Chapter 18 Chapter 17 The First Battle of Tianjin

Li Yuanfang didn't have time to think about it, separated from the audience, and headed straight for the river. Fortunately, the lights were brightly lit tonight. From a distance, on the wide river, a puppy was carrying Ayu's baggage, passing between the boats, and heading to the opposite bank. swim.At this time, if you want to go around from the Tianjin Bridge to the other side, you must be too late to catch up.Li Yuanfang stood on the embankment, thought for a while, and saw that the nearest boat was several zhang away, took a deep breath, jumped up into the air, lightly touched the top of the boat, and then jumped towards another boat ahead.Ayu was in a hurry and couldn't help, so she ran to the bank and stared at it without blinking. The people on the side also forgot to watch the lanterns, and gathered around the river to look across the water. Li Yuanfang's clothes fluttered, as if he had fallen from the sky. The people on the boat wondered why the people on the shore were all looking this way. He had risen and fallen several times, leaped over several boats, and landed on the embankment on the opposite bank. dog.

It was near the Tianjin Bridge, and Li Yuanfang was about to reach out to catch it. The little dog shook the water on its long white fur. Although I have a lot of experience, I can't help but have a headache when handling this puppy. Seeing that it is clever and cute, I can't bear to hurt its life.After a moment of hesitation, a person on the bridge leaned forward, waved a rope, and took away the puppy and the bundle. Li Yuanfang was caught off guard for a while, and looked away, it was the man in the gray shirt.The puppy barked softly at the owner in his arms, as if saying hello, and got into the bamboo basket behind the gray-shirted man. The gray-shirted man put the burden into the bamboo basket, turned around and disappeared into the crowd.

Li Yuanfang would not let it go easily, she jumped onto the bridge and flew towards the man in gray shirt. There were several times more people on the bridge than on the road just now. Passers-by, unable to do anything with all their strength, only dodged left and right in the crowd, but did not meet them head-on.Li Yuanfang knew that if the man in gray shirt was allowed to cross the bridge with the help of people and reach the empty place on the other side, as soon as he got on the horse, with his equestrian skills, he might not be able to catch up with him. Reluctant to give up, so that the other party can't get away.

It happened that a dragon dance team came from Dingding Street on the bridge, blowing and beating, it was so lively, tourists consciously gave way to the two sides, and the people in gray shirts couldn’t get rid of it, so they jumped into the team dancing with poles under the dragon lantern, and saw all the performers With the rapid change of formation to the music, a dragon lantern was dazzled, and the crowd cheered endlessly.With an idea, Li Yuanfang jumped onto the dragon body made of bamboo and wood, and let the shadows of the lanterns fly all over the sky, but everyone below could see clearly, and kept holding their hands, they spotted the man in gray shirt and greeted him. Struggle to resist, the wind blows instantly, fists and palms come and go, the two have already fought dozens of moves.The man in the gray shirt fought and left, secretly frightened: Li Yuanfang's shots were quick and accurate without the slightest flamboyance when he was afraid of hurting others, which made him defend with all his strength. In a serious competition, it is definitely not his opponent. A long battle will be at your disadvantage, so you need to get out as soon as possible.He didn't know that Li Yuanfang's skills were practiced in thousands of actual battles, he never paid attention to the moves and weapons, he only used the subtleties he had learned in the experience of the battle, and there were no traces to follow, but he picked them up casually, completely natural and extremely fierce .

During the fierce fight, Li Yuanfang couldn't help admiring him. It turned out that he was condescending and had already taken the upper hand in the terrain. After several moves, he still couldn't catch the opponent. It is extremely calm, defending and attacking at the same time, without showing any flaws, and dodging around in the shadow of the lights of the crowd, protecting the bamboo basket behind him so that no water leaks, but this method consumes a lot of energy, it is expected that it will not last long. Although the dragon dancers saw two figures, one blue and one gray, flying up and down around the dragon lantern and fighting each other, they couldn't stop, they just danced forward, amidst the music and drums, the people on the bridge said they were new arrivals this year. During the dragon dance show, seeing the two of them fighting to the exciting point, they all cheered.It attracts tourists from both sides of the strait to look at the bridge.

