At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 146

Pei Xingyan looked at the fire soaring into the sky not far away, and couldn't help yelling: "Damn it, who set the fire?"

A guard next to him complained helplessly: "Except for that arrogant idiot Li Dalang, I really can't think of anyone else."

"Bastard, sooner or later, everyone will be exhausted by this stupid donkey." Pei Xingyan cursed in a low voice, and with a disgusted expression on his face, he beat his horse and ran towards the burning house. There are war horses with animal patterns on them, and there are large and small bags of grain on the horses, which have just been snatched from the small town.

The scale of this town is larger than the one that Gao Bufan and others robbed. There are about seventy or eighty households. But at this moment, most of the residents in the town have run away, or are hiding, so the streets are empty. , some Sui soldiers were searching for food from house to house.

When Pei Xingyan rode his horse and arrived in front of the burning house, he happened to meet Li Dalang who came out of it. He was carrying a young woman in disheveled clothes on his shoulders. It could be seen that his appearance and figure were very good. Because the clothes on his chest were still open, dazzlingly white.

The woman was crying heartbreakingly, struggling desperately, the house behind her was burning in the raging fire, and there were still seven or eight corpses lying on the ground in the yard, some were men, some were women, some were dead. Old and young, it should be a big family, and now they are all dead.

Although the woman on his shoulders was struggling and crying, Li Dalang didn't intend to let go. He laughed arrogantly and raised his hands at the same time.

Pei Xingyan's face turned ashen, and he shouted sharply: "Li Dalang, what the hell are you doing? Didn't you agree to only grab food, why did you kill and set fire, and you still have time to spoil a woman, let her go immediately."

Li Dalang glanced at Pei Xingyan and the guards behind him, and said with disdain: "Pei, if you want to play with me, I welcome you to join. If you want to teach me how to do things, then get out as soon as possible. Don't talk about you. Your old man Pei Renji is not qualified either, bah, who are you?"

Pei Xingyan was furious, and suddenly clenched the horse in his hand. The guards around him hurriedly stopped him, and persuaded him one after another: "Brother Pei, don't be impulsive. There is no need for such a person to be as knowledgeable as him."

Pei Xingyan took two deep breaths, and then suppressed the killing intent in his chest. Although Li Dalang deserved to be killed as a bastard, he was indeed not something he could afford to provoke. Even his father Pei Renji had to pretend in front of Li Dalang and his grandfather Li Hun. grandson.

It is said that Li Dalang's name is Li Yi, he is from Chengji, Shaanxi, and he was born in the Guanlong gentry. An uncle named Li Min married Yuwen Eying, the niece of Sui Emperor Yang Guang, and was granted the title of Zhu Kingdom, a proper relative of the emperor.

In addition, General Zuowei, Xu Guogong Yu Wenshu is also Li Hun's wife and brother, so Li Hun and Li Min are currently one of the top families in the court, and Li Yi, as Li Hun's eldest grandson, is naturally No one dares to provoke the top yamen in Luoyang City easily.

And what about Pei Xingyan?
Biaozi Shoujing, a native of Hedong County, Hedong County, has a high status and background, but he is still far behind Li Yi. His father, Pei Renji, is just a general of Wu Benlang, and also a doctor of Zuo Guanglu. A loose official without a real job, General Wu Benlang is a real job, but he only has a fourth rank, which is a few ranks worse than Li Hun's Zuo Wuwei General.

It is precisely because of the disparity in family background and strength that Li Yi dared to speak to Pei Xingyan so arrogantly. However, Pei Xingyan is a man of great martial arts skills and unworthy courage, so Li Yiyi was a little bit afraid of him. Ma Qian seemed to be on the verge of going berserk, but he didn't dare to continue provoking the other party, and just ravaged the woman's chest like a demonstration.

The Korean woman bit Li Yi's cheek in embarrassment and anger, and the latter yelped like a pig in pain on the spot, trying to throw the woman down, but the woman obviously gave up and bit her tightly, Li Yi In an instant, the stool was covered with blood.

"Ah, bitch, are you all dead? Hurry up and get this crazy woman away." Li Yi screamed again and again.

Pei Xingyan and all the guards behind him applauded secretly when they saw this, they just stood there, no one was willing to step forward to help, this Li Yiping was too arrogant, he offended more people and called others less, so no one liked him.

However, Li Yi still has a few confidantes, and they all ran up to help at this time, and finally got the woman down, but Li Yi's cheek was also bitten off a piece of flesh, bloody and terrifying, The pain made him burst into tears.

"Your mother, you unlucky bastard, dare to bite your uncle!" Li Yi became furious, and stabbed the woman's chest with a knife. After stabbing her to death, he still couldn't understand his hatred, and chopped the woman's face with a knife. .

