Chapter 253: The first test of the mountain's skills
While Xiao Yiran was dealing with the bandits, Cui Jian also led most of the men of the caravan and all the dart masters to chase after the bandits left. However, because it was an escort caravan, the dart master did not ride a horse, only the dart head rode a horse, although there were horses pulling carts, but they could not ride without a saddle. Therefore, Cui Jian asked Shi Yuan to lead four men to stay and take care of the goods, and at the same time wait for the follow-up caravan to arrive, and lead that part of the men and horses to come to meet them, and his party can only chase the bandits on foot.
By the time Cui Jian came to the foot of the mountain where Xiao Yiran had fled with Qingwen and Musk Yue, there were no bandits anymore, leaving only a mess of horseshoe prints. Standing here, he could already vaguely see the building of the bandits' lair on the mountain, and Cui Jian didn't understand why the bandits didn't go up the mountain, but went in the opposite direction.
Worried about Xiao Yiran's safety, Cui Jian didn't care about it carefully, and led people to follow the traces left by the horse's hooves and continued to chase ahead. I didn't forget it, and left one person here to inform the follow-up people not to chase in the wrong direction.
Xiao Yiran, who had been riding a horse for a while, gradually became familiar with it, but he was not the opponent of the bandits, and he always couldn't run a few steps, so he was surrounded by the bandits in front. Although Xiao Yiran didn't want to kill, he was in danger and couldn't take care of it much. Every time he puffed his mouth, the bandits in front of him would splash blood and fall off their horses. Four or five bandits fell off their horses inexplicably and died, and the bandits chasing behind them gradually saw a little way, although they didn't want to hurt the three girls who were like flowers and jade on the horse, it didn't mean that they didn't hurt their mounts.
The two bandits, who had long been impatient, took off the longbow on their shoulders, bent their bows and arrows, and shot two carved arrows with a whoosh, Xiao Yiran widened his horse and suddenly gave up, and the three of them also fell into the snow on the ground.
Suddenly, the bandits rode their horses and surrounded Xiao Yiran and the three people on the ground.
"You two lie on the ground, don't move."
Xiao Yiran instructed Qingwen and Musk Yue, and he stood up and guarded in front of Qingwen and Musk Yue.
The four bandits jumped off their horses and came over with sabers in their hands, and they held ropes in their hands, and they wanted to tie up the three of them. Xiao Yiran quietly looked at the four people who gradually walked in, and took a deep breath, preparing for them to enter a little more, and then launch a surprise attack.
"My little sister is pretty good."
One of the bandits said with a grin, and walked quickly to Xiao Yiran's side, Xiao Yiran saw the opportunity and blew violently at the other party, and suddenly a snow hole appeared on the bandit's forehead, and he fell on his back, and a stream of blood rushed out. This made the three bandits behind him really startled, and they stood in place for a while, never daring to approach again. Although the three of them saw Xiao Yiran's movements, they never imagined that they could blow a person to death with just one breath. Involuntarily raised his head and looked around, as if he wanted to find out who was secretly helping the three girls in front of him. The other bandits were no exception and searched for them. Someone even shouted:
"Who is hiding in the shadows? Come out to Lao Tzu! I dare to take care of the affairs of Feilong Village, are you impatient?! ”
Xiao Yiran was a little worried at this time. If he did this again, he was afraid that he would attract bandits to attack him, and then he would not be able to resist the arrows coming from all sides. Turning his head and seeing a small tree not far away, Xiao Yiran took advantage of the open space in front of him where the three bandits were stunned, quickly walked over, broke it and held it in his hand. Quickly break off the small branch and hold it in your right hand, holding the slender branch in your left hand.
The bandits looked for a while, shouted for a while, and when they saw that there was no movement, they walked towards Xiao Yiran again. Xiao Yiran didn't puff up his mouth anymore, but waved his right hand vigorously, and a handful of thin branches in his hand suddenly flew out and pierced into the three oncoming bandits, and actually penetrated through his body, which was not only what Xiao Yiran didn't expect, but even the bandits didn't expect that a little girl would reach out like this.
Seeing that three more people had died, the bandits no longer tried to get close to Xiao Yiran and the others, but retreated slightly for a distance, took out their bows and arrows, and aimed at Xiao Yiran.
"If you don't tie your hands and catch it, don't blame grandpa for not having the heart to pity the jade."
Xiao Yiran knew that the next step must be a flurry of arrows, and he was not sure whether he could stop it, but now that he had to try it, he could only try it hard.
"Get on your stomach on the snow, and don't stand up."
Xiao Yiran didn't look back, just loudly reminded Qingwen and Musk Yue behind him.
"Miss, what are you going to do?"
Qingwen and Musk Yue, although they didn't believe that it was Miss who killed the bandits, at this time, when they saw Miss blocking in front of them, they were extremely uneasy, and they were just about to stand up and use their bodies to resist the upcoming arrows for Miss, but they listened to Miss's instructions.
"Don't worry, it'll be fine, trust me."
Xiao Yiran still didn't look back, his eyes were firmly fixed on the dozens of bows and arrows aimed at him.
