Dark clouds and stormy rains......

On the outskirts of Shangluo County, a large army in armor marched forward with difficulty in the thick mud, the wind blew tighter and tighter, and the rain became heavier and heavier, rushing towards the soldiers, their faces and hands had already been numb, the war horses kept neighing, and the ranks were filled with tragedy and sadness, and the morale was getting lower and lower. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

At that time, Gu Xuanzhao, the secretary of the military department, raised troops in Liyang, and then the army was defeated in Xiangcheng, Gu Xuanzhao only led five hundred soldiers and one hundred and ten family members to be forced to go to Shangluo, but unexpectedly encountered the Yulin Army led by Wuhou Yuwen Tailai, the Yulin Army was originally a palace forbidden army, and it was the division of the Great Sui Tiger and Wolf, with strict military discipline, all brave and good at fighting, cold and tenacious.

Gu Xuanzhao didn't dare to fight, and led the team to retreat down the Fuyan Slope, at this time, the dark clouds dispersed, and the storm stopped abruptly, but the Yulin Army still followed, like a naughty cat playing with mice.

Yuwen Tailai stood on the top of the slope, with a horizontal sword, the spring breeze was proud, laughed loudly, and shouted: "Under the whole world, it is not the king's land; The traitor Gu Xuanzhao, gathered the crowd to plot rebellion, and punished the nine clans, and now my heavenly soldier Wang Shi came to sweep away the rebel party with the power of the Son of Heaven, and you should not quickly abandon the weapon and ambush the crime?"

Gu Xuanzhao laughed loudly when he heard this, and said impassionedly: "Gather the crowd to plot rebellion? Want to be the first emperor Rui Shengzi Tian, Yinghua is the only show, make great efforts to govern the country, go to the treasury, relieve the people's hardship, bow to frugality, equalize the endowment, and enforce the law, the gentleman is happy to live, the villain is in his own business, the strong are not bullying the weak, the people are not tyrannical, how prosperous and prosperous; I don't share the sky with the evil and evil, train the soldiers to discuss it, and use the peace of the community, the gods of heaven and earth, and learn from the heart. ”

Yuwen Tailai was furious when he heard this, and waved the flag, and suddenly, the drums and horns were loud, and the Yulin army was divided into two wings of cavalry, archers and infantry in front and rear of the Chinese army, and the team was neat, the guns were raised, the swords were bright, and the banners were hunting, and the whole team formed a regular column, acting in unison, like a person. Always dense, close to each other, front and back; from a distance, the army was strict, brave, and calm, and the sound of neat stepping on the ground shook the earth and the heart, and the team rumbled forward, shouting neatly-"kill the ......", and the shout shook the sky for a while, and pressed down from the slope of Fuyan......

Before the Yulin army arrived, the arrows arrived first, condescendingly, and the dense arrow rain was like locusts passing through, overwhelming the world.

Although Gu Xuanzhao was a civil official, he was also neatly dressed at this time, taking the lead in the soldiers, commanding the battle formation, and making the final desperate fight, but the soldiers around him were all killed in battle, knowing that the general trend had gone, he had to give an order, threw down the corpse, and retreated in the direction of Nanyang with the remnants of the defeated army.

Yuwen Tailai hurriedly took a carved arrow, put on the tiger tendon string, "boom" sound, the arrow was like flying lightning, a hundred zhang apart, in the middle of Gu Xuanzhao's back shoulder, Gu Xuanzhao fell off the horse in response.

"Don't be alarmed, father, the child has come to your aid. I saw a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy riding a horse, it was Gu Jianqiu, the son of Gu Xuanzhao, although he was young and had never practiced martial arts, but when he saw his father in danger, he also rushed to help with a sword.

"Qiu'er, quickly step down ......"

Gu Jianqiu jumped off the horse, helped his father up, and said with a resolute face: "At the moment of the great enemy, my father is still desperate, how dare the child survive, and swear to live and die with his father." ”

"Qiu'er, don't act rashly, it's too late to regret your father, and I hate not listening to the advice of that Ban Weng. ”

Gu Jianqiu was about to answer, when another rain of arrows suddenly struck, but fortunately, several personal soldiers and flying horses arrived to block the arrows, and a few sharp arrows grazed his body and roared past.

Gu Xuanzhao shouted in an unquestionable tone: "Qiu'er, retreat, hurry!"

"Daddy......"

At this time, the shouts of sergeants, the neighing of war horses, and the sound of swords and guns clashing resounded throughout the valley.

Gu Xuanzhao's hope changed color miserably, as the saying goes, the defeat of the army is like a mountain, and he knows that it is impossible to escape again, but the remaining hundreds of soldiers have already held the heart of generosity to die, and formed a big circle to protect Gu Xuanzhao and his family.

