At the mouth of the Yangtze River, Qidong City is less than 20 miles to the northwest.

This is where the Central Plains army was stationed, and now the south bank of the Yangtze River estuary has become the main battlefield of both sides, while the north bank is still the territory of the Central Plains court. In fact, the army of the Central Plains has two garrisons here, one here and the other on Chongming Island.

In fact, this military camp should have been stationed in Qidong City, but Qidong City was surrounded by water on three sides and was very difficult to defend, so the commander of the place, Zhang Qi, only defended the coast, and at the same time ordered all the residents in Qidong City to evacuate.

However, what is a headache is that although the county order of Qidong City has been calling for evacuation, some residents in the city have refused to leave this native town.

In the tent, Zhang Qi and Mu Xiaojiu were chatting about the recent war on the south bank.

"Lord Mu, don't you know, in fact, our two armies are separate. The army on Chongming Island, commanded by General Li, was mainly responsible for the confrontation with the Fusang people, and my army was responsible for deploying defenses on the north bank of the Yangtze River to prevent the Fusang people from hitting the north shore and forming an encirclement of Chongming Island. Qidong City is surrounded by water on three sides, and if the town is guarded in Qidong City, I am afraid that it will be broken by the Fusang people in a few days. Zhang Qi smiled bitterly and explained to Mu Xiaojiu.

Mu Xiaojiu nodded, "General Zhang, you said earlier that the residents there haven't been evacuated yet?" What's going on? Don't those people know that Qidong City is in danger right now? ”

Zhang Qi sighed: "What else can it be?" Greedy for money. I admit that some old people are reluctant to leave Kaidongcheng because the local concept is too heavy, and they would rather die in Qidongcheng than leave. But there are still many people who are reluctant to give up their family property. Although we have bluntly said that we will give them two pieces of silver according to their family wealth when the time comes, those people still refuse to evacuate, always holding on to the luck mentality, thinking that Qidong will not have problems. ”

"Huh? Why are they so stupid? Is it the silver or the name that matters? It was difficult for Hu Xiaoxian to understand the behavior of those people, "Didn't those people even want their lives for the sake of silver?" ”

An adjutant next to him spat out, "Lord Mu, fox girl, this is not the most outrageous. Let me tell you, two days ago, I went to Qidong County to find the county magistrate and ask about the relocation, and the county magistrate took me to talk to those people, but do you know what some people say? They actually said that it is the duty of our army to defend our territory, and we cannot let them leave their land, and if we can't do it, it will be a dereliction of our duty. Ahh Saying that, the adjutant couldn't help but scold: "Damn, it's indeed our responsibility to protect the family and defend the country, but they can't not cooperate at all!" The location of Qidong City is already doomed, and in this war with Fusang, he can only be used as a buffer zone, do those people want us to fill it with their lives? The lives of the people are their lives, but the lives of those soldiers under Lao Tzu are not? ”

"Besides, if we can win this war by filling in with our lives, then we guys who eat the emperor's grain and the people's taxes have no complaints, just fill it in, and the big deal is death. But the problem is that if we really do this, not only will we not be able to win this war, but it will lead to the loss of a large number of troops, bring great risks to the war, and even directly lose the Yangtze River estuary! ”

Mu Xiaojiu looked at the angry face, obviously already an indignant adjutant, and nodded helplessly, "Then, did you say these words at that time?" ”

The adjutant slapped the side of the sand table, "Hey! You don't know, why didn't I say it? But it's useless, those bastards are fucking stubborn, and they don't listen at all! It's just a bunch of people! Fools! You say that if the old people who value the countryside don't listen to these words, it's fine. However, those old people were very understanding of our difficulties, and made it clear to me that they voluntarily stayed in Qidong City and lived and died with this county. The people who really said these words and made things difficult for me were all those who were unwilling to leave if they had small assets, and they were all blinded by lard and got into the eyes of money. ”

Mu Xiaojiu and Hu Xiaoxian glanced at each other, both feeling a little speechless.

