16. Red blood stains the hills

The leader saw that everyone disarmed and surrendered, put his mind at ease, ordered someone to bring a horse, let Zhao Sheng ride, it seemed to be extremely respectful, Zhao Sheng saw that the rest of the people were all on foot, resolutely not to ride, the leader was not stubborn, let Zhao Sheng accompany him, self-reported name, called Zhang Sui Tang, is the current gang leader of the sword and fire shop, when his brother died at the hands of the Shihao faction, it was he who tried his best to restrain him, so as to suppress a big fight, so as not to lose both.

Zhao Sheng said: "Brother Sui and Tang are well aware of righteousness and admire it. But deep down he didn't think so, he hated the Shihao faction for being ruthless and treacherous, and always just wanted to kill them and go up the mountain, so that they would pay for their blood debts.

Zhang Sui Tang said: "Little brother, in fact, we have been waiting for you for many years. ”

Zhao Sheng was shocked and asked, "What does the eldest brother mean by this?"

Zhang Sui Tang said: "Our ancestor of the sword-casting fire shop was also a hero in the Shihao faction, but he was persecuted by the traitors and had to flee down the mountain. I remember many years ago when he said to me, 'You will soon be your helper, but after many years, there will be another destiny for you to follow a young man who claims to be the royal family of the Song dynasty.' ’”

Zhao Sheng was overjoyed in his heart, thinking of that master, he couldn't help but yearn for it, and said: "This senior has the ability of such an unknown prophet, I don't know where he is now?

Zhang Sui Tang said: "This old gentleman is haunted, and no one knows where he lives. ”

Goshawk asked, "Is this man called Hidden Bodhi?" and he was covered in hair, and he looked like an ape?"

Zhang Suitang hesitated for a long time and said: "I don't dare to call Engong's name, but what you said is right, Engong's appearance is indeed different from ordinary people." ”

The goshawk had a ghost in his heart, and muttered secretly: "I'll have a big fight with him." This old boy must be seriously injured if he does not die, and this must not be known to them. ”

Zhao Sheng originally thought that Yin Bodhi led him to the Shihao faction with intention to play tricks and frame him, but at this moment, Yin Bodhi let him make his own decisions at that time, which was to test whether he had the ability to distinguish between good and evil, and he mistakenly believed in the villain, which made him so embarrassed, although he felt guilty and remorseful, but he also admired this strange man who was like a god.

Zhang Sui Tang said: "I should ask a few other elders in our fire shop." If they have no objections, I will forge a sword and fire shop to help the little brother. ”

Zhao Sheng was happy again and thanked him again and again, but with the lesson of the Shi Hao faction, he was still uneasy in his heart. And Zhang Sui and Tang were not full of words, nor were they very eager, and Zhao Sheng's hopes in his heart were inevitably greatly discounted.

The soldiers marched southeast and walked more than ten miles when they saw a row of wooden walls. For two miles in succession, a large hole was broken in the wall, and the towers and thatched huts in the wall were also turned upside down. The lieutenant said, "Master, this is the evil that the stone ox did!"

Zhao Sheng asked, "We also met the stone ox before. The ox ran like the wind, and its strength sank, and its bones were as hard as iron, and the sword could not be effective. And how to deal with it?"

Zhang Sui Tang said: "Little brother, although this stone ox is powerful, there is a way that 'the magic is one foot high.'" The road is one foot high. "We've lived here for a long time, and we may not be able to deal with it, so let's take a look at the means of our sword-forging fireworks." ”

He gave a few orders, and the soldiers dug holes and pits outside the cottage, tied ropes with loops, and set up many traps. Zhao Sheng praised: "The eldest husband fights wits but not strength, and the eldest brother really has a set." ”

The goshawk looked around on the side, pointing fingers, Xue Binghan also made suggestions, and put forward suggestions from time to time, what the two said was quite reasonable, very insightful, but the soldiers of the sword-casting fire shop suspected that the two were in the way, but drove the two away, the two were greatly frustrated, and loudly accused and picked thorns in the distance, Zhang Axe Mountain hurriedly persuaded each other, and the two settled down.

