Chapter 174: Afterlife
"Hey, the poison of these bastards is not as powerful as imagined!"
Yin Qiu gritted his teeth and smiled, pulled out the arrow, fought with his sword, turned his back to Shang Ming and gestured with his thumb, pointing at himself, "It's enough for me to have one here, take the others and get out! Don't hinder me from performing my best.
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As he spoke, Yin Qiu stepped forward and stood in front of Du Ren and the rest of the Yan family army. He crushed the poisonous insects that had climbed up the city wall with his feet. He swung his broadsword and slashed at Du Ren who was rushing forward with the back of his knife.
The man was knocked upside down and knocked down, knocking down several poisonous people who were close behind him.
But Poisonous Man, who did not receive a fatal blow, only recovered for a moment and stood up again.
Shang Ming looked at Yin Qiu who was defending the defense line alone, and then at the many remaining soldiers who had not had time to evacuate. His eyes darkened with anger, and he turned around and shouted: "Zhang Guanghui! Yi Shuo! Zhao Jiachang!"
"exist!"
The three of them responded in unison.
Shang Ming looked at the three people who were covered in blood and looked miserable, and asked, "How many more people do you have?"
The three of them quickly counted their own men on the city wall. Counting the three of them, there were a total of 217 people.
Shang Ming nodded, looked at the three of them and the soldiers behind them solemnly, and said: "If you have children at home, please take a step back!"
No one retreated.
The soldiers evacuating on the city wall delayed their retreat, looking at the people still on the city tower, at Shang Ming, and at Yin Qiu.
Everyone understood what Shang Ming was planning.
Shang Ming felt a lump in his throat as he looked at the familiar faces.
He was familiar with some people, and he knew the situation of the family clearly. Some families were widowed, and some had a young son added to the family, but at this time, no one left.
"General, you don't need to persuade me. We are willing to give the remaining brothers a chance to evacuate."
Zhang Guanghui said to Shang Ming.
Shang Ming looked at him and then at the others.
They didn't speak, but their eyes told him the answer.
Shang Ming sheathed his sword, took off his sweat towel and tied the hilt, scabbard and his own hands together, then turned around and threw himself into the battlefield behind him.
Yin Qiu supported himself with the tip of his sword and faced off against the slow-moving poisonous man.
The blood burned through his blood vessels and seeped through his skin, blurring his eyes and blocking his ears.
Shang Ming used his sword as a stick and broke the neck of a poisonous man who crossed Yin Qiu and raised his scimitar. He tore open the breastplate, took out the realgar and sulfur stones that Meng Shulan had asked them to hide in the armor, and pointed at them.
Sprinkle poisonous insects and snakes on the ground.
He wasn't sure if it was useful, but he usually used these to repel snakes, insects, rats, and ants, so he thought it might be of some use.
Fortunately, this does have some effect.
The poisonous insects and snakes that swarmed up the city wall avoided the realgar and sulfur powder.
Thinking about it, they had never been very fast before, so they probably smelled this smell and didn't dare to step forward, so they kept testing.
When everyone following Shang Ming saw this, they sprinkled the realgar and sulfur powder they had prepared on the tower, forming an isolation zone between the poisonous insects that had reached their feet and the evacuating troops behind them.
This isolation zone is not completely easy to use, but it at least ensures that the movement of most poisonous insects is affected, giving the rest a longer time to evacuate.
As for the soldiers who were trapped in this team and had poisonous insects and snakes burrowed into their armor, as long as they could stand up, those who became the first group to face the poisonous people with Yin Qiu were still gritting their teeth and holding on.
Even if he expends his own life, he will still use his bones to form a barrier between the poisonous man and the rest of the people.
Yin Qiu rolled his blood-covered eyes and looked at Shang Ming beside him through the blood-red eyes. He used his broken voice and cursed with all his strength: "Why the hell are you trying to steal my credit?"
When Shang Ming heard the sound that sounded like a mosquito or fly, he snapped one person's neck with his sword and took the time to sneer at him: "Yin Laoer, I just can't see you acting like a hero alone! If you have the ability, let's compete in the next life!"
The buzzing sound reached his ears softly. Yin Qiu grinned with great effort and cursed: "Idiot."
The weak sounds were scattered in the wind, buried in the tinny sounds of thoughts and the muffled sound of the collision of blunt objects.
Yin Qiu was still standing with his knife in his hand, but he was no longer breathing.
Blood dripped on the city wall, silently and breathlessly.
Shang Ming shouted loudly, stepped forward, and forced the poisonous people who were crowding up back to the stairs below the city tower. He looked with red eyes in front of Yin Qiu: "Come on! You bastards!"
Originally, he just stood in front of the retreating army, preventing the poisonous people from advancing, and cleaning up the poisonous insects' troops. With Shang Ming's roar, he changed from defense to offense, no longer caring whether the sharp blade would cut the poisonous people. His throat was contaminated with the poisonous blood and he died of poisoning.
No matter poisonous people or poisonous insects, as long as they are still alive, no one can be let go!
The archers who were guarding the city gate to prevent the poisonous people from rushing out of the city gate and causing greater damage to the army outside the city had red eyes as they looked at this tragic scene.
"Marshal, General Bai has led his people to evacuate to a safe distance, and the people on the tower have basically evacuated. It's time for you to evacuate too."
One of Shang Ming's personal guards saw his general fighting to the death and wished he could be by his side at this moment, but he had to carry out Shang Ming's last order - to persuade Meng Shulan to evacuate.
If you can't persuade them to leave, you will have to resist them even if they are knocked unconscious and carried!
Before going up to the tower, Shang Ming was already prepared to die.
"Master, it's almost time. We really should withdraw."
Suifeng wiped the blood on his face, glanced at Shang Ming and others who were about to be unable to resist, and then looked at the gate of the garrison where no one was visible at the bottom of the city, "Those Qiang people should have all come towards the city wall, there is no need to guard the city gate. When we evacuate, General Bai Shu will ask the archers to cover us and will not let the poisonous people leave the city."
Meng Shulan closed her eyes and looked at Yin Qiu, who was covered in blood but still standing on the tower, being protected by everyone, and then looked at the recruits around him who were pale and had trembling hands but still stood firm.
Then, he turned to look at Sui Feng and Shang Ming's soldiers who were urging him to evacuate, and said: "The enemy has not retreated, how can we retreat lightly?"
"The troubles caused by poisoning people will be endless. If they cannot be trapped on this tower, if they are let go, it will be a real disaster when they set foot on a wider battlefield in the future."
Meng Shulan's words were not loud, but they happened to fall into the ears of everyone around him, "If this scourge cannot be eradicated now, there will only be more brothers, and even innocent civilians, who will suffer from them in the future." The poisonous hand."
Hearing this, the already pale-faced recruits on the tower became even more ugly, and their trembling hands gradually tightened.
Chapter completed!