Chapter 3 Chapter Eighteen: The Secret in the Account

The fireball flew over five or six feet, and it was only a short moment, but the front army was completely silent.For ordinary soldiers, although they don't know much about gunpowder, they have seen its power in Gaojiu City. I want people to rush out so urgently before the battle. Everyone has a hope.If it is Zhang Longyou's formula, I think it will explode with a bang, but I have changed this formula, and the sulfur has been greatly reduced. I am really not sure. Those fireballs fell into the queue of snakemen, and one of them was swung by the snakeman's spear inside, and turned towards us and flew towards us.My heart sank, but before I was disappointed, the fireball suddenly made an earth-shattering noise in the air.

This loud noise was louder than a dozen fire mine shells, almost comparable to flat mines!I was prepared, but I still didn't expect such a loud noise. My ears buzzed for a while, and Fei Yu was frightened by the loud noise and stood up.As soon as I reined in the reins, there was a series of loud noises, which made the ground tremble. This sound is so loud!The surrounding soldiers' mounts were all hissed wildly by the shock, and one horse even shook its rider off, and rushed towards the Snakeman team. The smoke in front of it was filled with a pungent sulfur nitrate. Qi.I took the horse and shouted, "Calm down! Calm down!"

Such a loud noise was unexpected, Tao Changshi's team of more than 300 people was shaken to pieces, and it took a while to recover.At this time, the gunpowder smoke was slowly dissipating, and I could finally see the front clearly. In front of the wooden railing, the snake-men were lying on the ground one by one, some of them were physically damaged, but there were not many of them. He was still straight, but his head drooped, and the spear in his hand was broken.The sound was so loud that we were shocked enough, not to mention the snake man above our heads. I was overjoyed and shouted, "Come on!"

What we tore open was a hole more than ten feet long, and the snake man at the end of the group was not knocked down, and was rushing towards it.But such a loud noise is probably similar to thunder to them, each of them moves slowly, and seems to be cowering.The wolf soldier let out a burst of cheers and rushed over.The wooden fence was not high, and the ditch was narrow enough to jump over. Before the snake men at both ends surrounded them, almost all the wolf soldiers rushed in and pushed down the wooden fence.Most of the snake men who fell on the ground were not dead, but were all shaken to the point where they were like fish and meat. The wolf soldiers let out hoarse cries, and raised their knives and guns at the same time, flesh and blood flew everywhere, regardless of whether they were killed or not. The snake man on the ground was chopped into pieces and pushed into the ditch.The ditch was originally shallow, but the corpse of the snake man immediately filled the ditch, making it a smooth road.

We have finally entered the middle army of the Snakeman! I felt ecstasy in my heart, and although my ears were still buzzing, I could hear our shouts reaching into the sky, much louder than the snake man's shouts. Surrounded by the wooden fence, there are densely packed tents.Strangely, no snake man came out of the tent, as if it was empty, but it could be seen from the outside that something was moving inside. Is that the snake man's secret?As soon as I urged Feiyu, Feiyu jumped up, rushed past several soldiers, and arrived in front of a tent.I moved my spear horizontally and vertically, and from the tip of the gun I felt the cloth being torn.

This move of the crossbow was overkill for tearing apart the tent. There was a big gap in the tent, and I shouted, "Light it up!" From behind me, someone has thrown a torch.The torch spun around, and as soon as it flew into the tent, I saw what was going on inside by the flickering light. There are a lot of wheel wood and the like piled up inside, and there are more than a dozen women hugging into a ball and shivering against the tent!Their skin is white and their hair is black. Although their lower bodies are wearing long skirts, it is obvious that they are full of two slender legs, not snakes!

People live here! I was taken aback. When I reached out with the spear, I caught the torch. I shook it, and the torch circled around the tip of the gun. The light from the torch formed a circle, which became brighter now. Inside, there were indeed a dozen women. .They hugged each other, and I think we should have seen our appearance, but they still showed fear. Are they female snake people?I suddenly had such an idea.I have been fighting snake people for so long, and I really don't know their gender. Although all the snake people I've seen are half-human, half-snake, God knows if they were born from women and snakes?If these women really gave birth to snake people, then they are really more damnable than snake people.

I urged the horse, Fei Yu walked up a few steps, the torch was still dancing on the tip of the spear, getting closer to those women, their faces showed even more frightened expressions.I shouted, "Who are you?" A woman looked bolder, stepped forward from the group of people, and shouted: "General, we are human! We were captured by the snake man!" That was used as food by the snake people, right?It dawned on me.I remember that when we were in Gaojiu City, the former Republican Army who fled into the city told us that the Nanmen Snakemen who first appeared in Gaojiu City were actually the supply camp of the Snakemen, who escorted food.And the snake people's food is the 70,000 captured soldiers and civilians.In the center of the snake man camp, those women are probably of the same use, no wonder they are all sallow and emaciated.Thinking of just now I had wildly guessed that they were the culprit for giving birth to the snake man, I couldn't help feeling ashamed.

