Chapter 498: Escape in the River

Miao Chengxun was almost hit by Murong Qiuyu's poisonous smoke, and he was so frightened that his face was pale, and he shouted: "Shoot arrows, shoot arrows, shoot this demon girl to death." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½ā€

In the courtyard, the Tang army fell down, and all of them were bleeding and were killed instantly. The survivors desperately escaped from the courtyard and began to shoot into the courtyard with strong bows. Most of the Wudang disciples hid in their houses, and there were few casualties. Xiao Han pulled Murong Qiuyu back into the house, Chu Tianshu and Zhuang Tianyou came over and said: "Today's situation is urgent, we will fight a bloody way and protect the head and the young lady to escape, absolutely everything is broken here." ā€

The four helmsmen said one after another: "The great cause of Wudang is important, the head of the house can't fight hard with them, stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood, the head and the lady go quickly, leave it to us here." ā€

At this moment, a loud "boom" was suddenly heard, and a big hole appeared in the main wall, but it was the Wudang disciples who chiseled the back wall, and the two disciples hurriedly came over and said, "The head and the young lady are leaving." ā€

Xiao Han's eyes were red, and he said loudly: "Wudang is one, how can there be a reason for the brothers to be the only one in charge of the family? Today's affairs can only be fought to the end." Then he said with a hideous face: "They want my life, and it depends on whether they have the ability to do it." ā€

Chu Tianshu, Zhuang Tianyou and the four helmsmen tried their best to persuade them, but Xiao Han insisted on not listening. Murong Qiuyu just stood quietly on the side, his face was extremely calm and natural, and he didn't care about life and death at all.

Just now I captured the leading generals, in exchange for the smooth departure of the Tianshan Xiaoxia, for today's plan, only by taking Miao Chengxun can the Wudang disciples escape alive. But Miao Chengxun is as slippery as a ghost, and there are many lieutenants around him to protect him, but it is not easy to take him.

Although Murong Qiuyu was powerful, the Tang army was numerous, and he couldn't get close to him at all. Xiao Han shouted loudly to stop everyone, and said: "The head of this family has made up his mind, you brothers don't need to say much, first send the injured brother away from the river, Brother Zhuang used a strong bow to escort me into battle, and this head went to get Miao Chengxun." ā€

Chu Tianshu was shocked, pulled the corner of Xiao Hanyi's clothes and said: "Absolutely not, the Tang army is well-equipped, and there are many generals to protect it, even if the head of the family succeeds, he will definitely be injured." The brothers are right, we should avoid it, and he will take revenge on him one day. ā€

Chu Tianshu glanced over, and the four rudder masters pounced at the same time, holding Xiao Han and pushing him towards the wall hole. Murong Qiuyu didn't speak, but just walked towards the hole in the wall.

Xiao Han was so anxious that he screamed, but no one listened to him. The four of them carried him out of the hole in the wall, and there were already Wudang disciples waiting outside, knowing that he was not good at water, so they immediately came over and carried him into the water. Murong Qiuyu jumped off the Qinhuai River behind him, Xiao Han reached out to grab her, and under the protection of several Wudang disciples, he tread water and rushed to the opposite bank.

Chu Tianshu was relieved when he saw Xiao Han and Murong Qiuyu escape, and said to Zhuang Tianyou: "Burn the house and jump into the river." Zhuang Tianyou agreed, and immediately ordered the remaining disciples to set fire to the house, and then drilled out of the hole in the wall and jumped into the river to escape.

The school palace was suddenly on fire, and the eaves of the corridor outside the courtyard had already been led by the Tang army's rockets, and at this time, the Wudang faction set fire from the house, and the fire rose to the sky, and the Tang army outside the courtyard exclaimed, I don't know what madness the Wudang faction had, and they actually wanted to commit collective suicide.

Miao Chengxun was stunned for a moment, and suddenly shouted: "Water army, quickly transfer Wang Taibao over, Xiao Han wants to escape." The soldiers around him immediately rushed out of the two of them to give the order.

Miao Chengxun led people to rush to the Qinhuai River, and saw that the Wudang faction was floating in the river, and Xiao Han and Murong Qiuyu were escorted by several Wudang disciples and fled to the center of the river. Miao Chengxun's face turned pale, and he ordered sharply: "Shoot arrows quickly, you must not let them run away." ā€

The Tang army's archers were ordered, and immediately rushed out hundreds of people to shoot arrows along the river, and several injured Wudang disciples were already behind, and they were killed by arrows immediately, and even Zhengping, the chairman of the Zhubei branch who was in charge of the palace, was hit by an arrow in his arm. Xi Zhengping was extremely fierce, and ripped off an arrow in his right hand. Two Wudang disciples pounced on him and walked on the water, and two other Wudang disciples desperately waved their swords and guns to block the arrows that came from them.

At this moment, a small boat suddenly floated down from the upper reaches of the Qinhuai River, the bow of the boat was empty, and the two Wudang disciples who led the way were overjoyed and immediately rushed over, and the two jumped on the boat, and ran towards Xiao Han and Murong Qiuyu with the rudder.

The Wudang disciples cheered and shouted in unison: "The head and the young lady are on the boat." Chu Tianshu and Zhuang Tianyou were also overjoyed, and swam over with all their might: "God help me, get on the boat quickly." ā€

Xiao Han never believed that pies would fall from the sky, but seeing that the two Wudang disciples were safe and sound, his heart was a lot more stable, and he believed that this ship was sent by God to save him.

