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Can such a weak delegation really represent the Han Dynasty?
Just when they were puzzled, two strange people suddenly came to Xiaoshipan City. They were not only familiar with the delegation, but also secretly joined a caravan preparing to go to the Western Regions.
Although there are still many unclear points about them, the principle of the Huns is to not let go even if they kill someone by mistake.
Even if they guessed wrong, they could only blame the bad luck of these two strangers for having to come to Xiaoshipan City at this time.
Hu Xiuwu held the reins in one hand and swung Zhegui out with the other. Zhegui's scabbard, which was like a green bamboo stick, was thrown into the air. Then Hu Xiuwu was quick-eyed and quick-handed, and pushed Zhegui's hilt forward as it fell.
click!
The scabbard and the hilt were connected together, and Zhegui instantly turned from a Tang sword into a slender saber.
At the same time, the Three Corpse Needles flew out from behind him. After two months of nurturing, Yu Jingzi had already recovered. He controlled the Three Corpse Needles and hovered around Hu Xiuwu excitedly.
After resting for more than two months, Yu Jingzi was already bored.
When the Xiongnu cavalry saw Hu Xiuwu and Chen Duo rushing out from the caravan's defense, the leading general realized that the real enemy had emerged and waved his hand to change the formation.
To be on the safe side, this cavalry is not ordinary cavalry.
The ratio of aliens among the cavalry reached an astonishing one to ten, which means that there were more than a hundred aliens in this cavalry. This was the first time that Hu Xiuwu saw so many aliens gathered together outside the Eluohai City.
This is the elite cavalry that Junchen Shanyu specially built to deal with the top aliens in the Central Plains.
When the thousand cavalrymen were galloping at full speed, their formation looked a little messy, but if someone could look closely at them, they would find that the breathing of the alien generals in the front was synchronized.
Gradually, under their leadership, the breathing of the rest of the ordinary people also became aligned with theirs little by little, until finally thousands of people were in sync.
After the breathing was synchronized, the momentum of this cavalry immediately changed. The innate Qi of hundreds of extraordinary people circulated in the formation, and then led to the blood and Qi of other ordinary people to condense together.
Finally, in the yellow sand, the shadow of a ferocious beast with a roar that shook the sky and the earth and an infinite murderous aura appeared above the Hun cavalry. This shadow was like a golden bell, covering and protecting them.
With aliens as bones, thousands of cavalry as flesh and blood, and the power of thousands of people condensed into one, it is transformed into a ferocious war beast. Even if such an army faces an army of 100,000, it can still penetrate its formation as easily as an arrow.
Looking at the ferocious beast roaring at him and Chen Duo, which was composed of the qi of an alien and the blood of an ordinary person, Hu Xiuwu felt emotional.
Who said that the Huns only knew how to rely on brute force and had no brains? I really want to catch him in front of this cavalry and ask him a question:
This is called only muscles!
What puzzled Hu Xiuwu was that there was no record in history books that Zhang Qian was captured by the Huns on his way to the Western Regions.
How did Zhang Qian and his group deal with this cavalry in the original history?
Among the people Hu Xiuwu had ever met, if we were to judge purely by the power of their moves, only Pei Min's Guanghan Lingxiao could compete with this terrifying army.
If Uncle Liu's real body was still there, it should be fine, but if he was only attached to Deng Youfu, it might still be a little lacking. Deng Youfu's body could not bring out all the power of Uncle Liu Kunsheng.
As for Zhang Huaiyi, Hu Xiuwu still hasn't figured out the moves that Zhang Huaiyi used in the Eight Immortals Mountain.
There was no momentum in his attacks, but no master of both good and evil could withstand his attacks, so Hu Xiuwu was not sure about Zhang Huaiyi's true strength.
Seeing that the cavalry was only a hundred steps away from them, this distance was just a blink of an eye for the cavalry.
Hu Xiuwu stopped daydreaming, holding the laurel wreath tightly in his hand, he focused and looked at the ferocious cavalry with a determined gaze.
It is rare to see a two-horse team charging against a thousand-horse army of the Huns. Such a heroic and tragic scene is rare.
Gao Ji felt like his scalp was standing up, he was shocked and excited at the same time. Such an epic action was a huge shock to a young man like him, it completely captured him.
Gao Gu, Gao Lu and others on the side were watching this scene nervously. Gao Yue even maintained the posture of drawing the bow and did not even notice that the arrow in his hand had fallen.
They were no longer as dreamy as Gao Ji was, and they were only worried about whether Hu Xiuwu and Chen Duo could successfully resist the cavalry.
A distance of a hundred steps is just a few breaths for the cavalry. Hu Xiuwu used the Youyue sword technique in advance to release the sword energy, but when Hu Xiuwu's sword energy hit the evil beast in the army formation, it only caused a layer of ripples and was blocked. Even the ordinary cavalry in the army formation were not hurt.
The ferocious beast roared and rolled over Hu Xiuwu and Chen Duo.
