Chapter 7 Chapter Thirty-Seven

Time flies, and it has been almost a month since the snake man besieged the city.It is now the end of April, and the beginning of summer is about to begin, and the weather is getting hotter and hotter every day.After King Anle saw me, he didn't write any more. He must have thought that I was not the choice for the east bed, but Princess Tang was given a marriage by the emperor and married Pu Anli. When Princess Tang was choosing a son-in-law, Marquis Wen recommended me, and Pu Anli was also a candidate.In Princess Tang's eyes, the noble, majestic and generous Pu Anli is probably more of a hero than me.Pu Anli's marriage was not as grand as the prince's, but it was still a big event.Pu Anli's father was an important minister in the court, Pu Zhi who was in the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, and after he married the princess of Tang, he would most likely become the Marquis of Wu, a higher title than his father.

I also almost forgot about King Anle.The snake people launched a siege every one or two days, but this kind of attack is still quite limited. It seems that the snake people really mean to make us exhausted and have a long-term siege.Although we have a rotation system, we still feel tired. On May 1st, I was discussing with Cao Wendao and Qian Wenyi at the top of the city when I suddenly heard a commotion from the north of the city.Cao Wendao frowned, and said to a soldier beside him, "Hey, go and find out what happened." The soldier agreed, and rode his horse down to the city and headed north.I said, "Probably Qin Wangjun is here."

"King Qin's army is here? Is there enough food and grass?" Cao Wendao said with a little worry.He also still remembers the suffering of food shortage in Gaojiu City. Although the daily food is not reduced, it is really worrying.I can't say that Marquis Wen has a desperate plan, but I just said: "Don't worry, Lord Wenhou has his own arrangements." At this time, the soldiers on one side of the city cheered again, Cao Wendao was taken aback, and said: "The snake people are attacking?" There is nothing unusual in it, only a banner of Fuxi and Nuwa fluttering in the wind.A soldier came over and said, "General, King Anle has come to the city to reward his master."

An Le Wang?I was taken aback, I almost forgot about him since he was entertaining guests at Zuifenglou that day. Just as he was thinking, he suddenly heard the little prince shout: "General Chu, you are here." He was dressed in a military uniform, with a golden crown on his head. Although he was still young, he was tall and quite heroic. Behind him was King Anle carried by two people.Cao Wendao and Qian Wenyi and I knelt down and saluted, and I said, "My lord, Your Highness, the last general is Chu Xiuhong." King An Le came to him, smiled and said, "General Chu, long time no see, how are you doing now?"

"Go back to the prince, the last general is on rotation, forgive me for being rude." King Anle smiled and said: "Get up. General Chu, you fought bloody battles. This king respects you very much. I can't repay you. I ordered someone to prepare some items and ask General Chu to distribute them to all the warriors." King An Le has no official position, if the emperor sends the inner mansion to reward the teacher, he probably won't let him come, he is afraid that he will reward the teacher with his own money.No matter what his purpose is, if he can do this, I am impressed by this mediocre prince.I bowed again and said, "Thank you, my lord."

Anle Wang gave each person two steamed buns.Although the things are small, there are more than 100,000 soldiers in the city, and it is not a small number to distribute to the whole army. Even the Anle Palace, it is not easy to prepare all these things.Although we can eat enough now, the army still distributes some dry biscuits, which are really not tasty. Holding the steaming meat buns, the soldiers were very excited, and the smell of meat buns wafted all over the city for a while. While giving rewards, King Anle was invited by Tu Fang to drink tea.Tu Fang is the chief general of the South Gate, but because I am directly under Marquis Wen, I am not under his control.Each of the soldiers on the city held buns and ate them happily, while the little prince looked around from the top of the city, weighed our spears, and looked fresh everywhere.He looked around, caught my siege axe, picked it up and tried it, and said, "It's really heavy."

I said: "Your Highness, be careful, a siege ax weighs more than ten catties." The little prince put down the axe, and suddenly pulled me aside mysteriously and said, "General Chu, are you okay now?" I was a little puzzled, and said: "What's the matter?" There are quite a lot of people on the top of the city, and now the soldiers are queuing up to get the buns, and the maids of Anle Palace are very busy, and it is not easy to give up a vacant space. The little prince said: "Teacher Wu Zhao said that my marksmanship has improved again, and I want to try it with you."

After all, he is still a child at heart, but his marksmanship is indeed remarkable. Teacher Wu Zhao said that his progress is mostly not just a matter of perfunctory.I said: "There is no chalk gun in the city, how can I practice it?" The little prince said: "Then use a real gun!" I was startled, but I saw him eager to try, as if he really wanted to compete with me with a real gun.I resolutely said: "This is absolutely impossible! If I hurt your highness, then I deserve death." The little prince was a little disappointed, and suddenly said: "Isn't there a pole there? Let's try it out."

