Chapter 451: Tacit Understanding
I don't know when the light snow has stopped, but the whistling north wind is blowing more and more tightly, blowing even more cold in the hearts of those knights, many people's bodies are trembling slightly, the tragic death of the leader has hit them quite hard, and the previous courage and killing intent have slowly dissipated with the continuous flow of blood.
Sun Tu had already taken the opportunity to put away his gun at this time to adjust his breathing, and the sudden return shot in the galloping process was also a great drain on him, coupled with the previous battle, and the arrow on his back that he didn't know about the other party, he also had a feeling of unsustainability.
At the same time as returning to the horse, Sun Tu was finally shot in the shoulder and back by a cavalry arrow because of an accident, and the wound was completely torn by a shot with all his strength, and his back was soaked in Bobo's blood at this time. But the knights standing in front of him did not know this, and at this time they were completely intimidated by the momentum of killing the leader, and they did not dare to act rashly.
But Sun Tu also knew that dragging on like this would only be detrimental to himself, so even if the back pain was unbearable, he had to kill again, and only by completely defeating their fighting spirit could he retreat!
The idea was set, Sun Tu swung the spear in his hand, clamped the horse's belly with his legs again, and once again urged the war horse under his crotch to rush forward - life and death success or failure in one fell swoop!
Seeing that Sun Tu was killing again, and this time the strongest leader had been killed, the knights couldn't stop beating drums in their hearts, and they didn't even dare to take the initiative to meet them for a while, but subconsciously rode their horses and retreated. Seeing their performance, Sun Tu was even more determined in his heart, gritted his teeth and endured the pain, and wanted to kill a few more people.
And at the moment when the two sides are about to start a new round of fighting, another fierce hoof sound sounded from outside the stone archway at the other end of the long street, this time the sound of horses' hooves was really as dense as a drum, hundreds of people and horses passed through the archway, and some people shouted loudly: "Who is so bold and presumptuous, dare to kill people in a private fight in Xingzhou City!" On the order of Ning Ling, take them all, but if there is resistance, don't worry about killing! ”
As soon as the words fell, the sound of whizzing arrows breaking through the air also sounded from that side, and after a distance of more than a hundred steps, they fell directly in front of the two sides that were about to fight, so frightened that Sun Tu and those cavalry stopped at that time. The faces of both sides changed, and then Sun Tu smiled on his face, quickly returned his gun to defend himself, and shouted in his mouth: "Sun Qianli, a subordinate of the Xifeng clan, was attacked, and he had to fight with others in order to protect himself...... Although he didn't know what kind of big man Ning Ling was in the other party's mouth, it could be inferred that the status of the comer was not low from the beginning, which was enough to make these guys in front of him dare not attack him again.
And the faces of the knights on the other side had become extremely ugly at this moment. Originally, in order to get rid of Sun Tu, they had already arranged everything, so they fought for a while without alarming the army patrolling in the city, but they didn't expect that Mo Yuhe would appear here at this time, so not only did they fail to kill Sun Qianli, but even they were afraid that they would fall into the hands of others, and the consequences would be extremely serious!
In the turn of their minds, two knights suddenly flashed a trace of determination in their eyes, and did not respond to the cavalry who were constantly coming forward, each of them broke off with a shout, and had urged the horse to kill Sun Tu again, even at this time, they still wanted to complete the task and kill Sun Tu.
Seeing this, Sun Tu didn't dare to relax, and hurriedly raised his gun to meet him. But at this moment, an arrow wind sounded again behind his head, making Sun Tu subconsciously shrink his head and dodge to avoid it. But the seventeen or eighteen arrows that came from him did not come at him, but after passing over his head, they struck at the two knights who had already rushed towards him.
The two men had only time to block three or four arrows before they were driven into their bodies by the seven or eight arrows that had been fired later, and they fell off their horses screaming. At the same time, the solemn voice in the rear rose again: "Dare to do it again, and be punished for the crime of plotting misdeeds!" ”
As soon as these words came out, the last bit of courage of the remaining people quickly dissipated, and they didn't dare to make the slightest move, and Sun Tu finally put his mind at ease until this time, but he only felt that his back was completely soaked, but he didn't know whether it was sweat or snow, or blood that was still oozing out......
Only a moment later, more than 200 cavalrymen dressed in iron armor, carrying long iron spears, and long knives hanging from their waists had already surrounded them from behind, surrounding Sun Tu and those knights, and then one of them even shouted: "I'd rather order to come here, than quickly get off the horse and see you!" ”
"Dismount!" The two hundred cavalrymen raised their spears almost at the same time and shouted, the anger was amazing, even Sun Tu's heart trembled, so he threw the spear in his hand to the ground, turned over and dismounted neatly, and then turned around and looked back. He saw a tall and strong veteran with a gray beard but a ruddy face looking at him with a scrutinizing gaze, although he had never seen Mo Yuhe, he immediately recognized this as the head of this visit, that is, what they called Ning Ling!
