Chapter 15 Chapter Thirty: The Dragon Fights in the Wild

It was the second day since the snake man attacked again.In the past two days, although there was still no direct battle, everyone felt as if a huge rock was weighing on their hearts, which was extremely heavy. As Tao Baihu expected, the snake man swam across the Yalong River, landed on the tidal flat outside the east gate, and began digging tunnels.The tenacity of the snake people is really amazing. They live by the river, come and go in the mud, and each of them still has no slack.The beach is full of reeds, and we can often see reeds falling down, which means that the snake man has dug there.There is a tidal flat several miles around outside the east gate. The snake man excavated about a mile away from the city, and he can dig about ten feet a day. According to this calculation, he can dig to the root of the wall in ten days.And the snakemen continued to increase their troops, and stationed a camp outside the south gate. It seemed that as soon as they dug under the city, this army of snakemen would attack the city aggressively.According to the old skills of the snake people, they must still have ambushes hidden in the mountains and forests. When the time comes, the snake people will attack from three sides, how many days can the city last?

Zhou Nuo assigned Ye Motian and Shengchang 5,000 men each to guard the east gate, and I also asked Ling to help guard it.Now my mind is full of the matter of the snake man, it seems that Zhou Nuo has postponed the matter of raising troops because of this. If the Snakeman broke through the city wall, the East Gate defenders would have to face the Snakeman first.I once thought about making more gunpowder to deal with the snake people, but although there are several Buddhist temples in Fudun City, they all belong to the Qingxu Tuna School, and they don't know what sulfur is. The weather was gloomy and the wind was chilling.The sun was covered by clouds and mist, and there was no warmth on the body. Sometimes there was a huge splash on the river in the distance. It was a dragon rolling in the muddy water.The snake people were very careful not to provoke the dragons, and the dragons also stayed away as if they were conspiring with them. This tidal flat, which we feared, was actually very peaceful for the snake people.The snake man is more flexible in muddy water than on flat ground, and moves very quickly. Even if we put all our eggs in one basket and fight them out, there is absolutely no chance of winning.I leaned against the wall and looked down, feeling more and more anxious. Now I probably don’t have to worry about Zhou Nuo’s rebellion, but the snake man in front of me is a catastrophe. After we beat the snake man back, I’m afraid we will lose This gave Zhou Nuo a chance.Now that we are in a dilemma, we can only take one step at a time.

I was thinking wildly on the city wall, when someone walked up to me, I saw it was Qian Wenyi, I smiled and said, "General Qian, how is the morale of the army now?" Since that day when he warned me not to rest easy, the relationship between me and him has eased a lot It's not like he didn't say a word when he first set off, but he was still in a heavy mood and didn't know what to think all day long. I asked him to pay more attention to Zhou Nuo's movements.Although he is unlikely to raise the flag of rebellion now, it is still necessary to guard against.Compared with Cao Wendao, who was always expressive and angry, Qian Wenyi was much deeper, otherwise Zhou Nuo might see his flaws.

Qian Wenyi looked around and said in a low voice: "General Chu, Governor Zhou is now supervising the drills all day long, checking the military situation, and there is no change." "If he rebels now, he will be looking for his own death. If he wants to rebel, he will get through this crisis." Speaking of this, I feel a little ridiculous.If the snake people were two days later, Fudun City might have fallen into chaos, and they would not have to take so much trouble to capture the city.Possibly, there are endless empires in the dark.No one can tell the cause and effect of the world's affairs.

Qian Wenyi looked down the city, frowned and said, "Today, the snake man seems to have dug another ten feet. If we blindly guard the city and watch the snake man move, that's not an option." I sighed: "I also know that's not a solution, but I really can't think of any ideas now." The enemy digs a tunnel to attack the city. The general way to deal with it is to dig a trench under the city.But there is a tidal flat outside the east gate. If you step on it, you will sink into the mud, let alone digging.Qian Wenyi said, "General Chu, I actually have an idea."

I said: "Say it quickly!" He actually had an idea, I really don't know why he didn't say it sooner.Qian Wenyi hesitated and said: "I grew up by the sea since I was a child, and there are many tidal flats there. In my hometown, every time the tide goes out, there are always many people going to the beach to collect shellfish..." I thought he had some kind of clever plan, but who would have thought that he would just keep talking about these unimportant things, so I couldn't help being disappointed, and interrupted him: "What does that matter." Qian Wenyi said: "General Chu, the tidal flats at that time were also like this. They were full of mud. Once people stepped on it, their feet would sink in. They couldn't walk, so they all used 'sea horses'."

I was startled, and said, "What kind of horse is a seahorse?" "That's not a horse, but a plank with the front turned up, one side planed aurora, and a leather strap on it, one foot can step on it. When the tide goes out, the shellfishers have one foot on the seahorse and the other foot on the seahorse." With a kick on the ground, you can move like flying on the tidal flat, and you won't get stuck in the mud at all." Immediately, I understood what he meant, and in a flash of my mind, I shouted: "That's right! That's exactly it! Haha, Brother Qian, you've done a great job."

