Ming Gun Chapter 43 Survive in the World
Under the surging impact of an enemy ten times their own, the Yueyanglou gang that still had combat effectiveness had all retreated to the second floor. Due to the narrowness of the corridor, the second floor was already crowded with gangs fighting fiercely on both sides, and most of the remaining Chu Xiang League gangs couldn't squeeze in at all, but they were just crowded into chaos in the corridor, the first floor and outside the building, waving their blades and shouting and hurrying.
"Everyone listen: Immediately withdraw all of them from the building! Surround Yueyang Tower, not a single enemy is allowed to let go!" Ma Mingshan weighed the current situation, believing that the gang that had already attacked was enough to control the enemy, and there was no need to go up with more people, so as not to cause chaos and hurt his own people. Because he saw that Shangguan Xiong was fighting with Yao Yuan, he shouted loudly on his behalf.
The Chu Xiang League, who couldn't squeeze in, got the order, immediately stopped the hustle and bustle, and quickly withdrew from the building, and surrounded Yueyang Tower with three floors inside and three floors outside, and it was impassable.
Yao Yuan's right mace had just been split halfway, but Jue Gong's body was tightened, and he was already grabbed by Shangguan Xiong's probe, and then a huge force came from his body, taking him forward involuntarily.
Yao Yuanben was conceited and had amazing arm strength, standing firm and strong, but he didn't know that he was like a dragonfly shaking a pillar, so he hurriedly abandoned this idea, and swept his waist at him.
Shangguan Xiong concocted the same method, grabbed his left hand again, and then let out a thunderclap-like shout: "Let go!"
Yao Yuan suddenly felt that his arms were almost torn off, and then a stream of abdominal blood rushed to his throat, and his mouth was sweet, but he still held on tightly to his hands and refused to relax.
"What a hard bone!" Shangguan Xiong praised, and suddenly there was a tremor and a shock, Yao Yuan's arms were like being electrocuted, and he could no longer grasp the handle, and he had already taken them both down.
Shangguan Xiong smashed his left and right sideways with a double wedge, smashing on his ribs like lightning, and in the sound of "click", Yao Yuan's left and right ribs were broken.
Yao Yuan endured the severe pain and pounced, slamming his fists into Shangguan Xiong's left and right "temples".
In the sound of "dangchang", Shangguan Xiong abandoned the double gong, took half a step back to dodge, saw the flaw and grabbed his corset with one hand, shook him off the momentum, and threw him out of the zhangyu, "bang", Yao Yuan fell to the ground heavily.
"Surrender! spare you from dying!" Shangguan Xiong shouted.
"Dream!" Yao Yuan coughed up while coughing up blood, suddenly flew up, struggled with his life's work, and pushed his palms down to his chest.
Shangguan Xiong's palms together, the black qi was sheng, and the four palms intersected with a "bang", Shangguan Xiong did not move, but Yao Yuan suddenly felt that his chest was tight, and he spewed out a mouthful of blood arrows with a "poof", and "pedaled" staggered back three steps before standing firmly.
"Suffer death!" Shangguan Xiong smirked, his eyes were fierce, and he suddenly approached like a ghost, and his palms slammed into his chest.
Yao Yuan screamed, his internal organs had already been shattered, and he flew out of the room, and hit a pillar of heaven with a "bang", and the dust was scattered, and Yueyang Tower trembled.
With a "snap", Yao Yuan fell softly to the ground, already out of breath.
Shangguan Xiong never looked at Yao Yuan's corpse again, turned his head and saw that his subordinates had already lined up the formation, nodded with satisfaction, walked out slowly with his hands, glanced around, and saw Leng Jingtian guarding the captured Dou Xingkong, and ordered: "Take care of him!" and then instructed Ma Mingshan: "Military advisor, you are leading everyone here, I'll go up and have a look!"
Ma Mingshan said: "Don't worry, the alliance leader can't fly over!"
Shangguan Xiong smiled and said, "Okay! There is a labor division!" After speaking, he turned around and walked quickly upstairs.
When I went up to the second floor, I saw that the verandah and the hall were lying all over the place, and the dead and wounded gangs on both sides were lying everywhere, and under the encirclement and suppression of fifty or sixty masters of our own side, only about 20 bloodstained enemies were still stubbornly resisting.
He relieved himself, whistled lightly, and went up to the third floor, and what he saw was similar to that on the second floor, where twenty or thirty of his own masters were besieging several enemy masters.
The style of bloody fighting on the second floor was already in danger under Bai Zhanhong's fierce attack, but fortunately he made outstanding achievements, and Bai Zhanhong was unwilling to bully more and less, and insisted on fighting him one-on-one, so he was able to deal with his opponent for so long.
