Chapter 115 108 Heroes—8
That bow and arrow was like a meteor that pierced the sky, bringing death to the tribal leaders.
When it hit the ground, it ignited not only the weeds that dried up in autumn, but also the black powder scattered here.
The leaders of the Xianbei tribes, although some people noticed the vision in the sky, they obviously did not think that it posed any threat to them, and even once they had imagined that they would destroy the rocket with sand as soon as it hit the ground.
However, things clearly turned out more than they expected. This time the burning black powder instantly surrounded all of them. In a panic, they began to prepare to flee, but their steps were clearly not as bad as the malice of the Grim Reaper.
The gunpowder was like a poisonous snake, and it quickly rushed to the grain bag on Wu Gang's car. The tribal leaders who came to raid in a group had long since lost the heart to pay attention to this detail. They were so focused on escaping, apparently unaware that something worse was coming.
The density of gunpowder in grain bags is far from being comparable to that in weeds. When the flames swooped into the sacks, there was a violent explosion that made the whole earth tremble in an instant.
The tribal leaders who were fleeing for their lives, and their men who were carrying food bags as they prepared to leave the place, were frightened by the sudden loud noise.
The horses in the distance also began to neigh. They ran wildly in a panic, and did not heed the summons of their familiar riders. As for Micah and the others, who were rushing towards Suning. They also lost control of their horses without exception. More than half of them were overturned on the spot, while the other half were able to barely control the war horse, but they faced the crazy slashing of Suning and the others with all their might.
The battle was sudden and chaotic, although the enemy was unprepared for the power of gunpowder, and caused many tragedies of trampling on each other. However, the soldiers on Suning's side were not familiar with the effects of gunpowder, so they could not follow in the footsteps of the Soviets and rush to the enemy who was already in chaos.
So when this battle started, most of the people spent their time in panic, and only a small number of Suning's subordinates were able to keep up with Suning's pace smoothly and cross through the enemy's array, bringing huge casualties to the other party.
However, Mika, a guy with strong martial arts, still survived, although he was stabbed twice, but the depth of the wound was not fatal. At the same time, the power of black powder continued to be revealed. Those who were busy carrying the bags did not seem to notice that a long tail had fallen behind them, which was black powder that kept leaking out of the bags, and they fell into the grass one after another, and soon encountered something that made their blood boil.
The flames of late autumn quickly ignited them, and like a rattlesnake locked the direction of its prey, it chased after the Xianbei people who carried the grain bags. Of course, the Xianbei people have not seen the power of black powder, and they only want to transport food back to the tribe at the moment, so when they find that there is a sudden fire behind them, the first choice they make is naturally to speed up their pace. However, they soon found that this was obviously useless, because the fiery serpent behind them was chasing them at a faster speed.
Finally, their fatigue made them lose the ability to flee for their lives, and the curse of the god of death declared its power with a violent explosion the moment the fiery serpent sprang up.
These fragmentary explosions, although not as powerful as the loud bang just now, but they told the main force of the Xianbei people who were still stunned that what they saw just now was not a nightmare, but a real reality.
There was a loud bang, and all the Xianbei people who were still at a loss or stunned just now had already reacted at this moment. Such power is not something that can be created by man. This must be a punishment from the gods, I can't imagine that they Xianbei people have angered the heavens, this is not good news, they should flee quickly.
So the sporadic chaos just now suddenly spread to the minds of all Xianbei people, and they didn't care about Suning, who was breaking through, they just tried to find their horses, or simply used their two little short legs to run for their lives in the direction of their hometown.
Micah, who was affected by his injuries, was even more powerless to stop the rapidly spreading chaos. He already knew that his men were going their separate ways. The only thing he could say was that their men weren't routed by the enemy in head-to-head battles.
But even so, he has no shame to face the sandalwood locust. For the sake of today's plan, only by capturing the guy named Suning alive and bringing him back to Tanshi Huai, who has always trusted him, can he reluctantly have an explanation of conscience when he draws his sword to thank the world.
So he supported himself with a long knife, reluctantly stood up, searched for the surviving subordinates around him with all his might, and led them to chase Suning, who had already run away.
The parched grassland has fallen into the curse of Zhurong at this moment, and it seems that anyone needs to do everything in their power to escape from this terrible hell. However, everything has its own special case, and at this moment there is an army rushing towards this side.
Zhang Xiu still remembered the task given to her by Suning before leaving, once the signal was issued, she had to do her best to rush to it, and the explosion just now was the signal that Suning sent to him.
All the cavalry that could be brought out of the camp, including the teenage kids, were brought out by him. Such a cavalry team of less than 1,800 people had been lurking on the west side of the Xianbei cavalry. Since the main targets of the Xianbei people were the two teams led by Suning, they relaxed their reconnaissance on this side, which allowed Zhang Xiu and the others not to be exposed in advance.
However, Zhang Xiu is also worried that with such a long distance, I am afraid that it will not be possible to support Suning in a short time, and whether the signal described by Suning can travel such a long distance is also a worrying problem.
However, after the successive explosions, some problems became easy to solve in the face of steely facts, but some problems remained stubbornly in Zhang Xiu's heart.
After all, Suning only brought 600 people, and with a hard battle, no one could guarantee that he would be able to hold out until reinforcements arrived.
