The light of the sword is like the moon reflecting on Kyushu

The bowl is brought and the battle begins!
The four of them shouted in unison: "Rock, Paper, Scissors!" At the same time, the four of them each showed their own hand gestures!

The Fifth Elder is scissors, Feng Jiuxiao and the other two are rocks! The Fifth Elder shouts!

The first round started badly, and the Fifth Elder looked a little solemn. He said to himself: "I'm not that unlucky, am I?"

In the second round, the four shouted "rock, paper, scissors" while making hand gestures. Pang Shiwu was "scissors", Big Wolf was also "scissors", and the Fifth Elder was "rock". He should be happy, but he couldn't be happy because Feng Jiuxiao was "paper"! The three hand gestures appeared at the same time, restraining each other, and it was a draw!

In the third round, Pang Shiwu played scissors, Big Wolf played rock, Feng Jiuxiao and the fifth elder played paper! A draw!

In the fourth round, Feng Jiuxiao, Pang Shiwu, and Big Wolf used Scissors, and the Fifth Elder used Paper. The Fifth Elder shouted!

After four consecutive games, two draws and two losses, I won two bowls of grand prizes!

The fifth elder thought to himself: Why do I always lose? It can’t be that weird, right?

The fifth and sixth innings were tied, the seventh inning was lost, and the eighth inning was lost!
Everyone was about to get tired! The Fifth Elder felt that something was wrong. Why did the God of Destiny always take care of him? If this continued, he would not be able to handle it even if he had a huge capacity! Pang Shiwu and Big Wolf had not been able to drink for a long time. They gradually felt bored and became more and more impatient!
One party is worried that he will drink endlessly, while the other party is worried that he will never be able to drink!

The ninth round was just right, Pang Shiwu and Big Wolf played paper, Feng Jiuxiao and the fifth elder played scissors! Pang Shiwu and Big Wolf cheered!

In the tenth round, Pang Shiwu and the five elders drink!

In the eleventh round, Big Wolf and the five elders drink!

In the twelfth round, Feng Jiuxiao and the five elders drank!
In the thirteenth round, Feng Jiuxiao drinks it himself!

Only then did the Fifth Elder's doubts disappear! From the beginning, he felt that there was something fishy going on! But he could never find the clue!

Now that the last bit of doubt has been dispelled, I have lost my guard and have completely let myself go!
"Rock, Paper, Scissors!" The shouts were like thunder, and the faces were red! Several gentlemen kept making gestures, some won, some lost, and they drank until they were drunk!
The Fifth Elder fought to the end, and vaguely remembered that Pang Shiwu fell before him. Someone fell first, and the last string he had stretched loosened, and then he knew nothing!

When he woke up, it was already noon the next day.

His disciples told him that Master Feng and his group had already left.

The fifth elder asked, "Did Master Feng get drunk in the end?"

The disciple said, "Not drunk."

"Not drunk? Not drunk at all? Not staggering when walking? Not red in the face? Not stuttering when speaking?"

"He seemed to be very sober and spoke very clearly. He ordered us to come and send the Valley Master, the Great Elder, the Second Elder, and you, Master, back to your respective residences safely. He then arranged for us to prepare warm water for you to wash and honey water to be placed by your bedside in case you wake up thirsty in the middle of the night!"

"Hey, that's a pretty comprehensive plan! He can't possibly drink more than me! He can stay sober, which means he definitely didn't drink as much as I did!"

"should be!"

"Is that Pang Shiwu drunk?"

"He must have drunk too much. He seemed to be the first one to pass out. I heard that when Young Master Feng and his friends left this morning, it was the blond Western man who carried him away."

"Well, it seems that they really drank yesterday, not pretending to drink!"

"Master, what's the matter with pretending to drink?"

"Fake drinking means using your inner strength to expel the alcohol from your body."

"Isn't this cheating? If I do this, won't I be able to drink as much as I want?"

"Yes! But I made a special observation yesterday, and there were indeed no extra wine stains under their feet. It seems that they really did not waste our Wuyou Valley's hospitality!"

"Master, that blond man must be able to drink a lot!"

"How do you see that?"

"I heard……"

"What did you hear?"

"I heard that after the show, the blond man went to have a drink with Master Feng alone! Ah Jiu said so! Master Feng asked Ah Jiu to prepare four more jars of wine and fifty kilograms of beef for them! The two of them drank until late at night before they left!"

"What?" The Fifth Elder's expression changed drastically. "Four jars of wine? Fifty kilograms of beef? Are you telling the truth?"