While swimming, he paid attention to the situation around him, and saw that in the blink of an eye, there were only more than ten people left on his side, and he couldn't resist a few moves, and he would be killed, knowing that it was just a snap of his fingers to be wiped out, and his nerves, which had long been numbed by anger and grief, had no feeling, and his heart was just sad.
"The landlord is dead! The sixth sister is also dead! All the brothers will die! Yueyang Tower is destroyed!" he thought confused and confused, and before he knew it, he was already in tears.
In the hazy eyes of tears, but seeing that the corners of Bai Zhanhong's mouth were sneering contemptuously, all the enemies besieging them were sneering proudly, and their expressions were like cats and mice, only when the mice were exhausted, and they felt that they had had enough, they stretched out their sharp claws and grabbed their gang to pieces.
"No, I'm not reconciled!" Qu Feng's heart suddenly roared like a lurking beast of the wilderness, "All of them are dead, who will avenge the brothers?!I want to live! I want to live......
As the saying goes, "The only one who dies through the ages is hard." ”
Because death is an irreversible path, once you choose it, it means saying goodbye to everything in the world, including your loved ones and lovers. And to be reincarnated as a human being, I don't know how many lifetimes and eons will follow. Therefore, it takes great courage for a person to willingly choose death.
But there are also people who say, "It's better to die than to live." Many people scoff at this sentence, thinking that people who think this way are shameless cowards who live in the world.
In fact, I think that in this world, there are many situations where it takes more courage to choose to live than to die.
Death, a hundred, is sometimes a very irresponsible choice. Because, choosing to die means being discouraged, admitting defeat and giving up on the fate that is not going well for the time being. For example, Xiang Yu, the invincible overlord of Chu, once defeated, he was disillusioned and chose this path. So, he's not a real hero.
And the person who chooses never to give up in a desperate situation and vows to fight against the unfortunate fate is the husband and heroine. Because they understand this: when God closes one door for you, He also opens another door for you. There is no endless road, and there is hope in life. For example, Liu Bang, the indomitable and courageous ancestor of the Han Dynasty, chose this path to live and persist, and finally won the Han world. Therefore, he is the real hero.
Qu Feng is also an out-and-out husband.
Although, at that time, he had no confidence in reviving Yueyang Tower, he still chose to find an opportunity to live.
Later facts once again proved that the sky never lives up to the painstaking people.
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Qu Feng made a quick decision, abandoned his comrades who fought bloodily, and also abandoned his opponents, and suddenly jumped downstairs.
"Where to go?!" Bai Zhanhong shouted violently, and jumped down after him with a Tang knife in his hand.
"Intercept him quickly! This person is Qu Feng!" Ma Mingshan saw Qu Feng's portrait, and saw that this guy, who could be called the second person in Yueyang Tower, was about to escape, and hurriedly ordered the gang to intercept him.
In the shouts and cheers of the Chu Xiang League gang downstairs, the sword and sword nets were waiting.
Qu Feng suddenly turned into a head and feet in mid-air, and a "sonorous" knife slashed into the sky above the crowd of people who flashed with cold light, and took advantage of the momentum to spin three heads in mid-air like a flywheel, and a wonderful figure had flown out of four zhang away.
"Brush, brush, brush!" Three snow-bright flying knives flew out like lightning, although his flying knives did not pose a threat to Bai Zhanhong, but it was more than enough to deal with this group of intercepted Chu Xiang League gangs, several people fell in the screams of the sword light, and they were immediately rushed open a small gap.
Qu Feng spotted this place where there was no threat of blades for the time being, and after landing on his toes, he rose up in the air like a projectile, concocted in mid-air, and shot out a few flying knives to open the way, and in the blink of an eye, there were four ups and downs, and they were already close to Aokitang.
"What a light work!" Shangguan Xiong, who was on the third floor, heard the shouts of the gang downstairs and looked down, but saw a gray figure sweeping over the heads of the gang like a white horse, and blurted out praise.
Bai Zhanhong pushed away the gangs that were in the way, and flew in pursuit, but in a blink of an eye, he was thrown away by six or seven feet, and when he heard the alliance leader praise the opponent, he couldn't help but feel ashamed and angry, and rushed even more violently in the midst of heavy drinking.
"Quick! go and assist Brother Bai in capturing Qu Feng!" Ma Mingshan saw that Qu Feng had already entered Aoki Hall, pointed to his back, and signaled to Leng Jingtian beside him.
Leng Jingtian hurriedly followed behind Bai Zhanhong, leading more than ten gangsters to chase after him.
