Chapter 11 Chapter Forty-One

The snake people were already spreading out to both sides, and the snake people on the two wings were also coming forward at this time, just like flying geese.It seems that they are going to attack from all directions. Maybe the Shenlong Cannon is too intimidating to them. At this time, there are the least snake people in the center. Maybe I don't have to fight with the snake people anymore. I breathed a sigh of relief.I am not a desperado, if I can avoid a war, it is naturally better to avoid it.At this time, Bi Wei shouted: "General Chu, it's up to you now, the Shenlong Cannon will take about half an hour before firing again."

At first, I still doubted whether Bi Wei was tricked by Marquis Wen, but he obviously knew that the Dragon Cannon could only be fired three times.My chest was filled with arrogance, Bi Wei is an official above me, he can ignore life and death, why can't I?I waved my gun and shouted: "Brothers, set up the formation!" The veterans in the Vanguard Battalion are more familiar with the eight formations, but the new recruits are still very raw, so the two eight formations that are deployed now are mainly veterans.I gave an order, and the two circles quickly gathered in the middle, blocking the fire army.Although Cao Wendao and Qian Wenyi's maneuvers were not as good as Wu Wanling's, they were also extraordinary. The two eight formations moved without any disorder, and they were really beautiful. There was another round of applause from the city, but this time it was for the Qianfeng battalion.

Seeing that the Shenlong Cannon was covered again, the snake man let out a cry, and began to rush from the middle again.Many of them were sitting in carriages, and just after rushing out, a rain of arrows flew down from the top of the city, shooting down many of the horses pulling the carriages. That was the soldiers stationed at the top of the city firing thunder crossbows.When the Thunder Crossbow first came out, its power surprised me, but after seeing the invincible power of the Shenlong Cannon, the Thunder Crossbow seemed nothing special.Although the rain of arrows was dense, only dozens of snake men were shot down, and not many were actually killed. Many snake men jumped up from the carriage with arrows on their bodies, and still rushed forward.

Thirty steps, twenty steps, ten steps!Getting closer and closer, we can already see the appearance of the snake man clearly.When the snake people attacked the city, we got very close to them, but when we saw all the snake people in the wild, people couldn't help feeling scared. I wiped the cold sweat from my brow, raised my spear and said, "Brothers, this is a battle of life and death, don't be greedy for life and afraid of death, and be scolded by our folks!" Everyone agreed.At this time, more than a dozen snake men who were rushing fast had already reached the front of the formation, and the first two snake men raised their knives and slashed.They were facing Qian Wenyi's Eight Formation Diagram. Qian Wenyi shouted loudly, and the Eight Formation Diagram turned around. The two snake figures seemed to be sucked in by an invisible force, and only one shot was heard. With the sound of piercing the axe, following the rotation of the eight formations, a scratching hand dragged out the dead bodies of two snake men from the center of the formation.

The defensive power of the Eight Arrays is so strong that it can be said that it is unparalleled in the world.The Fortified Wall Formation of the Imperial Army also had this power in the past, but the Fortified Wall Formation required extremely high individual ability of the soldiers, and it could not be achieved without three or four years of hard training, but the Eight Formation Formation was much easier.In any case, Zhou Nuo who invented the Eight Formation Diagram was indeed a great general, and the honor he received after his death was not in vain. The two snake men were drawn into the formation, and Cao Wendao's side also confronted the snake men.There are more than a dozen snake people on their side at once, far less straightforward than Qian Wenyi's side. It took a long time for the millstone to get rid of the dozen or so snake people, but I also saw two Wounded soldiers were carried off.At this moment, the snake man was startled again, the one who rushed forward did not dare to go on the rampage anymore, so he paused there, taking this opportunity, I shouted to Cao Wendao: "Cao Wendao, how are the casualties?"

Cao Wendao shouted in the formation: "Two brothers were killed in battle, and three were slightly injured. It's okay." Although the Eight Formation is powerful, the Snakeman is too strong after all, he is already at a disadvantage when he is involved in the formation, but he can still fight back.The involvement of more than a dozen snake people in the formation can already cause us casualties. If the snake people invade in a large scale, the eight formations will be smashed to pieces immediately.Cold sweat broke out on my back, I only hope that the snake man will be intimidated by us and stop rushing up, but I also know that this is impossible.

The snake man just paused, then suddenly let out a cry, and rushed forward again.Their shouts are extremely loud, although they are not as loud as the Shenlong Cannon, they are much louder than ours.I yelled, "Quick, hold on!" The two formations of Cao Wendao and Qian Wenyi began to rotate again, and the soldiers who were not included in the formation stood on both sides, ready to make up for it at any time.There are no distracting thoughts in my mind anymore, the only thing I can think of is the battle to the death. We can only fight to the end.The snake man suffered a great loss from the Shenlong Cannon, and seeing that the Shenlong Cannon no longer showed its power, they began to gather from the middle again.They must also want revenge, and in this way, the strategy of spreading the wings of the snake man is difficult to implement.The formation of the snake people was not neat at first, although the two wings were still advancing in formation, there was chaos in the middle, and the snake people with swords and guns rushed forward.

