Chapter 242 Good Sword, Good Armor, Good Cui Jing (5,000-word chapter, please vote)
Ge Zong dragged Madam Lou through the crowd. Several cavalrymen following him laughed and cheered, deliberately using this as a demonstration to vent their anger.
At this moment, panicked voices suddenly spread among Xu's army, and someone shouted in a trembling voice: "...General Ji was killed!"
The news about Ji Xi's death reached Ge Zong's ears one after another.
Ge Zong's smile froze, and he immediately reined in his horse, frowning as he looked in the direction of the central army led by Ji Xi.
Ji Xi was killed? Who killed him? The revengeful Erlang of the Yun family? Or... the kid named Chang? He soon got the answer.
Some people in the Hezhou army began to shout: "Erlang Jun killed the bastard Ji Xi and avenged the governor!"
"Your Excellency the Governor can rest in peace now!" Someone cried out in a trembling voice, but the morale, which had already been weakened, was boosted again.
Although the formation was in disarray, there was still courage in the chaos, and countless Hezhou soldiers rushed towards the enemy.
Ge Zong's face darkened and he suddenly pulled the woman up. He lowered his body slightly on the horse and grabbed the woman's throat.
"You gave birth to a good and capable son..." His eyes flashed with murderous intent, and his palms tightened: "I wanted to spare your life temporarily, but now it seems that I can't spare your life."
The other side killed his leading general, and he also wanted to use the life of the governor's wife to boost the morale of the people who were worried about Ji Xi's murder.
"A life for a life, you gave birth to a filial and good son!" He grinned grimly, and when he was about to break the woman's unyielding neck, he suddenly felt a gust of wind coming, and it was already at his ears!
Ge Zong turned his head to avoid the arrow, but the arrow came at him so fast that it still grazed half of his ear.
The second one came right after, or to be more precise, the second and third ones came at the same time.
Taking advantage of this gap, Madam Lou, who was being dragged with wounds all over her face and swollen and bleeding eyes that she could hardly open, gathered her strength and pulled out the half-broken arrow that was embedded in her flesh with her right hand. She raised her hand and stabbed Ge Zong's arm with all her strength.
Ge Zong was anxious to deal with the arrow from behind, and he didn't expect that she still had the strength to fight back. The arrow pierced his arm, and he shook Mrs. Lou off in pain.
Madam Lou fell heavily to the ground. A figure quickly ran forward, hugged her and rolled over, avoiding the chaotic horse hooves.
"Madam!" Mrs. Shepherd's Purse carried Madam Lou on her back. Soon, soldiers came forward to support her and escorted the seriously injured Madam Lou to the rear.
"Sure enough, it's you little bastard again!"
Ge Zong gritted his teeth and pulled out the broken arrow from his arm. Madam Lou's counterattack despite her serious injuries meant that the arrowhead would not penetrate too deeply and could not cause him fatal damage.
He threw away the bloody broken arrow and looked at the "young man" holding the bow on the horse.
Chang Suining slowly hung the bow and arrow back on the side of the horse's back, then raised his eyes and rode towards him.
As she approached, she held the reins in one hand and pulled out the dagger hidden inside and outside her boot with the other.
Ge Zong did not retreat. He shouted "Go" in a deep voice and rushed forward with his sword raised.
The two men fought on horseback, sometimes attacking and sometimes defending. As the fight lasted longer, the two men and their horses gradually separated from the main army and fought to the side of the official road.
There were several corpses here, they were seriously injured soldiers who fled here and collapsed. At this moment, the snow fell on those corpses, and a thin layer of soft white had accumulated.
There were weeds and dry reeds here, but because it was not the main battlefield, they were not disturbed too much and were covered by snow.
As the two men broke in, the snow was splashed with blood, like red plum blossoms blooming in the snow.
The sky was getting darker and the vision was becoming hazy and turbid, but there was still snow here which served as a light, reflecting the impatience gradually emerging in Ge Zong's eyes.
He was entangled by this young man for a long time, but he couldn't kill him.
After a few more moves, he could see that the opponent's strength and kung fu skills were obviously not as good as his, but his moves were too flexible. Every time he thought he was about to kill the opponent, the opponent would always dodge, like a bird, and he was like a person swooping at the bird.
If you fail once, it’s fine, but if you fail ten or a hundred times, it will inevitably make people angry and impatient.
This kind of irritability is different from not being able to beat the opponent, because he can clearly beat the opponent, but he just can't hit him no matter how hard he tries! Ge Zong subconsciously glanced at the direction of the battlefield. Ji Xi was dead, and he should be in charge of the overall situation in the army, but he was entangled by this kid here, and he couldn't get away for a long time! He cursed: "...You are deliberately trying to hold me back, right!"
