Although it was already midsummer in June, the valley was still cool and cool. The mountain wind whistled by, and the shrubs and weeds half as tall as a man swayed back and forth in the wind.
A group of knights had just passed by in the valley of Chang'an Ridge. They were not galloping, but their speed was not slow. The twenty or so knights raised a cloud of smoke and dust, and suddenly they galloped far away to the north.
Among the shrubs and weeds on the steep wall to the east of the valley road, a human figure was faintly moving. In the weeds swaying in the wind, a voice came out: "Brother Xue, didn't you tell me that Zhang Cheng is surrounded by twenty riders?" Are you following?"
"Brother Youqing, why are you still so impatient? No matter how many people there are, we must do this today. We will not back down. Unless Zhang Cheng dies, our heads will fall to the ground." He said fiercely through gritted teeth. .
It was Xue Jing, the commander-in-chief of Dushikou Fort, and Wu Youqing, the commander-in-chief of Chicheng Castle. There were dense crowds of people around them, all of them wearing tight clothes and wearing gray net scarves on their heads. Holding a crossbow or a cannon.
Wu Youqing looked nervously at the valley road below the mountain, with big beads of sweat on his forehead. He asked in a low voice: "Brother Xue, keep an eye on me, we can't let Zhang Cheng escape."
Xue Jing sneered sinisterly and said: "Hmph, in such a dangerous place, and it's so unexpected, it's possible that Zhang Cheng can still grow wings."
His cat stood up, looked around, and shouted in a low voice: "Everyone, please be energetic, the real owner is coming soon. After today's work is completed, everyone will be rewarded with ten taels of silver."
"Here we come..."
I don't know who shouted softly. Xue Jing looked closely and saw about twenty knights riding horses slowly in the valley. He looked around and said fiercely to Wu Youqing beside him: "People are not cruel. , Unable to stand firm, today you and I will fight to the death to get rid of Zhang Cheng."
He paused, then encouraged Wu Youqing and said, "That white horse is Zhang Cheng. Let's fire our bows, arrows and cannons. We must make that guy go to see Yama and return to regain his life. Let's just wait for promotion and fortune."
Then he shouted softly: "Listen to me. No one is allowed to shoot first. Everyone listens to my order and fires volley. Anyone who disobeys the order will be beheaded!"
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Zhang Cheng rode his horse slowly in the valley road and said to Wei Zhice beside him: "This place is dangerous, but there is a strong army stationed here, how can the Tartars get past it?"
Wei Zhice looked around on his horse and said: "The cliffs on both sides of the Chang'an Mountains are steep, but these are the only places that are barely there. It seems that you can climb up, but it is an excellent place to set up danger..."
He suddenly stopped when he said this, with a look of surprise on his face. Zhang Cheng also realized that something was wrong. As soon as he looked up, he saw a cold light flashing in the air.
Zhang Cheng instinctively shrank his neck, and his body fell towards the right side of the horse. At the same time, he shouted loudly: "The enemy is attacking, the mountain on the right, the enemy is attacking..."
At this moment, the sound of "bang bang..." suddenly exploded. On the mountain ridge to the right of Zhang Cheng and his cavalry, a burst of smoke rose, and a little cold light came out of the smoke.
The people in the valley screamed, and the knights rolled off their horses. Wei Zhice also jumped to the side, and he still shouted: "Protect the general..."
The guards accompanying Zhang Cheng were all from Ye Bu Sua, and they were all elites who had fought in hundreds of battles. However, the enemy's attack was too sudden. Everyone was unprepared and suddenly attacked, and they were indeed a little panicked for a moment.
The moment Zhang Cheng fell off his horse, dozens of arrows flew towards him. The pure white horse he was riding just now was covered with arrows, and the tail of the arrow was trembling. The white dragon colt ran out After a few steps, he suddenly fell to the ground.
Many more bullets "crackled" around Zhang Cheng's body, stirring up a cloud of dust that completely covered Zhang Cheng.
Suddenly a figure rushed towards Zhang Cheng and bumped into Zhang Cheng. He hugged him and rolled down the steep wall on the right side of the valley. "Ahem..." Zhang Cheng's body hit the mountain wall and he kept coughing.
"General, you were hit by an arrow..."
It turned out that Wei Zhice flew towards Zhang Cheng the moment he fell off his horse. He carried Zhang Cheng and rolled to the bottom of the mountain wall, only to find that Zhang Cheng had three arrows stuck in his body.
He had no time to react and hurriedly used his body to block Zhang Cheng, protecting him between himself and the mountain wall. He looked into the valley where dust was flying and the sounds of people and horses were mixed together.
"On the right, on the mountain ridge, the enemy is attacking, protect the general..."
Wei Zhice howled at the top of his lungs, cold stars were still falling rapidly on the mountains, and the whine of the war horses came one after another. At this moment, a rapid sound of hoofbeats came from the south of the valley road.
They galloped to a place less than thirty steps away from Wei Zhice, and heard a shout: "Dismount, be careful on the mountains, search for the general, hurry... hurry..."
Wei Zhice heard that Zhang Guodong had arrived, and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Guodong, here... here... here on the right mountain wall..."
Zhang Guodong followed the sound in the flying dust and found Wei Zhice. At a glance, he saw Zhang Cheng, who was protected by Wei Zhice, falling to the ground. He howled with blood-red eyes and asked: "What's going on, general? What's going on, general..."
"Cough cough cough... I... I'm fine... ah... nothing serious..."
It was only then that Zhang Cheng managed to get up by holding on to the mountain wall. He just stood up and fell to the ground again. Zhang Guodong rushed forward and took a closer look. He saw that Zhang Cheng had been hit by an arrow on his left side of the abdomen, right thigh, and right chest. Blood was seeping out from the arrow wound.
"Fuck..."
Zhang Guodong cursed angrily and ran out. He then shouted loudly: "Climb up the mountain and kill them all...avenge the general..."
These knights were all veterans who had joined the King of Guards with Zhang Cheng. Now when they heard Zhang Guodong shouting so loudly, they all thought that Zhang Cheng had been killed. Everyone was extremely angry and grief-stricken.
They yelled "Revenge for the general..." and climbed up the mountain wall on the right side of the valley. Zhang Guodong caught a knight who was about to climb the mountain wall in the valley and said to him in a low voice:
"San Fengzi, find a horse. Go ahead and look for Chen Shao. Tell him to chase ahead, intercept the enemy, and capture a few alive. Go quickly..."
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Chen Zhong was leading his twenty riders to open the way, when suddenly he heard bursts of gunfire roaring from behind him. Such explosions echoed continuously in the valley.
Realizing that something was not right, he yelled and ordered the knights to turn their horses around, then hurried back and met Peng Sanwang, the team officer under Zhang Guodong.
He shouted to Chen Zhong from a distance: "Chen Shao, chase forward, intercept the enemy thieves, and capture a few alive..."
Chen Zhong reined in his horse and stopped, asking anxiously: "What's going on next, how is the general?"
"General... the general was killed... Zhang Tou asked me to look for you, hunt down the enemy thieves, and capture a few alive..."
Team officer Peng Sanwang looked sad and sobbed.
"Ah...ah..."
"Follow me to kill the thieves...Kill all the thieves..." Chen Zhong roared angrily, his face full of tears, and his heart was extremely sad.