Qian Wenyi still hesitantly said: "However, it is still difficult to dig a trench with this method. The seahorse will not sink when it slides, and it will still sink into the mud if it stops at the same place. What if the snake man suddenly attacked while digging the ditch , I’m afraid it’s too late to retreat at that time.” I was already extremely excited, and when I heard him say that, I smiled and said, "I'm thinking of another idea." "what?" After hearing my plan, Zhou Nuo stood up and paced back and forth.It's no wonder that my idea is incredible to him, just like the snake man digging a tunnel outside the east gate to attack, it seems too incredible.

Tao Shouzhuo tapped the table lightly with his fingers, and said, "It's not necessarily impossible. There are not many people to send, and it won't hurt strength, but once it succeeds, it will be brilliant." Zhou Nuo thought for a while and said, "It's just that the people who go out to the battle are too dangerous. I'm afraid they may die, so it's hard to recruit people." Tao Shouzhuo opened his mouth, but said nothing.What Zhou Nuo said was right, the people in Tianshui Province were in awe of the dragon, they offered fish, meat and fruit every year, and regarded it as a fetish, and if they asked the Xifu army to walk back and forth in front of the dragon, they might lose their legs first.I gritted my teeth and said, "Captain Zhou, the general will come here at the order of your lord. I brought up this matter again, so the Qianfengying will take care of it."

Zhou Nuo was shocked, looked at me, and said, "Really?" "The country raises soldiers only to defend the country. Since the last general has been in the army, he has long put life and death aside. These tens of thousands of people are our fathers and fellow villagers. It is the glory of soldiers to die in defense of them. The last general It's as sweet as it is." Zhou Nuo stared at me blankly, not knowing what he was thinking.He had a big beard, and only two eyes were exposed on his face, but there was an expression in his eyes, which seemed to be admiration or regret.He came over, grabbed my shoulder, shook me and said: "General Chu, when you come back triumphantly, you will be the reborn parents of hundreds of thousands of people in Fudun City!"

Probably what he means is that if I come back victorious, I will be the number one minister in his Tianshui Kingdom in the future.I wanted to laugh a little, but I couldn't help being moved when I heard his voice choked up.If Zhou Nuo can rein in the precipice and give up his idea of ​​becoming a king on his own, then my death will be worth it. The hundreds of thousands of people in Fudun City will also miss me in the future. I gave a military salute and said, "Then, please ask Commander Zhou to make hundreds of those seahorses, and the general will go to pick the manpower right away. Please Commander Zhou take me to the wood factory, and I will talk about the shape with the craftsmen." Zhou Nuo seemed to have been bitten by something, and said: "General Chu should rest early, and I will take care of these small things for you. I will immediately order someone to dig a pond in the city for you to practice." I couldn't help laughing secretly. At first, I still doubted that this was a trap set by Tao Shouzhuo. Maybe the wood factory had nothing to do with Zhou Nuo. Now it seems that Tao Shouzhuo never lied to me.I bid farewell to them and walked out the door, but Tao Shouzhuo said to Zhou Nuo, "Captain Zhou, I'm going to see General Chu off." Say what. Walking out the door, Tao Shouzhuo said, "General Chu, you can go in my car." Zhou Nuo likes to ride a horse when traveling, but Tao Shouzhuo likes to ride a car.His car is very tall, I got in, tied Feiyu to the back of the car, and once sat down, Tao Shouzhuo immediately smiled and said: "General Chu's plan to kill two birds with one stone is really clever." I was taken aback and said, "What kills two birds with one stone?" "General Chu's triumphant return will surely win the hearts of the army, and Zhou Nuo will definitely reward him greatly. At that time, the siege of the Snake Man will be lifted. Taking him down at this time is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity." I smiled wryly and said, "I don't know if I can come back. I also hope that Governor Zhou can put state affairs first and don't do such wrong things." Tao Shouzhuo sighed, "General Chu, you are such a young man." Of course he was right when he said that I was a young man. He was over forty years old, almost twice my age.I said: "Tao Dudu, if I can't come back, what should you do?" Tao Shouzhuo sighed again and said, "No one can say what is going on in the world. If you can't come back, then you can't say, and I can only be unfaithful once." What he meant was that if Zhou Nuo wanted to rebel, he would have no choice but to follow him and rebel.However, because Zhou Nuo wanted to rebel, did he just sit back and watch Fudun City be broken by the snake people?When