Huo Lingyun got on his horse, tightened the reins, and shouted, "Go to Luosha Station!"
The Luoshan Racecourse was too far away, and even a pony couldn't catch it. Huo Lingyun could only choose the nearby Luosha Post Station, which was close to Shasanying and was the supply station for the transmission of news between Luoshan and Libei.
The horse's wheezing began to worsen. It was too hot, and Jin Yiwei, who was in good health, had to rely on watering to avoid heat stroke. Huo Lingyun ran from the Chashi River to the northwest. After running for two hours, he could see that the station was completely dark.
"Dead people," Jin Yiwei raised his finger and scratched his nose, and said afterward, "There are dead people here."
An iron cavalry was planted in front of the open gate of the inn. He had been dead for several hours. The ground was soaked with blood and black, and his body covered in heavy armor would soon stink.
Jin Yiwei dismounted, without flipping the corpse of the cavalry, squatted down to check for a moment, and said to Huo Lingyun, "This is a man."
Huo Lingyun looked at the arrow on Tie Qi's back and nodded.
There were two arrows on the back of the cavalry, and he closed his eyes only after galloping to the station with these two arrows.
Jin Yiwei stood up, covered his mouth and nose, pointed the torch forward with his other hand, and said, "Here—"
His voice stopped abruptly.
The inn was littered with corpses, and the courier was hung from the flagpole, like rags hanging in a silent night. Huo Lingyun took the torch, took a closer look, and found that Yi Cheng's head had been chopped off.
"The horses were all hacked to death," said Jin Yiwei, who was lighting up the stables. "Even if anyone survived, they would not be able to reach Luoshan and Shasanying before dawn... The eagle is also dead."
The door of the eagle room was not closed tightly, and the necks of the eagles that hadn't broken off their ankles were strangled. There are no survivors at Luosha Station, and all the wild dogs fed here have been hacked to death.
Biansha cavalry have been here.
Huo Lingyun held the torch and fell into deep thought.
After the establishment of Luoshan Racecourse, it became the prototype of the news hub of Libei and Zhongbo, so Shen Zechuan built it into an exceptionally strong place. There are 800 people stationed in Luosha Station. There are not only the Libei Railway Cavalry, but also the Zhongbo garrison, which is equivalent to a small military camp. Emergency reporting points are set up on the four-way horse road, and the watchtower can be followed from three sides. A few days ago, Lu Guangbai asked Losa Ma Dao to step up his vigilance. There was no negligence at all.
"The cavalry is good at raiding," said Jin Yiwei, "they raided the Bianbo camp..."
"Bianbo Camp," Huo Lingyun suddenly turned around and repeated, "Bianbo Camp... Bianbo Camp!"
In June last year, the Biansha cavalry raided Bianbo Camp, just detoured from the south and took the road of Luoshan. Shen Zechuan and Xiao Chiye blocked that road later, but the place close to the Chashi River to the east could not be blocked.
"Biansha cavalry came here in the year of Xiande, and they know the terrain very well. The inn connects Luoshan and Shasanying, and just stepped on the road that the cavalry used to lead to Luoshan." Huo Lingyun jumped up the steps a few steps. open the door.
"They can avoid the eyes and attack here, there must be not many people here," Jin Yiwei raised his hand and put down the postmaster on the flagpole, "It is very likely that the scorpion sneaked in."
Whether it was a scorpion or not, Ha Sen cut off the post just because he didn't want the news of Luoshan's attack to reach Libei, he was delaying the time for reinforcements. However, this group of Biansha cavalrymen did not stop. According to the direction of the horse road, Huo Lingyun guessed that Hassen planned to let these people continue to go south, directly cutting off the connection between Dunzhou and Duanzhou, so that Duanzhou would be isolated and helpless. situation.
"This place is closer to the third camp of Shasha," Huo Lingyun turned around and went downstairs, whistled, and called his horse, "We continue to go north, we can reach the third camp before dawn, and ask Libei for help."
Huo Lingyun couldn't make it to Dunzhou, so he could only choose one way, that is, let the Libei iron cavalry of Shasanying immediately go south to support Duanzhou. But this means that Duanzhou and Dunzhou have lost all news, especially Duanzhou, which bears the brunt. As long as the support of the third camp of Shah is wrong, Duanzhou will be wiped out.
Huo Lingyun whipped his whip.
His time is urgent and must be fast!
Jin Yiwei galloped like a star chasing the moon. They broke through the silence on the horse road and moved quickly in the shadows of the trees. Huo Lingyun's breathing was a little short, because of the long time riding, the inner thighs felt acrid pain. The saddle was damp, sweat soaked their cheeks, and they had no time to rest these days, like tight strings.
quick!
