The Eight Winds of Rebirth

Although Cao Qin's troops were not many, but in the middle of the night, when the sky was dark, Zodiac Tiger was only focused on besieging the Lingfo, and did not expect that there would be reinforcements suddenly. Qin killed Xing Xinghu by surprise, and even with a few thousand people, the tens of thousands of Yulin troops who were originally neat and uniform were rushed to pieces.

For a while, Zodiac Tiger thought that the situation in central Beijing was near the end of the crossbow. That's why Cao Qin brought people to arrive so quickly. He couldn't tell how many Yuguo troops were there, so he was unavoidably flustered. When Xing Xinghu held it in his hands, the left deputy general of the Habayashi Army couldn't hide his joy and immediately shouted.

He snatched the object from the other party's hand, then rode forward, and with the sparse firelight on both sides, he raised his hand towards Cao Qin and shouted: "General Yuguo! If you go further, don't blame me for being cruel! "

Cao Qin was fighting heartily, a long halberd danced with a dazzling stream of light, and with a light stroke, he could knock down a circle of overwhelmed Habayashi soldiers. Hearing Xing Xinghu's words, Cao Qin looked casually, and his eyes met the one on the right. When he touched something in his hand, his movements suddenly stopped.

It was a child about one year old, even though Cao Qin hadn't seen him a few times, he still recognized him at a glance. This is Daye's only grandson, and he is also the biological son of Prince Zhao Mian. ... Zhao Xi.

Zhao Xi's little face was flushed red, and he was being held upside down by the star tiger, his hands and feet struggling in pain, but he didn't cry, but angrily used his mouth with only two or three deciduous teeth to go Biting Xing Xinghu's hand, he was shaken heavily by Xing Xinghu, and immediately lost his strength.

Cao Qin's pupils shrank, and the halberd in his hand slowed down when he met the staring tiger's complacent gaze.

Seeing that the other party really cared, Zodiac Tiger couldn't help laughing. Zhao Xi was bouncing up and down in his hands, and he might fall to the ground at any moment, and be trampled by countless horses.

"Cao Qin, if you want this child to live, you should get down and kowtow to grandpa on your knees."

Cao Qin didn't move.

Zodiac Tiger slapped Zhao Xi's ass violently, such a small child was beaten so loudly by him, Zhao Xi couldn't help crying anymore, but he seemed to be ill, his voice was weak and small, It sounds very pitiful.

"Shouldn't it? Or... the dignified general of Yuguo wants to watch the emperor's grandson die like this, and refuse to save him?" If Zing Xinghu knew that Cao Qin had personally inserted his green dragon halberd into it before When facing the prince's chest and abdomen, I'm afraid he wouldn't say that.

However, Cao Qin, who was ruthless to both Zhao Mian and Zhao Youneng, let go of the rein in his hand after silently looking at Zhao Xi for a moment, straddled his long legs, and fell off the horse.

"... General!?" The deputy general of the Imperial Army was very anxious seeing this.

Zodiac Tiger smiled openly.

"Come on, come here again, come to Grandpa, if you want to kneel, you have to let Grandpa see clearly..."

Cao Qin's face was cold and serious, and he gradually stopped his hands regardless of the sides, either watching a good show or looking worried, and slowly walked towards Xinghu.

……

On the other side, after Zhao Su tied the note to the falcon bird and let it go to send a message, Gu Xiangtan saw how weak he was, and said, "We need to find a safe place for the time being. Hide."

Zhao Ze hurriedly said: "The fourth brother is leading those thieves away outside, we need to take advantage of the chaos to escape."

Yanfang brought Fu Yalian and Huaishen to join them, so the group carefully avoided the wandering Habayashi army in the temple, trying to find a place to stay.

On the way, he met a dying little monk, and learned that there is a barn in Shimen Temple, which is underground, where Lingfo and others can hide.

Mou Fei and Bi Fu were busy taking Gu Xiangtan there, but Gu Xiangtan stared intently into the distance and suddenly asked, "How many people are still alive in the temple?"

Although everyone wanted to appease him, the reality was in front of him. Fu Yalian could only say: "It should be gone. A few people wanted to kill us just now. Fortunately, Yanfang came quickly, but I heard from those people that the temple Now..." Fu Yalian didn't continue, but everyone understood that there were no living people except them.

