Chapter 123 Chapter 5 The first defeat

Jingling City was like a ghost town under the heavy thunderstorm. Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling watched as groups of Jingling soldiers hurriedly retreated from the north gate. When the last batch of soldiers, including Feng Han and Feng Qing, retreated, everyone felt reluctant to part. Kou Zhong hardened his heart and shouted: "Let's go! It's too late!" Feng Han couldn't tell whether the water droplets on his face were rain or tears, so he cried out sadly, "Let's go together!" Xu Ziling shook his head resolutely and said: "Only the two of us can lead Du Fuwei to chase after us, you guys go away!"

Feng Han shouted loudly: "In the future, as long as I hear the news of the righteousness of the two men, and I, Feng Han, still have breath, I will definitely come to join you two." After finishing speaking, he rode his horse and chased after the tail of the team, and instantly fell into the vast dark place where the rain and electricity were battering. Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling rode side by side and walked slowly, letting the wind and rain beat on their horses. Whenever the lightning flashes, the shops and buildings on both sides of the long street seem to be transparent, and there is an indescribably weird atmosphere.

Kou Zhong smiled bitterly and said, "Unexpectedly, the first time I actually went to the battlefield, I suffered a big defeat and lost the entire Jingling City. Ha! How funny! I am numb now, you have seen so many people before. die before you?" Xu Ziling raised his face and let the heavy rain pour down, as if to let the rain wash away the blood stained on his shirt and the blood stains from more than a dozen wounds on his body, he let out a breath and said, "How can you be so fussy about gains and losses? A lot. You and I can only do our best and do our part in any situation! If you win a big victory today, making you think it is easy, maybe it will plant a bigger cause of failure in the future Ha! So this trip is a good defeat."

Kou Zhong laughed wildly, touched the wounds everywhere, turned into a groan again, panting: "For success or failure, I can't see success or failure as freely as you, Ling Shao, or I am a born layman! He Damn! Huh!" The two stopped their horses abruptly. In front of the long street full of wind and rain, just when the lightning cracked the sky and the sky was completely white, a tall and tall figure appeared. Even if the man had turned to ashes, they could recognize Du Fuwei from his high crown. He is finally here! Du Fuwei let out a burst of ear-splitting laughter, full of the taste of killing, and suddenly stopped laughing, and said coldly: "People say that tigers do not eat poison, but I, Du Fuwei, must be in this thunderstorm night tonight. It's nothing more than this to make good fortune and play tricks on you two unworthy sons."

After Kou Zhong bowed, "Zheng" pulled out Jing Zhongyue, raised his head high and laughed loudly: "For the sake of supremacy in the world, father and son kill each other, brothers fight against each other, these are common things, father, why don't you care about it." The sound of breaking wind came faintly from behind. Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling exchanged glances, they both knew that Du Fuwei's master came. It's just that Du Fuwei has taught them that it is difficult to deal with. If they are trapped in the siege of Jianghuai army masters, they will still have their lives escaped.

Xu Ziling smiled and said, "Father, please forgive the child for being rude!" Clamping on the horse's belly, he rushed towards Du Fuwei. Kou Zhong also rode his horse forward, and the moon in the well turned into a sharp light, breaking through the wind and rain, and slashed at Du Fuwei. With a spiral force, the wind and rain were brought up by the knife, and turned into a bunch of hurricanes, which followed the knife first, and the momentum was astonishing. Xu Ziling was half a horse ahead of Kou Zhong, and when he was only ten feet away from Du Fuwei, he punched out with all his strength, setting off another wave of rainwater, and hitting the overlord who crossed the Yangtze River and Huaihe River.

Du Fuwei thought that the two of them had improved so much, and it was the first time they encountered spiral energy, but he had experienced many battles, turned around, let go of Xu Ziling's strange energy that was bombarding his body with the wind and rain, and jumped up at the same time, His sleeves fluttered. These two sleeves are the accumulation of his whole life's kung fu, it is really no small matter. "Boom!" A bolt of lightning was drawn not far away. Thunder rumbled, and the long street was as bright as day. Xu Ziling reined in the horse's rope violently, and the horseman stood up and kicked Du Fuwei.

