Chapter 22: Things in Memory
"It's the drill sentry of Jinding Mountain, everyone go up together, let's work together to kill him." The five horse thieves stared at a Jinding Mountain sentry in the distance, and they recognized who it was, so they drew their weapons and rushed forward together.
The sentry of Jinding Mountain appeared alone in the field, and he did not know where the brothers around him had gone. He only remembered that he seemed to have received news from a lost family member, and that the patrol he went out this time seemed to be his own unauthorized action. But no matter what, the famous "Drill Sky Sentry" of Jinding Mountain, even if he stays alone in the wild, he will not be afraid of a few horse thieves.
In the face of the fierce horse thief, he did not draw his waist knife and prepared for battle. Instead, he calmly took out his horn bow and mounted a shovel arrow and shot at one of the horse thieves who rushed to the front. The shovel arrow flew out at a rapid pace, stabbing into the chest of the enemy's horse.
The horse let out a terrible neigh, and threw its knight to the ground. After that, under the pain, he ran to a distant place where no one was around. The horse thief who was thrown down by the war horse broke his neck directly because he didn't adjust his body shape in time when he landed.
The unexpected death of the lead horse thief did not deter the rest of the remaining enemies. Some of them continued to assault at high speed with their sabers raised, while others also took out their bows and arrows and attacked the drill sentry directly in front of them.
At this point, the Sky Sentry finally urged the horse he was sitting on, and he quickly rushed diagonally in the other direction, and pulled a willow arrow out of the quiver again. Feathered arrows from the enemy flew past him, but the Sky Sentinel was still not afraid. He approached a sword-wielding opponent, and when he was only three steps away, he shot his own feathered arrow.
The horse thief, who thought he was about to be done, was shot through the neck by the Sky Sentinel in an instant. With intense reluctance, the thief fell off his horse with a glare. Someone on his side was killed again, shaking the determination of the remaining horse thieves to continue fighting. But they saw that the enemy was already close at hand, so the horse thieves still chose to continue the fight.
At this time, the Sky Drill Sentry had already drawn his saber, and he flexibly steered his war horse to complete a very beautiful turn. Then he kicked the horse in the belly and rushed straight at the thief with his saber. A horse thief armed with a rifle was cut off his horse in the first sight.
Three horse thieves were killed one after another, and the terrible price finally destroyed the confidence of the remaining men to continue fighting. Ignoring the corpses of their companions, they turned their horses and fled into the distance. Having lost their fighting spirit, they completely forgot to continue the counterattack with the bows and arrows in their hands.
Instead of choosing to take it as soon as he saw it, he picked up his horn bow from his bow pouch again. At the same time, he chased after his horse with all his might, and as he got closer and closer to the enemy, the Sky Sentinel fired an arrow at the nearest horse thief. The feathered arrow pierced the enemy's back, and with a scream, the fugitive fell off his horse.
Only one opponent remains, and the Sky Drill Sentry intends to continue to take out the opponent in one go. So he drew another feathered arrow and kept shooting at the target in front of him. But I don't know why, my archery skills lost their previous accuracy at this time. The feather arrow kept grazing the opponent's figure, but it didn't hit the target.
Not believing in evil, he increased his speed again in an attempt to get closer to his opponent. But no matter how hard he tried, the distance between the enemy and him could not be shortened. The Sky Sentinel had no choice but to continue to draw arrows from the quiver, choosing to continue to shoot the fleeing enemy not far in front of him.
But when he fired another arrow, the scene suddenly changed. Originally, he should have been among the loess and artemisia that can be seen everywhere in northern Shaanxi, but I don't know why he suddenly came to the empty wilderness of eastern Liaodong. And the fleeing horse thief in front of him has become a Ming army who does not collect at night.
The Sky Sentry wears a very shabby cotton armor, and the bow and arrows in his hands are not well maintained. And the mount under him has also changed from a strong war horse fed by Jinding Mountain to a skinny and foaming bad horse. There's something strange about the Sky Sentry, as if something isn't quite right. But at this time, several sharp feather arrows flew past his body, and the Ming army in front of him was shot by a feather arrow at night, and his body fell off his horse as soon as he slanted.
