"Hmph! I've fallen into the trap!" A Kirin Archer stepped on Da Qiang's chest. Da Qiang didn't respond. He had been dead for a long time.
"We should have discovered it a long time ago. He was the only one who escaped. How could he be the general?" A Kirin Archer next to him said in hindsight.
More than a dozen people gathered around, and some people became more and more angry as they thought about it. They swung their swords and cut off Da Qiang's head, while Gululu rolled to the side. The head has been rolled, but it is shaking.
"This..." Someone noticed the movement of the head and was a little surprised.
"He's coming to the general." More keen people discovered the clues. Sure enough, there were waves of horse hooves in the distance, shaking the ground slightly. Before the soldiers and horses arrived, a gust of fragrant wind came, and Chu Hong arrived first.
With the faint firelight in the distance, Chu Hong saw the unique patterns on the clothes of the Qilin Gong people and asked, "Why are you here? Didn't I ask you to follow General Xiang Qi?"
Qilin Gong, who had just beheaded Daqiang, kicked up a stone and hit Daqiang's head: "This man deceived us and pretended to be the leader, causing us to chase him. You are following the official path, why are you still here?" Are you letting three thousand Yulin troops come over?"
Although it was dark night, Xiang Liangyu's riding speed did not slow down at all. He had already arrived and said, "We had a battle with the Yulin Army. It must have been at that time that a troop of soldiers and horses sneaked over, with a total of three thousand people." ?”
"About three thousand." Qilin Gong and others said with certainty.
Xiang Liangyu's face became a little ugly, but in the dark night, no one paid attention and said: "Three thousand soldiers and horses are not a small number. There must be a plan! Do you... want to cut off my retreat again?"
Chu Hong nodded in agreement: "It's very possible. Doesn't that Zhou Ziru like to do this kind of thing the most? He has already cut off the prince's future twice."
Xiang Liangyu pondered in his mind and slowly shook his head: "No, it's not like that. The Yulin Army besieged General Shen and used General Shen as bait to deliberately lure me here. Even the chief general of the Yulin Army personally entered the battle to delay time. If I were the commander-in-chief of the Yulin Army, I should gather my forces and annihilate our army. That would be a great victory, so what retreat would we need to cut off?"
"What's more, our army is marching in three directions. What's the use of cutting off one of our army's return routes? If the other two directions are victorious, this one army will be alone..." Xiang Liangyu was puzzled.
"Don't worry about it for now. Since there are only three thousand soldiers and horses, General Xiang can definitely handle it. Let's get to Wancheng as soon as possible." Chu Hong couldn't wait any longer.
Xiang Liangyu thought about it alone and slowly shook his head: "No... I always feel a little uneasy in my heart, so I'd better go back and have a look." There must be a monster when something goes wrong, and Xiang Liangyu won't give up until he figures it out.
Chu Hong felt disgusted with Xiang Liangyu's stubbornness, but there was nothing she could do about him. Who would let him be the general? So he had no choice but to agree and everyone continued on their way back.
…
"General Xiao, we are coming!" All the Yulin Army cavalry cheered, breaking through the siege, and they could drive straight into Chuxiang, unimpeded.
As far as Chu Xiang and the imperial court were concerned, they all belonged to the south. The south is mountainous and forested, and it is difficult to find horse farms. It is difficult to raise war horses and even more difficult to train them. Although Xiao Kuan's three thousand soldiers and horses were not patchwork, they still spent some time in preparation. Once they broke through the encirclement, it was simply impossible for Chu Xiang's soldiers to catch up with Yulin's cavalry on two legs.
Xiao Kuan couldn't hide the joy on his face. It took him a long time to restrain himself and asked: "How many brothers were killed or injured?"
Three thousand people say it's not too much, but it's not too much. Long before the expedition, Xiao Kuan had prepared a team for 3,000 people. Now after careful calculation, there were 200 people missing from the team.
"Two hundred brothers..." Xiao Kuan looked a little sad. On weekdays, in the military tent, he listened to Zhou Ziru and the generals discussing the war. There were tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses at every turn, but he felt nothing. But now these three thousand people are all brothers chosen by myself. It can be said that I have an impression of most of them. I can't name them, but I feel a sense of intimacy just by looking at their faces.
