Chapter 235: Horse Thief

Xu Chen thought that he was familiar with the nature of the horse thief, he chose the camp last night, secretly hid the geographical advantage, and there was no problem in choosing the timing, he thought that with 200 cavalry to launch a strong charge on the side of the horse thief, he could directly defeat the more than 500 horse thieves, but he forgot that it was not the Han cavalry of the Western Route Army in the southern Bishui camp who charged the horse thief with him, but the Western Jin cavalry with extremely low combat effectiveness.

The combat effectiveness of the cavalry of the Western Jin Dynasty was even worse than Xu Chen's worst idea.

Two hundred cavalry, occupying the geographical opportunity to charge the horse thief, did not disperse the horse thief group, and could not even complete a cavalry penetration, directly dragged into the entanglement by the horse thief who was in a hurry, after several charges, there were dozens of cavalry were cut down to the ground by the horse thief, if it were not for the horse thief itself at that time The formation was also extremely chaotic, maybe this long-brewing side attack, but would lead to the annihilation of the cavalry.

The cavalry and the horse thief fought for a while, both sides couldn't bear it, and separated for the time being, taking advantage of this opportunity, Xu Chen rode back to the camp on a black horse, on the one hand, because he couldn't place more hopes on the remaining more than 100 cavalry, and there was also a reason because he had a vigilance in his heart, inexplicable vigilance.

A scream suddenly sounded in the cold air, Xu Chen reacted quickly, turned to one side, and a feather arrow flew past grazing his clothes, and shot fiercely into a grain wheel, and the tail of the arrow trembled violently.

Ignoring the fact that the black mask was soaked in the blood of horse thieves and smelled a little fishy, he rehung the mask, took off the jade sword behind him, and stabbed to death a horse thief who rushed to the front of the camp with a sword.

Then he felt a faint sourness coming from the depths of his shoulder, he knew that he had used the jade sword too many times today, and if he continued to hold on like this, his right arm might be useless.

The horse thief obviously refused to give the people in the food team camp too much respite, and after a short rest, he attacked fiercely again, completely ignoring his own casualties, this kind of behavior regardless of the cost and regardless of the risk of interests has exceeded Xu Chen's understanding of the horse thief, and the doubts in his heart became more and more intense.

More than 200 horse thieves poured in from all directions.

The people, who had become a little numb to life and death, aroused unprecedented courage at the last moment of life and death, and they held crude wooden spears, passed through the gaps deliberately left in the car formation, and stabbed them fiercely.

A wooden spear pierced a horse thief's chest and abdomen, and blood flowed downward.

Immediately afterwards, three horse thieves crawled over the carriage, brandished their scimitars, and slashed the men with wooden spears covered in blood.

A bright sword light flashed.

The slender Xiujian slashed at the three horse thieves with a sneering sword aura.

One horse thief was killed in a different place on the spot, and the other two horse thieves had broken legs and limbs, and fell backwards in embarrassment.

The bloodied men rushed over like wild beasts, took sticks and stones from nowhere, and smashed the two horse thieves on their heads and faces, and they repeated the action numbly, not knowing how many times, until at last there was no sound inside, and then they stopped a little stiffly.

After Yaxiu slashed in the wind, she habitually let out a lovely scream, and then, she was shocked by the bloody scene in front of her, her red little face was full of dust, but she couldn't hide the panic and panic in her clear eyes, she was too young after all, where had she seen such a scene?

Xu Chen reached out and grabbed the back of her neck, threw her behind like a cat, avoided a feathered arrow, and single-handedly held the knife to block and then send it away, cutting off the right arm of a horse thief who was secretly attacking.

The horse thief covered his blood-spurting right shoulder, and knelt on the ground in pain, Xu Chen didn't look at him again, holding the standard saber and walking down dangerously, he knew that this horse thief with a broken arm and no knife would be overwhelmed by the people in the next moment, and he naturally wouldn't make any more effort.

