Chapter 4: Drunken Township (Sanshang)

Although the group of chasing soldiers was determined to win Li Xu and others, they did not lose their due calm. Seeing that the people in front of him suddenly stopped and bent their bows and arrows, they also took the heads of their horses one hundred and fifty paces away from the other party. The range of a riding bow is shorter than that of a foot bow, and one hundred and fifty paces is already a very safe distance. Although there were once good archers in the grasslands and the Central Plains who could kill people with arrows from 300 paces away, those people were heroes who happened once in a thousand years. In the eyes of Xi Ren, the four shepherds and two and a half hairy children on the opposite side are obviously not among them.

"Little brother, we have no ill will. Just go and drink tea in your felt bag as promised! Didn't you say the camp was near Crescent Lake, why did you run far away! "The leader of the Xi scout who led the team was the one who had greeted Li Xu and the others on the shore of Crescent Lake. At present, his identity is being seen through, but he still puts on a pleasant posture.

"Shameless ridicule, don't be as stupid as you, knowing that there is a trap in front of you and obediently jumping in?" Durr scolded. Lately, it has been common for Xu Dayan to help the tribe train their troops, and he already knows what the scout's duties are in an army. Xu Dayan's conditions for selecting scouts for the Zhufei coalition army were very harsh, and those who could serve as scouts in the army must not only choose good cavalry and archery, but also be ruthless. The scouts encountered a large force of enemy troops on the way to explore the road, and they had to leave without a fight. When you encounter enemy civilians or sentinels, you need to kill them all to protect your side's whereabouts with this brutal means.

Since the Xi tribe who wandered from Suotoushui to the vicinity sent so many scouts to explore the way, it means that their brigade must be not far away. Therefore, their whereabouts cannot be leaked out by passers-by in any case, and the so-called tea is just to take everyone down at the lowest cost. A few of the shepherds knew that they had little chance of making it home alive today, and their hearts were not as scared as they had been at the beginning. At this moment, he heard Dur's scolding happily, and he also opened his throat and scolded.

The grassland people usually communicate with people less, and their vocabulary is not rich, so they don't have many tricks to scold people. Tossing and turning is just a matter of counting the people who have no guts, and they are kicked out of their homes like dogs by the Turks, who dare not retaliate, but they are crazy to find other tribes to bite indiscriminately.

The Xi man who led the team learned from the other party's scolding that his identity had been recognized, and he was not annoyed. Slowly and methodically straightened out the formation, and when Dur was speechless, he responded with a smile: "Since you know that we are here to fight, why are you still fleeing." Surrender, for your sake, I promise not to kill you. There are twenty-eight of us and there are only four men and two children, and no matter how much you fight, you will not win. As for those two women, do you think I won't be able to catch up with them if I delay for such a short time? ”

After speaking, he pointed to the war horse with an empty saddle behind him, and motioned to Ah Silan and the others to see clearly that there were enough horses on his side to relay. And no matter how fast the two women of the Xia tribe run, there are times when some people are sleepy and tired.

"Detachment, give him an arrow!" Xu Dayan ordered in a low voice. The other party's arrogance is really arrogant, and letting Li Xu, a person who can shoot from a distance, shoot him with an arrow, whether he hits or not, it is enough to make this person no longer dare to underestimate the resistance of his side.

Li Xu has long hated the root of his teeth. He is young and thoughtful. At this time, he didn't take into account the fact that the troops of the people were fighting hard in order to sneak attack the Suotou Xi department. I was just thinking about how the leader of the ridiculous scout on the other side began to deceive himself, and how he chased after him afterwards. Hearing Xu Dayan's order, he raised his hand and shot an arrow.

The leader of the Xi scouts, who was persuading him to surrender, did not expect that the other party would shoot at a hundred and fifty paces away, and when he heard the sound of feathered arrows breaking through the air, it was too late to take his horse to dodge. I had to wave the reins of the horse in my hand to pull the shaft of the arrow. How could the soft reins of the horse move Li Xu's hateful shot, the feather arrow was slightly off, and it pierced into his shoulder socket with a "poof".

"Ahh The leader of the scouts screamed and fell from his horse. When the other scouts saw this, they immediately drew their scimitars and rushed over with a roar.

"First round, shoot!" Xu Dayan ordered.

According to the mantra taught by Uncle Jiu, Li Xu quickly set up an arrow, and shot another arrow. This time his feathered arrow missed, grazing the top of the enemy's fur hat and flew over. His partner, Dur, was experienced, and he knew that he was not sure of shooting someone from a hundred paces, so he traced the feathered arrow on the opponent's horse. The scout who rushed to the front was swinging his sword and shouting, and the mount under his crotch suddenly let out a mournful roar and fell to the ground with a long hiss.

The scout on horseback was caught off guard and was thrown far away. His body was curled up and rolled back and forth in the snow in pain, and he couldn't see it alive.

"Second round, shoot!" Seeing that the enemy had rushed to within eighty steps, Xu gave an order in a deep voice.

The archery skills of the two people are not weak, one shot the man, and the other shot the horse. The scouts who came to attack broke the two of them in an instant, and the rest still rushed forward, but the shouts gradually weakened.