I said loudly: "I am Chu Xiuhong, commander of the forward battalion of the Imperial Army. Regardless of whether you belonged to the Empire or Cang Yue before, you can rush out with us now." At this time, someone outside shouted: "There are women in the tent!" Probably they also realized that there were no snake people inside.Just as I was about to turn around, the woman stepped forward and said, "General, how do you want us to rush out?" I hesitated for a while, but couldn't answer.We rushed here, whether we can rush out is also unknown, these women are unarmed, it is absolutely impossible for them to rush out.But I couldn't ask them to follow us, so I ruthlessly said, "You run away if you can, first gather in the camp, the camp is going to be burned soon."

As soon as I mentioned burning the camp, they screamed and rushed out of the tent one by one.I walked out of the tent, and Cao Wendao was coming over with a torch in his hand. When he saw me, he said, "Tong Zhi, there are carts, horses, food and grass here, we can kill them straight!" Some tents have already been set on fire, and in the light of the fire, groups of women escaped from the tents. I'm afraid there will always be one or two thousand women here.I felt a pain in my heart, turned my head away from them, and said: "Let the women in the tent come out first before burning them, don't accidentally hurt them."

Cao Wendao spat and scolded: "These girls, it's really not the time, just leave them alone." I yelled angrily: "Cao Wendao, don't you have mothers and sisters? They were captured by the snake man, let them get into the car, we can take them away if we can, we can't abandon them." Cao Wendao was startled, speechless.I've never spoken to him so harshly before, and he probably doesn't understand why I'm so angry at him for these women.But he didn't refute. He saluted and turned around and shouted: "Let the women inside come out first before setting the fire on fire, let them get in the car if they want to go!" There are also some horses in there, which can be replenished now, and there are many more, and there are dozens of carts.But there are so many women, if all of them get on the bus, it may not be enough.Cao Wendao looked at it and said: "Control, the car is not worth the money, most of them still can't escape, so what should we do?" My heart hurt for a while, but I still said loudly: "Let's resign ourselves to fate." We fought and retreated, setting fires all the way, Zhen Yining instructed them to spill the gunpowder in the bamboo tube, so that it would be easier to start the fire.Burning the whole bamboo tube, the sound of the explosion is too loud, I'm afraid that if I don't burn much, my ears will be deafened, so it is more effective to take out the gunpowder and burn it. The fire was getting hotter and hotter, and I took Cao Wendao and the others to rush inside.This Chinese army is in the middle of the Snakeman camp, and there are very few Snakemen inside, but there will definitely be more Snakemen behind. We must burn all the Chinese army before those Snakeman rush up.Snake people don't move fast on the road, they have to rely on horse-drawn carriages to travel. This time we burn all the snake people's luggage, and if the women take some of them away, no matter how hungry the snake people are, they won't last long. Although their "food and grass" is different from ours, it must also be the lifeblood of the army.At this time, I have no complaints about Shao Fengguan's plan. Regardless of whether the night attack can be returned as planned, we have already achieved great results.No matter how afraid those women are of death, they will be eaten if they stay among the snake people. There is always a chance of survival if they follow us. I think they will always have the courage to go with us. The fire is burning hotter and hotter, and Xing Tiefeng's army is fighting fiercely with the snake people behind, but now we have a fire formation as a cover, so we don't have to be too afraid of the snake people, so the army marched in an orderly manner without any disorder. The fire was started from both sides first to prevent the snake men from rushing in. Those women gathered in the camp more and more.I took Cao Wendao and they set fire all the way, and Tao Changshi followed us closely, fighting with sporadic snakemen from time to time.Those tents were densely packed, and the snakemen could only rush in through the gaps in the fire wall, but they were defeated by us one by one. In the past, five or six of us were no match for a single snakeman, but now we have probably killed thousands of snakemen. .With three for one, even if the whole army is wiped out now, we have fought hard enough. What's more, the loss of the vanguard battalion and wolf soldiers is not heavy. After the horses are replenished, there is no sign of any reduction. The surrounding tents were already