Suddenly more than two hundred faces were no longer visible...
"General Xiao, there seems to be the sound of fighting ahead..." The cavalryman behind him warned, interrupting Xiao Kuan's thoughts.
Xiao Kuan listened carefully, and sure enough, there was the sound of gold and iron ahead, accompanied by wails and screams, carried by the wind. It sounded a bit penetrating at night.
"Why is there a fight ahead? Who could it be?" Xiao Kuan was also confused. The Chu Xiang Army was good at besieging and killing the general. They always used their strength to suppress the general in a short time, and then sent people to attack and kill the general. Why did the Chu and Xiang army we encountered today divide their forces again and again?
"General Xiao, the horse is also tired. How about... let's take a rest?" The cavalryman panted heavily, he was really exhausted.
Xiao Kuan slowly reined in his horse and nodded in agreement. They entered Chuxiang and relied on war horses to harass the rear. If the horses were tired, their plan would be a complete failure this time.
All three thousand cavalrymen dismounted. Xiao Kuan did not want to waste time, so he ordered the horses to walk slowly towards the fighting place. In the dark night, if you take this opportunity to approach on foot, it will not be easy to be discovered.
After marching to the camp, Shangwu Camp and the Chu Xiang Army fought from a dark sky to a sky full of stars. There was no moon tonight, and ordinary soldiers could not tell whether they were enemies or friends on the opposite side. Only by listening carefully to the accent when people speak can you tell the difference.
The ordinary soldiers fought hard, but Fan Jun, Qin Changqian, Zheng Kang and others fought happily. Fu Hui came here from Xiang Qi's subordinates and had no generals. He himself knew some swordsmanship, but his sword had been broken by Fan Jun long ago, and he didn't know where he was hiding.
There is no general in the army, and Qilin is the vanguard.
Whether it is Qin Changqian, Fan Jun and others, or the Qilin Bow Soldier, they all have some martial arts skills. It is too dark to see objects, but they are still very keen on the strong wind and moves, and they do not need to see with their eyes. You can know where the opponent is and what moves he is using.
Xiang Qi assigned Fu Hui more than ten unicorn bow warriors. Now these unicorn bows surrounded Qin Changqian and the other three people. Qin Changqian alone had to deal with three unicorn bow warriors, and the fight was extremely difficult. .
"I heard that most of the Qilin Bow dead warriors are already in the Hidden Earth Realm... Why are they still fighting with me... a person from the Yin-Containing Realm? It seems that the Qilin Bow... I'm afraid it has a lot of moisture, right?" Qin Changqian said thoroughly He was unable to attack and could only defend, but he felt strange and asked in a hurry.
The Qilin Gongshu soldiers were all taciturn and ignored him, but their attacks were more urgent.
Fan Jun was also beaten and retreated. His situation was much more difficult than that of Qin Qian. There were five unicorn bow soldiers surrounding him. As the fighting continued, some parts of Fan Jun's body began to see red. .
Even so, Fan Jun still said: "Brother Qin, you don't know. When soldiers are fighting against soldiers, generals should be fighting against generals. These individuals are probably at the bottom of the Qilin Bow... Otherwise, how could they do it? Send the Northern Route Army to protect that coward. Hey, where is that coward?"
Fan Jun's few sarcastic words were heard by more than a dozen Qilin Bowmen, who all felt a little embarrassed and started beating him even more urgently.
As the wounds on Fan Jun's body increased, the bleeding increased, and he was lame in one leg, he gradually became unable to do what he wanted. It was very difficult to just parry. Either he was stabbed here or stabbed there.
"Brother Fan!" Qin Changqian and Zheng Kang wanted to come to help Fan Jun, but the two of them were under great pressure, and they were already very reluctant to parry, and they couldn't come to support at all.
"What are you yelling about? I'm not dead yet! Take care of yourselves first!" Fan Jun grinned, but it could be seen from his frown that he was not relaxed.
A knife and a kick came at the same time. Fan Jun dodged the knife, but was kicked in the chest. He was kicked back several steps. In the end, he lost his balance and fell to the ground.
"Didn't you talk a lot just now?" Qilin Gong and the others had surrounded Fan Jun, and the outcome was already obvious.