"Grandpa counted to five, and if you don't tie your hands and catch it, I'll let you taste the bow and arrow in Grandpa's hand. One, two, three,......"
The bandit had just counted to three, when he heard the bandit next to him shout:
"Someone's coming."
Xiao Yiran also saw that it was the housekeeper Cui Jian who brought someone over. However, the worry in Xiao Yiran's heart not only did not alleviate, but worsened. When they were on the road just now, although the bandits had also besieged the caravan with bows and arrows, it was only because the caravan was surrounded by a barrier surrounded by carriages, so it could resist it. Now in this wilderness, how can the caravan guys with all kinds of weapons, and the dart masters in the dart walk, still be the opponents of the bandits with longbows?
"Steward Cui, hide out of the distance of the bow and arrow attack."
Xiao Yiran reminded loudly.
"Yo, and care about others. When the time comes, brothers, divide half of the other party's arrival, and shoot this little girl to death for the rest. ”
"Second master, isn't it a pity?"
"Less nonsense, why don't you go up and try it?"
The bandit, who couldn't bear to shoot Xiao Yiran, stopped talking and raised the longbow in his hand.
"Shoot the arrows!"
With the order of the bandit known as "Second Master", dozens of arrows screamed at Xiao Yiran. Xiao Yiran held the slender trunk in his hand with both hands, and quickly dialed the cluster of arrows close to him, and at the same time did not forget to take care of Qingwen and Musk Yue behind him.
After a round of arrows, the "second master" was shocked.
"Could it be that the brother who died just now was really killed by the little lady in front of him?"
I muttered involuntarily.
Cui Jian didn't listen to Xiao Yiran's reminder, but he knew the status of the young lady in front of him in the eyes of the prince, if the young lady had a good one, even if he could go back alive today, the prince would never let him go. Yan Wangye's temperament, it can be said that no one knows better than Cui Jian. He is definitely a decisive person who does not allow his subordinates to make mistakes.
Cui Jian led his men and the dart master to rush up regardless of a qiē, under the bandits' arrows, several of the buddies had already fallen to the ground with arrows, the dart master was okay, after all, he was trained and had martial arts. They all used the weapons in their hands to block the feather arrows in front of them.
Originally, Cui Jian saw the bandits shooting arrows at Xiao Yiran, and he had no hope anymore, thinking that after the young lady was shot to death, he simply led people to fight with the bandits, and he already had a plan to die here in his heart. I thought to myself, maybe the prince will still think about his courage to fight to the death and take care of his family. It is better to die at the hands of bandits, but she goes back alive, not only her own life is not guaranteed, but her family will also suffer.
It's just that when Cui Jian saw a round of arrows, Xiao Yiran not only blocked dozens of arrows with the small trunk in his hand, but also stood there intact, his mouth suddenly opened wide, and he didn't believe his eyes.
"How is this possible?"
Not only Cui Jian, but also the bandits, almost couldn't believe that what they saw in front of them was real. How did she do it when she thought she was a weak girl?
"Steward Cui."
"Miss."
Hearing the shouting, everyone looked behind them. I saw that Shi Yuan led more than 20 dart masters and men, and they had already hurried over. Liu Xia also supported the limping Chutian in the middle. Xiao Yiran was a little glad that Liu Xia was not kidnapped by bandits like the three of them at that time, otherwise, he would not have been able to save the three of them at the same time.
At that time, when the bandits were pushing the three carriages, Liu Xia was tightly guarding the elderly Chutian, and was just touched by the wheel of a carriage, causing Liu Xia and Chutian to fall to the ground at the same time. Xiao Yiran was a little worried about them at first, lest they be crushed by the carriage, but now what he sees is that the old gentleman Chu Tian seems to have been crushed by the carriage, but Liu Xia is intact, and her heart is a little more settled.
The people led by Shi Yuan were the men and dart masters of the follow-up caravan, so that the number of people in the caravan was more than a dozen more than the number of bandits. However, the bandits are all on horseback, and they have bows and arrows in their hands, and in terms of combat power, it is still the bandits who have the advantage.
However, this still gave Cui Jian hope. Fearing that the bandits would fire arrows at Xiao Yiran and the three of them again, he led all the dart masters and his men, but they launched an attack on the bandits. I paid attention to it in my heart, for the sake of Ying Tianfu's family, even if I died in battle, as long as I saved the young lady's life, it would be worth it.
As the saying goes, the hard ones are afraid of the horizontal, and the horizontal ones are afraid of the dead. Cui Jian had a lifeless posture, but he still overwhelmed the bandits from the momentum.
"Second master, what should I do?"
"Grandma is a bear, I didn't have a good life when I went out today, how did I meet such a group of people who want money and don't want to die."
The leader of the bandits, looking at the shape in front of him, although he was not far from his lair, if the signal was given, the backup would come immediately. It's just that the other party has no backup? In case of attracting officers and soldiers, he and his eldest brother have worked hard for so many years and accumulated family funds, and they will have to be explained here. After analyzing the shape in front of him, he finally decisively chose to give up and shouted:
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Immediately, dozens of bandits rode away in an instant and went back to their cottage.