Chapter 329: Fight Back

The sounds of slaughter in Li Sha Mao Hutong shook the heavens.

Li Xuan felt as if he had returned to Gu Yuan, where yellow sand filled the sky, a place that often appeared in his dreams. In those dreams, Hu Jun Xian would urge his horse forward again and again, stop in front of him, and ask, "Are you willing to serve in my border army?"

But in his dreams, Li Xuan never answered. After returning to the capital, he put on new, shiny silver armor, wore a white pheasant tail on his head, and walked with imposing presence down Chang An great street under the myriad exhortations of the Hong Lu Temple officials. This was the scene he had longed for countless times in his youth, but when he truly walked down Chang An great street in fine clothes on an angry horse, he always felt a bit off, as if something was missing!

And now, with a Chang Mao in hand, enemies in front, and comrades at his side! That was the right taste!

Finally, the right taste. Li Xuan looked at Qi Jian Zhe: "Qi Jian Zhe, clear the way."

Qi Jian Zhe said excitedly: "Receive order, kill!"

The Feather Forest Army rushed towards the outside of Li Sha Mao Hutong, killing as they went. Duo Bao swung his iron wolf brush horizontally, forcing Chen Wen Ren and the others to retreat repeatedly. Some of the Feather Forest Army were still vomiting one moment, and the next moment, unable to dodge, had their faces scraped bloody by the iron wolf brush!

Chen Wen Ren gritted his teeth, grabbed a Chang Mao from beside him, and prepared to throw it with force. Someone blocked him: "Sir... we can fight, but we can't take a life! If we kill Qi Jian Zhe, it won't be easy for us to explain to the Qi family!"

"Get out of the way, if anything happens, I'll take responsibility." Chen Wen Ren struggled free from the others' obstruction and threw with force!

The Chang Mao roared like thunder!

Zhou Chong and Zhou Li raised their Chang Shields, covering their entire bodies behind the thick vine shields! The Chang Mao pierced the vine shields, the spear tip only an inch away from Zhou Chong's eyes, but Zhou Chong didn't panic, he calmly straightened his body and pressed forward!

The Mandarin Duck Formation was prepared for both attack and defense, with almost no flaws!

When Chen Wen Ren had just watched the Mandarin Duck Formation beat the sticks, he had only felt the sticks were stupid, clearly able to do this, that, and this again to break the formation! But when he himself faced the Mandarin Duck Formation, he felt as if he was no different from the sticks either!

Chen Wen Ren retreated while looking at Duo Bao, Li Cen, Zhou Chong, and Zhou Li in front! The other side wore gray cloth covering their faces, only exposing a pair of eyes, but within those pairs of eyes was only calm and indifference, and this kind of eyes was completely different from those of the Feather Forest Army on his side!

Chen Wen Ren was still unconvinced and immediately shouted angrily: "Are there any brave warriors?" No one answered!

The Feather Forest Army beside him looked at each other, and someone subconsciously took a step back!

Chen Wen Ren pointed to a Feather Forest Army soldier: "Lin Yan Chu, we'll send you to kill into the formation, to disrupt their formation from within."

Lin Yan Chu hesitated for two breaths: "Obey orders!"

The next moment, two Feather Forest Army soldiers linked hands to form a bridge, sending Lin Yan Chu into the air to pounce towards the middle of the Mandarin Duck Formation! Someone at the end of the Mandarin Duck Formation used an ox tendon slingshot to hit Lin Yan Chu, but Lin Yan Chu slapped the iron pellet away with a spear in the air and landed lightly in the Mandarin Duck Formation!

But after he landed in the formation, he didn't disrupt it. He only hugged his head and squatted on the ground, allowing the Feather Forest Army spear handles to strike him without speaking!

Chen Ji recognized that the person opposite was the poor family disciple he had saved in prison and immediately blocked the others: "Don't mind him, keep rushing out."

Chen Wen Ren saw that Lin Yan Chu hadn't even caused a ripple after entering the Mandarin Duck Formation, and pointed to another person: "Li Guang, you go too."

