Chapter 351
This passage at the mouth of the valley is no more than a few zhang wide, and when the arrows of the officers and soldiers come in, almost the entire passage is covered. Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhu Sanjia rolled backwards and hid behind the war horse. Li Qiufeng saw the opportunity faster, his feet came out of the stirrups, and he turned his head backwards on the back of the war horse, but he also flashed behind the war horse.
The two had just hidden, only to hear a dense "poof" sound. The two horses neighed miserably, and were hit by countless arrows. The horse on the left was in pain, its front hooves raised, as if it wanted to tumble and jump, but the horse on the right turned to the left, trying to turn around and flee backwards, but the passage was narrow, and it turned around, and its head hit the belly of the horse on the left. The force of this collision was extremely great, and I saw two war horses neighing and crashing into the stone wall on the side of the road, hitting the stone wall with a "plop" and falling to the ground together. It's just that at this time, the two horses were hit by countless feathered arrows, and they kept rolling on the ground, but they couldn't stand up.
Li Qiufeng and Zhu Sanjia each brandished swords and guns to block the flying feather arrows. But he saw that the horse team of the officers and soldiers on the other side of the valley was galloping forward. The two men had lost their horses, and knew that they could not withstand the onslaught of the cavalry, so they had to retreat into the valley while knocking the incoming feathered arrows.
Deng Yao saw that Li Qiufeng and Zhu Sanjia could not resist the attack of the officers and soldiers, so he led the beggars to meet them, wanting to help Li Qiufeng and Zhu Sanjia resist the enemy. Li Qiufeng was frightened, and was about to remind the beggars to be careful, but three beggars had already been shot by feather arrows and fell to the ground screaming.
At this time, the feathered arrow attack of the officers and soldiers had ended, and the cavalry attacked in an instant. The two men at the head were not ordinary sergeants, but officers in armor. The two officers, each holding spears, rushed straight towards Li Qiufeng and Zhu Sanjia.
Zhu Sanjia has been in the army for a long time, and when he saw that the whole body of the two officers was covered by armor, and the face and body of the war horse were also covered with leather armor, only a pair of eyes were exposed, knowing that this was the heavy cavalry of the officers and soldiers and horses, and they must not be confronted against them. At that moment, while dodging to dodge, he shouted to Li Qiufeng: "Get out of the way!"
Li Qiufeng saw that the two officers' attacks were extremely violent, completely different from the previous charge of the officers and soldiers, and knew that something was wrong, so he retreated to the right without waiting for Zhu Sanjia to remind. It's just that the beggars didn't know the strength of the heavy cavalry of the officers and soldiers, and thought that they could form a phalanx to resist the attack of the officers and soldiers and cavalry like Fang Cai, because although they saw Zhu Sanjia and Li Qiufeng retreating, the phalanx of the beggars and gangs did not dodge, but sang "Lotus Fall" to meet them.
Li Qiufeng was startled, and was about to stop him, when the two officers had already rushed to the front of the beggar gang's phalanx. The horses under the crotch of the two were wrapped in leather armor, and in the face of the sticks in the hands of the beggars, the impact was unabated, and the officer immediately raised his spear and swept towards the beggars.
Only heard the sound of "crackling", mixed with the screams of the beggars, more than a dozen beggars were killed by two horses and kicked. Another five or six beggars were crushed in the heads by the spears of two officers on their horses, and they fell to the ground screaming and dying.
The two officers continued to charge, brandishing their spears and galloping through the middle of the beggars' phalanx. By the time the two officers rushed over, the phalanx was scattered and could no longer form a formation. Behind the two officers, several cavalry officers and soldiers rushed out of the valley mouth, and immediately the officers and men picked up their broadswords and slashed down at the beggars. I saw blood splattered, heads flying, and more than a dozen beggars and gangs died tragically under the knives of officers and soldiers.
