The sudden encounter did not last long, as the outnumbered and well-trained escorts eventually gained the upper hand, and the two dozen or so rebels were wiped out, leaving only two or three to flee. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Xia Nan did not give the order to pursue, but continued to run towards the west gate with everyone.

Soon, the facts proved that Xia Nan had chosen correctly.

Just as they were only one street away from the south gate, a cavalryman rode in the direction of the west gate, and came first, and soon passed them. After seeing the corpse of the rebel on the ground, he glanced at Xia Nan and the others in surprise, and whipped a horse whip with his backhand, speeding up.

Xia Nan's heart tightened, and he said to Yang Youji: "Shoot the horse with arrows and catch this cavalry." ”

Yang Youji took off the bow he was carrying, stretched out his bow and set up an arrow, and shot the war horse with an arrow that "swished". The horse neighed and fell to its knees, slid for some distance and fell to the ground, foaming at the nostrils and letting out a long mournful roar. The cavalryman had one leg pressed under the horse, wrapped around the stirrup and unable to get out.

Xia Nan led the crowd to surround him, put the knife on the neck of the cavalry, and asked, "What order did you receive and why did you go to Ximen?" ”

The cavalry tried in vain to pull its legs from under the dying horses. Thinking of the dozens of corpses on the ground just now, he felt that it was necessary to answer the other party truthfully, so that he could hope to save his life, so he answered honestly: "Governor Sun Junmen was robbed, and General Geng ordered to close all the city gates, and the whole city was roped, and the thieves ......were arrested."

Xia Nan and Lin Weiye glanced at each other, and as expected, the matter of dropping the bag was revealed. It's just that what Xia Nan didn't expect was that the matter was exposed so quickly, and it seemed that it was the credit of the White Lotus master and apprentice to the pig teammates.

Xia Nan waved his hand and said to everyone: "Hurry up, time is running out, we will be finished when the city gate is closed." ”

The crowd rushed through the street, and the west gate was already at the end of the street. In the summer, Nan's heart was relieved, and it seemed that it was still too late.

At this time, the sound of hooves rumbled, and several cavalrymen appeared behind him, shouting for one person: "General Geng has an order, there are thieves who sneak into Dengzhou, close the city gate, and arrest the thieves!" When the defenders of the west gate heard this, they hurriedly pushed the heavy gate to close it.

The heavy gates were pushed by the soldiers, and slowly closed, and it was only seven or eight feet wide that it was about to close completely. Yang Yuji took off the bow and arrow behind his back and shot an arrow as he ran.

There was a scream, and one of the soldiers fell on his back. Then, another arrow pierced the two soldiers next to each other in a string. The third arrow was stuck in the forehead of the commander of the city gate guards. The rebels guarding the gate panicked, and the gate was mostly closed, leaving a small gap where two or three people could enter and exit.

At this time, Xia Nan and others rushed up, and the defenders didn't care about pushing the door, so they picked up the guys and prepared to meet the enemy.

Less than seventy meters from the city gate, there was a dense sound of hooves behind him, and more cavalry appeared at the other end of the street.

Xia Nan looked back at the cavalry, and then at the defenders who were waiting at the city gate, and immediately decided: "Leave ten people to monitor the direction of the city gate, and the rest are ready to meet the enemy." ”

Forty guards turned in the direction from which the cavalry had come and formed a horizontal formation in two rows. The streets were only so wide that the infantry could not set up a position, and the cavalry naturally could not outflank them, so there was no need to meet the enemy in a hollow phalanx.

Seeing that dozens of fire guns were waiting in battle, and there were blades with cold light on the guns, the cavalry did not rush forward recklessly, and slowed down. A military general wearing mountain armor came out of the crowd, but it was Geng Zhongming. He sneered and looked at Xia Nan: "Brother Xia, you have deceived us so hard. What do you intend to be in Dengzhou by pretending to be the White Lotus Sect? ”

Xia Nan naturally didn't say in public that he was unpredictable and wanted to stop the rebels from surrendering, but just smiled: "Come so fast, pounce so accurately." Are you a dog's nose, coming with a smell? Otherwise, how could I be so accurate and know that I am at Simon? ”

Geng Zhongming sneered: "It's very simple: the north gate leads to Shuicheng, the well-defended south gate leads to Qixia and other places, the main force of the army in that direction is only the west gate and the east gate, and going to sea is the only way to escape the pursuit, and the west gate is the closest to the sea, so you are most likely to go to the west gate." I arranged for the four gates to be closed by manpower, and went directly to the west gate, and sure enough......"