Du Fuwei was slightly startled, Xu Ziling had slid against the side of the horse and kicked his left sleeve with his toe. Kou Zhong's Jing Zhongyue hit his right sleeve at the same time. Xu Ziling's move actually contains a very profound truth. You must know that Du Fuwei thought that he would hit Xu Ziling first, and then it would be Kou Zhong's turn, so the left side of his sleeves was heavier than the right, and he decided to brush Xu Ziling off his horse first, and then deal with Kou Zhong with all his strength. In Madara's hand-to-hand fight, timing and skill play a decisive role.

Unexpectedly, Xu Ziling's use of the war horse not only forced Du Fuwei to change the angle of the attack in a hurry, but also slowed down by a line. He had no choice but to withdraw part of the power from the left sleeve to the right sleeve in order to deal with Kou Zhong's thunderous knife, and he couldn't hit again. He was a perfect wishful thinking. "Huo! Huo!" After two sounds, there was a clear sound of "ding". Xu Ziling seemed to get an electric shock, and his whole body was thrown backwards with the hissing horse, which was extremely terrifying. Kou Zhong's Jing Zhongyue slashed at Qiankun's armguard in Du Fuwei's sleeve, and was immediately shaken so that the wounds all over his body burst and blood oozes out.When the horse under his crotch was knocked sideways by the force of the two men's blows, he had already jumped up, Jing Zhongyue turned into a cyclone of thousands of knife shadows, and Du Fuwei, who took a step back, was wrapped in it.

With Du Fuwei's ability, he had to let Xu Ziling go, rolled up his sleeves, and fully dealt with the brave Kou Zhong's life-threatening blow. Xu Ziling withstood most of Du Fuwei's internal strength, and before his back touched the ground with the horse, he spurted out a mouthful of blood, and his energy returned to his whole body. At this time, the ambush soldiers behind were within thirty feet, and they were rushing at full speed. Xu Ziling knew that this was a matter of life and death, so he breathed out his true energy, lightly pressed the side of the horse's belly that had fallen to the ground, and rolled to the ground with his strength, and rolled towards the place where Du Kou and the two fought.

