Chapter 11: Blocking the Pursuers
Song Qi raised his crossbow, aimed at the deer, and was about to pull the trigger, when suddenly there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves in his ears, and he turned his head to look for prestige, and saw a horse suddenly rushing out of the valley in front of him, carrying a man to seize the road and flee. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ο½iqugeγ info In an instant, there was a lot of dust behind him, and dozens of horses came running, all wearing armor and holding knives and guns, riding horses and chasing after them. Take a closer look at the person who ran away in front of him, faintly looking like Father Ling.
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"Cher, come and see! Master is back! Hunted down! Song Qi was shocked and hurriedly called Ling Xue to come and see.
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Ling Xue came over and looked down, this usually gentle and quiet little girl, as if she had expected what would happen today, did not have Song Qi's panic and nervousness at all, just raised her eyebrows, and said lightly: "It seems that this day has finally come!" β
"What now?" Song Qi's voice trembled a little.
"Follow me." Ling Xue's face was as calm as a lake.
Song Qi followed Ling Xue, turned a few hills, and came to the top of the valley mouth in three steps and two steps. The valley below is so narrow that it can only be passed by one person and one rider.
Topographically, it's easy to defend and difficult to attack. Looking at what Ling Xue meant, they will hold here to stop those pursuers!
It looks like a big war is about to begin! Song Qi added a few arrows to the repeater, he thought that he might have to kill someone or be killed today, and a sense of fear suddenly occupied Song Qi's heart.
At this time, seeing Father Ling crouching on the saddle and running towards him, covered in blood, with one sleeve floating behind him, it seemed that he had already experienced several fierce battles and was seriously injured.
"Dad, get over here! We're here to help! Ling Xue shouted downward.
Father Ling didn't seem to hear it, and he let his horse run forward, unconsciously running into this narrow valley between the two peaks
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After a while, the pursuers behind chased after him with murderous vigour, shouting: "Ling He, you can't run, hurry up and arrest it!" β
Ling Xue held a bow and arrow to the bottom, turned back to Song Qi and said, "Brother Song, you must control the enemy a hundred steps away!" Once it comes to hand-to-hand combat, they are outnumbered, and the two of us are no match for them at all! β
Song Qi nodded silently. How could he not understand this, but with just the two of them and two bows, how could they contain this group of enemies from a hundred paces away?
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He had a repeater in his hand, staring ahead, looking for a target! There seemed to be a little mouse in his heart beating suddenly, and the palm of the trigger was oozing sweat, and his hand couldn't stop shaking.
So far, Song Qi has not even killed a chicken, and today he may want to kill, not maybe, but must! Otherwise, you can only wait to be killed!
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At this time, Ling Xue picked up a stone from the ground and threw it down the mountain. The stone arced, landed halfway up the mountain, and bounced up again, stirring up some dirt and gravel, and rolling down the mountain together.
When the pursuers saw a stone rolled down from the hill in front of them, they took the reins of their horses, and the horses stood with a snort.
"Who!" They shouted and cursed, looking around for the stone-thrower. Looking for people from the bottom of the mountain to the mountain, after all, it is not easy, they looked for a long time only to see the trees, but not the human figure!
"Who are you? How dare you commit murder here in broad daylight! Ling Xue shouted loudly with her bow and arrow.
At this time, they finally saw Ling Xue on the mountain, and when they saw that it was a little girl, they were happy, and laughed: "Haha, a little yellow-haired girl, dare to care whether we kill or not!" β
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"I'll take care of it today! Hurry up and go back and forth from where you want, or don't blame me for being unkind! Ling Xue said angrily.
"Ouch, this yellow-haired girl has a pretty big tone, let me ask you, what do you want to do?" The soldiers under the mountain grinned and laughed.