The Yulin army formed a larger encirclement on the periphery, and kept tightening inward, the two sides were short of each other for a while, the weapons were suddenly slashed, the swords and spears were stabbed, the axes and steel knives were slashed non-stop, the "choking" weapons were handed over, the sound of collision was endless, the hideous faces, the bloody blades, the low muffled hum, the mournful howls, so that the whole valley was shrouded in the tragic atmosphere of this primitive fighting......

Gu Xuanzhao rode on horseback, looked around, and trampled the soil to each other, the dead were innumerable, flesh and blood flew everywhere, their own side was outnumbered, like a forest to be cut down one after another, dead bodies were all over the field, and some were trampled into mud by war horses, miserable, and they really couldn't fight.

Seeing his soldiers fighting and dying for themselves without hesitation, this situation made Gu Xuanzhao's mood extremely complicated, and he was infinitely sad for a while, he looked up to the sky and howled loudly: "Humane and benevolent, my faults are also, time does not wait for me, benevolence mistakes me ......" The voice was slightly hoarse, sad and desolate, and when he thought that he was going to suffer this catastrophe, his heart was unwilling, and he couldn't turn a blind eye to death!

Seeing that the whole army was about to be annihilated, a burst of shouts and shouts were suddenly heard on the periphery, and there was a throbbing and confusion in the surrounding Yulin army.

Gu Xuanzhao rode on the war horse and saw it clearly, only to see a middle-aged swordsman with a sword in his hand and a white coat, leading dozens of high-rollers in different costumes to rush over from the south.

But seeing the white-clothed swordsman let out another long roar, his body galloped from far to near, and everywhere he went, the sword was chaotic, blood was splashed, and the Yulin army was invincible, and there was a miserable scream for a while.

A member of the Sui will carry a spear to fight, but only one of them will be cut off by the white-clothed swordsman who jumped up with a spear and a sword, and the dead body flew into the crowd with a rain of blood, and the rest of the Yulin army saw this, becoming more and more frightened, and retreated, the white-clothed swordsman was in the shape of the body, everyone avoided it, no one dared to fight, only one person, and tore open the encirclement of the Yulin army.

Behind him, dozens of fierce and vicious high-rollers in the rivers and lakes also rushed over with their weapons, rushing left and right, rushing back and forth to kill, among which there are many first-class masters with high martial arts, when fighting hand-to-hand with these sergeants, the advantage is obvious, all the way over, like chopping melons and vegetables, although the Yulin Army is well-trained, the formation is neat, but when they meet these Jianghu masters face to face, how can the enemy be able to stop them? Suddenly anxious, taking care of one and losing the other, the formation is in chaos.

Seeing this, Yuwen Tailai personally rushed over with a halberd prancing horse, he was born with divine power, and he was also an invincible figure in front of the two armies, and a Fang Tian painting halberd made the shot even more incredible, and it was also unstoppable, and a charge overturned two high-rollers.

Seeing that he was about to rush into the circle to take Gu Xuanzhao directly, he suddenly saw a flash of white shadow, and the white-clothed swordsman was already standing proudly in front of him, holding a sword in one hand, pointing at Yuwen Tailai, who came from Pegasus, and shouted: "Rebel and thief, if you dare to step forward again, I want your blood to be spattered immediately." ”

Yuwentai came to see the comer, who was about forty years tall, more than seven feet tall, flying obliquely with sword eyebrows, a pair of tiger eyes shining at the cold star, a thick beard, dressed in white, chic and elegant, heroic, outstanding temperament, and murderous.

Yuwen Tailai couldn't help but pull the war horse under his hand, and with a neigh, the person stood up, pointed at the white-clothed swordsman with a halberd and shouted: "Who is coming?

The white-clothed swordsman "swooped" and pulled a sword flower, "choked", the sword was put into the sheath, and his hands were behind his back, "Hahaha......" looked up to the sky and laughed wildly, the laughter pierced through the clouds, deafening, his eyes were blazing, staring at Yuwen Tailai word by word and said coldly: "No, Zhao Shuhong, I want to see how you punish my nine clans?"

When Yuwen Tailai heard the word 'Zhao Shuhong', his face was suddenly colorless, and he didn't dare to step forward in panic, and it was difficult to ride a tiger for a while.

Zhao Shuhong stood on his own, calm, and said loudly: "Take your Yulin army and retreat quickly, otherwise, don't blame me for the ruthlessness of the sword and take your life immediately." ”

After that, he drew his sword and waved, "Zheng ......" with a dragon roar, and in an instant, the sword body was magnificent, blooming with a trace of sword, and ten steps away, Yuwen Tailai could also feel the chilling, ready to move the sword qi.

