The Legend of the Condor Heroes: From Being Expelled from Peach Blossom Island

Chapter 129 The Fifth Ambush

At this moment, Yu Xiaowu was on his last breath and it was unknown how long he could hold on. Wu Chengyu was helpless and had no magic pills on hand, so he could only temporarily stop the bleeding by sealing several of Yu Xiaowu's acupoints.

There was no time to treat him at that moment, so Wu Chengyu could only lay Yu Xiaowu flat on the ground and chase after him in the direction he pointed.

After walking a few steps, Wu Chengyu saw two pieces of double-headed short gun lying on the ground, which were Lu Zhiyi's personal weapons.

This double-headed spear is no ordinary weapon. Not only is the spearhead made of cold iron, but the shaft is made using the ancient method of making a horse lance. Top-grade tough wood is selected as the backbone material, then it is shaved into thin slices and soaked in tung oil and dried for at least a year.

Then, the wood is repeatedly soaked and dried, and then bound and wrapped with hemp rope. It takes at least three years to make such a spear shaft, which combines hardness, toughness and pressure resistance, and is the pinnacle of ancient cold weapons.

Such a spear shaft is no match for thousands of troops even when used in battle, and it remains undamaged even when clashing with iron weapons.

Wu Chengyu also held it in his hands and played with it, and he loved it so much that he highly recognized the strength of this weapon.

He bent down and picked up the broken short gun. The break was extremely smooth and flat, indicating that it must have been a divine weapon capable of cutting through iron like mud, and only a top swordsman could have done it. It would have been impossible for an ordinary person to cut the shaft in two.

Lu Zhiyi often said that as long as the gun is there, he is there; if the gun dies, he dies. These two short guns were treasures passed down from his ancestors.

Is it too late? Wu Chengyu was filled with anxiety. At this moment, he heard shouts, the sounds of internal forces clashing, and weapons striking each other.

Wu Chengyu rushed over immediately, but after taking a clear look at the situation, he slowed down and hid for the time being, instead of rushing over right away.

At this point, less than ten members of Yue Fei's army were still standing. Lu Zhiyi was covered in blood and was supporting himself with the only remaining short gun.

There was also Sister Niu, whose two copper maces had fallen to the ground not far away, and the maces were already bent.

Sister Niu's right arm below the elbow was missing, and her left hand hung limply to the side. Her mouth and nostrils were covered in blood. The once fierce woman was now extremely weak.

The rest of the people were also injured and had great difficulty even standing.

At their feet lay more than twenty corpses, all descendants of Yue Fei's army.

Nearly a hundred people set off, and now, apart from the six people Wu Chengyu initially rescued and Yu Xiaowu who was barely alive, only a few of them are still alive.

The bodies of the imperial assassins who had been chasing them fell one by one. Along the way, not counting the two experts and more than twenty archers that Wu Chengyu had killed, there were still three standing in front of them at this moment.

But these three were clearly not ordinary martial arts figures.

One of them was Shi Chang's bodyguard whom Wu Chengyu had met at Deyue Tower. That master of lightness skills had drawn his sword, and blood was still dripping from the tip of the blade.

One was a Tibetan monk dressed in Tantric attire, bald, short but extremely robust, holding a vajra (a type of pestle).

The last person was a man with gray hair, of medium build, and nothing particularly remarkable, but he was dressed in a black robe, his face covered with a black cloth, hiding his head and tail, and his eyes were gleaming.

The mere presence of these three men made Wu Chengyu feel threatened, especially the latter two, who seemed to be approaching the level of the Five Greats.

Sister Niu and her companions were already at their limit; any one of these three could easily kill them. The reason they were still in a standoff was because someone had appeared in time to block their path. Wu Chengyu had also seen his appearance and, seeing that Sister Niu and the others were not in immediate danger, had immediately concealed himself.

Within the Suzhou area, the only one who can currently intimidate the other side is Hong Qigong. He was the first to appear in Suzhou, so how could he not show up?

