Chapter Twenty-Eight: Failed Assassination
In the faint light of dawn, Wang Yue lurked quietly.
He was now covered in grass and shrubs, sitting motionless like a bush with weeds, and beneath his ass was a cliff formed by the collapse of the riverbank, and there were many such clusters of shrubs and weeds on both sides, and in front of him was a deep gully carved out by the river.
This river leads directly to the Juma River, and this deep ditch will also lead to the Juma River.
Yelu Dashi and his elite cavalry, is in this deep ditch nomadic waiting, there is enough grass on the river beach with abundant water and grass, the cavalry will not bring dust when moving, the winding river channel blocks the front and rear sight, itself is not visible outside the sunken riverbed, only need to release a guard on the periphery, to avoid inadvertent intrusion can ensure that no one knows.
They don't even have to light a fire.
These soldiers from the Khitan and Xi ethnic groups ate dried meat and drank goat's milk, and there was no fire at night to expose their whereabouts, and no smoke was found during the day.
They are invisible.
"Poor Master Tong!"
Wang Yue once again mourned for the bad luck of Master Tong.
In the distant barracks, the cavalry who had already risen had finished their breakfast, put away their tents and mounted their horses, and a huge torrent of cavalry quickly gathered, and they were at least two horses per man, and if this was really two thousand cavalry, then at least five thousand horses, and there was almost no end in sight in the narrow riverbed.
Soon the strikers began to move forward.
And Wang Yue, who was covered in disguise, continued to sit there silently, watching them pass by close at hand.
The cavalry were well-armed, armed with swords and bows and arrows, while the lieutenants were all saddled with armor and even necks, and spears and whips and hammers, which were mainly used for the battlefield.
Song Liao's equipment is actually about the same.
This period is the pinnacle of cold weapons in the East, heavy armor, blunt weapons, impact cavalry, even the infantry is also canned, in fact, at this time the battlefield with a short knife is funny, no matter which side of the battlefield is to play with heavy armor-breaking blunt weapons. The whip is the mainstream, the hammer is the spare, the flail is also very popular, the mace, which belongs to the real elite configuration, the iron Laos, the pestle is not rare, even the taper gun is iron to be majestic enough, and the infantry in addition to the eternal spear, the long-handled axe, the long-handled broadsword is also the mainstream.
Especially long-handled axes.
The evaluation of the Golden Vulture is the two major weapons of the Song Army, the divine arm bow and the big axe.
In the face of heavier and heavier armor, especially cold-forged armor whose surface hardness catches up with arrows and even blades, this is the only way to go.
The advance of the cavalry quickly passed, and the Chinese troops behind began to approach.
At this time, a little red of morning glow had appeared in the sky, and in the middle of the surging cavalry torrent, there was a pole representing the Chinese army, and below that jingxu, a middle-aged man was riding on a horse with an expressionless face......
"Oh yes, I should have thought of it."
Wang Yue scolded secretly.
This is the one that was in the new town yesterday morning.
It was evident that when they crossed the boundary river yesterday, they had already entered the surveillance of Jerodashi, and the latter quickly made up his mind.
But he didn't care about it anymore, he took a deep breath and entered the state of imminent battle.
Yelu Dashi didn't notice it, in fact, even in the daytime, it was difficult to find Wang Yue, on the cliff formed by the collapse of the riverbank, there were too many bushes like this, not to mention that it was only dawn, it was already very dark, unless you walked up to it and pulled it, no one would find it at all.
This ambush point was also carefully selected by Wang Yue, one is the narrowest here, about fifty meters wide, and the other is that the river here bends, and then scours out a deep water area, Yelu Dashi must take the river bank in front of him, this river bank can allow at most three cavalry to go in parallel, but the other cavalry can wade in front of the deep water area and go to the other side, but there is just a swamp because of the stagnant water.
But in any case, it can give him a precious assassination opportunity.
Overhead is a large dense forest, which also provides him with a chance to escape.
Jerodashi continued to move forward.
Wang Yue held his breath and kicked his legs back, ready to attack like a cheetah ready to pounce.
A flock of wild ducks flew by in the sky, and at the moment when Yelu Dashi looked up, Wang Yue suddenly pounced like a released spring, condescendingly using a strong bounce, holding the fire axe with both hands and volleying it down......
"Assassin!"
One of the people beside Yelu Dashi immediately let out an exclamation.
