Chapter 9, Golden Summer Event

When I was driven to the huge iron cage by the soldiers again, I saw the tall and burly figure in the iron cage from afar. I felt my voice dry and my heart was sinking. Just by looking at my back, I recognized him as the person I didn't want to see at this moment.

"It's you!" Standing opposite him, I didn't know what to say, and thousands of words turned into a wry smile.

"It's me." His blue eyes flashed with a trace of excitement, and immediately became gloomy.

"What a coincidence!" I had nothing to say. I touched the scar on my cheek and wanted to find my hatred for him, but all the memories were left that the two were born and died together and fought side by side. All the memories were finally frozen into the hand that held tightly with me and his long name that was difficult to remember. I was surprised that I immediately wanted to His full name: Ibrahim? Hansen? Tony.

In just over a month, he was completely like a different person. His bright cheeks showed an inch-long short hair, which made his appearance look much more vicissitudes. **'s upper body was full of dirt and blood, and it was difficult to connect with him, who was luxurious and spotless. The biggest change was his eyes, lonely, helpless and confused. There is no more flying brilliance, no more innate pride and self-confidence, I think he has experienced my feelings at the beginning.

Looking at his helpless eyes, the handle of the knife in my hand was almost squeaking out of the water. With all my efforts, I couldn't persuade myself to knife a partner who had lived and died, even if I knew it was a game.

"What's going on? Why don't you do it yet?" The whispers of the nobles began to sound outside the iron cage, which gradually turned into a messy questioning, and finally gathered neat shouts, "Kill him! Kill him!"

I suddenly split a knife and "when" it on the thick iron fence of my thumb, and the short knife of refined steel was immediately folded into two sections. My tiger's mouth immediately cracked, and my arm was numb as if it did not belong to me, but I was completely unconscious. I only stared at the bloodthirsty nobles outside the iron cage. Everyone was attacked by this sudden loud noise and My eyes were shocked and silent for a moment.

Tony's eyes suddenly threw the knife out of the iron fence, then straightened his spine, raised his head proudly, and flashed the inherent pride of the past, the pride of the warrior!

There was a scream outside the iron cage, and several nobles were scared to fall to the ground by the knife that suddenly flew out. The soldiers around the iron cage immediately appeared as if facing the enemy, and the bow pointed to us. The bow string was full of "kaka" sound, adding a sense of murder to the bloody garden.

"I repeat it again," the emotionless voice of the king of Chu sounded in silence, "Only the two of you can come out alive, or you will be shot together, and the archers will be ready!"

The bow string stopped moaning, which was extremely quiet. Everyone held their breath and looked forward to the wave of the hand that determined our life and death. Princess Baoyan rushed to the iron cage and shouted to me anxiously: "Do it! Otherwise, both of you will be shot!"

I turned my head and looked at Tony, who smiled calmly and asked King Chu in astringent Xixia language, "Isn't there a real warrior in Xia? If you want to kill us, you can only use this means?"

There is an inexplicable emotion and respect in my heart. Born and died is just a game for me. Death is just the end of this adventure, but Tony really faced death and gave up his life for the dignity he was persistent in his heart.

"Wait!" Finally, someone stopped the hand that the king of Chu was about to wave. When the king of Chu saw that it was Li Renxiao, he had to withdraw his hand and only heard Li Renxiao ask indifferently, "I think they are very good at it. Is there no way to make them surrender except shooting?"

"Your Majesty, this is the practice of fighting slaves," the king of Chu's voice is neither loud nor humble. "The fighting slaves who refuse to fight are like deserters on the battlefield. Even if they have unique skills, they must not be tolerated. If they don't kill, they are not enough to stand up their power."

Li Renxiao sighed: "It's easy to kill, but difficult to subdue people's hearts! Isn't the founding of the country in summer to subdue people's hearts? With the Xiang family of our party alone, how can I be as strong as Daxia today?

Obviously, Li Renxiao did not advocate killing, but he wanted to take back his order regardless of the usual practice, but the king of Chu was unwilling. He couldn't help but be a little embarrassed. He turned his eyes and immediately squinted at the javelin-like young man beside him. Seeing this, the man flashed out and boxed the king of Chu and said, "King of Chu, Langlie has a request."

"Tell it!"

"Please ask the king of Chu to give those two fighting slaves a sword!"

The king of Chu's eyebrows jumped, glanced at Li Renxiao, and then asked, "You mean you're going to kill them with your own hands?"