In a short while, the dragon lantern had already passed half of the bridge. When the Tianjin Bridge was built in the early Sui Dynasty, it was originally a huge pontoon bridge built with large ships connected by iron cables. At that time, dozens of large ships lined up on the Luohe River, which was spectacular. Unfortunately, it was later burned down by Li Yao's rebel army.In the reign of Taizong Zhenguan, it was transformed into a stone bridge. In order to allow the tall buildings to pass smoothly, the middle section of the bridge was designed as a suspension bridge suspended by iron cables, which can be opened and closed freely like a city gate suspension bridge. Four turrets were built at both ends to control the chain of iron cables.Today, another tall bamboo frame was set up outside the turret, and heavy colored lights were tied up, and the decoration was bright and transparent. Looking from the shore, it really looks like a rainbow across the Milky Way in the night, like a dream.

In a blink of an eye, the turret at the head of the bridge, the gray-shirted man made a feint, turned around and jumped onto the light stand on one side, and whistled again. From a distance, he saw the dancing horses running towards the bridge through the crowd.Li Yuanfang followed closely. At this time, there was no crowd to stop him, and he had no scruples. The two of them hung on the lamp stand outside the building. All the servants dodged away, but they refused to go far, still looking up on the bridge. When Li Yuanfang saw the gray-shirted man beckoning for his horse, he knew that he was about to find an opportunity to escape, so he used all his strength to shake the bamboo pole that built the lamphouse. Because the bamboo is very tough, the gray-shirted man couldn't stand stably with one flick, and stretched out his hand. Grabbing to the inner turret, Li Yuanfang greeted him with a palm earlier, at this time the man in gray shirt was surrounded by colorful lights, but the space to hide was very narrow, it was inevitable, so he had to accept the palm, everyone under the bridge just listened There was a loud bang, and the wall panel of the turret broke, and a big hole was punched out by the force of the palm. The scattered fragments knocked the colorful lights outside to this side, and several fell to the ground and ignited.When I looked again, the two of them were no longer there, only the sound of fighting in the building was loud, and wood chips, bricks and tiles were falling like raindrops.

It turned out that the gray-shirted man took Li Yuanfang's palm forcefully just now, but in his desperation, he took advantage of the situation to remove part of the palm force, and was still shocked so much that his blood was rolling, he was terrified, knowing that if he continued to hit him, he would not be able to get him back. At the end, taking advantage of the moment when Li Yuanfang retreated into the turret and before Li Yuanfang's last move arrived, he drew out the scimitar at his waist and attacked with a backhand, hoping to escape with the advantage of the weapon. Before the saber's momentum arrived, Li Yuanfang felt a gust of cold air hit his face, the seemingly silver moonlight fell on the sky, but it made people suddenly feel cold, and suddenly stopped chasing momentum, turned around, and turned to One side of the building avoided, but the wooden pillars and windows behind him were vulnerable to a single blow, and a piece of it snapped off wherever the knife wind passed.The man in gray shirt had known the sharpness of this machete long ago, so he didn't dare to control it easily. At this moment, when he stimulated the saber energy, he felt that the stamina was endless. The beams, sidings, and roofs on the bridge were all broken and broken. In a short time, the house was demolished and the house was smashed, and a floor of a turret was cut off. Everyone on the bridge fled in alarm. Ignite the lower floor of the turret, and it will burn upstairs in a blink of an eye.

