Chapter 59 [War is War]
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The black-pressed shadows leaped and jumped back and forth between the trees, like a giant ape, but in a moment they rushed in front of them, and a black shadow fell from the sky, swooped down high, and pounced on a soldier with a sword in his hand......
Although the cavalry had already drawn their weapons, they seemed to be a little illprepared for such a high enemy, and they were soon knocked down by three, one of them was already stabbed into the heart by a knife when he reached the ground, and the other two fought hard with their opponents.
The remaining dozen or so black shadows also instantly pounced into the crowd of imperial cavalry, Char felt a fishy breath in his face, a huge shadow opened his arms and grabbed himself, Char didn't have time to dodge, he was thrown to the ground, the other party's hand twisted Char's neck frantically, Char snorted, grabbed the opponent's hand and slammed it hard, clicked twice, the opponent's hand in the dark was broken, and then the two rolled on the spot, Char had already choked each other's throats, and his hand was ......
Case!
When he struggled to get up, Kevin next to him had already used a pyramid to smash a black shadow that was rushing towards him, Kevin had a short knife pierced in his shoulder, and the short knife stabbed into the gap in the shoulder guard, dripping with blood, thinking that he was injured when he was knocked down just now.
"What the hell?"
Watching a few black shadows retreat quickly, jumping up and about, a few jumps changed positions, obviously a burly figure, but as dexterous as a monkey.
Kevin gasped and yelled, "Close! Everyone, come together! This is Odin's Ice Hunter!"
In the first wave of pounces, the Byzantine scout cavalry had already laid down six people, only two were alive, and the other four had already died.
And the other party's "Ice Hunters" only died, except for the one whose neck was broken by Char, and the other one was smashed to death by Kevin's prism hammer and fell under the tree, with a large piece of his chest sunken, obviously his sternum was shattered.
In the darkness of the night, the sky in the woods was obscured by foliage, and the scouts did not light a fire for concealment. However, Char, who was born with night eyes, still saw the appearance of these "ice hunters" clearly.
Each of these guys is dressed in black sè fur, tall, taller than the Byzantine scout cavalry around them, with long hands drooping, really like apes, and the tall bodies are still covered with black sè fur in the dark, just like a big bear, and it is really difficult to see their appearance in the dark.
The weirdest thing is that these guys are obviously bloated, but they are frighteningly agile when they run and jump! Even their jumps between the trees or their jumps on the ground don't make any movement!!
After all, it was Jīng Rui's Thirteenth Cavalry Corps, the scouts gathered together quickly, everyone quickly formed a circle back to back, Char and Kevin were close together, next to them was the scout captain, the scout captain had blood on his face, he was also knocked down just now, his forehead was broken on the ground, he held the sword in one hand, and covered his left rib with the other, where the leather armor was cut, and a deep wound was bubbling blood.
"It's these! Hmph, the sworn enemies of our Byzantine scouts!"
The captain gasped under his breath, and his eyes were fixed on the hunters in the darkness - those guys retreated with a single blow, but not far away, more than a dozen figures quickly moved back and forth on the trees, jumping, as if looking for an opportunity to attack.
Kevin pulled out the short knife on his shoulder with force, frowned in pain, gritted his teeth and said: "Char, be careful, these guys are Odin's scouts, they live in Odin's northern ice field area, and they run and survive on smooth ice fields and steep snow-capped mountain cliffs all year round, and they are the most agile!"
No wonder...... One by one, they were like apes.
Char squinted into the distance, both sides were patiently confronting each other, and the ice hunters kept changing positions......
Finally, with a whistle, a black shadow took the lead in pounced, and more than a dozen shadows behind jumped down from all directions! The cavalrymen raised their swords and tried their best to resist, but those guys were extremely fierce, often a cavalryman's sword obviously slashed the other party, but the other party didn't care, and he raised his short knife and stabbed into the vital point of the cavalry!
After a few screams of pain, the circle of defense has been broken! Char kicked a guy who pounced on him, his strength was extremely great, this kick out, that person was still spurting blood in the air, and the turtle had already pulled out the fire fork with his backhand, he saw that dealing with these guys who were agile with his hand, using a huge cross-edged double-edged sword was not easy, but would affect his agility.
Then Char rushed up!
He jumped hard, like these ice hunters, and fluttered up several meters, and in mid-air, he met a guy, Char opened his arms and hugged the other party like an octopus, and the guy's short knife was already stabbed in Char's chest...... But this guy miscalculated! The body of the turtle is now stronger, but it is not something that a short knife can pierce into! Char's arms tightened hard, and with a few sounds, he crushed the opponent's bones! The strange power of the barbarian is really extraordinary, Char hugged this guy who had vomited blood and fell on the tree, threw the corpse, and at the same time took the short knife from the other party's hand, looking at a shadow that rushed next to him in the dark, Char threw the short knife hard, and the guy immediately covered his throat with both hands, Gege screamed a few times, and fell backwards.