Lang Lie raised his head: "Just now, the fighting slave said wildly that I didn't have a real warrior in Daxia, and Lang Lie killed them in a fair duel to establish my Daxia's power!"

Li Renxiao smiled and said, "Lang Warrior is the first master of Daxia, and it is not difficult to kill a tired fighting slave."

Lang Lie calmly met Li Renxiao's eyes and said loudly, "Lang Lie is willing to fight against two to show fairness!"

This statement not only made an uproar among the nobles, but also made me feel crazy. Since I went through several masters' inhuman torture and hard work, I haven't met an opponent who can stop me. Even so, I still dare not say that I can fight with Tony, while the thin and fierce man wants to challenge me at the same time, and even ignore me. Their humble identity.

"Good! Accurate!" Speaking of this, Li Renxiao could no longer stop him and only agreed.

"Open the iron cage and give them knives!" As soon as Lang Lie finished speaking, two short knives were immediately thrown in, which was the kind of special knife for fighting slaves with more than one foot long and more than four fingers wide. It is said that such a short knife is not only close to each other in the duel, but also not easy to kill with a knife, which can increase the excitement and fun of fighting slaves. I picked up one and smiled at Tony, "I didn't expect that we still have a chance to fight side by side."

Tony raised his foot and raised the knife on the ground and said calmly, "It's not fair to fight against one. If you think I'm a friend, don't take action. If I die under his sword, it's not too late for you to take action!"

I still wanted to argue, but as soon as I saw the confidence and pride in Tony's eyes, I immediately gave up. There is a kind of person who will always have the backbone of a samurai under any circumstances.

When the iron door opened, Lang Lie bent down and got in, slowly glanced at us, and then slowly pulled out the sword in his waist and held it tightly in front of his chest. As soon as I saw his posture of holding the sword, I suddenly regretted and promised Tony and let him face every muscle in his body that seemed to be born for the sword, or He said that he himself is a murderous sword that has been tempered!

I was close to the iron fence. Although I was far away from the waves, I was still sweating and my heart beat wildly by the fierce spirit of this thin little man who was half a head shorter than me. Only then did I know that the real warrior who had been trained hard and eliminated in actual combat since childhood and the fighting slaves trained in a short time were completely different. It can be said on the same day.

"Kill!" Tony couldn't keep calm under the invisible pressure of Lang Lie. He roared and waved his knife. Almost at the same time, Lang Lie also came up, and the harshness of the swords immediately came together.

The two bodies flashed in front of me from time to time. It took me 12 minutes of effort to restrain myself from attacking the waves. I have to respect Tony. In fact, even if I sneak up, I will definitely not be able to do it.

"Dang!" After a loud stingling sound, the two finally stopped three steps apart. The swords were far apart and condensed like steel cast iron, but Tony's knife was broken, leaving only bare handle, and the knife body had been broken into dozens of pieces scattered within a radius of three feet. What is particularly horrible is the long sword mark on the chest, which runs through the whole chest and can be seen deeply!

"I lost!" Tony let go of his hand, let the empty handle fall to the ground with regret, and then shook his hair and sighed reluctantly, "It's a pity that my knife is not there."

"If you have a knife in your hand, you are a rare opponent," Lang Lie nodded slightly and pointed to Tony with a long sword. "You are the best slave I have ever seen. It's a pity to kill you!"

"And me!" I said with a knife against my back. Tony has been defeated, and I can finally take action.

Lang Lie did not look back, and his back was like a long eye. His backhand sword accurately lifted my short knife, followed by a whirlwind cut. The long sword swept my neck like a practice. I hurriedly raised the knife to protect my neck, but the strength was not full and the blade had arrived. I knew that it was not good. I completely fell along the knife by instinct, and I felt it in an instant. The blade passed by my ear and swept my cheeks with pain. Although I was embarrassed, I finally escaped a disaster. My agile reaction and instinctive premonition saved my life.

I turned over from the ground in confusion. There was only half of the knife left in my hand. I threw away half of the short knife in frustration. I wanted to say something hard before I died, but I was so embarrassed that I didn't even have the face to say anything else. I had to raise my thumb, aim at Lang Lie's eyebrows with my index finger, and sighed in my heart: Unfortunately, the pistol can't be brought, otherwise the old One shot can blow your boy in the head.

"Wait a minute!" When Lang Lie was about to put out his sword again, someone suddenly stopped, and Lang Lie had to stay there, because it was the voice of Xia Huang Li Renxiao.