"It's true. I happened to see it when Jiu was delivering wine and meat. Otherwise, I wouldn't have asked him."

"Can they really drink so much?"

"According to Ah Jiu, Master Feng seemed to just chat with the blond man and didn't drink much. The blond man drank almost all the wine!"

"In that case, the drinking capacity of that blond Westerner... is simply unfathomable! How much can he drink?" The fifth elder fell into deep thought!
The three horse-drawn carriages were driving slowly on the mountain road leading to Qinghai. The road surface was not smooth and the carriages were slightly bumpy.

Feng Jiuxiao replaced Pang Shiwu and drove the first carriage. Yuan Zishan and La Jiao were sitting in the carriage. Pang Shiwu was lying in the third carriage and continued to sleep. He drank too much last night. This carriage was still driven by Big Wolf.

Zeng Yong drove the second carriage with a calm expression. He was glad that he did not participate in the battle last night! Otherwise, he would be like Pang Shiwu, drunk and asleep!
Half of a head appeared from behind the curtain of the first carriage. It was La Jiao. "Sir, I roughly calculated yesterday that the Fifth Elder drank more wine than the three of you combined. Did you do anything?"

Feng Jiuxiao said: "Why do you have to say it so harshly?"

La Jiao turned to Yuan Zishan and said with a smile: "Miss, look, I told you there must be something fishy going on!"

Yuan Zishan was also very interested: "How did you do it?"

Feng Jiuxiao smiled and said, "Nothing special, just anticipating the enemy's moves!"

Yuan Zishan asked, "You mean, can you predict what gestures he will come up with in advance?"

Feng Jiuxiao said: "Almost!"

"Almost? Ninety percent sure?"

"no!"

Yuan Zishan asked: "How sure are you?"

Feng Jiuxiao said: "He is very cunning, and his eyes never meet mine. I can't really predict much!"

Yuan Zishan snorted: "Nonsense!"

Feng Jiuxiao chuckled and said, "In fact, the real reason I was able to beat him was my speed. I was the last to come forward! On the surface, it seemed like everyone was making gestures at the same time, but in fact, I was the last one to show my cards!"

He always waits for others to make a gesture before he makes one. Wouldn't this make him always invincible?
Yuan Zishan said calmly: "You are cheating!"

Feng Jiuxiao pretended to be helpless: "Nine out of ten gambling cases are fraud! If we didn't cheat, there would be more than just Fifteen who are unconscious now!!"

"How come the Fifth Elder can drink so much? Look at what he has become after drinking the Fifteenth."

"The Fifth Elder's drinking capacity is truly unfathomable! So far, his drinking capacity is the best I've ever seen in my life! Looking at the entire martial arts world, there is no one who can match him!"

The first person in the wine country!
"Impossible? How come I heard that you and Brother Wolf had a second drinking party last night?" Yuan Zishan's voice became much softer, and even had a hint of ecstasy!

"Oh, well..." Feng Jiuxiao felt a chill on his back!

Yuan Zishan said softly, "If we talk about the alcohol tolerance, I think Brother Wolf has the highest alcohol tolerance! He is the best drinker in Jianghu! Don't forget, his stomach is not that of an ordinary person!"

Yes! Big Wolf's stomach, that's the stomach of the wolf!
It is easy to eat a live cow, so what are a few jars of wine?

Feng Jiuxiao said, "Yes! The Fifth Elder can have the reputation of being the best at drinking wine because he has never met anyone who can drink better than him! After meeting Brother Wolf, he can only give up his position as the number one in the wine country!"

Yuan Zishan looked at the scenery on both sides of the road and asked, "Are we heading north from now on?"

Feng Jiuxiao said: "Yes."

"The area there is vast and sparsely populated, the soil is barren, and the climate is dry. We have to prepare everything we eat, drink, and use in advance."

"Yes. We'll restock our supplies after we get to Maozhou. The car is packed with food now. We have two large baskets of yak jerky alone! As long as Brother Wolf doesn't eat it, it's enough for us to eat for half a month! We can even make a round trip from Qinghai Lake!"

Big Wolf said, "Can't you keep your voice down so that I can hear you? Don't worry, I can't pretend not to see such good beef. From now on, I will eat as much as Chili eats at each meal."

Chili was unhappy, "What do you mean, Brother Wolf? You eat as much as I do, why are you competing with me? Do you mean I can eat a lot?"

Big Wolf laughed and said, "How could that be? What I meant is that I only eat a small amount, so don't worry about me eating too much."

