Chapter 60: The Middle
It was Wang Huan's idea to choose the noon time period to march, what he wanted was to take advantage of everyone's time to take a nap after dinner, hurry up, and pacify the strange appearance of the dangerous place but unguarded, which always made him feel at ease and speculate. So Li Tingyu and the others went on the road sweating profusely despite the scorching sun.
From last night to now, although Wang Huan has been flustered in his heart, his luck is excellent, the team has hardly been seen by anyone, and the action time of Xiaofu's night walk has well covered the traces of the team.
Look ahead, the official road has walked out of the depths of the mountains with high mountains and dense forests, the eyes suddenly open up, the road on both sides is just some hilly slopes, not high, according to the map, and then walk forward for more than ten miles, is Wuchang Road, where the road is much smoother, only five or six days, you can reach Xiangyang, and to Xiangyang, Yichang will be far away?
As soon as he thought that in half a month at most, he would be able to take a group of brothers on a big boat and go upriver and return to Sichuan, Li Tingyu's mouth was so happy that he couldn't close it, he smirked all the way, his beard turned up and down, and he didn't have a solemn general style at all, so that Li Yan kept mentioning it softly, but Li Tingyu turned a deaf ear and still went his own way.
Under the joy, Li Tingyu took the lead in the front, carrying a big burden and walking like flying, the joy was overflowing, and the people behind him had to trot to keep up with his steps.
At this moment, the fireworks that exploded in the distant mid-air were so clear and dazzling in the daytime, that everyone in the queue was shocked, and they immediately stopped and looked at the fireworks that marked the alarm for a moment.
Li Tingyu, the veteran of the battlefield, was the first to smell the smell of danger, and immediately turned around after a pause, and yelled at the people behind him: "Run!" Hurry up and run up the hill! ”
As soon as the words fell, a thunderous sound sounded behind the woods on the hillside on the right side of the front, everyone was a veteran of the battlefield, and when they heard the voice, their faces immediately turned pale, and they knew this movement as soon as they heard it, and they couldn't be more familiar, it was the loud sound of the hooves of the cavalry of the group when they charged!
In order to pretend to be a trader, the long weapon is inconvenient to carry, each person only left some short knives and waist knives and other weapons to defend themselves, here is in a relatively flat hills, there are gentle slopes everywhere, the cavalry rushing down from the height with the help of the terrain, unstoppable, fifty people's flesh and blood under the horse's hooves will not even be a bit of slag, only to escape, desperate to run, run to the mountains and forests, there is hope of survival.
The cavalry was still on the other side of the hillside, and he didn't even see a shadow at the moment, but the rumbling hooves were already deafening, Li Tingyu was sweating, and he listened carefully in his busy schedule, and his face turned even paler: This voice, I'm afraid there are more than a hundred horsemen!
Wang Huan, Chen Ergou and others walked in the middle of the team, and they had not yet walked out of the mountains at the moment, and when they saw the fireworks in the sky, they already felt that the situation was not good, and they dropped the cloth on their backs and pulled out a short knife, and then they heard a chaotic situation in front, and someone shouted: "Hurry back quickly, there is a cavalry ambush in front!" Wang Huan immediately made a decision, pulled Chen Ergou and Xu Goudan, who were still in a daze beside him, and beckoned to the other little monks, and climbed up the hillside on the side without looking back.
In an instant, at the corner of the hillside, Su Le had already come out with the cavalry, and at this time his face was also blue and angry. This is good, the fireworks must be that he is not clean and fast enough, and when he chased and killed the first three teams of Nanban, he was released by the people in them regardless of life and death, and the nerd also knows that the fireworks in the army are used to send messages and warns, Li Tingyu saw such an obvious message, so can he still run?
When he hurried out with the horse team, he only saw several backs in front of him who were turning and galloping, and he could return to the mountain road after a few more steps.
Souler shouted, "Shoot the arrows!" Don't go to Nanban! With an arrow and a bow, a two-stone hard bow was drawn like a full moon, and with a gentle release of his fingers on the iron wrench, a wolf's tooth arrow shot out with lightning full of anger.