Li Qiufeng saw that the officers and soldiers kept rushing in from the valley mouth, and knew that he could no longer stop the onslaught of the officers and soldiers. The beggar gang wants to forcibly resist the officers and soldiers, which is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg. When he saw Deng Yao carrying a stick in his hand, he was about to step forward to meet the two officers and soldiers who were wielding big swords, and immediately shouted loudly: "Gang Master Deng, quickly take the brothers of your gang to step down......
Before he could finish speaking, Deng Yao had already swung the stick in his hand and smashed it at the mount of an officer and soldier. It's just that the officer's big knife slashed down from top to bottom and was slashing at the stick in Deng Yao's hand. The strength of this officer and soldier is amazing, and with the impact of the war horse, although Deng Yao concentrates his internal strength on the stick, it is difficult to resist it. I only heard a loud "click" sound, and the wooden stick had been cut off by the big knives in the hands of the officers and soldiers. Deng Yao only felt a strong force coming from the stick, and although his arms were holding the wooden stick, he couldn't hold it. His hands hurt and he "whew", and the remaining half of the stick had already flown out, and his body staggered back two or three steps.
The officer and soldier smashed the wooden stick in Deng Yao's hand, and the war horse had already arrived in front of Deng Yao, and the big knife in his right hand slashed down on his heavenly spirit cover.
At this time, there were four or five hundred people gathered at the entrance of the cave, waiting to enter the cave. From the officers and soldiers forcing back Li Qiufeng and Zhu Sanjia with feather arrows, to the phalanx formed by the beggars being broken by two officers, and then the wooden stick in Deng Yao's hand was cut off by the officers and soldiers, it was just a matter of an eye. Most of the heroes know Deng Yao and know that he is the leader of the beggar gang and a famous figure in the rivers and lakes, and his martial arts are naturally not weak. It's just that under the impact of an ordinary horse sergeant, the weapon in his hand was first cut off, and then he was shocked back four or five steps. Only then did Qunhao know that even if he was a martial arts master, in the face of the impact of a well-trained field army, let alone defeating the enemy, it was extremely difficult to protect himself.
Deng Yao only felt that the blood in his chest was surging, and his arms were sore, which was really unspeakably uncomfortable. Frightened, he was about to dodge and avoid it, but the war horse had already arrived in front of him. Immediately, the officers and soldiers' broadswords cut off their heads and faces, and it was too late for him to retreat.
In fact, if Deng Yao was on guard, although he could not confront the officers and cavalry head-on, it would not be difficult to dodge. It's just that Deng Yao is conceited and strong in martial arts, and what he thinks about rushing over is just an ordinary sergeant, no matter how bad he is, it is still not a problem to deal with an officer and soldier. It's just that he didn't expect that these cavalry were well-trained, and they relied on the war horses under their crotch, and once they hit, they would be unstoppable. When the wooden stick in his hand was cut off by the officer and soldier, Deng Yao was already shocked, but he was a little dazed. Then he couldn't stand on his feet, and was shocked by the knife of the officers and soldiers, and this horror made him lose confidence in an instant. In a panic, Deng Yao's head was blank, and he saw the officers and soldiers' broadswords slashing at his heavenly spirit cover, but he couldn't dodge it for a while.
At this moment, a beggar gang pounced on the side and suddenly pushed Deng Yao out. It's just that Deng Yao was just pushed away, but the big knife of the officer and soldier also cut down, cut from the left shoulder of the beggar gang, and cut out from the right rib, and actually cut him into two pieces. The two bodies of the beggars fell to the ground, but they did not die for a while, and their bodies trembled and convulsed on the ground, and the situation was extremely miserable.
Deng Yao saw that this beggar disciple died tragically under the knife of the officers and soldiers in order to save his life, and he was really heartbroken. The fear in his heart turned into anger, and he wanted to kill the officer and soldier to avenge the beggar disciple. It's just that the officers and soldiers did not stop at all, and after killing the beggars, they still rushed forward. The iron hooves flew, and he kicked down the two beggar gang members, and crossed between the beggar gang members, Deng Yao wanted to pursue, but where could he have time.