"I'll count to three, and if you don't leave, I'll shoot my bow and arrows!" Ling Xueliu raised her eyebrows, raised her bow to the bottom of the mountain, and said sharply to the bottom of the mountain in her immature voice: "Oneγγγ β
When the pursuers saw that the distance was far beyond the range of the bow and arrow, they were delighted, and sneered: "Let it go! If you can shoot me, we'll get out! β
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"Two γγγγ"
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"Count! You put it! If you don't have an arrow, I'll give you one, grandpa! A soldier scolded and scolded, stretched out his bow as he spoke, and put an arrow on the mountain, which fell five or six steps away from Ling Xue and stuck in the grass!
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Ling Xue continued to count.
These three numbers are so ordinary that they can't be more ordinary, but today they have a special magic that twists the clockwork in Song Qi's heart to creak...
At this time, Song Qi was extremely nervous and panicked. His heart jumped up and down like the rabbit that had fled in panic just now.
When Ling Xue counted to three, he took a deep breath, forcibly calmed down, and held the repeater crossbow, looking for directions. For some reason, his vision was a little blurry and he couldn't aim at all.
He took another breath from the dantian, raised his hand and wiped his eyes, and his vision slowly became clearer.
One of the soldiers at the front of the line below appeared in his line of sight. At first, Song Qi aimed at the throat of this soldier, but at this moment, he was very entangled in his heart whether to kill or not.
"Shoot the man before the horse", the phrase suddenly burst into his mind, and he felt relieved, so his fingers trembled, he pulled the trigger, and shot at the soldier's seated horse, and a crossbow arrow shot at the horse's head. The horse screamed, and fell heavily to the ground, throwing the creep far away, and stumbling into the mud.
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"Beautiful!" When Ling Xue saw it, she stretched out her thumb to Song Qi and praised loudly!
The fall of the horse's arrow to the ground shook the pursuers so hard that they took a few steps backwards. At this time, another team caught up with the back, and the horse's head touched the horse's head, causing a lot of commotion. There were as many as 50 people who came first and those who came last.
A general in a silver helmet and silver armor rushed up with a gun and asked, "What's the matter?" β
"General Lan! We were blocked by a little girl! One of the soldiers replied to the general, "This little girl has shot one of our horses!" β
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"What?" General Nalan looked at the horse that had fallen to the ground, and then looked at the mountain in the direction pointed by the soldiers, and felt incredible, so he shouted upwards and shouted: "Little girl, who are you who dare to prevent us from arresting the imperial court?" β
"The court violation you are talking about is my father! What crime my father has committed, you will arrest him! Ling Xue asked.
"So you're the daughter of a prisoner! Tell you, your father assassinated the emperor, a heinous crime! Nine Clans! Since you are the daughter of a prisoner, then arrest them together! General Lan scolded the mountain, then turned back to the soldiers behind him and said, "You ten, climb up the mountain and arrest the daughter of this prisoner!" Fifteen of you, rush over from here and capture the prisoner Ling He!" "The general is worthy of being a general, he is not chaotic in the face of danger, and his command is determined.
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At this time ten soldiers jumped off their horses and went around a stone's throw to climb up the mountain, which was very steep and not so easy to climb; Fifteen other soldiers, slapping their horses, rushed towards the mouth of the valley, ready to rush into the canyon to catch Daddy Ling! Now they had already run into the range of the bow and arrow, Ling Xue raised his bow and released an arrow downward, knocking down the soldiers who were running in front, and the soldiers who had just rushed up retreated one after another!
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"Whoever wants to retreat will be slaughtered!" The general drew his sword and shouted angrily. Seeing that the general was angry, the soldiers did not dare to retreat, but they did not dare to continue to rush forward. They picked up their bows and arrows and shot them up the hill one after another, but after all, they shot from the bottom up, and the force was much smaller, and the arrows could not reach Song Qi's toes.
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At this time, the soldiers who climbed the mountain had already climbed halfway up the mountain, and also entered the range of the bow and arrow, Ling Xue raised the bow and released an arrow, shooting a soldier who was climbing in front, only to see that he fell to the ground with an arrow and rolled down the mountain with a grunt, which made the other soldiers who climbed the mountain also retreat!
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"No retreat!?" The general waved his sword in the air and made a head-cutting motion. The soldiers who attacked the mountain had to climb hard, but they also learned to be obedient, four men stood where to fire arrows to cover, and five quietly climbed this way.
