Chapter 168: Qian Jin refuses to care, a sword is a reward
tread.
Riding on his horse, Xu Mu coldly covered his pockmarked face. Behind him, more than two thousand figures quickly covered their pockmarked faces just like him.
Six hundred cavalrymen and about two thousand riflemen began to march out of Zhougong Town in the cold night.
"Master, where are you going?"
"Walk along the woods."
There was actually still dozens of miles to go from Zhougong Town to Wangzhou. Xu Mu could only hope that like the last time, he wouldn't encounter Black Eagle again halfway and be discovered by the Di people.
The horses' hooves were wrapped in robes as much as possible, and even the carriage's wheels were padded with a layer of bark.
There was no lantern, Zhou Zun and his men continued to perform their duties as scouts, surrounding a long team of more than 2,000 people and rushing back and forth.
The dusk was dark, and the rain finally subsided a lot, but the long road was still muddy. The horses' hooves splashed mud with difficulty, and the marching bows and tightly bound feet were covered with dirty new mud.
"Master, there are still five miles."
Xu Mu raised his head solemnly and looked at Wangzhou City shrouded in night, its faint outline, simple and vicissitudes of life.
"Where's the night watch nearby?"
"It's still far away. It will take about two or three hours to get back."
"Is there any news from Chen Sheng?"
"Master, there's news! It's said that the baggage from the north is preparing to enter Wangzhou, and the Di people have added a lot of patrols in the city."
"Damn."
Adding more patrols means that the plan to climb over the wall and enter the city has failed. In other words, we can only rely on Chen Sheng and dozens of people to cooperate inside and outside the city.
At this time, in front of them, at the south gate of Wangzhou outside the forest, there were vaguely four or five groups of people patrolling at night.
"Master, how are you?" Feng Qiu took a few steps closer, his eyes full of anxiety.
"Of course I have to fight."
Xu Mu exhaled. For more than 2,000 of them, spending time in the enemy's hinterland would also mean death.
Of course, you can return to Tuotou Mountain. But Xu Mu estimates that none of the brave men in Xiao Sha's march would be willing to turn back.
"Master, let me knock on the city first."
Tread.
Chen Jiaqiao slowly stepped out with fifty knights.
"Mr. Chen, you can't wait for fifty people."
"Although there are few people, they have the ambition to break the formation! Boss, be optimistic!"
Xu Mu wanted to persuade him again, but more than fifty figures had already taken off their robes and armor, revealing Shengxue's white clothes, which looked extremely dazzling in the night.
"The mountains and rivers are shrouded in mist and rain, and in ten years a dynasty can be cut down with one sword."
"Plunder——"
More than fifty knights, led by Chen Jiaqiao, began to rely on Qinggong and flew on the muddy ground, splashing waves of mud.
"If you don't care for a thousand pieces of gold, you can repay your favor with a sword!"
At the foot of Wangzhou City, the eye-catching snow-white clothes finally attracted the attention of the night patrol.
Chen Jiaqiao cut out his umbrella sword, rushed to the city gate first, and chopped off the head of the first Di man.
"Flick your clothes away from a murderer, and you will be ashamed to enter the official residence!"
Behind Chenjiaqiao, more than fifty rows of white-clothed snow-clad people rose up one after another, turning the dead night sky into patches of white makeup.
"All generals and ministers can be killed, but there is no way to kill everyone!"
The sword light split coldly, accompanied by the screams of pain from the Di people. But not long after, at least thousands of Di people appeared on the top of the city, setting up their bows and arrows.
In the distant forest, Xu Mu closed his eyes.
"Three pots of carved wine, offered to my Xia'er's grave!"
The knights who were flying lightly in mid-air were shot through the chests by arrows. Shengxue's white clothes were stained with blood and fell down high.
Even so, after all, a dozen chivalrous men climbed to the top of the city with the help of the rope hooks they carried with them. They raised their swords and fought with the Di people on the top of the city.
However, there were too few manpower, and from time to time a knight was killed by the traffic jam and fell into the city.
Xu Mu opened his eyes, his eyes full of anger.
"Archer!"
"call!"
Two Thousand Steps Bow raised his head coldly.
Dozens of heroes died, which delayed the Di people from returning to defend the city gate.
"Attack the city!" Xu Mu pointed his long sword in the direction of Wangzhou City.
In an instant, the two thousand bowmen lurking in the woods roared and ran towards the city gate. The first row quickly raised the crude wooden shields in their hands.
Thumb thump thump!
The Beidi people on the top of the city were all horrified. They never imagined that someone would attack the city at this time.
Countless flying arrows landed on the wooden shield. From time to time, a running archer was shot to pieces and died in the middle of the charge.
"Six hundred riders, follow me to attack the city gate!" Xu Mu pulled up the reins and shouted angrily.
Since ancient times, it has been foolish for cavalry to attack a city. Xu Mu had no such plan at this time.
What he wanted was for these six hundred cavalry to use their speed to abandon their horses and board the city from the other side of the narrow wall.
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In Wangzhou City.
Chen Sheng looked at the dark streets with cold eyes as one group after another of Di defenders began to rush towards the South City Gate.
Wait until the last team passes——
Chen Sheng stood up and took off the iron bow on his back.
"Fire!"
Buzz.
Under the light sporadic rain, sparks hit the kerosene, and a large clay pot quickly burned with black and green flames.
"Dip in fire oil! Aim!"
call!
Dozens of hiding heroes raised their iron bows and aimed in the direction of the defenders at the south city gate.
"Bengxian!"
Angang——
Dozens of kerosene arrows were suddenly thrown into the sky, with a harsh owl sound, and long smoke tails emerged from the black screen. Then, like a small meteorite rain, they fell in front of the defenders at the South City Gate.
In the blink of an eye, two or three fire snakes climbed up crazily as the fire spread. After burning more than a dozen Di people to death, the remaining people were frightened and retreated hastily.
"Dip it in fire oil again!"
"Bengxian!"
The second round of fire rain was thrown away again, and it also lived up to expectations, burning several more fire snakes.
The extremely angry Di defenders discovered the figures of Chen Sheng and dozens of people. They roared and turned around, cocking their bows and twisting arrows.
Horse arrows shot out, and in an instant, a dozen heroes were turned into hedgehogs and died in front of Chen Sheng.
Seeing that the second round of flying arrows is about to come again.
"Hide!" Chen Sheng gritted his teeth.
During this period of time, he was the one who followed Xu Mu the longest. If Xu Mu was not around, he would be the second in command.
Therefore, he must not embarrass Xujiazhuang.
"A bastard, a bastard! Raise your sword!"
Clang Clang Clang Clang.
When hundreds of Di people came to kill them, the remaining thirty or so heroes, led by Chen Sheng, drew their long knives and prepared to fight to the death.
"Chen Sheng, let people avoid you!"
When he was about to charge to the death, Chen Sheng suddenly heard Xu Mu's voice. Without thinking about it, he hurriedly took the people to hide again.
Not long after, a hail of arrows flew from the direction of the narrow wall, killing hundreds of Di people.
Xu Mu stood up and looked at the six hundred people behind him after they had climbed over the narrow wall. He immediately raised his long sword and pointed in the direction of the south city gate.
"kill!"
More than six hundred figures clenched the knives in their hands and rushed away without fear of death.