So his attacks became more violent.
Chang Suining dodged his knife again: "More than that."
As she finished speaking, she rode her horse around Ge Zong's side and suddenly bumped into him.
This collision seemed to be random and Ge Zong did not have time to dodge it completely. The horse under him had already been exhausted by her. After this collision, the horse neighed and retreated, completely out of control.
Ge Zong was thrown down and rolled twice in the snow. He spat out the snow in his mouth, stood up quickly, and held the knife tightly in his hand.
Chang Suining also jumped off his horse, stood in the snow, and looked at him.
Ge Zong narrowed his eyes slightly: "Why, do you want to fight me in close combat?"
The reason why the other party was able to survive under his hands until now was nothing more than his excellent horsemanship. He could always dodge flexibly by using the horse under him. But when he got close to him, it was not so easy to dodge.
"Yes, let's try." Chang Suining held the knife horizontally in front of her, the light of snow was cold and the short knife in her hand also shone with cold light: "Killing you should not be difficult."
This may sound like bragging, but her tone is serious, as if this is a conclusion she reached after much practice and analysis, and cannot be disputed.
Ge Zong sneered through his teeth: "Young people are too arrogant, but they will lose their lives!"
Chang Suining didn't say another word, but attacked him with the knife in his hand, moving so fast that a mist of snow was raised.
She was very clear about her strengths and weaknesses when facing Ge Zong, so she had been draining Ge Zong's physical strength and patience.
And now, it's almost there.
Ge Zong stepped forward, and when the two of them fought hand to hand, Ge Zong could feel the opponent's lack of strength even more. He raised the corner of his mouth and said, "You little bastard, you should know that when I was killing people, you were still in your mother's arms sucking milk!"
"You're wrong." Chang Suining blocked his knife, his palms numb from the shock, and he took a step back: "But I don't intend to correct you."
She knew the other person, but the other person knew nothing about her - this made it easier to kill him.
Ge Zong gritted his teeth in anger: "You are showing off your mother's mystery!"
What he hated most now was these bastards who only spoke half of their words! He had not felt it clearly before the battle, but now he quickly discovered that the short knife in the opponent's hand was very unusual. Normally, such a sharp thin knife would not be able to block his heavy knife in such a close combat.
But the fact was, as the two of them clashed, a crack appeared on the back of his knife! And he began to breathe unevenly.
He was eager to kill and had used almost all his strength in every move before. Now that he was separated from the horse and had to use his hands and feet, he gradually showed signs of exhaustion.
But the "young man" on the opposite side still shows no signs of fatigue, and his offensive is long and powerful.
Ge Zong then realized that the dog had been intentionally conserving its strength!
This guess is not entirely correct.
Chang Suining knew that his physical foundation was too weak and that it would be difficult to make up for the lack of strength for the time being, so he worked hard to hone his endurance.
Ge Zong has ten points of strength, and she only has five points. The opponent can use a hundred moves with ten points of strength, but she is not tired after more than a hundred moves with only five points of strength.
In the first half, she relied on her flexibility to consume the opponent's strength.
In the second half, she will have to win with patience and endurance.
The two continued to fight. The thin young man mainly dodged at the beginning, but gradually he became evenly matched and faced the opponent head-on. Slowly, he began to press forward step by step and gained the upper hand.
Ge Zong, who was almost exhausted, raised his knife to block again, but suddenly he felt his hand shake, and the knife in his hand broke with a "bang"! Ge Zong's face changed completely.
As the knife broke, there was no longer any barrier between the two.
The pair of eyes, colder than the light of snow, stared at him, and the white blade was about to reach his face! Ge Zong fell backwards.
With a "thump", he fell backwards in the snow.
Ge Zong instinctively wanted to roll over to avoid it, but in the split second he didn't move much.
Until the "young man" fell quickly, knelt on one knee and pressed his abdomen, and the blade in his hand fell.
Ge Zong had already taken out the dagger hidden beside his armor and stabbed it towards Chang Suining's heart at the same time.
Chang Suining did not dodge, and the two men stabbed at each other with their weapons almost at the same time.
Chang Suining stabbed Ge Zongben's shoulder with the short knife in his hand.
The dagger in Ge Zong's hand was blocked and failed to penetrate into the flesh as he wished.
How could it be? His dagger could clearly break armor! But he didn't have time to think too much. The pain in his shoulder made him cry out, and at this time he raised the dagger again, intending to stab Chang Suining's neck.