the Snakeman broke through Gaojiu City, the scene of flames and corpses littering the sky seemed to appear before my eyes again. No, no matter what, I will definitely come back victorious. I secretly swear.Tao Shouzhuo suddenly said, "General Chu, you haven't gone to see Miss Yu yet, have you? You might as well go tonight." I smiled and said, "I can't even guarantee it, so why don't I keep a seed? Let's talk about it when I get back." He laughed too.But as soon as he mentioned Xiao Xinyu, I suddenly remembered that Xiao Xinyu had a similar face to her, but her clothes and ability to play the pipa were the same. Tao Shouzhuo was obviously the one who came here to meet my interests, but what about Tao Shouzhuo? will know? Originally, I had developed a certain liking for Tao Shouzhuo, but at this moment, my whole body seemed to be immersed in ice water.I thought I had seen through Tao Shouzhuo's mind, but in fact, from the very beginning, my every move was within his expectation. Which statement of this person is true and which statement is false?Maybe it is also possible that he is the one who really wants to rebel, but he just wants to use my power to get rid of Zhou Nuo. The more I thought about it, the more frightened I became. Tao Shouzhuo seemed amiable just now, but now he became mysterious and unpredictable, and my body was getting colder and colder. I had to hold back to avoid shivering. Two hundred death-death soldiers were selected from the Qianfeng Battalion, but Qian Wenyi insisted that they also be included.I originally wanted Cao Wendao to come with me. On the one hand, I was still not sure about Qian Wenyi. On the other hand, as far as commanding the troops was concerned, Cao Wendao was a little ignorant of priorities and not as mature as Qian Wenyi, but he had to do it no matter what. Go, I can only temporarily hand over the leadership to Cao Wendao, and tell him to discuss with others more and not to go his own way. Zhou Nuo's wood factory also has a few masters, who made 300 seahorses in one night, and he has ordered people to dig a shallow pond in an open field, soak the soil until it is soaked in water, Another layer of river mud was spread on top, and it was quite close to the tidal flat.I practiced there with 200 death-defying troops, which attracted people around me to watch.They don't know what we are doing, they are guessing wildly. The hippocampus is not difficult to use, and Qian Wenyi was used to it when he was a child. After two days of practice, we were able to move freely.Everyone in Qianfeng Battalion is strong and strong, and I am afraid that they can skate faster than those shell pickers Qian Wenyi saw when he was young.After practicing, his body was covered in stinky mud, so Zhou Nuo decided to seal off the bathing place in the funeral home and let us use it alone. I lay in a single bathroom in the funeral parlor, put a soaked towel on my head, and enjoyed the comfort of soaking my bones.Half of the snake man's tunnel has been dug, and we must start tomorrow, otherwise it will be too late.I lay on the pebbles in the pool, in the permeating water vapor, I seemed to see her again, but her eyebrows and eyes were blurred, as if she was also separated by a layer of mist. What is she doing now?Maybe, being lucky by the emperor or prince?My heart hurts like a knife, I really can't bear to think about it, but I know it's the most likely. If this damned empire collapses, I will not regret it.Although the person was motionless, there was anger rising in his heart.I pleaded with Zhou Nuo, and that was because I could no longer see the joy of living after losing her. In my life, what else is there besides endless fighting and killing?Maybe, I already have a faint kind of despair of giving up on myself, but I don't know it yet.It was only in this small room filled with steam that these thoughts that would never have occurred to me suddenly came out. I clung to a pebble at the bottom of the pool.Those pebbles were neatly laid, but they seemed to shake a little when I grabbed them, and the blood seemed to scream and rush everywhere in the body. If the prince appeared in front of me at this time, I would definitely hit him on the head Smash it. In the haze, the prince's elegant and handsome face seemed to appear in front of his eyes. Can this incompetent person be superior just because he is a nobleman?How many soldiers go through life and death just to protect this person?I stared at his phantom, and even though I knew it wasn't a real person, I still slapped him. With a "huh", the water vapor was blown up like a cloud by me, and in an instant I heard someone laugh like a "chi".Hearing this voice, I felt cold all over, and shouted, "Who's there?" There was no one around at all, and the small house had only one vent, and an oil lamp hung by the side, which was dimmed by the moisture.I stood up and reached out to touch the Baipi Dao beside me, but someone whispered: "Don't work in vain." I couldn't move my hand anymore, like a