Chapter 37: The Hunt (2)
"Then I'm going to take you with me." Zhuo Haoxuan interrupted Ling Yuxin, his voice was soft but extremely firm: "You don't have to worry about bothering me, you don't need to say anything more, I will never leave you alone, and I will definitely take you out of here safely." ”
Ling Yuxin's eyes were full of gratitude, "Gongzi Zhuo, thank you, you are such a good person, I appreciate your kindness, but I really don't want you to be injured because of me, and I can't leave my friend behind." ”
"With their martial arts, they are enough to protect themselves and get out, but if you stay here, they will be restrained, only if you can leave here safely, they can get out without scruples, so for the sake of your friends, you must also leave immediately." Zhuo Haoxuan said decisively.
Ling Yuxin didn't think of this at first, but now she was woken up by Zhuo Haoxuan's words. She thought about it for a moment, and she figured out the key, indeed as Zhuo Haoxuan said, she was the target of this group of black-clothed masked people, Bai Zhu and Li Qingshan had to fight them in order to prevent them from getting close to her, if they could get out of here, Bai Zhu and they would no longer have to entangle with those black-clothed masked people, and the black-clothed masked people would also not stare at Bai Zhu and them, and it should not be a problem for them to get out at that time.
Zhuo Haoxuan saw Ling Yuxin's expression change, and knew that she had already figured out the key, so he didn't delay any longer, grabbed her arm and walked all the way along the city wall.
The black-clad masked man had been keeping an eye on the two of them since he discovered where they were hiding, and he couldn't let them leave so easily. I saw that the leader of the black-clothed masked people standing opposite the soldiers defending the city made a gesture, and then the other black-clothed masked people quickly covered each other and moved, and soon adjusted the formation to a queue of three people in the back and the rest in front, and the three people in the back immediately aimed their arrows in the direction where Zhuo Haoxuan and Ling Yuxin were, and the rest of the people in front were responsible for covering these three people and blocking the rain of arrows shot by the soldiers defending the city for them.
Zhuo Haoxuan had already expected that the black-clothed masked man would not let them leave easily, so the black-clothed masked man's actions did not escape his eyes, he protected Ling Yuxin inside, and waved his fan to block the arrows shot by the three black-clothed masked men one by one.
Seeing this, the black-clothed masked man who was the leader immediately gave another order to the three black-clothed masked men who were shooting arrows, and then saw that they moved quickly again and adjusted their formation, turning into the leader The black-clothed masked man led the three people who were originally responsible for archery against Zhuo Haoxuan and Ling Yuxin to move in the direction of Zhuo Haoxuan and Ling Yuxin in a snake shape, while the rest of the black-clothed masked people in front of them kept alternating with each other to block the arrows fired by the officers and soldiers defending the city for the four of them, covering the four of them to advance.
Zhuo Haoxuan pulled Ling Yuxin all the way forward, seeing that he was about to reach the corner, as long as he turned the corner, he could leave the scene and get out of the sight of everyone present, but he was intercepted by the four black-clothed masked men who were only a few steps away, and in desperation, Zhuo Haoxuan had to protect Ling Yuxin behind him and exchanged hands with the four black-clothed masked men.
In terms of martial arts alone, the four black-clothed masked men joined forces and were not Zhuo Haoxuan's opponents, at first Zhuo Haoxuan had a slight upper hand, but they were determined to Ling Yuxin, and seeing that they could not get rid of Zhuo Haoxuan immediately, they began to try their best to avoid the head-on move with Zhuo Haoxuan, and instead attacked Ling Yuxin directly, but Zhuo Haoxuan was bent on protecting Ling Yuxin, lest he be hurt a little, so he would rather give up hurting the enemy, but also protect Ling Yuxin, in this way, after a few moves, the four black-clothed masked people immediately understood, Ling Yuxin is undoubtedly Zhuo Haoxuan's biggest weakness, attacking Ling Yuxin is equivalent to attacking him, so he ignores Zhuo Haoxuan even more, but targets Ling Yuxin, and the sword is directly aimed at his vital point, forcing Zhuo Haoxuan to completely switch from attack to defense, so he becomes more and more passive, and after a few rounds, he gradually loses the upper hand.
Ling Yuxin saw that Zhuo Haoxuan had gradually changed from being able to cope with it at the beginning to being in a hurry now, and she couldn't help but become more and more worried and anxious, but she had the heart to help, but she was powerless.
Just when Ling Yuxin was anxious but at a loss, she suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves in her ears. At this time, Zhuo Haoxuan, Li Qingshan, Xia Huaizhong, and Bai Zhu were all extremely sure that a large number of people were rushing towards the place where they were trapped.
After a while, the sound of horses' hooves from far and near gradually became clear, because the defender general stood tall, so the people downstairs saw the Royal Forest Army rushing to support in one step, he was overjoyed, and did not forget to immediately shout to the people under the city tower: "Listen to the black-clothed masked man below, the Royal Forest Army is about to arrive, and those who don't want to die quickly drop their weapons and be captured." ”
The people downstairs in the city, whether it was Ling Yuxin and Bai Zhu, or Zhuo Haoxuan, Li Qingshan and Xia Huaizhong, were unwilling to meet the Imperial Forest Army, so they were all eager to get out.