"Since the wave warrior said that this white slave is the best slave, why don't you spare his life and let him contribute to my Daxia?"

"Your Majesty, all slaves who refuse to fight will die. This is the minimum rule of slaves." Lang Lie clenched the hilt of the sword and did not mean to collect the sword, which surprised me very much. Did he dare to disobey the emperor's order?

"King of Chu, I don't know what your purpose is to hold this family banquet?" Li Renxiao suddenly turned to the king of Chu and asked.

The king of Chu was stunned and replied, "Choose the best slave to fight against the Golden Kingdom on behalf of our Daxia."

"That's right!" Li Renxiao nodded slightly, "Since the best fighting slave has been selected, I think this party can be successfully concluded."

"But," the king of Chu hesitated for a moment, "if the rules of fighting slaves are abolished, how can slaves fight to the death in the future?"

"There is no future!" Li Renxiao resolutely said, "The bad habit of fighting slaves was banned a few years ago, but many imperial relatives and nobles still regard the law of the imperial court as a children's play. I have the intention to rectify the imperial program. Starting from this bad habit of fighting slaves, not only that, I will also promulgate a new law to allow masters to kill slaves arbitrarily and prepare for the abolition of slaves in the future."

Li Renxiao looked around at the crowd and saw that everyone looked at him in fear, and then said, "This time, in order to deal with the provocation of the State of Jin, I will not pursue it for special reasons, but I guarantee the reputation of Li's ancestors that this will be the last time, from now on, no matter Imperial relatives, important ministers of the imperial court, as long as they fight against slaves privately, they will be punished according to the new law!"

Seeing that Li Renxiao called himself "I" at the banquet of the king of Chu for the first time, he was talking to everyone as an emperor. Everyone was dumb. The king of Chu hesitated for a moment and hesitated, "Even if the best fighting slaves have been selected, it is still necessary to choose four more fighting slaves."

"I think that fighting slave is also good," Li Renxiao suddenly pointed to me and asked Lang Lie, "Rang Warrior, can anyone escape from your sword unharmed in the past two years?"

Lang Lie hesitated for a moment and said lightly, "No."

"That's right," Li Renxiao nodded and said, "just now that the fighting slave has proved his ability. I believe no one will doubt the sword of the wave warrior. The remaining three fighting slaves can choose from the remaining eight people. Their martial arts are very different. Whoever they choose is probably almost the same. Today's blood is enough. So far ."

Seeing that everyone no longer had any objection, Li Renxiao said, "Since they represent our Daxia country, after these five slaves are selected, they will be sent to the palace for temporary detention. If they can make contributions to Daxia, their masters will also be rewarded!" After saying that, Li Renxiao got up and left the table, and everyone hurriedly stood up and saw him leave. Li Renxiao took two steps and suddenly looked back at Lang Lie and said thoughtfully, "I remember that the Song man who just escaped from under your sword seems to be called 'idiot'?"

Lang Lie looked confused and obviously didn't understand the meaning of "idiot" in Chinese. Li Renxiao finally added: "Translated into the language of our party Xiang clan, that is, --- idiot!"

After saying that, Li Renxiao turned around and left, no longer looking back, and threw down the confused nobles and red-faced waves.

I am moved by Li Renxiao's life-saving kindness and the kindness of abolishing slave fighting, and I am immediately afraid of killing people with a knife. Knowing that because of the last sentence, I have become a thorn in the side of Lang Lie. With the temperament of Lang Lie, I will definitely find an opportunity to kill me to prove my ability. Otherwise, an idiot will escape from the sword is undoubtedly The great irony of Lang Lie's title of "first master". Of course, this knife killing plan will not be aimed at me, a humble slave, but at Lang Lie. I can almost guess that if I defeat the slave of the State of Jin, I will definitely be left by Li Renxiao and become a thorn in Lang Lie's throat. Even if this thorn can't take Lang Lie's life, at least it will make him make mistakes because of his uncomfortable.

It's just that I don't understand that Lang Lie is a member of the Party and the first master of Daxia, but Li Renxiao has never looked good to him, and he does not pay attention to Li Renxiao, the emperor of Daxia. Instead, he is obedient to the alien king of Chu. It seems that he can't determine a person's belonging completely according to blood or nationality.

But I'm still very grateful to Li Renxiao, not him. My adventure has long been over, and it's time to say goodbye to one billion yuan.

