Chapter 817: Secret Crossing
Humanzhai is close to the mountains and rivers, and the danger of its topography lies in the fact that all the horse teams entering and exiting have to pass through a plank road that is wide and ten miles long by the Luan River, and this plank road is called "stone throat road".
More than thirty knights escorted the carriage and soon galloped into the stone throat road. This horse road is facing the water on one side, and the other side is a stone cliff dozens of zhang high, there are no stars and no moon in the sky, the chariots and horses are running fast in the dark, and soon they have run out of seven or eight miles, and they are about to reach the exit of the plank road not far ahead.
At this moment, I could only hear the sound of a gong sounding "Bang Chang Chang", and at the exit of the stone throat road and on the cliff next to it, dozens of torches suddenly lit up, and under the firelight, I saw many ambush soldiers rushing out, all dressed in black shirts and holding weapons, blocking the way for the carriage to move forward.
First of all, there was a big man with a blue-maned horse in his hips, a broad-bladed axe in his hand, and a figure like an iron tower, it was Huruba!
The wild laughter of the Jurchen clan man echoed among the cliffs, and he shouted: "The banner master really expects things like a god, your 'Bailong Xing' Mingli promised to hand over people, but in fact, you have the idea of sending them out of the city! Hehe, Ouyang Yong, Gu Xunhua, I see where you can escape!"
The thirty horsemen who escorted the carriage, led by Gu Xunhua and Ouyang Yong, saw that they were ambushed, their faces changed, and Gu Xunhua shouted: "Everyone kill the past and rush out of the plank road!"
"Boom" sounded, all the knights pulled out their swords, urged the horses forward, and rushed towards the exit of the horse road, Ouyang Yong held a big knife, and rushed to the front first.
Huruba grinned, "Good come! Stop them, little ones, and don't let any of them go!"
The distance between the two sides was still five zhang, Ouyang Yong had already jumped up from the horse, jumped to the height of Zhang Xu Lai, and flew towards Huluba, and the big knife in his hand slashed down on the head! Huluba raised his axe to meet him, and in the explosion of the impact of the blade, the blue-maned horse under his crotch could not withstand the force of this blow, and fell down with a neigh, and both of them rolled to the ground.
At the same time, the other knights had galloped past them, each with his weapon raised to kill the Black Wind Bannerman.
This time, there were more than 200 men and horses who were ambushed and intercepted by Huruba, and they had formed a battle formation to block the exit of the stone throat road, and the layers were like a net, and more than 30 horsemen of "Blum Xing" rushed into the formation and were immediately surrounded. For a while, the swords and swords were shadowed, people shouted and neighed, and the two sides had fought in one place.
Two hundred against thirty, and there is a favorable location, forming a battle formation to meet the enemy, the Black Wind Banner has an absolute advantage, but the knights of the "Blum Line" are not afraid at all, all of them seem to have a desperate heart, relying on the impact of the horses to fight into the formation, and also cut down a lot of Black Wind Banners.
Huruba, who had been knocked off the horse, rolled on the ground and stood up, and with a whistle, five Black Wind Banners immediately rushed over and surrounded Ouyang Yong, while he strode straight towards the two-horse carriage.
Ouyang Yong, Gu Xunhua, and these disciples of "Bailong Xing" are not important, the primary goal is to catch the person they want to send away, and Hu Luba is of course very clear about this.
With a bang, Huruba got into the carriage, and because of the weight of his body, his feet almost broke the wheel, and the broad-bladed axe in his hand was swung out, and with a loud bang, the wooden door of the carriage had been shattered by a blow.
However, at this moment, Huruba suddenly felt that the wrist holding the axe was grabbed, and then the cold light flashed, and a sharp sword pierced out of the carriage and stabbed straight into his throat!
Hu Luba's arm turned, trying to break free of the other party's grasp, he was a famous wrestler in the Jurchen clan, this struggle was not less than a few hundred catties, but unexpectedly, Liliang, who grabbed his wrist, was not weaker than him, and he failed to break free, and the tip of the sword that stabbed him had reached his throat.
Frightened, Huruba let go of his axe, barely turned sideways, and with a "poof", the sword had pierced into the skin of his right shoulder!
This sword was very sharp, and it contained internal force, and although Hu Luba had a hard skill to practice horizontally, he still couldn't resist it, and stabbed straight into more than three inches! And with a twist of force where his wrist was held, a strong body was thrown out of the ground and fell heavily to the ground, raising a large cloud of dust.
After being stabbed by a sharp sword, he was flipped and thrown out, and Huruba was cut a foot-long wound on his shoulder, almost half of his shoulder was cut open, his collarbone was broken, blood gushed out, and one of his right arms was already immobile. He looked up, but saw that there were two people in the smashed carriage, but they were not the prince and the princess, one was as burly as him, and the other was as thin as a monkey, holding a long sword in his hand, it was Duan Wu and Hou Xiaochuan.
Under the joint attack of these two people, Rao Shihuluba, a Jurchen warrior with strong martial arts, could not help but suffer a big loss. And he instantly understood in his heart that the "Blum Journey" was using a plan to repair the plank road and secretly cross the Chen Cang, and the three people were not here at all, and the knights were guarding the carriage out of the city just to attract their attention.
