Chapter 300: The Subordinate Reports

The scout captain's face suddenly changed slightly, and the three young men in the back, whether it was the sitting posture of them running on horseback, or the way they were aiming with a bow, etc., were all standard movements of scouts in the army, and judging from the speed of the horses running under their crotches, their mounts were definitely active war horses in the army.

"Everyone get ready for battle, there are three young men suspected of being rebel scouts who are chasing and killing a middle-aged man!" The scout captain bowed his head and whispered a command to the team under the tree.

As the four people on the horse approached quickly, the scout captain had already vaguely seen the outfits of the three young men behind him, and did not find his own human symbol on their bodies, and the scout captain instantly made a final conclusion in his heart: this is the enemy scout!

The scout captain made a gathering gesture to the team members under the tree, then quickly slid down from the tree, and ordered in a low voice: "Everyone get ready, prepare to destroy the three young men in the back and save the middle-aged men in front."

"Yes!" The scouts agreed, and quickly urged the horses to approach the official road.

The horses ridden by the three young men were all active war horses in the army, and their speed was much faster than that of the middle-aged men's mounts. As time passed, the distance between the two became smaller and smaller, and the three people behind were less than 100 steps away from the middle-aged man, and the middle-aged man had already entered the range of 100 paces of riding a bow.

"Put!"

Just about three hundred steps away from the hiding place of the Sui army scouts, only one of the men shouted in a low voice, and the three young men let go at the same time, and the sharp arrows in their hands instantly came out of the string, and the three sharp arrows suddenly formed an inverted glyph with high on both sides and low in the middle, and shot towards the middle-aged man with a roar. It is clear that they intend to capture the middle-aged man alive.

The middle-aged man seemed to notice the abnormality behind him, he did not look back, nor did he dodge to the sides, but directly crouched on the horse's back. It can be seen that the military literacy of middle-aged men is not low, and he should have been an elite soldier on the battlefield.

Unfortunately, the two sharp arrows on the left and right were shot at a foot away from his left and right shoulders, and the middle one was aimed at his crotch warhorse, and none of the three sharp arrows were fired directly at him.

Dozens of paces away, three sharp arrows arrived in an instant, only to hear "poof!" With a soft sound, the sharp arrow in the middle directly hit the right hind leg of the horse under the middle-aged man's crotch, only to see the horse stumble, and suddenly the center of gravity was unstable, and he fell to the right on the side of the road.

Fortunately, the middle-aged man's reaction was very fast, and at the moment when the war horse tilted, he saw his hands supporting the horse's back, and he jumped to the side of the road.

Unfortunately, the man was unstable after landing, and was directly brought down by the inertia of speed, rolled twice on the ground, and lay directly on the ground, the man couldn't stand up even a few times, and couldn't turn over his body, obviously seriously injured.

At the moment when the three sharp arrows came out of the string, the scout captain who was ambushed on the side of the road immediately knew that he couldn't wait any longer, otherwise the middle-aged man would definitely die, and the scout captain immediately made a decision and shouted "Action!" He directly took the lead and rode up the official road, rushing towards the three rebel scouts at high speed with a bow and arrows.

The three rebel scouts, who were already close to the middle-aged man and were just about to turn over and dismount, instantly discovered the scout team of the Sui army, they didn't have time to kill the middle-aged man, and they didn't have time to search the things on the middle-aged man's body, so they directly turned the horse's head and galloped towards the way they came.

The captain of the scout led his subordinates to chase hundreds of steps, and saw that the rebel scouts had run away and could no longer pursue, so he directly stopped the pursuit, turned the horse's head and walked towards the middle-aged body.

The scout captain turned over and dismounted, and picked up the middle-aged man around, only then did he notice that the middle-aged man had a half-foot-long wound on his back, although the depth of the wound could not be seen, but the blood oozing from the wound had stained his entire back.

At this time, the middle-aged man was already pale, his lips were chapped, and he was panting with his mouth open, it seemed that he was not only too physically exhausted, but also his body was dehydrated because of the fact that he had been injured for too long and the wound was constantly bleeding.

The scout captain secretly said that he was mildew, and hurriedly asked his subordinates to take a water bag and poured a few mouthfuls of water into the middle-aged man, and the middle-aged man's panting voice was only a little quieter.

"Thank you! May I ask you are the scouts of Huoyi City? The middle-aged man steadied his panting rhythm for a moment, and then asked with a gasp.

His voice was so small that it would have been impossible to hear what he was saying if it weren't for the scouts who saw that he wanted to speak and put their ears close to his mouth.

"Not bad! We are the soldiers who guard Huoyi City. ”

The scout captain nodded and said, he had already seen that the middle-aged man might be dying, and hurriedly asked, "Brother Tai, if there is anything I need to explain to my relatives, if I can help, I will definitely help you bring it."

"Thank you, General!"

The middle-aged man paused, took a few breaths, and said, "I am Li Zhenyi, a descendant of the Daxing City Hell Mansion... My son-in-law's name is Yin Hongzhi... He was the staff of General Song Laosheng, the defender of Huoyi City... The troublesome general told my son-in-law... The head of the family is critically ill by an arrow... Please rush back to Daxing City immediately. ”

The middle-aged man said one sentence and paused to catch his breath for a while, and then continued to say the next sentence, intermittently for a long time before he finished explaining the matter.

However, it seemed that these confessions had used up all his strength, or perhaps his wish had been fulfilled, and the middle-aged man closed his eyes and passed out after explaining the matter.

The scout captain stretched out his finger and probed in front of his nose, his face suddenly changed slightly, and the middle-aged man had stopped breathing.

The scout captain reached out and searched the middle-aged man's body, but found nothing but a purse containing several small pieces of silver in his arms. The scout captain was a little secretly happy, secretly stuffed the purse into his arms, thought about it, and reprimanded: "Search his horse bag to see if there is anything found, we will immediately..."

"Captain, there are enemy troops on the official road!"

Before the scout captain could finish speaking, one of the team members suddenly shouted, and the scout captain immediately turned his head to look over, and his face suddenly changed.

I saw a cavalry team of more than 100 people, appearing at the bend of the official road more than 400 paces away, they were holding bows and arrows, urging their horses to move slowly, and they were sneaking cautiously all the way, and they were ready for battle.

"Withdraw!".

The attacking enemy was not only numerous, but also one person and two horses, and it would be too late if he didn't leave, and the scout captain didn't have time to think about it, so he directly ordered to retreat in a low voice, and at the same time quickly turned over his horse and evacuated first, even the corpse of the middle-aged man was not brought with him.

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