Qu Feng ran back to his room with a few dodges, opened the bedside table with a "bang", and quickly took out the portrait that Xie Feiyan had painted for himself back then. Just sandwiched under the ribs and ready to leave the room, a narrow Tang knife with a cold light was already horizontal at the door, Bai Zhanhong behind the Tang knife had a cold face, stared at him coldly, and carefully forced him in step by step. Behind him was Leng Jingtian, who was holding dual swords, and a group of Chu Xiang League gangs.
Qu Feng gasped and slowly retreated to the bedside table, suddenly picked up the small copper candlestick on the countertop, and threw it at Bai Zhanhong.
With a "sonorous" sound, the copper candlestick was split in half by the sharp knife light in mid-air, Bai Zhanhong rushed up, but saw that the wind suddenly came out diagonally, and the "click" broke through a window sash, and it was already out of the room.
Bai Zhanhong slashed at the window with a fierce knife, and in the sound of "crackling", the window was split into pieces, pieces flew apart, and the window hole was immediately opened. With a "whoosh", he had already jumped out of the window, and everyone behind him hurriedly jumped out.
Bai Zhanhong glanced at it, but saw that Qu Feng had escaped a few feet away, and was turning the corner of the wall and running towards the jungle on the hillside.
Bai Zhanhong ran dozens of steps with all his strength, and found that Leng Jingtian was still a few feet behind him, so he turned around and shouted as he ran: "Leng Protector, this thief's light skills are too good, so that the brothers behind don't have to chase after him, you lead them back!"
"Brother Bai, let me see it like this: let them go back, and I'll follow you to pursue!" Leng Jingtian gasped slightly as he ran.
"It's okay!" Bai Zhanhong turned his head and found that he was just talking, and he was thrown out by the enemy for more than ten feet. He was unwilling, his feet were strengthened, and he had to follow up like a gallop.
Leng Jingtian turned around and ordered the group of panting gangsters to go back, and ran hundreds of steps behind Bai Zhanhong, finding that they were getting farther and farther away from each other. He was conceited and light-hearted, and this time he finally admired it in his heart: I thought he was just above me in martial arts, but I didn't expect that his light skills were also above me!
After chasing after him for two more miles, he found that he was getting closer and closer to Bai Zhanhong, and he couldn't help but feel proud again: Oh! It turned out that he was overestimating him! It seems that his endurance is still not good! So he gritted his teeth and worked harder, and finally chased him close after a short time, but saw that he had a gloomy face and was walking back in frustration.
"What's wrong?" Leng Jingtian asked curiously as he ran.
"Let him run!" Bai Zhanhong snorted angrily, and suddenly angrily threw the Tang knife on the green grass.
"Which way are you going?"
"East. Bai Zhanhong pointed to a thatched hut dozens of feet away in front of him, "I saw him suddenly run to the thatched hut, and then he mounted a horse and ran to the east like a whirlwind." I've been chasing for a while, but I really can't catch up! Hey, we didn't even ride horses to chase after us, what a mistake!"
"Then let's hurry back and ride a horse to chase after us!" Leng Jingtian hurriedly turned around.
"It's useless!" Bai Zhanhong sighed, "It's at least four miles from here." By the time we had horses, he had already run for at least ten miles, so how could he catch up? Besides, we don't know where he was going to run away!"
"That's right!" Leng Jingtian turned around, pointed to the thatched hut and said, "Damn! This family must be his accomplices! It's really hateful! Let's go and settle accounts with them!"
"Forget it, I've been there just now, this family only has an old woman with an ear behind her ears and an honest son, it's pitiful!" Bai Zhanhong dissuaded.
"Honest, since you are an accomplice of the enemy, how can you say that you are honest?" Leng Jingtian shook his head, "Brother Bai, you are too merciful!"
However, he didn't insist on going to other people's troubles anymore, thought for a while, and asked, "By the way, do they still have horses?"
"No!" Bai Zhanhong shook his head and said gloomily: "Go back." Report the situation to the alliance leader and let him decide on his next move!"
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At this time, the Yueyanglou gang had all fallen. However, the Chu Xiang League gang had already been instructed, and after controlling the situation, they did not start killing in vain, so most of the Yueyanglou gang members were only injured and lost their resistance, and few died.
Ma Mingshan ordered the gang to confiscate the weapons of these injured Yueyanglou gangs, escorted them all to the square, and ordered someone to count them, there were more than 400 people in total.
Shangguan Xiong slowly walked out with his hands in his hands, walked in front of the prisoners who were standing, sitting, or lying, and said loudly: "All Yueyanglou help the people listen: Shang Xiaotian has been killed for the leader of this alliance! All of his dead party have been ambushed! Now, there are only two roads in front of you, one is a dead end, and the other is surrender!"