nightmare, my body was stiff into one piece.This is exactly what it looks like to be affected by the mind-stealing technique. I just feel empty in my mind, and I can't remember where I am for a while. In a moment of confusion, a figure appeared in the fog in front of me. This is a very small man.Although they were only a few feet away, the fog was so thick that I could only vaguely see his figure.He smiled lowly and said: "As a person, you are also considered a powerful person." He praised me so much, but I didn't feel proud at all.My body didn't seem to be my own, and I couldn't move at all.I calmed down and breathed silently.This is definitely a mind-bending technique. I think if I follow the "Tao De Xin Jing" that Zhenqingzi gave me, it may have some effect. It was an old man with a faint and deep voice.He stood motionless opposite the pool, and said in a low voice: "Snake people can't see far away, General Chu, you can start from now on when you go on an expedition tomorrow." As my breathing became even and slow, I felt my fingers start to move, but when I heard his words, I was stunned again. No wonder snake people never use bows and arrows, so they can't see far away.I suddenly realized, and the joy in my heart was beyond words.If this is the case, then our chances of winning are much higher, and this old man is here to help me.I couldn't speak either, suddenly, with a jerk movement of my fingers, I pulled out the Baipi Saber from its sheath like lightning, and my whole body lightened instantly, but there was a flower in front of my eyes, and suddenly it was empty again. Is this an illusion again?I stood in the pool with a knife in my hand, but there was nothing in front of me, as if the old man was made of smoke and melted into the air all of a sudden.I stood in the water blankly, but the old man's voice was still in my ears, and it was clearly not my hallucination. This old man must be the one I met in Dongping City.When I heard Fei Yu's words, I thought it was just my own illusion, but now it's the second time.Who is this person? The next day, just after dawn, the two hundred death-death troops and I were ready and we were about to set off.I don't even have a clue about this.On the top of the wall, Zhou Nuo and Tao Shouzhuo walked over. They were dressed in military uniforms. Zhou Nuo poured a glass of wine and said, "General Chu, I wish you victory in this battle." I looked to the east.The temporary camp set up by the snake people on the tidal flats also began to move, and they were about to start digging tunnels again.I took the wine glass and put it on the battlements, and said: "Captain Zhou, wait until I come back to drink up this glass of wine." I turned around and shouted to the death-defying army behind me: "Brothers, there were 200 people when we left, and there will still be 200 people when we return. Let's go!" The east gate is still afraid to open, so I asked the Qianfeng Battalion to put down the rope at the top of the city, and then climb down from the wall.What I was most afraid of was that the snake people would discover our actions. If we were hit by them right after we left the city, we would die without a place to die.Since the snake people can't see far away, and we are wearing the same clothes as the city wall, they must not be able to find it. After the two hundred people had come down, I whispered, "Let's go!" I stepped on the seahorse with one foot, kicked hard with the other foot, and flew out like an arrow. I only heard a gust of wind in my ears. This speed was comparable to that of a fast horse galloping. Said: "Take care." Looking back, he saw that he was holding on to the battlements and looking at us. Most of the reeds on the tidal flat were dead. We were heading northeast. After walking for a distance, we would reach the river bank in a few hundred steps. I stopped their footsteps and said, "Wait a minute." Qian Wenyi slid to my side and said, "General Chu, are you here?" I nodded and said, "It's probably in front. Bring the things here." Several soldiers came over to untie the package on their backs and opened it.Inside was half a piece of bloody mutton.This was slaughtered overnight, I said, "Who wants to go with me?" Two soldiers said: "Let's go! General Chu, you stay here." I nodded and said, "Okay, be careful." I can't take any risks yet, so let them go first.They hugged the mutton and kicked it suddenly, and the arrow seemed to sweep forward.They flew very fast, I clenched my fists, my heart was already hanging in the air. The success or failure of this matter is all in one fell swoop.If you don't do this well, you won't be able to do it in the future.I watched them fly away, and suddenly Qian Wenyi said: "General Chu, look!" The water of the Abron River was turning up and down, and the water kept coming up.The two soldiers were moving forward, but they didn't notice that there was a place where bubbles were bubbling on the side.I was so anxious that suddenly they turned to one side, threw two pieces of