Chapter 50: The Bloody Battle in the Valley of the Black Snake
After everyone had eaten something and rested for a while, Chief Lao Xili drew his long sword, took the lead, and led everyone to drive the horses with their goods towards the Black Snake Valley.
Less than a mile into the valley, they saw a beam of fireworks rise from the front of the valley with a shrill whistle and then explode in the sky.
"It's not good, there is an ambush, brothers rush forward!" Zuo Liancheng greeted, and hurriedly threw his sword, and at the same time slammed his legs between the horses and rushed forward at a faster speed. The others also knew that something was wrong, so they hurried up their mounts and began to rush forward desperately. The fireworks just now must have been a signal to the accomplices, In this barren mountain and wilderness, it is impossible for someone to be so idle and have nothing to do to come here to set off fireworks. Since someone is passing signals to each other, they must be preparing to attack their own people back and forth. Since the retreat has been blocked, and he has to pass through this Black Snake Valley, it is better to simply rush forward, so that the chance of success will be greater.
As expected, the fireworks in front of him had just gone out, and an identical firework rose not far behind them - apparently premeditated.
"Don't panic, everyone, keep in formation, we will try to rush out before the pursuers behind arrive!" Qiao Wanshan has been walking back and forth between various tribes with caravans for many years, and he has not encountered mountain bandits who block the road and rob, although the incident happened suddenly, he was still very calm.
However, as soon as they turned the foot of the mountain, they found that the mountain road ahead had been blocked by several large trees, which were set up after the trees on the valleys on both sides had been deliberately cut down. Zuo Liancheng hurriedly reined in his mount, and when he looked up, he saw sixty or seventy yin and yang strange people, dressed in all kinds of clothes, holding bows and arrows in their hands, glaring at him viciously.
"I opened this road, this tree is me, I want to pass by from here, and leave the money to buy the road!" Seeing that Zuo Liancheng and his party had stopped in front, a masked man who looked thin and not tall jumped onto a tree trunk molded on the road, coughed lightly twice, and raised his voice and shouted.
"In Xia Qiaowan Mountain, the leader of the caravan of the Qinglong tribe. Passing by here today, I hope that your Excellency will raise your noble hand and give it a convenient time, and I will thank you again after the next day. Qiao Wanshan saw that it was a bandit who was blocking the road and robbing him, and his heart was a little calmer, so he slapped his horse and walked out of the crowd, arched his hand at the other party, and said loudly. If these people are really bandits who block the road and rob the road, it is much easier to deal with, they mainly seek money, as long as they get enough benefits, they are generally not easy to kill.
"Your name is Qiao Wanshan, your name is not small, hahahaha, the leader of the Wanshan caravan of the Qinglong Tribe. But your name isn't even a fart in my eyes. In this way, for the sake of your face that you still have a little acquaintance, I will let you go, and you will get out of here yourself, and leave all the other people and things to Lao Tzu!"
"Brother, you're doing this a bit too much, aren't you? Why do you have to kill them all!" Qiao Wanshan suppressed his anger and tried to make the other party change his mind.
"Third Master Cat, what nonsense are you talking to him, you can kill him directly. As soon as Qiao Wanshan's words were finished, a middle-aged man beside the thin man who looked masked and had a pair of triangular eyes became a little impatient.
"Brothers, since these fat sheep don't open their eyes, then we can only ......" The person known as "Third Master Cat" paused slightly, looked at the middle-aged man who spoke just now, intentionally or unintentionally, and then waved his hand and coldly gave an order, "Release the arrow!"
As soon as the words of the "Third Master Cat" fell, dozens of feather arrows flew towards Qiao Wanshan with the sound of breaking the wind. Everyone hurriedly waved their weapons in their hands, blocked one after another, and shot down the bows and arrows that were shot. After a few rounds of feather arrows, the people were fine, only two were injured on Zuoliancheng's side, one was hit by an arrow in the thigh, and the other was wounded in the left shoulder, but the horses that were carrying the goods were miserable, and almost all of them were injured and fell to the ground.
"Leave those things alone, let's rush!" The sound of horses' hooves behind them was already clearly audible, and if it dragged on, it would fall into a situation of being surrounded by front and back. The old Sili chief made a quick decision, and with a kick of his feet, the man jumped up from his horse, waved the long sword in his hand, and rushed into the crowd in front of him. The people behind followed suit, abandoning their horses, jumping over the fallen trees, and scuffling with the crowd blocking the way in front.
Since the two sides fell into a melee, you have me, I have you, those bows and arrows basically lost their effect, and they could no longer attack the people on Lao Xili's side from a distance, which undoubtedly reduced their pressure to a certain extent.
The gap in numbers, even if the enemy behind has not caught up, is almost six to one, or even seven to one. As soon as they handed over, the people on Lao Xili's side felt a huge pressure, although the mountain road was narrow, and everyone gathered tightly together, leaving no room for those who stood in the way to divide and surround them, and each opportunity to break through, but it was also for this reason that everyone could not break through the defense line of those who stood in front of them at once, but fell into a bitter battle. It didn't take long for both sides to suffer casualties. Because Lao Xili, Qiao Wanshan, Zuo Liancheng and Dan Wanghai's kung fu were obviously higher than most of them, and the other party was only the person in charge of shouting just now and the triangular eye kung fu was on par with the four of them, and the rest of the people were not their opponents, plus the people on Zuo Liancheng's side had to fight for their lives because they were in a desperate situation. In this way, at the cost of two more injuries and one death, he successfully put down more than a dozen opponents. But these dozen or so were nothing to the sixty or seventy people who blocked the road in front of them, and instead of retreating, they became even more crazy. What's even worse is that the pursuers behind also caught up at this time and began to besiege them front and rear. In order to protect the brothers in the back, Zuo Liancheng and Dan Wanghai had to rush to the back for reinforcements. But in this way, everyone is even more passive.