Almost at the same time, he threw out the horsewhip in his hand, but it was too late at this time, he was already half a horse behind Yelu Dashi, and Wang Yue had already swept above his horse's head at the moment of his shot, and the horsewhip only wrapped Wang Yue's feet. At the same time, Wang Yue's fire axe in mid-air slashed at Yelu Dashi, and a cold light faintly drew out in the dimness of dawn.
But Yelu Dashi's reaction was extremely fast, and the moment he heard the exclamation, he turned his head and drew his sword and swept outward.
The blade is hitting the blade of the axe.
But the next moment the knife broke in two.
The fire axe in Wang Yue's hand continued to fall, and in Yelu Dashi's stunned gaze, it hit his shoulder, and slashed into his shoulder in the break of the iron armor......
"Ahh
A scream rang out behind Wang Yue.
At the same time, he felt a pulling force jerk backwards, and he fell in mid-air when he was about to hit the Jerudashi.
The fire axe, which had already slashed into the shoulder of Yelu Dashi, had a tendency to continue to split his chest diagonally downward, but turned outward, and then left his body with blood grazing his collarbone, and fell on his horse's head with the sparks that rubbed on the iron armor, and instantly cut half of the horse's neck. The screams of Yelu Dashi, the sorrow of the war horses, the screams of Wang Yue, and the roar of the man behind echoed on the river beach at the same moment, and then they fell together on the river beach.
"Mah!"
Wang Yue scolded sadly and angrily.
Then he was about to get up, and in front of him he was falling because of the war horse, and Yelu Dashi, who had also fallen on the river beach, was also struggling to get up.
But at the same time, the man behind Wang Yue suddenly pounced on him.
Wang Yue, who didn't have time to get up, kicked him in the chest, and the man screamed and flew out upside down.
But Jerodashi took the opportunity to stand up, and he rushed straight to the river, already injured.
The fire axe in Wang Yue's hand was just about to be thrown out, and the face in mid-air smashed down, he turned sideways to avoid a grab, the fire axe instantly cut off the flagpole, Wang Yue grabbed the front end with the spearhead and stabbed Yelu Dashi. But the latter had already jumped into the water at this time, and plunged into the deep water very simply, and at the same time a dozen soldiers on the other side of the river raised their bows and arrows, and Wang Yue threw out the sword without hesitation, and pounced on the horse at the same time as a bowstring sounded on the opposite side.
More than a dozen arrows were fired at the same time into the horse's back, which was already dead.
But at the same time, the cavalry behind also raised their bows and arrows, and Wang Yue turned his head and dragged the shield of the culprit who caused all this.
The cavalry immediately stopped.
"Shoot, shoot him!"
Jerodashi, who had already reached the other side, roared.
After saying that, he lay exhausted on the river beach.
Dozens of sharp arrows flew in an instant, but fortunately, Wang Yue still had a horse, and he quickly leaned on the horse with the meat shield speechlessly.
And then the horse also turned into a hedgehog.
"Stop, don't hurt my sister!"
There was a sudden roar of rage from behind the crowd on the opposite side.
Wang Yue looked at the meat shield in amazement, he felt that the position he grabbed was wrong, the meat shield was actually still awake, but he didn't look at him, but turned his head and looked at Yelu Dashi with some sadness, and at this moment, those cavalrymen who were originally going to shoot again also hesitated.
"Shoot him!"
Jerodashi shouted again.
"Put down the bow and arrows, who dares to release the arrow and hurt my sister, I want his dog life!"
The man yelled.
Tears welled up in Flesh Shield's eyes.
Wang Yue suddenly stood up with a meat shield, and in his other hand he was still holding the shield on the meat shield horse.
"Da Shi Linya, this is your mistake, a woman, in order to save you at the cost of death, you have to consider the safety of others, you see how this is, you also know my identity, why don't I take her back to Zhuozhou, and then release her in Zhuozhou, let's just treat this incident as if it didn't happen?" Otherwise, let outsiders know that you are seriously injured, your military spirit will be dispersed, and maybe there will be others taking advantage of the danger, which is not a good thing for you, why not come hello, hello, hello, everyone? ”
He said in a sincere voice.
As he spoke, he leaned his back against the cliff.
(Thanks to book friends Bai Mengchao, Jiang Junchen, Xuanyuan Guixuan Zushu Yao Shun, HMHT, Han Wangmai Dong, Jin An Mingyue, Yuyueyu and others for their tips)