As Liu Haojia and his party got closer and closer, they had already stepped within the range of seventy steps, and they would soon be able to enter sixty steps!

In ancient times, a step was a step forward with each of the left and right feet, and the superposition of distances was called a step. The size is about 1.3 to 1.5 meters now. In other words, the distance of forty paces they predetermined was actually about fifty meters.

In fact, at this distance, they are not very sure whether to shoot people or horses! The reason why this distance is arranged is because it is not easy to escape if you get closer! If it's farther away, it's called harassment, and if it doesn't frighten you, you'll be suspected, so you can only set the distance around this distance.

Just as a few of them were about to draw their bows slowly, things suddenly changed! On both sides of Liu Haojia's team, more than 20 people suddenly rushed out of the grass! These people were all dressed as Jianghu people, carrying knives and axes and roaring loudly towards the team!

This surprised Liu Haojia and Hu Qingyan! Neither of them expected that there would be an ambush on the side of the road! Especially Hu Qingyan and others were even more shocked! He immediately understood that these people had probably come earlier than them, and they had been ambushed in the grass in advance, so he didn't even see anyone around him when he arrived!

So he left and felt glad that he was not directly ambushed in the grass from the official road. He deliberately took people on a long detour and touched it from the side of the road. I believe that those people should not see the existence of their own side!

Just when he was thinking nonsense, Liu Haojia's side had already responded! Liu Haojia and their family members often train together, and they have already had a tacit understanding! Especially the assassin was so stupid that he had already shouted before he even jumped out of the grass! Is this for fear of being assassinated, and the person does not know or what?

So as soon as the shouting came, the family in front began to rein in the horse, and the family in the back sped up, and instantly surrounded Liu Haojia in the middle! At the same time, Liu Haojia shouted loudly: "Use a short gun!" ”

In fact, without his command, the family on both sides had already pulled out the short guns from the saddle bags as quickly as possible! With a dense burst of short guns, four of the Assassins rushing up on the left fell, and three of the Assassins on the right! The fourth assassin on the right was shot but missed, and he staggered and continued to raise his knife, letting out a roar that did not resemble a human and continued to charge!

The guy who had just finished shooting let go of the short gun and let the short gun fall freely, and then took out the second short gun from the saddle bag to shoot! These short guns have become the standard configuration of Liu Haojia's family! Everyone always has four fully loaded pistols in their saddle bag, ready to shoot!

But what puzzled Hu Qingyan was why these assassins didn't use bows and arrows, but just attacked with ordinary knives and axes? And they don't look like trained assassins but more like a rabble! Know that a skilled archer suddenly shoots at the target, and it is difficult for the target to completely dodge! So he guessed that none of these people could use bows and arrows!

But the battle didn't stop because of his doubts, and soon the second round of short guns started again! This time it's closer, it's more accurate! Eight short guns knocked down eight people! In this short period of time, the power of firearms has been brought into full play! In an instant, the number of opponents was cut by nearly half!

After this short shot, the family didn't take out the short guns again, because the assassins were already close! So they immediately jumped off their horses, drew their swords, and pounced on the Assassin! And after two rounds of reflexive firecrackers, the family members finally woke up from the shock and turned into full of anger!

Because they can see that although the personal martial arts of these people on the other side are good, they are simply a group of rabble, without cooperation, and they are not afraid of fighting and killing!

When the family members played the second round of short guns, Liu Haojia had already jumped off the horse! However, he did not rush to join the warband, but drew four short guns from his saddle bag and stuck them at his waist, and then drew his sword from his horse and held it to his chest, before looking around.

His actions fully reflect his trust in the family, and the performance of the family members is also worthy of his trust! After he got off his horse, two of his family members jumped off their horses in advance and stood on the side of his horse, blocking him one after the other! In this way, Liu Haojia is under the protection of the war horse and the two family members, and there is no danger at all!

By this time, the family had already engaged the Assassins, and the clashing of weapons and shouts mingled with the silent night!

Just when Hu Qingyan was thinking about what to do next, another emergency occurred! Just more than fifty paces away from them, seventeen or eighteen people suddenly stood up on both sides of the road!

This group of assassins is much more professional than the group of assassins just now! They were all dressed in night clothes and covered their faces with black scarves! And half of them had bows and arrows in their hands! Together, they shot their bows and arrows into the crowd!

Hu Qingyan watched their movements from a distance, and found that the second group of assassins was already in a cold sweat when they stood up! He knew that there was only one circumstance that could explain this current situation, and that was that he was the last to enter!

And he could see that this group of assassins was not the same group as the previous group of assassins at all! Because as soon as the second group of assassins stood up and shot arrows, it was a cover shot! In other words, their feather arrows were not aimed at anyone at all, they were just shooting at this crowd, whether it was Liu Haojia's side or the previous wave of assassins, it didn't matter!

In the first round of feather arrows, two people were hit by arrows, and they were shooting a pair of opponents who were fighting! But since they were not shot to the point, the two of them had to separate and retreat! It's just that suddenly due to the intervention of a third party, both groups of people became nervous, and even the fighting slowed down!

Hu Qingyan saw this batch of feather arrows on the side, and his heart was cold! He was afraid that Liu Haojia would make a mistake, because once Liu Haojia had an accident, the court would definitely be angry! When the time comes, the imperial court will definitely focus on the people who participated in the White Duck incident, and then they will die!

Even if those civil officials are snickering behind their backs, they will definitely punish the murderer severely! Because this is related to the majesty of the court and the safety of the officials! Even if the officials want to prevent someone from following the example of killing officials again, they will severely punish the murderer!

But fortunately, Hu Qingyan quickly breathed a sigh of relief! The reason was that he found that there were only two people in the second group of assassins who could actually shoot arrows! The others just know how to shoot the arrow without going too far, and as for the accuracy, it's a matter of luck!