Chapter 462: Ambush (Medium)
"Da~Dada~"
The dull sound of horses' hooves stopped and went, knocking on the gravel-strewn mountain path, echoing among the towering cliffs, making it seem extremely empty and lonely. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Old soldier Wei led his horse cautiously in his head, and the half-body armor on his body rubbed against the moss-covered mountain wall from time to time, making a tooth-aching sound; The short musket and knife tied to his belt, and the three grenades flapped rhythmically against his body as he went; On the sweaty face under the iron pocket, a pair of falcon-like eyes kept glancing ahead—and after a dozen or so feet, we were at the glade through which the stream flowed; Once there, you can start riding, and the first five or six miles are downhill, so it should be very fast.
The smooth road was in front of him, but the old soldier Wei was inexplicably a little frightened in his heart - the first time this feeling appeared was in Ning Yuan, when he was standing in the first row of the queue, hurriedly loading the firearms, and the few hideous-looking rebels in front of him were only a few feet away from him!
Since then, he will have this inexplicable intuition when he is in danger - he has had it when he was cleaning up bandits in Dengzhou, under Yingzhou City, and in the camp of Yuelang Peak; Several times he relied on this instinct to dodge the enemy's sneak attacks and pick up a life.
Why do you feel this way today?
Old soldier Wei hesitated to slow down, and looked at the black pine forest by the stream, but found that this pine forest was nothing unusual from when they came.
"What's wrong, Old Wei?"
Behind him, Gongzi's whispered question, Old Soldier Wei hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and said, "No...... It's nothing! ”
He didn't dare to rely on himself completely, after all, there had been a few times before when he scared himself even though he was fine, how could he dare to delay his son's big event for this illusory feeling?
Besides, there is no turning back on the path that is less than two feet wide - the man is still there, and the horse can't go backwards, right?
So now that there is a situation where there is no advance or retreat, the old soldier Wei quickened his pace, but he noticed that Chu Fan was blocked in his figure behind him - he was as thoughtful as Doudou, and he tried his best to protect Chu Fan!
When these guards first joined the guards, they may still retain the original idea of paying for their lives -- the guards are indeed treated much higher than the soldiers, and the weapons and equipment are also the first, so everyone will naturally have such thoughts.
But gradually, Wei veteran's thoughts changed, especially that time Doudou paid out of his own pocket to invite everyone to dinner, and talked about Ning Yuan in distress at the banquet, Doudou's words touched everyone's hearts - "Silver? Silver counts as a ball! If it's just for the silver, I'll leave the fuck a long time ago! …… Why did I block the gun for my son? Just treat me as your own for your son! Treat me as a brother! …… Oh no! Treat me as a human being! …… When we were working at the Dengzhou wharf, who the hell looked at us? To put it in the face, we are like the mud on the soles of our feet, whoever the wants to step on it! Those days were worse than dogs! …… What did Childe do to us? At the beginning, I ate and slept together, and I was afraid that we would be bored and tell us stories, so I won't talk about it, but now the son is already a prisoner, and we don't have the same thing when we meet him when we eat, and we sit down and eat! When did you treat us as outsiders? …… That's all I can do! I Doudou will not go anywhere in my life, and this life will be sold to my son! ”
Since then, Wei Veteran's mind has changed subtly, and this mind has soon become the same as Doudou as he started a family - just after the battle in early May, Gongzi started the marriage of the guards who had reached the age of 18, and the bride was either a female worker from the various groups of Ushijima, or an innocent girl from the six families; The house, bride price, wedding banquet and so on needed for the marriage don't have to worry about the groom officials at all, they are all arranged by the prince himself.
The "collective wedding" in the mouth of this prince is even more beautiful, not only the generals of the Liao Army and the stewards of Niudao have been counted, but even the Korean gentry in Jeju City have come to cheer in person, which makes the veteran Wei so excited that day as if he is floating in the clouds - he is a mustard like a wanderer in Liaodong, and he is already thankful that he can marry a daughter-in-law, how dare he dare to think that so many big people will come to cheer?
Doudou is right, just Chong Gongzi treats himself as a human being, and he Wei veteran's life is sold to Gongzi, it's worth it!
With mixed feelings, the old soldier Wei had already walked out of the path on the cliff and walked to the stream; Holding the jade lion with his backhand, he was just about to help his son get on the horse, when a loud shout exploded in his ears!
"Thoreti!" (Crab note: Korean for "hands-on")
Sure enough, there was an ambush!
Old soldier Wei was shocked, it seemed that his feeling just now was right, and he couldn't help but be a little annoyed that he was careless!
This thought was just a flash, and at the same time, he had already turned sideways and blocked Chu Fan tightly with his broad chest!
"Woo~~Woo!"
There was a loud sound in his ears, and a few cold stars rushed to his face, straight to his chest and face—three bows and arrows with white feathers, and two crossbow arrows with jet black.
Old soldier Wei subconsciously wanted to lower his head to dodge, but in the flash of his mind, he remembered who was behind him, and immediately froze his body and took the five arrows!
Three arrows hit the half-body armor, sending out a few dazzling sparks before bouncing somewhere; the other shot the iron man, which happened to be stuck on the phoenix wing; He couldn't dodge the fifth arrow, and the blood splattered and plunged deep into the right side of his neck!
The pain in his heart made him dizzy for a moment, but the North Koreans in the pine forest who rushed up with spears and screaming made him immediately regain his senses, and his hand reached into his waist, and the short fire gun that had already been loaded with lead bullet and compacted gunpowder was immediately aimed at the guy who rushed to the front.
"Bang! ~~ Bang bang! ”
The deafening sound of firecrackers rang out, and the guards behind the veteran Wei drew their guns and shot at him almost at the same time, and several Koreans who rushed to the front screamed and fell, and the already uneven formation was even more sparse, and the shouts that were already excited just now wilted.
After throwing away the short firecracker, the Wei veteran's mind became clearer - although a salvo knocked out the sharpness of the Koreans, the disparity between the enemy and us was too great; And the distance between them was so short that he didn't have time to draw a knife from his horse!
"Childe, let's go!"
In a flash of thought, he had already made up his mind, and with a loud shout, he pounced on the spear in front of him—he wanted to use his flesh and blood to delay the enemy and buy time for his companions behind him!
He knew very well that as long as he could win even a few breaths of time, the brothers behind him would be able to draw their swords to meet the enemy; And the well-trained guards fought hard, at least they could delay the efforts of these North Koreans for a stick of incense, and this would be Chu Fan's last chance to escape! (To be continued.) )