The chariot formation was broken, and everyone in the camp would die, based on this simple understanding, both the Minfu and the soldiers of the Western Jin Dynasty became extremely brave at this time, and they took any weapons they could get their hands on, desperately attacking the horse thieves who crawled from the carriage board.

But what really made the camp stick to the present, and it was the disciples of the Jade Xuanmen Xuanyuan from the Western Jin Dynasty who dragged on for so long, these girls and boys who didn't have much battlefield experience, with the pride, perseverance, and superb swordsmanship given by the sect, drew a sword qi between the wasteland meadows, and cut down those tricky horse thieves one after another.

However, the number of horse thieves is too large, the disciples of the Jade Xuanmen Xuanyuan are too few, and although the soldiers of the people are desperate, they still can't change the overall situation, and the camp is full of dangers, which may be broken at any time, and it seems that they have entered a desperate situation.

At that moment, a clear whistle sounded from the carriage in the middle of the camp.

Listening to the sound of this flute, Zhao Ling'er, Yaxiu and other disciples of the Jade Xuanmen Xuanyuan were in high spirits, and without hesitating their spiritual power, their sword qi stacked up, forcing the horse thief in front of them to retreat, and then walked to the grain bag.

Hearing the sound of the flute and observing these pictures, Xu Chen's mood was a little solemn, and there was even a faint trace of anger in his eyes exposed outside the black mask.

This is a team to transport grain and grass to the Beiqiang royal court, escorted by cavalry, and also needs mules and horses to transport grain, so in addition to a lot of carts of grain, it also carries a lot of hay for mules and horses to eat.

The unloading board of the grain truck forms a circular array, and the cloth bags containing grass are all concentrated under the van board, which is used to strengthen the fortifications on the one hand, and on the other hand, it can also play a role in slowing down the damage of arrows.

Hearing the sound of the flute, the disciples of the Jade Xuanmen Xuanyuan came to these straw bags and used their swords to pick them into the air outside the car formation, and at this time, the most dense wave of horse thieves attacked again.

I don't know if it was the relationship between the disciples of the Jade Xuanmen Xuanyuan to show off the sword qi and sword qi, or for some other reason, more than ten bags of hay flew into the air, and the cloth bag suddenly burst open, and it was torn apart with a hissing sound, and the hay in the bag was more like someone had punched it hard, and it spread out at a very fast speed, like a grass rain.

At the same time as the hay bags burst and scattered, an extremely dry smell enveloped the entire camp, and in the grass rain formed by each bag of hay, a faint spark was faintly lit up, and then it ...... in an instant Let the whole sky burn.

The rain of grass turned into a rain of fire, falling from the sky, obscuring the light of the eastern sun, turning the entire perimeter of the camp into a sea of fire, and the horse thieves, who had lost their souls and were made by the strange scene, did not have time to react, they were swallowed up by the sea of fire, and became poor people who were about to drown and burn to death.

The soldiers in the camp were also stunned by this scene, they held all kinds of weapons, and looked at the sea of fire that was close at hand, but none of them flew into the car array, as if they saw the miracle shown by Haotian.

Only Xu Chen noticed the sudden change in the vitality between heaven and earth when the hay bags burst and burned, he felt the faint magic power in each bag of hay, and even saw the subtle picture of the rune paper burning.

The fire rose from the grass, burned and spread rapidly, and fell on the horse thief, which was extremely difficult to extinguish, and the horse thief who rushed to the front of the car was on fire, howling miserably, running around, some rolling on the ground, but still rolling in the flames, and some looking for clear water, but it was not easy to find water in the winter wasteland. Several horse thieves on fire howled and rushed into the car, and before they could even raise their scimitars, they fell to the ground in agony.

The pack of horse thieves finally retreated again, leaving dozens of charred corpses outside the camp. Many of the corpses were hugged tightly together, probably because of the panic before death, so that the group of horse thieves could not tell who was the enemy and who was the companion.

A scorching smell wafted through the air, and a shout of triumph echoed through the camp.

