Chapter 78: Rush for Food (Part 2)

  After a long time, Guo Yun finally calmed down, only to feel that his face was burning in pain on both sides, and his mouth was also sore, he didn't know if it was his tongue or gums that were broken.

  Although Guo Yun's anger was burning at this moment, he also understood that the person in front of him couldn't be suppressed by his own power. So he looked around at Zhao Yang and Zhao Bin brothers and roared: "What are you two still stunned for? Don't you dare to come up and catch him for me? He hit me just now, I want to return it tenfold."

  Gao Yuan also "hissed" and drew out his military knife, sternly saying: "Today no one can stop us from moving the grain, whoever dares to come over and obstruct me, I will cut them down."

  Li Yinghong also drew out his twin swords and said, "Whoever dares to take another step forward, I'll kill them immediately. You two are no exception, if you're not afraid of death, then come on over."

  Actually, until now, Guo Yun still didn't understand who he was fighting against. After the people from Gaoyuan broke into the grain warehouse, Guo Kai received the news and realized that Li Mu had been provoked this time. If he came forward to stop it himself, Gaoyuan might really dare to kill him, so he didn't dare to show up in person either. Instead, he immediately let Guo Yun go find Zhao Cong, letting Zhao Cong deploy troops to drive away Gaoyuan and the others. However, Guo Kai still had a hidden intention and didn't tell Guo Yun who it was that came to rob the grain.

  Although Guo Yun was doing the grain business, in fact he was acting as an agent for Guo Kai's affairs. However, he could also make some money from this and fill his own pockets. Therefore, when he heard that someone was coming to seize the grain, Guo Yun's head got hot and without asking any questions, he immediately ran to find Zhao Cong.

  This time Zhao Cong was able to get a good job, receiving the twelve cities of Shao Zong in the south, and establishing a merit, all thanks to Guo Kai. Moreover, Guo Yun did not make it clear what had happened, so Zhao Cong still thought that the residents of Handan City were making trouble again, and did not think carefully. He immediately ordered his two sons to bring three hundred private soldiers to rush to the warehouse to quell the disturbance.

  But when they arrived at the place, Zhao Yang and Zhao Bin brothers only knew that something was wrong. Because Gao Yuan and Li Yinghong, both of them were familiar with these two people, knowing that neither of them were easy to mess with. However, at this time, their minds were also a bit muddled, not knowing how Gao Yuan and Li Yinghong had arrived here. They still didn't think that Gao Yuan would resort to violence to rob the grain.

  However, the two brothers now also know that their own father has already defected to Guo Kai, and Guo Yun is Guo Kai's nephew. Therefore, Guo Yun can't be ignored when he shouts loudly. Zhao Yang said: "Young Master Guo, they are..."

  Guo Yun didn't even let him finish, interrupting him and gesturing with his hands and feet. "Who cares what kind of people they are? Take them down and kill every last one of them! You two heard that, right? This is my uncle's order. Are you two daring to disobey my uncle's command?"

  He pulled out Guo Kai, and Zhao Yang and Zhao Bin could no longer hesitate. Zhao Yang steeled himself and took two steps forward, saying: "Doctor Gao, Miss Li, doing it this way is probably not..."

  Gaoyuan didn't wait for him to finish speaking, and with a wave of his military knife, he said: "Don't spout nonsense in front of me, if you want to fight then come at me, if not then get out of my sight."

  Zhao Yang's face changed, but he forced himself to endure. However, Zhao Bin couldn't hold back because he was younger than Zhao Yang and had a bigger temper, and his mind was also simpler. He thought that even if they had Guo Kai backing them up, they didn't need to be afraid of Li Mu. Now the Zhao family already considered Li Mu their greatest enemy, and seeing Gao Yuan speak impolitely, he couldn't help but flare up in anger. He drew his long sword and said: "Gao, if you want to fight, then let's fight! We're not afraid of you. Come on, boys!"

  They were all Zhao Qian's private soldiers brought by the brothers, and of course they only obeyed their brothers' orders. So when Zhao Bin gave an order, the soldiers immediately raised their weapons and charged at Gao Yuan and Li Yinghong.

  Li Yinghong was about to charge forward with her sword, but Gao Yuan pulled her back by the arm and retreated backwards. Meanwhile, the soldiers on their side had already formed a mandarin duck formation and charged forward to meet the enemy.

  The width of the street is about over ten meters, and can accommodate four horse-drawn carriages walking side by side. In this era, it was considered a relatively wide road, but as a battlefield, it was still very narrow, and only enough for more than a dozen soldiers to fight in formation, and only enough for three rows of troops to deploy.

  But these three mandarin duck formations were enough to exert great power. After the two sides engaged in battle, Zhao Yang and Zhao Bin's private soldiers were instantly killed and fell to the ground, with countless casualties, while the soldiers brought by Gao Yuan were almost unscathed, maintaining their intact formation and steadily advancing forward. In just a short while, they had already forced Zhao Yang and Zhao Bin's private soldiers to retreat more than ten zhangs.

  Zhaoyang and Zhaobin also drew their swords, directing the private soldiers to resist with all their might, and constantly encouraging them not to retreat, but to advance. However, no matter how hard these two supervised, even beheading two soldiers, they could not stop the soldiers' defeat.

