Shu Chen

Chapter 334
With the last arrow leaving the string, Zhang Te leaned over the horse again.

Inserting the two strong stone bows into the bow sheath around the horse's neck, he drew out the ring head knife, and the hand tied to the small round shield on the forearm also protected the back, making preparations for the next hand-to-hand encounter with the Wei army scouts.

Yes, the pursuers behind him were already within sixty steps, and they were about to face a blood-splattered fight.

As the speed of the wounded horse continued to decrease, he was inevitably besieged to death.

The only fortunate thing is that the crossbow arrows of the scouts of Wei State seem to be exhausted, and there are only a few sparse shots every time they shoot, which gives him a chance to change his life.

Who to choose and die?
Against the Wei cavalry, the Southern Huns or the Xianbei Hulu?

Zhang Te, who was looking sideways, his eyes were as sharp as a falcon, carefully sizing up the pursuers behind him.

At this distance, he could clearly distinguish the difference between the chasing soldiers' hair, felt hats and shaved heads, as well as the colorful sunlight refracted by the ring-headed knives or spear points raised high in their hands.

He looked back and forth uncertainly, and finally fell on a majestic Kuntou Xianbei.

Without him, the son of the Han family, who was born in the border of Youzhou, could not restrain his desire to draw his sword every time he saw Kuntou Xianbei.

"Why slow down!"

When out of the corner of his eye, he saw that the scouts under his command had also slowed down their horses and came to drive alongside him, Zhang Te couldn't help but glared, "My horse was injured, and I couldn't avoid it, so I'll return quickly! Don't forget to go up General, we shot and killed more than [-] riders, and received the reward and turned it over to Robe Ze, who fell from the horse!"

His tone was somewhat exasperated, mixed with the howling wind on his face and the thunderous hooves of horses behind him, showing his helplessness.

He knew that the two scouts deliberately slowed down their horses in order to escape with him.

However, the two of them were the only ones who came out with him.

In any case, there must always be someone who escapes.

Not only to receive the reward to comfort Pao Ze, but also to bring back the news that the Wei army's scout team has grown stronger, so that follow-up scouts will come out in groups, so that they will not face the helpless situation like he is today with outnumbered enemies.

But the two scouts didn't do what he wanted.

The cavalry pawn on the left had a hippie smile when he was scolded angrily, grinning his dusty lips, baring his jagged teeth, "hehe", he didn't know what he was joking about.

And the one on the right has no expression on his face, one can tell at a glance that he is usually a man of few words, and the words he speaks are as precious as gold.

"Captain, Sanli, Shan."

Abandon your horse for the mountain?
Zhang Te followed his gaze and turned his head sideways.

I saw a broken mountain in Wushaoling in front of me. Under the attack of the desert wind and sand day and night, the excess soil surface was stripped off, exposing a lot of coarse sand and gravel, forming the rugged Gobi Desert.

However, what about abandoning the horse?

Ni Wei can also go up the mountain to chase and kill, and can also be divided into several small teams to outflank front and back due to the large number of people.

Involuntarily, a wry smile appeared on the corner of Zhang Te's mouth.

He already felt that the horse under his crotch was running more and more unstable, and he didn't know when he would stumble and fall to the ground with howls.But he can be sure that with the speed of the horse, even if he can last for another three miles, he will be overtaken by the Wei Guo scouts before he reaches the Gobi Desert.

"Woo~~heh!"

As if to confirm Zhang Te's thoughts, the whistle of the pursuers charging from the rear sounded again.

However, after a moment of contemplation, the distance between the two sides was reduced again, to only fifty steps or so.

Alas, that's all.

Seeing that the second scout still didn't let the horse speed up, Zhang Te gritted his teeth secretly, with a hint of determination in his eyes, and planned to jump off the horse.

This is the only way he can think of without dragging down Pao Ze.

However, the black-faced cavalry pawn didn't know whether he had expected it long ago, or because of the friendship of robes and ties, he stretched out his hand and grabbed his leather armor at this moment.

"Ride together!"

It meant to let Zhang Te jump on his horse.

"Shut up! Let go!"

