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Chapter 79 The Praying Mantis Catch the Cicada (1)
The sky is gradually brightening, and amidst the faint sound of rooster crowing, the scenery is distinct: wild mountains and far away, green everywhere, clouds and trees blooming, as if unreal, and a stream of clear water twists and turns like a belt, bypassing the city as if heading east.

But the fierce battle on Nanjing Waiguo is in full swing.Lu Jian guarded the stone steps, holding the giant scythe in his left hand and the iron chain in his right. Either the left scythe would grab soldiers and the right chain would injure people;Even if the Golden Hook Scythe was dreaming, he never expected such power of his own weapon.

Ning Ning was protected by Lu Jian, so that neither knives, guns, arrows, or crossbows could get close, and he looked around, whenever he saw a bird, he would send out the "sword in the pupil". With the muzzle facing the face, there was a sudden explosion, and the consequences can be imagined.Xue Er still practiced his profession. When the Japanese generals beat the drums, he would beat the gongs.

The three of them never cooperated, but they formed a team at this moment, but it was like a match made in heaven. Every time the Japanese army attacked the top of the city, they were all driven down again.Wai Guo's officers and soldiers were already defeated, and they were greatly encouraged by seeing this.

The Japanese army fought desperately against beasts, but unexpectedly, Lu Jian was in a place of life and death, and he had a deeper understanding of this "skill of seizing soldiers". At the beginning, he seized weapons from people, but over time, he not only seized weapons, but also used enemy weapons to reverse injuries. people.When fighting again, he had a whim again, the enemy himself held the weapon, but it was also connected to the weapon. The opponent, the enemy's blade, and our own blade were connected. Wouldn't it be a brand new "weapon"?
With the same idea, Lu Jian tried even more, hooked a long knife, and submerged his strength. As expected, the Japanese man with the knife followed his own intentions, knocked over several people and fell to the wall involuntarily.Lu Jianmiao's wish came true, and he did it repeatedly, and it became more and more interesting.

The Japanese army lost its soldiers and lost its generals, its morale was greatly depressed, and suddenly it shouted, and retreated like a tide.Seeing the Japanese army retreating, Lu Jian breathed a sigh of relief.At this moment, I suddenly felt that my thighs and shoulders were hot, and when I touched them casually, they were covered with blood. Lu Jianchu was shocked at first, and then he understood: Even if he was very skilled, in such a chaotic battle, he couldn't guarantee that he would not be injured, it was just a fierce battle Not aware of it.

The pain was unmanageable, Lu Jian gritted his teeth and moved to the edge of the battlements to sit down. He tore off his trousers, and was about to inspect it when his eyes suddenly went dark. There was an extra pair of embroidered shoes, with a few snow-white flowers dotted on the goose yellow satin.Lu Jian unconsciously raised his head, only to see Ning Ning staring at him quietly with eyes like autumn water.

Lu Jian hurriedly covered the wound, and was about to get up, but Ning Ning stretched out her hand to hold him down, took out a handkerchief from her sleeve, and leaned over to wipe off the blood from the wound, Lu Jian couldn't help but hurriedly said: "Miss Ning, too... It's too dirty, I'll do it myself."

Ning Ning bowed her head and said nothing, but her brows and cheeks were stained with a blush, like a lotus flower in water, bright and beautiful.She silently wiped away the blood, then picked up her shirt, tore off her snow-white underwear to bandage the wound, treated her leg and then her shoulder, from beginning to end, without saying a word.Lu Jian wanted to decline politely, but he didn't know how to say it, so he had to let her dictate.After the dressing was finished, he was already sweating, thinking that this time seemed to be more labor-intensive than a life-and-death fight, so he whispered: "Miss Ning, thank you..."

Ning Ning remained silent, got up slowly, walked to the stone steps and looked into the distance.The brilliance of the rising sun sprinkled all over the city, and the woman shrouded in it, and her whole body seemed to emit a faint light.Lu Jian saw it, and suddenly felt very sad: "It's okay for me to be a stupid man. How can such a girl be a robber?" Thinking of this, he has no affection for Shen Zhouxu, and even hates it.

Suddenly I heard the noise of the Japanese army under the city.Lu Jian fixed his eyes and saw hundreds of Japanese people running up with red spears in their hands.Lu Jian jumped up and shouted, "Miss Ning, come behind me." Ning Ning turned her eyes and remained motionless.

Lu Jian asked anxiously: "Aren't you afraid?" Ning Ning looked at him and said, "What about you, are you afraid?" Lu Jian was surprised by her sudden question, and thought for a while and said, "I'm afraid too , but whoever wins Waiguo is the winner, and what a surprise the Japanese pirates won!"

