The new era of chaos begins in the Song Dynasty

Chapter 431 Sword and Blood Rain

Wang Yuan swung his sword, and the sword light was literally like a rainbow, and he easily repelled the Liu soldiers who surrounded him.

The bodyguards had to retreat. After all, the weapons in their hands were cut in half by the sword, and no one dared to move forward - even though Wang Yuan deliberately held back and did not hack or stab them to death.

Liu Guangshi, who witnessed all this, had red eyes. At this moment, there was only one voice in his heart: The sword is mine! Mine! How can Wang Yuan, a poor man, be qualified to hold it!
Then, Liu Guangshi suddenly opened his throat and screamed, "Everyone, go! Everyone, go! Kill that guy! Take the Divine Sword for me!"

The bodyguards were a little hesitant. After all, they all knew that what they were doing was rather dishonorable, and Wang Yuan was famous for his bravery in the army. They were not afraid of a mere fight, as the worst that could happen was that they would suffer a few blows.

But if it comes to killing someone with a knife, one can't help but feel guilty.

Seeing that his personal soldiers were unwilling to move, Liu Guangshi said angrily: "My Liu family has provided for you well, even if you die for us today! If anyone dares to retreat, I will report to my father tomorrow and punish him severely!"

The personal soldiers looked at each other for a few seconds, but they all held their weapons, shouted in unison, and surrounded and killed Wang Yuan.

At this time, the senior official next to him was already angry. Not only was this Liu family member in front of him arrogant, but he also tried to steal his opportunity.

As the saying goes, destroying someone's future is like killing his parents.

He rushed to Liu Guangshi, pointed his spear at him and shouted: "How dare you, the son of a mere general, be so arrogant here! I have presented the magic sword [Xiao Lian] to the current emperor, and Wang Yuan is the official who escorts the tribute. How dare you kill people and seize the tribute? Are you planning to rebel?!"

Upon hearing this, everyone in the yamen slowed down their actions.

Gao Tuiguan turned around and shouted to Wang Yuan, "Wang Tixia, the divine sword is already a tribute to the emperor. Anyone who dares to rob the emperor will be killed without mercy!"

Just as Gao Tuiguan was speaking, he felt a chill on his back, and then an endless pain spread throughout his body.

He looked down and saw half of the sword tip sticking out of his chest. He turned his head in disbelief and looked at Liu Guangshi's ferocious and distorted face. He wanted to say something, but he was too weak to utter a word. He just opened and closed his mouth a few times before falling to the ground.

Be it Wang Yuan, Liu's personal soldiers, or even the servants in the county government office, they were all stunned by Liu Guangshi's wanton behavior.

Liu Guangshi pulled out the blood-stained sword that had pierced Gao Tuiguan's body, and while waving it, he shouted sternly: "My fellow brothers, you are all my family's confidants. I am killing this dog official today, not for any other reason, but because he is preventing my Liu family from becoming rich and powerful!
Now I have killed an official, my crime is unforgivable! You are my close followers, if you are arrested and questioned, you will not be pardoned! It is better to kill everyone you see, so that there will be no evidence against you!"

Everyone in the yamen was horrified. This Liu family member had such a vicious heart.

Liu Guangshi took a breath, pointed at Wang Yuan who was standing with a sword, and shouted: "The sword he holds is a sacred object used by the emperor. If you take it, and then present it to the emperor, not only will our crimes be forgiven, but we will also enjoy boundless wealth and glory! Soldiers! Kill Wang Yuan! Take the sacred sword and present it to the emperor!"

All of Liu's personal soldiers were alert and some of them were impatient and drew their weapons and rushed towards Wang Yuan.

More personal soldiers rushed towards the county government servants present nearby. These servants were all Gao Tuiguan's confidants. If any one of them was let go, it would be a potential threat to Liu Guangshi and his group.

Wang Yuan had met Liu Yanqing before. He had not expected that the son of the commander-in-chief of the Dragon God Guards could be so cruel and lawless.

Wang Yuan knew very well that it was useless for him to say anything at this moment, and he could only fight to the death.

In later generations of "Water Margin", when talking about a hero with unparalleled martial arts skills, it is often said that "thirty to fifty big men" or even "a hundred big men" cannot get close to him. The "big men" who cannot get close to him here refer to farmers without armor protection.