Xu Chen stared at the white-clothed girl in the carriage and said, "I reminded you that you are our strongest person, and your spiritual power is our most precious weapon, which should be used at the most suitable time, not casually." ”

Duanmu Rong raised her head and glanced at him, I don't know if it was because she had seen too many bloody pictures or for some other reason, her face was very pale at this time, whiter than the white dress on her body.

"A lot of people have already died, and if I don't make a move, more people will die just now. ”

Xu Chen looked at her and said, "You are a woman's kindness." ”

Duanmu Rong's eyelashes trembled slightly, and he replied, "I was originally a woman. ”

Xu Chen suppressed his anger and said with a sneer: "You are not married yet. ”

Duanmu Rong replied calmly: "If you marry, you won't be married." ”

Xu Chen was silent for a moment and then said, "If you still have spiritual power, then your last spiritual power must be left to me." ”

From a certain point of view, he is also a person who cultivates talismans, and he knows very well the extent of the consumption of spiritual power by the talisman, and the girl's pale and haggard cheeks indicate that she has consumed too much spiritual power these days, and he has to admit that in the entire team, this girl in white is the strongest person, so in the face of this situation, it is inevitable to be a little angry.

The horse thieves suffered heavy casualties under this earth-shattering fire charm, but there were at least two hundred horse thieves above the meadow who still had the strength to fight again. Duanmu Rong's spiritual power was exhausted, and his true realm was just not confused, and he couldn't resist it at all.

Of course, Xu Chen still has some life-saving skills at the bottom of the box, and the tips given to him by the master are really a great waste if they are used on these horse thieves, and they are still so stingy before their lives encounter real danger.

The key is reinforcements, the food team camp has been holding out for so long, but the imaginary reinforcements have never appeared, you must know that if it was determined that there were no reinforcements from the beginning, he would have run away on a black horse.

"Are there any reinforcements?" he asked, staring into Duanmu Rong's eyes.

Duanmurong looked back at him indifferently and said, "Only the reinforcements themselves know. ”

Xu Chen no longer tried to communicate with her, and said directly: "Prepare to break through, my horse can only take one person, I want to take Yaxiu, and you are responsible for your people." ”

Duanmu Rong asked, "Then what about these Western Jin Dynasty and Minfu who have been fighting with you for so long?"

Xu Chen replied: "I only met them by chance, and I have no comrade-in-arms. ”

Duanmu Rong shook his head lightly and said, "I won't leave." ”

Xu Chen looked at her and suddenly said, "Haven't you discovered that the goal of these horse thieves on the meadow is to kill you?

Duanmu Rong looked at him and said calmly: "If the target of these horse thieves is me, then these people are all dying because of me, and I shouldn't leave them." ”

Xu Chen raised his eyebrows slightly, and said: "Idiot, if you go, you can attract horse thieves, how can these horse thieves attack these Western Jin Dynasty people who are not a threat?"

Duanmu Rong smiled slightly and said, "You don't have to lie to me, I now understand how murderous the horse thief is." ”

Xu Chen suddenly found that her eyes, which often seemed a little careless, became extremely clear and sure at this time, and seemed to be able to easily see through all his thoughts, he looked at her for a long time, and then turned around and left.

The horse thieves in the meadow are gathering, and perhaps another attack will be followed in the next moment.

He wiped off the thick blood on his face with the palm of his hand, changed it into a new mask, and walked in the camp full of corpses and broken soldiers, whether it was the Western Jin Dynasty or the people, when they saw him covered in blood, they would avoid it on both sides, even if it was Zhao Ling'er and other Western Jin Dynasty girls, in addition to admiration, there was also a little more fear in the eyes that looked at him.

Since the battle with the horse thieves, in addition to the fire talisman that burned the sky, the main credit for the fact that the grain team camp can still be kept is Xu Chen, and I don't know how many horse thieves have fallen under his standard saber.

Many people have seen how he killed the horse thief, it was really murderous, and the most chilling and awe-inspiring thing was the calm when he killed the horse thief, which seemed to contain a certain taste of indifference to life.