Five days have passed since Situ Chao led the crowd to set off. The team led by Situ and his son also dropped sharply from 76 people at the beginning to 23. Thirty-seven of them were killed in battle, thirteen were seriously wounded and left, and three were removed by Situ Chao and his son because they had other purposes. Of the remaining twenty-three people, Situ and his son plus Situ Si General accounted for six, and the remaining seventeen were almost first-class players, and the worst also had second-rate peak strength. The people in the carriage were not counted.

Because the number of people in the line has been reduced a lot, the speed of travel has also increased. In about one day, it is estimated that they will be able to get out of the Northland, and this day will also be the last chance for some forces that have taken root in the Northland. Unfortunately, because the carriage was too eye-catching, they could not get rid of the pursuers from all sides, and Situ and his son did not give up the use of the carriage.

"The head of the family, I don't know how Mrs. and Zhou Shaoxia are preparing, and there is no news from me. Yang Lian rode to Situ Chao's side and said worriedly.

"As things stand, no news is the best news. ”

Situ Chao sat on horseback and looked indifferently at the mountain shadows in the distance.

"Second Brother Yang, don't worry, if things don't go well with Mother and Ling Feng, they will definitely find a way to send us a letter. If they fall into the hands of the enemy, no matter which side of the force, they will not give up this opportunity to suppress our morale, and the entire Northland will definitely know about it long ago. So, my father was right, no news is the best news, which means that they are doing well. ”

Knowing that his son said these words, there was a certain element of comfort for himself. But Situ Chao still nodded, "Don't talk about this, whether it succeeds or not, we will be there soon." Shen Jian, the road ahead is not too peaceful. ”

"Hahaha, the head of the family laughed, at this time, where is the Taiping Road. Yang Lian laughed, extremely heroic, "Where have we walked the Taiping Road these days! No matter how bumpy he is, I will wait for the horse to raise the whip and step on it!"

"Second Brother Yang is so ambitious! Just rely on this, you should be a big white!"

Situ Shenjian laughed when he heard this, reached out and took a wine bag from the saddle, pulled off the stopper, and poured a few sips of wine on his head. He plugged the stopper again, raised his hand and threw the wine bag to Yang Lian.

"Gongzi Xie!"

Yang Lian was not polite, took the wine bag and poured it violently, then turned around and threw the wine bag to Chen Zhu who was nearby, "Don't really say it, do you think that since Zhou Lingfeng is no longer around, he doesn't feel fragrant when he drinks." ”

"Hahaha!" The crowd laughed.

"Second Brother Yang, what do you care about that kid doing? Isn't it just drinking, and the little brother can also take care of you to drink enough!" Situ Shenjian said with a smile, and slapped his saddle as he spoke, and there were still four or five wine bags hanging there.

"Shen Jian, don't joke! Don't drink indiscriminately, save some use!"

Situ Chao, who was walking in front, lowered his horse speed and turned back to teach his son a lesson.

These drinks were bought yesterday in the last market town, after all, it is the cold season, not everyone has Xiao Fei's ability, and they still need to drink to keep out the cold. I bought a lot of wine, and hung it on the saddles of several people separately, and walked for more than a day, and less than half of it was left.

"Yes, father, the child saves. Situ Shenjian nodded in agreement.

At this time, Wei Bi also came to the front and said with a smile, "See, childe." This is the difference between you and Zhou Shaoxia, with him, you still need to save drinking?"

"That's just as well. Situ Shenjian agrees with this sentence, as long as Zhou Lingfeng is here, the minimum condition is that there must be wine, once he has no wine in his hand, he will be restless, and even no matter how far away he has to find wine to drink, anyway, he is fast.

"But then again, if this kid is here, the little wine he bought yesterday probably won't be enough for him to drink alone. By now, he should have had to look for wine again. ”

A rough voice came from behind the carriage, and when everyone looked back, it turned out to be Elder Mu of the Beggar Gang, this Beggar Gang Elder only picked up with them when he went up yesterday, and came from afar to help the fist, worthy of being a loyal elder of the ancient road.

The crowd was laughing while hurrying together, which was also a way to relieve the stress caused by the fierce fighting for days. At this moment, a fast horse rushed over from behind and chased Situ Chao at the front.

"Situ Daxia, slow down!"

When Situ Chao heard this, he immediately grabbed the reins, turned the horse's head and turned around.

It was Leng Xuan's general who stopped him, called Leng Shan.

"Commander Leng, what's the matter?"

"Situ Daxia, there may be ambushes ahead!" Leng Shan said with his fists clenched on his horse.

"Where?"

"I don't know!" Leng Xuan said, jumped off the horse, fell to the ground, and listened carefully with his right ear on the ground.

After about a cup of tea, Leng Shan stood up and said calmly, "Five miles ahead, the number of people is about six hundred, and there is no sign of cavalry for the time being, and the footsteps are quite heavy, so they should be armored foot soldiers." ”

Situ Chao frowned, "You mean, these people are figures in the army?"