"Third child, what are you doing? It's only been such a short time, and you have injured so many brothers?" Liu Qingmu, who was surrounded from behind, waved the iron rod in his hand and swung Zuo Liancheng's long sword away, and shouted to Liu Qinghe, the triangular-eyed man who was forced by Qiao Wanshan to dodge left and right.
"Fourth, today's idea is a bit prickly, you should be sharp with your hands and feet, so as not to dream too much at night. Liu Qinghe jumped to the side, dodging the spear from Qiao Wanshan, and replied in the black language commonly used by the local bandits. They had already discussed before setting off, and they wanted to blame this on the most famous bandit leader in the Canglong Mountain Range, so the voice that spoke at this time also deliberately changed the original tone.
"Okay, third brother, just look at me, and when I clean up Zuo Liancheng, the king of the eight lambs, I'll come over to help you." Liu Qingmu didn't say much, picked up the long stick in his hand like a wheel, and rushed towards Zuoliancheng again.
Although Zuo Liancheng has excellent swordsmanship, Liu Qingmu uses an iron rod, and his moves are strong and heavy, and the long sword he uses is a light weapon, which cannot be hard-connected, and at the same time he has to deal with other enemies who are besieging him. Seeing Liu Qingmu swept the iron rod towards his calf again, Zuo Liancheng was horizontal in his heart, and he didn't care about the two long swords that stabbed at him behind him, jumped up, his toes were on the iron rod of Liu Qingmu a little, and when he stepped on it, he suddenly came to Liu Qingmu's eyes, the long sword slashed down, only to see a sword light flash, and in one move, he cut off Liu Qingmu's left hand and elbow together. Zuo Liancheng didn't look at it, as if he had eyes behind him, and when he returned to the sword, he knocked a long sword towards his right shoulder into the air. But at this moment, the long sword that pierced his left shoulder also made a deep cut in his left arm.
"Let's all go together, what the hell are you still doing in a daze?" Liu Qingmu didn't expect Zuo Liancheng to use a lose-lose style this time, although his own subordinates also scratched one of his left arms, but one of his left hands was almost completely destroyed by him, and he suddenly yelled in anger, and he didn't care about picking up his broken hand on the ground, but danced with an iron rod with one hand, and rushed towards Zuo Liancheng. It's all like I want to fight and end up together. He had already hated Zuo Liancheng in his heart, although his nephew, that is, the young chief Liu Yunlong, did not die directly at the hands of the person in front of him, but he had nothing to do with him, and now even if he died, he had to be pulled as a backing.
But he still underestimated Zuo Liancheng's combat effectiveness. Just now, after being careless and abolishing his left hand by Zuo Liancheng's sword, Liu Qingmu was already very uncomfortable when he used the iron rod, and after losing his most powerful opponent, the pressure on Zuo Liancheng's body suddenly decreased. After more than ten moves, Zuo Liancheng had already killed four or five Fire Clansmen one after another.
Liu Aoki also began to become groggy due to excessive blood loss at this time, and after a few rounds, because he couldn't dodge, his right wrist was also stabbed by the left company's long sword, and the iron rod in his hand could no longer be grasped and fell to the ground. If it weren't for the fact that his subordinates saw that he was in critical condition and came to the rescue one by one desperately, I am afraid that they would have become the souls of Zuo Liancheng's sword.
"Great Elder, you resist in the back first, and I'll go and open the way for Chief Xili!" Zuo Liancheng brushed two swords, and split one person of the Fire Tribe into three sections, taking advantage of the fact that the Fire Clan was shocked by his might, and did not dare to step forward for a while, he inserted the long sword back into the scabbard with his backhand, and at the same time raised his toes, and the iron rod used by Liu Qingmu just now was grabbed by him in his hand- In this chaotic battle where the enemy is outnumbered, the iron rod is much better than the long sword, although his stick technique is not as good as his own swordsmanship, but using the iron rod to open the way is better than using the sword, at least the attack range is much larger than the long sword, and he has captured the weapon of their leader, which will definitely affect their fighting spirit. Now that the person with the best kung fu in the back has been abolished by himself, the Great Elder and a few other brothers should be able to support it for a while, and then rush back at this time, with three against two, if he can kill one or two more masters of the other party, maybe the situation can be reversed.
"Go ahead, I'm fine here!" Great Elder Dan Wanghai's situation was not much better than Zuo Liancheng, and he was also stabbed with a sword under his right rib, although it was not very heavy. But the blood did not stop. But now the siege of himself is basically some ordinary little minions, if you are careful, there should be no big problem. Now I heard Zuo Liancheng say that he wanted to go to the front to open the way, and he immediately understood his thoughts.