Chapter 57: Hostages
Zhu Zhi saw more than 100 brothers, and in the end, most of them fell off the horse, only to feel half cold in his heart, and the brave bandits were roaring under the leadership of the "Death Knife".
Zhu Zhidu almost wanted to turn his horse's head and rush back into his own formation. But he also knew that he turned the horse's head like this, and only sold his back to the bandits, and was beheaded by the bandits.
Moreover, if Zhu Zhi turns around, not to mention that the morale of the officers and soldiers in this battle will immediately plummet, and he will be defeated and lost, and if Zhu Zhi dares to turn back, he will lose his prestige in the army, and when the time comes, I am afraid that he will no longer be able to take charge of the army.
If the vassal king in the frontier can't take charge of the army, this prince will be the end, and when the time comes, the holy decree will be transferred to any corner, but I am afraid that it will be completely destroyed.
In the end, Zhu Zhi remembered the military order he had set up at King An, and understood that no matter what he could not retreat today, he immediately became convinced, and shouted: "The generals will break the enemy with me!"
After speaking, the guards in the front row had already exchanged hands with the "Funeral Knife", and the two horses were crossed, and several guards cavalry were beaten to vomit blood, collapsed on the horseback, and then were beheaded by the thieves who roared from behind.
Zhu Zhi was only ten steps away from Wu Sanxing at this time, and immediately raised the silver spear, shook it, turned into a silver light in the sky, and stabbed at Wu Sanxing.
I don't want the corners of Wu Sanxing's mouth to be lightly raised, obviously extremely disdainful, a big knife came first, and in the confusion, it hit the head of the gun, Zhu Zhi only felt that a distance was passed from the barrel of the gun, and his chest was stuffy for a while, and with a "wow" sound, he spit out a mouthful of blood.
Wu Sanxing had already understood Zhu Zhi's identity, and between the two horses, the ape arm was lightly relaxed, and with a gentle clamp, he directly clamped Zhu Zhi under his armpit.
Zhu Zhi was about to resist, but Wu Sanxing was also ruthless, directly knocked Zhu Zhi on the back of the neck with a knife, knocked him unconscious, and then put him on the horse, killing dozens of personal guard cavalry in front of him, with three hundred bandit cavalry, stopped the horse in the middle.
From Zhu Zhi's attack, to the last hundred or so cavalry almost two hundred were wiped out, but the time of tea, the cavalry of the rear team was still in chaos, and the cavalry of the front team who barely managed to kill the encirclement was surrounded by hundreds of bandit foot soldiers, and they were all pulled off their horses and tied to the side.
"Who is fighting with me?" Wu Sanxing immediately slashed, his leopard eyes were round, and he looked at the panicked officers and cavalry in front.
At this time, the officers and cavalry were all demoralized, and they saw that the little prince was put in front of the saddle by Wu Sanxing without knowing his life and death, and when he heard Wu Sanxing's loud shout, he couldn't help but take half a step back.
When the thieves and bandits in the back saw this situation of the officers and soldiers, they couldn't help but laugh shamefully, Wu Sanxing saw that the morale of the other side had been lost, and he was immediately relieved, and said: "Brothers, I will kill all these officers and soldiers!"
"Follow the king's orders!" all the bandits let go of their horses and galloped away.
In the valley, no less than a thousand bandits suddenly ran out, carrying knives and guns, and killed them.
Originally, the morale of the officers and cavalry had been exhausted, and seeing the bandits all over the mountains, they were all in a state of confusion, waiting to retreat and flee for their lives.
I didn't want a cavalryman to shout: "We are all officers and soldiers, and we are just bandits in front of us! These people are rampant and brutalize the people, I have long had the idea of getting rid of them! Today, the brave will win when we meet on the narrow road, not to mention that the little prince has been captured, if we can't save the little prince, I am afraid that we will all have the fate of being beheaded!" After speaking, he directly instigated the horses and launched a decisive attack.
The other cavalrymen heard that this man was reasonable, and they all cleaned up their horses and weapons at the moment, and no longer spared their lives, and rushed up with the cavalry.
It's just that these cavalry didn't have much impact distance to launch the power of the cavalry, they were surrounded by bandits, and then they were slowly hooked off their horses, but in half an hour, they were all killed.
Wu Sanxing saw that all the official cavalry were either dead or captured, so he smiled coldly, waved his big hand, and led the bandits and bandits to climb on top of the post, preparing to block the infantry of the official army.
Qiu Yue has been in a state of confusion since the boulder broke the road, and has always wanted to rush into the canyon as soon as possible to protect the little prince.
However, the cliff wall of this canyon is also steep, and there are a hundred and ten bandits throwing rolling stones and trees downward, and casting hidden arrows.
