Volume 7: Ma Mingfeng Xiaoxiao, The Boy Raises His Sword
Bohai City in the silent night is quiet and dark. It is in sharp contrast with the hustle and bustle of the world during the day. On the long street, the originally bustling flow of people has already returned home at this moment, and everyone has fallen asleep.
For ordinary people, the simplest life is often the most real.
Three meals a day, warm quilt and sweet dreams.
But for those whose fate is closely linked to this troubled world, they are destined not to be like this, and they are destined not to be ordinary.
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For example, Su Ling and others are riding forward.
The long street is dark, the bluestones are smooth, the wind is blowing and the clouds are low, and nine horses walk side by side on the street, making no sound.
If you look closely, you will see that the hoofs of each horse have been wrapped in a thick layer of soft cloth at some point.
The horse was as fast as the wind, but it made no sound.
Everyone hurried towards the west city gate. Su Ling and Zhao Fengyu looked quite calm. Although the others did not speak, it was obvious that they all had strong nervousness on their faces.
Su Ling urged the horse forward, then smiled lightly and said in a low voice: "Everyone, there are no stars and no moon tonight. We are unaware of the gods and ghosts. We will successfully fight our way out of the city. Don't be nervous, just relax.
yes!"
After hearing this, everyone nodded slightly, their expressions brightening slightly.
However, although Su Ling said this easily and looked calm, only he understood that at this moment, he was facing a formidable enemy and he did not feel at all relaxed.
He could feel that his hand holding the horse's reins was shaking uncontrollably.
Although he is a modern person, he also knows a lot about the descriptions and dramas of sieges in later books and TV shows.
Often, a large army presses the city, attacks continuously, and various siege equipment are used continuously. Only with the strength of nine oxen and two tigers can the city gate be breached. Sometimes it even requires the cooperation of the people in the city to succeed.
Although they did not capture Bohai City, and it was indeed much easier for a large army to attack the city, the difficulty of breaking open the city gate and fighting their way out of the city with only ten men and nine horses was still foreseeable.
Once there is a stalemate, or the enemy soldiers guarding the city react, they pull up the drawbridge and close the gate of Bohai City tightly, making it difficult for them to leave even with their wings.
Even if it is a lower city, the gates are not heavy enough for ordinary people to open. What's more, in this Bohai City, Shen Jizhou has been running it for a long time, and the city is strong and has heavy gates. If the gates are closed, it will be the time for his beheading.
Therefore, this decisive battle must be fast enough, so that everyone can escape before the enemy soldiers can react, or before the city gate is closed. If they are caught or fall in love with the battle, all efforts will be in vain.
Just when Su Ling was sitting on the horse and thinking about something, Lin Bulang beside him suddenly exclaimed in a low voice: "Master, look over there!"
Su Ling was suddenly startled and turned to look where Lin Bulang was pointing.
But where Lin Bulang pointed, the sky turned red, as if it was on fire.
At this time, Zhao Fengyu and everyone else saw this abnormal scene.
"That's..." Before Zhao Fengyu could finish speaking, Su Ling said in a deep voice: "That should be the direction of our hut... Looking at this situation, someone must have set it on fire."
The house was in raging fire, burning the sky red..."
Before Su Ling could say any more, his heart suddenly sank.
The place where they rested temporarily was now on fire. This clearly explained one thing. Someone must have found out their whereabouts and led troops to intercept them. Fortunately, they left in time, otherwise they would have encountered them.
The enemies saw no trace of them, so they set fire to vent their anger.
In this case, what Su Ling was worried about finally happened.
In this Bohai City, in addition to the soldiers and horses they knew, there were indeed soldiers and horses that they didn't know existed.
Moreover, looking at this posture, these troops must know about Su Ling and the others.
If they come to kill us, our side will definitely be attacked from both sides. The situation will become even worse.
However, at this time, it has reached the point where the arrow is on the string and has to be fired. There is no place for Bohai City to survive. The only way to survive is to move forward and fight a bloody path.
Thinking of this, Su Ling's expression became stern, and he said in a deep voice: "Everyone, what does the fire in the place where we were originally mean? I don't think I need to say more... Now we can only move forward, and there is no other way. Retreat, you all, speed up and get out of that unknown place before the soldiers and horses reinforce the west gate of the city!"
When everyone heard this, their expressions became stern, and they all urged their horses, but they saw that the horses were as fast as flying, running towards the west gate.
They were walking quickly, and within a moment, everyone could vaguely see the West City Gate and the lights under the gate.
Su Ling was the first to rein in his horse, "Oh——" Everyone also reined in their horses and stopped.
Everyone kicked off their saddles, each leading their horses, and quickly dodged into a dark alley under the cover of night.
At this moment, a sharp flash of light pierced the sky, followed by a loud sound of thunder.
Heavy rain poured down from the sky.
Everyone looked for the eaves to take shelter. Finally, they found a temporary stall. The stall was covered with white cloth and the surrounding area was very spacious. It was more than enough to accommodate these ten people.
Su Ling and others hid inside, looking at the pouring rain outside the stall, feeling speechless.