lit, and it was burning hot inside, and we also felt a burst of heat outside.Even if the snake people are not afraid of fire now, everyone will be afraid of the fire now.I took Cao Wendao and the others to burn the last batch of tents behind the Chinese army, but I couldn't help being startled when I got there. Up ahead, there's a stench.The fire was raging, and the smell of scorching burnt came from the wind, but the stench still came to the nostrils.I was stunned, and Zhen Yining rushed over and said, "General Chu, what is this smell? Is it the smell of corpses?" I have smelled this smell before, and I am used to the smell of corpses. This smell is not the smell of corruption, but... At this time, Cao Wendao scolded in front: "Damn it! Those monsters raised so many pigs!" It really smells like pigsty.Those pigs probably fell asleep early, and under the light of our torches, they all stood up head by head, huddled together, screaming at the top of their throats, and the screams were similar to human screams.I said, "It doesn't matter if it's a snake man or a pig, burn it together!" The pigsty was wet, Zhen Yining said: "Burn a wall of fire on our side first, don't let those pigs rush to our place." Cao Wendao shouted: "Exactly. Brothers, come here and knock down the fence here." The front side of the pigsty was on fire, and the tongue of flame seemed to be alive, and it burned the whole pigsty at once. The pigs inside were all on fire, and they rushed back like crazy. The fireballs rushed back one by one, so that we would not have to set fire again. Cao Wendao couldn't bear to see me on my side, and said with a smile: "Pigs are not women, so they can't be killed. But these pigs also made a contribution. , I will eat less pork in the future.” I didn't care that he called himself "Lao Tzu", but said: "Killing living beings is against the law of heaven after all." Zhen Yining said: "Guan Zhi, you may not be saying that. Why aren't snake people living beings?" Indeed, snake people are also living beings, but if we don't kill snake people, we will die at the hands of snake people, and there is naturally nothing to say in the meantime.I sighed and said nothing.It wouldn't be a good reputation if people knew I was burned alive because of a herd of pigs. There are always hundreds of tents in the middle camp of the Snake Man, so I set the surrounding area on fire, and I took Cao Wendao and the others to the tent in the middle.Now, only the center of the Chinese army has not caught fire. After all of them are on fire, we should go back.Now there are snake men coming in from all sides, Qian Wenyi is guarding the south, Yang Yi is in charge of the north, Tao Changshi is defending the west, only the east where we came, Xing Tiefeng is fighting endlessly.The snake people there were all forced to come by us tearing through the defense, and now they are attacking the most tightly, and I can hear them shouting the loudest in the formation.I said to Cao Wendao: "General Cao, set this place on fire, let's help Xing Tiefeng." Cao Wendao nodded, a large number of women of different ages had gathered in the formation, all of them looked pale and panicked.Cao Wendao urged his horse to go over and shouted: "Get out of the way quickly, get out of the tent quickly, we are going to burn the camp." Those women dispersed a little, but there were still some women huddled in front of a big tent without moving. I frowned and said to Zhen Yining: "Zhen Yining, can you let them go away?" If I accidentally injured them by burning the tent, I would feel guilty for the rest of my life. Zhen Yining looked at it, smiled wryly and said, "Gu Zhi, let them leave a tent." Cao Wendao heard it from the front, turned around and shouted: "How can it be done? Leaving a little baggage for the Snake Man will mean more casualties for us. If we don't burn this tent, we have to push out the baggage inside and burn it." I said: "General Cao is right. Pull out the luggage and burn it. These two tents are reserved for them." There are raging fires everywhere. In fact, if they are left unburned, I am afraid that the fire will burn out in a short time. I just say this to make myself feel better.In such a fire, who can guarantee that no woman will be burned to death in the tent?But if I don't know, my heart is calmer. Cao Wendao saw that the group of women not only did not disperse, but gathered closer together, he drew his waist knife and cursed: "Stinky women, do you want to get out of the way? I don't know what to do, I will kill you!" He spoke ferociously, and in the flames, the faces of the women on the periphery of the crowd grew more frightened, but they squeezed in again, almost bursting the tent.I was afraid that Cao Wendao would really kill those women when he got angry, so I hurried forward and said: "General Cao, they are getting scared now, they should cut the tent, let's drag