The barbarians were inspired, shouting slogans more frantically, and slammed into the city gate.
The city gate was slowly opened by a gap, the barbarians uttered a huge cheer, and Cheng Huaiqian sighed.
In this round of attacks, only over a hundred barbarians fell. Although most of them were senior barbarians above the small leader, Cheng Huaiqian felt it was a pity. Such a good attack opportunity, unfortunately, there were only two of them, and the firepower output was still weak.
After a long sigh, he quickly shot the arrows of the crossbow in his hand, Cheng Huaiqian pulled Xia Ruize, and the two turned and left the city wall.
Seeing the two Daxia people hurriedly hiding, the barbarian leader sneered triumphantly, huh, were they scared, and wanted to run away? Daydreaming! After catching those two damn Daxia people, he must frustrate them to relieve his anger!
Cheng Huaiqian and Xia Ruize ran down the tower. A war horse was waiting below. Cheng Huaiqian rolled over on the horse neatly, and then stretched out his hand to pull Xia Ruize in front of him.
Cheng Huaiqian could ride horses by himself, and coupled with the riding skills he had acquired before, he could control fierce war horses. After confirming that Xia Ruize was seated, Cheng Huaiqian's horse ran along the main road of Bianlu City and galloped towards the direction of the Jixiang Restaurant.
At this moment, the city gate finally couldn't hold it, and the gap that was smashed opened widened. The barbarians who eagerly squeezed in first were hit by Xia Ruize, and the barbarians who squeezed in behind could only watch the two Daxia people ran farther and farther.
More and more barbarians squeezed into Bianlu City, opened the city gate together, and put the barbarians into the city.
The big barbarian commander was put on the war horse, looking at the backs of the two Daxia people running into the restaurant in a panic at the end of the long street, showing a ferocious smile, waving his hand forward forcefully, the barbarian warriors shouted and rushed to the Jixiang restaurant.
Cheng Huaiqian and Xia Ruize did not escape from Bianlu City. Cheng Huaiqian rushed to the door of the Jixiang Restaurant, stopped and got off. Then Cheng Huaiqian patted the horse on the back, and the horse ran away on its own.
The two ran into the restaurant. Cheng Huaiqian stood on the stairs on the first floor and did not move any more. After Xia Ruize ran up two steps of stairs, he stopped his movements, turned to look at Cheng Huaiqian, and said seriously:
"Retreat if you can't hold it, don't die!"
"Don't worry, I know you are still waiting for me, I won't die easily."
Cheng Huaiqian didn't seem to be nervous at all in his mind, and under such circumstances, he could still care about joking with Xia Ruize.
Xia Ruize gave him a fixed look, stretched out his fist and collided with Cheng Huaiqian, turned around and ran upstairs quickly, and finally stood at the window on the third floor facing the north gate of the city.
Xia Ruize could already see that a large number of barbarians were rushing towards Jixiang restaurant. This time, the barbarian commander did not rush to the forefront, but rode slowly in the middle position.
Xia Ruize raised the crossbow and shot at the barbarians who rushed over. An ordinary barbarian could be killed with one arrow with precision. Xia Ruize's actions were not eager, nor panic, aiming at a barbarian, shooting, changing to another target, and continuing to shoot.
However, the barbarians stopped more than ten meters away from the Jixiang Restaurant.
There was no other reason. There was something in the middle of the road, the bodies of the barbarians who invaded Bianlu City in the first round were stacked. The small commander who lost his arms was stacked on top.
According to the residents of Bianlu City, unlike the Daxia people's custom of wearing white when they pass away, the barbarians will wear red clothes for their compatriots who have passed away. For the barbarians, it was extremely insulting to wear white after passing away.
As a result, the bunch of barbarians piled in the middle of the road were all changed into white shrouds.
The barbarians who ran closer to see the situation were very angry and at the same time were a little overwhelmed.
The big commander who received the news immediately drove his horse closer and was irritated by those familiar faces. While he ordered his men to properly place the corpses, he ordered other barbarians to attack the restaurant with all their strength.
When most of the barbarians bypassed the pile of corpses and rushed towards the Jixiang restaurant, a small number of barbarians moved their compatriots' bodies by their hands. Then, a sudden change occurred.
When the barbarians were not paying attention, Xia Ruize manually replaced an arrow wrapped in sackcloth soaked in sesame oil, lit it, and shot it into the clay pot in the middle of the pile of corpses.
In an instant, the huge sound of "bang" and "bang" broke out, and countless broken pottery pieces flew around. The barbarians who were close to each other were pierced into sieves. At the same time, strange white smoke came out of the pottery.
The horses of the nearest barbarian leader crashed down and threw the leader to the ground. The horses in the back row were shocked and threw their masters to the ground, and ran away aimlessly.
Let alone war horses, even the barbarians were scared. They didn't know what was going on. They only heard a loud noise, and then felt a pain in their hearts. They never knew that the shards of pottery could actually pierce their bodies!
Of course, the barbarians didn't know. This was Cheng Huaiqian's homemade "earth bomb" with black powder dropped from a treasure chest. He buried the black powder in a clay pot. After Xia Ruize's arrow detonated the clay pot, the fragments of the pot would become life-threatening.