If the opponent is the same as us, with such a chaotic formation, it is no problem for the forward battalion to block 10,000 to 20,000 people.But what we are facing is the snake man, whether we can stop it or not is still unknown after all.At this time, the front ends of the two eight formations of Qianfeng Battalion had already handed over the snake man, and the two formation millstones turned like a millstone, and the snake man who rushed in was twisted into the formation, as if being pressed under the millstone.The brilliance of the Eight Formation Diagram is that the soldiers are always changing. Once entering the formation, a snake man often faces the attack of seven or eight soldiers, and this attack changes from time to time, making it hard to guard against.A snake man was drawn into the formation, and the spearmen on the side held the snake man up, and the giant ax warrior slashed with his giant axe, even if it was made of iron, it would be chopped into pieces.But now there are too many snake people, manpower is sometimes poor, but snake people seem to be endless, how long can we hold back?

The snake man's army finally rushed up.Like a raging wave slamming against a rock, the formation of the eight formations was thrown into chaos.I yelled: "Keep the battle, don't mess up! Hold on to the rest!" The chaos of the Eight Arrays was only for a short moment, and it immediately returned to normal.Both Cao Wendao and Qian Wenyi were considered good generals, and the forward battalion itself was also extremely elite.Among the entire army of the Imperial Army, the daily training of the Vanguard Battalion was the most assiduous, especially for Cao Wendao. During the training, it could be said to be harsh. Those soldiers complained a lot at that time, but now they showed the effectiveness of those training.Although the Snakeman's attack was fierce, the Vanguard Battalion could withstand it. As the formation moved, fragments of the Snakeman's stumps flew out from time to time. The corpses of the snakemen were piled up, and there was an endless stream. After a short while, there were already one or two hundred corpses of snakemen piled up behind the formation.

Chen Zhong and I stood between the two formations. Occasionally a snake man would rush in front of us, but I had the help of a man of supernatural power like Chen Zhong. The ax struck down like thunder from the sky, smashing the snake man's head into pieces with one axe.I remember that when Chen Zhong was escorting me back to the imperial capital, there was a split rat and tiger on the road. Even if this kind of divine power cannot surpass the snake man, it is already evenly matched. The two of us cooperate seamlessly. If everyone can have the divine power of Chen Zhong , the snake man is afraid that he will become vulnerable.

Unfortunately, there is only one Chen Zhong. The shouts of killing became louder and louder, and there was a "buzzing" sound in my ears, and my body was already splattered with blood.There was the blood of the Snake Man there, as well as the blood of the wounded soldiers nearby.Although the eight formations were formidable, under the fierce attack of the Snakemen, they lost troops very quickly. Thanks to Cao Wendao's well-trained team, as soon as someone was injured, the soldiers on the side would immediately replenish them.But this is not a long game. At this time, another snake man broke through the eight formations and rushed to me. The snake man held an iron rod in his hand, without any edge or blade. Make meat puree.I didn't wait for the snake man to swing his stick, I knocked on the horse and shouted: "Chen Zhong, come on!" Chen Zhong also took a step forward.I raised my spear and stabbed at the snake man, I was sure to hit the snake man's heart, but the snake man handed over the iron rod in his left hand, while his right hand grabbed the end of my spear.My gun was sharpened very sharply. After it grabbed the end of the gun, its palm was cut with blood, but it didn't realize it and pushed it violently.The force of this push was so powerful that even sitting on the horse, I was pushed backwards.Fortunately, I was sitting on Feiyu's body. If I was also walking, I'm afraid I'd be pushed back five or six steps by it. At this moment, Chen Zhong rushed forward and shouted: "Die!" His big ax swung down violently, the blade of the ax cut through the sound of the wind, and fell straight on the snake man's head.Giant ax warriors are strong men, and Chen Zhong's strength is much stronger than those giant ax warriors. If the ax comes down, if it is aimed at me, then I have no choice but to turn around and run.But the snake man suddenly threw the iron rod in his hand, let go of my spear point with his right hand, and grabbed the handle of Chen Zhong's giant axe. This ax is so powerful that even the Snake Man couldn't stop it. The Snake Man was pushed down two feet, and his long body almost stuck to the ground, but Chen Zhong's ax was also pushed by it. Living.With a sudden force, it was about to press the giant ax over, Chen Zhong took a lunge, set up his posture, and grabbed it with all his strength, but the giant ax remained motionless as if it had been cast in their hands. Their strength is evenly matched! Chen Zhong's strength may be the number one in the army, and it is not impossible to say that he is the number one in the world, but