Overnight, more than 3,000 swordsmen gathered in the Great Snow Mountain, many of whom were women and children who could only barely pick up heavy swords, and the five patriarchs checked them one by one, eliminated many of them, leaving more than 2,000 people.

The confidence of the people of the Great Snow Mountains has never been so high, and they all feel that the future war will be overwhelming.

The old patriarch of Luoshen Peak, Long Capture Eagle, changed his mind and was willing to take the few remaining clansmen to follow the Dragon King.

Gu Shenwei still decided to let him stay in charge, and announced in public that the Dragon Capture Eagle would act as the "head of the dragons and the king of the five peaks" in the Great Snow Mountain, in charge of all affairs, and every three months thereafter, he would provide at least a hundred swordsmen to the front line until the destruction of Jinpeng Castle.

Gu Shenwei pardoned all the surviving defectors, and ordered them to either leave immediately, or swear to join the Great Snow Mountain, and break the original bandits, scattered within the five peaks, many speculators saw that the situation was not good, and immediately fled, leaving more than 100 people willing to stay.

It took a total of three days, Gu Shenwei couldn't wait any longer, and ordered the patriarchs to select a total of 200 swordsmen in proportion, prepare 400 horses, enough for five days' rations, and he would personally lead this vanguard battalion to the border of Biyu City in advance and occupy a favorable position.

It just so happened that in the evening of the same day, the news of the successful peace between the Shule State and the Daxue Mountain came, and the Shule military camp asked the Daxue Mountain to send an envoy to discuss the details of the passage the next day, and jointly agree on the specific route, and the Shule army should follow and supervise the whole process.

Once the agreement is signed, it cannot be violated, Gu Shenwei and two hundred swordsmen set off at four watches in the second half of the night, rushing directly through the blockade before signing the agreement.

The Shule army thought that the war between the two sides was over, and the guards were lax, and they did not expect any surprise at all, so they could only watch a group of men and horses rumbling past.

After dawn, Daxueshan sent several messengers with a large number of gifts to explain to the commander of the Shule army that they were a group of fleeing bandits.

The Pioneer Camp of the Great Snow Mountains followed the mountain range, first eastward, then southward after two days, and then continued eastward for another two days, all the way through the reckless wilderness, and on the last day, in order to bypass the eastern checkpoint of Shule Kingdom, they also climbed a rugged hill.

On the afternoon of the seventh day, the pioneer battalion finally reached the eastern border of Shule country, and the men were sleepy and the horses were scarce, and even the strongest swordsmen were crumbling on horseback, and less than half of the four hundred mounts remained, and some had to share a horse.

Gu Shenwei ordered everyone to rest on the spot, and then personally took three swordsmen to reconnoiter the enemy.

Fort Wings has assembled an army and occupies a well-located valley.

However, the army was hasty and hasty at every turn, the camp was only half built, a large amount of timber was still piled on the ground, and the soldiers were all improvised swordsmen, who were swordsmen in their arms, and no one was willing to do the menial work of nailing stakes.

Gu Shenwei didn't see scouts along the way, and it wasn't until he was two or three miles away from the camp that he found more than a dozen swordsmen gathered in a pile of fires.

The swordsmen complained about their share of the drudgery, missed the endless drinks in the camp, and then began a competition to see who could boast more.

"Kill a swordsman in the Great Snow Mountain for one hundred taels of silver, and I want to get eighteen thousand taels to save money for the rest of my life. ”

"Pull it down, with your knife skills, it's good to save your life, even if you really give you 10,000 taels, within a month, you have to throw it to Liuren Lane, didn't you say that you always liked that person?"

