Chapter Forty-Eight: Fighting Frozen Blood and Sinking in the Sands
Song Jizu successfully launched a sneak attack on Yejiahouzhuang under the sound of Meng Yishan's arrow.
According to the arrangement agreed before the battle, he took dozens of people and approached the back of Yejiawu Fort built behind the mountain.
Song Zhangjiao stood under the outer wall in a black robe, and reluctantly came out of this job, and his mentality was a little reluctant.
The head of the dignified White Lotus Sect for a generation, who was still in a prominent position before the tenth month, and worked hard for more than ten years, he may not be able to take over the mantle of the five ancestors in the teaching.
Now the forces that have mixed into the Topii Palace's nest in Luoyang have given Lao Meng a hand and become a subordinate. How embarrassing and desolate.
If you don't do it, you can't do it, and if you run out, you may be discovered and killed by several major sect forces of the White Lotus Sect.
He held his own martial arts, and looked at everyone behind him who had followed. Pointing at the three-foot wall, he made an offensive gesture. The figure flashed, and Song Jizu jumped in first.
Dozens of men dressed in black took out ropes from their pockets and flew to the wall, and began to climb vigorously, the dull sound of landing sounded, and the officers of the inspection department jumped into the wall one after another. In an instant, all the people were brought into the backyard of Yejiawu Fort.
Song Jizu was about to command everyone to start acting.
Suddenly! Suddenly! The sound of crossbow arrows breaking through the air, more than ten arrows shot towards everyone, Song Zhangjiao was shocked and flapped his fingers, and two iron arrows fell, but the subordinates next to him were shot to seven or eight, followed by the sound of crossbow arrows, silver mangs flowed, and more than ten fast arrows and arrows roared and knew that everyone did not wait for orders, hurriedly lay down, and several people screamed in the panic.
The people who attacked the village were discovered by the Ye family's secret sentinel, seven or eight crossbows fired two arrows, silver light sprinkled like a torrential rain, and the roaring wind of the arrows was mixed with the screams of the officers of the inspection department before they were dying, and the continuous shooting completely suppressed everyone in a corner of the village wall.
Song Jizu shouted while dialing the arrows that flew like locusts: "Grab the corpse and block the arrow!" ”
The sudden sniper beat the messenger of the inspection department into a daze, and without thinking about it, he propped up the corpse that had just fallen to the ground after being hit by an arrow, stood in front of him and erected a human shield, and watched the rain of arrows shoot the corpse in front of him like a burst of blood.
When Tian Xi was in office, these people were all brave and ruthless, and they were all hooligans and scoundrels who ran rampant in the township. These rabble, who were gathered by Lao Meng's fierce orders and the temptation under heavy rewards, did not collapse for a while
These people were frustrated here, and they were also very brave to take out the sleeve arrow flying knife, flying locust stone, accompanied by greeting each other's ancestors, all shot out, and did not recognize the head in the dark, and threw it when they peeked in front of them, and some even flew out with a big knife in their hands, and with a lot of strength, they resisted.
The sound of running and shouting in Yejiazhuang rises and falls, the lights, candles and torches are lit one by one, the hundred zhang square is as bright as day, and the tide-like flow of people gathers from all around, and someone gives an order in the distance: "Surrounded by a lot, don't go a rat!" Hundreds of people roared, swords unsheathed, and the sound of arrows on the crossbow struck the courage of the officers. The momentum that had just been puffed up immediately fell.
The Ye family held the Qianzhuang suspension bridge, and they could block thousands of soldiers and horses, so they focused on defense and manpower in Houzhuang, Meng Yishan's fierce attack in the front gate tower was only divided into 200 people to reinforce in the past, and there were more than 300 strong men left in the Houzhuang area, several times more than the manpower attacked by Song Jizu.
The number of Ye family crossbowmen who received support increased, and the rows of arrows pressed so that the attackers did not dare to move, and a large number of armed Zhuang Ding took the opportunity to gradually form a siege, wanting to capture the invading enemy!
Song Zhangjiao's eyes glanced around for a week, and he had already figured out a few key corners occupied by the Ye family's crossbowmen, and the top priority was to boost the morale of his subordinates, arouse the heart of desperateness, and if he was outnumbered, he might not lose!
Song Jizu, who was besieged, pulled out in the chaos, facing the rain of arrows in the sky, the sleeves of his robe swayed in the wind, and the two big sleeves shot the arrows left and right, and jumped straight to a flower bush two feet away, and there were two hidden piles behind him who were squatting and shooting, only to feel that the top of his head was black, Song Jizu's figure floated like a bat, his hands turned into claws and grabbed continuously, and two miserable cries were transmitted, under his internal attention, the two people had become the broken corpses of the heavenly spirit.