this snake man is just an ordinary soldier in the snake man army.The power of humans and snake people is really far behind. I saw Chen Zhong gritted his teeth to fight against the snake man. It seems that Chen Zhong's strength is still stronger. If the stalemate continues, Chen Zhong will win, but when it is time to compare strength, I grab the spear, and a lazy dragon stretches its claws , the spear was thrown from bottom to top, the snake man was fighting Chen Zhong with all his strength, his head tilted, but he couldn't dodge my thundering spear, the tip of the spear scratched half of its face, An eyeball was also picked out by me.The snake man let out a loud cry, venting his strength, Chen Zhong roared, and the giant ax lifted up, and the long body of the snake man was also lifted up into the sky. Behind me is the Fire Legion.The snake man was picked up, and the Fire Corps soldiers behind him screamed, only heard a "pop", and immediately smelled a burning smell, the snake man let out another scream.I was taken aback, I only thought what happened, and when I looked back, I saw that the snake man was thrown by Chen Zhong and landed on a dragon cannon.The dark red color on Shenlong Pao's body has receded, but the temperature is still extremely high. The snake man curled up on Pao's body, but it was scorched to death. I felt a chill in my heart.Although it was the snake man who was hot, I only felt a burning sensation on the palm of my hand.I looked at it, and it was just after the snake man grabbed the gun head and pushed it over. My palm was scratched by the gun shaft, and blood was oozing from the opening, no wonder it felt like it was burning.I pulled out the Baipi knife, cut a piece of cloth from my clothes and wrapped it in my palm, at this moment Chen Zhong said beside me: "General Chu, this is not going to be the end." I took a look, and indeed, there are more and more snake people. Since the dragon cannon is no longer powerful, the snake people have returned to the state of breaking through the center.If it was an ordinary army, if they didn't follow the general's order and changed their formation indiscriminately, they would be seeking their own death, but the Snake Man is really too strong, even though the formation is chaotic, the attack power has not diminished at all.Under the chaotic battle, more and more people died in the battle, and the battle has gradually expanded, and our armies on both sides have also begun to fight the snake people. What is Wen Hou's plan?I couldn't help feeling a chill in my heart.There was originally a plain outside the south gate, and it was here that I met the little prince and the crown prince after I fled back to the imperial capital from Gaojiu City.This open space is good for attack but not good for defense. There was some grain planted in the past, but a while ago, Marquis Wen ordered people to grab the grain.But this time, our fortifications are extremely crudely arranged, which is even more unfavorable for defense.If we attack, I don't believe that we can really defeat the number of snakemen equal to ours, but if we defend, what else do we have to defend now? Did Marquis Wen put all his eggs in one basket, hoping that we would get away with killing the Snakeman in a fierce battle? Although I warned myself to trust Marquis Wen, I couldn't believe it anymore.But at this point, what else can I believe?I have no other choice but to fight to the death. I looked at Bi Wei behind him. He was sitting on the horse, still holding the command flag, and was checking the cannon that was just entangled by the snake man.The corpse of the snake man has been removed, and the originally smooth cannon body is covered with a lot of scorched and rotten scales of the snake man's skin.What is he still thinking?Are you thinking about the last trick Zhang Longyou said?But now he did not order people to add gunpowder to the barrel. There are more and more snake people, and the eight formations are becoming more and more precarious, and the corpses of snake people built from the formation flowed continuously, forming a hill behind the formation.At this time, a dozen soldiers rushed over from the side, dragging their spears backwards, bypassing the pile of snake-man corpses, and ran towards the city gate.They ran too fast, and one of them collided with a hooker who was dragging the body of the snake man and fell to the ground. The man jumped up and cursed: "Bastard!" Hit by hand. I was taken aback, I lifted the horse suddenly, and Feiyu rushed to the hook scratcher with a single ups and downs.At this time, the soldier had already hit the scratching hook once, and was about to hit the second time, I stretched out my spear and poked forward. As soon as the tip of the spear felt the weight of the man's blow, I shook my wrist and exerted force immediately. The soldier's spear After being disturbed by me, it flew straight up, crashed under the city wall, and fell into the moat again. I knocked off the gun in his hand and shouted: "Who are you? How dare you be so rude!" The Qianfeng Battalion is fighting fiercely, and this soldier wants to disrupt the situation. I have murderous intentions in my heart.The soldier's face was pale, but he raised his neck and said: "General, those monsters are so powerful, if they continue to fight, the whole army will definitely be wiped out." I shouted, "Are