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Chapter 17 Deathmatch

The group tried their best to trek through the mud and water swamp.

Like his subordinates, Lei Yuan was also very tired and relied on his perseverance to strengthen his spirits. But after he greeted and commanded a few times, a wave of weakness suddenly came, making him dizzy; a lot of cold sweat flowed down his neck, mixed with the mud and water on his body. He seemed to hear the autumn wind suddenly became violent at some point, whistling, blowing large areas of yellow trees and reeds like waves, making strange sounds like ghosts and gods weeping. While he was breathing, a storm of wind was occasionally pouring into his throat and lungs, like a sharp blade piercing in, and it ruthlessly twisted it.

Seeing that Lei Yuan's face was not good, Guo rushed forward a few steps: "Little Langjun?"

"I'm fine." Lei Yuan took a deep breath and smiled at Guo Jing. At this time, no matter how uncomfortable he was, he had to persevere. But... he suddenly frowned: "Old Guo, have you heard any sound?"

Guo Jing listened with his ears. What came with the autumn wind was the sound of countless reeds undulating like waves under the strong wind. Apart from that... there seemed to be a low sound coming one after another, but there seemed to be nothing.

"Fan Hong has a sharp ear, ask him?" Guo Jing asked.

Lei Yuan signaled him to wait a moment, and his expression became more and more calm after a while: "No need, listen again!"

In the short period of the bleak autumn wind, the sounds that were previously covered by the wind were clearly heard. They were the sounds of horns spread all over the world! Some of the sounds of horns were extremely far away, about ten miles away; some occurred in extremely close places that were almost two or three miles away. They echoed each other, and the sounds of length, height and bottom were harmonious, as if they were conveying some news!

"Cao's army has been rectified and sent a small group of scouts into the swamp!" Guo Jing suddenly changed color.

Guo Jing also lived on the battlefield for a long time. The soldiers with extremely rich experience immediately judged the situation. The current situation was indeed as Lei Yuan expected: Cao's army changed its previous chaotic movements, withdrew the infantry and cavalry brigade from the reed marshes, and instead used a large number of scouts to divide them into countless squads, gradually deepening into the complex terrain. These squads maintained a distance of enough to rescue each other, used horns to communicate information, and occupied key points from the outside to the inside; any squad found Lei Yuan and others, and only needed to sound the horn to warn them, many squads immediately surrounded like bees, not to mention that there must be cavalry teams ready to reinforce the outside of the swamp!

It's only half an hour away from escape, but this will definitely be the most dangerous half an hour.

"Quick! Hurry! Go!" Lei Yuan waved to the queue behind him and greeted.

Guo actually took a few steps, and first opened the way with a long knife, allowing Lei Yuan to walk behind him.

Everyone knew that it was the critical moment to escape. They took a lighter pace, stopped talking, and prepared to avoid the possible scouts of Cao's army. As they advanced, the ground under their feet became dry and hard again, and the large area of ​​water gradually shrank, and they returned to unrelated puddles. In addition to reeds, more and more miscellaneous trees and dead trees appeared... They were approaching the southern edge of the swamp.

During this journey, they carefully rely on forest covers to bypass two areas where Cao's army scouts passed.

However, just as they walked through the last puddle, the reeds suddenly moved, and several scouts of Cao's army poked their heads and crawled out from the depths of the reeds.

The reed poles and clusters of trees that were more than one person were covered up, and when they hit each other, the distance between them was only about a meter, and they were both stunned.

Along the way, Guo Jing walked at the front of the queue, leading Lei Yuan, who was in second place for more than ten steps. He bent down along the way, carefully checking various clues, and firmly believed that he would be able to determine the location of the Cao army scouts in advance. However, he didn't know whether these Cao army scouts were resting or something. Before they opened the reeds, they had no sound at all, and both sides met head-on.

No one could have thought that he would have contacted Cao's army at such a close distance. At this time, I don't know how many Cao's army were searching from all directions. If these Cao's scouts blew the horn to warn, it would be a disaster immediately!

Guo Jing was the first to react, and he suddenly threw the scabbard out. The scabbard made of hardwood hit the Cao Bing's face in the head, causing Cao Bing's body to shake. Before Cao Bing could react, Guo Jing was already pounced on like a hungry tiger. The two of them immediately rolled into a pile and rushed into the reeds behind.

Lei Yuan was on the right side of Guo Jing. When Guo Jing fought with Cao soldiers led by the opposite side, Lei Yuan pulled his sword and rushed forward with great strides.

When he was riding the formation, he was injured in his left leg and the wound was only briefly bandaged. At this time, because his movements were too violent, the wound was cracked again, and blood soaked the strips of the wounds. But Lei Yuan seemed to feel the pain at all. He was highly concentrated and rushed straight towards the second place Cao Bing.

The second Cao Bing held the sword and shield in both hands. His reaction was also very fast. He immediately raised the shield in his hand to greet him. Lei Yuan's long sword in his hand instantly stabbed the shield. With a muffled sound, the blade was embedded in the crack of the shield. Lei Yuan felt the pain in the tiger's mouth and could no longer hold the hilt of the knife. However, he did not stop, but continued to rush forward, and his shoulders slammed into the shield. Cao Bing's single arm's strength was no match for Lei Yuan's rush forward with all his strength. The shield was raised back, and the edge was hitting Cao Bing's face. His nose bone suddenly broke, and tears were communicating with blood, which made his whole face blur.

Cao Bing staggered back, and Lei Yuan continued to move forward. He snatched Cao Bing's sword, then held the force with both hands, and suddenly slashed forward. This time, he used extremely strong force. The blade pierced the leather armor, stabbed through Cao Bing's chest and abdomen, penetrated through his entire body, and then came out of his back. Cao Bing fell to the sky and opened his mouth a few times, then stopped making a sound, and a large amount of blood mixed with foam, poured out of his mouth.

