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Before the gate of the Taixi military village, the forty-eight knights were dressed in ordinary people's cloth clothes at this time, holding swords, guns, bows, arrows and shields snatched from the corpses of the soldiers guarding the gate, forming a small phalanx, sticking to the city gate and not retreating.

A Shatuo officer hid behind a Shatuo soldier and shot Ma Xing in the thigh with an arrow in the air. Suddenly the blood flowed, Ma Xing pulled out the arrow, and the barb of the wolf's tooth arrow brought up a large strip of meat, Ma Xing snorted, tore off a piece of cloth to tie the wound and did not retreat.

"Righteous martial arts, those who jump beams, although they are strong, will be killed!"

Ma Xing backhanded the three-edged army thorn in his hand that was personally given to him by Li Jing into one eye socket of the sinister Shatuo man, and directly killed this person. Killing this guy, Ma Xing still regretted that he should have changed to a weapon just now, but the military stab was given to him by Li Jungong, the envoy of the Zhendong Army, when he entered the officer guard battalion, although every soldier in the officer guard battalion had one, but each one had a unique number on it, and their names were also engraved. On the handle of this military thorn, it is engraved with the righteous martial arts, and those who jump off the beam, although they are strong, will be killed! This is a sentence that Li Jing said many times when he was proofreading.

By this time, Ma Xing had no hope of surviving, but he always remembered what the county prince had said when he gave them a lecture, that obedience is the duty of a soldier, and the mission of a soldier is loyalty and dedication. Every Zhendong Army has to fight for its honor and mission. Li Cunxiao's order to him was to stay here and prepare to answer, and without seeing with his own eyes that Li Cunxiao and the others had indeed lost their position, he could not retreat without authorization, otherwise it would be a dereliction of duty and escape.

There is no glory for a deserter!

"Datang! Datang! ”

Although covered in scars. But none of them asked to retreat. Even if you know it's death. And they will die here, too. Stick to the last moment!

"The Zhendong Army is mighty!" Ma Xing stretched out his bow and shot another Shatuo man who was rushing forward to the ground, and opened his mouth to roar.

After Ma Xing and the others seized the gate, they immediately pushed some carriages and carts left by some people who fled in panic to the city gate, and piled up a cart formation in the middle. With this array, forty-eight people barely held on. However, this situation will not be optimistic for long, as long as the Shatuo people react, more soldiers and horses will come at that time. A few rounds of arrows came directly, and the Shatuo soldiers came with shields to charge, and they had to give their all the explanations here.

Of the forty-eight people, Ma Xing singled out the twelve people with the best archery skills among them, and handed over all the arrows he collected to them to use. The rest were twenty spearmen, plus sixteen sword and shield men, with one shield and the other sword to cover in front.

It was almost completely dark, but the black light was more beneficial to them. There was a sharp pain from the arrow gun on his thigh, but he gritted his teeth and endured it, and at this time, he didn't even have time to wipe the sweat from his forehead.

At this moment, the people who had just fled in all directions. It actually came over like a tidal wave.

Ma Xing's expression moved, and he couldn't help but feel a little excited in his heart. Could it be that Zhao Yuhou and Yang taught them to come?

"Liu Mazi, go over and take a look." Ma Xing did not hide his excitement and shouted loudly to a spearman on the side, and said to the others: "Brothers, the heavens will not kill me, reinforcements have arrived!" ”

Everyone was cheered up at this time, and Liu Mazi quickly crossed the suspension bridge and disappeared into the night.

The battle in the doorway continued, and Ma Zhou frequently looked behind while specially picking those Shatuo soldiers with torches to shoot. He had already made up his mind to die just now, but at this moment, a ray of light appeared, and he couldn't help but have a glimmer of hope. He waited anxiously in his heart, not knowing if it was the big army or just Zhao Yuhou's right team in Lingqiu City. If it's just the right team, it's just a drop in the bucket.

"Team deputy, Liu Mazi is back." A sharp-eyed man turned around and saw Liu Mazi, and hurriedly shouted.

