Chapter 44: Ambush
The sun was gradually rising, the temperature was gradually rising, and the sweat was gathering little by little on Juro's forehead, along the eyebrow bone, and kept sliding.
Sweat dripped into his eyes, blurring Juro's vision. Blinked vigorously, the beads of sweat disappeared from the bottom of his eyes, leaving no trace except for a faint feeling of discomfort.
As the minutes passed, the Turkic army was less than ten zhang away from the center of the canyon.
Hachijo......
Juro's breathing became uncontrollably rapid.
Wuzhang ......
Juro's right hand slowly raised.
Sanzhang ......
The sweat on Juro's forehead rolled down his eyes again.
One foot!
Juro's raised hand fell suddenly.
Almost at the same time, below the canyon, there was the sound of one thunderbolt after another exploding.
"Falling rocks!" Listening to the exclamations and neighing of horses coming from below the canyon, Juro held his breath and commanded with a blank face.
The moment his words landed, the boulder that was half a person tall was pushed down the canyon one by one by a hundred sons beside him.
"Knock ......"
"Ah......h
"Hiss......"
For a time, the entire canyon was in chaos.
When the Turkic general found out that he had been ambushed, he immediately yelled a few words with a hideous face.
Hearing the voice of the main general, the chaotic Turks immediately dispersed as if they had found the backbone of the main body, and while carefully guarding against thunder, fire bombs and falling rocks, they quickened their pace and walked towards the other side of the canyon.
"These barbarians, they reacted quite quickly." Listening to the screams in the canyon decrease, Juro muttered. Poking his head out to see where the Turks were at this time, he shouted in a deep voice, "Arrow array! ”
With his order, the hundred people on the canyon got up one after another and loosened the rope in their hands.
Without the control of these hundred men, the boulder at the other end of the rope fell violently. When the boulder fell into the air, the thunderbolts that stuck to the boulder exploded, and countless debris struck the mountain walls on both sides of the canyon.
Only a few clicks were heard, and the mechanisms on the mountain walls on both sides of the canyon were touched, and countless poisoned arrows, with endless killing intent, headed towards the Turks under the canyon.
Listening to the screams under the canyon, Juro stood up, smiled, and said, "Brothers, the mission is complete!" ”
But before his words could land, an arrow broke through the air, and without warning, it pierced the forehead of a man from Qingfeng Village.
Looking at the Turks who had climbed up from both sides of the cliff at some point, Shiro's face changed.
Let the silver dragon and the blind gun be hit, they have been discovered!
Taking a deep breath, Juro gritted his teeth and shouted, "Withdraw!" Evacuate! Run into the desert, run as far as you can! ”
Hearing Shilang's order, the hundred people who had set up an ambush in Qingfeng Village immediately retreated. However, the Turks who surrounded them did not intend to let them go easily, and arrows and spears kept throwing at them. Before they could retreat far, many men from Qingfeng Village were hit, and as soon as their bodies were crooked, they fell from the edge of the canyon.
"Damn, I'm fighting with you!" Watching the brothers around him die one after another, a man shouted angrily, and he was about to kill the Turks with the knife in his hand.
While dodging the oncoming arrows and spears, Shiro slapped the back of the man's head fiercely, and shouted angrily, "Don't go back, let Lao Tzu withdraw!" If anyone is slow, Lao Tzu will personally send you to see Lord Yama! ”
Listening to Shiro's words, the Qingfeng Village men who had originally planned to turn around and go to deal with the Turks turned around one after another and ran towards the bottom of the canyon. At the bottom of the canyon, a group of people took out the horses that had been hidden, and ran towards the desert without looking back.
Looking at Shiro and the others who fled in the distance, the Turkic Lord General frowned and waved his hand, stopping the army that was about to go in pursuit.
"General?" The adjutant general looked at the Turkic commander with a puzzled expression, and asked through gritted teeth.
The Turkic general shook his head, and said without the slightest wave on his face, "A group of rabble, without spending troops, take Qingfeng Village first." ”
The deputy general looked at Shiro and the only dozen people who fled in the direction of unwillingness, and nodded with an ugly face.
In Qingfeng Village, Ruan Ning and the others looked intently at the yellow sand that was gradually approaching in the distance, and their breathing became much heavier unconsciously.
"Report!" A man who had been sent out to inquire about the news hurriedly ran over, and said to Ruan Ning, Zhang Yufu and others with excitement on his face, "Two thousand...... Brother Shiro, they ...... Wiped out more than 2,000 Turkic troops! ”
This sentence is tantamount to a shot in the arm, which instantly boosted the morale of everyone in Qingfeng Village.
Shilang took a hundred people and risked his life to solve more than 2,000 Turkic troops for them, so they said that they would defend Qingfeng Village and wait for reinforcements to arrive.
"Shilang, they ......" Zhang Yufu looked at the man who came to deliver the message, pursed his lips, and asked in a deep voice.
Hearing this, the happy Qingfeng Zhai people, their mood instantly sank to the bottom.
