Chapter 400: Breakthrough (II)
Everyone in Nanjing City knows that Xiao Dude, the privy envoy of the Southern Yuan, has four sons and one son, but when it comes to courage and courage, even if he ties his four parents and children together, he can't compare to his son Xiao Yanping.
At this time, Xiao Yanping, who was closely following the Song-Liao coalition army, showed his powerful side, flying a distance of more than one hundred and fifty steps with only one arrow, directly shooting through the "Yelu Xiongge" wearing hard leather armor, and shooting him directly down from his fallen horse, which shocked the actions of the Liao soldiers who had been left behind to protect him abruptly.
It was Sun Tu, who was shocked when he heard the sharp sound of the arrow breaking through the air, and when he turned around and saw that the stand-in was killed and fell off the horse. The power of this arrow is afraid that it is about to be full of three stones, and it is converted into a hard bow of about three hundred catties, and the power of the divine arm bow that the Great Song Dynasty is proud of is also like this, that is still done by borrowing the power of the opportunity, but the person behind it is completely relying on the arrow shot by his own arm.
This arrow even pierced through the idle chain mail, and even heavy armor, Sun Tu believed that if he was shot from behind without any precautions, he was afraid that the end would be the same as that stand-in, at least seriously injured and fell off the horse! This made him suddenly mention one hundred and twenty points of caution in his heart, but he did not dare to slow down the speed of urging the horse forward.
Although the remaining Qingzhou soldiers also felt a burst of fear, they continued to urge their horses to rush forward because Sun Tu did not say anything, but those Liao soldiers, after finding that their king had been shot off their horses, their first reaction was to rush over to the rescue. They didn't know that this man was a stand-in, and the real Jeruchonge had already taken the opportunity to withdraw from the rear of the valley.
And at this moment, the bowstring behind them kept ringing, and seven or eight particularly thick feather arrows were already chasing after them, piercing the torsos of several Liao soldiers in the blink of an eye, making them fall off their horses screaming. At the same time, Xiao Yanping, who had just collected his bow, had already chased behind them with his sword, and when the remaining few people roared and raised their weapons to avenge the "king", the knife in his hand had already bloomed into a cold light, and none of these elite Liao soldiers could block his knife, and they were all slaughtered in a scream.
It only took a moment, and the Liao soldiers behind had not yet had time to arrive, Xiao Yanping, who was chasing at the front, had already killed the last dozen or so Liao soldiers, and then the horse speed did not slow down, and he pursued the Song army in front again, and the big bow in his hand lit up again.
It wasn't until he ran out for a long way that the soldiers and horses behind him could rush to the place where "Yelu Xiongge" fell off his horse, Xiao Dude's face was full of ecstasy at this time, and he quickly stopped his horse and asked someone to check the situation of "Yelu Xiongge", he wanted to witness the death of this terrible opponent with his own eyes. Compared with the Song people who fled for their lives, he was more concerned about the life and death of Yelu Xiongge, as long as he died, his plan would be more than half successful.
But just as the subordinates turned over the corpse and took a look at it with the torch that had just been lit, the smile on Xiao Dude's face disappeared instantly: "Fake ......" In addition to being disappointed, he immediately had a trace of suspicion in his heart, if this person was fake, then could there really be Yelu Xiongge in this team that broke through and fled on the surface? He is not a stupid person, it is good that he was blinded by ambition before, but now once he realizes that there is fraud, he begins to regret his reckless behavior this time, and he should leave some people to guard in the Xifeng Valley, and even send people into the valley to continue the search.
But now, the big war and the pursuit have passed for a while, and I'm afraid it's too late to turn back. But soon, Xiao Dude suddenly gritted his teeth again, and pointed to the two hundred or so cavalrymen beside him: "You continue to follow Ping'er to pursue, you must eradicate them all, and the others, go back with me!" With that, he spun around the horse's head, struck the horse's rump with a whip, and hurried back with hundreds of other men.
His move made the Si Bu Da Division, who was still far away behind, even more puzzled, they didn't know what to do because they had lost their backbone, but now they completely stopped, and looked at Xiao Shumi, who was approaching, with some hesitation.
Before and after Xiao Dude came to them, he shouted: "You go back with the general, and this is the main road to Nanjing, no matter who you meet, you will kill me!" ”
His order was issued with a murderous spirit, which directly shocked these ownerless Liao soldiers, and for a moment, these thousands of soldiers and horses continued to follow and rush back according to his intentions, and the speed was not much slower than when he pursued just now.
The number of Liao troops pursuing behind him suddenly decreased, which made the heart of the Song army, who was still continuing to flee for their lives, slightly wider. But before they could really relax, the arrows from the rear came again through the air, and immediately shot the three soldiers in the rear in succession. Until this time, the distance between them and Xiao Yanping was only within two hundred steps, and it was completely within the range of his bow and arrows, and there were almost no missed arrows.
Sun Tu could hear the screams and falling horses behind him, and his heart was also full of blood and anger. These Qingzhou soldiers were carefully trained by him in the past two years, and his relationship with them is even closer. Now listening to them being killed, this makes his heart unnameless, is he going to be beaten passively like this?