Chang Suining seemed to have predicted his move, and drew out his dagger even faster, slashing at his forearm holding the dagger.
His flesh and bones were severed, and the part below his forearm, along with the hand holding the dagger, flew out instantly.
"ah!"
The pain from the broken limb made Ge Zong almost crazy. He struggled violently. Before Chang Suining could dodge, he stabbed him in the leg again.
This can be considered as repayment for Mrs. Lou.
Ge Zong was unable to get up. He struggled to kneel but soon fell to the ground again. He could only move and roll, but as the blood gushed out, he could soon no longer move. He could only lie in the red snow, gasping for breath.
Chang Suining watched quietly, and only then walked towards him.
Ge Zong's face had begun to turn pale, and his lips had lost their color. As he watched her approach step by step, fear finally appeared in his eyes.
He raised his head with difficulty, and moved backwards, making a weak sound: "No... don't kill me..."
"I can surrender...!"
The girl was still walking towards him, and every step she took in the snow seemed to be stepping on the line between his life and death.
What she held in her hand was a knife, and also his life.
She squatted down in front of him, with one knee slightly bent, listening to his weaker and more panicked voice: "I... I know a lot of Xu Zhengye's secrets. Don't kill me, I can tell you everything..."
"You should have said it earlier." Chang Suining seemed a little regretful: "Now that you are like this, even gods can't save you."
Ge Zong reached out and grabbed the hem of her armor, shaking his head in fear: "No..."
The next moment, his eyes moved and suddenly looked behind Chang Suining.
One of his confidants pushed aside the reeds, led the way and ran towards Chang Suining with a knife in hand.
Hope lit up in Ge Zong's eyes.
But that hope quickly faded.
Another man slipped through the reeds, holding a spear in his hand, and ran and stabbed his confidant in the abdomen from behind.
After being stabbed, the man screamed in a woman's voice, but she kept moving, holding the spear tightly, and pushed the man forward seven or eight steps, until the man's body fell limply and she could no longer hold the spear, so she let go.
"Ms. Chang?!" she shouted anxiously and confusedly.
Chang Suining turned around and looked at her.
"Mrs. Chang!" The woman confirmed that it was her and hurried over, still a little flustered: "I couldn't find you!"
The team was in chaos, with killing going on everywhere. She searched for a long time and finally found the enemy she had followed!
"I'm glad you're okay! General Chang is also looking for you!" The woman knelt down beside Chang Suining and forced a smile of great relief. She seemed to want to cry, but was trying her best to hold it back.
"You..." Ge Zong looked at the boy in front of him in disbelief, and uttered an unclear but extremely shocked sound: "You... are actually a woman?!"
So, she is not Chang Kuo's son, but Chang Kuo's daughter? !
No wonder... He said, how could Chang Kuo give birth to such a weak son! "Bad luck..." Ge Zong's eyes were filled with resentment. He actually lost to a little girl!
unlucky?
Hearing these two words, Chang Suining let out a soft "Ah": "It's even more unlucky. You're going to die in my hands. With this bad luck, I'm afraid you won't be able to reincarnate. What should I do?"
Ge Zong's eyes moved back and forth as he stared at her, his lips moving but he could hardly make a complete sound.
"Are you still begging for mercy?" Chang Suining asked in a polite tone.
Ge Zong was no longer able to answer her, but he grabbed her armor again, the unwillingness in his eyes dissipated, leaving only the fear of death.
"It's no use begging." Chang Suining raised his hand: "I don't believe it."
How could Xu Zhengye tell the secret to such a stupid person?
The knife falls.
Blood spurted.
Ge Zong's head was cut off and Chang Suining threw it aside. He then sat down, supporting himself with his hands at his sides, and took a rest.
In addition to her good endurance, she is also very good at disguise.
She also gets tired, very tired.
She looked in the direction of the army. Torches were lit all around. Old Chang had arrived. Someone was in command of the situation, so she could take a short break.
After a moment, she picked up the dagger at hand, gently rubbed the blood off it in the snow, and took a closer look at it, only to see tiny scratches on it.
"Nice knife..." she praised softly.
After a moment, he lowered his eyes and looked forward.
She was wearing the goose feather armor underneath, which blocked the dagger that Ge Zong had just stabbed at her.
She also praised earnestly: "Good armor."
This sword and this armor were both given by Cui Jing, so...
In the snow, the girl exhaled a faint white breath of exhaustion: "Hello, Cui Jing."
At this time, a group of enemy troops followed closely.
Chang Suining sat where he was and looked up at them.