After the banquet of King Chu, Tony and I and three other lucky slaves were sent to the palace. We all received unprecedented preferential treatment. First, we bathed and changed our clothes, and then lived in a neat new house. The daily diet was not only comparable to that of nobles, but also several female slaves, in addition to their hands and feet. With shackles and daily fighting training, as well as the freedom that slaves should not have, we lived a noble life.

Probably to prevent us from colluding. Although Tony and several other slaves lived across the wall, we never met again, and even our training time was completely staggered. However, at night, when there was no one else in the room, I could tap one wall on one side with shackles. Tony's response will definitely come from there. Although we can't understand the meaning of the other party from the sound of tapping, we can feel the other party's emotions from the severity and rhythm of the tapping. At this time, we are no longer lonely and even forget all the pain and unhappiness of the day.

Such days did not last long. The envoys of the State of Jin finally arrived, and the day to decide our fate has come.

The prisoner drove us all the way north and turned northwest from the north gate of Xingqing Prefecture. It didn't stop until the far suburbs. This is the undulating prairie. Several extremely gorgeous and magnificent six-edged tents suddenly appeared here, which are completely different from the round tents of the Tatari people and the four-way tents of the party people. I guess it's the East. This is the place where the most powerful golden tent, the meeting between Jin and Xia should be. My eyes stayed on the tough and arrogant soldiers outside the tent for a moment, and then crossed the tent and looked far away. In the distance, it was faintly visible that the Helan Mountains were across the sky. Among the green mountains and white clouds, an eagle is soaring alone.

An internal official came to tell us that the golden envoy wanted to see us, which was probably like the owners of both sides wanted to appreciate each other's cockfight before the cockfight.

"I actually used a white pig and a Song man as a fighting slave," the messenger of the State of Jin was a little surprised when he saw me. "The white pig is okay. The Song people have always been cowardly and can still be used to deal with Nanman. Isn't it entrusted to be a slave fighting?"

The Jinshi was only in his early thirties. Although he was young, he was very arrogant. He was on an equal footing with Emperor Li Renxiao. I knew from the flattery of the officials of the State of Xia that he was Wanyanxi, the younger brother of Emperor Wanyan Liang of the State of Jin, and he was the Prince of the State of Jin.

Li Renxiao coughed gently when he heard the words and looked at a tough general who did not say anything. The general immediately took a step forward and hugged Wan Yanxi and asked, "What do you think of Song Renyue Fei's martial arts?"

"You!" Wanyanxi suffocated and blushed for a moment and couldn't speak. Then he patted the case angrily, "Song Youyuefei is still the country of my big golden nephew. He is still a famous Yeli family in Xixia, but he is still a member of the Southern Song Dynasty. What's more, Yue Fei has been dead for nearly 20 years. Who else in the world can stop me from being a true tiger and wolf teacher?"

The general was obviously a member of the Yeli family. Hearing the words, his face turned red and he was about to argue angrily. Li Renxiao had waved his hand and smiled, "The Great Gold Kingdom is in Kyushu. Who in the world doesn't know? Nowadays, Emperor Tiande strives to govern, and his national strength is unprecedentedly strong. At present, there are millions of soldiers, staring at the world. Even if Yue Fei and Han Shizhong are alive in the Southern Song Dynasty, he is just an arm to block the car. How can it be?

Wanyanxi saw Li Renxiao's humble words, and his face turned slightly. He pointed to several fighting slaves and ordered his entourage: "Appreciate wine! Enjoy the meat!"

Immediately, the golden man sent me a few jars of spirits and a few legs of roast venison for me and Tony and other slaves. We sat on the ground like those golden men, eating and drinking as if no one was around.

"This Song Nu is really a little different," Wan Yanxi looked at me and nodded to Li Renxiao, "In my powerful tent, under the sight of countless warriors, I can still look so calm."

Li Renxiao smiled faintly: "Compared with several Khitan slaves under the account of King Lie, they are still inferior."

"This is natural," Wanyan Xi smiled. "These Khitan Dounu were captured by my brother and trained for two years. This time, I came here on behalf of the emperor. In addition to fighting with Xia Huangnu, I also wanted to mediate for the emperor. I hope that Jin and Xia can form a good relationship between Qin and Jin and create a hegemony for thousands of years."

"Mmei?" Li Renxiao frowned, "I don't know who Emperor Tiande wants to accept as his concubine?"

Wanyanxi smiled at Li Renxiao and said, "Of course, it's the Xia Emperor's palm pearl, the famous beautiful princess Baoyan."

