Chapter 61: The North of Great Xia is the North of Men
"Whew!"
The windswept Qiling Post sounded a fierce trumpet, but it was soon drowned out by shouts of killing, and the soldiers on the broken city walls ran back and forth, constantly cutting hooks thrown from under the city, or exchanging bows and arrows, and the burning beacon fire rose brightly.
There are also many soldiers who keep carrying thunderwood rolling stones from under the city to the city wall, two or three people lift hundreds of pounds of stones and drop them on the ladder, they hear a miserable scream, and there are also some northern desert soldiers who have slipped through the net and rushed to the city wall, when even if there will be county soldiers fighting with them, there is blood everywhere, there is fighting everywhere, and there is no cold anymore, only blood and fire.
On the mixed city wall, the county soldiers of Changling County come and go, looking like frightened sparrows, flying around, but take a closer look, all of them are very orderly, the movements of each team of people are fixed, and if they fall down, someone will fill it up immediately, although it is mixed, it is not chaotic.
On the command platform, Pang Shilong was meticulously waving the flag, and every time he moved a flag, there would be soldiers below him who would react, and below him were nearly ten soldiers standing with knives for close protection.
These ten soldiers, all of whom are third-rate martial artists, were specially arranged by Gu Qingci to protect Pang Shilong, because Pang Shilong is the real leader in this battle, and when commanding, there is no room for the slightest disturbance, every order he makes is crucial, even Gu Qingci will act according to his arrangement.
On the city wall, the old man was still silent, but no one could get close to him, even the feather arrows shot from under the city fell automatically within a radius of him, and he turned a blind eye to the surrounding situation, just quietly looked at the city, no one knew what he was looking at.
But there is one person who knows that he is Gu Qingci.
"Tuk"
A sharp arrow swished against Gu Qingci's cheek and shot to the wall behind him, the tail of the arrow buzzed and trembled, startling Gu Qingci into a cold sweat, he held the jade bone sword in his hand, and kept swinging and killing, every Northern Desert soldier who rushed to the city wall, as long as he was approached, he would solve it with a sword, and just now he was meeting a second-rate martial artist, after a few moves, just when he was killed, that arrow shot out.
Wiping the blood on his face, Gu Qing calmed down, and slashed hard at the neck of a Northern Desert soldier who rushed over, blood gushed out, and dyed his fair face bright red, he raised his head, and looked at Ning Qing with bloodthirsty eyes, just as Ning Qing also looked at him.
Ning Qing's eyes were cold, but he nodded.
Gu Qing understood and nodded, he knew that Ning Qing did not move because he had been paying attention to the great cultivators in the Northern Desert, and for the time being, the great cultivators in the Northern Desert did not move, and Ning Qing could not move, because the strength of the great cultivators was too strong, and he had to guard against it at all times.
The wind and snow were blowing, but no sound could be heard, it was already submerged, Gu Qingci's new set of robes was dyed blood-colored again, and the jade bone sword was more like a human bone, like a bloody bone, Gu Qingci's long sword was stuck on the ground, and he looked to the other side, where was a battlement in the city wall.
That battlement, is the whole city wall, a rare clean place, the snow is still thick, there is no change at all, that is, there is no footprint left, there is a Taoist girl standing in the wind, the wind is howling, she does not move, just stand quietly, like a scenery between heaven and earth, people can't bear to disturb.
The wind blew and blew Qin Keqing's robe, pure white, without a trace of dust, and sometimes there would be sharp arrows flying up from under the city, but they were broken and fell to the ground far away from her, it was a trace of a sword, but no one saw her sword.
Looking at Qin Keqing, who was like a spring water, Gu Qingci secretly breathed a sigh of relief, because Ning Qing had told him that there were at least two great cultivators in the Northern Desert army, and Ning Qing could block one, while the other could only rely on Qin Keqing.
Fortunately, Qin Keqing did not refuse Gu Qingci's request, and even agreed very happily, and went to the city wall without saying a word.
Under the city wall of Qiling Station, at a glance, all the Northern Desert soldiers, the city wall is only more than one zhang high, less than two zhang, those Northern Desert soldiers use hooks and ladders, cloud ladders, climb the city wall, they are worthy of being a nation on the horse, the majestic momentum of not fearing death, there are a large number of archers running wildly behind, constantly shooting arrows on the city wall, covering the siege, and the Qiling Yi County soldiers on the city wall, also continue to send arrows to fight back, but, the enemy is outnumbered, and gradually a little tired of coping.
Fortunately, Pang Shilong did not disappoint Gu Qingci.
"Boom!"
At this moment, Gu Qingci suddenly heard a loud noise, the city walls trembled, the wind and snow were everywhere, his heart was shocked, and he hurriedly looked down at the city, the north gate was breached!
Pang Shilong, who was commanding, shook his hand slightly, and the position he was in could look at the entire Qiling Station, and naturally he also saw that the north gate was forced, and the hand holding the flag shook slightly, and hurriedly looked at Gu Qingci.
Gu Qing was not verbose, he immediately made a decision, and shouted: "The people of the death squad are all given to this county, and the north gate will be protected with this county!"
Pang Shilong knew Gu Qingci's strength very well, and he also knew that he had no choice at this time, so without the slightest hesitation, he immediately picked up another flag, and with a slight wave, all the people in the death squad rushed towards the north gate, Gu Qingci took the lead, and jumped directly off the city wall.
Gu Qingci fell under the city wall, a little under his feet, there was no trace left on the snow, his current Tiyun Zong was close to Dacheng, and stepping on the snow without a trace was just a trivial matter, but he was slightly startled at this moment, because he saw a person in the death squad.
The people of the death squad, in the first battle in the morning, were already half dead, and then a new batch was added, still three hundred, but this battle started too suddenly, Gu Qingci didn't have time to meet the new death squad members, and now it was the first time he saw it, but he saw his only friend at a glance - Ma Shilian!
Gu Qing didn't have time to think, turned over and got on his horse, rushed to Ma Shilian's side, and roared angrily: "What are you doing here, I have agreed to let you go to the battlefield before, this is already my biggest concession, why are you coming to the death squad now, don't you know what the death squad is for? This is a team with death and no life! What kind of scholar are you, what are you here to make a fuss about?"
The death squad, as the name suggests, is a person specially selected by Gu Qingci, each of them is a person who is ready to die, and he is also one of them, but he really doesn't want to see Ma Shilian die here, even if he agrees to Ma Shilian to kill the enemy with a knife, he still has a trace of luck, but if he enters the death squad, there will basically be no luck.
Ma Shilian rode on the horse, hugged his fist at Gu Qingci, his eyes were resolute, his delicate face was very serious, and he said sonorously: "The world often says that the north of Great Xia is the north of the military, but carrying a gun and riding a horse to protect the family and defend the country is a man's ambition, and in the face of war, it is us and other scholars, what is the difference!"