mutton violently, turned around and walked back. As soon as they dropped the mutton, the tidal flat immediately began to stir, and when they walked a few feet away, the tidal flat seemed to be boiled, with mud and water flying.One of the soldiers looked back, with joy on his face, but before he could turn his head around again, there was a loud noise from under his feet, and a huge black shadow rushed out of the muddy water, knocking him down at once. Rolled in.The other soldier was also shocked and fell to the ground, his face turned pale. It was a huge dragon.The dragon is usually six or seven feet long, but this one is three feet long, like a monster in a nightmare.The soldier who was thrown down was bitten in the mouth by the dragon, and was screaming heart-piercingly. The soldier poured water all over his body, and the dragon immediately swallowed the bitten soldier in one gulp. Everyone was stunned. They didn't feel any horror when they saw the dragon from a distance, but they didn't know the horror of this strange beast until they were so close.This dragon's body is covered with a layer of scales like iron armor, and a row of mane grows on the back, and it is so huge that it suddenly rushes out, it is not like anything in the world. I didn't care too much, and shouted: "Run!" The soldier who fell suddenly came to his senses and kicked hard. He had just rushed out when a dragon pounced behind him, and just caught him. But the vest was empty, and the mud splashed everywhere.This dragon is not as big as the one that is eating people, but it is also five or six feet long, and it is more flexible in the muddy water. I turned my head and shouted: "Everyone, be careful, go quickly." Each of us brought a piece of mutton weighing three to four catties. A string was tied to the mutton. We turned around and rushed, dragging the bloody mutton behind us, leaving a bloodstain on the mud.The dragons became even more crazy when they smelled the bloody smell. The two pieces of mutton that were dropped earlier were snatched away by those dragons. At this time, there were still dragons climbing up from the river to chase us. , but not as fast as the hippocampus, coming and going like the wind, getting farther and farther away from us.I saw that those dragons were getting tired from climbing, so they stopped chasing, so I stopped the whole team in a hurry and told them to wait a while. At this time, a soldier suddenly shouted: "Control, the snake man is here!" We stopped and walked, and there were only a few hundred steps left from the temporary camp of the snake man.Not many snakemen came out, only twenty or thirty. They were also swimming in the muddy water, shaking their heads from side to side as they walked, as if sniffing the breath in the air. They must have heard noises, but they still couldn’t see clearly. .I gritted my teeth and said, "Try not to make any noise, and don't fall in love with the fight when you pass through the snake man camp later." I asked some people to drop some of the mutton and slide forward leisurely.After a while, there were only two hundred steps left from the snake man's camp, and the sound of digging could already be heard from the soil, most of the tunnels dug by the snake man were right under their feet.I shouted suddenly: "Hands!" We originally came out with 200 people, but now one has died, leaving only 199 people, while there are nearly 2,000 snake people on the tidal flat.If you attack head-on, it will be death, so my idea is to use fresh meat to attract the dragons, let the dragons entangle the snake people, and then we will destroy their tunnels.So far, it's been smooth. Although I can't do what I called "going together and returning together" when I set off, but now it's a critical moment, and there can be no mistakes. I gave an order, and everyone exerted their strength at the same time, rushing forward like flying.The dozens of snake men who came out to investigate probably had seen us clearly. They looked confused, but they didn't panic, and each of them clenched their weapons tightly.Maybe, they think that with just a few of us, they can wipe out all of us. For the sake of convenience, I didn't bring a long gun. Not many people came out this time with long guns, and most of them only carried short knives.Compared with the long spears and broadswords of the snake man, there is no chance of winning by relying on short knives, and I don't want to fight with them, so I rushed to a snake man first.The snake man must not have expected us to be so fast. They were very flexible in the tidal flats, but compared with the speed of the seahorse, they were far behind. When I rushed to the front of the snake man, it hadn't even raised its gun , the eyes are full of confusion.I was five feet away from it, and with a sudden kick of my left foot, the seahorse that was moving at high speed was kicked sideways by me, and the muddy water under the board was also splashed to the left. I gritted my teeth and saw it. The snake man handed