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Chapter 8 Life and Death

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The Northern Han people ran fast on the pebble beach by the river, and the Song army ships behind them had already landed not long after. The soldiers jumped off the bow of the ship under the scolding of the officers. These Song soldiers were originally brave men from the north. When they stood on the bow of the ship, the arrows were either weak or lost their correct heads. When they stood firmly on the ground, they shot arrows with their feet in a steady state, but they were accurate and ruthless. Chen De also practiced the kung evading blocking in the dark during the training of the special forces. So nothing happened, but he heard several Northern Han soldiers in front of him and hummed softly, which seemed to have been hit by the Song army. However, these people were all brave men, and they ran constantly as long as they were not shot into the vital points. Soon, they heard a scream from behind. It was the boss of the Song army who was sent out to vent their anger with a knife.

The Northern Han people did not carry bows and arrows with them. In this situation of being beaten and not fighting back, the Northern Han soldiers who crawled out of the sea of ​​blood were so angry that they were itchy. Fortunately, they didn't run far and entered the woods on the shore. The dense branches blocked the arrows that were getting more and more accurate from behind. The Northern Han people breathed a sigh of relief, slowed down, and gradually surrounded Wei Ti.

Seeing that the Northern Han people ran into the forest, the leading Song army did not dare to pursue them, and only looked out the figures and shot arrows outside the forest. After a while, the Song army officer had arrived with his personal soldiers and pursued them all the way. Knowing that Wei Ti and others had no bows and arrows, the Song army casually lit the Song torch. The officer shouted again: "Commander of the Wei Dynasty, the young general is Cheng Fangwu, the commander of the Jiuzhou Metropolitan Commander, Cheng Fangwu, has just beheaded the rioter Zhang Alang. The commander came from afar and was invited to Chengdu Prefecture for a discussion."

Wei Ti said "pah", looking around at the people who were walking around, almost all of them were injured. Song Wende was missing, as if the Northern Song army had shot the vital point. Thinking that Song Wende had been following him for more than ten years, Wei Ti couldn't help but feel heartbroken and said to the left and right: "Cheng Fangwu is right. This time, someone is in Shu, and it is probably difficult to escape. I'm determined to fight to the death. You are all good men, please stay or leave."

Chen De only felt that Wei Ti's eyes were fixedly looking at him in the darkness. Thinking of Wei Ti's kindness for his intake and cultivation for the past few days, the soldiers' blood was rising, and he couldn't help but blurt out: "Self follow the general to die." The other five people had no objection and interrogated: "I'd like to die for the general!"

"Good man!" Although I knew the result in my heart, everyone's unanimous determination to die still moved Wei Ti, especially Chen De, who had a bright eye, who had known each other for a while, was willing to follow him to the death. Wei Ti reached out and patted Chen De on the shoulder and said, "Chen De, I originally wanted to give you a wealth, but I had no choice but to let you accompany the veteran to bury him here."

Chen De was a little surprised at this time. He was a modern person, so he didn't even beat him if he said that he would like to die for the Lord. Seeing Wei Ti patted his shoulder, he hurriedly bowed and said, "General, love is raised, Chen De is frightened."

Wei Ti waved his hand and told him not to be polite. He looked up at the direction of the Song army's torch, his eyes sharply as if penetrated the darkness, and said, "Since we are going to fight to the death, the most urgent task is to seize several pairs of handy bows and arrows. Now we don't say a word, the Song army must have thought that someone would flee in a panic and would soon enter the forest to track someone." Seeing that everyone was listening attentively, he ordered: "Bai Yanzan took Yan Silang to the distance and made some noise to lead the Song army to chase him. He and Wang Gui, Chen De, Xin Gu, and Pan Jiu were ambushing in the forest. If Song army archers chased him, they would take the opportunity to attack and seize the bow." Everyone bowed and acted according to the plan.

Not long after the Song army shouted, they saw that there was no response in the forest, so they searched the forest. Cheng Fangwu, the head of the Song army, was not anxious. This place was already the hinterland of Shu. He expected that the Northern Han people were not familiar with the places. As long as the Song army set up key points in various places, Wei Ti and others would have to surrender.

