The leader, Jiang Jinnian, grabbed the reins of the horse in his hand, forced the horse under his crotch to stand upright, and forcibly stopped his progress.
"If there is a situation, everyone should stop moving forward!"
Jiang Jinnian's abnormal behavior has attracted the attention of the companions following him. Even if Jiang Jinnian did not remind everyone, everyone would stop to check the situation.
After hearing Jiang Jinnian's instructions, everyone tightened their reins and slowed down their horses.
It was not until this time that everyone discovered that the passage in front was covered with many sharpened bamboos. These sharpened bamboos were buried in the ground, and the upper half was leaking outside. They were pointing diagonally in preparation for charging into the bamboo forest.
of people.
Because the bamboo forest is too lush, the passage is extremely dark and there is a serious lack of light.
This resulted in everyone not seeing clearly the enemy's arrangement in the bamboo forest before charging.
It was because Jiang Jinnian had good eyesight and superb riding skills that he discovered something strange in the bamboo forest at the critical moment and led the entire charging cavalry to a halt.
If it had been a little longer at night, I am afraid that the charging people and the horses would have crashed into the bamboo stick array in front and been stabbed to death.
Jiang Jinnian quickly ordered,
"Ma Yuanfang, you take a few brothers to dismantle the bamboo stick formation, and the remaining brothers will come back with me to kill the enemy."
The bamboo stick array must be dismantled before the team can pass smoothly.
But there were too many enemies, and the few brothers behind them could no longer stop them from approaching the carriage.
In desperation, Jiang Jinnian turned around and asked some of his brothers to dismantle the bamboo stick array. The rest followed him and fought back to buy time for the dismantling of the bamboo stick array.
The space was constantly squeezed and shrunk by the enemy, and the horses had lost the possibility of charging.
Jiang Jinnian had to lead his brothers to form a protective line behind the carriage, and kept fighting to prevent the men in black from approaching the carriage.
For a moment, blood spattered, screams continued, the men's blood flew, and bloody killings continued.
Jiang Jinnian no longer knew how many bodies of the men in black had been pierced by the spear in his hand. Even his own clothes were stained red by the blood of those men in black.
By the end of the fight, he was already numb, and he could only mechanically wave the spear in his hand, repeating the movements repeatedly, to assassinate the men in black who tried to get close to the carriage.
There were constantly screaming and injured brothers around him, but Jiang Jinnian had no way to distract himself from the rescue. He could only continuously increase the range of the spear in his hand, expand his attack surface, and try to reduce some pressure on his brothers as much as possible, so as to increase their survival.
opportunity to go down.
Soon, Ma Yuandao, whose arm was already stained with blood, came to Jiang Jinnian dragging the long knife that was dripping with blood.
The two looked at each other and nodded slightly.
When they turned around and came back to fight, he and Jiang Jinnian took the initiative to separate, one on the left and one on the right, guarding the two ends of the team.
Now all the brothers on his end have been defeated, and several have even lost their ability to resist, and are being protected by their companions and staying behind. Even if everyone is carrying the healing medicine, they still have to have time to recover.
If the fight continues like this, Ma Yuandao is worried that his entire army will be annihilated.
He must come to Jiang Jinnian and ask Jiang Jinnian to think of a solution as soon as possible.
"There are too many enemies. If this continues, our brothers will not be able to hold on any longer."
Jiang Jinnian glanced at Ma Yuandao, swept through the army, and directly swung away the few men in black in front of him. Then the tip of his spear was like a poisonous snake spitting a message, and he stabbed forward quickly, stabbing several men in black one after another, creating a trap for himself.
Short free time.
"For today's plan, we can only take out the prepared things in advance and use them..."
As soon as Jiang Jinnian finished speaking, he saw the brother who was previously in charge of dismantling the bamboo stick array running over on horseback.
"Jiang Jinnian, the bamboo stick formation has been broken and carriages can pass..."
Jiang Jinnian was overjoyed: "You go first, I will stop you."
Ma Yuandao glanced at Jiang Jinnian worriedly: "Can you do it yourself?
What will you do when we are gone?"
Jiang Jinnian said: "It doesn't matter, I'll stop them for a moment and then I'll come."
"Hurry up and don't hesitate!"
Jiang Jinnian said and waved his hands anxiously.
Gu Yuan saw clearly from inside the carriage. He moved his hands and feet and felt that he was almost recovered. He wanted to get out of the carriage and help Jiang Jinnian and the others.
But as soon as Gu Yuan stood up, Zhang Feng pressed his arm, then shook his head, and Gu Yuan sat back again.
Zhang Feng didn't know where it was affected, so he coughed a few more times.
Now that the situation was so critical, Zhang Feng was not in the mood to ask Gu Yuan any more questions. He just asked Gu Yuan softly if he was hungry and if he wanted to eat some snacks or dried meat.
Gu Yuan was not polite. He was indeed hungry, and there might be a fierce fight in a while. He quickly took a piece of venison breast and bit it while staring out of the car.
Outside the carriage.
Ma Yuandao glanced at Jiang Jinnian unwillingly, then patted his horse and left.
The bamboo stick array was demolished, leaving a way out for the struggling escort team.
As the leader of the team, Jiang Jinnian stayed behind. Ma Yuandao knew that time was precious and immediately asked the brothers who were dismantling the bamboo stick array to quickly enter the bamboo forest while protecting Hong Xiu and the carriage.
He himself, together with several other brothers, led the escort team to shrink their defensive circle backwards at the same time that the carriage started.
Several seriously injured brothers were arranged by Jiang Jinnian to be the second group to retreat into the bamboo forest.
Jiang Jinnian intercepted the enemy alone in front of the bamboo forest passage.
The remaining brothers, together with Ma Yuandao, formed a second line of defense in front of the passage into the bamboo forest, buying time for the carriage and the brothers who had lost the ability to resist to evacuate.
Seeing that the carriage left smoothly, the attacks of the men in black became more and more crazy, even to the point of risking their lives. Even Jiang Jinnian, the most skilled member of the escort team, suffered a loss because of this.
There were several men in black who were desperate for their lives. When Jiang Jinnian's spear pierced their bodies, they suddenly grabbed Jiang Jinnian's gun barrel and allowed Jiang Jinnian's spear to penetrate their bodies. Then they grabbed Jiang Jinnian's gun tightly.
The long spear prevented Jiang Jinnian from withdrawing his weapon in time.
Every time Jiang Jinnian struggled to withdraw his spear, the enemy's attack had already arrived.
These desperadoes sacrificed their lives to create conditions for the men in black around them to attack Jiang Jinnian.
It was under this situation that Jiang Jinnian was stabbed twice by the man in black.
Fortunately, Jiang Jinnian was agile and managed to retreat in time when the enemy kept slashing with long swords. He only suffered a slight skin injury and no serious injuries.
However, he also lost his spear because of this. Jiang Jinnian had no choice but to hurriedly pick up a long sword that was left behind by a man in black.