"Haha, that's a good point, if it's me, I don't care about the big snow mountain and the small snow mountain, just looking for that killer, his head is worth 100,000 taels, even if he is in Liuren Lane, it is enough to mix for a year. ”

"Killer Yang Huan. ”

"The Dragon King of the Snow Mountain. ”

"Demon Bird Swordsman. ”

"The head of the dragons, the king of something. ”

"This turtle grandson has only one head, and there are many names. ”

Everyone laughed, not knowing that the "turtle grandson" was hiding in the grass more than a dozen steps away.

Gu Shen made a few gestures for the three swordsmen behind him, and the three of them were puzzled, so he had to whisper: "Don't move, wait for my whistle and kill it." ”

The swordsman nodded immediately.

Gu Shenwei walked around to the opposite side, pulled out the five-peak knife made by the blacksmith Daga, and blew a short and slight whistle.

The swordsmen did not rush out at once, but waited for a while, as if in unison, and then jumped out of the grass at the same time, swung their heavy swords, and slashed at the swordsmen by the fire.

As soon as the swordsmen heard the whistle, they were already alert and drew their swords one after another, but they were staring at Gu Shenwei's side, and the three swordsmen rushed out from behind them with a roar, which really startled everyone.

The swordsman was extremely brave, and broke directly into the middle of the swordsmen, slashing and slashing.

After getting along for nearly a year, Gu Shenwei still can't accept this style of play, and hopes that the swordsmen's voices can be quieter and they can take care of each other.

The swordsmen waved their knives to fight, Gu Shenwei was waiting for this moment, quietly jumped out of the grass, around the periphery of the swordsmen, every three or four steps were a move, the Wufeng knife was unstoppable, most people were cut down before they could react, a few people raised their knives to resist, and even the weapons were cut off.

After a while, the three swordsmen each killed one or two people, and the killers had already killed eight, leaving only one alive, so frightened that his legs were weak, he threw away the single knife, knelt down, and kowtowed desperately, "Yang Ye, Yang Ye, Dragon King, spare your life, it's me, I'm Xiao Ning." ”

The swordsman of the Great Snow Mountain despised this kind of person who surrendered timidly in battle, and raised the heavy sword together, Gu Shenwei raised his hand to stop them, he didn't remember the name Xiao Ning, but he wanted to ask for a confession.

"Do you recognize me?"

The swordsman Xiao Ning knelt upright, slapped his hands on his chest like an orangutan, and said eagerly: "I, Xiao Ning, don't you remember the Dragon King? I am the swordsman of the Kun Society, I have served as a guard for the Ten Princes, and I have fought several tough battles with you. ”

"Well, but you're my enemy now. ”

Xiao Ning remembered what the swordsmen said just now, and his face turned white with fright, "Master Yang, Dragon King, I was forced, Jinpeng Fort requisitioned the swordsmen of the whole city, I have the old and the young, there is no way, really, I am willing to follow you, you accept me." ”

The swordsmen only recognized the money, and the so-called requisition was all a lie, and Gu Shenwei didn't break it, and asked, "How many people are in the camp?"

"Six hundred, eight hundred, there must be eight hundred, all of them are swordsmen in the city, hired for three hundred taels of silver every month, and people come every day, I didn't expect, I didn't expect you to come so quickly, Dragon King. ”

"Who's the commander?"

"Commander?" Xiao Ning was a little unfamiliar with this title, and was stunned for a moment before saying, "A sword master in the castle is called, called Shangguan Qingqi." ”

Gu Shenwei is very familiar with Shangguan Qingqi, he is a close relative of King Dubu, as a brother, he serves as the master of the Fire Refining Academy, in charge of the killer apprentice, and the knife technique is said to be very good, but Gu Shenwei has never seen it.

Shangguan Qingqi is in charge of the swordsman, which shows that Jinpeng Fort despises the Great Snow Mountain and uses the swordsman as the object of training apprentices.

"Is there anyone else on duty tonight?"

