Chapter 140: Hunting (I)
Liang Xiao was the first to attack, Wei Qing and Qin Ge responded, and in the blink of an eye, only one of the ten archers remained. Seeing that the situation was not good, the man turned and went into the woods, and when he had just taken a few steps, he stepped into the air and rolled down the mountain road with a scream.
As soon as the shout came out, Liang Xiao shot an arrow that pierced his throat.
"Ah Xiao, your archery skills have improved again?" Qin Ge rushed over with a bloody long sword, and when he heard the scream, he stopped abruptly and praised it.
Liang Xiao smiled. After four days of retreat in Houyi Camp, although he didn't even touch the bow, he felt that he had made great progress in both his hearing and his body technique. This is a discovery, and I will have to retreat every once in a while in the future.
"How are you doing?"
"It's fine. What's next? Wei Qing put away his long sword and took off his bow.
"You go and grab a boat and go back to the island to save the adults. The adult is from Wu County, and he knows how to go back. I'm here to stop them and buy you time. Before dawn, the news will not leak, and after dawn it will be difficult to say. ”
Wei Qing hesitated for a moment: "Do you know that we are going to save him?" ”
"I know, I made an appointment with him for two time points, one is the third watch. If it goes well, you can rush back to the island now and sneak near Liu Ju's big tent, and it's almost time for the third watch. If it's too late, then before dawn, he'll find an excuse to sneak out. ”
Wei Qing was relieved.
Qin Ge observed the archers who were shouting around him, and said, "What about you, how can we find you?" ”
"You don't have to come to me. After dawn, no matter what, I'll get out of here. Go find Li Jiao and them. We will meet at Wu County. ”
"Good!" Qin Ge nodded vigorously. Pulling Wei Qing. The cat bent on his waist and followed the way he came, and quickly walked towards the lake.
Liang Xiao put down his bow and arrows, tightened his belt again, and entered the battle state. The shouts around him were getting closer, but it was pitch black in the woods, and it was not easy for these people to find him. There was only one person he was worried about: Zhongli Period, and Zhongli Period had already been moved by him. Won't really come to arrest him.
What he had to think about was how to hunt these people, and then create a chance for Zhong Liqi to save people, and delay as much time as possible to buy time for Wei Qing and Qin Ge to save Yan Zhu.
Liang Xiao released the bowstring and rewound it. After four days of retreat, his strength had increased a few more points, and he needed to change to a shorter bowstring. A bow can be adjusted by pairing it with different strings, the shorter the string, the stronger the bow. Although the adjustment is limited, it is for the masters. The slightest difference is enough to make the difference between winning and losing.
After changing the bowstring, he checked the quiver again. His quiver is specially made. An ordinary quiver usually holds thirty arrows. His, he could hold fifty sprigs. After a few days of absence, he needed to recheck the number of arrows to make sure they were all available.
Touching the cold arrow, brushing the straight bamboo arrow shaft, and pinching the elastic arrow feathers, Liang Xiao's heart slowly calmed down like a lake. The sound of the wind blowing through the treetops, the hurried footsteps of the archers, the whirring of the torches in his hands, all reached his ears.
"You two come with me to protect Zhengfang and Zhenger." The voice of Zhongli rang out. The two archers answered, and ran forward with Zhong Liqi.
Liang Xiao smiled. Zhong Liqi is covering for him. From the moment he boarded Huanyuan's ship, he felt that Zhongli was unsatisfactory. Zhong Liqi is strong in martial arts, but he is not a person with a city government, he is a standard Han man, and he will put anything on his face. Looking at Ye Tianlong's eyes from Zhong Liqi, Liang Xiao guessed Ye Tianlong's identity, so he brazenly killed Ye Tianlong.
It took four days for Liang Xiao to get a lot of information from Zhongli Period's mouth, so he was confident enough to say that Zhongli Period was moving.
There were footsteps getting closer and closer, Liang Xiao suddenly appeared, opened his bow and released arrows, shot the pursuers five steps away with one arrow, and then rushed to a boulder, shouting: "Hey, I'm here!" ”
The two panting archers raised their heads and looked at Liang Xiao in surprise, the torches in their hands illuminating their sweaty faces.
Liang Xiao is Huan Yuan's eldest disciple, and the story that opening the bow with empty hands can cause the tent to rise and fall has taken root in their hearts. Liang Xiao escaped from Zhong Liqi's side, and with only a few words, he shot several people one after another, almost every shot, and every scream of his companions added a layer of fear to their hearts, making them chase Liang Xiao in the dark night, which was really a big challenge.
Just when they were worried that Liang Xiao was hiding in the shadows, Liang Xiao suddenly stood on a high place and loudly announced his existence. This violated the custom of night raids, and they were so dazed that they even forgot to throw the torch in their hands and hide their figures.
Taking advantage of their stunned efforts, Liang Xiao opened his bow again, "swishing" two arrows, one arrow killed an archer twenty paces away, and the other arrow pierced the thigh of the archer thirty paces away.
At such a distance, he can shoot almost as much as he wants, and he will never miss.
The wounded archer screamed, threw away his torches, and stumbled forward. Liang Xiao was like a fierce tiger, following him unhurriedly, silently, but full of murderous intent.
The screams of the archers alarmed Zheng Er and the others, and they quickly approached each other, protected the Zheng brothers and sisters in the middle, covered each other, and rushed over.
The archer, who was wounded in the thigh, limped in front of Zheng Bian and Zheng Er, and fell to the ground. "Little Prince, we ...... We've been attacked. ”
"Who?" Zheng Fang was a little flustered. "Who the hell attacked us?"
Zheng Er's face was pale, and he hid behind the two archers, staring around with frightened eyes. "How many people are there, is it the Han army?"
"It's Liang Xiao." Zhong Liqi rushed over with three archers, his face calm. "He ran away."
"Ran away? What do you think? Zheng Er screamed.
"It's not because you're running around." Zhong Liqi said angrily: "If there is no quiver, what use can he have?" ”
Zheng Er's eyes widened, and he didn't know how to refute Zhongli for a while. She was at fault first, and now that something has happened, she is somewhat weak-hearted, plus she was afraid of Zhong Li, but at this moment, in the face of the hateful senior brother Liang Xiao, she still needs Zhong Li's protection, and she doesn't dare to fight with reason.
"Let's go!" Zhongli seized the initiative and immediately ordered a retreat.
"Why are you leaving?" Zheng Er suddenly reacted. "We can't just let him run, we have to get him back."
"You are not his opponent, save your life first." Zhong Liqi couldn't help but say, commanded the eight archers to set up a formation, and put on a posture of breaking through. Zheng Er saw it in his eyes and became even more angry. "There are only three of them, and we have eleven of us, and we are still afraid of him?"
"Don't say eleven people, even if there are a hundred people, you are not his opponent."
Zheng Er was completely enraged. She struggled to break free of Zhongli's arm. "Let go, I'm going to duel him!"
"Little junior sister, although your archery skills are not very good, your courage is remarkable." Liang Xiao showed his voice in the distance, and teased in a tone full of jokes: "Senior brother likes you very much. Don't go, come back to Chang'an with me, and wash my feet every day......"
"I'll let you serve me a night pot every day-" Zheng Er screamed, raising his hand to be an arrow-
(To be continued......)