In the building, there were winch iron cables used for lifting and lowering the suspension bridge. Usually, several people need to work together to turn the wheel together, and then fix iron wedges on the iron cables one by one to make the huge bridge body stable and firm.It should be known that the Tianjin bridge is built on the widest section of the Luohe River. Although the two ends are stone bridges, only a hole in the middle is left as a suspension bridge for the passage of buildings, but the distance between this hole is several feet. Far away, if the suspension bridge rises, the Tianjin Bridge will be disconnected from it, and pedestrians, vehicles and horses on the bridge will naturally be impassable.The man in gray shirt was fighting with Li Yuanfang, how could he have thought of this?The scimitar cut the iron like mud again, and at some point, it broke and loosened all the wedges that fixed the iron chain. When the last iron wedge fell, two arm-thick iron chains rattled and dragged the wheel Li Yuanfang and the gray-shirted man knew the reason for a moment, and their faces changed color in shock. At this time, the bridge was crowded with people, the weather was cold and the water was freezing, and the suspension bridge suddenly tipped to one side. It was really a big deal !

In an instant, Li Yuanfang had no time to think about it, and pulled up the iron chain that hadn't completely slipped off the ground, turned around around her shoulders, and pulled her back suddenly with luck. In the end, the chain was temporarily stabilized, and it went around the roulette once.The two looked down from the unobstructed turret, and within a moment, they saw the crowd on the suspension bridge falling and rolling in a mess, and several people were hanging on the iron chains on the side of the bridge, precariously, and the force of shaking and changing was transmitted from the chains. Come on, it's almost impossible to grasp.The two of them struggled to hold on to the iron chain, like a tug-of-war with several people on the bridge and the weight of the bridge itself. Although the roulette has a pig iron bottom pillar that goes straight to the ground, it has lost the nailing force of dozens of iron wedges and cannot be fixed at all. Li Yuanfang and the gray-shirted people know that they can only hold on for a while with their flesh and blood.

Governor Li Yuanfang did not hesitate, and shouted: "Hurry up and save people!" The gray-shirted man nodded, and flew down the turret. Where the figure rose and fell, he had already picked up a person hanging on the side of the bridge. Li Yuanfang felt the iron rope swing up and down suddenly, and almost slipped half a circle back from the wheel. Twisting, exerting force, setback and pull, only then can it be stabilized. Ayu's shout came from the chaos, calling for everyone to leave the suspension bridge quickly, and helped the gray-shirted man to help or drag the crowd to escape to the shore.Downstairs, the flames of the fire were gradually intensified by the wind. Li Yuanfang's vision gradually became blurred in the fireworks and sweat, and all the strength in his body was being drained according to his will. Even the soles of his feet became hot. From a distance, he heard Ayu and everyone shouting together: "Brother Li, come down quickly, everyone is safe!" The air around was already scorching hot, and in a crisis, Li Yuanfang kicked the only remaining pillar upstairs. The iron chain finally fell like water from the fire, and made a loud noise on the stone slabs of the bridge deck. At the same time, the suspension bridge in the river rolled over to one side. Fortunately, no one fell into the water.The surroundings became quiet in an instant, only the crackling sound of burning wood chips in the fire, Ayu stared blankly at the half of the turret in the fire, and the people who escaped from the suspension bridge just now supported each other and stood quietly by the side, the entertainers who danced lights and played music put down With utensils in hand, they forgot to fight the fire, and all looked towards the fire. The gray-shirted man sighed, and was about to pass through the crowd, when he heard a long voice: "Brother, stay behind, please return the burden behind you." When I looked back, I saw Li Yuanfang standing a few steps away, looking a little tired, but still calm and composed, the gray-shirted man was overjoyed, and then sighed again: It seems that today I can't escape . Ayu's eyes fell on Li Yuanfang, and she felt that everything in the world was stagnant at this moment, and even the wind stopped blowing. After a long while, her heart was relieved, and she still stood there dumbfounded.Everyone just woke up like a dream, and now they greet relatives and friends, and are busy fetching water to put out the fire, completely forgetting that it was these two people who caused the bridge to collapse just now, causing everyone to almost fall into the river.Fortunately, the turret was built on top of the stone bridge, so the fire could not spread in all directions, and it was close to the water, but it required more manpower.Afterwards, someone recalled the scene of that night and found it incredible. It stands to reason that these two people disturbed a good Lantern Festival, destroyed the turret suspension bridge, and burned a large number of colored lights. As if fascinated, but think that this night is extremely exciting?