Fifty-Nine: Good at Running

  Young home guard had more than eighty people, they suddenly rushed into the battle group, like a iron flow, destroying all enemies who dared to block and resist.

  The Xiangjiao sect wasn't that vulnerable, but they were too scattered and had lost their command. Each of them fought separately, so naturally they couldn't withstand the young master's household guards who maintained a certain formation. After retreating, they couldn't even organize an effective resistance, not to mention trying to buy some time for those escaping.

  Wang Haoxian turned around and saw this scene, the anger and shame in his heart even more intense. These were all the elite cultivated by Xiangxiang Jiao over the past decade, and he had originally hoped that these people would make great use of themselves in the Xiangxiang Jiao uprising. But now it seemed that they were no different from chickens and dogs!

  "At first, he deliberately laid out a suspicious array, making me think that he had not discovered my true identity. Then, he adjusted the tiger to leave the mountain, transferring me from Yangzhou City, and then secretly crossed Chen Cang, secretly meeting with Shi Jingyan. Finally, he came up with a trick of shouting east and hitting west. Those cruel little guys, nominally went to suppress bandits, but actually sneaked in from the land route, waiting for us to launch an attack, and then suddenly attacked from behind..."

  Wang Haoxian suddenly understood that Yu Guozhen's plan was a series of interconnected tricks, leading him to slowly fall into the trap. It was laughable that he had not realized it before and still thought he was being cautious enough!

  No wonder Fang Sanye praised this person so much, this person has the skill of cultivating pearls, it's not accidental at all!

  "This man is doomed and cannot be left alive. After he returns, even if it means using military force, he must be eliminated!"

  At this time, Wang Haoxian's fear and hatred of Yu Guozhen surpassed his greed for the Zhongzhu technique!

  "Little official, over there."

  Gao looked at Yu Guozhen with his eyes narrowed, gazing at several figures over a hundred feet away.

  Yu Guozhen also noticed those figures, they were the farthest from the battlefield, but they left first.

  The Huanxiang followers around them had already scattered, Shi Jingyan connected and cut down a few before returning to Yu Guozhen's side. Yu Guozhen pointed at the group of shadows: "Shi Weng, whether this great achievement is complete depends on whether that group can be caught. If they are allowed to escape, all previous efforts will be in vain."

  "They can't escape!" Shi Jingyan looked around and found a lame horse tied not far away, his face suddenly showed joy. He went back to the pole he had chosen, stretched out his hand to pick up the carrying pole, which was actually a spear gun, and ran three steps and two steps to jump onto that lame horse.

  Although this horse is a nag, it can still run faster than humans. Moreover, Yu Guozhen followed behind the horse and chased after it. He personally led the charge, so how could the young guards fall behind? In an instant, only Fang Zhiyi, Sun Lin and others were left on the original battlefield.

  "What...what's going on?" Fang Yizhi was somewhat stunned, as the battle situation had seemed to be at a stalemate before, but in the blink of an eye, they had won a complete victory.

  Sun Lin was overjoyed, he was skilled in both literature and martial arts, his archery skills were unparalleled, but he had never had the chance to truly showcase them. Today, he had shot and killed several bandits in a row, his mood was even more stirred up: "Who cares about that, killing a few more bandits is also good for showing off my skills, Mi Zhi, you haven't hit any of them yet!"

  Fang Yizhi could only smile bitterly, usually he also practiced archery and sword fighting, but when it came to real combat, he realized that his usual skills were useless.

  However, losing a person is not the same as losing an army. Even if Sun Lin didn't perform well, he couldn't be weaker than him in terms of words, so Fang Yizhi said: "You still have something to say? If it weren't for me, you'd already be gone!"

  As he spoke, he threw down the door panel.

  At this time the Huanxiangjiao followers around them had scattered, and the two of them were left with nothing to do. Then they saw a group of Yu family's young house guards running back, and the three of them formed a group to search for corpses on the ground.

  "Guo Zhenxian is indeed cautious in doing things, haha." Sun Lin commented with a smile. He was not very convinced of Yu Guozhen at first, but now he feels that Yu Guozhen is worthy of the praise "wise and intelligent".

  What he said was cautious, that the group searching for the body, two people held the body with bayonets, and another person came forward to inspect it, this is to prevent enemies from pretending to be dead and suddenly launching a surprise attack.

  It was somewhat unpleasant to hear Fang Yizhi's words, and he glanced at Sun Lin: "I know the guys I brought are not good enough, you don't have to beat around the bush!"

  At first, the three of them made a plan, and Fang Yizhi was supposed to be in charge, saying that he would definitely arrange everything perfectly. However, the situation just now clearly showed that if Yu Guozhen hadn't arranged for Young Master Wei to ambush nearby, the outcome would still be uncertain. This is naturally the result of Yu Guozhen's caution, but it also shows that Fang Yizhi is not thorough enough in his actions at present.

  "Mr. Fang, the young official says, please ask Mr. Fang to mobilize the local militia to hunt down the remaining heretics..." A young servant hastily ran over, first bowing his waist and making a standing salute to Fang Yizhi before speaking.

  Fang Yizhi listened and then lightly patted his head, himself having forgotten this matter. Of course, he didn't just bring more than twenty people to ambush; he nodded at a servant with a nervous expression beside him, and that servant immediately started beating the copper gong.