The Feather Forest Army linked hands again to form a bridge, sending Li Guang in, but after Li Guang killed his way into the Mandarin Duck Formation, he was the same as Lin Yan Chu, only taking blows and not fighting back!

Chen Wen Ren's face sank. He said to Wang Fang beside him: "Only you can go. You can definitely tear open this damned hedgehog formation if you go in!" Wang Fang grabbed his wrist and said in a low voice: "Sir, let's go, we can't win."

Chen Wen Ren said angrily: "We have eighty people, they only have thirty-odd people, why can't we win? Even if we can't win, we must win! I've raised you all usually, and today when you should be used, you're all shrinking back one by one! Remember, the Wang family can't control the Chen family's matters. I'll ask again, are you going or not?"

Wang Fang's face changed several times, "Going!"

Saying that, Wang Fang stepped on his comrades to jump into the Mandarin Duck Formation. But he was still in the air when Li Xuan in the Mandarin Duck Formation shouted: "Qi Jian Zhe, stand firm."

Qi Jian Zhe tensed his body. Li Xuan held a Chang Mao upside down, stepped on his shoulder, and leaped up, meeting the airborne Wang Fang!

Before the two even made contact, Wang Fang was already timid in battle! He lifted his Chang Mao horizontally in front, and Li Xuan in the air gave a lift, flipping Wang Fang backwards!

Qi Jian Zhe roared: "Good!"

Li Xuan pounced into the opposing army formation, sweeping horizontally with the Chang Mao in his hand, knocking down a large number of Feather Forest Army soldiers! He came to Chen Wen Ren's front like mountains collapsing and seas roaring, the Feather Forest Army in front of him like sea water being parted!

Chen Wen Ren retreated in terror as he spoke: "Wang Fang, block him."

Qi Jian Zhe outside the formation laughed heartily: "Even Yuan Zhen's close guard camp couldn't block my brother-in-law, and you all want to block him?"

Behead the general, seize the flag.

Speaking of which, Li Xuan had already come to Chen Wen Ren's front and poked Chen Wen Ren's abdomen with the butt of his spear!

Chen Wen Ren's eyes suddenly went dark, then intense pain spread throughout his body. He slowly knelt down and briefly fainted!

When he woke up again, he actually saw that his Feather Forest Army had already been completely routed and killed!

A shadow covered his head. Chen Wen Ren turned his head to look and saw Qi Jian Zhe stepping on his face with one foot, walking past his face, and continuing to rush and kill!

Chen Wen Ren was about to support himself up: "You're seeking death."

His body had just left the ground by two inches when Duo Bao lifted his ninety-jin heavy iron wolf brush and stepped on his chest, pushing him back to the ground!

Chen Ji and others successively stepped over Chen Wen Ren's body. Even if they weren't in the way, they detoured to step on him!

Chen Ji passed by and stepped down fiercely with one foot, causing Chen Wen Ren's head to hit the ground and completely faint!

At this time, Qi Jian Zhe no longer needed guidance. He retracted his spear, thrust his spear, without any hesitation!

The young man on the upper floor of the Spring Wind Courtyard withdrew his gaze from the alley: "This is too boring. The Feather Forest Army isn't worthy of being a dandy army, just getting killed through like this! The noble sons of our Ning Dynasty are hard to bear great responsibilities, we still have to select talents from poor families!"

Zhou Kuang thought for a moment and said: "Young Master, there are also fierce ones among the noble sons. Hu Jun Xian of the Gu Yuan border army, Yang Yang of the Wan Sui Army, Qi family's eldest son, Chen family's second branch eldest son, they are all fierce characters! When these people become fierce, with the right timing, geographical advantage, harmonious relations, their own talents, and the support of clan resources, they really are not comparable to disciples from poor families!"

The young man sighed: "But they won't be used by me!"

This sentence seemed to hide a deep meaning, and Zhou Kuang dared not respond!