Leng Shan nodded, "It must be, their pace is unified, although they have deliberately disrupted the rhythm, but they can't hide it from their ears." ”

Situ Shenjian knew the methods of Leng Shan and others, and he was likely to be a second-rate master at most if he fought ruthlessly on weekdays, but if he really fought with his life, Situ Shenjian was not sure that he would retreat in the hands of two people like Leng Shan. Their methods are all honed in the military formation, the martial arts moves are simple and direct, and the power is huge, and some clever kung fu on the battlefield is even better than these heroes in the rivers and lakes. Leng Shan is one of the best, he is the commander of General Leng Xuan's three hundred iron guards, and he has been responsible for coordinating some affairs of Situ and his son in the Northland, and now he has to try his best to escort them out of the Northland safely.

Everyone understands the truth, ten martial arts masters are not afraid of twice as many soldiers, but more than 20 first-class martial arts people definitely do not have the courage to force a regular army of no more than 100 people. Right now, there are 600 healthy soldiers in front of him, and there are only more than 20 people on his side, how can they pass safely?

"Commander Leng, do you know what kind of army they are?" Mu Cheng was shocked.

"I think we'll find out right away. Leng Shan said as he stared at the puff of smoke and dust that appeared in front of him.

It was a fast horse, and immediately there was a knight with two feathered arrows stuck in his shoulders.

"Commander Qiyu, there are five hundred and sixty-five enemy formations in front, no banners, wearing leather armor, five of them are generals, wearing iron armor and masks, unable to distinguish the vassals. ”

The person who came was a sentry sent out by Leng Shan, regardless of his injury, he directly reined in his horse and landed, knelt down on one knee and clenched his fist to report the news that the detective heard.

"Is there any baggage?" Leng Shan asked.

"None!"

"Stand down. ”

"Yes!" the sentry saluted and got up, leading his mount to the back and drawing arrows to heal his wounds.

"Where is Ye Huai!" Leng Shan drank.

"The subordinates are here!"

From the short line at the end, a cold guard ran quickly.

"The enemy is five hundred households reorganized and configured, and it is impossible to distinguish the vassals for a while, if they do not retreat when we march to the land of two arrows, we will wait for my command to kill them, and they will not escape one!"

"Yes, Commander!" Ye Huai promised with a fist.

"Arrange it right away!"

"Subordinates retreat!" Ye Huai clenched his fists and turned to leave, and soon a fast horse left from the last of the team, galloping to the rear, and disappeared.

After arranging everything, Leng Shan walked towards Situ Chao, "Situ Daxia, please rest assured to move forward, such scum in the army will be handed over to us to deal with, and the trip will never be delayed." ”

"Hehehe, it's easy to say," Situ Chao stroked his beard and said with a smile, "Commander Leng is worthy of being the leader in the Ming army, and his actions are really resolute." The old man can naturally trust you, in the Northland, General Leng's signboard can't be destroyed. ”

"Situ Daxia praised. Leng Shan clenched his fists without humility or arrogance and said, "Please continue to hurry, and send you the last eighty miles in the inferior." ”

"Thank you, Commander Leng!" everyone hugged their fists and thanked them.

Immediately, everyone readjusted their formation and hit the road. Situ Chao's father and son and Leng Shan are in front, among which Situ Chao is in the center, Situ Shenjian and Leng Shan are on the left and right; Situ Si will guard the carriage, Wei Bi will be the driver, and the other three will be scattered on the left and right of the carriage and behind; the rest of the people in the rivers and lakes will protect the back road of everyone.

Everyone held the blades in their hands and vigilantly observed the movements around them, for fear of suddenly killing a group of people. It's not that you can't trust the sentinel of the Leng family's iron guard, and you can't be too careful at the moment.

This belongs to the branch of Taihang Mountain, although it is not a cliff, but it can only take the mountain path in the future. After walking four miles further, it was only less than a mile away from the position mentioned by the Leng family sentinel, bypassing a small bare mountain forest, and sure enough, a square military formation in front of him was waiting there.

The ambush site chosen by the other party was very clever, with steep slopes seven or eight feet high on the left and right, and the upper sides were full of dead grass. There is only this road with a width of more than ten zhang in front of them, if you turn around and detour, not to mention walking a lot of roads, you may also fall into the pockets laid out by the chasing soldiers behind, so they are not afraid of being discovered, five or six hundred people are waiting for work, and it should be no problem to take down this group of tired gangsters.

Situ Shenjian glanced at Leng Shan, the latter had a frosty face, without any indication, the horse continued to move forward without slowing down, Situ father and son had to follow suit, and the carriage behind and everyone had no other choice but to follow.

It wasn't until he was about a hundred feet away from the front row of soldiers that Leng Shan raised his right hand and motioned for everyone to stop.

Neither side spoke, and Situ Shenjian, who was at the front, could even see the faces of the people opposite, especially the five people in iron armor in the lead, although they were masked, the cold light in their eyes was clearly visible.