Even if Shiro led people to take advantage of the terrain of Broken Soul Mountain and the deployment in advance, leaving behind 2,000 Turkic troops, the remaining 8,000 people, if they want to besiege and kill 100 of them, it is simply like chopping melons and vegetables, it is easy.
"They...... Lots of damage! The excitement on the messenger's face was also slightly restrained, he took a deep breath and continued, "However, Brother Shiro didn't let the brothers fight, and took the remaining dozen people and went towards the desert. ”
In just one sentence, the eyes of the depressed people instantly widened.
Ruan Ning took a deep breath and said loudly to everyone in Qingfeng Village, "Brothers, we all worked hard to repel these damn Turks, and we will also take Shilang and them home as soon as possible!" ”
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
For a while, the morale in Qingfeng Village increased greatly, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief, waiting for the Turkic army outside the village to kneel and beg for mercy.
In just half an hour, the Turkic army had arrived not far from the wall.
About a mile away from the gate of Qingfeng Village, the Turkic general raised his hand, and the Turkic army following him immediately stopped.
Ruan Ning and the others looked from inside the village, and their faces became more and more solemn.
"It's him!" Ruan Ning frowned, and there was a little imperceptible worry hidden in the depths of his eyes.
Zhang Yufu turned his head, looked at Ruan Ning, and asked in a low voice, "Do you know this Turkic master?" ”
Ruan Ning pursed her lips, took a deep breath, and said, "That bearded man is Ashina Boye, who led troops to invade the tribe in the desert decades ago. But all the tribes that encountered the army of Ashina Boye either disappeared completely into the desert, or they bowed down to the Turkic king's tent. Unexpectedly, it would be him who we fought this time! ”
Listening to Ruan Ning's words, Zhang Yufu's expression also became grim.
I saw that his gaze was like a hunting goshawk, looking towards Ashina Boye, who was among the eight thousand Turkic army.
Ashina Boye Xu noticed Zhang Yu's gaze, and his eyes "slighted" to meet him.
After squinting his eyes for a long time, he waved his hand, and immediately a lieutenant general came out with a horse, shouting loudly in the direction of Qingfeng Village, "The people of Qingfeng Village are listening, our general said, as long as you are captured, let go of the Broken Soul Mountain, not only will not move you at all, but also give you gold and silver treasures!" If you resist ......"
Listening to the somewhat awkward Chinese, Zhang Yu's servant had enough internal strength and responded loudly, "You all have to rely on coming to my Great Sui border to fight the autumn wind to get food, where did the gold and silver gifts give us?" In my opinion, you should go home as soon as possible, and don't think about things you shouldn't have. Maybe His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Sui is willing to allocate some food for you to help you survive the winter! ”
Hearing this, everyone in Qingfeng Village laughed mercilessly.
The laughter reached the ears of the deputy general beside Ashina Boye, and he suddenly turned red with anger, and said angrily to Ashina Boye, "General, these bandits toast and don't eat and drink!" Why be polite to them! The last general asks for his life, and goes to catch the unashamed boy and extinguish the prestige of these people! ”
Ashina Boye didn't know what to think about anymore, and after a long time, he nodded slowly.
The main general nodded, and the deputy general immediately ordered a thousand people, and beat his horse towards Qingfeng Village.
"They're coming,......," Ruan Ning said in a hoarse voice.
Zhang Yufu's eyes stared at the rapidly approaching Turkic army, his fingertips constantly tapping on the city wall, as if he was calculating something.
"300 meters ......"
"Two hundred meters ......"
When the deputy general rode into a hundred meters away from the gate of Qingfeng Zhai, Zhang Yufu paused with his fingers on the city wall, and said without looking back, "Longbow, it's up to you!" ”
Almost the moment the words landed, the longbow and the archers in the stockade emerged from the village.
I saw that one by one they held special bows and arrows in their hands, drew their bows and pulled the strings, and aimed at the lieutenant general and the thousand men and horses behind him.
"Put!" With the order of the longbow, dozens of long arrows struck out from within the Qingfeng Village.
"Block!" The deputy general saw the arrows flying out of the village, and shouted with disdain on his face.
Immediately a hundred and ten men stepped forward, holding up their shields, and surrounded the lieutenant and the rest of the horses.
"Carving insect skills, just arrows, like stopping me?" After hearing the "ding" sound of the arrow hitting the shield, the expression on the general's face became more and more proud.
These people in Qingfeng Village are just a group of bandits after all, what can they worry about.
But the next moment, he suddenly heard a commotion in the distance.
Before he could figure out where the commotion was coming from, he heard a "bang", and several Turkic soldiers not far from him were blown into the air with the shields in their hands.
"Withdraw! Evacuate! ”
Only then did the Turkic lieutenant general hear clearly that the commotion in the distance was calling for them to retreat.
But even if he heard it clearly, it was useless.
"Bang ......"
"Bang ......"
"Ah......h
"Hiss......"
“……”
One explosion after another rang out, and almost instantly, a person around him was blown up. The screams of the Turkic soldiers, the neighing of frightened horses, the sound of arrows breaking through the air, the sound of thunderbolts exploding...... It kept drilling into his ears, making his head buzz, and there was no room to think about how to deal with it.
"Woo......"