Chapter 19 Section VI
Lian Shou and Di Bin didn't notice: on the tower of Xianyi Gate, Meng Zhen and Mao Gonglei were watching them ride out of the city on horseback.
Meng Zhen was fully dressed, holding the helmet in his hand, standing on the edge of the tower, his water-blue eyes were extraordinarily bright in the dark night.Living in a high place, Xia Feng came shaving his face.
The imperial court temporarily granted Mengzhen the title of "General Fushun" and ordered the "Volunteer Civilian Brigade" to lead more than 2,000 militiamen from "Feng Yilong" and "Sanshipu General League" to guard the east wall of the capital.
This afternoon, he boarded Mingchong Gate of Nanguo and watched from afar the camp where the "Split Army" was stationed.At that time, he thought: If he was the commander in chief defending the city, he would definitely consider going out of the city to attack the enemy immediately.The opponent arrived after rushing for many days, the men and horses must be exhausted, and there is no time to set up the formation. If they attack him head-on, there is a great possibility of victory...
But Meng Zhen also knows that there is no general with such courage in the current capital.
——Lu Yingfeng must have seen through this too...
Lu Yingfeng's solitary army is so deep, Mengzhen guesses that he must be confident that he can quickly capture the capital - otherwise, once it turns into a long offensive and defensive battle, as long as it is delayed for a few days, the Qin King's reinforcements from the north will arrive one after another, "Splitting Army" Do not fight and defeat yourself at any time...
——What kind of powerful killer is that? ...
"Once the battle starts tonight, we must try our best to avoid the sharp edge of the siege army." Meng Zhen ordered. "Don't let too many brothers lose. If the situation becomes bad, all retreat immediately and gather again at the 'Fengxiangfang Branch'."
Mao Gonglei stood beside Meng Zhen, staring at the back of Sickle riding a horse.
"But...if the situation changes after we retreat, and Lu Yingfeng finally fails to attack the city, we will be accused of desertion."
"At a certain point, there is always a gamble." Meng Zhen replied. "Compare Lu Yingfeng to these guys in the city, I'd rather bet on him."
Lian Shou and the others finally disappeared into the darkness in the distance.
"They must have surrendered to Lu Yingfeng and joined the ranks of attacking the city." Mao Gonglei said with a frown.
"It's too late when they come back." Meng Zhen stroked the beard on his chin. "Without the boss, they lose all hope."
Mao Gonglei nodded, he understands it very well, just as he can't lose Mengzhen, otherwise he is just another warrior who only knows how to charge and kill.
Meng Zhen looked down at the eastern suburbs below for a while, and made sure that the scythe had not turned back.
"Okay. Inform Tong Bayun, they can go out now."
Along the road, Tong Bayun looked at the one-armed monster who followed him from time to time: he was wearing a wide and long white robe, but it was not as white as his corpse-like complexion, and made his loose black hair even blacker, without any weapon.But Tong Bayun discovered that this person walked without footsteps, a master. He only knew that this person was sent by Zhang Shuai.Of course, he had heard of the cult called "Fei Tian" popping up in the capital, and he also knew that the fairy drawn on their paper talisman was the guy in front of him.He didn't know what Zhang Shuai had to do with "Fei Tian", and he didn't want to get to the bottom of it. The only thing Tong Bayun was sure of was that this guy had a deep hatred for Yu Runsheng.Because he has only said one sentence so far: "The one surnamed Yu, leave it to me." Tong Bayun didn't care, he had never even seen Yu Runsheng's face with his own eyes until now.Tonight is the first time and will be the last time. It's just a pity that Tong Bayun didn't have the chance to kill the "Three Eyes" this time.But he knew that as long as Yu Run died, there must be many opportunities in the future. ——Pull out the "eye" on his forehead, and pray to the spirits of the "Shuangmasi" brothers in heaven... Most of the more than fifty people led by Tong Bayun and Sun Kegang were masters from "Shuangmasi"; nine were the most powerful stonemasons of "Yufanghao"; two belonged to "Lianchang Shuilu".They have been hidden by Meng Zhen for a long time and have not been conscripted into the "civilian brigade", so they can move freely now. They have already entered Wuchang Fang.Although the last major attack was aborted, the members of the "Sanshipu General League" had memorized the layout of the streets near the "Dashutang" in Wuchangfang, and they can still walk freely in the dark streets without lights. They stayed outside the two streets of the "Great Tree Hall" as planned, and first sent two people to scout. "Is there no problem?" Sun Kegang asked while waiting, playing with the hammer in his hand. "Only