you scared?" The soldier also yelled: "Yes, I'm scared! If the city is breached, I have nothing to say to my death. But now it's clear that we are going to die, so I won't do it! I..." He yelled loudly, and many soldiers beside him showed displeasure on their faces, as if they felt the same way.I knew in my heart that I couldn't let him disturb the morale of the army anymore, so I shouted: "Fleeing before the battle, those who disturb the morale of the army, beheaded!" I shouted loudly, raised the gun faster, and pierced the soldier's mouth with one shot.The tip of my spear was very wide, like a knife. The spear pierced through the back of the head. The soldier fell to the ground on the spot, and the dozen or so soldiers who escaped with him screamed, There are several gestures to attack me, but they dare not. I shouted: "Defend your home and country, you deserve to die, you are warriors of the empire, not cowards, go back!" As soon as I retracted the spear, I picked the soldier's corpse onto the pile of snake-man corpses.Those soldiers were stunned, and one raised his gun and shouted: "Okay, the left and right are dead, brothers, it's better to die in battle than to be killed by these generals!" He turned around and rushed to the front of the formation again, and the soldiers who fled together followed him back.Looking at their figures, I only felt that my hands were a little weak.I've killed quite a few people, but this is the first time I've killed a soldier from my own side since fighting the Snakeman.Originally, I really didn't want to do anything to my own people, but I had to do it.After killing that soldier, I only felt that my hands were a little weak, which was more tiring than the life-and-death battle with the snake man just now. Under the crazy offensive of the snake man, the morale of the army is already floating.Marquis Wen asked us to fight, which made many people not understand, even myself.Maybe it would be death to keep it up, but if you stick to the city, you can live for at least one or two months longer. Such a field battle is really a quick death.Does Marquis Wen have any means? I looked at the top of the city. Marquis Wen was on the top of the city tower, and he also saw the scene just now.He nodded approvingly to me, pointed to the front, and signaled me to step forward to help. The Snake Man attacked the center of the city gate most violently. The battle has not been completed for an hour, but the vanguard battalion has suffered one-third of the casualties.Although there were eight formations standing firm, not too many died in battle, but many were seriously injured.If the fight continues, the Vanguard Battalion will be wiped out sooner or later.But I just attacked the escaped soldier, so I can't run away in fear of the battle, right? I gritted my teeth and urged the horse over.At this moment, Chen Zhong was fighting with two snakemen again, his supernatural power was amazing, one against two, even though he had only a tendency to parry, he still did not take half a step back.When I rushed over, there were two soldiers from the eight formations who were about to come out to help in the battle, I shouted: "Everyone return to their original positions, don't mess up the formation!" After saying that, I stabbed at the snake man. Chen Zhong and I cooperated very well, and in the gap between the eight formations, the snake men could only come up one by one, and we could hold on, but just now I went to kill the deserter, and there were two snakes People killed at the same time.Chen Zhong's long-handled ax is still very jerky, although the ax moves are similar to the broadsword, there are differences after all, if I come one step later, Chen Zhong is afraid that he will die on the spot.I took a snake man, I stabbed four or five wounds on the snake man, but this snake man was also extremely brave, the knife in his hand only protected the front door, but instead attacked step by step . The more I fight, the more frightened I become.Under the fierce attack of the snake man, the eight formations have become a desperate situation and may collapse at any time.Once the center is breached by the snake man, it will be too late for Marquis Wen to have any means.At this time, the sun has reached the zenith and it is almost noon, but I can't feel a trace of warmth, I only feel the coolness all over my body. Death is closer than ever to me. Suddenly, from the top of the city, there was another sound of a flute that went straight into the sky. It was "Funeral Song"! It must be Wen Hou playing it.I don't know why, but at this point I feel like laughing.Indeed, the funeral song comes just in time, we are all going to die in battle. The sound of the flute was shrill, as if it was full of blood.In the sound of the flute, there were suddenly three heavy pipa sounds.The three sounds of the pipa are extremely abrupt. If the sound of the flute is like a long sword, then the sound of the pipa is like three sharp knives.I didn't have to look to know it must be her playing. Snow-white fingers, pale yellow clothes, the sound of a pipa like broken pearls and jade... I didn't expect that she could play such a sad and tragic tune, and I was so refreshed that I couldn't help but turn my head to look.There was a crowd of people on the top of the city, but the most eye-catching one was a man in golden armor, playing