Chiwuxing

Chapter [-] - Breaking out from the siege at the foot of the mountain, Fu Chen was in danger, and Zongzheng came to help in the melee outside the city

A team of Jia Yun and Lin Ping rushed to the upper reaches of the Jinhe River to join the army led by Jiao Shiling. The more than 1000 soldiers and horses detoured for a long time, but they were already showing signs of fatigue. .

Jia Yun pulled the reins to stop the horse, and told Lin Ping beside him: "Let the soldiers rest here for a while, and wait for the soldiers who went to explore the way to come back."

Lin Ping understood, raised his head and gestured to rest on the spot, and all the soldiers got off their horses.

Looking at the continuous heavy rain, Jia Yun suddenly recalled all kinds of experiences in the past. The history of the Yan Dynasty has changed for a hundred years, and now people are walking farther and farther away.In recent years, the rains have been abundant. I thought that the dew from the sky would benefit the people of Yan, but now I think it may be that the mountain wind is about to pass, and the subtle danger is becoming more and more obvious.

"Report!" The spies came on horseback from afar, "Admiral, the [-] troops led by General Jiao were fighting the barbarians outside the city of Tongzhou."

Jia Yun asked, "Is the number of the barbarians determined?"

The spies replied: "When we went around, we saw about [-] Nanban soldiers. General Jiao and his men were obviously outnumbered."

Seeing Jia Yun's worried look, Lin Ping was on the sidelines to make suggestions: "The reinforcements from our red armor haven't arrived yet, so it's hard to match if we rush over at this time. Seeing this posture, the Nanman has already sent troops to help again. We might as well wait here first. reinforcements."

Jia Yun asked: "You mean to give up the rescue at this time?"

Lin Ping said: "But now... I am afraid I will die if I go there, but I still have to think about the overall situation of the Red Armor Army."

Jia Yun suddenly changed the subject and asked, "If you were Liao Hui, and you were ambushing in the mountains at this time, would you send troops to ambush at this time?"

Lin Ping was silent, and then said: "With Liao Hui's personality, I'm afraid he will take the initiative to attack."

Jia Yun glanced at Lin Ping, and then said: "It's God's will. If God wants me to end up here, I should obey the fate. Instead of letting the soldiers fall into the battle like this, it's better to fight to the death and attack where they are tired. There is still a chance of delay. Counting the time, there may be time to wait for the red armor reinforcements. The red armor army has grown from [-] soldiers at the founding of the country to today's [-] personal guards. There are a total of [-] guards in each city. If you set an example for the army, if you refuse to save him because of this, it will be difficult for His Majesty, for the soldiers, and for the people of Yan Kingdom."

Lin Ping had no choice but to suppress his persuasion. Jia Yun stopped thinking and decided: "Immediately organize the army and go to support the battle of Tongzhou."

"Generals!"

Liao Hui stood in front of the cave entrance, and said sharply, "The battle has already started in the city, and the red-armored reinforcements have not arrived. Now is the time for us to fight to the death. The information we just obtained found that in the mountains not far from here In the valley, there is another group of barbarians ambushing here, watching the battle in the city with us—"

The soldier standing below quietly bumped into the person next to him, and whispered: "Did you hear me, I said it was a barbarian army..."

Liao Hui in the front spoke to himself, with a stern face: "In order to solve the worries of the brothers who are still fighting outside the city, we will immediately wipe out the ambushes in the mountains. Although we only have 500 people, you are all from the whole country. The elite among the best soldiers, you took back Maocheng with few enemies and many enemies the day before yesterday, do you have the confidence to win today?!"

"Yes! Yes!"

The soldiers in the cave shouted.

Standing in front of him, Fu Chen saw Liao Hui wave his left hand and shouted, "Let's go!"

At this time, the heavy rain gradually weakened, from dense to sparse.

Fu Chen rode the horse and walked at the front of the team this time. A sense of solemnity took root in his heart. He only had a vague belief in his mind. He couldn't describe it for the time being, but his steps and actions warned him of his purpose: Defeat the barbarians.

The rain and fog have not cleared, and the sky is still dark during the day.

The barbarian army in formation did not rest because of the weather. Now that the rain was getting less and less, they were marching in the valley, and they were obviously ready for a surprise attack.

Liao Hui's team came from behind. The sound of horseshoes alerted them. They immediately grabbed their weapons and reined in their horses to fight.

No horns, no orders, no banners, no callsigns.

The slogan for war was well known at the moment they faced each other, and the two sides had a wordless tacit understanding, and in the moment of staring at each other in silence, there was a sudden clank of weapons clashing.