"Then why don't you compete with Sister Erni? Why don't you compete with Sister Zijin? Why don't you compete with Miss?"

“Compared to them, then wouldn’t it be true that I have to eat less at every meal?” Hahahaha…

Feng Jiuxiao and Zeng Yong couldn't help but burst out laughing at the same time!
Chang Zijin and Erni covered their mouths and giggled, trying their best not to laugh out loud!

La Jiao was furious when she saw Feng Jiuxiao's back shaking with laughter. She immediately grabbed Yuan Zishan's sleeve and said coquettishly, "Miss, look, they are bullying me again."

Yuan Zishan immediately scolded, "Feng, from today on, no matter how much Chili eats, your rice intake can only be half of hers! Also, if anyone implies that my Chili has a big rice intake, his meals will be halved from now on!"

No matter how likely the young lady's words are to come true, Chili is happy!
Yuan Zishan patted her head and said, "I have already taught them a lesson for you!"

Chili immediately clapped his hands and laughed like a child!

Erni suddenly sighed and said, "I don't know how Liu Miezhou is doing now, and whether he has rescued Yu Nu." When she saw everyone having a great time, she inexplicably thought of Yu Nu, and then of Liu Miezhou!

Everyone fell silent for a moment.

A lone wild goose flew across thousands of mountains and rivers and passed over the city of Jinyang.

After several days of raiding, the Song army had already reached the city of Jinyang. The army's formation was like a dark cloud pressing down on the border, giving off a strong sense of oppression.

Zhao Guangyi's golden dragon flag fluttered in the north wind, and 200,000 Song troops surrounded the capital of the Northern Han Dynasty like an iron barrel.

On the top of the city wall, Liu Miezhou, wearing black armor, looked coldly at the Song Dynasty soldiers all over the mountains outside the city, and from time to time he gently stroked the hilts of the four long swords at his waist.

Next to him stood a middle-aged general, with sharp eyebrows that slanted into his temples, and high brow bones that cast a deep shadow; his nose was as straight as a broken blade, and his lips were tightly pressed into a cold arc; an old scar ran across his cheek, like a crack in the frozen soil torn by the north wind. He was nine feet tall, with a strong back and strong waist. He wore a scarlet cloak over his black armor, beast-swallowed wrist guards, and held a red tasseled spear.

This person is none other than the great general Yang Ye!
Liu Miezhou said: "General Yang, you have worked hard these past few days. How is the joint combat drill of the four-party coalition going?"

Yang Ye said: "Your Majesty, the 30,000 Iron Harriers of Xixia, the 30,000 heavy cavalry of Khitan, and the 30,000 light cavalry of Tubo are all in place. I have practiced for a day and it is quite effective. With time, the running-in effect will be better and the overall combat power will be stronger!"

Liu Miezhou said: "What a pity, Zhao Guangyi came too quickly and didn't give us time."

Yang Ye said: "Your Majesty, rest assured. Although we are a group of four countries, and we may seem like a motley crowd, in fact, we all have the same goal. With a common goal, we are halfway to success! We will not have internal friction or even infighting because of unclear and inconsistent goals!"

Liu Miezhou said: "Okay! I will wait here on the top of the city to celebrate your success. I hope you can win a great victory!"

Yang Ye's eyes lit up, and he knelt down immediately: "Your Majesty, rest assured! I swear to defend the city gates to the death!" The generals behind him knelt down one after another, shouting in unison: "We swear to live and die with Jinyang! We swear to defend the city gates to the death!"

Outside the city, among the Song army, under the golden dragon banner, Zhao Guangyi asked, "General Pan, who is the man next to Liu Miezhou?"

Pan Mei said: "Yang Ye!"

"He is Yang Ye?"

"Not bad!"

"My brother attacked Northern Han once, but was defeated by him!"

"Your Majesty, this time we have the opportunity to avenge the late emperor!"

Zhao Guangyi narrowed his eyes slightly, "Revenge is a small matter, recovering lost territory is a big matter! If possible, I want to subdue Yang Ye and use him for my own benefit."

Pan Mei bowed slightly and said, "Your Majesty, please retreat a hundred feet so that I can challenge you!"

Zhao Guangyi said: "No, they can't hurt me from this distance!"

Pan Mei said: "Your Majesty, it is better to be safe than sorry! Ordinary bows and arrows cannot reach here, but if they have a three-bow crossbow... the son of a rich man cannot sit still in the hall!"

