A soldier rushed over from the direction of the apse and shouted: "Master Qin, General Xu asked me to report to you. The enemy in the backyard is attacking fiercely. I can barely block it, but I am unable to support you. Please be careful, sir."
"There is nothing to worry about in the front yard. If something unexpected happens, let General Xu retreat and join forces to fight out. Let's go."
Qin Huaidao shouted murderously. Seeing that the enemy was only twenty meters away, most of the soldiers' arrows had missed and needed to be replaced. The enemy might take advantage of this time to rush up. He must buy time for everyone. He felt a panic in his heart and rushed forward.
While shouting: "Replace the crossbow box quickly."
The soldiers were a little confused when they saw Qin Huaidao rushing out. They thought he was going to charge the wolf, so they quickly changed after hearing the reminder.
Qin Huaidao rushed up and shouted: "Who dares to fight with me?"
The sound rolled away like thunder.
The charging enemies were startled and instinctively slowed down. Someone recognized Qin Huaidao and shouted: "That's him, kill him -"
Then the generals called out, speaking in Tubo, which I couldn't understand.
The next moment, the enemy suddenly rushed towards Qin Huaidao like a madman with red eyes, howling, not caring about attacking the main hall. Qin Huaidao used himself as bait, he wanted this effect, he rushed forward without showing any weakness, and suddenly jumped high.
Get up, jump down the steps in front of the hall, and rush into the enemy group, the two knives spinning like windmills.
"ah--"
Heart-rending screams sounded out one after another. No one could block Qin Huaidao's sword, which would literally kill him upon contact. No one could sneak attack Qin Huaidao with his sword. He would be wiped on the neck before he even got close. Qin Huaidao's attack was too powerful.
So fast, so accurate, so weird.
In the blink of an eye, with Qin Huaidao as the center, a circle of corpses lay around.
Qin Huaidao estimated that time was almost up and there was no need to take risks, so he shouted: "Quick, cover the retreat!"
The soldiers who had replaced their crossbow boxes took aim one after another, quickly triggered their weapons at the enemies around Qin Huaidao, and fired arrows one after another, knocking down one enemy after another.
Qin Huaidao took the opportunity to retreat and rushed back into the hall.
In this short time, more people had replaced their arrow boxes. Each box contained thirty arrows. More than four hundred people had loaded them up and shot them at close range. Even if the hit rate was only 30%, they could still kill three thousand people.
There were only a few more people left, and the number of enemies who came in from the front yard after being baptized by the arrows just now was only two thousand.
Qin Huaidao knew that the risk he had just taken was worth it.
The arrows roared away one after another, overturning the enemy like a gust of wind and rain, forming a line of death in front of the steps of the main hall. Touching it would result in death, and no one could cross it.
The killing continues.
At this moment, the courtyard was like a Shura hell, with blood, mutilated limbs, screams, wails, torches, and arrows shooting like locusts, forming a horrific death movement.
Who in this world is really not afraid of death?
If you have hope and faith, you may not be afraid, but you can't see any hope of victory. After all the casualties have become futile, the enemy's mentality begins to collapse, panic, and confusion. Some people are scared out of their wits and turn around with strange screams.
Running away is like the plague, it is contagious.
Soon, more people began to turn around and run away. Even the officers did not want to fight. As soon as the officers ran away, more people joined in the escape, and morale plummeted.
When Qin Huaidao saw this scene, he was determined, this wave is stable!
When the enemy fled in a large area, Qin Huaidao shouted without hesitation: "Pursue and kill!"
"kill!"
The soldiers rushed out of the bunker, rushed out of the hall, even jumped from the roof, and rushed forward excitedly.
Qin Huaidao also rushed up, but he did not rush too fast, but kept in line with everyone, and shouted: "Pay attention to the formation, stay consistent, and crush us!"