  This is not to say that Zhao Cong's private soldiers were not strong in combat, Zhao Cong's military talent was of course far inferior to Li Mu, but he was absolutely not incompetent. In a country like Zhao that valued martial prowess, if one didn't have some real ability and relied solely on birth and bloodline, it would be impossible to hold the position of Grand Marshal. Therefore, Zhao Cong's private soldiers had also undergone strict training, their individual quality wasn't bad, and many of them had gone into battle with Zhao Cong before, experiencing the trials of life and death, they weren't a mob of useless people.

  But the plateau soldiers were in a formation of yueyang to welcome the battle, which was an unprecedented tactic at this time. The six large shields in front almost occupied half of the entire street, and with the long halberd soldiers on either side of each large shield, these twelve people almost completely sealed off the entire street. Although the offensive capability of these twelve people is still somewhat insufficient, if they defend with all their might, it's not easy to break through. And the twelve long gunners behind them were the main force of the attack, and under the cover of their companions, they could attack the enemy without any scruples.

  The results were blocked by long spears and shields, and the private soldiers fell one after another, pierced by long guns. At the same time, there were also distant attacks such as javelins and crossbows. Although the private soldiers' personal combat power was not bad, single-handedly fighting against a system of warfare was no match, so they could only be killed and wounded in large numbers, retreating repeatedly.

  Zhao Yang and Zhao Bin saw that no matter how they urged the soldiers to fight, they could not stop their retreat. The two of them also became very anxious, and in their anxiety, they both wielded their long swords and personally went into battle.

  They were not ordinary young masters, as the sons of a military general's family, they had both received extremely strict military training, whether it was swordsmanship or marksmanship, they could be considered to be exceptionally outstanding. Ordinary soldiers were no match for them. But facing the Mandarin Duck Formation tactics of the soldiers, the two also found that their swordsmanship was simply useless.

  First, they faced the two large shields, and the two of them swung their swords with all their might. They struck the shields several times, but couldn't budge them. At this moment, from behind the shields, two long spears shot out swiftly, stabbing rapidly towards the two men.

  The two of them hastily retreated to defend themselves, but just then, an arrow shot out from the rear ranks of the opposing side and hit Zhao Bin's shoulder. Zhao Bin let out a pained cry, his hand went limp, and he was unable to withstand the long spear. He was stabbed in the thigh by one spear, and another spear slid across his cheek, leaving a bloody gash over two inches long.

  But Zhao Yang was no better off, although he reacted quickly and dodged a thrown javelin. However, due to a momentary lapse in attention, he was stabbed in the ribs by a long sword wielded by a shield-bearing soldier, leaving a bloody gash. Immediately after, two long spears were thrust at him, one piercing his left shoulder and the other his abdomen. Fortunately, the wounds were not deep and did not cause any fatal injuries.

  The two brothers were both injured, fortunately the soldiers beside them rushed up to rescue them at the cost of their lives, and managed to pull the two brothers back, but another six or seven soldiers fell under the hail of bullets.

  However, Zhao Yang and Zhao Bin were injured, not only losing their combat effectiveness but also unable to command the private soldiers to fight again. Moreover, the power of the Mandarin Duck Formation was too great, and the private soldiers were simply no match for them. Therefore, the remaining private soldiers did not dare to fight back at this time and fled in defeat.

  Guo Yun was originally hiding behind a large cart to watch the battle, seeing the private soldiers fleeing in defeat, he couldn't help but feel extremely dissatisfied, pointing and gesturing on the war chariot, shouting: "Up! Get up for me! Don't let them escape! Don't let them escape!"

  Unfortunately, these private soldiers didn't listen to him and ran away. Guo Yun was anxious, jumped down from the war chariot, grabbed a fleeing soldier and said: "Stop, don't run away, go up and fight!"

  The soldier raised the long sword in his hand and struck it down heavily with the hilt, hitting Guo Yun's hand, while cursing: "If you want to hit me, why don't you go ahead, I'm not going to do it?"

  Guo Yuan was beaten by him until his palms hurt, and he could only let go, cursing loudly: "You dog slave, you dare to hit me? Just wait... Ahh... AHH..."

  Before he could finish scolding, someone behind him bumped into him, causing Guo Yuan to stumble forward and almost fall. Before Guo Yun could steady himself, he was bumped again by two people in a row, and this time Guo Yun couldn't stand firm either. As a result, he was knocked to the ground, landing on his face.

  Guo Yun originally wanted to struggle and get up, but soon several feet trampled on his back. It turned out that a few private soldiers, unable to avoid Guo Yun in time, had stepped on his back as they passed by. Just as Guo Yun used his hands to prop himself up, he felt a wave of pain on his back, and his arms went limp, causing him to fall flat on the ground again. Several more soldiers trampled over Guo Yun's back, making him cry out in agony.

  It wasn't until a while later that Guo Yun felt no one else was stepping on him, and he struggled to get up again. But as soon as his body moved, he felt pain all over and let out a miserable groan, and he simply didn't have the strength to get up.

  At this moment, Guo Yun only felt that his left and right arms were grasped by someone, and the whole person was also lifted off the ground and held up. Guo Yun barely opened his eyes, and saw Gao Yuan standing in front of him, while Zhao Yang, Zhao Bin, and their private soldiers had all escaped long ago.