Chapter 15: The First Heroic Battle
The crossbow is a very dangerous weapon, and an ordinary person can use a light short crossbow as long as he has ten days and eight days of training, and he can make a big difference in a distance of about ten steps, and has a strong lethality.
And as long as the martial artist can't step into the innate and cultivate to be "different", if he is shot by this short crossbow, he will be bloodied, and he will be seriously injured in two or three hits, and if he hits the vital point, he can even be killed with one blow.
This group of people was obviously prepared, not only did they have six short crossbows, but they even stayed about seven or eight steps away from Pan Long and Han Feng's tentsβthat is, about ten meters. At this distance, not to mention fist and foot kung fu, even the spear and stick weapon with the longest attack distance can only be out of reach.
It can be seen that they are indeed quite professional, and they are already very experienced in this business.
But they couldn't have imagined that Pan Long hadn't slept at all, and had been guarding them carefully.
Before they could get closer, Pan Long was already ready to fight, and even as soon as he heard their footsteps stop, Pan Long immediately took the initiative to attack decisively.
If it's just like this, they can actually withstand it - after all, the advantage of distance, the advantage of weapons, and the advantage of numbers are all on their side.
But what they didn't expect was that Pan Long could even do secret kung fu.
And it's pretty powerful.
With just a wave of his hand, Pan Long's six throwing knives flew towards the six enemies. Seeing the cold light flying, the six people were all startled, and those who reacted quickly either dodged, or used the short crossbow in their hands to resist, and those who reacted slowly were directly stabbed.
As a result, six short crossbows, none of which had time to be fired.
The distance of about ten meters is the most advantageous attack range for the hidden weapon masters.
Unless these people are also professional crossbowmen in the army, at this distance, it is a matter of defeat and invincibility to compete with a short crossbow and a master of hidden weapons.
Pan Long is not Li Xunhuan after all, and the flying knife is not precise enough to take the throat. Three of the six men were stabbed, but all of them were shot in non-lethal positions.
But then he wiped his hand on his belt again, and threw out six more throwing knives.
His knife was small, about the size of his index finger. There are forty of them lined up in the hidden compartment of the belt, and it is no problem to throw a few more rounds.
In this second round of throwing knives, he was a little more prepared than before, and he threw them more accurately. Although those people also reacted, how could they be faster than him waved his hand? As a result, all six of them were hit by throwing knives.
Seeing that he was about to throw the third wave of flying knives, the only one they knew among the six people was the fat man who had spoken to them during the day, and couldn't help but shout: "Misunderstanding! It's all a misunderstanding!"
Pan Long put his hand on his belt, made a posture of being ready to throw a flying knife at any time, and said coldly: "Holding a bow and crossbow in your hand to tell people that you are misunderstanding?
The fat man hurriedly threw down the short crossbow - he had realized that the short crossbow in his hand was useless in front of the young master of hidden weapons.
If you want to use the bow and crossbow to plot against Pan Long, you must at least stretch the distance to about thirty paces, leaving the effective range of his flying knife.
Sure enough, as soon as he threw down the short crossbow, Pan Long stopped throwing knives at him.
However, six throwing knives have become five throwing knives, and the accuracy is higher. In just one round, one of the remaining five people was shot in the face by a knife, and he couldn't even scream, he fell directly to the sky, lying motionless on the ground, and it seemed that most of them were not saved.
"Quick! Throw down your weapons!" cried the fat man, "do you really want to die?"
The other four also reacted, throwing down their short crossbows and begging for mercy.
Pan Long stopped and let them go for the time being.
"Who are you?" he asked.
The fat man was about to answer, but he shook his head again: "The terrain here is open, if you still have accomplices, I will be a living target." Let's go and talk to my tent!"
The five "immortal seekers" look at me, I look at you, all of them are full of worry, but they don't dare to refuse, so they have to obediently walk forward, and are escorted by Pan Long, who deliberately stayed at the end, and walked to his tent.