He received a secret report that Wei Ti and others escaped along the Minjiang River in a small boat. This time, Cheng Fangwu immediately sent a fast horse to inform the Song army checkpoints along the river to closely monitor the riverside. Although he knew that there were only eight people from the enemy and was not easy to recruit ships, Cheng Fangwu still brought more than 150 elite soldiers to follow him on the boat. At this moment, the Song army all set up torches and searched in groups of five people in the forest. Cheng Fangwu personally led twenty personal soldiers to march back in the middle of the search formation.

After the Song army penetrated deep into the forest, the torches immediately made a clear picture of the close-up. They dragged out their thick backs and cut the knife from their waists to move the grass forward. The scouts who were skilled in tracking soon discovered the route of the Northern Han people's escape. Cheng Fangwu was waiting to reorganize the scattered search formation into three parallel ten feet apart and move forward quickly. Suddenly, he heard a few terrible shouts from the left wing. At this time, the Song army stopped in the forest, and the five people formed a small circle to wait for the enemy.

Wei Ti and others had just dealt with the soldiers on the far left of the Song army. They accidentally grabbed seven pairs of crossbows. Only Bai Yanzan's left arm was scratched by the Song army's resistance. The five were about to take advantage of the chaos and then killed some of the Song army, but they saw that the enemy was not panic and the defense was also tight. Wei Ti knew that he was facing the elite soldiers who had fought for a long time, so he sighed in his heart and ordered everyone to sneak into the bushes and take a detour.

Although nine soldiers on the left wing were attacked and killed, Cheng Fangwu was not angry. He thought that those who could attack and kill nine of his own people at once without losing one person would inevitably have more than five brave soldiers, with only seven of the other party fleeing, and the main general must have the most guards around him. In this way, Wei Ti would inevitably be among the majority of enemies who attacked the Song army. The traces of the Northern Han spy found in front were just bait. Cheng Fangwu smiled slightly. Even though Wei Ti was proficient in military tactics and was extremely brave, he could not make up for the disadvantage of military strength. Attacking Song Bing even exposed himself

The direction of the position is just to slowly press the troops with the main soldiers, and sooner or later it will be the fish in the net. So Cheng Fangwu led a head and led twenty soldiers to follow the traces of the Northern Han spies ahead, and he led the remaining soldiers to surround the left wing. This time he brought out all the veterans who had been on the battle formation. The nine people who were attacked just now were just careless. If the Northern Han army dared to come and harass them, at least one or two corpses would have to be left to escape. "Even if three are replaced, they will definitely win." Cheng Fangwu thought in his heart, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Wei Ti and others buried their heads in the bushes and moved forward slowly. It was not that they didn't want to walk fast, but that they could be caught by a rain of arrows following the sound of the Song army. Although the bushes used these random arrows to most of the arrows, the arrow feathers passing through the bushes still had huge lethality. Wei Ti's personal soldier Pan Jiu, who had been pierced through the left knee with one arrow, was also a tough guy. Seeing that he could not escape with everyone, he stayed alone and cut off the back. After shooting three Song soldiers to death, he was killed by the Song soldiers who were later snatched.

The Song army did not have such concerns. Although the soldiers were also afraid of the cold arrows that the Northern Han people turned around from time to time, they still rushed to chase them quickly under the strict orders of the officers, especially the Song army surrounded by the two wings, and they were chasing closer and closer. Seeing that the Song army gradually caught up with them, Wei Ti and others couldn't help but speed up their pace. Seeing that the siege had been completed, the Song army behind wanted to capture the four people alive, but no longer shot arrows, but followed behind them.

At this point, the four of them no longer thought about how to get rid of the pursuit of the Song army, and only focused on killing the enemy more. Wang Gui turned around and fired an arrow. He heard a "tied" sound. A Song soldier covered his throat and fell down. Chen Dezang said, "Good arrow technique." He also shot an arrow. The pursuers behind were so scared that they all hid behind the trunk. The four of them fought and gradually retreated to a hill with few trees.