them out." Cao Wendao glared angrily for a week, then sighed and said, "That's the only way." He jumped off his horse, walked to the back of the big tent, and stretched out his knife to cut the tent. His Wan just cut a piece, suddenly he let out a muffled cry, he jumped back very quickly, jumped a few feet, squatted on the ground, and shouted: "There is a snake man inside!" I was taken aback and gave the horse a slam.Looking over, the tent has been cut open by Cao Wendao, but the inside is still invisible, but a long shadow can be seen writhing outside the tent, that is the figure of the snake man.I shouted angrily, urged my horse, and stabbed in with my gun, but hearing the wind around me, Zhen Yining rushed up side by side with me. I rushed out almost at the same time as him, but Feiyu was better than his horse, and I also rushed to the edge of the tent half a horse earlier than him.As soon as I arrived at the tent, I spotted the shadow, shouted loudly, shook the spear, and stretched the lazy dragon's claws, the tip of the spear trembled, and pierced into the tent.This move of Lazy Dragon's Claw Spear was fully used, and it was enough to cut a big round hole in the tent.But just after cutting a section of the gun tip on the canvas, there was a "dang" sound, and the gun tip felt heavy. There are indeed snake people in it!For this shot, I borrowed the power of Fei Yu to charge forward, this kind of strong force can only be blocked by supernatural beings like Chen Zhong and Pu Anli, and besides, it is the snakes who have such strong force.I exclaimed in surprise: "There really is a snake man!" I spat out the strength in my hand, and the spear was picked out from the bottom up. As soon as he used the gun, he felt that the snake man's strength was not as strong as expected. The tip of the gun escaped from the enemy's grasp, and he picked it up suddenly, with a "hoo", a short knife flew out of it.This is probably because the snake man didn't take good precautions, so I was able to shoot him successfully, but I also used too much force, such a force was in vain, the man swayed on the horse, and immediately loosened his wrist, the spear retreated, The butt of the gun propped up on the ground, and with the strength of this support, the man flew up from the horse. As soon as the horse was reined in, Zhen Yining suddenly jumped up on the horse, leaping high like an arrow, but with a dagger in his hand.He and I jumped up at the same time this time, and he jumped higher than me. He jumped onto the tent before me, and suddenly he bowed and walked on the tent for a while like a big gecko.Thanks to him walking for a while, I jumped onto the tent at the same time, just where he was just now, and almost collided with him. Although the tent has a slope, the canvas is so smooth that it can't stand on it at all. I know I don't have this ability, but Baipi Dao has already made a move, stabbed at the tent, and the person slipped down.The Baipi knife made a decisive decision, and the canvas was cut open by the sharp edge, leaving a big gap.I fell down very quickly, and I heard the continuous sound of cracking silk, and I stood on the ground in the blink of an eye.Just as he stood firm, he heard Cao Wendao shout: "Control, be careful!" At this time, a large tent fell straight down from mid-air.Zhen Yining walked in the air for a while and then slid down. Like me, he also buckled the knife into the canvas. The two of us just cut off a small half of the tent. It was like opening a door for the tent. Everything is already in sight, and a snake man is hitting me with a punch.Before I could stand up straight, Baipi Dao swung backhand, but the snakeman's fist seemed to be close together, the blade of Baipi Dao passed by, a fist flew out immediately, and the blood from the severed wrist spurted out.I didn't wait for it to attack again, and I didn't stand up straight, I rolled inward suddenly, and with a swing of Baipi knife, this knife cut open its stomach obliquely. The snake man was seriously injured, but his fighting spirit remained undiminished, and his upper body still rushed towards me.The Baipi Knife was still stuck in its belly and I couldn't withdraw it in time. When I was hit by it, I turned backwards suddenly.With this strength, I swung the Baibi Saber vigorously, and the wound on the snake man's stomach was widened a bit, causing its internal organs to flow out. The snake man swayed, as if he wanted to kill him, Zhen Yining and Cao Wendao rushed forward at the same time.Zhen Yining was as light as a swallow, but Cao Wendao almost rushed towards the snake man with the knife on his shoulder, and the knife slashed at the snake man's chest, but Zhen Yining flashed past the snake man's head, with the knife in his hand The knife slashed heavily between the snake man's eyes.The snake man was seriously injured, so how could he suffer from these two severe