Chapter six hundred and thirty second: Brotherhood
With the addition of Wang Xiongshu, all the Xia army's soldiers and horses have entered Gaojibo. Now the pressure on Xue's army has also increased greatly. Seeing that the defense line is being pushed back step by step by the opponent, although Xue Wanshu and Xue Wanche are anxious, But there is no other way. Nearly half an hour has passed. There are only more than a thousand Xue family troops stationed on the defense line. The defense line has been forced to retreat to the mountainside. If it retreats further, it will reach the entrance of the camp. , and the terrain over the mountain village is open, and by then, the Xue Jiajun will have no terrain advantage.
"Kill..." Just as Xue Jiajun gritted his teeth and persisted, another cry of killing came from behind. Xue Wanshu, who had turned into a bloody man, looked back, but his expression changed. What rushed out from the mountain road behind was Xia Jun's troops. Although there were not many in number, it was a heavy blow to the hearts of the Xue Jiajun who persisted on the mountain road. Could it be that the stronghold behind them had been lost?
Xue Wanshu's heart sank. It has been more than an hour now, and his second brother Xue Wanshu and third brother Xue Wanjun have not yet appeared. Moreover, there are nearly 5,000 men and horses left in the village who have not come down to support them. Xue Wanshu was secretly wondering before. But now it seems that both brothers have died in the village.
As soon as this idea emerged, he was immediately suppressed by Xue Wanshu. Then Xue Wanshu shouted to Xue Wanche: "Fourth brother, you hold on here for now, I will go and deal with the enemies behind."
After hearing what Xue Wanshu said, Xue Wanche, who was also covered in blood, shouted directly: "Okay, don't worry, brother,"
Although he was still a little worried, Xue Wanshu could only turn around immediately, and led the Xue Jiajun soldiers in the rear to meet the enemies coming from behind, and finally blocked them in time.
At the same time, in the mountain stronghold at the other end of the mountain road, Xue Wanshu, who Xue Wanshu thought had died in the battle, was also struggling to support himself at the entrance of the camp. Originally, after Xue Wanshu set fire to the granary in the rear, he took nearly two thousand men with him. He was about to go down the mountain to support his elder brother, but just as he was about to leave the stronghold, he happened to encounter a large group of Xia army soldiers and horses. When Xue Wanshu saw it, he immediately ordered his two thousand soldiers and horses to guard the entrance of the camp and block the enemy from the stronghold.
However, there were quite a few soldiers and horses of the Xia army. Xue Wanshu made a rough calculation and found that there were more than five thousand people. Seeing so many Xia troops appearing here, Xue Wanshu was also shocked. Could it be that her elder brother was blocking the attack at the bottom of the mountain? Failed, although she thought so in her heart, Xue Wanshu did not dare to relax at all, she gritted her teeth and persisted.
It's just that there is no terrain advantage as good as the mountain pass here. Although there is a camp gate to support it, the terrain is much wider than that at the mountain pass. Xue Wanshu can only arrange the defense line longer, and in this way. Later, the casualties of the Xue Jiajun became even greater, which was not conducive to the numerically disadvantaged Xue Jiajun. Therefore, the three thousand men and horses at the foot of the mountain could block tens of thousands of enemies for an hour, but Xue Wanshu here relied on two thousand Xue Jiajun to resist the opponent's five thousand enemies. It is remarkable for a soldier to be able to persist for so long.
But just now, Dong Kangmai, the general in command of the Xia army outside the mountain stronghold, Dou Jiande's general, separated nearly a thousand people and withdrew from the attack at the entrance of the camp. That was because Dong Kangmai had just discovered that under the mountain The Xia army has already attacked halfway up the mountain, not far from here. Although Dong Kangmai is not as skilled as Gao Yaxian and Cao Zhan, he can use his brain and has some resourcefulness. He immediately thought of sending troops to flank the Xue family army blocking the mountain pass. , let the Xia army at the foot of the mountain catch up as soon as possible to join them.
However, Dong Kangmai did not expect that he was facing Xue Wanshu, the most intelligent among the Xue brothers. Xue Wanshu was originally leading the troops in a hard battle, but suddenly found that the pressure at the camp gate had been reduced a lot. Xue Wanshu immediately guessed the shouts of killing coming from the mountain road. It must be the eldest brother and the others who are still fighting hard there. Thinking of this, Xue Wanshu did not hesitate at all, and immediately shouted angrily: "There are Xue family troops on the other side of the mountain road. The brothers are fighting. Brothers, let’s rush out and join the brothers from Shandao.” After saying that, Xue Wanshu rushed out with a painted halberd, and the Xue Family Army officers followed closely behind, rushing out in one breath. Enter the camp gate.
"Ah," Dong Kangmai, who was paying attention to the battle on the mountain road behind, was also surprised. He never expected that Xue Jiajun, who had been suppressed and beaten in the stronghold, would choose this time to rush out and see that there was only one person left. The Xue Army, which had less than a thousand men, immediately changed into a cone formation and launched a breakout towards a certain point. Although the soldiers of the Xia Army were brave, they had no general to command them and did not know how to deal with it. In the blink of an eye, they were defeated by the opponent. After breaking through the front line, and seeing that the opponent's attack direction was directly towards him, Dong Kangmai was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat, trembled, and was about to turn around and escape.