In such a moment, at least a hundred infantry troops had been killed at the foot of the mountain.
But listening to the shouting and killing sound from the canyon getting smaller and smaller, Qiu Yue's heart became more and more depressed, and when there was no shouting and killing in the canyon, Qiu Yue knew that the general trend had gone, and he only felt cold at the moment, and he didn't know what to do.
At this moment, Qiu Yue's own soldiers came to report: "General, Commander He is coming up with the rear army!" Qiu Yue turned around like a man in the water and saw the horizon, and in the distance, he saw a team of men and horses pushing grain and grass and carrying a load, slowly coming.
But after a while, the palace guards of this brigade pushed the grain and grass and came to Qiu Yue. A brocade-robed general came out and said, "Where is the little prince? Where is General Qiu?"
"Commander He, I'm here!" Qiu Yue saw that the person was He Jin, and immediately hit the horse, rolled the saddle and dismounted, hugged He Jin, and couldn't help choking.
He Jin didn't know why, and said, "What's the matter? General Qiu, where is the little prince?"
Qiu Yue collected his thoughts, soothed his breath, pointed to the canyon and said, "The little prince is now trapped in that canyon, and he doesn't know whether he lives or dies!"
"What?" He Jin was shocked when he heard this, and said, "How can this be? Why don't you send troops to save the little prince!" While saying, He Jin actually grabbed Qiu Yue's collar directly and lifted him up.
Qiu Yue's personal soldiers saw He Jin like this, and immediately drew their knives in their hands, ready to come forward to rescue, Qiu Yue raised his hand slightly, and stopped: "Don't come forward!" and then said to He Jin: "Commander He, it's not that I don't want to save the little prince, but I can't save it!"
While speaking, Qiu Yue pointed to the canyon and said: "The terrain of that canyon is dangerous, and the bandits let me wait for a hundred and ten people, so I will be helpless to wait for the infantry army! I have lost more than 100 brothers in order to rescue the little prince!"
He Jin threw it away when he heard this, put Qiu Yue far away, and said, "Everyone follow me to the mountain and go to rescue the little prince!" After speaking, he ignored Qiu Yue and rushed up directly with the palace guards.
The palace guards are in charge of guarding the palace, and the little prince is the top priority they want to protect. Now that I heard that the little prince was trapped, I didn't know whether he was alive or dead, and I saw that the commander He Jin had taken the lead, and the palace guards didn't care about the hard work, so they directly threw away the grain and grass baggage, drew the knife in hand, and rushed forward with He Jin bravely.
After rushing to the bottom of the mountain, he saw the corpses of more than 100 officers and soldiers here, and he couldn't help but be angry, and they all spread their bodies and killed them upwards.
It turned out that these palace guards had learned some martial arts, and their single combat effectiveness was much higher than that of ordinary officers and mountain bandits.
And between the mountains and forests, the terrain is dangerous, so naturally it is impossible to set up a formation, and the power exerted by these palace guards is far higher than that of ordinary officers and soldiers.
The bandits were startled when they saw thousands of officers and soldiers rushing up densely under the mountain, and hurriedly threw down the rolling stones, sasswoods, and feather arrows at hand.
For a time, the rocks on this steep cliff were like locusts, and the palace guards who couldn't avoid it were directly smashed off the cliff and died.
There is that skilled guard, together with He Jin, who dodges the arrows and kills the cliff without a stick of incense. When the robbers saw this, they were terrified, and they raised their swords, and they tried to drive them down the mountain.
But since He Jin and the others can climb the cliff, they are naturally strong in martial arts, and they fly up and down with a single knife, killing these robbers crying and crying for their mothers.
Just when the more than 100 bandits on the mountain were about to collapse, a big knife suddenly broke through the air and flew over, He Jin saw the faint sound of wind and thunder, and his heart was shocked, knowing that the strength of this knife was not good to be hard connected, he immediately sank his waist and immediately tried his whole body to slash over.
The two knives intersected, He Jin only felt like a galloping horse crashing into his chest, only felt a burst of breath, his throat was sweet, a mouthful of blood spurted out, and he took a few steps back with a wilt, almost falling off the cliff. The big knife was still powerful, and it directly stabbed into the chest of a palace guard, and then took this palace guard and planted it down the cliff, and several palace guards who climbed up also fell, and they were all dead.
He Jin evened out his breath a little, and saw that a bunch of figures had appeared on the mountain beam not far in front of him, the leader, with a white belt in the codex, a full beard, and empty hands.
Obviously, the knife just now was thrown by the man, but this person took another big knife and was about to throw it, He Jin took pity on his brother's life, and said in a low voice: "Withdraw! That person's martial arts are too high, and we can't deal with it!"
"But the little prince's life and death are uncertain now, and our retreat is also a dead end!" A guard didn't listen, and directly took the single knife in his hand and bravely pounced on the man.
