chewing dragon

Chapter 335
Although only more than ten years have passed since the first expansion to the north, the south gate of Jinshui Pass seems to have experienced countless years of wind and rain erosion, and has long since become rotten and useless.

Under the cover of the rain of arrows, a centurion of Yongchang Zuojun dismounted and easily knocked open the city gate that could not be closed with just one charge.

Inside the city gate, there are densely packed iron hats flying in the sky.

Most of these iron hats are stained with dark black blood and mud, and are quite rusty. Once they are hit by an arrow, a big hole will open. If they are hit by a steel knife, they will probably fall to pieces and fall to the ground.

In contrast, the centurions who entered the city gate all held swords and shields, wore fine iron armor, and took the collision and cutting of iron hats as a matter of course. If there were not so many iron hats, they would have been able to capture them long ago. city ​​gate.

When Qi Jingzhi led his army to the south gate of Forbidden Water Pass, what he saw was such a strange scene.

"The world is so vast and full of wonders. I previously thought that the armor left in the city's Houjundutong Yamen was no longer fit for use. But now it seems I was wrong. They can fly up to meet the enemy on their own..."

Qi Jingzhi watched helplessly as a soldier from the Yongchang border army was careless and had several of his fingers holding a knife cut off by an iron hat. He was about to howl in agony. There were already more than a dozen iron hats smelling the fish. Picking out the weak points of the armor and even some places that cannot be protected, he pounced wildly.

Amidst the blood splattering, the unlucky guy fell to the ground and was submerged by the dense iron hat. After struggling for a few times, he stopped moving.

It's just that the results of the Iron Jackets' victory did not end there, and it only took a moment for them to be completely wiped out.

Seeing this, Qi Jingzhi couldn't help but sigh secretly: "It's not just Gouchen Yuan who is fully prepared, the Yongchang border army is also equally prepared."

At this moment, Wang Tong came on horseback surrounded by a hundred guards wearing filial piety. As he walked, he looked up at the legendary Zuowu flag.

He had been beaten up by Qi Jingzhi before and made a big fuss. He was suppressed in several fights and even caused his old mother to pass away completely. He also got the nickname "King of Ghost Heads". Now that he saw the boy again, how could he What a good look?

Before he even came close, Wang Tong shouted in a cold voice with an unkind look on his face: "Wang crossed the river to seize the city on the orders of Marquis Shouguang. The gentlemen of Gouchen Court just stood far away and stared. Afterwards, Of course you have a share of the credit!"

"If you come here to cause trouble and cause trouble, my Lord Marquis will send a bullet to the capital. Even if you are the king's favorite, I'm afraid you won't be able to afford it!"

As soon as these words came out, the soldiers of the Yongchang Left Army burst out laughing and shouting: "Gentlemen, just sit back and leave the hard work of attacking the city to us!"

Qi Jingzhi laughed when he heard this.

Gouchen Yuan, as the royal army of the king, was praised by everyone in the royal capital. At worst, it was only kept away from others. However, it was not powerful in the north, let alone a distant and evil border town like Yongchang.

In the eyes of the arrogant and capable generals of the Yongchang border army, these old soldiers from the royal capital of the Zuowu army were embarrassed and useless.

What's wrong with crossing the river first? Shouldn't it be better to rely on the cowhide boat prepared by Yongchang Town?After crossing the river, they didn't dare to go deep. There wasn't even a decent fight, so they only dared to set fire to the weeds.

Wang Tong had suffered losses at the hands of Qi Jingzhi, but at this moment, in full view of everyone, and with the support of Marquis Shouguang behind him, he naturally refused to weaken in the slightest.

As the commander of the Yongchang Left Army approached, Qi Jingzhi keenly noticed that there was obvious restlessness in the auras of Zuowu Banner and Bannu.

Well, they were just as impatient when they devoured Suspect's father's corpse.

Qi Jingzhi patted Bannu's neck, smiled at Wang Tong and said: "Wang Dutong, your heart should be similar to the spirit of the old army, the evil spirit in the army, right?"

"Qi Mou kindly advises you that you'd better restrain your emotions and thoughts when in front of me, otherwise I'm afraid there will be things you can't bear to say."

These words are indeed out of good intentions, but they are not nice to hear.

Wang Tong immediately became angry and said, "How dare you threaten this capital?"

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a sudden commotion in the direction of the city gate.

