Jiaohua

Chapter 1663 Brother Shen is here

Xie Qiniang and her subordinate came out one after the other.

As soon as they came out, chaotic shouts came from outside the western camp.

Xie Qiniang's eye twitched violently, and she ran over quickly, with her subordinate following to see what had happened.

One soldier's body after another was carried back. Fang Yinai's deputy general rode alongside on horseback. Upon seeing Xie Qiniang, the deputy general dismounted and shouted, "Is Military Advisor Xie still in the tent?"

Xie Qiniang: "Yes!"

The lieutenant pushed aside the soldiers who surrounded him and ran quickly toward Xie Zhong's tent.

Xie Qiniang glanced around at the corpses that had been carried back, which numbered at least thirty, then looked up at the villagers being chased by about a hundred people on the mountain.

The man was like a monkey, moving swiftly and nimbly, with excellent skills. He darted back and forth on the mountain, making the soldiers chasing behind him run around in circles.

Although the village of the tomb guardians must be full of hidden talents, the strength of these villagers seems to be far beyond what the general and his godfather predicted.

Xie Qiniang acted decisively. Instead of going back with the deputy general to find out what had happened, she ran to the deputy general's mount and headed towards the main force camp of the Fang family army in the county town.

Her men who came with her didn't linger; they turned back and went to kill the "villagers" first.

When they were about thirty paces away from the camp, the subordinate sensed something was wrong; more than half of the guards at the entrance were gone.

He strode over and asked, "Where are you all? Why are there only a few of you?"

One of the guards looked into the tent.

The subordinate frowned, turned, and went into the tent.

All the vanished guards were inside the main tent, getting dressed and fastening their trousers.

Before the subordinate could even utter a word, an old hand suddenly reached out from the side, covering his mouth with one hand and pinching his chin with the other. In a flash, a "crack" was heard, and the subordinate died.

Danxianzhou lifted him aside as easily as if he were a puppy or a kitten, placing him among the corpses of the guards whose armor had already been stripped off.

Then, Danxianzhou shouted outside, "Bring in two more to help, it's still not enough!"

Take in one pair, then kill another pair; we'll deal with as many as we can.

Once he felt it was about time, Danxianzhou immediately led his disciples away.

The outside world is in complete chaos.

Xie Zhong remained calm. Upon hearing that more than thirty soldiers had died and that a skilled villager had come to cause trouble, he calmly followed his deputy out.

This was something Danxianzhou hadn't anticipated.

Logically speaking, with so many soldiers dead and a lively expert still nearby on the mountain, all those in high positions should be on high alert and take immediate action. Who would be so slow and leisurely?

Based on this "common sense" deduction, Danxianzhou and Xie Zhong bumped into each other.

Previously, Danxianzhou had always taken unconventional routes, scaling walls and rooftops. However, now that he was leading a group of Taoist disciples, he couldn't take any shortcuts, and his gaunt old face was fully exposed to Xie Zhong's eyes.

"Who!" the lieutenant shouted immediately, pointing a finger. "Take down this old bastard!"

Danxianzhou's eyes sharpened; to catch the thief, first catch the king! He headed straight for the deputy general.

Xie Zhong could no longer relax. The four experts beside him reacted quickly and immediately stepped forward to protect him, with two of them heading straight for the Danxian Boat.

Xie Zhong selected these experts based on Qian Fengrong's standards.

However, a physique like Qian Fengrong's is truly one in a million. Although these people are far inferior to him, they are still far superior to ordinary people.

Before Dan Xianzhou could even reach the deputy general, a master swordsman flicked his fingers into a claw and aimed straight at his face. Dan Xianzhou quickly dodged, only to be attacked by another master swordsman in the process.

The other soldiers quickly surrounded the group of Taoist disciples.

Xie Zhong shouted, "Leave only two alive! Kill the rest!"

Upon receiving the order, the soldiers raised their spears and thrust.

Enraged, Danxianzhou suddenly raised his hand and slammed his left hand into the face of a master.

The force of the smash was immense; the crossbow strapped inside was shattered to pieces, the expert's vision went black, and Danxianzhou's other hand instantly snapped his neck.

After snapping the crossbow, he immediately attacked another expert, the wooden strip of the crossbow in his sleeve sliding into his palm and piercing the expert's chest.

Xie Zhong only trusts Qian Fengrong. Apart from Qian Fengrong, Xie Zhong is wary of everyone else. Therefore, Xie Zhong does not allow the four experts around him to carry weapons.

Given the situation, Xie Zhong quickly ordered the guards to bring over the swords. The remaining two experts took the swords and slashed at Danxianzhou.

Having just killed two experts, Danxianzhou had no time to catch his breath before turning to deal with the soldiers and protecting the Daoist disciples as they fled.

The two experts charged forward with their swords raised. Danxianzhou cursed under his breath, bent down, picked up a spear next to a soldier's corpse, and met them head-on.

However, he was not a skilled spearman. The spear was thick and heavy, and he was not good at wielding it. He could only barely parry the attacks. On the other hand, he also had to protect the group of Taoist disciples behind him. He quickly became overwhelmed.

A skilled fighter seized the opportunity and slashed at a Taoist disciple behind him.

Danxianzhou hurriedly turned around to protect himself, but this time he was in trouble. His arm was slashed by another expert. He had already used all his reaction and speed, but it was still too late. The big knife swung down heavily, slicing off a piece of flesh on the spot.

Ignoring the pain, Danxianzhou thrust her spear at him.

A fragmented voice rang out: "Master Dan Guan!!!"

He moved with incredible speed, instantly passing over a group of soldiers and stepping on their foreheads to reach Danxianzhou's side.

Danxianzhou deflected the two experts' broadswords and shouted with all his might, "What are you doing here? Get out of here!"

The soldiers, charging towards the rear, were unusually excited: "Brother Shen is here! My Brother Shen is here!!"

"Which Brother Shen?!"

"I also have that Brother Shen, I saw him on the mountain!"

Xie Zhong was shouting for the archers in the distance to come back when he heard the name Brother Shen. The first thing that popped into his mind was a handsome face. Then he looked at the two villagers and thought to himself that it was impossible. Shen Lie was currently fighting against the Li family's iron cavalry and the Guan Ning army.

Just then, Xie Zhong heard Xie Qiniang shout, "Godfather! Godfather!!!"

Xie Zhong turned his head and saw that Xie Qiniang's horsemanship, honed under his strict training, had become proficient. She rode back at breakneck speed, shouting, "Godfather!! An unidentified group of people is coming towards us!!"

Xie Zhong strode forward to greet them: "How many people?!"

"I can't see it clearly yet!"

If it's not clear yet, then there must be quite a few.

Xie Zhong looked at the blood-soaked Dan Xianzhou and shouted to the two experts who had been fighting fiercely, "He's about to die, quickly take them down! I want him alive!"

Danxianzhou was overjoyed: "You couldn't even take down the dead, let alone the living!"

Zhili gritted his teeth and said, "Yes! Abbot Dan, let's hold on a little longer, Brother Shen will come to save us!"

Xie Zhong looked at the approaching archers, pointed at Danxianzhou and Zhili, and shouted, "Shoot their legs, ignore our men, keep firing! Hurry up!"