Xu Ziling squatted by the stream, washed his hands first, then took out his hands to get water and took two sips.
The cool stream water poured into his throat, which refreshed his spirit. Although there were still sounds of fighting not far away, shouts of death could be heard from the other side, and the sound of hoofbeats roared like thunder, but for the time being it seemed that it had nothing to do with him.
The three wounds on his arm, left shoulder and right leg still have some pain, but have generally healed and are no longer bleeding.
He still had a clear memory in his mind of how to kill multiple enemy leaders under the enemy's siege and then use the Divine Escape to hang on the tree to escape from the siege.
The strength of the thieves was obviously more than a few thousand, and they were so skilled that the ranch warriors who faced them were repeatedly trapped in bitter battles.
The only way to help Pegasus Ranch out of trouble now is to first find where the main force of the four major bandits is and then use sniper attacks to kill their leaders. This will completely demoralize the enemy bandits and disrupt their positions.
Having made up his mind, Xu Ziling shot out his Divine Leap and jumped to the top of a towering ancient tree by the stream to observe the situation on the battlefield.
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Chai Shao sneered and said: If you can’t die, we can drink hot tea with you and have a chat!
He took Li Xiuning's jade hand and retreated quickly.
Kou Zhong was immediately furious and stayed on the spot, unaware that Li Gang and Dou Wei also moved away.
Chai Shao shouted: Shoot the arrow!
The whistling sounds filled the eaves, and the Li clan warriors in the garden simultaneously raised their crossbows and shot arrows at Kou Zhong.
Chai Shao also let go of Li Xiuning's hand, and shot two arm guards at Kou Zhong like electricity, with an extremely fierce force.
Even with the skill of Kou Zhong, it would be difficult for him to block this cleverly coordinated arrow array attack with Jing Zhongyue in his hand, let alone the two arm-protecting steel rods that Chai Shao shot quickly and with full force.
Kou Zhong came to his senses in an instant and shot up into the sky before the powerful arrow penetrated his body. Li Xiuning scolded all the arrows. When the arm guard failed, she followed the sword and chased Kou Zhong with his tail in his mouth.
The sound of the powerful crossbow being loaded sounded in all directions, indicating that the second round of arrow attacks was about to begin.
Even Ning Daoqi and Bi Xuan would be at a loss to deal with Li Xiuning's attack from below and the crossbow arrows fired at any time in a void where they could not draw on any strength and had no cover.
Kou Zhong, however, was not afraid and shot the divine lightning with his left hand towards the top of the old tree on the left. Just as Li Xiuning's long sword reached him, he moved sideways and disappeared into the darkness in the distance. Chai Shao and the others were shocked to see him, but they were stunned.
There is no way.
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Xu Ziling galloped up a hill and stopped.
At the foot of the hill, there is a river meandering through the thickets among the trees. Farther away is the village we just saw on the top of the mountain.
Just then he observed the battlefield situation and realized that the main force of bandits was gathering from all directions with this village as the center. He felt strange and came to take a look.
The village was as quiet as a ghost land at the moment. Not aware of any unusual situation, the village glanced down the hillside after a brief thought.
As I rushed closer, I suddenly felt a sense of alarm, just like that time when I was being watched from a boat by the Yangtze River outside Baling City. I couldn't help but be surprised in my heart.
Who is the person hiding in the house?
From time to time, the sound of fighting in the distance came on the wind, reminding him that the war was still in the ascendant.
Xu Ziling took a deep breath and then came to the door of the tallest house in the village with strong confidence and knocked three times.
babble-!
The wooden door was opened inward, and a long sword stabbed the chest rapidly.
This sword is by no means simple. It looks like a sword. In fact, it contains endless aggression and changes. The most powerful thing is that the tip of the sword trembles seven and eight degrees. The sword energy envelopes all the key points in Xu Ziling's chest and abdomen with overwhelming force.
people.
Xu Ziling felt as if he was facing Yang Xuyan, and because he was in a bright place, his eyes were filled with sword light, and he suddenly felt short of breath.
Seeing that he was about to be wounded by the sword, Xu Ziling's slender hands flew up to his flat chest, and his ten fingers bloomed like flowers. Each finger produced subtle changes, creating different angles and graceful movements to meet the sword's light in the narrow space.
Ding-ding-ding-ding!
A series of pleasant sounds sounded like beads on a jade plate. Xu Ziling unswervingly defused the opponent's sharp sword moves. Bang!
The door closed again, but Xu Ziling saw that the swordsman was Shang Xiuxun in military uniform.
Although he wondered why Shang Xiuxun sneaked here instead of taking charge of the overall situation on the battlefield, he was always relieved because the beautiful field owner was still safe and sound.
Just as he was about to raise his voice, the thunderous sound of hoofbeats came from the village entrances at both ends.
Xu Ziling's thoughts turned to lightning, he flew back and jumped onto the tiles of the opposite house, lying down motionless and observing the changes.
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Kou Zhong left Huanlvyuan and came to a bell tower where he wanted to cry bitterly. His heart felt so sour and bitter that he was extremely sad.