After succeeding, Song Zhangjiao did not wait to retreat, his ears heard the sound of the machine spring, turned around and listened to the wind and slapped a palm, and immediately interrupted a powerful arrow flying towards his back heart, and the two iron arrows from the side also swept in front of him, Song Jizu copied it with his backhand, caught one and threw it in front of him, and after a muffled snort, there was a figure lying on the ground with his neck pressed by his neck.
Song Jizu, who killed three archers in a row, smiled coldly, looked up at a big tree outside his zhang, there was a pair of eyes hidden between the dense branches and leaves, he immediately jumped on the top of the tree, waved his sleeves and struck, and slapped the dark stake standing there with a muffled sound to the ground.
The ruthless method of raising their hands to kill four people in a row made the Zhuang Ding of the Ye family feel chills in their hearts, and the crossbowmen involuntarily aimed their arrows at the green-robed man and cast them wildly, and the courage of the servants increased suddenly, and they shouted again and again.
Song Jizu faced the rain of arrows in the air, stood on the top of the tree, saw the flag flower fire in front of the dock fort, and calmly ordered: "Take out the oil and set it on fire!" ”
Meng Yishan's green lion armor was torn in many places, the long knife of the horse was red, and he advanced towards the gatehouse step by step with his eyes open, and the blood stain of Mo Kui on his side was soaked in the armor, and the water-mill steel staff had been bent into a half-moon shape by him. The armorers behind the two men clenched their spears and followed closely behind the two evil gods.
The bankers of Yejiazhuang blocked the gatehouse and did not retreat. With the four white-clothed swordsmen in Huashan, their family roots are all here, and they are all determined to fight hard, there was a burst of cheers behind them, and the follow-up Zhuangzhong reinforcements rushed up, and the new forces were like a tide! The two people of the bandit and Mo Kui were almost drowned.
The dozens of ironclad soldiers brought by Lao Meng who were not yet very skilled in the battle column had already been disrupted, and a chaotic battle broke out between the two sides.
There was a muffled snort from the side of the five lakes behind the gatehouse, and the old water thief also hung up in the group battle.
Lao Meng struggled and shouted: "Brothers, rush again, defeat the Ye family, and the golden reward!" The big knife hung like a meteor, and with a wave it swept down a circle of people in front of it.
The Ye family snatched out four Zhuang Ding and slashed them with knives, wanting to take advantage of Lao Meng's strength to cut him down, Mo Tiexiong stepped out from the side, spun around, and a small loop knocked away the blades of the four people, and as soon as the battle was swept away, two of them were beaten off the ground with blood spraying wildly!
The face is hideous, the black beard is bloody, and the black god-like Mo Kui Dangmen dances the mad demon battle, and the shadow of the battle is like a yaksha stirring the sea, flashing with black light, and the fear brought by the whirring roar is entrenched in the hearts of the people of Yejiazhuang, gradually disintegrating the fighting spirit of these Zhuang Ding.
The bloody aura increased Meng Yishan's killing intent even more, the butcher knife in his hand was enough to break through all obstacles, and the two arms danced into a knife wheel and rushed forward, splitting people in two sections, slapping his body sideways, and cutting the Ye family's defense line like a wave.
Meng Yishan opened his slightly red eyes, and saw that they were two white-clothed people among the four heroes of Huashan, and immediately shouted Shen Dao, and burst into force to press down, the two of them were pressed by his surging force, and they almost couldn't support it, but fortunately, Huashan's internal strength was strong and strong, and the true qi was already able to stand under the wild turn, and the two swords tacitly leaned on each other, synthesized a cross shape, and pushed Meng Yishan's big knife out like sharp scissors, and the two of them joined hands to make a 10,000-word effort.
Taking advantage of the momentum of unloading the knife, the two white-clothed men divided the long sword left and right, as fast as a snake letter to Meng Yishan's chest, the bell sounded twice, and the iron armor he was wearing resisted the two swords together, although the old Meng man was not injured, the armor heart guard was smashed.
The two of them were about to retreat in vain, when the black light flashed, Mo Kui's long steel battle swung up from behind, and the two quenched steel swords were smashed with one blow, and the tiger's mouths of the two swordsmen were all cracked, and they didn't have time to dodge in the pain, Meng Yishan's long knife swung into the wind, and the knife was slashed! Cut these two in half!
