Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 514 0509 [Underground Slaughterhouse]

In the dark sewer, hundreds of people held their breath and concentrated, the only sounds coming from the narrow passage.

The sound was getting closer and closer, and some officers and soldiers were about to crawl over.

There was a faint light coming out of the passage. Kong Dayou slowly raised his knife and gestured to his companions next to him.

Due to being too nervous, as soon as something came out, the people outside the passage all started attacking.

Kong Dayou's hand knife suddenly slashed, and he immediately felt something was wrong.

That's not the head of an officer or soldier, but a shield!
"There are thieves!"

The officers and soldiers crawling in the passage were so frightened that they quickly retreated, and even did not forget to withdraw their shields.

"Stab him to death!"

Kong Dayou shouted in horror.

This guy is the leader of underground gangs in several nearby districts. With the order, the gangsters started taking action.

Long weapons couldn't be used, so they all had short weapons in their hands. They lay at the entrance of the cave and stabbed inside.

But it was useless, it was all blocked by the shield.

The size of the passages between districts is not fixed.Some were more than half a person tall, and some could only be climbed over. Kong Dayou deliberately chose a very narrow place to attack, but the officers and soldiers blocked all attacks with a shield.

"Get out!" the team leader behind him shouted.

Anyone who wields a shield in the Yuanyang Formation must be a sergeant, with superior physique, skill, and courage.

At this time, the team leader lying in front was named Lou Qing. The retreat behind him was blocked by officers and soldiers, and the exit in front was blocked by gangsters. The squad leader's order to attack was also heard in his ears.

Lou Qing gritted his teeth, raised a shield with his left arm, and held a knife in his right hand to support the ground. He withstood the blows from various short weapons and crawled forward bit by bit.

The gangsters did not raise fire, and it was pitch black ahead.

The teammates behind him were holding torches. Through the edge of the shield, Lou Qing could vaguely see a few legs at the entrance of the hole.When his head was about to crawl out, Lou Qing flipped the standing shield over and pulled it down to block his head, and stabbed the front leg with his knife.

"Ouch!"

A gangster retreated in pain.

The other gangsters picked up their weapons and slashed randomly, mostly on the upside-down shields.

After Lou Qing drew the sword, he quickly retracted it and let the shield protect his exposed right hand.Then the hand holding the knife supported the ground and his legs also used force to rub forward. He rubbed forward a little and stabbed the leg again with the knife.

"Grab the shield and drag it out to chop!"

Kong Dayou roared.

Perhaps it's because underground, these gangsters not only don't use long weapons, they don't even have blunt weapons in their hands, and they all fight with sharp weapons (there are also a few who use short sticks).

Lou Qing felt a pull from the shield, and half of his body was pulled out, including his shield.

His head and shoulders were protected by shields, but his vest received several severe blows, and the blows from those short sticks were quite painful.

"With armor, you can't kill me!" the gangsters shouted in horror.

The long card players and rattan card players were in the front row of the Yuanyang Formation. They both wore medium-sized zhao armor plus cloth armor, and even had a protective collar around the neck of their helmets.

Even without a shield, it's not something a group of sewer gangsters can handle!

Lou Qing's head, shoulders, and arms were hidden under the shield, allowing the enemy to chop and smash his back, and continuously thrust out the sword at short distances.

It's not very powerful and can only make some bloody wounds, but it's enough.

The bandit who was stabbed in the calf subconsciously stepped back.Lou Qing felt that there were fewer weapons to hit him, so he suddenly exerted force on his legs, and his whole body crawled out of the passage, completely reaching the open area of ​​the sewer.

He first curled up his whole body, like a taut spring, and then stood up and pushed out with all his strength.

The two people in front of them were knocked over by Lou Qing with a shield.

The other gangsters raised their weapons and slashed at the medium-sized armor, making a clanking sound. They couldn't even break through the defense.

"Damn it!"

Lou Qing finally adjusted his body to stand firm. He held a shield with his left arm and smashed one person away, and slashed another one with his right hand with a knife.

The team leader at the rear took this opportunity to climb out of the passage. Before he could join the battle, Lou Qing had already killed the gangsters and retreated.

Kong Da was abducted into the sewer when he was a few years old. He can no longer remember what happened at home.

He was disobedient at first and was beaten to death.Later, he gradually learned to behave well, and because of his good physique and intelligence, he was actually adopted by the gang boss as his adopted son.

Before he was 20 years old, Kong Dayou had defeated all the gang's invincible gangsters, and finally got angry and killed his adoptive father to take over.

He boasted of his extraordinary strength and was a first-class hero.

But today I met a shield soldier, and I realized that I didn't count.No matter how fierce the sword is, no matter how clever the moves are, they are all blocked by shields and armors, and even the best martial arts skills cannot be used at all.

Kong Dayou tried to stab the officer and soldier in the face, but was blocked by his shield.

Several swords and wooden sticks were thrown at the officers and soldiers, but they did not cause any substantial damage.It only hurt people through the armor. There were also one or two swords that were lucky enough to pierce the flesh inside through the gaps in the armor.

"hiss!"

Kong Dayou gasped in pain. He hit the opponent several times, but the officer and soldier didn't do anything wrong.The officers and soldiers only hit him once and almost disemboweled him.

"Run quickly, the officers and soldiers are awesome!"