As long as some farmers have some protection, even if they only wear some cowhide armor with poor protection, their combat power is several times stronger than when they are without armor. If they are replaced by iron-armored soldiers, the difference will be more than ten times.

For example, when the Black Whirlwind Li Kui robbed the execution ground in Jiangzhou, he killed people indiscriminately with a pair of axes, but the victims were all unarmed civilians, or some yamen runners and constables wearing uniforms and holding only short sticks and waist knives, or at most some city defense soldiers wearing war jackets, but they were of no help at all. If it were replaced by heavy armored warriors wearing heavy armor, holding swords, heavy axes, and melon hammers, only three or five of them could easily kill him.

By the way, the reason why the black man was able to survive and drink the poisoned wine in Water Margin without dying on the battlefield was because he later changed his job and became a heavy-armored infantry warrior with the strongest protection on the battlefield.

The Liu family soldiers that Wang Yuan faced today were a group of elite soldiers in full armor.

Although Liu Yanqing and his son were not good people, Liu Yanqing was very concerned about the combat effectiveness of his own soldiers. They were all brave soldiers carefully selected by Liu Yanqing from the elite and brave men in the army.

These elite soldiers were fully armed. Under normal circumstances, even if Wang Yuan was a martial arts master, he would still find it difficult to fight them head-on. Without a warhorse, he couldn't even run away.

However, Wang Yuan had an unparalleled sharp blade in his hand, and the armor of Liu's personal soldiers was basically no different from paper in front of him.

Seven or eight soldiers formed a formation and approached, and Wang Yuan just swung his sword wildly. Wherever his hand raised, clothes and armor were torn apart, swords and spears shattered, blood gushed out like a fountain, and body parts fell everywhere.

Wang Yuan was in high spirits of killing. He rushed into the enemy group with a loud laugh, just like autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves, causing waves of blood rain.

In just a cup of tea, more than twenty of Liu's personal soldiers died at the hands of Wang Yuan's sword.

When Liu Guangshi came to his senses and found that most of his personal soldiers were killed or wounded, Wang Yuan was already right in front of him.

The key point is that the remaining Liu's personal soldiers scattered and strangled the servants in the county government office, resulting in only three or two servants left by Liu Guangshi when Wang Yuan rushed forward.

However, when they looked at Wang Yuan, who was covered in blood and full of murderous intent, they were so terrified that their hands and feet became weak, their legs trembled, and they could hardly stand.

Although Liu Guangshi was cruel, his martial arts were quite good. Even if he was not as good as Han Wu, if he mustered up his courage, he could fight with Wang Yuan for more than ten rounds (almost the level of the Eight Brave Riders of Liangshan).

But this guy had very little courage. Seeing Wang Yuan's ferocious look, he was so scared that his brain was empty, as if he had lost his soul, and his crotch was hot and wet.

He couldn't even hear what Wang Yuan said. He just watched his lips move. It was not until Wang Yuan swung his sword at him that he spat out two words in despair: "Spare my life!"

Wang Yuan killed Liu Guangshi with a sword, and killed some of Liu's personal soldiers. Then he went to Gao Tuiguan's study to find the seal, printed a few blank business cards and put them away, picked up some gold and silver, and then rode on the mount left by Liu Guangshi and rushed to the inn.

Wang Yuan knew in his heart that since he killed Liu Guangshi, there was no place for him in the Northwest Army.

No matter what crime Liu Guangshi committed, Liu Yanqing would never let Wang Yuan go.

Now Wang Yuan’s only way to survive is to hide his identity and leave his hometown.

What? You said to surrender to Xixia?

Not to mention that the crime of treason is a disgrace to one's ancestors, Wang Yuan disdains it.

Since the second battle of Pingxia City, the Xixia people had been completely broken-backed and lost their spirit (in fact, if Zhezong could live two more years, the Northwestern Frontier Army would have almost completed the battle to destroy Xia, what a pity).

If Wang Yuan went to surrender, the Xixia people would tie Wang Yuan up and send him back as soon as the Song army commander sent a letter.

(End of this chapter)