The woman grabbed Ge Zong's broken knife and stood up alertly.
The enemy troops were coming quickly, but soon stopped on their own.
They saw Ge Zong’s head and his eyes that were still open after death.
Their eyes were filled with horror, and their hands holding the knives began to tremble.
The girl sat in the snow and looked at them: "Do you want to fight again?"
No one answered.
They looked at their companions, trying to gain some confidence from their eyes, but all they saw was fear greater than their own, so they began to retreat.
"You're running away now?" the woman said teasingly, "Look how scared they are! They must be scared out of their wits!"
But her voice was also trembling, and she fell back to her seat, her shoulders and arms twitching and shaking.
Chang Suining turned around, raised his hand and patted her head gently: "It's okay."
It was my first time on the battlefield. There was so much blood, so many lives, and I killed people with my own hands. How could I not be afraid?
Hearing this word of comfort, Mrs. Shepherd's Purse could no longer hold back, and suddenly hugged Chang Suining and burst into tears.
Chang Suining patted her broad back gently.
The woman has been doing farm work all year round. She has a strong build, rough skin and a hot temper. But at this moment, she is like a panicked child, and regards the girl as her only comfort and salvation.
She cried loudly for a long time, and finally calmed down. She let go of Chang Suining, wiped her tears, and said with tears and laughter: "...This thing is still different from killing a pig!"
She had boasted before that killing the enemy was almost the same as killing a pig, but after actually killing one, she realized the shock was indescribable.
"Isn't it different?" The girl's breathing was still a little uneven, but she answered seriously: "I have never killed a pig."
"Then I'll send my pig to Madam Chang to be slaughtered!"
Chang Suining couldn't help but smile.
Mrs. Shepherd's Purse also laughed: "Look at what nonsense I am talking about!"
She was really frightened out of her mind.
"It's a good thing. The pigs are still there, the pigs are saved, the house is still there, and the city is still there." Chang Suining took a look at Ge Zong's head and said, "We won."
With tears in her eyes, Mrs. Shepherd's Purse asked uncertainly, "Did you win?"
Are they really going to win? Did 50,000 people beat 100,000? "We are going to win." Chang Suining supported himself on the ground, stood up, and lifted Ge Zong's head: "Let's go."
Chang Kuo had reorganized the formation, and the Hezhou army was now gathering together and beginning to withdraw from the chaotic fight.
"Madam Chang! Madam Chang is back!"
Someone shouted loudly, and Chang Kuo, who was sitting on his horse, turned his head suddenly to look.
In the light of torches and snow, a girl emerged from behind the reeds, covered in blood, holding a knife in one hand and a head in the other.
This scene overlapped with too many scenes from the past, and Chang Kuo's eyes immediately became wet.
He immediately ordered his deputy general beside him: "Go quickly!"
The deputy general rode a horse and led a team of people to break through the scattered enemy troops and went forward to protect Chang Suining.
After seeing clearly that the head was Ge Zong, the deputy general was shocked.
He jumped off his horse, bowed slightly, and saluted the girl who was much shorter than him with his fists clasped together: "Girl!"
Chang Suining handed him the head.
The deputy general took it, raised his spear, and shouted to the enemy: "Ji Xi is dead, Ge Zong's head is here, you all quickly surrender to save your lives, those who surrender will not die!"
The news of Ge Zong's death had just spread among those people, but some people still held on to hope. When they saw Ge Zong's head with their own eyes, the morale of Xu's army completely collapsed.
Amid the loud shouts of "Those who surrender will not die", some people exchanged glances with their left and right and dropped their weapons.
Just when the situation was about to be decided, a shout suddenly came from the rear of Xu's army: "Let's see who dares to surrender!"
"The general has arrived!"
"The general has arrived. Anyone who dares to surrender will be punished by military law!"
"Great General?!"
General Xu Zhengye has arrived?!
The soldier, not knowing whether it was real or fake, quickly picked up the weapon in front of him.
Chang Suining had already sat back on his horse and came to Chang Kuo's side, looking with him towards the rear of Xu's army.
Indeed, soon the sound of horse hooves was heard.
Xu Zhengye really came.
But why did Xu Zhengye suddenly come here at this time? With an army of 100,000, he should have enough confidence.
Did he see that Ge Zong and Ji Xi had been unable to capture the city and their patience had worn out, so he wanted to supervise the battle himself, or... did he get some other news? "Don't be afraid." Chang Suining thought for a moment and said, "It may not be a 'bad thing'."
Chang Kuo nodded obediently, his eyes determined.
"?" The deputy general on the side looked over.
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