It was hemp stubble, which was used to kindle a fire at the top of the city.Hearing the little prince call the hemp stalk a "pole", everyone laughed, probably the little prince had never seen hemp stalk.But hemp straw is brittle and light, so it can't hurt anyone.I couldn't resist him, so I had to say: "Okay." The little prince took two longer hemp stalks, weighed them, threw one to me and said, "General Chu, come on." He set up a door, and when he saw the way he used the gun, Cao Wendao couldn't help but He cheered and said: "Good marksmanship!"

Although the little prince is young, his handling of the spear is quite satisfactory, even in the army he is quite good.I picked up the hemp straw, danced a flower in my hand, and said: "Little Highness, be careful." Although hemp stalks cannot hurt people, once poked in the face, it is not good.The soldiers around moved away a little, I set up a door, and just as I stood firm, the little prince rushed forward and shouted: "Look at the gun!" The hemp straw in his hand pierced my chest suddenly.When I saw his shot, I was surprised. The little prince's spear skills have improved a lot compared to last year. Although his marksmanship was good at that time, his shots were a bit muddy and not crisp enough, but this shot was extremely neat.I shook the hemp straw in my hand, and when I touched it with the front end, I felt that the strength was not weak.Because the hemp straw is very brittle, it will break if I use too much force. I knocked it with a little force, but my subordinates only slowed down a little. The little prince shouted: "Be careful!" The straw has passed through my spear like flying lightning, stabbing straight at my face.Some of the soldiers watching the battle who were weaker in spear skills all let out an "ah", and there was a woman's voice in the middle, they must have been worried about me.In fact, although the spear of the little prince is remarkable, but he has no actual combat experience after all, he can shoot but not receive, it is difficult to deal with stabbing my chest, but it is not difficult to deal with stabbing my head.

I made a wrong foot, the man took advantage of the momentum and twisted around, the hemp stalk in his hand had already caught his hemp stalk, and immediately knocked his spear away.The little prince was about to retract his gun and stab again, but he just used too much force, and I was already the best spearman in the army, before he retracted his gun, I took another step, following his spear forward, stabbed him in the chest.Master Wu Zhao said, the way of spearmanship is to be prepared both offensively and defensively. You must not blindly attack by force. The enemy's spear has already entered the door. The shot was too fierce, I followed his spear forward, there was no room for him to fight back, if it was a real fight, my shot would be enough to knock him down.But now it's just a competition, the little prince has no armor on his body, although the hemp stalk is brittle, it still hurts when stabbed in his chest. I have already escaped from my gun, but the man dodges to the side, advances instead of retreating, and even fights back. This spear made the method unconstrained, like flowing water, while Cao Wendao shouted: "Okay!" My spear skills are better than his, and he never shouted "Hello" when I was competing with him. This is also a shout to the little prince. of.I didn't expect the little prince to change his moves like this, so I was a little flustered for a while.Although the little prince's spear change is fast, it is actually slower than me for a moment, I'm afraid it still won't help defeat the game.I was thinking about whether I should pretend to be defeated and let the little prince hit me to make me happy, but my hands were so familiar that I just shook and covered the little prince's hemp stalks, and the two hemp stalks were already entangled. in one place. If this is an actual battle, the little prince's strength is not as strong as mine, so he will definitely be blocked by me, and my shot will at least pierce him.It's just that we are holding hemp stalks in our hands. When I exerted such force, there was a continuous "click", and the hemp stalks in his hand broke into dozens of pieces immediately under the force. I hastily stopped the gun, and I jumped back about three feet, and said: "Your Highness, the last general is rude, forgive me." The little prince held a small piece of hemp stalk in his hand, he looked a bit confused, but he didn't show any anger, he just murmured: "Strange, strange." I threw the hemp stalk aside and said, "Your Highness, why is it so strange?" "Teacher Wu Zhao said that this shot is probably difficult for you to deal with. I have practiced for a long time, but you still broke through with one shot, and I can't use the second half of the move." It turned out to be the case, and I couldn't help laughing: "Your Highness, marksmanship is dead, but people are alive. Your Majesty's marksmanship is very good, but on the battlefield, it is often not up to you to use marksmanship one after another, and you must adapt to the situation." .Like your