Chapter 5: The Hunter
The mountains and forests were very quiet, and even ordinary bird calls could not be heard, so the sound was very harsh, which made Liu Ji a little unexpected, it must be the tripwire on the front that worked, and he was waiting for this opportunity.
The huge black shadow that followed behind him disappeared at once, Liu Ji quickly changed direction and went around the edge of the tripwire area, due to the slope, he was now in a relatively high position, able to overlook the entire surrounding environment condescendingly.
It worked even better than he had imagined, the tripwire temporarily freed him from the threat of the heavily armored samurai, and the robed man who was good at tracking was separated in the other direction, and he didn't hesitate to take off his sheepskin jacket to make his body lighter, and dived towards his target.
Gondo Songbu's movements were quick, he put a feathered arrow on the bowstring, like a hunt, bent his body, and under the cover of the trees, he was moving quickly from the forest, as long as the group instinct entangled the Tang man, he could deliver a precise long-range strike.
Just when he was about halfway through, a loud noise suddenly appeared in his ears, like a fierce beast falling to the ground, his heart was startled, and his pace suddenly slowed down.
Could it be that Kumimoto was attacked?
Gondo Songbu was a little hesitant, if something happened to the group, according to the military law, they would all be executed, but he couldn't believe that a warrior like Da Nang would be killed without even making a sound, should he go back to join the group, or continue to move forward and try to intercept that Tang man?
His life was at stake, and he chose the former.
The moment he turned around, Gondo Sumbu suddenly heard a voice approaching rapidly, not loud, very much like some kind of small animal, he stopped in confusion, about to look back, at this moment, a sudden change occurred.
Hexi's sunlight shone down through the trees, creating a colorful halo between the trees, and a black shadow flashed out from behind the trees, rushing over, and the blade of the short knife was illuminated by the sun, drawing a rainbow, and it came immediately.
Gondo Songbu was so shaken that he couldn't even open his eyes, but instinctively raised the wooden bow in his hand, and the rainbow slid down the tough bow in a semicircular arc, and in this arc, there was a small protrusion, and when he reacted, the wooden bow that Susu had never left was gone.
Seeing the wooden bow fall to the ground, a heart-wrenching pain poured into his mind, the originally intact fingers were cut off by Qi Gen, and suddenly there were only four blood holes left, Gondo Songbu threw away the feathered arrow, held the wound with his intact left hand, and let out a sharp scream in his mouth, which was not only instinctive, but also a warning.
Liu Ji did not use a short knife to make up for it, but bent down to pick up the wooden bow and feather arrow on the ground, and used the short knife to remove the severed finger that was still attached to the bow handle, and then held the shaft of the feather arrow, aimed the tip of the arrow at the thigh of Gondo Songbu, and pierced it fiercely.
"Don't pull it out, if you pull it out, you'll die." Before leaving, he kindly reminded the other party, using Tubo dialect, which is not very fluent.
When the screams of his subordinates sounded, Da Nang had just gotten up from the ground, because he ran too fast, he was tripped under his feet, and fell directly to the ground, fortunately, as a veteran, many years of battlefield experience played a role, and in embarrassment, his body wrapped in heavy armor rolled on the spot, and the knife and shield in his hand were raised in front of him, forming a defensive posture.
The expected surprise did not come, and he looked up at his feet, where the cowhide boots were entangled in two tree barks, which if this was not the result of nature, that would mean.
The Tang man didn't want to run away, but deliberately showed weakness, just to lure himself to catch up, and this judgment made him feel a chill on his body.
Da Nang quickly sat up, slashed at the bark on his leg with his sword, and when his feet were free, he heard the cry.
He did not hesitate, and immediately ran in the direction of his men, looking down at his feet as he ran, and soon saw a miserable-looking gondo suffoc, sitting under a tree with his hands crossed.
Stopped, looked around with a wary gaze, and when his gaze swept over a few severed fingers on the ground, his eyes jumped unconsciously, a person without fingers, no matter whether the arrow in his leg was deep or not, was no different from waste, and it was not worth his distraction.
The other party could have killed him, so why didn't he do that?
With this doubt, he asked, "What about the Tang man?" ”
"Towards that end." Gondo Songpo pointed weakly, his face pale from blood loss.
Da Nang was stunned at first, and then the anger in his heart suddenly rose, the other party left this live mouth, it was actually to show himself the way, a yellow-haired boy who has not dried up, why is he? Boundless anger was gathering in his chest, and it seemed to bubble up.
He walked away without saying a word, without even saying a word, Gondo Songbu's mouth opened, but he didn't make a sound, and he originally planned to remind him that the Tang boy could speak Tibetan dialect.
In fact, Da Nangqi's thinking is not exactly like this, the direction pointed out by his subordinates is not the depths of the mountains and forests, but the opposite direction, which makes him a little alert, outside the mountains and forests, only one person is watching, is the other party want to get rid of all the helpers first, and then deal with himself?
More likely, grab the horse!
Therefore, he had to chase, but despite some anxiety, his steps became more and more steady, the rattan shield in his left hand protecting most of his body, and the long knife in his right hand in front of him in order to remove possible obstacles.
Sure enough, not long after he walked out, there was an abnormality under his feet, the blade seemed to be blocked by something, he looked down and saw that a vine was hidden among the grass, not growing naturally upward, but like the previous bark, lying under his feet, this is the same set again? Da Nang snorted coldly, the tip of the knife was raised, and the straight vines scurried back like a snake.
Unexpectedly, just as he was about to continue to step forward, a long strip-like black shadow swept over with the sound of the whirring wind, and the speed was incredibly fast, and he only had time to block his chest with the rattan shield in his left hand, and the huge force knocked his whole body up and fell heavily to the ground.
There was chaos in front of him, the long knife came out of his hand, the helmet was missing, his chest was like a lightning strike, the solid rattan shield was beaten and deformed, and his body couldn't feel the existence of his limbs.
So you didn't even die?
The look of surprise in Liu Ji's eyes was not much less than that of the darang beggar lying on the ground, a cedar tree nearly three meters high was forcibly dragged and bent into a bow shape by him, tied to a stone with thick vines, and at least thousands of catties of elastic force hit the other party head-on, but he didn't even spurt out blood.
He was a little glad that when he chose his target, he didn't first try to deal with the heavily armored samurai who tripped and fell to the ground.
The matter was not over yet, and while the other party had not recovered, he had to strike first, so he put away his contempt, got up from his hiding place, and ran over quickly.
For a hunter, the most dangerous moment is the moment when the beast is injured but not killed.