After entering the tent, they saw that Han Feng was still sleeping on the animal skin, and even snoring loudly, and the five people couldn't help but sigh.
Of the two people, only one was dispatched, and they were restrained.
If two people had done it together, wouldn't they have died even worse!
They sighed and walked forward, but just as they passed by Han Feng's side, Han Feng, who was originally "sleeping", suddenly jumped up, pulled out a knife out of nowhere, and slashed with a swing.
The sword light was cold, reflecting the moonlight shining in from the tent door, and it was chilling white.
The five of them never dreamed that Han Feng was pretending to be asleep, waiting for the opportunity to burst out and kill.
The sword light is like snow, and the knife wind is fierce.
Two of the five "Immortal Seekers" suddenly had blood in their throats, their eyes widened, but they couldn't make any movements, they couldn't make the slightest sound, and they fell softly.
What's even worse is that at the same time, Pan Long, who was walking behind them, also made a brazen move, smashing his hands on the back of the heads of the other two "immortal seekers", and kicked the last person's groin.
The three men also failed to scream before they were killed by a single blow.
The two joined forces and killed the five "Immortal Seekers" in a blink of an eye, and Han Fengcai smiled and said, "Brother Long, how did I act just now?"
"Not good, that snoring is fake. Pan Long shook his head, "It's just that they've been scared out of their hearts and haven't noticed." Don't take such risks next time, we've already got the upper hand, there's no need to take risks. β
Han Feng shook his head: "How can you say that it's not necessary, no matter what, since it's an enemy, it's right to kill it." Brother Long, didn't you force them into the tent just to narrow the distance so that they could burst out and kill people?"
Pan Long smiled.
Han Feng was right, he really had this idea.
Since these people came to attack them in the middle of the night, then everyone is an enemy of life and death. Between enemies, how can there be any "mercy" to speak of?
Not to mention, these people are well-equipped, and at a glance you know that they are experienced, and most of them are robbers who do this professionally. The people of the Northland hate robbers the most, and most of them will have to fight to the death, so how can they be spared?
The reason why he forced these people into the tent was really like what Han Feng said, in order to reduce the distance and ensure that all five people were killed.
Moreover, there is Han Feng in the tent, and the two of them join forces to ensure that the enemy is killed.
Pan Long wasn't worried at all that Han Feng was still sleeping - the Han family was originally a military guide, and their ancestors even had the nickname "Hound Dog", and the art of tracking and exploration was their family handicraft. There was a fight outside, and Han Feng must have been awakened a long time ago. The only question is whether they can cooperate without prior appointment.
It turns out that Han Feng is still very clever. He lay there pretending to be asleep, but he snorted loudly, just to remind Pan Long, hinting that he was going to make a move.
Sure enough, the two of them struck hard, and almost in an instant, they killed all five robbers.
While Han Feng and Pan Long were talking, they checked the five robbers with their hands to make sure that all five of them were dead, and then rushed out of the tent and rushed towards the tents of those "immortal seekers".
The moonlight tonight is nice and bright. Although it is not suitable for killing people and setting fires, it is suitable for chivalry and righteousness!
In a moment, roars, begs for mercy, and curses rang out one after another, and finally calmed down again.
None of the fourteen "immortal seekers" on the Yushan Ruins platform remained, and all of them were killed.
Among them, Han Feng once asked them where they came from, and if they had any accomplices, but they refused to say any of them.
Pan Long didn't mind, he didn't want to say it, forget it, anyway, it was nothing more than a knife.
After killing them all, they rummaged through the tents and found a lot of valuable goods. It's a pity that I couldn't find anything enough to prove the identity of these people, and I couldn't find good goods other than money.
"Behind these people, there must be another mastermind!" Xingxia made Han Feng very excited, and being able to practice the family heirloom technique of tracing and finding traces made him very happy, "I found the place where they usually go up and down the mountain, do you want to follow the past?"
Pan Long thought for a moment and shook his head silently.
