"Dare you trick your sixth master?! I will teach you to regret coming to this world!"
With a "swish" sound, Ma Liu bared his yellow teeth, took the lead in pulling out the sword behind him, and rushed straight towards Li Yuan.
At this moment, he was determined to cut Li Yuan into two pieces. Ma Liu used his heavy body momentum to swipe his sword across the sword, and the huge white light flew straight towards Li Yuan. There was a "clang" sound, and the strong collision between metals instantly made Li Yuan's jaw go numb.
Since January, Li Yuan has known that his martial arts skills are not superb, so he has set aside time every day to deliberately strengthen his physical fitness and practice foot combat. But today's actual battle completely subverted his imagination. Just the ferocious brute force of Ma Liu in front of him, no matter how many skills he had, he couldn't resist it.
Seeing that Ma Liu's blade was gradually lowering, almost cutting the tip of his nose, the bandits around him shouted and drew their blades to pounce on him. No matter how hard the sword in his hand was, Li Yuan's waist was at this time It is also obviously inadequate. Li Yuan suddenly widened his eyes and exclaimed: "Liu Jiangsheng! Why don't you come out?"
"Whizzing"! Dozens of rays of light roared through the night sky. Looking up, the rays of light gathered into slow black spots at a high place, and then poured down! Then screams broke out, and the bandits around Ma Liu opened their eyes in horror, watching their brothers fall down one by one. The sudden rain of arrows came just in time. Taking advantage of Ma Liu's daze, Li Yuan instantly stepped back and slammed down his sword, raising a cloud of rising dust.
"Yu Hou, the end is coming!"
"Yu Hou has an order. Except for the bandit leader Ma Liu, no one else will be left alive!"
"Kill the enemy with me!!!"
In an instant, in the dark ruined temple, as well as in the surrounding grass and jungle, like divine soldiers descending from the sky, hundreds of armored and sharp figures appeared in the darkness, and for a while, roars penetrated the sky!
Ma Liu suddenly fell into great panic. He spat on the ground and roared: "Fuck you! There is an ambush!"
I saw Liu Jiangsheng leading Li Yuan's soldiers out of the ruined temple first, holding an arc-moon iron sword in his hand, striding straight past Li Yuan, and roaring towards Ma Liu. The soldiers behind him also moved forward, leaving a series of heavy footprints.
"Drink!" Liu Jiangsheng held his breath and shouted violently. He raised his long knife high, put away his left foot, stepped sideways with his shoulders down, and slashed at Ma Liu with great force. Seeing the momentum of the incoming man, Ma Liu concluded that he was a fierce general. There was a look of fear on his face. He hurriedly raised his sword to deal with it, and for a while he was at a disadvantage.
At this time, the soldiers of the Forbidden Army from all around had gathered, and the two sides began a fierce hand-to-hand battle. Xu Kuangheng was wearing an official robe, but he led a group of sergeants into the bandits. The dance of swords was dazzling, and the spears at the forefront were tearing apart the stubborn flesh of the bandits. The yellow land of the ruined temple The top was submerged in the blood mist that dispersed instantly. Such a violent charge was like a cauldron exploding in the bandit formation. Facing this overwhelming killing, what was the use of these desperadoes even if they were not afraid of death?
I saw several celebrities near the mountain path retreating slightly, seeing that the situation was not good, and seemed to be trying to escape.
Li Yuan was also killing everyone here. His white clothes were stained with blood. He was seen walking back and forth among the bandits. His sword dripping with blood kept slashing and parrying the enemies. The cold light struck down, and he "hum" There was a muffled sound, and a kneeling bandit screamed and fell to the ground. Pulling out the bloody sword from the bandits, Li Yuan stared angrily not far away. Several stubborn bandits had torn open a gap and were about to break out. He shouted: "Don't let the bandits escape. No one will be left alive!"
After receiving the order, several generals immediately took the lead in spreading out the rear formation, forming a fan shape and once again surrounding the bandits who wanted to escape. Several heads flew up, completely cutting off the retreat.
After a while, the ruins of the temple were densely packed with corpses in tragic death conditions, most of them were Ma Liu's men, none of them survived. Ma Liu had already lost his concentration while fighting the sword. Liu Jiangsheng pushed him violently, and the cold light on his neck was close to him. He had no choice but to capture him.
At this time, Li Yuan's whole body was starting to feel sore and numb, but his eyes were still bright. He directed Xu Kuangheng and others, each leading the sergeants to clean the battlefield. It was time to hit the battlefield with more blows. These bandits had all been stained with the blood of the common people, so they deserved to die. .
After a while, Xu Kuangheng and his generals gathered to pay homage to Li Yuan. A general reported: "Hou Yu, no one of our troops was killed in this battle, one was seriously injured and eight were slightly injured. Except for the bandit leader Ma Liu, the remaining 67 bandits have been killed!"
Li Yuan looked at the young general. The armor on his body was covered with ravines and his face was stained with blood. He couldn't help but asked with concern: "Are you injured?"
