108. Bloody battle

The Heavenly Demon gathered the remaining Tang soldiers and horses in the volcano, but several leaders also suffered many casualties, and after counting the more than 3,000 people who could still fight, they ordered people to set up an ambush in the mountain col.

Originally, there were 8,000 soldiers, but those who died at the moment died, and those who fled escaped, only 3,000 remained, but most of the remaining people were desperate people, and they dared to play with their lives, and they were not as brave as the previous stragglers.

The Heavenly Demon gave orders instead of Ouyang Qing, and all the soldiers defended according to the order, but they stood firm for a while.

It was almost noon, the sun was getting stronger and stronger, and the volcano was like an incinerator baking hot, and people on both sides could not open their eyes.

The Tang army hid in the mountain cols and stone crevices, constantly firing arrows, and under the white sun, the Yue's army really didn't know where the enemy was. These people were all elite cavalrymen, but under the scorching heat and difficult mountain roads, they were also tired and tired.

The Yue clan generals and more than a dozen high-ranking generals died at the hands of Ouyang Qing, and the attack at this moment was only based on a sharp spirit, and there was no clever plan.

The Heavenly Demon Company used a strategy to attract the Yue Clan's army to enter the army one after another, and the 3,000 men and horses only lost a few people, but they killed the opponent's 40,000 soldiers on their backs.

The old prime minister Yang Lin watched from the sidelines, adding a little awe to the Heavenly Demon.

Seeing that the Yue Clan's army was less commanded, under the traps such as falling rocks and ground thorns, it was already in chaos, and said in a deep voice: "Hard crossbow preparation" These people are all elite dead soldiers around the Heavenly Demon, and when they heard the order, they immediately began to fire crossbow arrows.

The bows and crossbows they carry are the characteristics of the heavenly demons, and they are made according to the "mountain opening crossbow", which is of excellent texture and infinite power. The crossbowmen were also specially trained by the Heavenly Demons, and they pierced through Yang one by one, and in an instant, the soldiers of the Hundreds of Moon Clans in front of them had died tragically.

The archers of the Tang Army who were lying in ambush behind also took the opportunity to release their arrows, although the power was not as good as the Kaishan crossbow, but the Yue's army was in chaos, and they felt that there were enemies in front and behind, where did they still have the heart to resist? The Heavenly Demon took advantage of the situation and ordered people to shout with a few words: "The reinforcements from the northern Xinjiang have arrived" was even more shocking to the Yue's army.

When the time was ripe and all the mechanisms had been exhausted, the Heavenly Demon whispered: "Leave ten people in each battalion, beat the dust with branches, and shout at the same time, and the rest rush forward", and the order was immediately passed on by the heralds.

Three thousand soldiers and horses shouted in unison and slaughtered from the rocks. The Yue's army was like a frightened bird, and then I saw a group of men and horses rushing down from the mountain, with smoke and dust billowing behind them, and I don't know how many ambushes there were. In addition, the soldiers believed that the northern Xinjiang army had arrived, and they had no intention of fighting, and in the face of the Tang army's offensive, their hearts were frightened, and their momentum was already discouraged.

As soon as the two sides clashed, the corpses of the Yue clan army flew wildly, and the war horses screamed, showing signs of defeat and retreat.

The Tang army had the upper hand, everyone rushed to kill, and the offensive became even more violent. The temporary commander of the Yue Clan Army lacked prestige first, and secondly, how could he upload and issue it when he came, and the formation was broken through in an instant.

Some of the Yue's sergeants saw that the formation was broken, and hurriedly exclaimed: "Everyone go quickly" The general died, and the commander was not very talented, and the army retreated, but did not send anyone to break the rear, and the rear suddenly became an empty city.

Seeing that the other party was retreating, the Tang army rushed with all its might, and the offensive rushed like a tide. There was no one to command the rear of the Yue's army, the army was broken through, and the situation was in chaos for a while, and the defeated army in the rear immediately rushed forward and collided with the front troops.

Suddenly, the two horses pushed each other, trampled and trampled to death.

Victory was in sight, and the Tang army was all in high spirits, and everyone marched forward bravely. Suddenly, one of the Yue Clan's soldiers jumped out, and it seemed that he was just an ordinary soldier on his armor.

I saw that the man shouted again and again, and he didn't know what he was talking about, so he rushed out of the crowd and cut down several Tang soldiers with just one knife. In the midst of the chaos, that person really had the courage of ten thousand people, and everywhere he went, the Tang army was invincible. In the blink of an eye, he actually penetrated the camp and made a cut from the three thousand Tang troops.

Many people went up to stop it, but with a single wave of the knife, there was no one under his command, and in the blink of an eye, he had killed hundreds of Tang troops, and he was really brave. The Yue Clan's army had already been defeated, but in the shouting of that person, it actually reorganized and turned around and killed.

