Chapter 147 [Abandoned soldiers and horses]
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As soon as the leader of Shanyue roared, Ma Qi had already picked up the bow and took the arrow in his hand, but the other party did not react slowly. He swung his hands together and threw the arrows as daggers.
Ma Qi waved his bow and pushed away the arrow, turned his head and shouted at Gan Mei and the other two: "Go up the city tower! Walk through the water gate!"
As a veteran, Ma Qi would subconsciously observe the pattern and defense of the city when entering any city. There are urns in the northwest gates of Huaiyin City. If you escape from the city gate at this time, you will be a turtle in the jar. Only by climbing the city tower, jumping from the water gate at the north gate, and exiting the Huai River is the only chance to escape.
The two boatmen in the building also reacted and drew their swords together. The people were like crazy tigers, killing at the hasty soldiers, and slashing out a bloody path, one in front and one behind, protecting Ganmei along the steps to climb the city.
There was chaos at the city gate, and the people in custody also became riots. I don’t know who shouted, and the crowd was in a panic and chaotic situation. The people rushed to the city gate, crowded and trampled, wailed and cried, and I wonder how many unjust souls had been added.
Taking advantage of the chaos, Ma Qi waved his knife with one hand and swung an axe with the other, killing several rioters who were chasing Gan Mei from the rear. When he was about to catch up with Gan Mei, his hair suddenly exploded. The crisis he had cultivated in the grassland made him pounce on the steps ahead without thinking.
Huh—A spear flew over the top of his head and pierced into the broken thigh of the boatman behind.
The boatman screamed and rolled down from the edge of the stairs. A group of soldiers rushed up, swords and guns, and blood and flesh flew everywhere. He could not even scream and died.
Gan Mei cried out in sorrow, covering her mouth and burst into tears.
Ma Qi turned his head and saw the Shanyue leader sneering and making a neck wiping at him. Ma Qi shook his head vigorously and shouted at Gan Mei: "Don't look back! Let's go!"
The city ladder was narrow, allowing only two people to go in parallel. No matter how many people there were, they could only squeeze behind. The horses abandoned the sword and axe and swung their swords and axes at a time. They only had to face one or two enemies at a time, and they fought and walked away. They were almost killed on the top of the city.
There were not many defenders on the top of the city, only twenty, because the purpose of Zuo Rong was not to defend the city, but to plunder the city and to leave people. The most important thing was, who didn't want to participate in the looting? Standing guard at the top of the city, let alone eating meat, can't even chew bones. Therefore, the people who were arranged to defend the city were all miscellaneous soldiers such as auxiliary soldiers with no status in the army, and they were not even equipped with weapons.
Although there are many miscellaneous soldiers who are not much better than the civilians, they are scared to scatter and collapse before they even get involved.
Ma Qi retreated to the top of the city stairs and stopped walking. He put the knife and axe full of cracks at his feet. While picking the bow and taking the arrow, he said to the boatman of the building: "Xing Wu. You are good at water. Take Miss Gan away. I will cut off the back for you."
Gan Meishi said in shock: "Why not go together?"
Ma Qi smiled bitterly. He didn't want to go together. But if he didn't stay in this narrow place where a man was in the pass, it would be difficult for a hundred people to enter. Once the storm was rushed to the top of the city, they would definitely be able to breathe two or three times. They would be chopped into meat sauce.
But Ma Qi had no time and could not explain it. He just said to Gan Mei calmly: "If the young lady escapes safely. When she sees the city punctuality, please tell him that the little soldier Ma Qi will complete the mission."
Gan Mei burst into tears, and Xing Wu, a boatman from the tower, knelt down on one knee, and bowed heavily to Ma Qi.
Watching Gan Mei leave, Ma Qi was like letting go of a big rock in his heart. It was like a person like him who was very indifferent to life and death. Life is to gallop in wine; death is to return to Hange.
"Come on!" Ma Qi laughed, raised his hand and shot the rioters who rushed to the front through the chest. Then he fired five arrows in a row, and the five soldiers in front rushed forward, causing the rioters behind to be depressed and pushed each other, but no one dared to step forward.
The leader of Shanyue had a cold face, his murderous aura almost condensed in his eyes, and he kept ordering: "Put the shield! The shield soldiers were in front, and the archer was behind, and he concentrated on shooting..."