With ten fingers, ten spirals of energy shot towards Du Fuwei's feet like arrows. Du Fuwei's second mistake was that he didn't expect Xu Ziling to make a counterattack so quickly, so although he was eager to kill Kou Zhong, he still had to worry about his old life at this time, shouted loudly, and jumped to dodge. How could Kou Zhong, who is as imposing as a rainbow, miss this once-in-a-thousand-year opportunity, Jing Zhongyue rushed to sweep away, but let his face be exposed, it was a desperate move. Du Fuwei lifts his Qi and rises up, head down and feet up, his right hand stretches like a claw, grabbing Kou Zhong's Tianling Gai. The halberd pointed out with the other hand, and the energy pierced Xu Ziling's vest. These few fights were as fast as lightning, and the three sides racked their brains and each came up with their own ingenious tricks, which is amazing. Kou Zhong laughed loudly and said, "Father has been tricked!" Moved sideways quickly, came below Du Fuwei, held Jing Zhongyue with both hands, and slashed upwards, taking Du Fuwei's throat. Xu Ziling propped his hands on the ground, borrowed his strength to slant, and released both fists together, sending out an incomparably insane spiral energy, and hit Du Fuwei on top of Kou Zhong's head amidst the wind and rain, with unparalleled power. At this time, Du Fuwei's closest subordinates were within ten feet. As long as Du Fuwei could hold on for a while longer, Kou and Xu would have no chance of leaving. With the depth of Du Fuwei's city, he still couldn't help feeling remorse. When he got the news that Jingling's army had abandoned the city and fled, he was eager to kill the two of them, so he rushed with only a few masters at full speed, leaving the rest of his men behind. is the first mistake. The second mistake was to dodge in the air, and it became impossible to deal with the weird and incomparable spiral energy of the two of them with ingenuity.Even with his skill, it is still difficult to fight the full blow of the two of them at the same time. "boom!" When the lightning flashed and the thunder roared, Du Fuwei used his ability to press the bottom of the box. His left sleeve swept against Kou Zhong's Jing Zhongyue, while his right sleeve met Xu Ziling's fists. Fight with vigor. Du Fuwei spat out a mouthful of blood and threw it into the distance. Xu Ziling fell to the ground and also spat out a mouthful of blood. Kou Zhong pulled Xu Ziling up with one hand, flew up obliquely, and jumped onto the roof of a building beside the road. Two masters of the Jianghuai Army chased after him, and they gave Kou Zhong a backhand knife, forcing him to fall back to the ground. Du Fuwei landed on the other side of the long street, standing still. At this moment, Xu Ziling poured his true energy into Kou Zhong, recovered, punched out with one punch, and the other one responded with the punch, and fell into the mud with a sound of "Peng!". "boom!" The world was completely white. When the darkness returned, the two of them had long lost track of what to do. Du Fuwei shouted: "Don't chase!" Du Fuwei let out a long breath, shook his head and sighed: "As expected of my good son, it's useless for you to catch up." The two rolled down the slope and fell into a pool of mud, unable to get up again. The heavy rain is still pouring down on the head and face, but the thunder and lightning are gradually sparse. After leaving Jingling, they fled to the north for more than 30 li, and now they have run out of fuel and can't breathe their true energy. The large and small wounds on the body are painful. The two lay side by side, gasping for breath. Kou Zhong said hard: "You have rested for a while, but I haven't tried to lie flat and stable like I am now for eight days and eight nights, ha! I can't die, even my father can't do anything to us!" Xu Ziling groaned: "Don't be so quick to praise yourself, okay? As long as we meet a small thief, it will kill us." Kou Zhong panted and laughed, "God won't be so unkind, um! It's really interesting that the witch is also recuperating nearby!" Xu Ziling stopped talking and adjusted his breath. After Kou Zhong closed his eyes, he couldn't open them again, and fell into a deep sleep of sympathy between heaven and man. The heavy rain finally stopped before dawn, the clear sky dispelled the dark clouds, and the late spring morning light shone on the two of them. Kou Zhong was the first to wake up when the sun rose to the middle of the sky. He opened his eyes and saw that he was lying beside a small stream. The scenery beside the stream was extremely beautiful. On the other side is a small hill, the slope is covered with tender green grass, and the top of the slope is densely forested and full of fruits. Kou Zhong straightened up and sat up, the pain from last night was gone, the wounds were all healed and scarred, he laughed, bounced up and stretched his limbs. Xu Ziling was woken up by him, saw him in rags, bloody and muddy on his face, but still had a happy face, sat up and hugged his knees and asked in wonder, "Why is Young Master Zhong so happy?" Kou Zhong sat cross-legged across from him, and sighed: "I have never felt that life is as precious as this moment. When you see so many people die in front of you, you will know that it is a great miracle to be alive at that time." .I'm not happy, I'm enjoying the joy of being alive. Hey! Do you know