Following the cavalry around him, a rain of arrows with the sound of breaking the sky enveloped the crowd fleeing on their backs.
The dozen or so people who walked in the front had already walked out of the mountain road, wanting to turn back and escape, and the slowest, as soon as the arrow rain arrived, a rain of blood immediately splashed, and everyone was nailed to the back by several wolf tooth arrows, screaming continuously, and fell to the ground.
The big burden on Li Tingyu's back had a magical effect at this moment, he was strong, the cloth on his back was the thickest and the most, and he forgot to throw it away in a hurry, four or five long arrows accurately hit his vest, but all of them were blocked by the big burden, the quality of Songjiang cotton cloth croaked, all the wolf tooth arrows were blocked by cotton cloth, and the most powerful arrow was also able to penetrate the thick cloth, leaving a little skin wound on the skin of the vest.
Li Tingyu only felt that his vest was cold, and his feet were several times faster in shock, and before the second wave of arrows hit, he took three steps and made two steps, ran into the mountain road, and ran into the jungle on the side of the road.
Su Le and the others rode their horses to the mountain pass, only to see more than a dozen corpses on the ground, and one or two people did not lose their breath, moaning in pain on the ground, Fuquan and the others dismounted, drew a knife and cut the throat of the person who made the sound, turned his head and asked: "My lord, the mountain road ahead is narrow and steep, and the horse can't walk, how is it good?" ”
Su Le jumped off the horse with an expressionless face, abandoned the bow and drew the sword, and spit out a few words: "Dismount, chase!" ”
The cavalry under his command picked up their blades and threw their stirrups to the ground, and without talking about the formation, they screamed strangely again and again, and directly rushed into the mountain road, chasing after the fleeing figures looming in the jungle on the side of the road.
Seeing that his subordinates had no formation, chaotic like stragglers, Su Le couldn't help frowning slightly, Fuquan understood his mind the most, seeing that he was displeased, he hurriedly followed his pace to pursue, while defending his subordinates: "My lord, the southern barbarians are weak, and when they see our Qing male soldiers, they will hug their heads and run away, and the sons and daughters will be casual, and it will not be a big problem." ”
Fu is full of strength, breathing long, even in the rapid running, there is no difficulty in breathing when he speaks, Su Le looked at him approvingly, but said coldly: "This is a big mistake, the rabbit is in a hurry to bite people, not to mention people, then Li Tingyu dares to kill people and seize wealth in my army, it is enough to see that he is a bold outlaw, and he is cunning and deceitful. Order, let the sons and daughters be vigilant, if anyone carelessly kicks the eagle by the rabbit, then wait for me to report to the prince and exile his whole family! ”
Fuquan shuddered, hurriedly agreed, turned around and loudly conveyed Su Le's order to the soldiers who followed him, and the soldiers shouted the order loudly in all directions, and after a while, the Qing soldiers scattered all over the mountains and fields received Su Le's orders.
In fact, the Qing soldiers scattered in formation, which was also a helpless move, because when Li Tingyu fled up the mountain, he had already shouted and issued an order, so that all the people would scatter and run, one person in one direction, and there were figures running in the mountains and forests everywhere on both sides of the official road, not to mention the Qing soldiers, even Li Tingyu himself didn't know where his subordinates had gone.
"Everyone is looking for their own way to survive, if there is a life left, go to Kuimen to meet!" Li Tingyu relied on his loud voice and full of confidence, while climbing up on the hillside with his hands and feet, he also roared loudly for the last time, his voice could go straight through the sky, and his aftermath echoed throughout the valley.
This loud voice is like a beacon to guide the hunter in the dark, the mountains were full of fleeing people, the Qing soldiers didn't know who to chase, this voice attracted nearly a third of the Qing soldiers, Su Le gritted his teeth and chased at the front, and Tian Xiong beside him reminded him very attentively, the person who did not forget to let out the lion's roar even in the middle of running for his life was Li Tingyu.