The figures of Hu Xiuwu and Chen Duo were instantly submerged in the cavalry team, as if they were swallowed by the ferocious beast.
The horses they were riding were smashed into dust by the Qi beasts condensed by the cavalry. However, Hu Xiuwu and Chen Duo disappeared.
"Look!"
Just when Gao Gu and the others were worried about the safety of Hu Xiuwu and Chen Duo, Gao Ji suddenly pointed to the sky excitedly.
Looking up, he saw Hu Xiuwu holding Chen Duo, standing in the sky on the Three Corpse Needles, just avoiding the attack of the cavalry.
Hu Xiuwu looked at the cavalrymen on the ground still charging forward with a joking look.
You didn't expect that, you must be stupid.
I can fly!
Chapter 123 Retreat from the enemy
It has been said before that only Pei Min's Guanghan Lingxiao is qualified to compete with the army below. Hu Xiuwu, a newbie who has only learned half of the Youyue swordsmanship and has not even learned the signature cool Yulongyin of the Youyue swordsmanship, is not qualified to fight them head-on.
That's like hitting a stone with an egg.
Hu Xiuwu was not stupid, so why would he do such a stupid thing? When the giant cavalry formation was about to hit him, he seized the opportunity and let Yu Jingzi take him and Chen Duo to the sky.
Although this cavalry unit was very powerful in its charge, it still had the disadvantages of ordinary cavalry, as it was too large to turn easily.
When Yu Jingzi took Hu Xiuwu and Chen Duo to the sky, the Huns' general had actually seen them, but due to the inertia of cavalry, he could only watch Hu Xiuwu and Chen Duo escape.
When these cavalrymen rushed out more than ten feet away, the general of the Xiongnu cavalry wanted to control the giant beasts of the army to rush towards Hu Xiuwu and Chen Duo. The Xiongnu cavalry sneered in their hearts.
They had also encountered sword immortals from the Central Plains who could fly in the air. It would be naive to think that they could escape their pursuit that way.
Just as he concentrated his mind and, with the help of his deputy general, commanded the giant beasts of the army to charge towards Hu Xiuwu and Chen Duo, white cracks suddenly appeared on his skin, which was about to shatter like burnt porcelain, and at the same time he felt excruciating pain in his body.
Several Hun aliens who usually prided themselves on being tough men could not endure the excruciating pain in their bodies, and they howled loudly in agony.
The cavalry under their command thought that their general was cheering because the enemy had escaped, and they also began to howl in excitement.
As a result, before they could finish shouting, those generals fell off their horses. At this critical juncture when thousands of horses were galloping, no one could stop the horses, and in the blink of an eye, these generals were trampled into mud by the horses.
Hu Xiuwu did not like to take risks. Wu Dechang had taught him that he should plan carefully before doing anything. Just now, he went to fight against the Xiongnu cavalry in a tragic manner in order to show them a heroic attitude and make them think that Hu Xiuwu was trying to fight them head-on instead of dodging.
But he knew very well that he and Chen Duo alone could not accomplish such a feat as fighting against thousands of troops. The reason why he wanted to charge into the battle formation together was just to get closer to the Hun general in front of the formation.
Then, Chen Duo deployed the Ink Pill Devouring Technique, and Hu Xiuwu then held Chen Duo and avoided the sharp edge of the army formation.
After Dan Shi left Chen Duo's body, it could only stay in the outside world for a very short time, but the army formation was powerful and charged at an extremely fast speed, and it just happened to hit Dan Shi. Another characteristic of Dan Shi was that it could penetrate any hole, which enabled it to easily penetrate the army formation Qi beast.
Hu Xiuwu was bullying these people because they had never seen Dan Shi, did not understand the power of Dan Shi, and looked down on Dan Shi, thus they ended up bumping into the tip of the knife.
This was the method used by the Tang Clan's master to assassinate the ninja leader. He took advantage of the enemy's arrogance and contempt and stepped within ten steps of the enemy. As long as he was allowed to get close, no target would survive.
But the master back then was not like Chen Duo, who had Hu Xiuwu by his side to protect him, so he could only set up this plan at the cost of his life.
The alien who was the node of the army formation died suddenly, and the strength and blood of the thousand riders could no longer condense into one.
The giant beast in the army formation seemed to have no bones, with only flesh and blood left. However, without the support of bones, the so-called flesh and blood meridians were nothing but a pool of rotten meat.
Roar!
The war beast that was roaring and rushing across the grassland just now let out its last howl, turned into a gust of wind, and dissipated between heaven and earth.
Hu Xiuwu fell from the Three Corpse Needles, and his body fell heavily among the thousands of cavalrymen, just stepping on the head of a cavalryman.
The sword in his hand flashed, and the Xiongnu cavalry under Hu Xiuwu fell off his horse. Hu Xiuwu stayed on the horse, and Chen Duo jumped behind him.
"Shoot! Shoot!"
The remaining alien generals in the cavalry woke up as if from a dream. When they saw Hu Xiuwu and Chen Duo coming down from the air, they shouted loudly.
