With Wang Yanzhang's order, countless rockets took off into the sky.
Suddenly, countless fireworks seemed to shoot out from the ground in an instant. These fireworks drew graceful arcs and fell like falling stars. In a moment, they shot into the wooden walls and roof of the inn with "huh, huh, huh..."
The dry, rotten wooden walls, which had been weathered by wind and rain for countless times, began to catch fire as the rockets shot in, starting with the broken wood at the corners and the thatched roof.
It was late spring, and the breeze was cool. The fire was fueled by the wind, and the wind helped the fire. In an instant, a huge fire broke out, burning more and more vigorously. Coupled with the ignition of the surrounding dry firewood, the entire post station turned into a sea of fire in a moment.
The fire illuminated the surroundings, making it as bright as day. The Hedong general had been on guard since the beginning, and he almost ran out of the posthouse immediately after receiving the report from the guards.
When he saw the heavy figures around him, the spears like a forest, and the arrows like rain, he had no idea what was happening. As soon as he appeared, he shouted loudly and rushed out together with the guards.
"Zhu Wen, you bastard, are you courting death?"
"You Bianzhou bastard, are you ready to die?"
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Everyone was violent and fearless. The Hedong generals, who thought they were powerful, went straight to the generals in front of the Bianzhou army. For example, Li Cunzhang instantly found Pang Shigu, Li Cunxin also faced Shi Shucong, and so on. They fought against each other fiercely and courageously, forgetting life and death.
In the raging fire, there were flashes of swords and guns, cold spears and cold swords, flying limbs and blood, mixed with countless shouts and wails, which shocked the four directions and shook the sky.
The slowest one was Li Keyong. By the time he came out of the posthouse covered in dust and with his clothes in tatters, Wang Yanzhang had already issued several orders in succession, and the archers in Bianzhou had already fired five or six rounds of rockets.
Standing in the corridor where the fire was raging, one could see the generals of Hedong and Bianzhou jumping up and down enthusiastically. Those who had horses rode them forward, while those who didn't rode seized their horses and rushed to fight. Flames were raging everywhere, and shouts were like waves. It seemed that even the dark night had become wild and violent.
The first person to discover Wang Yanzhang was the Hedong general Shi Jingsi. At this moment, he had already rushed out. He wanted to rush towards Wang Yanzhang and interrupt his orderly orders, but he was unexpectedly intercepted by a young general of about seventeen or eighteen years old on horseback.
This person was none other than Wang Yanzhang's younger brother Wang Yantong. The two of them hurriedly fired their guns at each other. There was a loud "bang" and the two guns collided, and they were evenly matched.
They looked at each other in surprise. After being shocked, none of them dared to slack off and immediately focused their attention. No one dared to underestimate an opponent who was equally matched.
As soon as Shi Jingsi was entangled, he immediately started fighting with Wang Yantong. For a moment, he was unable to break through the opponent's obstruction, and his attempt to interrupt Wang Yanzhang's order was stillborn.
Among the generals of Hedong, some generals who understood Shi Jingsi's intentions, saw that Shi Jingsi was stopped, and quickly turned their horses around and continued to rush towards Wang Yanzhang. Among them, the one rushing in the front was Guo Jingzhu, who was Li Keyong's close attendant, or in today's words, a slave.
Although Guo Jingzhu was just a slave, his martial arts skills were not low, and his bravery and ferocity were even better than Li Cunzhang and others. He was even more loyal to Li Keyong. However, just as he pushed away the burning firewood and rushed to Wang Yanzhang, another person from the Bianzhou army rushed towards him from the side.
This person
It was Liu Han, the general of Bianzhou. Zhu Wen once said: "Jing Xiang, Liu Han and Kou Yanqing were born for me." This shows the status of Liu Han in Zhu Wen's heart and his bravery.
However, before Kou Yanqing could show his talent, he was killed by Yue Pengju with a spear. It must be said that this was a shortcoming of Zhu Wen. It does not seem to be a big deal now, but only as his power grows and he conquers everywhere, this shortcoming will become apparent.
When Liu Han faced off against Guo Jingzhu, it was just like Ma Chao fighting Xu Chu, both of them were extremely powerful and full of murderous intent. The two of them were like a weight hitting a lump of iron, a head-on collision. In a short period of time, neither could do anything to the other. The battle was fierce and brave.
Guo Jingzhu was stopped again, and another general from Hedong rushed out quickly and killed Wang Yanzhang. This man was no less famous than Li Cunzhang, Li Cunxin and others. His name was Li Jinzhong, also a veteran of Li Keyong. While Guo Jingzhu was blocking Liu Han, he swung his gun and rushed to stab Wang Yanzhang. His timing was indeed just right.
The spear was like the strong wind blowing the grass, and the horse was like a dragon chasing the wind. In just a blink of an eye, Li Jinzhong rushed to Wang Yanzhang, and the sharp spear pierced Wang Yanzhang's chest.
Wang Yanzhang, who had been sitting on his horse, calm and composed, suddenly heard the sound of the wind. His expression frightened, but he remained calm. He suddenly leaned sideways to avoid Li Jinzhong's stab. At the same time, the big iron spear in his hand swept out, as fast as a gust of wind sweeping across the hill, with a "plop" sound.
Li Jinzhong stabbed in the air with his spear, and it was too late for him to draw his spear to defend himself. The opponent was as fast as lightning. In just a moment, his body was hit by the iron spear. With the sound of the iron spear hitting the sky, Li Jinzhong flew sideways like a rag in the wind, without any strength.