bring fifty or so people..." "The leader has received a confirmation report that 'Three Eyes' and all his subordinates have left the city." Tong Bayun said with certainty. "Besides his wife and children, Yu Runsheng has only one person around him. If we can't deal with this, we should die." He looked at Ironpaw again. "We only kill two people, Yu Runsheng and his guards. Try not to kill women and children, understand?" Everyone nodded, only Iron Claw didn't say anything at all. Tong Bayun saw it: a crazy excitement flashed in Tie Zhuo's eyes. --madman…… Tong Bayun had no choice but to hope that there would not be any out-of-control scenes later. The two pathfinders came back, and one of them gave a thumbs up. Tong Bayun pulled out a short machete with his left hand, held three flying knives between his right fingers, and led the crowd to attack. Finally saw the "Dajudo Kyoto Store".There was a dead silence all around, and there was no one outside the store.As expected, the imperial infantry guarding the pharmacy withdrew as agreed. "Damn it." Sun Kegang revealed a contemptuous expression. "Actually, they can just kill Yu Runsheng, we don't need to do it." "He Taiji didn't want to dirty his hands. He was afraid that if 'Three Eyes' returned to the city alive, he would seek revenge from him." Tong Bayun said with a smile. "It's not that he hasn't heard what happened in Jiuweifang last time, and he knows how scary the 'Three Eyes' is even by himself." Tong Bayun didn't know that this was actually Zhang Shuai and Mengzhen's political considerations: If Yu Run died at the hands of the imperial army, if the capital was captured and the southern vassal king came to power, someone would definitely investigate, and "Feng Yilong" would be hard to escape. If you do it yourself now, it’s only at the level of the underworld struggle, and it’s easy to explain in the face of the new master in the future... "Then let's do it!" Sun Kegang said impatiently. "What are you waiting for? It would be bad if Yu Runsheng slipped away!" Tong Bayun nodded, there was no need to hide anymore.He waved his hand violently, and more than fifty people rushed to the main entrance of "Dashu Hall". The operation had already been rehearsed.It was Sun Kegang and five stonemasons who opened the way. They rushed forward and swung their hammers at the same time, and slammed on the thick wooden door with copper plates.The door panel still held up without breaking, but the bolt and deadbolt were shaken loose.Sun Kegang and the other six people raised the hammer, drew the bow, and swung the hammer together in a neat rhythm like rowing a boat. After three more joint strikes, the wooden door finally collapsed inward. Tong Bayun first shot a flying knife towards the storefront inside the door to open the way, and then led a dozen people to rush in, each occupying a favorable position in the storefront.Still haven't met anyone. At this time, Iron Claw was like a ghost without substance, and it forced its way through the only gap among the many crowded strong bodies, passed the storefront at once, and entered the open-air atrium from the back of the store. Tong Bayun and Sun Kegang couldn't help being stunned when they saw Tie Zhuo's strange skills.They immediately led the crowd to follow Iron Claw. There was no light in the front and back of the "Dashutang" store, and the windows on three sides of the atrium were all dark. "He must be hiding in one of the rooms." Tong Bayun said, holding up the machete. This is a gesture that has been decided long ago.Everyone standing in the center of the atrium understood, and at the same time let out a loud roar. Then, in the accounting room directly ahead, there was a child's scream, which was quickly covered by a palm. "It's there!" Tong Bayun excitedly raised his knife and pointed at the cashier. Iron Claw led Sun Kegang and the others to run towards the room at full speed. The windows on both sides of the front door of the accountant's room suddenly opened in a row. There seems to be a reflection of metal in the window. Iron Claw was the one who ran the fastest, but he was also the one who changed direction the fastest when he noticed something was wrong.His body was pulled up abruptly. Sun Kegang raised the hammer high, still wanting to rush towards the room.He let out a roar mixed with surprise and anger. —but his hammer never swung. A salvo of thirty powerful crossbow bolts shot out of the windows. The cluster of arrows either penetrated deeply into the flesh, or tore the muscles and continued to fly.Blood rained in the atrium. Zhongfu screamed. Sun Kegang was hit by three arrows in his chest, but he still stood. But all the comrades beside him fell down. Iron Claw's body just passed the arrow rain.But before he hit the ground, the second batch of crossbowmen had already been replaced in the window. Tong Bayun, who was caught in the center of the crowd, was unharmed because the people around him blocked all the