The new era of chaos begins in the Song Dynasty

Chapter 434: The Cunning Gao Qiu
To put it bluntly, Gao Qiu came to the northwestern border area just to gain credit.

Although Gao Qiu was born a ruffian, he also understood the principle of "three stakes for a fence". This time when he came to the northwest, he brought some of his trusted people with him.

Among them, the two most trusted people were named Niu Bangxi and Dang Xia.

Dang Xia was a guard in Prince Duan's palace. He was very brave and had extraordinary martial arts skills.

Niu Bangxi was a close friend of Gao Qiu before he became famous. He once claimed that he was a descendant of Niu Jinda, a famous general in the early Tang Dynasty. He was a shrewd and discerning person.

Niu Bangxi followed Gao Qiu to the northwest. Fearing the fierceness of the battlefield, he recruited some men from the countryside to serve as his companions.

Among them was a man called Niu Xian, who was Niu Bangxi's fifth-degree cousin, a native of Lushan, Ruzhou. He was very skilled in martial arts and had amazing supernatural powers, making him a truly fierce general.

It's just that Niu Xian was unlucky. During the reign of Emperor Zhezong, the Song Dynasty fought many foreign wars and achieved great military success. However, if there were any brave men who joined the army and fought hard, they could almost always get a job, or at least earn some money and food.

Unfortunately, Niu Xian did not catch up with this rare period of military dividends after the founding of the Song Dynasty. At that time, his father died young, his mother was sick, his wife was weak and his children were young, so he had to keep to himself and raise his mother and children at home.

Two years ago, Niu's mother died of illness. His youngest son was strong enough to support his weak wife. Niu Xian then thought about joining the army again, but he had not found a way yet. Then the elder of the Niu family brought his cousin Niu Bangxi, who was hanging out in the capital, to the village to recruit people.

After following Niu Bangxi, Niu Xian was not happy.

The reason is very simple. Niu Bangxi is a villain, and Niu Bangxi's master Gao Qiu is also a villain. The villains act biasedly, which makes Niu Xian, who is upright by nature, particularly uncomfortable.

However, due to the friendship between his fellow villagers, Niu Xian could not just walk away. Instead, he learned from Xu Shu of the Three Kingdoms period. He was usually taciturn and rarely took the lead when something happened.

But this time, Niu Xian had no choice but to step forward.

Because the idiot Niu Bangxi actually sent several of his brothers to die.

When Wang Yuan took out the sword and demonstrated its sharpness, anyone present who was not blind or stupid would never doubt whether this magic sword was the sword of the emperor.

Gao Qiu looked at the rainbow-like divine sword greedily, his eyes almost popping out of his head.

Of course, Gao Qiu did not want to embezzle the sword. He also realized that this was a great opportunity, a great chance to win the favor of the officials.

In comparison, even the military achievements he made in the battle to capture Huangzhou were nothing more than insignificant matters.

Niu Bangxi was good at guessing people's minds. He saw through Gao Qiu's thoughts at a glance and wanted to flatter him, so he sent several brave servants from his hometown to seize the magic sword for Gao Qiu.

Others can see that Wang Yuan is not someone who can be messed with, but can't Niu Bangxi see that?
Of course he could see the ferocity of the soldier in front of him, but Niu Bangxi was used to hanging out in the streets of Bianliang and following Gao Qiu to bully others. He had seen many generals groveling before civil officials and the powerful, so he lacked the fear of the anger of the common people.

However, he thought he could do whatever he wanted from Wang Yuan and others.

Niu Xian's weapons were two iron-bone spears, each weighing more than ten pounds, which was already an extra-heavy weapon on the battlefield.

Even the picture books and novels say that a certain fierce general's weapon weighs dozens or hundreds of kilograms. These are all fictions and should not be taken seriously.

For normal battlefield weapons, it is common to weigh three to five kilograms, and weapons weighing seven to eight kilograms are considered heavier.

Iron-bone weapons like Niu Xian's weigh more than ten pounds and come in pairs, so they can only be used by people with supernatural powers. Moreover, although these unconventional heavy weapons have considerable armor-piercing capabilities, they are not suitable for charging into battle.

This also proves that Niu Xian has no battlefield experience, and his judgment of Wang Yuan's dangerousness is entirely based on natural instinct.

If it was Wang Yuan who killed Liu Guangshi, it is possible that he might have been captured by Niu Bangxi and his gang.

But now that Wang Yuan has left the army and become Chen Shen's retainer, the rules and regulations that bound him in the past are no longer applicable.

