At this time, the outer courtyard was full of people, shouting and drinking. The men in the army were the best to drink this cup. In the past, even the poorest quality wine could make these people who have been living on the edge of a knife all year round smile.
What Shi Xinhui sent was the world-famous wine produced in Jiangyang.
Meng Fan sat at the table, holding up a shallow bowl and sipping the wine in the bowl, but his eyes scanned the people in the courtyard from time to time. Their spears were divided into four piles and stood upright at the four corners of the courtyard.
There were tall shields stacked next to the spears. Next to the shields were bows and arrows against the wall. Next to them were some helmets and even waist knives. This made Meng Fan frown.
His initial order was for everyone to put away their spears, bows, arrows and shields, but not to leave their swords and armors. But these soldiers were so happy that everyone in the venue had already taken off their helmets. Many people thought that the armors and swords were in the way.
, actually took it off and put it aside.
Meng Fan knew he couldn't say anything.
Everyone rushed here from the distant Chang'an, and finally had a drink. This was a rare opportunity to maintain morale. The place where he sat was less than five feet away from the nearest gun rack, and he could get it in one step.
It gave him a lot of peace of mind. As long as they had swords and guns in hand, he believed that these more than a hundred people would not be afraid of anything.
At this moment, the sound of an ox cart running over the bluestone road came from outside the courtyard wall. Although Meng Fan was not very advanced, his hearing was not weak. Hearing this sound, he had already judged in his heart that there were at least three or four ox carts.
The cart is approaching, and the cart must be full of things.
"The people of Shu are really rich. In Yongzhou, no big family can afford to eat and drink like this." Meng Fan thought to himself, "I drank a lot today, and let these Qiu Ba people drink like this again."
I think a lot of people will be drunk if we go down here."
With this thought in mind, he raised his neck, drank the wine in the bowl, stood up, and walked towards the door.
"Meng Quzhang, what are you going to do?" Xin Hui, who was in charge of greeting everyone in the outer courtyard, saw Meng Fan getting up and walking towards him, and quickly stepped forward, feeling nervous. On top of the bullock cart that had just arrived outside
Except for the good wine and meat in the first car, the rest were filled with heavily armed Qiao Feng and others.
Meng Fan walked up to Xin Hui and hugged Xin Hui's shoulders. This made Xin Hui feel extremely uncomfortable, but he still had a warm smile on his face. "Mr.
Meng Fan whispered to Xin Hui and said, "My lord has ordered us not to drink this wine today. I'll treat you another day, Old Meng, and let's get drunk again. How about that?"
Xin Hui suppressed the contempt in his heart, but showed a look of extreme surprise on his face, and deliberately said loudly: "What? I won't drink anymore? I just asked someone to bring in several more carts of wine and meat from outside. I, Xin Hui, have always admired me.
The heroes in the army, especially those in the Western Army, are extremely brave."
When all the soldiers in the courtyard heard Xin Hui's words, they immediately started making noises.
"Mengtou, you just started drinking, why don't you let the big guys drink?"
"That's right. Today our governor takes a concubine. It's a happy day. He went to sleep with the eldest daughter in his arms. How about we have some wedding wine?"
"Lao Meng, do you want to move the remaining wine to your place?"
“Mr.
Meng Fan frowned even more when he heard the noise of these people. On this happy day, he couldn't establish his authority. Besides, usually these unruly soldiers would fight each other if they disagreed. If he was pushed too hard,
, these people really dare to beat themselves up at night. What's more, now that these people are drunk, I don't dare to think of what they can do.
With this in mind, he first glared at Xin Hui fiercely, then turned around with a smile, and said loudly: "Today is such a happy day, so of course I want all the brothers to eat and drink well. Mr. Xin just said
You heard what I, Lao Meng, said. I will go out with Mr. Xin now to bring some more wine and meat to the brothers."
"Go, go, go." After hearing this, the group of soldiers became happy again and continued to shout loudly.
Meng Fan saw that everyone had been appeased, and he hugged Xin Hui's arm tightly, turned around and walked out with him. "When you go out, listen to me and only carry wine and meat from an oxcart. Otherwise, don't blame me."
Meng turned his face and refused to recognize anyone."
"Everything depends on Meng Quchang's instructions." Xin Hui cursed in his heart, but quickly agreed with his mouth.
When the two came to the door, they saw several bullock carts coming along the street. With a "oo" sound, the bullock cart in front of them stopped in front of them. The driver and the three strong men on the bullock cart jumped out and shouted loudly.