a flute. That's the prince!The prince was also watching the battle at the top of the city, and the flute was played by the prince! I was taken aback.The prince has always played soft tunes, but he can also play this "Funeral Song".He also knows that his life is at the last moment. I want to find her by his side, but I can't see her.The top of the city, which is about twenty feet long, is as if it is above the clouds, and I can't see who is there. At this moment, Chen Zhong suddenly yelled and cursed: "Chu Xiuhong, what are you looking at!" A snake man's knife, but he was stabbed in the shoulder by another snake man.This spear was extremely powerful, it penetrated from under his shoulder blade, and the tip of the spear came out from behind.Chen Zhong probably only has the strength of this fight, with such a serious injury, the long-handled ax must no longer be able to grasp it. Shocked and ashamed, I hurled my long spear at the snake man who stabbed Chen Zhong. I didn't care about anything else, I pulled out the Baipi knife at my waist, loosened my feet, and got out of the stirrup. After pressing the saddle, the man jumped up and rushed towards the snake man wielding the knife. If Chen Zhong dies in battle, I will be ashamed for the rest of my life! The melody was high-pitched, and suddenly there was a singing voice: Since the body is dead, it will be buried in Shanyang. How towering the mountains are, how blue the sky is. Mountains have trees and countries have sorrows. The soul comes back to look after the family. It was not sung by the soldiers, the voice was clear and sweet, it must be the singing team formed by the prince.The singing pierced through the sound of fighting on the battlefield, I just felt my body start to heat up, I forgot everything, and jumped on top of the snake man. The soldiers at the top of the city also began to sing along.The voices of more than 10,000 people sounded, generous and tragic.Indeed, there is nothing hiding behind now. If we die in battle, everyone in the city will be killed immediately. It's just an extra half day of life.Now we are fighting for our lives and there is no turning back. I had already jumped on top of that snake-man's head, and the snake-man raised his knife to cut it, but its knife was held down by Chen Zhong's huge axe, and it could not be lifted up. The Baipi knife could break its hair with a single blow, and it smashed its parietal bone with one blow. Peel it off, revealing a gray brain.The snake man screamed, I couldn't help it, and stomped on the top of its head.The body of the snake man is as hard as armor, but the brain is still the same. I stuck my toe into its head, and the brains splashed, and the snake man also fell down. At this time, the sound of the pipa rang twice again.In the sound of the flute, although the pipa is light, it can be heard so clearly.Is she playing for me?Does she still remember me?If I die in battle, will she see it?At this time, all kinds of thoughts came flooding in, but I was not slow at all. Just now the spear was blocked by the snake man, and the snake man drew out his spear and was about to stab me.When the spear tip pulled out of Chen Zhong's shoulder, it brought out a piece of meat. Chen Zhong fell to the ground in pain. I clenched my teeth and touched the crossbow on the left with my left hand. I didn't care to stand still, and stretched out my hand to face the snake man. , three arrows shot out at the same time. With a sound of "pa", the three short crossbows hit the snake man's chest.At such a short distance, the crossbow arrows had already sunk into the snakeman's body, leaving only the steel feathers at the tail exposed.The snake man staggered and looked at his chest, where blood was already flowing out.I stomped on the snake man I killed just now with my left foot, and the toe of my right toe came out of its skull cavity, and I rushed over.That snake man was really strong, he even raised his gun and stabbed at me again. At this moment, I am already in the air, and there is no way to turn around. I am afraid that this shot will pierce through my heart.I gritted my teeth and was about to reach out and grab its gun and push it aside.If I can't catch it, I will be seriously injured if I don't die, but I must chop this snake man before I die. As soon as I jumped out, Chen Zhong, who was sitting on the ground, suddenly pulled up his long-handled axe, and the ax turned upside down, and with a "crack", it was slashing at the snake man's shoulder.It's just that Chen Zhong's ax is much more powerful than the snake man's spear. This ax even cut off the snake man's hand. In front of the chest, the Baipi knife was inserted suddenly, until it didn't reach the handle.When the knife was inserted, I felt the snake man's blood spurt out, and my chest was also bright red. After killing the snake man, I quickly supported Chen Zhong and said, "Chen Zhong, are you alright?" Chen Zhong's face turned pale from the pain.He used force even though he was seriously injured, and the wound collapsed even bigger, and he could see through his body to the back.He pushed me away and said, "Chu... General Chu, kill the enemy!" I stood up.Fei Yu ran to my side by himself and leaned against me, I pulled the rein, only the sound of fighting could be heard in my ears, mixed with the screams of people dying in battle.On the top of the city, the