31, shocking strings
"Brother, what you just said is actually another possibility!"
Zhao Hong seemed to have suddenly figured out something, let out a shout, and then met Li Xiao's surprised eyes and said with some excitement:
"It is precisely because Huangfu Song, who led the army, is a famous general in the world who swept away the Yellow Turban, and because he was once dismissed from his post in the second year of Zhongping, so he will be more cautious with the troops this time, and he will never take risks to rescue Chen Cang easily. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info and it is precisely because of the chaos in the world that the unscrupulous generals in the court have to reactivate Huangfu Song, so that even if there is more dissatisfaction in the court, at least before the end of the war, the Han court will not be able to depose him, so - "
"In this way, the coalition forces will not only fail to help, but will consume themselves to death!"
Yan Xing just interjected and added the next sentence, and at this moment, his eyes burst into light. It's not that everyone doesn't understand the truth, it's just that some people deliberately choose to ignore it. Now, even if he is reluctant, he has to admit that the coalition army is in deep danger, and the leader of the coalition kingdom is making a big gamble with the lives of these seventy or eighty thousand horses.
Li Xiao was silent, he had just tried his best to cheer up the two of them, but in fact, he didn't know the bottom of his heart, and the current situation was already confusing, and it was difficult to discern the future. After listening to Zhao Hong and Yan Xing's words, he had to admit in his heart that this possibility was also very great, but how could Li Biao, who had always been heroic and magnificent, admit his inner sorrow in person, he had to pour another sip of strong wine into himself, and was silent.
"Woo-"
Suddenly, a short horn sounded piercingly, and Li Xiao, who was in silence, threw down the wine bag directly, and said in surprise and joy:
"Enemy attack!"
The surprise is that this is the horn that was sounded only when encountering the enemy, and the joy is that the Mo Fei Han army is really coming.
But as soon as the words came out, he himself felt that it was impossible, this kind of ice and snow weather, the army would rarely choose to run long distances, and bad weather would cut the army's combat strength by half in the middle of the road, and the Han army obviously couldn't be so stupid, and they would come all the way to break the snow and ice and run over to die. It's just that the sound of the horn is indeed an alarm from the bottom of the mountain, and just when he hesitated, Yan Xing on the side had already turned his horse's head and was about to run down the mountain, but he didn't turn his head back, and left a sentence.
"Listen to the sound coming from below, I'm afraid I've encountered an enemy, I'll go and see it first!"
Although Yan Xing didn't believe that the Han army would travel long distances in the snow, he heard the rush of the horn just now, this must be some attack on the soldiers who blew the horn, Yan Xing didn't have time to think about it and hurriedly ran down on the night white.
The bow and arrows were always carried with him, Yan Xing carried the bow handle, his eyes were bright, and the night white under the seat was also full of spirituality, controlling the speed of the downhill steadily, reserving a short period of time for Yan Xing to observe.
Li and Yan are both skilled archers and horses, and they carry weapons when they go up the mountain to enjoy the snow, so they leave more than a dozen riders under the small hill, they have already found a shelter behind the slope to shelter from the wind, but they didn't expect that something happened now.
At this time, there was also a rider guarding the shelter from the wind, and after seeing Yan Xing galloping down first, he hurriedly greeted him and explained the situation to Yan Xing.
"Yan Jun, one of the brothers who just took shelter from the wind noticed some signs left by men and horses on the edge of the woods, and brought a few people to follow, but unexpectedly, the horn sounded in the forest not long after, and the rest of the brothers also rushed over!"
Yan Xing carefully observed the messy horseshoe prints on the ground, and it was obvious that the sound of the horn just now also made the other riders nervous, and hurriedly rode their horses over. Following the traces of the horse's hooves, the sight has been extended to the edge of the forest, the sound of fighting is faintly heard in the forest, and it is not clear in the wind, and there are a few horses scattered outside the forest.
In response to these clues, Yan Xing's mind began to spin rapidly. From the current point of view, it is impossible for the cavalry guards to encounter a large-scale enemy, and the other party can force the guards to blow the horn of the enemy after discovering their traces, which is obviously not a general generation. It may be a scout of the Han army, a deserter of the coalition army, and a thief in the mountains and forests・・・・・・
Clenching the bow handle in his hand, Yan Xing said quickly in a tone that could not be ignored:
"You stay and protect the two gentlemen Li and Zhao, I'll go and see first!"
After speaking, Yan Xing urged the horses, and according to the night, Bai opened his four hooves and headed towards the forest, leaving the sound of the guards whistling by. Yan Xing rode his horse close to the forest, at this time the sound of the fight had weakened, and he looked out of the forest, although the leaves in the woods fell off in winter, but the branches and forked dead branches still blocked most of the vision, and only black figures in the forest could be seen shaking.
Yan Xing took a deep breath of cold air, drew an arrow in his right hand and put it on the bowstring, and headed in the direction where the sound had just been made, avoiding the dense branches of trees as he went, while secretly alerting the surrounding movements.
