Chapter 9: Night Attack on the Black Turban Thief
Of course, I want to recruit you to my command!
Uncle Liu Huang rebelled and knew that Taoyuan had three alliances, and Chen Wu didn't know how much it would help him if there was a general at the beginning of the incident. But he couldn't say this now, so he had to find a casual reason to prevaricate: "Those servants robbed my cattle, hoping to get back some losses from the black scarf thief." ”
For money.
This answer is barely plausible.
Dian Yong nodded, and did not continue to ask this question. So, the two chatted without a word, and it was almost two o'clock in the morning, when Chen Wu's sleepiness was rising, the ground shook slightly. It was only due to the absorption of the mountains and forests, and after a while, they faintly heard the sound of horses' hooves and the unbridled laughter of the black turban thieves.
"It's coming!"
Chen Wu perked up, slowly picked up the bow, and looked over.
Dian Yong was also ready, and took a few feathered arrows from his quiver and put them at hand, one of which was already attached to the bow and ready to shoot. Perhaps the two of them were lucky, the night sky was cloudless, the moonlight was excellent, and they could almost see a hundred paces away. This horizon is not much worse than daytime.
“…… With these more horses, it will be much easier for our black scarf thieves to make a move next time. ”
"This time I really made a lot of money, thanks to the news from Xiaoliu from the restaurant. The only scourge is to offend the government severely, for fear that it will attract their revenge. ”
"Afraid of what? Didn't you just kill two officials and set a fire? ”
"Lao Kong is right, it's not like he hasn't come to encircle and suppress us before. As long as you hide in the mountains, the people in the government can only catch blind. ”
The voice grew louder and louder, quickly approaching this side.
With the help of the moonlight, Chen Wu could see the approaching horse team clearly.
When they went, there were only about twenty of these black turban thieves, and when they came, the group had almost doubled. Everyone had their own mounts, and several horses were empty. Behind them, some of them are tied to the stolen live sheep, and the rest are directly slaughtered and cut pigs and cattle because they are inconvenient to carry.
In addition, some of the weapons of the officials were also confiscated, and it can be said that they returned with a full load.
Maybe it was because of the lot of things he brought with him, and the black scarf thief was not reckless, and he also knew the danger of riding at night, so the overall speed of the horse team was relatively slow. But this mountain road, after all, they have walked many times, and they have just made another profit, and it is inevitable that they will be negligent under carelessness. I only heard the person who rushed to the front suddenly exclaimed, accompanied by the frightened neighing of the horse, and fell to the ground fiercely.
The crisp sound of broken bones was accompanied by screams.
At this moment, Dian Yong stretched out his bow and aimed at the black scarf thief who fell to the ground and wailed.
Ershi's hard bow is definitely a sharp weapon for killing, and it is not even standard in the Shenji Camp. But in Dian Yong's hands, he was easily pulled to the full bow. The specially treated bowstring tightened, creaked, and then let go with a "whoosh".
The feathered arrow shot out like a meteor chasing the moon, and in the blink of an eye, it sank into the chest of the black turban thief.
The terrifying force of the two-stone bow pierced directly through his body and nailed it to the ground. The tip of the arrow went half a foot deep into the ground, and the remaining force made the shaft of the arrow tremble slightly.
Tripping over a rope and being shot by an arrow is just a matter of an eye. The black scarf thief behind didn't even react for a while, and when he heard that his accomplice suddenly lost his voice, he thought that the man who fell from his horse had fainted in pain. Several people nearby immediately let out a laugh, turned over and dismounted, and walked over.
How could Chen Wu miss such an excellent opportunity?
Not to be outdone, he opened his bow, calmed his nerves, and aimed at the enemy.
The moment the arrow was shot, Chen Wu had a premonition that it would be hit. Almost at the same time, Dian Yong also shot his second arrow. Two arrows flying out in parallel broke through the air and whistled together, shooting the two black turban thieves who dismounted to the ground one after another, and died in an instant. It was only at this time that the remaining black scarf thieves finally realized what had happened and were shocked.
Someone actually set up an ambush overnight on their way back!
"The officers and soldiers are catching up!"
The timid black scarf thief panicked and subconsciously shouted.
