At this time, the outer courtyard was filled with people, shouting and shouting one after another. A man in the army is the best to drink from this cup. In the past, even the poorest quality wine could make these people who have been struggling to make ends meet smile. Now what Xin Hui brought was the world-famous wine produced in Jiangyang.
Meng Fan sat at the table, holding up a shallow bowl and sipping the wine in the bowl, while his eyes scanned the people in the courtyard from time to time. Their spears were divided into four piles and stood upright at the four corners of the yard. Next to the spears were high shields. Next to the shields were bows and arrows against the wall. Next to them were some helmets and even some There is a waist knife. This made Meng Fan frown.
His initial order was for the big guys to put away their spears, bows, arrows and shields, but their swords and armor should not be left behind. But these soldiers were so excited that everyone in the venue had already taken off their helmets. Many people thought their armor and waist knives were in the way, so they even took off their helmets and put them aside.
Meng Fan knew he couldn't say anything.
Everyone came here from the distant Chang'an and finally had a drink. This was a rare opportunity to maintain morale. The place where he sat was less than five feet away from the nearest gun rack, and he could get it in one step, which made him feel at ease. As long as they have swords and guns in hand, he believes that the more than one hundred of them are not afraid of anything.
At this moment, the sound of an ox cart running over the bluestone road came from outside the courtyard wall. Although Meng Fan's cultivation level is not high, his hearing ability is not weak. Hearing the sound, he already judged in his mind that at least three or four bullock carts were approaching, and the bullock carts must be full of things.
"The people of Shu are really rich. In Yongzhou, no big family can afford to eat and drink like this." Meng Fan thought to himself, "I drank a lot today, and let these Qiu Ba people drink like this." I think a lot of people will be drunk if we go down there.”
With this thought in mind, he raised his neck, drank the wine in the bowl, stood up, and walked towards the door.
"Meng Quzhang, what are you going to do?" Xin Hui, who was in charge of greeting everyone in the outer courtyard, saw Meng Fan getting up and walking towards him, and quickly walked up, feeling nervous. Except for the good wine and meat in the first cart of the ox carts that had just arrived from outside, the rest were filled with fully armed Qiao Feng and the others.
Meng Fan walked up to Xin Hui and hugged Xin Hui's shoulders. This made Xin Hui feel extremely uncomfortable, but he still had a warm smile on his face. "Mr. Xin entertained me, and I, Lao Meng, feel very warm." Meng Fan whispered to Xin Hui: "It's just that my master has an order, we can't drink this wine today. I'll treat you another day, Lao Meng, and let's meet again How about getting drunk and then resting?"
Xin Hui suppressed the contempt in his heart, but showed a look of extreme surprise on his face, and deliberately said loudly: "What? You don't want to drink anymore? I just asked someone to bring in a few more carts of wine and meat from outside. I, Xin Hui, have always admired me. The heroes in the army, especially those in the Western Army, are extremely brave."
When all the soldiers in the courtyard heard Xin Hui's words, they immediately started making noises.
"Mengtou, you just started drinking, why don't you let the big guys drink?"
"That's right. Today our governor takes a concubine. It's a happy day. He went to sleep with the eldest daughter in his arms. How about we have some wedding wine?"
"Lao Meng, do you want to move the remaining wine to your place?"
“Mr.
Meng Fan frowned even more when he heard the noise from these people. On this great day, he could not establish his authority. Besides, these rebellious soldiers would usually fight each other if they disagreed. If I were pushed too hard, these people would really dare to slap me at night. What's more, these people are enjoying themselves right now, so I can't even imagine what they could do.
With this in mind, he first glared at Xin Hui fiercely, then turned around with a smile, and said loudly: "Today is such a happy day, so of course I want all the brothers to eat and drink well. Mr. Xin just said Listen to what I, Lao Meng, said. I will go out with Mr. Xin now to bring some more wine and meat to the brothers."
"Go, go, go." After hearing this, the group of soldiers became happy again and continued to shout loudly.
Seeing that everyone had been comforted, Meng Fan tightened his arms around Xin Hui, turned around, and walked out with him. "Listen to me when you get out, and you are only allowed to carry wine and meat from an oxcart. Otherwise, don't blame me, Lao Meng, for turning your back on others."
"Everything depends on Meng Quchang's instructions." Xin Hui cursed in his heart, but quickly agreed with his mouth.