singing is still ringing: "...Life is short, and the years are wasted. Life is life and death is nothing..." Life is life and death is nothing... This is my fate.My destiny is to fight hard on the battlefield, for myself and for the people I want to protect! I was holding the gun and was about to get on my horse and charge forward, killing one after another, when suddenly there was another loud noise. The sound was extremely loud. When I first heard it, I thought it was the Shenlong Cannon fired again, but I immediately knew it was not.And the loud noises continued one after another, and the earth couldn't help shaking.This is really shaking. The moat, which has always been calm, has waves at this time, hitting the shore from time to time, and everyone is stunned.I didn't know what was going on, but when I looked up, I saw the flames in front of me, thick smoke rising from the snake formation, and loud noises everywhere. How is this going? Fei Yu was also shaken by the continuous loud noises.It is a BMW selected among horses, but it has never seen such a formation.That is simply not what human beings can do, but the gods are about to turn the world upside down and destroy the universe.I jumped on the horse, put my hand on the awning and looked, and saw loud noises everywhere in front of me, and with the loud noise, another piece of sand and dust rushed up from the ground, straight into the sky.Under the black smoke, the flames blazed again, spreading in all directions. This scene is like a strange beast from the prehistoric era underground, which is about to escape from its shackles after tens of millions of years of confinement.The loud noise continued, and the smoke and dust billowed for a while, and with each loud noise, the ground also burned, and a pungent smell of kerosene could be smelled. This is Wen Hou's real strategy to defeat the enemy!Originally, the entire army was in despair, and for a moment they couldn't believe that what was in front of them was the truth.The snakemen who attacked were also stunned, and more snakemen were trapped in the sea of ​​flames, running wildly, but they couldn't escape, there were fires and thick smoke everywhere. What we have to face now is just the thousands of snake men rushing forward in front of us.Suddenly there was a cheer from the whole army.With a long cry from Tongtian Rhinoceros Horn, everyone rushed out. Since the two wings of the snake people hadn't rushed to the front, they were caught in the sea of ​​flames at this time, so they could only run around, but the most snake people gathered in the center, where the fire was the biggest, and those snake people were burned screaming, more than the people at the top of the city. The singing got louder. I was stunned, but Bi Wei smiled.I patted the horse over and said, "General Bi, what's going on?" Bi Wei's mood improved a lot, and he smiled and said, "That's the minefield laid by Lord Wenhou. It's finally done, it's done." His face was full of beards, and tears welled up in the corners of his eyes. My heart suddenly brightened.No wonder Marquis Wen didn't use landmines when he was defending the city. I only thought he didn't want others to know and saved it for last use, but I didn't expect him to be buried outside the south gate long ago.It's no wonder that Marquis Wen must fight outside the south gate, at the cost of sacrificing Pu Anli's entire army, and even the Shenlong Cannon's bombardment, just to lure the Snake Man into the minefield.It's no wonder Marquis Wen wanted me to stick to the center. At that time, the snake man hadn't stepped into an ambush, and the minefield couldn't play its due role.Now that Marquis Wen's secret plan has been fully realized, the situation between the snakemen and the imperial army has just turned upside down. The snakemen in the sea of ​​fire will be seriously injured if they are not burned to death. The snakemen who rushed forward are definitely not the opponents of the 70,000 army , We originally thought that we would be wiped out, but we didn't expect that it was the snake people who were wiped out in the end! Chen Zhong stood up reluctantly and wanted to rush over with his ax in hand. I shouted, "Chen Zhong, don't go. General Bi, General Chen will take care of you." Bi Wei said with a smile: "General Chu, don't worry, if there are snake men rushing to you, my brothers from the Two Thousand Fire Legion are not vegetarians." As soon as he raised the flag, the soldiers of the Fire Legion took down their knives and guns from the cannon carriage and stood in front of the carriage.The Fire Legion was originally a strong army that was good at charging. Now Marquis Wen asked the Fire Legion to practice long-range weapons such as Thunder Crossbow and Dragon Cannon, but the Fire Legion's fighting ability is also extraordinary.I let go of my heart, raised my gun and shouted: "Brothers, Gao Jiu's shame will be cleared today!" Most of the soldiers who returned from Gaojiu City were incorporated into the vanguard battalion, and there were only a few hundred at this time, but the defeat of Gaojiu City can be said to be the starting point of our series of defeats since we fought against the Snakeman.When I shouted loudly, thousands of people responded. The snake man no longer has the will to fight.In the past, the snake people also retreated, but at that time no one dared to catch