injuries? A long body flew backwards suddenly, colliding with a car full of things, and with a "bang", the car was thrown away. Axles, wheels, and the like were thrown all over the place. The snake man was naturally dead, unexpectedly the group of women huddled together in the tent let out a cry of mourning, as if they were extremely sorry.A burst of anger surged in my heart, I turned over and stood up, and I had already rushed in front of the snake-man, with a flash of the hundred-pip knife, half of the snake-man's head was cut off by me. I really don't know what happened to those women, I risked my life to save them, but they didn't appreciate it, would they rather be eaten by the snake man?Maybe they will praise me if I die under the sword of the snake man.I stood up and shouted angrily: "You guys, hurry up... get out! I'm going to burn this place!" I fought back to not let myself say "get out".Those women looked at me, their eyes wandering. Two of them stood up and seemed to go out, but they were suddenly pulled back by the woman beside them, and they huddled together again. At this time Cao Wendao also came over and shouted: "Smelly bitch, get out!" He was also annoyed by the wailing of those women, and the words he said were not polite.When he was riding on the snake man's belly, the blood from the snake man's body almost rushed out and poured on his head. Now his face is almost covered with the snake man's blood. His face is not very good-looking , and now it is even more ferocious, and one woman even cried because of his fright.Cao Wendao saw that the girls were still not moving, so impatient, he put the knife into the sheath, went up and grabbed one and dragged it out, cursing: "Damn it, would you rather be roasted pigs?" Just as he pulled one away, he suddenly pulled out the knife with an "ah" and shouted, "There is another one!" there's still one?I couldn't help being startled, I rushed forward, just as I took a step forward, there was a sudden breeze around me, Zhen Yining had already rushed past me lightly.His footwork is fast, like floating on water, every step is on tiptoe, and he lifts up immediately after touching the ground, so he can also walk on the tent wall. He and Cao Wendao stood together, and I rushed between them and looked in. In front of us, more than a dozen women were still in a circle, and in the middle was a woman in a headscarf, trembling.This woman is also wearing clothes that are no different from others, but they are much newer. If you look closely, you can see that what grows on her face is not human skin, but some white scales. This is really a snake man! I raised the Baipi knife to my chest, ready to strike at any time, and shouted to those women: "Get out of the way, don't be afraid, it can't hurt you!" They didn't dare to escape because they were threatened by the snake man.Although I hope that all those women escape safely, but there is a snake man in front of me, even if it threatens me with the lives of those women, I am not prepared to compromise, even if it kills one or two women, it will not hesitate. The snake man lowered his head, still trembling.It seems that not all snake people are not afraid of death, and there will be cowards like this snake person.Knowing this, I couldn't help smiling, but my mouth still didn't relax, and I shouted: "Get out of the way!" I thought that the group of women should disperse at this time, but I didn't expect that after I yelled out, although five or six women got out of the way, there were still more than a dozen of them who squeezed in and pushed the snake man away. squeezed in. Cao Wendao yelled angrily: "If you recognize a thief as your father, death is not a pity!" I hurriedly said: "Wait!" As soon as the words were out of my mouth, another person also shouted: "Wait, I'm coming out." That's what the snake man was saying! Snake people can talk, I already knew that.Some snake people speak very fluently, and this snake person's words are also smooth and clear. Cao Wendao was startled, looked at me, I wiped the sweat from my forehead, and shouted: "Come out!" The snake man pulled off his turban, revealing a snake man's face. For some reason, I always feel that this snake man is not as hideous and terrifying as I usually see.But the Snake Man is a Snake Man after all, I pointed at it with the Baipi Saber, and whispered Cao Wendao: "Be careful." Cao Wendao whispered: "Control, do you want to kill it?" This snake man is unarmed, but the snake man's strength is much greater than ours, even if he has no weapons, he can't be underestimated.I said: "Go and tie it up, if it dares to resist, then kill it." The snake man swam to the side of the snake man we killed just now, bent down and stroked the face of the dead snake man.This very humane action shocked me, and I remembered that I had seen the behavior of the snake man sacrificing his life to rescue his companions