Chapter 39: Attacked
Time is like water, and six days have passed.
Cen Erniang and his entourage stopped in front of a lookout pavilion fifty miles away from Zhanzhou, and more than a dozen carriages pulled aside, and the team was quite large and eye-catching. Cen Erye and Cen Erniang couldn't wait to get off the carriage, enjoy the beautiful scenery side by side, and were full of interest, and from time to time they also came up with a few lines of poetry.
It is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and the scenery is pleasant. It was evening, and the sky was full of brilliant colors, reflected in the long river flowing from the right side of the observation tower. On the river surface, the sunset and the lonely birds fly together, the breeze is breezy, and the calm water surface is flooded with layers of ripples, which is quite a bit of floating light and gold.
Every short distance in the river, there is a white snow dotted in the middle, and the scenery is breathtaking.
Such a beautiful scenery is extremely rare in winter. The sunset is about to sink, and the afterglow shines warmly on the people who jumped out of the carriage to enjoy the scenery like Cen Erniang's father and daughter. The warmth wasn't enough to dispel the chill to the bone, but it looked like it was warm.
A warm and warm atmosphere spread from here, and everyone relaxed their vigilance, unloaded their guards, and gathered together to enjoy the beautiful scenery. Unbeknownst to them, not far behind them, there were already killers lying in ambush in the bushes next to the official road, waiting for it to get dark and get rid of them.
The sun was setting fast and the sky was getting dark. In just half an hour, the night was already falling, and it was getting colder.
Everyone suddenly felt hungry and cold, so they all turned around and prepared to board the carriage and go to Zhanzhou City, intending to find a warm place to eat.
Before they could step into the carriage, a sharp sound pierced the silent night, and dense black-feathered arrows flew towards them like lightning from the front, behind, and side. Screams, cries for help, cries, shouts from the dart masters...... The tremor resounded in the sky.
Although the sound here is all over the sky, no one is haunted within a radius of ten miles, and even if the sound breaks through the sky, no one will find it.
Although the scenery here is beautiful, it is surrounded by mountains on three sides and faces the water, and there is no other road except for the official road at the foot of the mountain that can accommodate two carriages driving side by side. Now before and after this official road, there are killers dressed in ink-colored cotton robes and covered with black veils that half-cover their faces are ambushed and guarded, and Cen Erniang's group of people has no way to escape even if they want to.
Unfortunately, the accompanying horses were frightened the moment the arrows were fired, and began to wander around directionlessly. Lin Wuye and several other dart masters, as well as the horses of Cen Dalang and the Cao family brothers, were not hindered by the carriage, and after a few neighing sounds, they quickly disappeared into the vast night.
And the dozen or so horses tied to the carriage, because of the restraints behind them, wanted to run but couldn't run fast, only one or two empty carriages ran out of the encirclement and ran along the official road in the direction of Zhanzhou Mansion. Behind them, there were seven or eight black-clad killers, riding horses and chasing them.
The rest of the horses carrying the wagon, after not running a few paces, were soon shot by a dense stream of feathered arrows, and they were seriously wounded and killed. When they fell, the carriage of the carriage also overturned, and many of the goods on the carriage were scattered to the ground, stained with blood.
In just a few breaths, the car was destroyed and the horse died.
Because the horses were jumping around in no direction, they blocked a lot of flying arrows for Cen Erniang and others, because everyone hid quickly, and they were not trampled by the horses, but the killers who hid in the bushes and released arrows were unfortunately trampled by the horses and injured two. As soon as they were wounded, they could not release their arrows, and soon someone else stepped forward and replaced them, and continued to release their arrows without stopping for a moment.
As for the killers who were guarding the front of the road and firing arrows, they were not injured by the horses that were galloping with the carriage because they dodged in time.
The dart masters of the Hongwei Dart Bureau were in danger, protecting the members of the Cen family, and ran to hide behind the carriages of several carriages near the river. During the run, a few people were unfortunately hit by arrows, but fortunately, none of them were injured.
Cen Erniang's family of five was protected by others, and although they were frightened, they were not injured.
