Chapter 42: Is Great Xia Really Careless?
Nan Jiyun's gaze was like an eagle falcon, locked on Ashina Bilu's body, the corners of his mouth always had a smile that seemed to be absent, and the feather arrow in his hand exuded a disgusting stench, but Nan Jiyun didn't care about it at all.
Ashinabiru and Nadaru and the others had been wandering two hundred and fifty steps away from the city, and although he was only eighteen years old, he was not a reckless man.
Since he was a child, he learned to ride and shoot with the most skilled condor archers in the Turks, and at a young age he mastered the archery technique of piercing the Yang with one hand.
"A marksman must endure loneliness, and an impetuous person cannot be a marksman."
Ashinabiru recalled in his mind the teachings of the condor archer who taught him kung fu, and he looked up at the head of the city of Hebei from time to time, and then led a group of guards to gradually approach the city, he tried to lure the sharpshooters in the defenders to attack him, however, after a series of temptations, he shook his head in disappointment.
"The Xia people are not good at riding and shooting, they are better at defending the city." Ashina Bilu said disdainfully.
Nadaru, who was closely guarding Ashinabira's side, heard this, and instead of raising any objections, he nodded thoughtfully.
Although Nadaru was very satisfied with Ashinabira's words, after a moment of contemplation, he still decided to pour a basin of cold water on Ashinabira's head, so as not to develop arrogance, so Nadaru looked sideways at Ashinabru, with an unusually solemn expression on his face, and said in a deep voice: "The Xia people have the advantage of armor, so there is no need to waste time learning to ride and shoot. ”
Ashina Bilu had the heart to refute him, but after some searching, he sighed helplessly and said: "What the Xia people have, we will also have in the future, not only do we have those good weapons and armor, we also have to plunder more land and women from the Xia country." ”
"I want the emperor of the Xia Dynasty to crawl at my feet like a sheep, and I want him to wear sheep's clothing and sing and dance for us in the king's tent."
When Nadaru heard this, he let out a hearty laugh, and after laughing, he gave Ashinablu a thumbs up and praised him sincerely: "Your Excellency is ambitious, and you are admired by your humble position. ”
Ashina Bilu smiled to himself, then stretched out his hand and gently tugged on the horse's mane, and continued to lead everyone slowly towards the city of Hebei.
Nadaru glanced at the direction of the city, then roughly calculated the distance in his heart, and said: "My lord, I am about two hundred and twenty steps away from the city now, if I continue to walk, I am afraid that my life will be worried." ”
Hearing this, Ashina Bilu waved his hand disapprerovingly, and said, "Just now I said that there are no marksmen among the Xia people, how can you forget about the kung fu in the blink of an eye?" ”
Nadaru squinted his eyes, shook his head silently, and said, "There are indeed no marksmen among the Xia people, but they have catapults, if they find out your identity and then attack us with catapults, the consequences will be unimaginable." ”
Ashina Bilu hooked the corners of his mouth, looked confident, and said: "Now that the city is in a fierce battle, how can the Xia people divide their troops to operate those catapults?" A catapult requires at least twenty people to operate, so where are they going to get so many people now? Furthermore, how can they know my identity? ”
"This..."
Nadaru was dumbfounded by the question, and he wanted to retort a few words, but he didn't know what to say.
Ashinabiru didn't want to embarrass Nadaru too much, so he smiled slightly and said, "Walk another thirty steps forward, enter the range of the bow and arrow, and after I draw the bow and shoot a few Xia defenders, let's immediately stop the army and return to the camp, how about it?" ”
"Did you mean to go back to the camp?" Nadaru asked.
"Yes."
Ashina Bilu nodded and said, "After I draw my bow and shoot a few Xia defenders, I will immediately collect the troops and return to the camp with you and others." ”
When Nadaru heard this, he did not rush to reply, but stared at a pair of eyes like eagles and falcons, and carefully observed them for a long time in the head of Hebei City, he almost observed all the archers in his sight, and saw that the archery skills of those archers were really not worth mentioning, so he nodded silently.
Seeing this, Ashinablu laughed and patted Nadaru on the shoulder, and said, "Nadaru, you are the most loyal eagle dog around the Great Khan, and after returning to the camp this time, I will definitely ask the Great Khan for your credit." ”
Nadaru knew that if he didn't let Ashinabiru go on this journey, he might make some new trouble, so he shook his head helplessly and rode his horse to protect Ashinabiru's side tightly.
The heads of the two horses were almost attached, and Nadaru's mount was slightly half a head ahead of Ashinabirus's mount, which made it easier for Nadaru to stand up and help Ashinabiru block the oncoming arrows at the critical moment.
"Two hundred steps..."
"One hundred and ninety steps..."
Nan Jiyun, who hid most of his body behind the pillar, revealed half of his head, looked at Ashina Bilu, who was slowly coming towards the city, and silently calculated the approximate distance between the two sides in his heart.
"One hundred and eighty steps..."
"Heh... Ignorant and despicable husband, is it true that no one cares about me in Daxia? ”
Nan Jiyun sneered disdainfully, then picked up the treasure carving bow, stretched the bow and arrows, and silently aimed at Ashina Bilu's horse's head.
At this moment, Nan Jiyun's front suddenly ran over to a large number of people, and there were about 100 people in the capital.
Seeing this, Nan Jiyun hurriedly stopped them, and immediately stretched out his hand and pointed directly in the direction where Ashina Bilu was one hundred and eighty steps outside the city, and said: "Stop all of them, listen to my orders, immediately open your bow and arrows, and aim at the young man riding a black horse one hundred and eighty steps away, and after I shoot his war horse down, you will immediately shoot three rounds indiscriminately in the direction where he is." ”
Du Bo, who was in charge of commanding this army, heard the words and followed the prestige, and saw that it was Nan Jiyun who stopped him, so he hurriedly explained: "General Qiyu, we are about to go to Xicheng to support General Lei, I don't know..."
"Why rush for a while? After three rounds of shooting, you can go on your own. ”
Nan Jiyun gave an order to everyone in an unquestionable tone, saying: "Quickly open your bow and arrows, and those who violate the order will be immediately killed." ”
When Du Bo heard this, he hurriedly ordered his subordinates to go to the battlement to prepare to meet the enemy.
After everyone was ready, Nan Jiyun took a deep breath, deliberately adjusted his breathing, and then aimed at the head of the war horse under Ashina Bilu's crotch, and shot nearly ten cold arrows in one breath.
It wasn't until Nan Jiyun felt a hole in Hu Lu that he finally stopped opening his bow and arrows.
Nearly ten cold arrows quenched with gold juice pierced the sky with the sound of whistling wind, and inflicted a wave of indiscriminate blows on Ashina Bilu and the others.
Looking at the whizzing feathered arrows, the first person to react was Nadaru, who shouted loudly and ordered the servants guarding Ashinabiru to block the arrows with their bodies, but even so, they still couldn't stop all the arrows that came at him.
Nan Jiyun was known for his superior arm strength in the army, he once shot an arrow into the extremely hard masonry from fifty paces away, and when others stepped forward to check, they were surprised to find that the arrow of the feather arrow shot by Nan Jiyun had completely submerged in the masonry.