Chapter 146: Running for Nothing
Dugu Jun paced back and forth on Xiao Dongling restlessly, and he had a strong sense of foreboding. Suddenly, he saw three dazzling red signal flares rising above the mountain ridge of Yanqu Village in the distance, and immediately a thunderbolt rang out in his head.
"Looks like something really happened! The whole team immediately assembled. Dugu Jun shouted loudly. One red flare indicates that there is a dangerous situation, two red flares indicate a major danger, and three red flares indicate a major danger, and it seems that the queen is in great trouble. What's more, his sweetheart Ouyang Qian is also with the queen, and Dugu Jun is anxious.
Pan Jiang, who was sitting on a stone in the distance, jumped up like a spring on the ground.
The other more than a hundred black-clothed guards who were hiding in the mountains and forests seemed to emerge from the ground, and they were assembled in front of Dugu Jun in an instant.
"Pan Jiang, you, Li Kang, and Jiang Yong, take the queen's golden token and go to Zhulin Pass here quickly to mobilize local officers and soldiers to Yanqu Village to support, you must be fast." Dugu Jun's face was solemn and full of anxiety, "The rest of the brothers and I will quickly go to the mountain of Yanqu Village to rescue the queen, and set off immediately!" ”
"No!" The crowd roared into orders.
Dugu Jun took the lead and led more than 100 black-clothed guards to rush towards Yanqu Village.
The black-clothed guard ran for about five kilometers along Xiaodongling, and finally arrived at Yanqu Village, which was surrounded by mountains. The mountain road in Yanqu Village is a sheep's intestine trail that has been walked out for many years, winding on the stream, on the bluestone, and in the woods, which is rugged and difficult to walk.
Running more than 5,000 meters, it is still a rugged and difficult mountain road, even the well-trained black-clothed guards are a little unbearable. Some of them were pale and retching, some were pale and sweating, some were panting like bellows with their hands on their knees, and some were eager to put another mouth on their faces to help them breathe.
Seeing this, if you encounter an enemy, it will be difficult to win. Dugu Jun also ran profusely, he asked everyone to stop and rest for a while, and then used a telescope to observe in the distance, and after determining the direction of the queen's flare, he ordered to continue the attack.
Everyone also knew that today was a big deal, so they gritted their teeth one by one and followed Dugu Jun into the mountains.
Xia Xue and Ouyang Qian took advantage of the favorable terrain to condescend to block the attack of the Mingjiao assassins, both of them were very skilled in archery, and there were almost no arrows within a hundred meters, Xia Xue generally put the enemy within a hundred meters before starting to shoot, plus the trigger of the trap mechanism, so, there were corpses of the enemy lying everywhere on the hillside.
Sometimes when encountering a large number of enemies, Xia Xue will take out a Ma drunk pistol and fire rapidly, although it can't kill the enemy, it can also make him unconscious for four hours, which greatly reduces the pressure of the battle. For the enemy who rushed in front of him by luck, Xia Xue mercilessly used a one-hit killing knife technique to finish off the opponent. Of course, due to the limited number of MA drunk bullets, Xia Xue generally does not use MA drunk pistols until the moment of emergency.
Although there were only two of them, many Mingjiao assassins were unable to break through the defense of the two for a while. However, they believe that with their large numbers, they can easily take their opponents when they are exhausted. Therefore, in order not to give the opponent a chance to breathe, they adopted a rotational attack, the purpose of which is to constantly drain the opponent's physical strength. In the eyes of the Mingjiao assassins, although these two demon girls are extremely strong in combat, they are already turtles in the urn.
Ouyang Qian's face was pale, cold sweat was dripping, the fierce battle made her physical strength seriously overdrawn again, she was like a fish thrown ashore desperately open her mouth to breathe, but she felt like she was in a vacuum and did not suck a trace of air into her lungs. His arms were so weak that he could no longer pull the bowstring.
"Hold on, hold on! Reinforcements are coming soon! Brother Jun is here soon! She tried her best to cheer herself up.