"Hey," at this time, Xue Wanshu, who was rushing at the front, was sharp-eyed and rushed forward with a single stride. She rushed behind Dong Kangmai in one breath and stabbed Dong Kangmai with the halberd in her hand. The mount was stabbed down, and Dong Kangmai screamed and fell directly from the mount. Xue Wanshu saw it and jumped up. Before Dong Kangmai could get up, she stepped on his shoulder. When I stepped on it, I heard a click, and Dong Kang's shoulder blade was immediately broken by stepping on it.
The pain of broken bones made Dong Kangmai scream in agony, but Xue Wanshu didn't pity him at all. She reached down and picked him up, placing the blade of the halberd directly on him. On his neck, he shouted angrily: "Your general has been captured, why don't you stop?"
Xue Wanshu's voice immediately spread throughout the battlefield, and the Xia Army soldiers at the gate of the camp were also stunned. However, the Xia Army soldiers soon continued to launch the attack. For the Xia Army, their commander was only Wang Xiong. Wow, Dong Kangmai's capture had no impact on them at all, but what Xue Wanshu wanted was the opponent's stunned effort. The battlefield was changing rapidly, but this stunned moment created the most favorable opportunity for the Xue family's army to break out. Xue Wanshu He directly threw Dong Kangmai to the subordinates behind him, and then started to kill the surrounding people. In one breath, he stood out from the Xia army surrounding the camp entrance and rushed directly towards the mountain road.
In the middle of the mountain road, the team of more than a thousand troops that attacked the Xue Family Army was already engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the Xue Family Army led by Xue Wanshu. Said: "Second brother, are you okay?"
Xue Wanshu, who was also fighting, also shouted in surprise: "Brother, you are here, where is the fourth brother?"
Before Xue Wanshu could answer, Xue Wanche's greeting came. The gathering of brothers also boosted the morale of the Xue family army. Soon, the more than a thousand Xia troops who were besieged by Xue Wanshu and Xue Wanshu were all killed, and the two armies also joined forces. In one place, they were also fighting hard to kill the invading enemy. As for the Xia army that came behind the mountain road, after Xue Wanshu's troubles, they no longer had a general to command them. They only harassed them for a short time before being defeated by Xue Wanshu and Xue Wanshu. He was defeated.
After solving his worries, Xue Wanshu immediately put away his halberd and shouted to Xue Wanshu: "Second brother, let's go down quickly to help fourth brother."
"Wait a minute," Xue Wanshu grabbed her eldest brother and waved her hand behind her, shouting: "Brother, I just captured an enemy general. We first need to ask how Xia Jun broke through where we are. A defensive line of defense,"
When Xue Wanshu heard this, he also had a gloomy face. Indeed, if he even lost without knowing how, then this battle would be too frustrating. Immediately afterwards, Xue Wanshu's soldiers also bought Dong Kang, who had been captured by him before. Lifting him up, he didn't care whether the guy was injured or not, and just threw him to the ground. The steps of the mountain road hit Dong Kangmai's shoulder, causing him to roll over immediately in pain, but Xue Wanshu was not in that mood. He lifted him up, put the halberd in his hand on Dong Kangmai's neck again, and shouted: "Tell me, how did you get into Gaojipo?"
Dong Kangmai is not a tough guy. When he felt the cold blade on his neck, Dong Kangmai was so frightened that his whole body trembled. However, after hearing the methods of Dou Jiande and Wang Xiongshu, Dong Kangmai was also a little hesitant. Xue Wanshu saw it. , a cold light flashed in his eyes, he flipped his wrist, and the blade of the halberd immediately cut Dong Kang's thigh. This cut penetrated the bone, and the blood flowed out as if it was free of money.
"Ah," Dong Kangmai didn't expect that Xue Wanshu would do it as soon as he said it, and he screamed in pain. When he saw the shining blade heading towards his neck, Dong Kangmai was also frightened and shouted: "I said , I said, there is a secret path, there is a secret path, there is a secret path at the foot of Gaojibo Mountain,"
"Secret passage," Xue Wanshu and Xue Wanshu couldn't help but exclaimed after hearing Dong Kangmai's words. Xue Wanshu immediately shouted: "Impossible, we checked in the village and never found any secret passage. And Liu Ya didn’t talk about this secret passage, you dare to talk nonsense,”
"No, no," when Xue Wanshu asked, the painted halberd was getting closer and closer to Dong Kangmai's neck, and even left a blood mark on his neck. Dong Kangmai was so frightened that he quickly shouted: "I No nonsense, not many people know about this secret passage. Only the King of Xia knew about it before. I heard that it was left by Sun Anzu. King Xia sent someone to inform Song Zhengben. Then Song Zhengben came today during the day, and then he found this secret passage. , the exit of the secret passage is not inside the mountain village, but on the rocks on the hillside. There are several secret passages in total. I am not talking nonsense, don’t kill me, don’t kill me,”