Chapter 21: The Hunt Begins

As the capital of the mountain, the peak is not given for nothing.

After receiving a detailed report from Tetsu Miyagi, he knew that Tetsu Miyagi met the two teenagers when he saw a pillar of smoke and searched for the place where the pillar of smoke rose before he blocked them.

From this, Shandu Junfeng judged that the pillar of smoke must have been formed by a bonfire lit by two teenagers, and that around the bonfire, under the current circumstances, there must be only the human breath of these two people, so that the Spirit Dog can start searching from there, it will definitely save time, and it will be possible to find the two boys who should be killed.

He had already sent a team of men to find the location of the campfire, and then let them stay there, so that no one else could get near the place, waiting for the arrival of the Breath Dog.

After nearly a month, Miyagi finally returned, bringing back a spirit hound.

In the barracks, very few people had seen the spirit dog, and after learning the news, many people came to watch.

This hound was much taller than an ordinary hound, with a head tall, and it naturally had a ferocity when it stood there. The swarthy fur of the whole body is shiny black. The nose above the large mouth is conspicuous, with a distinct white line from between the eyes to the tip of the nose. When it raised its head, its nostrils looked deep.

The next day, the ten squads that had been prepared entered the mountain.

In charge of leading the squad with the breath dogs was a school officer named Tubalhu. This Tubalhu was a hunter before he was drafted into the army.

He has the most experience in hunting, knows how to deal with hounds, and has no problem holding the "Imperial Envoy Ming Yao" for the spirit dog in his hand.

The other school officials were very convinced by this dispatch of the mountain capital.

Along with Tuba Tiger were two of Tetsu Miyagi's former subordinates, who had seen the faces of two teenagers, so they were specially designated to accompany the team.

Tubahu first led his men to lead the breath dog to the location of the bonfire, let the breath dog around the remains of the campfire, and according to the instructions of the "Imperial Envoy Ming Yao", let the spirit dog be well familiar with the human scent to be tracked.

Starting from the boulder ambushed by Chen De and Zhang Zhiliang, the two soldiers found that the route taken by the spirit dog almost completely coincided with the route taken by the two teenagers to escape, until they reached the bamboo forest where they stopped pursuing, which made the two soldiers greatly impressed by the tracking ability of the spirit dog.

Under the guidance of the spirit dog, four days later, the team led by Tuba Hu approached the location of Chen De and Zhang Zhiliang.

Chen De and Zhang Zhiliang, who were hunting in a valley, suddenly heard a howl similar to a wolf's howl: "Ahh

This alarmed the two.

In fact, there is a way to keep it silent. First, Tubalhu was still not proficient in this method; second, Tubalhu did not expect to be able to approach the target so quickly, and according to his experience, it would take at least two or three days to get close to the target.

The howling Breath Dog suddenly became excited, and his pace changed from a brisk walk to a trot, all the way to a valley.

Tubahu, who didn't know why, followed behind, and shouted loudly for the soldiers to follow, and the soldiers responded and quickened their pace.

Chen De and Zhang Zhiliang, who had become very alert, faintly heard someone's voice at this time, and whether it was right or wrong, the two immediately climbed up the steep mountain wall, trying to climb as high as possible to be in a favorable position.

As he was climbing up, he heard a special dog barking below.

The two looked down and saw a large black hound barking upwards where they had begun to climb up.

It turns out that this breath dog has a peculiar nose, but its climbing ability is average.

Behind this big hound were about a dozen soldiers.

One of the archers said to Tubalhu, "Centurion, has the Breath Dog discovered something?" and Tubalhu quickly ordered, "All attention, prepare!"

All the soldiers immediately lifted their spirits, and they were no longer in the state of relaxation they had before.

Chen De's feet slipped, and a piece of gravel slid down with a sound.

The gravel undoubtedly indicated the location of the two.

Tubalhu commanded the two sword and shield men behind him: "You open the way in front, and everyone follows." ”

The two sword and shield men immediately ran in front of the Breath Dog, blocking the Breath Dog behind them, then held the knife in their right hand and raised the shield above their heads with their left hand and began to climb upward.

Unfortunately, there was only one place to climb, and they had to climb in a column.

Zhang Zhiliang whispered: "They found us." ”

Inspired by the stone that had just slipped down, Chen De began to look for large rocks around, saying to Zhang Zhiliang as he looked, "Hit them with a stone." ”

When Zhang Zhiliang heard this, he said: "Wonderful!" and began to collect the stones around him.

The Blade and Shield Bearer climbed up and observed the situation above.

Suddenly, he saw two stones flying towards him, and immediately shrank behind his shield.

I only heard a loud "bang", and Chen De threw out a stone the size of a sea bowl and smashed it on a shield.

The sword and shield hand behind the shield was not well prepared, and was pushed by the huge momentum, and could not stand, so he rolled backwards, knocking down several soldiers along the way.

Two even rolled to the bottom.

Zhang Zhiliang's arm strength was not as good as Chen De's, and his head was not as good as Chen De's, and the stones he threw whistled past a soldier, frightening the soldier into a cold sweat.

Although the breath dog was not very good at climbing, it was very good at dodging, and none of the soldiers who rolled down touched it.

The other sword and shield hand climbed up two or three feet fiercely.

Without saying a word, two stones fell on him together.

"Bang" and "bang" sounded twice, and the stone smashed on the shield.

The soldier was so good at his work that he only slid down a few feet before he stood firm.