Zhao Sheng felt slightly embarrassed and said: "My friends are also very kind, and the eldest brother will bear with it." ”

Zhang Suitang didn't care at all, only said: "We have four villages in the forest, with this mountain niche village is the weakest, listen to what my apprentice said, yesterday evening, the spies found that two little dolls came to the front of the cottage, and put them into the village, so that they can be taken care of, both men and women have horns on their heads, the male is a cow's horn, the female is a sheep's horn, the female baby is not lightly injured, is she the child that the little brother is looking for?"

Zhao Sheng sighed: "Exactly, this child's parents died, I took her in, raised her so far, I really love her like my own daughter." ”

Zhang Suitang said: "I said that this girl is in good spirits, there is no major problem, and her behavior is quite pleasant. They stayed in the village for an hour, and someone recognized that the boy was the young master of the Shihao faction, so we wanted to restrain him, but who knew that he suddenly killed people, and screamed loudly, and then this stone ox rushed in. The place where the stone oxen live is very far away, who knows that they have come here unknowingly? There are less than 300 people stationed in the village, and dozens of stone oxen have been killed several times. The boy and girl took advantage of the chaos to run away again. ”

Zhao Sheng was relieved when he heard him say that Xiaoqiu Yang was safe and sound.

Soon after, dozens of people climbed to the tree, carrying a large net on their backs, Zhang Sui Tang ordered people to put on red clothes, scolding in front of the hole in the wooden wall, dancing with their hands, jumping left and right, without spinning their heels, they heard a loud rumble in the village, and several stone oxen rushed towards here.

Xue Binghan saw the appearance of the monster, his back was cold, and he thought, "Yes, this is the guy I met in that stone pillar forest." They were outside the stone forest, but now they are running into the woods and wreaking havoc. ”

The monsters were becoming more and more terrifying, their eyes were like fire, and their jaws were stained with blood and flesh, and they must have been eating people before. Seeing this, the soldiers were even more angry, gritted their teeth, and did not make a sound. The man in red turned around and ran, running straight through the trees, the stone ox had a brutal attack, rushed straight to it, suddenly whistling on both sides, in the uproar, the big net was cast, several cows mixed garlic under their feet, fell heavily, the fishing net was extremely strong and entangled, one head was tied to the tree, although the stone ox had divine power, but it was deep in the net, it could not be used, it rolled to the ground, roared, but there was nothing to be done.

Everyone cheered, and in an instant, there was a stone ox rushing again, the red-clothed soldier waved his hands wildly, provoked again, the stone ox rushed again, this time the ground fell into a big pit, the stone ox fell into it one after another, although the monster had thick skin and thick flesh, but the feet were unstable, a fall, broke the leg bone when landing, screamed. In this way, there are many traps, trapping a dozen stone cows, and then no stone cows attack. Another soldier rushed up, watered the oil in the mountain, lit a fire, and burned the stone oxen alive.

When the soldier who used the bait saw that he was done, he took off his red clothes and scolded with a smile: "These beasts have actually come to our land to spread wild, and they are impatient. Everyone applauded: "Brother Wu, you are really good." Zhao Sheng thought to himself: "These soldiers are not chaotic in the face of the enemy, and they are flexible with their hands and feet, and they are more elite than our brothers in Yunnan and Guangdong." ”

Zhang Sui Tang saw Zhao Sheng's expression of approval, and he was also proud, after killing all the stone oxen, he ordered to enter the village from the main gate, and saw that the houses were damaged, full of mutilated bodies, and were gnawed by the stone ox miserably, and the blood stained the land red, and everyone saw that the flesh and bones of their relatives were ruined into this appearance, and they all felt like knives, stared and gritted their teeth, and even the corners of their mouths were bitten blood.