The rain drained the roaring strength of both sides during the march, but it did not slow down the force and offensive of the two sides. The Yanman battle had already begun decades ago. They were used to such tension and regarded it as a battle. It's a matter of course.

Fu Chen clenched his teeth, and with a swing of his long sword, he shook off his fatigue from the past few days.

The barbarian army also used this battle to vent their toil on the road in the rain. They tried their best to recall the familiar pleasure in the bright red.

The momentum of the two sides is hard to distinguish, but the numerical advantage of the barbarian army has gradually become prominent.

A knife swung from the side, Fu Chen dodged it, and at the same time the sword swung back, piercing the barbarian's neck exposed in the armor.Perhaps the barbarian wanted to be lazy. Seeing that there were not many people around this thin young man, he specially hired him to practice and let go of his guard, but he didn't want the young Yan soldier to be so fast that he rushed to him before he could react. A sword pierced his vitals and killed him on the spot.

Fu Chen didn't dare to be distracted.At this time, the rain that was gradually getting smaller was showing signs of turning into bigger again, and he only felt that his eyes and ears became more blurred, and every slight movement made him slash with all his strength.On weekdays, the middle knife is matched with the strength of the sword, and the sword is matched with the speed of the sword. This has always been the focus and strength of his training.But at this moment, the sound and vision became blurred. The first time he fought against the barbarian army with the sword happened to be a sunny day, so he had to use his usual strengths, but this was his first time fighting in the rain.The heavy rain had given him bad memories and associations, and the blurring of his left eye made him panic for a moment, which prompted him to swing the sword faster and faster, blood spread all over his face, and he didn't even notice it. The sense of trance and numbness from when he was young surged up again, and the blurry figure in his eyes turned into a shadow he had seen when he was a child, a shadow that did not belong to a person.

The barbarians who approached Fu Chen all looked at this man's swift swordsmanship in amazement, and were stabbed to death in a moment of panic.Around Fu Chen, a gathering place of death gradually formed, and there was a rare moment of blankness in the formation where the barbarians rushed forward.

Liao Hui always pays attention to the location of the saber techniques of the nearby barbarians. For a moment, when he was watching the battle between Yan and barbarians, he casually glanced at Fu Chen. At the moment he was stunned, blood dripped from the edge of a knife, and he slashed over. Liao Hui was slow to react for a moment, and the knife landed on his thigh.

Liao Hui snorted and suddenly felt a dull pain in his thigh.

At the moment when the knife fell into the flesh, a flash of sword light flashed, and the hand holding the knife seemed to lose strength suddenly, and the knife fell from the flesh of the leg in a frozen manner.

Liao Hui couldn't help shouting again, raised his head, and saw the source of the sword light just now, it was Fu Chen who caught the barbarian's momentary gap and chopped off his arm at the very moment.

Liao Hui didn't have time to think about it, and swung the serial long knife in his hand, chopping off the barbarian army whose arms and weapons were chopped off.

"Good job!" Liao Hui praised from the side.

Fu Chen didn't seem to feel the fluctuations of the outside world at this moment, so he turned his attack to another barbarian next to him.

The fuzziness coming from his left eye was even worse. Fu Chen thought of something, and when the memory was turned over, he couldn't help resisting.So the sword is stronger and the sword is faster.The heavy rain also began to beat the drums rapidly, swallowing the screams and whimpers of the barbarians wave after wave.

At this moment, the Red Armored Army's troops were scattered and the number was not dominant. The barbarian captain over there saw the situation here and ordered to the side: "You guys! You guys! Go and stop the sword-holding man over there! "

A few strong barbarians beside him listened to the order to quickly deal with the Yan soldiers in front of them, and gathered together.

The sound of rain falling, the sound of streams, screams, screams.

Fu Chen couldn't tell the difference, he just stared at the dark target in front of him, only knowing how to fight hard.

The four barbarians who were approaching quickly looked at each other, and when they approached Fu Chen, they did not rush forward. They saw two soldiers approaching from in front of them first. Fu Chen sensed the enemy in front of him and swept his sword quickly.The barbarians were also unambiguous, and saw that one of them was the first to block with a horizontal knife, and the other took advantage of the delay to restrain the other side of his sword with a knife.Both of them were muscular and brute men, Fu Chen struck hard, unable to move for a while, he wanted to pull back.

