C20 Dying in a Bloodbath

In the blink of an eye, Su Puyan's lance was already right in front of him. Gongsun Xu could even feel the bone-piercing killing intent! He had no time to consider whether he should risk it or not to get off the horse to save Yan Rou. He immediately clamped his legs tightly on the horse's abdomen, abruptly threw an iron bridge on the horse's back, and at the same time, raised his spear with both hands and struck forward!

Clang! The pike barely touched the tip of the pike. The pike moved slightly to the side and flew past Gongsun Xu's helmet, taking away a long strand of red tassel. Surprisingly, there was an eye-catching scratch on the iron helmet. Gongsun Xu instantly sweated profusely. If he made the slightest deviation, the spear would pierce through his neck!

Just as Gongsun Xu was secretly rejoicing, his horse suddenly let out a tragic wail and kneeled on the ground, throwing him over its head with a whooshing sound! It turned out that the warhorse was running towards the hill with its head held high. The sharp tip of the spear just happened to pierce into the left side of the warhorse's head. It pierced through the hard skull and revealed itself from the warhorse's right eye!

Wei Dun, who was rushing over from dozens of steps away, exclaimed in shock when he saw this scene. If something were to happen to Gongsun Xu, then where would the forty thousand plus people go? Wei Dun stabbed the horse in the buttocks. The horse rushed forward again in pain. He took off his longbow and nocked an arrow at Su Puyan, who was only seven or eight steps away from Gongsun Xu.

Gongsun Xu's reaction was very fast. He threw the spear to the side in the air and then raised his arms to protect his face. When he landed, he rolled sideways to avoid the body of the war horse. He knew that he must not run, otherwise he would only end up beheaded from behind by Su Puyan! At this moment, his entire body was covered in mud and blood. Countless small wounds were drawn on his face and hands, and more than ten broken arrows were stuck on his body. He looked extremely miserable.

His right hand tightly gripped the five foot long arc ring head knife, his eyes were staring straight at Gongsun Xu's neck – he wanted to cut off this fellow's head with a single slash, then turn it back into a wine-making device to give Qiu Liju's heir to collapse, only then would he be exempted from death!

In the last years of the Western Han Dynasty, the ring head knife quickly replaced the sword and became the standard weapon for the Han Army. ring head knife's blade had a ring on its hilt, which allowed it to be tied with a rope or ornament. As a result, the blade became very narrow, had a long blade, and the back of the blade was very straight.

The Xianbei People's cavalry also used ring head knife s, but they were slightly different from the Han army's ring head knife s. Their blades curved slightly, and their blades were also a bit longer than the Han army's, more like a product of the combination of the Huns' scimitar and the Han army's ring head knife s. The blades used by the heavy cavalry and the light cavalry had some differences. The blades used by the former were heavier and longer.

For the sake of speed and stealth, Qiu Liju brought light cavalry this time.

"Kill!" In the blink of an eye, Su Puyan had already rushed in front of Gongsun Xu. With a thunderous roar, he chopped towards Gongsun Xu's neck at an oblique angle.

Wu Tie used a Hundred Refinement Iron Sabre. With a single slash, he would be able to cut all twenty copper coins stacked together, but he would not be injured at all. He had to pay a total of fifty beautiful girls to exchange for this saber from the hands of another tribe's king. Gongsun Xu's weapon seemed to have some advantages, but Su Puyan obviously didn't think that way. He was not afraid of Gongsun Xu's spear at all, and with the impact from the war horse, he was confident that he could cut Gongsun Xu's opponent into two halves along with his spear!

Gongsun Xu's spear was crafted entirely from fine steel. It was as thick as an arm and weighed fifty-seven Jin. It had the upper hand when compared to Wu Tie's weapon. However, his opponent was attacking with the help of his saber and he didn't dare to block directly. He didn't care about losing face and hastily rolled to the side, successfully evading Su Puyan's blade.

Su Puyan was shocked as he did not expect Gongsun Xu to move so quickly. He pulled on the reins and prepared to kill Gongsun Xu before escaping from this place. The front hooves of the war horse were lifted up as blood kept flowing out of his mouth. He staggered and turned his head, almost throwing Su Puyan off the horse. He just managed to stabilize his body before slashing towards Gongsun Xu again.

Gongsun Xu quickly got up after rolling away on the spot. Facing Su Puyan's second cut, he did not dodge nor step forward. The moment the troops were separated, his body suddenly leaned back while sliding forward with his feet.

Su Puyan's slash missed again. He suddenly felt a chill in his heart.

At this moment, Gongsun Xu held the spear shaft with both of his hands and swung the spear like a long stick. With a 'kacha' sound, the right calf of Su Puyan's warhorse was smashed into pieces as his entire body crashed onto the ground. Su Puyan was caught off guard and he fell and rolled on the ground.

Gongsun Xu did not kill Su Puyan. He quickly turned around and ran to Yan Rou's side. He carried Yan Rou on his left shoulder and ran up the hill.

Wei Dun cheered loudly and felt a bit relieved.

Su Puyan got up, raised his sword and was ready to chase up.

