Chapter nine
It was almost dusk, and the sunset slowly set, and the afterglow was bloody. Outside the ancient city, there was a solemn atmosphere, and the slightly broken small city was surrounded by an army. In front of the formation, a man in his thirties, with a green helmet and green armor jumped on his horse and sword, walked back and forth, pointing his left hand straight to the top of the city, and scolding the city in an extremely arrogant manner.
"The dog official in the city, how can you stay if you don't surrender or fight? Who dares to go down to the city to fight me? If I can defeat me in one move and half a stance, I will retreat and spare you. But some people dare to fight me, but some people dare to fight me..."
On the city tower, everyone looked angry, and the captain Xu Shang said angrily: "What a bold thief! General, please allow me to leave the city to fight this thief. I will definitely kill the head of this thief and offer it to the tent."
I was experiencing the ancient battle formation for the first time and was very unfamiliar with the battle on this battlefield. I really didn't know what to do. I couldn't help but look at Sun Gan. He looked at my inquiring gaze and nodded. It seemed that I wanted to let Xu Shang fight!
"Okay, I'll allow you to fight. Remember, don't be careless!"
"Get orders!"
Outside the city, the leader of the thief army kept shouting, but no one went to fight, and was proud. Suddenly, he heard that the war drums in the city were beating, the city gate opened, and a hundred cavalry rushed out of the city, lined up in both sides. A young general, wearing black iron armor, and holding a steel gun, was the captain Xu Shang. Xu Shang pulled his horse and raised his gun, and shouted angrily: "You thief, you are talking wildly. Let's report to the top, I will not kill the nameless person under the gun!"
"Huangkouru, I don't know the height of the sky. Humph, I will let you become a ghost who understands after death. I am Du Yuan and Du Zilie, the leader of the Mangdangshan Turban Village. Is there no one in your city? I actually sent you, a child, to die. Hahaha."
"Thief, don't talk nonsense. When you see the skill of the gun, you will be killed by letting your horse go!" Xu Shang said angrily, and rushed forward, raised all his strength, and stabbed the steel gun in his hand.
Du Yuan sneered, and the nine-ring steel knife in his hand spread out. The blade emitted a sharp light. He knocked the stabbing steel gun away with just one knife, and the blade slashed towards Xu Shang's neck.
When Xu Shang saw that the steel gun was being lifted away, he knew it was not good, so he didn't care to put it away, so he quickly bent down and barely avoided the sharp blade. But the iron helmet on his head had been cut off. For one round, Xu Shang was already in a mess and was disguised with hair. With this knife, Xu Shang knew that he was no match for him, but his pride as a warrior could not allow him to retreat in the face. After biting his teeth, Xu Shang shouted angrily: "I'll fight with you!" He held his horse and waved his spear in his hand and rushed forward, and quickly stabbed sixty-three guns, which was a spear that cost his life.
"Dang! Dang! Dang! Dang... Du Yuan waved his sword and shot sixty-three times in succession. Seeing that Xu Shang's momentum had declined, a cruel smile appeared on his face. He sealed the 64th gun from Xu Shang, and the nine-ring sword was cut off with the sound of wind.
"Swoosh"... Dao Feng approached and was unable to dodge. In desperation, Xu Shang could only rush to abandon the gun and draw his sword to block it.
"Dang"... the sword body was broken, but the shoulders and spine were still penetrated by the knife force, and Xu Shang suddenly felt blood flowing.
Lin Bao saw something wrong on the city and shouted loudly: "Xu Shang, come back to the city quickly. You are no match. The cavalry under the city will rescue Captain Xu and come back!"
More than 100 cavalrymen rushed up to save Xu Shang and fled back to the city. Then they closed the city gate. Du Yuan did not chase him, but stood in front of the formation and laughed. After laughing, he held a knife in his right hand and pointed at the city gate, shouting, "You are overestimating your abilities. It's too late today, so let's spare you. Tomorrow morning, I will reply to me whether to surrender or die, and you will choose. If the city does not open to surrender tomorrow morning, I will attack the city, and then there will be no people or animals left. Stop the troops!"
