Chapter 402 The first encounter with a strong enemy
The Tanxiang Army was first formed by Diao Zidu. At its peak, it had tens of thousands of troops. However, Diao Zidu was selfish and cruel and was not popular among the people. It didn't take long for him to be killed by his subordinates.
The remnants of Diao Zidu gathered in Tanxiang and formed a new rebel army. Because it was established in Tanxiang, it was named Tanxiang Army.
At present, the Tanxiang Army is no longer what it used to be, with a strength of more than 100,000, and its forces are divided into two counties, Weicheng and Qinghe. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the local overlord of Weicheng County.
Hearing that the other party was from the Tanxiang Army, Liu Xiu secretly frowned, but with a calm expression on his face, he said softly: "We have no enmity with your army. We just happened to pass by Deng Village today, and we hope to see the Tanxiang Army."
All my brothers, please be kind and let me wait."
The burly young man named Xu Lang sneered, tilted his head, and said with a smile: "Don't bother nagging me! I made it very clear just now. If you want to leave, you can, as long as you stay."
Just leave the money you have on you and the woman in the car."
Liu Xiu saw that the other party was called a rebel army, but in fact it was a group of bandits. There was no reason to argue with these people.
He looked left and right, indicating that everyone was ready to take action. Then, he reached into his arms, took out a money bag, handed it forward, and said, "We only have so much money on us."
Deng Xiang's eyes flashed, and he came close to Xu Lang as if offering a treasure, and said urgently: "Don't listen to his nonsense, they still have money on them, I saw it!"
Zhu You's face turned red, both out of anger and self-blame. Being in a foreign land, he actually forgot about the principle of not revealing wealth. Zhu You first glanced at Liu Xiu, and then he took out a flower from his arms.
Money bag, said: "My money is here too!"
Xu Lang was very satisfied with the performance of Liu Xiu and others. He waved forward and walked towards Liu Xiu and others.
Hundreds of people behind him also followed up. When Liu Xiu and others approached, he looked them over, laughed out loud, and said: "I see, you guys are pretty good at riding horses! Damn it!"
You are sitting on the horse, get off!"
Liu Xiu was obedient and actually jumped off the horse. Xu Lang was even more disapproving of Liu Xiu. His eyes fell on the sword on his waist again. He raised his head and said, "Take off your sword and show it to me."
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"Your Majesty, you'd better not take a good look at this sword of mine, and it's best not to touch it." Liu Xiu took out his sword as he spoke.
As the Scarlet Sky Sword was unsheathed, a dragon roar suddenly appeared in the air. Although the Scarlet Sky Sword itself was simple and unpretentious, the dragon roar it emitted undoubtedly revealed that it was an extremely rare magical weapon.
Xu Lang's eyes immediately showed greed. He stared at the Chixiao Sword in Liu Xiu's hand and said in a concentrated voice: "Give me the sword quickly!"
Liu Xiu shrugged, turned his wrist, held the Red Sky Sword upside down, and handed it forward. Xu Lang stretched out his hand tremblingly, and grasped the hilt of the Red Sky Sword. The moment he grasped the hilt,
, he felt a biting chill rush into his palm, and then spread along his palm and throughout his body.
In just a moment, Xu Lang felt as if the temperature around him suddenly dropped to freezing winter, and his body was almost frozen. At the same time, a violent murderous intention exploded in his mind, causing his hands to tremble.
His eyes turned scarlet.
Before he could wave the Chixiao Sword in his hand, Liu Xiu suddenly stepped forward, grabbed his wrist, and took the Chixiao Sword back. With his other hand, he grabbed Xu Lang's collar and pulled it down hard.
, with a thud, Xu Lang's body fell heavily to the ground.
This sudden change shocked everyone present. No one expected that Xu Lang, who had always been strong and brave, would be thrown to the ground so easily by his opponent.
Xu Lang, who was lying on the ground, also had a confused look on his face. At this time, he still had no idea what was going on. When he regained his consciousness, he was already lying on the ground, with the cold tip of the sword pressing against him.
on the neck.
"If you don't want him to die, please move away!" Liu Xiu used the Chixiao Sword to force Xu Lang and scanned the people on the opposite side.
"Kill them, leave no one behind except the women!" Someone in the crowd suddenly roared angrily.
Then, the stunned people came to their senses. They all roared, picked up their weapons, and rushed towards Liu Xiu and others.
Liu Xiu immediately understood that Xu Lang was not the leader of these people at all. The real leader had been hidden among the crowd.
What a treacherous Tanxiang Army! Liu Xiu cursed in his heart. Then, he lowered his sword hand, and there was a pop, and the sword edge pierced Xu Lang's neck. The latter didn't even say a word.
One blow, killing him on the spot.
Liu Xiu swung his sword and cut off several spears that were thrust at him. He grabbed the reins with his other hand and jumped onto the horse.
Deng Yu, Yao Qi, Zhu You, Gai Yan, Feng Yi, Wang Ba and others also showed their weapons one after another, and together with Liu Xiu, they fought against the people who came up.
There were many people on the other side, and soon the people dispersed. Some people went to attack Liu Xiu and others, while others quietly walked around towards the carriage.
Liu Xiuyou noticed the other party's actions. He drew his sword and shouted: "Long Yuan, Xuying, go protect the carriage!"
Long Yuan, Long Zhun, Long Bu, Xu Ying, Xu Ting, and Xu Fei retreated to protect their two carriages.
Seeing Long Yuan and others passing by, Liu Xiu was relieved. He glanced at the crowd and saw Deng Xiang who was shrinking back.