One of Su Puyan's trusted aides, Chieftain, dismounted from his horse and handed the reins to him. "Ku Wang, get on the horse!"

Su Puyan jumped on his horse and shouted: "Ba Tu, bring 1000 men to stop Wei Dun! Even if they all die, we have to hold them all off! "

"Don't worry, King Ku. Unless we are all dead, Wei Dun can forget about taking a step forward!"

"If you don't die, I'll give you five thousand men when we get back!" Su Puyan made a promise and shouted with a wave of his hand: "Charge over! Chop Gongsun kid into minced meat! "

Since he failed to kill Gongsun Xu in two strikes, Su Puyan lost some of his confidence. Furthermore, time was of the essence, as long as he could kill Gongsun Xu, he would not care about the face of the tribe's young lord!

When Liu He saw Su Puyan splitting up his troops to stop Wei Dun, he was shocked and immediately ordered Liu Tie to lead some men to help.

Yang Hong's ten thousand man square formation also slowly turned and headed towards the south.

The slope of this small hill was very small, running from the bottom to the top in less than 100 steps. Normally, Gongsun Xu would be able to reach the top in a few breaths. He was still carrying a long spear which weighed fifty-seven kilograms. His footsteps were too slow, and after he ran for only fifty to sixty steps, Su Puyan and a group of cavalry of Xianbei caught up with him. With a flash of his blade, dozens of blades slashed towards Gongsun Xu at the same time!

Gongsun Xu had no choice but to throw Yan Rou on the ground, clenching his teeth and mustering his last bit of strength. The long spear in his hand continuously danced, killing more than a dozen people, barely blocking most of the fatal attacks. Xianbei People continued to rush forward and in the blink of an eye, there were no less than a hundred people surrounding Gongsun Xu.

Wei Dun had already seen that Gongsun Xu was in danger. He was so anxious that his eyes turned red. However, Bartul had already led his men to block the way. Wei Dun crazily beheaded the enemies in front of him, and he couldn't wait to grow his wings to save Gongsun Xu. However, due to the death order given by Bartul and his men, they didn't retreat even half a step despite suffering heavy casualties.

Su Puyan looked back and saw that Bartul had led men to block Wei Dun and had enough time to kill Gongsun Xu. He shouted, "Whoever kills Gongsun Xu will be rewarded with 50 Chinese women and 200 ox horses!"

His men cheered and rushed to attack Gongsun Xu.

Gongsun Xu was unable to fight back with both fists, and new wounds were constantly being added to his body. At this moment, he was extremely regretful, he shouldn't have made such a risky plan just for the sake of being greedy! If he died here today, he would die with grievance!

Liu He who was watching the fight from a distance muttered with a pale face, "It's over! Gongsun Xu is dead for sure! If I knew that this would happen, I wouldn't have agreed to his plan! "

Actually, Liu He should be glad to hear that. If Su Puyan didn't lose his mind due to the anger, he would have beheaded Gongsun Xu and brought him back. He only needed to let his men trample over Gongsun Xu and Yan Rou with their horses.

Taking advantage of the moment Gongsun Xu staggered, Su Puyan launched a sneak attack from the back of his head.

Gongsun Xu heard the sound of wind behind him, but he couldn't avoid it. He could only throw himself forward.

Su Puyan's slash still couldn't behead Gongsun Xu, but it left another long wound on Gongsun Xu's shoulder.

"Go to hell!" Su Puyan took a step forward and swung his saber at Gongsun Xu for the fifth time!

Gongsun Xu barely managed to turn his body after falling to the ground. Right now, his body was as heavy as a thousand kilograms. He couldn't even be bothered to move his fingers and could only watch as the blade came slashing down.

"Don't you dare hurt my lord!" At this most critical moment, a loud shout came from the hilltop, followed by a huge arrow that was four feet five inches long. The target was Su Puyan's head!

This arrow was not only fast, but it also emitted a low buzzing sound when it flew. From this, one could tell just how amazing the power of this arrow was! Even though he was wearing three layers of heavy armor, he probably wouldn't be able to withstand it.

If Su Puyan insisted on killing Gongsun Xu, his head would definitely be shot through by this arrow! He didn't want to die together with Gongsun Xu, so he quickly retracted his blade and rolled down the horse.

A small group of torchlight riders appeared on the hill. Leader was precisely Zhao Yun. He forced Su Puyan to get off his horse, and he kept firing arrows as he ran. After running seven or eight steps, he had already shot down all the enemies surrounding Gongsun Xu. The others behind Zhao Yun also released their arrows, stopping the nearby enemies from approaching Gongsun Xu.

Zhao Yun charged into the crowd like a gust of wind, his hands never having a single opponent. silver gun flashed, blood shot, and the wails of the Dark Elegant Cavalry rose one after another.

Gongsun Jia was the first to get down from the horse. He jumped down from his horse and rushed in front of Gongsun Xu. When he saw that Gongsun Xu's body was covered with wounds and blood, his eyes immediately turned red. Young master! How are your injuries? "

Gongsun Xu let out a sigh of relief. He wanted to say something, but his lips felt heavy and he fainted.