Wei Ni

Chapter 53

Xia Houhui was very embarrassed.

His hair fell loosely over his shoulders, flying wildly as he galloped his horse.

It was the result of a crossbow passing close to his scalp, and the Ge scarf that bound his hair was taken away.

But it's still good.

What worried him the most was that a crossbow bolt still grazed Wusun Liangju's buttocks, opening a wound that was half a finger wide and two or three inches long, and was bleeding continuously while galloping!

This slows it down considerably.

If it weren't for the fact that Jiangdong's chasing horses were too slow, he might have been caught up long ago and shot into a hornet's nest by the crossbow arrows.

But this luck will soon be exhausted.

Because the injured Wusun Liangju was constantly slowing down, the distance between him and the pursuers was slowly and steadily approaching.

Now, there are less than eighty steps!
At this distance, as long as a crossbow arrow hits, he will definitely die.

Therefore, he could only pray silently in his heart, hoping that Chen Ding had already caught up with those cavalry pawns, and that if he disturbed the pursuers a little, he would be able to escape.

And Ding Feng, who is struggling to pursue, is also indignant.

He felt that this pursuit was really too hot.

Obviously he had an absolute advantage, but after chasing for so long, he only shot and killed the opponent, and his side also paid the price of killing and injuring nearly ten people.

And he is powerless to change this situation.

On the one hand, it is limited by the natural disadvantages of the South Ship and the North Horse.

Almost all of his parts are from Jiangdong, and it is good to be able to have superb riding skills, but it is too difficult for them to snipe and kill the enemy on bumpy horseback.

For example, hitting Xiahouhui's small round shield, flying the bundled hair scarf, and injuring the mount all came from the crossbow arrows he shot.

The other is that the horses are unbearable.

Obviously, the speed of General Wei's horses has been reduced, but because they chased them after galloping all night without hesitation, the physical strength of their mounts has also been exhausted.

No matter how they urged the horses to speed up, they couldn't do so.

What made Ding Feng even more distressed was that after chasing for a long time, the crossbows carried by Buqu were about to run out.

no way.

As a bodyguard, their tactics are different from scouts, and they don't carry as many arrows as scouts.

Because in previous battles, they always carried long soldiers and were always ready to go into battle with the general, and carried shields to block the general's arrows. Due to the limitations of the horse's back space and the horse's load, they could only carry seven or eight crossbows. arrow.

And a few crossbows are enough.

After all, when they rushed to the battle, they only had time to send out two or three crossbow bolts before they would meet the enemy hand-to-hand.

As for the distance that the two sides are constantly approaching, as long as they continue to chase, Xia Houhui can be killed.
Ding Feng is not optimistic about this.

Because he was not sure that the four or five parts that were assigned could kill the other Wei Qi scout who fled first.

If not, the scouts of the Wei army who escorted the prisoners turned around and came back. Based on the pros and cons of both sides' cavalry and shooting, it might be their own side that suffers!

This uncertainty becomes more and more certain as time goes by.

Therefore, after continuing to pursue for half a quarter of an hour, he stopped the tributaries from continuing to kill Xia Houhui with a strong crossbow, but let them carry a well-stringed crossbow on standby at all times.

Anyway, his trilogy couldn't hit Xia Houhui.

Furthermore, with the distance between the two sides constantly shortening, he didn't need to worry about Xiahou Hui being able to escape.

The crossbow arrows of the thief Wu's chasing soldiers are exhausted?
Xia Houhui, who had been fleeing in embarrassment, couldn't help straightening up and looking back frequently after a period of time when no sniper arrows came, and this idea came to his mind.

Immediately, he took up his strong bow angrily, to see if he could shoot and kill a few pursuers to vent his hatred.

Yes, it is venting hatred.

After being kicked out for so long like a helpless rabbit, he was already full of anger.

It's just that he just drew out the arrow, and before he put on the bow, he immediately threw the arrow away, and raised the small round shield on his forearm to block it.

"Duh!"

A crossbow bolt was nailed to the buckler again.

Not far away, Ding Feng cursed in a low voice, and wound up the crossbow again.

Telling Buqu to stop sniping is not a useless effort, but he has a chance to kill the enemy with one arrow~
Moreover, he was shot off the horse one after another in seven or eight cavalry before, which made him already know that Xia Houhui's shooting skills are no less than his own, so how can he not be on guard at all times, so that he has no chance to hurt others again!

Why are there still crossbows? !
Xia Houhui, who was leaning on the horse again, angrily broke off the crossbow bolts of the small round shield, and was filled with indignation when he saw that the forearm, which had finally stopped bleeding, was stained with red leather armguards again.

