Seeing the clouds

Chapter 36 Chapter 35 Night Battle
Li Fu hid in an old tree, keeping an eye on the changes in the military camp not far away, and from time to time informed the people under the tree about the situation of the military camp.

Tong Hanshan, who was under the tree, had already begun to assign the next tasks: "The goal of this trip is to remove the heads of the two young masters. I believe everyone has seen the portraits before. Do you remember them?"

Everyone nodded one after another, and each replied in an almost inaudible voice: "Remember."

Tong Hanshan continued: "Li Fu will shoot arrows later. Siyuan and I will be responsible for stopping the cavalry. Lao Shi is going to deal with the second-rank guard. As for the heads of the two young masters in the camp, I will leave them to you, Tiger." . Sanniang is responsible for taking care of Tiger. As for Xiaofu, he will stay here for observation. The rest of you can just cover and help each other according to circumstances. Do you understand?"

Everyone nodded in agreement again.

However, the quality of the fifty elite cavalry accompanying him was indeed good. Li Fu squatted on a tree for a long time and did not find any carelessness among the soldiers on guard. This made Li Fu, the youngest among them, really unable to hold himself back.

After about an hour, there was still movement above, and everyone below could not sit still. Zhou Laohu, who always had a hot temper, hurriedly knocked on the old tree trunk where Li Fu was.Li Fu couldn't speak loudly when he was above, so he had to come down and tell everyone that there was really no chance to shoot the arrow, and asked everyone to wait patiently. If there was really no other way, he could only bite the bullet and shoot.

After saying that, Li Fu turned over to the old tree again and went to observe the military camp.

After another half an hour, Li Fu saw the vigil soldier closest to everyone left the guard post and ran to the open space to relieve himself.Li Fuxin said that the opportunity must not be missed and would not come again. This was the moment he was waiting for. He picked up the big ox-horn bow behind his back, bent the bow and shot an arrow, killing the night guard soldier on the spot.

Everyone under the tree was tired of waiting. As soon as they heard the movement, they pounced on the entire military camp without hesitation like a pack of hungry wolves.

Tong Hanshan and Dou Siyuan took the lead and rushed to the front of the team.

When the soldiers on guard saw the surging black figures, they without hesitation beat the camp drums to signal the enemy to attack.

A clear and loud cry was heard from the camp: "There is an enemy attack, all the sergeants are in formation!"

Suddenly, the soldiers in the camp came out of their sleeping tents and gathered like a tide.

But it is not daytime after all. Most of the weapons of the Tianshui cavalry are large guns for actual combat, about one foot and eight inches long. The gun body is made of beef tendon wood, which is harder than ash wood and is not suitable for fighting in the field. In such a narrow place in the camp, the battle was fought between many and few, and without the horses, the combat effectiveness at night was greatly reduced.

Dou Siyuan is on the left holding a bamboo whip, and Tong Hanshan is on the right with bare hands and no weapons.

Whip up the dragon and swing its tail, whip down the dragon and turn the snake over!
Dou Siyuan and Tong Hanshan used their momentum to tear open a hole in the entire military formation, one on the left and one on the right, with whips and punches, leading directly to the camp where Li Jingxuan, Zhang Yue and the four others were.

When the two saw this, they did not stop and continued to push forward to prevent the cracks in the military formation from closing again. The other martial artists with third-level strength also followed suit and immediately made up the ends so that everyone behind them could go smoothly. Complete this avenue to the sky.

Most of the time, Dou Siyuan serves as the team's strategist, but at this moment, Dou Siyuan, who is charging into the battle, shouted loudly: "Tiger!"

Immediately afterwards, there was a strong man holding a short sword and whose stature was not inferior to that of him and Tong Hanshan. He turned a blind eye to the tide of soldiers on both sides and went straight to the target camp with overwhelming force.

Zhou Laohu, who usually used a pair of octagonal copper hammers, replaced the hammers with a more flexible short knife in order to facilitate his work at night.When he arrived at the tent, without hesitation, he split open the tent with his knife and got in.

The four people in the camp were also awakened by the movement outside the camp. Zhou Laohu quickly glanced at the four people. His years of habit made him ignore Zhang Yue and Li Jingxiong. He only saw the slightly panicked Zheng Baiyu and the cold ones. Li Jingxuan.

Zhou Laohu didn't, and slashed directly at Zheng Baiyu. After all, the dead were easier to deal with than the living. Finishing the job earlier and getting these two heads would allow the brothers to retreat earlier and reduce casualties.

Just when Zhou Laohu thought he was sure of it, a scabbard came out of the air and lay between the short sword and Zheng Baiyu, resisting Zhou Laohu's chop.