what I mean?" Xu Ziling nodded and said, "Well said, at least we still have a few days to enjoy." Kou Zhonghu's eyes flashed coldly and he said: "Although the Yaoyao girl is stronger than Dad, it is still not easy to kill us. I am most afraid that she will summon the masters of the Yingui Sect, or even the 'Empress of Yin' Zhu Yuyan, then we will have to kill us." It's over. Do you have any good suggestions?" Xu Ziling sneered: "Looking at how confident you are, why don't you speak up!" Kou Zhong smiled and said: "My plan can be divided into two parts, the first is to hide, so that the demon girl can't find us." Xu Ziling suddenly said: "Are you referring to using Mr. Lu's mask to pretend to be someone else? But if we walk together, with the shrewdness of a witch, maybe we can still recognize that we are disguised." Kou Zhongdao: "There are so many people who have made money from wars on the road, if you just find one to join them, it will not be so conspicuous, and you will also find Yucheng and them by the way, I hope they don't throw away their private salt!" Xu Ziling said: "What about the other part?" Kou Zhong's eyes were full of murderous intent, and he said fiercely: "Either she dies, or I die. I will do everything possible to wipe out the Yingui faction, otherwise the word Kou Zhong will turn around and write .Would you object?" Xu Ziling thought of the tragic death of Shang Peng, Shang He, etc., nodded and said: "Totally agree!" Kou Zhong leaned closer, lowered his voice, and said, "The demon girl must have guessed that we will go north to Luoyang, and will try to meet up with Yucheng and the others. So...ha...you should understand...ha!" Xu Ziling said in astonishment: "Didn't you want to use Yucheng and the others as bait to catch the members of the Yin Gui Sect? This is equivalent to playing with the lives of Yucheng and the others." Kou Zhong shook his head and said: "This is called putting everything to death and rebirth. From today onwards, we must study our way of wielding the sword with all our heart, otherwise we will be useless if we meet a witch again, and it will only make her laugh." Xu Ziling laughed, stood up, and said, "How about taking a shower before going on the road?" The sky was drizzling and the road was muddy and slippery. The two bought farmers' coarse linen clothes in a small town fifty miles north of Jingling, put on masks, and transformed into two countrymen, one old and one young, picking herbs, and returned to Xiangyang along the Han River. Xu Ziling turned into an old man in his fifties, with a goat's beard, wrinkles around his eyes and forehead, and a sad face. With his hunched body, even Kou Zhong could hardly recognize him, which is very interesting. of. Kou Zhong turned into an ugly man in his thirties with a pockmarked face, and he seemed to know a lot about martial arts. Jing Zhongyue wrapped him up in an oilcloth to avoid revealing his background. After two days of galloping at full speed in the mountains and plains, they cut off the official road leading to Xiangyang when they were about three miles away from Xiangyang, and headed towards Xiangyang among their travels. Suddenly there was a sound of hoofbeats, more than a dozen strong men rode towards them, and the passers-by on the road gave way one after another, but after they passed by, they yelled and cursed. Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling returned to the road and continued their journey. The former said: "The group of people just now should be Qian Duguan's subordinates based on their clothes. Seeing their hasty expressions, they might have gotten Jingling to fall into the hands of the old man. News, rush to report to Qian Duguan. Old Qian is afraid that he will not sleep well for a few nights!" Xu Ziling said: "Isn't Chang Shumou in collusion with Qian Duguan? And Chang Shumou is Dad's secret ally. From this, maybe Qian Duguan doesn't have to be afraid of Dad?" Kou Zhong raised his face and felt the comfort of the drizzle, and said: "I think Qian Duguan just didn't want to offend Tielen, so he let the elder uncle do whatever he wants! Otherwise, he should have ganged up with the elder uncle to plot against him that trip." Come and deal with us. Although the father has captured Jingling now, he has suffered heavy casualties, and his vitality has been severely damaged. He is temporarily unable to go north, and Qian Duguan should still have a good time to live in." At this time, the two climbed a small hill, and Xiangyang City appeared in the distant misty drizzle, with an indescribably desolate and lonely taste.Especially when thinking of the fall of Jingling, it makes people feel that its good times are not long. Kou Zhong laughed and said, "What's the first thing to do after entering the city?" Xu Ziling shrugged and said: "The waterway to the south has been cut off. There must be many people stranded in Xiangyang. It should be very difficult to find a place to stay. After we saw that there were no marks left by Yucheng and the others in the city, we left the city immediately to avoid wasting money." Precious time." Kou Zhong patted Jing Zhongyue on his back, stretched his waist and said, "Suddenly my hands are itchy, and I really want to make a big fuss." Xu Ziling lost his voice and said, "What?" Kou Zhong smiled and said: "It's nothing, let's talk about it when we enter the city!"