Liu Mazi braved the arrows on the city with a shield and drilled into the hole in the city gate, panting heavily.

"How's it going, can you see which part it's coming from?" Ma Xing asked expectantly.

"Look clearly! Do you see it clearly? ”

Everyone was gossiping, and they were all eager to know the result.

Liu Mazi took a breath and hurriedly said: "From the direction of Lingqiu, there is a large army running with torches, and it seems that there are at least three or five thousand people, and our large army has arrived." ”

"Three or five thousand? Do you see clearly? Ma Xing asked excitedly.

"That's right, the torches are lined up in a long line, and if you have seen it from afar, at least a few miles away, if there are not three or five thousand people, the torches will never have such a momentum." Liu Mazi is also a veteran, and he still knows how to scout and investigate, not to mention, battlefield reconnaissance in the night school in the camp is a compulsory course, and Liu Mazi has the best grades in this course.

The spirits of the forty-eight people in the city gate cave were all lifted, and they suddenly thundered with joy.

At this time, the defenders at the head of the city also discovered the soldiers and horses that were winding like a fire dragon, and immediately spread it downward.

It's just that Liu Zhijie was killed at this time, and Mrs. Liu and Li Siyuan left first. Although there are still 5,000 soldiers and horses in the city, the three brothers Li Kexiu were caught by Li Cunxiao and the three of them at this time, and they were still confronting Li Sizhao in the town's general's mansion.

"What, the gates were taken by the Assassins' accomplices?" Li Sizhao was shocked when he heard this, "How many people are there?" ”

"It's estimated that there are fifty, and possibly seventy or eighty." The captain of the report stammered. Li Sizhao glared at him angrily, "Just a few dozen people took the gate away, won't you take it back?" ”

"It's really these people who are too fierce, and the place in the city gate is too small to be used for a while." The captain was still explaining, Li Sizhao had already turned his head in disgust, and said to a junior colonel beside him: "You immediately take a battalion of men and horses to take the Guancheng, and you must recapture the Guancheng before the enemy soldiers arrive." If you can't get it back, you don't have to come back. ”

The little colonel looked fierce and nodded, "I can't take back the gate." See you there! ”

However, when he had just gathered a battalion of 500 men from his headquarters and rushed to the pass. But I was shocked to find out. The gate had been occupied by enemy troops, and a huge banner of the Zhendong Army had been planted on the gate. Next to the flag, there was a slightly smaller flag, but through the dim firelight, you could see a line of words looming on it, the deputy ten generals of the vanguard silver spear guard battalion of the Zhendong Army, the head of the flying sword general.

One grabbed a soldier who was fleeing from the gate in a panic, "What happened, why did the gate fail?" ”

The soldier was stunned and said with a panicked face: "I was looking at the torches. The enemy's reinforcements would arrive in at least half an hour, and who knew that the enemy army was so cunning that they had sent about 200 soldiers from the front to disguise themselves as the people who had fled back and mingled with them. When I got to the front of the pass, I suddenly killed in. That Guancheng was previously captured by those dozens of thieves, and for a while, they directly killed and seized Guancheng. ”

"Fucking shit, two hundred people beat you like this, get out!" Captain Shatuo kicked away the defeated soldier who was only a teenager in disgust, and turned his head and shouted. "This is only the vanguard of the enemy, only 200 men. The brethren and I will take back the city. ”

The soldiers and horses who had just captured Guancheng were none other than Liu Xun, one of Li Jing's four disciples, the deputy general of the guard battalion and the head of the flying sword. He was originally responsible for clearing out the remnants of the enemy in Lingqiu, but when he passed by Lingqiu City, he heard that Li Cunxiao had led a team of people out of Lu and had not returned for a long time. I felt bad at the moment, and after asking carefully for a while, I had already guessed that Li Cunxiao, a reckless man, was very likely to go to the Taixi Military Village, the closest Guancheng to Lingqiu.