At this time, the other two of the four approached from behind, seized the momentary gap, one slashed at his hand holding the sword, and the other slashed at his neck from behind——

Fu Chen's ears moved, and he, who has always been good at speed, felt the cold air whistling from behind and in front of him during this short delay.Almost subconsciously, he withdrew his sword hand, rolled over from his horse, and rolled twice on the ground.

The few barbarians who had disdained this skinny young Yan soldier were all surprised at this moment, and sighed deeply that he was able to escape from their grasp with such a fast speed.

But this surprise was only for a short moment. Seeing the young man rolled to the ground, they immediately gathered again and swept away with the long knives in their hands.

Fu Chen lost his weapon, so he could only roll over to avoid the incoming knife.A stone on the ground hit the scar on his left cheek, and he thought about how to escape, paying attention to the surrounding terrain while avoiding it.The sound of the rain in his ears was full of rushing waves. He looked back and saw that there was a stream under the slope of the valley. Although the rocks beside the stream were hard, if he had to, he could give it a try...

The four barbarians here did not show any mercy. One of them simply got off his horse and slashed at Fu Chen with a knife. Fu Chen was panicked and had no weapons at hand. These four blocked his way back to the battlefield , Liao Hui was still busy dealing with the human formation surrounded by the barbarian captain, so he could only rely on himself at this time.Fu Chen turned his head and glanced at the flowing water mixed with rain and creeks, and jumped down with his heart skipped a beat.

There is no sharp rock to climb under the stream, it just happens to be a triangular protrusion.

Just as Fu Chen fell, he never saw the hand of the soldier wielding the knife suddenly stagnate, and he suddenly fell to the ground.Fu Chen's heart was just beating at this moment, and the cold rain was stinging the wound on his cheek.

He had surveyed the depth of the terrain here before, and if he fell down, he might still be alive.

Let everything be entrusted to the destiny again.

The moment Fu Chen jumped down, he had no time to think about the reason why he had come to this point, but deep in his heart, there was a black mass of unwillingness and disappointment spreading. He didn't do anything, so he had to give in again, and let fate give him a result again. .

In a daze, an unknown black object suddenly caught on his belt, Fu Chen felt something strange in his waist, as if there was a slight crisp sound, he looked down in disbelief, a steel dart was hooked on his light armor The rope behind the dart was wrapped around his waist twice.

Fu Chen was overjoyed, knowing that someone was saving him, seeing that the steel dart showed signs of loosening, he quickly reached out and grabbed the rope.

All the thoughts in his mind disappeared, and he looked at the situation in front of him again. The lower part of the raised rock wall happened to be deeply recessed in the mountainside. .Although there is a stream below, but if you look closely at the narrow stream, the speed is extremely fast, if you really fall into it, life and death will be unpredictable.Fu Chen looked up, but was blinded by Yulu. He thought about the rock climbing skills he had practiced before. Although his feet were hanging in the air, he could try climbing up the rope.

The rain continued, and he really couldn't see the situation above clearly, and he didn't know what would happen after he went up. After hesitating, he slowly climbed the rope and tried to climb up.

But said that the barbarian soldier holding the knife fell to the ground suddenly, and also surprised the three people next to him, and they turned around quickly.

In the rain, a man in black in a wheelchair was not far behind him, his face was blocked by the rain curtain, and he felt a gaze coming from him, which made him feel the cold rain on his body.The man held a crossbow with one hand, wrapped a few loops of thick rope around his right arm, and the end of the rope stretched directly to a cliff.

The three of them looked at each other, but they didn't recognize who it was, and they were able to get here in a wheelchair.But it looks like he is his own person, but the movements of his hands are against him.In panic, he no longer cared about the situation behind him, raised his knife and moved forward together, ready to surround and kill him.

Zong Zhengxi's eyes were cold, the crossbow in his hand was slightly deflected, and he shot three strings in succession, hitting the three people fatally.

The two fell to the ground, one of them narrowly escaped, and then approached the man.

Zong Zhengxi's face remained unchanged, seeing him coming with the knife in hand, he slapped the armrest of the wheelchair with his right hand, his strength was shaken suddenly, and there was a buzzing sound.I saw that he followed the wheelchair and turned half a circle, taking advantage of the momentum to go around behind the barbarian.

The barbarian's saber failed, and before he could react, he felt a cold sharp object pass through his throat, his breath was blocked immediately, and the severe pain made him lose consciousness.

After Zong Zhengxi dealt with this man, he suddenly felt a tightness in his right wrist. He glanced towards the edge of the valley, then wrapped the rope around his arm again, and looked coldly at the barbarian who was about to approach again.

