Chapter 61: Borrowing the King's Head for a Purpose
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The trees are lush and unpretentious.
Looking at the mountains in the distance, it is like a dream! What a beautiful scenery as far as the eye can see! Who would have thought that there was something hidden in this.
The mountains and forests in the distance are quiet and profound, picturesque, but there seems to be a strong smell of blood, which makes people feel inexplicably nervous.
Slowly opened the closed eyes, the pupils seemed to be full of blood, and the spider-like bloodshot covered the entire eyeball, which also made the face full of wrinkles seem to have more wrinkles. The skin like thousands of mountains makes his face look like old bark, and it also makes the eyes on his face look a little oozing.
He slowly stretched out his right hand and placed it in front of his eyes, as if there was a flower on it, and his blood-red eyes stared at it tightly. For a long time, looking at the hand that was as thin as a monkey's claw, he suddenly tightened his long fingers, clenched them into a fist, clenched them tightly, clenched them tightly, as if there was a treasure there, and refused to let go.
Behind him stood eight long, solemn men in black, standing in a staggered manner. These people looked all sturdy and capable, with their backs on their backs, and they stood very quietly with their hands in their hands. Although everyone was stronger than him, everyone looked at the emaciated body in front of them, and their eyes were full of burning worship and excitement.
"How long has it been since it started!" The old man asked in a deep voice, his voice rustling, as if it came from afar.
"About two quarters of an hour before the earthquake, Wang Xun took the initiative to launch an attack, the official road and the waterway three ways to encircle and suppress, what I didn't expect was that the Longtan Temple had already prepared, the three Jiao led people to rely on the mountain and water conservancy, actually blocked the first wave of attack of the officers and soldiers. There was an earthquake before the second wave on both sides, because it was so sudden that both sides were in a bit of a mess. Later, although it was suppressed, the subordinates were not very interested in seeing those bandits and officers and soldiers. Now that more than an hour has passed, when the subordinates rushed over to see the altar owner, both sides also had a lot of damage.! The first black-clothed man on the left hand beside the old man replied respectfully in a quiet voice.
Seeing that the old man didn't mean to ask, he said: "The subordinates have been observing closely, and they haven't found any particularly prominent characters among the bandits, that is, the so-called Sanjiao. So the subordinates have a question in their hearts, will the person who assassinated the son not be in this Longtan Temple at all? ”
The old man tilted his head, staring at this black-clothed man with blood-red eyes, seeing that this big man was a little weak in his heart, knowing that he had touched his bottom line, he couldn't help but shudder with fright, and said in a trembling voice: "The subordinates are just estimates, maybe that person is cunning or not, please see the altar master!" ”
The old man's face softened, knowing that he was indeed not to blame for this, so he said slowly: "Qi'er has been weak since he was a child, so he can't succeed in kung fu on the way, but he loved soldiers and horses when he was young, and the old man fulfilled him to let him exercise in this Yuzhou City, and has always let Wang Xun follow him to assist him, looking forward to him one day becoming a famous general and fulfilling his wish since childhood!" Speaking of this, he seemed to be a little miserable, thinking of his tragic death of his son, like a sad old man who had lost his orphans.
"Who knows! Who knows! He was assassinated! The old man suddenly roared angrily, his eyes were red, he raised his arms and screamed, and shouted to God: "No matter who this person is, the old man Zhou Yi swears here that he will regret coming to this world!" Listening to him gritted his teeth, all around seemed gloomy.
He suddenly stared at the black-clothed man who was talking and said, "Meng Lu, you have also followed the old man for many years, and you naturally know how the old man treats you." And how many years did the old man raise that Wang Xun, from his childhood to his youth. Even Qi'er has been close to him since he was a child, how dare he deceive the old man? He said that the person who assassinated the child in this Longtan Temple will definitely not be out of nowhere! ”
He looked into the distance hatefully, it was the direction of Longtan Temple, although he couldn't hear the sound of Longtan Temple, but it should not be too far away. There is his enemy there, and there is an enemy who has cut off the head of his son, and he must go and capture him himself. Therefore, after receiving Wang Xun's report, he led his famous eight guards and rushed over quickly. He has no interest in this kind of scuffle of bandits, and he has to wait until the last thief is captured.