He greeted the two sergeants standing guard at the door: "Brothers, come here and help us.
The two sergeants standing guard at the door glanced at Meng Fan, who was not aware of him and nodded. The two sergeants immediately ran over and shouted with a smile on their face: "You must leave more for us brothers."
"That's natural." The big man who was driving the carriage said with a hearty smile: "The first one who gets closer to the water is the moon. I will definitely give you the best jar of wine in a while."
The big man said, taking advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention, he gave Xin Hui, who was standing with Meng Fan, a look. Xin Hui nodded secretly, and then gave a look to the two strong men who jumped out of the car together.
gave him a wink.
The two sergeants were leaning over to move the meat and wine on the bullock cart, when suddenly a big hand covered their mouths, and then a sharp blade slashed across their necks.
"Bang!" The wine jars held by the two people fell back into the car. Their hands subconsciously tried to cover the blood that was constantly spurting out from their necks. They made helpless sounds of "Wooing" in their mouths, and their bodies continued to scream.
Twitching.
Meng Fan was shocked when he saw two of his sergeants' mouths being covered from behind. Just when his hand was subconsciously placed on the handle of his waist knife, Xin Hui's right hand had already grabbed his neck like lightning.
With a strong force and a "pop" sound, Meng Fan's Adam's apple was crushed by Xin Hui.
Seeing Meng Fan's eyes slowly losing their expression, Xin Hui quickly turned his head and looked around the courtyard. No one noticed his movements. He breathed a sigh of relief, hugged Meng Fan's left hand and tried his best to support Meng Fan who had already collapsed.
The body left the door and walked aside.
At the same time, seeing that these three people had been killed quietly, dozens of soldiers wearing uniform vine armor jumped out of the cars behind them. These soldiers quickly stood up against the wall.
At the same time, the big man driving the car took out a small pennant from the car and waved it in the distance. Suddenly, a group of black people suddenly appeared at the intersection not far away, each holding a spear and wearing a vine.
A, come here quickly.
Rice wine
The strong man driving the carriage was none other than Qiao Feng.
He made a gesture to the dozens of people who were standing under the courtyard wall. Immediately, some people squatted down on the side of the courtyard wall, and then someone stepped on the shoulders of the squatting people and climbed onto the courtyard wall. These people moved It was very neat and tidy. Almost at the same time, the courtyard walls on both sides were filled with fifty or sixty soldiers with bows and arrows.
"Let go!" Qiao Feng ordered loudly.
In the horrified eyes of the sergeants in the courtyard, dozens of iron arrows whizzed out carrying the breath of death and shot into the unsuspecting crowd of sergeants.
As soon as one wave ends, another wave comes again.
The current bows and arrows of Qiao Feng's company were all provided by the Jiangyang County prefect. They were much better than the tattered bows and arrows Zhou Xing found from the Bodao County government office. At such a close range, even with armor on his body, he was The heavy iron arrows hit the flesh several inches into the flesh. For a moment, everyone in the courtyard was running around and wailing. What was just a lively and festive atmosphere just now turned into the Shura Hell in the blink of an eye.
Some people tried hard to get a shield that could cover them, some people pulled out their swords and tried to kill towards the wall, some people directly raised the benches and tables, and some people covered their heads and fled toward the door in embarrassment. .
The bows and arrows coming down from both sides made the soldiers who were trying to cover themselves unable to stop the enemy. Several fierce soldiers who tried to rush towards the wall fell on the charging road with several feather arrows on their bodies. Some of them were directly shot through the face by the feather arrows. The door, some thighs and calves were shot through by arrows, and they lay wailing on the ground, screaming helplessly.
And those sergeants who fled towards the door were greeted by neat rows of long rifles.
"Stab!" Qiao Feng continued to order loudly without any expression on his stern face.
The battle progressed very quickly. When Xin Ran came out with Xi Wei's head, almost none of the hundred or so sergeants brought by Xi Wei from the outer courtyard could stand on the ground.
When Qiao Feng shouted "Shoot" outside, Xi Wei, who was highly skilled in cultivation, changed his face greatly after hearing it. But before his hand could touch the saber beside him, the maid who had been sitting beside him appeared A fireball talisman had been thrown suddenly. At such a close range, no matter how quick Xi Wei's reaction was, he could not avoid it. The maid was obviously prepared for fear that his exquisite inner armor would have a protective talisman to protect against fireballs. , directly controlled the fireball to burn on Xi Wei's right arm. The fireball ignited at the sight of anything. Even Xi Wei, who had been practicing for many years, instantly let out a shocking scream. The skin and muscles on his arm felt like they were touched by flames. Like plastic, it quickly softened and burned. The maid succeeded with one move, and with lightning speed, she got in front of him who was slow due to pain, took the saber beside him in her hand, and then floated away.