The young man smiled and changed the subject: "You say, whether these Feather Forest Army have been to the battlefield, the difference is really that big?"

"Young Master, one old soldier is worth four new soldiers, this saying is not exaggerated, but the leading generals know this in their hearts but don't say it."

Zhou Kuang recalled: "The first time I went out of Chong Li Pass, my legs were shaking. The first time I killed someone, I cut open his belly, and his intestines flowed all over the ground! That day I vomited intermittently for two hours, and I dreamed of that ground of intestines at night, waking up to vomit again! Before going to the battlefield, I only thought about establishing merit. After seeing so much blood, my gall was broken, and I only wanted to find a place to hide, or smear some blood on my face and lie down, waiting for the battle to end!"

The young man said with interest: "Even the man from the Crown Absolute Five Army Camps has times when he is afraid?"

Zhou Kuang sat on a small chair, staring at the red clay stove in front of him and said self-mockingly: "Afraid, how can I not be afraid? The ground full of blood, the ground full of heads and limbs, anyone would be afraid. Which person is a born killer?"

The young man asked: "Then did you hide?"

Zhou Kuang laughed heartily: "I wanted to hide, but there was nowhere to hide! People who have truly been to the battlefield will understand a truth: hiding is useless, you can only survive if you are fiercer than the other side!"

Zhou Shi Zhen smiled: "Later, in the winter of Jia Ning 25th year, when I went to battle and killed Hu, my hand was almost frozen stiff. I killed a Hu person and cut open his belly, using my hand to grasp his intestines to warm them, it was really warm! When I was warming my hand, a new soldier from Jing Chao who had rushed to the front saw me. I lifted my head and smiled, and he was scared out of his wits!"

The young man laughed and scolded: "Really damned disgusting!"

When the young man turned his head again, he saw that Chen Ji and the others had already killed through the Feather Forest Army brought by Chen Wen Ren and had reached the mouth of Li Sha Mao Hutong! He stood up and stretched lazily: "Boring, I thought I could see a life-and-death battle, but I didn't expect to lose two Sitting Hall Officials and the opponent was so uninteresting!"

Zhou Kuang instructed the outside door: "Come, pack things, prepare to return to the mansion!"

Two men walked in from outside the door and actually pinched out the red charcoal from the stove with their bare hands, then rubbed them out with their hands! They skillfully packed the small stove and tea set into a box, hugged it up, and left!

The young man leaned on the window frame, silently watching Chen Ji and the others kill their way out!

Just as the men stood up to go out, he suddenly opened his mouth: "Wait, don't go back first, the good show hasn't started yet!"

Zhou Kuang couldn't help but walk to the edge of the window and lean out to look. His pupils suddenly shrunk!

In the alley, the Feather Forest Army killed their way out back to back, with blockades in front and pursuers behind! Everyone was breathing heavily, only feeling their weapons in their hands becoming heavier and heavier, their feet also heavier and heavier. More and more sticks rushed out from the brothel courtyards, trying to break through the head and tail connection of the Mandarin Duck Formation!

Like a sea tide, they fearfully crashed over again and again, never stopping! But the blocking Feather Forest Army without Chen Wen Ren, their morale collapsed like a mountain as they were no longer willing to fight!

Wang Fang led the Feather Forest Army fighting and retreating, unwilling to admit defeat in one breath, just to save himself some face!

Killing and killing, when Qi Jian Zhe stabbed down another person, he actually found that the front was already empty, only the empty alley mouth! Qi Jian Zhe turned back blankly: "Master, there's no one left in front!"

Chen Ji was also stunned. He turned back to look behind him, only to see the Feather Forest Army wailing on the ground! Wang Fang had somehow climbed the wall and slipped to the rear, carrying Chen Wen Ren and leaving, not caring what happened to the other Feather Forest Army inside the alley!

Duo Bao propped himself up with the iron wolf brush, breathing heavily: "Killed through?"

"Killed through!"