At this moment, a voice suddenly came from outside the camp tent: "Report! ”

Adjutant Zhang Qichong winked, signaled him not to speak yet, and then said, "Come in." ”

"General Qiyu, there is news from Qidong County that a team of Fusang elites has secretly broken through a small blockade on the east bank and headed straight for Qidong, and there are about four or five hundred people." As soon as the soldiers came in to report the news, they told the bad news.

Zhang Qi and Mu Xiaojiu's faces changed, and then they heard Zhang Qi ask loudly, "When did the news come?" ”

The soldier hesitated, "Judging from the time, I'm afraid that the Fusang people have already arrived in Qidong." Look, general, are we ......"

Zhang Qiyi's eyebrows were twisted into one place, "Don't talk about that first, pass the order, let Qi Ying order all the people and horses, and go to Qidong County at full speed, and save as many people as he can." Also, let Li Lu respond from the side to ensure that Qi Ying's team is not harassed by the Fusang people. Let Zhang Wenchao and Wang Wei each lead a group of people, one goes to the east bank to block the retreat of the Fusang people, and the other goes to encircle and suppress the Fusang people with all their might. ”

After the soldier received the order, Mu Xiaojiu took a step forward, "General Zhang, is there anything that Xiaoxian and I can help with?" Despite your arrangement, to be honest, I don't know much about things like leading troops to fight, so I can only listen to your transfer. ”

Zhang Qi slowly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he had been worried that the envoy sent by His Majesty would be the kind of scaremongering arrangement that would take away the military power first and then make no sense. Now, at least, it looks like that's not going to happen.

"Master Mu, I don't know how your martial arts are?"

Mu Xiaojiu pursed his lips and thought carefully for a while before he said, "Now, if I go from here to Qidong City, which is more than ten miles away, I should be a little faster than the speed of the army; If I were to fight an army of 500 men alone, I would have no problem and should be able to win easily. ”

Zhang Qihe's adjutant showed joy in his eyes at the same time, "Since this is the case, please also ask Master Mu to take the first step and go to Qidong City." ”

Mu Xiaojiu nodded, "Don't worry, then I'll leave." ”

Fox Xiaoxian walked up to him, gently helped him tidy up the water and fire on his body, and then hugged him, "Go, pay attention to safety, I am not as good as you, so I won't slow you down." ”

Mu Xiaojiu also hugged the fox fairy, and then left directly.

……

At the same time, in Qidong City, Haomu had just arrived at the east gate of Qidong City.

In fact, although Qidong City is surrounded by water on three sides, the scope of the city does not touch the water's edge. In addition to the west side, the eastern, northern, and southern gates of Qidong City are all two or three miles away from the shore.

This time, the Fuso people sent a team of elite soldiers, and unexpectedly broke through with a point, plus it was a rapid march, so in a short time, several other garrisons did not rush to support. But whether it is the army stationed in the city or Haomu, they know very well that as long as they can hold back this Fusang army, then there will be an army to come to support after a while.

"There are still too few defenders in the city...... Zhang Wei, the county commander of Qidong County, stood on the city wall, looking at the Fusang elite soldiers and Qidong City guards who were fighting in close combat below, and couldn't help sighing, "I knew that I shouldn't have sent so many people to guard the coastal town." ”

"Master Zhang, how is the situation?" Haomu walked to Zhang Wei's side, at this moment, all the new forces in the city were sent to the city gate to block the Fusang people, so Zhang Wei did not have a single guard by his side.

Zhang Wei glanced at Hao Mu, although he was curious why he didn't run, but still said: "Look for yourself, the guards are about to be unable to defend it, and this city gate can't block it for a while, if you want to run, hurry up, otherwise you won't be able to run for a while." ”

Hao Mu looked down and found that the situation was indeed as Hao Mu said, the guards below had been killed and retreated, less than fifty steps away from the city gate.

He was just about to speak, but he heard a sudden commotion behind him, and then saw Uncle Wang, who was now in his sixties, come forward.

"Master Zhang, wait for our people to rush out, and you can let the babies below retreat. As soon as they return, you should hurry up and close the gates, and we will do our best to hold it back. ”

Zhang Wei and Hao Mu looked behind them and found that the "we" in Uncle Wang's mouth were a group of old people with rakes, axes and even wooden sticks in their hands, and the average age was estimated to be fifty or sixty years old.

