories of the past, and a team of tall and dark-skinned people here quietly groped outside the city.
The people of the barbarian tribes are naturally fierce, several times stronger than ordinary people, good at riding and shooting, and even more tigers and wolves for riding, often with fewer enemies and more people. Every once in a while, they would send a team of people to inquire about the news, and by the way, they would abuse some living resources, which made the people in the city very distressed. None of the people or groups that met them were spared, not even women, children, and children, and gradually more and more people left the city or moved to the center. In this way, the inner city is formed in the center of the city, and the outer city is formed in the outer area.
Most of the soldiers in the city are stationed in the Half Moon Valley outside Nandu County, where the two sides are rocky, the strange peaks are steep, the large army is not easy to pass, the whole canyon is in the form of a crescent moon, the two ends are small, the middle is large, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and only a few teams of soldiers who defend the city are usually left in the city.
The sky slightly leaked the white of the fish's belly, and the screaming of a dog pulled Ye Xiao back to reality from the past. Seeing that this was wrong, Ye Xiao put his feet slightly hard, then climbed onto the roof next to him and dived to the place where the dog barked just now. I saw a team of people rummaging through boxes and cabinets in a dilapidated courtyard not far away, and a big thin black dog in the courtyard had fallen in a pool of blood. Ye Xiao hid in the dark, watching them search room by room, and after searching for a long time, there seemed to be nothing to use. The group scolded and quietly sneaked in the direction of the inner city, and Ye Xiao also followed in the dark.
At this moment, Zhou An and the others escorted the goods from the inn and were about to rush to the Half Moon Valley outside the city. Pedestrians on the road avoided it one after another, fearing that they would accidentally cause trouble and lose their lives. The farther you go out of the city, the more sparsely populated it becomes, which is caused by the thieves who often burn and loot.
The walls of this southern capital county have been exposed to the sun and rain for many years and are not as hard as before, and then under the erosion of wind and sand for a long time, some places began to cripple, and those so-called walls are just earthen walls that are a little higher than houses, for some sturdy barbarians, it is not a problem for them to climb this height. The soldiers defending the city were also helpless, in addition to a few city gates to guard, the major gaps that appeared also needed to be repaired, and they also needed to be guarded, which led to a lack of manpower, and the barbarians could always find a place to sneak in.
Zhou An and the others slowly got closer and closer to the south gate, and at first they could see a few vendors on the road, but then gradually there were fewer and fewer people. The sun slowly climbed up the clouds, shedding a golden glow, and all that could be heard on the road was the constant chirping of cicadas and the clucking of the axles.
On the street ahead, a group of barbarians lurked in the dilapidated houses on both sides, waiting for someone to come. Seeing Zhou An escorting the goods, the leader looked happy, gestured with his hand a few times, and signaled his subordinates to get ready.
Lu Li walked on the street, and there was always an indescribable depression, maybe the weather was too hot, maybe the sound of cicadas was really annoying. His intuition told him that this escort was not so simple.
As he was secretly observing ahead, an arrow shot out from a far corner. Lu Li didn't have time to think about it, so he drew his knife and moved forward, but he was still half a beat slower, and he passed by the scissor arrow, and then there was a scream in the team, only to see a person with the arrow just now stuck in his thigh, and the blood flowed.
Lu Li reacted and hurriedly protected Zhou An behind him, and said loudly, "Be on guard, there is an enemy" and the group quickly adjusted their positions and quickly looked for cover. In the ensuing rain of arrows, two or three of the slower ones were killed.
In a moment, only a cart of escorts and arrows scattered on the road were left, but fortunately, there were enough bunkers on both sides of the street, behind a mud wall, Lu Li looked at Zhou An and said, "Childe, there is danger ahead, you stay here for a while, my brothers and I will meet people" Without waiting for Zhou An to respond, he led everyone to rush out.
Perhaps after the arrows were released, the rain of arrows stopped, and Lu Li led everyone around the goods with a solemn face. At this moment, a powerful and tall middle-aged barbarian suddenly appeared in front of him, followed by several barbarians. I saw that they were dark-skinned, muscular, and each had a strange pattern. Some of them have scimitars at their waists, quivers on their shoulders, and some of them are armed with sharp axes and cross-body broadswords.
Seeing this, Lu Li didn't talk nonsense, and led everyone to work directly. Before he could get close to the barbarian, a long whip swung from the front, and Lu Li jumped to dodge, but he didn't expect that a flower bloomed on the arm of a person behind him, and at the same time, the speed of running forward was affected, and he fell sideways and knocked down two or three of his own people.
Lu Li immediately took advantage of the momentum of a leap to fly forward, holding the knife in both hands, and slashed down from above. The middle-aged barbarian looked calm, as if he had expected this, and flashed sideways slightly. Between breaths, Lu Li quickly stabilized his position, and with a twist of his wrist, the knife in his hand slashed horizontally towards the middle-aged barbarian. The middle-aged barbarian looked disdainful, pulled his body and stepped back, as if this Lu Li was not worth his shot. Several barbarians behind him stepped forward together, mingling with the guards who had arrived. Although Lu Li's side had the advantage in numbers, in the face of several barbarians, they were helpless, and only Lu Li was the only one who fought on par with the person who also held a knife.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the gap between the strength of the two sides is too big, and they will be defeated if this continues. The follow-up support of the defenders of the city can only be delayed for a while. Zhou An couldn't bear to run out with him, but he didn't run to the battlefield for the first time, but ran to the rear carriage. When he lifted the wrap and opened the box, Ye Xiao, who was observing in the dark, was slightly stunned. Immediately understood, it turned out that this car was a magic weapon.