Although most of the cavalry were ordinary people, each of them was selected by Junchen Shanyu from the army of hundreds of thousands. These few thousand warriors were naturally skilled in archery and horse riding.
When Hu Xiuwu and Chen Duo charged into the battle, no one shot arrows.
First, it was very laborious to keep a thousand men united in a military formation. Each alien general had the task of connecting the blood and energy of ordinary people. For the Xiongnu cavalrymen who were not aliens, they had to circulate their blood and energy according to the methods taught by the aliens in their tribe while riding horses. It was difficult to do two things at the same time.
Not to mention that they had to draw bows and shoot arrows, which meant they had to do three things at once, so no one was drawing bows and shooting arrows when they were maintaining the military formation.
In addition, if the arrow was not shot by an alien using a strong bow weighing more than five stones, it would be easy for the alien to dodge or withstand it. For ordinary people, the arrow and bullet would probably leave an invisible afterimage after being shot.
But for aliens, bows and arrows are different from bullets. The trajectory of the former can be seen and avoided.
In order to avoid being affected on horseback, the cavalry used short bows, which were even slower and more powerful than ordinary bows and arrows. If Hu Xiuwu and Chen Duo had not landed in the center of the cavalry group, these people would not have given the order to shoot.
Hu Xiuwu also guessed that they would be attacked by arrows, but he still took Chen Duo and fell into the center of the thousand cavalry. Compared with the arrows, he was more worried about the remaining cavalry being able to reorganize the army.
Once they were on guard and did not get close to Hu Xiuwu and Chen Duo, he would really have no other choice but to take Chen Duo and run away on the Yujingzi, but by then the people of the Gao family caravan would be doomed.
Golden Light Curse!
The more Hu Xiuwu practiced, the more he felt that the Golden Light Mantra was indeed a profound martial art from Longhu Mountain. Not only did it cultivate both the body and the soul, it also had both offensive and defensive capabilities.
Most of the aliens have a major characteristic, which is that they are good at attack but weak in defense. Many powerful aliens may be killed by a small bullet or hidden arrow if they are not careful.
The extraordinary people who can practice the Golden Light Spell have almost no shortcomings. They can attack and defend, and can also train and strengthen their souls. It is worthy of being a major sect's method that has been passed down for thousands of years.
The golden light like armor not only protected Hu Xiuwu but also Chen Duo. The texture of Hu Xiuwu's golden light spell was different. It no longer had the burning feeling of the past. It became more condensed like the golden light liquid flowing on Hu Xiuwu's body, changing from fire phase to water phase.
Arrows fell like raindrops on the protective shield formed by Hu Xiuwu's golden light, sparking golden stars on the shield.
Humans are powerful yet fragile creatures. They can walk on the moon and dive into the sea, but sometimes just a small wound can take a person's life.
After a round of arrow rain, the Huns were about to draw their bows and shoot arrows again, but they saw a long, slender black shadow shuttle through the cavalry formation like a meteor, bypassing the ribs, piercing the heart, planting blood flowers on their chests, and reaping their lives.
The Three Corpse Needles were like an invitation from the underworld, sending the Huns one by one to the underworld.
Although Hu Xiuwu did not have the secret technique to control objects, and his means of controlling objects were not as good as Gao Laosan's, but with the assistance of Yu Jingzi, the flexibility of the Three Corpse Needles in Hu Xiuwu's hand was no less than when it was in Gao Laosan's hands.
Seeing this, the remaining Xiongnu generals had no choice but to drive their horses forward to besiege Hu Xiuwu.
Hu Xiuwu instructed Yu Jingzi to control the Three Corpse Needles and only deal with ordinary cavalry.
He himself, holding an extended version of the Zhegui sword, stopped the remaining strangers like a famous general in ancient times, and made full use of the characteristics of the Youyue sword technique and the Feitian sword style to fight against many enemies at once, showing some of the style of the champion marquis who would be the bravest among the three armies soon after.
Chen Duo deployed Dan Shi on both sides of Hu Xiuwu to support him. With the lessons learned from the previous incident, these Xiongnu aliens were quite afraid of these seemingly insignificant ink spots.
The two sides are entangled together.
But Yu Jingzi still did not stop. He controlled his body with Hu Xiuwu as the origin and treated the remaining cavalry as wheat, which were harvested one by one.
Among the strange people who besieged Hu Xiuwu, one of them used a feint to temporarily break away from Hu Xiuwu's entanglement.
Looking at the decreasing number of remaining cavalry, he had his own little thoughts in mind.
He understood very well the energy that the king, his ministers and the Chanyu had spent in building such a cavalry. If all the cavalry were lost here, even if they could finally kill Hu Xiuwu and Chen Duo, they would gain no advantage from the Chanyu without their soldiers.
He is now the only one left among the remaining aliens who can connect blood and qi to form a military formation. Even if Junchen Chanyu is angry again, he can still keep his life to atone for his sins and rebuild the Wolf Guard.