Everyone turned to look, and saw that the soldier who had just died suddenly stood up, with long dark gray hair sprouting all over his body, and his head and face were even more distorted, with a long nose, a wide mouth, and a mouth full of fangs. At first glance, It looks like a wild wolf standing upright.

The man-wolf jumped up high and instantly pounced on one of his former comrades from behind. He knocked off the opponent's iron helmet with his claws and bit it down hard.

Seeing this, the surrounding soldiers immediately gathered around and slashed wildly at the man-wolf. In the blink of an eye, the opponent's armor was scarred, and there was a faint sound of broken bones.

However, at this time, the iron armor originally used to save his life became an obstacle. Even though the man-wolf had broken bones and tendons, he never stopped talking. He actually bit the back of the soldier's head under him and licked the contents inside. brain plasma.

The poor soldier was twitching constantly, and there were already silver-gray animal hairs protruding from his body.

Seeing this scene, the surrounding soldiers were horrified. They slashed wildly at the corpses of the two corpses. Seeing that both of them were only injured but not dead, they immediately lost their courage and stepped back one after another. go.

They crossed the river to fight the demons with their heads in their waistbands, but they didn't expect that they would not be able to rest in peace even if they died.

Therefore, facing the easily shatterable iron hats and the two nearly disabled human wolves, this elite armored [-]-man team became helpless and was actually squeezed out of the city gate bit by bit.

Wang Tong immediately became angry. He no longer cared about any signs of separation from Qi Jingzhi. He turned his horse's head and ran towards the city gate, shouting loudly: "Stabilize the formation for me! Anyone who dares to retreat will be killed immediately!"

"These ghosts are afraid of fire, so all the crossbowmen are replaced by rockets!"

Not to mention, Wang Tong was calm in the face of battle, and he obviously had great prestige in the Yongchang left army. He stabilized the morale of the army with just a few words.

The hundred men in armor who had been squeezed out of the city gate made slight adjustments and formed a neat array like a turtle shell, easily resisting the counterattack of the men in armor.

Not long after, hundreds of flaming arrows flew through the air, shooting the two wolves that were struggling to walk into hedgehogs and lighting them into torches, and then extended towards the city gate.

In an instant, the offensive and defensive momentum was reversed again.

"Enter!"

Following Wang Tong's order, a hundred men in armor rushed in like a wall, slashing with steel knives and smashing those who hit them.

Occasionally, someone would be cut by the iron hat and hair would start to grow on his body. He would be immediately pushed to the ground by his colleagues next to him, and even if he did not die, he would be ruthlessly beheaded.

At the same time, three other hundred-man troops formed a formation and surrounded the battlefield at the gate of the city tightly to prevent iron hats and human wolves pretending to be dead from breaking out of the city.

Seeing that these ghosts were defeated in just an instant, the leading armored centurion had once again pushed the array into the city gate, Qi Jingzhi thought to himself: "If it is as Huang Xiaoer said, just talking about the apparent combat power, these The aliens occupying the southern city of Forbidden Water Pass are indeed nothing."

"If they were in the hinterland of Daqi, their strange method of turning corpses into wolves might cause chaos, but against the brave and powerful border town army, it would be a bit unsatisfactory."

Li Shenxian held the bow with one hand and the reins with the other. He moved the horse closer and lowered his voice: "Sir, are we really just watching?"

"Although the Yongchang border troops are shameless, their combat power is really impressive. If you want them to stumble, I'm afraid these iron hats alone won't do it!"

As he spoke, he gently plucked the bow string, seemingly intentionally or unintentionally: "General, I will see that this city gate has been in disrepair for a long time, and the two thick door panels are crumbling, especially the iron objects such as the door shafts have not been maintained for a long time. It has long been rusty.”

"With the general's ability, even through the door panel, he can hit or crack those important points. Once those two wooden doors fall down, they can always kill a few bastards, and they will not notice it, at most It will only be regarded as taking credit..."

Hearing this, Qi Jingzhi glanced at the Bazhou tiger thoughtfully: "You know a lot, and there is more bad water in your stomach... But in the future, you will do less things that harm others and do not benefit yourself. Let’s take another look.”

"Ah? What else is interesting here?"

Li Shenxian couldn't help feeling resentful, but as soon as he finished speaking, his pupils suddenly shrank.

