Chapter 7: The Divine Crossbowman
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Li Xuanxin was the head horse of a dozen horses in the caravan, and he rode first to rush towards the enemy coming from the depths of the dense forest, the horses were already out of control, and he could only try his best to control the direction.
Dense horses' hooves stepped on the mountain road, splashing large areas of mud, the enemy had rushed out of the dense forest, occasionally arrows flew in, Li Xuanxin only tried to protect the vital point of the head, a few sharp arrows penetrated the rudimentary wooden plank in front of him, blocked by the close-fitting leather armor, and could not enter.
His eyes narrowed as he looked at the enemy rushing in front of him.
This is by no means an ordinary group of mountain bandits!
More than 30 people in front of him were fully armed, dressed in light armor, and even the weapons in their hands were all standard 100-for-steel knives in the Han army!
Thinking of the previous bows and crossbows and fierce fire oil, the origin of this group of people is self-evident!
What's more, none of them were masked, and they didn't even have the slightest intention of covering up. The absence of a mask means that one of the parties will die today.
They're not here to rob!
The military discipline of the Han Dynasty is extremely strict, even if it is a prince and a prince, if he dares to use the army without permission, and the public weapons are used for private purposes, he will be dismissed at least and exterminated at worst.
Many thoughts flashed through his heart in an instant, and he immediately gritted his teeth, slashed at the horse's back again, and then the whole person turned over and dismounted, rolling on the spot, avoiding several flying arrows.
"Shield array, wave stacking, kill!" Li Xuanxin drank loudly and said it without thinking.
It's just that as soon as the words came out, he himself was stunned, the men in the caravan were not soldiers, and they didn't understand the formation arrangement of the Han army.
But fortunately, although they didn't understand the formation, these Guanzhong big men still walked up.
A fierce sword collision suddenly sounded in the dense forest, and from time to time someone convulsed and fell to the mud floor, blood constantly swaying, staining the ground wet red.
The battle directly entered the white heat, the arrows that flew before, the fierce fire oil, had already made Guan Zhong Erlang who saw the blood extremely angry, no one retreated, even if they fell to the ground, they would find the right time to create opportunities for their partners, even if it was their lives that were paid for it.
Li Xuanxin shuttled frantically through the enemy formation with red eyes, the experience of the battlefield made him comfortable with such a hand-to-hand encounter, and under the current heavy rain and majestic weather, the cultivation of the 'Huanshen' realm allowed him to exert his twelve percent combat power. Although it was only a rush of less than a hundred people, he had never felt so exhilarating before.
Shout!
A sharp arrow flew past Li Xuanxin's cheek, cutting a bloody mark on his face, taking away a trace of hair from his sideburns. If he hadn't sensed the sound of the arrow in the wind in advance and turned over to avoid it, this arrow would have pierced through the skull!
Duh!
The arrow shot at a pine tree behind him that had grown for an unknown amount of time, and the powerful force actually pierced the barrel-thick trunk directly, and the tail at the back of the arrow was still swinging back and forth, bringing a 'buzzing' sound, and the falling rain was slapped into finer droplets of water to bounce away.
Crossbowman!
Li Xuan's heart was shocked, and a large piece of cold sweat instantly appeared on his forehead, according to the configuration of the Han army, each battalion of the main battle army was equipped with a divine crossbowman. Like Li Xuanxin's original border army, it was only assigned to a divine crossbowman!
Crossbowmen are undoubtedly the most scarce resource in the army, and it has been proven countless times that a good crossbowman is enough to change a small-scale war!
Li Xuanxin hid against a big tree with his back, and carefully looked at the arrows that trembled endlessly, but he was slightly relieved in his heart.
Luckily, it's not a rune arrow!
If it is not a talisman arrow, it means that the cultivation of the crossbowman is under the second realm, and as long as it is under the second realm, there is still a chance.
Li Xuanxin bent his waist, picked up an iron and wood shield from the ground, put it in front of him, and walked towards the depths of the dense forest, he knew that if the crossbowman was not solved as soon as possible, the thirty or so people in the caravan would be killed one by one in a very short time, such a stormy weather was not only suitable for Li Xuanxin to exert his combat power, but also suitable for the crossbowman to attack covertly!
Li Xuanxin tried his best to calm his mind and keep himself calm, and he gradually moved away from the tragic battlefield, bypassing a distance and rushing to another, more dangerous battlefield. He bent his body down, trying to keep his whole body under the protection of the iron and wood shield.
He knew very well the difficulty of the crossbowman, but fortunately the wind and rain greatly enhanced his perception, and he followed the guidance given him by the wind to the place of 'disharmony'!
Yes, it's 'discord'.
The wind was blocked in that place, the rain could not fall in that place, and all this was transmitted to him in an inexplicable way by this howling wind and rain.
He seemed to be able to see that in that discordant place was a deadly viper, poking out its deadly fangs at any moment.
Duh! Duh!
The two sharp arrows broke through the wind again, and were blocked by Li Xuanxin, who sensed it in advance, raised his shield, and the powerful force directly smashed the iron thistle on the iron wood shield, and the iron wood shield penetrated without abating, but fortunately, there was a thick layer of iron thistle terrestris to block, and the arrows only revealed half of the arrow cluster.