The soldiers ran and shot, lined up and assembled, formed a horizontal line, strode forward, and crushed them away. Qin Huaidao grabbed a wounded man and told him: "Go back and inform General Xu that I will lead the army to pursue the enemy."
The army has gone, let him decide how to fight on his own, you continue to fight with General Xu, and don't come back."
"Follow the order!" the other party agreed quickly and hurried away.
Since ancient times, military defeats have been like falling mountains. Once a defeat occurs, it is impossible to gather troops to fight.
The enemies rushed forward in a panic, worried that they would be taken care of if they gathered together, and that they would not survive if they were left alone. They were piled up in groups on the east and west, all over the mountain. It was really not easy to annihilate them all.
Qin Huaidao was angry when he saw this scene. It was just a small group of troops fighting guerrilla warfare. Who is afraid of whom? The Yulin Guards were composed of the strongest individual soldiers in the Tang Dynasty. He shouted: "Use the small team as a combat unit, spread out, chase and kill until death!"
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"Follow the order!"
There is a big difference between total annihilation and defeat. The soldiers' morale was high and they were eager to completely annihilate this group of enemies. They quickly dispersed and continued the pursuit under the leadership of the captain.
There are still more than a thousand enemies left, running all over the mountains and plains. The Yulin Guards also dispersed, chasing them all over the mountains and plains.
Qin Huaidao stared at the group with the largest number of people and chased after him, because one of them used a horse rifle. This weapon is not a standard weapon, and ordinary soldiers and low-level officers cannot afford to use it. It must be a general.
The team was led by the captain, but the brigade commander and the school lieutenant in the team were fine. They surrounded Qin Huaidao one after another. Qin Huaidao was all focused on the target and did not pay attention. He ran away and ran wildly. Soon he and the brigade commander and school lieutenant who caught up with him
The distance between you and the target turns out to be closer.
Not long after, Qin Huaidao rushed up the hillside. The group of enemies in front noticed Qin Huaidao who was chasing him. They didn't know who shouted what, and they all stopped and attacked. Qin Huaidao was so eager that he rushed up with his sword and shot with both hands almost at the same time.
With one block and one slash, one person was cut down and killed on the spot.
The ferocious and rapid killing methods shocked everyone.
A majestic man rushed up with a roar, holding a mace in his hand and wearing only a strapless leather armor, revealing his dark and strong muscles. Under the moonlight, he looked like a crazed brown bear. His momentum was terrifying.
The mace buzzed even more and swept across, fast and fierce.
Qin Huaidao rushed forward, knelt on the ground, made a sliding shovel, leaned back to avoid the mace, and stabbed the opponent's throat from bottom to top with a knife.
One move, instant kill!
After succeeding, Qin Huaidao didn't pause at all. He jumped up and rushed towards the man holding the horse.
The majestic man dropped his mace and fell down with a crash, dying without losing his sight.
This group of people panicked when they saw that Qin Huaidao was so fierce, killing people like chickens, and that the strong man couldn't catch him. Even the man holding the horse had a flash of panic in his eyes, and turned around.
How could Qin Huaidao let the other side succeed? He chased after him, but found that the others did not come to support him. Instead, he abandoned the man holding the horse and fled to other places. There was a Yulin guard who caught up to help him. He didn't recognize him, but the shirt was unmistakable. He shouted
Said: "Go after them, don't let any of them escape."
It was the brigade commander and the captains who caught up with him. They quickly agreed to the order and rushed forward.
Qin Huaidao took a deep breath, accelerated suddenly, and caught up with his target in a few steps. Seeing that the opponent couldn't escape, he stabbed back with a spear. Qin Huaidao slashed at the horse's branch with his skillful force, not only cutting away some of the horse's branch.
, the blade of the sword was still cutting forward along the horse's shaft.
The opponent was so frightened that he turned around and ran away. Qin Huaidao quickly stepped forward, flicked the long knife in his hand, let go, and accurately hit the opponent's back thigh.