"No, the enemy was ten times my right now, so we would run for our lives. But now, the pursuing Liao army is only two hundred, but we still have ......" Sun Tu looked left and right, and his heart was even tighter: "Forty or fifty people may not be their opponents!" ”
Since escaping only increases casualties, it is better to give it a go! Sun Tu had already made a quick decision in his heart, and shouted loudly: "Soldiers, my Qingzhou army has not been afraid of any enemy, follow me to kill back!" As he spoke, the hands holding the reins shook violently, and his legs were also clamped between the horse's belly, and he controlled the war horse to suddenly turn to the side, and then with a loud roar, the centaur actually crossed a strange arc in a short distance, and turned around and rushed towards the chasing Liao soldiers.
The other Qingzhou soldiers were naturally inferior to Sun Tu in terms of horsemanship, but they all responded loudly, and soon let the mount turn around, and followed Sun Tu, who was in the lead, to counterattack the Liao soldiers who were in hot pursuit, and everyone distorted their faces and rushed straight up with murderous energy. The Qingzhou Army, which has been holding back the fire in the past two days, just wants to fight the enemy happily at this time, even if they die in battle, they have nothing to fear!
Their sudden return to the horse pistol really stunned the Liao soldiers who were pursuing them, and many people subconsciously stopped their horses and hurriedly drew their swords to meet the battle. And Xiao Yanping, after seeing this scene, showed an excited light on his face, and he shouted violently, but he no longer used his bow, and directly raised a big knife, and slammed the war horse, killing forward at full speed.
Only a moment later, Sun Tu and Xiao Yanping, who were only one hundred and fifty steps apart, collided head-on, the former spear was like a furious dragon going out to sea, and the latter knife was a fierce tiger down the mountain, and the swords and spears intersected in an instant, and they exchanged more than ten moves with a clanging sound.
Although Sun Tu's marksmanship was tricky and fast, he failed to take advantage of this man's knife, which made his heart suddenly tighten. He originally thought that with his own martial arts, he would definitely be able to kill the enemy's main general, and then lead the army to disrupt this Liao army of more than 200 people, so as to turn the situation around in one fell swoop, but the result was obviously beyond his expectations.
At this time, the Qingzhou army, which followed his footsteps and came back from the counterattack, also collided with the Liao army that followed the killing, and the sound of shouting, weapons clashing, and screams suddenly rang out. The Qingzhou army is indeed brave enough, even at this time they still maintain the most conducive to charging and fighting, but the Liao soldiers in front of them are also elite, and the number is several times that of them, although they paid some price, but they still quickly disintegrated their momentum, and then cut and surrounded, so that the Qingzhou soldiers soon suffered casualties.
When Sun Tu and Xiao Yanping fought fast, and after the wrong horse turned around and fought again, Song Liao and Liao had each fallen more than 20 people. Although the casualties were not small for the Liao soldiers, they were still within an acceptable range, but the Qingzhou army was already greatly injured, and they had lost half of their men and horses in a flash.
After Sun Tu caught a glimpse of this result, he knew that his previous plan was completely wrong, after all, the elite of the Liao soldiers was different from the enemies he had encountered in the past, and their main general's martial arts were not faster than his own, and if they continued to fight, they would probably have to be wiped out if they were not strong enough.
No more entanglement...... Sun Tu's heart moved, and the spear in his hand shook suddenly, turning into a little cold, and it went straight to Xiao Yanping. This move was extremely powerful, even Xiao Yanping didn't dare to be careless, so he quickly pulled the horse back a few steps, and then waved his knife to block.
But at this moment, Sun Tu suddenly retracted, and with a shake of the reins, he rode his horse to kill the oblique stab, and with the wave of his spear, he had already assassinated a few Liao soldiers who trapped his subordinates, and then shouted: "Go!" Repeaters call them to me! ”
The remaining dozen or so Qingzhou soldiers immediately agreed, showed the crossbow that had been hidden and had not been used, and shot at the head of the Liao people who were completely defenseless in front of them. After the previous attack, although they used a repeater or twice, they finally had reservations, just waiting for it to be used as a killer weapon to save their lives. Moreover, this crossbow machine is more complicated than the bow and arrow, and the rain did not have much effect on the crossbow string, and it actually exerted great lethality at this moment.
At this time, those Liao people have suffered, when faced with the rapid five arrows in a row, even the most exquisite riding skills are difficult to resist and dodge, and suddenly the dozens of Liao soldiers who blocked Sun Tu in front of them screamed one after another, almost all of them fell off their horses, and they were able to kill the bloody road again, and continue to gallop westward to escape.
Xiao Yanping was also furious at this time, and just wanted to raise his bow to shoot at Sun Tu, but the latter suddenly turned around like a long eye in the back of his head, raised the crossbow in his hand, and fired five arrows in a row against this powerful enemy.
Within thirty steps, the power of the crossbow was quite terrifying, even Xiao Yanping could only dodge with a longbow to avoid parrying, but he was still hit by an arrow in the shoulder. And taking advantage of this opportunity, Sun Tu has quickly distanced himself from him, and this time he deliberately took a zigzag route when he rode his horse to escape, so that the other party could not easily aim.
Once again, Sun Tu led his troops to break through successfully, but there were only a few twelve followers left around him......