Chapter 177
I saw more than 1,000 rebels carrying ladders and pushing crashing cars straight to the city gate. The archers of the defenders of the city were so suppressed by the rebels that they could not raise their heads, and they were helpless against the approaching rebels. Although the garrison continued to press, a dozen archers tried to get up from the battlement and shoot arrows, but as soon as they appeared, they were all shot by the rebels.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Li Qiufeng rushed forward from behind the battlement where he was hiding, picked up the bow and arrow from the side of an archer who had been shot, and aimed at a leader who was directing the archers of the rebels more than a hundred paces away.
The power of his arrow was extremely powerful, and although it was in the battlefield where thousands of people were shouting and fighting, the sound of the feather arrow breaking through the air was still clearly transmitted. It's just that Li Qiufeng has never practiced archery after all, this arrow is ruthless and fast, but the accuracy is much worse, flying two feet above the leader's head, but the leader is so frightened that he shrinks his neck, and repeatedly ordered the soldiers around him to extinguish the torches, so as not to be discovered by the defenders of the city.
Distracted by the leader, the rebel archers put off shooting their arrows into the city. Liu Yong and Xu Chenghe also rushed to the battlement, picked up their bows and arrows, and shot at the rebel archers. When some martial arts experts saw that the heads of the Huashan and Qingcheng factions bent their bows and arrows to shoot at the rebels, they also picked up their bows and arrows from the battlements and shot them at the archers of the rebels.
Almost all of these heroes are proficient in hidden weapons, but when it comes to bow and arrow skills, they are far behind. However, these people are all people with deep internal strength, and although the feather arrows they shoot are poor, they shoot hard and far. The rebel crossbowmen thought that the defenders' bows and arrows could not shoot too far, and they were completely defenseless, and they were shot dead fifty or sixty people on the spot, and the leader of the team was also hit by a few arrows, although he was not killed, he was seriously wounded, and fell to the ground unable to command. The archers of the rebels lost their command and for a moment they were like flies without a head, and they did not bother to fire arrows into the city.
Seeing that the rebels no longer fired arrows, the garrison immediately ordered the defenders to shoot arrows at the rebels approaching the city gates, and at the same time pushed the stones and logs down the city. At this time, the rebels were less than twenty paces away from the city gate, and the feather arrows on the city rained down, the distance was close, and the stones and rolling logs were constantly smashed down from the city, and the four or five rebel soldiers carrying the ladders were all killed immediately, and the rebel soldiers who were pushing the two crashed cars were also smashed by the rolling logs. The remaining rebels were blocked by feathered arrows, so they had to erect shields to cover them, and for a moment they could not advance.
At this time, the heroes of the city had already crowded to the battlement, some fired flying locusts and hidden arrows, and some raised stones and smashed them down on the rebels. These people are proficient in hidden weapons, and with such a close distance, it is time to show their skills. In the blink of an eye, more than 100 rebels died under the hidden weapons of the heroes.
At this moment, only the sound of gold was heard from the rebel camp, and the rebels retreated. It's just that although the rebels retreated, they were not in the slightest disorder. The sergeants still faced the wall, and the soldiers in the rear put up their shields to shield the feathered arrows from the city and protect the retreating soldiers. Looking from the city wall, I saw that the rebel army was not in disarray, slowly moving backwards, and slowly disappeared into the darkness.
The soldiers defending the city and the heroes raised their arms and shouted, and the sound shook all over the world for a while.
Several soldiers helped the garrison down, and he kept giving orders, ordering everyone to carry the wounded and transport the bodies of the fallen soldiers. Li Qiufeng, Liu Yong and others surrounded each other and persuaded the garrison to go down to the city to treat their injuries. The garrison shook his head and said, "Although the enemy army is temporarily retreating, it has only lost three or four hundred people, and the position is not chaotic at all when the troops retreat. Sang Liangtian is proficient in the art of war, and his command is all elite soldiers in a hundred battles, so we can't be sloppy at all. If it weren't for the help of the heroes, the rebels would have already attacked the city, and maybe the city would have been breached by the rebels at this time. I have only been hit by two arrows, and my wounds are not serious, so I can just bandage this city. ”
The crowd persuaded him for a while, but the guard just shook his head and refused to allow it, and finally simply sat down under the arrow tower and asked people to pull out arrows for him to heal his wounds. At this time, a herald came to report that although the rebels feinted at the west, north, and south gates, they only released a few arrows and did not send troops to attack the city. The garrison strictly ordered the guards of the city gates not to relax, and they sat under the arrow tower and closed their eyes to recuperate.