The ruins of Yushan are a famous scenic spot in Lantian City, and the main messenger behind it is definitely not a small role to arrange robbers in this scenic spot to rob and kill overnight tourists. Even if you are not a congenital master, at least there are many people.
With him and Han Feng, he really doesn't have the ability to win such an opponent.
Although Han Feng is usually a bit erha, he is definitely not stupid. As soon as Pan Long shook his head, he guessed Pan Long's thoughts. Persuaded: "Brother Long, we will catch up overnight now, they must have at least one stronghold to answer, and there will not be too many people in it." We can't do anything about the mastermind behind the scenes, but at least we can take advantage of the night to sneak up and pull out that stronghold. β
"Robbers and bandits, kill one for good!"
His words persuaded Pan Long, and the two of them sorted out their things, took some of the robbers' wounds that might have revealed their identities with them, and repaired a few knives to avoid revealing their martial arts, and as for the tents and other burdens, they simply threw them away - anyway, the money and goods they got from the robbers were enough to buy several more sets.
Then, according to the clues found by Han Feng, they went down the cliff by moonlight - the mountain in that place was relatively gentle, and the descent was quite smooth, no wonder these people were mediocre in strength, and they were able to do this robber business so skillfully.
When I went down the mountain, it was only about three o'clock in the night. In such a night, even those with good eyesight cannot see far. But Han Feng was able to find clues on the ground repeatedly, almost without stopping a single step, and rushed straight in a certain direction with Pan Long.
After walking like this for about half an hour, they saw a bright light, but there were several wooden houses built in the middle of the wilderness, and in the window of one of them, they could still see the light of the fire beating.
Han Feng stopped and whispered, "Judging from the traces, this is it." I'll go over and find out, Brother Long, you're ready to answer me. β
The two tiptoed close to the wooden house, Han Feng lay on the ground, using his hands and feet like a cat and dog, so light that there was almost no sound, and he stuck to the side of the wooden house with bright light, listened intently for a while, and then crawled back gently and skillfully.
"Eight. He almost leaned into Pan Long's ear and said, "The two of them are awake and chatting, and what they are talking about is indeed murder and arson." Six slept in the back - according to them, the group rotated a lot. β
"How's Kung Fu?" Pan Long asked.
"It's pretty much the same as the previous ones. β
"Where's the equipment?"
"I didn't hear the sound of the armor. β
The two glanced at each other, the corners of their mouths curled, revealing a murderous smile.
Then, they lunged over.
With a bang, the door of the hut was kicked open, and two big men sitting by the fire jumped up, but before they could roar or draw their knives, the two throwing knives had already sunk into their throats, shoning back all their nonsense.
In the case of a flying knife in each hand, Pan Long can still ensure accuracy.
The throwing knife killed the two men, and without saying a word, they continued to rush to the inner room.
The remaining robbers were sleeping, they were not as alert as Han Feng, a professional who could go to the army as a scout at any time, except for one who woke up in time, the other five even died in their sleep.
As for the one who woke up, it was nothing more than being slapped on the top of his head by Pan Long, and he was just a ghost.
In less than a minute, all eight robbers were dead.
Han Feng still had the heart to continue to follow the vine, find the stronghold of the robbers, and then go to do a chivalrous battle, but this time Pan Long resolutely stopped him.
It was almost four o'clock in the evening, and in about two hours, the sky would begin to light up. When the sky dawned and the cover of the night was lost, it was completely impossible for the two of them to face a large group of robbers, it was simply to send them to death.
Even if it waits until tomorrow night, the robbers will already be alarmed, and there will be no chance of another sneak attack.
Listening to his analysis, Han Feng sighed depressedly, but he was not stubborn.
"Forget it!" he said as if nothing had happened, "The first time I did chivalry and righteousness, I have such a result, and I am already much stronger than my father when he was young!
"Yes, yes, the story of the hero Han Feng will be good from today. β
The two of them laughed at each other and walked away with the looting of the robbers' stronghold.
As Han Feng said, the results of the first chivalrous battle were enough to satisfy them.