Wang Shijie was indeed very organized in organizing his troops. As soon as the soldiers brought the order, there was a young officer in Qian's uniform. He organized three hundred soldiers, quickly lined up his troops, each holding a weapon, and ran quickly to the west.
To the west of Tongguan is a lively town built on the pass. An official road runs through the middle of the town. There are many merchants on both sides, as well as many merchants and residents. This group of soldiers trotted forward, shouting slogans and repelling the idlers watching the excitement on both sides of the official road. The new ones entered very quickly.
Qiu Yizhi saw that their team was in good order and their military appearance was relatively neat. She felt a little calmer, but unexpectedly, after they ran a few steps forward, they suddenly heard a low and distant sound of a horn coming from below the pass.
It stands to reason that the market is nothing more than the sound of chickens crowing, dogs barking, and vendors shouting, so why is this horn sounding? After hearing this, Qiu Yizhi couldn't help but feel a little strange. Just when he was about to find out the truth, he saw countless people dressed in black emerging from the houses on both sides of the official road, holding weapons and attacking the officers and soldiers.
They were attacking by surprise, and they seemed to be quite skilled in martial arts. Therefore, more than half of Wang Shijie's soldiers guarding the gate were killed before they could resist. The rest, seeing that they could no longer resist, immediately fled to Tongguan for their lives.
Qiu Yizhi shouted: "It's not good! These men in black are accomplices of the people who made trouble in front of them. They must have a plan!"
As expected by Qiu Yi, after the men in black succeeded in attacking, they did not pursue the defeated soldiers in a chaotic manner. Instead, they quickly hid in a house on the roadside under the leadership of a leader. They moved extremely secretly and swiftly, as if the fighting just now had never even happened.
Lin Shuhan, who was short-sighted, finally saw clearly what was happening in the town from a high position, and hurriedly said in Qiu Yizhi's ear: "There must be something weird about these people. Judging from their actions, they are directed at the twenty or thirty people in front of them." . Presumably, their accomplices drove their opponents into the town, and they will launch another sneak attack!"
While Qiu Yizhi was still recalling Lin Shuhan's words, he heard Yuchi Jiming scream: "Ah! That's not my dad!"
Qiu Yizhi was stunned for a moment and asked quickly: "Your father? Is he Yuchi Lianghong? Where is he?"
Yuchi Jiming stretched out his hand and closed it with a finger, and replied: "That's the one in the white robe!"
Qiu Yizhi looked in the direction of Yuchi Jiming's finger, and sure enough he saw among the twenty or thirty people, there was one wearing a white robe, dashing left and right among the crowd, majestic, but his feet were obviously seriously injured. It seemed that he was a little powerless at the beginning and the end - it turned out to be Yuchi Lianghong who had injured his foot when he secretly jumped off Tongguan a few days ago!
Qiu Yizhi became even more panicked when he saw this, and hurriedly grabbed Wang Shijie and said, "Did you hear it? Yuchi Lianghong is down there! Now I'm going to order the door to be opened, and I'm going to send troops to help him!"
Wang Shijie, a tall and mighty military general, was held up by his collar by Qiu Yizhi, a small man, and said with a smile: "This... didn't the imperial edict say to close the door..."
"Nonsense! What time has it been and you are still mentioning the imperial edict! My brother is in trouble, why don't you open the door?" Qiu Yizhi cursed again.
At this time, Yuchi Jiming was surprised again: "Uncle, do you think who is that man in the red robe?"
Qiu Yizhi didn't let go of Wang Shijie's collar. He turned his head and looked towards Guanxia, and saw that there was indeed a person wearing a red brocade robe with a very familiar face. When this man gradually approached under the guard of Yuchi Lianghong, Qiu Yizhi finally saw his face clearly, but he was so shocked that he couldn't open his mouth from ear to ear - this man was none other than his third brother, who was in the capital Luoyang. His Royal Highness Zheng Miao!
When things have progressed to this point, the situation under Guanxia has become obvious. The group of men in black came well-prepared to stop Zheng Miao, and the person in charge was, as expected, Zheng Miao's eldest brother Zheng Xin who had lost his morals.
Eye of Qiuyi The twenty or thirty guards guarding Zheng Miao and the injured Yuchi Lianghong were increasingly at a disadvantage under the siege of assassins several times their own size, and were rapidly retreating to Guanxia. But on the road they must pass, other black-clothed assassins have been ambushed. If they were to besiege them, Zheng Miao might not be able to escape unscathed.
Thinking of this, Qiu Yizhi hurriedly ordered: "Wang Shijie, please open the door immediately. My soldiers and horses are going to rescue people!"
Wang Shijie said, "Your Highness, please rest assured. I will send another person down immediately to rescue the hero Yuchi. Please rest assured, Your Highness."
Qiu Yizhi shouted: "What do you know? Did you see it? The person below who passed on the red robe is the third prince Zheng Miao. These gangsters in black are here to assassinate him. If the third prince is killed in front of you, If you kill me, even if you have 10,000 heads, you will be chopped off!”
This kind of news made Wang Shijie, who had seen several big scenes, tremble with fright. He stuttered and asked: "Yi... Your Highness, this... this... is this true?"
As Qiu Yizhi walked down the door, he said, "Why did I lie to you? Why don't you open the door quickly? If you are a moment late, I will be the first person to kill you!"
Now, Wang Shijie finally ordered the door that had been closed for a long time to be opened...
When Yuchi Jiming saw his father in danger from a distance, he was naturally worried. He used his superb Qinggong to jump up to the door before closing the door. He looked up and saw Qiu Yizhishang walking halfway, and hurriedly urged: "Uncle, hurry up, hurry up." !”