Yang Lin was suddenly startled, and exclaimed: "What about General Ouyang, let General Ouyang kill this person" but the soldiers panicked, and no one paid attention to him.

The Heavenly Demon frowned and said, "What is the origin of that man? What is he talking about?"

An interpreter came over and said, "What he said was foul language, swearing, not an order from the army." ”

The Heavenly Demon muttered: "This person is so brave, his martial arts may not be inferior to the top people in the Central Plains, it stands to reason that he should be a general or something." But since he is full of swear words and does not give orders, it is really strange. ”

was discussing with himself, but he saw the man looking up to the sky and roaring: "Mmmm

Looking at this loud shout, the power was still above Ouyang Qing's previous roar, and it really had the momentum of heavenly might. At this time, the shout was heard for several miles, covering the sound of countless fights.

But seeing that the Yue Clan's army was originally led by him, when he heard this, they all stood still and were at a loss, and some people had turned around and retreated. The Heavenly Demon asked, "What do you mean by that?"

One of them replied, "This is the meaning of retreating." But according to the foul language in the Yueshi. “

The Heavenly Demon breathed a sigh of relief and sighed, "The Yue Clan's army is ten times larger than me, if we come back, we must be defeated." Fortunately, this man did not know the art of war, and ordered us to retreat, giving us a glimmer of life. Hopefully, the man was asking to step back, not just casually scolding. ”

Hearing the man's repeated shouts of "Sigh and Crooked", the Yue's army gradually retreated. Most of the Tang army did not know the situation, and they were still immersed in the joy of winning at the right time, and seeing the Yue clan retreating, they were still bent on chasing and killing, almost chasing out of the valley.

The Heavenly Demon gave orders repeatedly, but he was not the commander of the army after all, and many people were eager to fight for merit, so they ignored him and insisted on chasing him.

Seeing that the herald soldiers had returned in vain, the Heavenly Demon's heart shook, and he sighed: "The Yue Clan's army may counterattack at any time, three thousand against thirty thousand, how can there be a chance of victory?

The Yue's army retreated to a narrow valley pass, many of these people were still riding horses, and the narrow mountain road was even more difficult, and they retreated very slowly for a while.

I saw that the warrior came out of the crowd again, with a spear in his right hand and a saber in his left hand, and one person blocked the valley mouth. The Tang army kept pouring up, but that one person actually relied on his own strength to defend the valley mouth and not let half of the people pass.

After a few moments, the soldier was not injured, but there were already mountains of corpses around him. Tang Jun saw that this person was so brave that his heart was broken, and he was so frightened that he retreated.

In the valley, an old subordinate of the Yue clan general counted the men and horses. At this moment in the army, this person has the highest qualifications and is also the best at using soldiers. Turi temporarily took over the post of general, and when he saw that there were still more than 20,000 people on his side, he thought that the 40,000 army had entered the mountain, and now he had lost more than half of it, and his heart was sad. He analyzed the situation and expected that the Tang army had no way to retreat, so he immediately ordered everyone to dismount, personally lead the three armies, and went straight to the mountain to kill. In the rush of the army, I saw Turi holding a spear in his hand, arranging the troops, and the army was orderly as soon as the army came out of the valley.

Seeing that the Tang army had finally retracted into the mountain col and was relatively safe for a while, the Heavenly Demon ordered: "Archers prepare" Hundreds of archers appeared in the stone crevice, and all of them came back to ambush.

Only to hear the rumbling of footsteps, the dust flying, countless enemy troops slaughtered forward, hundreds of archers waited for the forward soldiers and horses to approach, and immediately released arrows together. Just listening to the sound of "swish", the forward soldiers and horses of the Yue army were shot down in an instant, but the rest of the people were numerous, far superior to the Tang army, and they still kept rushing into the mountains.

The Heavenly Demon was not frightened, and ordered: "The archers are down, and the pikemen are ready" A thousand spearmen climbed out of the col, holding spears more than a foot long in their hands, waiting for the enemy's horsemen to approach and move forward. The spear flashed coldly, and it stabbed many former soldiers in the abdomen in an instant, causing chaos on the other side.

Seeing that his ambush was exhausted, and the forward of the Yue Clan's army was also damaged a lot, he immediately shouted: "The whole army charges"

The rest of the soldiers in ambush drew their blades together, agreed in unison, and rushed down with their swords to kill. The three thousand soldiers and horses all knew that they were fighting against the water, and they all fought desperately, regardless of their lives, and all of them were enemies, which can be said to respond to the truth of "mourning soldiers will win".

Blood flowed everywhere, and the heads of people were rolling, only to see the mysterious Yue's soldier rush out like a flock of sheep again. He cuts people when he sees them, without mercy, but his expression is extremely indifferent.