The leader of the black turban thieves was a little knowledgeable after all, and in a fit of rage, he ran up to him, waved his whip and knocked the panicked subordinate over, shouting, "What the hell are you panicking about? Up to two bows for sneak attacks! If you talk nonsense and disturb the morale of your brothers, I will cut off your head! ”
Before his words fell, Dian Yong and Chen Wu each shot another round at a very fast speed.
Forty paces away, all shots are on the fly!
For a moment, there were screams in this dim wood.
If the three arrows in the opening scene still have the element of sneak attack, then the next two arrows, the black turban thief has already taken precautions. In this case, they can still hit the vital point and kill with one arrow, and it can only be said that the archery skills of both of them have reached a very high level. Even the leader of the black scarf thieves who had taken care to protect himself was frightened, and he didn't care about pressing his subordinates, and he rolled and climbed off his horse.
After five people died in a row, the black turban thieves were honest.
In the dark, these thieves lay on the ground, even if the two of them were skilled in archery, there was nothing they could do but wait patiently. For at least five or six minutes, there was silence and peace in the forest, and there was no sound except for the occasional chirping of insects and owls in the distance.
The screams and attacks that had preceded it seemed to be just a hallucination.
"The attacker, should be gone......"
There was no movement for a long time, and some of the black scarf thieves couldn't hold their breath, and raised their clothes with knives to test the reaction here.
Dian Yong and Chen Yong saw it clearly, but they were very patient and did not move. After about a minute or two, the Black Turban thieves made sure that the two skilled archery attackers had finally left, and then they breathed a sigh of relief and stood up scolding.
Seeing that the best opportunity had come, the two acted decisively.
The soft sound of the bowstring vibrating reappeared.
This time, Chen Wu rushed ahead of Dian Yong. The black scarf thief who bore the brunt was shot over on the spot, and the person next to him was alert, and when he saw that the situation was not good, he subconsciously pounced forward. It's a pity that Dian Yong used a hard bow with two stones, and the strength of the arrow was too strong, even if he didn't hit the vital point, most of them would still die.
"Damn it!"
"Those two traitors are still here!"
A group of black scarf thieves scolded indiscriminately, and this time they lay on the ground and said that they didn't dare to move. Only the black scarf thief who was shot by Dian Yong pressed the wound while letting out a faint snort of pain on the ground, and lost his breath in the blink of an eye. The strong smell of blood permeated, chilling the black turban thieves nearby.
"Friends on which road?" After a while, the words of the leader of the black turban thieves rang out: "Our brother is the person of the Yishan black scarf thief, don't admit your mistake." If there is any other offense, please also raise your noble hand, and thank you for your great kindness, and the two hundred brothers of the black scarf thief will thank you! ”
Dian Yong squinted his eyes and ignored the leader, but Chen Wu was a little surprised.
"Two hundred black turban thieves?"
Now is not a few years later, and the Empire's control over the counties is still there. If you wait for the five buckets of rice to sweep through the four counties, it is very common for rogue thieves to have hundreds of people at every turn. But now, the bandits with a scale of more than 100 are definitely at the level of giants, and they can be listed in the military intelligence department of the Qianyuan Empire. Moreover, if it really has such a scale, how can he not be impressed in "Empire"?
"Boasting doesn't have to be taken seriously."
While keeping an eye on the movement of the enemy in the distance, Dian Yong pierced the lie of the leader of the black turban thieves without looking back. Although he didn't know how many black turban thieves there were, he could guess that for this operation, the black scarf thieves were only afraid that they would go out of the nest, and at most only a few old and weak people were left to watch the house.
"That's right."
Exaggerating the number of people and elevating the status of their gang are common tactics used by these rogue bandits.
While the two were talking, the black scarf thief, who was unwilling to accept the status quo, began to fight back. Although Dian Yong and Chen Wu shot six or seven people one after another, the approximate location of their hiding place was also determined by the black turban thief. At this moment, the leader of the black turban thieves was lying on the ground and shouting in the air to paralyze the two, while quietly sending his brothers to the side on his stomach, ready to outflank him from both sides.
He concluded that only two people were likely to be attacked.
As long as they can be entangled in close quarters, the remaining twenty or so brothers will rush forward, and even one person and one knife can chop those two guys into meat sauce to avenge this arrow.
However, how can such a small action be hidden from the two.