At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 840

Shu, Weiyuan County, Ziyang County, in June, the scorching sun was like fire, and Qin Shubao, who was soaked in blood, charged across the encirclement circle of the Tang army. Two cooked copper maces flew up and down in his hands. Cruel, it's true that gods block and kill gods, and Buddhas block and kill Buddhas, they are extremely powerful.

However, the bravery of the Tang army is also well-known throughout the world. They fought against Qin Shubao fiercely, and firmly blocked the way for the Qi army to break through.Such a brutal battle has lasted for nearly an hour. Both the Qi army and the Tang army suffered heavy casualties, but the Tang army has an absolute advantage in numbers, and has always besieged the Qi army to fight in this valley.

Right now it is June of the third year of Tianbao of Great Qi, and it is also June of the fifth year of Wude of Tang Dynasty. It is less than a month since Li Shimin ascended the throne in the Xuanwu Gate mutiny.Although Gao Bufan has issued an edict to crusade against Li Tang, but the land of Shu is closed, and the Badong County in the lower reaches is controlled by the Tang army, cutting off the waterway of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, so Gao Bufan's edict has not yet been sent to Bashu. In other words, Qin Shubao and Luo Shixin didn't know that Qi and Tang had officially started war.

A few days ago, Qin Shubao led [-] Qi troops to leave the station and came to Weiyuan County, Ziyang County. He planned to wipe out a small group of bandits occupying this area, but he was ambushed by the Tang army and trapped to death here. in the valley.

And this time, the person who set up Qin Shubao's ambush was Li Xiyu, Li Tang's general manager of the Shuhan Road.In fact, not long after Li Shimin launched the Xuanwumen Mutiny, he ordered Li Xiyu and Li Xiaogong to destroy the Qi army in the Bashu area. up.

Bashu is very important to Li and Tang. It is an irreplaceable strategic place. It can not only provide a large amount of food and population, but it is located in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. When Buddhism supported them and insisted on taking Bajun and Meishan counties away from the Tang army, Li Shimin persuaded Li Yuan to take action, absolutely not letting Bajun's strategy fall into the hands of Gao Bufan. However, Li Yuan was afraid of fighting with Gao Qi The war started, so Li Shimin's strategy was not adopted.

Now that Li Shimin has seized the power of Li Tang, the first thing to do is to clean up the Qi army in the area of ​​Bashu and pull out this thorn, so that the whole Bashu can be brought under the control of Li Tang. This shows that Li Shimin attaches great importance to Bashu.

Although Gao Bufan reminded Qin Shubao and Luo Shixin to be careful of the Tang army's sudden attack, Qin Shubao was careless, and was ambushed by Li Xiyu, trapped in this desperate situation and unable to escape.

However, Qin Shubao has a resolute temperament and has experienced hundreds of battles. He followed the No. 1 of the Sui Dynasty to fight against Zhang Xutuo in all directions. Sweeping a Tang general off his horse, he lightly clipped the horse's belly, and smashed the copper mace on the Tang general's helmet with a bang, and saw that the Tang general's helmet and forehead collapsed in, yellow and white It was bubbling, its eyes were protruding, and it was already dead.

Li Xiyu stood at a high place and saw this scene, and couldn't help feeling chills in his forehead. What a Qin Qiong and Qin Shubao, he really deserves to be the leader of the three tiger generals under Zhang Xutuo's command. Hard and steady.

"Bring my general's three-stone bow!" Li Xiyu yelled, and the soldiers behind him immediately brought a strong bow made of iron tires.

Li Xiyu put on the finger used for drawing the bow, and then took the three-stone strong bow, tried the bowstring first, then bent the bow and set the arrow, his eyes followed Qin Qiong who was charging in the formation like an eagle.

At this time, Qin Qiong's war horse suddenly raised its front hooves, and Li Xiyu was overjoyed. Right now, he exhaled and let out a sound, and pulled the bowstring all of a sudden, pulling the bow full moon. The sharp arrow hit Qin Shubao's back like a shooting star.

Qin Qiong suddenly heard the sound of strings and the scream of sharp arrows piercing through the air, and couldn't help but tremble, subconsciously twisted his body, and returned with a mace.

With a bang, Qin Qiong's mace only hit the shaft of the arrow, but the sharp arrow was so powerful that it just deflected and hit Qin Qiong's left shoulder obliquely. With a click, the arrow scraped an inch off the armor. The sparks then pierced through the gaps in the nails, penetrating deep into the flesh, and the blood immediately filled the air.

bang...

Under Qin Qiong's pain, the cooked copper mace in his left hand fell off the horse on the spot.

"General Qin!" The soldiers around shouted, rushing forward, blocking all directions.

Li Xiyu originally wanted to shoot another arrow, but when he saw this, he couldn't help crying inwardly.

Qin Qiong frowned, stretched out his hand to cut off the shaft of the arrow, and continued to charge with the arrow. Although there was only a single mace left, he became more courageous as he fought, just like the big boss in the game. Seeing him smashing a watermelon, Tang Jun who tried to block the way was shot by him.

Finally, Qin Qiong led his brothers to kill a bloody road, but the three thousand Qi army was less than five hundred, and most of the rest were still trapped in the valley.