He was just about to pull Murong Qiuyu onto the boat, when he saw that several Wudang disciples behind him were physically exhausted, and it was extremely difficult to tread water, especially since each of them had weapons, bows and arrows, and it was not easy to hold on until now. Xiao Han glanced at Murong Qiuyu, and Murong Qiuyu said softly, "I'm fine." Xiao Han turned his head and said, "Let the lagging brothers get on the boat first, and my sister and I can still persevere." ā€

Chu Tianshu and Zhuang Tianyou knew that he would do what he said, and immediately named several Wudang disciples to get on the boat. On the opposite side, the Tang army's arrows rained down, and several disciples of the palace were injured and drowned, and the rest of the people fled desperately. The Wudang disciples helped each other, took out weapons to block, and finally escaped after paying more than 30 casualties.

At this time, there were less than sixty people left, and the boat could only accommodate more than ten people, Xiao Han saw several Wudang disciples panting and getting on the boat, and they were all paralyzed. The rest of the people in the river gathered around the boat, and several people climbed the side of the boat to take advantage of the strength.

The dead are gone, and the living have to continue, Xiao Han's eyes were blood-red, and he turned his head to see that the school palace had fallen, and said hatefully: "Li Yu, in this life, there is me without you, with you without me." ā€

The disciples on the boat were all pale faces, they didn't expect the trip to Jinling to be so dangerous, and now they can escape from life, it is really a fluke. A few disciples who were poor swimmers finally came to their senses, and immediately a few disciples got up and squeezed into one place, flashing a small gap and saying to Xiao Han under the boat: "The head and the young lady come up quickly." ā€

Xiao Han really couldn't swim, and the several Wudang disciples in charge of the guards were also tired enough. Xiao Han kept holding Murong Qiuyu's hand, and just as he was about to push her onto the boat first, he heard a loud bang on the ship's board, the deck cracked into several pieces, and a large group of poisonous snakes surged out from under the deck, immediately entangled all the disciples on the ship.

Everyone shouted, it was too late to save them, the disciples who were climbing the side of the boat took off their hands and retreated, and several Wudang disciples pushed Xiao Han and Murong Qiuyu to give up a few steps. Everyone only saw the disciples on the ship shouting loudly, desperately waving the knives and guns in their hands to slash and kill the poisonous snakes, but there were many poisonous snakes, and there were a steady stream of them pouring out under the deck, at least two or three hundred.

Each person has at least a few wrapped around their bodies, even if they are not afraid of death, but it is difficult to resist the pain of snake bites, several Wudang disciples knew that they were unfortunate, and immediately cut their throats and committed suicide, and several people jumped into the river and slowly sank into the river and drowned.

The Wudang disciples in the water were all colorless, staring blankly at the tragic death of their brothers on the boat, but they couldn't do anything. Xiao Han looked up at the sky and let out a long howl, his voice was extremely sad and sad. Murong Qiuyu took his hand and said in a deep voice: "Du Canghuang's poisonous snake." ā€

Chu Tianshu's face was pale: "It's important to escape." Then the Wudang disciple who was guarding Xiao Han ordered Xiao Han to rush to the opposite bank. All the disciples followed closely, and several more were bitten to death by poisonous snakes that fell into the water due to lack of physical strength.

Xiao Han's heart was like a knife, his steel teeth were crushed, but he was helpless, so he could only swim desperately to the other side with everyone. The Qinhuai River was as wide as 123 meters in the two Jin Dynasty and Northern and Southern Dynasties, and after the changes of the times, the sediment was silted, and the river channel gradually narrowed, and now it is only 80 or 90 meters.

The people of Wudang had to flee for their lives, but also had to deal with the dense rain of arrows of the Tang army, which was staggered from left to right, and suffered heavy casualties. Xiao Han was dizzy again, his eyes were blood-red, he didn't say a word, and only walked silently surrounded by several disciples.

Zhuang Tianyou still found that it was not good, the Qinhuai River was not wide, they tried their best to escape but still could not escape from the range of the Tang army's bow and arrow, half of them were already killed and wounded, and if it continued like this, it was not ruled out that the whole army would be wiped out.

Seeing that all the Wudang disciples on the ship were dead, Zhuang Tianyou gritted his teeth and said, "Brother Ji, Brother Bi, Brother Shangguan, let's go up and cut down all the poisonous snakes, and use the boat to cover the brothers from fleeing for their lives." The three of them nodded, and pounced on the boat at the same time, the four of them were all leaders of the Vermilion Bird Hall, and their martial arts were not a problem, and they slashed the poisonous snake in less than a moment, pushing the broken boat to block behind Xiao Han and everyone.

The arrows of the Tang army were shot into the boat one after another, and the people of Wudang breathed a sigh of relief. Chu Tianshu counted the number of people, and in a moment, more than 20 people were broken, and now there are only more than 30 people left, and more than half of the more than 100 people in one class have been lost, which can be described as a heavy loss.

Seeing that the other side was in sight, the first two disciples said happily: "Brothers, work hard." As soon as the words fell, I saw three warships coming from the upper and lower reaches of the Qinhuai River at the same time, with flags flying on the boats, and the Tang Army with bright armor standing on the bow of the boat, and several generals in golden helmets and golden armor standing with guns, and it was the Jiangnan Navy who came.

The Jiangnan Navy is now led by Zhu Lingyun, and the deputy commander is Wang Taibao, the commander of the Navy who surrendered in the Battle of Nanping. Seeing that the Tang army was getting closer and closer, everyone in Wudang looked at Xiao Han together.

Xiao Han was also panicked, he was not afraid of death, but seeing that he had sent his brothers to death, the guilt in his heart was beyond words. Although he knew that the people of the rivers and lakes licked blood with their knives, sooner or later there would be such a day, but they never thought that they would die in the hands of the Jiangnan army.

The Tang Army's warships were flanked from east to west, and the speed was extremely fast, and it was less than fifty meters away from everyone in the blink of an eye, and a Tang Army general upstream shouted: "Release the arrows." ā€