Cen Erniang and Cen Erye followed closely behind Lin Wuye and Miao Da, hiding behind a carriage loaded with goods; The Lin family, Cen Dalang and Cen Sanlang were protected by Liu Dazhu, Su Laosi, Feng Erge and Li Sanye in the middle, and they also quickly hid behind a loading carriage.
It's just that they are far away from Cen Erniang and the others, and Cen Sanlang has been crying to find his father and sister, attracting a lot of feather arrows to shoot at them. Luckily, the carriage in which they were hiding was filled with silk, keeping all the arrows out.
Cao Dalang and Cao Erlang protected Ling Feng and Shen Mama, the four of them were diagonally behind Cen Erniang's father and daughter, about half a zhang away from them, there was a gap between the two carriages, there was no shelter, and the feather arrows were shot very densely, fortunately, the Cao family brothers were extremely skilled, Shen Mama and Ling Feng did not move, they were close to them, and the arrows that shot at them were bounced away by the Cao brothers' hands and feet.
In the blink of an eye, the Cao brothers protected Ling Feng and Shen Mama, joined Cen Erniang and the four of them, and hid behind the carriage together.
The rest of the dart masters were scattered in twos and threes, protecting Yumo, Doctor Qin, and Pozi Feng respectively, and hid behind the other three overturned loading wagons.
After the killers of the sneak attack released hundreds of black feather arrows one after another, they found that they did not hurt anyone, everyone hid behind the carriage, and there was a sturdy carriage to block the arrows for them, and it was a waste to release any more arrows. The three leaders of the Cao Gang, the Jixiang Gambling House and the Qing Gang immediately set off their horns, ordered everyone to stop shooting arrows, grabbed their weapons, ran with them, and surrounded the hiding place of Cen Erniang and the others in the middle.
The moment the killers stopped firing arrows, Lin Wuye, Liu Dazhu, Miao Da and several other dart masters hiding at the edge of the carriage found out, and they beckoned the rest of the dart masters to move closer to the middle with everyone.
Cen Dalang's eyes were sharp, and when he saw that a big knife had fallen to the ground next to the carriage where they were hiding, he tore off the curtain of the carriage and saw that it was full of weapons. It turned out that this carriage happened to be the one where the dart masters of the Hongwei Dart Bureau put their weapons!
"The swords are here! Come here, everyone! Cen Dalang shouted in surprise as he picked up a long knife.
Although it was the first time for him to experience such a scene, he was naturally bold, not only did he not feel afraid, but when he heard the sound of the feather arrow rubbing against the air, his whole body was full of blood. Cen Saburo beside him was so frightened that he cried, Lin was also so frightened that his legs were weak and screamed again and again, and several dart masters were also in a cold sweat and nervous. Only he was still laughing, as if it was a funny thing to be attacked, and he was used to it.
Although Cen Dalang wondered, he had never experienced this kind of scene, how could it still feel familiar? But it can't be denied that for him, such an experience is a kind of enjoyment, and it is more comfortable for him than watching big plays and riding horses.
Hearing Cen Dalang's shout, the dart masters ran faster, and Cen Erniang, Cen Erye and Ling Feng, who were weak and couldn't run, were caught under the armpits by the dart masters beside them and ran to Cen Dalang.
Mama Shen, who was only forty years old, was not old, and she did not show any fear, and she followed closely by Lin Wuye, who was holding Cen Erniang, and ran almost as fast as several dart masters with long legs.
Lin Wuye looked at her in surprise. At this time, the situation was critical, and seeing that many black-clothed people were surrounding them, he had to suppress his doubts and continue to run towards Cen Dalang. You'll have to grab your weapon before the man in black runs up to them.
Mama Shen ran while observing the surrounding situation. She was deaf and clear-sighted, and found that there were forty or fifty people who attacked them this time, which was twice as many as the dart masters of the Hongwei Dart Bureau!
It seems that this time there is more luck than luck. Mama Shen gritted her teeth and quickly turned her brain, thinking about how to protect the five members of the Cen family from escaping.