Highness’s move to evade my marksmanship just now, it is very clever, but if you want to attack me next time, you can’t help but act too hastily. If you took a few steps back at that time, and then tried to fight back, I’m afraid the outcome is still unknown number." The little prince shook his head and said: "General Chu, don't comfort me. Teacher Wu Zhao also told me that I want to defeat you, at least five or six years away. Hehe, after five or six years, I will definitely defeat you." As a clan, the little prince is so obsessed with marksmanship, which really suits my appetite.I smiled and said: "Not bad, not bad, with your highness's improvement in marksmanship, one day he will surpass me." That being said, half of my marksmanship is trained in bloody battles on the battlefield. I am afraid that the little prince will never go to battle in the future. Even if his marksmanship is really better than mine, he may not be able to beat me. I.Mr. Wu Zhao's marksmanship is better than mine, but he may not be able to defeat me in a real competition. The little prince threw the piece of hemp straw in his hand, and suddenly said: "No, General Chu, let's compete again, I still have a way of shooting that I haven't used before!" Just now his marksmanship was forced by me, and he couldn't use it completely, so he must be very dissatisfied.I smiled and was about to agree when a woman said, "Little brother, don't pester General Chu." The voice was soft and pleasant, and it sounded extremely comfortable.I looked over there, but a woman who was distributing buns was talking, and it was the woman who came out with Princess Tang.It's just that this time she was wearing an ordinary dress, and I didn't notice it for a while.The little prince walked up to her, curled his lips and said, "Sister, I knew you were biased, and you didn't help me when I was about to lose." "What?" The woman blushed slightly, lowered her head, but glanced at me slightly out of the corners of her eyes.She is the daughter of King An Le, right?I was also cramped for a while.I had no impression of this woman at first, but now I feel a little dazed. The little prince grinned and said, "Sister, share the buns. I want to..." He hadn't finished speaking when suddenly there was an exclamation from the watchtower: "The snake man is attacking!" Outside the city, another cloud of dust rose from the snake man's camp.I was taken aback, grabbed a spear, turned to a soldier and said, "Hurry up and send your Highness down to the city." After finishing speaking, I threw myself to the wall, staring at the formation of the snake men. At first, the snake people had no rules and were completely chaotic. Later, they attacked the city in a loose formation, but now they appear to be very disciplined. I really can't imagine that the snake people can reach this level in just one year. As I was watching, I suddenly heard the little prince say: "General Chu, where am I standing?" I turned my head and saw him grabbing a spear from nowhere and standing right behind me.Although the little prince is tall, he is still much shorter than a gun. He looks big and out of place, but his face is eager to try.I said: "Your Highness, hurry down, the city is in danger." The little prince said: "You are not afraid, what am I afraid of, the rise and fall of the country is everyone's responsibility!" What he said was righteous and strict, I couldn't laugh or cry, I patted him on the shoulder and said: "Your Highness, the country raises soldiers to protect our home and country. If we put the blame on the people, then what's the use of the country raising soldiers?" The little prince was speechless for a while, and opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something else, when a soldier beside him suddenly exclaimed: "Control!" He yelled extremely urgently, I didn't know what happened, I heard a sharp sound of piercing through the air, and when I looked up, I saw a large black shadow suddenly appeared in the air.It was so dark that it almost looked like locusts were coming, and Cao Wendao suddenly exclaimed: "Stone cannon!" That is the snake man using the trebuchet. The snake people used to use those huge trebuchets. Although they are powerful, they are extremely inconvenient. It is difficult to move the boulders thrown to the battlefield. In addition, the snake people can't see far, so they don't pose a great threat to the city. .Now they have all switched to these small catapults, throwing them up densely without regard for their accuracy.My heart was shocked and I shouted: "Everyone be careful!" The stones flew around, almost filling the air, and the soldiers on the top of the city hid in shelters, but some soldiers rushed forward instead of retreating.It was the soldiers of the Fire Legion sent by Bi Wei to assist to protect the Thunder Crossbow.The Thunderbolt Crossbow is powerful, and at this time it was also exposed to the disadvantage of inconvenient movement. I rushed to the wall and shouted: "Come on! Protect the Thunderbolt Crossbow!" With the power of the thunder crossbow, we still have a way to resist the snake man attacking the city. If