Xi Wei was in agony from being burned by the spiritual fire. He gritted his teeth and wanted to cut off his arm, but even the saber was snatched away by the maid. He could only watch the muscles on his right arm being burned quickly, and then The bones inside began to burn. After experiencing such pain, even a tough guy like Xi Wei couldn't bear this kind of pain. He looked at Xin Ran, who was sitting there leisurely and looking at him, and thought He wanted to curse, but the pain was so intense that he could not resist the pain even by clenching his teeth and burning and melting his bones. He screamed every time he opened his mouth, so how could he curse loudly?
"Pa!" He used all his strength and slapped his Tianling Cap with the backhand of his left hand, ending his pain.
Xin Ran took time to drink the wine in his hand, with a satisfied smile on his face. Seeing that the spiritual fire was finally extinguished due to exhaustion of spiritual energy, he slowly stood up and came to the distorted face of Xi Wei
In front of a corpse, well, half a corpse.
"Bah!" He spat on Xi Wei's half-burned face, and sneered contemptuously: "A poor man still wants to take my Wan'er as a concubine? What a toad that wants to eat a swan.
Meat, don’t urinate and show yourself what you look like.”
"Father," Xin Hui came to Xin Ran with a long sword still dripping with blood. Looking at the corpses and wounded on the ground in the courtyard, he asked, "What should we do now?"
Xin Ran glanced at Qiao Feng, who was commanding the sergeants to stab the surviving wounded soldiers of the Western Army to death one by one, and sneered at the corner of his mouth: "Next, we have to find the heroic Captain Qiao, please come here...
"
"Captain Qiao," Xin Hui handed a bowl of wine to Qiao Feng. The two of them sat on the stone steps in front of the hall, quietly watching the corpses being carried to the oxcart outside, "This
How would you tell Gao Junhou about this?"
When Qiao Feng heard this, his body shook slightly. He raised his neck and drank the wine in the bowl without saying a word.
"No matter how you say it, this Xi Wei is a man holding the imperial scepter, and he is also a general under the king of Hejian. We not only killed Xi Wei, but also killed more than 110 sergeants of the Western Army. The imperial court is sure of this
He will not sit idly by and do nothing. The King of Hejian will definitely not sit idly by and do nothing, and Yizhou Luo Shijun and Liangzhou Shijun will definitely not sit idly by."
"I didn't think so much." A trace of regret flashed in Qiao Feng's eyes, but it was replaced by a look of determination in an instant, "A man is responsible for his own work, and I, Qiao Feng, will die."
"Captain Qiao, this matter can be solved by more than just taking your life. Where are your family members? Where are the soldiers who are working with you? Where is Gao Junhou?" Xin Hui saw Qiao Feng's expression change and sneered in his heart,
But he continued: "According to the law of the imperial court, everyone involved in this matter today will be executed. And not only you, Captain Qiao, and these soldiers, but also your family members will be executed. Even Gao Junhou,
Even if I’m afraid, I won’t be able to escape the punishment.”
"Xin, why the hell didn't you tell me this earlier?" Qiao Feng realized the seriousness of the matter and stared at Xin Hui with a murderous look in his eyes.
"Who can blame you for being as stupid as a donkey?" Xin Hui sneered in his heart but was not afraid of Qiao Feng's ferocious eyes. He stared straight at Qiao Feng without flinching. "Captain Qiao, we are also to blame.
If you escape, you will also be punished by the three clans."
The two looked at each other for a moment, and Qiao Feng finally turned his head, raised his fist and slammed it towards the stone steps, only to make his own fist a bloody mess.
"Captain Qiao, as the saying goes, there is always a road ahead." Xin Hui felt proud in his heart and persuaded: "For the current plan, only by putting this blame on the refugees can we all be saved.
.”
"What?" Qiao Feng was shocked and looked at Xin Hui with a look of shock on his face. Even the pain in his hands seemed not to be noticed.
"Keep your voice down." Xin Hui glanced around and pulled Qiao Feng to stand up, "There are many people here, let's go to the inner hall to talk."