"No, just us people, one night at a time. After saying this, Xiao Ning suddenly realized that this would put him in a dangerous situation, and hurriedly added: "Someone will come to inspect, not necessarily when, but there will definitely be." ”

Gu Shenwei ordered the three swordsmen to stay, threw the corpses into the grass and hid them, strictly guarded Xiao Ning, and if there were really inspectors, let Xiao Ning deal with it.

The nearly two hundred swordsmen in the rear were still resting, and Gu Shenwei woke up a few people and asked them to join the three swordsmen in front.

He was also very sleepy, but he couldn't sleep, as usual, his mind was thinking about the battle that was about to start, this was a larger assassination, maybe it was more appropriate to call it a sneak attack, it was a little difficult for the swordsmen of the Great Snow Mountain to do this kind of thing, the swordsmen were all brave, sometimes too brave, they liked to fight on their own, and it was easy to fall into a siege.

At about three watches, Gu Shenwei woke everyone up, ate quickly, and then threw away all unnecessary things including dry food and water, tightened the horse's belly, and went into battle lightly, and the more than 50 people who lost their mounts did not participate in the charge, Gu Shenwei let them set off in advance and went to the designated place to ambush.

Gu Shenwei had a waiter with a knife on his back, who carried two Dharma Protector knives and carried personal belongings for the Dragon King, and according to the instructions of the Dragon King, he took out the black robe that the five patriarchs jointly offered, and tied it firmly to a seven-foot-long wooden stick to act as a banner.

It was still dark, and the swordsmen could only vaguely see the flags shaking.

"Everyone, bite the whip sideways in your mouth. ”

The first order given by the dragon king was very strange, and the swordsmen were inexplicable, but they regarded the dragon king as a demigod and did not hesitate to carry out the order.

"Don't scream, whoever has a whip out of his mouth and grabs his sword. ”

"Snatching the sword" is a deeply humiliating punishment for the Great Snow Mountain swordsman, and the heavy sword is taken, and the person can only receive the weapon after killing an enemy with his bare hands, and even if he is ridiculed during this time, he cannot fight back.

The swordsmen nodded solemnly, and although they didn't think the taste of the horsewhip was good, they still bit tightly.

"When the morning dawns and I will charge, I will shout 'kill', so that you can spit out the whip and shout as loudly as you can. Gu Shenwei said loudly: "You will all see this flag, follow it, it is not important to kill people, the order I give you is to follow it until the end of the battle, I don't care how many people you kill, those who fall behind, behead." ”

The swordsmen raised their heavy swords in unison, their whips in their mouths and whining in their throats.

More than one hundred and forty swordsmen, under the leadership of the Dragon King, urged their horses to trot towards the camp of Jinpeng Castle.

The fire was about to be extinguished, the swordsman Xiao Ning and several swordsmen were still there, seeing the group of swordsmen of the Great Snow Mountain in the dark, Xiao Ning's face was almost green, prostrate on the ground, and his mouth was called "Dragon King", trembling all over.

He doesn't get the sympathy of the swordsmen.

"Sacrificial flags. Gu Shenwei ordered.

Xiao Ning didn't understand the meaning of these two words, and he didn't even know that it was related to him, but the fear in his heart suddenly rose like a flood, blocked in his throat, and he couldn't say a word.

The waiter with the knife on his back jumped off his horse, biting the horsewhip in his mouth, he couldn't say the same word, and there was no need to say it, he put down the black flag, spread it in front of the swordsman, and then raised his heavy sword high and slashed it down.

Xiao Ning watched the whole process, and his heart seemed to be floating a bubble, getting bigger and bigger, bigger and bigger, and finally with a poof, it shattered.

Heads fell, and blood spurted onto the flags.

The swordsmen who guarded the fire with the swordsmen, following the example of their companions, bit their whips and turned on their horses.

The soft morning sun scattered across the land, dodging the battle flags of the Great Snow Mountain.

The black battle flag was painted red with blood, and the head of a coward was stuck in the top.

The first battle between the Great Snow Mountain and Jinpeng Castle is about to begin.

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