I saw a large group of wolves suddenly appearing in the city. Some were wearing iron armor, some were wearing leather armor, and some were even wearing ordinary people's clothes and even prison clothes.

They seemed to have been lying in wait for a long time. They waited until the armored hundred were crowded in the city gate cave and were in a dilemma, then they suddenly appeared and rushed into the cave.

These ghosts did not care about the arrows and blades facing them at all. After running and boosting, they jumped high into the air and jumped directly into the formation of the soldiers. They clawed and bit their teeth with extreme ferocity, which immediately caused unprecedented panic and chaos. .In an instant, more and more soldiers in the armored hundred-man team were knocked down, and more and more human wolves got up from the ground. There was me among you, and you among me. It was a chaotic fight. It’s no longer indistinguishable.

Wang Tong's eyes were about to burst.

Without any hesitation, the left army commander loudly ordered with red eyes: "Fire the arrow! Fire the arrow quickly!"

He galloped on horseback, and when he passed a hesitant archer, he raised his sword like lightning and chopped off the opponent's head.

"The longer the delay, the more brothers will be killed! Don't be afraid of accidental injuries. Our brothers will not die even if they are hit by a few arrows or burned twice. But those ghosts are most afraid of fire, and the armor on their bodies has already rotted away. !”

"Fire the arrow! Fire the arrow quickly!"

The archers at the rear of Yongchang's left army woke up from a dream. Rockets were attached to the bowstrings, and soon a large fire rain fell across the sky, instantly lighting up the slightly gloomy city gate.

Wang Tong breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and ran behind the three hundred-man troops outside the city gate to supervise the battle: "Those who retreat without permission will die!"

"For the sake of your own lives, I will make your eyes wide open! If any hairy ghost comes out of this place, even your biological father and biological brothers will be hacked to death by me!"

"No!" The three centurions, who were also a little flustered at first, calmed down instantly.

They couldn't even think about being unstable, because Wang Tong's one hundred personal guards in filial piety had transformed into military law troops, blocking their retreat with horse hooves and blades.

"What a cruel heart! What a neat decision!"

"It seems that just as the old lady of the Wang family expected, Wang Tong has given up on his original hesitation and weighing, and has become decisive and decisive..."

Qi Jingzhi sighed secretly, and four words suddenly appeared in his heart: "Compassion does not control soldiers!"

He first heard this word from the mouth of Ding Chengyuan, the Marquis of Anfeng. Now that he saw Wang Tong's repeated actions, he couldn't help but feel a little more about it.

Thinking of this, Qi Jingzhi exhaled and shouted to Wang Tong: "Wang Dutong, do you need my troops to help you? You and I are in a wild and foreign land, with dangerous battles, long nights and many dreams, so it is better to fight quickly and make a quick decision. ."

Hearing this, Li Shenxian couldn't help but grin, and for a moment he was not sure whether his captain had relapsed into his old habit of being kind-hearted, or whether he was deliberately ridiculing and trying to bully the "King of Ghost Heads".

Wang Tong's expression suddenly changed, and he obviously thought he was the latter.

In fact, at this moment, what he originally envisioned as an easy victory turned into a fierce battle for the goal with a lot of casualties. He was already riding a tiger and it was difficult to get off.

I just heard the commander of the border army who had just lost his old mother yell angrily: "No need! The Yongchang border army is marching rampant in the north. Wang and his brothers are here. Just stay here and bask in the sun!"

He raised the steel knife in his hand and pointed towards the city gate cave where the shouts of killing were fading away as it turned into a sea of ​​fire: "How can there be any cowards under the command of the Marquis? The Wang family of Yongchang never treats a hero badly!"

"Enter another hundred! Don't let the gentlemen from the royal capital see the joke!"

After hearing this, Qi Jingzhi had no choice but to shut his mouth.

This is a damned thing that cannot be persuaded with good words.

In fact, until now, even though the fighting in the city gate cave has been extremely fierce, Qi Jingzhi still does not think that the aliens entrenched in the south of the city have used all their strength and means.

This level alone is not worthy of Huang Xiaoer's special reminder.

After all, the shrewd Corpse Demon obviously knew the strength of the Grass-headed God, and had witnessed the destruction of Wild Gouzi and the burning of the mountain with his own eyes. He had his own judgment on the strength of Qi Jingzhi and Zuowu Army, so he still persuaded him not to If you want to provoke the Houjun Dutong Yamen, even if your words are unclear, it is by no means untargeted.