up with them. Now the snake people really have no fighting spirit and just run around. Many snake people even lost their weapons.But the imperial army had 70,000 people, covering the sky and covering the earth. At this time, even the soldiers guarding the city rushed down, and there were even some volunteers composed of civilians among them. After knocking down several snake people, the snake people have already collapsed.According to the art of war, if encirclement and annihilation are not effective, then there must be a way out for the enemy. Otherwise, the enemy knows that he is cornered and will fight to the death with all his strength, which will be difficult to deal with.But at this time, the imperial army couldn't care less about leaving a way for the enemy to retreat. They rushed all the way, and the battle line became longer and longer. The snake people were forced to retreat step by step, and there was a raging fire behind them. In desperation, those snake people turned around and fought to the death Fortunately, now we have an absolute advantage, and our morale is unprecedentedly high. These counterattacks by the snake people have no effect. They were either hacked to death or forced into the fire to burn to death. The fire was raging, and the dust and smoke were flying.Marquis Wen buried many kerosene barrels with flat land mines in the ground here. When the land mines exploded, the kerosene sprayed out and immediately ignited.I don't know how Marquis Wen ignited so many flat mines all at once. Bi Wei must be in charge of this matter, even Zhang Longyou doesn't know.Until then, I also suddenly realized that Zhang Longyou secretly presided over the manufacture of so much gunpowder, and he said that Shenlong cannons take more than two catties of medicine at a time, and twenty cannons can only be fired three times in a row, so the gunpowder prepared is three to four hundred catties enough.But according to the strength of the imperial capital, tens of thousands of catties of gunpowder are enough to make, so much gunpowder is gone, in fact, I should have noticed it a long time ago. The "all-or-nothing" that Marquis Wen said was actually worried that these flat mines would not ignite, but in the end he succeeded. The snake people have been expelled to nowhere, the surrounding snake people have almost been wiped out, the corpses of the snake people are everywhere on the ground, and the snake people in the sea of ​​fire can't get out. There are nearly 100,000 snake people, and the only ones who can escape are walking The last more than ten thousand.This time the snake man's vitality was seriously injured, and I'm afraid he won't be able to attack us again in the future. I stabbed a snake man in front of me, and before the snake man got up, two giant ax warriors rushed up and chopped the snake man into three pieces.Those who attacked were all infantry, and they were not moving fast, but the snakes and their chariots and horses were all destroyed, and they were not much faster than the infantry.We gathered around the fire, and the wind kept blowing, and the wind helped the fire to burn harder and harder.Looking at the desperate snakemen in the fire formation, some of them were burnt down from time to time, and the surrounding soldiers and volunteers cheered from time to time. I looked at the snake man inside, but suddenly felt a little pain in my heart.Snake people are our enemies, and I will not soften my heart when I fight them to the death on the battlefield, but now I see them being burned alive, for some reason, I think of Mu Kun who I met in the snake people camp back then, And Mire, who brought me meals and dreamed of visiting human cities.Sometimes I feel that those snake people are more approachable than Tao Shouzhuo and the second prince who are similar to me. Cao Wendao came over happily and said, "Tongzhi, we won, we won!" His eyes were full of tears, and he looked extremely excited.The nightmare of Gaojiu City may only be completely shaken off today.Now the formation of the eight formations has long been dispersed, it is all in chaos, and the snake people have no fighting spirit. Now they are just running away desperately, but the imperial army is everywhere. Those snake people can only escape into the flames , there is no other way.The morale of the imperial army was at an all-time high. Occasionally, a few stubborn snakemen turned around and attacked, but dozens of imperial troops rushed forward at the same time, cutting the snakeman into pieces, even if someone was injured. Cao Wendao's armor was covered with blood, and there was still a lot of black ash stuck on it.His left chest was slashed by the snakeman, a hole was cut in the battle armor, and the soft armor lining was also cut. Although the injury was not serious, Cao Wendao didn't care.I couldn't hold back the joy in my heart, so I stabbed the spear to the ground and said, "Yes, we won!" This victory did not come easily, even a little unexpected.I turned my head to look at the top of the city, and there was thunderous cheers at the top of the city, and the people who gathered a large crowd must be Marquis Wen and the Crown Prince.I already admire Marquis Wen so much that I don't have any doubts anymore. I said, "General Cao, how are the soldiers in the forward battalion injured?" Cao Wendao looked at the sea of ​​flames and said