As the name suggests, magic weapons are attached to them by simple spells when they are forged, and they are all very simple spells. Some spells can make weapons sharper, make some bent and fragile weapons more tough, and some advanced spells can even change the texture of weapons, such as some heavy things such as meteor hammers, broadswords, halberds, etc. It feels like no more than a few pounds in the user's hand, but it weighs several times when it hits the enemy. There are also spiritual weapons on top of magic weapons, and spiritual weapons need to spend a lot of money to ask a spirit caster to cast a spirit on the weapon, of course, there are some special spirit weapons that have been beside the master for a long time to cultivate the self-born spiritual wisdom, which is rare. As for the immortal weapon in the legend, it only exists in the legend, and Ye Xiao has never seen it.
Zhou An deliberately picked a big knife and a long sword, these are magic weapons that sharpen iron like clay, and they were all exchanged for it by his father at a great price in the Shadow Building. I wanted to transport it to Half Moon Valley, but with these magic weapons at that time, I would have a better chance of winning in the face of the barbarian tribe and being taken by surprise. But now it has to be exposed, if these weapons are taken away by the barbarians, it will be a catastrophe for the Great Zhou soldiers.
Zhou An came to the battlefield, at this time many guards had no strength to fight again, lying on the ground screaming and hurting, but fortunately, the soldiers who defended the city arrived in time to make up for the vacancy. Zhou An hurriedly greeted Lu Li, Lu Li quickly pulled away and replaced the long knife in his hand, while Zhou An himself picked up the long sword to face the enemy.
As soon as Lu Li picked up the long knife, the barbarian with the knife on the opposite side followed, slashing at the door in front of him, Lu Li's horizontal knife blocked upward, and the sound of "click" came, and the knife in the barbarian's hand was broken in response. Lu Li took this opportunity, the blade turned, and the barbarian panicked, but he forgot the scene just now, only to see that the half-cut knife in his hand seemed to break like paper paste, and then Lu Li's knife cut a two-finger-wide wound on his chest. At this time, the barbarian with the knife was completely panicked and began to flee backwards, Lu Li seized the opportunity to move forward, and kicked heavily on his back with one foot, the barbarian suddenly flew out a few feet away, Lu Li was ready to step forward with a knife and ended up with this barbarian. The middle-aged barbarian who had been watching the battle for a long time on the side saw that the situation was not right, and flew forward, and the spear in his hand was horizontal, blocking the barbarian who fell to the ground, blocking this fatal knife for him.
On the other side, Zhou An relied on the magic weapon in his hand to barely be able to fight with the female barbarian with the long whip on the opposite side, the extremely sharp sword met the soft whip, and no one could help anyone for a while, Zhou An slowly began to struggle, fortunately, there was a numerical advantage here, and occasionally someone made up the knife on the side, which was barely able to cope.
The barbarian holding the big axe next to him kept wielding the axe, drawing arcs in the air, facing the cowering enemy, unable to solve it quickly, and his heart was very old. He thought that if he faced it head-on, who would be his enemy in this rabble. There were also several barbarians on the field, all surrounded by guards and soldiers guarding the city. In the chaotic fight, from time to time, a figure flew out and fell to the ground.
On the other side, Lu Li, who was facing the middle-aged barbarian, was also defeated, and he could open with him with the advantage of magic weapons, but he never thought that the spear in the hands of the middle-aged barbarian was not ordinary, and its own combat power was not bad, its strength was incomparable, and its movements were even faster. There is murderous intent in every stab and pick. Lu Li frequently changed positions, constantly dodging left and right, and under a mistake, a blood mark was picked out on his right shoulder. The middle-aged barbarian became more and more excited the more he fought, and the movements in his hands became faster and faster, with a fierce light in his eyes, as if he could get the magic weapon of the opposite vehicle by killing Lu Li. What a great harvest it was, and when he returned to the tribe, the barbarian king would surely reward him heavily.
Those barbarians occasionally had a blood mark on their bodies, but for their strong physique, this injury was nothing, but one by one the more fierce they fought, and more and more people fell on Zhou An's side. It looks like it won't be long before they're all down.
Ye Xiao was helpless, he didn't want to meddle in too many things in the world, but he couldn't see death and not save him, not to mention that he had already saved it once.
A figure galloped down from the air, Zhou An looked at the person who came, his face was happy, and shouted, "Big brother, big brother" Ye Xiao nodded slightly in response.
Looking at the comer, both sides stopped what they were doing and ran back to their own side. The middle-aged barbarian slowly calmed down from the excitement just now, his face was solemn, and he seemed to be a little angry, "Your Excellency, are you planning to get involved?"
Ye Xiao smiled slightly and said, "Yes, so what?"
The middle-aged barbarian pinched the gun in his hand hard, pointed forward, and said fiercely, "Then don't blame us for being polite" Before the words fell, he quickly stabbed forward, ready to take a surprise and strike first. Unexpectedly, an afterimage swept by, a fist slowly enlarged in its eyes, and finally landed on the door in front of it, and the middle-aged barbarian flew out like a kite with a broken string, leaving only the stunned barbarians and a group of guard generals. Zhou An reacted after watching the barbarians fleeing in panic and ordered his subordinates to take advantage of the victory to pursue. Ye Xiao looked at everything that happened on the scene and didn't make a move.