Yan Liangping, the prefect of Qingzhou, initially despised Zhang Xiaopu, thinking that Zhang Xiaopu was just a gangster. He might have good cultivation, but he was far from enough to mobilize troops.
However, when Zhang Xiaozu reached the first street intersection with one knife, leaving behind him a mile of blood-stained street and corpses everywhere, Yan Liangping couldn't help being horrified and quickly put away his contempt for Zhang Xiaozu.
When Zhang Xiaozu once again killed one by one at the second street corner, leaving behind another long blood-stained street and corpses everywhere, Yan Liangping felt a chill running down his spine, thinking to himself that he was definitely a thief. He is a vicious murderer.
He immediately felt that Zhu Liangjun's mobilization of troops was too prescient and necessary. Otherwise, even standing on this high city wall, he would not feel at ease and at ease in his heart. He was worried that Zhang Xiaopeng would attack the city wall and chop him with a knife.
But when Zhang Xiaozu and Zhou Jianlai dodged the first wave of octagonal heavy crossbow fire, Yan Liangping was so frightened that his eyeballs and chin almost fell to the ground. The calmness in his heart was instantly shattered. His expression was frightened and he became flustered. He felt like he was being attacked by a wild beast. Staring at the enemy, there is a sense of crisis that is inevitable.
boom!
boom!
The second wave of shots from the octagonal heavy crossbow failed again, all hitting the empty street, not even touching the corners of Zhang Xiaopou and Zhou Jianlai's clothes.
"Fight first!"
"How old are they two? How many battles have they experienced?"
"How - how is it possible to awaken to this super high skill?!"
The octagonal heavy crossbow fired two waves in succession, reminding Zhu Liangjun of a terrifying and powerful skill, but he could not believe that Zhang Xiaozu and Zhou Jianlai could realize this skill at such a young age.
Zhang Xiaozu and Zhou Jian came very fast, and in a blink of an eye they were approaching the bottom of the city wall, entering the blind spot of the octagonal heavy crossbow.
"Quickly load the crossbow and cock it!"
Zhu Liangjun ordered, and then waved the command flag to give the order to the 30,000 soldiers arrayed outside the city to prepare for battle.
His plan was to wait for Zhang Xiaopu to go out of the city gate, then immediately close the city gate, allowing Zhang Xiaopu to face the 30,000-strong army outside the city in an open space that was conducive to large army fighting, ensuring that he would not be able to escape.
Although there is now an unplanned Zhou Jianlai, it has no impact, just kill them together.
"Oh my God, what do they two want to do?!"
"Are you going to attack the city wall and kill the Qingzhou prefect?!"
There were exclamations in the street.
Because Zhang Xiaopou and Zhou Jianlai did not rush out of the city gate and escape as they imagined, but rushed to the city wall and jumped up. With the sharpness of the swords in their hands, they inserted themselves into the city wall and used strength to climb up the city wall quickly.
"Master Zhu, they're coming to kill--they're coming!"
"Find a way to stop them!"
Yan Liangping was so frightened that he screamed urgently at Zhu Liangjun, his voice even filled with tears. He was frightened to death by the ferocity of Zhang Xiaozu and Zhou Jianlai.
There is no reason to blame him for being timid, because he was originally a civil servant. After the war and drought, there was a sharp shortage of local officials and he was temporarily promoted.
He had never experienced such a scene before. He felt like he was about to die. How could he not be afraid?
"roll!"
Zhu Liangjun kicked Yan Liangping away in disgust, strode towards the unfired octagonal crossbow, and swung his sword to cut off the octagonal crossbow's fixed frame, then grabbed the octagonal crossbow's frame with both hands and carried it away. stand up.
He jumped up, stepped on the city wall with his feet, and aimed the octagonal heavy crossbow at the bottom of the city wall.
As a result, the octagonal heavy crossbow has no blind spots for shooting.
"Dry!"
"Too cruel!"
"Zhang Xiaopeng's body is hanging on the city wall. His dodge space and body flexibility are extremely limited. He will definitely not be able to dodge this arrow!"
"If he is targeted by an octagonal heavy crossbow at such a close distance, even if he has the cultivation of the ninth level of heaven, he will be in danger!"
Zhu Liangjun's ferocity on the city wall made the martial arts people on the street have their eyelids twitching. Almost no one thought highly of Zhang Xiaozu because the distance was too close and Zhang Xiaozu's body was severely restricted. They couldn't imagine how Zhang Xiaozu could dodge this arrow.
"Go to hell!"
Zhu Liangjun's lips curved into a cruel smile, and his majestic true energy quickly poured into the octagonal crossbow, and then he pulled the trigger without hesitation.
There was a loud bang, and the crossbow arrow shot through the air.
Zhu Liangjun was lifted up into the air by the powerful recoil force of the octagonal heavy crossbow.
With a distance of less than thirty steps, even those with the foresight to fight would not be able to avoid it.
Zhang Xiaopou did not hide.
The moment Zhu Liangjun aimed the octagonal heavy crossbow at him, he planted his feet in the air.
When Zhu Liangjun poured his true energy into the octagonal heavy crossbow, his right fist quickly gathered strength, and the three-color power poured out crazily from the battle gate and converged on his fist.
If you observe carefully, you will find that his three-color power is no longer three-color.
Among the three colors, there is a touch of faint purple. Because the other three colors are too bright, this touch of purple is not easy to detect.
Because it was a fusion of several powers, Zhang Xiaozu gave it a name, Hunyuan Power.
Before Zhu Liangjun pulled the trigger, Zhang Xiaopou's fist flew out, because if he had waited for Zhu Liangjun to pull the trigger before punching, the crossbow arrow would have penetrated his body before his fist could even move.
