novelaction Chapter 279: The Imperial Army
Chapter 279: The Imperial Army
The horse under Zhou Guo stepped back and forth restlessly. She sat on the horse, holding the reins in one hand and holding the big knife in the other, sweeping among the refugees. When she saw a child of similar build, her heart almost skipped a beat.
Zhou Dacang, who was standing by, was also busy. When he saw the child but didn't see his face, he went forward and picked him up to have a look.
Not long after, the sound of horse hooves in the front was close to her ears. Zhou Guo pulled the reins and stared at the front intently. She originally didn't want to get involved in this muddy water, but what if Zhou Su was here?
After a while, the first horse and the first person appeared in front. Zhou Guo saw the person's clothes clearly and was shocked as if struck by lightning, unable to believe it.
The riders behind her also caught up. She took a quick look and saw about twenty of them. The horses they were riding were hung with bloody human heads, the knives they were holding were covered in blood, and their faces were filled with excitement and madness, and they were blood-thirsty.
A chill suddenly swept over her whole body, and all the hair on her body stood up. The hand holding the big knife was shaking slightly.
Zhou Dacang also gasped. These people were holding big knives and didn't shout, but it was more terrifying than shouting, and it made people feel goosebumps all over.
When the two sides met, those people saw the two of them, just glanced at them, said nothing, and didn't even stop, and rushed over with their swords raised.
Zhou Guo's forehead was covered with sweat and he could hardly hold the sword. Looking at the rolling heads on the horse's back, he almost felt nauseous.
Seeing that the big knife was about to hit her, she held the knife horizontally and blocked it upwards. With a ding sound, the two knives collided.
The other party was stunned, and just raised his eyelids, sweeping downward diagonally, as if to cut her in half.
Zhou Guo took a breath, turned his wrist, and moved the tip of the knife forward diagonally. The blade quickly drew a silhouette in the air. After a moment, blood slowly seeped out of the opponent's neck, and he fell down with his eyes wide open.
The knife was still three inches away from her ribs.
This sudden change surprised the people who came later.
Seeing that she was just a child, he thought the person who fell was just a weakling and didn't take it seriously at all.
The man in front rushed forward, raised his knife and stabbed with a frown.
Zhou Guo raised his backhand and the opponent's sword slipped out of his hand immediately. Before he could react, he stabbed with his backhand and pierced through him.
This really pissed off those people. Two of them fell at once, and they swarmed up.
Zhou Guo narrowed his eyes, his heart stopped beating, his hands stopped shaking, and he stopped being scared. He squeezed the knife in his hand, it had been a long time since he had seen blood, so he decided to let it see some blood today.
She grabbed the man opposite her who had been stabbed by her with one hand, and swept him around, and all the men's swords chopped the dead body.
She leaned over the horse's back and stabbed three people with the knife. In the blink of an eye, she stabbed three people in the abdomen, leaving a big hole in their abdomen. The blood splattered all over her face.
In a moment, three more fell down, and the other side was in chaos. Many of them wanted to retreat and were about to move back by holding the reins. This caused chaos.
You bump into me and I bump into you, it's a mess. The horse under me is hit by my companions in front, behind, left and right, and it is spinning around and hissing.
Zhou Dacang was waiting behind to take advantage of the situation. He stabbed one and kicked another. He couldn't beat Zhou Guo, but how could he beat this mob?
In a blink of an eye, the two of them killed seven or eight people.
The other party saw something was wrong, and the leader narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice: "Don't panic, the other side only has two children. Even if we can't beat them, we will tire them to death."
The rest of the people calmed down in an instant.
Zhou Guo didn't say anything and didn't listen to what the other party said. He squeezed his legs onto the horse's belly and rushed forward. The flash of the sword dancing in the air was almost invisible.
No one could get close to him within three feet.
Everyone was shocked, wondering how this kid could be so powerful, but they couldn't retreat now. They could only go ahead.
Zhou Dacang was guarding the other side firmly.
The two of them, one in front and one behind, attacked from both sides and had the advantage at the beginning. However, the enemy had more people and they did not have enough experience in fighting the enemy. After a short while, the two of them were surrounded.
After a while, Zhou Dacang was stabbed in the shoulder and kicked in the thigh.
Zhou Guo did the same thing, using one of the opponents as a shield and swinging his sword up and down, killing two more opponents in an instant.
When the other side saw this, most of their manpower was assigned to her. Suddenly, there were people everywhere and knives were slashing at her from all directions.
She tiptoed and jumped up from the horse. As she fell, she turned around with the person in her hand and swept the tip of the knife across, cutting one person's throat. She threw the person in her hand out fiercely. Two people were knocked off the horse and trampled to death in an instant.
At this point, there were only four people left on the field.
The four men looked at Zhou Guo and the other man as if they were the plague god. They wanted to attack with their knives in hand but were afraid to do so. They pushed each other, then turned their horses around and ran in all directions, trying to escape.
Zhou Guo narrowed her eyes, hooked a knife on the ground with her big knife, and threw it upwards. The knife body turned in the air, with the tip of the knife facing forward. She flew up and kicked the handle of the knife.
The blade flew forward rapidly, and with a "swish" sound, the tip of the blade pierced through a man's back, leaving only the handle on the back.
Seeing this, Zhou Dacang picked up the big knives on the ground one by one.
Zhou Guo somersaulted in the air, kicked and stabbed, and in an instant he sent out three knives, killing three people.
If it weren't for the wrong occasion, Zhou Dacang would have applauded.
Zhou Guo dismounted and immediately started to pick up the heads on the horses.
The two of them suppressed their nausea and looked at each one. When they searched to the end, they felt relieved because Zhou Su was not among them.
Zhou Guo was finally able to care about Zhou Dacang. Seeing that he had been stabbed on the shoulder, he immediately took out the medicine he had bought from his bag and asked, "How is the wound? Is it deep?"
Zhou Dacang moved his shoulders and said, "Fortunately, there are no injuries to the bones and tendons. The wound is shallow. Fortunately, I moved quickly, otherwise my arm would have fallen off. Their knives are good and sharp. Their clothes are also good, and there are armors, these..."
He fell silent. Which bandit still has armor?
He couldn't help but look at Zhou Guo.
Zhou Guo pursed his lips and said, "I have seen people wearing this armor and this clothing. They... are all soldiers of this dynasty."
Zhou Dacang gasped and looked at the people on the ground in disbelief. He stammered for a long time, "This... this... then... then, then how... how do you kill people?"
Zhou Guo clenched his fist and said, "Have you seen these heads? I heard from Master that some soldiers would kill refugees for the sake of greed, and even kill ordinary people as bandits or barbarians. If they have enough heads, they can be promoted and get rewards."
It was the first time that Zhou Dacang heard of such a thing. In his mind, although soldiers were not good people, they did not dare to kill people like this. If they had to kill, they would kill bandits and Hu people. Not like what they were doing now, killing civilians on a large scale and beheading them. Isn't this the same as those Hu bandits?