He originally thought he could forget about Li Xiuning, but when he saw Li Xiuning meekly letting Chai Shao hold her delicate jade hand, he realized that she was still so important in his heart. Why bother bothering her when Chai Shao was already protecting her?
What about myself, an outsider?
Blow a pool of spring water to do your business.
Kou Zhong sighed and decided to ignore Li Xiuning's affairs and storm towards the fortress wall. It seemed that all his grievances had to be vented on those unlucky thieves.
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The sound of hoofbeats suddenly stopped.
The two groups of enemies at the entrance of the village dismounted at the same time and guarded the exit. Only about twenty people entered the village boldly.
Xu Ziling looked down from a high position and saw that except for the four people holding torches with their heads wrapped in white scarves, the others were all dressed in different styles and had the demeanor and demeanor of masters, showing that they were leaders of thieves.
The four people in the lead were of outstanding appearance and were most likely the four notorious bandits who roamed the Yangtze River area. They were between thirty and forty years old.
He couldn't help but wonder in his heart that it was no wonder that Shang Xiuxun wanted to hide here. Due to intelligence errors, he thought they were just a group of thousands of thieves. In fact, it was actually the four major bandits who came with all their strength to attack and capture Fei Xun in one fell swoop.
Ma Ranch. What is strange is that at this time of war and chaos, why were the four great bandits so powerful that they knew that Shang Xiuxun was here?
The thieves appointed one of the four leaders in the village and laughed and said: I gave Ba Tian's joke-loving friends in the world a nickname called Incao Bu Sheng because they didn't know me well. This misunderstanding arose. In fact, I am
People who love and cherish flowers, market owners, if you don’t believe it, just try to commit yourself to yourself for three days, and you will be sure to come out and correct the wrong idea of the world.
The other thieves immediately burst into laughter, full of obscene connotations.
Xiang Batian's appearance is indeed unflattering. He is a fat man with short stature, short arms and legs, a swollen belly, and a flat head that seems to grow directly from his fat shoulders.
But those eyes that seemed to be permanently narrowed were sparkling and had an evil blue light, which made people know that he was not only a master of internal skills, but also followed an evil path.
He was holding a shining silver steel ring with sharp teeth on the edge in each hand, making people feel more dangerous and mysterious about him.
No one knows how many people have fallen under his pair of deadly teeth.
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Xu Ziling, who was lying on the back of the tile, felt a strong murderous intention in his heart that he could not understand. After thinking about it carefully, he realized that it was because he had insulted Shang Xiuxun with his words.
Next to Batian, the sturdy man with two maces criss-crossed on his back, his face covered in flesh, and his forehead even more ugly with a sarcoma, laughed wildly and said: The owner of the field is reckless and will be defeated, but if he is willing
She devoted herself to serving us and became a family in bed. Everything was easy to discuss. Her words were even more obscene.
The thieves were all laughing with pride again.
Xu Ziling suddenly thought of the traitor issue.
If it weren't for a traitor, how would the thieves know Shang Xiuxun's whereabouts? And with the strength of Pegasus Ranch, he would never be in such a beaten situation in an instant.
However, as long as the ranch can hold on to both sides of the gorge, it is not considered a true defeat.
The other guy smiled sadly and said: We are like a family in bed. Brother Fang’s suggestion is amazing. But the owner of the shopping mall is a young girl. Even if she is absolutely willing, she will naturally be shy in front of so many people.
Here comes the word!
Do you and I, Mao Zao, have a thorough understanding of the psychology of our daughter’s family?
This man was tall and thin, and looked like a bad scholar. He had a mustache on his lips and a dust whisk stuck on his back. He was dressed in a nondescript manner. Just by looking at his appearance, you would never guess that he was the second among the four bandits.
The scorched earth is thousands of miles dry.
The big man with the sarcoma on his forehead mentioned earlier, since he calls him his third brother, he must be Fang Jianding, who is also known as the chicken and the dog.
Xu Ziling paid special attention to the unspoken Cao Yinglong, who was supposed to be one of the four bandits.
This person has a majestic figure, a pair of big ears, deep wrinkles on his forehead, high cheekbones and sunken cheeks, and his eyes are open and closed, giving him a deep impression. But his appearance is not as annoying as the other three.
Like an old scholar who doesn't like to talk.
He was holding a spear made of fine steel in his left hand, which seemed to weigh at least forty or fifty kilograms.
Ding!
Raising his left and right hands towards Ba Tian, he raised the deadly ring and knocked it out, making a crisp sound. After that, more than a dozen of his subordinates immediately rushed out from house to house to search. Some people jumped up to the house for surveillance. Suddenly, the sounds of broken doors and windows were heard one after another.
Xu Ziling's heart became more murderous and he secretly gathered his strength.
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Kou Zhong used his divine power to sneak out of the inner fort and across the houses towards the outer city wall. When he passed by the courtyard where Yuan'er and the outsider had a secret meeting last night, his heart moved.
The words came faintly from the main house, but no lights came through.
Kou Zhong was lying in the garden and after a very contradictory struggle in his heart, he still couldn't help but moved over and jumped up on a tree next to the main house to look in through the window.