"Don't be stupid, old car, shoot his mother with the bow and arrow in his hand, and we will pull a cushion to die." A somewhat familiar voice sounded, and the drill whistle knew that he knew the owner of the voice, and he was the "old car" that the other party called. He had an impression of this scene, as if he and several other Ming army sentry horsemen were fleeing from the pursuit of the Eastern Captives.
The old car turned around and saw that a Ming army sentry with two feathered arrows had been inserted in his body, and he was bending his bow and arrows in his right rear. And behind this Ming sentry and himself, there were six or seven archers of the Eastern Captives chasing them. The bloodthirsty eyes of the enemy behind him made the old car feel a little hairy in his heart.
The enemy is getting closer and closer, and the old car is not willing to sit still. He also picked up his bow and arrow, turned around and fired an arrow at the enemy, but it missed the target. However, the old car did not give up the counterattack, and he drew his feather arrow again and started shooting again. A willow-leaf arrow hit the enemy's horse accurately, and one of the fiercest pursuers fell off his horse and rolled on the ground several times before he trembled and scrambled to his feet.
"Well done, the old car will shoot a few more arrows to avenge the dead brethren." The companion who spoke out before shouted excitedly after seeing the arrow shot by the old car.
"Lao Nie, don't be idle, I've shot everything, aren't you as good as me." Lao Che obviously didn't intend to speak, but this voice was indeed his own. The old car seemed to remember something, this scene seemed to be something he had experienced in Liaodong before, and it seemed that something would happen next.
"Sigh law~." Nie Baihu's war horse suddenly fell, not because it was shot by the enemy's feather arrows, but because it was simply exhausted.
The old car turned around and saw Nie Baihu's figure, he held a waist knife and kept drinking. The cavalry pursuing by the Eastern Capture was divided into two parts, one riding around Nie Baihu to release arrows, and the other continuing to pursue the last of the remaining fleeing enemies. The old rook shot an enemy in the chest with his bow, but it failed to penetrate the opponent's armor. When he was about to draw another feathered arrow, he found that his quiver was empty.
In the distance, Nie Baihu was shot through the right shoulder by Dongyu, and he could no longer hold the knife, he looked at the fleeing old car and kept shouting: "The old car helps, the old car helps me." Old cars, old cars, old ......".
"Old car, old car, old car, wake up."
A crisp voice sounded, and with the shaking of his body, Che Jibao finally opened his eyes. There was also some chaotic consciousness, and he noticed that the layout of the grass hut in front of him was somewhat familiar. But what is certain is that he is not on the battlefield.
"I see you're frowning, are you having nightmares again."
The person who woke him up was a young man who looked very young, and even said a little childish. However, the other party's unique eyes showed a strange maturity. In addition, his temperament is very calm, and it is easy for others to ignore the real age of this later life.
"It's nothing, it's just a dream of something from the past."
Che Jibao shook his head, and finally let his thoughts completely return to normal. He is now in the thatched hut where the leaders of Jinding Mountain usually deliberate, and he accidentally fell asleep during the temporary lunch break. And the next life that woke him up in front of him was Zhang Mengcheng, the third brother of the Jindingshan family and his friend.
"Today's school martial arts show is about to start, you should quickly pack up and get up as soon as possible. Today is the time for you three sentinel leaders to behave, don't be embarrassed in front of the minions in the stockade. Zhang Mengcheng saw that Che Jibao had not appeared before, so he guessed that he was probably asleep in the grass hall where he was resting. In order to avoid an embarrassing situation in the future, as a friend of Che Jibao, he could only come over and call the leader of the sentry in person.
"Lao Zhou went back to the errand of the sentry cavalry, and the people he picked up were not bad at riding and shooting. Don't be careless this time, and end up losing the face of your right sentry cavalry, don't blame me for not reminding you. Looking at Che Jibao, who was still a little slow, Zhang Mengcheng had no choice but to open his mouth to provoke him, hoping to help Che Jibao lift his spirits.
Previously, the Jindingshan armed forces were reorganized, and high-quality horses and soldiers were concentrated. Another cavalry leader, He Zongwei, and some of the eliminated cavalry were incorporated into the Jindingshan Infantry Team, hoping to improve the strength of the Jindingshan Infantry Team, which had not been trained for a long time. And it turned out that Zhou Shaoteng, who was also born at night, his cavalry team was also reorganized into a sentry cavalry team. The original deputy manager of the left wing cavalry, Zhang Zhaoen, was transferred to the personal guard of the big boss Zhang Mengjin as the deputy manager.
