Chapter 242: Scuffle
Ren Qiang held a crossbow in one hand and a knife in the other, and rushed over.
The two Cao family members who were standing with shields shouted loudly, moved closer to the middle, caught Ren Qiang's way, and raised the war knife in their hands at the same time.
Ren Qiang pulled the crossbow machine. The bolt shot out at a gallop, through the gap between the two tribesmen, and struck the tribe in the shoulder. The song snorted, moved a step slower, and did not meet up with his companion in time. Ren Qiang jumped up and kicked at the big shield.
"Phew!" The shield shook, but it didn't fall. Another member swung his knife and slashed at Ren Qiang.
Ren Qiang saw that the situation was not good, and waved his knife to block. The two knives intersected, making a piercing crunch, and sparks splashed everywhere.
In the blink of an eye, the two sides fought together, and the killing was inseparable.
Ren Qiang rushed left and right, but he still couldn't succeed, and he couldn't help but get anxious. He knew the existence of these Great Sima Mansion tribes, and he also knew that their strength could not be weakened, so he waited on the hillside for half the night, hoping to catch them by surprise. Now it seems that Cao Miao and Cao Su knew about them a long time ago, and they were prepared first, and they didn't give him a chance to sneak attack.
He didn't have time to think about why the news had leaked out. He had only one thought now, to kill Cao Miao.
This is the task he received, and it is also the task of more than two hundred people behind him. In order to kill Cao Miao, this time the Huiren House and Mashi teamed up, sent almost all the elite people in Beijing, and united with some nearby bandits, so as to cut off Cao Miao's head.
Ren Qiang didn't know who his employer was. He only knew that with so many people, the employer's background must be not small, and the price paid was also very staggering. However, this prince who is famous for his madness has not been in Luoyang for a long time, but he has offended too many people, all of whom are powerful people with heads and faces, and they can't guess who they are for a while.
Ren Qiang originally thought that the strength of the twenty Cao family tribes was limited, and he could succeed in a single assault, so he grabbed the opportunity to fight the first battle. Now that he was trapped by the Cao family, he didn't dare to slack off, and immediately sent a signal to ask for support.
Soon, a signal was given from the hillside, and another group of people rushed down, shouting and rushing into the battle group.
"Circle! Circle Array! Seeing that the enemy was outnumbered, Cao Su immediately ordered loudly.
The Cao family's trilogy, which was originally a linear formation, immediately changed formations. Ten people formed two circular formations, staggered back and forth, covering each other.
The circle is good for defense, and can slow down the Rangers' assault, but it can't block the road. Ren Qiang led a part of the rangers to continue to besiege these tribes, and Ren Wu led another part of the rangers of the Ren's house to pass through the middle of the circle and rush to the tent by the lake.
The rangers in Luoyang all know that there is a young master beside Cao Miao, who once defeated Zhu Da, a ranger in the sheep market, with one move. No one wanted to be unjustly killed, and although they rushed to the tent, no one dared to rush in.
In the blink of an eye, the tent was surrounded by groups, dozens of rangers shouted and screamed, some people split the tent with knives, some people opened their crossbows and shot two arrows, but there was still no sound in the tent. Just when Ren Wu was impatient and wanted to rush in first, someone suddenly shouted.
"There's someone in the water! There are people in the water! ”
Ren Wu was taken aback, and subconsciously looked at Mulan Ze on the side, but saw several figures shaking in the dark lake. He was startled, and before he had time to make a loud noise, he raised his crossbow and pulled the crossbow machine at the figure in the lake.
"Shoot them!"
"Whoa." The rangers responded with a rambling voice, raised their crossbows, and fired indiscriminately.
There was a shouting and scolding sound from the lake, and a dense rain of arrows was shooting head-on, and the rangers standing by the lake were caught off guard, and they were shot down a few when they landed, and there was a lot of screams. They retreated in a panic and trampled down their tents. Ren Wu peeked at it and immediately gasped.
The tent was empty, where was the shadow of Cao Miao.
Where is he? Ren Wu's heart was in turmoil. They rushed from Luoyang with great effort in order to kill Cao Miao, and for this reason they did not hesitate to attack Cao Su of the Great Sima Mansion. If you can't find Cao Miao, it's useless to kill more people.
Could it be that Cao Miao hid in Mulan Ze? He had nowhere else to go except in this direction. On the hillside, they had a clear view of the camp, and the only place they couldn't notice was Mulan Ze.
Although he couldn't figure out how Cao Miao entered the water, Ren Wu didn't have time to think about it, and decided that Cao Miao was in that group of people. As soon as he listened to it, he could hear that the voices of those people were not Central Plains accents, very similar to Jiangnan barbarians.
Cao Miao and Wu people colluded?
Thinking of this, Ren Wu felt uneasy. He didn't know how many Wu people there were, and whether he could recapture Cao Miao from them, and the original task of capturing them became difficult. Even if he wants to prove to his employer in the future that the mission failed because Wu Ren intervened, he would need strong evidence.
For example, capturing one or two Wu soldiers.
Ren Wu didn't have time to think about it, and ordered the rangers to find cover and fight back as hard as they could, while their eyes widened to see the situation on the lake.
Although the rangers are numerous, they have no habit of cooperating, and they fight on their own. In addition, there are few bows and crossbows, and the range is limited, so they suffered a big loss in the counter-shooting, and people kept falling to the ground with arrows, and the wails came and went, and they were all in one piece.
Ren Wu was anxious.
At this time, a waning moon gradually rose, and Ren Wu could barely see the situation on the water, there were about a dozen wooden talismans, and the number of people on each raft varied, five or six people at most, and three or four people at the few, it should be a scout detachment. There were two rafts that were the closest, only about ten paces offshore.
Ren Wu breathed a sigh of relief, and while directing the rangers to fight back, he called a few people and gave a few orders.
Several rangers bent over and turned to run. After a short time, they returned, riding horses, waving ropes with iron claws in their hands, rushing through the crowd and into the lake. The horse's hooves kicked up a splash and knocked down the two Wu soldiers who met him, and the ranger on horseback raised his arms and threw out the iron claws in his hands.
Iron claws roared out and landed on the raft.
The rangers shook their arms, grabbed the rope tightly, and then turned their horses' heads and pulled the raft ashore.
Most of the soldiers on the raft went into the water, and the remaining few people were also unstable and couldn't bother to cut the rope for a while, and when they reacted, the raft had been dragged to the shore. More than a dozen rangers pounced and cut down the Wu soldiers on the raft to the ground.
The middle-aged woman stood in the water, surrounded by several rangers, and couldn't get out. Seeing that the raft was taken away, he was immediately anxious. Without a raft, it is impossible for them to dive away.
"Help! Help! She shouted loudly as she ran towards the raft, the water rattling.
Hearing this obviously different voice, Ren Wu's heart jumped. Woman, it can't be Mrs. Wu Guosun's subordinates, right? After arriving in Yiyang, he heard from the local bandits that there were some women with different identities in Wu's fine works, who were Madame Sun's subordinates. If this woman can be caught, it proves that the collusion between Cao Miao and Wu Ren will be much more powerful.
"Catch her!" Ren Wu shouted excitedly. "Ten gold!"
A few rangers pounced.