Volume 1: The Seven Stars of the Twilight of the World Chapter 18 Mysterious Reinforcements
After Ji Changan slashed and killed the two rangers who were guarding at the mouth of the alley, he escorted the carriage of the second lady of the eldest grandson and rushed towards the east gate. In addition to the coachman, there were only two people left with him.
One of the two warriors led the way in front, and the other broke off in the back, while Ji Changan held a machete in his hand and guarded the side of the carriage.
The eldest grandson listened to the movement outside the carriage in the bumpy carriage, and his heart was even more bumpy than the galloping carriage.
When you just arrive home during the day, you have to face the choice of parting from your loved ones at night. Especially when her mother said that she would accompany her father to face everything, that kind of resolute and calm look made her heart like a knife. She even began to wonder if it was her own ill-fated fate that constantly brought bad luck to the people around her.
The whereabouts of her husband are unknown, her father endures humiliation and steals her life, and her mother is seriously ill......
Now that she is going to go to the eldest sister and grandson who is married to the little prince of Nanjun, it is no wonder that people say that the poor red face always has a thin life, and it is the most ruthless emperor's family.
Ji Changan didn't have time to think nonsense. Those brothers who followed him back to Yecheng from the border pass, and secretly protected the eldest grandson in Yecheng for more than ten years, have all turned into a handful of red clay in Beiliang tonight, and even the iron man is silently crying in his heart.
If he knew that those brothers vaguely saw the summoning of General Xiang Sheng after shedding their last drop of blood for Beiliang, perhaps he would be much more relieved. But now, he has only one belief in his heart, that is, to complete the last task assigned by the eldest grandson and escort the eldest grandson to Nanjun safely.
The horses were galloping, the wheels were spinning, and they were about to reach the east gate of Yecheng, when suddenly, there was a desperate sound of horses' hooves behind them.
Ji Changan didn't look back, just shouted
"Liu Zhen!"
"Yes!"
The broken warrior replied loudly, without more words, and the horse was reined in, and the horse understood the master's intentions, and with a beautiful stop, the horse's head was turned in an instant.
The Beiliang warrior named Liu Zhen faced the ten pursuers of the Ranger Country alone, listening to the sound of Ji Changan escorting the carriage behind him, and gradually moving away, with stirrups between his legs. The war horse raised its head and neighed, and heard the master say, "Brother, it's time for us to go." ”
The horse, which had followed its master all his life, had already communicated with his master's mind, nodded as if he understood the words, and began to march in the direction of the rangers' pursuers.
At first it was a jog in small steps, then a gradual acceleration, and finally a wild run that gave up everything.
Speed is the most powerful weapon that a war horse can give to a rider.
The pursuers of the rangers thought about the instructions of the Wo Beitai, and did not dare to make any more mistakes, so they raised the short bow in their hands and shot hard. Ten arrows weaved into an invisible net and shrugged down towards Liu Zhen.
Liu Zhen's eyes saw several bright spots in the darkness shining with cold light rushing towards him, and he did not panic, but lay tightly on the horse's back, and at the same time covered the face of the war horse with the long knife in his hand, and when there was a loud sound, the long knife blocked an arrow that shot at the horse's face, but at the same time, the other three arrows had already hit Liu Zhen's back.
Liu Zhen was wearing a special Xuanjia armor, which was made of a Xuaniron shield, thick rattan linen and close-fitting cowhide. The armor was lighter and more comfortable than ordinary armor, barely blocking a few rangers' bows and arrows, although it was not fatal, but the arrows also penetrated through the armor and entered the flesh for half an inch, Liu Zhen noticed that there was a hot liquid flowing in the armor.
Before the second wave of bows and arrows attacked, the ranger pursuers who rushed to the front were already only a few horses away from Liu Zhen. The rangers quickly pulled out of formation, the first two fast horses roaming against the walls on either side, and the warriors behind them swung their sabers and prepared to meet the enemy head-on.
The strength of a warrior is to kill the enemy, but the value of a warrior is not only to kill the enemy, the purpose of Liu Zhen and the ranger pursuers is very clear, to block the pursuers and chase the carriage.