the thunder crossbow is destroyed, we can only use flesh and blood to fight the snake man.Some soldiers came over with large shields and protected the Thunder Crossbow one after another. I squatted down against the battlements.In this position, stones can't hit me, but there can only be one or two rows of people standing here. What should I do if the snake man takes advantage of the situation to attack? I was in a state of confusion when the little prince shouted, "Oh, General Chu, those monsters are here to kill you!" I poked my head out from the crevices, and saw a group of snake men in light armor and carrying strong shields swimming across the moat and rushing towards the gate of the city.Because of the cover of the trebuchet, arrows could only be shot sporadically from the top of the city. Although those snake men also had arrows, they didn't know it and rushed forward desperately. At this point, regardless of the danger, I jumped up and shouted: "Hold on! No matter what, you must hold on!" Many people rushed over, throwing lime bottles down desperately.The stones sent out by the snake man danced on the city wall like beans. From time to time, some soldiers were hit by the flying stones and fell down bleeding from the head, but the soldiers nearby didn't seem to see it at all. , the other rushed forward, one after another, the city was filled with a bloody smell in an instant. With a sound of "dong", the snake man who rushed to the front had arrived at the gate of the city.Those snakemen held huge axes in their hands, twice the size of the siege axes used by the imperial army, and they were hitting the city gate one by one.The half-foot-thick city gate was still covered with a layer of copper skin, but the snake man's giant ax still split through the copper skin and sank deeply into the city gate. With the snake man's axe, my heart also went cold.The power of the snake people is too great, if they are allowed to chop down, even though the city gate is strong, I am afraid it will be chopped open.I jumped up and shouted, "Follow me if you have the guts!" The snake people at the gate of the city gathered together, and if there was a flat mine at this time, they could all be blown into powder.I don't know why Marquis Wen didn't give me the landmines. It's useless to think about it now. The most urgent thing is to defend the city gate.Moreover, once the city gate is split open, even if we wipe out these snake men, we will no longer be able to stop the snake men coming from behind. In any case, the snake man must be blocked! I gritted my teeth, turned around and hissed, "Quick, rope! Bring the rope!" A lot of these things were prepared at the top of the city. Two soldiers came over with several coils of rope, and I snatched one coil. Qian Wenyi shouted from the side: "General Chu, are you going to fight hand-to-hand?" I snagged one end of the rope on the battlements, and said: "General Qian, if the snake man wants to climb up the rope, you should cut the rope immediately, and you will be in charge of the forward battalion from now on." Before he could scream, I said loudly: "Follow me if you are brave enough!" After saying that, I grabbed the rope and jumped down from the top of the city. There is only a narrow strip of several feet between the city wall and the moat. At this time, the snake man is still firing stone cannons, but it has been thinned out, and the arrows shot from the top of the city are much denser.The moat is full of snake people swimming towards the walls.Those snake people only showed one head in the water, and sometimes they were shot by arrows from the city and died in the water, turned over and floated on the water, but the snake people after that were still rushing forward with the help of those corpses.As soon as I jumped down, before I could stand still, a snake man was about to go ashore, so I took a gun in my hand and slammed at it.At this time, I was condescending, and the snake man's hand was extremely fast. As soon as I shot out, it grabbed it with its left hand, and with its right hand, it suddenly raised a huge ax from the water.But it had just come out of the water, wet and slippery, and my gun slid across its palm and stabbed it in the left eye.I borrowed the force of the fall for this shot, and I was afraid that I had penetrated my brain. The snake man screamed, and before he could lift the giant axe, he fell into the water, and his body also fell backwards violently. Dozens of soldiers have jumped down from the city at this time, most of them are recruits, there are around the gate of the city, and the few soldiers closest to the gate have already fought with the snake man who was cutting the gate. Fortunately, due to the narrow space, The snake man was not stable on the ground. Although it was one-on-one, it was impossible to tell the winner for a while.But the snake man was still trying to hack the door, my heart was on fire, and I shouted: "Come on!" But the soldiers in front were fighting fiercely, blocking the road tightly, and I could only worry in the back. Before the words were finished, a figure suddenly fell from the top of the city