At this time, someone protested among the riots: "Miao Tuo, you are just a team leader, why should you give me an order? I am also a team leader! Brothers, thieves are thrusting, we don't need to pinch our heads, the girls in Huaiyin City can't play with it, who is patient and consuming it here..."
Before he finished speaking, the Shanyue leader named Miao Tuo suddenly swung his knife and slashed heavily on the neck of the protesting team leader. The team leader screamed, half of his neck was cut off, and blood shot, spraying Miao Tuo into a bloody man.
Miao Tuo wiped his face, like a blood evil spirit, and his tone was smug: "Just rely on the lead of the national prime minister! Don't mention your team leader, even if you are the head of the village, you can command it!" The blood knife slashed in the void, "Kill! Whoever dares to retreat, this person will end up!"
All the soldiers were arrogant, pushing each other and attacking upwards little by little with fear.
The person Ma Qi wanted to kill the most was Miao Tuo, but the Shanyue people reacted quickly and had excellent protection - they were covered by four shields. Ma Qi shot two arrows, one hit the shield and the other hit the legs of the shield-holder's legs, and he could not shoot this person.
Ma Qi finally gave up the idea of killing this thief because he didn't have many arrows. There were five arrows. He hoped that he could drag it for a while and even a little time would be good. In his busy schedule, he looked up and saw that Xing Wu had protected Gan Mei and ran to the water gate. Although there was an interception on the way, he was killed and scattered by Xing Wu. Xing Wu was also half of his body was stained with blood, but after all, he was getting closer and closer to the destination...
When Ma Qi shot the last arrow, his shoulder was shocked - he still got an arrow. Fortunately, the opponent used a soft bow, and the short armor on his body was very good, and he removed a lot of strength. If this arrow was shot by himself, the opponent would never use any more weapons.
Ma Qi gritted his teeth and broke the arrow shaft, looking at the beginning of Gan Mei and Xing Wu. Ma Qi relaxed his whole body, stroked the corner bow nostalgic, placed it gently on the ground, and lifted the chopping knife and axe that had broken the gaps of large and small, let out a long breath, and looked up at the sky.
Under the sky, a goshawk could be seen vaguely circling - Ah! Isn’t that the trusted eagle of the Eagle Slave in the White Wolf City?
The city guard finally arrived!
The goshawks are waving, and the sounds are shaking the sky.
Ma Qi laughed loudly, laughing in conjunction with each other, resounding throughout the world. Then, swords and axes attacked each other, and sparks flew everywhere, and rushed towards countless storms...
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Get it, get it... The sound of hooves was trembling, and a team of iron cavalry appeared on the official road on the south bank of the Huai River, more than ten miles northeast of Huaiyin.
This team of cavalry did not show any sign of identity, but the fierce momentum and awe-inspiring evil spirit of the fierce horse mane seemed to be declaring that no matter who we are, don't block the way!
When the cavalry team walked around a low hill with dense forests, the faint city silhouette of Huaiyin had appeared in front of us - the square city silhouette, with flames soaring into the sky and thick smoke rolling. From a distance, it looked like a city, but like a peak and fire platform.
The cavalry team did not hesitate at all, and rushed towards the giant "peak fire platform" like a sharp arrow from the string.
Suddenly, the knight in the front stood up, and the knight held the reins and clamped the belly and held the stirrups. The male body leaned forward and sat steadily upright, showing his superb riding skills. The knights following closely behind also pulled their horses one after another, only one horse's body apart, and there was no hasty collision, showing the extraordinary riding skills of these knights.
"City Guard, look over there!"
With the leader's horse whip, the knights spread out like waves, and rode out from the crowd. It was the horseman!
Ma Wen is here, and he leads 30 White Wolf Cavities to fight back with full armed forces. There is no need to call the police or in a hurry. The rolling smoke of war that can be seen clearly for more than ten miles away is called the police! In a hurry!
Ma Han didn't know what happened in Huaiyin, but in these chaotic times of the Three Kingdoms, no matter what situation could happen, it would be too much to go to any worst direction. So he divided the fifty white wolf cavalry and the fifty-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-five-f
Ma Han looked along the tip of Zhou Cang's whip and saw more than a dozen faint figures on the dense reed marsh on the river beach not far away, as if searching for something. Under the sunlight, the things in their hands reflected dazzling light from time to time - it was the reflection of the weapon. It was this abnormal reflection that shook Zhou Cang's eyes at the forefront of the cavalry team, which attracted his attention.