"You rest for two quarters of an hour, wait and go to Longtan Temple with the old man, no matter who he is this time, no matter what kind of background he has, he would rather kill the wrong person than let it go, and the old man will also find out that person! Avenge your revenge! The valley echoed with Zhou Yi's hateful screams.
Longtan Temple, in front of the Golden Buddha Mountain.
The blood stains the clear stream, and the soul is broken in the Golden Buddha Mountain.
It seems to have turned into an Shura field, littered with corpses and stumps.
After the earthquake, most of the houses in Longtan Temple were intact, but they were close to the Qingxi, and the original slope stone steps of nearly 100 meters were somewhat deformed.
In order to prevent people from coming from the avenue on the left and in the water, Longtan Sanjiao originally arranged for brothers to pile up a large number of stones on the stone steps, but who knew that there was an earthquake before it was used. Although it was not smashed out as a weapon, it also rolled out by mistake, injuring and killing many officers and soldiers who came to attack.
The officers and soldiers of Banan and Yuzhou were mixed, they converged from the official road and the waterway on the left, and the other group was the officers and soldiers of Fuling, but they came from the mountain road on the right side of the Longtan Temple, and directly inserted themselves into the back hillside, ready to attack from the stone wall of the Longtan Temple house.
The stones that rolled down hurt people, and the unlucky ones were naturally the officers and soldiers of Banan and Yuzhou, who attacked directly from the stone steps and wanted to directly impact the gate of Longtan Temple. Who knew that the stones that rolled down caused heavy losses, and everyone had palpitations for a while. Although the officers and soldiers of Fuling arrived, they did not have time to erect ladders and climb the wall, but there was no loss.
Wang Xun carried the banner that killed many bandits in Longtan Temple, and the banner was a battle flag with red characters on a black background with big Shu characters written on it. Wang Xun, who originally had a spear, did not bring a gun this time, and after a fierce fight, the battle armor was full of blood at this time.
He was originally the commander of the defense envoy of Yuzhou, and he was more good at horse warfare, so that he had good marksmanship. The spy reported the terrain and structure of Longtan Temple, he knew that it was not conducive to spear combat, and after understanding his combat state, he did not bring his usual weapon. But he was born in the first school of Shuzhong, and he has been excellent in martial arts since he was a child, and he is still very confident in his martial arts. Using this battle flag in an open place is as easy as your own weapon spear, and the battle is naturally not a problem.
Looking at the battle between the officers and soldiers on the field and the bandits of Longtan Temple, although nearly 2,000 soldiers and horses were gathered on his side, the hundreds of soldiers on the Fuling side did not see it. The men and horses over there were led by He Da, the commander of the Fuling garrison, and he was assisted by Lin Qingdong, the county lieutenant of Fuling, so there should be no problem.
In fact, he didn't care about the result, because this was not the purpose of this time at all, and these bandits Wang Xun didn't pay attention to it, as if he was looking at a group of ordinary people. They are ragged and worn-out in their weapons, and they will be the opponents of officers and men in uniform equipment. Wang Xun knew that if he could successfully suppress the bandits this time, then the defense envoy Zhao Lang would sit in the position of the first general, and the position of the commander of Ma Bujun must be himself.
Although they are temporarily defending with the advantage of geographical advantages, as long as the soldiers in Qingxi come up on their side, it will be difficult for these so-called bandits to hold on. Looking up at the top of the stone steps, Li Yuan, the unicorn Jiao, was standing with the blue-faced Jiao Shijia and that Xiao Qilang, Wang Xun couldn't help but look at the corpses along the stone steps, and felt a little relieved.
This Longtan Temple was first occupied by a few bandits, and later Li Yuan brought a dozen brothers to kill those few, and announced that he occupied Longtan Temple.
