The next morning, Zhao Cheng and his entourage left the courtyard early, dragging more than a dozen large boxes in two vehicles, as if they were traveling far away.
When they left the city from the south gate, light rain began to fall in the sky.
The journey south was uneventful.
In the evening, the team has arrived at the Nanbei River. The golden sunshine shines on the water plants by the river, and the hazy light rain creates ripples on the river. In the eyes of everyone, the scenery in front of them is like a painting.
Zhao Cheng asked the team to stop for a rest and take advantage of the beautiful scenery to have a meal.
"This is the first time I have seen the North-South River with my own eyes." Zhao Cheng sat by the river, staring at the end of his vision and said: "It is said that if you go south along this river, you can enter the Southern Zhou Dynasty and meet the East-West River. If you continue walking eastward along the Dongxi River, you will reach Kangye, the capital of the Southern Zhou Dynasty."
Gan Lang responded: "Yes, my water skills were practiced in the Nanbei River. I have swam to both ends of this river."
Zhao Cheng asked: "Didn't you develop your water skills in Jinghai?"
"That happened later." Qian Lang smiled and explained: "The wind and waves on the sea are too strong, and when your martial arts are not very good, you don't dare to practice in the sea."
"Practicing martial arts is really tiring work. Fortunately, I don't practice martial arts." Zhao Cheng sighed.
Zhao Wu interjected: "No pain, no gain. Master, if you practice martial arts, you can protect yourself in this situation."
Zhao Cheng glanced at Zhao Wu and said, "If I can protect myself, what's the use of you?"
Zhao Wudao: "I'm just making an analogy."
Zhao Cheng asked seriously: "Why do you want to use metaphor? Does metaphor have any grudge against you?"
"Just giving an example..."
"Why do you need to give an example? Is the example very trivial?"
Zhao Wu said sincerely: "Master, I was wrong."
Xu An moved a small stool over and sat down, saying, "I've been walking for a whole day and there's not even a movement. Are they coming?"
Zhao Cheng said: "If you were rushing to kill people, would you choose day or night?"
Xu An understood and asked in surprise: "You mean they will show up at night?"
Zhao Cheng nodded and said: "It's most likely like this, so everyone should take more rest before it gets dark."
At night.
Zhao Cheng and his party continued southward along the Nanbei River, but deliberately walked slowly.
The water plants have turned into mottled shadows, and the moonlight occasionally shines, and the night wind and drizzle gently stir them.
Zhao Wu suddenly stopped and stretched out his hand to block Zhao Cheng.
Everyone looked at each other with concentration.
coming.
The originally quiet night became agitated, and a dark circle of people rushed up, surrounding Zhao Cheng and his party by the river.
Zhao Cheng looked towards them and saw that the three leaders were Lu Yuan, Tu Wanhu, and...Xue Gai.
Zhao Cheng smiled and immediately thought of the relationship between Xue Gai and Wang Ren, and the relationship between Wang Ren and Zuo Xiangfu. He thought to himself that his judgment was correct. How could those who wanted to die not take advantage of this perfect opportunity? ?
Tu Wanhu said sternly: "Zhao Cheng! You didn't expect it, did you? You didn't expect that not only did I not run away, I actually took the initiative to come to you!"
Zhao Cheng matched his performance and said loudly: "Oh my god! In order to kill me, you actually risked your life. I'm really surprised!"
Lu Yuandao: "Zhao Cheng, you encouraged Lu Chen and Tu Ziming to harm our family, you are simply despicable and shameless!"
Zhao Cheng spread his hands and said, "What's this? Lu Chen gave me 20,000 acres of land!"
Lu Yuan was immediately furious and shouted: "This prodigal thing!! The land is the root of my Lu family, how dare he even touch the things belonging to his ancestors!!"
Zhao Cheng said: "I think he is very good, decisive and generous. It is much more comfortable to work with him than you. Oh, yes, Tu Ziming is not bad. Although he only gave me 10,000 acres of land, after all, the Tu family does not have as much land as the Lu family."
Well……"
Tu Wanhu stared angrily and shouted: "This little bastard! Wait until I kill you, then go back and deal with him!"
Xue Gai raised his hand and said: "Boss Lu, Master Tu, don't talk nonsense with him."
"Take action and give back my son's life!"
"kill!!!"
With an order, half of the two hundred people rushed towards Zhao Cheng, instantly compressing the encirclement.
Looking at Zhao Cheng's side, he was alone and weak, and Xu An's bodyguards only numbered about 20 people. It seemed that he was about to be devoured in an instant.
Zhao Cheng leaned against the carriage dragging the box, the smile on his face did not change, and he patted the box twice.
Suddenly, the dozens of boxes were opened at the same time, and four or five people jumped out of each box. These people were uniformly dressed, with a crossbow in their left hand and a simple knife in their right hand. There was also a small round shield tied to the outside of the left arm. They were all armed with firewood.
Elites selected by the county governor's office.
Yesterday, Zhao Cheng told Chai Xin that he didn't need anyone and would just take Xu An's bodyguard with him. He was worried that too many people would frighten Tu Wanhu and the others.
Later, it was Huang Hua who suggested that it would be better to bring someone with you. If you don't know how to bring someone, then find a way to hide the person. Zhao Cheng was immediately awakened and came up with the idea of hiding the person in the box.
As soon as these fifty elite guardsmen appeared, they fired crossbow arrows at the attacking enemies.
It was so sudden, and the distance was so close, almost all of the first round of crossbow arrows hit, causing heavy casualties to the opponent.
This exquisite small crossbow can only fire a single shot, and loading the arrow is troublesome. After one round of shooting, the elites rush over to finish the shot without stopping. They are very skillful in switching from long-range to short-range.
This is how the battle begins!
Zhao Wu, Zhao Yan and Heng Wenhao all guarded Zhao Cheng and did not move. Gan Lang, Yu Jin and He Laosan led Xu An's guards to charge towards Tu Wanhu. The elites were responsible for covering up and killing, and they formed sharp knives.
launched a fierce attack.
Lu Yuan, Tu Wanhu and Xue Gai each had a top-notch master. These three people immediately gathered some people to block in front of Tu Wanhu and others to resist the attack of Qian Lang and others.
At this time, a bald monk jumped up from the crowd and punched Zhao Cheng from the air.
Although they were far apart, the moment he punched, Zhao Cheng's hair stood on end!
Zhao Cheng couldn't help but think of the sword blow against Yu Beipiao when he returned from Changsui. However, the power of Monk Xueyin's punch actually made Zhao Cheng feel greater pressure than that sword blow!
Zhao Wu immediately stopped in front of Zhao Cheng and held the broken knife across his chest.
boom!
Zhao Wu's blade exploded, causing him to take several steps back. Zhao Cheng also stumbled back and almost fell down.
"This is a tough fight. Third Young Master, please protect your master and never leave!" After saying this, Zhao Wu dragged his knife and ran towards Monk Huiyin.
Suddenly a figure stopped in front of him, wearing black clothes and a black hat, with two knives tied around his waist.
"Two broken knives?"
Zhao Wu looked at this man and asked: "Double sword Wu Bu?"
Wu Bu raised his head, lifted up his bamboo hat, and showed an excited smile.
"It would be best if you can recognize me. Liang Duan Dao, your opponent is me."
Qiang——
Wu Bu slowly pulled out the two swords, and the smile on his face became even bigger.
"Are you worried if you cut off the water with the knife?"
Zhao Wu's hand holding the knife tightened a little more, and there was a rare seriousness in his eyebrows, and he said to himself: "Tonight, everything is hard..."