Chapter Seventy-Seven: A Rain of Arrows
The feeling of the wind blowing up the sand on the face is completely different from the texture of the rain on the face on the back of a running horse, not only the feeling of pain, but the sand grains cutting across the skin are hot. And the sand here is very fine, and sometimes the sand with heat mixed with the wound is painful.
The enemy's large forces were in hot pursuit, looking down from above, the black dots in front of them dragging a huge black tail moving in the yellow quicksand. The other party's posture seems to be bound to wipe out their last few fish that have slipped through the net. It is quite difficult to get rid of such a large group of people, and it is impossible to make a detour or find a place to hide in the vast, clear desert. can only blindly strive forward, fighting to the end who will be the first to do nothing. Then there are two outcomes, escape or capture.
At least the opponent's numerical advantage is gone, because the enemy is too well equipped, the brand new armor is armed from the head to the ankles, and the metal originally used to protect has become a drag, not only because of the weight, but also because of the heat in the desert. The weather, which was supposed to be cool after the rainy season, is now being broken up by the dry desert.
In the desert, when there is no wind, it is a big steamer, and when the wind blows the hot air, it is better to have no wind than the fine sand to fly.
The vulture, with its massive wings, hovers overhead. Helian Xiaojiang thought: Looking down from the air, the black oppressive crowd and the white smoke from the footsteps on the earthy yellow desert curtain should be quite spectacular. After a few moments, the vultures that had flown in front of them suddenly turned around and swirled in mid-air above the heads of several of them, making a continuous, high-pitched chirping as if to give some kind of warning.
Ren Zhong raised his head and his feet still didn't stop. The vulture suddenly screamed in a short exclamation, flapping its two large wings and rising rapidly. It rose to the height that was about to be close to the sun.
"There seems to be something up ahead. Ren Zhong frowned.
"What is it?"
Because of the sand, Qi Ji ran up and down violently, and Helian Xiaojiang sat on it and was thrown up and down, and there was a lot of exercise, so he was still panting when he was talking at this time. The distance may be far away, and Helian Xiaojiang can't see anything in front of him even if he stretches his neck.
Until they were forced to approach, everyone could see it clearly.
In the desert where there was almost nothing but the sand and the hot red sun overhead, a long wall suddenly appeared in the desert, which was almost nothing!!
What is the use of erecting a wall out of thin air in this uninhabited desert for no reason? It's so strange?!
The pursuers are still persevering step by step, and they can't stop thinking about it at this time, all they can do is to keep running forward. When I got closer, I realized through the yellow curtain that it wasn't a solid wall. It was very long, just blocking the way, but it was not high at all, and the spirit beast Qiji could fly over it with a pout of its hooves.
"Keep running. "Ren Zhong resolutely gave the order.
There is no way to retreat, and the sand on the left and right sides is piled up into raised knolls, and rash climbing will inevitably reduce the speed. There were only about 20 people left in the team who were forced to jump over the wall, driving their respective horses, bending over and arching their backs to reduce the resistance to the air, and the speed did not decrease but increased. The vultures let out a long, sharp cry in the air, not a charge horn but an urgent warning. Qiji and the horse were almost simultaneously threatened by some kind of invisible threat, and almost all of them suddenly stopped, standing still.
There was a dull sound in the air, and then a rain of arrows flew straight above their heads, and the rain of arrows was so dense and neat that it obscured the sun in the sky when it passed overhead.
A rain of arrows flew by, followed by a second row, a third row...... If it weren't for the fact that they were a dense row of weapons that could kill people, such a magnificent scene would have looked spectacular.
Several waves of arrows rained down as if they had been calculated, all of them flew over the heads of Helian Xiaojiang and the others, and landed accurately in the team chasing them in the rear. As an army, it has iron discipline, and even in the process of running, it is advancing in a square formation, and the dense square formation of personnel doubles the lethality of the same dense arrow rain. Screams and the sound of falling to the ground came one after another. Soldiers on the march are like dominoes.
Xie Ancheng, who personally went out to fight for the treasure map to catch the heavy responsibility, commanded the battle at the rear of the team. "Don't retreat, let me continue the attack!" Seeing this scene, instead of letting the soldiers dodge, he angrily ordered to continue the attack.
Capture the thief and capture the king first, seeing that he is about to be caught and has a heavy responsibility, but he kills halfway to bite the gold, how can it not be annoying.
The power of the rain of arrows cannot be underestimated, and in the blink of an eye, the well-equipped, young and strong, and large army of more than a thousand people suffered countless casualties. The entire row in front fell, and the rear continued to make up, so once again entered the range of fire and threw themselves into the net. But even so, Xie Ancheng, as the commander-in-chief, continued to order the pursuit.
He is now completely bewitched by the idea that he can catch Ren Zhong and get the treasure right away, regardless of the cost.
It's really cheaper than grass.
"General!!" Xie Ancheng was burned in his brain, some people were still sober, and several deputies stepped forward to stop them in a panic: "It must not be done! Our army will be wiped out!" several deputies were very heavy, but this did not seem to have an effect.
Grasp the heavy responsibility and remove the biggest obstacle in front of the position of the lord of the other country. Xie Ancheng seemed to be able to see the golden throne beckoning to him through the yellow sand. He was so deluded that he stubbornly said, "War is about death." Soldiers who die in war just die as they deserve, don't complain. I am a general, and you all have to obey my orders. No rebuttal and no retreat. Keep the chase going!!"
Because of the greed of one person, thousands of people have to die in vain. This is the nature of most wars. Not far away, people and mounts died in large numbers, and some people just could turn a blind eye.
The arrows flew through the armor and embedded in the flesh and bones. Under the rain of arrows, the unharmed mounts under their crotches were no better, and the horses were clearly greatly frightened by the pressure of the attack and the heavy smell of blood, and they either stiffened and could not move, or panicked, and the pacification of the humans did not work. When life is under great threat, their instinct for survival is higher than the habit of being tamed by the reins.
Qi Ji was also frightened, and Qi Ji, who was a spirit beast under the appeasement of his master, the wolf, calmed down quickly. xh:.74.240.212