arrows with their bodies.He tried his best to throw the throwing knife into a window, and someone in the window fell down. But this could not prevent the second round of crossbow bolts from attacking. More people fell to the ground screaming. Iron Claw swung his right hand, and with his amazing reflexes, he swung away the two arrows that were shot in the face, but the right abdomen was still pierced by another arrow. "Yu Runsheng!" He roared like a beast. Ten more crossbowmen appeared on the roofs on the left and right sides, and their strong crossbows pointed at the atrium. This time, they did not shoot a volley, but they aimed at the dozen or so people who were still standing one by one and pulled the trigger. One of the arrows pierced Sun Kegang's neck obliquely, and he finally fell down with unwilling eyes. Tong Bayun only felt a burst of burning sensation in his body, and he couldn't determine which parts of himself were hit by the arrow. However, Iron Claw retreated towards the way it came with a meteor-like speed. The crossbowmen couldn't aim at this fast-moving target for a while, and they all shot in the air. Just after the last arrow was shot, the wooden door on the right side of the warehouse opened outwards. Zaoqi and Tian Ahuo ran out first, followed by dozens of warriors in black armor, swarming up like a pack of long-starved wolves. Tong Bayun felt that his legs could no longer escape, so he could only stand still, his blood-stained right hand stretched out to his waist, trying to pull out the throwing knife. ——At least take a few more enemies down with you... But the right hand doesn't listen at all.He turned his head and saw that his right shoulder was deeply pierced by an arrow. And Tian Ahuo had already rushed in front of him, wearing a pair of leather gloves with iron plates on his fists. A fierce flame that had been stored for a long time flashed out of Tian Ahuo's single eye. Tong Bayun tried his best to raise the machete in his left hand, but Tian Ahuo grabbed the wrist holding the machete with both hands. Tian Ahuo twisted and twisted his hands, and Tong Bayun's wrist bone was broken. Tian Ahuo still didn't let go, and dragged Tong Bayun forward forcefully by that arm.Tong Bayun could no longer stand on his feet, and his head and face fell to the ground hard. Tian Ahuo's right fist slammed down from above. Under the squeeze between the iron fist and the ground, Tong Bayun's skull burst.Blood spurted out from the eyes, nostrils, ears, and mouth at the same time. Still not satisfied, Tian Ahuo stretched out his legs and stomped on Tong Bayun's head a few times.Tong Bayun's body did not respond at all. There are still a few "Thirty Shop" thugs who were only slightly injured by luck.But even if they were not injured, it would be impossible to confront these full-body "Splitter Army" fighters who were used to fighting in the field head-on. The one-sided massacre was soon over, and all those who were still alive were given a knife. Zao Qi always had only one person in his eyes. He chased Ironpaw all the way into the drugstore's storefront. In the dark shop, Tie Zhuo originally fled towards the main entrance at full speed, but suddenly turned around without warning, and swung his claws towards Zao Qi's face! Zao Qi crossed his arms to protect his head just like when he protected Yu Runsheng last time, blocking the devil's claws. This time, there was no sound of skin and flesh being broken, but a metallic sound instead. Zao Qi stretched out his legs and kicked at Tie Zhuo's abdomen.Tie Claw retracted his waist in time and dodged, but Zao Qi's kick hit the arrow shaft nailed in his stomach, causing a sharp pain in his stomach. His claws went down, and Zao Qi reacted quickly, retracting his legs. Only then did Zao Qi put down his arms wearing iron armor, and grinned ferociously at Iron Claw. He swooped down on Iron Claw like a monkey.That movement was completely wild, and even Iron Claw, who had a lot of fighting experience, couldn't tell which part of his body was being used to attack. There is no need to distinguish, Iron Claw only needs to stretch out his five fingers that can destroy everything. The claw shadow has been cast on Zao Qi's face. Zao Qi's nerve reaction, which was different from ordinary people, was also beyond Tie Zhuo's expectation.He could barely dodge the devil's claw in a fit of indifference, and shook his head and face violently, opened those two rows of sharp teeth, and bit at the arm of the iron claw at close range! Iron Claw didn't withdraw his hand, but bent his arm to avoid the sharp teeth, and at the same time it turned into an elbow strike, the elbow hit Zao Qi's temple horizontally like an ax blade! Zao Qi bowed his head in time and flashed past. Tie Zhuo's arm bent and stretched, and his five fingers firmly grabbed Zao Qi's hair.With this as the center of the circle, he rolled his body in the air, twisting Zao Qi's head with all his strength! ——He pulled his head