In the last row of low wooden houses in Wutou Station, under the cover of dust, there is a beautiful and indifferent face. The woman is facing the window at the moment, listening to the shouts of killing far and near in her ears, and reflected in her pupils.
There were flashes of fire, but she had no expression at all.
As if the bloody killings outside had nothing to do with her, she slowly raised her hand and smoothed her hair.
Suddenly a dark shadow flashed across the back window: "Girl, everything is done, you can act according to the plan!"
The woman didn't even look back. She narrowed her eyes slightly and showed a strange smile on her face. The show had just begun.
In her eyes, the middle-aged general leading the army may have noticed the clues a long time ago. The one-eyed general seemed difficult to deal with, but it didn't matter. Just one glance, and she knew the true master's character. For this
She is absolutely sure of this matter.
In fact, from the beginning, Hou Andu and Liu Ming underestimated the true strength of these fake postmen, so that they paid a heavy price.
A moment before the incense was burned, with the night breeze and the rustling of the leaves, a group of soldiers with swords, spears and weapons quickly surrounded the small courtyard where the postmen were.
In the dim night, Hou Andu and Liu Ming stood outside the small courtyard, quietly watching the soldiers take action.
Liu Ming's eyes were wide open, while Hou Andu's eyes were slightly closed. He was gently twisting a string of sandalwood beads in his hand, like a devout believer.
Suddenly, he heard a soft sound of "swish" and opened his eyes suddenly. He saw a five-foot-long snake five steps away, with black matter and white flowers. The scales on the snake's head were tilted back, and the head was triangular.
The back is dark brown, the head, abdomen and throat are white, with occasional dark brown spots, the abdomen is flat, and the tip of the tail has a sharp and long scale.
The snake was coiled up in a coil, with its head raised high, two venomous fangs in its open mouth, spitting out scarlet snake tongue, and making a terrifying sound. It seemed to be demonstrating and provoking Hou Andu.
Hou Andu screamed in surprise, which actually startled Liu Ming beside him.
Liu Ming shouted: "Protect Lord Sikong!"
He waved his hand, and the soldiers around them cheered and surrounded them.
Liu Ming said to Hou Andu again: "Master Sikong, this snake appears a little strange, please be more careful."
Hou Andu frowned in thought. Snakes usually go out in the evening and gradually hibernate after midnight. But with so many people here, the snakes are not afraid at all, which is indeed a bit strange.
A soldier stepped forward with a shining knife, ready to kill the poisonous snake. Liu Ming warned: "Be careful!"
The soldier agreed and raised the knife high. The venomous snake seemed to sense the other party's intention and actually raised its triangular head by half an inch, ready to pounce at the soldier at any time.
The soldier sneered, "I'm just a beast, what can I do?" Then he swung the sword down with a whirring sound.
The expected scene of the snake's head flying high and the snake's blood splashing did not appear. The snake disappeared in full view of everyone.
The soldier was stunned for a moment when suddenly there was a "pop" sound and a wolf-fang arrow penetrated his chest. He grinned widely and slowly fell to the ground with an incredible expression on his face.
When the soldiers were panicking, dozens of crossbow arrows came flying in the wind and rain, and immediately hit the bodies of the soldiers in front. For a while, blood mist filled the air, and screams could not be heard.
Some of the soldiers standing at the front fell to the ground after being hit by arrows without even a scream.
It was too late, but it was fast. Suddenly, more than a dozen black shadows rushed towards the roof beside Hou Andu and the others. The weapons in their hands shone coldly in the night, and they were in front of them in the blink of an eye.<
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The soldiers on the periphery stepped forward to fight with their weapons drawn. Unexpectedly, another row of crossbow arrows was fired in the darkness. The people running at the front were caught off guard and fell to the ground one after another.
At this point, Hou Andu and Liu Ming realized that they had encountered a difficult situation.
Those who pretended to be postmen were just bait. Some of these men in black came at them with weapons in the open, while others hid in the dark and released cold arrows. The two groups of people cooperated tacitly, killing them in chaos.
The soldiers behind were all stunned. Some turned around and ran back, while others lay on the ground and did not dare to move. At this time, a powerful arrow was shot at Hou Andu, who was turning around and running away, and missed slightly.
The arrow grazed Hou Andu's right arm and shot into the back of a soldier's neck. The soldier screamed and fell to his knees.
Liu Ming pulled Hou Andu to hide behind a big camphor tree, but the man in black seemed to have spotted Hou Andu, and shot another arrow. Hou Andu lowered his head in haste, and the arrow actually penetrated his helmet, killing him.
The helmet strap flew off.
Just when the third arrow shot towards Hou Andu's back, Liu Ming arrived. Seeing the emergency, he jumped from his horse and protected Hou Andu with his body. The arrow hit his left side.
Above the arm.
Liu Ming ignored the arrow wound and the severe pain in his shoulder, pulled Hou Andu back and continued to retreat.
After a round of arrows, the men in black with swords were already in front of them. Before the soldiers could recover, their heads were already flying out.
There was a brief silence at the scene, and then the soldiers who were besieging the courtyard turned back and fought with the men in black.
At the same time, the killers pretending to be postmen also began to fight back. The soldiers in Nanchen were immediately attacked from both sides, and many of them fell one after another before long.