"Ah——" the other party screamed and fell down.
Qin Huaidao was not in a hurry to kill him, but stopped and stared at the opponent.
The other party used his hands and feet to step back, trying to distance himself. His eyes were fixed on Qin Huaidao, with endless anger. This anger came out of nowhere. Qin Huaidao asked coldly: "Look at the face.
, I guess I don’t know each other, do you and I have any grudges?”
"I wish I could kill you."
"That means we have a grudge. Tell me, what grudge do you and I have?"
"Revenge of genocide." The other party yelled with a bit of hysteria: "I will never let you go even if I am a ghost."
"Genocide?"
Qin Huaidao thought about it and realized that only the Wang family of Taiyuan was exterminated because of him. His heart moved: "Are you Wang Tongbiao?"
"I'm going to kill you." The other party roared like a crazy beast.
"It's you? There's no reason." Qin Huaidao was not angry, but his eyes were full of scrutiny. He originally thought it was the Fan Yang Lu family, or at worst the Zheng family, but he didn't expect Wang Tongbiao to appear. Shouldn't this guy die?
Could it be that he faked his death before? Or did he find a substitute?
Thoughts flashed through his mind one by one, and Qin Huaidao asked: "Did you introduce those Tubo people?"
"So what, if you dare, kill me."
However, Qin Huaidao suddenly realized that something was wrong and asked coldly: "No, no, the Wang family in Taiyuan is gone. Even if you are Wang Tongbiao, you are not able to attract so many Tubo people. The most you can do is attract the Western Turks. Your Wang family
The sphere of influence is in the north, and Tubo is in the west. Tell me, how did the Tibetans get in?"
"Who am I to tell you? If you have the guts, do it." Wang Tongbiao yelled, his eyes widened, his veins exposed, and he looked a bit ferocious and terrifying.
Qin Huaidao smiled: "No, you are alive and well, many people will be unlucky."
"What do you want to do?" Wang Tongbiao felt something terrible and panicked.
Qin Huaidao didn't bother to explain, so he stepped forward and slapped the person unconscious, pulled out the long knife from his thigh, tore off the other person's coat and tied the wound tightly, then picked up the horse and carried the person on his shoulders before returning.
The soldiers had already chased away, but did not encounter anyone along the way. Qin Huaidao returned to the square in front of Wentian Temple, threw Wang Tongbiao to the ground, looked up, and saw the raging fire in the back hall of Wentian Temple lighting up the surroundings. The battle was over and he was gone.
The enemy who attacked from the rear hall was not seen, and Xu Shiji and others were not seen.
There were faint shouts of killing from further away in the back hall. It should be Xu Shiji and his men who were chasing him. He waited patiently. A seriously injured man poked his head out of the yard and shouted: "But Mr. Qin?"
"It's me, come here."
"It's really Mr. Qin, brothers, come quickly."
Immediately afterwards, several soldiers with arrows in their legs helped each other to help each other. Every step they took was painful. Qin Huaidao rushed up to meet them, shouting: "Okay, don't move, rest on the spot."
Everyone stopped gratefully.
Qin Huaidao stepped forward to check and found that the injuries were not serious, so he quickly asked: "Is there any healing medicine?"
"The standard package is a golden sore medicine. However, the enemy used a three-edged arrow. This wound is difficult to heal. The golden sore medicine is useless. I'm afraid this leg will be ruined." One person said, feeling depressed, with a bit of backache and pain.
have no choice.
A good man, no one wants to be disabled for the rest of his life.
Qin Huaidao understood everyone's mood, found a torch to check carefully, and immediately said: "Have you brought any liquor? I remember that I sent a batch to your imperial army some time ago."
"I brought it with me, but I didn't carry it with me when I was on horseback for the convenience of fighting." One person explained.