Therefore, the pursuers who rushed to the front split the formation and wanted to bypass Liu Zhen, which brought Liu Zhen a big problem, he was not to kill the enemy, his task was to try his best to block the pace of the pursuers.
Between the lightning and flint, Liu Zhen patted the horse's head, Liu Zhen's mount snorted, and the one person and one horse with the same heart instantly made a move that the rangers did not expect.
Liu Zhen first got up from the saddle, then slammed on the saddle, jumped high from the horse, and pounced on the fast horse on his right, and Liu Zhen's war horse rushed to the left with a light body, and at the same time the hind legs exerted force, the two front legs were raised high, and with two muffled bangs, Liu Zhen himself bumped into the rangers on the right, and the loyal and fearless war horse crashed into the middle and left rangers at the same time.
With a click, under such a high-speed impact, Liu Zhen's war horse was hit by the head of the ranger and broke his spine, and he fell to the ground, and the horse's belly was also pierced by his own snow-white ribs, and the snow-white ribs were quickly stained red with blood.
But it accomplished its task, successfully stopping the two fast horses that were oncoming, and all three horses were seriously injured by the impact, and in an instant they took up most of the street.
After Liu Zhen collided with the Ranger warrior on his right, he grabbed his shoulder and dragged his opponent off the horse, this time, the last passage on the street was also blocked by these two warriors rolling together.
The Ranger's machetes have a large arc like a crescent, which is convenient for cutting at high speeds, but not conducive to hand-to-hand combat. Although the knife used by Liu Zhen is also relatively wide and can be used for slashing, the blade is straight and suitable for stabbing.
The two of them became entangled and rolled around, and the Ranger warrior's abdomen was completely sliced open, and his abdominal organs flowed out through the huge incision.
"Get out of the way!" the rangers behind did not slow down, shouting and continuing to rush towards the congested street.
These well-trained riders knew that a sudden stop at this moment could not only avoid obstacles, but could also completely let go of the target, and although they initially underestimated the sniper power of this man and horse, they did not waver in the slightest determination to pursue.
The ranger soldier who had already leaked out of his intestines did not cover the wound in his abdomen, but locked Liu Zhen tightly with his arms, and at the same time stumbled under his legs, and Liu Zhen, who had just stood up, was thrown to the ground by him.
Liu Zhen struggled to get up, the war horse behind him had already rushed up, and the ruthless iron hooves stepped on his chest fiercely, and with a pop, Liu Zhen's sternum was shattered, and the chest that was trampled by the horse's hooves spurted out.
Is it fate? The rider and his own war horse ended their lives in the same way, one after another war horses galloped past, and soon trampled the corpses of Liu Zhen and the rangers into human form, and the broken bones and flesh had completely glued them together.
Liu Zhen used his life to try his best to stop the pursuers of the guerrillas, but it only bought a moment for Ji Changan. Soon, the sound of the horse's hooves of the chasing soldiers behind him sounded in Ji Changan's ears again.
"The brothers have done their best, and now, it's my turn. Ji Changan swept the machete in his hand and shouted loudly at the subordinates who opened the way in front of him, "Qin Hu, protect the second miss!"
He thought about it for a while, and shouted to the second lady in the car, "Second miss, do you remember the riding skills you taught you on weekdays?"
The eldest grandson understands the current situation,
"Remember, General Chang'an, if those gangsters catch up, please kill me before they capture me, and don't let me be humiliated by them, let alone let them use me to threaten my father!"
"Second Miss, don't worry, you won't die. ”
As he spoke, Ji Changan pulled the eldest grandson to sit on the war horse pulling the cart, and the saber slashed at the rope noose of the carriage. Without the restraints of the carriage, the war horse pulling the carriage loosened its body and galloped away with the eldest grandson, while Ji Changan and the carriage stopped.
He shouted at the coachman, "Help me turn the carriage sideways!"
The coachman jumped out of the carriage and put the body of the carriage across the street with Ji Changan.
Then he said to the driver, "Now, you can go!"