Inspector Meng shouted: "When I die!" "Raise your sword and charge at the enemy group again.
Mo Kui's evil spirit was even stronger, relying on his outer door kung fu, he rushed forward without fear of death, and some of the Ye family's bankers fell behind him instead, Mo Kui only cared about dancing to protect the vital point in his front heart, and his back was exposed, and four or five steel knives greeted him in a row, bang! Bang! A few sounds, the blade was like slashing on a thick anvil, all of them were shaken up, Mo Kui laughed wildly, the iron battle pushed forward, knocked out the blade that attacked in front of him, and returned to the hand with an oolong tail, and knocked the staff upside down, Peng Ran made a loud noise, and the bones of a person behind him from the chest to the ribs were all discounted, and the life of another person was knocked away between the ends.
The two of them fought like the king of Hades, and they had already knocked down the courage of the Zhuang Ke in front of the Ye family by a few points.
After getting used to the battlefield, the ironclad soldiers in the rear found that they could really avoid the sword and arrows with the armor on their bodies, and they had spontaneously looked for their companions around them, forming a team of two or three people, with spears in hand, invincible.
There are also lone ones who were caught up by Huashan swordsmen, picked up the face guard, and stabbed a sword into the back of the head. The swordsman was pierced by a row of holes in the spears of several armor soldiers, and the tent was instantaneous.
The two sides who were fighting frantically on the battlefield were gradually shaken by the advantage of nearly fifty pairs of iron armor, and under the leadership of Meng Yishan, they forced the guards in front of the gatehouse to retreat, stepping on layers of corpses and advancing into the door.
Song Jizu at the rear of the dock fort led the people to rush left and right in the encirclement, constantly throwing the oil canisters he carried on his body on the surrounding houses, and the torches scattered and flew in all directions to burn the houses red.
Fortunately, the Ye family had to assign some people to put out the fire, otherwise the numerical advantage would be enough to wipe out the entire army of these arsonists.
The blazing flame in the northwest wind under the help of the momentum, gradually become the momentum of the prairie fire, the rising fire reflected the surrounding night sky, the left just extinguished, the right again, the tongue of fire suddenly swept across the house beams, shouting for help, this Luoyang has a number of martial arts mansion and the imperial history of the mansion is completely cleaned by Zhu Rong!
Seeing such a blazing fire, the people of the Ye family gave up putting out the fire, looked at the skyrocketing fire, and picked up their blades to kill these thieves who set the fire.
There is a huge difference between the manpower of the inspection department and the others, and the Ye family still has many martial artists in the courtyard, and the two sides are swords and swords, and they immediately suffered a big loss when they fought hard, and Song Jizu threw more than ten corpses here in an instant.
Song Zhangjiao was invincible, and there was no one under his command, and he took the time to throw the flag and fireworks into the sky. As for the death of a lot of his subordinates, what does it matter to him? The task has been accomplished.
In front of Yejiawu Fort, Lao Meng, who broke through the main gate of Dock Fort, led his subordinates to fight for his life, and was shouting: "Double!" Lao Tzu's reward is doubled! ”
The morale of the subordinates was greatly shaken, relying on the sharp blades of the armor, coupled with Mo Kui's ruthlessness, the armor soldiers of the inspection department rushed into the crowd wildly.
Mo Tiexiong was the first to run into the square in front of the village, and the iron armor on his body didn't know where to fly, and his bare upper body muscles were knotted, and he went on a rampage.
Several of his subordinates brought from Taihu Lake Water Village across the five lakes were all killed, only one of the old water thieves was left there to swing a knife and slash wildly, the treasure knife was as bright as autumn water, not damaged at all, but the hands that could not pass were trembling slightly, and they were about to lose their strength.
The ironclad soldiers of the inspection department have been killed in battle at this moment, and the heavy armor is enough to kill the Ye family's subordinates and the swordsmen of Huashan added up to about one hundred and eighty, and the corpses are piled up in front of the gatehouse at the "Yushidi" archway, the red ground is red, and the fort wall is stained with blood.
Both the offensive and defensive sides were bloodshot and physically and mentally exhausted.
Ye Qianxun was wielding his sword to defeat Zhang Fan at this time, and was beaten by the fierce martial arts of Zhang Da's fierce martial arts, and he had to be distracted to take care of the situation in Wubao.
He saw that Meng Yishan led the crowd to break the former village, and knew that this place was no longer defendable, these Zhuang Ding and the younger disciples of Huashan were no better than the iron leaf chain mail of others, and the other party's spear army formation was fighting in an open place, and it was extremely sharp, and if it went on like this, it was like letting people eat meat.
