Chapter Fifty-Seven: What's on the Side of Zheng Qu
Everything around me seemed to be in slow motion.
Su Ping raised his gun, Han Shang brandished his sword, and the entire battalion A was on the defensive. Battalion B rushed forward in pursuit of Su Ping. The Thule people who wanted to penetrate the formation were about to be surrounded.
This slow motion only lasted for a moment, and the movements of the guards around him became faster.
"Battle D is holding on, and camp A and camp B are advancing forward."
Su Lu subconsciously ordered.
Countless lines jumped out from the Thule people. Su Lu easily figured out the opponent's weakest point. Ding camp blocked it on the spot. Camp A and B rushed forward and surrounded this group of less than 200 Tule and bandits.
Mixed Centurions.
The next moment, something happened that stunned Su Lu.
Fatty Zhao swung his knife, just like chopping melons and vegetables, and he chopped down the general leading the troops from Thule in one fell swoop. The hundred-man team composed of more than a hundred Thule people and bandits were like paper mache, and were crushed by the Ding camp.
One protrusion and it was torn apart.
Before Battalion A and Battalion B could encircle each other, Battalion Ding penetrated the centurions who wanted to penetrate them, and caught up with Battalion A and Battalion B who were advancing forward.
Su Lu was confused, and Mo Chuo on the hillside was even more confused. What the hell, could it be that lying down for half the night last night had such a great impact on Gu Duulu, and he still didn't recover after half a night's rest.
Hey, I was careless. I should have known better than to attack right after returning.
"The whole army goes out and kills this battalion of guards."
Mo Duo gave the order and took the lead and rushed out. Mo Duo fought against the Beizheng Camp for more than forty battles and was invincible. He was so confident that he would not take Su Lu's battalion of guards seriously.
Su Lu looked at the Thule people rushing down from the mountain, and saw that the Thule general who was leading the charge was so powerful and looked like he was invincible. This was definitely a formidable enemy.
"Array, set up a turtle shell array."
"Su Ping, the spears are behind you. Don't rush forward without my order."
The Level 2 Mandarin Duck Formation is easy to use, but its defense bonus is not as good as the Level 1 Tortoise Shell Formation. Looking at the opponent's momentum, Su Lu feels that the Turtle Shell Formation with only the defense bonus is safer.
This Thule man looks so formidable, there is no way he has a silver gun wax head.
However, Su Lu left a backdoor. If these guys with a glamorous appearance were really like silver spears, they would immediately change their formations and use a level 2 mandarin duck formation to overwhelm these grandsons.
Level 1 turtle shell array proficiency is at full level, and the card level is upgraded to level 2.
Use level 2 turtle shell array to increase defense by 120%.
Su Lu looked confused. This thing still has proficiency and can it be upgraded?
"boom"
The Thule people who rushed down from the mountain ran into the sword and shield soldiers who were waiting with their shields raised.
Mo Duo felt like he had hit a rock, his chest felt tight, and his whole body felt bad.
When did the Han Guards become so defensive?
"Lances advance forward"
Su Lu covered the arrow wound on his chest and continued talking.
The familiar feeling when adding level 2 formation cards just now appeared. His reactions became faster, his limbs became more agile, and the shortcomings of the opponent's formation were clearly visible. Su Lu directly ordered the spear formation to advance forward.
"Leap forward, stand up a shield."
"Puff puff"
The bandits and Thule soldiers were like stones rolling down the mountain, hitting the shield with the gun head sticking out.
The guard holding the shield staggered back after being hit, and the bandit's body was directly penetrated by the spear. The guard holding the gun pressed the barrel of the gun down and pressed it against the ground. The bandit leaned forward and was nailed to the ground.
In the blink of an eye, corpses were left on the ground in front of the formation.
Mo Duo's heart was bleeding. This was a warrior that he had brought out through countless battles. He had killed hundreds of them in one go. Counting the bones of the Hundreds that had been destroyed just now, less than half of the elite soldiers.
It has been beaten to death.
Even in the battle to capture Suozibao, there were no such serious losses.
"withdraw"
Mo Chui could no longer care about the general's dignity and retreated.
These fierce soldiers are the foundation of his establishment in Thule. The enmity of the great sergeant has nothing to do with him, so he should leave it to the right side of the police to be loyal to him.
The Thule soldiers were defeated in one attack, leaving corpses on the ground and withdrew.