absent-mindedly: "Of the two thousand five hundred of my people, probably more than five hundred were killed in battle, and about three hundred were injured. It's about the same at Laoqian's place." More people were killed than injured, and the soldiers of the Vanguard Battalion were indeed extremely brave.My heart felt sour, and I sighed and said, "The brothers who died in battle must be well compensated, and their families should not be too sad." Cao Wendao didn't take it seriously, and said, "What are you afraid of? Let's talk about these things later. A soldier's blade licks blood, sacrifices his life for the country, and dies without regret. To rule you is like a mother-in-law." He was so excited that he spoke very rudely.I didn't bother with him either, knowing that he was extremely excited.In fact, I was also very excited, but when I thought of those who died in battle, I couldn't help but feel pain in my heart. At this time, Qian Wenyi also ran over. He was similar to Cao Wendao, with blood all over his body.As soon as he arrived in front of my horse, Qian Wenyi saluted and said anxiously: "Controlling, let the brothers quickly form a formation." I saw that he was a little panicked, and didn't know what happened for a while, Cao Wendao said beside him: "Old Qian, what are you afraid of, wouldn't it be great to see those monsters being burned to death?" Qian Wenyi said: "There is wind..." When he said this, another gust of wind blew.The south wind is blowing now, and it is blowing towards the city, but when Marquis Wen harvested the grain, he cut off all the grain on the ground, and the fire only spread where there was fire oil, and it could not be burned.When Marquis Wen wanted to use fire to attack, he had already thought of these things at that time, he was indeed a genius.The gust of wind carried soot, Qian Wenyi was choked speechless, and I was also choked to cough, but my heart suddenly brightened, I looked up at the sky, and shouted: "Yes, hurry up, brothers and sisters!" The whole team, don't be careless!" I screamed very nervously, and the officers of the friendly army nearby could hear it too. An officer I knew laughed and said, "General Chu, you are brave and invincible, but you are also a little timid, hahaha." I yelled, "It's going to rain! It's going to rain!" As soon as I said it, Qian Wenyi immediately nodded.Cao Wendao heard me yelling, looked at the sky, and immediately yelled: "Quickly assemble the team, don't mess up!" The fire was very powerful, black smoke was billowing, covering the sky and the sun, but it was unknown when a large black cloud formed in the sky.We were chasing desperately just now, but no one paid attention, and only then did we wake up.前锋营当即整队，离得近的友军听得我们的话，也开始结阵，而两边诸军仍是乱糟糟一片。 刚将八阵图结好，身后一骑快马飞奔而来。那是文侯派出的传令兵，那人叫道：“诸军听令，严阵以待，不可混乱！” 文侯也看到了风雨将至吧。我有点担心地看向天空，随着火势，天色越来越暗。那传令兵一路传过去，各营都在乱糟糟地重整队形。 如果天下起雨来，蛇人脱出火海，若是拼死反击，只怕我们重又回到当初之势，怪不得钱文义如此惊慌。曹闻道也明白了此中利害，担心地看着前面。 一声闷雷响了起来，也几乎是同时，暴雨倾盆而下。火势被暴雨一冲登时减弱了许多，被火阵困在当中的蛇人趁这机会纷纷逃窜，有些与我们靠近的居然还敢反扑过来。亏得文侯提醒在前，帝国军已严阵以待，反扑的蛇人当即被歼灭，但看着剩余的蛇人退走，帝国军竟无人敢追。 我也不敢。 战事终于结束了。虽然由于这场突如其来的暴雨，未能取得更大的战果，但看到遍野都是蛇人的焦尸，所有人都是笑逐颜开。这一战蛇人损失总在六到七万，帝国军大约也损兵在万人以上。虽然未能全歼蛇人，这还是一个前所未有的大捷。 如果以后有人写史书，也许会将这场战役称为“帝都大捷”吧。到了这时，我心中的喜悦也已退去，却多了几分忧虑。蛇人元气大伤，围攻帝都的蛇人充其量还剩个三四万。但如果这三四万蛇人残军重新围攻，城中的十万人依然抵挡不住。 可是，文侯一定会想到这事的。 我心头一定，对着目送蛇人退去的前锋营诸军叫道：“回城！” 出战的七万大军缓缓回去。和蛇人一战，从凌晨到正午，共持续了半天时间。这一战，不仅仅是杀死大批蛇人，更重要的是帝国军的信心重新树立起来了。 有文侯指挥，对蛇人我们一样有胜机！每个人都这样想着。 回到城中，城民们对凯旋而归的大军夹道欢迎，其中一些老人更是老泪纵横，不时给进城来的那些士兵塞着馒头鸡蛋一类的食品。也许那些食品原本是准备着城池被破后逃难所用吧，我暗自想着。 It's still raining.雨水打在我的战甲上，将沾上的血迹和烟灰冲得干干净净，重新恢复了开始的明亮。一进城，我跳下马，走上城去，向在城头上看着我们进城的文侯和太子跪下道：“殿下，大人，末将前锋营统制楚休红前来缴令。” 毕炜已站在文侯身边，站在一边的还有屠方。屠方虽是南门主将，但此役全是文侯布置，他这个主将其实是被架空的。作为屠方副将的路恭行却不在屠方身边，不知办什么事了。此战粗了，善后之事还有不少，至少城外那几万具蛇人的尸首和近万战死的士兵尸体都得处理。文侯还没有说话，太子已抢上前来，道：“楚将军请起。楚将军英勇无敌，确是世之良将，了不起！” 被太子称赞，我总有些不舒服，但他这一席话说得情真意切，我也不敢无礼，道：“谢殿下谬赞，末将不过尽自己的本份。” 太子一抚掌，叫道：“说得好！楚将军此言大有名将之风！帝国的希望，正在楚将军此一语中。” 这些话大概又是文侯教的吧。我偷偷看了文侯一眼，文侯脸上看不出什么，毕炜却露出一丝不悦之色，大概是听太子这些话，又有些吃醋。毕炜算得上将才，但器量不免偏小，太子这席话只怕有一多半是因为郡主而说的。 文侯等太子说完，走上一步，笑道：“楚休红，此战你立下奇功，我都不知该如何奖励你才好。殿下，你说为楚将军晋上一级，可是僭越？” 我现在是下将军，晋上一级则是偏将军，与毕炜和邓沧澜同级了。我看到毕炜脸色一沉，大概为我这等超速提拔大为不满，太子却是笑容满面地道：“正是正是，本王马上去向帝父上表，推举楚将军晋级。” 我又跪下谢过。等太子好不容易回宫去了，听着城中城民们的狂欢之声，我已再忍不住，跪倒在文侯跟前道：“大人，末将有一事禀告。” 文侯看了看我，嘴角浮起一丝笑容道：“楚休红，你很好，我会放在心上的。” 他大概还以为我会要求什么加官进爵，或者与郡主的婚事吧。我急道：“大人，此役因暴雨突至，未竟全功，蛇人还有再战之力，大人万万不可大意。” 地雷阵已经用过了，如果蛇人再次攻来，那可没有办法再用平地雷和火油了。文侯听得我说的是这个，脸色一沉，我心头也是一沉，只道是这话让文侯不悦，却听文侯道：“起来吧。不错，此事我正在考虑。” I breathed a sigh of relief.现在我对文侯的智谋已是没半分怀疑，他定能再想出一个破敌之策的，可能也早就安排好了。可是刚站起来，我却看到他眼中闪过一丝忧虑。这一丝忧虑闪得极快，文侯马上微笑道：“今日庆功，楚休红，你不要晚了，早点来我府中。” 我有点想说现在庆功还早一点，蛇人未能全灭，还要提防，可是又不敢多说。 等文侯一走，毕炜冷笑一声道：“楚将军，你当真了得啊，这回可是要飞黄腾达，青云直上了。” 听他这等冷嘲热讽，我心中微微起了一丝怒意，但转念想到方才在战阵上我们也是同赴患难，算是同生共死了一次，那时他对我说的话很是真挚，也不想和他计较了，正色道：“毕将军取笑。此番末将功劳都是依靠毕将军方能建立的，岂敢居功自傲。” 这次也的确是靠毕炜的神龙炮先行将蛇人的锐气打掉，八阵图才能建功。毕炜大概没想到我会这么说，脸上也大概红了红，亏得他满面于思，不太看得出来。他道：“楚将军也不必过谦了，你英勇无敌，毕某也大为佩服。” 他这话倒也说得多了几分诚恳。我笑了笑，又向他行了一礼道：“毕将军，我们同在大人麾下为将，日后的日子还长呢，以后还要多向毕将军请教，请毕将军提携我这个不懂事的后辈。” 毕炜有点手足无措的样子，道：“哪里哪里。”看样子似乎要说什么谦虚的话，但顿了一顿只是道：“哪里。”可能他谦虚的话也是从来没说过的。 我心知毕炜肯定没想到我会如此恭顺，可能他准备了不少挖苦话，但此时被我堵在胸中说不出来。我暗自发笑，又道：“毕将军，末将要领本部将士回营了，请毕将军先走吧。” 毕炜道：“不必了，我还要将神龙炮清洗干净，楚将军请便吧。” 我又向他行了一礼，道：“那末将失礼了。”看着他那副茫然的样子，我心中暗暗失笑。毕炜虽然有点狂妄，行军打仗也爱用计，不过这人还是喜怒形于色，很是直爽，不算什么心思缜密之人。 走下城头时，我又回过头看了看城外。南门外，尸横遍野，狼藉相枕，既有蛇人的尸首，也有帝国军的尸首，混杂在一处，几乎分不清。Those who are not benevolent will be punished by heaven.武侯在临死前这么惨痛地跟我说，现在我杀了那么多蛇人，也许，我也是个不仁者吧。张龙友说我现在变了许多。也许，我们是都变了许多吧，要在这世上活下去，我也只能改变自己。可是，唯刀百辟，唯心不易，我的心还真能在这种变化中“不易”么？