The hill is not very high. What is rare is that except for a few huge rocks on the top of the mountain that seem to fall from the sky, there are tiny conglomerates everywhere. Apart from some weeds and short shrubs, there are no tall trees to hide, just like a natural fortress. Wei Ti led Chen De, Wang Gui and others to retreat to the mountain. The Song army that followed was no longer too pressed, and only surrounded the stone mountains. From a distance, it seemed that two officers were pointing to the mountain to discuss.

Seeing that the Song army did not attack the mountain immediately, the four of them sat among the huge rocks to rest. When they were just running away, Wei Ti was also hit by an arrow on his shoulder. The arrow was quite vicious and pierced at the point where the tendons and veins were connected. If he rashly raised the arrow, his right arm would probably be ruined.

"I don't know which bastard is a ruthless man. I must slaughter him with one knife." Wang Gui said hatefully, and used the knife to cut off the arrow that was stabbed on Wei Ti's shoulder, and the blood leaching made his clothes red.

Wei Ti smiled and said, "This small injury is a big deal. The first thing that is to fight and kill is the word "ruthless". What a soldier and horseman is most afraid of is to die under the verbal verbal of civil servants or to be humiliated by the prisoners. Even if he dies on the battlefield, he will get what he wants. General Yang sent you to accompany him this trip, and originally intended to help the Tuhun Army regain His Majesty's trust, but he never thought that he would implicate you."

Wang Gui hurriedly bowed and said, "The commander of the guard killed me. When the young general joined the army, he knew that this day was there. However, Brother Chen, he was not a member of the army, but he suffered this unpredictable disaster with me."

Chen De opened his eyes and smiled and said, "Brother Wang's words are considered an outsider. Although he has not had a formal position, the commander of the guard has already brought his younger brother into the Tuhun army. How can he stay out of the matter?"

Seeing that both of them were generous and energetic, Wei Ti smiled slightly. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly heard the sound of the bowstring. Song Jun, who was protruding his head at the foot of Shishan, covered his eyes and fell to the ground screaming constantly. Xin Gu put away his horn bow expressionlessly, as if the arrow just now was not what he shot.

"Good arrow technique." Wang Gui and Chen De blurted out at the same time.

"No," Wei Ti also praised, "I've shot rabbits on the grassland before." He saved Xin Gu who was about to starve to death while patrolling outside the border. Unexpectedly, this man had good archery skills and sword skills. He was taciturn on his daily life, but he always felt grateful for his life-saving grace. In the Tuhun Army, the warriors of the foreign race did not dislike Xin Gu as a Liao, so Wei Ti took him by his side and became a personal soldier.

"Yes." Xin Gu replied, rubbing the bowstring with his hands, narrowing his eyes and looking down at the mountain. Song Bing did not expect that there was such a long distance in the world that could hit the target. They were all so scared that they crawled on the ground, and even the two officers took a few steps back.

After a while, Song Bing became bolder again. Under the urging of the officer, he raised his rattan card and slowly attacked the mountain. Wang Gui took out four arrows from the arrow bag, clamped them with his five fingers with his right hand and was about to shoot them out one after another. A man walked out of the Song army at the foot of the mountain. He looked closely and saw that it was Song Wende, the Duhun Army who had not caught up.

Song Wende did not carry his weapons and slowly walked towards the mountain step by step. At this time, Wei Ti and the other four also saw clearly. Everyone looked strange on their faces, and the disappointment on Wei Ti's face flashed away. After he walked up to the stone mountain, Wang Gui and Xin Gu immediately surrounded him, pressing their hands to the waist knife to see how he explained.

Song Wende bowed to Wang Gui, then turned to Wei Ti and said, "General, things have come to this point, why not join Song."

Wei Ti stared in his eyes and said in a sequel: "Along the way, I always feel that there are spies who informed Song Jun. Wende, but you?"

Song Wende looked ashamed and whispered: "It's someone."

Hearing this sentence, Wei Ti's face, covered with Shuang, twitched violently. After a while, he sighed: "Well, everyone has their own ambitions. Then you cut off someone's head and ask for merit from General Song. But he and his men are good men, let them have a way out."