"Just bring it with you. Don't worry, I will take care of it for you. There will be no worries about your life. At most, your walking will remain unchanged, but you will not be disabled. If you can't keep the Habayashi Guards, you can come to me after you retire. I
You have heard of many Qianniu guards who have taken in Nanyasi?" Qin Huaidao consoled him.
"I've heard that your Excellency is really willing to take us in?"
"It's not about taking in, it's about hiring. I'm asking you to do something. The conditions are the same for everyone."
Everyone knew that Qin Huaidao was taking care of him. If he really wanted to hire someone, who wouldn't be in good health now? Who would really want to find someone with limited mobility? Their hearts were full of gratitude. With Qianniu Wei Zhuyu in front of them, no one doubted Qin Huaidao's sincerity.
Qin Huaidao handed the torch to a soldier and told him: "Everyone sit down and rest, I will handle it."
With that said, Qin Huaidao looked around and shouted loudly: "Is there anyone nearby?"
"Sir, we are nearby." came the response from the distance.
Qin Huaidao looked for his voice and went out. It was so gray that he couldn't see anyone at all. He shouted loudly: "Go get some liquor to heal your wounds. The more the better!"
"Follow the order!" came a voice from afar.
When the wounded soldiers heard the response, they all breathed a sigh of relief, with a little more anticipation in their eyes.
Qin Huaidao shouted towards the yard: "Is anyone else injured inside?"
No one answered, but Qin Huaidao was worried and told several wounded soldiers: "I will go in and take a look. You should be careful."
"My lord is kind and righteous, thank you for your sympathy to our brothers." Everyone said quickly.
Qin Huaidao said nothing more and hurried into the inner courtyard to search, shouting something. When he saw his own people, he went over to check. He died in the battle and had no choice but to take it easy. Soon he met someone who was seriously injured and unconscious. He quickly checked.
He simply bandaged it and did not dare to move it for fear of causing secondary trauma. He placed a torch next to it and continued searching.
Soon, Qin Huaidao found five more injured and unconscious people and took care of them one after another. A small team came over in a hurry, and the team was shouting: "Sir, the liquor is back."
"Bring it here quickly. You guys will go search and find the injured companion. Help clean the wound and bandage it, but you must not move it to avoid causing more damage." Qin Huaidao shouted quickly.
Everyone agreed and stepped forward, put down two bamboo tubes of white wine and left.
Qin Huaidao cleaned the wound of the wounded person he had just found, found wound medicine from the other person's body and applied it, and bandaged the wound privately. Without needles and threads, he could not suture the wound, so he had no choice but to leave it alone.
After finishing treating a few people, Qin Huaidao came outside the hospital and continued to treat the injured people just now.
Not long after, the soldiers came back one after another. Qin Huaidao sent them into the palace to search for their comrades and asked people to bring more liquor. Soon, Xu Shiji also brought people back and shouted excitedly from a distance: "Xian
Nephew, this battle is a great victory and a great achievement."
A thousand people killing thousands is indeed a great victory, but it is also a judgment, which is completely different in nature.
Everyone is happy.
However, Qin Huaidao couldn't be happy and reminded: "Shibo, the surrounding area is bare and there are no trees. We have torn down the roof of the main hall and taken out the wooden boards to make a stretcher. The injured brother can no longer ride a horse and has to be carried back. In addition, arrange for someone to contact the nearest
The garrison, ask them to come over to help and bring the carriage."
"Okay, leave it to me, you all come here." Xu Shiji also loved soldiers as much as his sons. He led his people into the inner courtyard and demolished the main hall. The Wentian Temple in Fengyu Tower was demolished as well. No one was there.
I feel sorry for you, our soldiers are in need.
More soldiers came back from killing the enemy, and they were all excited.
Qin Huaidao asked everyone to come over and explained: "Brothers, please work harder and go back to bring the enemy's corpses. Each one is a military merit. If you leave it outside and cannot be calculated, wouldn't it be a loss?"
When everyone heard that it made sense, they shouted to go back.
