Chapter 11: The Pursuers
In the verdant mountain forest, the breeze blows, the leaves make a rustling sound, and on a few big trees, Gao Cheng, Lei and more than a dozen tribal warriors hid their own ears, exerting their ears to the limit, listening to the little movements coming from the mountain forest.
"He, those merchant dogs haven't caught up for a few days, let's leave!" Lei made a slight sound, a little impatient, and said his advice to Gao Cheng.
More than ten days have passed since the tribe migrated from the valley. In these days, the Aoki tribe had already joined the Blackstone tribe, and together more than a hundred people began to rush to the east, targeting the Blue River tribe thousands of miles away.
It may be that the movement of the two tribes is too great, or it may be that the news of the killing of Qianling reached the Shang army, and when the two tribes walked two hundred miles, the soldiers and horses of the Shang army pursued them.
In order to cover the old and weak women and children in the tribe, Mu Kun and Shi Wen, the leader of the Black Stone Tribe, sent dozens of warriors to cover behind, delaying the pace of the pursuers as much as possible.
Gao Cheng and Lei are among these fighters. Four days ago, there was a fight between the people who were covering the back and the merchant soldiers, and Gao Cheng bent his bow and arrows, shot three merchant pawns, and saved several tribal warriors.
Coupled with the record of shooting Qianling last time, Gao Cheng's strength was recognized by all the warriors of the Aoki tribe, and everyone was willing to obey Gao Cheng's orders when the leader Mu Kun was away.
In the Dongyi tribe, the most powerful warrior is often the leader of the tribe, if the leader dies in battle, the successor to the leader's position is the second-ranked warrior, basically there is no situation where the father dies and the son succeeds. Gao Cheng is now regarded by everyone in the Aoki tribe as the heir to the chief.
So when Gao Cheng decided to hide in the big tree to attack the chasing merchants, these tribal warriors had no opinion, and accompanied Gao Cheng to hide here for a long time.
Before Gao Cheng could answer Lei's question, he heard a burst of excited cheers not far away, and a beast's dying wail.
"These people from the Blackstone tribe really don't know how to die! The merchant chasers are just behind, and they dare to hunt in the mountains and forests so relaxed!" a sneer appeared at the corner of Gao Cheng's mouth.
The warriors of the Blackstone tribe who covered the broken black stone tribe with them, led by Shi Wen's henchmen, had reached the second order in strength, only slightly weaker than Mu Kun. This person, like Shi Wen, has a violent and domineering personality, and he doesn't take Gao Cheng and a dozen Aoki tribesmen in his eyes at all. However, I didn't see the pursuers of the merchant army for a few days, so I couldn't help but relax a lot.
Gao Cheng waved his hand, giving a signal to the people hidden around him, so that more than a dozen people hid deeper.
It didn't take long for the sound of scolding and fighting in the distance, and along with the sound, there was a thick bloody breath. Boom! A strong man with a bearish body and dark skin flew upside down and crashed into a big tree, letting out a dull roar.
The big black man, clad in animal skins and armed with a short axe, slammed into a tree and vomited a mouthful of blood, then quickly struggled to his feet, enduring his injuries. He is Hong of the Blackstone Tribe. The leader of the twenty Blackstone warriors who were responsible for covering the broken back.
"Dongyi people!"
Dozens of merchant soldiers wearing leather armor appeared in the mountains and forests, led by a hundred merchant soldiers who were slightly shorter, carrying long knives, and blood was still dripping from the blades.
The merchant army is 100 long, and it also has the strength of the second order. In the Second Order of the Three Kingdoms World, it belongs to the transcendent level, and can serve as the commander of the army. But in this world, a second-order samurai can only serve as a hundred captains.
Perhaps only a strong person who has reached the third rank can be called a general and is qualified to lead a large army alone.
"See how much strength you have, you can be regarded as a warrior, give you a chance, honestly point out the direction where your tribe is, and Lao Tzu will leave you a whole corpse!" shouted the 100-member commander of the merchant army in a low voice.
"Let me betray the tribe and betray my ancestors?" Hong's face showed a miserable expression, the twenty warriors he led just now were attacked by the other party when they were cutting their prey, and in less than a moment, all the warriors were killed by the other party.
Hong struggled to urge the remaining strength, lifted the short axe and rushed towards the other party.
On the big tree, Lei seemed to be infected by Hong's actions, and hurriedly signaled to Gao Cheng, wanting to rush down and fight against the strong enemy with Hong. Gao Cheng held him down. He shook his head slightly.
"Look for death!"
A sneer appeared on the face of the hundred people of the merchant army, and he waved his hand to let the men around him dodge, and then met him alone, his speed was extremely fast, and the long knife tore out of breath, and in the blink of an eye, it slashed in front of Hong's eyes.
The long knife and the short axe intersected, making a metallic trembling sound, Hong's attack was easily resisted by the other party, and a powerful force passed along the weapon, making his face show an abnormal flush.
The strength and speed of the hundred people had the advantage, and he slashed out two knives in a row, swinging Hong's short axe away at once, and then with a bang, the long knife rushed forward, and the blade sank deep into Hong's chest.
Hurt and on the verge of death, Hong roared and grabbed the blade that pierced his body, pulling his hundred-man body forward. Wants to attack again before you die.
The 100-man commander of the merchant army had experienced this situation many times, and immediately sneered, and his arm was about to draw out the long knife. At this moment, more than a dozen whistling sounds suddenly sounded in his ears.
"It's not good, there are Dongyi people sneak attack!"
The hundred-man chief reacted instantly, and was about to draw his long knife to resist the attacking bow and arrows, but as soon as his arm moved, the two long arrows snorted and sank into his neck. When the long arrow pierced through his vital point, a dull thunderous whistling sound could be heard in the air.
Gao Cheng's strength at this time can be compared with that of a second-order samurai, and the speed of the long arrow shot with strong power has reached the extreme, and before the voice is transmitted, the long arrow has already come to him, making people have no time to react.
"Kill!"
Gao Cheng withdrew his strength from the longbow, and then the longbow turned into powder, this was just an ordinary hard bow, if it wasn't supported by vitality, it would not have been able to send out a strong attack just now.
As soon as the longbow shattered, he drew his bronze sword, let out a roar, and jumped down with a dozen tribal warriors, charging into the ranks of dozens of merchants.
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After half a ring, dozens of merchant soldiers were all killed by Gao Cheng and the tribal warriors, there were no second-order strength of the hundred chiefs, although these soldiers were elite, the strength of a single was far above the tribal warriors, and there was no effect at all.
Gao Cheng's body was extremely flexible, and the bronze sword shuttled back and forth, and he harvested the lives of most of the merchant soldiers alone.
Coming to Hong's corpse, Gao Cheng shook his head slightly, no matter what this person's personality and ability were, but he didn't beg for mercy for fear of death. The Blackstone tribe lost a second-order warrior, and its strength suddenly dropped by one-third.
I don't know what kind of expression Shi Wen will have when he knows the news after he goes back.
Thinking of this, a sneer appeared at the corner of Gao Cheng's mouth. Lei, who was not far away, noticed his expression, and his face showed a complicated look, just now Gao Cheng could have made a move in advance to save Hong.
Unexpectedly, the other party watched Hong being pierced in the chest, and felt a little betrayed to his allies.