Li Xuanxin's forward body was forcibly blocked by the additional force of these two arrows, and he couldn't stop taking two steps back, stepping on two deep footprints on the muddy ground.
Li Xuanxin's expression was calm, and he gritted his teeth and accelerated towards the place of 'disharmony' that he perceived.
The other party had already sensed his intentions, and it was no longer realistic to sneak over, and if the speed did not increase, each attack of the crossbowman would take a life.
The wind and rain are like his eyes, the stumps and fallen leaves are flying in the air, the fierce battle not far away is still continuing, and the cries of pain and fighting are still coming one after another. Li Xuanxin felt a little sad, this is not a battlefield to defend the land and the state, but just a microcosm of some powerful figures in the dynasty who seek benefits by unscrupulous means.
As the distance got closer, he saw a hidden place surrounded by three large trees twenty paces away, and a thin man looked at him with a cold face, the corners of his mouth curled, his chin slightly raised, and his eyes full of disdain and mockery.
The slender crossbowman was still rapidly reloading his hands with arrows, and his flying hands seemed to be able to bring up pieces of afterimage.
Ten steps!
The divine crossbowman stood up, the delicate secret crossbow aimed at Li Xuanxin, and the rain fell on the cluster of arrows that shimmered with cold light, dripping down the blood trough.
Li Xuanxin felt a tingling sensation in the center of his eyebrows, heart and other vital points, as if the other party's arrows were constantly patrolling his body. Li Xuanxin instantly understood that this was the other party's had reached the realm of 'refining truth', and the true yuan was injected with a sharp arrow, and this arrow must be extremely fast, and the armor-piercing effect of this arrow could not be resisted by the iron and wood shield.
However, as long as this arrow is resisted, the other party will die, Li Xuanxin understands the crossbowman's shooting, and he also understands the crossbowman's death hole.
These crossbowmen all practice a special technique, and their true essence only has something in common with arrows, that is, once they don't have a bow and crossbow in their hands, they are vulnerable to attack when they get close!
After eight steps, Li Xuanxin stopped.
It was theoretically the limit distance to dodge this armor-piercing arrow, which he had never tried before, but he had to face it today.
"Die." The thin figure holding a crossbow on the other side sneered and shouted a silent lip sync.
Li Xuanxin had already thrown the ironwood shield in his hand towards the opposite side before the crossbowman made an exit shape, and at the same time, he rolled forward with his extremely fast kicking legs, and the long knife in his hand slashed, staggering with a black shadow falling from the sky. There was a crisp clash of swords in the air.
The wind and rain infinitely amplified his perception at this moment, and before the crossbowman made the exit shape, he had already heard the crisp sound of the machine bounce in the wind. Still, he didn't completely avoid the arrow.
The armor-piercing arrow passed through the ironwood shield thrown by Li Xuanxin, and the penetrating force directly shattered the ironwood shield, and under Li Xuanxin's best dodge, it still slashed through Li Xuanxin's left arm, and took away a large piece of flesh.
Three steps!
The crossbowman's face was already extremely surprised, as if he had never seen anyone dodge his mortal arrow within ten paces, and at the same time avoid the sniping of his companions who fell from the sky. Unexpectedly, the person in front of him would know that he still had companions hiding here.
The expression on his face immediately changed to horror, and the slash that slashed at him in his field of vision seemed to call for wind and rain, and the wind and rain accompanied the knife at this moment, cutting a small wound on his body before the knife arrived.
He closed his eyes, and after shooting the arrow that had consumed all the true elements, he was extremely weak.
"Stop, don't!"
There was an angry roar behind him, and Li Xuanxin was unmoved, and slashed through it.
At the same time as the blood splashed, Li Xuanxin had already turned around with an indifferent expression. He looked at the man in black in front of him and was silent.
"Who the hell are you? How do you know I'm hiding in a tree hollow. Seeing that his companion was dead, the man in black had a gloomy face as if he could drip water, he looked at Li Xuanxin and did not attack at the first time.
Li Xuanxin looked at his angry expression, was silent for a while, took out a token symbolizing the identity of the captain, and said: "It seems that you are just pawns sent to death, and the people who sent you over, didn't they tell you that I am the captain of the Han army, and there must be a 'crossbow guard' next to the crossbowman, how can I not know the captain." ”
"In any case, you came out to carry out a mortal mission this time, even if you successfully kill me, in order to avoid the leakage of news, you will be killed. It's just a pity that the crossbowman that my great man has worked so hard to cultivate died in the battle to assassinate his own people. ”
"Ma Bufang, the shaft hurts me." The man in black roared angrily, his eyes were blood-red, and his expression was sad.
Li Xuanxin's token may be fake, but the smell of an iron-blooded soldier on Li Xuanxin's body can't be faked, and the man in black has been in the army for many years, so he can tell it at a glance.
"I can let you go, but tell me who ordered you to come and kill the caravan, and who sent those men in the armor of the Great Han. You two are soldiers, and those people are definitely not. Li Xuanxin looked at the man in black and said.