At the same time as he flew out, a horse like a dragon, running at lightning speed, as fast as a mad python emerging from water, and as swift as a mad tiger pouncing on its prey, followed closely behind him. The figure chasing him relentlessly was none other than Wang Yanzhang.
In less than half a breath of flying time, Wang Yanzhang raised his arm and a ray of mysterious light flew out, attacking the enemy while he is weak. This is the only way to kill the enemy and win on the battlefield. With a "puff", Li Jinzhong, who was still flying in the air, dancing with joy and having nowhere to get support, was suddenly pierced by an iron spear. Blood splattered and a tragic blood rain broke out.
The occurrence of this tragic scene clearly declared that the Bianzhou army had won the first victory. When countless Hedong generals were stunned, suddenly there was a crazy roar.
"Be loyal, ah, bastard."
"You bastard, you are still loyal to me."
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Li Jinzhong was stabbed to death because of a careless move, which aroused countless condemnations.
Especially Li Cunzhang, Li Cunxin and other veteran generals from Hedong. They and Li Jinzhong were brothers in life and death. They watched their brothers not die in the battlefield, but instead died today due to such conspiracy. The grief and indignation in their hearts almost tore through their chests and burst out.
The person closest to Li Jinzhong was Guo Jingzhu. When he saw this scene, he was furious and his blood boiled. He suddenly exploded, smashed Liu Han's entanglement with a stick, turned his horse around and killed Wang Yanzhang.
"You bastard, you dare to kill my brother, prepare to die." A loud shout rang out, and Guo Jingzhu rode his horse forward with a stick in his hand.
Before the men and horses came close, he swung the iron rod up, as if swinging up the sky, pouring out all the overwhelming hatred in his heart. The iron rod was as big as a mountain and as dancing as a wheel, smashing down on Wang Yanzhang's head fiercely.
Seeing this scene, Wang Yanzhang snorted coldly, swung his iron gun, and violently grabbed Li Jin
Zhong's body was thrown towards the big iron rod that was hitting him by Guo Jingzhu.
At this moment, facing his brother's body, Guo Jingzhu had already gathered his strength and it was obviously too late to stop.
With a loud bang, the big iron rod smashed into Li Jinzhong's body without any surprise. The body was suddenly shattered by such a bombardment, and countless blood and flesh were scattered in an instant. In the meantime, there was also Guo Jingzhu's unwilling, guilty, and angry roar: "Ah, no, the bastard hurt me."
But on the battlefield, every possible means will be used, and no one will care about your current frustration. Just when Guo Jingzhu was about to become angry and mad, a flash of light appeared, and it was Wang Yanzhang who took the opportunity to attack.
The big iron spear pierced through the blood and flesh, cleared the grass to find the snake, and shot like a shuttle, suddenly stabbing towards Guo Jingzhu's chest.
Hearing the sound of the wind, Guo Jingzhu suddenly woke up from his grief and guilt, and instinctively swung his stick to block. With a "clang" sound, the big iron spear pierced the iron stick as expected. Guo Jingzhu felt his whole body shaking, his palms about to split, and a breath of depressed air accumulated in his chest, which could neither go in nor out. He was in so much pain that he almost went crazy.
He didn't expect the opponent to be so powerful and his strength was so violent. After one blow, he instantly realized how tough Wang Yanzhang was. He could never deal with such a master.
However, before he could regret it, Liu Han had already rushed over, and took advantage of the moment when Guo Jingzhu was feeling uncomfortable after taking Wang Yanzhang's attack, and stabbed him with a gun. His move was extremely clever and his timing was just right. With a "puff" sound, as expected and effortless, this shot went straight through Guo Jingzhu's back and came out from his chest.
"Ah, I, I won't give in..." Sudden surprise attack, Guo Jingzhu stared blankly at the gun tip sticking out of his chest. He suddenly looked up to the sky with a sad cry, and fell off his horse with a "thump".
This sudden and swift scene made Li Keyong's eyes bloodshot and he was filled with grief and indignation. He looked up to the sky and shouted, "Ah, bastard!"
With a roar, he suddenly jumped off the wooden building and landed directly on an empty warhorse, then rushed towards Wang Yanzhang with a sword in hand.
"You killed my general. I want you to die. Ah, I want all of you to die." Li Keyong was furious and hysterical.
The two Hedong generals were killed instantly, and Li Keyong rushed out like crazy, causing the fighting in the open space in front of the posthouse to become more intense. Hundreds of Hedong guards and several Hedong generals had become a mournful army at this moment, everyone was fighting without regard for their own lives, everyone's eyes were red, swords flashed, blood rained, and body parts flew everywhere. The night seemed no longer dark, as if covered with a layer of light scarlet.
Li Keyong charged forward madly, with four people by his side. Three of them were Yuchi Jin and his servant, who went by the alias Han Jin. The other one was Li Keyong's personal general Zhuxie Pugu, a fierce general whose strength was no less than that of Shi Jingsi and others.
The bloody scene before her made Yuchi Jin realize how serious the consequences of her deliberate provocation were.
If Li Keyong had not died this time, such hatred would almost have doomed Zhu Wen and Li Keyong to become mortal enemies. The degree of their hatred would be no less than that between Zhu Li and Li Keyong. Li Keyong even hated Zhu Wen even more than he hated Zhu Li.
Although Zhu Li and the One-Eyed Dragon had a grudge against each other for killing their father, in the final analysis, Li Guochang did not die at the hands of Zhu Li, but Zhu Wen really wanted to kill the One-Eyed Dragon. Now that the two generals were killed and Li Keyong went crazy, it all showed that the hatred was as deep as the sea and would not stop until one of their deaths.