Li Xingchen smiled slightly: "Chun Yuliang needs a head to prove himself, so I don't mind giving him such a head."
"one?"
Li Xingchen said calmly: "Yu Chikuan and Yuchi Shun are not easy to deal with in the first place. It would be good to catch one of them. Let's see if Chun Yuliang has this ability."
After a pause, Li Xingchen pointed his horsewhip forward: "Of course, another reason is because of Cao Xiaoda. Up to now, we have not received news that Cao Xiaoda is indeed dead, so we must not take it lightly. Although the Zhou people have fallen into chaos,
It’s not that there are no soldiers and horses, if Cao Xiaoda finds an opportunity to mobilize these rebel troops, they will still be a force that cannot be underestimated.”
"Is this...possible?" Pei Zilie was a little stunned for a moment.
And Li Xingchen pointed at his feet: "Do you think it is impossible for us to capture Xiangyang City in one day?"
Pei Zilie stopped talking immediately and just nodded.
Sometimes the consequence of underestimating an opponent is failure. Although Cao Xiaoda had several dealings with Li Xingchen, it was obvious that he still underestimated his opponent.
And now even though Xiangyang City has fallen into such chaos, Li Xingchen still dare not underestimate Cao Xiaoda. After all, he has not seen Cao Xiaoda's body. The rumors in the army are as terrible as the rumors among the people. No one knows that these people are shouting that Cao Xiaoda is dead.
How did the soldiers get the news? It is not even ruled out that Cheng Feng was deliberately spreading the news to create chaos.
As a result, although Cao Xiaoda is still missing, it does not mean that he is not a threat.
Li Xingchen galloped through the street and kept seeing the soldiers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty fleeing in all directions on the street. Just when he was about to look for Cheng Feng, an arrow whizzed towards Li Xingchen, almost in his face!
"General, be careful!" Li Ping roared, and rode his horse to block Li Xingchen, but before that, the arrow had already shot through the air. Li Xingchen subconsciously turned sideways, raised the whip in his hand, and hit the arrow.
Trembling, he fell to the ground helplessly, but Li Xingchen had already raised the Ziyun gun in his hand. At the same time, Li Pingping's personal guards jumped towards the street where the arrow was shot.
"Shizhong!" Pei Zilie, who had just led a group of soldiers to drive away the defeated soldiers, came to his senses at this time and rushed over quickly, "What's going on?!"
Li Xingchen frowned, Ziyun gun suddenly pointed forward, Li Ping and others pulled the trigger at the same time, screams came from the darkness, and soon more than a dozen Northern Zhou soldiers rushed out from the corner and faced Li Ping.
people.
"Broken troops?" Pei Zilie was a little surprised.
"It's definitely not a broken army, but the bodyguards and dead soldiers." Li Xingchen immediately and decisively denied him, "They are very sneaky and will fight to the death once discovered. This shows that they still have fighting spirit and are covering something."
"Cao Xiaoda?"
"If it's Cao Xiaoda, the best thing to do is chase him!" Li Xingchen ordered decisively.
There were hundreds of people around Li Xingchen, all of them elite men. Of course, these Northern Zhou soldiers who suddenly came out were no match for them, and they were easily chopped to the ground. But Pei Zilie did not dare to neglect this time, and took the lead to take a few steps forward and kicked
He kicked one of the corpses, raised his head and said solemnly: "Shizhong, your judgment is correct. The clothes and armor of these guys are somewhat different from ordinary Zhou people. They were quite brave when they fought just now. They should be the bodyguards of the Yuchi family."
undoubtedly."
"Then what are you waiting for!" Li Xingchen immediately got off his horse. It was even more dangerous to gallop in the narrow alley. He put his Ziyun gun on his back, drew his sword and moved forward.
Li Ping and others hurriedly rushed in front of Li Xingchen to block Li Xingchen. Several crossbowmen were even more decisive. They simultaneously pulled the triggers of the crossbows in their hands against the darkness, and the arrows whizzed away, but this time there was no sound.
Li Ping and others held their breath at the same time and cautiously stepped forward. A touch of fish belly white appeared on the horizon in the distance, but in the streets and alleys under the city wall, everything was still shrouded in darkness.
Just when Li Ping stepped over a few bricks, a cry of surprise suddenly came out, and more importantly, it was a woman's voice. Li Ping was obviously startled, and the knife in his hand was placed directly on the woman's neck.
At the same time, a torch suddenly lit up from behind, and the light suddenly illuminated the street.
This is a dead end. This kind of dead end is very common, especially in important defensive towns like Xiangyang. The role of the dead end is naturally to lure the enemies entering the city to get lost. At the same time, the defenders can pour arrows and stones on both sides of the narrow road at the same time.
Annihilating the enemies entering the alley in one fell swoop plays an irreplaceable role in street fighting. It can almost be said to be a fatal trap designed long ago.
But obviously now this trap has caused these panic-stricken Zhou people to fall into it themselves.
What Li Ping just stepped on was a woman dressed as a maid lying on the ground. She was hit by an arrow in the leg, so she couldn't walk. There were beads of sweat on her face. It was obvious that the arrow pierced her flesh and it was painful.
At the end of the dead end, several Northern Zhou soldiers were guarding twenty or thirty old, young, women, and children.
When they realized they had been discovered, the women and children protected their children behind them and looked at the approaching enemy in panic.
Li Xingchen was a little surprised. To be honest, he didn't expect the prey to be like this. Looking at these people's luxurious clothes, he knew without thinking that they must be family members. As for who in Xiangyang City has such a large family, it is none other than Yuchi Jiong.
And Cao Xiaoda.
"May I ask which general you are facing?" At this moment, an old woman reached out and pushed away the Northern Zhou soldiers in front of her, and said calmly.
Pei Zilie raised his eyebrows and was about to step forward, but Li Xinchen stretched out his hand to stop him and said, "General Zhenxi, Li Xinchen, the Marquis of Hanzhong. I don't know what the old lady calls me?"
"Yuchi Yuanshi." The old woman's voice was very calm.
"Yu Chijun's first wife?" Pei Zilie subconsciously clenched the handle of the knife.
This is really a big fish.
Li Xingchen also cheered up. Yuchi Jiong's first wife had a long history. Princess Jinming of the Western Wei Dynasty, so her surname was the Yuan family, and she could be regarded as the orthodox bloodline of the Yuan family of the Northern Wei Dynasty.
It's no wonder that this old woman has a calm look. She can be considered a well-established person. She has experienced the change of dynasties from the Western Wei Dynasty to the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and her family is a general. It is obvious that such scenes of war are not uncommon.
"Old Madam, you are polite." Li Xingchen smiled slightly, but did not give up his hand, "I guess there must be the Yuchi family behind the old Madam. Someone wanted to hunt down Cao Xiaoda, but he didn't expect to catch such a big fish."
"Since the general has entered the city, it means that the west gate has been lost. The old woman originally wanted to go to the west gate to look for my child, but it seems there is no need to go now." Yuanshi shook her head, her expression a little sad. Obviously she also knew that it would be difficult for Li Xinchen to follow her today.
He escaped from his hands, and Li Xinchen broke through the west gate, Yu Chikuan is probably in danger...
"Both Yuchikuan and Yuchishun are not dead. They are fleeing south. If they were faster, they might be able to escape." (To be continued)