Yuwentai turned the horse's head, grabbed the road and left, and the horse ran back without looking back......

At this time, although the Yulin army was in chaos after several killings by these high-rollers, their military discipline was strict, and under the command of a deputy general, they instantly reorganized their team and continued to besiege Gu Xuanzhao's personal soldiers and a cadre of high-rollers.

Zhao Shuhong didn't chase Yuwen Tailai, turned around and shouted at Gu Xuanzhao: "Don't panic, don't panic, Zhao is here." Only two people came to Gu Xuanzhao's side, clasped their hands into fists and said: "Just Zhao Shuhong, one step too late, it will make the adults tired." ”

Gu Xuanzhao was at this time when he called the heaven and the earth should not be called the earth, and he was already discouraged, but he knew that this white-clothed swordsman was like a god descending from the heavens, and he scattered this forest army with the power of one person, and his heart was shocked, listening to him call himself Zhao Shuhong, he knew that this person was the first swordsman in the world, and he was even more excited, endured the arrow wound, jumped off the horse, and bowed to Zhao Shuhong and said: "Gu is the general of the defeated army, how can he de, tired Zhao Daxia is in danger, saving his life, and there is no way to repay it." After that, he pulled Gu Jianqiu to bow down and thanked him.

Zhao Shuhong hurriedly bent down and stopped: "The adult can't do anything, but it can be broken, the adult covers the world, often shows the heart of saving the world, and the reputation is far and wide, Zhao has always been fascinated, but a barbarian in the rivers and lakes, dare not be presumptuous, knowing that the adult is in trouble, dare not come to do his best?"

Gu Xuanzhao couldn't help but have tears in his eyes, and bowed his head and said: "Ashamed! Ashamed! Zhao Daxia is enough to say, tired of so many righteous people, ......how can he be uneasy" He was born in a famous family, and he was a young man, and he has always been unkind to these high-rollers, but now, at this life-and-death juncture, it is these high-rollers who are desperate to save themselves in danger, and they really feel guilty.

Zhao Shuhong saw Gu Xuanzhao being hit by an arrow in the shoulder, so he said, "My lord, bear with me." After saying that, he sealed a few acupoints of Gu Xuanzhao, and then pressed his palm against his front shoulder, urging the pure Xuangong, and with a sound of "porphyry", the arrow branch was forced out, and then applied the golden medicine, and it was simply bandaged.

At this time, several high-rollers from the rivers and lakes entered the encirclement, led by an old man, with white hair, bowing at Gu Xuanzhao: "Shen Changqing of Nanyang Wanjian Gate has seen my lord, it is not suitable to stay here for a long time, my lord and I will retreat to Nanyang as soon as possible to make plans." ”

Zhao Shuhong pulled out his long sword, took the lead with Shen Changqing, and escorted Gu Xuanzhao and his party to break through.

At this time, Yuwen Tailai did not dare to stay, he had already quickly evacuated the battlefield, he knew that this Zhao Shuhong wanted to take his life as easy as a hand, as a martial marquis, he was in the hands of heavy troops, and the power was tilted towards the government and the opposition, of course, he could not take such a big risk.

However, under the leadership of the deputy general, the Yulin Army still continued to encircle and suppress Gu Xuanzhao and his party in an orderly manner, but the morale was not as good as before, and it could not stop the rush of these dozens of high-rollers in the rivers and lakes, but the Yulin Army must be the division of the king, still brave and tenacious, with clear tactics, the rear archers are waiting for the opportunity to shoot arrows, and the iron cavalry and elite soldiers in front of them are rushing to kill, one pull for another, and rotate before and after, which also makes it difficult for all the high-rollers to move for a while.

Seeing this, Zhao Shuhong took a few vertical leaps, and he had already shuttled through the dense soldiers and horses, and appeared in front of the deputy general's war horse, the deputy general was about to give an order, and his mouth was not yet open, but when he saw a white shadow flashing, a flower in front of his eyes, and bright red blood lines sprayed out from his neck, and he fell off the horse without saying a word.

Another general was just about to raise his gun to stab, Zhao Shuhong opened a zhang away, raised his sword and slashed, the sword flashed, and a line of bright red blood appeared in the middle of the forehead of the general, and half of the armor on his body was split apart, which immediately made him lose his soul, and he turned his horse's head and ran away with a shout.

Zhao Shuhong cut off the head of the deputy general, jumped on the war horse, stood on the horseback, raised the head in one fell swoop, luckily dantian, and said loudly: "Wuhou also retreats, if you don't retreat, I will kill the Quartet!"

Seeing this, the sergeants were horrified, seeing that this person's body was as fast as a ghost, it was really a thousand troops and horses to take the head of the general like a bag to take things, there were still a few generals left, how dare to fight again, a glance at each other, the flag waved, hundreds of Yulin troops began to retreat, leaving the corpses on the battlefield.