As he spoke, he looked around at the scarred captives and continued: "Actually, the leader of this alliance was also a disciple of Wudang! The alliance leader's actions this time are only for revenge. Now, Shang Xiaotian is dead, Yueyang Tower has been broken, and the grudge between the leader of this alliance and Shang Xiaotian is over! The leader of this alliance knows that you are innocent, so he does not want to kill innocents indiscriminately. As long as you submit to my Chu Xiang Alliance, and there are no two hearts, you will be the brothers in my gang from now on, and the leader of this alliance will definitely be able to deal with you!"
"Brother who is willing to surrender, please stand behind me!" Shangguan Xiong smiled, scanning everyone with an encouraging gaze.
Several cowardly gangsters timidly walked out of the crowd and walked behind Shangguan Xiong in shame under the disdainful gaze of the brothers.
"Okay!" Shangguan Xiong patted the shoulder of the nearest returnee affectionately, "From now on, you are all our good brothers!"
After a pause, he continued: "I understand you very well. In the past, you fought with us, but you were loyal to your duty; Yueyang Tower has now been defeated because of its lack of strength, and you have done your duty! Think of your family! Your old father and mother need your support; your wives and children need your care...... Brothers, those who know the times are handsome, don't hesitate any longer! Hurry up and submit to our big family with affection, righteousness, and a bright future! This is not a shameful thing!"
Everyone, look at me, I look at you, and many people have already shown their hearts.
Shangguan Xiong checked his face and struck while the iron was hot: "You need to correct a wrong concept, what is this concept? That is, I think that my Chuxiang League is an evil demon, and you Yueyanglou, Wudang Sect and the like are famous and decent." Wrong! Completely wrong! Have you ever heard the phrase 'become a king and lose a villain'? What does this mean? It means that the truth is in the hands of the strong! Remember, this is the most reasonable thing in the world!
He smiled proudly and continued: "Don't think that the so-called famous and decent leaders of the Ebony and Shang Xiaotian are some kind of good people! In fact, their scheming and methods are ruthless! It's just that you don't know...... Perhaps you are still wondering why the reinforcements have not yet arrived? Let me tell you, it is because Ebony and Shang Xiaotian are in cahoots with evil intentions and want to be detrimental to the imperial court! In recent years, the imperial court has been aware of it and found real evidence......
"How is that possible?" the Yueyang Lou Gang looked at each other in disbelief.
Shangguan Xiong didn't explain his slanderous words, smiled mysteriously, and continued: "Therefore, this action of the leader of this alliance, one is to take revenge, and the other is to help the imperial court eliminate rebellion...... Do you know why the Wudang Mountain side has been delayed for a long time? That's because they have long been surrounded by the military horses of the imperial court, and now they are afraid that they have also been destroyed!"
The Yueyanglou gang was stunned, and the six gods had no master, but they all believed his words a little.
"The imperial court has made a promise: In the future, Yueyang Tower, Three Gorges Pavilion, Yellow Crane Tower, and Immersion Moon Pavilion will all be under the jurisdiction of our Chu Xiang League! Therefore, our Chu Xiang League is in accordance with the will of heaven and the righteous gang of the imperial court! Forced by the previous situation, the sword has no eyes, and many brothers have been killed and injured, and the leader of this alliance is very guilty! The leader of this alliance hereby promises: For your brother who has died, I will arrange for the burial of his dead brother and give him a pension to his family; for the injured brother, whether he is willing to submit or not, I will arrange for good treatment! After you return to obedience, how much salary Shang Xiaotian gave you in the past, in addition to the amount paid by the leader of this alliance, he will also add thirty percent to this on top of this!"
In the end, this sentence became the last straw, and most of the Yueyanglou gang no longer hesitated and surrendered one after another. Only a dozen loyal helpers remained unmoved, unable to do anything about the situation that had passed, and their faces bowed their heads and wept.
Shangguan Xiong slowly walked up to them and said with a smile: "Let's go! From now on, you are welcome to come back at any time!"
The dozen or so gang members could barely believe their ears and tilted their heads to look at him suspiciously.
"Let's go!" a man who was about to live and die stood up proudly, no matter what tricks he was trying to play, and limped forward with his neck strained. Several Chu Xiang League helpers stopped in front of him.
"Let him go!" Shangguan Xiong waved to stop.
Chu Xiangmeng helped everyone to see the backs of these dozen men, and many people shook their heads unwillingly, only Ma Mingshan gently shook the broken pu fan, squinting and smiling.
At this moment, Bai Zhanhong and Leng Jingtian hurried back. Bai Zhanhong walked quickly to Shangguan Xiong's side and whispered the news that Qu Feng had fled.
"What?" Shangguan Xiong was stunned, and suddenly his eyes widened, staring at Bai Zhanhong and said solemnly: "In the entire Yueyang Tower, except for Shang Xiaotian, this person is a character!