In the central tower of Adrianople, Crixus was wearing a sleeveless tunica.
He stood upright in front of the window holding the hilt of his sword.
There were several deep wrinkles on his forehead.
The order sent from Constantinople has never been released.
As the most trusted general under General Grenous, the governor of the Thracian military region, and a general who has guarded Adrianople for many years, Crixus also has his own interpersonal relationships in Constantinople.
Special channels received news that a 500-man armored cavalry had set out from Constantinople five days ago, and it was said that they were accompanied by 200 people from the Ninth Royal Guards.
If only five hundred armored cavalry were dispatched, this matter would naturally not attract the attention of Crixus, but two hundred men of the Royal Ninth Guards were dispatched.
Two hundred men, this is two-fifths of the strength of the Royal Ninth Guards. , this is a big deal, of course he knows what it means to dispatch the Ninth Royal Guards, because he came from the Ninth Royal Guards.
What Crixus didn't know was that all the remaining 300 people in the Royal Ninth Guards were dead.
If he knew, he would probably hide, and the 300 people in the Ninth Guards would be useless.
What effect can the remaining two hundred and five hundred armored cavalry have?
The double eagle pennants stuck on the watchtower spiers on both sides of the city gate in the distance were hanging weakly.
The sun came out, and the heat on the ground began to rise.
The inside of the castle was a relatively closed place, and the air did not circulate very much, so the castle was better than the outside.
It was getting hotter and hotter.
The irritated mood and the hot weather made Crixus very uncomfortable, but he didn't know what to do.
Until now, the soldiers at the city gate had arrested seven or eight Easterners, but right now Because of this, Crixus was even more worried.
"Pfft" "ah" "Clang" There were continuous sounds in the corridor outside the door.
Crixus was awakened by these sounds.
When he came back to his senses, his expression changed.
He turned around, pulled out the broad sword from his waist and walked outside.
Before he could leave, When they arrived at the door, several soldiers appeared at the door with bloody weapons.
Upon seeing this, Crixus immediately shouted and asked: "Who are you and why are you killing people outside?"
Zhang Huchen stretched out his hand and slowly pulled up his mask, revealing his oriental face.
He stretched out his scarlet tongue and licked his dry lips with a cruel smile: "General Crixus, haven't you already ordered the soldiers at the gate of the city?
Arrest all the Orientals who come into the city?
I am the one you want to arrest.
Look, I have already sent them to your doorstep."
Crixus couldn't understand Zhang Huchen's words.
When he saw Zhang Huchen's oriental face, he knew that he had met the real master.
He immediately didn't reply and struck at Zhang Huchen with his broad sword.
Zhang Huchen immediately used his sword to block the broadsword.
The two sides fought for several rounds in an instant.
With a "dang" sound, the two separated after fighting for four rounds.
A long gash was cut on Crixus' left arm, and blood was dripping down.
He looked at Zhang Hucheng with an even more solemn expression.
"General Crixus is indeed worthy of being able to guard Adrianople for many years.
He has actually entered the intermediate level of the innate realm.
But you are still far away."
Zhang Huchen said coldly and raised his sword to bully him again.
This time, Zhang Huchen's attack speed was faster.
Different from ordinary martial arts masters fighting, these two people were from the army, and their moves were wide open and closed.
However, their wide open and close moves did not affect their attack speed, but made them The attack is more powerful.
Several corpses of soldiers were already lying on the floor in the corridor.
Five guards brought by Zhang Huchen stood guard at the door with weapons.
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None of them joined the battle.
In a battle of this level, they could not intervene at all.
They could only join the battle.
It would be a disservice to Zhang Huchen and put themselves in danger.
The only thing they could do was to block the door to prevent Crixus from escaping and prevent soldiers from the fort from coming to rescue him.
The battle between two innate-level masters in a house with limited space can only imagine how serious the damage caused.
As the battle between the two became more and more intense, the whole room was in a mess, and swords were everywhere on the walls.
The sword marks caused by Qi, and none of the decorations are complete.
With a "boom", Crixus, who was knocked away by Zhang Huchen's sword, hit the wall on the left.
A big hole was instantly knocked out of the wall.
However, Zhang Huchen did not stop the attack and knocked a big hole out of the wall in Crixus.
Then, he shot straight into the hole with his body.
In the next room, as soon as Crixus stood up, Zhang Huchen's sword arrived.
Seeing that his chest was about to be pierced by a sharp sword, Keriks immediately blocked it with his sword.
Zhang Huchen's sword was blocked, but his men did not stop and still rushed towards Keriks.
At this time, Kesi's middle door was wide open, and one of Zhang Huchen's fists instantly hit his chest.
There was a "click".
"Pfft!"
Crixus was thrown away by the punch and hit the wall again.
He spat out a mouthful of blood when he opened his mouth.
He knew that his sternum was broken by the punch and his internal organs were severely damaged.