the Baipi knife to his left hand and held it in his left hand, with the edge of the knife facing outwards, he swung it out violently.Almost brushing past the snake man's body, I only heard the sound of sharp blades piercing the flesh. The snake man screamed, and the upper half of his raised body fell to one side. This knife cut a big gash in its neck, and the blood spurted out, dyeing the tidal flat beside it bright red.Although this injury was not fatal, it also made it lose the power to fight back. I raised the Baipi knife and shouted: "Come on!" The soldiers of the vanguard battalion behind have all rushed.Those snake men were caught off guard by us, and there were screams everywhere for a while.Among them were the voices of the Snake Man and the soldiers of the Vanguard Battalion.Although I caught the Snakeman by surprise, the soldiers who followed were not so lucky. Although the Snakeman didn't understand why we were able to move so fast on the tidal flat, the subsequent counterattack was extremely fierce. "what!" A scream sounded beside me. A soldier was stabbed in the abdomen by a snake man's spear and picked up. His body was in mid-air, not dead, and he was twitching while hanging on the spear point.I yelled angrily, and was about to step forward, when Qian Wenyi suddenly rushed out from the side, slashing at the snake man's arm.There was still a person hanging from the tip of the snake man's gun, and he couldn't draw out the weapon for a while, so he swiped the end of the gun, and there was a sound of "Dang", Qian Wenyi's knife was slashing on the gun barrel, the snake man swung his hand, and the spear on the gun The corpse was thrown out, and blood splattered all over the sky. It adjusted its gun and was about to sweep towards Qian Wenyi. After Qian Wenyi was blocked with a knife, his body trembled. Seeing that he was in a critical situation, I didn't think too much about it. I kicked my left foot, handed the knife to my right hand, and shouted, "Go to hell!" As soon as I rushed in front of it, Qian Wenyi jumped up suddenly. Because there was a seahorse under his feet, he could only use one foot, but he jumped up to a height of more than three feet. The snake man's spear shot right under his feet. sweep.He skipped the shot, and when he landed, he didn't miss a beat, and re-inserted into the hippocampus' holster, but I had already rushed in front of the snake man, and the shot was aimed at me in the middle. The power of the snake man is astonishing. If this shot hits me, maybe I will be cut into two pieces.It was too late to jump up now, I was taken aback, the shot came so suddenly, I didn't have time to think about it, I stretched out my left hand and grabbed the barrel of the gun, I felt a numbness in one arm, the person was already attached to the barrel of the gun and was swept away Slid away. Fortunately, no harm was done. I was relieved in my busy schedule, but now I was swept half a circle on the ground by this snake man, and I could barely stand still.I didn't expect it to turn out like this at all. The snake man was too strong. I was caught on the gun shaft and was thrown out faster than myself. I slid half a circle on the mud floor and was panicking. Qian Wenyi had already rushed to its side, and stabbed the snake man's chest with his knife.The snake man was really tough, he shouted, and grabbed the gun again, it looked like he was going to stab Qian Wenyi with the gun.But it forgot that I was holding on to the barrel of the gun, and when it turned back, it brought me closer to it.This is a good opportunity, I spotted its ribs, and before it retracted its spear, I kicked my left foot again, and I rushed over like a bolt of lightning, hitting its side with a "bang", and the Baipi knife in my hand simultaneously Stab it in until it reaches the handle.No matter how tough this snake man was, he suffered two severe injuries in succession, his body was frozen as if he didn't move, and he fell down after a pause.I took the opportunity to pull the Baibi Knife out of its body. The knife penetrated too deep, as if it was clamped, and it was very laborious to pull it out. Once I pulled it out, blood spurted out from the wound again, covering my body. Half of it was dyed red. I wiped my face and wiped some of the sweat off.There was blood on my hand, I was afraid my face would be stained if I wiped it off like this. I looked at the corpse of the snake man next to me, feeling terrified, and suddenly heard Qian Wenyi scream: "Go! The dragon is coming!" We dropped mutton along the way, and those dragons probably ate well, and they were getting closer and closer.Although the dragon is much slower than us, it is extremely flexible in the muddy water. Smelling the smell of blood, a dragon crawling at the front jumped up and rushed towards a snake man who was entangled with a soldier next to him. .The snake man had already pierced the soldier with a single shot, but he didn't expect that such a monster would appear. He was bitten by the dragon