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Just as the two sides were locked in a standoff, Wanyan Shang and Shi Shun on the Tiger Hill side were finally ambushed for the fifth time.

Wanyan Shang pressed further, "Who are you planning to target with this fifth ambush? You've been keeping this from me all this time, but now you can tell me."

Shi Shun said, "The fifth ambush was actually proposed by your country's Fourth Prince, with the aim of luring out Hong Qigong."

Wanyan Shang was shocked: "Hong Qigong, you actually dare to deal with him?" He then suddenly realized: "No wonder the Fourth Prince has been asking me to be the bait. I was wondering why. As for bait, you can just find someone to pretend to be it. Why do I, the Deputy Envoy of the Great Jin, have to do it myself?"

Shi Shun gently cupped his hands in apology: "This was the suggestion of the Fourth Prince of your country. The Beggars' Sect has many eyes and ears and is well-informed. Only a true member of the royal family like you can serve as the peace envoy without arousing their suspicion."

The Beggars' Sect has many branches within your country, and over the years they have helped those bandits pass on messages, causing a lot of trouble. The Fourth Prince's idea is to take this opportunity for both sides to join forces and eliminate this Hong Qigong in one fell swoop.

Our Great Song Dynasty has long been dissatisfied with the Beggars' Clan, but Hong Qigong's martial arts skills are too high, and his whereabouts are always unpredictable, so we can't do anything about him for the time being.

"How did you know that Master Hong Qi would fall for it?"

"The initial plan was in two steps. One step was to send my good-for-nothing cousin Shi Tong to Suzhou to make a big fuss and leak the news that we were going to welcome the Jin envoy, so as to attract Hong Qigong's attention and lead him to Suzhou. Who would have thought that my cousin would die mysteriously in just two days?"

Fortunately, news spread from somewhere in Suzhou that Hong Qigong had already entered the city; otherwise, there would have been no time to rearrange the plan.

On the other hand, the villain arrived in Suzhou before Shi Tong and made a promise to Wang Dazhong, the leader of the Beggars' Sect branch, which led him to betray the Beggars' Sect.

With this local tyrant, we can both deceive Hong Qigong and keep track of his movements at any time.

Given Hong Qigong's shrewdness, even with Wang Dazhong's attempts to confuse the situation, he would have judged that what we were doing was a trap. Therefore, he only needed to stop those martial arts practitioners who were willing to die, and he would not have plunged into it himself.

So, at the very beginning, I had Wang Dazhong report to Hong Qigong at the last moment that the imperial court was hunting down the descendants of Yue Fei's army.

How could a man like him, who prides himself on loyalty and righteousness, just stand by and watch the Yue Family Army die? So even though he knew it was a trap, he had to walk into it. Moreover, Wang Dazhong's message came too late, and Hong Qigong had no time to find help, so he had to go to rescue them alone.

At this moment, those descendants of Yue Fei's army are probably all dead, and even if they are not, they pose no threat anymore. Hong Qigong will inevitably fall into our trap.

Wanyan Shang took a deep breath, inwardly cursing that these Song people were indeed ruthless and vicious when dealing with their own people.

"My final question is this: Hong Qigong's martial arts are among the best in the world. If he could be killed so easily, he wouldn't have survived to this day. What makes you so confident that you can keep him alive?"

"Naturally, it's a matter of the two of us working together. The Fourth Prince has invited two top experts from your country, and with the addition of the top experts from the Imperial Palace of our Great Song Dynasty, Hong Qigong has no chance of survival."

　Today marks the fifth consecutive day of five updates. Actually, I only wrote two chapters yesterday, and with three chapters saved up, I was able to continue today. For me, writing 10,000 words a day at 45 is really difficult. I wrote two chapters yesterday morning and then couldn't write anymore. By yesterday evening, I felt dizzy and lightheaded, so I went to bed at 9 pm. Fortunately, I feel okay so far today. My goal for today is still five chapters. Please support me, and I will keep working hard.

　　
　
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