  The loud sound of the copper gong was heard far and wide, and immediately, the sound of the copper gong came out from all directions in the countryside. After Fang Yizhi returned home, he convened a meeting with the villagers nearby on behalf of his father, proposing that each village should unite to help each other, and this copper gong sound became the signal for mutual assistance!

  Wang Haoxian heard the sound of the copper gong, and his heart was anxious. At this time, the sound of horseshoes had already arrived from behind. On that inferior horse, Shi Jingyan held up a spear with one arm and suddenly thrust it forward. One of the Xiangxiang Sect disciples let out a miserable cry as he flew out.

  Shi Jingyan saw that Wang Hao was the leader, so he immediately rushed towards Wang Hao. The spear in his hand was swaying behind Wang Hao's back, and if he advanced another twenty zhang, he would be able to catch up with Wang Hao.

  At this moment, the four Hengxiang disciples guarding Wang Haoxian suddenly turned around, their weapons aimed at Shi Jingyan.

  "Boom!"

  Shi Jingyan saw the dark cave entrance, and the flickering flames that seemed to be alternating between light and darkness. His face suddenly turned pale, he clamped his legs around the horse's belly, and with a sudden jerk on the reins, the horse let out a long whinny and stood up on its hind legs. Then there was a loud rumbling sound.

  As the sound of the explosion faded, countless small holes appeared on the body of the horse, and blood gushed out. The horse also fell to the ground with a loud thud. Just before it fell, Shi Jingyan rolled down, his whole body covered in blood.

  Shi Jingyan's horsemanship was extremely skilled, otherwise it wouldn't have been that unlucky horse that got hit by the four bird guns, but someone else! However, even so, although the horse blocked most of the bullets for him, he still suffered quite a few splash injuries.

  Fortunately, the injury was not serious, just some superficial wounds that did not affect his movements. With a flip and a roll off the horse, Shi Jingyan charged into the midst of the four bird gunners, this time he had discarded the shotgun and drew out his knife again, in the flashing cold light, those four bird gunners fell down like fallen leaves.

  Wiping away sweat and blood, Shi Jingyan panted heavily, stumbling forward a few more steps before his legs gave out and he fell to the ground.

  The injuries on his body were one reason, and the excessive force he used in that instant was another. After all, he had already passed his prime and was no longer as vigorous as he was in his youth.

  Watching Wang Haoxian start running away again, Shi Jingyan secretly called out "what a pity", if he were twenty years younger, he would not have let this person escape.

  Just as he thought Wang Haoxian would escape smoothly, a team of young men swept past him like the wind, and Yu Guozhen was among them!

  "Run... so fast!" Shi Jingyan was stunned.

  It's not surprising for one or two people to run so fast, but when all these young men can maintain this speed while carrying white spears and wearing short knives at their waists, it's beyond what ordinary people can do.

  He didn't know that even the shortest of these young men had been training for half a year, during which they had been doing strength training such as weighted cross-country running almost every day without fail. With adequate nutrition and intense training, they were able to run like this.

  "Song Zi Cai, stay and take good care of Shi Weng."

  Shi Jingyan watched them run past, then heard a command. A group of people who were running in the team slowed down and came back. The person at the front of this group had two strips of cloth sewn on his shoulder, each three fingers wide and half a palm long. He smiled and stepped forward with his waist straight and fists clasped: "Is that Shi Weng?"

  "It's really old..." Shi Jingyan hesitated, unsure of what to call him. The young man had some border army mannerisms, but his clothes and demeanor were completely different.

  "Who are you?" he asked with some doubt.

  "We are Yu Fu's household guards, secretly arriving to assist the young official." The young man smiled and said: "I am Song Zimiao, the sixth group leader. Don't move, old stone, we'll take care of your wound for you."

  As Song Zimiao spoke, a house guard youth came up to examine Shi Jingyan's wound, then took out a small box from behind his back and pulled out scissors, first cutting open the clothes around Shi Jingyan's wound.

  His movements were extremely skilled, and it was clear that he had practiced specially. Seeing this scene, Shi Jingyan, who was usually wooden, also knew that these young men were not ordinary household guards.

  "The lead bullets are poisonous and need to be picked out. You all come and lend a hand." The youth who was treating the wound said after taking a look.

  Then two more young men came up, they took out small pliers and knives, and began to remove the lead from Shi Jingyan's wound. This process was naturally quite painful, but Shi Jingyan, who considered himself a tough guy, didn't flinch or make a sound as he watched the young men work.

  He didn't even make a sound, and the young men were extremely impressed. After finishing, the inspecting youth checked him again, then took out a gourd. Opening the lid, a strong smell of wine wafted out, Shi Jingyan's spirits lifted, he was quite fond of good wine, and laughed: "What a great scent, this is indeed good wine."

  "This isn't good wine, it's alcohol." The young man said as he pulled out a cotton swab and carefully applied some of the "alcohol" from his mouth to the wound on Shi Jingyan's forehead: "Even in winter, we have to use alcohol to disinfect..."

  "Is this liquor drinkable? Can you spare some for me to quench my thirst?" Shi Jingyan didn't have much concept of disinfection, he thought that such fragrant wine, if not drinkable, would be a waste.

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