"Adjust your breathing and rhythm, and when the enemy's attack is paused, take a break and drink some water! Don't keep straining the strings, or you'll get tired. If you can't pull the bowstring, you can switch to crossbow arrows to shoot. Xia Xue is very talented, plus she is good at regulating her breathing and adjusting her rhythm, so although she is also drenched in sweat and her arms are sore, her state is much better than Ouyang Qian, and she often deliberately stands up straight, exposed to the protective wall, attracting enemies to shoot her with arrows, firstly to protect Ouyang Qian, and secondly, to collect arrows with the help of high-tech clothes and helmets.
Although it was difficult for the enemy to break through their defense line for a while, Xia Xue also knew in her heart that if the reinforcements did not arrive in time, the two of them would definitely die.
Dugu Jun finally heard the shouting and killing in the distance, and knew that he was not far from the queen and Ouyang Qian, and his heart couldn't help but be happy, and his spirit was also lifted.
The long-distance non-stop running at high speed, and in the rugged mountains and forests full of thorns and vines, Dugujun's physical exertion was very huge, his whole body was sore, his legs were numb as if he had been separated from the body, and his lungs hurt like pins and needles every time he breathed, but he also had to breathe quickly and desperately to provide oxygen consumption for the tired body. Every time I can't hold on, as long as I think of the beautiful queen and the lovely sweetheart Ouyang Qian, my whole body is full of strength again.
Finally arrived at the foot of the hillside where the queen and Ouyang Qian were, Dugu Jun hid behind the big tree, looked around, and found that there were only twenty people following up. He also understands that there are few people who can withstand this kind of desperate running.
Dugu Jun took a few breaths and asked everyone to pause and rest for a while to recover their T strength. Everyone took out the kettle and drank a few sips of water before they felt a little more comfortable in their smoking throats.
Dugu Jun carefully observed the jungle on the hillside with a telescope, and found that there were a large number of enemies hidden inside, the number of which was not accurate, but at least more than seven or eight hundred. It seems that there are really a lot of enemies, not to mention that the queen fired three red flares in a row. The queen and Ouyang Qian must be very dangerous now, and they can't delay any longer.
Dugu Jun was so anxious that he couldn't wait for the black-clothed guards who hadn't arrived yet, so he asked a black-clothed guard to wait for the team members behind, and when he arrived, he immediately rushed up the hill to rescue the queen and Ouyang Qian. He led nineteen black-clothed guards to kill first.
Dugu Jun led people to sneak up and found eight assassins dressed in black in the bushes, all of them looking at something on the hillside.
"Damn, I'm also wearing black, and I want to pretend to be a black guard." However, Dugu Jun found that the black clothes worn by these assassins were far from the standard clothes of their black guards, and it was easy to distinguish.
So he used sign language to command a few black-clothed guards to quietly outflank him, he drew out the Qinglong Sword and rushed forward with an arrow, and with a few swords, he put down three black-clothed assassins, and the remaining five were also cleanly dealt with by other black-clothed guards.
Dugu Jun used the same method to carry out three sneak attacks from behind the assassins, and eliminated more than thirty more.
However, when they were on the fourth sneak attack, they were spotted by the enemy, who shouted "Someone is sneaking up behind", and the two sides engaged in a scuffle. The eighty black-clothed guards who caught up behind also didn't care about breathing, and hurriedly rushed forward to support, and for a moment the sound of swords clashing, screaming, roaring, and crossbow arrows breaking through the air filled the mountains and forests.
The Mingjiao assassins who were taking turns to attack the top of the mountain suddenly heard a burst of shouts and killings from behind, and couldn't help but be shocked in their hearts, could it be that the demon girl's reinforcements arrived, why did they arrive so quickly? For a time, the morale and fighting spirit of the Assassins were affected, and chaos ensued. Some wanted to flee as soon as possible before they were surrounded by enemy reinforcements; Some wanted to rush down the hill to support the rear; Some wanted to hurry up their attack to the top of the mountain, capture and kill the demon girl as soon as possible before the enemy's reinforcements arrived, and complete the task assigned by the sect leader.
