Chapter 131: The Yellow Sparrow is behind

"Second master, where are you?" Just as Zhao Ta was thinking about this bizarre incident, the door of the house was slammed open, and several people rushed in, shouting anxiously.

"Don't shout, we're here!" Zhao Xin lifted the felt covering them and said, Lin Shuo and the others who came to save people looked at the still burning rocket, and they all turned their faces in unison!

This scene is so embarrassing, the two of them snuggled up to each other and hid in the corner, and the prince's hand was around Zhao Xin's waist. Zhao Xin sat on the prince's lap, one hand was still tightly wrapped around the prince's neck, and his face was close to his face, if it wasn't for the urgency of the situation, it would definitely make people think that it was a pair of 'dog men and women' cheating!

"Put out the fire first, and you will be willing to set the house on fire!" Zhao Ta and the two hurriedly separated, and he pretended to be calm and straightened his clothes and said.

"Oh, fetch water to put out the fire!" Zhang Qu and the others were relieved to see that the prince was fine, and ordered someone to get a bucket of water to extinguish the fire.

"Is anyone hurt?" Seeing that the ground was densely covered with arrows, the guys of the caravan were busy extinguishing the ignited goods and comforting the frightened animals, Zhao Ta asked.

"Our people are fine, the sentry set up by the caravan on the beacon tower was shot dead, two guys went out to check the situation and suffered arrow wounds, none of them were fatal, people have been arranged to treat them, and the pack horses were also shot and killed!"

"Second master, don't go out of the house, although the enemy of the brigade has retreated, but now the situation outside is unknown, it is still necessary to prevent the enemy from taking the opportunity to sneak attack!" Seeing that the prince was going out to check the situation, Zhuge Hong hurriedly stopped Zhao Tadao.

"It's okay, there's no living person within three hundred steps of the fort!" At this time, Lu Xiaoyao walked in and said, his face didn't look very good, this veteran of his own was actually touched by the enemy at the door of the house and didn't find out, it was a shame to say.

"Tell all the men not to go out of the fort, to be on guard, to prevent the enemy from going and returning, and to wait until dawn!" Zhao Ta pulled out the 'throwing gun' inserted in the ground, and took a closer look in the moonlight, ***, where is the throwing gun, and the tail at the end of the arrow shaft indicates that it is a giant crossbow arrow.

"Shopkeeper Zhang, do you have any medicine there? The second master was cold, and he was in a daze just now, and he was talking nonsense! Zhao Xin arched his hand at Zhang Cheng and said.

"What?! The second master is sick, I always have some medicine, and I will send it over immediately! Zhang was taken aback, this is really a disaster, he has been careful in every way, but there is still a problem, the prince is sick again, if he has three long and two short, he is unforgivable!

"Huh?!" Everyone was shocked when they heard it, seeing that his face was red and fluttering, they thought that the prince was nervous, it turned out that he was sick, and refused to let him out of the house.

"Don't stay here, you guys be careful, just have Zhao Xin take care of me!" After such a toss, Zhao Ta sweated all over, and his body was much more comfortable.

After this incident, everyone lost their sleepiness, and the sentry was rearranged on the beacon tower, and Lin Shuo and a few other guards dragged the two carriages over and laid them in front of the house, so that even if the enemy broke into the door and was stopped by the carriage, the arrows would not shoot directly into the house. They lowered the side panels of one of the cars, and there was a machine gun in it, and in order to prevent accidents on the road, they actually borrowed the machine gun of the machine gun team. Needless to say, the other one is the prince's insurance car, which can't be hurt by ordinary arrows when hiding inside, and can be used as a temporary shelter.

Zhao Xin waited for the prince to eat the medicine that Zhang Qu found, and then covered the door and helped him lie down on the kang to rest, "Second master, my subordinates have thanked him for saving his life!" He suddenly fell to one knee and said.

"Zhao Xin, you're sick too, do you need to be like me?" His actions startled Zhao Ta, and he hurriedly got off the kang and slipped Zhao Xinti up and said in surprise. …,

"If it hadn't been for the second master's timely shot just now, I would have been shot through by that giant arrow, it's really scary to think about it!" Zhao Xin lowered his head and rubbed the corners of his clothes.

"Don't be afraid, didn't I you!" Zhao Tan smiled and comforted him.

"Oh, by the way, Second Master, how did you know that an arrow happened to come in Lu Dao, didn't you fall asleep at that time? No, when I blocked the window, the second master was talking nonsense! Zhao Xin helped the prince lie down, thought about it and said.

"I dreamed of it!" Zhao Ta said, it sounds mysterious, but it is actually the keen sixth sense that he has developed after years of living in danger reminds him.

"Second master, you... You can't really be a half-immortal body, you can even dream of this! "In Beijing, the prince made several successful predictions, and it was rumored in the market that the prince was a half-immortal and could know the affairs of the world, but Zhao Xin didn't believe it, because the prince lived with him every day, almost inseparable, and he didn't find anything special about the prince.

