Chapter 15: Trials and Tribulations
"Go get the torches. After a short period of thought, Yun Yi made a decision again.
"Then we're completely exposed, it won't work. Zhu Xiaoqing shook his head in opposition.
"It's hard to ride a tiger, and if it doesn't work, you have to do it," Yun Yi said in a deep voice: "The soldiers outside are divided into two groups of day and night shifts, and they will find out sooner or later." ”
Everyone didn't leave when they heard the words, Yun Yi didn't say much, pulled the fat man to the firewood room to find a torch, and returned to the courtyard to first set fire to the main house, and then set fire to the wings on the east and west sides.
"Just set fire to it?" The fat man was very reluctant to see this, and lived in the Wujiao Courtyard for half a year, and he already had feelings.
Yun Yi didn't answer, and pulled Wang Xiaoshu and the fat man out of the east wall, and Mo Luli and Zhu Xiaoqing could only follow out of the east wall when they saw this.
The winter was dry, and the fire was only for a while, and the fire spread easily, and after a while, a raging fire filled the upper part of the Wujiao Annex, and black smoke billowed out.
When the surrounding soldiers saw the fire in the Wujiao Courtyard, they were already alert, and the five of them climbed over the wall, which attracted the attention of several soldiers outside the east wall.
Outside the east wall, there were originally many mansions, but since Dong Zhuo moved the capital to Chang'an, it has been demolished, and now it has become an open space, surrounded by dozens of soldiers on duty, and there is a camp five miles away.
"They're ......," one of the soldiers screamed, and before he could finish his words, an arrow went through his throat.
"The fat man is in front of the road, Mo Luli, Zhu Xiaoqing, you pay attention to the left and right wings, I will cover you, and Sister Xiaoshu will follow me. As Yun Yi spoke, he took another arrow from his quiver.
Although the four of them did not respond verbally, they still dispersed their positions according to what he said, the fat man rushed forward quickly with a double axe, Mo Luli covered himself with a long sword and rushed forward ten steps away on the right side, and Zhu Xiaoqing was in charge of the left side.
Yun Yi and Wang Xiaoshu are at the end, Wang Xiaoshu can only use swordsmanship, and he is not proficient, so he can't rush forward. And Yun Yi chose the last party to protect Wang Xiaoshu, and the longer distance is conducive to opening the bow and arrows, and it can also support the other three in time.
Seeing more than one person in the five-person Xiliang Army, no matter how fast the arrow was, just as everyone rushed forward, some soldiers had already shouted again: "Catch them!"
"Many mouths and many tongues!" Yun Yi glanced at the Xiliang soldier not far away in disgust, let go of the strings, and the arrow flew out, piercing the throat of the Xiliang soldier.
Although the shouter was shot to death, it could not stop the evil consequences, and at the same time that the soldiers from the east gathered towards them, heavy footsteps were heard from the other three sides.
The first thing to face was the dozens of Western Liang soldiers in front of them, and when the other party swarmed in, there was a slight chill in the hearts of the five people.
"Grandma's, whoever comes over Lao Tzu chops who!" the fat man raised his axe and threatened loudly.
The fat man's intimidating voice was directly drowned out by the shouts and killing of the dozens of Xiliang soldiers, they were not afraid of the fat man, and rushed straight over with spears.
Seeing this, the fat man scolded: "Your mother!" rushed straight ahead, and the two axes slashed at the two spears that stabbed obliquely on the left and right, turned around and slashed, and quickly slashed through the necks of the two.
The corpses of the two Xiliang soldiers were separated in an instant, and their heads flew high, and the blood in the cavity spurted out more than two feet high. The fat man shouted excitedly and slashed hard.
The death of the two Xiliang soldiers made Yun Yi extremely sad in his heart, almost lustful, he deliberately turned his head not to see the cruel and bloody scene, turned his head and found that Wang Xiaoshu beside him was gone, he was horrified, and looked back, only to see Wang Xiaoshu vomiting five steps behind him.
"Hurry up!" Yun Yi turned around and pulled Wang Xiaoshu up, quickly following the three people in front of him.
It wasn't just Wang Xiaoshu who vomited, Mo Luli also vomited, but he could still hold on to deal with the enemies who were surrounding him from the right side.
Zhu Xiaoqing was also uncomfortable at this time, covering his mouth with one hand and slashing at the enemy rushing from the left flank with the other.
The number of corpses on the ground increased from one to a dozen, the smell of blood became stronger and stronger, Wang Xiaoshu vomited even more, and even vomited bile, and finally had nothing to vomit, only nausea and retching.
The fat man opened the way in front, and the pressure he was under was the greatest, most of the Xiliang soldiers were heading towards him, and no matter how fast he was chasing the stars and the moon, it was difficult to move calmly in the midst of dozens of people.
His situation at this time was quite bad, and he was in danger, and he already had several scars on his body that broke his skin and bleed.
"Don't look at those people, keep up. Yun Yi told Wang Xiaoshu, bent his bow and arrows, and aimed at a Xiliang soldier who raised his spear and stabbed the fat man's waist.
Letting go, the arrow flew out, failed to hit the throat of the Xiliang soldier, but shot down the helmet on his head, the Xiliang soldier was frightened, the speed of the spear was a little slower, and the fat man who reacted split his head, and the red and white things burst and splashed everywhere.
Misfortune and fortune are relied on, blessing and misfortune are lurking, and the other party also has a large number of archers, and he also attracts a rain of arrows for himself while saving the fat man with an arrow, and he can only dodge by moving left and right in a hurry.