As soon as this statement came out, the Western Xia emperors and nobles were in an uproar, and some of them were angry. They thought it was bullying, but more of them were happy. They probably felt that marrying the powerful Jin Kingdom was the best way to maintain the peace and strength of Xixia. In the whisper of the crowd, Prince Li Chunyou got up and pointed to Wanyanxi and asked angrily, "Wanyan Lianghuang** is lustful and tyrannical. This is known to the world. How can my sister marry such a tyrant?"

"Bun bastard!" Li Renxiao snapped before Wan Yanxi got angry and shouted, "How can't you cut in a national event and fight with me!"

Li Chunyou still wanted to argue. He had been stopped by Ye Li Mo Ren behind him and did not allow him to struggle. Ye Li Mo Ren immediately forced him out of the big account. There was a moment of silence in the big account. Even if some people felt that this marriage was inappropriate, and with Li Chunyou's example, everyone naturally fell silent. Only then did Li Renxiao arch his hand to Wan Yanxi and said, "The dog is rude, let the martyr king laugh!"

"It doesn't matter," Wanyanxi waved his hand generously. "The young man's mouth is not covered, and it's not a big deal. It's just that as a prince, it's better not to be so frivolous and reckless in the future."

Li Renxiao hurriedly said, "The King has taught me a lesson. I will definitely discipline him strictly in the future!"

Wanyan Xi saw Li Renxiao's humble words and smiled and said, "If Emperor Xia has no objection to this matter, he will decide this. When the king returns to the country, he will take Princess Baoyan back. The royal brother is willing to cut the 18 counties of Henan Province as a bride price."

Li Renxiao was a little hesitant. After hearing the last sentence, his expression was even more painful. He covered the glass in front of him and slowly drank up the glass of wine. When he put down the glass, his face calmed down. He pushed the glass slowly and said, "The little girl can get the blue eyes of Emperor Tiande. That's her blessing. How can I disagree? That's it."

"Also," Wan Yanxi seemed to have expected that Li Renxiao would agree. In addition to a polite smile, there was not much joy on his face. "I came here on behalf of my brother this time, not only hoping to form an alliance with the Xia Emperor, but also to reach an agreement between Jin and Xia to jointly send troops to the Southern Song Dynasty. At that time, our two countries will meet Jiangnan and divide the world! "

"This..." Li Renxiao stroked the jade pendant and hesitated. Obviously, it was difficult to make a decision for a moment.

"Originally," Wanyan Xi saw that Li Renxiao was murmuring, so she lowered her head and played with the cup in her hand. "With the current national strength of our great gold country and the millions of heroes who shocked the world, it is not a problem to wipe out the Southern Song Dynasty alone, but since you and I are the country of Qin and Jin, we naturally have to have equal interests. I hope Emperor Xia will not let me down. The royal brother's beauty is good.

Li Renxiao smiled and said, "I appreciate the beauty of Emperor Tiande. It's just that I have to discuss these military and state affairs before I can make a final determination after discussing with the ministers, especially the King of Chu. Let's give the King a satisfactory answer to this matter another day."

Seeing that Li Renxiaorou was unwilling to respond immediately, Wan Yanxi hummed softly in his nose: "I hope Emperor Xia will make a decision early. The royal brother has recently recruited 400,000 soldiers and 600,000 people, and he will drink the horse Yangtze River in the future. I'm afraid it will be too late to make a decision at that time."

As soon as this statement came out, many civil and military ministers in Xixia had a frightened face. Only Li Renxiao smiled disapprovingly and said, "There are only hundreds of thousands of soldiers in Daxia. I'm afraid I can't help Dajin. Besides, there are Tatars and barbarians in the north, and Tufan and Uigurns in the south, and we are also powerless. After I discuss with the king of Chu, I will always give a satisfactory answer to the king.

Wanyanxi had to give up under Li Renxiao's soft refusal. He pointed to me and Tony and other slaves and said loudly, "Let's discuss the military and state affairs another day. Now let me see if the fighting slaves trained by your country can compete with my big golden fighting slaves?"

Everyone applauded. Wanyanxi didn't wait for Li Renxiao to agree and ordered to the Jin General beside him: "I want to drink and watch the battle with Emperor Xia outside the curtain.

We were taken out of the big tent by several golden soldiers. Hundreds of golden soldiers have already surrounded a ten-foot square open space outside the big tent. There is a white line on the ground. The golden soldiers pointed spears to the center of the field outside the white line. Obviously, if anyone is unfortunately forced to the edge in the duel, they will be stabbed into a sieve by those spears. When we were shacked and driven into the duel field, Wan Yanxi and Li Renxiao, as well as dozens of civil and military ministers of Jin and Xia, also sat down on the observation platform set up in advance outside the tent.