"General Chang'an, I am also a warrior of Beiliang!" said the coachman, taking off his bow and arrow from the back of Chang'an's war horse, "I am willing to live and die with the general." ”
"Good!" no more nonsense, because the pursuers had already rushed over.
The coachman climbed onto the roof of the carriage, bent his bow and arrows, and shot at the pursuers, but unfortunately he was not a Xuanjia arrow, and the arrow grazed the shoulder of one of the cavalrymen. At the same time, the arrows shot by the short bow had also been killed, and the coachman stood on the carriage with an obvious target, and was instantly pierced through the chest by several sharp arrows, like a ripe fruit, planted on the roof of the carriage to the ground.
The coachman knew that he was invincible, but he wanted to take such a risk, Chang'an knew that he was only to attract the first round of bows and arrows from the pursuers, and from entering the range to facing the white blades, the rangers only had this round of short bows.
The height of the carriage made it impossible for the pursuers of the rangers to cross even if they had wings, and Ji Chang'an's war horses blocked the remaining gaps like a mountain, and this time the speed of the rangers finally slowed down.
But for the Rangers, if it's a mountain that's in the way, then it's better to remove it.
Ji Changan's broadsword was swung, he understood that one person's physical strength could never compete with so many enemies, he no longer defended, and every trace of strength was used to slash the broadsword towards the enemies who surrounded him.
This kind of life-fighting move obviously caught the pursuers unexpectedly, originally they thought that there were many people, and they could easily solve this Beiliang remnant after a few rounds, but they knew that under the cut, this outlaw would rather be cut by them with a lot of knives, and still attack each knife to a target, and soon two more rangers were cut off the horse by Chang'an, although Chang'an himself was also stabbed several times, but the Xuanjia body was not injured.
The remaining five rangers could no longer afford to lose any more, so they turned their horses around and rode back as fast as they could, intending to use their advantage to pull out the nail.
Chang'an knew their intentions, but he didn't dare to chase them, fearing that he would let go of the other pursuers when he left.
Five warriors, five short bows, fired arrows at the same time at thirty paces, Chang'an had no way to avoid it, so he could only immediately cross his sword, ready to block these five arrows with his flesh and blood.
Whoosh ~ Whoosh. Unexpectedly, three more flying arrows hit behind Chang'an, two of which swept over Chang'an's shoulder, in addition to the sound of the wind breaking in the air in his ears, a lock of hair hanging down his ears was also easily cut off by the arrows and fell to his shoulder.
Bell, bell, three crisp sounds, three short arrows of the ranger who went straight to the gate of Chang'an were shot down by three white feather arrows, and the remaining two, one hit Chang'an's arm, and one deviated from the target and grazed by Chang'an's side.
This completely shocked the rangers, what happened? The rangers, who had always prided themselves on being good at shooting, were actually shot down by the enemy and had already fired arrows!
Chang'an didn't expect at all, in addition to his own Beiliang also has the power to resist foreign humiliation, he looked back excitedly, but only saw two miserable white lanterns hanging on the east gate in the distance, and there was no one behind him, what was the matter with the white feather arrow? Could it be that General Xiang Sheng's heroic soul is not gone, bless himself?
......
In the shadow of the corner of the city gate, Su Su put away his longbow, "Old man, those pursuers shouldn't dare to bully that girl anymore this time." Can we go?"
When Su Su saw those Ranger soldiers who liked to loot chasing a woman who was dressed and looked like the Great Xia Kingdom, although she was also dissatisfied, she didn't want to get involved in more rights and wrongs, and under the agitation of the old man Tianmo, she simply shot down the three most dangerous arrows for Chang'an, and then wanted to leave quickly before being discovered by the soldiers of the Ranger Country.
Who knew that this old man Tianmo, who didn't know whether he was alive or dead, stroked a few sparse goatees with his hands, shook his head in a troubled manner,
"Fei Ye, Fei Ye, the East Gate is still the Gate of Death at this time, only if your longbow defeats the strongest existence tonight, the East Gate can become the Gate of Life, and it is also the only Gate of Life tonight. ”