Li Qiufeng looked at the corpses of more than 100 rebels dropped by the rebels under the city, couldn't help sighing, and said to Liu Yong: "These are the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, who died in vain under this Yong'an City, and they have to bear the notoriety of the rebels. ”
Liu Yong's expression was gloomy, and he was silent for a moment before he said: "If the city of Yong'an is broken, these hundreds of soldiers in the city, as well as three or four hundred families in the city, I am afraid that none of them will be able to leave alive." Although there are often fights in our martial arts, they have never been so cruel and bloody. ”
Li Qiufeng patted the battlement and said in a deep voice: "I originally wanted to leave Yong'an City as soon as possible with you, but if this continues, I am afraid that more and more people will die, and if Liu Sheng Zongyan succeeds, I am afraid that our Ming Dynasty will have no more left." I'm going to find Liu Kang and Yang Tinghe theory, if the two still don't stop, I'll take the heads of the two old guys, give them to Sang Liangtian, and force him to retreat. ”
Liu Yong said: "Since Liu Sheng Zongyan and Yang Zhenzhong are both in the Gu family's old store, Li Shaoxia goes alone, I'm afraid that two fists will be difficult to defeat four hands." Although Liu's martial arts are low, he can also help Li Shaoxia cover up. ”
Murong Danyan saw the scene of the two sides fighting, and he was so frightened that he hid behind the arrow tower. At this time, seeing that Li Qiufeng was about to rush back to his old store, he said to Liu Yong: "Mr. Liu, I will accompany Brother Li back, you are indispensable in this city." ”
Li Qiufeng said: "Mr. Liu should stay in the city, these friends in the rivers and lakes still rely on Mr. Liu's command." Liu Yong thought for a moment, and had to say to Li Qiufeng: "In that case, Li Shaoxia should go and go back quickly." ”
Li Qiufeng and Murong Danyan said goodbye to Liu Yong and hurriedly returned to the old shop. By this time, the city had already learned that the rebel attack had been repulsed, and the soldiers on patrol were all beaming with joy. Murong Danyan whispered to Li Qiufeng: "Brother Li, you were just in the city, have you ever been afraid?"
"I'm afraid, of course I'm afraid. Li Qiufeng said as he walked, "This is different from the vendetta of the rivers and lakes, tens of millions of people are fighting together, no matter how high your martial arts are, it is extremely difficult to protect yourself." How can anyone who is not afraid of death be born as a human being? let alone ......"
Speaking of this, Li Qiufeng glanced at Murong Danyan, but did not say any more.
Murong Danyan said, "Brother Li, are you afraid that I will be killed by the rebels?"
Li Qiufeng said: "As long as Li doesn't die, no one else will be allowed to hurt you!"
Murong Danyan's heart was pounding, and he couldn't hear anything in his ears for a moment, his heart was extremely happy, his body was light and fluttering, and he only hoped that this road would never end.
It's just that no matter how long the road is, there will eventually come an end, and the two finally arrived at the Gu family's old store.
At this time, the thirty brocade guards who were originally subdued by Murong Danqing had disappeared, and the bodies of the two Tsing Yi servants who died at the door were also gone. Li Qiufeng and Murong Danyan's hearts were pounding, and they couldn't help but glance at each other. Murong Danyan said in a trembling voice: "My brother, he, will he ......?"
Before she could finish speaking, two lines of tears had flowed.
Li Qiufeng held the knife in his right hand, held Murong Danyan's right hand with his left hand, and said in a low voice: "Brother Murong is strong in martial arts and extremely wise, Miss Murong doesn't need to worry too much. ”
Although Li Qiufeng comforted Murong Danyan, he also regretted it in his heart. Knowing that the martial arts in the Yang Zhenzhong were superb, coupled with the strange swordsmanship of Liu Sheng Zongyan, the martial arts may not be under the Yang Zhenzhong, but he let Murong Danqing stay here alone to deal with these two masters. I only blamed myself for worrying about the city breaking and putting Murong Danqing in danger. If Murong Danqing had a mistake, he would be dead.
He thought for a moment, nodded to Murong Danyan, held the handle of the knife in his right hand, and walked into the lobby.
I saw that the hall was brightly lit, and there was a person sitting on the Taishi chair in the middle, holding a cup of tea and looking at the two with a smile.
Murong Danyan screamed happily, grabbed it and hugged the man, whimpering and saying, "You, you scared me to death......
That person was Murong Danqing. He patted Murong Danyan on the shoulder and said with a smile: "It's all big girls, it's still crying like this, are you ashamed!"
Li Qiufeng said: "Brother Murong, where have all the people in this room gone?"
Murong Danqing stood up, buckled the hat on the table on Murong Danyan's head, made a grimace at her, turned his head to Li Qiufeng and said, "After you leave, I will stay outside the door of this store, waiting for the head of the Jinyi Guard and the Fusang man to come out." Later, the leader of the Jinyi guards came out, said a few polite words to me, and took away the twenty or thirty Jinyi guards. But the Fuso man took the opportunity to slip away. The two old men were walking with Jinyiwei, and I knew you would definitely come back, so I waited for you here. Don't say it, this tea is really good tea. Haha, haha. ”
(End of chapter)