Several gangsters in front of them were so scared that they turned around and ran away. The gangsters outside who could not engage in battle also fled in panic.Although Lou Qing was protected by an armor and shield, he was beaten so hard that his whole body ached, as if his bones had been smashed.Seeing the enemy running away at this moment, he was filled with anger and had nowhere to vent, and immediately pursued him with a shield and a sword.

An ordinary rattan player started hunting down hundreds of gangsters!
The officers and soldiers in this passage are only a Yuanyang team, only 12 people.

Kong Dayou's original plan was to gather hundreds of gangsters, guard outside the narrow passage, and kill many of the officers and soldiers with a few hits, but unexpectedly, he couldn't even deal with a shield bearer.

Kong Da was injured and escaped to another passage, where he could run with his waist down.

But the frightened gangsters fled in droves and blocked the passage.Kong Dayou could only chop the two people around him. Under the protection of his confidants, his liver and gallbladder were split, he bent down and escaped through the hole.

Screams kept coming from behind. Those were the gangsters who had not squeezed into the hole. They were killed on the spot by the officers and soldiers who caught up.

After running through two districts one after another, Kong Dayou gathered another group of people.

They fled towards another passage, and just as they were about to get in, they saw a group of people coming out of it.

"Xing Wu, why did you come to my territory?" Kong Dayou asked.

Xing Wu was also wounded and said with a mournful face: "Kong Da, run away quickly. There are officers and soldiers behind you. All my brothers are about to be killed!"

The two of them merged into one place and fled towards the side passage.

After escaping a few more districts, they ran into another group of gangsters, who were also bereaved dogs who had been killed by officers and soldiers.

Kong Dayou was shocked and angry: "Why are there officers and soldiers everywhere? How many soldiers did Marshal Zhu send to Wuyou Cave?"

"I'm afraid there are two or three thousand?" Xing Wu guessed.

The three gang leaders stood there at a loss, not knowing how to respond.

After a long time, Kong Dayou said: "Wuyou Cave is very big and there are many side roads. There are two to three thousand officers and soldiers. If they block one place, they will lose another place. There are always some ditches that cannot be taken care of. Let's scatter and run. , just dig in when you see a hole. I still don’t believe it, Marshal Zhu can send tens of thousands of troops, and there will be officers and soldiers in all the passages!"

The three of them could only try their luck and disperse their men to escape. A dozen people formed a team and escaped through holes.

The officers and soldiers have blueprints and guides in their hands. Whenever they encounter a fork in the road, a mandarin duck team must be left to garrison.The rest of the team dispersed and chased, driving the gangsters to flee in panic, just like hunting and killing them in a planned way.

Kong Dayou avoided several pursuits and thought he had escaped and ascended to heaven.

As soon as he led his men out of a passage, he saw a group of officers and soldiers standing in front of him.

The officers and soldiers stood still, not even using torches, they just stayed in place and waited for the bandits to come.

"You are not such a bully, I will fight with you!"

Kong Dayou was frightened and angry, completely losing his mind. He picked up the knife and rushed forward.

Those crimes he committed will definitely lead to death if caught!
"Combine!"

"Shut up!"

The squad leader blew his whistle.

More than a dozen officers and soldiers in full armor, against more than a dozen armed and unarmored bandits, actually formed a formation before fighting.

Kong Dayou felt like he had hit a wall, an iron wall without any gaps.

Before he could slash with the sword, a shield blocked him, and then out of sight, three weapons were attacking him at the same time.

"puff!"

Kong Dayou spat out a mouthful of blood and said in a vague voice: "I don't accept it, you are all wearing armor..."

"Master, please spare me!"

The minions who had not yet been killed did not intend to run away at this time. They knelt on the ground and kowtowed crazily to beg for mercy.

Battalion Commander Du Ping was standing in an open space without moving.

This former private salt dealer was not frightened on the battlefield where corpses were everywhere, but now he was frightened to the point of horror.

Torches were lit one after another, illuminating the surroundings even brighter.

A large number of emaciated corpses lay on the chopping board like dead pigs.Some had been disemboweled, some had been cut into pieces, and some even had baskets filled with arms, legs, and feet.

This is a slaughterhouse!

Due to the lack of food underground under surface food control, they have been eating people to survive.

Most of the "meat people" come from underground and have starved to death or are about to starve to death.Not only do they eat it themselves, but they also cut the meat and sell it. Since it can be stored for a long time in the winter, the human flesh may even be sold to the surface world.

"vomit!"

One soldier couldn't hold it back and vomited crazily while leaning on the wall.

Du Ping's stomach was also churning. Even if he closed his eyes and didn't look, the strong smell of blood in the air would make him feel strong physical discomfort.He retreated to other passages and calmed down for a while, then said to himself: "Straight bitches, these bastards should be killed!"

Deputy battalion commander Suo Anmin was nearby. After hearing the news, he rushed to check the situation. He quickly retreated to Du Ping and said with a look of resentment, "I shouldn't have come here."

"I've learned a lot today." Du Ping exclaimed.

Suo Anmin said: "Let's finish it quickly. Let the civilian workers move these corpses. I don't want to keep them for even a quarter of an hour."

Du Ping walked back to the "slaughterhouse" and ordered the soldiers: "Get out of here, just guard the exit. After the battle, bring the civilians in to collect... Ouch! Damn it, this place stinks so much, I'll leave first." .”

As soon as the military order was given, the soldiers rushed to escape. This place seemed like hell.

(End of this chapter)