on his waist, and curled up in pain, wrapping himself around the dragon.But the scales on the dragon's body are like iron armor. Although the force of the snake man's wrapping is enough to break the wooden plank, it is useless to the dragon. The dragon bites its waist and raises its head from time to time, presumably Wanting to swallow it, the snake man couldn't help screaming in the mouth of the dragon, suddenly, the screams stopped abruptly, with a sound of "cha", the snake man was bitten in half by the middle, and his lower body was still writhing in the muddy water There is not much left in the upper body, but the mouth is still open. I shouted: "Don't love to fight, go!" At this moment, the Nilong charged forward in a big way, and the two hundred death-death soldiers killed thirty or forty of them in the blink of an eye, most of them were stabbed to death by the snake man, and some were caught up and bitten to death by the Nilong.The power of those dragons is infinite, and the power of the snake man is strong enough, but compared with the dragons, it is too weak.I didn't care to say more, kicked my feet, and slid over first. At this time, the snake man also realized that the situation was not right, and raised his weapon to meet us.I was still five or six feet away from them, so I didn't dare to rush forward any more, so I picked up the mutton in my hand and threw it into the temporary camp of the snake man. With a sound of "huh", everyone threw the mutton out of their hands almost at the same time. Those snake people must have been stunned. I looked around, wanting to see clearly what it was, there were quite a few snake men who were hit by pieces of meat, and had a lot of sheep blood on their bodies. After throwing away the mutton, Qian Wenyi slid to my side and said, "General Chu, let's go." I looked at the dragon behind me. The dragon was still entangled with the rushing snake men, rolling and rolling, and I could only hear thunderous noises. The mud seemed to be boiling, and the snake man was bitten by the dragon. In the mouth, the pain was so great that he wrapped his body around the dragon's mouth, and desperately stabbed the dragon's body with the weapon.The scales on the dragon's body are very thick. Although the snake man is powerful, it is not easy to pierce through. After the scale armor was pierced, the dragon also rolled in pain in the muddy water, pressing the snake man biting into it. Turning up again from the mud, it looked almost like a large moving mud ball.I gritted my teeth and said, "Push it on for a while, the dragon hasn't come yet." If the snake people fight back unanimously, the dragon will probably be driven away, and it will be a waste of time.Although I know that if I stay here for a moment longer, it will be more dangerous, but I have to persevere.I looked back at Fudun City behind me, and I saw people standing on the top of the city in the distance, and they were probably looking at us. Maybe this time I won't be able to go back alive, so let's fight it out.I looked around, and there was a long spear dropped by the snake man not far away, I picked it up and said: "Brothers, life and death are up to you, let these monsters see what a good man Qianfengying is!" There are only 150 or 60 left in the Qianfeng Battalion, and they shouted at the same time: "I am willing to listen to the order of the commander!" "No matter what, we have to hold on for a while, and we will leave immediately when the dragon comes over!" After I finished shouting, I took out a small red flag from my arms, waved it towards the top of the city, and said in a low voice: "Qian Wenyi, take ten more people to find the snake man's vent, hurry up!" He ordered ten people to rush back first, at this time a snake man had already stood up, and I shouted: "Fix the formation!" Although the eight formations have not been practiced yet, we have practiced for a while, and the rest of the people surrounded me and formed a circle around me.Although the foothold on the tidal flat is not stable, and the eight formations are crooked and irregular, but the formation is still there, and it is better than being surrounded in one place in a mess.At this time, the snake man rushed over, and the first one stabbed at us with a big gun in his hand.From its point of view, we are really looking for a dead end if we surround ourselves like this.I watched its gun stabbing like lightning, I shouted angrily, shook my wrist, and the tip of the gun danced like a flower, covering its gun.Naturally, my strength is far less than that of the snake man. Once I wrapped the spear of this snake man, my arm seemed to be broken.I knew that I could only withstand it for a while, and just when I felt that the snake man's gun was raised with a thunderbolt, the soldiers behind him rushed together and helped me snatch the snake man's gun. Guessing that we still have this hand, we were pulled over by the gun. When we got to the crowd, we only heard a scream from it. A skewer of minced meat. We