when I was on the boat.Could it be that the snake man is really becoming more and more like a human being, no, it can be said that the snake man has become a human being? The snake man raised his head and said: "You can kill me, but please don't embarrass them." The snake man actually begged me not to embarrass those women!I didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but before I answered, a woman suddenly rushed out and rushed to the side of the snake man, crying, "No! Don't go!" This woman's behavior made me sick for a while.I stepped forward, grabbed her shoulders, and shouted, "Get out of the way!" Cao Wendao also came over. He took a wooden stick from the side and tied the snake man around it. The snake man is relatively small. Generally, the snake man is seven or eight feet long, and the big one is more than two feet. But this snake Humans are only about one foot and four feet long, and after being tied, they are only four feet long.The snake man didn't resist at all, just let Cao Wendao tie him down, the group of women suddenly burst into tears, as if we were going to kill them.I was upset for a while, and shouted: "Get out, we are going to burn this tent." Cao Wendao carried the snake man on his shoulders and said, "Tongzhi, let's go." I nodded and said to Zhen Yining: "Zhen Yining, you sprinkle the gunpowder here and light it immediately." Zhen Yining hesitated, but still poured out half of the gunpowder from the bamboo tube and sprinkled it on the luggage in the tent. Holding the torch, I shouted, "Get out!" As soon as everyone is gone, I throw the torch at the pile of baggage.Because gunpowder was sprinkled on it, with a sound of "chi", the fire was ignited at once, and the whole tent suddenly burst into flames.I exited the tent, outside, the group of women were still crying, like mourning concubines, I was upset for a while, and shouted angrily: "Shut up! If you don't want to die, come with us, or stay here and let the snake man eat you Bar." A crying woman said loudly: "If you take Baihui away, that's killing us." This woman is so clueless, I don't want to talk to her, I just turned my head to Zhen Yining and said: "Zhen Yining, collect the remaining gunpowder and use it later to open the way." Zhen Yining nodded, but said with some hesitation: "Tong Zhi, there don't seem to be many women who are willing to go with us." In the formation, five or six large carts have been prepared, if squeezed, one cart can always hold fifty or sixty people, but now there are only a dozen or so people in each cart, and the carts seem empty.I said loudly: "If you want to survive, get in the car and follow us!" That's what I said, but I don't have much confidence that I can survive if I get in the car.Maybe if you follow us, you will die faster. Those women may also have the same idea. They all looked at each other in blank dismay, all hesitant, and no one got in the car again.I don't care about them too much, the ones getting on the bus are all courageous women, so we don't need to be distracted.I took a look, tied Fei Yu to the front car, and the man jumped on it and shouted: "Don't divide so many cars, let's all sit in this car." Zhen Yining shouted: "Control, you..." I said: "My horse is good. With two horses driving the cart, it will save the troops from being distracted." As soon as he finished speaking, there was a shout from the west, and some soldiers of the Vanguard Battalion retreated.I stood up in the car and yelled, "Calm down! Calm down!" Zhen Yining said: "I'll go and have a look." He patted his horse to the east, and came back immediately: "Control, the snakemen in the east are too aggressive, General Xing suffered heavy casualties, we can't hold back, let's go quickly. " I said: "Okay." I reached out and untied the bamboo tube from behind and threw it to him, "Go on." Zhen Yining took it over and said, "Control, I have a way to stop the snake man, don't worry, let's go!" He jumped off the horse, pulled out his waist knife and dug a hole in the ground, buried two bamboo tubes in it, stretched out his hand and beckoned to me: "Guan Zhi, go from the south." After we separated from Bian Zhen, I came in from the south, and Bian Zhen headed north. If he went north, he would have to fight against the snake army again. According to the plan, he also went south.But the snake people may have guessed our strategy, all the snake people from the rear army rushed to the south, Qian Wenyi was extremely tight to defend the south.I thought for a while and shouted, "Tell General Qian to back off, let's go north!" Cao Wendao was startled, and immediately said: "Exactly, it's better to walk from the north." He threw the snake man on his shoulder to my side, and said: "I'll pass the order." The fighting power of the snake people is too strong. They put all their strength in the south, just to block us in the camp and want to wipe