At first, Li Yuan still robbed the rich to help the poor, and intimidated some landlords who were unkind to the rich. Later, there were more and more people, and for the sake of the livelihood and development of the brothers, everyone discussed and established a name. The three people with the best skills were recommended to be the boss, Li Yuan was the first to penetrate into the hearts of the people, and he had the skills to come out of the army that day, so he naturally sat in the position of the boss.
Ordinary people first knew that they knew Li Yuan, and they were also known in the name of Li Yuan to the outside world. So Wang Xun looked at the three people standing there, and he didn't know if Xiao Qilang was one of the three Jiao. At least there are only three people in Longtan, and they didn't think it would be someone else at all, even if Zhou Qi had an accident this time, with Wang Xun's thoughts, this person would not come out easily.
However, Wang Xun remembered that he had come to conquer this time, not just for this gang of bandits. But a few days ago, a major event happened, the assassin and defense envoy of Yuzhou issued an order, saying that the bandits around Yuzhou would be conscripted and suppressed, in exchange for the rule of Yuzhou officials and the stability of the people. So he released a message to let the Ma Bujun in Yuzhou command Zhou Qi to appoint him to be responsible for the task of clearing up.
Originally, this was a bandit suppression without wind and waves, a chance to give people a false name, and a chance to give Zhou Qi a chance to be promoted. Because now, like around Yuzhou, how can there be anything to resist the power of the government, if you really go to clean up, it will actually be a massacre. Even if there are more than 1,000 bandits in Longtan Temple, the actual combat strength does not exceed 500 people, and the rest are the old, weak, sick and disabled and their families.
Who knows, Longtan Temple, which has always disobeyed the control of the government, actually openly sent people to Yuzhou on this day, and attacked and killed Zhou Qi on the street, of course, the Yuzhou government only later learned that it was a person from the Longtan Temple faction.
The Yuzhou garrison originally wanted to kill chickens and monkeys, and find some military exploits to reflect the value of Yuzhou soldiers and horses, which could not only please the emperor of the capital Chengdu, but also enhance the appeal of Yuzhou soldiers and horses. Who knew that this oolong suddenly came out, for the entire Yuzhou, Zhou Qi's assassination was just a loss of face and the loss of a leading general, which can also make the excuse for sending troops more obvious. And for Wang Xun, it's a big deal.
Zhou Qi's father, Zhou Yi, is the owner of an altar in the Hell Gate, in charge of the important branch of the Hell Gate, the Styx, not only has a great reputation in the rivers and lakes, but is also a rare master of the Hell Gate. More important is Wang Xun's feelings for Zhou Yi, his parents died when he was a child, and he was guided and cared for by Zhou Yi in the door.
He and Zhou Qi almost grew up together, and they learned a good martial art, but Zhou Qi couldn't practice advanced martial arts because of his natural physique. He prefers the feeling of dominating the world and holding the power of the army, so Zhou Yi sent Wang Xun to follow him all the time. It not only strengthens the relationship between the two people, but also uses Wang Xun to protect Zhou Qi. What I didn't expect was that Zhou Qi was actually attacked and killed by Mr. Sun beside Xiao Qilang.
Zhou Yi vowed to eat the murderer alive, and Wang Xun only had a ruthless return. In fact, Wang Xun was a little entangled in his heart, even Zhou Yi might not know. That is, Wang Xun does have feelings for Zhou Qi, but the jealousy hidden in his heart since childhood is incomprehensible to a person like Zhou Qi who has been loved since childhood, and a person like Zhou Yi who dotes on children.
Looking at Zhou Qi's superiority since childhood, although Wang Xun is grateful to Zhou Yi, the envy and jealousy hidden in his heart are instinctive. No one knew what Wang Xun was thinking, not to mention that Zhou Yi later drove Wang Xun out of the hell gate to assist Zhou Qi for Zhou Qi's thoughts, which made Wang Xun even more unhappy in his heart. At this time, Wang Xun actually felt a little happy about Zhou Qi's death.
Holding the banner and watching the bloody battle, Wang Xun's heart ached and he was happy.
