When the giant bell landed, Song Wu, who was serving as the vanguard general, immediately changed his tactics.
According to Wang Xun's prior arrangements, his task was to lead more than a thousand soldiers to climb up the rope ladder that fell from the top of the city along Qi Dazui, Chu Duyan and other swordsmen and a group of carefully selected masters from the army.
They all fought to raise the city wall, first controlling the north wall and the watch tower, and then trying to enter the city from the horse road, opening the city gate, and receiving the follow-up army to enter. However, now that the defenders have issued an alarm, seizing the city gate has become the first priority.
.As for the watch tower and the remaining half of the city wall, they can be left to Qi Dazui and others to clean up.
Making a decisive decision, he waved his sword and rushed down the horse path. As he rushed, he issued an order, "Senior Qi, Senior Chu, I leave this place to you two. Other brothers, follow me."
"promise!"
"Don't worry, General. Leave the rest to me!"
Qi Dazui and Chu Duyan responded loudly, waving horizontal swords and continuing to expand the control area of the city. The two led the remaining dozen swordsmen and quickly pushed across the narrow city wall. The defenders rushed out of the enemy tower.
I had been sleeping in a daze, and my hands and feet were not moving very well. On the narrow city top, I encountered such a group of people who specialized in making a living on the tip of a knife. It was really bad luck. At the moment of contact,
, and was chopped to pieces.
This hearty feeling lifted the spirits of the swordsmen. They were all hired by Wang Xun with a lot of money. According to the agreement before departure, they can receive corresponding rewards for completing each stage of the task. And the Hammer King's
Generosity and righteousness have been proven by several previous battles. Therefore, everyone wants to rush faster and kill harder so that after finishing this job, they can seal their swords and retreat, never to use them again.
Running up and down the ancient Silk Road in the wind and snow.
Soon, the defenders who rushed out of the enemy tower could no longer hold on and were forced to retreat continuously. The city wall fell into the hands of the swordsmen inch by inch, and the figures of Qi Dazui and Chu Dueye gradually approached the enemy tower.
At the junction of the city wall and the watchtower, they finally encountered a little trouble. A general named Juzhanti, who was eight feet tall and wearing iron armor, was guarded by several soldiers and blocked the place in person. The battle in his hands
The ax is about the size of half a washbasin, and it makes wind when you swing it.
Chu Duyan, who was rushing at the front, was caught off guard and was caught by the axe. The horizontal knife in his hand instantly broke into several pieces, and he fell backwards. Seeing that he was about to be gutted by the axe blade, he followed him.
Qi Dazui behind him was so anxious that he jumped up to the battlement with both feet. He pressed his linen-covered combat boots on the battlement a little harder, and his whole body flew up. He jumped over Chu Duyan and jumped diagonally in mid-air.
When it went down, the tip of the knife penetrated directly into the eyes of the axe-holder.
Out of instinct, the axe-wielding general Ju Zhanti stopped chasing Chu Duyan, raised his weapon, and blocked the attack from above his head. Qi Dazui could not change his direction in mid-air and could only continue to slash with his knife. The sharp
The horizontal knife and the giant ax collided in mid-air, shooting out a series of shrill sparks. His man also used the rebound of this force to quickly twist his waist, spinning his body sideways, and his back was hit.
Go to the flagpole on top of the city.
There was just a "thud" sound, and the flagpole made of Tuomu bent diagonally towards the outside of the city, and then hit back hard. Qi Dazui staggered after being hit, and took advantage of the situation to hook the flagpole with his left hand without the knife, and continued
After a few twists and turns, he jumped back to the team of his brothers, opened his mouth and spurted out a mouthful of hot blood, spraying the brother who stepped forward to help him until his face turned red.
"Brother Qi!"
"Lao Qi!"
The swordsmen shouted at the top of their lungs. Qi Dazui threw away the unusable Hengdao and roared in response, "Why are you crying in mourning? Why don't you rush over quickly? The enemy tower is in their hands, and General Song's side is occupied."
Condescending!”
The meaning of this sentence was vague, but the brothers present understood it all. They immediately turned their swords and rushed to the junction of the watch tower and the city wall. However, the city wall built by He Jiuzhan was too narrow and could not accommodate so many people.
They were killed at the same time. However, the enemy general holding an ax led his men to occupy the broad side opposite the connection between the city wall and the watch tower. For a while, he actually commanded his soldiers to guard the watch tower airtight.
At this moment, the archers under the city were exhausted and could not provide more effective support. The swordsmen used their personal bravery to fight several times, but they were all chopped back by the big guard with an axe. Two more weapons were added in vain.
Bodies and six seriously injured people, but nothing else was found.
When encountering strength, one becomes weak. For swordsmen who have not undergone strict training, this principle is irrefutable. After several failed attacks, everyone gradually became discouraged. The shouts were no longer as loud as before, and the movements of their feet became more and more difficult.
Coming slowly.
Seeing that the team behind the big guard was getting tighter and tighter, the intensity of his own attacks was getting weaker and weaker. Qi Dazui was so anxious that his eyes almost burst. As a swordsman who had spent half his life, he had never felt that
Life has been as nourishing as it has been recently. The Hammer King personally came to the door and hired him with a large sum of money to lead the team to climb the city wall and open a passage for the army. Song Lang will follow him, claiming that he is his predecessor. Yu Wenlang will treat others
Although Shi always looked up to the sky, he was willing to cover for him. There was also the support of old shopkeeper Cheng, and the envy and respect in the eyes of other swordsmen who were not selected. All of this made him feel ten years younger again.
