Chapter Forty-Seven: Seeing the Truth in Adversity
The roads in the forest are rugged, strange rocks, and ancient trees!
Chao Gai led his team to chase the traces of trampling, turning and turning in the complex forest, crossing steep mountain streams, and rushing through thorn-strewn areas. On the way, several corpses were found crooked, all of them officers and soldiers who had been hit by arrows in the front.
It took more than half an hour for the team to rush out of the forest, only to feel that the eyes suddenly opened up. In the distance, I saw a large mountain running across it. Mountains and mountains, mountains and mountains, mountains and mountains, mountains and mountains, undulating, continuous!
What a beautiful mountain!
Chao Gai looked at the mountain in the distance surrounded by many peaks, and he was quite familiar. Suddenly, the memory of the afterlife came to my mind, and I used to visit here. If you look closely, you can be sure that it is the legendary Nine Immortal Mountain!
His hearing was amazing, and he heard the faint sound of people shouting and neighing horses in front of him. His face became ugly, and after scolding, he led the team to kill over there!
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A group of people kept raising their whips and whipping their horses under their crotches, and fled in the barren mountains and mountains. Behind him, a large group of cavalry was in hot pursuit, and there were three or two hundred people. The two sides chased and fled, and thousands of horses' hooves trampled on the ground and rumbled!
It was Chao Qiang, Guo Sheng and other Chao Mansion guards in front of them, from the encounter to the time when the officials and soldiers were hunted down to the present. I thought I could get rid of each other by plunging into the forest. I didn't expect this group of people to be so persevering, and they chased for more than half an hour.
If it weren't for the fact that Chaofu's horses were very strong, I am afraid that they would have been caught by the other party a long time ago. Chao Qiang gritted his teeth and secretly hated walking the rivers and lakes, and he had never seen such a native soldier for so many years. Why are they biting and saying nothing like a pack of dogs?
However, how did he know that it was his soft-heartedness that caused this cause and effect.
The leader of the cavalry chasing after him was none other than the envoys of the three capitals of Gunzhou. He was ordered to lead a team to Qingzhou on a business trip home. happened to encounter a team fighting on the way, and learned from the defeated soldiers of the Wang family that his eldest nephew was killed by thieves, how could he give up?
Therefore, this group of local soldiers is chasing and killing with their lives.
"Straight thief, give me death!!" Chao Qiang felt that the war horse under his crotch was almost to the limit. Rushing left and right, but unable to get rid of the enemy, his heart is anxious and hateful. Draw the last arrow from the quiver, quickly bend the bow and turn around and shoot.
But the other party suffered a few losses and had already taken precautions, and easily pushed away the arrows. On the contrary, there are many pursuers, and you shoot tooth for tooth, so that your own side is in a hurry.
"Hahaha...... these thieves are killing themselves, capture them alive for me." A burly middle-aged man at the head of the ranks of officers and soldiers looked around at the terrain and looked up to the sky and laughed. He is the fourth master of the Wang family and the backer of the family.
Many officers and soldiers waved their flags and shouted, and more than 200 horsemen scattered in an encirclement posture.
Chao Qiang looked at the surrounding trees and vegetation, as well as the steeper and steeper mountain roads, and secretly said in his heart. Busy with the team to change lanes, but unfortunately it was too late.
Guo Sheng, who opened the way in front, restrained the war horse, and Fang Tian drew a halberd pointing to the front and smiled bitterly.
"Brother Chao Qiang, the road ahead is broken."
Chao Qiang looked up when he heard this, and sure enough, he saw a mountain stream more than ten zhang wide in front of him. You can't see the length of the edge at a glance, and it's too late to change lanes.
The crowd no longer galloped, but turned their horses to meet the enemy.
The officers and soldiers who were frantically pursuing knew that the other party could not escape, and gradually slowed down. Advance in a fan-shaped formation in an attempt to capture the gang alive.