have never practiced the eight formations, and we can still receive the effect of the sudden rise of soldiers when dealing with one. If a group of snakes rush, we will naturally be unable to withstand it.But this snake man was beheaded by us without any power to fight back, and the snake man behind was also shocked, and they all stopped and looked at us blankly. The eyes of the snake man were all light yellow, with The viciousness and viciousness of the reptiles, looking into their eyes, I felt my heart stopped beating for a moment, and the other soldiers didn't dare to vent their anger, as if we were the ones who were defeated just now. All of a sudden, those snake people yelled again and rushed over. I was startled in my heart and shouted: "Hold on!" The dragon has not come over yet, but most of those snake people have been bitten to death, we have to fight anyway. Hold on for a while. It seemed as if the sun disappeared all of a sudden, and the earth and sky came together. In my ears, I could only hear the screams of people and snake people, and the roar of the dragon not far away.Although our eight formation map can attack and defend, there are more than a thousand snakemen coming up this time, densely covering this tidal flat. However, as the snake man charged desperately, we couldn't stand it any longer. Fortunately, the soldiers in the forward battalion were not weak. Although they were retreating, they were still not chaotic. After a few steps, I just blocked a rushing snake man, only to hear someone shouting from behind: "The dragon is coming!" After killing the snake men blocking the way, the dragon finally came up.Among those snake people, there are some minced mutton everywhere, it is extremely fishy, ​​and the dragon must have smelled it.Although our situation was getting more and more dangerous, I was still overjoyed and shouted: "Okay, retreat quickly!" I wanted everyone to withdraw, but as soon as I said it, I knew I was wrong.Now we are forced by the snake people to have no retreat at all. If we maintain the formation of the eight formations, we may persist for a while. Once the formation is disordered, we will not be able to stop it even for a moment.As soon as I finished speaking, there were screams of soldiers around me. They heard my order and were about to turn around and retreat, but the weapons of the snake man behind them had already attacked, and a dozen more fell down in the blink of an eye. 此时我们剩下的已不足百人了，而蛇人也丢了几十条尸首。蛇人一定也在恼怒会遇到如此强硬的抵抗，疯了一样加紧了攻势，空中纷飞着残肢碎体，我都看不出哪些是蛇人的，哪些是前锋营的，这一片滩涂已经被染成了红色。 八阵图乱了，所有士兵都在各自为战，但一对一的对攻，我们哪里是蛇人的对手，士兵一个个地被搠倒，剩下的更是混乱。俗话说兵败如山倒，不论是天下最强的强兵还是一支乌合之众，战败逃亡时都差不多，只不过是逃出去的多少之别而已。我知道大势已去，便是再组成八阵图，也已挡不住鼍龙与蛇人的前后攻击了，现在只能逃命，逃出一个算一个。 我奋起余力，将长枪向面前的蛇人搠去，正当它向边上一闪，我将长枪脱手掷出，转身便要退去。刚要一蹬，哪知脚下一松，我踩到的是一截断臂，也不知到底是谁的，断臂一滑，我也一下失去了平衡。我只觉一颗心猛地坠入深渊，身后已有一股厉风袭来，我正待转身与那蛇人做最后一搏，哪知我还不曾转过身来，耳边响起了一声尖啸。 那是长枪刺出的枪风。这等枪风，在帝国军中没有几个人能刺得出来，我对自己的枪术很有自信，但我十次也未必能有一次刺出这等尖厉的枪风。我已来不及转身，借势一侧身子，那杆长枪一下从我右腋下穿过，我将右臂一把夹住，左手早已取出了手弩，也不回头，反手一弩射出。“啪”一声，手弩射程虽然不是很远，但这么一点距离，铁甲也穿得透，我只听那个蛇人一声惨叫，自己却如腾云驾雾一般沿着地面滑了出去。 我这一弩一定射中了身后那蛇人要害，它将长枪脱手扔出，连我的人也送出去。滑出十几步，枪势已绝，我一个踉跄，人也扑倒在地上，一时竟然爬也爬不起来，耳边却已听见鼍龙的吼叫。 鼍龙终于和蛇人绞在了一起。 一个逃出来的士兵将我扶了一把，道：“统制……”他话还没说完，突然胸口下穿出一个枪头，他惨叫一声，登时毙命。那是追上来的一个蛇人刺出的枪，我怒不可遏，右手还撑在地上，瞄都不瞄了，左手又射出一弩。薛文亦给我的这柄手弩只有六支箭，箭射完后手弩也没用了，但此时我也顾不得，连性命都快没了，还节省这个做什么？ 这支箭从那蛇人头边射过，把它吓了一跳。它一把抽回长枪，两手抓着，便向我刺来。我摔倒在地上，闪是闪不开了，我也不再躲闪，干脆沉下心，对准了它的心口，眼看那蛇人的一枪便要刺下来，一枪就会把我刺个对穿，我手指一扣，正当它在大力刺时，一箭已飞了出去，正中它的心口。 蛇人一定没料到我手弩居然能够连发，这一箭直没至羽，连血都没流出来。它看了看胸口，猛地倒了下来，因为蛇人半截身子拖在地上，倒也是向前倒的，“砰”的一声，正摔在我身边，将泥水也溅了我一身。 此时身后的蛇人大队已被鼍龙拦住了，翻翻滚滚的，溅出来的泥浆都已成了红色，追上我们的只有十来个蛇人，而我们却还有好几十人，如果这时候发动反击，未必不能取胜。只是所有人都被蛇人那种疯狂的力量惊呆了。鼍龙，我们根本连碰都不敢碰，蛇人却在与它们硬碰硬地战斗，已经有两条鼍龙被几个蛇人刺得翻转了身体，露出一个白白的大肚子，想必已死了。再这样下去，剩下的鼍龙不是全被斩杀，也会被蛇人赶走，我正想回头看看钱文义他们如何，突然耳边听得有人大叫道：“小心！” 又有个蛇人挺枪向我刺来。我大吃一惊，手弩早已射出，这一箭正中那蛇人身侧，但是蛇人却缓也不缓，长枪仍是疾刺而下，这时候我就算要逃也已来不及了。 It's over.在这死亡即将降临的一刻，我闭上了眼。 眼睛刚闭上，后领突然一紧，人如同腾云驾雾一般向后极快地滑去，我睁开眼，正好看见那蛇人一枪扎下，正刺在我两腿中间的空地，只要再慢得半刻，这一枪便会透腹而过，将我钉在地上了。那蛇人正用力拔着长枪，我伸手又是一弩，一支箭正射中了它的左眼，那蛇人“啊”地一声叫，一把抓住了箭头。这一箭只怕已透脑而入，如果是人的话早就死了，那个蛇人却仍然在地上翻滚挣扎。也亏得它没死，这么一翻滚将后面的蛇人也阻住了。 我舒了一口气，耳过却听得钱文义道：“楚将军，你没事吧？” 那是他救了我一命，此时我心头也不知是什么滋味，谁救我都没关系，我没想到居然会是他。但现在不是想这些的时候，我从地上爬了起来，道：“好了么？” “正在倒油。” 我把手弩往腰间一插。手弩只有六支箭，我却射出了四支，还有两支无论如何得留着了。我蹬了一下，滑了过去，却见几个士兵正扳着一个大圆桶，在往地上一个方孔里倒油。 我们出发前，早已叫周诺准备了两大桶油，钱文义他们方才趁我们挡住蛇人时，将油桶搬了过来，找到了地道的一个通风口，开始往里倒油，但油流得并不快，看样子一桶还没倒完，可是身后蛇人的叫声已越来越猛，鼍龙的吼声却已稀了，想必已有不少被蛇人砍死。我急不可待，道：“不能倒快点么？” 刚说完，从倒油的通风口里突然有一支长枪刺上。这一枪刺入了边上倒油的一个士兵的小腹，又马上收了回去。那是地道中的蛇人发现我们在倒油，出来反击了。那个士兵被这一枪刺得肚破肠流，但他还是扶着木桶，死也不退下。我冲了过去，叫道：“来人，快扶他下去！”伸手抽出了百辟刀，一刀向油桶的顶上砍去。“嚓”一声，油桶盖被我砍下一块来，里面的油登时流得快多了。 突然间，从通风口里又探出了一个枪头，我已有准备，不等那枪头刺到，百辟刀早已挥出，一刀便将枪头斩下，喝道：“快点！” 受伤的士兵被扶了下去，另外的士兵正把剩下一个油桶滚过来，正要倒油，我叫道：“先不要倒。” 我冲了过去，百辟刀一横一竖，将桶盖砍成四块，桶里的油登时涌出来，我抓住桶底，猛地一翻，桶一下盖在了通风口，只听得里面的油正不住淌下去。地道约摸有半里长了，两桶油自然填不满，但这一段恐怕一瞬间全是油。我刚把油桶倒扣过来，“咚”一声，一枝枪从下面探出，将桶底也捅了个窟窿。但桶底一破，桶中的油流得更快，我叫道：“准备点火！” 桶中的油大约已经倒空了，我刚说完，这油桶突然发出一阵裂响，箍桶的铁圈一下碎裂，木板四飞，站在桶边的那几个士兵被震得摔了出去，有一个胸口中了一刀，血正汩汩涌出。随着油桶裂开，一个持着大刀的蛇人猛地冲了出来。 地道中的蛇人也一定猜到了我们的用意，也是孤注一掷了。这蛇人手中拿着的是把截短了柄的大刀，一跳出来，大刀舞得如同风车，身上已被油浸透了，我不等它站稳，从怀里摸出了手弩，一箭射去。隔得如此之近，箭一下射入它的喉头，这蛇人手一松，大刀也直飞了出去，我嘶声叫道：“点火！快点火！”