Without much hesitation, Sun Tu had already taken two steps forward, then nodded to the ground on one knee, touched his chest with one hand and saluted: "Sun Qianli, a subordinate of the Xifeng clan, has seen Ning Ling!" ”
Mo Yuhe sat on the back of the horse, looked at him condescendingly for a moment before he spoke: "You were surrounded and killed by dozens of people, but you were only slightly injured, you really have some ability!" He said this seemingly calmly and casually, but in fact he was quite surprised.
You must know that with his power and status in the court, there is nothing in this Xingzhou city that can hide from him. Today's twenty horsemen came here to attack and kill Sun Tu, naturally he had known about it for a long time, and why he came so late, in fact, it was he who wanted to make things more and more serious and difficult to clean up. His original intention was to let Sun Tu be killed, and then he could take the opportunity to make trouble, so that the Xifeng clan and the prince's party would confront each other head-on, and they would never die.
But as a result, Sun Tu's performance was still greatly beyond his expectations, even if he arrived a long time late, he was still alive, and it seemed that he was only slightly injured. However, those attackers who were outnumbered by the crowd suffered many casualties, and the corpse on the ground was Mo Yuhedu frowned a little.
However, he didn't show any of these thoughts, just squinted his eyes and glanced at the knights who had dismounted and been captured, and asked Sun Tudao: "Do you know their origins, why do they attack and kill you here?" ”
If Sun Tu really has the intention to gain a foothold in the officialdom of the Xia Kingdom, for the sake of the safety of the Xia clan, of course, he can't follow the other party's words at this time, because in this way, the fine seal clan, at least the fine seal will often be dragged into the battle in the Xia Dynasty.
But he obviously has no worries about this purpose, not to mention that someone finds the head, it's okay, he wants to create some chaos so that the Xia Kingdom and the court will fight endlessly. So when faced with this problem, Sun Tu said loudly almost without the slightest hesitation: "I don't know their identities and origins, I only know that they came for my Xifeng clan, and they robbed me here to rob my Xifeng clan and want to offer the emperor's congratulatory gifts!" With that, he took the package off his back.
The arrow just now almost hit the package, but the furoshiki on the outside was still torn open, revealing the black sandalwood box inside, and even some blood seeped into it, and now it was really shocking to take it out.
"You are talking nonsense, we never thought of robbing you of things......" The knights only reacted a little at this time, and quickly retorted. However, Mo Yuhe didn't care about what they said at all, he only waved his hand, and someone decisively stepped forward to push them down, shouting: "Who in front of Ning Ling allowed you to speak?" Then he quickly took out a strip of cloth and strangled their mouths, making it difficult for them to speak.
Seeing this, Sun Tu's heart moved even more, and he vaguely guessed that the appearance of this person was not accidental, and it should be to lead the crowd here at this time to target the people behind the scenes who wanted to attack him.
Mo Yuhe's heart was even more happy when he heard this answer, and his eyes fell on the box, but he still asked, "Don't you believe it, since it is such a precious thing, why did you appear here with it?" ”
"Hui Ning Ling, because before going down, I came out of the Chengtian Temple in front of me, and I just obtained this rare treasure from Master Yusang. As soon as I left the temple, I was besieged and killed, and then they arrived! Sun Tu said, remembered something again, and continued to add: "And the reason why I went to the capital to ask for treasures as a congratulatory gift is because of an accident when I entered the city the day before yesterday......" At the moment, he did not shy away from telling the incident at the south gate the day before yesterday.
Listening to Sun Tu's words, Mo Yuhe's eyes had narrowed into a slit, although he couldn't see a smile, as long as he was familiar with him, he could immediately know that this was a sign of Ning Ling's extreme satisfaction and happiness. He did have reason to be happy, he originally thought that he had just grabbed a small handle of the prince, and sending someone to ambush a little person like Sun Tu was actually not a big deal in the Xia Kingdom, and he reported to the emperor and asked him to reprimand the prince.
But now, the situation is completely different. The other party not only wanted to kill Sun Tu, but actually attacked him in order to seize the treasure! And this treasure is actually used by the fine Feng clan to offer to the emperor as a birthday gift! In this way, such sins suddenly become so great that it is not an exaggeration to say that there are even bad intentions!
If the previous idea was to give the prince some eye medicine and make him suffer a little, now it seems that he can give the prince a hard blow, and even shake his position!
Thinking of this, Mo Yuhe's eyes softened a lot when he looked at Sun Tu again, he didn't expect that this young man who had just come to the capital would bring him such a big gift, and he didn't even need to ask and induce himself, he had already handed a good knife to his hand.
And Sun Tu also saw some other meanings from his changing eyes, and his heart also moved.
Two people with very different statuses and who have never met actually gave birth to some kind of tacit understanding!