Many Tang troops surrounded them, but they all turned into corpses in the blink of an eye. Seeing that half of that man's armor was dyed blood-red, the Tang soldiers who died at his hands were really countless.

Tang Jun saw that his martial arts were too high, and Ouyang Qing was not here, so no one dared to stop him, so he gave up a large open space.

Seeing that an ordinary soldier on the other side was so powerful, the Heavenly Demon knew that this battle was bound to be lost, and sighed: "Retreat." "The Tang army, under the command of the Heavenly Demon, quickly retreated into the volcano.

The Flame Mountain was extremely hot, and the Tang army was finally able to find some rocks and trees to shade it, but the Yue Clan's army numbered tens of thousands, but where did they hide? Without the Yue Clan's commander, and no one could shock the army's heart, the soldiers shouted in a mess for a while, but they still retreated, but they relied on the large number of people to block the route of the Tang Army, leaving no opportunity to take advantage of it, and it seemed that they wanted to wait for the night to be cooler before attacking.

In the middle of the night, Ouyang Qing stood by the platform.

He saw the two armies fighting from a distance during the day, and knew that the Heavenly Demon had led the troops well, so he was relieved when he didn't fall behind for a while. Seeing that he was standing still, Xiao Yue asked, "What is the reason why those people want to hunt us down?"

Ouyang Qing said in a low voice: "The Yue clan knows that we want to use our relatives to win over the Hui people, so they specially sent troops to make trouble. ”

Xiao Yue looked at pity and shook her head: "If our army is stronger, it won't get peace." He sighed.

Ouyang Qing saw that she was very tired, and said, "You take a nap, and let's climb to the top later." As he spoke, he leaned over and incense Xiao Yue's face.

Xiao Yue is really tired.

As a palace maid, she got up at dawn and suffered hard all the way, her face was full of shame at this time, but she also listened to Ouyang Qing's words, leaned on the stone wall, and fell asleep. Ouyang Qing saw that she was sleeping soundly, so he immediately took off his robe, draped it on her, and followed the knife to the side.

The sky is full of stars, the night is as cool as water, and the volcano is completely devoid of the heat of the day. There was a sound of fighting in the mountains, but I couldn't see what the battle was like.

Ouyang Qing looked at the sleeping Xiaoyue, felt a little warm in his heart, and gently hugged her into his arms. Satsuki slept soundly and leaned on him. Sleepiness struck, but Ouyang Qing was afraid that someone would attack him in the middle of the night, so he just sat upright with his knife upright, keeping his eyes open and always on guard.

About to the Tiantang, the rising sun shines from afar. Ouyang Qing squinted, only to feel tired, and wanted to rest for a while. Suddenly, I heard the noise of people below, and there were several monks climbing and jumping, and they were climbing to the cliff.

Ouyang Qing was shocked in his heart, and said secretly: "I can't say that these monks are coming so quickly, we have to leave quickly." He leaned down and shouted, "Xiaoyue, wake up, Fanren is attacking again."

I was upset last night, and Xiaoyue had to close her eyes late at night. At this time, I had a good dream, and I was woken up by Ouyang Qing. She was sleepy-eyed, opened her head to look down, and saw several vicious-looking monks crawling up, their hands and feet were so fast, and in a blink of an eye, they climbed up to ten zhang, and they were so frightened that they were awake for eight minutes, and couldn't help but exclaim: "They are here again"

Ouyang Qing took advantage of the dawn to look at it, only to see that the top of the cliff was not far away. He secretly calculated in his heart, expecting that as long as no one interfered, he should be able to climb up at one time, and immediately said: "Come, I'll carry you up." We must hurry, otherwise at noon, the sun will be hot, and we will not be able to hold on to it. ”

Then he untied his belt and tied her to his back.

Xiao Yue turned her face and the two looked at each other, Ouyang Qing was moved for a moment, and gently touched her lips.

Xiao Yue "sighed", and her cheeks were red with shame. This is not the first time that Ouyang Qing has been held in his arms, but his shyness has not decreased but increased, and he suddenly felt a fever all over his body and his heartbeat accelerated.

Looking up at Ouyang Qing, I saw that his eyes were like fire, and he was looking down.

When the sun came, his face changed from his usual easy-going to a very resolute expression. Xiao Yue's heart moved, and she suddenly wanted to talk to him, but she didn't know what to say, so she wanted to talk for a while.

Ouyang Qing looked down and saw that the princess's face was flushed, and she didn't seem to be very comfortable, so she hurriedly asked, "But it's tied too tightly?"

Xiao Yue hurriedly shook her head and said, "It's okay, let's go up quickly and don't let the thieves chase after you."

Ouyang Qing used his hands and feet hard and hurriedly climbed to the rock. Whenever a stone slippery, he used his internal force to suck the rock with a sticky force in his palm, and climbed up like a gecko.