But soon, he seemed to think of something, and his expression changed immediately.

Could it be that the thief Wu Zhuibing wanted to
With speculation, he looked back, squinting his eyes and trying to see the actions of those chasing soldiers.

When he saw that among the chasing soldiers, except for the general who could threaten him with death from time to time, the other cavalrymen were all holding crossbows in front of their chests, and he could be sure of what the other party wanted to do .

Either, wait to catch up to twenty or thirty steps, and shoot a wave of arrows to turn yourself into a hedgehog; or reserve to shoot and kill the cavalry who may come to the scout camp at any time.

After all, he has been chased for so long.

There is such a meticulous mind and a keen sense of the battlefield!
Who is the opposite general rate?
At this moment, Xia Houhui has long realized that the chasing soldiers are not Jiangdong's ordinary scouts, but he is sure that the other party must not be an unknown person.

Naturally, he also knew that he underestimated the heroes of the world.

I feel embarrassed by the bold words I released earlier, "Jiangdong is all rats, so why not be afraid of them".

Of course, now is not the time to worry about this.

His current anxiety is because Jiangdong's pursuers are ready to shoot and kill the scout battalion for help, so does he still have a chance to escape?

Simply, fight it.

At the risk of being sniped by the Wu general, he shot a few people with a bow, which relieved the pressure on the cavalry of the scout battalion, and gave himself an extra chance of escape.

Xia Houhui, who had made up his mind, pulled out an arrow from his quiver.

But this time he didn't stand up straight, but leaned on the horseback and squinted his eyes to look for a target that he was sure to kill with one blow, and estimated how to get up in an instant to shoot and avoid the possibility of crossbow arrows.

And Ding Feng, who was chasing after him with his tail, also maintained the posture of raising his crossbow to aim.

He didn't have many crossbow bolts anymore, so he was waiting for the opportunity to kill with one blow.

The two sides galloped for a mile or two in such a tacit understanding, but before they found a suitable opportunity, two or three riders suddenly rushed over obliquely.

While running towards Wu Qizhen, he waved and shouted, "General, the Wei army is here!"

It turned out that they were chasing after Chen Ding.

As for why the two were missing, they were naturally shot and killed by Wei cavalry scouts.

Accompanied by these two or three riders passing by, there were nearly twenty scouts galloping over from the distance.

Among them, Chen Ding, who completed Xia Houhui's instructions as scheduled, was still looking around. When he saw Xia Houhui, he let out a long sigh of relief and waved vigorously, "Is the general okay? I'll wait!"

This change also made both sides' complexions change suddenly.

Ding Feng's face was filled with joy, and he didn't need to order his parts, so he turned the crossbow in his hand and put his fingers on the hanging knife.

Xia Houhui was full of anxiety.

He knew that the cavalry and scouts who came out with him were all elites, and they all had disdain for Wu Jun in their hearts.

At least in terms of riding and shooting, they will definitely not be afraid of Wu Jun, who is only about [-] riders in front of him.

This also means that they will gallop over without fear, and before they raise their bows to fight back, they will be shot and killed by the well-prepared crossbow
Therefore, in desperation, he also yelled straight at Chen Ding and the others, "Don't pass!"

Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly stopped speaking and leaned down.

Because at this moment, a crossbow bolt was attached to his back, whizzing past by a hair's breadth.

Ding Feng did not give up the hope of killing him.

Although he failed again, he was not depressed.

Because he interrupted Xia Houhui's words, and made those Wei scout cavalry rush over like moths to the fire.

"hit!"

Accompanied by his roar, more than thirty crossbow arrows shot out at the same time.

Intertwined in mid-air to form a dense net, with a strong whistling sound, it enveloped the ignorant and fearless scout Wei who galloped over.

"puff!"

"Pfft! Pfft!"

The sound of crossbow arrows piercing into the flesh and blood of the torso fluctuated, and blood flowers suddenly appeared amidst the screams.

I saw the nineteen scouts galloping over like a rainbow just now, only seven or eight scouts were still on their horses.

"It's a crossbow!"

"avoid!"

The remaining Wei scouts yelled loudly, turned their horses and fled sideways.

But not in the direction of Shouchun.

Instead, they galloped sideways in a well-organized manner, making the crossbow no longer able to show its power with a scattered formation; and individual cavalry soldiers, taking advantage of the slow winding of the crossbow, drew their bows and arrows to fight back.

Among them, Chen Ding was the only exception.

He was wounded by the horse, and he was already behind, so he was lucky not to be enveloped by the strong crossbow.