He spoke solemnly, but there was a naive air between his brows.Ning Ning couldn't help but smile slightly, just like a shameful flower just blooming, a jade mirror newly polished, bathed in the morning light, it is extraordinarily bright and moving.It was the first time that Lu Jian saw her smiling like this, and he didn't feel dumbfounded.Seeing him staring at her intently, Ning Ning still woke up, blushing and spat, "You...you are so annoying..."

Lu Jian was greatly puzzled: "Why do I hate..." Before he finished speaking, the Japanese soldiers stopped twenty steps away in unison, swung their arms, and a hundred spears came out of the nest like bees, shooting violently. Come.

Lu Jian took a step forward and stood in front of Ning Ning. With a swing of the scythe, the spear approached him and was snatched away.After throwing the javelin, the Japanese squatted down again, and more than a hundred bowmen appeared behind them, shooting feather arrows like rain.

Lu Jian drew a large circle with the iron chain in his right hand, and a small circle with the sickle in his left hand. There were circles in the circle, overlapping in size. No matter long feather or short arrows, bows and crossbows, if they entered it, they would be snatched away.

Lu Jian got angry and shouted: "Have you shot enough? Look at me!" He leaned over and grabbed a red spear, made an "I look", twisted his body, swished, and the red spear pierced a Japanese man's mouth , the castration continued, and he stabbed the Japanese behind him, piercing through five people one after another, and the momentum was just exhausted.

Five people strung together in a row, even though they died, they still stood by themselves.The group of bandits looked pale, and suddenly seeing Lu Jian grab another spear, the crowd lost their souls, screamed, and fled down the city.

Lu Jian looked at the backs of the bandits and burst out laughing.Ning Ning asked, "What are you laughing at?" Lu Jian smiled and said, "I didn't expect them to be afraid of death!" After hearing this, Ning Ning made a sound of sympathy, Lu Jian was surprised, turned around, and saw her Covering his mouth with one hand, with a smile in his eyes, suddenly seeing Lu Jian turning his head, his joy turned into anger, and he gave him a hard look.

Lu Jian wondered to himself: "This girl is really strange. She is friendly to me for a while, and annoys me for a while..." Suddenly there was a cannon fire, and when he looked up, a group of men came out from the inner city, and the first one sat on the horse , the armor was bright, Lu Jian could see it clearly, and blurted out: "Brother Qi."

At this time, the sky was bright, and the two armies faced each other, and the formation was clear.The Japanese army's red spears are raised together, and the forest is as dense as a dense forest, and their long knives are brandished, covering a vast expanse of whiteness.There were only a few thousand officers and troops, and the formation was very strange. Some were holding long flagpoles, some were holding bird guns and spears, and there were several iron cannons pulled by carriages. They looked uneven and nondescript.The strangest thing is that there is a junior officer next to the generals and officers. The junior officer has a red scarf around his head, holds a big knife, and has eyes as sharp as a falcon.

Qi Jiguang's horse circled around, causing the flag to be raised suddenly, and there was a loud noise, the officers and soldiers holding the flag rushed out of the formation, two people with one flag, and stabbed chaotically towards the Japanese army's red spear formation. As soon as the two armies exchanged, the Japanese army was stabbed and overthrown.

The Japanese army was afraid of Xue Er's troubles, so the drums and gongs did not sound, so they only dared to wave the flag. When the flag was unfurled, several teams of bird musketeers rushed up and loaded the gunpowder.Qi Jiguang also waved the flag, the flagpole army parted a road, the artillery carriage drove to the front, turned around, the rear cannon was ignited, and there was a thunder, and it went straight into the bird gun formation, and the fireworks burst out, causing heavy casualties to the bird gunners.

The flag of the Japanese army was raised again, and the two captains surrounded them with swords, and killed the flag officers and soldiers.When the flagpole grows up, it is not easy to operate. If it is approached by a long knife, there will be death but no life.

Qi Jiguang ordered the flag to flutter, and two captains of spearmen came from left and right to protect the wings of the flagpole army and stab the opponent from a distance.Birds and crossbow arrows followed, and the arrows and stones flew randomly, and the Japanese army's long sword fell to the ground, covered in blood, and they all screamed and retreated.

For a time, just following Qi Jiguang's command to unfurl the flag, the three formations of the flagpole, artillery, and gun spears changed like a god, like a long sword piercing into the Japanese formation. The flagpole and artillery were like sword blades; The famous knife and ax hand is the hilt of the sword, holding a big knife to drive away the generals, retreating a little, and slashing without mercy.All the generals usually neglected their duties and muddled through. This time it was a matter of their own heads, so they dared not be negligent. They all took the lead and rushed to the death.

The Japanese army was originally divided into three divisions, which formed a tripartite force. The first division had 5000 troops to contain the inner city officials and troops.

