OBS Chapter 232: What is important? You have to distinguish the primary from the secondary
Chapter 232: What is important? You have to distinguish the primary from the secondary
There were so many sharp arrows, like a rain forest, and they were surrounded by thousands of people on all sides, with no way out, so there was nowhere to escape.
The area where they were trapped was also a small canyon with steep cliffs on both sides. Even if they could quickly disperse and find rocks as cover, they could temporarily avoid the forest of arrows.
But it is absolutely impossible to break out easily from the encirclement of thousands of people!
The arrows from above continued to shoot.
However, they soon realized a problem, that is, the steep cliff seemed to be convenient for them as well as for Chu Xi and others.
There were only dozens of them. Once they were scattered and quickly found stone shelters to hide in, even if they took advantage of the high ground and shot more arrows, they would not be able to get rid of everyone at once.
Therefore, the people above soon changed their strategy. They did not intend to take the easy way out and just stay on the mountain and shoot arrows, but instead fought with real swords and guns.
The sounds of fighting and killing coming from the entrances of the canyons on both sides quickly surrounded them. Even Zhou Yichen, who had hidden first, could not avoid it, because they were all in this canyon!
The soldiers who were attacking from both sides looked around and saw only a sea of heads, as if there was no end in sight.
Chu Xi roughly estimated that there would be at least a thousand people ambushing here...
I have to say that Qi Jianshu really thinks highly of them. He sent thousands of people to ambush in a small canyon just to get rid of these dozens of people.
Zhou Yichen, who was hiding in the dark, was also forced to show up. He didn't want to cause trouble for nothing, but the terrain here was so complicated and dangerous. If he didn't take the initiative to fight, he would probably die under the sword of others at any time.
Chu Xi's swordsmanship was superb. These ordinary soldiers were cut like cabbages by her. She killed them one by one with one sword. They had no time to resist at all.
After just a few exchanges, she easily determined that these ambushers were... people from the Great Zhou.
The weapon that Western Chu was best at was the spear, as 80% of the famous generals of Western Chu used spears, so even the soldiers were accustomed to using spears in their daily training.
Cannibalism...
Qi Jianshu's move was really designed to make people feel upset.
Chu Xi fought her way through the crowd by herself, and anyone who rushed in front of her was killed by her sword before they could even raise their swords.
Either the sword hits the chest, or the sword cuts the throat. In short, the speed of the attack is unprecedented in life.
Her ruthless and accurate skills quickly frightened a group of people. Dozens of people surrounded Chu Xi, but the swords in their hands kept shaking, and no one dared to step forward.
Finally, someone mustered up the courage and rushed towards Chu Xi with a knife in hand. Chu Xi seemed to have eyes on his back. He didn't even need to turn around to accurately turn the sword and stab the opponent in the abdomen.
The attacker felt pain in his abdomen, his knife froze, and he lowered his head a beat late, only to see...a sharp sword stuck in his abdomen.
Chu Xi didn't say anything extra during the entire process, as the knife, from the time it entered his body to the time it was ruthlessly pulled out, only took a brief moment.
The person behind him fell down, and Chu Xi glanced at everyone else with a sharp look.
The soldiers who were ready to make a move felt a chill in their hearts, "......"
This guy was so powerful that even if they all rushed forward, they would still not be able to kill him.
The soldiers did not expect that the seemingly pretty boy was actually the toughest one with the best martial arts in the team. Many of them began to feel annoyed.
I regretted it so much that I asked myself in my heart why I had to attack this young man?
Now they have shot themselves in the foot!
When Chu Xi took a step forward, they retreated instead. Not only that, they could hardly hold the swords in their hands. They swallowed their saliva and looked at Chu Xi with unconcealable fear in their eyes.
Chu Xi walked slowly and leisurely to Zhou Yichen in front of them, and raised his hand to deal with two soldiers who tried to sneak up behind him and attack him.
Two hands are no match for four. This saying couldn't be more applicable to Zhou Yichen.
His martial arts skills were not bad, but in front of a group of ambushing soldiers, even if these small soldiers were not good at martial arts, a random slash from one of them made it difficult for Zhou Yichen to resist.
Chu Xi appeared at the right time. If he hadn't acted decisively to cut off the sword that was attacking the two men, Zhou Yichen would have been seriously injured even if he hadn't died.
She stared at Zhou Yichen with a determined look in her eyes and said quickly, "Your Highness, you take the others and go first. I will cover your retreat."
Zhou Yichen frowned, raised his eyes, looked at the endless ambush, and shook his head, "No, there are so many people, I can't leave you alone."
Now they are facing an ambush that is almost a hundred times their size. If he takes his men away, how will Qi Bai escape?
This time, Western Chu seems determined to capture the city of Xi'an.
Also.
The cities after Xi'an are all flat.
As long as Western Chu captured the city of Xi'an, it would be like driving a nail into the Great Zhou.
As long as Western Chu is determined and invests a large number of troops, it can start a war at any time. The cities behind Xianyang have no advantages. The flat plains can capture several cities in one fell swoop.
By then, the Great Zhou will be torn apart, with wars raging everywhere and smoke of gunpowder lingering...
The northern grasslands and Japan, which have been eyeing the market covetously, may pounce at any time to share the food.
Xi'an...must not be lost.
"Your Highness, our most urgent task now is not to let me escape safely, but... to get reinforcements." The long sword in Chu Xi's hand cut off the throat with one strike, and he decisively killed another person.
As for the person who was killed, he fell down before he could react.
Chu Xi continued without stopping, "Your Highness, between the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in the Great Zhou and my own life, which is more important? You must distinguish the priorities."
Looking back at history, Chu Xi has always felt that there is no absolute good or bad, only different positions.
But no matter what, the invaders who initiate the war are always more infuriating.
Just because Western Chu hasn't resorted to the brutal method of massacring a city doesn't mean it won't be used in the future, especially in Japan...
In the novel "The History of the Great Zhou Dynasty", the Japanese have a crazy factor in their bones that normal people cannot understand. After joining forces with Western Chu, they took down two cities in a row, and no one in the city was spared...
Not only were there mass graves where people were buried alive, but people were also forced to stand still and not be able to escape, while they were allowed to treat it as a game to see who could kill the most people.
The novel records that within just three days, the number of civilians killed in the two cities captured by Japan reached over 100,000.
Zhou Yichen frowned, "...which is more important?"
He looked deeply at Qi Bai who was fighting hard against the enemy.
Qibai, how do you know who means more in my heart?
"Your Highness, the people and soldiers of Xi'an City are waiting for you. You must go first." Chu Xi didn't know the complicated and heavy emotions in Zhou Yichen's heart, and without thinking, he pushed the person to Zhou Yichen's personal guards behind him.
She sternly told her guards, "Stop talking nonsense and take him away."