And the black-clothed masked man was determined to kill Ling Yuxin, and he was also unwilling to confront the Imperial Forest Army head-on, so he heard the shouts of the defender generals and the sound of horses' hooves gradually approaching, and he also intended to leave quickly. So, in order to finish off Ling Yuxin before the supporting Imperial Forest Army arrived, the four black-clothed masked men who fought with Zhuo Haoxuan stepped up their offensive even more, and after thinking for a while, the black-clothed masked man suddenly made a gesture to the other three, and then stabbed Zhuo Haoxuan with a sword, and the other three received the signal from the leader, and suddenly changed their moves at the same time, and stabbed at Ling Yuxin in the upper, middle, and lower ways, Zhuo Haoxuan was shocked, While sideways to avoid the sword stabbed by the black-clothed masked man at the head, he used his hands, feet, and fan at the same time to block the three swords that stabbed at Ling Yuxin, however, unexpectedly, the sword stabbed at him by the black-clothed masked man at the head was actually just a false move, and suddenly turned in the middle of the move, and directly took Ling Yuxin's life, Zhuo Haoxuan was shocked, but it was too late to return the call, in a hurry, he had to pull Ling Yuxin into his arms, and turned around to block a sword for her.
The black-clothed masked man obviously didn't expect Zhuo Haoxuan to sacrifice his life to save him, and directly used his body to block this sword for Ling Yuxin, and after the sword was successful, he was slightly stunned. Zhuo Haoxuan took advantage of the slight distraction of the black-clothed masked man, picked up Ling Yuxin and quickly swept up, turning the corner of the street.
Ling Yuxin was protected by Zhuo Haoxuan from beginning to end, although she was a little surprised that Zhuo Haoxuan would have such skills at first, but later she gradually saw that the man in black used Zhuo Haoxuan to protect her and completely shifted the focus of the attack to her, causing Zhuo Haoxuan to be constrained everywhere and slowly fell behind, although he was anxious, he secretly hated that he didn't know martial arts, and he couldn't help at all, at this moment, he saw that the sword that the black-clothed masked man led by Zhuo Haoxuan suddenly turned to him, and he was shocked and pulled into Zhuo Haoxuan's arms before he could react, Immediately, there was a muffled snort in his ears, and when he was about to raise his head, he suddenly felt a tightness on his waist, and then his body rose into the air, and he was hugged by Zhuo Haoxuan and swept towards the corner.
Seeing Zhuo Haoxuan and Ling Yuxin turning around the corner, the four black-clothed masked men immediately chased after them, while Bai Zhu, Xia Huaizhong, Li Qingshan and another group of black-clothed masked people who were fighting on the other side had been paying attention to Zhuo Haoxuan's movements, and seeing this at this moment, both sides were no longer entangled, and at the same time chased in the direction where Zhuo Haoxuan and Ling Yuxin left.
Several black-clad masked men who were originally confronting the soldiers on the city tower also evacuated in the direction of the street corner at this time.
As soon as the Royal Guards arrived, they saw a group of masked black-clad people and two people in civilian clothes and one in domestic clothes heading towards the street corner, and the corpses of many dead or wounded soldiers lying on the scene.
The general of the defenders on the city tower saw clearly that the person who came was Wei Wenjie, the captain of the hussar battalion, and hurriedly pointed in the direction where everyone left and shouted: "Lord Wei, those black-clothed masked men killed and injured many of our soldiers defending the city, and they fled there, they are them." ”
Wei Wenjie glanced at the defender generals, and then turned his head to look at the back of the black-clothed masked man who was evacuating, his eyes were cold, and he shouted in a deep voice: "Chase." Then he took the lead and chased towards the corner of the street.
After Zhuo Haoxuan hugged Ling Yuxin and turned the corner, he ran all the way, and when he saw the corner, he turned around, and after turning a few corners in a row, he happened to see the door of a family on the side of the street open, and a middle-aged man was about to walk out of the door, Zhuo Haoxuan knew that the black-clothed masked man had been chasing after him, so he didn't care about anything else at this time, and took getting out as soon as possible as the first priority, so seeing this, he didn't say a word, and immediately stepped forward, and before the man could speak, he quickly shot his acupoint, and then went inside and put down Ling Yuxin, He dragged the fainted man a step back, closed the door casually, leaned on the door and listened intently, and after a few moments, he heard several waves of footsteps passing by the doorway.
After Ling Yuxin was put down by Zhuo Haoxuan, when he turned around to drag the man and close the door, he had already seen the wound on his left shoulder that was still bleeding, and finally knew what was going on with the muffled snort that Shi Cai heard, and subconsciously wanted to make a sound, and when the words came to his mouth, he suddenly realized the situation at the moment, and immediately reached out to cover his mouth.
It wasn't until several waves of footsteps and a series of horse hooves passed by that Zhuo Haoxuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and when he turned around, he saw Ling Yuxin covering her mouth with one hand, staring at herself with wide eyes, and her eyes were full of gratitude and guilt, Zhuo Haoxuan couldn't help but be slightly stunned for a moment, and then felt the pain on the back shoulder, and suddenly understood why Ling Yuxin looked like this.
Zhuo Haoxuan didn't want Ling Yuxin to worry, so he held back the pain in his back shoulder, smiled reluctantly, and said to Ling Yuxin softly: "Don't worry, I'm fine, it's just a flesh injury, it's not appropriate to stay here for a long time, if those black-clothed masked people follow us all the way and don't find us, I'm afraid they will soon realize that we are hiding halfway, and they will definitely turn back to find us immediately, so we still have to leave here quickly." ”
Ling Yuxin slowly lowered the hand covering her mouth, her tone full of worry and guilt, "But your hurt ...... Still bleeding. ”