Retrograde for thousands of years

Chapter 36
Zhou Huan was flying in the sky, staring at the group of cavalry below.

There were more than 30 of them in total, all with one person and two horses. The general at the head wore a red cloak and looked back at the direction of Chuzhou City from time to time.

That is Murong Shiqing, the second-ranking commander of the Northern Wei army, and Zhou Huan's current goal.Where they left, a small village was already littered with corpses.

After the goshawk circled above them twice, Zhou Huan descended towards the road ahead.

After several successive transformations, Zhou Huan gained experience. He found a piece of stretchable animal skin from the warehouse and made it into shorts. At the same time, he put clothes and fighting weapons in the package on his back.

After the defeat of Chuzhou City, Murong Shiqing took his soldiers and fled north. Zhou Huan originally ignored this man, but after he massacred a village, Zhou Huan changed his mind.

During these sixteen days, when Zhou Huan went out every night, he not only killed people and set fires, but also spent a lot of time investigating the enemy's situation and placing some weapons, bows and arrows elsewhere for preparation. The small village was where Zhou Huan occasionally passed by, the barn. The straw was very warm, and Zhou Huan, who was feeling cold all over, would sometimes go there to sleep for a while, until he was awakened by the children's play in the morning.

Sometimes Zhou Huan doesn't even go back to Chuzhou City, but just watches the children's happiness by the village.

But this village was massacred on the order of Murong Shiqing, who was passing by, just to vent his anger.

There was no attempt to cover up their bodies because it was of no use. What was really useful was to avenge them.

Draw the longbow, aim at a cavalryman, let go, and fire.

"what!"

A soldier next to him let out a shrill cry, and a cold arrow hit his shoulder. This was the third sneak attack that Murong Shiqing encountered, and it also made him understand that someone was following his team.

The 35-year-old Murong Shiqing was a famous warrior in the Northern Wei Dynasty. The soldiers of the Murong family were also famous elites. After encountering the attack, they not only did not panic, but quickly rushed in the direction of the arrow, but the result was the same as the previous two times. The same as before, the attacking enemy fled without a trace.

Without blaming the soldiers for not being able to find any trace of each other, Murong Shiqing asked someone to put down a package on his back and opened it to reveal dazzling gold and silver jewelry.

"The warriors who attacked me, there are many of us and you are only one, why bother to pursue us? This bag of gold and silver is enough for you to be rich for the rest of your life. Let us go."

After putting down the package, Murong Shiqing led the soldiers back slowly, leaving three people behind to monitor everything around him. There was no one here. Even if that person caught up with him, the three soldiers could resist him. A while.

This was impossible in the past, because the soldiers of the Murong family were not afraid of the soldiers of the Southern Dynasty at all. Let alone one person, even if there were hundreds of people, Murong Shiqing dared to lead thirty cavalry into the formation!
"Murong Shiqing, if you can return to Luo City alive, I will lose."

A voice came from the woods several hundred meters away, and a young man about 1.7 meters tall appeared. He was wearing close-fitting soft armor and had a bookish look on his face.

"Are you Zhou Huan?"

Murong Shiqing's heart sank, of course he had the portrait of the chief culprit in the defeat of Chuzhou City.

"I'm Zhou Huan. I made a bet with Princess Pingyang to see if I can take your head. It seems I won this time."

"Master Zhou, the Southern Dynasty is weak in culture and has no moral principles. Sooner or later it will be annexed by the Northern Dynasty. What future do you have if you follow them? We, the Murong family, are sincerely willing to invite Master Zhou. We can offer you any conditions."

"Can He Lianbo's head be lifted?"

"We can't do it, but Mr. Zhou can do it. I have a daughter in my family who is gentle, virtuous and beautiful. She is willing to marry Mr. Zhou as my concubine. With Mr. Zhou's ability, it will be easy for her to inherit the Murong family."

"It's a good price."

Zhou Huan looked at Murong Shiqing with a smile and nodded, "So, if we cooperate and you provide me with information, I can help you kill all the top leaders of the Helian family and those who oppose it. Then the Northern Wei Dynasty will Have you become Bei Murong?"

"I don't dare to trouble Mr. Zhou to go into such a big fight. I just hope that Mr. Zhou and I can..."

"Hans and thieves cannot stand together. I will not cooperate with a murderer like you. Murong Shiqing, stop dreaming."

After saying this, Zhou Huan's figure disappeared into the woods again.