hard.Iron Claw's favorite move. Zaoqi screamed, his unusually thick neck resisted the pulling and twisting of the iron claw.Zaoqi pulled back with all his strength. On Iron Claw's fingers, only a few rough hairs remained. Zao Qi stared at Iron Claw angrily. The black-armored infantrymen of the "Splitting Army" had already appeared behind Zao Qi.No matter how confident Iron Claw is, he also knows that fighting with these many sergeants here will undoubtedly kill him.He raised his feet again and ran towards the main entrance of the pharmacy at full speed. Zao Qi and the infantry did not chase them out. When he crossed the threshold, his intuition told Ironpaw that there was danger.But he didn't have any choice and kept running. It turned out that those crossbowmen standing on the left and right roofs had already gathered on the top of the main entrance, and they were already carrying the second batch of crossbows that had been drawn and loaded in advance. Twenty crossbows aimed at Iron Claw who had fled to the middle of the street. trigger at the same time. Iron Claw's white clothes turned into red clothes. His body didn't stop, and he quickly fled into the dark alley opposite with a trail of blood. The crossbowmen on top of the door froze.They had never seen anyone survive such a salvo on the battlefield. Zao Qi saw it in front of the door, and was about to chase it out again, but heard a shout from behind, "Don't chase anymore." Only this voice, Zao Qi absolutely obeyed. Yu Runsheng was already standing in the courtyard, looking down at the messy pile of corpses. More soldiers came out of the warehouse door of the "Dashutang" one after another, and the number reached two or three hundred.The pharmacy was already overcrowded, and some sergeants began to walk out of the pharmacy in batches, occupying neighboring houses. An officer commanded his subordinates: "Move these corpses to the backyard and pile them up with the imperial guards." "How many people do you have?" Yu Runsheng asked the officer. "Seven thousand people." "It's impossible to wait until they all arrive, right?" The officer nodded. "There were about two or three thousand people, and we started to attack." He paused and said, "But there is one person, the marshal said that he must wait for him." Yu Runsheng smiled. "I know." Soldiers from the "Splitter Army" continued to emerge from the secret dungeon in the warehouse.Wearing all their equipment, they came through the nearly three-mile-long tunnel in the dark, all of them looking quite tired.Yu Runsheng ordered Tian Ahuo to instruct the soldiers to take the food and water that had been arranged in the warehouse long ago. The soldiers became more awake after washing their faces and drinking water. This tunnel was excavated secretly under the cover of fortifications after the "Dongdu Great Fire" and when the "Dashutang Kyoto Store" was being built and the Wuchang and Hehe workshops were being rebuilt.The money and time spent on the tunnel is almost equivalent to the sum of all the construction projects in the two squares. ——but now it brings more than a hundredfold return. More and more fighters poured out from the "big tree hall".Wuchangfang had just been rebuilt after the fire, and less than half of the buildings were completed. There were not many residents, and the soldiers of the "Split Army" easily occupied more than half of Wuchangfang. Yu Runsheng has been standing in the warehouse waiting. Finally, from the exit of the dungeon, the person he was waiting for appeared. After riding his horse out of the city, Di Bin rushed to the hidden entrance of the tunnel in the suburbs of Beijing, and then walked through the long tunnel on foot.Although I have gone through all this running, my body and mind are not as tired as I imagined.Whenever such an important moment comes, he always feels a potential energy in his body that surprises even himself. The scythe following him, of course, seemed to have inexhaustible power. As soon as Di Bin saw the boss, he immediately stepped forward and hugged him tightly. "I'm still worried that Zaoqi won't make it in time..." Di Bin let out Yu Runsheng after heaving a sigh of relief. "Where is my sister-in-law and the children?" "It's all still in the counting room, it's okay." Yu Runsheng patted Di Bin on the shoulder, and he looked at Lian Shou, "Old Five, those people from the 'Thirty Shop' who blocked you at Jiuweifang last time are all dead. gone." "Are they the only ones?" Lian Shou asked. "Where's Mao Gonglei?" Yu Runsheng shook his head. "He didn't come, but Iron Claw appeared..." "Is he dead?" Di Bin immediately became nervous. "I don't know if the 'Flying' he did really recruited ghosts and gods to protect him...and escaped. But he was seriously injured and he won't live long." "Very good." Di Bin said bitterly. "Third brother's revenge, we still have a chance to avenge it with our own hands." The rest of the "Dashutang" subordinates and the "eighty-seven