Gu Xuanzhao saw that the Yulin army was dispersed, and reorganized his morale at the moment, and saw that there were only less than twenty people left in hundreds of pro-soldiers, and he was very sad in his heart, and sighed, with tears in his eyes, looking at these pro-soldiers, and tears fell: "All the soldiers, you and others will follow me to fight in the south and the north, born and died, and now, it is already a defeated army, and I am ashamed of all the soldiers, you and I are destined to do this, so please disperse, in the future, you will cherish each other, keep your lives, and protect the old and young in the family, the grace of loyalty, there is nothing to repay, please accept the old man's worship." After saying that, he knelt down and bowed, and all the chivalrous warriors were all moved, and all the soldiers also knelt down on the ground and shouted: "We are willing to swear to follow the Lord to the death......"

Zhao Shuhong stepped forward to help Gu Xuanzhao up, and said softly: "My lord, it's not appropriate to stay for a long time, get up and hurry." ”

On Luofu Yanpo to Nanyang, there are still two or three hundred miles away, and Nanyang is also guarded by the Sui army, after all, it is not a way, along the way, Zhao Shuhong and Gu Xuanzhao discussed, withdrew to the suburbs of Nanyang, everyone went into hiding, Gu Xuanzhao and his family followed Zhao Shuhong, and the rest of the people changed their faces, pretending to be disciples of various sects, and then went south respectively, defected to the remnants of the Southern Dynasty Xiao Tong, and discussed major matters in the future.

These dozens of people and horses, after several battles, are already tired and exhausted, only these high-rollers in the rivers and lakes, alive and vigorous, and heroic spirit, which touched Gu Xuanzhao a lot.

A few hours later, a group of people only walked to the border of Nanyang, where a piece of mountains and forests, after passing through the mountains and forests, it was an empty field, not without attracting people's eyes and ears, everyone discussed, and then dispersed part of the entourage here, and each acted separately.

The team stopped to rest, and suddenly, Zhao Shuhong signaled everyone to silence.

He closed his eyes and listened carefully, his expression was slightly nervous, and after a while, he whispered to Shen Changqing: "Elder Shen, the big battle is coming, you and all the heroes will do your best to protect the safety of Lord Gu and Master Gu, and I will break the back." ”

Shen Changqing is also an old man, although his skills are not as good as Zhao Shuhong, he understands that Zhao Shuhong has sensed that there is an ambush, and they are all masters, and everyone suddenly looked nervous.

Zhao Shuhong pulled out his sword, and his tongue bloomed with spring thunder: "Where is the rat, Zhao Shuhong is here, why don't you show up in a battle?" The voice echoed in the mountains and forests from all sides.

When I was young, I only heard a sneering laughter like a ghost in the underworld: "The number one swordsman in the world is really extraordinary." The voice seemed to float from all directions, making everyone uneasy and abrupt, and they were all tense and vigilant.

I only heard the voice and said: "On the order of Wuhou, come to arrest the traitor, Zhao Daxia, I respect you as a character, hand over a group of rebels, you and I will not commit the river water ......"

Before the words fell, Zhao Shuhong laughed wildly a few times, and sneered: "It turned out to be Elder Sikong of the Blood Flame Sect, when did he become a lackey of the imperial court?"

These words obviously angered the other party, only to see a black shadow flicker, an old man in a black robe stood five zhang in front of Zhao Shuhong, although this person is old, but he is tall, his appearance is very strange, his white hair is elegant, but he has no fairy wind and bones, and he seems to have a yin aura all over his body, and his eyes are like electricity, and he is not an idle person.

As soon as Elder Sikong appeared, he stared at Zhao Shuhong and said gloomily: "Zhao Shuhong, are you afraid that you will not be able to be an old man?"

Zhao Shuhong sneered and said: "Don't dare, Mr. Sikong came in person, which really flattered the younger generation, and I was panicked." ”

"Hmph! Su Yang Zhao Daxia ran thunder swordsmanship with one hand, crowning the world, and today he wants to be taught. ”

"Ha! It is enough to say that Mr. Sikong's blood yin Dafa is a unique martial artist, and the younger generation has been fascinated for a long time. ”

The two of them talked and laughed freely, but everyone knew that the murderous intentions were everywhere, and they all felt uneasy, especially Shen Changqing and several other seniors in the rivers and lakes, who were already sweating to the heels, and the Elder Sikong of the Blood Flame Sect had established his authority in the rivers and lakes more than 20 years ago, which made the righteous people frightened, this person was ruthless, and his whereabouts were uncertain, he was a murderous demon, but he had rarely appeared in the rivers and lakes in the past ten years.