While dodging the rain of arrows, Wang Xiaoshu's muffled snort caught his attention, and he turned his head to look back, only to see that Wang Xiaoshu had been hit by an arrow in his left arm, and the red blood slowly dripped down the shaft of the arrow.
Pulling out the arrow will make the blood drain faster, Yun Yi immediately made a decision, broke the extra arrow shaft behind the arrow, and pulled Wang Xiaoshu forward to run.
He didn't just care about running forward, he also had to release arrows to cover the three people in front of him at all times, in addition, he didn't have many arrows in his quiver, and he had to pick up the arrows scattered by the enemy to replenish them when he swept forward.
At this time, the five of them had already distanced themselves from the Black Horn Courtyard, but they were not relaxed about this, because the soldiers from the other three sides had already arrived behind, and a large number of spearmen had appeared in the camp tent in front of them, and they were moving towards it.
At this time, Yun Yi keenly found that they hadn't actually run far, and with their light skills, these soldiers couldn't catch up, but the distance between the soldiers behind them was gradually shortening.
The reason for this is not because their light skills have decreased, but because too many fierce battles have wasted a lot of time and given the opponent an opportunity to take advantage of.
Judging from the current situation, it is absolutely impossible to fight your way out of the encirclement, and if you want to get out of the predicament, you have to change your tactics. But at this time, it is impossible to change the tactics, and can only be slightly adjusted.
Thinking of this, Yun Yi quickly thought about it in his mind, and after thinking about it, he shouted to the fat man in front of him: "Fat man, don't fall in love, just open the way." ”
The fat man didn't respond, and he didn't care about the response, but he heard Yun Yi's voice, picked up his double axe and slashed a few oncoming spears, and then stepped on the ground and rushed to the ground, and then jumped over, kicked over several people with both feet, and repeated the old trick after landing, and kicked over a few people again and then opened a path.
Although the path is opened, if the fallen Xiliang soldiers get up, they will be closed, and the connection between them and the fat man will be cut off at that time, in order to avoid this situation, Yun Yi shouted at Mo Luli and Zhu Xiaoqing: "Punish those who fall to the ground." ”
The two of them did correctly, and the long sword went down to pierce the hearts of more than ten people one after another, and every time the long sword was pulled out, it would bring out a bloody arrow.
A clear division of labor can maximize the strength of the five people, and at the same time increase the probability of breaking out of the encirclement, so Yun Yi can't be idle, he must cover the fat man and the others, and the arrows are shot one after another, and the best can be shot, and the shot can't be forced.
The enemy foot soldiers are mostly concentrated around the fat man, and then the left and right wings, the enemy archers in order to avoid accidentally injuring their own people, so they will not shoot arrows at the fat man and others, but Yun Yi and Wang Xiaoshu are in the rear is an open space, and the archers have no risk of accidental injury, so they release arrows one after another.
Wang Xiaoshu had already been hit by an arrow before, and she couldn't be hit again, but no one could guarantee where the next arrow would go, so he had to protect himself and Wang Xiaoshu while covering the three people in front of him.
Fortunately in the misfortune, although Wang Xiaoshu's face was pale, she no longer retched, so she had the strength to dodge the arrows on her own, which made Yun Yi feel a little relaxed.
But as soon as this sense of relief appeared, he was fiercely pressed down, at the critical juncture, the place of death and life, he had to make himself nervous all the time, and if he was not careful, not only he would die, but the other four would also be crushed.
Nervousness can't be groundless, there should be a clear goal, after doing what should be done at the moment, Yun Yi will look at the camp in front of him from time to time, if you want to escape from the encirclement, you must first pass through that area.
Seeing that there were still two miles away from the camp at this time, Yun Yi had a strong dissatisfaction with Zuo Ci in his heart, Zuo Ci couldn't stop him from leaving, and even these people didn't find out that Zuo Ci left, but the five of them didn't have Zuo Ci's superb cultivation, and it was not easy to escape.
Although they guessed that this was the first problem that Zuo Ci gave them, this problem was too difficult, and it was a complete joke with the lives of the five of them.
Dissatisfaction to the extreme is hatred, but Yun Yi did not let himself be dissatisfied, Taoism pays attention to bearing, with a small and broad never long, pay and return is always proportional, if you can escape this time, it will be of great help to the improvement of the heart, and you can also make yourself practice hard.
Human destiny is destined, and it is impossible for oneself to be the master when one is born or when one dies, and cultivation is to fight for one's own right to life and death from heaven, which is not to go against the sky. It is impossible for people to be more powerful than the will of heaven, and the ancestor of the heavens still wants it, but this does not mean that he must completely obey the arrangement of the will of heaven.
Just when Yun Yi was thinking wildly, a chill suddenly appeared in his heart, his back was cold, and his hairs stood on end.
In cultivation, people's senses are much sharper than ordinary people, and this strong sense of crisis is not groundless, Yun Yi was alert in his heart, moved sideways to dodge, and an arrow grazed his ears and shot into the ground.
Yun Yi stepped forward and quickly pulled out the arrow, only to see that the arrow was blackened, obviously poisoned, and at the same time he was afraid and had a strong anger in his heart, and turned his head to look back, only to see that one of the pursuers in the rear opened his bow and arrow, and was about to fire the arrow again.
"Look who dies first!" Together, Yun Yi had the idea of competing with the other party, ignored Wang Xiaoshu's eager call, and quickly pulled the string and set the arrow.
At the same time as he released the arrow, the other party also released the bowstring......