Chapter 81: Ambush on All Sides
The mountains and forests were originally the most unfavorable terrain for cavalry. But for the Hissing Wind Beast, climbing over the mountains and mountains is like walking on flat ground, and the craggy rocks and dense trees have no effect on it in the slightest.
After rushing into the Qingyu Mountain, the Hissing Wind Beast was like an incarnate black panther with great vigor, constantly flashing and moving between the rocks and tree trunks, without slowing down at all, and heading straight for the mountainside.
A moment later, one man rode to the edge of the mountainside. Zhou Hao tightened the reins slightly, slowed down his speed, reached out and took off the horn bow next to the saddle, and approached step by step vigilantly.
The light hooves of the neighing beast approached the mountainside silently in the snow. But before Zhou Hao could get closer and take a closer look, "Peng Peng!" Suddenly a bowstring sounded in his ears, and then, countless swarthy arrows flew out of the dense forest, overwhelmingly towards Zhou Hao.
Zhou Hao was taken aback, and hurriedly shouted: "Hissing Wind Beast, rush over!"
Like a dense rain of arrows like flying locusts, there is no way to dodge, there is no way to prevent it, only by accelerating through this area covered by the rain of arrows, one person and one rider can survive!
The hissing wind beast that had the same heart as Zhou Hao had already begun to accelerate before Zhou Hao finished shouting! The four hooves were already three zhang away, like black lightning, rushing straight ahead, and in an instant, they had already rushed out more than ten zhang!
"Puff puff!" The overwhelming arrows hit Zhou Hao behind him like raindrops, and several arrows came straight to his chest, but they were picked off one by one by Zhou Hao with the horn bow in his hand.
In the blink of an eye, a man and a rider had already rushed into the woods, and as far as the eye could see, there were dense Fuso people everywhere!
In such a large forest, there are at least tens of thousands of Fusang people hiding in it! But now Zhou Hao didn't have time to count the number of people, his right hand probed in the quiver next to the saddle, and three armor-piercing arrows were sandwiched between his fingers, and then he opened his bow and led the arrows, and shot out towards the Fusang people who rushed up!
"Puff puff!" There were three soft sounds, and the three Fusang people who rushed the fastest were shot at the same time, and they were even more carried by the huge force carried by the armor-piercing arrow, and they flew upside down, and before they could land, they had already lost their breath.
But the Fusang people who rushed towards Zhou Hao were not even thousands! Zhou Hao shot three, but to no avail, more Fusang people were already carrying Japanese knives, roaring in their mouths, and rushed to within a few feet in front of him!
"Hissing Wind Beast, retreat!" Zhou Hao, who stabbed the hornet's nest, hurriedly shouted, but his hand did not stop for a moment, and continued to fire arrows at the Fusang people who pounced.
At this time, Zhou Hao didn't care about saving his internal strength, and immediately used the rainstorm arrow method, and he shot nine arrows in an instant, killing nine Fusang people.
But even so, it still can't stop more and more Fuso people from rushing closer and closer.
Fortunately, Zhou Hao's mount is a hissing wind beast, a spirit beast that the monarch of the Northern Yan Kingdom can't ask for, and it has wisdom no less than that of ordinary people. Seeing that there were more and more enemies surging in front of him, getting closer and closer, the Hissing Wind Beast suddenly raised its neck and erupted into a "Roar!", a huge roar like a lion and tiger.
This series of thunderous roars suddenly scared the nearest Fusang person to the ground. And the Fusang people, who were a little farther away, were also so frightened that they slowed down unconsciously.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Hissing Wind Beast quickly turned around, pulled its hooves and ran, leaving behind a group of Fuso people who were buzzing in their ears and in a daze.
By the time these Fusang people reacted, the Hissing Wind Beast was already twenty zhang away! The angry Fusang people chased after them, wanting to wipe out one person and one rider before Zhou Hao reported the news.
But the little short legs of the Fusang people, where can they catch up with the Hissing Wind Beast! One person and one rode farther and farther, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.
Seeing that the plan to ambush and kill the cavalry of the Northern Yan Dynasty had failed, how could the Fusang people be willing! Since the ambush could not be achieved, they would have to fight with open swords and guns, and still believe that the Fusang army would not be able to destroy the cavalry of only 3,000 people?
As a result, tens of thousands of Fuso people who were lying in ambush on the mountainside poured out of their nests and rushed out towards the bottom of the mountain.
Besides, Zhou Hao escaped from the pursuit of the Fusang people on the back of the hissing wind beast. One person and one horse, in a moment, rushed out of Qingyu Mountain, and went straight to the hundreds of zhang of the pro-military camp.
Seeing from afar that there was a lot of movement in the mountains, Hou Fatzi and the others were in a hurry, and when they saw Zhou Hao suddenly rushing out of the mountain, they were overjoyed.
When Zhou Haofei rode closer, Hou Fatzi hurriedly asked, "How is it? Is there really an ambush?
"There are countless Fusang people, at least forty or fifty thousand!" Zhou Hao replied in an eager tone.
Hou Fatzi was taken aback and said, "What? How can there be so many people?"
"It's just a little more, and I estimate that this is only a part, the Fusang people have tried their best to ambush us here, maybe even the back road has been cut off, and the surrounding ambush soldiers must be surrounding!" Zhou Hao raised his eyebrows.
"The back road has been cut off, how is it possible? When we came, we didn't even see the shadow of the Fuso!" a regiment of the cavalry battalion interjected.
Zhou Hao glanced at the group and continued: "The Fusang people can completely set up a pocket array, just wait for us to get into the pocket, and then tie the bag tightly!"
When the group heard this, they were a little panicked, and hurriedly asked, "What should we do then? There are enemies on all sides, aren't we doomed?"
Hou Fatzi squinted his eyes and glared at the group, and scolded: "What are you panicking about? What is our mission this time? Isn't it just to lure the Fusang people out? Isn't it just what we want to do now is to send someone to report the news to the general, and then we will hold these Fusang cubs to the death, and just wait for the general's reinforcements to arrive, and we can defeat the Fusang army in one fell swoop!"
Although both of them are regimental leaders, Hou Fatzi, the regimental leader of the pro-military battalion, is more than a step above him in terms of power and status. The regiment of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion was glared at by Hou Fatzi, and he suddenly didn't dare to say anything.
Then, Hou Fatzi turned his head and said to Zhou Hao calmly: "Haozi, your horse is the fastest, this important task of delivering the news to the general belongs to you! The lives of our more than 3,000 brothers are all in your hands, don't let the brothers down!"
Zhou Hao knew that now was not the time to excuse himself, so he nodded solemnly and said, "Hou Tou, don't worry! I will lead the reinforcements and rush back as quickly as possible!"
Then, Zhou Hao hugged his fists at Hou Fatzi and the surrounding brothers, and said solemnly: "Hou Tou, brothers, take care!"
Fat Hou and the people around him didn't speak anymore, and they all stared at Zhou Hao with hopeful eyes.
Under the gaze of everyone, Zhou Hao leaned down and whispered in the ear of the Hissing Wind Beast: "Man, the time has come to fight hard! How fast, how fast to run! Do you understand?"
The hissing wind beast seemed to really understand Zhou Hao's words, and there was a low hiss, and its four hooves were excitedly shaving snow on the ground.
"Rack!" Zhou Hao slapped the horse's buttocks heavily, and the neighing wind beast, which was already excited to try, hissed, and immediately flew with its four hooves, like a black wind, sweeping over the snowy wilderness.