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At this time, Song Qi was hidden behind a big tree, panicked, and gasped for breath.
Ling Xue took two steps closer to him, stared at Song Qi's eyes steadily, and comforted him softly, "Brother Song, don't be afraid!" "Song Qi admires the calmness and bravery of this weak woman!
Now it's not a question of being afraid, the more you are afraid, the more you will die; It is not a question of whether to kill or not, for if you do not kill, you will be killed. The enemy is already surrounded! If these fifty or so soldiers sacrificed their lives to rush forward, Ling Xue and Song Qi alone would not be able to stop them!? If the soldiers in the valley rushed into the canyon, Master's life would be gone, and if the soldiers halfway up the mountain rushed up, Ling Xue and his own lives would be gone.
There's no time to hesitate anymore! You have to make a kill today!
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But in the current situation, shooting soldiers does not help at all, shoot one, they will make up two! Shoot two, and they'll make up four.
Only by shooting the general can we end today's battle! As the saying goes, shoot the man before the horse, capture the thief before the king, the horse has already shot, now it's the turn to shoot the general. If the general is shot to death, they will be leaderless, and they will definitely flee without a fight.
Song Qi breathed a long sigh of relief, settled his panicked mind, moved a few steps behind a big tree in front, raised his crossbow, aimed at the general below, aimed for a long time, and finally took aim, his hand trembled and pulled the trigger, and a crossbow arrow swished, shooting away like lightning and stone fire!
The sword in the general's hand was still flying in the air, and the man was already planted under the horse.
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"The general has been shot!" The soldiers close to the general exclaimed.
This frightened the other soldiers so much that they lost their spirits, and one by one they were so frightened that they turned their horses and ran. The soldiers halfway up the mountain were also so frightened that they crawled down the mountain.
"Retreat! If you don't retreat, take the general as an example! Ling Xue shouted to the mountain. This sentence was like a thunderclap, which frightened these soldiers, and the timid ones had already dispersed, and a few bold soldiers dragged the general who was hit by the arrow onto his horse and ran away!
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"Brother Song, you are really an archer!" Ling Xue patted Song Qi on the shoulder and praised sincerely.
Song Qi didn't speak, his heart was pounding against his chest, extremely uncomfortable.
Ling Xue saw that Song Qi's eyebrows were tightly locked, his face was flushed, and he knew that he was uncomfortable for killing someone, so he reached out and pressed his shoulder, and soothed him softly: "You did the right thing, if you don't kill them, they will kill us!" Besides, they are enemies, and it is not a crime to kill them! Not only is it not guilty, but it is also meritorious! The more enemies you kill, the more heroes you kill!?"
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Song Qi heard it and felt that what Ling Xue said was not unreasonable! Think about it, how many heroes and heroes have there been throughout the ages, and which one has never killed anyone? The ancient heroes I admire the most, such as Wu Zixu, Fan Li, Xiang Yu, Han Xin, Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, which one is not murderous? Heroes are not made by others, they are earned by themselves! One will be a success!
After Ling Xue's persuasion, Song Qi was relieved, and his mood suddenly relaxed a lot.
Song Qi also patted Ling Xue on the shoulder, squeezed out a smile from the corner of his mouth, his voice was still a little trembling, and said, "You are like a general with a commanding order today!" β
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Then the two of them ran down the mountain, and from a long distance they saw the horse that Father Ling was riding with his head bowed and grazing, the horse was covered in blood, and Father Ling was lying on the ground not far from the horse. When Ling Xue saw it, she ran over screaming.
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Song Qi still clearly remembered that it was here that they watched Master leave three months ago, when Master's back turned into the narrow valley where he was lying now. And today they are in the same place to welcome the Master's return, but the Master who greeted him was lying on the ground, unconscious.
Ling Xue knelt in front of her father, burst into tears, and cried bitterly.
Song Qi approached and looked down, and found that Father Ling was injured all over his body, his left arm was gone, and there was still half an arrow in his chest, which was really miserable!
Song Qi's heart was sour, and tears came out of his eyes.