us out.If we go ahead with the original plan, I'm afraid our entire army will be wiped out.Now we can only survive from death, and in Na Tingtian's "Seven Essentials of the March", he also said "put it in a desperate situation and survive", that is to say this kind of situation.Judging from the fighting situation on all sides, the fighting was the loudest in the south and east, and loud noises erupted from time to time in Tao Changshi's west side, presumably Tao Changshi was defending with gunpowder, but Yang Yi's north side was relatively calm.And after we fight to the north, if we can unite with Bian Zhen, then our strength will be strengthened, and we will have a better chance to fight out. After making up his mind, Cao Wendao and some soldiers went to give orders. I shook the reins and shouted, "Fei Yu, it's up to you. My life is not worth much, but there are dozens of young ladies here." These women are of different ages, but the oldest one is probably only in her thirties, and she can be called a young lady even if she is so-so.Most of them are yellow and thin, but there are also a few who are quite beautiful.If they can escape back, will they also become spoils of war and be distributed to the heroes by the second prince?If so, their fate may not necessarily improve.I suddenly thought of her again, my breath was stagnant, and a burst of pain came to my heart. At this time, Xing Tiefeng from the east came over among a group of soldiers.His armor was covered with blood, and blood was dripping from the spear in his hand.As soon as he saw me, he shouted: "Chu Xiuhong, the snake man's offensive is too strong, damn it, you put me in such a place." He has never been very polite to me, but he has fought hard so far, and I can command safely in the middle, his contribution is not small.I called out, "How's your team losing?" Xing Tiefeng said: "There are more than 400 people, and now there are less than 300 left, and many people have died." That's half the loss. In the Snakeman camp, being injured and falling off the horse means death in battle.I was upset for a while, and shouted: "Let the soldier who lost his horse get on the cart." Xing Tiefeng laughed and said: "If you die, you will die. If you die for your country, you deserve to die. Chu Xiuhong, you are still a mother-in-law." I ignored him and let the wounded soldiers who had lost their horses get into other carts.Fortunately, there were not many soldiers who lost their horses, only twenty or thirty soldiers. Perhaps once they lost their horses during the battle, most of them would not be able to return. Zhen Yining had already set up the arrangement at this time, piled up some broken wood fragments on the bamboo tubes buried under the soil, and was spraying gunpowder on them, he raised his head and said, "Let's go!" At this time Qian Wenyi and Tao Changshi also retreated.Qian Wenyi shouted, "Tong Zhi, why didn't you go out to the south?" The loss of his soldiers was similar to that of Xing Tiefeng, with less than 300 left, and Tao Changshi's loss was not that great.Zhen Yining shouted: "Let the soldiers who lost their horses get on the chariot quickly! I will deal with it here!" A dozen or so soldiers drove each car, and a few soldiers who were not seriously injured drove a total of three cars.I shook the reins and shouted: "Let's go! Go north!" Xing Tiefeng headed to the north first, Tao Changshi suddenly shouted: "General Chu, let me kill the queen!" Our night raids were originally a narrow escape, but now that we are dead, it is even more dangerous.There was a kind of solemnity in Tao Changshi's words, I paused, nodded and said, "Okay, be careful." Zhen Yining was asking a soldier to draw a ditch on the ground with a big gun at this time, and while he was pouring gunpowder into the ditch, I saw that he fell to the end, and I turned around and shouted: "Zhen Yining, come quickly, the snake man is here!" !" Those women who didn't leave probably also knew that a bloody battle was about to take place here, and they suddenly let out a burst of crying.The crying made me upset, but I had to harden my heart and pretend I didn't hear it.At this time, Zhen Yining had already sprinkled a long line of more than five feet long with gunpowder on the ground, and sprinkled all the gunpowder in a bamboo tube. Holding a torch in one hand and a spear in the other, he turned to me and shouted: "Controller, I Come right now, you guys go!" Now he was left behind alone, standing upright like an iron pillar.This young man is always unusually mature. In the firelight, I saw his tightly pursed lips and frowning brows, showing an indescribable majesty. Those snake people rushed over.Zhen Yining piled up those pieces of wood, which were not too high, and the snake man could probably be picked up with a spear.I was so anxious that Zhen Yining suddenly bent down and shouted, "Go to hell!" He threw the