"Don't you know my skills, I'll show you again this time. Xiucai, you stay aside and learn a little, don't you also have to try your skills today, I haven't seen your riding and archery kung fu for a while. How's it going, will you feel a little panicked? ”
"I think it's okay, it shouldn't be a big problem. I'm sure I'm not as good as you guys in the matter of sentry detectives, but I'm pretty sure of this kung fu. ”
"Then I'll take a good look and see how much you've grown." Che Jibao's riding and archery skills are also very strong, and he also puts a lot of effort into training in the cottage, even Ma Xiangzhong, who ranks second in riding and archery kung fu in the cottage, and he doesn't dare to say that he can win Che Jibao.
After some tidying up, Che Jibao, who had washed his face, finally came to the school yard fully armed. This time, he concentrated his spirit and set his eyes on Fan Shunjiang's body. Che Jibao has also had quite hard training during this time, and his goal this time is not to overpower Ma Xiangzhong, but to defeat Fan Shunjiang, the strongest in the cottage.
The sentinel cavalry team under Zhou Shaoteng, Fan Shunjiang and Che Jibao quickly completed their test subjects. In general, there is not much difference between the results of the three parties. Zhou Shaoteng's team is only at the bottom with subtle results, and the change of formation is still slightly flawed, but this is mainly because his team has just been reorganized not long ago.
And Che Jibao's team narrowly defeated Fan Shunjiang's team with a single arrow difference in the overall score. Both sides have done a perfect job in the formation change, obstacle crossing and chopping and other subjects. This means that the two sentinel leaders are very conscientious in their usual supervision and training.
His ability to lead troops overtook Fan Shunjiang, which made Che Jibao very happy. However, in today's competition, he still has more things to care about, he wants to show his years of hard work to prove that dedication can overcome talent.
Finally, when it was the leaders' turn to compete, Zhou Shaoteng's performance was very good, but it was not very good. But everyone is not surprised, because Zhou Shaoteng is in the daily sentry activities, and his sense of smell is more acute than the other two sentry leaders. In terms of riding and archery alone, it really can't be compared with Fan Shunjiang and others.
Che Jibao took a deep breath, and then exhaled slowly. After that, it was his personal performance time, obstacle crossing and chopping subjects, and Che Jibao did it perfectly. He also shot all the nine targets he shot, and the onlookers cheered loudly.
Che Jibao is also very satisfied with his performance, and the efforts he has put in during this period will never lose to anyone in the cottage. Therefore, Che Jibao believes that today's final victory will definitely fall into his hands. Seeing that Fan Shunjiang on the side was a little sluggish and entered the school field, Che Jibao was even more confident.
Then in a blink of an eye, the scene on the school field made Che Jibao, who had never stopped working hard, feel that he was too ridiculous.
The feather arrows that went deep into the center of the nine arrow targets in the school field were actually shot at twice the distance farther than Che Jibao. And Fan Shunjiang spent one-third less time than Che Jibao to completely shatter all the illusions of his opponent.
Is your hard work so powerless, and why are you working so hard? Is it because you need to work so hard in the troubled times, or do you think that as long as you can get stronger, you can find your family?
"I'm lucky, old car, in fact, you're not bad." Fan Shunjiang said lightly to Che Jibao with a calm and steady breath.
Fan Shunjiang felt Che Jibao's strong sense of confrontation with himself early this morning, so he had been hesitating in his heart whether to release the water. But when he saw Che Jibao's excellent performance, Fan Shunjiang remembered the figure who practiced hard in the school field every day. Therefore, Fan Shunjiang decided that showing his full strength is the best respect for Che Jibao.
Che Jibao glanced at his opponent seriously, and then turned his head to look at the arrow target on the school field. The cheers of the surrounding Jinding Mountain tribes continued to come into his ears, and Che Jibao saw that his friend Zhang Mengcheng was excitedly checking the arrow target. Che Jibao thought of the follow-up in his previous dream, so he said sincerely to his other friend and opponent.
"It was your kung fu that I was able to survive the battlefield, and I owe you my life."