From this angle, I happened to see the adulterer who met Yuan Er that night and another man sitting on the chairs by the window, facing other people out of sight, and there must be no less than ten people listening.
Kou Zhong had learned from the previous trip that this adulterer was extremely skilled, and he quickly expelled the inner breath of the Immortality Art and at the same time suppressed the rays of light in his eyes.
I only heard someone say: The most exciting part of our entire plan this time is the cooperation between internal and external forces to attack them unprepared. Moreover, there is a young master secretly presiding over the Pegasus Ranch.
The adulterer laughed and said, "Teacher Chen, don't praise me. Li Tianfan and I are just waving flags and shouting. The one who holds the flag still has to fight against Commander Shen."
Kou Zhong immediately felt his scalp numb, and then he realized the seriousness of the matter.
Naturally, Commander Shen is Shen Luoyan and Li Tianfan is Li Mi's son. He is also engaged to Song Yuzhi. Just the fact that the two of them are sitting across from each other makes it clear that Li Mi will seize the Pegasus Ranch and deal with Li Xiuning at all costs.
Sure enough, Shen Luoyan's cooing voice came from inside the house: Master, you are too humble! Luoyan is too ashamed to deserve it. Now that it has just passed Haishi, Shang Xiuxun should have become the fish in Cao's net. There should also be news from the inner castle.
coming.
Li Tianfan smiled and said: Shang Xiuxun has always been self-respecting and does not pay attention to the people of the world. In terms of intelligence, he is not as good as Commander Shen. Commander Shen would like to take advantage of the time and report to you in detail the details of the cooperation in the future.
This person's words are appropriate, which shows that Tiger Father is indeed a man who can lead the community.
Kou Zhong was thinking about whether to kill the son. If he could succeed, Song Yuzhi's engagement would be over immediately.
Otherwise, if Li Mi attacks Luoyang, Song Yu will marry into the Li family.
He has lost Li Xiuning, and if Song Yuzhi is married, Song Clan and Li Mi become a family, both in public and in private, which is a blow that he, Kou Zhong, cannot afford.
Thinking of this, my heart gets hot but my brain is as cold as ice.
The most important thing now is to find out the strength of everyone in the room. Shen Luoyan is no longer easy to deal with, not to mention that Li Tianfan is even more difficult to deal with. If he is not careful, he will probably hate this.
Alas! It would be great if Ling was here. Now I just hope that he can be a hero to save the beauty. It would be ideal if he could easily win her heart.
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boom!
The wooden door bursts.
A big man broke into the big house where Shang Xiuxun was hiding. Xu Ziling was waiting for the moment when the four bandits made the slightest move against Shang Xiuxun.
As expected, the four bandits showed surprise and looked away at the house they entered from the front and back, but it was not because there was any special sound coming from them, but because there was no sound in the house, not even the sound of footsteps.
This is completely unreasonable.
The person who broke into the house was not an incompetent person. Even if he encountered the entire Pegasus Ranch people in the house, he was not so unlucky that he was dealt with without a single move.
Xu Ziling also forgot to take action because of the surprise in his heart.
Cao Yinglong, who had been silent all this time, said coldly: Come here! Smash the whole house to pieces.
The bandits behind him should be dispatched in an empty group.
The masters of thieves and bandits on the eaves far and near also focused their attention here, holding high torches and lighting up the whole village in a fiery red.
When Fang Jian Ding shouted loudly, he rushed up the stone steps like a gust of wind and put his palms on the wall next to the door.
At first there was no difference in the wall, then the canopy above shook like a tremor, and then the entire wall fell apart and tilted inward, slightly exposing the hall, and then it was covered by the fallen tiles and dust from the eaves.
The bandits cheered in unison and rushed toward the poor house that had become prey like a group of evil beasts that smelled blood.
Xu Ziling saw that Fang Jianding's palm power was so powerful that if he used the two maces on his back, he would be able to sweep away an army, which aroused his high fighting spirit.
At this time, the wind sounded in the house on the left, and the masters of the bandits rushed toward his hiding place.
Xu Ziling sighed secretly and temporarily put down his intention to assassinate the bandits. His eyes quickly scanned for hiding places near and far.
In the garden on the side of the house, which was not illuminated by the residual light of the torch, there was a two-foot-square brick house that seemed to have been used to store sundries in a hurry, sliding down the eaves and sneaking over.
The wooden door opened in response, but I didn't notice the sound of a slight mechanism coming up from the ground. The sound of demolishing the house outside was constantly ringing, completely covering up other sounds, so no one expected to hear it.
Xu Ziling hurriedly closed the door. As expected, the house was filled with farming tools, and a floor in the middle of the house slowly sank, revealing a deep tunnel.
Xu Ziling immediately thought of Lu Miaozi, the most skilled craftsman in the empire.
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Just as Shen Luoyan was about to say something, the sound of birds chirping could be heard from the distant house. Li Tianfan immediately said: Li Xiuning fell into the trap and acted according to plan.
Kou Zhong knew that they had received Yuan'er's signal from the inner castle and couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart.
Can I really ignore Li Xiuning's safety?
What's more, this matter is directly related to the struggle for world hegemony!