Wei Ni

Chapter 52
The next day, dawn broke.

But instead of sunshine, there were gray clouds.

It also covered the sky with gray, and added a touch of depression to the world.

Not surprisingly, it will rain again in the past two days.

The turn of summer and autumn in Huainan is like this. It will rain heavily every now and then, and from time to time there will be a continuous drizzle for seven or eight days.

Xia Houhui, Huang Ji and Chen Ding, who had just bypassed the Jianghuai hilly area (Quanjiao District), were in a rather sunny mood.

They were hanging at the rear out of caution.

The other cavalry had already entered the swamp (wetland) with prisoners and weapons.

The swamp area to the north of Hefei has always been a buffer area between Wei and Wu. If there is no accident, Wu will not go deep into this area even if the pursuit of troops comes.

Because it was easy to be spotted by the scouts of the Wei army, and then surrounded and killed by the cavalry song.

In other words, they are getting farther and farther away from danger.

Therefore, the three of them who rode the horses gradually improved their moods, and in order to drive away the sleepiness, they chatted briefly with their parents.

Huang Ji, the oldest, babbled about the casualties in the army, such as Man Chong liked to drink, Wang Ling was very strict with his subordinates, and Wen Qin often vented his anger on soldiers after being dismissed for falsely reporting military exploits, etc.

The meaning is also obvious.

Through small talk, he told Xiahou Hui the details of the Huainan front, and he was grateful to Xiahou Hui for agreeing to his proposal.

As for Chen Ding, who is in his early twenties, he is a boring gourd.

Just occasionally nodding or "hmm" in agreement.

"General, after returning this time, I will ask myself to be transferred from the scout camp, and return to the countryside as a tourist or something."

At the end of the narration, Huang Ji still let his face flash with remembrance, "I will be 40 years old after this year, and I can't resist this kind of spying on the military situation that bumps up and down day and night. Alas, when I first entered the scout camp in my early years, I haven't turned 30 yet, and the people who became scouts with me are all gone now."

A general dies in a hundred battles, and a strong man cannot return for ten years.

Hearing this, Xia Houhui also said in his heart.

In this troubled world, there are very few people like Huang Ji who can survive until they retire and return to their hometown.

"So best."

After a little emotion, he asked with a smile, "By the way, where is your hometown? If I have something to pass by in the future, I will definitely ask you for a glass of water and wine."

"Hahaha~ If the general passes by, he must come!"

Hearing this, Huang Ji also became very happy, pointing to the north with his face brimming with joy, "My hometown was originally in Chengde County, but it was later affected by the war and moved to Dangtu County by the government. Well, that area is hard to find, but after I retire, my eldest son will come to apply for military registration, and the general can ask him at that time. He has read books and can read, so he will definitely be able to."

Suddenly, an arrow pierced his throat, stopping his words abruptly.

When he fell off the horse, the smile on his face hadn't faded.

Ugh.
Even though the dawn is on the horizon, it is still in the dark after all.

Not far away, Ding Feng, who took the lead, drew the arrow again, stretched the bowstring and shot it out.

Behind him, more than a hundred riders scattered for several miles.

After a sleepless night, he finally caught up.

Only limited by the good and bad horses, there are only about 40 horses left who can closely follow him.

But enough.

Through the traces along the way, he can accurately judge that the cavalry of the Wei army must not exceed thirty, and he has absolute confidence to kill all these invading enemies!
"Whoosh!"

The arrow shot by Ding Feng again brushed against Xia Houhui who was already galloping forward.

The strong wind of the arrows and the swarms of chasing soldiers made it too late for him to feel sad for Huang Ji's death. While taking out his bow and arrow to fight back, he yelled at Chen Ding who also wanted to fight back with a bow, "Quick! Go and inform me!" Those in front, the thief Wu is chasing many soldiers, let them kill all the prisoners! Throw away all the weapons! Prepare to fight! I will delay as much as possible."

"only!"

Chen Ding shot an arrow indiscriminately, and kicked the horse's belly desperately to rush out in response, "General, be careful."

He didn't claim that he stayed to stall for time and let Xia Houhui leave first.

Because he knew that he couldn't compare with Xia Houhui, whether it was shooting or riding.Blindly flaunting one's strength is nothing but a catastrophe for everyone.

However, in the face of more than 40 horsemen, can Xia Houhui delay it?
Xia Houhui felt that she could do it.

Because there is no choice.

If he can't delay, all the cavalrymen ten miles ahead will die, and he will also face accusations such as "greedy for meritorious deeds and treating the lives of soldiers like nothing". It's also hard to do anything.

With this kind of awareness, he slowed down the speed of the horse a little, let the horse run obliquely in the direction of Xuzhou, hoping to draw away the pursuers through a detour, and put his body on the horse's back as much as possible, turning his head sideways and pulling away bowstring.

"Boom!"

The unique sound of a strong bow with more than one stone made the arrow shoot towards Ding Feng like lightning.

It's just a pity that the hastily shot arrows missed.

Moreover, Ding Feng is also good at archery, he has a lot of experience in avoiding arrows, how can he be shot by him so easily.

When he saw the two riders in front fleeing separately, he sneered, ignored Xia Houhui, and continued chasing in Chen Ding's direction with his trilogy.

His military experience is too rich.