The two of them were about to continue to greet the sword and shield hand, but there were two "whoosh" and "whoosh" sounds, and two arrows flew from below, and one arrow "swished" and bruised Chen De's right arm, and blood immediately oozed out.

However, such injuries have long been commonplace for Chen De and Zhang Zhiliang, and there is not much hindrance to Chen De.

Seeing the blood on his right arm, it aroused Chen De's ruthlessness, and he picked up the largest stone and smashed it down.

The sword and shield hand at the front was stretching out his head to observe the situation, when he saw a large stone flying towards him, and hurriedly shrank his head.

The big stone slammed down on his shield, and with such a great force that he could no longer stand on his feet, and fell backwards, becoming a rolling gourd.

Knocked down a few soldiers as he rolled down, resulting in a string of rolling hoists.

Several people were injured as a result.

Seeing the embarrassment of his subordinates, Tuba Hu was a little annoyed and angry, and said in his heart: The two little hairy children are really a bit tricky.

Zhang Zhiliang laughed out loud when he saw the embarrassed appearance of the Dazhu soldiers, and his original nervousness was eliminated a lot.

He suddenly had a countermeasure in his heart, and said to Chen De: "After they have climbed for a while, hit them again and let them roll down again." ”

When Chen De heard this, he thought it was good, smiled slightly, and replied: "This method is very good!"

After settling the wounded sergeant, Tubalhu instructed his men to continue to climb up.

After they had climbed for a while, the stones whistled down, wounding several soldiers, and forcing them to retreat.

The two archers fired arrows from time to time, but after Chen De and Zhang Zhiliang were on guard, they were not accurate enough because they were shooting upwards with their heads up, and the threat to the two weakened.

After smashing back the attack of a ** soldier, the two smashed all the stones around them.

After smashing the stones beside them, the two immediately turned around and climbed up desperately.

Tubahu didn't know that the two of them had no stones to use, and he commanded the soldiers to climb slowly for a long time, but no stones fell, and when he understood it, he immediately ordered his men to speed up.

When they were about to climb to the hiding place of the two people in front, two more stones fell from the sky violently.

A soldier was struck in the shoulder, and blood flowed as the soldier fell to the ground. This was by far the most seriously wounded of Tubahu's men, and the severe fracture made the soldier incapacitated.

Tubalhu moved all his sword and shield men to the front and ordered them to attack upwards. At the same time, two archers were ordered to cover.

These two archers were indeed selected for their excellent archery.

Each arrow was not far from Chen De and Zhang Zhiliang, so that they could not aim and then drop the stone as they wanted.

Under the cover of the two archers, the three sword and shield men advanced up a long distance, gradually approaching the hiding place of the two. As long as you dodge and rush forward a few more times, you can directly attack Chen De and Zhang Zhiliang.

Chen De was in a hurry and pushed the big stone covering his body, which only moved slightly.

Taking advantage of the gap between the two archers to release their arrows, Chen De hurriedly recruited Zhang Zhiliang to his side. Said eagerly: "Ah Liang, let's push this stone down together." ”

Zhang Zhiliang also knew that the situation was urgent.

They pressed their hands on the stones, pressed their legs against the ground, and shouted "one, two, three" in unison.

The big stone was finally pushed, and the two of them used their strength again, and the big stone rolled down with a "boom".

The two sword and shield hands in front of them saw a large stone "rumbling", and quickly shrank behind the shield, and tried to keep their bodies close to the stone wall.

However, they were still hit by large rocks on the side of the shield, and the huge impact force caused their bodies to be strongly squeezed by the shield and the stone wall, and they immediately broke their tendons and fractured, and were seriously injured.

The third sword and shield hand was blocked by the person in front of him, and he couldn't dodge, and the big stone hit the shield, knocking him into the air, and after landing, he was just run over by the big stone, and he was killed. became the first person under Tubalhu to die.

The boulder continued to "roar" down with an unstoppable momentum, wounding several more soldiers, and then rolling all the way to the bottom.

The sound of the big stone rolling down and the casualties caused many soldiers to retreat, and they all silently hid in places where the stones could not be hit, and no one dared to move.

Seeing that the morale of his subordinates was low, Tuba Hu said loudly: "There are just two little hairy children above, and our twenty or so men are still afraid that they will not succeed." Keep going up!"

The soldiers continued to attack, still with shield-bearers in front.

Chen De and Zhang Zhiliang could no longer find a big stone like the one just now, so they had to use ordinary stones to smash them down.

During this time, Chen De saw a soldier raise his shield higher, revealing the lower plate, and wounded him in the leg with an arrow. This made the other shield bearers dare not raise their shields too high anymore and shrink behind them to move forward.

After smashing the stone, the two turned around and climbed up.

Stop at a place where there are a lot of scattered stones and get the stones ready.

When Tubald commanded his men to pass through the more exposed areas, the stones whistled in, and Tubald and his men had to slow down.

Seeing that progress was difficult, Tubalhu had no choice but to order the soldiers in charge of the herald to light the wolf smoke sticks.

Yellow plumes of smoke rose into the sky.

As long as there are Dazhu soldiers nearby, they will rush over to reinforce them.

Tuba Hu originally wanted his team to get a bounty for killing the two teenagers, and he thought that once he found them, it would be easy to take them down.

Before they entered the mountain, the mountain capital had promised a heavy reward: whoever took the two young men, regardless of life or death, would be rewarded with eight hundred taels of silver.

Tubahu had no other way at present, so he had to notify the nearby Dazhu soldiers in the agreed way.

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