Xiao Letian never imagined that there really is such a thing as magical power in this world. Afterwards, Master Long once explained to him that there are many people with supernatural powers in the martial arts world, especially in Tibet, where there are many examples of people using Tantra to enter martial arts, just like the ancestors in the Forbidden City.
Do you think he's dodging bullets? No, no, no, the speed of the bullet is simply not something that humans can dodge. What he dodges is the hand, eyes and heart of the gunman.
A human is a sophisticated machine. The eyes and ears collect information, the brain calculates and processes it, and then controls the muscles of the arms and fingers to pull the trigger. This is a chain of muscle and nerve movements. Through his almost subconscious intuition, the ancestor of the Forbidden City had already adjusted his body posture before the bullet was discharged.
"Haha, you evil spirits from the West, do you really think that foreign guns are the most invincible things in the world? There are still many things you don't know about China. I will teach you a lesson today..."
As he spoke, the ancestor rushed into the crowd like a ghost, and with a flash of blood, blood holes were drawn out of the necks of all six horses.
Mr. Long is almost green with regret now. He thought that the whole of Tanggu was already under the strict control of the new army, but he didn't expect that such a terrifying person would lurk in. Why didn't he come out with more guards just now?
Orange-red fireworks exploded in the night sky, and Master Long's shrill roar shook the whole place. "Let's go, sir, let's go quickly...our brothers will die here today..." Xiang Shaolong rushed towards his ancestor like a mad tiger, Every move he makes will die together.
"Want to die with me? You are not qualified..." A flash of light flashed in the ancestor's hand, and a strange hidden weapon went straight towards Xiao Letian. With a popping sound, the two hind legs of the war horse were cut off simultaneously. The war horse fell to the ground with Xiao Letian.
"Is it an ice cube? Is this a human being?" A sharp-eyed soldier saw the glowing object on the ground at a glance. It turned out that it was the most common piece of thin ice next to the snowdrift.
"Damn it, what kind of old monster is this? I don't believe you can't die..." At the end of the fight, the soldiers were ready to fight. The leader of the squad leader blew a match, lit two grenades on his body and rushed towards the old monster.
"Master Long, get away. Even if we die, we will die at the front... I will protect you again in the next life!" After two loud bangs, the mutilated corpses were splashed in the wilderness.
"Squad leader..." The little brothers all went crazy. This was the old squad leader who had fought with them and survived the bloody battle with Naha. He just said that and was gone. He died without leaving a single corpse.
The suicide attack finally shocked the old monster. Although the ancestor of the Forbidden City escaped the main shock wave, he was still stunned. He could dodge the bullets but not the resulting shock wave.
"Blast him to death and avenge the squad leader..." More than a dozen home-made grenades flew towards the enemy, but the soldiers still underestimated the old monster's skill. He easily dodged the trajectory of the grenades in the air, and the old monster in the wide field The figure is elusive.
"It's useless! Damn, this isn't a human being at all. I'll go up..." The deputy squad leader took out a grenade and tried to rush up.
At this moment, Xiao Letian, who was crushed under the body of the war horse, finally emerged. He shook his head and yelled angrily, "Trash, you are all trash, how can I give you a military theory lesson? You all obey my orders, Form a musket formation and focus fire in a unified manner..."
Xiao Letian took out his horsewhip and struck it at the pocket of the deputy squad leader who wanted to commit suicide. "No need to aim, use barrage to cover the attack. Just hit one face. Don't try to target him..."
The words awakened the dreamer, and more than a dozen soldiers suddenly remembered the tactics commonly used when they first operated smoothbore muzzle-loading guns. "Yes, the opponent is a ghost. There is no point in aiming at the ghost... Listen to the command! Fire..."
Today, Xiao Letian was guarded by a squad. There were ten people in each squad, plus the five execution hall masters brought by Wang Huaiyuan, a total of fifteen Spencer rifles. It's a little less, but firing a barrage of fifteen bullets at once is quite a deterrent.
The sound of gunfire was mixed with the squad leader's silent command: "Listen to my command...fire...fire...you don't need to aim the gun at the enemy, just aim in the direction of the enemy...fire!"
The small musket array finally blocked the old monster's attack. No matter how powerful the martial arts master was, it was difficult to resist the concentrated fire attack of the foreign gun. Although his ghostly figure in the wild was still difficult to capture, it was already difficult to get close to him. The army is in formation.
"Okay, okay, you're going to use a foreign gun to fight a small number with a large number? You guys are really promising, do you still need some dignity?"
"Old monster, please stop playing tricks with me. I won't do this. I, Xiao Letian, am born shameless. What can you do? Master Long, don't be fooled by him..."
Just as the two were arguing, fire suddenly burst out from all directions, the light of countless torches, and commands rang out in the distance.
"The first company has assembled and is advancing at full speed... The second company is enveloping to the east, fanning out in squad units... Throwing Molotov cocktails, igniting all combustible objects, lighting the battlefield... Members of the execution hall are responsible for blocking the north. , to capture the court’s eagle dogs alive…”
The sound of passwords, the clash of firearms, and the sound of leather boots trampling on the ground came from all directions. Invisible murderous intent rolled in. Now the old monster was also afraid. His movement speed was getting faster and faster, and his movement skills were also getting faster and faster. The weirder it gets.
Xiao Letian looked at the figure shaking in the wilderness and frowned. He suddenly whispered to Wang Huaiyuan beside him, "Isn't it right? Our entire army has been dispatched. It is impossible for this old monster to succeed." , Why didn’t he escape? What kind of assassin is this?"
