Chapter 15: The Old Man

"Salt man, bitter man, nine deaths today, rush out one by one, don't look back when you go out, go up to the Gorge Mountain to find Lei Ye" Old man Jiao shouted loudly, and then rushed to the officers and soldiers in front of him, a bloody battle unfolded in the valley, the valley is narrow, only three people are allowed side by side, the officers and soldiers hold long spears and many can't be used, the salt gang uses short knives, and the close friends have a slight advantage, the salt gang brothers are all surviving, desperate, the front is down, the back is filled, the team is advancing all the way, but it is also constantly losing personnel, seeing that there are only about a dozen people left, but the exit of the canyon is still far away, everyone is anxious, Wu Xiao and Hongyu are at the back of the team, but it is a matter of time before they continue to fight the light。

"I'll go," Wu Xiao said as he looked at the red fish

"You want to save your life, if you die, I won't live anymore" Hongyu's eyes were full of determination

Wu Xiao clapped her hands and squeezed towards the old man Jiao in front with an iron gun

"You can't fight like that, old man"

"How do you want to fight, say it quickly," the old man said with a knife that cut off the left hand of an officer and soldier, and turned back, blood dyeing his beard red.

"Three people push forward in a row, ten knives get out of the way, and the back row is on top, taking turns to roll forward," Wu Xiao said

"Good way, good boy, you command" After speaking, he shouted: "Everyone is called Brother Wu"

"Heizi took three people in the first row, cut ten knives and rolled to the side, and the three people in the back moved forward in a row, and everyone took turns to top" Wu Xiao immediately made arrangements, and everyone understood the reason.

Heizi took three people forward, desperately slashing forward, after ten knives, Wu Xiao saw that the time had come, shouted "change", the three people in front immediately rolled over to both sides, giving way to the gap in the middle, Wu Xiao took two young people on top, and Heizi took the first row of brothers to the end of the team to rest, but seeing Wu Xiao's iron spear like a dragon going to sea, the officers and soldiers in front of him stood dead, and four people were stabbed to death in a few breaths. After three rounds, everyone cooperated better and better, and the speed of advancement was greatly improved.

The corpses of the officers and soldiers fell on both sides of the canyon, and some of them were not dead, and they would also be mended by the people of the Salt Gang behind, the more the officers and soldiers fought, the more cold they became, and the more the Salt Gang people fought, the more courageous they became. Except for Wu Xiao, the others were personally picked, the old man was stabbed in the shoulder, and Hongyu and Wu Xiao urgently bandaged everyone.

"Can't stop, we have to move forward, whether it is life or death has not yet been decided" Old man Jiao stood up with a knife, and everyone stood up with him, although everyone was exhausted at this time, they couldn't stop at this time, and everyone could only walk when the horse was gone, and at this time a figure jumped out from behind the boulder next to him, and everyone immediately raised the knife in their hands.

"Don't do it, I'm Xiao Wu," a young man's voice sounded

When everyone saw that it was really Xiao Cong, he breathed a sigh of relief, and two acquaintances stepped forward and punched him.

"Xiao Wu, you go to Xiashan to find someone to answer first, just bring the words with you, don't come back" Old Man Jiao beckoned Xiao Wu to come over

"I'll go first, I'll find someone to come and pick me up, you guys be careful" Xiao Wu didn't say much, and went in the direction of Xiashan.

The crowd was tired and hungry, and marched forward in the dark, one foot deeper, one foot shallow. After about an hour, I heard the sound of horses' hooves behind me, and when I looked back, there was a firelight, and the chasers came.

Wu Xiao lifted the iron spear and stood in the middle of the road, when the crescent moon was in the sky, pulling his shadow long. Everyone also carried knives in their hands, and everyone understood that it seemed that they could not leave alive today, and the sunspot shouted: "Grandpa's, kill one is enough, kill two to earn one, and then be brothers in twenty years", everyone echoed each "brother" in unison, and the voice was vibrating and fierce. The horse team was getting closer and closer, and it was estimated that there were thirty people, and the people of the Salt Gang lined up in a cone formation behind Wu Xiao, with three women guarding in the middle. Wu Xiao didn't move, only the wind blew the hem of his clothes.

It wasn't until the first horse's nasal cavity spewed white gas and rushed to the face, Wu Xiao raised his gun and swept it, breaking the horse's legs, which horse immediately lost its balance and dived down, Wu Xiao picked up the knight on the horse, smashed forward, and smashed down another knight, and the momentum of the horse team was sluggish.

Old man Jiao also shouted: "Kill people and take horses", everyone woke up, Wu Xiao was like a mainstay, the horse team opened up from in front of him, ready to close forward, and the salt gang took the opportunity to kill people and grab horses, and after a while, five people got on the horse and fought to the death with the enemy, only Old Man Jiao cut off a knight with a knife, and rushed forward with an arrow, and lifted Wu Xiao's back leader and threw it on the horse's back, "Take them away".

"Old man, ...... you" Wu Xiao was still hesitating

"Let's go, I'll block it for a while, you're still young" The old man slapped a knife on Wu Xiao's horse's buttocks.

Wu Xiao didn't say anything more, the iron gun was raised high and shouted "Follow me if you have a horse", and then picked a knight with his hand, and rushed towards Hongyu with the reins of his gun, Hongyu turned over on the horse, and then went to Mrs. Lajiao, Mrs. Jiao hugged Ning Ning on the back of Hongyu's horse and said loudly: "Take Ning Ning away, leave me alone." The red fish had to hold Ning Ning and gallop forward, and the five horsemen followed Wu Xiao in the direction of the gorge mountain, and when Wu Xiao looked back, he saw a white head flying high, and which headless body plunged the glaive knife into the enemy's left ribs. A woman's screams followed, and it was Mrs. Jiao who had cut her throat.

"Mother, ......" Ning Ning's mournful cry broke through the night sky and spread far away.

The six horsemen ran out for a few miles and saw a fire speeding in the direction of the gorge, and everyone knew that the response of the gorge was coming, but many people died on the road and never saw it again.

When Wu Xiao and the others were taken to the Salt Gang Headquarters of Feilong Fort in Xiashan Mountain, the sky was just dawning, and a round of red sun slowly rose from Longtou Mountain behind Feilong Fort, and a piece of gold shone on the warped cornices of Feilong Fort in the distance, like a fairyland.