Of course, Qin Huaidao was not simply trying to earn military merit for everyone, but he planned to take all the corpses back so that everyone in the world could see these people and make the matter bigger so that he could find out the people behind it and find out the truth.
Six to seven thousand people attacked the imperial army. The key point is how the Tibetans came in. We must find out.
If you don't make a big fuss, things will be difficult to handle.
Half an hour later, all the injured soldiers were treated simply. Even Wang Tongbiao was treated briefly. A lot of stretchers were made, but it was not enough. Xu Shiji led his people to continue, and the soldiers who dispersed took the enemy corpses to the ground.
They returned one after another, and under Qin Huaidao's instructions, they were screened and stacked separately.
There are three types of people, dead soldiers, killers and Tubo.
We were busy until dawn, and all the enemies were brought back. The results of the battle were tallied up. There were a total of 5,000 people who looked like Tubo, 2,000 dead soldiers, and more than 500 killers.
This result made everyone even more excited.
Qin Huaidao was also a little surprised. He originally thought there were five to six thousand men, but he didn't expect there to be seven thousand. This battle was dangerous and nearly half of the soldiers were killed or injured, but it was worth it.
A large army came in a hurry. Qin Huaidao, who was leading the army, did not recognize him, but they were all wearing Tang Army armor and flying Tang Army flags. They must have rushed to support some friendly forces. After signaling everyone to be alert, he stepped forward alone and shouted: "Who is coming?
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"But Mr. Qin, Sima Xue Yong, the commander of Xiazha County, has led his troops to come to support you. Please give me instructions."
Qin Huaidao was not sure whether the other party was really Sima of Zha County, but he had to try. He asked bluntly: "Thank you for your hard work, can you help transport all these corpses back to Chang'an?"
"I'm willing to serve you, sir!" the other party said solemnly, and it didn't look like he was being deceptive.
"Take it away!" Qin Huaidao waved his hand.
"Follow the order!" the other party quickly agreed and ordered the accompanying soldiers to carry it.
Xu Shiji came out of the hall, glanced at Xue Yong, and without asking any questions, said in a low voice: "My dear nephew, the stretcher has been prepared and ready to go at any time, do you think?"
"Don't worry, search Wentian Temple and see if you can find anything useful." Qin Huaidao reminded.
Xu Shiji's eyes lit up and he took the people there.
There were too many enemy corpses. The two thousand soldiers Xue Yong brought were not enough. He had to make several trips. An hour later, all the enemies were carried down the mountain. Xu Shiji found several darkrooms, but they had already been emptied. After hearing the news, Qin Huaidao became more and more
I guessed before confirming that the note was given intentionally by someone, using a real Fengyulou stronghold to attract me, and then setting up a killing trap. It was quite cruel.
"withdraw troops!"
After giving the order, the soldiers carried the injured and killed Paoze back. Wang Tongbiao had already woken up and was taken with him. Qin Huaidao was watching him to death personally and not giving him any chance to escape. This was a big fish and he might be able to pull out a lot of fish.
People can never tolerate any loss.
Xu Shiji was a little curious about Wang Tongbiao's identity and asked. Qin Huaidao pretended not to know and responded perfunctorily. Xu Shiji led the army to annihilate the Wang family in Taiyuan, and reported to the court that Wang Tongbiao died in the battle. But now he is alive and well, so he has to let more people know.
think.
It is unbelievable to say that Xu Shiji betrayed the imperial court and protected Qin Huaidao, the Wang family of Taiyuan, but until the truth is clear, we must not create extraneous matters.
After the group went down the mountain, they found the war horses and saw that the people driving the carriages were all ordinary people. Seeing Xue Yong coming over, Qin Huaidao asked, "Why are they all ordinary people?"
Xue Yong hurriedly explained: "My lord, the county government does not have enough carriages, so it can only recruit the people, and they will serve as corvees. There is no need to worry about the cost. All the enemy corpses have been loaded into the carriages. Can we set off?"