"This fight is a group fight," Wan Yanxi's voice came from afar, "five slaves each, no matter what means are used to kill all the other's slaves. In addition, in order to make the duel more exciting and lasting, in addition to the short knife, each person is given a shield to defend himself!"

As soon as this statement came out, I couldn't help but scold the golden man for being cunning. I think that we have never used shields in our daily training, which is much worse than the golden slave fighting. In addition, we have never trained together. There is neither trust nor cooperation between each other, and we can only fight separately. If the golden slaves are like an army In that way, we can advance and retreat together and use various tactics reasonably. Even if we can win alone, the group fight will definitely suffer a great loss. We are completely at a disadvantage before the duel begins. I believe that Li Renxiao and Xixia's generals who lead the war will not understand this truth, but no one has any objection. They didn't expect that their fear of the Jin people was so deep.

Tony also understood the joints and couldn't help turning his head to look at me. Our eyes met and immediately saw the same meaning from each other's eyes. At least there is unreserved trust between us, at least we can become a whole!

The gun array around dodged a slit, and the five golden slaves slowly entered the duel field. The upper muscles of the five ** were knotted, and the lower body was only a close-fitting shorts. **'s skin flashed black and oily under the scorching sun. The five people were almost as tall and short, except for the difference in age, and even looked like beasts. Tough and ferocious, I felt a chill in my heart when I saw this. I suddenly realized that they were brothers. There was unreserved trust between the five of them and could form a complete battle group. Their combat effectiveness would be multiplied higher than their respective battles. Before the duel began, we were already at a loss.

Ten knives and ten shields were thrown in the field. Everyone silently picked up their own knives and shields and consciously divided them into two camps. They were on guard. The two groups of people had no hatred at all. In order to fight for the right to live, they had to the death. I can't help but feel sad for myself and my opponents.

"Drums!" Wanyan Xi shouted in the silence, and immediately there were four drums beating in four directions at the same time. The drum sounded slowly, like thunder in the sky, hitting people's hearts, making the heart seem to twitch with the sound of the drums involuntarily. The drums gradually turned sharp and gradually became high and excited, making people feel a boiling feeling of blood all over their bodies. At this moment, I suddenly heard Yan Xi shouting, "Start!"

"――――Kill!" It was the golden soldiers around who shouted first. Their voices were neatly and suddenly, which covered the fierce drums, which shocked me. At this moment, five Khitan slaves had gritted their teeth and rushed to us, with a ferocious look like a tiger out of the gate, but their division of labor was clear and complete formation. The five people were like an army in charge. , like a wedge, we divided the five into two, and we had to retreat to protect ourselves and fight separately.

After several charges, Tony and I tried to be the most difficult opponent to deal with, and immediately concentrated the main attack power on the other three opponents. A companion forgot the gun array behind him under the pressure of the two Khitans, retreated to the flat long guns of the golden soldiers, and was immediately stabbed through, with a long and tragic cry. It has hit our fighting spirit.

"If we just retreat and dodge, we will definitely die. We have to fight with them!" I shouted and rushed up with Tony first. Both of my companions knew that this was a mortal duel. If we died, they would not be spared. They immediately howled and rushed forward, waved a knife to attack each other, and burst into the last courage of the mourners. The five Khitan Dounu immediately retreated into a circle, and the shield resisted our crazy attack. The short knife used in the duel could not break through the tight defense of the opponent's shield at all. That shield was simply the nemesis of this kind of short knife. However, for us who have not been trained with shields, this shield has become a burden, affecting our pace and knife speed, and our attack is completely ineffective.

"Kill!" When we were a little slack, the five Khitan slaves immediately burst out a neat shout and waved a knife to counterattack against us. We had to retreat, but lacked a tacit understanding of common progress and retreat. A slightly slower companion unfortunately fell into the siege of the other party's three people. When we wanted to return to rescue, he had hit several knives and fell to the ground. Danren did not kill him immediately, deliberately trying to let his unwilling struggle and screams before his death keep hitting our nerves to defeat our fighting spirit.

The surrounding war drums roared, reflecting the desperate wailing of the dying, adding a touch of tragedy to the duel. A companion could no longer stand the torture of devouring nerves and howled and rushed to the Khitan people. The other party's first three or two formations immediately cracked a crack, allowing the companion to rush in, and the formation Then closed, I couldn't scream well. I waved a knife with Tony to save him, but I was blocked by the other party's three shields. I watched the companion besieged by two Khitans and fell into a pool of blood in an instant.