That person was naturally Wu Sanxing, after he saw a knife, there was still someone who dared to impact him, and when he laughed fiercely, he immediately sank his waist and threw a knife directly.
This knife seems to be slow and fast, originally the guard still wanted to dodge, but in the blink of an eye, it was in front of him, the guard couldn't dodge, and was actually slashed by a knife in the face and planted.
"Sect Leader Lang!" Several others couldn't help but scream miserably when they saw the tragic death of the guard, and were about to rush forward desperately, He Jin's eyes were sharp, and he saw that the bandits on the opposite side had already bent their bows and arrows, and immediately said: "Brothers, let's retreat for the time being, there are many bandits on the other side, and the bandit leader is strong in martial arts, if we insist on not retreating, it is just a waste of death, it is better to retreat first and then think about it in the long run!"
A group of guards gritted their teeth and looked at the bandits over there, then turned around, turned over and went down the cliff, He Jin breathed a sigh of relief, and beckoned the guards to return to the cliff. After getting under the cliff, a little inventory, such an impact, there were no less than twenty palace guards killed, but He Jin was sad.
Qiu Yue stepped forward at this time and said, "The bandits have the terrain, if we attack strongly, it will only increase the casualties!"
"Then what do you say?" He Jin glared at Qiu Yue angrily and said, "The little prince doesn't know whether he is alive or dead now, if we don't rescue him and return to the palace, the prince will also cut off our heads!"
"This ......" Qiu Yue was also extremely depressed, and now he couldn't rush up the mountain, and the retreating soldiers became a dead end because the little prince was captured, and they were all stunned on the spot.
"Listen to the officers and soldiers under the cliff!" Wu Sanxing on the mountain had already come to the edge of the cliff at this time, and shouted loudly, "Your little prince is now in my hands, if you want him to be safe and sound, ask you An to come with 10,000 taels of silver, and I will naturally put back your little prince with all his beards and tails! If you dare to attack the mountain again, I will directly cut off your little prince's dog head and fight with you to break the net!"
After speaking, with a wave of his hand, the two bandits escorted Zhu Zhi in silver armor to the edge of the cliff, and a ghost-headed knife rested on his neck, obviously as long as there was any change under the mountain, he would directly cut off Zhu Zhi's head.
"You?" He Jin was seriously injured at this time, lacking his breath, and was about to shout and scold, when a mouthful of blood surged upwards and spit out blood directly.
Qiu Yue also knew what He Jin meant, and immediately supported He Jin, and whispered: "Now that the little prince is still alive, we have a chance to save him back, so that the merits can be compensated, you don't have to be rash, the gang of bandits killed the little prince, and the two of us can only be buried together!"
After finishing speaking, Qiu Yue no longer paid attention to He Jin, raised his head and said, "Okay, let's send someone back to collect the ransom, don't abuse the little prince!"
"Haha!" Wu Sanxing laughed loudly and said, "You guys go and prepare, if it's delayed for too long, I can't shake my hands, and your little prince's head will roll down the mountain!"
He Jin's face was flushed, and he stopped talking, and finally walked to Qiu Yue's side and said: "General Qiu, you are good at using soldiers, so you are here to lead the army and watch these bandits!
After speaking, without waiting for Qiu Yue's approval, he directly brought two BMWs, jumped up, and went to fight the horses.
Seeing this, Qiu Yue had to shake his head helplessly, and then ordered the soldiers to go and set up camp, leaving a team of soldiers to watch the little prince and the bandits.
Although He Jin was seriously injured, he was worried about the little prince, and he didn't care about it at the moment, and the two horses took turns and rushed to the palace at the fastest speed.
After lunch, after lunch, Zilong happened to inspect the main gate of the palace at this time, and saw four guards standing here meticulously.
Zilong stepped forward and was about to speak to them when he heard the sound of horses' hooves coming from the side of the street.
The palace is in the north of Ningxia City, and the pedestrians around him dare not gallop like this anyway, and when Zilong stared at the street, he saw two horses galloping with a person.
The man was paralyzed on the horse, dressed in a military robe, Zilong flew up at the moment, a harrier turned over, grabbed the reins of the two galloping horses with his big hand, and his feet fell to the ground, sinking his waist immediately, and the two galloping horses stood up.
Immediately, the person stood up because of the galloping horseman, and naturally he was going to fall, but this person's feet were on the stirrups, and at that moment, Zilong was a little more on both feet, flew up, and directly held the person in his arms, flew out of Zhangyu and stood still, looked down again, and found that this person was He Jin, the commander of the palace guards.
Shocked at the moment, he walked into the palace with He Jin in a few steps, and ordered a guard to inform King An, and a guard to ask the doctor of the palace.