After a moment, Su Ling whispered: "This rain is God's help for our success! The heavy rain will make the visibility worse. It is conducive to our sudden attack, and such heavy rain can also hinder the speed of the enemy's reinforcements." .”
Everyone nodded, and Zhao Fengyu asked: "Su Ling, will everyone rush in at the same time, or..."
Su Ling shook his head lightly and said: "No, it won't be solved before the time comes. We can't force our way through the city gate. Otherwise, the target is too big and the defenders at the west city gate will be alerted. Then they will all be dispatched. We can't force our way through." ...I would like to let two of us, the best, use their skills under the cover of night and heavy rain to go to the city gate to inquire. It is best to sneak into their garrison and kill a few of them. , they must be in commotion, and then the rest of us will charge on horseback, quickly killing their positions and leaving them overwhelmed, so that we can rush out!"
"Okay! I'll go!" Zhao Fengyu did his best, raised his spear, and walked out of the stall.
Su Ling grabbed him, shook his head and said: "No! Brother Zhao, you are our biggest support. Don't move lightly. The person who made the first sneak attack was just to create a disturbance. The main scene is still going on. If you move the door first, we won't have enough frontal force to rush out! So, you should stay here and wait, and Su Ling should go!"
"Son, count me in!"
As soon as Su Ling finished speaking, Lin Bulang stepped out and said seriously.
Seeing that the matter was urgent, Su Ling didn't waste any time and nodded: "Bu Lang, I need you to go with me!"
At this moment, Mu Yanqing and Wen Fanghua suddenly had their hearts in their throats, and they both trembled: "You must be careful!"
Su Ling and Lin Bulang nodded towards the two girls and looked at each other.
In an instant, two white lines, one on the left and one on the right, shot out into the rain outside the stall.
In the rain curtain, two white shadows flashed like arrows, flashed a few times, and disappeared.
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Bohai West City Gate is one of the four Bohai City Gates.
Because this place is far away from the center of the Bohai Sea, the roads leading to it are sparsely populated and mostly poor. Compared with the other three city gates, the geographical location is not too important. Therefore, compared with the four city gates, the defense of the west city gate is
The fortifications and defense forces are also relatively weak.
But even if it is weak, it is still one of the gates of Bohai City. If you pull it out casually, it will be much stronger, thicker and taller than the other gates in Old Zhang.
In the night, the city wall is thick and stretches left and right, and you can't see the end at a glance.
The entire west city gate is like a sleeping giant, sleeping silently in the dark night and rain.
The ancient city gate is somewhat mottled and faded, telling the story of the vicissitudes of the Bohai City. Two huge door knockers are placed in the middle of the left and right city gates. If you look closely, they are carved into the shape of a ferocious beast with no name. That
The beast's eyes are wide open, like a lion or a tiger. Inside the mouth of the beast, there are two extremely thick copper-brown rings, which are firm and solid.
Counting from the ground, you can see the city wall pass ten feet above the ground, surrounded by a tall tower with four corners in the center. The tower is majestic, and a huge lantern is hung at the corner of the four towers. Under the rain curtain, the light of the lantern is also
It was like water washing, as if it was flowing slowly. In addition, the entire city tower was pitch black, and you couldn't see what was going on inside. But you could probably tell that hundreds of enemy soldiers were ambushed inside, waiting for Su Ling and others to come.
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Under the city gate, amid the heavy rain, there were dozens of gatekeepers lined up on the left and right. They were all armed with spears and swords hanging from their waists.
The heavy rain was like beans, hitting the swords in the hands of these soldiers and the armor on their bodies, making a thumping sound.
However, these two lines of soldiers did not even move, with stern expressions and murderous intent, closely guarding the safety of the west city gate.
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The corner of the city wall on the left side of the West City.
This place is still some distance from the center of the city gate. There is also a corner lantern hanging above the corner of the city wall, but this corner lantern is much smaller than the four lanterns at the city tower. The corner lantern was blown by the heavy rain and strong wind.
It was swaying from side to side, and the light was extremely unstable, flickering on and off, making the corner of the city wall seem quite dark.
At this moment, two figures walked slowly towards the corner of the wall. They walked very easily, as if they had been nervous before and finally had a chance to relax. The two figures looked a little tired and casual.
One figure was taller and the other was shorter. They walked side by side, and when they reached the corner of the city wall, the two figures stopped leaning against the city wall.
The weak corner lights of the city wall reflected their appearance and clothing.
But they were two soldiers, wearing the same armor pattern as the two rows of soldiers at the city gate.
The tall ones are lean and lean, like fine linen poles, and the short ones are strong, like hitching posts.
However, the two of them looked around to make sure that no one was around, and then they relaxed completely.
They each took off their belts and started to untie them at the base of the wall.
After the two of them were comfortable, they each tied their belts and started chatting.
But I heard the thin linen man cursed with some dissatisfaction: "Let me tell you, the city patrol camp is a waste, the halberd guard has been eating for free these past few years, not working, and there are less than ten rebel thieves, but they all ran away
They didn’t catch any of them, which made us men unable to sleep well at night. We all had to brace ourselves in the middle of the night to guard this broken city gate... all the trouble was in vain!"