Fan Jun lowered his head and said nothing, dragging his lame leg and slowly moving backward. But there was also a Qilin Gong soldier behind him, who kicked Fan Jun on the back and knocked him to the side.
“I don’t know the details of this group of people, so I have to catch them alive!”
"Yeah, but as for him, let's just kill him."
"That's right, this kind of person has a lot of backbone. Even if he is captured, he won't say anything. Why don't you give him a good time and save everyone trouble?"
Everyone in Qilin Gong talked for a while, discussing how to deal with Fan Jun.
Next to him, Qin Changqian wanted to come over, but was tightly entangled by his opponent, which made him angry again and again. A long spear danced with gun flowers and stabbed towards the eyes of the dead soldier with a unicorn bow. The speed was fast and ruthless. The first shot missed, but the second shot quickly made up for it. After several consecutive shots, he actually suppressed a Kirin Bowman.
Unfortunately, the other party will cooperate after all. If the three of them are surrounded and one person is restrained, they will simply attract firepower and create opportunities for the other two. If someone is in danger, the other two will take action. The tricky part is that the three of them advance and retreat in the same order.
Sure enough, the spear in Qin Changqian's hand had already forced the dead soldier to retreat step by step, and the spear stabbed his throat with sparks dancing around. The dead soldier didn't react this time, and his companion rushed up in time, slashing Qin Changqian's throat with his sharp blade.
Everyone wants to see the blood splattered on the scene.
Qin Changqian backed down first. He could exchange his life for his life, but it was not necessary, especially it was not worth it to exchange his life with these dead soldiers who didn't even know their names.
Qin Changqian chose defense, and the life of the dead soldier was saved for the time being. The three dead men briefly exchanged glances and jumped around during the fight. Qin Changqian was influenced by the three men and slowly moved away from Fan Junshang without knowing it.
Fan Jun was also stepped on by several people and lay on the ground unable to move.
"Behead it!" A unicorn bow warrior gave an order, and a sword-wielding warrior raised his sword and drew a perfect arc.
The knife slashed down and blood splattered everywhere.
"One...one-eyed snake..." Zheng Kang sprang out from nowhere, lying on Fan Jun's body, using his body to block Fan Jun's knife, while he was cut in half.
"Hey, what are you doing here? I can't die! You... get up, stop lying on the ground!" Fan Jun was stunned and stretched out his hand to drag Zheng Kang. Before he could stand up, he wanted to first He straightened half of Zheng Kang's body.
Zheng Kang didn't know when he had closed his eyes. The position of this knife was too tricky. Although Zheng Kang struggled twice, he was in so much pain that he could not speak a word, and his expression was slightly distorted before he died.
"You are a one-eyed snake. Snakes are most afraid of being hit by seven inches. You are not seven inches... you can't die. Get up quickly. I can't pull you anymore..." Fan Jun was talking to himself. He and Zheng Kang actually did not have a very deep friendship when they were bandits in Donglu. It was only after they cast Yi Xiaodao together that the two gradually became familiar with each other.
"If you're dead, you're dead. What's the point of doing this? You can't be resurrected. Don't think too much. We'll send you on your way right away." The Qilin Bow Soldier may have some feelings, but not much, more Forget about the enemy.
Fan Jun pulled hard for a long time, but Zheng Kang couldn't drag half of his body, and finally gave up: "Okay, you kid has gained weight again. Talk to Ghost Sword Liu, you two wait for me for a while, brother, I will be there soon Just come!"
"Fan Jun! Don't do stupid things!" Qin Changqian was anxious. The three dead soldiers around him still refused to let go. Seeing that Qin Xiangqian was distracted, a person behind him jumped up from behind, aiming the dagger at Qin Xiangqian's back. There was also a person in front with a waist knife in his hand, who was responsible for attracting Qin Changqian from the front, and he also rushed forward at this time.
Qin Changqian simply let go of the spear in his hand. When the spear fell, he kicked it out and stabbed the Qilin Bowman in front of him. Without looking back, he grabbed the Qilin Bow warrior's wrist behind him with both hands, fought with his hands, threw him over, and then grabbed the waist knife and stabbed him again.
Fan Jun grabbed the knife, supported himself and slowly stood up, facing his knife, vomiting blood...