gate. I was startled. The place where this person jumped was right above the snake man's head. Could this person be dead?Just thinking about it, I suddenly heard a woman in the city shout: "Little brother!" The voice was extremely terrified, it was the princess's voice.I couldn't help but looked up, and saw the princess lying on the battlements, looking out, two maids were pulling her desperately, and she was looking at the person who fell down just now.The man was thin and small, but he did not fall from the rope. He was holding the rope with his left hand, and the spear in his right hand was condescending. He was already fighting a snake man. It was the little prince. What an amazing kid.I have never had a good impression of the clan's children, and the little prince's move is also reckless, but he actually has the courage to fight the snake man face to face. It is really remarkable, but it is also very dangerous.I grabbed a rope hanging from the city wall and kicked my foot towards the city wall. The person swung over immediately and overtook several people. He pushed his head against the city brick, borrowed the force of the gun, and swung forward again. The little prince was still fighting with the snake manpower. Although he was condescending, his feet were not on the ground, and he had to hold the rope with one hand. His marksmanship was full of flaws.Fortunately, the snake man he was fighting with was holding a hatchet, the little prince stabbed here and there, knocking on the city wall from time to time, swinging in the air like a windmill, although there was no threat to the snake man , but it also made the snake man unable to free his hands. I got up and down and swung to the gate of the city. Under my feet was a snake man who was fighting with two soldiers.The snake man forced the two soldiers to fight back with a huge axe. As soon as I got on top of it, I heard a soldier scream, and the snake man chopped off the soldier's head with an axe. , blood and brains splashed everywhere, the snake man exhausted all his strength, and the giant ax was still slashing at another soldier.Seeing that the situation was critical, I didn't even think about it, I flipped my palm, and stabbed down with my backhand.I came so suddenly, the snake man definitely didn't expect it, the gun was steady and ruthless, pierced through the snake man's head, and the blood came out suddenly. One for another.Just as I was thinking about it, I felt a shock in my hand. Under the pain, the snake man rushed into the moat. My spear was still stuck in it, and I couldn't withstand such a force with one hand, so I let go immediately. .Before I could panic, I heard the princess screaming again: "Little brother!" That was the moment when the little prince missed, the spear was hit by the snake man and flew out of his hand.I leaned towards the city wall with one foot, grabbed the spear with one long hand, and heard the princess screaming: "Save my brother! Save him!" That is calling me, at this time I am closest to the little prince.The little prince let go of the spear, and held the rope tightly with both hands, as it was swinging back, the snake man who fought with him chopped at him in the middle with a huge axe in his hand.At this moment, he has no power to fight back, and this ax is absolutely inevitable. The gun was still a foot away from the snake man's back, the snake man turned around suddenly, and the huge ax came across, with a "dang", the tip of the gun stabbed heavily on the axe, sparks flew everywhere, it was too late, then In no time, the little prince had already swung to my side grabbing the rope.Before I landed, and I didn't have time to think about it, the gun barrel slammed, and the little prince was swung away by me, and he was far away immediately. , has stood on the ground, but still rushed forward without a firm foothold. There were five snake men at the gate of the city, two of them were desperately hacking at the gate, I killed one just now, and the other was entangled by the soldiers behind me to fight, now I have to face only one.Just now, I was able to kill one with lightning speed, but if I faced it head-on, I also knew that it would definitely not be its opponent.Fortunately, I use long soldiers, and this snake man uses short soldiers, and I still have a chance of winning by using the long to beat the short. After the little prince was pushed away by me, it echoed back, and I shouted: "Pull your Highness up!" As soon as the words fell, the snake personality opened my spear, swung the giant axe, and swept towards me again.Its move is very clever, I have no choice but to jump off the moat, but there are still snakes coming up in the river continuously, and it is like dying in the water.I felt a chill in my heart, but the matter has come to this point, and I can't escape, so I can only bite the bullet and fight recklessly.As soon as I cocked the gun, I was going to catch its ax blade.The ax used by the snake man is huge, the blade is sharp, and with the snake man's great strength, I have no confidence in whether it can be blocked. Its giant ax hadn't hit my spear, but suddenly