Chao Qiang threw away the hard bow in his hand and took off the wind splash knife. Seeing the enemy approaching, he had the will to die: "Brother Guo Sheng, I will fight to the death later." You lead the escort away and bring the news to the master. ”
"Whatever my brother said, I caused the trouble, and you will take people away if you want to leave." Guo Sheng's nose was sour, and his white face was full of stubbornness.
Chao Qiang rode his horse and began to gallop to prepare to charge, and yelled at Guo Sheng with strange eyes: "Brother, you are strong in martial arts, you are a young hero, you can't fold on this nameless mountain." Remember to bring a message to the master, I Chaoqiang didn't embarrass him, even if he dies today, I will follow him in the next life. ”
"I'm going to die together, brothers, kill me!" Guo Sheng was very moved in his heart, but how could he be arrogant and arrogant, and how could he leave his companions to live alone? It is to use practical actions to clear the will, and take the lead in the charge with a loud roar.
"Kill, rush!" More than a dozen big men followed. Chao Qiang fell to the end, annoyed and moved, and rushed to kill with a scream: "Let's go, kill him today and turn him on his back, don't let the world look down on him." ”
The local army of the Song Dynasty was called the Xiang Army, and the corrupt officers of the state only wanted to make money. The combat effectiveness of the army is worrisome, and it can only rely on its identity to oppress the common people. Seeing that the other party was countercharging, the side with many people actually rioted.
"Rubbish, a bunch of rubbish! Get on me, catch them. The arrest of Yanzhou Sandu made the fourth master of the Wang family furious, and roared at his subordinates left and right.
The officers and soldiers relied on the courage of the people, in groups of three or five, shouting and shouting to urge the horses to charge.
"Well, Sairengui Guo Sheng is here, who dares to come up and send him to death?" Guo Sheng's crotch was a thousand-mile BMW, and he was killed 100 meters away from the officers and soldiers in the roar.
Where among the officers and soldiers would dare to come forward to fight?
Guo Sheng didn't care about this, and then he killed the horse in an instant, and when he pulled Fang Tian's halberd to knock down the two officials in front, he crashed into the crowd, and several horses were knocked away. Waving his arms vigorously, the halberd flew up and down as if it was alive, and anyone who touched it would fall off the horse or come directly to the heart.
In a moment, several people were killed, and the surrounding officials and soldiers did not dare to approach. The fourth master of the Wang family, the arrest envoy, would copy a few martial arts, and he thought that he would step forward to meet the capture of the thief. It can be seen that the white-robed man is so good that he doesn't dare to move.
Guo Sheng was so brave, and the more than ten guards who followed, Chao Qiang at the back also killed like a tiger entering a flock, and the horses followed Guo Sheng in front of him left and right, and many officers and soldiers along the way screamed and were cut off their horses.
This group of people was as fierce as evil ghosts, and the officers and soldiers were afraid in their hearts and did not dare to step forward, or even retreat. Seeing this, the fourth master of the Wang family became angry and scolded the waste. Seeing that the effect was not great, I saw that the group of thieves was unstoppable.
If you break out of the encirclement, you won't be ridiculed by the world!
He had to let go of the idea of being captured alive, and shouted through gritted teeth: "Kill me, live or die, kill one person and reward 100 yuan, and the leader will be 100 yuan." ”
This trick is really useful, and under the heavy reward, there will be brave men.
Such a high reward is enough to worry about the rest of your life, which makes many officers and soldiers get carried away by money. screamed and pounced on Guo Sheng, Chao Qiang and others.
Guo Sheng, no matter how high Chao Qiang's martial arts are, no matter how elite the Chaofu guards are, after all, it is difficult to defeat four hands with two fists. In the midst of the enemy, danger is everywhere.
First, someone was injured in a sneak attack, and then he was cut off his horse, and as someone in the official army shot arrows and sneak attacked, several Chaofu guards struggled to kill the officers and soldiers. Caught off guard, he was shot by a sharp arrow in the dark and fell off his horse.
In this case, as long as you fall off the horse, it means death.
People died in battle one after another, and the situation became more and more unfavorable to Chao Qiang and others, who had few people.