Damn, the old fox, Xia Nan spat a mouthful, and was able to sit in the position of one of the three Shun kings, and sure enough, there were two brushes, which was really cunning.

"It's useless to talk more, let the horse come, or I'll die under your saber, or you'll die at my gun."

Geng Zhongming looked up to the sky and laughed: "You have become a turtle in the urn, and you are still talking wildly." When the large group arrives, it will be enough to trample you people into pulp......"

In the midst of the laughter, a black shadow pounced and knocked Geng Zhongming off his horse, and the laughter stopped abruptly.

Suddenly, the two sides of the confrontation did not react for a while, the rebels did not have time to protect Geng Zhongming, and Xia Nan didn't know what was going on.

Geng Zhongming was also an old soldier, a carp turned over and stood up, his helmet had fallen off, and he reached out to pull out the matching knife on his waist, but the attacker was faster than him, and a cold blade was on his neck.

Now everyone saw clearly that it was Bai Lian who attacked Geng Zhongming. Xia Nan excitedly clenched his fists and secretly shouted yes, it turned out that this saint was not a pig teammate, and she could still be trusted at the critical moment, as long as she controlled Geng Zhongming, she would be able to withdraw from Dengzhou City safely.

Geng Zhongming looked at the Hidden Blade around his neck and asked slowly, "He's just a liar in the name of your White Lotus Sect, what are you doing to defend him?" You know, the White Lotus Sect has a lot of believers in the city, and we have given it a lot of convenience......"

Bai Lian shook her head: "I didn't do the thing of recruiting believers in the city, and I don't care about it now, if you let them out of the city, I will spare your life." ”

Geng Zhongming didn't need to think about it for too long, he quickly made a decision: "Yes, but I hope you keep your word." ”

The gates slowly opened, and the defenders flashed aside. The guards were armed with rifles, watching the rebels in front and behind and on the left and right vigilantly, and slowly retreated to the city gate.

Seeing that the other party was about to leave the city, Geng Zhongming sighed, he was really unwilling to let them go like this. At this moment, a large group of rebels arrived, and there was a woman in white covered in blood in front of her, who was tied up with five flowers and staggered forward.

Bai Lian looked at it fixedly and hissed, "Xian'er? ”

Bai Xiaoxian looked at her aggrievedly: "Master, the apprentice is useless, and the art is not proficient...... she has not healed her shoulder injury, she is not strong, and after killing a few guards, she was surrounded and captured alive by a large number of rebels who rushed to hear the sound.

Geng Zhongming laughed: "God really helps me." Demon, if you want your apprentice to live, let me go quickly! Turning to the defenders of the city gates, he ordered: "Close the gates!" ”

Xia Nan and the others would not give him a chance to close the city gate again, and rushed over to fight with the defenders, how could the defenders be the opponents of the wolf-like escorts, and they were almost killed in the blink of an eye.

Seeing that Xia Nan had gained the upper hand, Bai Lian was worried about her apprentice, let go of Geng Zhongming, flew towards the rebels who grabbed Bai Xiaoxian, and shouted, "Let go of her!" ”

Geng Zhongming got out of control and immediately ordered: "Kill her!" ”

Xia Nan looked back and saw that a rebel slashed at Bai Xiaoxian's back with a knife, Bai Xiaoxian fell in response, taken aback, and then saw that Geng Zhongming was commanding the rebels, it seemed that he was going to divide the troops into two ways, all the way to deal with Bai Lian, and all the way to pursue himself.

He chuckled, "Everyone is out of the city." Yuki, shoot Geng Zhongming! ”

Geng Zhongming was giving orders, and he was defenseless, when an arrow flew over and shot through his left temple, and the arrow emerged from his right temple, and actually shot his head through it. In history, King Huaishun of the Qing Dynasty died under the cold arrow in such a daze.

The leader was shot, the rebels were gone, and they fell into chaos, and Xia Nan and the others took the opportunity to leave the city. To be continued.

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