How old are you, your whole body is full of strength.
"If he could really be ten years younger, Qi might have just followed General Wang." Privately, Qi Dazui told Chu Duyan more than once. The latter also admired Wang Xun's broadmindedness and magnanimity.
He always nodded and agreed in a low voice, "Well, despite his young age, General Wang is a rare and responsible man. If we follow him, with the skills of our brothers back then, we will not have to worry about being able to get ahead!"
There is a sentence in the book called "A scholar dies for his confidant." Qi Dazui didn't know if Wang Xun trusted him so much that he could be regarded as a polite and virtuous corporal. But he was never willing to live up to this trust. He saw that he opened his hands and blocked the
The two swordsmen in front of them pushed aside, squeezed forward a few steps sideways, grabbed a weapon with their hands, and rushed to the front of the team again.
"Brother Qi!" The swordsmen couldn't bear him to come forward to die and shouted to dissuade him. However, he shouted back sternly, "If you take someone else's money, your life belongs to them. Have everyone forgotten the rules of the road?"
Mentioning the rules of the swordsmen, the already slightly decadent morale in the team was immediately re-energized. The swordsmen on the Silk Road have always lived a life where there is no tomorrow today, taking other people's money and their lives.
It belongs to the employer. When encountering horse thieves, as long as the employers cannot escape safely, the swordsman will definitely be the last barrier in front of the horse thieves. General Wang has already paid the bounty for everyone to climb the city wall in advance. A few days ago, everyone
General Wang rewarded everyone very fairly for his efforts in each battle. Since he was exchanging lives for money, there is no reason to shrink back when encountering trouble. Otherwise, even if General Wang does not deal with everyone according to military law, everyone will have
Why should you continue to hang out on the street?
Thinking of this, all the fear in the hearts of the swordsmen disappeared. Following Qi Dazui and Chu Duyan, they roared and rushed towards the enemy tower again. The axe-wielding generals did not expect that the opponent would be so fierce and fearless of death.
He was shocked. The weapon in his hand was not slow at all, and a cold light shot out, swiping across Dazui's shoulders.
Qi Dazui quickly squatted down and let the ax blade pass over his scalp. A section of the boss's helmet and the hair inside the helmet were swept away, with some blood drops in the air. He seemed not to know the pain at all and continued to squat.
He leaned forward and jumped forward. Halfway through, he dodged a spear that was thrust horizontally, and used his blade to block an iron caltrop that was thrown at him diagonally. Then, at the moment when the opponent changed his moves, he grabbed the barb on the caltrop bone.
, allowing the opponent to lead him forward a few steps. Suddenly he let go, and with great force on his feet, he and his knife rolled over the last obstacle between the city wall and the watchtower like a polo, and they all jumped onto the opponent.
In the arms of the axe.
"Ah -" the axe-holder screamed, turning the ax blade and slashing downwards. Chu Duyan followed Qi Dazui's back and rushed up, holding the axe-holder's arm firmly with both hands. Both sides fought to defend.
They raised their sabers and guns simultaneously to greet the two men. The other swordsmen stepped on the edge of the city wall one after another, risking their feet to slip and fall into pieces.
Crucial.
"Ah——" "Ah——" "Ah——" The ax-wielding general Ju Zhanti continued to scream loudly, but he could not get rid of Qi Dazui's entanglement. Within the few inches between the two, Qi Dazui
The big mouth takes full advantage of the sharpness of the horizontal knife. It drags it left and right like a saw, and every time it goes back and forth, it penetrates several inches into the belly of the axe-holder.
"Ah——" General Juzhanti, who was holding the axe, let out his last scream and fell to the ground. Qi Dazui climbed down from the corpse of the enemy general, holding the horizontal knife that was broken into half again, and stumbled left and right.
He had countless wounds on his body, and blood was dripping down. No one of the soldiers around him dared to strike a blow, giving him the final fatal blow.
The wind was very cold in the early morning, and the moonlight illuminated the figures on the city top in a blur.
The battle on the city wall continued, and every place was extremely brutal.
However, the princes who had already rushed to the city gate focused all their attention on the old man on the enemy tower, holding a broken knife and with flying long hair. They were not familiar with the internal composition of the Tang army, and they had no way of knowing the name of this veteran general.
But looking at the tall and majestic body in the watchtower, his eyes were full of admiration.
Under the admiring eyes of everyone, Qi Dazui felt that his body gradually became lighter. He staggered a few steps, grabbed a nearby flagpole again, and shook it a few times.
A familiar feeling came to my heart again.
When he was young, as one of the most skilled swordsmen in the Western Regions, he would always hold a big flag in his hand to clear the way for the entire caravan. He would walk in the empty and lonely desert and bring silk and tea leaves from the Central Plains,
Paper and books are continuously sent thousands of miles away.
"Might - Wu -" he heard someone shouting loudly. He heard the familiar sound of camel bells and heard the response from the wilderness.
"Might - Wu -" Qi opened his mouth and agreed proudly.
"mighty--"
"mighty--"
The sound of the swordsmen clearing the way echoed at the top of Juzhan Ti City, lingering endlessly. In the mid-air, the clouds rolled and relaxed, like a business traveler traveling far away.