I saw a large number of officers and soldiers and cavalry pouring in from the mouth of the valley, trampled by iron hooves, the ground was dusty, and the valley reverberated with the sound of horses' hooves. At this time, the sun had risen, and the sunlight shot into the valley from the mouth of the valley, shining on the swords and guns in the hands of the officers and soldiers, and the momentum was even more amazing.
Li Qiufeng saw that the beggar gang suffered heavy casualties in an instant, and even the gang leader Deng Yao almost died under the knife of the officers and soldiers, but his heart was also extremely frightened. Hundreds of heroes who had not yet entered the cave saw that the beggar gang was killed by the officers and soldiers, and they drew their swords one after another to rush up to the rescue of the beggar gang. Li Qiufeng knew that at this time, the officers and soldiers had rushed into the valley, and the heroes would be in every difficulty to resist it, and if they stepped forward to intercept, it would only make more heroes die tragically under the swords and guns of the officers and soldiers. With his body in a vertical position, he jumped up in mid-air, lightly touched his right foot on the saddle of an ownerless war horse, took advantage of the momentum and jumped up again, flew over the heads of several officers and soldiers who rushed into the valley, and landed right in front of the swarming group of heroes, stretched out his hands, stopped the group of heroes, and said: "The officers and soldiers are powerful, everyone should quickly retreat into the hole!"
Most of the heroes knew Li Qiufeng, and when they saw him stop everyone from making a move, they immediately stopped. I saw that the officers and soldiers and horses continued to rush into the valley from the mouth of the valley, and most of the beggars had died tragically on the spot, and the rest were almost all wounded. When the officers and soldiers and horses charged, they did not stop for a moment, brandishing their swords and guns and constantly swept between the remnants of the beggars, and rushed straight into the depths of the valley.
Li Qiufeng had watched the drills of the three major battalions of the Beijing Army with the officials of the Jinyi Guard, and knew that when the officers and soldiers and horses charged, they would definitely stop in the middle, and they would not regroup until they had passed through the enemy formation, and then attack after turning the horse's head. He raised his eyes to look into the depths of the valley, but saw that more than a hundred feet away, the two officers had turned their horses' heads by themselves, and the officers and soldiers who were rushing over were restraining themselves to form a new formation. Li Qiufeng thought to himself: "Looking at the appearance of these two officers, they will definitely rush over again." At present, most of the beggars have been killed in battle, and the target of the attack by the officers and soldiers must be the hundreds of heroes who have not yet entered the cave. If the officers and soldiers rush back, these people will be able to resist them with all difficulties, how can this be good?"
In a panic, he knew that he was far inferior to Zhu Sanjia, so he turned his head and looked around, wanting to discuss with Zhu Sanjia. But seeing that Zhu Sanjia and Deng Yao had retreated to the opposite stone wall, separated by the officers and soldiers who were constantly rushing in from the valley mouth, it was tantamount to a fool's dream to rush over. Fortunately, the officers and soldiers rushed on horseback, and the target was only the beggar gang at the exit of the valley, and they did not attack Zhu Sanjia and Deng Yao. The two of them leaned closely against the opposite stone wall, and there was no fear for their lives for a while.
Qunhao saw that the beggars died tragically on the spot, but he couldn't help, and he was shocked and angry. A few chivalrous men took advantage of the unpreparedness of the autumn wind and rushed forward from the crowd, wanting to rescue the beggars. It's just that as soon as these people rushed to the side of the beggar gang, they were stabbed with knives and spears by the officers and soldiers who rushed over, and they died on the spot in the blink of an eye.
Qunhao saw that these people were full of blood, but they died tragically under the swords and guns of the officers and soldiers, and the corpses were trampled by the war horses, and they were not human in an instant, and the situation was extremely miserable. It was because everyone was grieving, but in the face of the officers and soldiers, they were helpless.
At this time, there were more than 1,000 officers and soldiers rushing to the depths of the valley. After the two officers had lined up their officers and men, one of the officers turned his head and said a few words in a loud voice, raised his spear in his right hand, and rushed out first. More than 1,000 officers and soldiers behind him brandished swords and guns, shouted wildly, and rushed straight towards the group of heroes.