Seeing Zhou Huan disappear, Murong Shiqing's face became very ugly. For sixteen days under Chuzhou City, every night Zhou Huan wreaked havoc in the camp. No matter what method he used, he could not kill Zhou Huan. Many people even He believed that Zhou Huan was an envoy sent by God, invulnerable and invisible.

"Twenty-five of you will stay, and the rest will come with me!"

Murong Shiqing looked at the woods, and then at the open space a few hundred meters outside the woods. If Zhou Huan wanted to pursue him, he would have to pass here.Zhou Huan didn't attack without any scruples just now, which shows that he still has scruples about cold weapons.So Murong Shiqing issued an order to leave most of the people here to resist Zhou Huan, while he led six guards to escape quickly. This was the safest strategy.

Unfortunately, he never thought that this was exactly what Zhou Huan wanted.

Taking a long breath, Zhou Huan calmed down the excitement in his heart.

Among the soldiers of the Murong family, two people working together can threaten Zhou Huan, three people working together can kill him, but with thirty people working together, Zhou Huan has no chance of winning at all.

As for bow and arrow shooting?Each of those soldiers were masters of archery, and Zhou Huan didn't think he could fight against thirty of them by himself.

But Murong Shiqing didn't know this. He was intimidated by Zhou Huan's fame and didn't think his men could kill Zhou Huan, so he chose to escape.

As a result, there were fewer and fewer people around him, which was exactly what Zhou Huan wanted.

Six hours later, in the dark wilderness, Murong Shiqing's last guard died under Zhou Huan's cold arrow.

"You coward, if you have the ability to come out and fight me, I'm not afraid of you, I am..."

Unfortunately, Murong Shiqing's challenge did not arouse Zhou Huan's competitive spirit. In the darkness, Zhou Huan shot dozens of arrows in a row, hitting the Northern Wei general like a porcupine before he stopped.

In a world without true energy and superpowers, strong bows and crossbows are a nightmare for all warriors. Those long arrows that are comparable to pistol bullets are almost impossible to avoid in the dark.

Just like exchanging it for a cold weapon master is not as good as exchanging it for a pistol.

"I still need to hone my skills better."

Zhou Huan didn't feel any joy in his heart. Such a victory did not pose any challenge.He used his transformation technique to follow Murong Shiqing and his entourage, ambushing them in advance and injuring them with various cold arrows. After being discovered, he immediately transformed and left. The most outrageous thing was that he turned into an eagle and dropped a stone from the sky to kill a guard.

"It's a pity that I haven't learned the Qi breathing method, otherwise..."

With a long sigh, Zhou Huan cut off Murong Shiqing's head, found his general's seal, and flew into the sky.

He really doesn't like this era.

On the other side, the city of Chuzhou was already full of laughter, and the soldiers were happily cleaning the battlefield.

Only Princess Pingyang was not happy at all because Zhou Huan was missing.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Zhou, I shouldn't have guessed you like this."

After the conversation with Zhou Huan that day, Princess Pingyang found that there was a rift between her and Zhou Huan. Zhou Huan's attitude towards her changed a bit from then on - of course she didn't know that Zhou Huan classified her as a female fox and decided to leave. Stay away from this kind of woman, otherwise something will happen sooner or later.

In Princess Pingyang's view, Zhou Huan had such abilities, but was speculated like that, so she was naturally very unhappy. Later, she tried to find opportunities to apologize several times, but unfortunately Zhou Huan did not give her such an opportunity.

"Brother Zhou won't leave."

Tang Yunniang said categorically that the little girl is now Princess Pingyang's playmate.

At this time, earth-shattering cheers suddenly came from the distance, and then a piece of news came.

Master Zhou Huan Zhou has been chasing Murong Shiqing for [-] miles, and now he has brought his head back to Chuzhou City!

The history books of later generations recorded this. In the fifth year of Qian'an in the Liang Dynasty, Princess Pingyang was trapped by the Northern Wei army at the gate of Chuzhou City. Princess Pingyang was not afraid of [-] people. She and the great master Zhou Huan actively attacked and killed the enemy coach Helian one after another. Tieqi and Murong Shiqing defeated the enemy army.

Of course, that was a story a long time later, and Zhou Huan was still the protagonist of this story at this time.

Murong Shiqing's head was hung high on the top of Chuzhou City, side by side with Helian Tieshu's head, hanging on the high city tower.

(End of this chapter)