Chapter 90: Divine Marksmanship
"Whew! Oh! Oh! With a few beast screams, the three beasts that pounced on Shi Lei were shot by the arrows from the darkness on the right side, and flew out in the air with a scream, only one beast pounced on the left side, because Shi Lei could not reach the angle of the arrow in front of him, and did not hurt it.
Shi Lei saw that the three beasts on the side were shot away by the arrows, he let out a long breath, bent his left hand into an elbow to protect his chest, and then slammed his fist out and smashed it on the mouth of the beast's sword.
The beast howled miserably, and was smashed out by him.
When Shi Lei withdrew his spear and re-put on a defensive posture, the beast that was originally around him slowly retreated.
A chaotic sound of horses' hooves came from behind Shi Lei, and when these horses' hooves were almost close, the beast gave up its attack on Shi Lei and retreated into the darkness under the leadership of the beastmaster.
"Shi Lei, are you okay?" When Xiang Ye and the others arrived, the beasts had already withdrawn, and only the frightened Shi Lei and the corpses of the five beasts were left in the place where the battle between man and beast had taken place just now.
"I'm fine!" Shi Lei looked at the direction in which the beast retreated, and said to Xiang Ye: "The village may have been attacked by the beast, and there are no living people. If it weren't for General Bai's secret help, I'm afraid I would have been buried in the mouth of the beast. ”
"Me?" Bai Fu heard Shi Lei mention that he was secretly helping, and his eyes widened in astonishment and said, "I didn't, I came with General Xiang, and when I got here, those beasts had already retreated." ”
Hearing Bai Fu deny saving him, Shi Lei frowned, pointed to the corpses of the three beasts on the ground and said, "Isn't it General Bai who shot them?" ”
Bai Fu looked at the beast corpses on the ground in the direction of Shi Lei's finger, and saw that there were three beast corpses with long arrows stuck in their throats.
He hurriedly turned over and dismounted, ran to the corpses of the beasts, pulled out the arrows and observed them carefully for a while before saying: "I used a crossbow, these arrows were fired with a bow, it was really not me who secretly helped just now, it must have been someone who secretly helped General Shi around here." ”
When Shi Lei heard this, his eyes widened in astonishment, he remembered that the three arrows that shot the beast just now flew towards this side almost at the same time, although Bai Fu was a crossbow method, he had a shortcoming, that is, he shot crossbow arrows, and there would be a moment interval between each crossbow, according to this analysis, these three arrows were indeed not fired by Bai Fu.
Xiang Ye took the arrow from Bai Fu's hand, and after studying it carefully for a while, a familiar feeling suddenly surged in his heart, which was very strong, but he couldn't remember where he had seen such an arrow.
"It's getting late, and it's impossible for us to continue on our way, and although the village isn't very peaceful, it's better than having no place to stay." After Xiang Ye put down the arrow, he pondered for a moment and then said: "Let's go find a cleaner house first, everyone lives in the same room today, sleep in the middle of the night and be vigilant, don't let thieves and beasts take advantage of the loopholes!" ”
And they answered and scattered to find a clean house.
After pushing open a few rooms, they found that almost every house was covered in blood splatters and the corpses of villagers that the beast had not finished gnawing. Just as they were about to despair, an arrow suddenly flew out of the darkness with a "whoosh" and nailed to the door of a house.
"Enter that room!" The arrow didn't cause too much panic to everyone, but it made Xiang Ye have the idea that the room could be settled, and he hurriedly pointed to the house with the trembling arrow nailed to the door, and rushed over there first.
When everyone entered the room, they saw that the room was neatly furnished, and it was not filled with a thick bloody atmosphere like other houses.
When Xiang Ye ordered everyone to enter the house where the arrow hit the door, the body of a figure in the darkness shook slightly. He tried to stand up several times, but as if he couldn't make up his last decision, he fell back on the ground. A pair of eagle-like eyes stared at the house that Xiang Ye and the others entered, and those eyes were full of complicated expressions.
This man lay on his stomach in the dark for a long time, and waited for almost a pillar of incense before he sighed heavily, turned over and sat up.
"Why do you sigh?" He had just rolled over and sat up when a voice came from behind him, startling him.
He hurriedly took out an arrow from the quiver and buckled it on the bowstring and aimed it in the direction where the sound came from, where the arrow pointed, a young man wearing Chu Jiang's armor put his hands behind his back and was looking at him with a smile on his face.