However, when the 1,800 cavalry arrived at the battlefield, they saw a scene that shocked them.
The unattended horses run aimlessly, and the new patients who have lost their horses invariably flee for their lives in the direction of their homeland. At the same time, the fire that had just spread from the scene of the explosion was constantly devouring the slow-moving Xianbei people.
Zhang Xiu was smart and did not choose to pursue the Xianbei people, they may also be swept into the train, of course, these Xianbei people are not qualified to leave here alive, and their sins of plundering Liangzhou must be washed away with their blood.
Zhang Xiu personally led the cavalry under his command, and after going around in a big circle, he appeared on the way to escape from the Xianbei cavalry.
Faced with a group of panicked enemies, the cavalry who fought in formation scattered them with a single charge made the rest of the work easier, even teenagers could easily face the panicked enemy.
The harvest of this battle is estimated to allow everyone to be promoted. It's just that they haven't found Suning after this fierce battle.
I don't know if Suning and the others have escaped.
On a hill outside the house, Suning was squatting there, counting the subordinates gathered around him one by one. This breakout operation was followed by a lot of unforeseen circumstances. Especially after the Xianbei people fell into chaos as a whole, even Suning's subordinates reacted quickly, but they were inevitably blocked and impacted by the flow of people. In such a situation, separation is inevitable.
As for the battle damage along the way, it was even more inevitable. In short, after combining various factors, Suning found out after the inventory that he now has less than two hundred available manpower.
Two hundred infantry were extremely dangerous in the vast steppe, and if they encountered a hostile tribe, it would be enough for them to lose half of their men, and if there were two such tribes, it would be a gift from God for twenty or thirty people to survive.
Unfortunately, just when Suning was estimating the combat strength of his soldiers, there was a cavalry team of 500 people, rushing to this side.
It was a group of men and horses led by Micah. After the explosion in recent years, did they lose a lot of debt? However, those who grow on the grasslands only need a few whistles to find their closest companions. It's just that it will have to wait until the fear of the horses slowly fades. So they couldn't catch up with Suning's pace in the first time, but fortunately, Suning and the others' physical strength was too overdrawn, and they couldn't run far, even if Song Lin himself still had the ability to fight to the death, but his subordinates were probably already at the end of the crossbow.
So Micah didn't prepare to gather too many people, although there were still many people behind him to summon their war horses, but Micah didn't have time to wait for their arrival, if he delayed time, I was afraid that he would lose Suning's trace. After all, this is in the territory of Liangzhou, and if there were a few Qiang tribes that have not yet been plundered to make friends with them, then they may have already been smoothly transferred.
This is not what he wants to see, after all, capturing Suning alive has now become his only obsession, if he can't do this, then he really has no shame to face the sandalwood that has always trusted him.
Fortunately, Suning's figure appeared on the hillside not far away at this moment. Micah would never let go of this opportunity to kill him with his own hands.
After a few excited roars, Suning, who was not far away, also realized that a group of uninvited guests were chasing after him.
Although his men were already very tired, there was only one choice he could make at this time of life and death.
After a battle song, his soldiers slapped their breastplates and stood up one by one, although they were no longer as vigorous as before, but it was obvious that the determination that shone in their eyes was still exuding indelible brilliance at this moment.
Suning knew that they didn't have much physical strength left, so it was best to end this battle in a short time, otherwise, they might be wiped out here.
Then the battle horn soon sounded, he no longer had enough time to plan the specific battle plan of this battle, and the only thing he could do now was to use the blood left on his body, and together with his beloved soldiers, he would turn his blood into the curse of death on the shameless enemy.
The words of killing have just sounded here, but the shouts of killing in another place are slowly subsiding.
Zhang Xiu is leading his subordinates to count the battlefield at this moment. The Xianbei people's return home is not worth much collecting, but many of their swords can be compared to the things made by the Han people, which may be the Han army equipment they captured in previous battles.
However, these things can't be overly greedy, after all, their most important task after defeating the main force of the Xianbei people is to find the coach of this battle, Suning. If they carry too much burden, it is not conducive to their search mission in the vast grassland.
Not to mention the swords of the ancestors who could barely be used, even the heads of the ancestors who could indicate the military industry, Zhang Xiu did not recommend that his subordinates harvest them immediately.
Perhaps because of the victory, this group of soldiers still obeyed the orders of their commanders.
Even if before this battle, they were more looking forward to the rewards they could get after winning military exploits, however, the commander who created excellent results for them was still missing at the moment, so their group of Liangzhou bloody men could not only care about their own wealth, but forget the friendship of others.
So this cavalry team of less than 2,000 people quickly broke into small teams of different numbers and went to different directions to search for their commander Suning.
At this moment, Suning was already fighting with Micah and the others. In the vast grassland, even the most elite infantry could not withstand the impact of the cavalry, not to mention his tired subordinates, although the other party also paid huge casualties in the chaos just now, but the Xianbei warriors who could still find horses in that chaos were obviously one in ten elite people.
Under the attack of such a group of people, just back and forth, his subordinates paid nearly 30 casualties, and in the next few hedges, Suning's subordinates were also decreasing one by one, and the other party seemed to have found that kind of flawed hunting feeling.
At this moment, Suning had to look up to the sky and roar, could he and his subordinates only end up as a prey?
Cang Tian quickly gave him an answer.