Chao Qiang was hit by an arrow in his shoulder when he couldn't dodge in time, gritted his teeth and slashed a person, seeing that there were less than ten guards in Chao Mansion, he yelled at Guo Sheng in front of him: "Brother Guo Sheng, you can't fold here in vain, you take people away quickly!" ”
Guo Sheng turned a deaf ear, and only knew that he was urging the horse to kill the officers and soldiers with an animated halberd. Twenty or thirty people were killed in this meeting, and their white robes were stained with blood.
"Guo Sheng, you get out of here, tell the master to remember to avenge our blood hatred." Chao Qiang blocked the arrows and slashed another person, roaring at Guo Sheng. But he was distracted and slashed in the back, and then he was shot by an arrow. Rao is a man who is as strong as iron, and he also screamed miserably.
"Brother, you... I. Guo Sheng choked up when he saw Chao Qiang's voice dyed with blood. Looking at his pleading gaze, he gritted his teeth and prepared to rush out.
"Get out of the way, let go of the arrows, shoot them."
In the midst of this hesitation, the voice of the fourth master of the Wang family sounded in the official army. The officers and troops who originally surrounded Chao Qiang and others scattered one after another. Dozens of people bent their bows and arrows, aiming at Chao Qiang, who was more than half of the dead and wounded.
"Brother, you can't run away, let's live and die together!" Seeing this, Guo Sheng smiled with relief, and wielded Fang Tian's halberd to prepare to fight the enemy to the death.
"Brothers, it's me Chao Qiang who is sorry for you and couldn't bring it back safely." Chao Qiang lost too much blood and was a little dizzy, but he still shouted at the people around him. The remaining seven or eight guards were silent, gathering around him.
Just when Chao Qiang, Guo Sheng and the others were preparing to charge to the death, just when the officers and soldiers on the opposite side were full of bowstrings and ready to release arrows, suddenly, there was a roaring sound of horses' hooves galloping from behind them, and a large group of masked cavalry killed.
There were not many people, only dozens, but they were all fully armed.
"Forty or fifty degree angle projectile, ready, put!"
With a loud shout, the cavalrymen bent their bows and arrows and pulled the bowstrings diagonally. Then there was another shot of arrows, and in an instant, three rounds of arrows were fired. The arrows are like flying locusts, forming a parabola that accurately falls in the group of officers and soldiers.
Many people were hit by arrows and screamed again and again! Especially the group of archers focused on taking care of them, and they suffered heavy casualties, which made Chao Qiang, Guo Sheng and others stunned.
"Teacher, it's the master who is here, it's our people who are here." A few eyed guards saw the strong man in the front of the tower and couldn't help but cry with joy.
That's right, it was Chao Gai and others who came, and they finally arrived in time after trying their best.
All the guards raised their eyebrows on the horse, their faces were full of frost, and everyone was not convinced, and they were not angry. These officers and soldiers are really too deceitful, and they don't distinguish between good and bad. Their companions were so persistent that they could be killed but not kept.
"Dogs, dare to move Lao Tzu's soldiers? How many heads do you have? Chao Gai slanted the three-pointed two-edged knife and clamped the horse's belly, and the speed soared, and instantly rushed to the rear of the official army and crashed directly, and the big knife flew up and down, inside the bladder. In the roar, human heads were thrown away, and blood fell like raindrops.
He stared at the place in the crowd where the order was given, and he knew that this was the leader, the culprit, without asking. The three-pointed two-edged knife whirred in the wind, and anyone who stood in the way was instantly cut or directly split in half.
The place where the black horse under the crotch passed was like entering a no-man's land, and it was like a humanoid butcher knife inserted into the crowd, unstoppable, setting off bursts of bloody rain.
"Ah, stop him, stop ......" The fourth master of the Wang family focused on Chao Qiang and the others. Hearing the screams behind him, he turned around and saw a person rushing towards him like a killing god, and a death crisis came to his heart, making him scream in terror.
It's a pity that it's already late!
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