The north wind howled by, and the pine torches everywhere suddenly rolled and went out. The military flags hung high in the walled city to show their majesty were blown and crackled, mixed with the horrified shouts of hundreds of people.
"Xiao Baihu is dead! Xiao Baihu is dead! What's going on? What should I do?"
"That Guo Liulang is here! He...he is not dead! He killed Xiao Baihu!"
"Everyone, come together to avenge Xiao Baihu!"
"Go, go quickly!"
"Don't push, don't push me! Ahhh! Ahhh!"
The old site of Gaoyangguan is not small, and Xiao Haohu also strived to be grand in scale when rebuilding it. Therefore, the school grounds are wide, and the space surrounded by high walls around the city is several times the size of the school grounds.
But at this time, all kinds of panicked shouts and irritable curses echoed between the high walls, intertwined into a thick net, and covered the sky above the walled city, making everyone breathless and making everyone's emotions... They almost want to lose control.
The people at the back were affected by the panic in the front and subconsciously shouted and pushed forward, while the people in the front were retreating.
In the hearts of hundreds of people, Guo Ning still stood calmly, neither speaking nor moving.
Occasionally he raised his eyes and stared at someone who was yelling and yelling irritably in the queue. That person immediately did not dare to talk nonsense anymore.
Although the firelight flickered, Xiao Haohu's head being stepped on by Guo Ning's feet was still quite conspicuous. The originally majestic face had turned blue-grey, and the eyes were bulging out, as if they were about to roll off at any time. Just a moment ago, the owner of this head was very complacent, but this situation was indescribably terrifying and ridiculous.
Someone accidentally stepped on Tang Gudai's body. The corpse's arms and legs twitched from time to time, and when he kicked it down, dirty blood overflowed from the remaining part of the head. The man was so frightened that he screamed and tried his best to get away.
When the Jin army was strong, they worked hard at the top and bottom with perseverance and perseverance. The method of their team is that if the five commanders beat the watchmen, if the extra commanders hold the banners, if the hundred commanders carry the drums, and if the thousand commanders carry the flags and gold drums. If the commander of the corps dies in battle, all four of them will be beheaded; if the commander of the corps dies in battle, all the commanders of the corps will be beheaded; if the commander of a hundred dies in battle, all the commanders of the corps will be beheaded. People in the Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasties once saw this scene and sighed: "People are like tigers, horses are like dragons, they go up the mountain like apes, and they go into the water like otters. They are as powerful as Mount Tai, and China is like a dangerous egg."
If Xiao Haohu's men were all such strong soldiers, the moment Guo Ning killed Xiao Haohu, he would be cut into pieces and cut into pieces.
Unfortunately, this is an old almanac.
After the founding of the Jin Dynasty, the Jurchens' military law was weakened and their military administration was corrupted at a speed beyond imagination. Many of the fierce and powerful officers were arrogant and intolerant of hard work, and the soldiers were poor and timid, and had long since lost their ability. Nowadays, those fighting in northern Xinjiang have always been Khitans, Bohai people, Xi people, Han people, and even more backward tribal soldiers known as the "Yi Army".
There are strong warriors among these ethnic groups who can defend the frontier. But their loyalty, cohesion and even fighting will all rely on the strength of the Jin Dynasty itself.
When the Jin Kingdom was strong and powerful, many tribes were willing to be lackeys and went to war to fight without slacking off. But once the Jin Kingdom was weak, many contradictions and conflicts that had been suppressed suddenly broke out in an instant. After several consecutive battlefield defeats, everyone became frightened from top to bottom, and the original regimented army evolved into a rabble.
Xi Jun, whom Xiao Haohu relied on, was originally a little more decent.
But after the defeat into Hebei, in order to maintain their morale and maintain their loyalty to the leader, Xiao Haohu continued to allow them to rob property and insult women.
Therefore, they are no longer an army.
Even if they receive military training, are properly equipped with weapons, and build castles, they are not an army, but outright bandits, a group of thieves driven by greed.
Bandits and the army are different. The thieves only obey leaders who can bring them benefits. Beyond that, they had no idea who they were fighting for or why.
So the situation before us occurred.
Xiao Haohu died in front of the soldiers, but hundreds of soldiers didn't know how to react. They couldn't even boost their morale in a short period of time, they just gathered around in a noisy and chaotic manner.
Maybe in a quarter of a second, some of these soldiers will wake up.
Guo Ning himself puts himself in his shoes and thinks that the best way is to raise the banner of revenge for the leader. Whoever can kill Guo Ning will be the new leader.