Zhou Laohu turned his head and saw that the scholar mentioned on the paper had blocked his chop with one hand and only the scabbard of his sword, without even drawing the sword.Although it is true that he only used the sword to chop Zheng Baiyu to death and did not use all his strength, this scholar was actually able to hold the sword with one hand and break through the air to save people. This is many times more difficult than simply using a horizontal sword to defend himself. This seemingly handsome scholar To have such arm strength is a rare feat among his peers, not to mention he is only as young as his age.

Could it be that he is accustomed to the legendary old monster in the Taoist sect who can rejuvenate his youth?

Zhou Laohu naturally didn't believe it.

He quickly adjusted his mentality, no longer caring about Zheng Baiyu who was on the ground and turned pale with fright. He turned over and slashed at Zhang Yue with all his strength as if he was splitting Huashan Mountain.

After all, Zhou Laohu is also a real second-grade grandmaster. He is usually good at using the octagonal copper hammer, and naturally follows the path of strength. This full-strength sword made Zhang Yue have to stretch out his left hand to resist the Yugong scabbard, so that Zhou Laohu could not let go. The short sword in his hand goes a step further.

After seeing this, Zhou Laohu thought that he had guessed correctly. It must have been because he underestimated the enemy before and didn't use any force with his sword. This time he struck with all his strength, but the scholar was a little reluctant to take it.

The stone in my heart was finally relieved. Otherwise, if this scholar was really a strange figure in the world, he and the dozen brothers outside might really be in trouble here.

But in his heart, he did not dare to underestimate him. This scholar was so tall that he could withstand his own sword without falling down. He didn't even draw the sword. After all, this scholar's strength must be at the second level.

However, after all his calculations, he still missed one person - Li Jingxiong, who was said to be the reincarnation of Emperor Zhenwu.

When Li Jingxuan saw Zhang Yue blocking the uninvited guest's attack, he shouted without hesitation: "Brother, beat him!"

Li Jingxiong stood the farthest away, still a little unclear about the situation. When he saw his own brother shouting, he didn't even have time to turn his head. He had already moved and pounced on the man who was slightly inferior to him in stature.At this time, Zhou Laohu, who was still in a stalemate with Zhang Yue, didn't even have time to turn his head and glance at the other boy he ignored. He was directly blown away by the momentum and force of his punch. He broke open the tent and rolled to the outside. .

When he saw Tong Hanshan, who was resisting the attack of soldiers outside, his rough face covered with rouge and gouache was a bit ugly.

Tong Hanshan was not angry because Zhou Laohu lost his hand. He had been with him for so long and even slept in the same bed. Of course he knew how much Zhou Laohu weighed. If he could blow Zhou Laohu away, he would definitely be in the tent. There is a first-class master.There are only two situations that can make Zhou Laohu defeated: the idiot boy who is said to be powerful has the ability to crush Zhou Laohu, or the unknown scholar is a hidden master.

But no matter which point there was a flaw in, it proved that he and his team had made a fatal error in judgment on this matter. The 2000 taels of silver were indeed hot to hand.

He looked at Zhou Laohu, who was about to be overwhelmed by the soldiers, and shouted: "Sanniang, cover the tiger."

Jin Sanniang, who was waving her Emei thorns with both hands and was in charge of the support, heard this and easily turned over the crowd, repelling the soldiers, and then helped Zhou Laohu up.

Zhou Laohu hadn't recovered his breath at this time. He gasped for air and supported Jin Sanniang beside him. His voice was weak: "Sanniang, please leave me alone and tell the boss quickly. That scholar has at least two levels of strength, and that one The nine-foot-tall boy even punched me out of the camp, but something happened if I was late, go!"

Seeing his weak appearance, Jin Sanniang really didn't want to leave him in this dangerous place, but thinking that this matter would affect the lives of all her brothers, she had no choice but to grit her teeth, hold him steady, and climb over the crowd to Tong Hanshan's side conveyed Zhou Laohu's words to Tong Hanshan in detail.

After hearing this, Tong Hanshan's already ugly face became even more gloomy. He and Jin Sanniang worked together to repel the soldiers in front of them and shouted: "Brothers, the wind is blowing hard!"

After hearing this, Zou Zhong, who was fighting bravely, also shouted: "Brothers, work harder so that these thieves never come back!"

After saying that, Tong Hanshan turned to Jin Sanniang, who usually matched his sisters, and said: "Sanniang, let's forget about tonight. You hurry up and help the brothers retreat, especially Lao Shi, who is alone; I will save the tiger. , see if I can kill the two of them by the way. If I can come back, we will meet at the same place; if I can’t come back, you can take your brothers to hide outside the pass."