"Is it a sergeant. I don't know if it's a sergeant of Prefect Zhao or..." Ma Han pointed at the long whip, "Show your identity, go down and ask if you want to help."
Zhou Cang pointed at the two knights behind him, and the three knights rolled up a stream of smoke and dust, and ran to the river beach along the slope next to the side.
The horse man leaned against the horse road, picked the bow and took the arrow, and clamped it on the string. The ten archers behind him also made the same moves - Huaiyin City was in chaos, and the enemy was unknown. They would not willingly think that the one below must be friendly forces.
Under the attention of everyone, Zhou Cang came forward to ask, but the other party found that something was wrong, so he stopped searching, walked out of the reed marsh one by one, surrounding the three people in a semicircular shape. The two sides seemed to have been talking for a while, and Zhou Cang three rode horses and wanted to return, and the other party's soldiers also dispersed. It seemed that they were fine.
The horse and the archers slowly relaxed their strings - but at this moment, a sudden change occurred!
A man and a woman suddenly rushed out of the reed marsh. The man was covered in blood and covered in mud. The knife in his hand had been cut for half a year, and it was obviously a tragic fight. The woman's dress was scratched and her hair was disheveled.
As soon as these two men appeared, they caused a commotion among the soldiers, and they waved their blades to each other.
At this time, the man and the woman shouted at the same time: "City Guard-Ma Jun-"
Ma Han's reflection arc was faster than Zhou Cang, who was so close to him. His voice suddenly changed, and he almost raised his bow and shot it out without thinking.
The soldier running in front of the river beach seemed to be pushed hard by someone, and his whole body was knocked out, and his blood was pouring out like money.
The arrows of the city guard are orders!
The ten archers and cavalrymen almost did nothing to think, raised their bows and fired, and nearly half of the soldiers on the river beach fell down.
Although the eighteenth-level cavalry were not wearing heavy armor, they rushed down the hillside with heavy weapons. The iron hooves of the bowl were rushing on the ground, and the rumble of gravel on the river beach jumped. The uncontrollable surging momentum scared the remaining soldiers and scattered birds and beasts, and drilled into the reeds with no life.
The closest three cavalry of Zhou Cang didn't have time to take action, and the battle ended.
Ganmei, who had experienced all the bitterness, lies beneath Mahan's legs and cries into tears.
Amid Xing Wu's sad complaint, Ma Han's face was expressionless, with only a pair of eyes, and there were fire clusters beating.
Above the entrance of Huaiyin North Gate, a man was covered in blood, with flesh and flesh, and could hardly find a piece of good meat on his body. If it hadn't been twitching from time to time, he would have been hung high by someone who was considered dead. The rioters entering and leaving the city occasionally poked their fingers with weapons in their hands, and some people even set their bows on their way to shoot. If the two soldiers guarding the city continued to claim that the Miao Tuo team would hang this person, Feng Chengren would have been dismantled long ago.
The rioters entering and leaving the city were pointing fingers and poking. While laughing and making gestures, they suddenly lost their voices and their movements were frozen. Shaoqing shouted, like a flock of sheep being rushed into the sheep pen by a group of evil wolves. The ghost was screaming Lian Tian and scattered in a blast.
Indeed, there are really wolves coming!
Thirty white wolf cavalry rushed out of the woods like a tornado, with iron hooves scattering, driving the riots to run around like headless flies. Many riots were unable to escape and were caught under the riots and screamed in succession. After the riots passed, the smoke and dust disappeared, leaving only a slightly trembling rotten flesh...
The eleven horses separated from the iron cavalry and flew past the moat. They immediately flew with their bows and arrows, and raised their targets, the city head.
Silent and silent! Although the arrows are sparse, their momentum is fast and powerful. After the guards at the top of the city fall, the rest may hide behind the pheasant, or flee into the gatehouse in a hurry, or simply leave.
call out--
A arrow shot like lightning, breaking the rope. At the same moment, a horse rushed to the city gate like the wind, and opened his hand to catch the dying Ma Qi, and carried it under his ribs and returned.
"City Guard, this brother is afraid...it's hard to survive." Zhou Cang dismounted and carefully handed over the blood-like earth horse to two white wolf fierce cavalry warriors.
Seeing this comrade-in-law brother in such a miserable state, all the soldiers around him shed tears of grief and anger.
Chapter completed!