When he He still tried his best to struggle, but a big sword was already placed on his neck.
As long as he dared to move again, the big sword could cut off his head at any time.
"Tie up" The guards brought by "Yes" immediately ran over and tied Crixus tightly with ropes.
Of course, ordinary ropes cannot tie up an innate-level master, and the body structure of Westerners is different from that of Easterners.
They only have acupuncture points but no meridians.
All the energy they practice is stored in their muscles.
In order to prevent Crixus from Out of control, Zhang Huchen had to break his arms.
As soon as Crixus was tied up, there were sounds of footsteps under the tower.
A guard ran to the end of the corridor and looked down the window.
He saw densely packed soldiers running into the tower.
He immediately ran back to the tower.
Zhang Huchen reported: "Captain, a large number of officers and soldiers are coming down below and have already surrounded this watchtower tightly."
Zhang Huchen was not worried when he heard this.
He pulled the tied up Crixus and said: "Whether you can survive depends on your prestige in Adrianople.
If those officers and soldiers do not obey your orders, Then you will have no choice but to die, go."
Zhang Huchen and five guards escorted Crixus down the stairs from the top of the watchtower, and soon bumped into the defenders who were about to rush up on the second floor.
"Let go of the general, or I will chop you all into pieces."
A legion pointed a sword at Zhang Huchen and others and shouted.
"If we let him go, wouldn't we die faster?"
Zhang Huchen smiled, turned to Crixus and said: "General Crixus, although your soldiers are outnumbered, if I want to leave, I'm afraid they can't stop me because of these minions.
I guess the city gate has started to close now.
But this is not what I want to see.
Let all your people retreat and order your men to open the four city gates.
We still have some companions outside the city who have not come in.
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I hope they will not fight with you when they enter the city.
There will be a conflict with other people, otherwise it will be difficult for me to guarantee that your head will still be around your neck at the next moment, hurry up."
Crixus stared at Zhang Huchen angrily, but had no choice but to shout to the officer leading the team: "Step back, everyone, step back, pass my order, open the city gate, and have no choice but to conflict with any Oriental people" " The officer looked at Zhang Huchen and others and hesitated: "General" When Crixus saw that this guy didn't carry out the order immediately, he was furious: "Why don't my words work?"
After all, the officer leading the team did not dare to disobey the order and ordered the soldiers behind him to retreat slowly.
Outside the city, Zhao Ziliang, who was standing on the top of the mountain, looked up at the red sun that had fully risen, and then looked at the end of the road in the distance.
A man and two horses were galloping from a distance.
The man ran to the foot of the mountain on horseback.
The horse stopped and shouted loudly: "Sir, the pursuers are catching up.
They are only ten miles away."
Zhao Ziliang heard this, took out 20 sets of bows and arrows from the thumb space, threw them on the ground, and shouted to a guard below: "Come, distribute these bows and arrows to the brothers, and each of the remaining bows and arrows will carry an extra set, and we will wait for you to follow."
Let the brothers in the city gather together and then hand it over to them."
"Yes, sir" At the foot of the mountain, the eleven guards following Zhao Ziliang were ready.
Zhao Ziliang stepped forward and said: "There is no news from the city so far, and the pursuers are about to catch up.
We have no other way now." , we can only break through forcefully, otherwise we will be blocked by the defenders and pursuers in the city, are you all ready?"
"Ready" everyone agreed loudly, their temperament changed in an instant, a chilling air rose, and the military strength and bravery completely replaced the decadence of the past at this moment.
"Let's go."
Zhao Ziliang took the bow and arrow and hit the horse and galloped forward.
The eleven guards behind him drove the horses to follow closely.
Halfway through, Zhao Ziliang suddenly saw thick smoke rising from the castle.
He laughed and said, "Okay, the brothers who sneaked into the city have succeeded.
Let's go in and join them now."
When Zhao Ziliang and his party rode horses to the city gate, they saw that there was no one at the city gate.
He was a little suspicious.
No matter how big the noise Zhang Huchen, Liang Zhenwu and others made, they would not be able to let the city gate defenders open the roadblocks and Open the city gate wide, right?
Zhao Ziliang no longer thinks about these things.
He is an expert and brave man.
Even if there is an ambush in the city, it doesn't matter.
With his ability, even if he doesn't use Taoism and other means, he only relies on physical strength and rich combat experience.
I can only deliver food to him.
"Charge in."
Zhao Ziliang took the lead and rushed into the castle without stopping.
The Dragon Guard soldiers behind him all rushed into the castle without any hesitation.
What surprised Zhao Ziliang was that there was no ambush behind the city gate.
Some pedestrians walking on the street were suspicious of them rushing in on horseback.
All this made Zhao Ziliang suddenly suspicious.
When Zhao Ziliang led his guards on horseback and rushed to the entrance of the watchtower in the middle of the castle, they realized that it was Zhang Huchen and the others who had controlled the castle guard Crixus
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