Immediately with Zhao Li, the Marquis of Yu, who was in the capital of Hengchong, instructed Yang Xin and others to gather more than 300 men and horses from the two divisions, and immediately rushed to Taixi Pass, on the other hand, to Wang Yanzhang, who was closest to Feigu City, and Gao Siji, who was also in Feigu, to ask for help, and also flew to report to Li Jing of Zhigu Pass.

Hurried all the way, and through inquiries along the way, they finally confirmed that Li Cunxiao really went straight to Taixiguan with more than 70 people. Although Liu Xun was very angry at the reckless behavior of this fourth junior brother, he couldn't die without help, so he had to come all the way.

At this time, they were still a little incredulous: "The reinforcements are only 200 cavalry in Liu Yanei and the remaining 100 cavalry in our rampage?" ”

"Only the two hundred horsemen of the flying sword capital arrived with me, and the more than one hundred horsemen of your rampage are still on the way." Liu Xun nodded. Although there are only 200 cavalry, the brothers of the Flying Sword Capital are all elite cavalry. They mingled with the people, and when they were close to the pass, they suddenly broke out. Originally, Liu Xun thought that the gate should be closed, but who would have thought that Ma Xing was still guarding the gate. Immediately, he killed the other party by surprise and took the gate on the gate by surprise.

"However, Liu Mazi said that there should be three or five thousand reinforcements, and the torches are lined up in a long line, which is several miles." Ma Xing really didn't quite understand. As he spoke, he pointed to the fire dragon that was winding in the winding mountain road from the top of the city.

Liu Xun chuckled, and while constantly instructing the two hundred soldiers of the Flying Sword Capital to use local materials and temporarily build fortifications in front of the pass, he replied with a smile: "It's just a bluff, you also studied in the officer barracks, haven't you heard of the soldiers' tricks?" ”

In fact, some things seem magical, but when they are broken, they are worthless. Liu Xun's soldiers and horses converged and crossed the capital, and there were only more than 300 people in the capital, and it was definitely not possible to tackle key problems and save people. Liu Xun's initial idea was to bluff, he asked people to prepare a lot of torches, and after reaching the distance that could be seen at the Tai Opera Pass, he asked the soldiers to plant torches while walking, and insert one after a few steps.

The soldiers were still more than 300 soldiers, but the torches were inserted more and more, and as a result, the torches in front were almost closed, but the fire dragon behind seemed to have countless soldiers and horses coming from the mountain road.

"Zhao Yuhou is just planting torches?" Ma Xing was really shocked at this time. Seeing Liu Xun nodding very calmly, he couldn't help but ask: "Liu Yanei only has two hundred soldiers and horses, why do you dare to kill until the pass?" ”

"Cunxiao will dare to enter the enemy city with eighteen people, and the deputy of the horse team will be able to take the gate with forty-eight brothers, and hold on to it, I, Liu Xun, naturally can't let you specialize in beauty." Liu Xun smiled slightly.

Ma Xing grinned heartily and said, "If you can survive this battle, you must go back and find Liu Yanei to have a drunken retreat!" ”

"Okay, that's a deal." Liu Xun also said with a smile.

At night, the laughter of Ma Xing and Liu Xun made the originally dignified atmosphere much lighter, and the more than 200 warriors suddenly relaxed a lot.

However, in private, Ma Xing still whispered to Liu Xun: "Our captain has not seen any movement since he entered the city, but the reaction of the guards seems to have been discovered, and now I don't know what they are doing, what should I do now?" ”

Liu Xun stood on the gate tower and looked at the gate, countless soldiers in black clothes and black armor were pouring in, not to mention entering the city to find Li Cunxiao, even they themselves were difficult to protect.

"We're waiting here!"

After saying this, Liu Xun didn't speak again, and Ma Zhou didn't know whether he was waiting for Li Cunxiao or waiting for the Zhendong Army behind. However, now that Liu Xun is here, the command here naturally belongs to him, and it is no longer up to him to call the shots. (To be continued......)