Qi Jiguang broke up the enemy's formation, killed all the way to the city gate, and stormed the Japanese army at the city gate.This Japanese army is more than three thousand, very fierce, but outside the city are the elite soldiers left by Yu Dayou, and inside the city is Qi Jiguang's new army. Kou is like chopping melons and vegetables.

Qi Jiguang didn't wait to wipe out the remaining bandits, so he waved the flag again, and turned to the lower part of Waiguo, where the Japanese army was only two thousand, repeatedly blocked by Lu Jian, their morale was low, and they were defeated in one blow.Seeing the opportunity, Lu Jian, together with Ning Ning and Xue Er, led the army at the head of the city to rush down, attacking the Japanese army back and forth like a shattered one.

Lu Jian was excited, and the distance was still far away, so he called out "Big Brother", he was full of doubts, but Qi Jiguang didn't allow him to say more, and shouted from a distance: "Good brother, we will meet on the battlefield, I can't talk about it in detail, I will talk about it after I defeat the enemy .”

During the conversation, the two approached each other, one on the horse and the other on the flat ground. They raised their hands and held hands, and they could feel the warmth of each other's palms.Lu Jian said: "Brother, I don't know how to lead soldiers. Leave these soldiers to you!" Qi Jiguang wondered, "Where are you going?" Lu Jian pointed at Ning Ning and Xue Er, and said, "I'll send them back." Qi Jiguang smiled Said: "Okay, you just go."

Qi Jiguang disintegrated the Japanese army formation in front, and Shen Zhouxu followed his army to attack, dividing and surrounding the scattered Japanese army.The sounds of fighting on the battlefield rose and fell one after another, and Lu Jian walked all the way, looking at the lights of swords and blood, he couldn't tell who Wang Zhi was.

When he came to the inner city, Lu Jian stopped, cupped his hands and said, "Miss Ning, brother Xue, take care." After saying that, he turned around and left, but suddenly Ning Ning called out, "Stay."

Lu Jian looked back, Ning Ning's eyes were clear and her pulse was steady, Lu Jian was puzzled, and said, "What do you have to say?" Ning Ning lowered her gaze, and said quietly, "Where are you going?" Confused: "I don't know..." Ning Ning asked again: "Don't you have a home?"

Lu Jian smiled wryly, "Yes, but it's far away." Ning stared at him, hesitant to speak, and suddenly his cheeks flushed, and he turned and left.Xue Er hurriedly called: "Ning'er, wait for me." He bumped and followed up.

Lu Jian didn't know why Ning Ning was like this, he couldn't figure it out, he let go of his pace and walked for a while, and when the killing sound subsided, he looked back at the tower, thinking about fighting for a long time, but he didn't know what happened to Gu Zhen, he had to think of a way, Unknowingly, unknowingly picked him up.

Just as he was about to turn back, he suddenly heard someone calling behind him. Looking back, Gu Zhen was waving behind a wall.Lu Jian was overwhelmed with surprise, and said, "Why are you here?" Gu Zhen smiled and said, "It's a long story, come on, come on."

The two touched an alley, while taking off the armor of officers and soldiers, Gu Zhen told the past.Lu Jian was very surprised when he heard that he met an assassin; he was even more surprised when he heard that he exposed his body to save Shen Zhouxu;

Gu Zhen was in great spirits, and said happily, "I was also in a hurry to go to the doctor, and I gambled my own life. Unexpectedly, General Qi is very powerful, and I bet on it. Ha, but the lame Shen kept his word and let me go, but It's surprising." Lu Jian said: "It's not surprising, even though Shen Zhouxu has many faults, he is absolutely unambiguous about Japanese pirates."

Gu Zhen glared at Lu Jian, pondered for a while, and then nodded silently.Lu Jian said again: "Wang Zhi's defeat has been decided, what should be the next step?" Gu Zhen said: "The battle is chaotic now, and Shen Laizi is watching closely. It is not easy to capture people in the chaos. General Qi has such abilities, why not let him He catches Wang Zhi first and takes the lead, and then we steal him out of the prison."

Lu Jian readily agreed, and Gu Zhen picked a nearby inn to eat and change clothes with Lu Jian.This inn is also his property, the shopkeeper is naturally very hospitable when he sees the owner.

After bathing, the two of them changed into clean clothes, and after using a few finer things, they found a room facing the street.After fighting hard all night, Lu Jian was so sleepy that he fell asleep on the couch.I don't know how long I slept, but I was suddenly awakened by the cheers, and got up to look. Gu Zhen was leaning against the window, eating melon seeds and looking out.Lu Jian stepped forward, but saw that the two sides of the long street were full of people, and the officers and soldiers at the center of the street escorted groups of prisoners past.

The people in the southeast hated the Japanese pirates to the bone. Seeing the victory of the officers and soldiers, they were all ecstatic. They spat at the captives and beat them to death.Lu Jian frowned at the sight, and couldn't bear it.