The Feather Forest Army rushed out of Li Sha Mao Hutong, and their vision suddenly widened! The cool wind of the night brushed their faces, blowing away some of the dry heat!

And Ji's sticks stopped at the mouth of the Hutong, seemingly unwilling to chase out of the Hutong! Further ahead was Zheng Yang Men great street, the central axis official road, where the Five Cities Military Patrol patrolled at night!

Duo Bao stood not far from the mouth of the Hutong, propped himself up with the iron wolf brush, and laughed heartily: "You all keep chasing."

The sticks in the Hutong used their axes to point at him and cursed angrily: "Come back if you have the guts."

Amidst the curses, everyone outside the Hutong breathed heavily, their sweat soaking their face coverings and clothes! Everyone was very tired, but the Feather Forest Army looked at each other, all seeing joy in each other's eyes! Someone said in a low voice: "It's been a long time since I've been so carefree!"

Someone else said, still not satisfied: "We shouldn't stay in the Feather Forest Army and be watched like monkeys! We should go to the Wan Sui Army, to the Shen Ji Camp, to the Five Army Camps, to the Gu Yuan Border Army!"

Someone said with high spirits: "While the dandy sons are fighting cocks and visiting pleasure quarters, we should go against them and wave the army north!"

"What nonsense?"

Li Xuan slapped the back of that person's head, splashing a basin of cold water: "Beat a few street idlers and a few dandy sons, and you think you're capable? Still shouting so loud, aren't you ashamed? Hurry up and go."

Duo Bao dragged the iron wolf brush and turned his head to look at Li Xuan: "Sir, do you want to go back to Zhou Yuan?"

Li Xuan was silent for a moment: "Don't want to! Less nonsense, tomorrow each of you give me a summary of your experience, summarize the gains and losses of today's formation, we still have many places that can be improved!"

As soon as the words fell, everyone heard the sound of a Chang Mao thumping on the ground beside them. They turned back together to look and saw Chen Ji standing still behind them, his gaze bright: "Not leaving!"

Li Xuan raised his eyebrows: "Hmm?"

Chen Ji pointed to the sticks inside the Hutong: "Kill back."

Duo Bao, Qi Jian Zhe, and the others were stunned! It was so difficult to kill their way out, why kill back again?

Chen Ji pointed to those sticks: "Just a bunch of local chickens and tile dogs, kill back!"

Qi Jian Zhe hesitated: "Master, there are many of them!"

Chen Ji laughed: "How can you say discouraging words when there are many people? Everyone looks down on you, but you yourself are the least striving. You saw just now, there are not so many difficult things in this world, it only depends on whether you dare or not!"

Li Xuan advised: "It was not easy to kill our way out today. Let's wait until tomorrow to research the defects and problems of the formation, then come back, it's not too late!"

Chen Ji patted Li Xuan's shoulder: "Tomorrow and tomorrow, how many tomorrow, Li Adult? Remove the shackles on you, the shackles on your body are probably three thousand jin heavy!"

Saying that, he turned to the second floor of Li Sha Mao Hutong and shouted: "Spectator upstairs, who has a sword to lend me?"

The young man upstairs laughed loudly: "I'll lend you one! Come, give him a sword."

With a clang, someone in the room drew a sword from its sheath and threw it through the air, sticking it in front of Chen Ji with a clang!

Chen Ji drew out the sword and turned to hand it to Li Xuan: "Here, use your most handy weapon!"

Li Xuan silently took the sword!

Chen Ji looked at the sticks inside Li Sha Mao Hutong: "Right, how do the Gu Yuan Border Army shout their slogan? Who still remembers the complete one?"

Duo Bao raised the iron wolf brush in his hand again and said in a low voice: "Put on armor. Hold halberd. Guard the border."

Li Xuan muttered in a low voice: "Enemy invaders, heads, drink blood!"

Chen Ji shook both his hands, and the long spear in his hand emitted a terrifying vibrating sound: "Kill!"

The Feather Forest Army reformed their formation and rushed back towards Li Sha Mao Hutong!