The leader on the opposite side was five hundred households, and suddenly raised his hand at the same time, and the soldiers behind him took off the longbow behind him in a uniform manner, and the action was smooth, and he quickly put the feather arrow on the bowstring and pointed in the direction of Situ and the others.

Although he knew that the opponent's bow and arrow could not shoot such a long distance, and he could reach half the distance at most, hundreds of arrows reflecting the cold light of the sun pointed at him together, and everyone was already cold.

"Kill!"

Before the other party could make a move, Leng Shan had already pulled out his saber, shouted angrily, and pointed the knife forward. But everyone saw it for sure, and he was still sitting on his horse, not taking a step forward.

"Drink!"

As if to solve the confusion of everyone around and behind Leng Shan, the slopes on both sides of the enemy formation on the opposite side suddenly erupted like thunder, and at the same time, the withered grass was turning, and nearly a hundred people appeared.

These people are all crossbows in hand, as soon as they show up, they don't say a word, they pick up the bow and crossbow and shoot the soldiers below, although there are not many people, but the crossbow is the standard crossbow in the army, and the lethality within the range of 20 zhang is extremely considerable. This crossbow can be equipped with twelve iron guns at a time, and at a distance of less than ten zhang, it definitely has the power to open mountains and crack stones.

The soldiers under the hillside, the blades in their hands at the moment were bows and arrows, and they could have fired three rounds in a row when Situ and the others were charging. But now, not only did they not have time to abandon their bows and draw their swords, but they didn't even have the time to turn around and shoot arrows on the slopes on either side.

The rate of fire of the repeating crossbows is indeed amazing, and these crossbowmen are all cold guards, and the hit rate is also extremely high. Everyone only heard the sound of crossbow arrows vibrating the strings, and the soldiers on the mountain road fell quickly in pieces like harvested wheat, and only a few feathered arrows shot at the hillside in a disorderly manner, which was easily dodged by the iron guards.

After the initial panic, the five people glanced at each other, drew their swords together, braved the rain of crossbows, and galloped towards Situ Chao and the others.

"Kill!"

There was no gunsmoke, no horses' hooves and war drums, only the sound of dense crossbows breaking the wind and vibrating strings, and the five army masters mopped the ground with long knives, moving forward, still killing thousands of troops and horses!

There is only a hundred zhang distance! If you kill the first three people, you will be able to get close to the carriage! If you get close to the carriage, you will be able to complete the task assigned by the upper peak! Everyone believes that this is the belief of the five battlefield warriors in front of them at this time.

Situ Chao did not move, Situ Shenjian did not move, and Leng Shan did not move. The three of them did not move, only the mount under the crotch flicked its tail restlessly.

Seventy zhang away, a hundred households slightly behind were shot by two crossbow arrows at the same time, and immediately fell to the ground and died.

At a distance of fifty zhang, another hundred households were hit in the back, but at this time it was almost out of the range of the crossbow, the crossbow lost its strength and was limited, and the trauma caused to him was not large, this person's figure did not shake, his footwork remained unchanged, and he still calmly ran on the way to charge with his comrades!

Twenty zhang away, the sound of the crossbow machine behind him had disappeared, indicating that his and the others' men had been killed and wounded. The four of them did not waver, and together they pulled up the saber that was dragging behind them, and pointed straight ahead in unison.

Eight feet away, the four of them jumped up at the same time, raised their knives with both hands, and pounced on the three people led by the other party. The four military colleagues who have cooperated for many years have already tacitly assigned their opponents without even making eye contact: the old man in the middle needs to be dealt with by two people, and the people on the left and right sides are each dealt with by one person. After three moves, no matter what the result is, as long as there is still a breath, they will kill the carriage two feet behind these three people together!

It's just that the path of these three people ends here, because they jumped into the air and found that there were more than three people on the ground.

I don't know when, Situ Shenjian and Leng Shan each had an iron guard of the Leng family beside them, neither of them was riding a horse, half-squatting on the ground, holding a repeater in their hands.

"Tuk Tuk" A few crossbows were sounded and four corpses fell to the ground.

Seeing this, Situ Shenjian sighed: "They are all good men in my Ming army......"

Leng Shan turned his head and glanced at Situ Shenjian with a cold face, did not speak, and waved the long knife in his right hand again.

After seeing the two guards in the vicinity shoot the enemy, they immediately stood up, left the repeater, drew the saber at their waist, and quickly walked to the corpses of the last four enemies, and quickly stabbed them in the heart. Looking into the distance, the guards on the hillside also walked down the hillside, doing the same thing.

Everyone said in their hearts, and acting like this is really an iron-blooded and ruthless style of doing things in the army.

Waiting for the subordinates in the distance to make all the safe gestures, Leng Shan turned his face to Situ Chao and said, "The trouble has been solved, please continue Situ Daxia's journey!"

"What an invincible Leng family guard! Their biggest mistake was to ignore General Leng's existence in the Northland!"

Situ Chao looked at the corpses all over the ground, sighed with emotion, and then waved his hand and shouted to the people behind him, "Go!"