Lei Yuan took a breath and raised his eyes a little, and saw that Guo Jing and the Cao Bing, who was in charge, also decided to win. The two fought in close combat in the reeds, fists and kicked each other, and they had no time to pull out the weapons. Fortunately, Guo Jing was very powerful and instantly gained the upper hand. He pressed Cao Bing's hair bun hard and pressed his mouth and nose into the mud, and at the same time beat Cao Bing's back of his head with one punch after another. Cao Bing struggled desperately, and at first his hands and feet were swinging wildly, cracking many reeds. After taking a few punches, his limbs stopped moving and died.

However, Cao Bing still has three more people!

Lei Yuan had a sharp eye and saw that these three people were hesitating and retreating step by step. One of them was carrying a horn behind him, and he was going to take it back!

Lei Yuan and Guo actually rushed forward desperately.

The Cao soldiers who were in charge of the horn retreated, and the other two Cao soldiers actually returned to stop them. The road in the swamp was narrow, so they could only allow two people to go side by side. The two enemy soldiers stood shoulder to shoulder, and immediately blocked the road.

The two Cao soldiers raised the long swords and short spears in their hands and waved them repeatedly to protect their bodies, and used as a stinging force to intimidate them. Those who can serve as the outposts of the army are indeed all strictly trained soldiers, and they are all well-versed in martial arts, which is definitely not comparable to ordinary soldiers. However, at this time, the ability to move around and move and move forward and retreat is of use? They can only fight to the death and fight with their own lives!

Lei Yuan did not stop and rushed forward bravely. Cao Bing waved his knife and slashed in his chest. Lei Yuan turned sideways, and the knife wiped his shoulders and fell, tearing his leather armor and taking away a piece of flesh and blood. Lei Yuan groaned in pain, then he stretched out his arms and grabbed Cao Bing's arm holding the knife and pulled it back hard. The two of them almost collided with each other. Lei Yuan bent down slightly and stabbed Cao Bing's lower abdomen with his right hand. Blood was like a spring.

Cao Bing fell to the ground with his legs weak and was about to scream. When he was about to scream, Lei Yuan was already riding on him, pressing his face, stuffing it into his mouth with the handle of the knife, crushing and stirring it. After a few seconds, he made his facial features bleed and he was immediately extinguished.

At the same time, Guo actually killed another Cao soldier, at the cost of his side crotch being stabbed by a short spear. Although it was not deep, it was very terrifying.

One person left!

The one who holds the horn remains!

Lei Yuan and Guo actually had no time to think about it, and they jumped up at the same time.

However, when he raised his head, he saw that Cao's soldier had already fallen to the ground with his back on the sky, his horn fell to the ground, and his bones rolled aside.

It turned out that while Lei Yuan and Guo Jing were rushing forward side by side, Li Zhen, who was walking not far behind them, opened his bow and shot two arrows at the Cao soldier holding a horn. The first arrow passed through the flesh on the neck and drilled into the grass and trees behind, without hitting it. The Cao soldier was about to blow the horn at all costs, and Li Zhen's second arrow hit his left eye, and the slender cluster of arrows pierced from his eye sockets into his head, which immediately took his life.

A series of fighting took place in an instant, until everything was settled, and the followers following behind had just reacted. Lei Yuan sat back and looked at the other dead people around him, and the more he looked, the more he felt scared. When he was fighting just now, his mind was full of the idea of ​​killing the enemy as soon as possible. Now, when the tension left his body, he could hardly breathe, and even his legs were a little weak, and he didn't even have the strength to stand up.

"Hu...Hu..." Lei Yuan took a big breath, exhaled, trying his best to stabilize his emotions. He thought that Cao's scouts rely on the sound of horns to connect, and the two adjacent teams must determine their positions with different rhythms of horns and inform them of the enemy situation. After all this team died, a gap appeared in the scout network that was originally densely connected. This gap was shaped like a look in the eyes of the enemy leader who was paying attention to the sound of horns, and it was clear and obvious!

Seeing his companions around him looking at him in a daze, Lei Yuan felt anxious and lowered his voice and shouted, "Look at what I do, go quickly!"

"Yes! Yes!" The companions agreed in a hurry.

In this fight, Guo actually killed two people in a row, which did not surprise the knights. After several years of colleagues, everyone knew Guo Jing's skills, otherwise he would not have sat firmly in the position of the leader of the army. Li Zhen also shot one person to death, but everyone still had no time to think about it. Lei Yuan's fierce performance shocked everyone again.

Although Lei Yuan is Lei Xu's second son, he has not been valued by Lei Xu since childhood for various reasons. Even though he has been given several opportunities to make suggestions recently, in everyone's hearts, he is still the weak scholar-like young man. These followers who have followed Lei Yuan for a long time have been used to Lei Yuan's gentle face, and have a lot of brains and plans but rarely act on his own. Guo Jing and others have discussed it privately, and they all think that Lei Yuan has a gentle personality and outstanding cultivation, and can be said to be a person worthy of serving in troubled times.

No one expected that in just a few days, Lei Yuan not only showed his extremely bold and decisive side, but also could kill people in an instant!

Perhaps these soldiers who were displaced by local tyrants lacked some knowledge and could not clearly understand how shocking Lei Yuan's behavior of attacking Cao Gong's team was; but at least they could see Lei Yuan's courage in fighting with others and the blood flowing on the edge of the blade in his palm. Is this the young man we are used to? How many people were blind and actually called such a person weak?

When the cavalry rushed forward and passed the Cao army scout who was corpsing on the ground, they looked at Lei Yuan, who was covered in blood and murderous intent, and inexplicably felt awe.
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