two black shadows fell from the top of its head, and one of them shouted: "Monster, die!" This is Cao Wendao's voice.Although Cao Wendao's strength is not as strong as Chen Zhong and Pu Anli's, he is a little stronger than me, but what he said was "to die", but not to attack, and the two guns were stuck on the ground at the same time, and mine were in the same place. Although the snake man is powerful, he can still chop three spears with one axe. I only felt my arm tremble, and the tiger's mouth went numb, but the snake man's huge ax was thrown out. Cao Wendao and another soldier landed beside me and said, "General Chu, are you alright?" He stretched out his hand and pulled out the long spear on the ground. The snake man made a cut with an axe. I flexed my fingers secretly, let my numb palm move, and said anxiously: "Send Your Highness up!" "you……" Cao Wendao said something more, I shouted: "Go!" At this time, the snake man had swung his ax to attack again, and the two snake men who were chopping down the city gate saw that we had reinforcements, so they also turned their heads, probably wanting to send us away first.In the square inch of the city gate, flesh and blood flew all over the place. The snake man who was fighting with other soldiers on one side had killed three in a row, but the soldiers of the vanguard battalion were not afraid. One fell down and the other followed. There are also several wounds on the body. At this time the little prince had already swung over, I reached out and grabbed his belt to prevent him from swinging to the side of the snake man again, I gave a strong force with one arm, and shouted: "Don't leave!" The little prince is very tall and weighs about 70 to 80 jin. It was extremely difficult for me to lift him up with one hand, and I only managed to lift him a few feet high.Cao Wendao didn't say any more, and said: "Take care." As soon as he exerted force on his arm, he was already flying up, and at this time the little prince was already falling, Cao Wendao yelled, and grabbed the little prince in his arms with his left hand.With one more person, he couldn't jump anymore, but his right hand quickly wrapped the rope around his wrist, and his two feet stepped on the city wall rapidly. From the looks of it, he almost seemed to be walking sideways on the city wall. Cao Wendao's skills are remarkable, with him protecting the little prince, as long as I can block the snake man, the little prince is probably out of danger.Unexpectedly, I was only distracted, and the soldier who came down with Cao Wendao suddenly let out a scream, but he was cut in the chest by the snake man with an axe when he was drawing his gun, and his body was almost cut in half at an angle . My heart hurts.On the battlefield, life is the least valuable thing.The soldier's blood splattered out and stained half of my body, even my face. I didn't care about being sad, so I distracted myself from stabbing with the gun, and shouted: "Bastard!" The giant ax of the snake man was still in the soldier's body, the blade of the ax was eaten by flesh and blood, and he couldn't pull it out for a while.The giant ax was already very heavy, and with the weight of a dead body of more than a hundred catties, it was a bit difficult with the strength of the snake man. My spear was like lightning, and it was stabbing the snake man's throat, causing the snake man to suffer pain. Under the pressure, he made a sharp backward move, but pushed down a snake man who had stepped forward to help, and the two snake men fell into the moat together. At this time, another snake man had also been stabbed by the soldiers of the Qianfeng Battalion, leaving only one at the gate of the city.The snake man also turned around, stopped cutting the city gate, and turned around to rush towards us. At this time, more snake men were about to climb up in the river. A few soldiers had already rushed forward.The snake man was so fierce, but the soldiers of the Qianfeng Battalion also showed their anger. Although the snake man's giant ax wounded people and killed them, the soldiers seemed not to care about life and death. Snake people surrounded them, and I couldn't rush up. Now it's hand-to-hand combat.Although the Snake Man is much stronger, the hard training of the Qianfeng Battalion was not in vain. More than 30 people from the city lined up on both sides of the city gate, and seven or eight of them had already forced the Snake Man to the point where he was powerless to fight back. The people on the side stood upright by the moat, stabbing the snake man who climbed up the bank with their spears. "Come up!" Just as I and another soldier forced a snakeman back into the water, someone shouted from the top of the city.When I looked back, I saw many ropes hanging from the city, and a man in heavy armor stretched out half of his body and shouted to us.This man with a beard all over his face was Bi Wei.I didn't get along very well with Bi Wei, but I was very relieved to see him now.I waved my gun and said, "Everyone, go up!" After the snake man who slashed the door killed four soldiers, he was finally dismembered by the forward