C528 Enemy Attack in the Middle of the Night
In order not to alert those who were secretly guarding him, Du Qi canceled his plan of going to the stone house to look for Yao Fugui. Just as he was about to quietly retreat into the house, a strange sound suddenly rang out. Du Qi followed the sound and looked over. He saw hundreds of people rushing out from the houses in the distance. They covered the sky and covered the earth.
Du Qi could not help but be shocked when he saw this. It was obviously the enemy's attack. Just as he was about to give a warning, he heard a bugle horn sound. It turned out that the patrolling soldiers had found the enemy and blew the battle bugle.
Du Qi knew that those who attacked must be martial arts experts. Regardless of whether it was their individual strength or their numbers, they were far superior to those soldiers. Without a doubt, those soldiers would definitely be unable to resist the attack of the enemy. Those soldiers naturally understood the situation in front of them. In the face of a powerful enemy, they would definitely throw away their armor and flee. However, the reality was far beyond Du Qi's expectations. The ten or so soldiers closest to the enemy were not flustered in the face of a strong enemy that was more than ten times stronger than themselves. Instead, they stood in a line.
Du Qi could clearly see that there were a total of twelve soldiers in that group. Four of them, with shields and axes raised, formed a solid iron wall. It turned out that those shields were actually tall and thick iron shields that were rarely seen in battle formations. Those soldiers carried their shields behind their backs while they patrolled. It was hard to find them from afar. At this moment, when they encountered a strong enemy, they could display their magical effects in time. The other eight people all had large swords at their waists. They carried long spears on their backs and held strong bows and crossbows in their hands. They split into two teams and hid behind the shields. They kept shooting at the incoming enemies.
With the sound of the bugle horn, the soldiers in the nearby tents came out one after another, raising their shields next to the soldiers. They formed four new formations and always fired at the enemy. The soldiers in the other positions did not rush over to reinforce them, but stayed on high alert. It was obvious that the division of labor between these officers and soldiers was very clear.
Although the invading enemies were all highly skilled in martial arts and had unique skills, some of them even died immediately. The enemies who were injured and lying on the ground only continued to roll about, enduring the pain and not making a sound. Obviously, they were worried that they would alert more people to deal with them.
It was fine that those invading enemies did not make a sound, but those soldiers also did not make a sound. They only cared about fighting in silence. No matter how fierce the enemy was coming, they still shot out arrows unhurriedly. For a moment, the martial arts experts were unable to charge at the enemies who were charging at the front. The hidden weapons that were shot out were all blocked by the shields, and not a single one of them actually hurt those soldiers. They were suppressed by the force of the arrows, and could only jump up and down more than twenty zhang away to dodge. It was as if they were making targets for the archers.
Du Qi could not help but be surprised when he saw this. It should be known that ordinary martial arts experts were not afraid of the powerful bows and crossbows. The enemy that attacked them today was undoubtedly the expert among the experts, but more than 100 of them were blocked by 40 hard bows. The movements of the archers seemed to be slow, but they were actually fast. They seemed to shoot arrows and arrows in a calm and unhurried manner. However, the interval between the arrows and arrows was extremely short. Although there were only two teams taking turns, however, the arrows were like a storm. "Swish, swish, swish." With a fierce force, they blocked the incoming enemies, forcing most of them to not dare to use the weapons in their hands to hit the arrows. It could be seen that those archers were not ordinary soldiers.
Seeing that the arrows could not hurt the enemies, the archers' movements could not help but slow down. With just a slight pause, the enemy suddenly advanced more than 100 feet forward. The archers shot out more arrows, injuring a few more enemies. This repeated a few times, and the invading enemy finally arrived in front of those soldiers. They engaged in close combat.
Those soldiers did not panic because of this, and continued to form a group of twelve people. The shield-bearer held the shield in his left hand in four directions, protecting the other eight people behind him. They waved their right blades and blocked most of the enemy's attacks. The archers held their bows in their left hands under the protection of the shield-bearers. Their right hands, blades, or guns, were not afraid of the enemy's attacks at all. As the blades and spears stabbed, several more enemies were instantly injured. It caused the enemy's ferocity to be stifled.
Only now did Du Qi know that these soldiers not only knew the art of battle formation, but also had powerful martial arts. Those soldiers' skills were definitely comparable to the top experts in the martial arts world. It seemed like... Their previous worries were unnecessary. No one would have thought that the main force to protect them was these soldiers. Looking at those soldiers display their power, it was as if they were fighting in the enemy's formation. Du Qi felt relaxed and relaxed, and he was secretly excited.
Suddenly, more than ten people rushed out from the enemy's formation and waved their weapons. They howled wildly and rushed towards Du Qi. Anyone could see that the martial arts of these ten people were much higher than that of the other invaders. It was obvious that they were the main force of the enemy. Their goal was obvious, to kill or capture Du Qi.
Du Qi knew that he was not a match for these ten people, but he was unwilling to retreat. Just as he was about to step forward to meet the enemy, a long laugh suddenly sounded. Following the laughter, a person suddenly flew up from the stone roof. Step by step, he took to the air, as if he was riding a horse, to meet the dozen or so people rushing over.
That person's laughter was loud and powerful, and it directly penetrated into the ears of everyone, and it shook to the point that their eardrums ached with pain. The figures of those ten plus enemies that were rushing over actually stopped for a moment, and they all landed on the ground and seized the opportunity to exert strength.
In a slight moment of hesitation, that person had already blocked in front of those dozen or so people. Wind howled from both of his palms, and he used the Autumn Wind to sweep away the fallen leaves as he chopped towards the waist of the two enemies that were charging at the front.
Those two enemies actually didn't dare receive that person's palm strike head on, and both of them turned around to dodge. One blade, one sword, and the other two blades attacked that person at the same time. However, the man wasn't afraid. He laughed wildly. With a wrong palm, he used the most ordinary Wild Horse Splitting Mane. He actually used his arms as a short stick to smash open the enemy's sword and saber. At the same time, he took a step forward with his left foot and kicked with his right foot. He kicked the enemy who used the sword more than 30 meters away and fell to the ground. The momentum of the man's foot had not weakened. He swept his leg in front of him, making it an extremely ordinary sweeping kick. However, the enemy who was forced to retreat could only retreat once more.
Du Qi saw how brave this person was and remembered that there were experts hiding in front of and behind the house. Du Qi had no choice but to give up the idea of personally facing the enemy and just stood there to watch the show.
On this side, one person blocked more than ten experts, but they actually attacked more and defended less. It made it difficult for those dozen people to cross the lightning pool by a single step, making it impossible for them to pose any threat to Du Qi. The sixty soldiers in front split into five teams. Like five gyros, they spun around under the siege of more than a hundred enemies. They seemed to fight on their own, but they also cooperated with each other. Although they didn't hurt many enemies, both sides were in a stalemate.
Needless to say, if this went on, the ones who were worried were naturally the invading enemies. They originally wanted to take advantage of the dead of night to launch a sneak attack and cut off those soldiers with a swing of their swords, eliminating Du Qi at lightning speed.