Zhao Guangyi immediately said, "That makes sense! Listen to advice and have a full meal!" He turned his head and glanced. The eunuch Li, who was wearing a dragon robe beside him, immediately understood and waved his sleeves, "Retreat!" The golden dragon flag retreated quickly!
Liu Miezhou said on the top of the city wall: "Zhao Guangyi is preparing to retreat. It seems that the Song army is about to launch a fierce attack!"

Yang Ye said: "Your Majesty, please step aside as well. Swords and spears are blind, don't let stray arrows accidentally hit you!"

Liu Miezhou said: "It's okay! My martial arts skills are better than yours! You don't have to worry about me taking up your energy! I can protect myself!"

Yang Ye saw that Liu Miezhou didn't seem to be being polite, so he bowed and said, "I will go to prepare for the battle now." He looked at the eunuch Zhou Gonggong who was in charge of Liu Miezhou, clasped his fists and said, "Thank you, Eunuch Zhou, for serving the emperor!"

Eunuch Zhou was about thirty years old, with red lips and white teeth, wearing a dragon robe and holding a whisk. He immediately bowed and said, "General Yang, rest assured, I will take care of you here!"

Woo!
A horn sounded suddenly from the Song army's position, piercing the sky!

The Song army used two types of horns. One was the rhinoceros horn, which was the favorite of the Xianbei army in the past. It had a deep and deep sound, like thunder rolling over the earth, and was most suitable for use in the wilderness.

The other is the copper horn, a copper bull horn. It is sharp and shrill, like an iron spike piercing the eardrum, and was once the standard equipment of the Han and Tang armies.

The Song army used two kinds of trumpets at the same time to prevent one of the trumpets from having an accident and making no sound!
The various phalanxes of the Song army began to move slightly!

They knew that when the horn sounded, they had to prepare to charge!

Boom, boom, boom—the drums are beating!
The Song army used Kui drums, which were covered with crocodile skin on one side and made sounds like the breathing of a giant beast.

Ten catapults roared at the same time, and a hundred-jin-weight kerosene tank cut through the sky and hit the city wall! With a loud rumble, spider-web-like cracks appeared on the city wall! The top of the city was also blasted into a mess, and fires broke out everywhere!

But Yang Ye had been prepared. The soldiers' shields were extremely thick, and they were prepared to withstand a wave of three-bow crossbow attacks. In addition, there were also a lot of buckets and sandbags ready to put out the fire at any time!
Then crossbow arrows came like locusts, attacking from all over the sky!
Eunuch Zhou pulled Liu Miezhou to hide inside the city tower. The doors and windows were covered with iron plates. When crossbow arrows shot at the doors and windows, a noise immediately occurred. The defense level was abnormal!
Feng Jiuxiao knew that he was thinking, "Your Majesty, you really have a plan! As expected, they first used the catapult to bombard us, and then used the three-bow crossbow to shoot randomly. Fortunately, General Yang had already rearranged the top of the city wall. Otherwise, the city wall would have been shot into a sieve!"

Pah, pah, pah—there were continuous loud noises outside the house, and the iron plates covering the doors and windows kept denting inwards. From inside the house, it looked like small bulges were constantly appearing! This was all the result of the giant arrows from the three-bow crossbow being shot at!

Liu Miezhou said: "As long as our three-bow crossbow is not destroyed, they will be in trouble soon!"

Eunuch Zhou said: "Our three-bow crossbow is well protected! I just noticed that General Yang has covered the front of the crossbow with an iron cover. Your Majesty, you are simply a god, you can predict the future!"

Liu Miezhou said: "What do you mean by foresight? Don't flatter me. I just know the Song army's attack tactics too well!"

The Song army's three-bow crossbows continuously fired at the top of Jinyang City. The huge arrows pierced through the battlements and nailed some Northern Han defenders who were unable to dodge to the battlements with their shields!

Yang Ye and others had to find shelter. The Northern Han defenders were so overwhelmed by the flying arrows that they couldn't even raise their heads!
Pan Mei had a blank expression on his face, "The infantry in the middle can charge!" The flag officer behind him immediately waved the flag, signaling the infantry to attack the city!
The infantry rushed towards the city wall like a tide!

Three lines of infantry, charge the middle line first!
Under the cover of the shield bearers, the ladder truck rushed forward quickly and quickly approached the city wall!

There was no moat outside Jinyang City, so the five ladder trucks quickly arrived at the base of the city wall!
Hooks and ladders clung to the bricks like poisonous snakes, and the infantry attacked the city like ants!
Yang Ye, who was standing on the top of the city wall, held up his shield and shouted in the rain of arrows: "Throw the gold juice!"