After hearing what she said, Qiu Yizhi staggered and almost fell down the stairs. He quickly steadied his steps, stretched his head and saw that the thick and tight Tongguan gate was gradually opening a gap, so he ordered in a condescending voice: " Zhao Chengxiao, go out to meet the enemy. The enemy troops are all wearing black clothes and are ambushing them in the town. You have to be careful! Ji Ming has seen clearly the reality on the wall. You have to act together with her. !”
Zhao Chengxiao heard Qiu Yi's tone of voice and was very urgent. He also knew that the matter must be urgent. Without waiting for the door to be fully opened, he ordered his soldiers to line up in columns and file out from the gap in the door.
He had just heard Qiu Yizhi say that there was an ambush in the town ahead, and knew that this battle would be dangerous. He was about to ask Yuchi Jiming, but unexpectedly, the little girl had already flown out, and in the blink of an eye he had gone to nowhere. .
Yuchi Jiming loved his father so much that he no longer cared about military orders. According to what he saw on the top of the wall, and regardless of whether there was an ambush and attack by men in black, he rushed towards his father Yuchi Lianghong along the official road. .
The group of black-clothed assassins ambushing on both sides of the official road had just defeated the official army without a single blow. Their morale was high, so they were inevitably a little arrogant. When they saw a teenage girl walking inexplicably, they didn't have time to do anything. As soon as she reacted, she broke through the defense line.
The leader felt strange. He was about to send a few people to stop them, but saw Zhao Chengxiao's large group of people coming out of the wall behind him. Their momentum was very different from the previous officers and soldiers, so he quickly focused his attention on On Zhao Chengxiao.
These men in black were indeed the confidants of the emperor's eldest son Zheng Xin. They were personally recruited by Zheng Xin on Shanshan Road, and they were trained with kindness and power until they only saw Zheng Xin and no one else. As for the leader, he was the head of a bandit family in Shanxi. He was personally won over by Zheng Xin and fed with money. He was extremely loyal to Zheng Xin.
Therefore, the leader did not care about Zhao Chengxiao's origins, and was not even sure whether they were coming for him. He just felt that they might hinder him from performing his mission, so he did not hesitate to order an attack on them.
Zhao Chengxiao had just listened to Qiu Yizhi's instructions and was already prepared. When marching, he had already ordered his brothers to run a few steps slower but to maintain a tight formation. He also saw some strange movements in the houses on the left and right. He expected that there must be an ambush by enemy troops. He shouted: "Brothers, be careful!"
The more than two hundred people under him were brothers who had lived through life and death, and had already had a tacit understanding. Therefore, after hearing the order, they immediately slowed down and looked around. Sure enough, there were enemy troops dressed in black rushing towards him. This group of warriors who had experienced hundreds of battles saw that although their opponents were coming fiercely, no one was afraid to retreat. They had already formed skirmish formations in small groups, ready to meet the enemy.
One party had already planned it, and the other was not completely unprepared, and a melee began.
Although Zhao Chengxiao and others had more sophisticated weapons and more powerful martial arts, their opponents had a numerical advantage and a favorable formation, which made Zhao Chengxiao unable to break through their siege for a while.
At this time, Qiu Yizhi also ran from outside the customs. Seeing that Zhao Chengxiao was still entangled with the group of men in black, he rarely became angry: "Zhao Chengxiao, what are you doing? Why don't you hurry up and save people? It's been so long. , Don’t you know what your priorities are? If you miss my big deal, let’s see how I punish you!”
Zhao Chengxiao had never heard Qiu Yizhi speak to him in such a strong tone. He quickly urged his soldiers to fight bravely. He wanted to slightly push back the enemy troops who came out to ambush on both sides, and then take the opportunity to get rid of them and attack Zheng. Miao and Yuchi Lianghong moved closer.
But I didn't expect that this group of men in black were extremely good at fighting, and their purpose was very clear. They had just been killed and took a few steps back, and then they pressed forward again. They were like a sticky and scalding dog-skin plaster, which was really hard to shake off and exposed. Not coming down.
Seeing this situation, Qiu Yizhi felt extremely anxious. She really wanted to rush out of the battle alone and rush to her third brother Zheng Miao's side. However, the official road, which was not originally narrow, was completely congested by two teams of nearly 500 people who were fighting in a melee. The two parties were fighting to the death with swords and swords. Even a fly that did not understand current affairs flew into the battle. , will also be torn to pieces by the murderous aura permeating it.
Qiu Yi took a look at Ruo Yizhi several times and tried to sneak past, but was blocked by a hail of bullets.
At this moment, Wang Shijie led the Tongguan reinforcements and finally arrived. Qiu Yi saw that there were four to five hundred of them, and the general Wang Shijie personally led the army, and their morale was still high, so he rushed to Wang Shijie's side and ordered: "This I'll leave these gangsters in black to your disposal, and I'm going to protect His Highness."
Wang Shijie agreed, and then said: "Don't worry, Your Highness, I only brought the vanguard. I have already asked the deputy general to mobilize the remaining three thousand soldiers in Tongguan, and they will be able to come and suppress the bandits immediately."
Qiu Yi didn't have time to praise, so she just said: "Okay, then don't make too much noise here, why don't you take action quickly?"
Wang Shijie also knew that it was now a critical situation, and a hesitation could be the difference between life and death, so he no longer cared about the system and entered the battle with the two maces he was used to.
Wang Shijie was worthy of being a warrior named by Lao Youyan, and his martial arts skills were not weak. He smashed the heads of two men in black just after they had a confrontation with the enemy.
However, the soldiers guarding the gate under him were all veterans and unwilling to use their lives seriously. Wang Shijie was so anxious that he issued a death order: "If there is anyone who is afraid of the enemy and refuses to go forward, he will be killed without mercy."