Zhang Suitang sighed: "This account must always be counted on the head of the Shihao faction. "Ordered the people to recover the bones of the whole body, and if it was really unrecognizable, then set it on fire. They called themselves "sword-forging fire shops", and they were good at forging fire, and they burned corpses in an instant.

The generals were resting when the goshawk suddenly shouted, "There's a fight there!" snatched a long sword and galloped towards the east.

Zhang Sui Tang hurriedly said: "Catch up with him!" The leader followed, turned the col, and saw a big cave between the trees, and there was a person in front of the cave who was fighting with several stone bulls, those stone oxen were huge, the head and tail were almost a zhang, and the movements were flexible, and the previous rampage and brute beast were completely different, just a few short steps, bow their heads and raise their horns, and stab at the person, as if stabbing out of the sword move, the skill of attack and defense is comparable to the famous martial arts of the world. But the man was armed with a long sword, and his movements were extremely fast, shuttling back and forth among the stone oxen without showing the slightest sign of defeat.

Zhang Sui Tang recognized the person and said hurriedly: "Nephew, let's help you!" It turned out that this person was Zhang Lan, the secret snake sword that hid the sword mound.

Zhang Lan saw the arrival of his companions, his heart was overjoyed, he jumped into the air suddenly, and pierced the skin of the stone cow with a sword, this dense snake sword is extremely sharp, if it is not bent and hooked, it is also a sword that cuts gold and jade, although the skin of this stone cow is hard, but it can't stop him from fighting a sword. After he succeeded, his wrist shook, and the huge force surged, and he pushed the thousands of pounds of stone ox to the ground, he drew his sword, the blade of the sword snakeed, poof, pierced into the eyes of the stone ox, pierced out of the brain, and killed immediately, his swordsmanship was ingenious and accurate, and it made people stunned.

He had just killed a cow, and two more cows rushed hard and crashed into him, Zhang Lan was just in a hurry to kill the enemy, the action was too big, and he hurriedly dodged, but was pressed sideways by the stone cow, he rolled around on the ground, very embarrassed, and another stone ox took advantage of the situation to push towards him.

Zhang Suitang was shocked and wanted to save him, but it was too late. At the last moment, the goshawk jumped out, the sword rose to red light, slashed with a flicker, and slashed the neck of the stone cow, which was the hardest place on the stone cow's body, but the goshawk sword was extremely powerful, and the head of the stone cow was cut off cleanly, and with a splash, blood gushed out, Zhang Ran took off his robe, and circled in his hand, blocking the blood of the stone cow like a shield.

The soldiers have fought with these stone oxen countless times, knowing that its cowhide is extremely hard, and when they see the red mangs on the goshawk sword cutting into the skin, such as cutting tofu, they are all shocked, and they see Zhang Ran escaped, then they burst into applause.

The rest of the stone oxen hissed in a low voice, their eyes were red, and they attacked around the two of them, but these two people had excellent swordsmanship, and the power of the sword was extremely powerful, the stone ox besieged for a moment, and suffered heavy casualties, and suddenly they all looked up to the sky and shouted, and then there was a cow on the mountain to respond to it, and everyone looked up and saw another stone ox rushing down the slope.

Zhang Suitang shouted: "Come forward to help, don't stand stupidly!" All the soldiers roared in unison, raised their shields and raised their swords, and greeted them, blocking the front of the goshawk and Zhang Lan. The stone oxen did not stop, bowed their heads and rushed straight over, but they heard the thumping sound, the soldiers could not resist, the shields were knocked away, and the intestines were broken, and their blades pierced these big stone oxen, but they were only scratching. As soon as Bu clashed, dozens of people died tragically.

Seeing that the situation was critical, Zhang Sui Tang hurriedly said: "Throw it with an oil canister and set fire to his mother!" (To be continued.) )