In fact, this self-made "earth bomb" was not very powerful. More than a dozen barbarians closest to it were injured, but this kind of weapon that had never appeared before was even more terrifying than its actual power. Warhorses and barbarians were frightened. Afterwards, the damage caused by the chaotic foot was even higher than the damage caused by the earth bomb itself.
The barbarians were in a mess, and even the frustrated and arrogant commander showed a flustered expression for the first time, he ordered the guards to surround him and beware of ambushes around him.
The chaos of the barbarians was just in line with Xia Ruize's will. He was condescending and continued to shoot at the high-level barbarians, including the commander, unobstructed.
After the barbarian commander was frightened by the earth bomb, he forgot to guard against Xia Ruize on the tall building, and was hit by two more arrows. The guards around him used their bodies to prevent him from being hit, and they fell one by one.
After chaos for a long time, the smoke from the explosion of the earth bomb finally dissipated. The severely wounded barbarian commander grabbed the point and ordered his subordinates to rush to Jixiang restaurant desperately. He had to capture the two damn Daxia people alive!
With a belly full of anger, the barbarians rushed into the Jixiang restaurant. On the restaurant stairs, where normally only one person could pass by, and two people were allowed to walk sideways at most, they met Cheng Huaiqian who was waiting for them.
Cheng Huaiqian had a big sword in one hand and a large knife in his other hand. His newly learned techniques and body methods were waiting for the opportunity to practice.
The angry barbarians rushed up, desperately fighting for the opportunity to rush to the front, but the result of rushing to Cheng Huaiqian desperately was to be killed. One after another, the barbarians fell down, and it was impossible to prevent more and more barbarians from rushing up behind.
Cheng Huaiqian's strength was beyond the barbarian's expectations. It was a rare experience to lose in close combat with the Daxia, but the barbarians were not discouraged. A barbarian couldn't beat the Daxia on the stairs. But they didn't believe that so many barbarians added up couldn't beat him! They would pile up to death!
More and more barbarians poured into the Jixiang restaurant, and even the first floor was full. There were a large number of barbarians who had not rushed into the restaurant behind, and they could only squeeze at the door to be attacked by Xia Ruize's arrows.
The crazy barbarians forced Cheng Huaiqian to retreat step by step.
After retreating to the second floor, Cheng Huaiqian put away the large knife in his left hand, stretched his hand over the tables and chairs stacked at the entrance of the stairs on the second floor, and threw them all down the stairs one by one.
The barbarians became angrier as they were killed, and even though they were obstructed in every way, they never stopped their offensive steps. These two damn Daxia people had been blocked by them in this restaurant. Their goals were only possible if they were caught and killed!
Thinking of how these two hateful Daxia people teased the commander, the barbarians could think of how the commander would reward them after catching them. Therefore, even if the compatriots in the front continued to die, it could not stop the barbarian's strong desire to attack.
The barbarians climbed over the tables and chairs blocking the stairs, staring at Cheng Huaiqian like a hungry wolf staring at the raw meat, without the words "go back" or "give up" in their minds.
Cheng Huaiqian was forced to continue to retreat step by step, back to the stairs between the second floor and the third floor.
More and more barbarians squeezed into the second floor from the first floor until the second floor was completely packed. In the chaos, some barbarians came across a wooden barrel placed next to them, and suddenly, a large wooden barrel full of sesame oil poured out.
The sesame oil that flowed out not only covered the entire second floor, but also flowed down the stairs to the first floor.
The ground was full of sesame oil, and the actions of the barbarians were affected. However, there were too many barbarians on the second floor. Even if one was unsteady, they wouldn't fall. Therefore, no barbarians cared about this detail They only had room for Cheng Huaiqian in their eyes now, and their killing intentions towards Cheng Huaiqian were so heavy that they could ignore everything else.
Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed that the wooden barrel containing sesame oil had fallen down, and Cheng Huaiqian raised his eyebrows with satisfaction before continuing upstairs and retreating.
Xia Ruize heard the movement, and after shooting a few more arrows, he quickly climbed to the top of the attic along the ladder that had been set up next to him, and then continued shooting from the small window of the attic.
The attic had been emptied at this time, and the food and gold and silver treasures were returned to the son of the restaurant owner, that was, the young helper who was kidnapped by Cheng Huaiqian and Xia Ruize. In fact, he was not the son of the middle-aged chef, but the son of the restaurant owner.
When the barbarians entered the Jixiang restaurant the day before, he was learning cooking with the chef in the kitchen. Fortunately, he was not driven to death by the barbarians. Afterwards, in order to protect him, the chef who was kidnapped by the barbarians insisted that he was his son, but he was actually a chef.
In addition to returning the financial property of the restaurant owner to the original owner, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian also designated a war horse exclusively for the young owner of the restaurant as a price for them to buy the Jixiang restaurant.
Therefore, no matter how they toss the Jixiang restaurant now, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian would not feel guilty at all, because this was their restaurant.
Cheng Huaiqian was forced to retreat, and finally was forced to the third floor, unable to retreat.