Several Mingjiao leaders shouted, wanting to straighten out the chaotic ranks, boost morale, and take the mountain as soon as possible. But because everyone's hearts have been shaken, the momentum of the attack has not been as good as before.
"Reinforcements have finally arrived!" Xia Xue and Ouyang Qian let out a long breath when they heard the sound of fighting under the mountain. Due to the relief in her heart, Ouyang Qian's tired body stumbled and almost fell to the ground.
"We can't relax now, many enemies are still attacking upwards, hold on for a while." Xia Xue used a folding crossbow to shoot an assassin who rushed up from the left to the ground, and quickly used her feet to help pull the crossbow string again, put on the crossbow arrow, and aim at the next target.
An hour later, the black-clothed guards led by Dugu Jun had almost rushed to the top of the mountain, as if they had been fished out of blood, and they were all drenched in blood and sweat, the blood of the enemy, and the blood of their own injuries. Dugu Jun is like a mad lion, his handsome face is splashed with blood, like a messenger of hell, a green dragon sword flies up and down, stabbing left and right, invincible, rushing to the forefront. There was only one thought in his heart: "Hurry, hurry, rush to the top of the mountain as soon as possible!" ”
At this time, there was a shouting and killing sound from the bottom of the mountain, only to see the flag fluttering, Pan Jiang with more than 2,000 officers and soldiers also killed, although one by one the officers and soldiers ran with crooked armor, panting like oxen, sweating profusely, but when they arrived at the bottom of the mountain, they saw that the mountain had already been fighting, and after only a short rest, they immediately entered the battle. The physical fitness of this group of officers and soldiers is definitely not as good as that of the black-clothed guards, but when Pan Jiang brought them from Zhulin Pass, although they marched all the way, they would be allowed to rest for a while, rest for a while in Dasang Garden, rest for a while in Xiaodongling, rest for a while after arriving at Yanqu Village, and let them rest for a while after going down the target hillside, so as to ensure that they could have the physical strength to kill the enemy.
When the Ming Sect assassins saw that the general trend was gone, their morale collapsed, and they no longer had any fighting spirit, and they scattered and fled. The black-clothed guards and officers and soldiers turned into hunters, chasing and killing fleeing prey in the mountains and forests.
Xia Xue looked at the assassins who had fled for their lives, and her eyes flashed with victory.
At this time, Dugu Jun rushed up first, Ouyang Qian finally lost his physical strength, his eyes were dark, his knees were weak, and he was about to fall to the ground, Dugu Jun rushed up and hugged Ouyang Qian.
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After the end of the battle, after statistics, this time a total of more than 800 Mingjiao assassins were annihilated, more than 100 were captured, and more than 100 escaped, which was a great victory.
After interrogating the captured Mingjiao assassins, it was learned that this assassination was indeed planned by Fang Tian, the leader of the Mingjiao Sect, in order to avenge his son Fang Hao. The news that Xia Xue secretly came to Yanqu Village to inspect medicinal resources was reported by a shopkeeper in the Zhulinguan Inn, who was a member of the Ming Sect. At that time, Xia Xue and Ouyang Qian happened to live in that inn, and the shopkeeper happened to see Xia Xue in Shuzhou City, and he was deeply impressed by this beautiful and powerful girl queen, so although Xia Xue was traveling and staying in the hotel, she covered the robes and capes of ordinary women in the Sui and Tang dynasties on the outside of her jacket, and even wore a veil on her head. During the Sui and Tang dynasties, when women went out, many wore "hats". The style is a high-topped wide-brimmed hat, with a thin and transparent veil around the brim to cover the face and also protect against wind and sand. But she was still recognized by the shopkeeper who was impressed by her. When he was staying at the guest house, he inevitably had to take off his hat, and he was seen by the shopkeeper with a heart, and he further determined that this beautiful girl disguised as a medicinal herb vendor was the angel queen who killed the sect leader's son Fang Hao. So he hurriedly made a secret report to the hall master of the Mingjiao organization where he was located, so there was a later assassination operation.