Chapter 24: Close Combat
In Wu Ning’s original plan, he had actually been very mentally prepared for it.
After all, it was just a few dozen people who attacked the Dongchang elite of more than a thousand people head-on.
Even if you take advantage of the strong wind and sand to catch the opponent off guard, you still need to rely on other Yu Qian's old men to delay with their lives in order to give Xiao Shaofan, Zhu Hui and others the opportunity to assassinate Cao Wubo. .
But in that plan, due to the large number of people in Dongchang, after the melee started, there were swords everywhere, wind and sand hitting the eyes, and the vision was chaotic.
Cao Wubo and others did not prepare snow silk to cover their eyes in advance, so they could only see things more than a foot away around them clearly, so they would not be able to escape easily.
The initiative still lies with Yu Qianjiu's side, and the sacrifice of each of them is still meaningful.
The situation now is very different.
Dongchang's subordinates have dispersed and are fighting flexibly. Cao Wubo is flying as fast as he can. He is at a high place with a wide field of vision and can come and go freely.
Many people died under his sword without having time to play their due role.
Su Hanshan couldn't move when using the evil dragon spitting beads, and there were many blind spots in his field of vision. If he could really compare with Cao Wubo in terms of how fast he could kill the opponent's tribe, he probably wouldn't be able to match it.
But if Su Hanshan changes his target, it means that Cao Wubo alone has contained the two combat forces of Xiao Shaofan and Su Hanshan.
As time goes by, Yu Qian's old troops will still be put at a disadvantage, or even completely destroyed.
No matter which situation develops, the defeat of Yu Qian's old ministry seems to be doomed. The only difference is that some will die earlier and some will die later.
Crack! !
In the alley, Zhu Ji slashed diagonally with his sword, cutting off the neck of the man opposite, and blood spurted all over him.
He killed five small bosses of Dongchang alone. He was hit by a crossbow arrow on his left shoulder, but he had no time to care about it. Instead, he turned his attention to Cao Wubo on the roof not far away.
Although Zhu Ji has a reckless personality, his perception of the battlefield situation can be said to be acute.
It was an intuition. He knew immediately without thinking about whether there could be a third situation today. The most critical thing was whether anyone could intercept and hold back Cao Wubo.
As long as he can stop him for a while, Xiao Shaofan will be able to catch up with Cao, and even Su Hanshan will have a chance to try to kill him.
"Old dog Cao!"
Zhu Ji took a mouthful of bloody phlegm and prepared to rush up.
Suddenly, a hand was placed on his shoulder from behind. He was so frightened that he quickly slashed back with a knife, but was blocked by another knife.
“It’s me!”
Dora said, “It’s useless for you to rush like this, come with me!”
Before she finished speaking, Dora was already walking quickly with Zhu Ji, walking through the streets and alleys, turning sometimes, sometimes left and sometimes right.
Cao Wubo has started to move again, and the crackling sound of the evil dragon spitting beads can be heard again. Every time where he just lands, a large number of tiles are blown to pieces, debris is scattered, and dust and smoke are flying.
What is hateful is that even this does not seem to hinder his flexible movement.
Zhu Ji looked up anxiously. When he passed the entrance of a certain alley, he caught a glimpse and seemed to see the side face of Qianhu Bai Qi at the other end of the alley.
Bai Qi is a member of the Jinyiwei Qianhu family. He loves to be in the limelight. He once suggested that Yu Qian should be charged with crimes and be published nationwide. For Qian's old department, that face is more familiar than other stalls in Dongchang.
Judging from the posture of this dog thief just now, he must be running and following Cao Wubo's movements.
Zhu Ji felt a shiver in his heart, knowing that if he had just chased Cao Wubo with enthusiasm, he might have been stopped by Bai Qi before he even met Cao Wubo.
Dora is really smart!
However, after a while, Zhu Ji found that he seemed to be getting farther and farther away from Cao Wubo. He was anxious and couldn't help but said: "Where are we going?"
Dora was silent. While walking quickly, she also raised her head to look at Cao Wubo's movements.
Suddenly, he stopped in front of an empty house, kicked open the broken wooden door, and pulled Zhu Ji in.
Inside the empty house, cobwebs were densely covered, and thick dust accumulated on the floor, tables and chairs. When the wooden door fell down, the dust suddenly rose, and the whole house seemed to be enveloped in a thick fog. Dora waved her hand, shook off the dust, looked at the layout of the house, pointed to a pillar and said: "If I tell you to do it, cut that pillar off! There is no time to explain, hurry up and get ready!"