"Your Highness!"

Liao Hui took a look at Fu Chen when he was free, but he didn't see him, but he saw the man in the wheelchair in disbelief. He was surprised, and more worried, why didn't he bring reinforcements during the chaotic battle? Arrived here suddenly?

As if Zong Zhengxi didn't hear Liao Hui's voice, he quickly mounted the crossbow and arrow.

The barbarians here were shocked when they heard this.King Yu has always covered his face in battles before, so they have never seen his real face, but they did hear that he suffered from leg problems due to the last battle, but they did not expect that he would return to the battlefield after a year, and also appeared it's here.

"Go and protect His Highness!" Liao Hui shouted.

The barbarian army also recognized the situation at this time, and while blocking the attack of the Yan army, they dragged the Yan soldiers who were fighting with them.During this time, their eyes were shining, and most of them had the opportunity to get close to this former enemy-destroyer for the first time. No matter how powerful he is now, he is trapped in a wheelchair, and it is difficult to use his former force. To be able to kill him in a small valley is bound to be a great achievement, and it will not be wasted the pain of running around in the rain in an ambush these days!

The numerical superiority of the barbarian army was still revealed, and at this time a few more barbarian soldiers surrounded them.

With a calm face, Zong Zhengxi killed several people in the distance with a crossbow machine, then passed the crossbow to his right hand, picked up the long knife in the hand of the barbarian who had just fallen to the ground with his left hand, and swung the knife to block the attack.

The man felt that the rope on his right arm was tense again, so he took advantage of this opportunity to exert strength with his right arm, opened the crossbow and fired another arrow, and a barbarian fell to the ground in the distance.

Zong Zhengxi swung the hidden dart out of his sleeve again, knowing that this was not a long-term solution, so he concentrated his internal energy in his left hand, and swung the saber to slash it.

He hit the left side with his right hand, and suddenly another barbarian attacked from the right side. He knew he couldn't dodge it in time, so he frowned, and raised his right arm to protect himself.

But seeing the barbarian suddenly fell to the ground again, Zong Zhengxi glanced at him, only to see that the barbarian was thrown to the ground by a figure behind him. When the curly silk was in a mess behind him, his arms and legs tightly suppressed the barbarians below him.

Zong Zhengxi recognized that the man was Fu Chen who was hanging on the edge of the valley just now, taking advantage of the gap in his right hand, he pulled out the knife of a dead barbarian and threw it over.

Fu Chen was gasping for breath, his arm was numb from the rope just now, when he saw the thrown knife, he quickly took it, closed his eyes tightly, and stabbed straight at the back of the neck of the person below him, The blood sprayed all over his face in an instant, and the people under him stopped struggling.

He got up from the barbarian soldiers, swallowed, saw that it was Zong Zhengxi surrounded by several soldiers, before he could be surprised, he immediately raised his knife and left.

He was not very proficient in sword skills, and his light armor was scratched several times when he made a move.

At this moment, the heavy rain seemed to be gathering again. Amidst the clouds and mist, Fu Chen felt that his physical strength was almost exhausted at the moment, but he did not dare to slack off. The blood that had just been sprayed on his face was gradually washed away, but he felt that he was imprisoned. Amidst the blood, it is difficult to extricate themselves.

"what--"

Fu Chen raised his head and grinned upwards, roaring upwards, like a wolf howling in the dim rain, he shook the rain off his body, raised his knife and slashed towards him, he suddenly forgot the swordsmanship and body skills he practiced on weekdays, just blindly Slashing, exhausting every inch of muscle and every inch of strength in his body, he slashed towards the black maze ahead.

In a daze, Fu Chen felt that he was back in that nameless lonely mountain a few years ago, he was fighting that little jackal alone, fear, fearlessness, panic, unwillingness... All kinds of intense emotions tore him, where was he? , forgetting language, forgetting morality, and even forgetting the word existence and the idea it represents.He was just like that wolf, doing unnecessary and frenzied hunting.

The barbarian was frightened for a moment by his first shout, but immediately rushed to the young Yan Bing who looked like a barbarian, intending to kill him quickly.

Regardless of Fu Chen's disregard, he murdered like a madman. He slashed at him with a knife, and the blood spattered with the knife.At this moment, his vision was blurred, and the sky was getting darker. At this moment, he could no longer distinguish the figures of the dazzled figures, and he just slashed towards the darkness.During the process, he felt pain in his chest, abdomen, legs, and back, but he felt happy and found some existence in the wind and rain.

"Be careful."