Jin Sanniang looked at Tong Hanshan, whom she usually called her sister, with a complicated expression on her face: "Sister..."

Tong Hanshan couldn't care less about looking back at her at this time. With a movement of his body, he broke through the military formation and ran towards Zhou Laohu.

After seeing this, Jin Sanniang no longer hesitated and ran towards the place where her husband Shi Ya was.

By the time Tong Hanshan came to Zhou Laohu, Zhou Laohu had almost recovered and was struggling to resist the soldiers. His forehead was cut open by a spear and was bleeding, and he also had many scars on his body.

Tong Hanshan dispersed the soldiers surrounding Zhou Laohu and asked Zhou Laohu, "How's it going?"

Seeing that the person coming was his boss, Zhou Laohu breathed a sigh of relief and replied: "It's okay now. Most of these soldiers are exhausted. I can retreat on my own. Boss, please leave me alone and quickly kill Li Jingxuan and Zheng Baiyu, it doesn’t matter whether you have money or not, but don’t let your brothers’ casualties go in vain.”

Seeing that although he was injured, his momentum was not diminished, Tong Hanshan nodded in agreement and ignored him. He knocked the two soldiers on one side to the ground and ran towards Zhang Yue and Li Jingxuan.

When Tong Hanshan arrived in front of Zhang Yue and Li Jingxuan, Zhang Yue looked at the black shadow rushing towards him not far away. Fortunately, even with the firelight, it was difficult to see Tong Hanshan's seeping face clearly at night. Zhang Yue's heart There is no burden.But at this point, he naturally knew that the visitor was definitely not a guest.

So he didn't hesitate, put his left hand on the scabbard, and held the handle of the knife with his right hand.Li Jingxuan and the three people standing aside could immediately feel a strange aura on Zhang Yue's body, and the robes on his body suddenly floated up out of thin air, overlapping one another, as if being blown by a strong wind.

Li Jingxuan and Zheng Baiyu had never seen the fierce battle between Zhang Yue and Lin Ya, so naturally they had never seen this magical scene. Their eyes were full of admiration and surprise.

Zhang Chuchu looked at the black shadow getting closer and closer, and his momentum surged.Then he pulled out Yu Gong's sword and struck it in the air. Different from the whale-cutting style that could chop Lin Ya's vocal range with one strike before, the sword struck in the air and made a sharp and harsh sound. Li Jingxuan and Zheng Baiyu quickly covered their ears and focused their eyes. Watching how the black shadow would kill the whale in this way that the two of them had never seen before.

When Tong Hanshan saw this scene, he didn't even stop. He just stretched out his arms and crossed his head. It seemed that he wanted to withstand this whale-killing style.

Although Tong Hanshan had a high level of strength, he still underestimated Zhang Yue's whale-killing style.The whale-killing sword fell on Tong Hanshan's arms. Tong Hanshan, who was running at full strength just a moment ago, was immediately pressed to his knees by the sword from top to bottom.

When Li Jingxuan and Zheng Baiyu saw this scene, they immediately looked at Zhang Yue with joy, but they found that even so, Zhang Yue's expression was not relaxed.

When the whale-killing momentum dissipated, Tong Hanshan immediately jumped up from the ground and continued to run towards the four people. Except for the slight bleeding from his arms that were holding the sword, the whale-cutting style that Zhang Chuo was proud of did not Tong Hanshan could not be seriously injured.

When Zhang Chu saw him, he knew that this black figure who could kill a whale with his own strength was of first-class strength. He had no chance of winning in a close combat, so he immediately shouted: "Big stone, stop him."

After hearing this, Li Jingxiong, who was called Big Stone, immediately stood in front of the three of them.

Tong Hanshan still didn't stop, stretched out his bleeding right arm, and slammed towards Li Jingxiong, who was taller than him.

Murderous intent made a cloud at three o'clock, and the cold sound spread over the night.

Li Jingxiong, who didn't understand the murderous martial arts, saw the black shadow punching, and he also stretched out his right hand and hit Tong Hanshan.

The two exchanged punches and each took three steps back.

Tong Hanshan looked at the young man in front of him who had no energy flowing but whose fist strength was comparable to his own, with murderous intent on his face.

Li Jingxiong, who was still a little unclear about the situation, now finally knew that the sudden black shadow was a bad guy with malicious intentions towards him, and his face suddenly showed a fierce look.

The two of them, the dragon versus the dragon, the python versus the snake, the needle versus the wheat awn.

(End of this chapter)