battalion. Those soldiers with blood all over their faces heard my words and each grabbed a rope.The city was already prepared, and as soon as someone grabbed it, the top immediately pulled it upwards, and in the blink of an eye, more than a dozen had already entered the city.The number of soldiers below the city was reduced, and they couldn't stop the attack of the snake man at once. One soldier slowed down, and his spear was caught by a snake man in the river, and he was about to take it back. Around his neck, the ax was eaten into his body.The soldier was also brave, knowing that he was going to die, but he had already pulled out his waist knife, instead he rushed forward, hugged the snake man who was about to go ashore, and stabbed in with his knife, the snake man wrapped around his body and fell into it together in the river. I grabbed a rope, which was already pulling desperately. A soldier ran towards me after knocking down a snake man with a gun. I stretched out my hand and said, "Quick! Catch me!" At this moment Most of the snake people have already climbed to the shore. If I let him grab the rope, I am afraid that the snake people will catch up. He also reached out and grabbed my hand. Under the force, he felt a lightness in his hand, and it was actually the upper half of his body that was being held. He was still overtaken by a snake man, and he was chopped into two pieces. My heart ached, but my arms tightened, and the people in the city lifted me up.At this time, there were still five or six soldiers below the city who could not come up, but the snake men had already rushed to the wall. Most of them used giant axes, screaming everywhere, blood splattered, and the city was like hell. I closed my eyes, unable to bear to see this scene again.When I jumped down, I had planned to die in battle, but I still felt lucky after getting out of danger. Suddenly there was a sound of sharp arrows piercing the air, and the snake man below the city let out a scream. I opened my eyes, but saw the snake man at the gate of the city was full of sharp arrows, struggling in flesh and blood.These arrows were so powerful that the snakemen gathered at the gate of the city were nailed to the ground and rolled over, but the arrows penetrated deep into the soil, and they couldn't break free at all.I looked up, only to see Bi Wei sneering at the city, surrounded by several thunder crossbows.Those thunder crossbows in the past couldn't reach down, but these few arrows are pointing down. As soon as my hand touched the battlements, I exerted strength on my arm and jumped up immediately.Standing next to Bi Wei was a young man, but it was Yuan Kezhen. As soon as he saw me, he called out: "Teacher Chu!" As if he was about to run over, Bi Wei shouted: "Don't be distracted, stay where you are!" Yuan Kezhen is dressed in the uniform of the Ministry of Industry. Although her face still has a childish look, she is quite different from the child before.I walked towards him, and Bi Wei said with a half-smile, "General Chu, how powerful is this newly made thunder crossbow?" I was so angry that I clenched my fists and said, "General Bi, why didn't you take it out earlier?" He didn't tell me about it when there was such a thing, so that more than ten brothers died in the Qianfeng Battalion. Bi Wei has never had a good impression of me, but he never thought that he would miss the opportunity so much. Bi Wei ignored me and shouted: "Let go!" At this time, some snake men rushed to the gate, and the Thunder Crossbow fired another row of fast arrows, and those snake men were shot down immediately.After counting and counting, a group of snake corpses were left at the gate of the city, and those snakes retreated. After the snake man retreated, Bi Wei wiped the cold sweat off his brow, turned his head and said, "General Chu, you are really brave." I don't know if he was sarcasm or what he meant, but he just said coldly: "Thanks to General Bi for your great kindness, if it's a step later, I'm afraid my life will be lost here, and the duty of guarding the gate will be fulfilled." No." We killed the first wave of Snakemen who slashed through the gates, but the Snakemen continued to attack. If Bi Wei hadn't come to help in time, we still couldn't hold it.Although my words were not without sarcasm, I was also somewhat grateful.Unexpectedly, Bi Wei just smiled wryly and said, "General Chu, don't make fun of me. If Mr. Yuan hadn't been so quick-witted and saw off the forefoot of the Thunder Crossbow, I'm afraid we would have more than enough energy to rescue him." Was it Yuan Kezhen's idea?I looked to the side, and Yuan Kezhen was squatting in front of those thunder crossbows to observe.The Thunderbolt Crossbow is very precise. If it is not adjusted properly, it will be a small difference, a thousand miles away, and he can react in an instant. He is really an extraordinary person. When I walked to his side, Yuan Kezhen raised her head, smiled again and said, "Teacher Chu." I patted him on the shoulder and said, "Good boy, thanks to you." Yuan Kezhen said, "It's just a matter of authority. Those thunder crossbows have to