Chapter 008: Encounter

Li Zaixing immediately looked in the other direction, and Bai Xiaode also made a gesture, and there were enemies approaching, the number of people was less than fifty, and more than ten.

Li Zaixing chuckled in his heart, knowing that he had been negligent. He had always thought that this road had not been walked for a long time, and he should not encounter a large number of enemies. There were more than a dozen of them, and even if they encountered a few scouts from Tibet or Dashi, they could easily deal with it, but they didn't expect to encounter so many at once.

Judging by the number of people, this should be a team performing a specific task.

While instructing Pei Xuanqing and the others to be vigilant, he secretly pondered to himself. Arranging so many people to patrol here is by no means as simple as finding out information, and it is likely to be a prelude to military action. Who is marching here? He couldn't guess for a while, and he didn't think about it for the time being, so he dealt with the situation in front of him first. Considering that the enemy was outnumbered, he naturally chose the tactic of ambush.

They had just crossed a high ridge and were on a gentle slope. The terrain is not low. According to the instructions of Al Maidi and Bai Xiaode, the enemy came from the gorge to the west. They split into two ways to outflank them, apparently having discovered them before, and now they have come to arrest them. If you want to escape, you can't escape, there is only a war.

Li Zaixing is not worried, although the number is not superior, but these people around him are not ordinary warriors, everyone is a warrior with strong skills, and they can make up for the lack of numbers. What's more, the terrain here is not suitable for the action of large corps, and no matter how many people the opponent has, they can't be arranged, and they can't give full play to their advantages.

Pei Xuanqing and the others acted quickly, he took off the giant shield and iron whip from the hunchback, and lined up at the intersection with two rangers. He was tall and strong, and the huge shield, which was larger than an ordinary shield, was as light as nothing in his hand. The mountain road was not very wide, and when he went there, he almost blocked half of the way, and two more rangers were behind him, blocking the whole road tightly. Two other rangers stood behind them, relying on the rocks as cover, and striking from a distance with their bows and crossbows.

Behind them, Zhang Wan and the other five people put on the same formation, ready to respond at any time.

The remaining two rangers were busy putting the camels and horses together, and Du Fu, who was originally tired like a dead dog, also got up with a grunt, and with the help of Ah Duan, hid behind a boulder, poked his head out, and observed the battle situation tremblingly.

They move quickly, methodically, and do not panic because of a sudden encounter with an enemy.

From the beginning of Chang'an, Li Zaixing began to train them in the art of combined attacks. On the battlefield, no matter how good your personal martial arts skills are, a stray arrow may kill you, no matter how fast you are, can you still deal with three or five people at the same time? Mutual cooperation and protection are very important. If the cooperation is not tacit, no master can deal with more than ten enemies at the same time.

Pei Xuanqing and the others also know this truth, although they are just rangers, they are no strangers to fighting. So they were very obedient, and they kept practicing the technique of combined attacks along the way, first two people cooperated, three people cooperated, then five people cooperated, and then ten people cooperated. Pei Xuanqing and Zhang Wan, the two people with the best physical strength, became the main force.

Li Zaixing used both hands and feet to climb a hillside beside him. Condescendingly look at the whole situation.

After a short time, Al Madi and Bai Xiaode made another gesture, and the enemy army totaled thirty or forty people, with fifteen to twenty people on the left and right. They asked if they would continue to monitor or come back to help.

Li Zaixing thought for a while, signaled them to continue to monitor and maintain vigilance, and then issued an order to Pei Xuanqing and the others, asking Zhang Wan to take a step back, defend against the danger, and let Pei Xuanqing and the other five advance and attack first. At the same time, he pulled out the lacquered bow, pushed the quiver into place, and stepped forward on the craggy cliff.

After receiving his order, Pei Xuanqing and the others acted without hesitation. Pei Xuanqing held the giant shield in front of him, striding forward, and the four rangers followed closely, even when he was moving forward quickly, he did not mess up the formation. Above them, Li Zaixing was like an agile ape, advancing quickly on a cliff with no road at all, and his speed was no worse than Pei Xuanqing and the others who were walking on the mountain road.

A hundred steps forward, Li Zaixing ordered to stop advancing. This is a turning point, Pei Xuanqing and the others are lined up here, there is only a narrow road of about five steps in front of them, at most two or three people can be accommodated, and the others not only can't participate in the attack, they may not even be able to see them, let alone use bows and arrows to help, it is a formation that is conducive to defense.

Pei Xuanqing was able to dominate in Chang'an, and he had fought countless battles, and he knew Li Zaixing's intentions when he looked at this terrain. He steadied himself, hunched down, and hid his body behind the giant shield, revealing only his two eyes.

No sooner had they stood than there was a jumble of footsteps in front of them, and three men in turbans, white robes, and scimitars rushed out. When I saw a huge shield blocking the middle of the road, I couldn't help but be stunned, and subconsciously stopped, screaming in my mouth.

