Six hundred and twentieth chapters encounter a night attack
Immediately afterwards, Xue Wanshu counted today's casualties. At the end of the day, the Xue family army had lost nearly 300 soldiers. Hearing this result, the Xue family brothers all felt distressed. Although the Xue family army killed Xia Jiajun today. The army definitely exceeds three to four thousand people, but every soldier of the Xue family's army is an elite soldier carefully trained by the Xue family.
But it's useless to feel distressed. In war, people will die, and casualties are inevitable. Almost everyone in the Xue family who grew up on the battlefield knows this better than anyone else. Immediately after Xue Wanshu also asked the brothers to pay attention, this After letting the brothers retreat to rest, Xue Wanshu himself started to patrol around the stronghold with a painting halberd and a few soldiers.
As the eldest brother, Xue Wanshu must protect his brothers. As Xue Shixiong's eldest son, Xue Wanshu must also take into account the face of the Xue family. As the commander-in-chief of the Xue family army in Gaojibo, Xue Wanshu must also bear the lives of nearly 10,000 Xue family soldiers. , so many responsibilities are placed on Xue Wanshu's shoulders, which has made Xue Wanshu unable to sleep well for several days. If he does not make a patrol this night, Xue Wanshu will not feel at ease, and he may not even be able to sleep later.
Fortunately, the defense line set up by the Xue Family Army was very strong, and the soldiers of the Xue Family Army held fast to their positions. There was no need to worry about being attacked by the enemy at night. After a patrol, Xue Wanshu felt relieved and headed straight towards the enemy with a few soldiers. Walking to the village, halfway up the mountain, on the mountain trail, while enjoying the tranquility of the mountain, Xue Wanshu couldn't help but raise his head and look at the bright moon in the night sky. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart, but he didn't know that his father What is the situation in Wuyang? However, since Dou Jiande has mobilized all the troops to Qinghe and will soon march towards Gaojibo, I think the pressure on his father's side should be much easier.
Suddenly, Xue Wanshu suddenly felt that something was not right. Logically speaking, he was almost reaching the camp gate of the village. Why hadn't he encountered the secret sentry arranged here yet? Xue Wanshu had made it very clear before. Even if It was the Xue family brothers who walked through here, and we absolutely couldn't just let them go.
But just when he thought of this, Xue Wanshu felt that something was becoming more and more problematic. He put his hand behind him, stopped, and at the same time put the halberd in his hand across his chest. Seeing Xue Wanshu's actions, the soldiers also He became vigilant, raised the spear in his hand, and guarded Xue Wanshu. One of the soldiers whispered: "Major General, what did you find?"
"It's too quiet," Xue Wanshu frowned and shouted in a deep voice: "When we went down the mountain just now, I remember there were a lot of insects chirping here, but now there is not even a sound. Also, this smell is, Well, it smells like blood, not good,"
Xue Wanshu wrinkled his nose and sniffed, but his expression changed drastically. The faint smell that filled the air was clearly the smell of blood. Just as Xue Wanshu finished speaking, there was a sudden sound of breaking through the air, and a black shadow came directly from the mountain road. It shot out from behind the rock next to it and went straight to Xue Wanshu's vital parts. However, a soldier beside Xue Wanshu did not hesitate and blocked Xue Wanshu's body directly, shouting: "Major General, be careful, woo, "Before he finished speaking, the arrow had already penetrated the soldier's chest.
"There is an ambush." Seeing this scene, Xue Wanshu still didn't understand what was going on, so he immediately shouted, and then, more than 20 arrows flew out from the left and right sides, shooting at Xue Wanshu and others came over, but Xue Wanshu and others, who had been prepared this time, immediately waved their weapons to block the arrows, especially Xue Wanshu. The painted halberd in his hand immediately started flying in his hand, shooting those arrows at him. All the arrows were shot down, and Xue Wanshu's soldiers were not bad either. Only two soldiers were unfortunately shot and injured. Xue Wanshu, who had resisted a round of arrow attacks from the opponent, also put his halberd behind him and shouted: "Come up. , shout a warning,”
Following Xue Wanshu's shout, the soldiers immediately followed Xue Wanshu and rushed up the mountain. They kept shouting: "The enemy is attacking, there is an enemy attack. Come on, there is an enemy attack."
"Damn it, go ahead, kill them." Seeing that Xue Wanshu and others actually blocked the sneak attack with bows and arrows, a burly general who had been hiding in the dark cursed and jumped out with a sudden sound. It was none other than Wang Xiongxuan, the general of the Xia army. Wang Xiongxuan was holding a sword in his hand, pointing at Xue Wanshu who was running wildly in front of him, and shouted angrily: "Hold them, don't let them escape, fire arrows, notify all soldiers and horses." action,"
Following Wang Xiongshu's order, a loud arrow shot into the night sky, causing a bright light in the night sky. It was also accompanied by a loud and ear-piercing whistle. Not long after, the sky-shattering cry to kill was heard. The sound echoed in the night sky of Gaojibo. Whether it was the swamp outside Gaojibo or the cottage in Gaojibo, countless firelights immediately lit up. A large number of Xia troops not only came from the reeds on the swamp, They rushed out from the rocks and woods around the mountain stronghold, charging towards the Xue Jiajun who were guarding the shore.