Gu Xiangtan closed his eyes, his lips were pursed into dead white, but he opened them quickly, with a firm look in his eyes.

"But there are still a lot of people outside the temple. We can't just sit around and wait for the Yu Guojun to die. At least we must find a way to mess up the Xinghuo's position so that the Yu Guo General can steal a chance."

Gu Xiangtan's mind was in a hurry, and then he began to give orders to Yan Fang, Bi Fu, Mou Fei and others.

Outside the temple, Cao Qin slowly walked up to Xing Xinghu, under the other's vicious gaze, he flipped off the corner of his robe smartly, and slightly bent his knees.

Zodiac Tiger was opening his eyes wide to see the moment when Cao Qin bowed his head to him, but at this moment, he heard a soldier shouting in a hurry: "General, Shimen Temple is flooded!"

Xinghu looked back, and sure enough, he saw thick black smoke rising from the hall not far away, and there was also a faint fiery halo coming out. The three kings urged Xinghu to bring the Lingfo back alive, otherwise why give up A lieutenant general like him is doing this alone, if it goes wrong, Zodiac Tiger knows that he probably has no hope in the future, so he is naturally anxious right now.

However, this momentary distraction is enough for the enemies waiting in front to take advantage of it. As soon as Xing Xinghu turned his head, he felt that his hands were empty, and the emperor and grandson who had just been lifted upside down had fallen back into Cao Qin's arms. General Yu Guo suddenly jumped up and carried the child back with one hand, while with the other hand he turned around with his halberd and stabbed Xing Xinghu to sit down on his horse.

The blade pierced into the flesh, and the horse fell down in pain, and even fell off the horse's back with the Xing Xinghu. Cao Qin stabbed again with his backhand, and Xing Xinghu rolled on the spot, causing him to shoot down in the air.

Cao Qin didn't like to fight either, he ran to his horse quickly, jumped on it quickly, stared at the black smoke rising from the temple, turned his head and shouted to his lieutenant general: "Stay where you are!" Holding the horsewhip and rushing towards the Shimen Temple with the emperor and grandson in his arms!

Xing Xinghu suffered a big loss in front of the crowd, stood up fiercely, but saw Cao Qin break through the siege and run into the monastery, hurriedly snatched one of his horses with his backhand, didn't think much, just shouted: "Chasing! Kill the national army and its generals, and then find the Lingfo, and they will live!"

As a result, most of the Hulala Habayashi Army ran away with Xing Xinghu, while the remaining small group continued to fight with the remnants of the Imperial Army.

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In the dark and dull cellar, Gu Xiangtan and Fu Yalian tore off the hem of their clothes and bandaged Zhao Su. They saw that Zhao Su's back, which was originally clean, was now covered with interlaced scars. Blood gushed out from the ground.

Gu Xiangtan moved his hands silently, his complexion was almost as pale as Zhao Su's.

Mou Fei and Bi Fu, who were guarding the door, were always paying attention to the noise outside, and suddenly said after a while: "Lingfo, there is an army coming in. Listen to that voice, it's the Xingxing Tiger..."

Gu Xiangtan was not sure if Cao Qin could understand what he meant, he was just taking a gamble, but in the end, General Yuguo comprehended and led the Zodiac Tiger back to Shimen Temple as Gu Xiangtan thought. .

Gu Xiangtan looked at Yanfang: "Have you made the arrangement?"

Yan Fang nodded: "Although the time is short, it is barely enough." After saying that, he disappeared with Bi Fu, Mou Fei and others, and Zhao Ze followed behind.

Fu Yalian watched those people walk away, turned back and said: "This is a risky move, but prayer flags and incense candles are the most common in Buddhist temples. If you want to light it, it will take less than half a moment to do it." Maybe it may not cause much damage, but To disturb the pace of the Habayashi Army, it would be good to delay a little longer, as long as General Yuguo can hold on, then he can take advantage of the situation and take Gu Xiangtan and others to escape from this place together.