Liu Ming pulled Hou Andu back quickly. They did not bring many soldiers this time. There were already more than thirty casualties, and there were only three soldiers left beside the two of them. The situation was precarious.<
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At this moment, the rapid sound of horse hoofbeats sounded on the official road outside Wutou Post. Judging from the sound, it must have been at least seventy or eighty horses. Hou Andu's heart suddenly felt as if it had sunk to the bottom of the sea. He couldn't help but look towards the gate of the post.
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"The cavalrymen of the Northern Zhou Dynasty have always been four or five miles away. Even if they know the news here, there is no reason to rush over so quickly."
"But if it weren't for them, would they be with these killers?"
"These killers not only have infantry, but also cavalry. It seems that they have already planned to kill Nan Chen and others."
The moonlight was like water, and war horses appeared at the door of the inn. The knights on the horses were all wearing black armor and looked murderous.
Hou Andu and Liu Ming slowly stood up from behind a stone railing. They both breathed a sigh of relief. These were the cavalry of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and only the cavalry of the Northern Zhou Dynasty had such an intimidating momentum.
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Arriving just in time, Liu Ming shouted to the general leading the army: "The assassin in black is at the inn, trying to do harm to His Highness. General, please go in and protect His Highness..."
Liu Ming only saw the leading general taking off the bow from his shoulder, and just raised his hand, "Whoosh!" An arrow flew towards him, and he was immediately frightened to death.
The wolf-fang arrow almost flew past his scalp. He heard a scream behind him. When he turned around to look, he saw a man in black shaking violently. A wolf-fang arrow had penetrated the black man.
A person's throat protrudes from the back of the neck over half a foot long.
Before even a drop of blood dripped from the sharp arrow cluster to the ground, the second arrow shot over again, nailing the left chest of another man in black with incomparable accuracy. That man's body seemed to have been hit by a heavy punch.
, You flew back two feet and fell heavily to the ground.
In this way, Hou Andu and Liu Ming's hanging hearts suddenly fell to the ground.
When the men in black who were trying to pursue the enemy saw reinforcements arriving, they did not disperse in a hurry, but continued to charge.
The sound of piercing the sky sounded sharply, and more than a hundred arrows formed into a rain of arrows, which were fired at the men in black who were charging towards them. The standard equipment of the Northern Zhou cavalry was a long and short sword, a riding bow, and a round shield.
On the one hand, the cavalry led by Han Zhuangzhu are the best among the best. They are equipped with the most powerful bows, the sharpest knives, and the strongest armor.
Bursts of arrows were fired at the dense crowd of men in black, but the men in black were extremely flexible. They continued to disperse, gather, and dodge left and right from time to time to reduce the damage done to them by the Zhou army's arrow array.
Despite this, because the Zhou army's arrow array was too dense, a large number of men in black were hit by arrows and fell.
Here, when Han Zhuangzhu, Hou Andu and others led troops to encircle and suppress the men in black, Chen Chang was also assassinated by the men in black.
A dozen men in black took advantage of the chaos and appeared around Chen Chang and the one-eyed captain Zhou Hong. Zhou Hong led the soldiers to fight and retreat, protecting Chen Chang and entering a room.
Chen Chang was so scared that his face was as white as a sheet of paper at this time. Although he was a prince, he lacked experience and had experienced many such dangerous situations. Judging from the ruthlessness of the man in black, he knew that what happened tonight
The gang are all well-trained killers.
They may not be as good as those soldiers in front of the two armies, but assassination in the dark is their specialty.
The fighting ahead was intense, and he could faintly hear the sound of people shouting and horses neighing. He was not sure who those cavalry were, and felt uneasy.
In the midst of horror, he found a person huddled in the corner of the house. After calming down, he remembered that this was the house where the woman had just been found, and he even retreated back in panic.
"Don't kill me, don't... don't kill me..." The woman trembled her lips and looked at Chen Chang with pleading eyes.
Chen Chang thought to himself that the light in the room was not too bright, so the woman probably thought they were the killers in black.
The woman's delicate cry for help aroused Chen Chang's sympathy. He glanced at the woman and said, "Don't be afraid, as long as we are here, you will be safe and sound!"
Since there was no rear window in this house, Zhou Hong ordered people to guard the door, front window and other critical areas. He himself lurked at the door with four guards, waiting for an opportunity to shoot the men in black who came one by one.
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A slight "rustling" sound sounded in the house, followed by a woman's shrill scream: "Snake...snake..." Women are afraid of snakes, and they have been since ancient times.
Chen Chang and the guards turned around to look, their eyes touching the ground. They were so frightened that they almost took a few steps back. The guards couldn't help but exclaimed.
It turned out that on the messy ground, a snake with colorful gray flowers was coiled around it, spitting out its scarlet core and swaying unsteadily on the ground.
A guard exclaimed: "Ah, this is a viper, it is poisonous! Everyone, be careful and protect your highness!"
Chen Chang retreated five or six steps under the protection of the guards, but when he saw the snake suddenly turned around and headed towards the woman, the woman screamed and almost fainted from fright.
Chen Chang suddenly got the courage from nowhere, grabbed a single sword from the guard, and walked towards the viper...
This chapter has been completed!