Before he could finish speaking, Pei Xuanqing rushed out with a giant shield, his hand whipped down, and knocked down the person who rushed to the front, and the giant shield swung and squeezed the other person on the stone wall on the side of the road, and the long whip was picked up and smashed on the leg of the third person. With a "click", the man's leg bone was broken by the iron whip, and he fell to the ground, letting out a terrible scream. The cries echoed through the valley, breaking the silence of the mountains at once.

A ranger fell with a knife in his hand, ending his pain and cutting off his screams. Another ranger swung his sword and slashed off the arm of the enemy who was squeezed by the shield, and blood gushed out.

In a matter of moments, they cooperated with each other and achieved the result of killing one and killing two. Pei Xuanqing retreated sharply, retreated to the defensive position again, and waited quietly.

The two mortally wounded enemies groaned and shouted loudly. Their companions heard the voices in front of them and knew that something was wrong, but they could not see the situation here, so they did not dare to move forward rashly, so they had to talk loudly to them and communicate the situation.

From Li Zaixing's point of view, more than a dozen enemies are distributed in the valley around the corner, they stand against the cliff wall, three by two, three, two, and two, seemingly no formation, but in fact, the cover between each other is very good, it can be seen that they are quite experienced fighters. It's no surprise that warriors who can serve as scouts have always been elites.

However, among these people, there are not many people who wrap their heads in white cloth, except for the three people in the front, there are only two in the back, and the more than ten people in the middle are dressed in various clothes, and they don't look like regular soldiers of Dashi. Far away, those people were hiding in hidden places, and he couldn't see their faces clearly.

After shouting a few words, and knowing that there were only five enemies in front of them, those people became restless again, and rushed forward with shouts. They also used their shields to open the way, one in front, two in the back, and two archers behind. On such terrain, everyone adopted a similar method of attack.

As soon as the three people in front of him showed their heads, Pei Xuanqing rushed forward again, he took three steps and made two steps, rushed past the two seriously injured and fallen enemies, raised his huge shield and smashed it. The two rangers behind him followed closely, and did not rush to meet the enemy, but first cut the throats of the two enemies with their long knives.

Pei Xuanqing was like a wild ox, galloping on the narrow mountain road. The enemy who was on the brunt saw his huge figure and realized that something was wrong, but there was no room to dodge, and he hit him squarely. With a loud bang, the round shield in his hand was hit by Pei Xuanqing's giant shield, and the whole person flew up. As soon as his feet left the ground, Pei Xuanqing's iron whip arrived, and stabbed the enemy with a scimitar behind him. The man had just seen his companion fly, and before he could see Pei Xuanqing's appearance clearly, he was smashed with an iron whip and fell to the ground screaming.

The two rangers caught up, raised their knives and fell, and then cut two more people.

At this time, the enemy who was knocked into by Pei Xuanqing fell to the ground with a bang and fell in front of the archers who followed closely behind. The two archers subconsciously avoided it, Pei Xuanqing took advantage of the situation, and smashed the iron whip left and right, knocking the archers down, and the two rangers chased after them, and one of them made up for it.

The rabbit rises and falls, and kills five more people.

On this special terrain, Pei Xuanqing and others showed the cunning and ferocity of the rangers and made a good start. This time, he didn't retreat again, taking advantage of the gap when the other party didn't react, he rushed through the bend and took the initiative to attack.

Li Zaixing is very satisfied, Pei Xuanqing not only has developed limbs, but also has a simple mind. He just gave him a reminder, and he grabbed the fighter tightly. Although it was only a small-scale battle, strictly speaking, it was no different from a group fight with a ranger, but Pei Xuanqing's ability had already been seen.

Being a ranger in Chang'an is still useful for them, at least they are not afraid to fight, and they dare to rush and fight.

The enemy hiding behind the bend obviously didn't expect Pei Xuanqing and the others to be so tough, listening to the screams of his companions, and before he could figure out what was going on, the enemy actually took the initiative to rush over. This was really a big surprise to them, and they were in a hurry.

Pei Xuanqing seized the opportunity and rushed over with a roar, the iron whip flew, and it smashed indiscriminately, knocking all the enemies in front of him to the ground. The two rangers behind him brandished horizontal knives, taking advantage of the opportunity when those enemies were knocked by Pei Xuanqing and gaining an unstable footing, they cleanly and neatly mended their knives and easily took their lives. For these rangers who don't fear each other's lives when they fight in groups, killing people is not a difficult thing, and there is no psychological burden at all.

The two archers followed closely behind, not even having a chance to loosen the bowstring that had been drawn long ago.

Pei Xuanqing and the others fought too smoothly, and between two breaths, he rushed to the last two turban-wrapped and white-robed Great Food Warriors.

The two Great Food Warriors were dumbfounded, raised the scimitars in their hands, but did not dare to cut down. Pei Xuanqing, who had a sinister smile on his face, stood in front of them like a demon, shaking the iron whip, which was stained with a lot of red and white things, presumably blood and brains.

Before they could realize, two feathered arrows whizzed and struck them in the throat.

The two archers finally opened the meat. They let go of their bowstrings and grinned triumphantly