"Hehe, if I am a half-immortal body, will I still get sick? It's just that I'm always alert in an unsafe environment and feel more sensitive than you! Zhao Ta said a little funny, "By the way, you seemed to be telling me at that time, 'I still want to follow you in the next life, but I want to be your...'What do you want to be mine in the next life?'" ”

"I think the second master is burnt and confused, I must have heard it wrong, I didn't say this!" Zhao Xin heard the prince's question, his face seemed to be on fire, his heart was pounding, and he quickly covered up the past.

"Could it be that I heard it in a dream..."Zhao Ta was also vague, and at this time the medicine worked, he felt his eyelids sink and fell asleep thinking about it.

"Second master, I think how good it would be if you were an ordinary person, then we could be together for the rest of our lives!" Zhao Xin lay down next to the prince, touched his face, and muttered.

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At dawn the next day, Zhao Ta got up, although his body still had no strength, but it was much better than last night, and he first checked the scene of yesterday's attack in the fort. The purpose of the attackers was very clear, they wanted their own lives, because the huge arrows that came in were all aimed at the house where they lived, two of them were shot into the house, and the rest were also inserted into the wall, and they actually penetrated more than half a foot into the rammed earth wall, which only a bed crossbow can have such power.

Then Zhao Tan went up to the beacon tower to check the location of the sentry station, and judged that the attacker had secretly approached and shot the sentry on the beacon tower first, and then the others entered the range of bows and arrows and threw them into the fort, but what puzzled Zhao Ta was how they judged where they lived and how accurately they shot the house they lived in across the wall?

"Hmph, what's so rare about this, what is the difference between these rooms?" Lu Xiaoyao saw that Zhao Ta was still thinking, and pointed to the row of houses and said.

"Alas, it seems that you can't be specialized, this is a disaster!" Zhao Ta immediately understood at a glance, the windows of the house where others lived were all black holes open, only the room where he lived Zhao Xin hung a felt in order to block the wind, and the pack workers who often slept in the wild were very satisfied with having a house to shelter from the wind and rain, and generally did not pay attention to these details, and the clever attacker judged that only the person with the highest position would enjoy this treatment based on this piece of felt.

As for being able to shoot at the house where they lived, Zhao Ta also understood when he saw a few towering trees outside the fort, so they first sent people to climb the trees and found the house they lived in by the moonlight, and then acted as an observation post and commanded the archers to release arrows. The next question is why did the attackers retreat suddenly, and who sent them?

Later, Zhao found the broken bark and trampled branches on a cypress tree forty steps away from the fort, confirming his previous judgment. Then Shang Hu and the others found two 'three-bow bed crossbows' three hundred steps away. …,

The bed crossbow is a heavy weapon, which relies on the combined force of several bows to shoot an arrow, and the large bed crossbow often requires dozens of people to pull the bow to pull it away, and the range can reach one mile, it is a long-range weapon at that time, and the arrows used in this thing are also very large, called 'one gun and three sword arrows', which is a penetrating weapon, and the arrows shot into Zhao Ta's house are this kind, and this thing can also be used to siege the city, the role is to create artificial stairs and limited damage, that is, to nail a row of big arrows to the enemy wall, and then the infantry to climb the wall, so this thing is also called ' The bed crossbow has another daily firing method, which is to use an iron bucket, in which a dozen small arrows are placed, and the barrel is tied to the string and shot, because more than a dozen arrows fly like crows, the number is 'jackdaw arrow', also known as 'bucket arrow', and the big arrow is generally used only when defending.

Zhao took a closer look at the two found bed crossbows, which were smaller in shape and equipped with a winch-type winding mechanism for easy carrying and quick winding. He understands that this crossbow is made by the Bow and Crossbow Institute in the Song Kingdom, and the Western Xia is also made by the Iron Engineering Institute, the scientific and technological content is very high at this time, and the price is not expensive.

In order to prevent leaks, bed crossbows are not allowed to be captured by the enemy, and if they cannot break through, they must be destroyed before retreating themselves. The two bed crossbows only cut the bowstring and were not completely destroyed, indicating that the attackers were in a hurry to retreat, and the crossbows were engraved with the manufacturer's mark and were deliberately scraped off with a knife, which frustrated Zhao Ta's idea of judging the identity of the attacker from the place of origin.

"Second master, a corpse has been found here!" Another search team shouted, and on the other side they found seven dead bodies in the bushes.

"Second master, judging from the dress and appearance of these people, they should be party members and Tubo people, but the things on their bodies have been searched!" Zhuge Hong reported to Zhao Ta, who rushed over.

"Who could these be, not only did they act quickly, but they were also very methodical, and when they evacuated in a hurry, they didn't forget to take the things from their fallen comrades!" Zhao Ta looked at the seven corpses neatly placed in the grass, wearing leather armor, but it was produced by the people or specially made, and the place of origin could not be found from the style.

"I think these dead people are the ones who attacked us, but after they attacked, they were attacked by others, in response to the old saying 'praying mantis catches cicadas and yellow finches behind'!" Zhuge Hong analyzed it and said.

"But even if we are cicadas, who are the praying mantis and yellow finch?" Zhao Ta touched his chin and asked.

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