people" also appeared from the dungeon one after another.Each of them was more energetic than the soldiers of the "Split Army", and they all greeted the hall master. "Now is not the time to take revenge." Yu Runsheng said. "There is no time, you are ready to leave." The officer just now approached.Behind him were two soldiers, each holding a complete set of armor parts, a tiger-head helmet, and a five-foot-long iron sword.Everything is exactly the same as Lu Yingfeng's set. "This is Lord Wu, right?" the officer said to Lian Shou. "The marshal hopes that you can wear it, so that the people in the city think that he has personally led troops to attack." Sickle took over the iron sword, pulled out a ruler, and looked at the blade of the sword carefully.The iron sword was quite heavy, but it was just right for him. "Okay." Sickles smiled. "Then I will be the marshal for one night." The officer couldn't help laughing.Although the man in front of him is just a commoner, he heard from the marshal that this man was also a soldier in the vanguard of the Confederate Army during the last war; moreover, this man's posture and imposing manner can tell at a glance that he is not an ordinary person , and even faintly could be compared with Lu Yingfeng. "You guys go." Yu Runsheng's eyes flashed that frightening look again, his tone and expression were exactly the same as before he attacked the "slaughterhouse". "To collect the victory that belongs to us."
Along the road, Tong Bayun looked at the one-armed monster who followed him from time to time: he was wearing a wide and long white robe, but it was not as white as his corpse-like complexion, and made his loose black hair even blacker, without any weapon.But Tong Bayun discovered that this person walked without footsteps, a master. He only knew that this person was sent by Zhang Shuai.Of course, he had heard of the cult called "Fei Tian" popping up in the capital, and he also knew that the fairy drawn on their paper talisman was the guy in front of him.He didn't know what Zhang Shuai had to do with "Fei Tian", and he didn't want to get to the bottom of it. The only thing Tong Bayun was sure of was that this guy had a deep hatred for Yu Runsheng.Because he has only said one sentence so far: "The one surnamed Yu, leave it to me." Tong Bayun didn't care, he had never even seen Yu Runsheng's face with his own eyes until now.Tonight is the first time and will be the last time. It's just a pity that Tong Bayun didn't have the chance to kill the "Three Eyes" this time.But he knew that as long as Yu Run died, there must be many opportunities in the future. ——Pull out the "eye" on his forehead, and pray to the spirits of the "Shuangmasi" brothers in heaven... Most of the more than fifty people led by Tong Bayun and Sun Kegang were masters from "Shuangmasi"; nine were the most powerful stonemasons of "Yufanghao"; two belonged to "Lianchang Shuilu".They have been hidden by Meng Zhen for a long time and have not been conscripted into the "civilian brigade", so they can move freely now. They have already entered Wuchang Fang.Although the last major attack was aborted, the members of the "Sanshipu General League" had memorized the layout of the streets near the "Dashutang" in Wuchangfang, and they can still walk freely in the dark streets without lights. They stayed outside the two streets of the "Great Tree Hall" as planned, and first sent two people to scout. "Is there no problem?" Sun Kegang asked while waiting, playing with the hammer in his hand. "Only bring fifty or so people..." "The leader has received a confirmation report that 'Three Eyes' and all his subordinates have left the city." Tong Bayun said with certainty. "Besides his wife and children, Yu Runsheng has only one person around him. If we can't deal with this, we should die." He looked at Ironpaw again. "We only kill two people, Yu Runsheng and his guards. Try not to kill women and children, understand?" Everyone nodded, only Iron Claw didn't say anything at all. Tong Bayun saw it: a crazy excitement flashed in Tie Zhuo's eyes. --madman…… Tong Bayun had no choice but to hope that there would not be any out-of-control scenes later. The two pathfinders came back, and one of them gave a thumbs up. Tong Bayun pulled out a short machete with his left hand, held three flying knives between his right fingers, and led the crowd to attack. Finally saw the "Dajudo Kyoto Store".There was a dead silence all around, and there was no one outside the store.As expected, the imperial infantry guarding the pharmacy withdrew as agreed. "Damn it." Sun Kegang revealed a contemptuous expression. "Actually, they can just kill Yu Runsheng, we don't need to do it." "He Taiji didn't want to dirty his hands. He was afraid that if 'Three Eyes' returned to the city alive, he would seek revenge from him." Tong Bayun said with a smile. "It's not that he hasn't heard what happened in Jiuweifang last time, and he knows how scary the 'Three Eyes' is even