As a result, Qi Jingzhi watched helplessly as another hundred-man team moved forward resolutely, rushing into the sea of ​​fire and smoke as if they were dead.

But before all the hundred soldiers could fill the life-devouring city gate, the two wooden doors that were also ignited with flames collapsed, killing at least 30 people underneath.

Seeing this, Li Shenxian's face twitched, and he quickly pointed to his full quiver, and said to the young man's eyes: "My lord, you are aware that the last general has not fired a single arrow!"

Qi Jingzhi glanced at him with an unclear meaning, and his tone suddenly became a little harsh: "I am in charge of the life and death of my subordinates, so we must not be careless..."

Li Shenxian was stunned for a moment, and then he grinned. The smile looked ferocious no matter how you looked at it.

"Look at what my lord said! From ancient times to the present, a general has achieved great success and exchanged his own life and the lives of others for wealth. It only depends on whether he loses or gains. What's wrong with that?"

"When I brought a hundred Bazhou brothers to serve, I sold my life to you! The seven brothers of the Jiahu Team, Tong Jiaohai and others were also like this. Even people like Xiaowei Wei, they obeyed your words. Yes, the thoughts and fears in my heart are pretty much the same.”

"Besides, how can you rely solely on your superiors and colleagues on the battlefield? At a critical juncture, good men can only earn their lives based on their own abilities. Don't count on anyone, and don't blame anyone!"

The Bazhou tiger paused for a moment, then suddenly changed the topic and said with a smile: "Of course, if you guys really feel that one of our generals is incompetent and we have exhausted all three armies, the soft-tempered ones will naturally run for their lives and find their own way out. He has a fierce temper and directly greets us with open swords and hidden arrows. This is a common thing in the military."

"They are not fools. They have swords, arrows, hands and feet. There is no need to worry about them!"

Qi Jingzhi was slightly startled when he heard this, and then he stopped laughing.

He had known that Li Shenxian was a rebellious person and he spoke nicely, but he never intended to hang himself on his own tree. It was just driven by profit, and good birds choose trees to roost in.

In fact, it was a surprise to Li Shenxian that he could honestly say these last words. It didn't sound like a warning to himself, but more like an intimate joke.

This is a welcome change.

Therefore, Qi Jingzhi reciprocated the favor and smiled at the other party: "If one day you, Li Shenxian, want to suddenly shoot a cold arrow at Qi's back, be sure not to use the general's evil feather arrow, otherwise I'm afraid you will die miserably!"

Seeing his captain suddenly smiling at him, Li Shenxian's heart tightened subconsciously, and then he realized: "It seems... the captain just made a joke to me? This joke is really not funny." ah!"

Thinking of this, Li Shenxian quickly opened his mouth and laughed a few times, so as not to make the captain, who rarely joked, look bad.

"How can that be impossible! I, Old Li, am not someone who repays kindness with enmity!"

Qi Jingzhi waved his hand towards him and turned to look in the direction of the city gate.

After filling in two hundred-man teams one after another, even if not all members were killed, the casualties were still extremely heavy, and the south gate of Forbidden Water Pass finally changed hands.

After a bloody battle, all the humans and wolves were killed. Even if the iron hats could fly, not a few could escape, and they could no longer stop Yongchang's left army in the slightest.

Amidst the thunderous cheers, Wang Tong just turned around and glanced at Qi Jingzhi, leaving a proud smile on his face. Then he rode into the city surrounded by his own soldiers, followed by the rest of the soldiers of the Yongchang Left Army. Later, it poured into it like a tide.

As the saying goes, when a strong man is in the army, he who attacks a city first, falls into battle to defeat the enemy, kills generals and knocks down flags, and who is protected by arrows and rocks in front of him, and who does not avoid danger and danger, is a highly rewarded envoy.

The military merits of the Qi Dynasty were first and foremost.

Although Wang Tong's Yongchang left army did not experience the most brutal ant attack on the city, they experienced all kinds of fire and arrows, and they really took advantage of the victory of seizing the city first.

"Bah! The villain is successful! So many people have died, what's there to be proud of?"

Li Shenxian was a little reluctant: "Sir, what should we do now?"

Qi Jingzhi looked at Wang Tong's satisfied figure, shook his head and chuckled: "Look again..."

(End of this chapter)