Lord Ye Zhuang waved several sword shadows from the thousand-foot building in his hand, reluctantly forced Zhang Fan's offensive, and took the opportunity to shout to the people in the village: "Withdraw!" Fight and retreat, retreat to Houzhuang! ”
He saw the fire behind the village, but thought that most of the more than 300 people over there should be in good condition, and they were ready to join forces to fight and kill these armorers.
He already hated Meng Yishan very much in his heart, but unfortunately he was full of anger, but he had to deal with Zhang Fan's fatal tricks in front of him.
The Huashan faction is famous for its fast sword, and the owner of Ye Zhuang has the essence of it, except for the sword idiot-like Xie Jin, the head of the family does not think about the second person.
It's a pity that his high swordsmanship is useless in front of the rolling sea dragon, Zhang Fan's sea and sky thunder are powerful in the fist, the power is incomparable, and it smashes into Ye Qianxun's body like thunder, and the fist roars in Ye Qianxun, not to mention attacking, a big sword in his hand is like a lonely boat facing the ocean!
After a few moves, Ye Qianxun's mouth and nose were forced by the thunder of the sea and the sky to overflow with blood, and his internal organs felt scorched, and he was obviously injured.
Lord Ye Zhuang's Huashan swordsmanship can't resist Zhang Fan, like a heavenly drum and thunder hammer! Domineering and unmatched, continuous bombardment! endured the pain and pain and whirled around there, just hoping to stabilize his position and join forces to counterattack the unrighteous man of Meng Yishan!
He really didn't expect that Lao Meng would have the courage to lead the crowd to attack at night, and the manpower in the village was scattered. Some of the master's cronies still stay in the city of Luoyang Mansion to manage the trading of merchants, and it is too late to send reinforcements, so they can only hope that these people will see the skyrocketing fire and quickly reinforce them.
Hearing the owner of the village shouting to retreat, the stewards and martial artists of the Ye family really couldn't support the pressure, and the swordsmen of Huashan couldn't bear this kind of bloody battle, and finally their morale was broken. Unexpectedly, as soon as the people withdrew, there was an uproar, and the crowd began to collapse.
Seeing that the situation was so powerful, Meng Yishan was overjoyed, and personally led the ironclad army to start chasing and killing, and a group of fierce tigers and tails collided with each other like a herd of sheep.
Old Meng shouted loudly: "I threw the blade for my life, Grandpa Meng will not kill the pawn!" ”
As soon as the words fell, Mo Tiexiong, who was fighting hard, had already rushed to the front of the battle, and killed the two Zhuang Ding who were engaged in front of him with one blow, Mo Kui laughed fiercely, poked the water mill steel rod into the ground, and roared loudly: "Listen to my eldest brother, if you don't want to live, give him a good time!" ”
There were a few less courageous Zhuang Ke who immediately threw the weapons in their hands to the ground, wanting to surrender and save their lives, but they were chased by the Ye family's henchmen and stewards with a few knives and hacked to death.
However, the situation is not supportive, the momentum of the rout and escape is really unstoppable, and the morale of the inspection department is like a rainbow. Mo Kui rushed to kill the warriors who dared to face the battle like a fierce god.
Before the war, Lord Meng promised a lot of yellow and white things as rewards, and at this time, before the battle, the people were extremely brave for a while, and the Ye family was disheartened, and they couldn't stop it at all. The scattered tide retreated towards Houzhuang. Many of them were killed on the spot by the inspectors from behind.
Seeing that the defeat was so fast, the true qi in his heart and mouth almost surged back when he was angry, and under the oscillation of his soul, he was punched by Zhang Fan to open the sword momentum, and the empty door was exposed, and the rolling sea dragon smashed out with two punches one after another, ready to take advantage of the situation to kill Ye Qianxun in one fell swoop!
Ye Qianxun's mind was in a daze, his fatal fist was about to reach his body, Wu Zi couldn't dodge there, seeing the fist wind attacking his body, a long sword was inserted diagonally, one pick and one poke, two quick swords, and intercepted Zhang Fan's fist with great accuracy.
A man in Tsing Yi didn't know when he grabbed the Zhuang wall, and the sword momentum was the strongest point of Zhang Fan's fist palm attack, and Sen Han's sword qi brought a lot of pressure to the rolling sea dragon, and the fist strength and sword qi collided violently! Zhang Fan took a step back, looked at the opponent in front of him with gray sideburns, Tsing Yi Confucian clothes, and a fearless sword, and said in surprise: "Huashan Jiejin? ”