It should be possible to attack the gate soon, Wang Xun remembered that Zhou Yi told him that he would personally capture the murderer who killed Zhou Qi. Wang Xun didn't doubt Zhou Yi's ability at all, but even at this moment when the war started, he didn't find that person to make a move. Wang Xun decided to bring out that person, he knew that Zhou Yi must not be far away.
"Liu Biao, you hurry to the back road of Longtan Temple, and urge the commander General He Da and the county lieutenant of Nalin to immediately launch the strongest offensive against the back road. A certain family led people to go all out and directly break through the gate of Longtan Temple and smash the bandits' nest! Wang Xun gave an order to Liu Biao, the lieutenant of Banan County beside him, and Liu Biao, who was in his thirties, hugged his fists and led away.
Staring at the end of the stone steps, Wang Xun seemed to see the hope of victory, but he didn't notice the look on the face of this county lieutenant Liu Biao, and there was actually a smile of hope at this moment.
"Are you going to start?" Seeing Wang Xun leading people rushing up, Xiao Qilang actually had a rare smile on his face. grabbed the horse chopping knife beside him, and said to Li Yuan and Shi Jia: "The two brothers are guarding the gate, and a certain family will meet this Wang Xun!" He actually grabbed the seven-foot slashing knife in his hand, flew down the stone steps, and greeted the menacing Wang Xun.
In the Tang Dynasty, the saber weighed no more than fifteen catties, the blade was three feet long, the handle was four feet long, and the horse step was available on land and water. The horse chopping knife in Xiao Qilang's hand is thirty-six catties, and the blade is made of stainless steel, and the blade is four feet long and the handle is three feet long.
Taking advantage of the situation, he slashed an officer and soldier into two pieces, and blood splattered. The two Longtan Temple bandits who had just confronted this officer and soldier on the side were even more frightened, and several officers and soldiers were even more frightened, and they were stabbed to death by the bandits around them in a daze.
Xiao Qilang didn't seem to stop at all, and he had already seen Wang Xun in the middle of the stone steps in a few strides, and he slashed down with a loud slashing saber.
Seeing you at first sight in the crowd, Wang Xun saw Xiao Qilang from a distance, although Xiao Qilang's momentum was amazing, but Wang Xun was not too surprised. Because he felt that although Xiao Qilang was in the best state, compared to the person who attacked and killed Zhou Qi, Wang Xun knew that Xiao Qilang was still far behind. Watching Xiao Qilang kill an officer and soldier, he couldn't help but arouse the arrogance and enthusiasm in Wang Xun's heart.
As soon as the flagpole hit the stone steps, the people rose into the air, and actually swung from the bottom up, facing the menacing Xiao Qilang. The two people stared at each other tightly, and after the qi machine was locked, they met in the air in an instant, without fancy moves. There was a crisp sound, and the two sides came into contact, and Xiao Qilang's chopping knife slashed at the head of Wang Xun's flagpole.
As soon as he got up, Wang Xun's conceited cultivation was also knocked out a few feet, and his face couldn't help but change slightly, knowing that he was a little careless. I didn't expect that there would be such a person in such recklessness, could he be that person?
I only felt that my arms were numb, and I couldn't help but applaud in the air, and the person also fell down, but Wang Xun immediately denied Xiao Qilang's identity, because although he was knocked away by the other party, Wang Xun concluded that Xiao Qilang had not yet reached that realm.
Xiao Qilang was even more surprised, he was a top-down attack, and he had already taken advantage of the position, but he didn't take advantage of half a point at all. At this time, he only felt that he could barely hold the knife in his hand, so he turned a somersault backwards in the air, flew back upside down to relieve the pressure on his body, and landed on the edge of the stone steps, and the person stared at Wang Xun tightly.
"Come again!" aroused Wang Xun's blood, he took the initiative to rush up again, and at the same time led the officers and soldiers around him to rush up together.
"Good!" Xiao Qilang also burst into applause, and people caught up again.
Mr. Sun stood on the roof, with Nu Jiao Luo Yang in front of him. Because of the limited manpower, Luo Yang could only take a hundred brothers, plus some old, weak, sick and disabled people to ambush on the roof. Hiding behind some makeshift bunkers, he returned fire at the officers and soldiers who were about to climb up the house.
