Chapter 25: Reversal of the Tide
"Hammer!"
Swords keep clashing.
Xu Anping still suppressed part of his strength, mainly relying on his skillful and proficient three-talent swordsmanship to deal with the bandit leader, and wandering around the other party.
The other side.
After Luo Tianle was shocked back a few steps by the bandit leader, he was almost hacked to death by several bandits, and he dodged in embarrassment for a while before he barely got rid of the entanglement of those bandits.
When he stabilized his figure, he couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw that Xu Anping had dragged the bandit leader for a while.
"Good chance!"
He made an instant decision, and at the cost of an arm injury, a lightning-fast sword directly cut the throat of a bandit.
Killed one person, the bandit leader, the enemy's strongest combat force, left again, Luo Tianle's pressure was greatly reduced for a while, although his arm was injured, but the situation had been completely reversed, pressing the remaining three bandits to attack.
"Boss! We can't stand it anymore! ”
Someone else shouted.
The bandit leader who was constantly chasing Xu Anping was stunned, and when he saw that the battlefield on Luo Tianle's side had also been lost, he immediately frowned.
He just came over to attack Xu Anping, firstly, to destroy the other party and avenge his subordinates, and secondly, to destroy a living force of the enemy as soon as possible and hit the opponent's morale.
But what he never expected was that Xu Anping, a young man who didn't seem to be very old, was unexpectedly strong, so that he couldn't help the other party for a while, but was dragged by the other party.
As a result, not only did they fail to eliminate the other party as soon as possible, but they caused their own side to fall into disadvantage.
"Damn!"
"These Xuanyue Sect disciples are all more difficult than they imagined, especially these two relatively young teenagers, who have stronger actual combat abilities than some sect disciples they have encountered before."
"If I had known, I should have been ruthless from the beginning, and I would have killed the kid just now, so that I wouldn't have fallen into the current passive situation."
"All this is Wan Anmin's fault!"
"If it weren't for his warnings in the letter, I wouldn't have scrupled so much and missed the opportunity."
The leader of the bandits was full of remorse in his heart, but he also knew that now was not the time to complain about this, so he hurriedly shouted:
"Withdraw!"
With his order, the remaining dozen or so masked bandits broke away from the battle circle as soon as possible and retreated in the direction of the bandit leader.
"Don't let them run!"
Before Luo Tianle could speak, Xu Anping shouted, and changed the tactics of dodging and wandering just now, and fell sword after sword to the body of the bandit leader, constantly harassing him, making it difficult for the other party to get out for a while.
Zhong Lei and Hong Xiaohao were in a fierce battle, in fact, they didn't notice the situation in the other two battlefields, but they probably knew that something had happened, and now they saw that all the bandits besieging them had retreated, and they heard Xu Anping's shout, so they subconsciously chased those bandits and kept attacking.
Luo Tianle attacked again and again, not giving the bandits a chance to escape.
The tide was reversed in the blink of an eye.
The bandits, who had the upper hand, were suddenly in chaos, some of them fled to the leader, and some of them tried their best to avoid the attack.
Soon someone was killed.
The screams kept rang out.
"A bunch of rubbish!"
"A bandit is a bandit, he will only fight with the wind, and if there is a slight setback, it will be a mess."
"Li Song, this guy is also a reckless man, he has no strength, but he can't command at all, and he actually ordered a retreat at this time, which is simply killing himself!"
Deacons cursed in their hearts.
He was glad that Luo Tianle was safe and sound, but he was also worried that the bandit leader Li Song would take the initiative to expose their cooperative relationship when he was in a desperate situation, in that case, he would only have a dead end.
So.
He had to help Li Song escape.
Or, before the other person has time to speak, kill them with a single sword.
Deacon Wan's eyes flashed.
In just an instant, he decided to choose the first option - to help Li Song escape.
He pretended to be excited and waved his hand and shouted, "Good opportunity! The bandits have been defeated, everyone come with me, don't let them run! ”
With that, he drew his sword from its sheath and took the lead in rushing forward, and his servants immediately followed.
These miscellaneous servants are ordinary people, and they usually don't dare to fight with the bandits, but when the bandits fall into the wind and become a mess, they are not so afraid, especially Deacon Wan, the direct superior, who personally takes the lead, they naturally all rush forward bravely.
Soon, everyone rushed into the battle circle and surrounded all the bandits.
The bandits, who were already in a mess, couldn't help but panic even more when they saw this, especially when they saw their companions being cut to death with knives and blood.
But.
On the other side, the battlefield of Li Song, the leader of the bandits, presented a different situation.
Under Li Song's strong force, ordinary handymen were like fragile chicks, almost powerless to resist.
On the contrary, because there were too many miscellaneous servants, they blocked Xu Anping's attack and dodge routes, and they couldn't continue to pester him, so they could only watch him keep moving away until they got into the woods on the side of the road.
In addition to him, two other bandits also took advantage of the chaos to escape.
"I'll chase it, if I don't come back within a pillar of incense, I'll meet in Lixiang Town tomorrow."
Xu Anping said as he strode in the direction of the forest without hesitation.
"Wait! Poor Kou Mo chases ......"
Before Luo Tianle's words were finished, he saw Xu Anping swoop into the grove and disappear from everyone's sight at once.
"I'm going to support him."
Luo Tianle was in a hurry and was about to chase after him, but was pulled by Deacon Wan:
"Wait!"
"Senior Brother Luo, you can't chase in, in case they have an ambush and something happens to you, then all of us will suffer!"
"And, in case we run into other bandits later, and there are only two people guarding us, I'm afraid everyone will be in danger."
"So, you must not leave."
"This ......"
Luo Tianle hesitated for a while.
Just now he fell into a bitter battle, and it was Xu Anping who killed several bandits one after another, attracted the bandit leader and entangled, which reversed the whole situation.
The other party is equivalent to saving him, and also saving everyone in the entire convoy.
Although he was sure that he would not necessarily die at the hands of the bandit leader, he could not help but acknowledge Anping's kindness.
What's more, he has always regarded Xu Anping as a friend before, even if the other party has always behaved coldly, it will not affect the friendship between them.
It is reasonable for him to feel that he should catch up and support Xu Anping and prevent Xu Anping from falling into the trap of bandits.
But Deacon Wan had a point.
Once he leaves, Zhong Lei and Hong Xiaohao alone will not be able to protect the entire convoy at all.
If something happens to the convoy again, everyone may die.