Chapter 177: Assassination (End)
"Straight lady thief, I've met a hard stubble!"
Shi Zhong glanced through the gap in the wall, said hatefully, withdrew his gaze, he looked around, the brothers were all on their own guard, many of them were wounded, and they couldn't care about wrapping them at all.
This is a small ruined temple, and he blames himself for being careless, after receiving the alarm from the front, he also mistakenly thought that the other party was just an ordinary robber, and did not retreat in time in the direction of Fenshui County. By the time the opponent's black-pressed team appeared in his shot, it was too late, because he found that the other party was all cavalry, and the horses were even better than theirs!
Their mounts were all captured in the First Battle of Jiankang, and most of them were Mongol horses, which were not known for their speed. Therefore, when he found that the other party was chasing closer and closer, he could only retreat to the ruined temple built on a mountain first, and while asking for help from Lin'an City, he held on with all his might, and at the same time, he did not forget to let those men in the rear quickly retreat.
The other party seemed to have stared at more than twenty of them, chasing and fighting all the way, and the crossbow arrows he shot were dense and accurate, and in the distance he retreated here, he lost five or six of his men, and his liver trembled in distress, but that was only the beginning.
With the blocking of the wall and the feather arrows he carried, Shi Zhong and the remaining subordinates were able to keep the pursuers out, and the thieves did not bring shields, and there was no way to take them for a while, and after paying dozens of lives, they temporarily stopped attacking.
"Pack them all up, hurry up and wrap up your wounds after hanging the colors, hold on for a while, and our reinforcements will come."
Shi Zhong himself was not injured, the target of the thieves did not seem to be him, but the prisoner they carried, and the few people who lost were all guarding around him, even the man himself was hit by an arrow, and now he is lying on the ground and does not know whether he is alive or dead, and the blood stains the ground red, which is terrifying to watch.
"Dutong, he can't do it."
Finally heard the bad news, Shi Zhong was even more annoyed, he knew that this was the result, so he didn't care if he ran here first, but unfortunately those brothers all died in vain, or for such a thing.
But angry is angry, he can't do anything, at this moment, he is extremely glad that his division of troops has decided, if the thief's target is that person, his team will become bait, and that is the main purpose of their party into Beijing.
Below the ruined temple, surrounded by a group of black-clothed horsemen, they were now less than a hundred people, and in the small slope above, there were thirty or forty dead people and horses, which were only a breath away for fast horses, and they had become a place of death.
"It's still careless." The shopkeeper who was surrounded in the middle was extremely annoyed, he knew that this was the case, he should have fought to kill some people, and ordered them to rush over together, no matter how good those people were, it was impossible for them to take so many lives at once, as long as they attacked it, with the advantage of numbers, how could they take down those twenty or so people.
Now that Fang's momentum has been defeated, he can clearly see that there is fear in the eyes of his subordinates, the opponent's archery is extremely accurate, almost every arrow is aimed at the fatal place, and they just didn't bring an iron shield, and now there are many people in vain, but they are helpless to take the other party.
The subordinates had already thought of retreating, and their reasons were very strong, the target was shot, although there was no corpse in sight, but the crossbow arrow was pierced through the back, in this barren mountain and wilderness, without Lang neutralizing medicine, it was almost certain that he would not live.
"Fourth, are you sure that one arrow can kill him?"
The shopkeeper's words made the fourth child roll his eyes, because it was the second time he had asked like this, and the fourth child did not answer, and when he raised his hand, the crossbow that had been wound shook slightly, and a bird on the tree fell in response, and he didn't even glance at it.
"Your words can be trusted, but the stakes are big, so you have to be careful."
The shopkeeper smiled and patted him, which can only mean that the man was hit by an arrow, and he wants the man's life, there is no real news, where is he willing to stop?
"How are you going?"
This fourth brother seems to have some prestige among his subordinates, and the words he asked also represent the voices of his subordinates, and the shopkeeper looked at their hopeful expressions and hesitated for a while.
"The last time, concentrate on one side, suppress them with crossbow arrows, and rush back with all your might, if it doesn't work again, a certain will not be reluctant."
The shopkeeper was very smart, he didn't say anything threatening, thinking of his generosity and boldness in the past few days, the fourth and the others couldn't say anything to refuse, several leaders glanced at each other and nodded fiercely.
From the very beginning of the battle, Shi Zhong sensed that something was wrong, and the enemy suddenly began to cast crossbow arrows non-stop, and the dense rain of arrows weighed down the defenders from raising their heads. Immediately the sound of "rumbling" hooves sounded, and the brigade rushed up the hillside.
"Hit hard, give Lao Tzu a stand."
He braved the rain of arrows to lean out, and shot the thief in front of him off the horse with an arrow, and the thief behind him suddenly didn't see it, and even the man and the horse crashed into the temple gate, and the already dilapidated wooden door was suddenly knocked away, and the thief was going to fight hard.