It may be that they are naturally disgusted with officers and soldiers, and even if they are old, weak, sick and disabled, most of them have no sense of fear. Behind the house, five or six hundred officers and soldiers gathered, and two people carried a long ladder that had just been made, obviously wanting to attack again immediately.
Previously, because they did not find out the situation, the officers and soldiers had hurriedly thrown down the corpses of dozens of people under the wall. Even if there are more than a dozen people who saved their lives, they also broke their hands and feet, and no one dared to come to help them for the time being. Because the people of the Longtan Temple on the roof did not have any weapons, but they brought in a lot of stones the size of heads and fists, and whoever was hit by it at once, even the officers and soldiers would not be comfortable with helmets.
Luo Yang was not happy at all because of the temporary safety, but looked at He Da, the commander of Fuling, and Lin Qingdong, the county lieutenant not far away, and fell into deep depression. Luo Yan was born like his eldest brother Li Yuan, and he had been in the military camp that day, so he knew that the army's standard weapons were not something that ordinary people could deal with.
Not to mention the armor and leather armor, the extra protection of the soldier's body is far from being comparable to his brothers in tattered clothes. What's more, they still had shields and horizontal swords in their hands, and what worried Luo Yan even more was that he saw a queue of fifty archers in the ranks of officers and soldiers. If these fifty archers fired sharp arrows together, not many of these people on the roof would be spared.
Looking at Mr. Sun beside him, Luo Yan was a little relieved. Just a month ago, he took someone to Banan to ransack a bully, who knew that he would fall for the other party. The other party not only arranged for the arrest of the fast, but also gathered more than 20 officers and soldiers, and killed more than 20 of his brothers at that time, even if he himself was injured.
At this time, Mr. Sun and Xiao Qilang appeared with six entourages, and they not only easily wiped out all the officers and soldiers and captured Kuai, but also saved Luo Yang and the remaining brothers. This battle not only made Luo Yang famous, but also made Xiao Qilang enter Longtan Temple.
Li Yuan and Shi Jia were also convinced by Xiao Qilang, especially in several small-scale wars against officers and soldiers, which not only won a complete victory, but also attracted some officers and soldiers who had escaped to participate, making everyone full of confidence in their future lives.
Xiao Qilang told everyone that he wanted to establish an equal organization or gang, where everyone had food, their own land, and their own houses.
Luo Yan believes in Xiao Qilang, some people are so strange! It can make people inexplicably fully trust another person. Then the brothers of Longtan Temple learned many strange things in a few days under the education of Xiao Qilang. Such as some traps, traps, and even some improvised attack weapons.
In less than half a month, the Longtan Temple, which originally had only more than 10 normal weapons, has greatly strengthened its combat effectiveness by capturing officers and soldiers and wealthy families and making and purchasing no less than 200 weapons. Xiao Qilang also made a large number of protective weapons, such as shields, armor, etc., which greatly increased the confidence of the people in Longtan Temple and made them more confident in Xiao Qilang's ability.
Naturally, they didn't know Xiao Qilang's identity, he was a strange soldier from the Southern Han Kingdom, and he was born as a relative of Liu Jixing, the emperor of the Southern Han Kingdom, and Xiao Yue, the brother of Xiao Yue, the wife of Yuan. Because of his intrigue and talent, he was sent to Shuzhong by Liu Jixing, because this time for the sake of big things, he sent Mr. Sun, the senior brother of Xiao Yue's master, to protect Xiao Qilang.
They didn't know that in order to establish a base in Shuzhong, Xiao Qilang had been rooted in Shuzhong for a long time and knew a lot about all parts of Shuzhong. This time, Liu Jixing was ready to take action, issued orders to the members of the secret party in various parts of Shuzhong, and even sent a team into Shu. Xiao Qilang Xiao Xu, as the person in charge of the Yuzhou region, took the initiative to contact Yang Huai and decided to make a plan with Yang Huai.