"Third round, shoot!" Xu Dayan raised his hand and fired an arrow, and an arrow hit the opponent's horse's brain. Aslan's feathered arrow was accurate and ruthless, and it shot through the throat of a scout who was galloping, but the tip of the arrow peeked through the back of the opponent's neck.

The horse heads of Li Xu and the others were originally in the direction of their own tribe, and they shot three rounds, and without waiting for Xu to greet them, everyone grabbed the horse's belly and galloped wildly. Fleeing for his life, he turned his head and fired arrows at the scouts. In the hurry, although he did not have the right head to shoot the bow when he was still and did not move, he turned his head and fired back, taking advantage of both the wind direction and the speed of the horse. If you look at it from a distance, the Xi scouts who chased after them were like the tips of the arrows that took the initiative to yearn for Li Xu and the others, even if they were not shot, they were in a hurry.

There are scouts who curse and bend their bows and shoot back, but it is difficult to aim against the wind. The mounts of Li Xu and the others were accelerating forward again, and the feather arrows often did not reach them, and they were already blown crooked by the wind.

The scouts chased out three or five miles, but they couldn't catch up with Li Xu and the others, and they couldn't rest assured that their leaders were gone, so they retreated abruptly. Xu Dayan immediately ordered everyone to slow down the escape speed and let the mount under his crotch walk slowly to recover his strength. Although Li Xu's arrow hit the target unexpectedly, it did not take people's lives. When the scouts recovered from the shock, they would surely ride their horses after them. And if everyone entangles with them on the road for a moment, they can win one more chance for the two girls to get out.

The situation changed as expected, and half an hour later, the sound of horses' hooves sounded behind everyone. This time, the scouts no longer tried to persuade Li Xu and the others to surrender, but divided into two groups, one rushed straight over, and the other obliquely went north to intercept them, obviously wanting to annihilate everyone in one battle.

"Let's not care about the detour in front of us, shoot a few arrows at the pursuers behind us first. Then draw a knife and slash these bastards, scatter them, and grab the horses! Xu Dayan estimated the number and distance of the other party, and ordered in a low voice.

The last thing the scout leader should do is to proudly reveal the total number of people on his side. In one of Fang Cai's encounters, counting the one shot by Li Xu, at least six of the twenty-eight scouts could no longer be put into the battlefield. The remaining twenty-two people are divided into two shares, and the number of people per share will not exceed fifteen. They calculated the horse speed of Xu Dayan and others, and the soldiers were divided into two ways, chasing all the way and blocking all the way.

Li Xu and the others heard the order and took the war horse again. This time, while the scouts were not paying attention, they rushed the horse's head towards the enemy. The Xi scouts, who were in charge of chasing the prey from behind, saw that Li Xu and the others had stopped and continued to escape, thinking that they were going to repeat their old tricks and run away after taking advantage of them just now. With a roar, he sped up and rushed over.

"Round-robin!" Xu Dayan ordered in a low voice.

Li Xu and Dur bent their bows and arrows, and shot at the two scouts who rushed to the front. One of the arrows hit the opponent in the chest, and the other missed when the scout's horse jumped diagonally during the run. The rest of the scouts didn't ask any questions about the injured, and went straight to Li Xu and the others to kill.

The two of them, Ba Ximi and Cao Shentai, fired arrows and shot a war horse together. The taunting formation was blocked by the fallen horses, and they stagnated slightly. Xu Dayan and Ah Silan saw the opportunity and each overturned an enemy.

"Draw your sword, recoil!" Xu Dayan broke his mouth, hid his bow, drew his knife, and took the lead in rushing towards the enemy. Ah Silan hung a bow at his side while rushing, wielding a scimitar to protect Xu Dayan's left flank. Ba Ximi followed closely, and together with Ah Silan, he sandwiched Xu Dayan. When Li Xu rushed out, Dur and Cao Qiutai did the same, one left and one right, to protect him tightly.

The scouts didn't expect that the four shepherds and the two and a half children would dare to shake themselves hard, and they didn't feel a god. Fifty paces away, the two horses hedged but in the blink of an eye. In such a short period of time, the mistake of a god is enough to be fatal. The scimitar in Xu Dayan's hand slanted horizontally and swept along the chest of the scout opposite him. With the help of the speed of the war horse, the sharp blade immediately cut through the thick leather coat and skin at the same time, and a bloody wound more than a foot long burst out on Xi Ren's body.

"Ahh Xu didn't look back, and the dancing knife rushed towards another scout. Ah Silan and Ba Ximi each faced an opponent, blocking the threat from both sides for Xu Dayan. Without worries, Xu Dayan's hands and feet were more neat, and he picked off the opponent's scimitar at the moment when the second horse staggered, and then used the knife in his hand as a leather whip, and pulled it back with his backhand.

As soon as he pulled it, blood immediately appeared on his opponent's back. The scout did not dare to fight any further, so he grabbed his mount and fled. After escaping more than 100 steps, he fell headlong under the horse's belly because of excessive blood loss. The frightened mount, unaware of its master's death, hissed and continued to run. The stirrups dragged the corpse, leaving a long, wide red mark on the white snow.