"Oh, is this a plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain? Isn't he here to kill me today?"
Xiao Letian was really right. Just when everyone was rushing to rescue Xiao Letian, a slender figure suddenly appeared outside the secret dungeon where Sun Sanhu was imprisoned.
It was the figure of a woman, wearing the night clothes unique to Japanese ninjas. She had been quietly lurking at the top of the warehouse for more than two hours.
Her figure had blended in with the surrounding environment, and no one noticed her among the countless soldiers walking back and forth. When the guards guarding the dungeon also hurried to rescue Xiao Letian, she finally took action. She slid down against the wall like a civet cat. The two soldiers at the door of the warehouse had no time to react. Suddenly, two slender Emei thorns came out from him. Both of them stabbed into the back of their necks.
The soldier stared in disbelief at the bloody Emei thorn sticking out in front of him. He wanted to shout a warning, but when he opened his mouth, there was a big mouthful of blood. His strength gradually disappeared, and the two men's vision went dark and they completely lost consciousness.
The door of the warehouse was opened, and under the light of the oil lamp, the delicate face of the Japanese ninja Kirigakure Kid appeared. No matter how hard Xiao Letian tried, he couldn't guess that the Kirigakure kid had actually lurked in the Qing Dynasty, and that the woman who wanted to blow him up was so persistent in pursuing her to the Qing Dynasty.
The Kirigakure kid is a ninja of the Tokugawa family. Failure in a mission is an unforgivable felony for a ninja. Killing Noheita, killing Xiao Letian, and killing everyone who opposes the Tokugawa family is the only creed in her heart.
This paranoid woman secretly hid in the bottom of a foreign merchant ship and smuggled herself to Ningbo by eating rats for a living. Then she went all the way north, and finally met up with the Tokugawa spies stationed in the Qing Dynasty in the capital. Not only that, she also met with her ancestors through the contact of pro-Japanese senior officials in the Lifan Court.
From that day on, the Kirigakure kid officially became a member of the Eagle Claws of the Qing court and was directly under the command of his ancestor. This time I came to Tanggu to spy on intelligence. How could our ancestors let such a useful ninja go?
Walking down the steps four to five meters deep, you can see the iron door of the dungeon. The Kirigakure kid took out the key he just found from the corpse and knocked on the iron door. After a while, there was a small observation on the iron door. The window was opened.
As if by magic, the Kirigakure kid conjured up a long Emei thorn in his hand. Before the guard could speak, the sharp thorn had penetrated his left eye and entered his mind.
The cruel woman sneered and stirred the Emei thorn, which destroyed the guard's brain.
What is being held in the dungeon is Sun Sanhu, Dutong Mailer, and four senior officials of the Eight Banners. These are the most valuable hostages in Xiao Letian's hands. If he is rescued, he will lose a very important bargaining chip at the negotiation table, and even the Qing court. They will all reconsider the conditions proposed by Xiao Letian.
The Kirigakure kid walked in shaking the key, "Who is Mailer? Who is Sun Sanhu? I was sent by my ancestors to save you..."
Sun Sanhu opened his swollen eyes like peaches and cried loudly, "Master, Master, you are finally here... My apprentice's pipa bone was pierced, and all my good work was wasted..."
"Stop howling in mourning, be careful to provoke Xiao Letian's soldiers!" After Maile finished scolding, he quickly said to the Kirigakure kid flatteringly, "I am Maile, I am the Commander-in-Chief Maile, girl, please save me. My kindness will never be forgotten..."
The Kirigakure kid picked Mailer's chin with his finger, and said with great charm, "Well, you have to repay the favor. Remember my name, my name is Sister Wu..."
What a pair of electric eyes, the small eyes almost took away Mailer's soul. At that moment, he even forgot that he was in a dungeon, and he wanted to rush up and punish this woman.
It only took a moment, and soon several people in the dungeon were released. Fortunately, Mailer and the others were not tortured very much. With their help, Sun Sanhu finally saw the light of day again.
"Hurry up, there is a carriage waiting in the north. Leave Xiao Letian's sphere of influence as soon as possible, otherwise we will all die!" The Kirigakure kid urged the group of people to rush towards the north.
"Who is running wildly at night? If you stop, you will be shot..." Just when several people saw the carriage from a distance, the mobile sentry patrolling the New Army at night discovered their traces.
There were three gunshots, and the bullets flew past everyone's scalps, and the light of the torch behind them got closer and closer.
"It's broken. If these murderers find out, we will all die here today..." Mailer said with a tearful tone. At this time, it was Kirigakure brat who could hold on. She glanced at Sun Sanhu, whose martial arts had been disabled, and said coldly.
"Leave this trash behind, he is a burden to us!"
"No, this is our ancestor's apprentice. He will be angry if he leaves his ancestor behind!" Mailer did not dare to take the risk.
"Why are you angry? The people of the Qing Dynasty are useless, why are they still a waste? A useless person is rubbish..." As he spoke, the Kirigakure kid's Emei thorn suddenly moved. Sun Sanhu didn't have time to plead, and his throat was already cut. Pierced.
Mailer and the officers were dumbfounded. They never expected that this woman with a weird accent could be so ruthless and kill people as she said.
"Come on, let's get rid of our burdens and get in the car. The Qing Dynasty has declined to this point because you love raising waste too much. We in Japan will never raise useless things..."