In the city, a group of soldiers lifted Xu Shang, who was already unconscious, and half of his body was printed with red blood. Lin Bao rushed down from the top of the city. He saw Xu Shang's injuries roughly, and hurriedly shouted: "Call the doctor quickly, it will be too late!"
At this time, Sun Gan and others also got off the city tower. The soldiers around me made way for a road. I entered the crowd and saw Xu Shang's terrifying look. I asked in a voice: "How is Xu Shang's injury?"
Lin Bao looked sad and angry and replied in a deep voice: "Report to General, Xu Shang's shoulder was touched by Du Yuan's sword force, which has damaged his internal organs, which is quite serious. I have ordered someone to call the doctor to come and treat him."
"Person Lin, is this thief leader Du Yuan really so skilled in martial arts?" Sun Gan asked anxiously.
"Yes, Lord Sun. I was watching the battle at the top of the city just now. I saw this man's sword heavy and powerful sword skills. There was even a hint of knife energy above the blade. Xu Shang was injured by the sword energy."
"Blade energy?" I was so surprised that I was stunned. Isn't this a "thing" that only exists in martial arts novels? Why did it exist in the Three Kingdoms era, and it also appeared on an unknown leader of the thief army. Du Yuan? Who is Du Yuan's belong to? It seems very strange. After thinking about it, I suddenly thought of a plot in the book "Romance of the Three Kingdoms": When Guan Yu was riding alone for thousands of miles, the two wives of Gan and Mi were once kidnapped by a bandit leader. Fortunately, the other leader Liao Hua killed this person and rescued the two wives. The leader who was beheaded by Liao Hua seemed to be Du Yuan. Could it be this person? I never thought that Du Yuan had such martial arts???
"Where are you waiting, can anyone fight with me?" Sun Gan asked
"We have similar martial arts skills to Xu Shang, and we are not opponents of this person. Nowadays, the only general is the one who can fight and win in the army!" Hearing Lin Bao's words, everyone turned their eyes to me.
I... want me to go into battle??? After seeing Du Yuan's amazing swordsmanship and seeing Xu Shang's terrifying injuries, I couldn't help feeling sorry for me.
"No, the general is not cured, how can he go into battle?" Sun Gan seemed to be afraid that I could not bear it, so he went into battle with illness, so he hurriedly stopped it. "Since there is no one to retreat to Du Yuan, he had to guard the city tower and slowly plan. Captain Lin arranged personnel to guard the city wall to prevent the thief army from attacking at night."
"Abide by the order!"
"General, you go back to your house to recuperate first. Leave the matter here to Gongyou!"
Sorry, after all, I am not the real god general Zhang Fei, and I can’t help at this time!
My heart was extremely heavy, and I nodded silently and slowly walked back to the county government. When I walked not far from the county government government, I saw countless people surrounding the county government government.
"What are you doing?" I asked after walking over and holding a young man.
"We are asking the general to repel...Ah, the general is here, the general is here"
Suddenly, a stone caused a thousand waves, and these people turned around to surround me. I was at a loss and could only shout loudly: "Dear fellow villagers, what's wrong, let me tell you slowly!"
At this time, a white-haired old man walked out of the crowd, waved his hands to everyone around him, and immediately gave a quiet order. The old man walked to me, knelt on his knees with a "bang", and said tremblingly: "My fellow villagers learned that there were thieves outside the city, and the thieves asked for money, countless grains, and they also had to offer young women. The ancient city was a small county, and the people were poor and had no spare money. Last year, the year of disaster was another year, and there was not much grain in each household. If the thieves entered the city, we would have no way to survive. Therefore, our fellow villagers came to the county government and begged the general to kill the thieves and protect the people of our city. The young old man kowtowed to the general!" After saying that, he lowered his head like snow and kept knocking on the ground. The other people also knelt down and kowtowed.
"Old man, please get up quickly, fellow villagers, please get up quickly..." I turned around and helped me, but no one was willing to stand up.
Seeing these people begging hard, even the sixty-year-old man kneeled on the ground, even if he was heartbroken, he would not be able to see it!
I looked up at the sky and smiled indifferently. Forget it, die if you die! Anyway, the day when the city is broken, I can't escape death. I spent decades in the past, but now it's a grand moment! I made a decision in my heart - let me meet Du Yuan for a while tomorrow!
Chapter completed!