C41 Escape in the Chaos
North Dragon South Eagle, this was referring to the two famous heroes in the martial arts world. Nanying was Ceng Guoquan's personal bodyguard, Lao Ying. His master was Nan Shaolin, and his Eagle Claw Skill and Qing Gong were the best in the martial arts world. But at the time when Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was making the most ruckus, he went down the mountain to the Heavenly Kingdom Army, hoping to rely on his skills in exchange for wealth and glory.
It was a pity that the epoch had changed. Although martial arts still had a market in the late Qing, it was still the end of the world. After the soldiers of the Qing Army used their guns to shoot the white smoke, Lao Ying was buried in a pile of corpses. After Lao Ying recovered from his injuries, he thought carefully and suddenly understood that in epoch, martial arts could only shine in certain environments.
For example, the high-ranking officials' guards, Assassin, Spy … These jobs required a variety of complex environments in order to be the final destination of the wulin people. After that, Lao Ying had pledged his allegiance to the Xiang Jun. After two or three scouting missions, Lao Ying had obtained nine commander's respect and was eventually promoted to the position of bodyguard.
Xiang Shaolong's experience was even more legendary. This young man, who was not even thirty years old yet, had displayed the talent in martial arts. Family gave his all to have Xiang Shaolong pay respects to a master teacher, and even learned art at Wu Dang Mountain for three years.
When he went down the mountain at the age of 25, it was only three years before he won Dragon Lord's illustrious reputation in the north. Xiang Shaolong was originally a member of the Yanqing Xiang Jia Village and was said to be a descendant of the Chu Country's aristocrat, Xiang Yu. Of course, since ancient times, Chinese had always wanted to be a celebrity.
But when the name of the North Dragon spread and the Xiang Jia Village started to get rich, this seemingly laughable rumor started to become true. Until ten days ago, when a stranger came to find him based on Dragon Lord's reputation, and said with certainty that as long as he could accomplish one thing, it would guarantee that the Xiang Jia Village would be able to join Xiang Yu's clan, and even give the Xiang Jia Village a share of High Scholar's clan.
Dragon Lord, Xiang Shaolong, was shocked at that moment. He didn't dare to believe his own ears, but when the person came and said a name in his ear, Xiang Shaolong dispelled all his doubts and immediately left the mountain.
For the ancients, it didn't matter if he was Trader or bandit, or even the top rich men in the Green Forest. As long as they encountered the opportunity to shine and even enter the ranks of book reader, they would all go crazy.
Fan Ru is like this, Xiang Shaolong is the same, everything is low, only the thought of reading high has been a thousand years of brainwashing into Chinese's bone marrow. For the sake of the Family's reputation, Xiang Shaolong did not need to pay a single cent to rush down the mountain straight towards Xiao Letian. He even went so far as to run across the mountain to the Taibai Top to check his background.
"Alright then, two evil spirits who colluded with long hair, people who wrote the Evil Scripture of the foreigners and bewitched the Daqing, this crime is a capital offense. Laozi killed Xiao Letian, this is acting on behalf of the heavens …"
Xiang Shaolong killed Xiao Letian, but he did not have any burdens in his heart. In the hearts of the people who were educated out of Confucian, two evil spirits's identity, writing the Evil Scripture of the Westerners, and also colluding with the rebels, was too much for him to live up to.
However, what he found inconceivable was that after he successfully kidnapped the man and woman, he seemed to have punctured a hornet's nest. Inconceivable things happened one after another.
Xiang Shaolong did not expect that he, along with Wu Tie and the others, would already be watched by someone within a dozen miles of the Northern Capital City. Furthermore, there were trails set up by the martial artists on the public road, checking every single one of them. Xiang Shaolong originally wanted to use his status as Dragon Lord to deal with these small characters, but he didn't expect these people to immediately make a move on him without giving him any face.
Xiang Shaolong had broken through four of the cards set up by Jianghu People along the way, and in the end, he even found the checkpoint set up by Shuntian Palace and Nimentinol. This time, Xiang Shaolong was a little hesitant. He finally understood that this task was not that easy to complete. Xiao Letian was like a hot potato to him.
Actually, the fight that Xiao Letian saw when he woke up was the one that Xiang Shaolong broke through the defense line and was nearing its end.
Originally, Dragon Lord thought it would be safe to enter the mountain at night, but he didn't expect Lao Ying, who was like the poison in his bones, to chase after him and take care of the last two Disciple. Now, there was only Disciple in the thatched cottage who was guarding the hostages, and he was already caught by Lao Ying.
To be honest, Dragon Lord and Lao Ying's kung fu skills were on par with each other. Lao Ying's Qing Gong was stronger than Xiang Shaolong's, while Xiang Shaolong's inner force skills were on par with Lao Ying's. Once the two of them started fighting, it wouldn't take more than two hours before victory would be decided.
Right now, in the thatched cottage, only the little Disciple, who was boiling water, was holding a wooden stick and guarding Xiao Letian and his partner at a loss. He looked at the hostages and then he looked at the fight outside. To be honest, the battle between two experts was too exciting. They even brought out afterimages, and the sounds of wind and thunder could be heard from between their fists and feet.
Little Disciple was only 17 or 18 years old, and his curiosity was high. How could the showdown between the North Dragon and South Eagle not attract him? The time he paid attention to both sides was the same, but gradually, the youngsters were attracted by the wonderful duels outside the door.
Just as he was in a daze, a figure suddenly pounced towards him like a tiger, followed by a painful scream from his wrist. The wooden stick fell to the ground.