However, Guo Ning was here proudly, shocking the entire audience. Faced with the murderer who easily killed Xiao Haohu, for a moment, who dared to take the lead?
They still have to be confused for a while.
This little time is enough for Guo Ning to escape.
Guo Ning lightly kicked Xiao Haohu's head.
His head rolled forward like a bone. The soldiers blocking the rolling route subconsciously retreated.
Guo Ning stepped towards the gap where the soldiers retreated, and walked towards the village gate along the road he took when he came.
His steps were not fast, but steady. Xiao Haohu's subordinates looked at Guo Ning in horror and continued to retreat.
In the middle of the road, Yu Jingchun was trapped in the crowd, terrified by the threats of dozens of swords.
Guo Ning's murderous move was completely beyond Yu Jingchun's expectations, but he quickly reacted.
This fierce soldier who wielded a knife to kill people deceived both families at the same time, making them think that he belonged to the other party. Then he swaggered into Gaoyang Pass and walked up to Xiao Haohu.
Now Xiao Hao is dead. There is no doubt that everyone thinks that Guo Ning is from Yujiazhuang and killed people on the orders of me, Yu Jingchun! If the hundreds of people in front of me get angry at me... won't they be in big trouble? Wouldn’t my group of people be killed on the spot?
A young man behind Yu Jingchun came up with a quick idea: "Master, now we can only rely on this man's prestige to withdraw with him, and then we will argue! If there is a slight delay, hundreds of people will go crazy..."
"Fart!" Yu Jingchun cursed angrily, then lowered his voice: "Go out with him? Doesn't this make it clear that we will attack and kill Xiao Haohu?"
"We've already killed him, what else can we do? This man came in with you, sir, and hundreds of people saw it! It's like having yellow mud in his crotch, it's either shit or shit! It's better to go with the flow..."
Yu Jingchun was stunned for a moment. He is a smart man, he will understand as soon as he is reminded, and he grits his teeth immediately: "Then cheer up... When the soldier comes forward, you will protect me, follow closely in formation, and we will go out together!"
"The master is wise!"
After the two of them exchanged a few words, Guo Ning had already walked up to Yu Jingchun.
"Mr. Yu, thank you." Guo Ning smiled kindly.
Yu Jingchun looked at the young man with a complicated expression and didn't know how to answer.
He only coughed twice and followed Guo Ning.
The strong men of Yujiazhuang followed immediately.
These dozen people, surrounded by hundreds of people, were not much strength. But when they stood behind Guo Ning, they seemed to form a huge deterrent in an instant. At the village gate at the front of the road, many people were originally crowded, but now they retreated and the entire road was cleared.
The crowd retreated, and Wang Shixian and others, who had been kidnapped by Wu Hua Da and escorted to the school grounds, were left where they were.
Wang Shixian watched Guo Ning come over, his eyes were shining, his body was twisting even more joyfully, and he suppressed a series of shouts from his blocked mouth: "Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo!"
Yu Jingchun tried his best to calm down, but in fact he was sweating profusely and his legs were weak. According to his wishes, he doesn't care whether he is an acquaintance or a stranger at the moment, saving his life is important! Opening this den of thieves quickly is the first priority, how can we care about other things?
However, Guo Ning stopped and waved his hand: "Untie them for them!"
Naturally, Xiao Haohu's subordinates would not respond, but no one stood up to obstruct it.
There was a moment of silence. Fortunately, the young man who advised Yu Jingchun reacted quickly and was very courageous. He rushed over with an arrow, slashed with his knife, and cut off the hemp ropes binding the three people.
Wang Shixian threw off the rope, took out the cloth gag, and retched twice.
His clothes were ragged and torn. It can be seen that there are many injuries on the body, including knife wounds, wounds from sticks or whips, and a finger on the left hand was cut off. The wounds are dripping with blood, which is very scary.
But he was also tough enough, and looked at ease as if he didn't feel any pain at all. He trotted up to Guo Ning and saluted deeply.
Guo Ning waved to him and continued walking out.
Wang Shixian turned around and helped his two companions to one place. Seeing that they were moving around well, he turned back and followed Guo Ning closely.
Seeing the gate of the village, he suddenly said in a deep voice: "Guo Liulang, these hundreds of soldiers are in a state of panic. You can collect them all!"
Guo Ning kept walking and chuckled twice.
He shook his head and said, "I can't use this kind of stuff! If you're interested, why not stay and give it a try?"
Wang Shixian looked back at the noisy city wall.
Then, he sighed: "That's all, Rokuro, I'll go with you!"