Gu Xiangtan let out a "hmm", he lowered his head, Fu Yalian couldn't see his expression, but Zhao Su, who was lying on the grain bag, saw the emotion in Gu Xiangtan's eyes clearly, it was a kind of calmness The dark eyes are filled with sorrow...

After Cao Qin entered the temple, he rode his horse and galloped. He also chose those difficult and rugged trails, so that even if he wanted to go forward, the Habayashi army could not find their way. After a while, he finally ran towards the main hall.At this moment, the blazing flames could be seen, but Cao Qin didn't stop at all, the horse's hooves still flew away, and rushed straight into the fire.

He is not afraid of death, and of course the hot-blooded Astrologer behind him doesn't care so much, he still clung to him like a fly, the master didn't call to stop, and none of the Habayashi soldiers behind him dared to stop, so the group of people killed like this Entering the fire scene, but I didn't want to, someone blew a long whistle in front of me, and then Zhao Ze's voice sounded: "Fourth brother, be careful!"

Cao Qin pulled the reins in response, and the horses under him jumped up high following him, passing the hall and running towards the narrow path shown by Zhao Ze.

General Yuguo's insight was astonishing, but the line behind him was not so clever. Several rows of thin ropes were arranged on the ground, which acted as tripping ropes. , so the one who was walking in front fell down with the horse and the people, and tripped all the people behind him who couldn't stop in time. Suddenly, they blocked themselves into a ball, and a group of people fell directly into the hall in front of them middle.

Then the thin rope was ignited with a whoosh, and the flames rolled in all directions. Suddenly, the whole area was spread by the line of fire, and all the people nearby were surrounded, and the screams for help almost rang through the sky.

On the other side, Cao Qin threw the child in his arms to Zhao Ze as soon as he crossed the path.

"Fourth brother, come with us." Zhao Ze hugged the drowsy Zhao Xi and said.

However, Cao Qin shook his head: "Go first, I will lead these people out of the temple, and then catch up with you."

Zhao Ze was taken aback, even though he had never fought a war, he had read a lot of military books over the years, and knew that the current situation was extremely lucky, if the fourth brother got involved with these people again, he would definitely not have such good luck.

"Lingfo has already told Sixth Brother that he will bring troops here to help soon. Fourth Brother, if you don't leave, we can hold on for a while longer."

Cao Qin turned around and looked behind him. These arrangements were nothing more than a surprise attack on the Habayashi Army. They hurt the people in front. So many people in the back watched the situation and would not move forward. There are too many people in the Habayashi Army. Now, if they are not completely taken away from here, Gu Xiangtan and others will not even think about leaving, and Cao Qin still has so many soldiers here, he can't leave by himself.

Cao Qin looked around, the fire burned very quickly, and in a blink of an eye, most of the Shimen Temple was licked by scarlet, Cao Qin narrowed his eyes and said to Zhao Ze: "In this case, I will go north. Let him look for me along the Lianhe River, and I will wait for him."

Then he rode to leave, and saw Zhao Ze's horrified eyes, Cao Qin paused and reached out to touch his face, with a gentle smile on his face.

"Ze'er, when you grow up, one day you will become as great as your father and sixth brother, so you know what is the best choice now, right? Take good care of yourself, and Ling Buddha."

After all, Cao Qin pushed Zhao Ze hard, and the Seventh Prince and the child in his arms fell into the grass beside him. Cao Qin looked at Yan Fang and the others one last time, and signaled them not to chase them, but to wait. There was a sound of horseshoes behind him, he clamped the horse's belly, and continued to run forward, laughing loudly as he walked: "Xing Xinghu, this place is about to burn, if there is a chance we will fight in another place, but with your ability, if you If you slow down, Grandpa won't be in the mood..."

This kind of provocative words may not work if you change another person, but it is very useful for the aggressive and unthinking Zodiac Tiger. Sure enough, a roar was heard immediately, and the Zodiac Tiger led the remaining Habayashi The generals of the army broke through the encirclement of the fire, stepped on the corpse of their companions, didn't even bother to look at the roads on both sides, and rushed straight after Cao Qin.

"Cao Qin, just wait for me, I must take down your dog's head sacrificial flag!!"

What answered him was a series of hearty laughter from General Yu Guo in the silent night, slowly dissipating in the distance.