Before a cup of tea, we broke three people, but the other party was unscathed, which made everyone lose confidence in us. Even the Xixia people just desperately shouted at me and Tony: "Kill one is enough, and it's profitable to kill two!" Their greatest wish now is just that Tony and I will kill a few slaves of the State of Jin, so that Xia will not lose too badly.

In the shouts of the Golden Man and the shouts of the warriors of Xia, Tony and I threw away the burdensome shield almost at the same time, and then looked at each other and saw confidence in each other's eyes, which was infinitely amplified in the exchange of vision.

"A gust of wind has lost more than 100 bandits, and we have all broken into the sea of death. Can't we deal with these Khitans?" I stood with a sword and said to Tony with the big eclipse commonly used in the caravan in the past, "Let's fight with them first. After we see the flaw, we will attack at the same time, concentrate on attacking one person, and divide them into one to five according to their age. When attacking, we will shout out the number of targets. We will put out knives at the same time. I believe that none of them can stop you and me at the same time. ."

"Do it!" Tony's confidence doubled, but the five Khitans were at a loss. They couldn't understand our language.

The Khitans began to push over. Tony and I retreated as soon as we touched them. We had a heavy shield in our hands. Our pace was much faster than them, and the duel field was big enough. They couldn't catch up with us at all. The five people had to disperse and chase and intercept us. Our opportunity came.

"Pay attention to No. 5!" Tony consciously leaned towards me when he heard my reminder, and I roared, "Kill!"

Before the words fell, I suddenly opened his turtle shell-like shield with a knife. Tony's knife immediately sank into the shield. No. 5 immediately screamed, covered his stomach and knelt on the ground. The knife almost cut his stomach completely.

"Good!" Xia people burst into deafening cheers, completely overshadowing the golden people's shouts.

"Three!" In the cheers, Tony shouted again and picked up the No. 3 shield in front of him. At the moment when the white horse passed through, I cut into the gap of the shield, cut his chest, and immediately lost his combat effectiveness.

"Good!" Xia Ren cheered again, which was more than they expected, and they even saw the hope of winning.

The remaining three Khitans howled and rushed at us. Tony and I immediately retreated. Although we could have the upper hand with two enemies and three, we still don't want to take risks. The other party has a shield to drag us at all. They don't want to touch our side, but if we want to throw away the shield, it's not long and short, let alone Tony and I are not my opponent. They are bound to fail.

"Two!" Tony roared again and waved his knife to No. 2. The Khitan seemed to have a hunch and immediately abandoned his shield and retreated, but was forced to the edge by the knife I chased. He hit the flat guns of the golden soldiers. Several golden soldiers couldn't collect their guns and watched him hit the gun and struggle desperately like a beast falling into a trap.

There was a knife wind behind me, and there was no need to cooperate with Tony anymore. I dodged the unruly knife and followed a sweeping leg to sweep the almost crazy Khitan to the ground. When I fell to the ground, I heard the crisp sound of his broken leg. He screamed and struggled to get up. I stepped on his hand holding the knife and put a knife on his neck. Almost at the same time, Tony also cut off the arm of another Khitan with a knife. The Khitan howled and hit Tony with a shield, but was kicked far away by Tony.

The duel is over. In addition to the five Khitans who were killed and injured four in the field, two Xixia Dounu also closed their eyes forever, and the other was lying on the ground with a faint moan. The victory and defeat have been separated, leaving only the last massacre, but I can't cut down the Khitan Dounu who lost resistance under the knife, especially his desperate eyes. Although I have already seen through all the secrets of the world, I am still palpitated by the nostalgia for life and fear of death in my eyes. Tony's knife also hung down. He is a real warrior and can't stab an opponent who has no power to counter his hand.

"Kill him, kill them!" Xia people's cheering gradually turned into scolding, "What are you two waiting for? If you kill them, you are the winners of today's duel, and there is hope for freedom."

Freedom? Hearing this, my heart moved, slowly withdrew my knife, took two steps closer to the observation platform, and knelt down to Xia Emperor Li Renxiao from afar. For the sake of four lives, I knelt down without hesitation. The noise of the crowd gradually weakened, and everyone looked at me for no reason and didn't know what I was going to do.