Huo Lingyun squeezed the whip tightly and raised his arm in the turbulence, but before he could hit it, the horses under the seat neighed, their front hooves came together, and they bent their knees and fell out. Huo Lingyun immediately hugged his head and rolled to the ground. There were many ghosts running in the shadows of the trees on both sides of the horse road. Huo Lingyun carp straightened up and drew his knife. Hearing the rapid footsteps breaking through the bushes, he swooped towards him.
"Stopping the horse!" The Jinyiwei who followed closely behind him reined in his horse and shouted, "There is an ambush!"
Huo Lingyun used a knife to block, but it was useless, the opponent knocked him out with his body. He slanted across the ground and rolled to the roots of the tree. With the wind blowing behind him, Huo Lingyun grabbed the root of the tree with one arm, used his strength to slide up, raised his legs, and dodged a knife.
Scorpion... No, Huo Lingyun gritted his teeth and said, "It's a cavalry!"
The elite of the snake department! The elites moved quickly in the outflanking, like a dense net that was closing. The footsteps of "Shasha" were unusually tidy, like snakes twisting together, and even the traces left when they passed through the sand were exactly the same, which made my heart tremble.
The machete on the left slashed towards Jin Yiwei's horse knee, but it was blocked by the "bang" of the Xiuchun knife in the middle. Jin Yiwei's feet were on the cavalry's chest, followed by drawing his sword, and he rolled to the ground. When the sole of the boot touched the ground, the blade's edge was like the light of the sky, breaking the cavalry's throat, and then they stepped on the ground and turned back to the horse's back again. On, the whole set of actions in one go!
The elites who didn't succeed all stepped back half a step, and some of them touched their throats and said, "Jinyiwei!"
Jin Yiwei turned over the back of the knife, wiped the blood on the back of the blade while sliding his arm, and said, "Jin Yiwei? The old men are now called Jin Yiqi!"
Huo Lingyun's horse couldn't stand up in the fright. He ran a few steps, grabbed Jin Yiwei's outstretched arm, and jumped onto Jin Yiwei's horse.
"Libei can't take care of himself," Jin Yiwei pulled the reins in the siege, "Biansha is still in an ambush here, and it's too late for us to reach the third camp of Shasha!"
"Back—" Before Huo Lingyun finished speaking, he held the knife in both hands, swung the blade into a semicircle, and smashed the sudden machete into the air, "Go back to Duanzhou!"
Can't go north!
"Turn around," Huo Lingyun said hastily, wiping the sweat from his face, "Break southward."
Hassan was too cautious. He slaughtered the Losha Post Station, not even letting go of the horses and eagles, but he left the elite on the northward horse road to guard against possible fish caught in the net. But this also gave Huo Lingyun a chance, and the number of elites Hassen stayed here was very small.
"Fuck," Jin Yiwei shook off the blood beads on the blade, "This blade was given by the emperor, and it was smashed by Lao Tzu!"
The horses were treading their hooves on the spot, and Jin Yiwei grabbed the reins and turned his head over. The cavalry on the side had already pounced, the saddle slipped to the right, and the horse couldn't stand the gravity and leaned to the right. Huo Lingyun bent his elbow and smashed it in the face of the cavalry. The cavalry on the left climbed up like a locust, Jin Yiwei held the machete, and was directly overturned by the force.
Jin Yiwei fell to the ground, and a few machetes were hooked at once. He shouted with all his strength, holding the Embroidered Spring Saber with both hands, and lifted it up with the stinging sound of rubbing his ears, and blue veins appeared on the back of his hand.
"I can't hold it anymore..." Jin Yiwei, carrying the weight of several people, lay on the ground with his neck up, gasping for breath, sweating like rain, his forehead jumping suddenly, and he shouted with difficulty, "Brother... Go..."
Huo Lingyun ran away on a horse.
Jin Yiwei was almost discouraged, and scolded: "Fuck you..."
Huo Lingyun leaned on the horse to smash the cavalry away, the salty taste on his tightly pursed lips, it was not sweat, but the bloody smell of biting. After running some distance, he suddenly turned around, put the knife back into its sheath, and then drove straight back, stomping through the superimposed figures.
Jin Yiwei's sliding arm couldn't stop it, and the cavalry's head was about to touch his face. At the critical moment, the pungent smell of gunpowder choked into the nostrils, and the deafening explosion accompanied by the splash of blood, sprayed Jin Yiwei's face.
Huo Lingyun leaned over to hold Jin Yiwei's hand and brought the man back to the horse.
"Breakthrough," Huo Lingyun was in high spirits. He took the lead with a smoking gun and rushed out towards the south, shouting, "Breakthrough!"