be repaired. Sigh, I don't know if Lord Xue will scold me." I said: "You let the thunder crossbow shoot down, it's too late for him to praise you, how can he scold you." "The Thunderbolt is too powerful. It was not suitable to change the shooting angle. I sawed off the front leg and only shot these few arrows. Two of them were already cracked." I couldn't help but startled.It seems that things in the world really can't have both. I originally hoped that the thunderbolt crossbow can be far and near, but it still doesn't work. Just as he was thinking, the little prince suddenly ran over and said, "General Chu, are you alright?" He just turned back from the gate of hell, but at this moment he didn't show any fear, as if it was me and not him who was in danger just now.If it was my subordinate, I would definitely scold him severely, but he is the son of a county prince after all, how dare a little general like me be so rude, besides, although the little prince got me into trouble once, he This kind of courage also makes me like it, and it is a bit of my original shadow. I bowed and said: "Your Highness, you have a body of ten thousand gold, you must never do this in the future." After speaking, I was afraid that he would not take it seriously, and then said: "If you have any troubles, then I will deal with it according to military law. I'm afraid I'll be beheaded for failing to protect His Highness." The little prince opened his eyes wide and said, "Really?" He suddenly ran up to the princess and said, "Sister, is what General Chu said true?" I am a little dumbfounded.A nobleman like the little prince really doesn't know the power of military law.Just as she was thinking about it, she heard the princess say: "Chu...General Chu, thank you for saving my little brother." I knelt down and said: "Princess, this is the duty of the last general." The princess's voice is very elegant, almost transparent, but when I think of that time she and Princess Tang came out together, I have a weird feeling.Although she looks completely different from Princess Tang, what should I do if she is also someone like Princess Tang? I knelt on the ground silently, and suddenly, An Le Wang's panicked voice came from one side: "Is everything okay? Xiao Yin, is your brother okay?" The little prince jumped up, ran over and said, "Father, my son is here, it was General Chu who saved me." King Anle hurried over. He was in a wide robe with big sleeves, and he was running in a hurry. He was still holding the front hem of his clothes in both hands to prevent him from falling. The attendants who carried the chariot hurriedly followed behind him. Holding the little prince in his arms, he said: "It's okay, it's okay, God bless you." 小王子脸一红，挣脱了安乐王的怀抱，道：“父王，楚将军很了不起的，你可要谢谢他。” 安乐王喃喃道：“该谢的，该谢的。”他见小王子活蹦乱跳的样子，却也恢复了以前的雍容，直起身子道：“楚将军，请上前来。” 我走到他面前，跪下道：“王爷，末将在。” “楚将军，你救了我儿，无以为报，说吧，想要什么？” 我道：“王爷，这是我应尽之责，不敢居功，请王爷不必放在心上。” 安乐王搓着手，喃喃道：“这怎么成。只是，给你什么呢？”他往身上东看西看，忽然从腕上摘下一串手链道：“楚将军，这个赏给你吧。” 那是一串珍珠串成的手链，每一颗都滚圆，更难得的是一般大小。我又行了一礼道：“王爷，末将实不敢受。” 安乐王笑了笑，斥道：“有什么不敢，快接了！” 他说话一向和蔼，此时却象变了个人似的。我吓了一跳，慌忙接过来放进怀里，低低道：“谢王爷。” 安乐王拍了拍我的肩头道：“楚将军，加油啊。” 他打了个手势，抬辇的两个侍从把辇放下了，安乐王刚坐了上去。这时屠方急匆匆地过来道：“王爷……王……王爷，殿下没事吧？” 安乐王道：“多谢屠公，犬子得楚将军救援，没出事。” 屠方看到了还在活蹦乱跳的小王子，也松了口气。屠方是南门主将，虽然我不是他的下属，若小王子在南门外出事，他也难脱干系。安乐王还则罢了，小王子却是和太子比亲兄弟还亲，在太子跟前便不好交待了。 安乐王带着郡主和小王子走去。临走时，我又跪下向他行了一礼，安乐王也没理我，抬起头时，却见郡主正由几个侍女簇拥着走进一顶小轿，在轿前，她又回头看了我一眼，我抬起头来正和她的视线相接，她的颊边突然染上一片绯红，马上低头进了轿子。 安乐王是郡王的身份，虽然没有封地，排场仍是很大。等他下了城，城头上的士兵又一下变得轻松起来，几个士兵拿出方才没吃完的包子接着啃，有个人还道：“想不到安乐王居然会发私财劳军，真是意外。”他们争来争去，也想不出安乐王这般劳军到底有什么好处。所有士兵一人两个包子，那是费而不惠，还不如给军中送几车米面肉食呢。而且，他们也想不通安乐王为什么要亲自到城头来，争来争去，都说不出什么。 可是我却知道，安乐王这次劳军，只怕是为了我。 这时钱文义走到我身边，小声道：“楚将军，新来的弟兄都有些惊慌，是不是让他们早点歇息？” 这一战前锋营损失士兵二十余人。守城一月以来，今天的损失最大，而且战死者死得也最惨，大多尸身残缺不全。那些老兵对这些事都看惯了，也没什么异样，新兵们却多有惧意。三军可以夺帅，匹夫不可夺志这话我也知道的，新兵未上过战阵，出战时可以凭血气之勇冲上前去，但战后却会越想越怕。这是所有军人必定要渡过的一个难关，若这个关口闯不过去，那么这人以后便越发胆怯，难当大用了。我想着，跳到一个高处，大声道：“弟兄们，我们还有些弟兄的尸身在城下，去把他们抬回来，以慰勇士英灵。” 前锋营里的老兵答应一声，将城门开了条缝，出去了些人抬尸首回来。钱文义也要出去，我小声道：“钱将军，你看看，有没有那些没死透的蛇人。” 钱文义点了点头，他去得快，回来得也快，把战死者抬回来后，又抬回了一个蛇人。这蛇人被一支雷霆弩的箭透脑而过，箭还插在头上，三停里死了两停，但还会动一动。等他们把死尸放到城上，我叫道：“列队，为死去的弟兄致敬！他们都是帝国勇士，都是无畏无惧的好男儿，让我们的子孙永远传颂他们的名字吧！” 前锋营已在我身后排成了一长队，边上那些友军士兵看着我们，也不知我要做些什么。我伸手从腰间摸出百辟刀，走到那蛇人跟前，道：“弟兄们，就是这种妖兽，它们烧杀虏掠，但这时也死在你们手下了。看！” 我手起刀落，一刀猛地砍在那蛇人颈上，那蛇人本已死得差不多，我这一刀砍下却又蜷成一团。百辟刀吹毛立断，我手下用力，刀锋划过，将那蛇人的头已斩了下来。蛇人的头比人的头还要小得一圈，正想把它拎起来，但蛇人的头光溜溜的，不象人头有头发可抓。我把手指扣进那蛇人项面的切口中，举起来道：“弟兄们，如此凶狠的怪兽仍要倒在我们刀下。现在帝国已无退路，勇士们，现在是战还是逃？” 他们互相看了看，又看了看我手上的蛇人头颅。切口还有血流下来，但和人血不同，蛇人的血是凉凉的，我因为举得高，血已将我的手腕都染作通红。他们怔了怔，忽然低低地发出了一声整齐的呼喊：“战！” 这一声喊出，那些新兵眼中的犹疑之色一扫而空。我暗自舒了口气，心知那些新兵大多已渡过了这一个关头，以后便是能杀人不眨眼了。我撩起了他们心中隐藏的凶焰，却实在不知这到底是好事还是坏事。 解散了队伍，曹闻道忽然过来道：“楚将军。” 他拿着一柄蛇人用过的巨斧，我道：“怎么了？” 这等巨斧太大，我用的话很是不便，曹闻道力量比我大一些，拎在手上还是勉为其难。他忽道：“楚将军，蛇人现在改用这等巨斧，我们用枪的话很是吃亏的。” 我道：“你有什么主意么？” 曹闻道的眼前已亮了起来：“楚将军，方才我见那些蛇人用斧头很是纯熟，那时便想过，我们也可用斧头。” 我笑道：“太沉了。可做小的话，威力完全比不上这等巨斧，又有什么用。” “可以装上长柄！” I was startled and said, "What?" 曹闻道的眼睛中有些发亮，似乎也为这个主意得意：“我说可以装上长柄，这样便可双手持斧。再练上直劈横扫下撩这些简单明了的招数，只消列成一队，一定比大刀威力还大。” 斧头一般是用于攻城时劈门所用，偶尔也有带上战场的，但要说直接当武器用，似乎还从来没有过。斧柄太短，挥舞吃力，那都是弱点。但也正因为斧头沉重，照曹闻道这种想法，威力又可增大许多，到时蛇人再冲上来，以这等长斧队出击，只怕一斧便能砍开蛇人的头颅，的确大有可行的。 一想通这点，我又惊又喜，道：“好！曹将军，你等等，我马上去木府，要薛郎中帮我们赶制几十根斧柄出来。” 曹闻道脸上也在放光：“楚将军，我在营中挑选力大之士，马上组织一队巨斧武士吧。” “巨斧武士？”我捉摸了一下这个名字，笑道：“好威风。曹将军，想不到你还挺会取名的。”