Hundreds of Han soldiers crawled on the ground and used poles to pick up the lead cans that were preset in the dead corner at the base of the parapet. The boiling liquid lead, accompanied by hot oil and gunpowder, poured down from the top of the city. The ladders instantly turned into fire dragons, countless figures fell, and screams tore through the thick smoke!

The Northern Han's archers took the opportunity to shoot arrows out from the rafts, aiming at the throats of the Song army officers and soldiers!

Zhao Guangyi in the distance had a gloomy expression. Eunuch Li couldn't help but frown, such a strong attack would cause too many casualties!

Pan Mei frowned and signaled the three-bow crossbow to continue suppressing!

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—countless “one spear, three swords and arrows” whistled through the void, shooting at the top of Jinyang City, causing the rubble to fly everywhere! Many arrow stacks were actually shot away!
This time, the Song Dynasty's infantry were all the elite of each army, and almost all of the Luoyang tigers scattered in various armies were recalled.

The strongest infantry in the world, ready to attack the city!

Suddenly, from the west, there was a thunderous sound of Song army’s hooves, and a group of soldiers rushed out with smoke and dust!
Just as the Song army was surprised, a large army rushed out from the east on the right!
Both armies were actually cavalry!

Cavalry is naturally good against infantry!
Pan Mei was suddenly shocked!
He immediately gave the order: "All crossbowmen will cooperate with the left infantry to attack the enemy on the left wing, and cover the central infantry to return to defense; all cavalry will attack, harass the enemy on the right wing, and the right infantry will cooperate to strangle them!"

The drummer beats the drum to indicate that there are new orders, and the flag officer waves the flag to issue the latest orders at the same time!
The Luoyang Tiger that was attacking the city immediately stopped the attack and prepared to cooperate with the army on the left to jointly strangle the enemy attacking from the left wing!

The three-bow crossbow stopped firing! Shooting at the top of the city wall would be a waste of arrows! The crossbowmen turned their sights and aimed at the invading enemy!
However, by the time they adjusted the sights of their bows and crossbows, the enemy cavalry had already charged into the Song army's infantry formation, so they had to be cautious and not shoot indiscriminately!

The left wing cavalry consisted of 30,000 Khitan Tielin troops.

"The Iron Forest Army rides on good horses and wears heavy armor. They are impenetrable to stabs and cuts. They are tied together with hooks and ropes, so they will not fall off their horses even if they die! When encountering a battle, the Iron Forest Army will first send out the Iron Forest Army to charge into the battle formation. If the battle formation is in chaos, they will charge it. The infantry will also advance with the cavalry!"

Thirty thousand Khitan Iron Forest troops formed three sharp arrow formations. The heavy cavalry horses were spewing white steam, the cold-forged iron armor was glowing green, and under the central wolf-head banner, the commander Yelu Xizhen's gilded arm guards reflected a dazzling cold light.

Fifty thousand Song infantrymen could only hastily form a battle formation to meet the enemy! Some people were still running back at the foot of the city wall, and before the entire formation was formed, the Tielin Army's heavy armored cavalry had already rushed over like a steel torrent!
The Khitan horn suddenly tore the silence!
The iron cavalry broke through the formation and were invincible!
In order to attack the city, the Song army's infantry went into battle almost lightly, without spears, bows or crossbows, and only had a long sword. Facing the Khitan cavalry, they had no power to resist!

The Khitan cavalry first used cavalry crossbows to clear the way, and then one or even two waves of arrows rained down on the ground, which either delayed the Song army's formation that was being assembled, or destroyed the Song army's formation that had already been assembled. In short, the Song army's formation could not achieve the maximum defensive effect!
After the rain of arrows, the Song army barely managed to gather into formation, but the cavalry had already rushed into the formation!
“Hold on!” The roar of Song army commander Wang Chao was drowned out by the sound of steel clashing.

A Luoyang tiger chopped off a horse's leg with a long steel sword, and the broken hoof and flesh flew everywhere. Suddenly, a horse spear pierced his chest, and he was directly thrown three feet away. When he landed, he was picked up by the hook and sickle spear, and fell again, and then was trampled to death by countless horse hooves!
Before another Luoyang Tiger could chop the oncoming Khitan cavalry with his long sword, the opponent's horse lance had already pierced his chest!

An inch long, an inch strong!

An inch short, an inch dangerous!

In an instant, a large number of infantrymen fell down!

Before they die, they all want to ask General Pan a question!
Didn’t you say that Northern Han had no cavalry?
My death was so unjust! (End of this chapter)