Pei Xingyan and the others watched coldly, but at this moment they finally couldn't stand it any longer, and all spoke to stop.Li Yi covered his bloody left face, and said with a sneer, "Why, you can't stand it if I kill a Goguryeo woman. Could it be that she is your mother?"

This Li Yizhen is just as his name suggests, stubborn, arrogant, simple and rude in speech and deeds, and his martial arts are also ordinary.

The so-called Qianniu Beishen, to put it bluntly, is the head of the guards in the palace. He is usually on duty in the palace and serves as the emperor's or prince's bodyguard. It can unravel a thousand oxen without curling the blade. It is very sharp and durable, but it is mostly exaggerated.

As the saying goes, if you are close to the water, you will get the moon first. If you have more opportunities to contact the emperor when you are on duty in the palace, you will naturally have more opportunities to be promoted. Therefore, the rich and powerful have sharpened their heads and sent their young children to the palace as bodyguards. Most of the people in Beishenfu are the children of the rich and powerful.

Pei Xingyan's current position is also well-prepared, but he has real skills, strong martial arts, undue courage, and is very popular among the servants, which is the opposite of Li Yi who acts arrogantly and has no one in his eyes.

This time Yang Guangdong conquered Goguryeo, so the guards were indispensable by his side. Pei Xingyan, Li Yi and others also followed him.

This time, the Great Sui had more than a million soldiers. Most of the dignitaries in the court thought that they could destroy Goguryeo like a dead man, and that military achievements were at their fingertips, so they rushed to give their nephews the opportunity to accompany them to the expedition, so that they could be gilded with gold. Unexpectedly, the more An army of more than 100 million hit the south wall in Goguryeo, and was defeated and almost wiped out.

Although Sui Emperor Yang Guang escaped quickly enough, he was vigorously pursued by the Goguryeo army when he was fighting to cross the Liaohe River. Under the mutual trampling, the entourage suffered heavy casualties, and even Pei Xingyan and Li Yi and other close guards were also washed away. In the end, they were reduced to abandoned stragglers.

However, Pei Xingyan, Li Yi and the others were lucky. At least they still had their mounts. Although they missed the opportunity to cross the river, at least they escaped with their horses.

For more than a month, Pei Xingyan and others wandered along the east bank of the Liaohe River, while avoiding the encirclement and suppression of the Goguryeo army, while looking for opportunities to cross the river. Unfortunately, it is the spring flood season, the river is rushing, and the Goguryeo army is constantly searching. Without finding a suitable opportunity to cross the river, the food he brought had already been eaten up, so he looted the villages and towns near the Liaohe River.

Pei Xingyan and the others are cavalry, they come and go like the wind, and there are not many people, only about 300 people, so every time they succeed, they become more and more courageous. This time they even dared to rob a medium-sized market town with [-] people.

Besides, Li Yi was glared at by Pei Xingyan and others. He knew that he had committed public anger, but he refused to bow his head and admit defeat, so he curled his lips and said, "How many of us did the stick soldiers kill? I just killed a few of them. It’s just sleeping with a few women and burning down a house, what are you doing?”

A guard said dissatisfiedly: "Li Dalang, you murdered and slept with women, we have nothing to do with it, but it is wrong for you to burn the house, what should you do if you attract pursuers?"

The guard who spoke was called Su Dingyue, and his background was not as good as Pei Xingyan, so Li Yi didn't pay attention to it, and laughed loudly: "We have horses, and we can run as soon as we say, and those stick soldiers can't catch up even if they break their legs. If the boy is cowardly, don't come to work with him next time, so as not to embarrass yourself."

Su Dingyue was so angry that his face turned green. At this moment, a sharp whistle came from the town, followed by the sound of rumbling horseshoes, which was as urgent as a shower.

Pei Xingyan's complexion changed suddenly. He set up a sentry outside the town to watch the wind. The whistle sounded, which meant that an enemy was coming, and the sound turned out to be cavalry.

"Brother Pei, Bangzi's large cavalry is here!" The sentry at the head of the town rode his horse and galloped into the town, yelling for warning.

"Withdraw!" Pei Xingyan made a decisive decision and immediately rode his horse to the other side of the town to evacuate. The eight guards behind him also galloped away, leaving only a cloud of dust behind.

"Hey, wait for me!" Li Yi yelled, but no one liked him, even his two confidants, Li Jindou and Li Yindou, jumped on the horse in a panic, whipped the horse's buttocks and fled quickly.