by himself." Tong Bayun didn't know that this was actually Zhang Shuai and Mengzhen's political considerations: If Yu Run died at the hands of the imperial army, if the capital was captured and the southern vassal king came to power, someone would definitely investigate, and "Feng Yilong" would be hard to escape. If you do it yourself now, it’s only at the level of the underworld struggle, and it’s easy to explain in the face of the new master in the future... "Then let's do it!" Sun Kegang said impatiently. "What are you waiting for? It would be bad if Yu Runsheng slipped away!" Tong Bayun nodded, there was no need to hide anymore.He waved his hand violently, and more than fifty people rushed to the main entrance of "Dashu Hall". The operation had already been rehearsed.It was Sun Kegang and five stonemasons who opened the way. They rushed forward and swung their hammers at the same time, and slammed on the thick wooden door with copper plates.The door panel still held up without breaking, but the bolt and deadbolt were shaken loose.Sun Kegang and the other six people raised the hammer, drew the bow, and swung the hammer together in a neat rhythm like rowing a boat. After three more joint strikes, the wooden door finally collapsed inward. Tong Bayun first shot a flying knife towards the storefront inside the door to open the way, and then led a dozen people to rush in, each occupying a favorable position in the storefront.Still haven't met anyone. At this time, Iron Claw was like a ghost without substance, and it forced its way through the only gap among the many crowded strong bodies, passed the storefront at once, and entered the open-air atrium from the back of the store. Tong Bayun and Sun Kegang couldn't help being stunned when they saw Tie Zhuo's strange skills.They immediately led the crowd to follow Iron Claw. There was no light in the front and back of the "Dashutang" store, and the windows on three sides of the atrium were all dark. "He must be hiding in one of the rooms." Tong Bayun said, holding up the machete. This is a gesture that has been decided long ago.Everyone standing in the center of the atrium understood, and at the same time let out a loud roar. Then, in the accounting room directly ahead, there was a child's scream, which was quickly covered by a palm. "It's there!" Tong Bayun excitedly raised his knife and pointed at the cashier. Iron Claw led Sun Kegang and the others to run towards the room at full speed. The windows on both sides of the front door of the accountant's room suddenly opened in a row. There seems to be a reflection of metal in the window. Iron Claw was the one who ran the fastest, but he was also the one who changed direction the fastest when he noticed something was wrong.His body was pulled up abruptly. Sun Kegang raised the hammer high, still wanting to rush towards the room.He let out a roar mixed with surprise and anger. —but his hammer never swung. A salvo of thirty powerful crossbow bolts shot out of the windows. The cluster of arrows either penetrated deeply into the flesh, or tore the muscles and continued to fly.Blood rained in the atrium. Zhongfu screamed. Sun Kegang was hit by three arrows in his chest, but he still stood. But all the comrades beside him fell down. Iron Claw's body just passed the arrow rain.But before he hit the ground, the second batch of crossbowmen had already been replaced in the window. Tong Bayun, who was caught in the center of the crowd, was unharmed because the people around him blocked all the arrows with their bodies.He tried his best to throw the throwing knife into a window, and someone in the window fell down. But this could not prevent the second round of crossbow bolts from attacking. More people fell to the ground screaming. Iron Claw swung his right hand, and with his amazing reflexes, he swung away the two arrows that were shot in the face, but the right abdomen was still pierced by another arrow. "Yu Runsheng!" He roared like a beast. Ten more crossbowmen appeared on the roofs on the left and right sides, and their strong crossbows pointed at the atrium. This time, they did not shoot a volley, but they aimed at the dozen or so people who were still standing one by one and pulled the trigger. One of the arrows pierced Sun Kegang's neck obliquely, and he finally fell down with unwilling eyes. Tong Bayun only felt a burst of burning sensation in his body, and he couldn't determine which parts of himself were hit by the arrow. However, Iron Claw retreated towards the way it came with a meteor-like speed. The crossbowmen couldn't aim at this fast-moving target for a while, and they all shot in the air. Just after the last arrow was shot, the wooden door on the right side of the warehouse opened outwards. Zaoqi and Tian Ahuo ran out first, followed by dozens of warriors in black armor, swarming up like a pack of long-starved wolves. Tong Bayun felt that his legs could no longer escape, so he could only stand still, his