"Your Majesty," I stood upright and shouted to Li Renxiao, "I remember you said that as long as we can defeat the Jin Kingdom and fight against slaves, we will give us freedom and rich rewards. I don't know if this counts?"

Li Renxiao laughed and said, "I have a word, and of course what I said counts!"

I immediately asked, "Are we free people from now on?"

Li Renxiao pondered for a moment and shouted, "I announce that you two are the people of my Daxia country from now on."

I didn't have time to be excited and immediately said, "In this case, according to the law of the grassland, whoever's life is controlled by others should become the slave of the other party. Now the lives of these Khitan people is in the hands of me and my companions, and they should become our slaves. Since we are free people, we are qualified to become For their master."

As soon as this statement came out, both the nobles of Xia and Jin were in an uproar. It is no wonder that a slave dares to squeak up the emperor and want to have his own slaves, which is probably unique in the history of Xia. No wonder they are in an uproar. Wanyanxi scolded angrily: "It's ridiculous. Slaves also want to ascend to the sky one step. Besides, the slaves of the Kingdom of Jin always belong to my big gold. Their life and death are in the hands of the king. They can't win the duel, so they should die to apologize!"

"No, King!" I said proudly, "First of all, I am no longer a slave, which has just been announced by the emperor in public. Secondly, the lives of these golden slaves are not in your hands now, but in our hands. We should be their masters. Nevertheless, I am still willing to dedicate all the rewards given to the emperor to Lie. Wang, as compensation for these golden slaves, I believe my companions are willing to do the same.

"Yes, I do!" Tony said immediately.

Wanyanxi still wants to oppose it. Li Renxiao has applauded and said, "You two want those disabled slaves so eagerly, and even exchange them with my rich rewards. The King will definitely not object, will you, right?"

Wanyanxi snorted and said nothing. Li Renxiao immediately said to me, "The martyr king has agreed that those Khitan slaves belong to you. You can take them back first, rest in the guard camp for the time being, and I will reward them after returning to the capital."

"Thank you, Emperor!" I kowtowed clumsily, took the four seriously injured Khitans and the surviving partner away from the duel field with Tony and temporarily took them to the barracks to rest. During this period, no one put handcuffs on us, but several Li Renxiao's guards were monitoring us intentionally or unintentionally or unintentionally. I know that although I am no longer a slave now, if I want to leave here, I will be hunted down as slaves.

When Tony and I bandaged the wounds of several Khitans, their eyes were very complicated, with both the happiness of escaping from death and the sadness of losing their brothers. I can understand their feelings. On the one hand, Tony and I killed their brothers, and on the other hand, we saved their lives. It is really difficult between enmity. After we wrapped the wound for them, their eldest brother finally fell to the ground and choking, "Thank you for not killing the master. From now on, our brothers will repay the master's great kindness even if they are cows and horses!"

I picked up the boss with a broken arm, held his hand and said, "I pretend to be your master, which is a stopgap measure to save you. You are always free here. You can leave at any time after recovering your injury, and you will be at your enemies and friends in the future." After saying that, I turned to Tony and asked, "Tony, what do you think?"

Tony gently stroked the scars left by the shackles on his wrist and lowered his head and said sadly, "Only those who have been slaves can really experience the bitterness of slaves. If possible, I hope there will be no more slaves in the world."

The boss's eyes were a little wet, holding Tony's hand tightly and did not say anything, but from his trembling lips, when he learned that he was a free man, the excitement in his heart was unspeakable. A slave suddenly became a free man, just like a new life. I can fully feel and understand this mood.

Later, I learned that they were Khitan nobles and Khitan warriors who had been practicing martial arts since childhood. Their surname was Yelu. The old man who broke his arm was Yelu Zhao. The third one who was cut into his chest by me was Yelu Shun. The fourth who broke a leg by me was called Yelu Ning. The fifth who was cut in the stomach by Tony was Yelugang. Unfortunately, they died in Jin. The second brother under the gun is Yelu Qian.

At dusk, we finally began to pull out the camp and return to Beijing. Tony and I could not find a comfortable carriage for the injured. Fortunately, Princess Baoyan came to see me once. I had to ask her for help, so she gave up her and the wet nurse's carriage, which made me a little grateful and looked at me because of the training. And a little proud of her, I suddenly remembered that she would marry Jin Guo as a trader and Wan Yanliang, who was older than her father. Although I couldn't forgive her for forcing me to kill my companions, I still felt a little uncomfortable for her. Obviously, she didn't know about it and kept laughing.