Qin Huaidao warned: "Make some space for the injured brothers."
"Follow the order!"
Not long after, the carriage was freed up, and the injured brother was put on it, lying down, and the team moved forward slowly. Qin Huaidao rode closely behind the carriage where Wang Tongbiao was placed. After Wang Tongbiao was injured, Wang Tongbiao started to have a fever, and fell asleep in a daze, which was quiet.
Saves a lot of thought.
After the team came out of the mountain, Qin Huaidao breathed a sigh of relief, found a school captain, signaled the other party to go ahead, and rushed to report to the emperor, asking the emperor to send troops to meet him, just in case.
Wang Tongbiao is too important, no matter how careful you are, you can't be too careful.
The team continued to move forward, and the people along the way stopped one after another. They were a little confused when they saw the carloads of corpses. It is now a peaceful era, and it is the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty. How can there be so many people? Someone shouted: "This military master, but
Can the bandits in the Qinling Mountains be wiped out?"
The smoke of the Tang Dynasty has only been gone for more than ten years. The people are martial and courageous. They have long been accustomed to corpses. No one is afraid. The person who was asked was a team leader who had a strong sense of confidentiality. He shouted with a stern face: "Don't ask around, be careful with your head."
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"Is it so serious? The old man won't ask anymore." The other party said with a smile.
Everyone nearby laughed and pointed, not afraid. Even the children came forward with smiles. Qin Huaidao observed the surroundings and sighed. No wonder the Tang Dynasty had unparalleled military power. Just look at the courageous people.
If in future generations, seeing these carloads of corpses, they would be so frightened that they would hide away. Who would dare to come forward and watch?
The team continued to move forward, and more people came up to watch along the way, unable to drive them away.
Fortunately, more than two hours later, Cheng Yaojin roared in with an army of two thousand. He dispersed the people and sent each other's carriages forward. Cheng Yaojin rode up to Qin Huaidao, glanced at Xu Shiji, and asked with concern.
Said: "Are you okay? Why is there such a big movement?"
"Let's talk about it when we get back."
Cheng Yaojin nodded knowingly, realizing there was a problem behind this, and looked at Xu Shiji again.
Xu Shiji was a little angry when he saw this: "You are such a talented assassin, why do you always watch me do this?"
"It's so shameful. Nearly half of the thousand-feathered Lin Guards were lost. How did you fight?" Cheng Yaojin asked.
"A few hundred people were lost in exchange for more than 7,000 people. Did I fail in this battle?" Xu Shiji asked rhetorically.
"They're just a bunch of bandits. How can you still have the dignity to lose so much? That means Huai Dao is fine. If something happens, I'm not done with you." Cheng Yaojin retorted without any politeness.
Xu Shiji was not afraid of trouble, so he was about to push back. Qin Huaidao quickly stopped him and said: "You two, please stop arguing. You don't have to be laughed at. Uncle Cheng, please take a look at the body before talking."
"Corpse?"
Cheng Yaojin rode up to catch up with the carriage. After observing for a moment, his face gradually became serious and he shouted: "Qian Niu Guards, cheer up for me. No one is allowed to approach the carriage. Anyone who violates this will be killed!"
"Follow the order!" Everyone shouted in unison and drew their swords one after another.
The people watching were shocked when they saw this scene, and then they backed away, but they became more and more curious.
Cheng Yaojin returned and walked side by side with Qin Huaidao, but he was smart enough not to ask any more questions.
Xu Shiji got excited and sneered: "Old man, do you have anything to say now?"
Cheng Yaojin didn't answer and looked at Qin Huaidao.
Qin Huaidao shook his head secretly, and Cheng Yaojin nodded tacitly. He looked at the corpse on the carriage again, realizing that something big was going to happen, and his thoughts became vivid.
The carriage rattled and moved slowly.
The sun shone on the car full of corpses, but there was a chill in it.