This kind of "gecko skill" was already used by Ouyang Qing ten years ago, and in his heyday, even if it was as smooth as a city wall, it would go up in a moment. However, at this moment, even this small cliff is exhausted.

Xiao Yue looked down, and at this time the climb was already high, and the things under the cliff were completely unclear.

If Ouyang Qing's hands and feet were not bright, and he accidentally fell down, the two of them would fall into a mess of mud and die. Although it was dangerous at this moment, when she thought of leaning on Ouyang Qing's arms, she felt peaceful and calm in her heart, and she didn't have the slightest worry about the indescribable peace and joy. It was also a night when he didn't get a good night's sleep, so he pillowed on Ouyang Qing's shoulder and fell asleep.

Ouyang Qing climbed on the cliff at this time, looked back from afar, but only saw that the mountains were full of Yue's army, and the Tang army was completely gone. He was shocked, and he didn't know what had happened.

Suddenly, he heard someone shouting below, Ouyang Qing hurriedly looked down, but saw that the four monks had already approached, it seemed that the martial arts were not weak, and he wanted to come to the Yue clan army without taking the princess. Ouyang Qing knew that the situation was critical, so he had to struggle to climb up.

As he was crawling, suddenly the wind around him was urgent, and a person came so fast that he had already flown to attack. Ouyang Qing saw that this monk was holding a scimitar, his martial arts seemed to be very strong, and his light body kung fu was especially good, and he couldn't help but be shocked: "Why did he run to my side?"

The monk clasped the rock wall with one hand, and when he saw Xiao Yue sleeping in Ouyang Qing's arms, a smile suddenly appeared on his face: "The princess is very beautiful, no wonder you want to capture her alive." Hee-hee"

He laughed a few times, raised his knife and slashed at Ouyang Qing's throat. The scimitar is extremely sharp, and if it is hit, it seems that not only will the throat be broken, but the head will also be separated.

Ouyang Qing's whole body was in the air at this time, and he only used the strength of his ten fingers to grasp the sharp corners of the rock. The wind blew in the mountains, and the feet were hanging and shaking in the air, and the situation was extremely dangerous. Seeing that the monk raised his knife and slashed, how did he dodge and resist, move and jump? If it was in the past, Ouyang Qing could have bent his fingers and flicked towards the blade, but now his hands are weak, and he is afraid that if the scimitar does not bounce off, he will fall from the mountain instead.

In a hurry, the scimitar had already slashed into the neck. Seeing that the difference was only a few inches, Ouyang Qing gritted his teeth, let go of the four fingers of his right hand sharply, his whole body lost support, and he fell down the cliff. The knife swept over his head and slashed at the rock. Just listen to the sound of "dang", the fire is splashing, which can be said to be dangerous.

Seeing that Ouyang Qing was about to fall into the deep valley and fall into mud, he saw that he was not in a hurry, pressed his hands on the smooth rock wall, took a deep breath, and in an instant, he stopped the falling with a sticky force in his palm. It's just that this time the force was too much, Ouyang Qing felt a sharp pain in the wound in his chest, and blood seeped out again.

Suddenly heard a whistling, and another monk climbed on the left. The man didn't care about the safety of the "princess", and raised his knife to cut Ouyang Qing's hands, and his move was extremely vicious, wanting to chop him off the cliff in one fell swoop. Ouyang Qing was shocked, his left leg was slightly raised, and he kicked towards the monk. His calculations were extremely accurate, and although this leg did not have much strength, he came first, and immediately kicked the monk in the chest.

The monk was kicked by a kick, his body was sore, and as soon as his hand was loosened, he fell down, and he was about to fall into the deep valley. Ouyang Qing breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to climb up, but he didn't know that the monk had never fallen, but only shook in mid-air, and flew back to Ouyang Qing.

Ouyang Qing was taken aback, seeing that this was definitely not any light skill in the world, he didn't know how he could make such a spell. Hurriedly looked at him, only to see that he had a rope tied to his body, the upper end of which was tied to a protruding rock, and it turned out to be tied by a rope, so he came and went freely.

The monk sneered, roared a few times in his mouth, and with a swing of his body, he flew towards Ouyang Qing like a swing, and with a flash of the scimitar in his hand, he slashed at Ouyang Qing's left arm.

Ouyang Qing was determined, stretched out his right palm and firmly stuck to the mountain wall, his left hand suddenly exerted force, and his body jumped up two feet sharply. He took the knife on his back later, and he was immediately cut out, dripping with blood and in pain.

Ouyang had a calculation early in the morning, took advantage of the situation and flicked his backhand, and his arm slid on the wrist of the monk like a loach, and he grabbed the knife with his hand, and then slashed it with his backhand. This is the best empty-handed white-bladed kung fu in the Central Plains, how can the monk resist. Seeing that this knife could cut the monk into two pieces, he kicked hard against the mountain wall, and immediately flew out and dodged the knife.