In a daze, Fu Chen seemed to hear a deep voice, telling him to be careful, but there was no worry in his tone. He tried his best to search for the source of the voice in his consciousness, but he was caught by his waist in confusion. The severe pain suddenly crushed his consciousness, and the moment before he fell into a coma, Fu Chen only felt the crisp sound of the knife in his ear, knocking him back to the momentary reality.

Outside Tongzhou city, Jiao Shiling fought hard to resist the attack of the barbarian army, but seeing the number of barbarian army still made him feel cold, and the barbarian army came out from Tongzhou city, could they have already broken through Tongzhou?

The more Jiao Shiling thought about it, the more anxious he became. The weapon in his hand was inevitably sluggish, and in an instant the barbarians around him took advantage of the loophole and slashed his shoulder.

He lost strength in his right hand for a while, and suddenly there was a sound of soldiers and horses coming from far and near amidst the sound of rain.

He broke through the barriers of the barbarians, and saw a brown-red figure in the distance, it was the Red Armored Army!

Jiao Shiling took a deep breath and immediately regained his strength.

The barbarian army here also saw the movement, and the leader of the barbarian army, Rong Ze, saw the leader carefully, estimated the number of people, snorted disdainfully, and shouted: "Brothers! Come on! Take Jia Yun's eunuch!" The head of the thief! The official position has been promoted to three ranks in a row!"

Jia Yun and Lin Ping came with more than 1000 horsemen, but they were still surprised by the number of barbarians. Knowing that the battle was going to be dangerous, they went into the battle with their guns and started fighting.

The barbarians who had just heard that the leader offered a reward were all excited, and rushed towards Jia Yun one after another, mixed with knives and guns.

Jia Yun was also exhausted all the way, so he couldn't help but feel strenuous at this moment. He saw that the few Yan soldiers around him were all pushed aside by the barbarians, and they were already drawn into the barbarian formation at this moment.

He circled around with his long spear and swept straight at the surrounding barbarians.

The blade of the gun was deflected, pierced into a soldier's chest, drew out the blade, and a barbarian behind him raised his sword and swung it again.

"Admiral be careful!"

A shout came from behind, Jia Yun hurriedly turned around, only to see Tang Lan leaving from the killing formation of the barbarians just now, swiping a knife to block the hidden knife.

Jia Yun immediately took the opportunity to stab the barbarian to death with a spear, and the barbarian fell off his horse.

Jia Yun nodded to Tang Lan: "Be careful too."

The two separated again to resist the more and more dense swords and guns.

The nearly 1000 barbarians were not damaged much by the joining of more than [-] people. A large number of barbarians surrounded the brown-red armor in the middle.

"Our reinforcements are here again!"

The word "again" made all the soldiers of the Red Armor Army who were ready to fight to the death see hope, and the brothers who stood side by side again made them feel strength again.

Jia Yun felt a little relieved, guessing that the [-] Chijia Yiwei who had been transferred had arrived, and it was a great fortune to be here at this time.

Hearing this, Rong Ze looked at the soldiers who came from a distance. It seemed that the number of troops was not much different from that brought by Jia Yun just now. The national reinforcements are less than one thousand! Kill all the soldiers!"

Jia Yun wondered, could it be the red armor from somewhere else?Or was there any accident on the way Chi Jiayiwei came?It was difficult to be sure for a while, and my mood fluctuated, so I quickly settled down to the challenge and stopped thinking about it.

There was a lot of fighting and fighting outside the city, but the sound of killing and cutting in the city gradually died down.

Wu Masun raised his wrist and shook off the liquid mixed with rain and blood on the Fengzui knife, and his restless eyes were reflected in the getting dark sky.

The corpses were scattered all over the place, and the whole city road was filled with blood.

A soldier next to him timidly approached and reminded: "General, the military adviser has ordered you earlier, telling the general not to love fighting, but to seize the city first."

Wu Masun ignored him, and looked back for a moment outside the city gate in the distance, with murderous desire in his eyes.

The soldier followed him to look back, and found that he couldn't see the situation outside the city from this angle. He was puzzled when he heard the young general next to him say: "Go and tell Rong Ze to ask him to withdraw his troops and retreat to the city. Send troops to secure the city gate!"

"Yes!"

But in the camp where the barbarians were stationed, Kou Bing was sitting in the tent and concentrating, when suddenly a soldier from outside the tent opened the curtain and entered, loudly saying: "Military division! The army of Yan has indeed come to attack the camp!"

Kou Bing smiled and said, "Just wait for them! Let them come, let's go now."