At this time, he immediately jumped off the horse, ran a few steps by inertia, jumped onto another unowned horse, turned around and ran towards Xia Houhui.

And in the process, he actually led a war horse with an empty saddle.

He was usually reticent, but his thoughts were very delicate, and he thought in a hurry that Xia Houhui had delayed for a long time, and his mount must have been exhausted.

However, Xia Houhui didn't pay attention to him at this time.

Just when dozens of scouts were shot off the horses, his eyes were tearing apart when he witnessed the tragedy.

All this could have been avoided!
It was only because he had the heart to try and be lucky that he did not refuse the request of Huang Ji and the others.

Therefore, he no longer cared about dodging the crossbow, straightened up and fought back angrily with the bow and arrow.

"Boom!"

The first arrow passed by the ear of Ding Feng, who was busy stringing the crossbow, and it gave him goosebumps all over his body.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

The second arrow shot a Wu Junbu to death on the spot.

The third arrow pierced the neck of Wu Jun's war horse, causing the horse to stand up immediately, throwing the rider on its back, and then flew out horizontally, tripping another horse.

The fourth arrow, the fifth arrow.
Soon, his quiver was empty.

A total of six Wu soldiers were shot to death and wounded, and the price was that a crossbow arrow from Ding Feng passed by his waist, taking away some flesh, and instantly staining Zheng's robe with blood.

At this time, Chen Ding also rushed over.

"General, change horses!"

He threw the reins of the horse in his hand forward, and took up his riding bow to cover himself.

Putting the bow on his body, he stretched out his hand to take the reins neatly, Xia Houhui supported Wusun Liangju's back with one hand, and jumped onto the back of another war horse.

After sitting still, he tore off his clothes casually to cover the wound on his waist, and roared loudly.

"Come on!"

"Don't love to fight! Let's go!"

While shouting orders, he took out arrows from the quiver of the new horse to suppress the speed of Wu Jun's pursuit.

As for the Wusun horse, don't worry about it.

Under the condition of no weight, its speed increased suddenly, and it galloped closely beside Xia Houhui very psychically.

"Chase!"

"We will kill all the soldiers of Wei today!"

Ding Feng, who shot more than ten Wei army scouts to death, did not give up the idea of ​​beheading Xia Houhui, and also gave orders loudly.

Because the other trilogy that had fallen behind before had now caught up one after another, he still had an absolute advantage, and the crossbow bolts had also been supplemented.

Especially since he had just seen many corpses in front of him.

The Wei Jun scouts killed all those captives who were cut back and had no power to fight back, which naturally aroused his indomitable heart.

Therefore, the chasing and shooting between the two sides was staged again.

However, in the process of chasing, the crisis gradually shifted to Wu Bing's side.

This place is already far away from Fuling.

Moreover, the State of Wei has a well-organized cavalry battalion.

If Ding Feng insisted on chasing him down, he might be surrounded and killed by the Wei army who had heard the news and sent a cavalry battalion.

In fact, after chasing for more than ten miles, Ding Feng gradually calmed down.

After all, he is a veteran of the war.

Knowing the big taboo of "you can't go to war in frustration", you also start to realize the danger you are about to face, so you wave your hand to make Mo Qu slowly slow down the horse.

Yes, he doesn't want to chase anymore.

Although he paid nearly [-] deaths and injuries in this pursuit, he only shot and killed more than ten scouts of the Wei army and confiscated six or seven good horses along the way. He was very unwilling, but he was very decisive in making decisions.

"Separate more than ten people to go and bring Pao Ze's body back."

Reining in the horse's reins, he looked up at Xia Houhui's back in the distance, and slowly ordered, "Don't pick up weapons. Wounded war horses, take them back if they can walk, and kill those who can't walk."

"only."

Du Gong responded in a voice, without saying anything else.

Because he knew that the robe Ze in Ding Feng's mouth referred to the trilogy, not the captives killed by the Wei army.

And Xia Houhui, who was still running for his life, reined in his horse and stood up when he saw that Wu Jun had stopped the pursuit. After pondering for a while, he turned his horse's head and turned back slowly.

Similarly, the scout battalion cavalry behind him didn't say anything else.

They all came from the horse shadow spontaneously.

Whether it was fulfilling everyone's wishes last night, or delaying time alone today so that everyone could have time to fight, Xia Houhui has completely convinced these cavalry scouts.

It also made these cavalrymen recognize his status and status, and they were all willing to work hard for him.

No matter how vulgar the men in the army are, they are also the most sincere.

No matter who it is, as long as they dare to face the enemy alone and fight for life for Pao Ze in times of crisis, there will be countless Pao Ze willing to die for this person.

(End of this chapter)