Liu Xiu jerked the reins and urged the horse forward.
The people in front of him subconsciously thrust out the spears in their hands. Liu Xiu bent down and waved the Chixiao Sword with all his strength. Hearing a series of crisp sounds, all the spears that were thrust towards him were chopped off.
break.
Liu Xiu continued to charge forward with his horse, but the two front hooves of the war horse were pushing on the chest of a big man. The big man screamed and flew backwards.
The spears in the hands of the big men on both sides had been broken. They subconsciously reached out to grab Liu Xiu, trying to pull Liu Xiu off his horse.
But before their hands touched Liu Xiu's clothes, the latter had already swung two swords first. With two crisp sounds, the necks of the two big men were cut off by the Chixiao Sword.
Everyone present obviously did not expect Liu Xiu and others to be so powerful. Seeing that two companions died tragically under his sword almost at the same time, with their heads missing, people were shocked and involuntarily took two steps back.
Liu Xiu urged the war horse and charged forward. The red-gleaming Chixiao Sword drew a long red light in the air, and blood spurted out one after another wherever it passed.
Deng Xiang knew very well that Liu Xiu and others must have hated him, so as soon as the two sides fought, he did not dare to rush forward, but kept retreating behind the crowd.
He thought he could hide away, but he didn't know that Liu Xiu had already targeted him.
Liu Xiu urged his horse to rush forward while brandishing the Red Sky Sword. Those who stood in front of the horse were either hit by the horse and trampled to the point of broken bones and tendons, or were chopped to the ground by the Red Sky Sword.
When Deng Xiang realized that something was wrong, he tried to dodge, but it was already too late. Liu Xiu rushed behind him, swung the Red Sky Sword, and struck Deng Xiang hard on the back of the head. Liu Xiu did not use the blade to chop, but
Use the sword to hit it.
Deng Xiang didn't even have the consciousness to dodge, and was hit on the back of the head by the sword of the Red Sky Sword. Bang! Deng Xiang screamed strangely, and his whole body flew forward, falling more than a meter away before he landed.
to the ground.
He held the back of his head with both hands, screaming and rolling on the ground in pain.
Liu Xiu jumped off his horse, swung his sword to the side, and swept away the two big men who were charging towards him. Then he walked up to Deng Xiang, stretched out his arm, grabbed his collar, and lifted Deng Xiang up from the ground.
When Deng Xiang saw that the person who caught him was Liu Xiu, he turned pale with fright and trembled into a ball. He waved his hands repeatedly and begged: "Don't kill me, don't kill me! It's them who forced me to do this. It's all them."
Force me..."
Liu Xiu wanted to use Deng Xiang to force out the real leader of the other party, but before he could ask the question, there was a sudden sound, Deng Xiang opened his mouth wide, and a blood arrow sprayed into Liu Xiu's chest.
It turned out that it was a round hammer that hit Deng Xiang hard on the back of the heart. With just this blow, Deng Xiang died on the spot.
As Liu Xiu let go of his hand, Deng Xiang fell limply to the ground, bleeding from all his orifices, with more air coming out and less air coming in. He looked like he was going to run out of air.
Liu Xiu looked up and saw a man walking out of the crowd behind Deng Xiang. This man was about thirty years old. He was holding a thick chain in his hand. One end of the chain was put on his wrist, and the other end was connected to
Holding a hammer as thick as a plate.
As the big man walked towards Liu Xiu, he kept shaking the chain. The hammer head drew arcs in the air, and at the same time there was a strong buzzing sound.
Liu Xiu squinted his eyes and stared at the big man who walked out of the crowd and came straight towards him.
The big man had no unnecessary nonsense. When the distance between the two sides was still three meters away, the chain hammer in his hand suddenly took action and flew straight towards Liu Xiu's face.
Liu Xiu dodged sideways, and buzz, the hammer whizzed past his ears. What surprised Liu Xiu was that dodging this blow was not enough. The opponent's hand that was holding the chain pulled back.
The hammer head flew back and hit Liu Xiu hard on the back of the head.
There was a strange sound in the secret voice, and Liu Xiu lowered his body to dodge this time.
Buzz, the hammer flew back from Liu Xiu's head. When it flew back to the big man, the latter suddenly kicked out, the sole of his foot was stepping on the hammer, and the hammer hit Liu Xiu again.
, still hitting him in the face.
Liu Xiu had never fought against such a weird weapon as a chain hammer. When fighting with it, the opponent could attack him unscrupulously from a distance of three or four meters, but his Red Sky Sword could not reach the opponent at all. Liu Xiu escaped.
After the opponent hit the flying hammer several times in a row, he realized that this was not going to work and he had to engage in close combat with the opponent.
Thinking of this, the opponent hit him with another flying hammer. This time, Liu Xiu did not dodge. He turned sideways, holding the sword in one hand and holding the sword with the other, using the sword to block the opponent's hammer head.
Bang! The hammer head hit the Chixiao Sword firmly, and the hammer head jumped up high due to the force of the rebound.
Taking this opportunity, Liu Xiu rushed forward. He was fast, but the big man could retract his hammer even faster.
The latter pulled back the chain, and when the hammer flew back, he wrapped the chain around his elbow and swung forward. The hammer fell from mid-air and hit Liu Xiu's head, who was in front of him.
Liu Xiu's reaction speed was beyond the opponent's imagination, and his movement skills were also extremely weird. The big man felt that his eyes were blurred, Liu Xiu had disappeared in front of him, and the hammer he struck hit hard on the other side.