When the two came to the door, they saw several bullock carts coming along the street. With a "hu" sound, the bullock cart in front stopped in front of them. The three strong men in the cart and the cart jumped out of the car and shouted to the two sergeants standing guard at the door: "Brothers, come here and help.
The two sergeants standing guard at the door glanced at Meng Fan. Meng Fan didn't realize he was there and nodded. The two sergeants immediately ran over and shouted with a bright smile: "You must leave more for us brothers."
"That's natural." The big man who drove the car said with a hearty smile: "The first to get the moon is the one near the water. I will definitely give you the best jar of wine in a while."
The big man said, taking advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention, he gave Xin Hui, who was standing with Meng Fan, a look. Xin Hui nodded secretly, and then gave a look to the two strong men who jumped out of the car together. He winked.
The two sergeants were leaning over to move the wine and meat on the cattle cart. Suddenly, a big hand covered their mouths, and then a sharp blade slashed across their necks.
"Bang!" The wine jars held by the two people fell back into the car. Their hands subconsciously wanted to cover the blood that was constantly spurting out from their necks. They made helpless sounds of "Wooing" in their mouths, and their bodies continued to scream. Twitching.
Meng Fan was shocked when he saw his two sergeants' mouths being covered from behind. Just as his hand subconsciously pressed on the handle of his waist knife, Xin Hui's right hand had already grabbed his neck like lightning. With a strong force, Meng Fan's Adam's apple was crushed by Xin Hui with a "pop" sound.
Seeing Meng Fan's eyes slowly losing their expression, Xin Hui quickly turned his head and looked around the courtyard, but no one noticed his movements. He breathed a long sigh of relief, held Meng Fan's left hand and supported the limp body of Meng Fan as he left the door and walked aside.
At the same time, seeing that these three people had been killed quietly, dozens of soldiers wearing uniform vine armor suddenly jumped out of the cars behind them. The soldiers quickly positioned themselves against the wall. At the same time, the big man driving the car took out a small pennant from the car and waved it in the distance. Just look at the crossroads not far away and a crowd of black people suddenly appeared. Each one was holding a spear and wearing vine armor, rushing towards this direction quickly.
The strong man driving the carriage was Qiao Feng.
He made a gesture to the dozens of people who were standing under the courtyard wall. Immediately, some people squatted down on the edge of the courtyard wall, and then someone stepped on the shoulders of the squatting people and climbed onto the courtyard wall. These people moved very neatly. Almost at the same time, the walls on both sides were filled with fifty or sixty soldiers with bows and arrows.
"Let go!" Qiao Feng ordered loudly.
In the horrified eyes of the sergeants in the courtyard, dozens of iron arrows whizzed out carrying the breath of death and shot into the unsuspecting crowd of sergeants.
As soon as one wave ends, another wave comes again.
The current bows and arrows of Qiao Feng's company were all provided by the Jiangyang County prefect, and they were much better than the tattered bows and arrows that Zhou Xing found from the Bodao County government office. At such a close range, even if he was wearing armor, the heavy arrows made of iron arrows would only penetrate his flesh by a few inches. All of a sudden, everyone in the courtyard was running around and wailing. What was just a lively and festive atmosphere just now turned into the Shura Hell in the blink of an eye.
Some people tried hard to get a shield that could cover them, some people drew out their swords and tried to kill towards the wall, some people directly raised the benches and tables, and some people covered their heads and fled toward the door in embarrassment. .
The bows and arrows coming down from both sides made the sergeants who were trying to cover themselves unable to stop the enemies from the front and back. Several fierce sergeants who tried to rush towards the wall fell down on the charging road with several feather arrows on their bodies. Some were shot directly through their faces by feather arrows, and some were shot through their thighs and calves. They lay wailing on the ground and screamed helplessly.
And those sergeants who fled towards the door were greeted by neat rows of long guns.
"Stab!" Qiao Feng continued to order loudly without any expression on his stern face.
The battle progressed very quickly. When Xin Ran came out with Xi Wei's head, almost none of the hundred or so sergeants brought by Xi Wei from the outer courtyard could stand on the ground.