When the men and horses of the "Black Wind Banner" and the "Blum Xing" were fighting in front of the Shiyu Road, five large wooden boats were slowly moving over the river to the north of Humanzhai and on a long causeway on the bank of the Luan River.
The crowd of people on the embankment were all disciples of "Bailong Xing", first of all, Zhong Bailong and his wife, Li Hu and Zhu Huichan sisters and brothers, and the two sons of the Zhong family were also among them.
There is only one passage in and out of Humanzhai, which is only by land, and the north of the city is close to the Luan River, as long as there is a boat, it can also cross the river and leave by water.
Drotalhan was not entirely wary of this, and there were many guards on the riverbank, but now there was not a single one of these guards left, and there were more than twenty corpses of the Black Wind Banner people lying on the side of the stone embankment.
This time to escort the prince and princess, "Blum Xing" did his best, and the more than 300 people who came were all elite disciples in the door, and the guards were killed before they could even send a signal for help.
I saw a lantern flickering a few times on the bow of a ship on the river, which was the haode code agreed in advance, and Zhong Bailong ordered his men to respond to the signal with torches. In a matter of moments, five wooden boats turned their rudders and approached the shore.
When she got closer, she saw a woman in a purple gauze dress standing on the bow of the first ship, it was Chu Yiyi, and the young man in blue standing beside her with a lantern was Meng Huan.
The wooden boat was soon moored on the shore, the planks were laid down, and Zhong Bailong first invited the prince and princess to board the ship, and then joined hands with Madame Chung to board the boat. After the tea ceremony, more than 300 disciples of "Blum Xing" have boarded five wooden boats.
Zhong Bailong and his wife stepped on the deck of the first wooden ship, Chu Yiyi greeted them, bowed their knees, and said, "The concubine has seen Boss Zhong, Mrs. Zhong, this time, but thanks to Boss Zhong!"
Zhong Bailong and his wife Cheng Yaozhen glanced at each other, and said with a wry smile: "Mrs. Chu handed over the heavy responsibility of protecting the prince and princess to 'Bailong Xing', but she also looked up to Zhong someone too much, but fortunately, she did not live up to her trust and did not let them fall into the hands of the Hu people. ”
At this time, the wooden boat had set sail, and looking back at the riverbank, Zhong Bailong's face couldn't help but show this desolate color.
Chu Yiyi said: "This time, 'Blum Xing' kept its promise to protect the prince and princess, and the losses suffered must be not small, but Boss Zhong can rest assured, Master Hua has already instructed us to compensate for all the industries and businesses of your bank in Humanzhai, and we will never let Boss Zhong suffer losses." ”
Although there are a lot of industries in Humanzhai, "Bailongxing" is nothing, but compared with the "Evil Dog Gate", which is a major sect that shili spreads all over the Seven Realms, it is nothing, not to mention that Hua Bushi has just received a gift of one million silver taels from Yang Sichang, and it is no problem to double the compensation for the losses of the Zhong family.
Zhong Bailong sighed and said, "It's better to lose some money, this time, in order to cover our crossing of the river, the two good brothers who have followed Zhong for many years led more than 30 disciples to attack the ambush of the 'Black Wind Banner' in Shiyu Dao, and the life and death are uncertain, which really worries me very much." ”
He said Gu Xunhua and Ouyang Yong.
Chu Yiyi pondered for a moment and said: "Boss Zhong doesn't have to worry, the concubine body will arrange people to pick them up, if they rush out of the stone throat road, they can be safe, if they fail to rush out and be caught by the 'Black Wind Banner', the concubine body will also show that my son-in-law tried to rescue him, or spent silver taels to redeem it, or forcibly robbed it, he can always think of a way." ”
People are in the rivers and lakes, it is inevitable to fight for their lives, Gu Ou and the others led the crowd to attack the stone throat road, which was a move of nine deaths and a life, and Chu Yiyi promised to try his best to save him, which was the greatest possible promise. Zhong Bailong clenched his fists at the moment and said, "Then Zhong Mou will thank Mrs. Chu very much!"
Chu Yiyi also said politely: "Why does Boss Zhong have to be like this, this is what Yiyi should do!"
Five wooden boats hoisted their sails and soon sailed to the center of the river, down the Luan River.
Zhong Bailong stood on the deck, staring at the Humanzhai that had gone away, his face still full of loneliness.
Cheng Yaozhen walked to his side, stretched out her hand to hold her husband's arm, and said softly: "Balone, although I have lost the foundation in Hu Man City this time, it is a great luck in misfortune that we can fulfill the loyalty and righteousness of the Xianggong, and our family of four can also save their lives." You don't have to be discouraged, no matter how many difficulties you have, Yaozhen will be by Xianggong's side. Our mother and son, hundreds of brothers under our door, all want you to be the backbone!"
Looking at the wife in front of him, Zhong Bailong's heart rose with a warmth, reached out to hug Cheng Yaozhen's slender waist, hugged her in his arms, and said: "If you have a wife like this, what more can you ask for?" Yaozhen, you can rest assured, Zhong Bailong is leaving Humanzhai, and his career can still be done, and I will let our family live a prosperous and peaceful life!"
Cheng Yaozhen leaned her cheek on her husband's shoulder and said: "Xianggong is a capable person, so he can naturally do it, Xianggong has not married a concubine in a room over the years, but only guarded Yaozhen alone, and Yaozhen knows everything about your intentions." ”