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Zhu Ji didn't know what was going on, but the idea that "Dola was smarter than him" just now was still echoing in his mind, so he decided to believe him, broke the nock of the crossbow on his left shoulder, and took a bow. Hold the knife with both hands, ready to go.
It was too late to say it, but it was so quick at that moment. Almost as soon as he was ready, Dora had already shouted the word "Go!"
Many of the houses in Pingyang City have earthen walls, and the pillars used are just tree trunks about half a foot in diameter. They may not have been painted at first, and they have been uninhabited for so long that cracks as thin as a little finger have appeared on the pillars.
It would be easy for Zhu Ji to chop down such a pillar with one stroke.
At the same time as he swung the knife, Dora also jumped up and slashed at the beam with the knife.
The situation was so urgent that Dora had no time, let alone the mood to explain. Otherwise, he might have insulted Zhu Ji with a joking tone.
For example, Zhu Ji is the son of a general. Even when he was a small soldier, he stayed with his father as a personal soldier. Even when he went to the battlefield, there were groups of people he had known well around him. Fighting back and forth in the middle of the battlefield.
Therefore, people like him are not so sensitive to the boundaries of the battlefield.
Yes, every battlefield has boundaries. The larger the battle situation, the more soldiers will be on the edges.
To them, it seemed like they could escape from the hell-like scene by running a few more steps to the side.
But that would be a deserter, and the enemy may not be willing to give you the opportunity to be a deserter, so they are always struggling on the edge, and the invisible boundary in their hearts is much more obvious than others.
Today's battle in Pingyang City also has its boundaries. Dora didn't even need to go to a high place to see, she skillfully formed a range in her mind.
Cao Wubo had already approached the boundary of the battlefield just now, and his movements would inevitably take a huge turn next.
Judging from the previous screams, when Cao Wubo turns around, he will find that the enemies in a large area in front of him have been killed by him just now. If he wants to continue killing, he will only One direction.
The route Dora took Zhu Ji forward seemed to be getting further and further away from Cao Wubo, but in fact, it was already one step ahead, waiting for the most likely location after Cao Wubo turned around.
The wind howled, and the black cloak billowed in the air.
Cao Wubo flew over quickly and spotted a place with a flat roof, a square and sturdy place to stay.
He laughed loudly, turned and moved sideways, dodged another spitball of the evil dragon, and then in one step, he reached the roof of the house.
Boom! ! !
The moment the thick-soled official boots collided with the roof tiles, it happened to be the moment when the pillars and beams in the house broke together, the columns shifted, and most of the roof collapsed.
Cao Wubo felt that his foot was in the air. His eyes were filled with cracking, collapsing and colliding tiles. His mouth and nose were filled with the smell of dust, and there was a violent sound in his ears.
It seemed as if his foot had stumbled and fallen into a dark place that had been decaying for a long time and was falling apart.
But the governor of the East Factory, Uncle Zhaowu of the Ming Dynasty, even if he encountered drastic changes, his excellent senses as the world's top master still sketched out more details for him.
Right here, in the darkness, there were two evil ghosts who were unwilling to be destroyed together with the past. They ignored the pain of the rain of broken tiles and came towards him to kill him.
Choke! ! !
The sword light of Chakravartin King's Sword burst out.
That was not because the sword body really emitted a strong light, but because Cao Wubo danced the sword too fast.
Those thoughts about evil ghosts and ghosts seemed to be just a fleeting phantom in his mind, but they made Cao Wubo feel more relaxed when he drew his sword.
It is his lifelong pursuit to control the life and death of everyone around him. Wouldn't it be great if he could really kill people and then kill ghosts? !
In this ruin with only dim light, the reflection of his sword body and the afterimage of his sword speed were enough to form a large curtain of light that could not be penetrated by ordinary people's sight, covering his body and making it airtight. , watertight.
All the tile remains within seven feet were smashed and spread apart.
Dora and Zhu Ji took advantage of the chaos to make a sneak attack. The steel knives in their hands were also shattered into pieces. They were hit by many swords, and blood spattered and flew backwards.
Cao Wubo drew his sword in a hurry, pursuing speed. The strength of the sword was naturally a little lacking, and there was no sword energy. Otherwise, the two of them would have been torn apart and their bodies scattered on the spot.
Just when the spherical sword light dimmed a little and the sword energy reunited, a cold light flashed outside the house, breaking through the wall and entering. Three darts made of fine steel connected in a line and struck at Cao Wubo's weakness. .
(End of this chapter)