"General, no!" Wang Gui quickly stepped forward and persuaded him. The clan pulled out his waist and put it on Song Wende's neck, yelling: "That's what happened to this pig and dog who betrayed the master and asked for honor."

Song Wende suddenly knelt down and said in a stern voice: "General, the king of the country is incompetent, and the treacherous and treacherous, the young general is forced to do so!" He raised his head and said: "When he left Taiyuan, Prime Minister Guo ordered someone to tell me that if the general was not buried in the Song realm, the young general's family would be in danger. The king of the country and the prime minister had already regarded the sons of Tuhun Army as thorns in the eyes and wanted to remove him and others quickly. General, why not join the Song family."

These rebellious words made Wang Gui and Chen De look at each other. Unexpectedly, the Prime Minister of Northern Han colluded with the enemy to murder his general. Wei Ti's face was as calm as water. After listening to An Wende's words, Fang breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Wen De, I won't hide it from you now. Your father and I have a close friend. Twenty years ago, Yang Wugu fought bloody battles, and he exchanged a certain life for a certain life. Since then, I have treated you like my own son. But this time, you were wrong."

Hearing this, Song Wende opened his eyes and said, "General, what's wrong with choosing a good minister and serving him?"

Wei Ti sighed: "Since Wende and Anshi Rebellion, civil officials in the Central Plains said that military officials disrupted the country and hated me to the core. The emperor of the Central Plains was even more afraid and hated to the military households in the border town. Now he was recruiting me to surrender. However, if he wanted to weaken the power of Taiyuan, he would be able to eliminate me. The military households in Weibo Town were so strong that they were so strong that they could leave the Central Plains. After leaving the town and surrendering to the Central Plains, tens of thousands of families were pushed to the Yellow River to beheaded overnight. Have you forgotten the lesson?"

Song Wendedao: "But, the king of the country is stupid,..."

Before he finished speaking, Wei Ti interrupted him and shouted angrily: "Jiezhen is the foundation for a military household to settle down. No matter how stupid the Taiyuan king is, he will rely on Tuhun's sons to defend the powerful Liao in the north and resist the Song Dynasty in the south. If he surrendered to the south, there would be no other place for someone to live in the world." After saying that, he sighed: "If I surrender to Song today, I will just give Guo Wuwei the treacherous minister. Tuhun's sons may be hard to raise their heads." He paused and said firmly: "You go back and tell the people below that Tuhun's army has only a decapitated general."

Song Wende's lips moved and wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say it. He stepped back expressionlessly, kowtowed three times in front of Wei Ti, and then left expressionlessly.

Watching Song Wende's back gradually fade away, until he merged into the camp of the Song army, Wei Ti closed his eyes and thoughtful.

However, the Song army did not give too much emotion to the people on the mountain. More than twenty soldiers holding vine shields were running up the mountain, and more than sixty archers behind them shot arrows to cover them. For a moment, the rain of arrows began to fall next to the rock where Wei Ti and others hid, forcing the five people to stick tightly to the rocks and could not shoot arrows to fight back at all. In this way, Wang Gui was still shot on his left shoulder by an arrow falling from the sky. Chen De tightly shrank behind the rocks, holding the sword in both hands, and his hard fingers swollen white joints. Seeing that he was too nervous, Wang Gui patted his shoulder, and used a knife to cut the arrow shaft on his shoulder, while smiling at him kindly, making a gesture of killing the enemy.

The rain of arrows shot by the Song army gradually became sparse, and the heavy footsteps of the soldiers wearing armor were getting closer and closer. Wei Ti and Wang Gui looked at each other, suddenly let out a loud shout, rushed out of the hiding boulder, and suddenly crashed into the Song soldiers who were advancing with their shields. These Song soldiers were approaching carefully, but were caught off guard and were immediately chopped over by Wei Ti and Wang Gui. Chen De and Xin Gu reacted a little slower, and immediately raised their swords to break into the Song soldiers' formation that was disrupted by Wei Chen and others, and slashed them around.

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