Char seems to have transformed into an ice hunter, his movements, the speed of his jumping, and his sharpness are even far above the other party! If the other party is an ape, then he is simply a tanuki!
Killing three in one go, he quickly aimed for the next target......
This is the tallest guy, the guy has already cut the neck of a scout cavalry with a short knife, his face is covered with blood, and when he rolls up from the ground, Char has already pounced on him, bringing the opponent's body back down.
The two twisted on the ground, and Char immediately felt that the other party's strength was not small, much stronger than the several ice hunters he had dealt with before, and he tried to break the other party's neck, but this guy actually struggled to break his own hand.
Char is gone!Uncle wants to kill you, how dare you resist?
The two rolled on the ground, Char made a little space, bent his knees up fiercely, and pressed heavily against the base of the other party's thighs, the guy was in pain, his body was twisted, Char took the opportunity to let go of his arm, and an elbow hit each other's hearts.
With a few clicks, the sternum burst, Char jumped up quickly, jumped up the tree like a tanuki, and saw that Kevin was smashing over an opponent, but another ice hunter pounced on Kevin's back from behind! The guy's legs wrapped around Kevin's waist, and the stunned young man struggled a few times but was unable to shake it off, and the ice hunter on his back had already stabbed Kevin's neck with a short knife......
Char didn't hesitate, the fire fork in his hand was thrown like lightning, Kevin had already felt the cool air on his neck, and his heart was desperate, and suddenly he heard a pounce, blood spilled on his ears, and the guy who went north fell down as soon as his body stiffened. Turning around, the other party's head was directly pierced by a fire fork!
Char jumped down and pulled out the fire fork, Kevin gasped and whispered, "I owe you my life!"
Char grinned......
At this moment, only four of the Byzantine scout cavalry were still alive, and the ice hunters finally whistled, jumped out of the battle circle, and jumped quickly into the trees......
Fourteen scout cavalry were killed in the attack, and the death toll of the Ice Hunters was ten. Char and Kevin killed six of them. It is conceivable that if there is no Kevin and Char, then the fate of this scout cavalry is likely to be annihilation!
For the first time in his heart, Char had a deep impression of the strength of the Odin.
The enemy was far away, Kevin immediately sat on the ground, several or the scouts were unsteady on their feet, the captain was still alive, he reached out to hold the tree, and the blood from the wound under his ribs had stained half of his body.
Kevin looked at Char's god, pulled him, and said in a low voice: "The Odin people are originally ferocious, these ice hunters are natural scouts among the Odin, although they are enemies, but I have to say that in terms of individual combat effectiveness, they are stronger than us Byzantines." ”
After a pause, Kevin added, "But the general said that these guys are gathered together, but they are a rabble, and we can always defeat them." ”
After a moment's fighting, the fourteen companions who had eaten and slept together for several days were reduced to cold corpses.
For these cavalrymen, they did not seem to show too much sadness, they just silently cleaned up the battlefield, moved the corpses of their comrades together, and at the same time carefully examined the enemies - those who did not lose their breath did not hesitate to make up for their swords.
The process was silent, no one said a word!
For these people, it seems that they have become accustomed to this kind of parting of life and death on the battlefield, and there is no grief on everyone's face, but the grief is turned into hatred, flashing in their eyes!
The wounded captain stood in front of a corpse and looked at it for a moment—it was the first soldier to be pierced through the neck by an arrow during the sneak attack, and when he fell from the tree, the water bag and neck were pinned together by a sharp arrow, and the water in the water bag was already running out and mixed with blood......
The captain looked at the young soldier silently, and for a moment, there seemed to be a dead silence in his eyes!
Then he turned his head with all his might, and his voice was hoarse: "There's no time to delay! We have discovered the enemy, and we must bring the news back at once! Everyone get on their horses and set off immediately!"
The captain took the lead and quickly climbed onto his horse, and the rest of the cavalry followed him, quickly leaving the killing woods.
It wasn't until he ran more than ten miles that Kevin whispered to Char......
"The soldier who died was the son of the captain. ”!??
Char was stunned.
This dead young cavalryman, these days, did not leave a deep impression on Char, only remembered that he had a simple face, resolute eyes, and only occasionally smiled that he would show a little shyness......
And these days, when facing the captain, he also shouted "captain" with everyone, and never called his father. He didn't get the slightest preferential treatment from the captain, and he scouted the jǐng vigil, as if the hardest things were left to him to do......
In just a moment, a father sent his son away.
In just a moment, life and death have so cruelly divided family affection!
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This was the first battle Char had experienced in his military experience, and the captain's death-like eyes when he looked at his dead son were deeply engraved in Char's heart like a knife.
For the young hunter, he was suddenly reminded of one thing by the small but tragic battle that took place before him:
War is not hunting in the mountains and forests!
War, not an adventure on the wildfire field!
War, that is...... War!!
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