Especially before this, Chen Shen had told Wang Yuan that they didn't have to worry about anything when they entered the Xihe camp. They could just indulge their desires and make a big fuss, even if it meant killing people until a river of blood flowed.

To put it bluntly, Wang Yuan came to Xihe camp with the intention of killing people. The more Wang Yuan made a fuss, the better he could protect Chen Shen from rescuing people.

As for whether doing so would alert the enemy, Chen Shen was not worried.

The reason is very simple. Wang Yuan was born "innocent" and had no connection with the demon-suppressing people before. He had never even come into contact with any evil things in the first half of his life. This led to a natural cognitive barrier between him and the evil demons and evildoers.

As long as Chen Shen does not expose himself, even if Wang Yuan causes chaos in the Xihe camp, the evil people in charge will not link it with their own plans.

And this is precisely the limitation of the thinking of the Wanbian evil spirits. They can grab existing knowledge at will - even steal knowledge from the future across the long river of time; they can explore ancient secrets and spread horrific taboos.

However, they are unable to achieve self-innovation, that is, they lack creativity, including creativity in the field of thought.

But Wang Yuan forced back all the soldiers with one sword and shouted loudly that he wanted to see the young eunuch.

Niu Bangxi didn't know the situation and ordered his followers to surround and block the enemy.

Wang Yuan just swung his sword and cut off the weapons in the hands of these ignorant men. Three broken arms and two hands also fell to the ground.

At this moment, Wang Yuan immediately realized that these ignorant thugs were not trained soldiers.

He had an idea in his mind and was about to continue hacking and killing them.

Niu Xian had already pounced on him, wielding his iron sword to attack Wang Yuan from the side, thus forcing him to retreat.

Wang Yuan did not dodge, but just flicked the sword in his hand. Niu Xian suddenly felt his hand lighten. It turned out that the two pieces of raw iron bones had been chopped into pieces by the sword light.

Niu Xian was suddenly horrified. He instantly threw the broken handle in his hand towards Wang Yuan's face and turned backwards.

It’s impossible not to retreat!
In terms of martial arts, Niu Xian may not be inferior to Wang Yuan, but the combat power added by the [Xiao Lian] sword to Wang Yuan is really too great.

In the absence of corresponding divine objects to restrict him, Wang Yuan, with the divine sword in his hand, could kill any god that stood in his way.

At this time, Niu Bangxi was still shouting angrily: "What a bunch of freeloaders! You can't even do anything to a thief! Come forward and attack him! If anyone dares to slack off and retreat, I will not show mercy!"

Gao Qiu, who was supposed to stand shoulder to shoulder with Niu Bangxi, was beaten by Chen Shen in his early years and later fell into the hands of the imperial guards coach Wang Sheng, and suffered a lot. Therefore, he was afraid of such a situation and hid quietly.

Seeing that Niu Bangxi was so rampant, Wang Yuan rushed forward and cut the guy in two with one sword.

Everyone was awed to see how ferocious Wang Yuan was.

However, the lieutenant who had led Gao Qiu here earlier stepped forward and said, "Captain Wang, this is a strategic location for military affairs. You are also a general in the army, so you should know the severity of military law! And don't act recklessly!"

Wang Yuan, upon hearing this, suppressed his evil intent and sneered, "I am not afraid of you! You must know that the commander of the Dragon Guard, Liu Yanqing, sent hundreds of elite soldiers and cavalry to rob and kill me, but I defeated them with just my horse and sword. I have come here to offer you my magic sword, so don't try to hinder my future!"

All the soldiers were silent, but the lieutenant showed some contempt and said coldly: "Wang Tixia wants to flatter the emperor's envoy, but please do as you please. How dare we, the humble soldiers, obstruct you!"

Wang Yuan laughed arrogantly and said, "That's good! Let's go to the camp and when we succeed, I will definitely help you guys!"

So Wang Yuan took Han Wu and Chen Shen into the camp openly, and followed the aisle straight to the core area of ​​the military camp.

Although Gao Qiu escaped a disaster, he was unwilling to give up.

He rushed into the camp's tent first and met the chief commander, Cheng Zhishao, and said, "Sir Cheng, there is a lunatic outside the camp, but he broke into the camp with a sharp knife and is coming straight here to kill us! Sir, please dodge to avoid being disturbed!"

Upon hearing this, Cheng Zhishao was furious and said, "I am the commander of this place. How can I be a coward because of a common man? If this gets out, I will be laughed at! Come on! Gather the best soldiers and capture and kill the madman, and send me his head for report!"

(End of this chapter)