When Qiao Feng shouted "Shoot" outside, Xi Wei, who was highly skilled in cultivation, changed his face greatly after hearing it. But before his hand could touch the saber beside him, the maid who had been sitting next to him A fireball talisman had been suddenly thrown out. At such a close range, no matter how quick Xi Wei's reaction was, he still couldn't avoid it. The maid was obviously prepared, fearing that his exquisite inner armor had a protective talisman to protect against fireballs, so she directly controlled the fireball to burn on Xi Wei's right arm. The fireball ignited as soon as it saw anything, and even Xi Wei, who had been practicing for many years, let out a shocking scream in an instant. The skin and muscles on his arms were like plastic exposed to flames, quickly softening and burning. The maid succeeded with one move, and with lightning speed, she grabbed the sword beside him before he was slow due to pain, and then floated away.
Xi Wei was in so much pain that he was burned by the spiritual fire. He wanted to cut off his arm with gritted teeth, but even the saber was snatched away by the maid. He could only watch the muscles on his right arm being burned quickly, and then The bones inside started to burn. Experiencing such pain, even if Xi Wei is a tough guy, he can't stand this kind of pain. He looked at Xin Ran who was sitting there leisurely and looking at him, and wanted to curse, but the pain was so intense that he could not resist the pain even by clenching his teeth and burning and melting his bones. He was in so much pain that every mouth was filled with screams, so how could he curse loudly?
"Pa!" He used all his strength and slapped his Tianling Cap with the backhand of his left hand, ending his pain.
Xin Ran took the time to drink the wine in his glass with a satisfied smile on his face. Seeing that the spiritual fire was finally extinguished due to exhaustion of spiritual energy, he slowly stood up and came to the distorted corpse of Xi Wei, well, half of the corpse.
"Bah!" He spat on Xi Wei's half-burnt face, and sneered contemptuously: "A poor man still wants to take my Wan'er as a concubine? What a toad that wants to eat a swan. Meat, don’t even urinate to show yourself what you look like.”
"Father," Xin Hui came to Xin Ran with a long sword still dripping with blood. Looking at the corpses and wounded on the ground in the courtyard, he asked, "What should we do now?"
Xin Ran glanced at Qiao Feng, who was commanding the sergeants to stab the surviving wounded soldiers of the Western Army to death one by one, and sneered at the corner of his mouth: "Next, we have to find the heroic Captain Qiao. Come here... "
"Captain Qiao," Xin Hui handed a bowl of wine to Qiao Feng. The two of them sat on the stone steps in front of the hall, quietly watching the corpses being carried to the oxcart outside, "This How would you tell Gao Junhou about this?"
When Qiao Feng heard this, his body shook slightly. He raised his neck and drank the wine in the bowl without saying a word.
"No matter how you say it, this Xi Wei is a man holding the imperial scepter, and he is also a general under the king of Hejian. We not only killed Xi Wei, but also killed more than 110 sergeants of the Western Army. The imperial court is sure of this. The King of Hejian will definitely not sit back and do nothing, and Yizhou Luo Shijun and Liangzhou Xu Shijun will definitely not sit back and do nothing."
"I didn't think so much." A trace of regret flashed in Qiao Feng's eyes, but it was replaced by a look of determination in an instant, "A man is responsible for his own work, and I, Qiao Feng, will die."
"Captain Qiao, this matter can be solved by more than just taking your life. Where are your family members? Where are the soldiers who are working with you? Where is Gao Junhou?" Xin Hui saw Qiao Feng's expression change and sneered in his heart, But he continued: "According to the law of the court, everyone involved in this matter today will be executed. And not only you, Captain Qiao, and these soldiers, but also your family members will be executed. Even Gao Junhou, Even if I’m afraid, I won’t be able to escape the punishment.”
"Xin, why the hell didn't you tell me this earlier?" Qiao Feng realized the seriousness of the matter and stared at Xin Hui with a fierce look as if he was about to attack.
"Who are you to blame if you are as stupid as a donkey?" Xin Hui sneered in his heart but was not afraid of Qiao Feng's ferocious eyes at all. He stared straight at Qiao Feng without flinching at all. "Captain Qiao, we cannot escape our culpability, and we will also be punished by the three clans."
The two looked at each other for a moment, and Qiao Feng finally turned his head, raised his fist and slammed it towards the stone steps, only to make his own fist a bloody mess.
"Captain Qiao, as the saying goes, there is always a road ahead." Xin Hui felt proud and persuaded: "For the current plan, only by putting this blame on the refugees can we all be saved. .”
"What?" Qiao Feng was shocked and looked at Xin Hui with a look of shock on his face. Even the pain in his hands seemed not to be noticed.
"Keep your voice down." Xin Hui glanced around and pulled Qiao Feng to stand up, "There are many people here, let's go to the inner hall to talk."
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