Su Ping leaned his spear on the ground, his face and clothes were covered with blood, and he laughed:
"Grandson, don't run away. You have to fight grandpa for three hundred rounds. Why are you running? I was so excited when I attacked grandpa yesterday. Why am I so weak today?"
Mo Duo's face was livid. He returned to the village. Hearing the waves of curses from the bottom of the mountain, he felt bad. Then he looked at the blood lion and Li Guozhi who were sitting motionless on the mountain. Their faces became ferocious.
"Come here, any guys who run away or cower before the battle, I will arrest them all."
The blood lion was furious: "This is my fortress. I am the captain of thousands, you can't control me."
Li Guozhi waved his hand, and the bandits behind him gathered around him, their steel swords unsheathed and their spears pointed forward.
The sinister look on Mo Duo's face disappeared. He had just been defeated and his morale was low. He might not be able to defeat these bandits, so he had to save their heads for a while.
"Blood Lion, I will send you your head this time. If you do it next time, I will kill you without mercy."
"Get out of the way, I want to rest."
Mo Chui knocked the blood lion away and walked away.
The blood lion gritted his teeth angrily and threw the steel knife in his hand to the ground in annoyance.
At the foot of the mountain, the guards had cleaned the battlefield, put away all weapons, and cut off all the heads, especially the heads of the Thule people, which needed to be taken care of, as this was the key to repaying their merits.
Little Niba pulled out the arrow for Su Lu, used his own warm inner breath to help Su Lu stop the bleeding, and then wrapped it in thick gauze.
Soon, the guardsmen cleaned the battlefield and packed up their gear. The civilians over there also drove up the pack horses, hitched up the carts, and were ready to set off.
"Set off"
Su Lu waved his hand and the team set off.
The weeds on both sides of the official road began to turn yellow. As you looked around, you could see yellow and green, and sometimes you could see white patches among the weeds. When you walked in, you saw a few white bones among the messy basil.
Su Lu was lying on the cart driven by Lao Wang, lying on his back and looking at the sky. His chest hurt from the arrow and he felt very unhappy.
In the aftermath of war and chaos, only the common people will suffer. The bones lying on the ground are also those of a young boy from some family.
When the grain team arrived at Zhengqu, Su Ping, who was in the vanguard, sent someone to report that the autumn water had risen and the bridge deck was submerged. They should take a detour or wade through the water.
"Rest where you are and send people to check upstream and downstream to see if there are any bridges that have not been submerged."
Su Lu gave the order and jumped out of the cart. Unexpectedly, he stepped on a bone and staggered. Lao Wang next to him had quick eyesight and caught Su Lu to prevent him from falling.
"Sir, please be careful. This place used to be fertile land with many villages. Later, war broke out and many people died. There are bones everywhere. When I walked this road before, people often tripped over the bones."
Su Lu sighed: "Yes, Old Wang, you have always wanted to join the Guards. They join the Guards just so that they can stop fighting one day, return to their hometown, and live a peaceful life, but they did not expect that they would have to bury their bones in a foreign land.
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Lao Wang slapped his chest:
"I'm not afraid, sir. As long as you agree to me joining the Guards, I will never cause you any trouble. I'll die in the first battle. Sir, you see I helped you just now. Why don't you raise your hand?"
Just like..."
Su Lu had a dark look on his face, turned around and left, this Lao Wang.
Isn’t it good to live well?
Su Lu walked to the edge of Zheng Canal and saw many peasants unloading grain bags from their pack horses and leading their pack horses to drink water by the canal. He couldn't help but squat down and wash his face with water.
Perhaps because it was late autumn, the water in the canal was quite cold and the chill was biting.
After washing the dust off his face, Su Lu felt much refreshed. Standing next to Zheng Qu, he looked far into the distance and saw the looming mountains in the distance.
The sun was setting in the west, and the sky was beginning to turn a layer of red. The north wind was blowing, blowing up waves of sand and dust. The farther north you went, the stronger the wind and sand became.
Su Lu pointed to a broken wall not far to the north and asked Lao Wang: "Lao Wang, do you know what kind of wall that is? Why has it been built to the edge of Zheng Canal?"
Lao Wang was pressing the packhorse's head to drink water. Hearing this, he squinted his eyes and looked at the north, then lowered his head and continued to press the packhorse to drink water:
"That's a section of the ancient Great Wall. It was built from Lintao Mountain. I heard from the old man that it seemed to be a very ancient thing."
The guards who explored the road came back and reported:
"Captain, no bridge was found. It should be that the bridges like this one are submerged in water."