The prediction of the subtle state of mind is accurate and accurate.
boom!
The crossbow arrows and fists collided together, and the loud sound made the ground tremble.
The martial arts practitioners on the street were all stunned, their brains went blank, unable to think.
Zhang Xiaozu used his fist to block the arrows of the octagonal heavy crossbow. This scene was too unreal for them, and their brains could not accept it for a short time.
"ah--"
A thundering roar burst out from Zhang Xiaozu's throat, and his Hunyuan force violently spurted towards the crossbow arrows, resisting their advance.
But after only a moment of confrontation, he was crushed by the crossbow arrow and fell rapidly to the ground.
Bang!
Zhang Xiaozu's feet landed on the ground, splashing dust and sand all over the sky, and the ground beneath his feet sank completely.
A large funnel pit with a diameter of three feet and a depth of one foot appeared at his feet.
Because it was so close to the city wall, the entire city wall was shaken violently.
This fall removed the huge impact of the crossbow. Zhang Xiaozu shouted angrily and pushed back his arm that was bent by the crossbow.
Under Zhu Liangjun's horrified gaze, Zhang Xiaopou knocked away the arrows of the eight-sided heavy crossbow with one punch.
Zhu Liangjun was so frightened that his scalp was numb. As soon as his body fell back to the city wall, he threw away the octagonal heavy crossbow and ran towards the city gate tower, trying to escape from this place.
To hell with any promises of "must kill".
He wanted to return to Baiyun City immediately and inform his son Su Yang of Zhang Xiaopou's horror.
But when he took a step forward, his feet suddenly became empty, and his body suddenly lost its center of gravity. He staggered forward and fell forward. He quickly slapped the ground with his hand, and used the force to bounce the body that was falling to the ground. He wanted to stand up and stabilize his body, but I was shocked to find that I had no feeling in my feet, and then there was severe pain in my knees.
"ah--"
When Zhu Liangjun's eyes glanced at his severely painful knees, a scream came from his mouth. He found that his legs had been cut off at the knees at some point, and his feet were connected to the entire calf. Shang remained where he landed.
Zhu Liangjun rushed to the broken leg without even thinking. With such a neat wound, it was not difficult to reattach it.
But a dark sword stood in front of him.
"Get away!" Zhu Liangjun scolded angrily, slapping his palm at the sword blocking the way, using all his cultivation power at the eighth level of heaven.
He knew this black sword. He had just beheaded an eighth-level master not long ago, so he didn't dare to be careless.
But he still underestimated the power of the black sword.
A snort.
The black sword tore apart his true energy, cut off half of his palm, and swept towards his chest. Although it failed to tear apart the true energy defense on his chest again, it swept his body backwards.
"If you dare to move again, I will kill you with the next sword!"
Zhou Jianlai's cold warning sounded in Zhu Liangjun's ears, scaring Zhu Liangjun so much that he didn't dare to make any more moves.
The soldiers on the city wall rushed forward and showed their weapons to Zhou Jianlai, but they were too afraid to take action.
Zhou Jianlai ignored it.
Zhang Xiaopeng jumped up the city wall and landed next to Zhou Jianlai.
"Are you okay?" Zhou Jianlai looked Zhang Xiaozu up and down and asked with concern.
"It's okay." Zhang Xiaozu shook his head and smiled.
"You are really brave enough to block the arrows of an eight-pointed heavy crossbow with your fists." Zhou Jianlai sighed in admiration.
"It's not bad." Zhang Xiaozhu couldn't help showing a proud smile on his face, then looked at Zhu Liangjun and asked: "Tell me, who sent you here? What is the purpose? Of course, you don't have to tell me, I will send you right away. You go to the underworld and report.”
"Don't kill me, I said." Zhu Liangjun is a man who cherishes his life.
"Say it." Zhang Xiaopou said.
"The prince Su Yang sent me here to intercept and kill Master Zhang here." Zhu Liangjun said truthfully.
"As expected." Zhang Xiaozu sneered and nodded. If it was just a martial arts person, he couldn't deduce who wanted to kill him, but if the army was used to kill him, it would probably be Su Yang.
"Did you call these people in the city?" Zhang Xiaozu asked again.
"Yes and no." Zhu Liangjun said, "They covet the young master's treasure. We revealed a little information about the young master's whereabouts, and they organized themselves spontaneously."
"How did you know that I would pass by Qingzhou City?" Zhang Xiaozu asked extremely curiously, because even he himself didn't know that he would take a rest in Qingzhou City before passing by Qingzhou City.
"We only knew that the young master would come back from the border before the spring equinox in March, but we were not sure which way the young master would take, so we divided into three groups and intercepted him on the three short roads from the border back to Yancheng." Zhu Liangjun replied.
Zhang Xiaozhu frowned when he heard this, looked at Zhou Jianlai and asked: "Brother Zhou, do you know which way Dawa and Taiping took?"
He couldn't help but worry about the safety of Niu Dawa and Yuan Taiping.
Zhou Jianlai frowned and shook his head.
"Are the other two interception points Rongcheng and Zhutian City?" Zhang Xiaozu asked.
He is no longer the young man from the mountain village who knew nothing about the situation in the South. After Qi Changfeng's careful teaching, he already has a clear understanding of the distribution of the situation in the South, so he can guess the other two interception locations arranged by Su Yang after a brief thought. .
"Yes." Zhu Liangjun nodded.
Zhang Xiaozu said to Zhou Jianlai: "Brother Zhou, I'm afraid we have to go to these two cities."
"No need." Zhou Jianlai shook his head and smiled, then mouthed behind Zhang Xiaozu.