The general raised his hand and wiped it violently, then returned to his upright standing posture, smiled at Li Yuan and said: "Go back to Yuhou, it will be fine in the end! This blood is not mine!"
Li Yuan looked at this determined smiling face, nodded and asked, "What's your name?"
"The last general's palace is directly on the right side of the palace, and the Marquis of Yu is in charge, Chai Kewu!"
Chai Kewu? Li Yuan's heart skipped a beat, and after thinking for a while, he quickly asked, "Who are you, Chai Kehong?" (Note: In the Battle of Huainan during the Zhou and Tang Dynasties in 955, when the Southern Tang army was retreating steadily, Chai Kehong asked for help to rescue the troops) Changzhou, beheaded thousands of people, captured dozens of enemy generals, and won the battle)
Chai Kewu was stunned for a while, and then replied seriously: "He is the eldest brother of the general!"
Li Yuan was so happy that Chai Kehong, the great general of the Southern Tang Dynasty who was cherished in history, actually had an equally brave younger brother! He couldn't help but patted Chai Kewu on the shoulder and said with emotion: "You are really a tiger in the general family! No matter how you use Chai, your brother Chai Kehong, you are the mainstay of our Tang Dynasty! You should imitate your father and brother and serve the country bravely!"
Chai Kewu was flattered and said, "Thank you so much, Hou Yu! I will keep this in mind!"
Then Li Yuan led the generals to the altar, drew his sword and shouted to the sergeants: "Tonight, fortunately, all the soldiers used their lives to kill the bandits, and the bandit leader Ma Liu was captured without hesitation! Everyone will be rewarded when they return to the camp!"
The soldiers of the Forbidden Army who had fought exhaustedly all night cheered. Immediately afterwards, Li Yuan handed down the military order in an orderly manner. The soldiers rested on the spot for half an hour, piled up the corpses of the bandits and burned them, and then went down the mountain and returned to the camp.
Li Yuan led the imperial army and quietly passed by the east of Chuzhou City late at night. Ma Liu, who was tied up with ropes, was restless along the way. He first cursed Li Yuan and others with foul words, and then kissed him on the heart. After Bing kicked him, he began to criticize Sang and Huai in a low voice. Liu Jiangsheng felt that he was too noisy, so he stuffed a ball of rags into his mouth.
After returning to the camp, Li Yuan and Xu Kuangheng went into the commander's tent to discuss the military affairs and reward matters to Liu Jiangsheng.
"Mr. Xu, I have Ma Liu in my hands now. I want to send him to the Chuzhou government office tomorrow, otherwise Wang Jingguo will have to send him to Dali Temple one day."
Xu Kuangheng's face was calm and he said slowly: "May I ask Yuhou, what will happen if He Jingzhu stays behind closed doors tomorrow?"
Li Yuan stared at Xu Kuangheng for a moment, and then said calmly: "Then I would like to invite you, sir, to join the army as a judicial officer, and ask the governor to open the government for trial!"
The judicial officer was in charge of a state's prison. Although his reputation was not high, he was one of the six departments under the governor and had the power to supervise and determine sentences. Even if the governor wanted to cover up the situation with one hand, he had to agree to hear the case first, and then make a fuss in the court. If you refuse forcefully, then those old guys at Yushitai will have something to do. Li Yuan had actually been mentally prepared for a long time. If He Jingzhu knew that he had captured Ma Liu, he would definitely be panicked. Only through Xu Kuangheng's identity could he hope to retry the illegal salt case before Wang Jingguo left.
Soon, Xu Kuangheng let out a long sigh, raised his head and met Li Yuan's burning eyes. The two of them smiled at each other inexplicably.
The questions that Xu Kuangheng originally asked Li Yuan were mixed with his own thoughts. If Li Yuan couldn't answer, or the answer forced him to break the door, then Xu Kuangheng would naturally take the initiative to offer suggestions and use his current judicial position to join the army to petition. Open the government to try the case.
But as soon as this move came out, in Chuzhou under the rule of He Jingzhu, Xu Kuangheng openly broke with the top leaders, fearing that he would never be able to survive again.
Unexpectedly, Li Yuan expressed his thoughts first. Li Yuan naturally understood Xu Kuangheng's intention. Ever since they met, Xu Kuangheng had been running for him and even suffered minor injuries. After fighting together tonight, he made it clear that he wanted to join his boat. Li Yuan certainly wanted such talented literati staff, but they were often thin-skinned. In this case, it was better for him to take the initiative to invite them, so as not to damage Xu Kuangheng's face.
After a moment of silence, Li Yuan clasped his fists in a deep voice and said, "Mr. Xu, after this incident, I boldly invite you to come back to Jinling with me and help me! Tonight's battle will all depend on your plan to ambush the army! Although Li Yuan is young, He has little talent, but he has a heart to bring peace and prosperity to the people. We need a great talent like Mr.! Please forgive me for any rudeness!"
Xu Kuangheng stood up with a "bang" and knocked on the edge of the table in excitement, but he returned the greeting without changing his expression: "Your Majesty Yu is so kind to you, how dare you disobey me!"