Zhang Te was so angry that he even burst out curse words, and slapped his hands fiercely, and the saliva that overflowed when he roared was a little bit colored under the scorching sun.

It seems that among the colors, the red of the Han banner is the most.

The black-faced pawn let go of his hand as he wished, but he also let go of the horse's rein.

After sheathing the ring-shou knife, he supported the horse's back with his hands, and looked at Zhang Te with stubborn eyes--planning to jump on the horse and fight together!

Seeing this, Zhang Te was slightly taken aback.

Immediately, he cursed loudly, "If I come back alive, you will be blamed for disrespecting the general's order, and you will be punished twenty times!"

After cursing, he put his hands on the horse's back to let his body rise into the air; he kicked the horse hard with both feet, and landed on the back of the black-faced pawn like a big bird.

"Xi Yu Yu~~~"

Suddenly, the weight of one more person was added, and the horse let out a wail, and the four hooves of the gallop staggered, and almost lost its balance and fell to the ground.

Fortunately, the scout horses in the army are the most majestic.

Even if the two rode together, the war horse only paused for a moment before moving forward steadily again.

But such a delay shortened the distance of the pursuers by more than ten steps again, and Zhang Te could already clearly see the smirk of Wei Jun's scouts.

Therefore, he also pulled out the dagger tied to the outside of his leg.

It is planned to tie the horse when it is close to the Gobi Desert in front, so that it can speed up and gallop for a while when it is suddenly injured.

There are still two miles, and the pursuers are still thirty paces away.

For one mile, the pursuers were less than twenty steps away.

Zhang Te raised his hand holding the dagger, and was about to stab it hard, but suddenly stopped.

All of a sudden, there was a light, crisp and sharp chime on the north side dominating the sky, and after a few breaths, another one went straight up to the sky in front of the west side.

Intermittently, there were five or six Ming Dysprosiums ringing far and near in different directions.

This place is already very close to the inspection range of Sima Liu Zhu, the cavalry soldier of the Huqiang Battalion, and the Wei army scouts will not enter without authorization, let alone five or six teams of scouts announcing that they are approaching at the same time.

Are you saved?

Zhang Te, who had long given up the idea of ​​surviving, had mixed feelings for a moment.

Indeed, they survived.

When the scouts from the state of Wei heard the sound of the blare resounding through the desert, they all drove their horses around half a circle and turned back.

Chasing all the way, the horsepower of their horses has reached the limit and their arrows and crossbows have also been consumed seven or eighty-eight. If they don't return, they may be outflanked and shot by five or six Han army scout teams.Anyway, there are only three cavalry left in the Han army, which is no different from killing them all, and there is no need to put themselves in danger.

But what they didn't expect was that the Han army scouts who came to help were only twenty rides away from Tang Mang's first team!

It turned out that this horse thief who used to run across the Hexi Corridor was very active in his mind. When he saw Zhang Te and others being chased and killed, he thought to himself that it would be impossible to save him with only twenty horsemen, and it would be too late to send someone back to ask Liu Zhu for help, so he dispersed his subordinates They shot Ming Dy from all directions, making a bluff.

It is considered that the lives of Zhang Te and the other three should not be cut off.

All the way back to Puling, there was nothing to say.

After Liu Zhu recorded Zhang Te's narration of the enemy's situation and the words of pleading guilty in a book and passed it to Guzang County, for some reason, Jiang Wei rushed over overnight.

At that time, it was already midnight.

But instead of asking Zhang Te and his subordinates about the crime of greed and aggressiveness, Zhang Te was found and asked about the whole story of the war in detail.

For example, in a team of Wei Army scouts, the approximate number of Wei soldiers, Southern Huns and Xianbei Tuoba tribes; for example, the approximate location of two groups of Wei Army scouts encountered by Zhang Te; and how elite the Wei Army scouts are, and so on.

After everything became clear, he thought for a while, and ordered Liu Zhu to send out ten teams of scouts the next day, and went east to 180 (Han) Li County, Puying County to spy on the military situation, and there was still a team of twenty cavalry!
It also made Zhang Te speechless.

He couldn't understand why Jiang Wei made such a dispatch?
This is no different from ordering the scouts to die!

(End of this chapter)