First of all, the officers and soldiers of Yuzhou were first introduced, and after dispersing the forces of Yuzhou, hundreds of special forces of the Southern Han State scattered in Yuzhou were asked to attack Yuzhou by surprise, so that the army of the Southern Han State could really control the entire Yuzhou area.
And to draw the attention of the troops of Yuzhou, it must be a place with a certain power, so Xiao Qilang chose Longtan Temple. There will be no strong combat power here, but it is not easy to be easily captured, and the most important thing is that the people here are not those heinous bad guys.
There must be sacrifices to make decisions, Xiao Qilang naturally understands this, but he also knows that the difficulties on the road to success must be solved by many people. Choosing Longtan Temple is doomed to the fate of these people, Xiao Qilang is not sure how sure he is, at least with Yang Huai's support and cooperation, as well as the relaxation of the troops on the side of Yuzhou, it will make Yuzhou easier to capture.
Therefore, Mr. Sun was asked to attack and kill Zhou Qi, which attracted great attention from Yuzhou. The more people sent by Yuzhou, the more powerful the generals sent, which means that Yuzhou is more empty and easier to be conquered by its own team.
"Mr. Sun, wait for the fierce battle, I hope you can protect a few more brothers, a certain family has thanked you in advance!" Luo Yan clenched his fists and looked at Mr. Sun, but saw that Mr. Sun looked cautious, as if he was listening to something, and he didn't answer himself.
Luo Yan couldn't help but be a little strange, and then looked at the officers and soldiers facing each other, and saw a catcher with a knife coming from the trail in front of him, running along the mountain road to He Da's side. And looking at Mr. Sun's expression, it is obviously not solemn for the arrival of this county lieutenant.
Looking over there from a distance, Luo Yang still knew this county lieutenant, it was Liu Biao, the county lieutenant of Banan County. The last time he went to ask for a big family, he also fought with him, Luo Yan knew Liu Biao's skills, and he was a person who had learned a few kung fu. Although Luo Yan felt that he was not a problem to deal with him, it was a scuffle here, not to mention that the other party still had Fuling's commander. Although Luo Yan didn't worry too much, he vaguely knew something. He hurried over, could it be that Wang Xun ordered an attack earlier?
"General He!" Liu Biao politely bowed his hand to He Da, the commander of Fuling: "General Wang Xun has an order!" He glanced at He Da's tooth soldiers, these people didn't seem to take himself as a county lieutenant in their eyes, and Liu Biao didn't care.
Although He Da knew what was going on, he was originally just a person from the Yuzhou garrison, and he was an inconspicuous general in the army, because of the instability in the surrounding area in the past two years, he was sent to Fuling to garrison. And Wang Xun is now very likely to become the commander of Ma Bujun, the first person under the defense of Yuzhou, and he must have a good relationship with him first.
Although Liu Biao is a county lieutenant in Banan County, he followed Wang Xun and came to pass on the message to himself, and he must pay attention to it. So he politely replied: "The general ordered the attack?" ”
"Things have changed! There is a secret order in front of the general's formation, please come to General He! Liu Biao smiled and approached He Da.
"Brother Liu, please!" He Da approached with a smile and leaned over to his ears, and the tooth soldiers on the side were naturally far away.
A sharp pain that pierced his heart suddenly came, and the smile on He Da's face stopped for a moment, only to feel that his eyes were black, and the strength of his whole body seemed to flow in his chest. Liu Biao's soft voice came from his ears, but at this moment, he listened to it as if it was from hell, but he was confused in his heart.
"General Wang Xun said,,,,,, borrow your head for a use!" Liu Biao quickly twisted the sharp short blade inserted into He Da's chest, and pulled it out again, almost without waiting for the blood to spurt out, he held He Da's chin, and the sharp short blade cut into He Da's neck.
The people around were stunned, and no one reacted at all. I saw Liu Biao knock off He Da's helmet, grab his hair, grab the unwilling head, and roared, "He Da is dead, why do you brothers have to embarrass the people of Longtan Temple at this moment for the sake of these bureaucrats!" ”