Qin Qiongle stopped his horse and looked back, his tiger eyes wide open, and the soldiers beside him urgently advised: "General Qin, if you leave the green hills there, you are not afraid of running out of firewood. The most urgent thing is to rush back to the station, and then come to rescue the brothers after gathering manpower." .”

Qin Qiong gritted his teeth and rode his horse towards Panshi County, the prefecture of Ziyang County.Seeing Qin Shubao breaking through, Li Xiyu couldn't help but secretly sighed. After all, Qin Qiong was mature and steady, taking into account the overall situation. If it was Luo Shixin's replacement, he would surely kill him again.

"Chase!"

Li Xiyu was obviously unwilling to let Qin Shubao go like this, so he ordered a cavalry to chase him down.

"Brother Qin, the enemy cavalry is chasing up, and the subordinates will lead people to resist, you go first!" Fan Hu couldn't help saying, and led his brothers to turn their horses to fight.

Qin Qiong continued to run forward without stopping. When he turned around a mountain depression, a cold light flashed beside the road, and a figure rushed out from the grass as fast as lightning, and stabbed Qin Qiong's throat with a knife. It's like a surprise!

Qin Qiong was shocked, leaned back suddenly, and made a move of iron bridge, almost lying on the horse's back. However, the reaction of the visitor was also very fast. After stabbing in the air, Qin Qiong passed over the horse. Changed to a diagonal chop, which instantly broke the horse's neck.

snap...

The horse's head fell with a bang, and the blood was soaring. The horse's corpse flew forward more than ten meters under the influence of inertia, and then fell to the ground. Qin Qiong on the horse's back was also thrown out, and hit the ground so hard that he almost died. He couldn't get up, but he still held the copper mace firmly in his right hand.

The sudden attacker floated to the ground like a broken leaf. He turned around, wearing a golden ghost mask, and holding a bloody waist knife upside down in his right hand.

The ghost-masked man walked towards Qin Qiong who was lying on the ground, his eyes behind the mask were as cold as flames.Qin Qiong, who was lying on his stomach, suddenly turned around, and the cooked copper mace in his hand flew out with a whimper, and swirled sharply towards the ghost-masked man.

This mace infused Qin Qiong's whole body strength, and the angle was extremely tricky. As long as he was swept, he would be crippled even if he didn't die. You Xia corrected the golden ghost mask on his face.

A flash of shock and despair flashed in Qin Qiong's eyes, the person who came was a top-notch master, and his kung fu was probably not weaker than Emperor Daqi's.

"Who the hell are you?" Qin Qiong asked, spitting out a mouthful of blood. He was not afraid of death, but he wanted to know under whose hands he died.

The ghost-faced man ignored him, and just raised the butcher knife. However, at this critical moment, a few yellow lights shot towards the ghost-faced man's upper, middle, and lower parts, and at the same time a loud voice came: " Amitabha, the benefactor put down the butcher's knife and immediately became a Buddha!"

The Grimacing Man swung his knife and chopped off a few yellow glows. It turned out to be three Buddhist beads. At this time, three monks wearing monk robes had rushed to Qin Qiong, and the leader was none other than the abbot of Lingyun Temple Haitong. zen master.

Qin Qiong breathed a sigh of relief, stood up and said gratefully, "Thank you, Zen Master Haitong, for your rescue."

"Amituofo, General Qin will go first!" Monk Haitong said.

Qin Qiong bowed, turned and strode away, the grimacing man said coldly, "The bald donkey is looking for death!" After speaking, his figure flashed and he rushed towards Monk Haitong.

"Amituofo, the benefactor has not only murderous aura, but also evil aura, why don't you put down the butcher's knife and correct the evil?" Monk Haitong moved and slapped his palm in the air, while the two monks who came with him showed their sabers, One left and one right attacked the ghost-faced man.

Let's say that Qin Qiong rushed back to Panshi County, the county seat of Ziyang County, without even taking a sip of water, and immediately mobilized tens of thousands of Qi troops to fight back by the same route.

Qin Qiong and Li Xiyu fought fiercely seven times in Neijiang County, and finally repelled the Tang army. They chased all the way to the junction of Ziyang County and Shu County, and then stopped their pursuit.

Li Xiyu retreated back to the territory of Shu County, and couldn't help but sighed up to the sky. He was unable to defeat Qin Qiong even though he had taken advantage of the right time and place, and he didn't want to defeat Qin Qiong. Terrible, alas, now I can only place my hope on Li Junwang.

Qin Qiong finally asked the military doctor to pull out the arrow that had been stuck on his shoulder for several days. Due to fatigue and excessive blood loss, his face was a little pale, and he even walked a little unsteadily.

At this time, a soldier rushed into the tent and reported: "General Qin, just received an urgent report from General Luo from Bajun that Ba County was suddenly attacked by Li Xiaogong, and has now been killed by hundreds of thousands of people. The Tang army is heavily surrounded, and General Qin please rush to help immediately."

Qin Qiong didn't seem to be surprised, nodded and said: "The general knows, let someone come to inform General Luo, and the reinforcements will definitely arrive within three days."

The soldiers backed out in awe, Qin Qiong stood up and said calmly: "Put on armor!"

The soldiers were hesitant to say anything, but they still took the battle armor and put it on for Qin Qiong. The latter walked out of the big tent with a cooked copper mace, and shouted sharply: "The whole army is assembled."

(End of this chapter)