"Damn, tiger chick!" Xiao Letian didn't expect tiger chick to be so wild, to actually sneak attack when Enemy wasn't prepared. And he had used his ultimate move the moment he opened his mouth. Xiao Letian did not dare to be slow and rushed forward. He grabbed a hard wooden stick and swung it at the back of Little Wu Steel's head.
A muffled sound rang out. Little Disciple rolled his eyes and immediately fainted. "Amazing, so a wooden stick is actually so easy to use …" At this time, tiger chick couldn't care less and pushed open the back door. "Let's go, let's go quickly …" Then, he grabbed Xiao Letian's hand and went into the darkness.
"No …" "Don't go through the back door, that's a ravine …" Xiang Shaolong shouted subconsciously, but what came back was the screams of Xiao Letian and tiger chick.
"At this time, Lao Ying finally found an opening. The eagle claw struck Wu Tie's ribs like lightning. This move was really vicious. At that time, two of his ribs were broken." "AHH!" "Powerful …" "In a flash, Xiang Shaolong shot straight towards Lao Ying's chest. As Lao Ying dodged, Xiang Shaolong actually took out the Speargun that had captured Xiao Letian from his bosom.
Colt's revolver was very simple to operate. Two crisp sounds of gunfire echoed throughout valleys.
"En!" Lao Ying held onto his shoulder, blocked off the blood and turned around, then retreated. "Dragon Lord is really powerful, even used a Speargun?" Mr. Xiao followed the valleys down. "Your underhand is here to save you …" With that, he disappeared into the darkness.
At this moment, Xiao Letian and tiger chick had been knocked unconscious. Luckily, this was a gentle slope and not a precipice. Although the impact broke their foreheads, it was not fatal.
"tiger chick, where are you? "You have nothing better to do …"
"I'm here, I'm right next to you …"
The two of them held each other in the dark, and they didn't know the direction at all. However, Xiao Letian knew that the terrain was very low. As long as they walked towards the lowland, they would definitely be able to leave the mountain.
In Xiao Letian's arms, there was always a flame fire sealed with a xanthophosphorus's head. This was the life saving signal bomb that Xiao Letian had been specially made by the cannonball shop. Luckily, it wasn't searched away by Xiang Shaolong. As long as Xiao Letian could get close to the Team, he would definitely be able to escape with his signal bomb.
The two of them fumbled in the dark night with shallow steps. Xiang Shaolong's shout came from behind them, "Don't move forward, be careful of the cliff!" Xiao Letian thought to himself, it would be better for someone to fall to their death than to die in your hands.
F * ck, I'll get Shi Dakai to spread the Hero post when I get back. Since I have money, I'll pay a high price and hire a few true experts. I don't want to suffer this kind of punishment anymore.
Just as Xiao Letian was running for his life, Xiang Shaolong finally received reinforcements from Liu Tie. More than fifty Xiang Clan disciples rushed into the hut and saw Dragon Lord, who was sweating profusely from the pain.
"Dragon Lord!" Who hurt you? "We'll fight him to the death …" A group of disciples surrounded him. Under the light of the torches, Xiang Shaolong's face was exceptionally pale.
"I'm fine. I didn't break a bone. It probably cracked and got hit by a sneak attack from Lao Ying." However, don't worry, his injuries are much heavier than mine … "Right now, all the troops were split into two groups. One road is for valleys to search for Xiao Letian, the other road is for reinforcements to stop at the mountain entrance …"
"Master, do we just kill those with the surname Xiao when we see them?" Xiang Shaolong hesitated for a moment and shook his head. "We should capture him alive. I'm very curious about him …"
Before he could finish, a burst of intense footsteps came from outside the thatched cottage, followed by a loud and clear voice. "flame gun team … Acting like a Ammunition … "Launch..." There was the sound of thunder exploding on the ground, and the small courtyard's wooden door was struck by the iron sand seed with a loud bang, causing endless screams from the yard.
"Brothers, act like the Ammunition. We are soldiers that Mr. Xiao trained. Even if we lose our lives today, we have to save mister … "Fire!" Another barrage of bullets rushed into the small courtyard. This time, all of the Disciple soldiers were so frightened that they fell to the ground. They had never seen a true flame gun shooting at the same time.
The ones who came were none other than the ten Musketeers's that Xiao Letian personally trained in Mountain Temple. When they heard that Mr. Xiao was in danger, they automatically gathered around Xiao Hexin and the others, insisting on participating in the chase.
The one who shouted the slogan on the left side of Team was Luo Huo, who had received the most whip from Xiao Letian. He was now the core figure in the ten-man team, and under Fan Sai Manager's instructions, the ten Buddy members had already given up on business.
The last time was Mountain Temple. This time was a straw house, and the depths of the mountain had become the best arena for the flame gun troops. If Lao Ying was here, he would definitely be shocked because these ten people from Musketeers had shown that they were better quality than Veterans of the Hundred Wars.
Faster loading speed, faster firing speed, and better mental fortitude. To be able to suppress fifty close combat experts with ten flame gun attacking at close range, this was impossible without a strict shooting discipline.
At that moment, Luo Huo and the others really should have thanked Xiao Letian for his whip. Without his strict discipline, it would not have happened.
Xiang Shaolong had already given up all hope. It wasn't that he hadn't seen the Eight Flags Firearm Battalion fire birdgun before, but he had never seen musketeers who dared to close the distance of ten steps and fire at such a high frequency.
Dragon Lord endured the pain and wanted to rush to the side and use his own effort to disrupt the enemy's formation, but when he saw more figures rushing over from the darkness, he completely gave up.
"Disperse and discredit our way into the valleys. Don't go head to head with them …"