"Oops," Xue Wanshu was shocked when he saw this scene. He no longer had time to think about how the Xia troops hiding in the mountains crossed the defense line and came to Gaojipo. He had to think about facing the enemy. How can Xue Jiajun defend Gaojipo during a sneak attack?
At this time, shouts and shouts were heard from both sides of Xue Wanshu, but forty or fifty Xia army soldiers suddenly sprang out from both sides and rushed toward Xue Wanshu with ferocious faces. Although Xue Wanshu was He was startled, but he immediately picked up the halberd in his hand and stepped forward to fight.
When it comes to martial arts talent, Xue Wanshu, as the eldest, is considered the least qualified among the four brothers. As the eldest son of Xue, Xue Wanshu has followed his father Xue Shixiong to fight on the battlefield since he was ten years old, but his combat experience is greater than that of the other three. Brothers must be rich. Faced with such a situation, Xue Wanshu did not panic at all. He thrust the halberd in his hand at the enemy closest to him and stabbed the opponent's chest accurately. Then he heard Xue Wanshu roar. With a sound, he actually carried the enemy's corpse and swept it forward. The corpse immediately hit more than ten enemies in front of him. Those enemies all crashed into a ball and turned into a rolling gourd.
And then Xue Wanshu didn't dare to delay, because there were twenty or thirty people behind him and on the left and right who were rushing towards him. It is imaginary. Only living is the truth. As he rolled, all the weapons in the hands of the Xia army soldiers were empty. Then, Xue Wanshu stood up and swept around, only to hear countless miserable screams. The cry rang out, and more than ten people died under his painted halberd.
At this time, the opponent's encirclement had been broken. Xue Wanshu raised his halberd and rushed into the remaining Xia troops in one breath. He killed them all with three strokes, five divisions and two divisions. The only thing It is a pity that the soldiers brought by Xue Wanshu have died in the opponent's raid, but Xue Wanshu did not stop mourning those soldiers. Behind him, Wang Xiongshu was leading the soldiers of the Xia army to pursue them. Coming up, Xue Wanshu knew very well that if the opponent caught up with him, he would really be unable to escape. Immediately, Xue Wanshu also held the painting halberd upside down and rushed towards the mountain stronghold without looking back.
Seeing that his arrangement did not stop the other party, Wang Xiongxi screamed in anger and continued to chase him with his troops. He had already recognized the identity of the other party. It was Xue Wanshu, the eldest son of Xue. This was a big man. Fish, how could Wang Xiongxan let him go? But before Wang Xiongxan could catch up a few steps, another group of people came out from the side. The leader was Ling Jing. Ling Jing stopped Wang Xiongxan and shouted : "General Wang, stop chasing. The main force of the Xue family's army is above. We don't have many soldiers and horses. If we catch up, we will suffer a loss."
After hearing Ling Jing's words, Wang Xiongshu was very unwilling. He pointed at Xue Wanshu's back in front and shouted: "That's Old Ghost Xue's eldest son, how could you just let them go like this?"
Ling Jing was shocked when he heard that he was the eldest son of Xue, but Ling Jing quickly reacted, shook his head and advised Wang Xiong: "General Wang, there is no need to be anxious, Gaojibo is already surrounded by us. Stay here, none of the Xue brothers can escape. Let’s go down the mountain first and clear out the Xue troops guarding the shore, and let the army attack Gaojibo. Then we’ll come back and capture them all,”
Ling Jing's words were also very reasonable. After hearing Ling Jing's words, he raised his head and glanced at Xue Wanshu who had already submerged into the gate of the camp. Wang Xiongshu also knew that chasing after him would be unsatisfactory, so he could only grit his teeth and say to Ling. Jing shouted: "Okay, I'll listen to you, let's go down first." After saying that, Wang Xiongshu and Ling Jing rushed down the mountain with their troops.
Let's say that after Xue Wanshu rushed to the mountain stronghold, he happened to encounter the second brother Xue Wanshu and the fourth brother Xue Wanche who rushed out with their troops. Seeing that their eldest brother was covered in blood, Xue Wanshu and Xue Wanche were startled, and Xue Wanche immediately rushed out. He just rushed over and shouted: "Brother, what's wrong with you? Are you injured? Who dares to hurt you?"
"I'm fine, not injured." Xue Wanshu waved his hand, explained his situation in just a few words, and said hurriedly: "The enemy has sneaked into Gaojibo and is working together to attack the defense line at the foot of the mountain. I think Gaojibo is We can't stop it anymore, hurry up and burn food, we are ready to break out,"
When Xue Wanshu said this, the other two brothers were also shocked. Xue Wanshu immediately followed Xue Wanshu's order and led hundreds of people to the granary at the back. Xue Wanshu also summoned the Xue family army in the village to prepare for a breakout. ,