When the horse-tethering post heard this, he also said angrily: "That's not what it is. It would be fine if it was sunny. Grandma is a bitch. God, this thief can't get along with our brothers. It's raining like this. It hasn't rained in the past few years."
It’s raining heavily tonight, it’s really uncomfortable to feel wet and cold all over!”
The two of them cursed and slumped down with their backs against the city wall, leaning forward, looking a bit lazy.
The fine linen stick said again: "Let's rest here enough before going back. Anyway, one more of us is not more, and one less of us is not more... Besides, whether those thieves can leave is another matter to Ximen."
, Didn’t Chunyong from the Halberd Guard say that nine times out of ten he was going through the north gate, and so was our leader, just pretending to be so serious. Those people really walked here, and were caught, too
The contribution of their Halberd Guards has nothing to do with us!"
Hearing this, the horse-tethering post chuckled and said, "Do you think our leader is thinking that he has a new baby boy? On this rainy day, he is eager to sleep with that girl in his arms. But look at the halberd guard Qianfu
Chang Duanxing, seven are dissatisfied, eight are dissatisfied, and one hundred and twenty don't care, our leader can't afford to offend, so we can only obey the order."
"That's right... let our brothers get wet in the rain outside, and their Halberd Guards and patrol battalions hide in the towers, where they can't be blown by the wind or wet by the rain. The Halberd Guards are soldiers on horseback.
Now that my feet are on the ground and I am not riding a horse, I am not convinced. If we really fight, can they have the same methods as our brothers?"
The two of them chatted non-stop about having sex with each other.
At this moment, the two of them suddenly felt that their eyes were dimmed, and everything was pitch black, with no light at all.
The two of them were so frightened that they immediately stood up, each picked up the spear that was stuck on the ground, and started searching with wide eyes.
After a moment, the thin linen pole shouted loudly: "You are a thief! This breaking rain actually knocked out the corner lamp of the turret. No wonder it is so dark. Brother, don't you have a flint with you? Hurry up and paddle...
..."
After saying that, he waited for the horse-tack to hit the flint, but after waiting for a while, no flint was seen. The thin linen pole said impatiently: "Brother, why are you such a waste? You can't even get a flint."
I can’t row! Hurry!”
However, not only was there no flint on the horse's hitching post, there was not even a single reply.
At this time, the linen pole became a little anxious, and called the horse post several times, but still no one answered.
"Huh?" This thin linen rod was not stupid, and he suddenly became nervous. While calling his companions, he moved his hands around him.
After a while, he finally reached the body of the hitching post. He breathed a little sigh of relief and was about to speak.
"Plop -" But a muffled sound was heard, as if someone fell heavily to the ground, and there were showers of rain and dirt.
"I..." The thin linen man was about to curse, but then he suddenly thought about it and suddenly became frightened. The sound of falling down was really unusual, not like a living person at all.
Could it be...
An icy chill instantly hit his body from head to toe. He was about to shout loudly, but at this moment.
Suddenly he felt someone tap him on the shoulder and said, "Brother, don't you want to draw a flint? Look, I have a flint in my hand."
"Crack——" there was a soft sound.
The surrounding area suddenly glowed with dim yellow flint light.
Looking up at the fine linen rod through the dim light of flint, my soul couldn't help but fly to the sky.
Not far from him, a young man in white clothes held a flint in one hand, and the light of the flint reflected on his face.
And he was staring at himself with a faint smile on his face.
The thin linen rod was so frightened that he was almost speechless and subconsciously wanted to run away.
But as soon as he turned around, he suddenly stood there as if turned to stone.
Because he saw that not far behind him, there was also a young man in white clothes. He did not know when he appeared. This young man in white clothes had a stern face, his sword eyebrows were slightly frowned, and he was holding a long sword with a cold light in his hand.
The one holding the flint was Su Ling, and the one holding the long sword was Lin Bulang.
Until then, his survival instinct reminded him to scream.
Su Ling's voice sounded just right: "Don't make any noise, maybe you can live a little longer! The brother behind you is very fast with a long sword!"
The legs of the thin linen pole went weak, and he knelt on the ground. Regardless of the rain and mud on the ground, he kept kowtowing and begging for mercy in a low voice: "I won't make any noise, please spare my life, my dear! My dear, spare your life! My dear!"
There is an eighty-year-old mother..."
Su Ling waved her hand and said impatiently: "Stop using this kind of words and try something new! If you do this again, I will destroy you first!"
When the fine linen rod heard this, his body suddenly trembled.
A fishy smell hit his face, but he peed on his crotch first.
Su Ling rolled his eyes, lifted him up like a chicken, and said in a neither salty nor cool voice: "I'll ask you a few questions. You can weigh the answers yourself..."
When the fine linen man heard the words, he hurriedly agreed: "You know everything you know, and you can tell me everything you want...but I beg the good man's subordinates to be immortal...please spare me!"