blood-stained right hand stretched out to his waist, trying to pull out the throwing knife. ——At least take a few more enemies down with you... But the right hand doesn't listen at all.He turned his head and saw that his right shoulder was deeply pierced by an arrow. And Tian Ahuo had already rushed in front of him, wearing a pair of leather gloves with iron plates on his fists. A fierce flame that had been stored for a long time flashed out of Tian Ahuo's single eye. Tong Bayun tried his best to raise the machete in his left hand, but Tian Ahuo grabbed the wrist holding the machete with both hands. Tian Ahuo twisted and twisted his hands, and Tong Bayun's wrist bone was broken. Tian Ahuo still didn't let go, and dragged Tong Bayun forward forcefully by that arm.Tong Bayun could no longer stand on his feet, and his head and face fell to the ground hard. Tian Ahuo's right fist slammed down from above. Under the squeeze between the iron fist and the ground, Tong Bayun's skull burst.Blood spurted out from the eyes, nostrils, ears, and mouth at the same time. Still not satisfied, Tian Ahuo stretched out his legs and stomped on Tong Bayun's head a few times.Tong Bayun's body did not respond at all. There are still a few "Thirty Shop" thugs who were only slightly injured by luck.But even if they were not injured, it would be impossible to confront these full-body "Splitter Army" fighters who were used to fighting in the field head-on. The one-sided massacre was soon over, and all those who were still alive were given a knife. Zao Qi always had only one person in his eyes. He chased Ironpaw all the way into the drugstore's storefront. In the dark shop, Tie Zhuo originally fled towards the main entrance at full speed, but suddenly turned around without warning, and swung his claws towards Zao Qi's face! Zao Qi crossed his arms to protect his head just like when he protected Yu Runsheng last time, blocking the devil's claws. This time, there was no sound of skin and flesh being broken, but a metallic sound instead. Zao Qi stretched out his legs and kicked at Tie Zhuo's abdomen.Tie Claw retracted his waist in time and dodged, but Zao Qi's kick hit the arrow shaft nailed in his stomach, causing a sharp pain in his stomach. His claws went down, and Zao Qi reacted quickly, retracting his legs. Only then did Zao Qi put down his arms wearing iron armor, and grinned ferociously at Iron Claw. He swooped down on Iron Claw like a monkey.That movement was completely wild, and even Iron Claw, who had a lot of fighting experience, couldn't tell which part of his body was being used to attack. There is no need to distinguish, Iron Claw only needs to stretch out his five fingers that can destroy everything. The claw shadow has been cast on Zao Qi's face. Zao Qi's nerve reaction, which was different from ordinary people, was also beyond Tie Zhuo's expectation.He could barely dodge the devil's claw in a fit of indifference, and shook his head and face violently, opened those two rows of sharp teeth, and bit at the arm of the iron claw at close range! Iron Claw didn't withdraw his hand, but bent his arm to avoid the sharp teeth, and at the same time it turned into an elbow strike, the elbow hit Zao Qi's temple horizontally like an ax blade! Zao Qi bowed his head in time and flashed past. Tie Zhuo's arm bent and stretched, and his five fingers firmly grabbed Zao Qi's hair.With this as the center of the circle, he rolled his body in the air, twisting Zao Qi's head with all his strength! ——He pulled his head hard.Iron Claw's favorite move. Zaoqi screamed, his unusually thick neck resisted the pulling and twisting of the iron claw.Zaoqi pulled back with all his strength. On Iron Claw's fingers, only a few rough hairs remained. Zao Qi stared at Iron Claw angrily. The black-armored infantrymen of the "Splitting Army" had already appeared behind Zao Qi.No matter how confident Iron Claw is, he also knows that fighting with these many sergeants here will undoubtedly kill him.He raised his feet again and ran towards the main entrance of the pharmacy at full speed. Zao Qi and the infantry did not chase them out. When he crossed the threshold, his intuition told Ironpaw that there was danger.But he didn't have any choice and kept running. It turned out that those crossbowmen standing on the left and right roofs had already gathered on the top of the main entrance, and they were already carrying the second batch of crossbows that had been drawn and loaded in advance. Twenty crossbows aimed at Iron Claw who had fled to the middle of the street. trigger at the same time. Iron Claw's white clothes turned into red clothes. His body didn't stop, and he quickly fled into the dark alley opposite with a trail of blood. The crossbowmen on top of the door froze.They had never seen anyone survive such a salvo on the battlefield. Zao Qi saw it in front of the door, and was about to chase it out again, but heard a shout from behind, "Don't chase anymore." Only this