Walking in the direction of the sound for a while, the field of vision in front of me suddenly widened, and the clearing in the forest was obviously tidyed, most of the snow had been cleared, and the small trees next to it had also been cut down, leaving only small stumps. In the middle of the clearing lay three men and a horse, among whom it appeared to be accompanied by guards and riders, and the blood had stained the snow red. The remaining dozen or so guards were arranged in a circle, with the horses on the outermost, the shield-wielding ones on the second layer of protection, and the bows and arrows in the middle, the arrows had been pointed in several directions, and the guards were watching their every move with their ears sideways.
In the middle of the circle was commanded by one of Li Piao's subordinates, and when he saw Yan Xing riding his horse from a distance, his face suddenly became nervous, and he hurriedly made a series of gestures to Yan Xing, who had not yet approached. Yan Xing is not a fool, although he can't see the specific situation from his gestures, but the opponent's action reaction has already expressed a sense of danger, looking at the formation they have formed, I am afraid that the opponent they meet is a marksman.
The fight in the forest is often full of dangers, and if you still want to charge into battle on a tall horse like the plains, you must be the one who dies the fastest. Yan Xing hurriedly dismounted, tied the quiver to his waist, left Zhao Yebai in place, lowered his body, and continued to approach the dense forest on the side of the glade.
The leather boots made a very light rustling sound on the snow, Yan Xing deliberately adjusted his pace to ensure that he could dodge and move in the face of a sneak attack at the first time, he moved forward cautiously, at this time, only by keeping not making too much noise could he not alarm the enemy lurking in the shadows, and achieve his purpose of finding the enemy from the side and outflanking.
"Whoosh-"
The sound of the wind in the forest was very small, and the sound of the arrow breaking through the air was very harsh. Hearing this, Yan Xing instantly squatted down behind a tree in front of him, and opened his bow and arrows to be vigilant in the direction of the bow and arrow just now.
At this time, someone in the field had already been hit by an arrow, and the cunning enemy had been looking for a gap in the circle in the dense forest outside the clearing, and just now a guard with a shield shook his arm, and immediately found an opportunity for the enemy who was waiting for the opportunity to attack, and the arrow quickly drilled into the protective circle and shot the arm of a guard with a bow and arrow.
The guards who hurriedly adjusted the target and fired arrows shot a few arrows at the place where the cold arrow had just been shot, but unfortunately they didn't hit, but there was another "rustling" sound of snow, and the enemy shot another arrow into the circle, but this arrow was obviously not as tricky as the previous arrow, and it was blocked by the guards who rearranged the formation.
There is no doubt that the other party is definitely a veteran of hunting in the forest, good at lurking and hiding, patiently waiting for the opponent's flaws, coupled with this tricky arrow technique in the dense forest, it is no wonder that he can overwhelm more than a dozen people on his side. Yan Xing looked at everything that had just happened in the field, and was sure that his opponent was a person who was good at jungle hunting, as for where he came from, it was still unknown, he took a deep breath, and continued to use the trees around him to make a detour in the original direction.
At this time, the guards in the field also formulated countermeasures, they formed a circle and began to advance head-on, and they themselves felt aggrieved by the enemy's pressure and beating, and at this moment they were ready to leave the other party at the cost of killing and wounding a few people. So they advanced together from the front, intending to use the tortoiseshell formation to deal with the enemy's tricky arrows.
At this time, another arrow flew out of the forest, but the guards who had turned into a tortoiseshell array easily blocked the opponent's arrows. Seeing that the enemy's strength seemed to have exhausted and the arrows began to weaken, the guards were highly motivated, and hurriedly quickened their pace, and at the same time tightly protected their upper body with their shields, and rushed towards the dense forest.
"Whoosh-"
The sound of breaking the air sounded again, and the guards immediately slowed down to prevent the gap between the shields from being too large during the run. But apparently the arrow was not fired at them, but at the captives who had fallen on the field.
Two of the three people who had fallen in the field were guards who were shot, and the other was a seriously injured and captured enemy, and the guards who had just been shot in the arm could continue to fight, and after hastily bandaging it, they reluctantly carried their shields to join the advancing team, so there was no one in the field to guard, and no one thought that the archer hiding in the shadows had spent so much time with them, in order to shoot his own accomplices!
Feeling the trap, the guards were furious, and suddenly shouted, regardless of the danger, the shield changed into a normal formation, and rushed into the forest at a faster pace. And the archer, who was hidden in the shadows, saw that his purpose had been achieved, and did not pay any attention to these guards who were being played by himself, he took his bow and arrows, turned around and ran away.
Years of experience in hunting in the jungle have allowed him to develop the ability to run and fly in the jungle. Guards chase enemies through dense forests, often unable to speed up as fast as possible due to the obstruction of trees and the roots to avoid stumbling. The archer, however, was as nimble as a monkey, moving from east to west, his sturdy body shuttling through the forest, unaffected by the trees, and seeing that the distance between the two sides was getting farther and farther, and the enemy was about to be completely out of the sight of the guards.
"Whoa—"
At the sound of the strings, a figure fell down.