Uncle Wang obviously noticed the gaze of the two, so he said: "We have said a long time ago, if you are old and don't want to run around anymore, it is already a good place to live and die with this county town where you have lived for most of your life." As he spoke, Uncle Wang also pointed below, "We old men are all bad bones, there is no need to let those babies work hard for us." Besides, we also served in the army back then, and now we can serve the country again and sacrifice our lives for the country, which is worth it. ”

After Uncle Wang finished speaking, he ignored the reactions of the two people, and was about to go down with his head, but was grabbed by the arm with a hand, "Uncle Wang, you wait." ”

It was Hao Mu who stopped Uncle Wang.

Hao Mu glanced at the uncles and aunts, then looked at Zhang Wei, and finally fixed his eyes on Uncle Wang's body, gritted his teeth and laughed, "Uncle Wang, the blood of our young people has not yet flowed, if you are allowed to go down and fight with the Fusang people in hand-to-hand combat, I am afraid that I will be poked and scolded in the backbone in the future." ”

Uncle Wang was stunned for a moment, and was about to speak, but found that Hao Mu had already released his palm, and then turned around and jumped directly from the city wall.

"Isn't Haomu, this baby killing pigs? How can you still do martial arts? Uncle Wang looked at the figure that disappeared in front of him, hesitated for a moment, and opened his mouth with some doubts.

Zhang Wei's mouth opened and closed twice, but in the end he didn't speak, just showed a hint of hope.

"Hao Mu...... I hope you can stop these Fuso people. If you can't stop it, then I'll probably have to rush down with Uncle Wang and them. Zhang Wei said silently in his heart.

And the Fusang people under the city wall obviously also discovered Hao Mu's figure that turned over from the city wall. It doesn't matter if they don't notice, because Pastor Hao will let them notice.

After falling to the ground, the first thing Hao Mu did was to carry the knife in his hand and rush straight towards the battle group.

"Go back to the city, leave it to me here!"

A soldier was about to be beheaded by the Fuso man, but suddenly he heard this loud shout in his ear, and then, a bone cleaver that was usually used by the butchers to chop bones suddenly appeared in front of him, and then cut off the head of the Fuso man.

It's clean and neat, and it's not muddy at all. The soldier only saw a flash of the sword, and then the head of the Fuso man flew up in the air, and the blood gushed out directly, splashing far away.

"Hao, Haomu?" The soldier was stunned, isn't Haomu a stupid pig? Why is it so stake?

However, Hao Mu did not stop by his side, but continued to run, pausing every few steps, and with each pause, a Fusang man lost his head.

"Although I haven't killed anyone, killing these Fusang people seems to be no different from killing pigs......" Hao Mu muttered, and with a swing of his right hand at his waist, the bone chopping knife had already returned to his waist, replaced by the boning knife.

He saw that these Fusang people had a team leader, and their martial arts seemed to be okay.

"Sure enough, does every secondary school disease have the potential to become a hero?" Under Hao Mu's running, the more than 20 city guards who were still alive had successfully escaped back to the city. And for him, it's just a matter of killing twenty or thirty Fuso people.

"Next, your opponent is me." Hao Mu habitually swept the boning knife in his hand again, and then bared a mouthful of white and bright teeth, and smiled at the Fusang people in front of him and said. He didn't know if these Fuso people could understand it, but even if he didn't understand, it didn't matter, anyway......

It's all going to die anyway.

Hao Mu took a heavy step on the ground, and rushed into the Fusang people without looking back. Then, the battle seemed to turn into a solo dance for him. It's just that the background of this solo dance is the sunset in the west, the dazzling sword light, and the blood that spills from time to time; The soundtrack of this solo dance is crazy roars, screams and wails.

And those Fusang people are not so much Haomu's accompanying dances, but rather the props in this solo dance.

The knife lifted and one of the Fuso men lost their arm, the blade slicing through his armpit, and then splitting his arm and his body in half without hindrance.

The knife fell, and a Fuso man was cut open in the chest, and blood mixed with internal organs flowed out of his abdomen, making him can't help but let out a miserable scream.

Hao Mu held the knife like this and became the most dazzling person on the stage.