voice, Zao Qi absolutely obeyed. Yu Runsheng was already standing in the courtyard, looking down at the messy pile of corpses. More soldiers came out of the warehouse door of the "Dashutang" one after another, and the number reached two or three hundred.The pharmacy was already overcrowded, and some sergeants began to walk out of the pharmacy in batches, occupying neighboring houses. An officer commanded his subordinates: "Move these corpses to the backyard and pile them up with the imperial guards." "How many people do you have?" Yu Runsheng asked the officer. "Seven thousand people." "It's impossible to wait until they all arrive, right?" The officer nodded. "There were about two or three thousand people, and we started to attack." He paused and said, "But there is one person, the marshal said that he must wait for him." Yu Runsheng smiled. "I know." Soldiers from the "Splitter Army" continued to emerge from the secret dungeon in the warehouse.Wearing all their equipment, they came through the nearly three-mile-long tunnel in the dark, all of them looking quite tired.Yu Runsheng ordered Tian Ahuo to instruct the soldiers to take the food and water that had been arranged in the warehouse long ago. The soldiers became more awake after washing their faces and drinking water. This tunnel was excavated secretly under the cover of fortifications after the "Dongdu Great Fire" and when the "Dashutang Kyoto Store" was being built and the Wuchang and Hehe workshops were being rebuilt.The money and time spent on the tunnel is almost equivalent to the sum of all the construction projects in the two squares. ——but now it brings more than a hundredfold return. More and more fighters poured out from the "big tree hall".Wuchangfang had just been rebuilt after the fire, and less than half of the buildings were completed. There were not many residents, and the soldiers of the "Split Army" easily occupied more than half of Wuchangfang. Yu Runsheng has been standing in the warehouse waiting. Finally, from the exit of the dungeon, the person he was waiting for appeared. After riding his horse out of the city, Di Bin rushed to the hidden entrance of the tunnel in the suburbs of Beijing, and then walked through the long tunnel on foot.Although I have gone through all this running, my body and mind are not as tired as I imagined.Whenever such an important moment comes, he always feels a potential energy in his body that surprises even himself. The scythe following him, of course, seemed to have inexhaustible power. As soon as Di Bin saw the boss, he immediately stepped forward and hugged him tightly. "I'm still worried that Zaoqi won't make it in time..." Di Bin let out Yu Runsheng after heaving a sigh of relief. "Where is my sister-in-law and the children?" "It's all still in the counting room, it's okay." Yu Runsheng patted Di Bin on the shoulder, and he looked at Lian Shou, "Old Five, those people from the 'Thirty Shop' who blocked you at Jiuweifang last time are all dead. gone." "Are they the only ones?" Lian Shou asked. "Where's Mao Gonglei?" Yu Runsheng shook his head. "He didn't come, but Iron Claw appeared..." "Is he dead?" Di Bin immediately became nervous. "I don't know if the 'Flying' he did really recruited ghosts and gods to protect him...and escaped. But he was seriously injured and he won't live long." "Very good." Di Bin said bitterly. "Third brother's revenge, we still have a chance to avenge it with our own hands." The rest of the "Dashutang" subordinates and the "eighty-seven people" also appeared from the dungeon one after another.Each of them was more energetic than the soldiers of the "Split Army", and they all greeted the hall master. "Now is not the time to take revenge." Yu Runsheng said. "There is no time, you are ready to leave." The officer just now approached.Behind him were two soldiers, each holding a complete set of armor parts, a tiger-head helmet, and a five-foot-long iron sword.Everything is exactly the same as Lu Yingfeng's set. "This is Lord Wu, right?" the officer said to Lian Shou. "The marshal hopes that you can wear it, so that the people in the city think that he has personally led troops to attack." Sickle took over the iron sword, pulled out a ruler, and looked at the blade of the sword carefully.The iron sword was quite heavy, but it was just right for him. "Okay." Sickles smiled. "Then I will be the marshal for one night." The officer couldn't help laughing.Although the man in front of him is just a commoner, he heard from the marshal that this man was also a soldier in the vanguard of the Confederate Army during the last war; moreover, this man's posture and imposing manner can tell at a glance that he is not an ordinary person , and even faintly could be compared with Lu Yingfeng. "You guys go." Yu Runsheng's eyes flashed that frightening look again, his tone and expression were exactly the same as before he attacked the "slaughterhouse". "To collect the victory that belongs to us."