After watching for a while, Qi Jiguang rode a horse from a distance, covered in blood and tired.Gu Zhen summoned the clerk in the inn, whispered twice, the clerk flew downstairs like flying, ran to Qi Jiguang's horse and said a few words.

After hearing this, Qi Jiguang jumped off his horse and walked towards the inn.Lu Jian hurried up to meet them, the two called brothers and sisters, embraced and laughed, Gu Zhen also cupped his hands and said, "Brother Qi will make great achievements when he gets out of the cage today, and given time, he will surely shock the world."

Qi Jiguang once met him at the top of the city, he was surprised and said with a smile: "Your reputation is too high, brother, who is this, don't you want to introduce him?" Lu Jian then introduced them.Qi Jiguang is a man of high spirits, with both capital and civil and martial arts, and Gu Zhen has a natural and unrestrained temperament, and his spirit is outstanding. The two of them talked for a few words, and their hearts were full of general thoughts: "This Lu Jian has always been kind, how can he make friends with people so shrewd?"

Gu Zhen was careful, and expected at this time, he had already ordered the shopkeeper to prepare the wine and food, and they will serve them one by one at this time.Seeing him, Qi Jiguang said with a smile: "Eating and drinking are free. I have to go to the governor's mansion to hand over the military power. I'm afraid I will be blamed if I'm late."

Gu Zhen smiled and said, "It's okay to drink two cups temporarily." Qi Jiguang didn't force it, and said with a smile, "Just two cups." My brother has just been taken to prison. Whoever wants to rush to the top of the city is a fierce battle, and even if he wins so far, he is still confused." Lu Jian and Gu Zhen looked at each other and smiled inwardly.

Qi Jiguang looked at Lu Jian and said, "That's right, brother, when did you join the army and become an officer?" Lu Jian froze for a moment, then hesitated and said, "To tell you the truth, brother, I didn't join the army. I bought that uniform."

Qi Jiguang was slightly surprised, and kept quiet with his beard. Gu Zhen was surprised that Lu gradually became honest, which aroused Qi Jiguang's suspicion. He changed the subject and said with a smile, "Brother Qi, have you ever caught Wang Zhi?"

Qi Jiguang sighed, and said with regret: "That guy is very good, he brought a small group of thugs out of the city..." Lu Jian and Gu Zhen's faces turned pale when they heard this, Qi Jiguang didn't feel any difference , Drink another cup, stood up and said with a smile: "No matter what your status is, brother, you have made great contributions today. Why don't you go to see Du Xian and get a background in the army, which is worse than you wandering in the rivers and lakes and dying in the countryside."

Lu Jian was so upset that he blurted out, "Brother, I... I can't go with you." Qi Jiguang asked strangely, "Why?" , going out of the city soon." Qi Jiguang stared at him with a very puzzled expression.Gu Zhen sighed: "That matter is very urgent, I hope Brother Qi will forgive me."

Qi Jiguang saw that the two of them had a lot of troubles after a long time in the world, so he didn't ask any more questions, and said with a slight smile: "It's okay, the future will be long, you do good things first, and it won't be too late to talk about it next time." He shook hands with Lu Jian and walked away casually up.

Lu Jian watched Qi Jiguang go downstairs, asked Gu Zhen for two horses, left the inn and headed straight out of the city.Don't want to stop the war, the officers and soldiers searched for the remnants of the Japanese pirates, and the gate of the city did not open for a long time.It was not until noon that people were released from the city.The suburbs are clear and green, and the sparrows and cranes are flying. The two of them looked back at the city wall, and they encountered various encounters in the past few days. Compared with the present, it is really like a big dream.

Gu Zhen expected that Wang would rush into the East China Sea and rush ten miles eastward. Suddenly, he heard that the Japanese army was fighting fiercely near the hour, and the Japanese were defeated and disappeared without a trace.Later, I heard that a large army of officers and soldiers along the coast blocked the way and burned all the ships. The remnants of the Japanese pirates could not enter the sea and retreated westward one after another.

Gu Zhen murmured: "Cripple Shen had the foresight to cut off the sea route early. Japanese pirates cannot enter the sea, and their prestige will be reduced by half." The two rode their horses to the west, without a clue.After walking for a while, the horsepower under the seats gradually ran out, and they both spit out star foam and gasped like thunder.Gu Zhen was bored at first, and immediately became angry: "This shopkeeper is damned, give me two poor horses, and when he returns to Nanjing in the future, let him take off a layer of skin."

Lu Jian sighed: "Gu Zhen, there are few good horses, but many bad ones. It's possible that the shopkeeper can't find a good horse in a hurry." Seeing mountains and rivers in the distance, green trees surrounding the village, he went to the stream beside the village to drink horses, Raise horsepower.

(End of this chapter)