* * *
Yin Chang tilted his neck and poured wine. After he finished drinking, he burped a few times in a row, lay on the wall, and asked the guard below, "Is there any more? This wine is delicious!"
The soldier guarding the gate moved a few steps, saw Yin Chang's face clearly by the firelight and the moonlight, and said, "No, you can have a drink, young and old, it's still on duty!"
"I won't drink when I rest." Yin Chang's feet were a little soft, and he swayed drunkenly, looking at the torches on the wall with difficulty, "Hey, why are there fewer bows and arrows? Come and make up for it!"
Before Fei Sheng reached the city wall, he heard Yin Chang yelling. He hid the freshly beaten wine under the crossbow, kicked it under the crossbow with his foot, pulled on the hood, and went up aggressively, holding Yin Chang's back collar, and said, "Replenish, someone will come to supply it right away, you Go back to sleep!"
Yin Chang's heels slipped on the ground, he was carried away like this, rubbed his red nose a few times, and complained, "Why hasn't General Lu come yet? I waited for a few days, and I wanted to see him again. I drank all the wine. It's been a few rounds."
The last time Yin Chang went to the battle area with Xiao Chiye, he was very excited to see Lu Guangbai, he pulled Lu Guangbai to drink, and Lu Guangbai vomited three times in one night, and fell asleep in the tent the next day. Zuo Qianqiu said nothing, and immediately sent Yin Chang back.
Fei Sheng couldn't stand the smell of wine, he waved his palm, pinched his nose, and said, "Don't talk about it, I can't afford to lose this person."
Yin Chang was not happy, he waved his arms, raised his neck to look at Fei Sheng, and said stubbornly, "I'm ashamed of you drinking? Bah, the old man doesn't think you're ashamed yet."
Fei Sheng dragged the person to the bottom and exchanged badges with the duty room. The patrols are strict these days, and it took a little effort for him to sign.
Yin Chang took the opportunity to look for wine, sniffed around with his unsmelling nose, and muttered, "Where are you hiding, just here..."
He picked up the horns of his robe, knelt on the ground, pouted his butt and looked under the crossbow of the bed.
Fei Sheng is still tender.
Yin Chang tilted his head, reached out to get enough wine, and said, "My little darling, eh, why is it so far, eh..."
Fei Sheng turned his head, put down his pen, and was about to call the old man to stop, but at this moment he heard a very thin "click" sound. His ears were so sensitive that he could hear the wind clearly, so he had to tilt his head and listen again in a calm manner.
The flag fell, and the wind stopped near the city gate.
Yin Chang finally reached the wine, but instead of digging out, he kept his posture and lay down on the ground, smelling the smell of the land, and before Fei Sheng hadn't reacted, he shouted: "Enemy attack!"
The heavy stone of the trebuchet slammed into the wall, and the dust exploded. Fei Sheng held his head to hide from the debris, listening to the loud alarm from upstairs. The garrison raised the drumstick, smashed it, and shouted: "The enemy is attacking the enemy, get up!"
Fei Sheng pushed the soldiers away, rushed to the city wall, and gasped when he saw the front of Duanzhou.
Yin Chang got up, slapped the passing garrison with his scabbard, and said sharply, "Light the beacon and report it to the lord quickly."
Yin Chang stepped on the city gate and pulled Fei Sheng.
"Bring your waist card, lead a brocade cavalry to pack your bags, and protect the lord and gentlemen." Yin Chang's red nose twitched twice, he didn't look outside the city, he pointed at Wolf Yantai next to him, "If this The smoke of the wolf is burning, Xiaosheng, you protect the mansion and go westward to Dunzhou!"
Shen Zechuan hadn't slept yet. He held his eyebrows and listened to Kong Ling talking about the dam under the lamp. He heard the chaos in the courtyard. Qiao Tianya opened the bamboo curtain, Ding Tao and Li Xiong followed, Kong Ling stood up and asked, "This is..."
"Master," Qiao Tianya put on his sword, "The cavalry has attacked!"
The gentlemen in the hall all stood up with an "ah" sound. Yao Wenyu immediately looked at Shen Zechuan and said, "The reinforcements from Libei haven't arrived yet."
Shen Zechuan put down his arms, stared at the candlelight, and said after a while, "Duanzhou has not received any news, either the war zone has fallen, or Luoshan has fallen."
This room is full of scholars, and Gao Zhongxiong, who has never experienced war, is even more pale. They all look at Shen Zechuan, and the mansion is the backbone of everyone.
Shen Zechuan couldn't show a look of fear at this moment, he straightened his tea lid and stood up. Ding Tao shook off the cloak and wanted to put it on for Shen Zechuan, but Shen Zechuan turned the back of his hand to block it.
Fu Jun said: "Yangshan snow comes."