As the elite of the army, the scouts not only have an excellent battlefield feeling, but also outstanding skills. Therefore, not only archery, hand-to-hand combat, they will not be scared of anyone, and the thief who rushed in was cut off by a waist knife before he could open his eyes.
At this time, the thieves found out that unless they could break the wall, the temple gate was only so big, and even people and horses could enter two horses at a time, even if they were facing the sky, but there were more than ten Song people inside, wouldn't that directly deliver food to others?
"Get out of the way, go so-and-so."
The fourth child relied on some ability, carried a knife and got off the horse, and looked through the open temple gate, a horse fell to the ground, and a person was pressed below, and it was estimated that he would not survive. He grabbed a knife flower to protect himself, and rolled on the spot with a short body and entered the temple, before the person stood up, two knife lights slashed behind him.
As the attack of the Song people was attracted, the thieves behind dismounted and rushed in, and more than ten people were crowded into the narrow small temple at once, and there was no space for them all of a sudden. Shi Zhong led his subordinates to fight with them, and for a while, swords and swords, blood flew sideways, and both sides were red-eyed.
The shopkeeper in the following point of view showed joy, as long as the Song people were entangled, even if the previous ones were all dead, he still had enough people to fight, but the Song people died one less one, and the victory would be his own sooner or later.
It's just that he didn't wait for too long, and rode from the direction of Lin'an Mansion at a gallop, and his subordinates almost crawled over, delivering a very bad news to him.
"What do you say? Lin'an Mansion dispatched a forbidden army, with nearly 2,000 people? ”
This news is tantamount to thunder, shaking him to the point of unsteady, there are only this number in the forbidden army camp outside Lin'an City, could it be that they are pouring out of the nest? When did the government of the Great Song Dynasty become so efficient, but it was clear that he had intercepted all the spies, could it be that those pedestrians went to sue the officials.
"It's true, not only that, but the little ones found that they were running very fast, and I'm afraid they have entered Xincheng County at this moment."
Hearing this, the last trace of luck of the shopkeeper was broken, and the forbidden army went straight into Xincheng County without stopping, and it must have come here, although they were all cavalry, but the number was too small, and in case they were surrounded, it would also be troublesome.
He looked helplessly at the hillside, the battle in the broken temple was still going on, and he couldn't tell the winner for a while, he couldn't hesitate any longer, anyway, at least that target had been hit by an arrow, and the possibility of death was very high, he didn't want to be surrounded and annihilated by the Song people after success, so there was only one choice.
"Signal, the wind is tight, and the wind is tight."
The two ringing arrows were put into the air, and the sharp screams could be heard in all directions, and the thieves who were fighting to the death were stunned when they heard it, and the slower ones were immediately stabbed in the cross.
The fourth child fought and retreated, and at the moment of leaving the temple gate, he inadvertently saw a fallen person on the ground, and the crossbow arrow on his body was shot by himself, motionless and full of blood under his body, and he secretly thought that this trip was not in vain.
"The thief has retreated?"
The living thieves in the temple all retreated at once, making Shi Zhong and them puzzled, if they hold on for a while, they should not be able to hold on, these thieves are all good hands, almost on a par with their elites, what will be the way for such thieves?
"Is there anything else that can jump?"
Shi Zhong raised his binoculars and watched their movements, these thieves were indeed about to retreat, staring at the direction they were leaving, he suddenly had an idea.
Two unwounded sergeants were chosen, brought binoculars and walkie-talkies, and quietly followed, the other side was cavalry, and could not follow too closely, but fortunately with the telescope in hand, they could hang far away until they found their nest.
"Commander Jin, if you are one step late, you can only collect the corpse of a certain person."
Soon, Jin Ming's figure on horseback appeared in front of him, and behind him was a large group of foot soldiers rolling in, but the team of more than 2,000 people was made by him to make a momentum of thousands of troops, Shi Zhong knew that this was deliberate, in order to scare off the thieves, and they had succeeded. 、、
"Shi Biaozi, you are very fatal, you won't die if Lao Tzu dies."
Jin Ming was also overjoyed to see that he was fine, and he was still very worried in private when there were dead people and horses who died on the ground all along the way.
"The idea is very strong, it seems to be from the army, you see what this is?"
What Shi Zhong handed over to him was a crossbow arrow, this kind of crossbow arrow Jin Ming was extremely familiar with, because it was issued by the standard crossbow equipped by his subordinates, could it be that the forbidden army in Beijing did it? But apart from his own subordinates, where is there such a large group, let alone all cavalry.
"I see."
He bent down, ripped off the black cloth on the head of the dead body of a thief on the ground, and looked at the face, he suddenly lifted the person's hairline, and under the cover of a bush of black hair, a clear line of tattoos appeared on his forehead, "The fourteenth commander of the left wing of the front division of the palace"! R1058