torch to the ground, pushed the spear to the ground, jumped on the mount, turned around and came towards us.As soon as his torch fell to the ground, the long gunpowder thread was immediately lit. Looking at it from a few meters away, the unusually bright flame was flying on the ground like a shooting star. The snake man had just chased to the chaotic pile of firewood, when suddenly, there was an earth-shattering loud noise from there. We were no longer surprised by the explosion of the gunpowder, but the loud noise was so loud that even the ground trembled, and Fei Yu couldn't help hissing.I pulled the reins, and the group of women in the car behind me also let out a burst of exclamation.This scream was as sharp as a blade, and I had goosebumps all over my body. I turned around and shouted: "Shut up!" Shaking the reins, Feiyu was quiet for a while. Under the pile of firewood, it seemed that a fountain of flame suddenly appeared. The tongue of flames sprayed up to a height of several feet, and sparks flew everywhere.Although only one or two snakemen were killed in the explosion, the loud noise and flames made the snakemen pause, and they were probably frightened. Unexpectedly, burying the gunpowder in the ground is even more powerful.I was pleasantly surprised and shouted: "Go!" Xing Tiefeng and Qian Wenyi had already rushed to the front, our cars were in the middle, and Tao Changshi's wolf soldiers were at the end.After rushing for a while, we joined forces with Yang Yi, and then rushed forward.The burst of flames blocked the snake man, but the snake man started to charge up again, and he was already fighting with Tao Changshi. There were constant sounds of fighting and screams from behind, and stumps flew up in the air from time to time. There were people, and there were also snake men. of. Zhen Yining urged the horse to come to me, and said, "Tongzhi, I still have five bamboo tubes left here." I don't know how many are left in the other teams, but I don't think there will be many, and there are loud noises coming from the front from time to time.It's a pity that it is too troublesome to bury it in the ground, otherwise it will be more powerful. After rushing for a while, the limbs of dead people appeared in front of them from time to time. Looking at the armor, it was Bian Zhen's army.看着这副凄惨的景像，甄以宁皱起眉头，道：“统制，卞将军看样子损失很大啊。” 那一堆尸首中大多是帝国军，当中也夹着一些蛇人，但蛇人并不多。看到这一地死尸，我身后车上那一批女子倒并没有预料中一样尖声怪叫，仍然很平静，也许她们见死人也见得多了。我道：“快冲过去吧。不管剩下多少，合到一处，力量总要大一些。” 这时从前面突然发出了一声巨响，想必是邢铁风正在以火药开路。冲在前面的部队，已经在和蛇人交锋了吧？我抖一抖缰绳，飞羽发出一声嘶吼，猛地发力。它的脚力比另一匹快多了，让它与另一匹马并排拉车，也许让它有种局促之感。 这时，有一个士兵飞奔回来，隔了老远便叫道：“前面有蛇人拦路，大家当心！” 他刚说完，从身后又传来一声巨响。那里，被甄以宁阻了一阻的蛇人又重新追上来，已经在和陶昌时接战了。我站起身，喝道：“现在前后都有蛇人，只有奋力向前才有一线生机。帝国的勇士们，生死在此一战，冲吧。” 士兵们纷纷应和，有个士兵高声吼道：“我们没死在高鹫城，这条性命已是赚来的，蛇人杀了我们那么多弟兄，杀吧，拿这条命为战死的弟兄们报仇！” 他的声音嘶哑粗鲁，却有一种鼓舞人心的力量，士兵们都欢呼起来，似乎胜利就在眼前了。我驾着马，在人群中努力向前。蛇人因为不骑马，营中的地面并不平整，马车也上下颠簸。冲了一程，前面的厮杀声越来越响，两边杀来的蛇人也越来越多，士兵纵然士气高昂，但是蛇人就像无穷无尽的大海，将我们围在当中，终于，马车无法向前了。 甄以宁一直在我身边为我护行。他挺枪将一个冲进来的蛇人逼退后，转过身道：“统制，怎么办？我们冲不过去了。” 他刚说完，曹闻道正好从旁边冲过来道：“统制，我们还是各自为战，能冲则冲吧。” 他这话自然是要让我扔掉这几辆车，顾自逃命了。他话音一落，那些女子顿时尖声叫了起来。对她们来说，刚看到生机，突然又要被抛下，这样的结果实在有些受不了。她们的喊叫声尖厉刺耳，让我头晕眼花，但是要我说出扔下她们自己逃出去的话，实在也说不出口。何况，现在有三辆大车坐的是一百多个伤兵，如果抛下的话，那他们也是死路一条了。我看了看四周，蛇人的攻势一浪高过一浪，原本我们是一个长阵，现在却已成了一个圆阵。我猛地站起身，高声叫道：“来则同来，归则同归，帝国的勇士们，今日纵然战死，父老乡亲也不会忘了我们的。” 声音渐有节奏，也越来越响，蛇人的攻势一下又被抵住了，甚至还逼退了一些。在一片混乱中，有个高亢的声音响了起来：“生非容易死非难，人命斯须薤露干。马革裹尸诚一快，男儿事业在征鞍。” 这不知是谁唱的，意思也与那首很难唱的战歌一样，但音节简易，一句句都如重棰大鼓，响遏行云。 男儿事业？我有些想苦笑。人死了，那什么事业也没有了，那么多士兵，自然没有多少人能脱颖而出，更多的只会无声无息地战死沙场，但是活着，我们总得做出自己的一番事业，即使天不佑护，一事无成，但只要问心无愧，又有什么可以遗憾？ 我的心头似有火焰燃起，从边上抓过长枪，叫道：“甄以宁，你来给我传令，今日就算被蛇人一口吞掉，也要让它们崩掉几颗牙！” 我们现在大约还有一千多人，而且伤兵还在增多，但是战力却毫不见弱，蛇人攻势虽强，仍然被挡在外围，零星有些蛇人攻进来，里面曹闻道那一队人已严阵以待，它们也根本出不了手。 可是我们整队也只能缓缓向北行进。 前面又传来一阵呐喊，喊的也是“卞将军”之类，大概邢铁风的前军已经与卞真余部汇合了。不知道卞真一部还剩了多少，但我们已冲破了蛇人的一重包围了。我有些兴奋，叫道：“快冲！快冲！”在这样的恶战中，什么阵形，什么兵法，都毫无用处了，每个人都在拼命地厮杀，不顾一切地出枪。我站在车前刺着冲过来的蛇人，鲜血乱飞，那一车女子大概身上都染满了血。 甄以宁忽然叫道：“统制，陶昌时看样子有点顶不住了，我和曹将军去帮他吧。” 我扭头看了看身后，后面尘烟滚滚，陶昌时那一支狼兵且战且退，杀得天昏地暗，已与我们相距很近了。 如此恶战，陶昌时已到了最后关头了吧。我大声道：“甄以宁，你帮我护着马车！”伸枪在地上一撑，人一跃而起，挺枪刺向一个正要挥刀砍落的蛇人胸口。那蛇人正与一个狼兵对敌，占尽上风，那个狼兵肩头中了一刀，半边身子都被血染红了，手中的长枪也被砍断，只剩了半截。那蛇人的刀再落下，只怕连人带马都会被砍成两段，它一定没料到我会突然出枪，再要回刀已来不及了，我的枪深深刺入它的胸口。我一枪中的，借力跃上那狼兵的战马，坐到他身前，叫道：“抓住我！”但是他大概已到了油干灯烬的地步，身子晃了晃，一下摔下马去。我吃了一惊，伸手一把抓住他胸前的战袍，此时我一枪还扎在蛇人体内，那蛇人正在挣扎，只凭一手已抓不住他了。正在惊慌，那狼兵突然睁开眼，凄然一笑，也不知哪里来的力气，一把推开我，转身一把抱住那蛇人，手中断枪向那蛇人背后插了进去。那个蛇人负痛之下，猛地挣开了我的长枪，和他连在一起翻滚，我正待上前，边上又有刀枪砍落，也已分不清是蛇人的还是狼兵的武器了。 一个背着竹筒的狼兵突然大叫道：“给我火把！给我火把！”也不知从哪儿飞来一个火把，他一把抓了过来。他抓的却是着火的地方，一只手顿时烧得发出焦臭，但他好像没什么感觉，在马上飞身一跃而起，左手抓起了那竹筒。陶昌时叫道：“小钟！”但他话还没说完，那狼兵已跳向了蛇人队中。 “轰”地一声巨响，此时蛇人围得太密，那小钟大概人没落地便已被刺死了，但是这竹筒火药还是炸开了。他当然马上被炸得血肉横飞，边上的蛇人震得四散逃开，几个靠得较近的狼兵也被震得伏在鞍上。如此一来，蛇人的攻势为之受挫，陶昌时已奋力叫道：“结阵！结阵！” 狼兵动作极快，方才被蛇人攻得乱成一团，马上结成了一列。只是，他们剩下的已不到两百个了。从后面攻来的蛇人最多，也最为凶猛，陶昌时以四百人阻住如此多的蛇人，狼兵之能，当真名不虚传。 现在的狼兵才是我们真正的实力吧。 我叫道：“陶昌时，不要恋战，马上退后。” 前面邢铁风和杨易的部队大概得到卞真残军补充，战势更有进展，全军又开始行进了。这时蛇人已经重新攻上来，陶昌时也没有回答我，只是与士兵拼命挡住蛇人。身后，曹闻道他们抽出空来增援，一阵乱箭，将蛇人又射退了几步。 我把那匹马交给一个失了战马的士兵，重新坐回车上，对甄以宁道：“甄以宁，让诸军快走！” 这一战我们已经是大有战果了，就算现在是鼠窜而归，也足以傲视诸军。此时尽管觉得凶多吉少，但我也有些得意。