Li Yi almost wanted to curse, but the sound of hooves was getting closer and closer, and the fastest Goguryeo cavalry had appeared at the entrance of the town. Li Yi didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore, and hurriedly climbed on his horse and fled.

"If you want to escape, there's no way!" Liu Chengwu grinned, and when he opened his bow, he shot an arrow, but he missed, and just flew past Li Yi's forehead, so scared that the crotch of this guy almost wet, and he beat his ass.

At this time, Pei Xingyan and others had already passed through the town, but they encountered a Goguryeo cavalry head on. It turned out that Liu Chengwu had divided his troops and circled to the rear to outflank, obviously intending to wipe out the Sui army who looted the village.

Seeing that there was no way out, and there were chasing soldiers behind, all the guards were in a hurry, such a Pei Xingyan, who was not afraid of danger at this moment, shouted: "Brothers who want to survive, follow me." After speaking, he urged his horse to go up to meet him, brushing What he did was a spear, which stabbed an enemy soldier off his horse.

The eight bodyguards applauded in unison, and they also rose up to fight. At this time, Li Yi and others also arrived, and more than 30 bodyguards and fifty Goryeo cavalry began to fight.

Pei Xingyan and the others were eager to get away, so they were very brave, and they were about to break out. Liu Chengwu had already arrived with the remaining fifty cavalry, and launched a front and back attack on Pei Xingyan and the others. The situation turned sharply and many guards were beheaded Get off the horse.

Liu Chengwu couldn't help being disappointed when he saw that the Ming army in front of him had only a few dozen people, and they were all cavalry. It was obviously not the one he was following. Army cavalry, maybe there are big fish among them, so of course they have to eat them.

This tyrannical Pei Xingyanduan, despite being flanked by several times the enemy, still became more and more courageous as he fought. A horse spear made him look like a swimming dragon. Before he knew it, six Goguryeo cavalrymen had died under his sword blade.

Seeing how brave this man was, those Goguryeo cavalry subconsciously avoided him, and finally let him break out of the encirclement. However, the others were not as capable as he was.

Seeing that his brothers were trapped, Pei Xingyan turned back and entered the siege without hesitation.

"Brother Pei, you go first, don't worry about us!" Su Dingyue yelled while parrying, but when he was inattentive, he was slashed and fell under the horse screaming.

"Dingyue!" Pei Xingyan's canthus was shattered, and he rushed forward, piercing the enemy soldier with a spear, and picked it up high.

The Goryeo cavalryman was still alive, screaming and struggling continuously, blood dripping down the horse's lance, soaking Pei Xingyan all over his head and body, like a demon god, scaring the other Goryeo cavalrymen to run away.

Liu Chengwu's face darkened, and the arrow from the broken horn bow in his hand went straight to Pei Xingyan's throat. His arrow was fast and urgent, while Pei Xingyan was holding the spear with one hand, the empty door in his chest was wide open, and he was about to die under the arrow.

At this critical moment, there was only a sound of collapse, followed by a piercing sonic boom, and a strong arrow arrived after tens of meters away. The most amazing thing is that this powerful arrow seemed to have eyes. It hit the arrowhead of Liu Chengwu's arrow.

when……

But seeing sparks splashing everywhere, Liu Chengwu's arrow exploded on the spot, and the momentum of the powerful arrow did not decrease much. With a puff, it hit the face of a Goguryeo cavalryman, and directly pierced through the back of the head.

hiss...

Liu Chengwu gasped in fright at this astonishing arrow. He looked up suddenly, and saw a young man sitting on a big green horse leisurely and contentedly holding a pair of hands tens of steps away from both sides of the scuffle. Zhang Jiaobow, it is obvious that the terrible arrow just now came from the hand of this young man.

Liu Chengwu's pupils shrank, and the image of his younger brother Liu Chengxun's death flashed in his mind, with a wooden arrow stuck in his left eye, almost piercing through his brain.

"It's him!" Liu Chengwu almost blurted out, hatred and anger surged up, and he raised his hand to shoot three arrows.

The three arrows came in a zigzag shape, the speed was extremely fast, but in Gao Bufan's eyes, it was a bit slow, he saw that he caught the three sharp arrows with a sweep of his right hand, and shot back with his backhand, Then there were three screams, and three Korean cavalrymen fell off their horses.

"What are you doing in a daze, waiting to die?" Gao Bufan yelled loudly, as if Hong Zhong Dalu, the shocked Pei Xingyan came back to his senses, and hurriedly picked up Su Dingyue who was injured and fell off the horse, turned around and charged outside the encirclement , the others hurriedly followed.

Gao Bufan fired arrows and killed several people. Under his cover, Pei Xingyan and others successfully broke out.

(End of this chapter)