He saw through Xia Houhui's delay at a glance, and was very sure that as long as he continued to chase in the direction of Shouchun, Xia Houhui would take the initiative to turn back even if he left the battlefield.Moreover, after seeing Xia Houhui's horse galloping and galloping very handsomely, he also concluded in his heart that Xia Houhui's status is not low.

Therefore, he beckoned back.

Let a trilogy speed up and come up side by side, and after a few words of advice, he draws the bow again and shoots at Chen Ding.

He was right.

When Xia Houhui rode his horse sideways for a certain distance, but found that the pursuers were not attracted, he really turned his horse's head and turned back.

However, Ding Feng also made a mistake.

He didn't know that Xiahou Huinai was born with ape arms and was especially good at shooting!
When Xia Houhui turned his horse around and came back, he didn't rush to drive with Chen Ding to defend him against the arrows to let him get out of the battle as soon as possible, but approached obliquely within a hundred steps of Wu's formation, and opened his bowstring to snipe as much as he wanted.

And he didn't intend to shoot Ding Feng, but aimed at the war horses of those trilogy.

"Boom!"

Accompanied by the sound of bowstrings, one of the war horses in Wu Qi's formation was half-entangled by arrows, and his steps were disordered under the pain, and he stumbled and flew.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

Arrow after arrow, almost without fail.

But in a short while, one of Xia Houhui's quiver was emptied, which also directly reduced seven or eight riders who could keep up with Ding Feng.

Among them, two or three Wu cavalry were still tripped over by Pao Ze's war horse.

More than half of the parts of the falling horse did not die.

But most of them had broken bones or passed out, not only losing their combat effectiveness, but also forcing Wu Qi who followed up to have to rein in his horse and come down to rescue.

It also made Ding Feng couldn't bear it anymore.

The two sides are chasing and shooting, affected by the continuous forward speed and wind inertia, the range of the chasing side is very disadvantaged.

Several of the arrows he shot in a row hit Chen Ding and his horse, but because of the force being offset a lot, they didn't shoot Chen Ding to death or cause the horse to stumble.

in contrast.

Stimulated by this small injury, the war horse ran even faster.

Can't wait any longer.

Seeing his steps falling off the horse's back one after another, he couldn't hold back anymore, waved four or five riders to chase after Chen Ding, while he led others to chase after Xia Houhui.

And he inserted the bow body into the bow bag under the saddle with his backhand, took the thing handed over by Buqu from the side, and put his hands on his chest.

And the other parts, also follow suit.

Xia Houhui didn't know about this.

When he saw that he had led the pursuers over as he wished, he was not afraid at all, but instead grinned.

In the chase, Wusun Liangju's steed gave him an advantage.

And the two sides still kept within a hundred paces, so that he would have enough confidence to shoot the pursuers to death six or seven cavalry, and also bought enough time for the cavalry in front to prepare for the battle.

It's too late, it's too soon.

He leaned on the horse, turned around and handed over the bow to his right hand. Just when he was about to take out an arrow from the other quiver to shoot the pursuers, he suddenly became alert, and like a conditioned reflex, he used the round shield tied to his arm to protect his head. forward.

"Duh!"

Accompanied by some fine sawdust flying, his forearm first felt a tingling pain, and then he felt the moisture inside the leather armguard.

When he looked closely, he found that the sharp arrowhead pierced through the wooden round shield, protruding for more than half an inch, and also pierced through the leather armguard, stabbing his forearm.

It also made him lose all thoughts of continuing to snipe and kill the pursuers, and he kicked the horse's belly hard and ran for his life at full speed.

Because this arrowhead is easy to identify, it is a strong crossbow arrow!

Long-range strikes in the army are mainly bows and crossbows.

Scouts usually use riding bows.

Because the firing speed of the bow is fast, but the stringing of the crossbow is too slow, especially on a bumpy horseback.

However, the advantages of crossbows are long range and strong penetrating power; the range of ordinary crossbows is more than 140 steps, and the strong crossbow can shoot and kill the enemy at [-] steps.

Now that Jiangdong's pursuers had already put on strong crossbows, he dared not push him any further.

lucky!

It was a fluke!

He was still in shock, and when he ran for his life in a hurry, he wondered: Why are the cavalry scouts in Jiangdong equipped with powerful crossbows? !

Well, so far, he thought that what he encountered was a group of "ordinary" Jiangdong scouts.
And Ding Feng, who had just shot a strong crossbow, hammered his thigh hard.

He was very indignant.

When he was chasing after him, he had already identified Xiahou Huibi as the chief officer of Wei Qi through Wusun Liangju, and in the spirit of "capture the thief first, capture the king", he deliberately let Xiahouhui leave alone so that he could relax his guard and be attacked by him. One hit kill!

In the end, everything went as he wished. Seeing that the crossbow arrow was about to pierce through the opponent's head, the opponent suddenly lifted up the small round shield to block him, making him fall short!
Really hateful!
"Keep chasing!"

When he loaded the second crossbow and cocked it, he also ordered loudly, "Shoot that thief to death today!"

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

Amidst his roar, several crossbow arrows shot towards Xia Houhui.

Moreover, the advantage in numbers was used to make up for the time difference between the slow rewinding of the strong crossbow, which formed a continuous suppression of several branches and support, and also made Xia Houhui unable to fight back.

(End of this chapter)