"I've been separated from your Excellency for a few months, I don't know if you still remember it!" The person wearing the armor of the Chu General was Xiang Ye, and when he saw the bow bearer vigilantly aiming at him with a bow and arrow, he clasped his fists with both hands, gave this person a deep salute and said: "If it weren't for Your Excellency's secret divine arrow to help me that day, I'm afraid I would have been buried in the wolf's belly, and I only remember the great kindness, I only hate it and can't reciprocate, but I don't want to be here to get together!" ”
"Are you ......?" The bow bearer lowered the bow and arrow slightly, looked at Xiang Ye with some confusion and asked.
He really couldn't remember when he had saved the general of Da Chu in the mouth of the wolves, although he lowered his bow and arrows a little, but there was still a strong doubt in his tone.
"On that day, Xin Ling intercepted and killed Chi Xue'e, and one person saved Chi Xue'e but was attacked by a group of wolves, if it weren't for Your Excellency's secret divine arrows to help, that person would have been buried in the wolf's belly, could it be that Your Excellency has forgotten about it?" Xiang Ye still clasped his hands into fists and maintained a saluting posture and said: "In the next Xiang Ye, it is the person who was rescued by Your Excellency that day, and now under the account of Da Chu Pei, dare to ask Your Excellency's name?" ”
After Xiang Ye reported to his home, this person smiled at him and said: "It turned out to be you, who was still embarrassed to resist under the attack of the wolves that day, but now you are a general, which can be described as a worldly matter." In the lower Weifeng, the ancestor was originally a nobleman of the country, the king of Qin unified the world, the six heroes were annihilated, and the country was not spared. ”
"Hehe, it's a pity that such a brave man lives among the people. If you go on the road with Zaixia, after finding the army, I will recommend it to Pei Gong. With Your Excellency's ability, you will definitely do a lot in the Chu army! Hearing Wei Feng say that he once wanted to take refuge in Xiang Liang, Xiang Ye smiled slightly and hugged his fists and said to him.
"Pei Gong?" Wei Feng frowned and pursed his lips and said, "A little pavilion chief, from a low background and untrustworthy, how can I vote for him?" If you have a way to recommend me to General Xiang Liang or Major General Xiang Yu, I will go with you? ”
Xiang Ye was deeply impressed by what Wei Feng said, and he couldn't help but admire Wei Feng's opinions. Liu Bang and Xiang Yu had just started their expedition to the west, and Wei Feng could see Liu Bang's nature, which was very commendable.
In fact, Wei Feng's idea is not as simple as Xiang Ye thought, Liu Bang was born recklessly, but Wei Feng was born in the aristocracy, he naturally looked down on Liu Bang who was born from a low background, he himself didn't know, it was precisely because he refused to defect to Liu Bang that he won Xiang Ye's favor.
"Okay!" Xiang Ye nodded, and said to Wei Feng: "I also have some friendship with General Xiang Yu in Xia, and I will leave the matter of recommending Your Excellency to Xia." ”
Wei Feng looked at Xiang Ye suspiciously, and after a long while, he nodded heavily, and said to Xiang Ye: "Okay, then I will go on the road with the general, if I can be taken in by General Xiang Yu, the kindness of the recommendation will definitely be repaid in the future!" ”
This night, Xiang Ye and the others did not sleep peacefully, although the group of beasts were driven away, they did not go too far, and there would be one or two howls of beasts from time to time outside the village.
The Chu army marched very fast, and when Xiang Ye and the others caught up with the army, it was already two days later.
Back at the barracks, Xiang Ye first went to see Liu Bang, and then led Wei Feng to Xiang Yu's camp tent.
Entering Xiang Yu's military camp, a pipa melody came from a distance in the camp, and along with the pipa melody, a graceful and soft woman's chanting voice reached Xiang Ye and Wei Feng's ears.
The closer Xiang Yu's tent is, the clearer the melody of the pipa and the woman's chanting sound on the jade beads.
At the same time that Xiang Ye and Wei Feng came to Xiang Yu's tent, Xiang Yu was sitting in the tent, one arm propped on the table in front of him, bowing down, holding his chin with his palm, and his eyes were full of obsession looking at the woman who was dancing lightly with his pipa sleeves in his arms.
This woman is wearing a set of red long skirts, with a jade-colored silk silk tied around her waist, and the silk silk tightly strangles the waist that can only be held by one hand, which shows the exquisiteness of her figure.
The woman's apricot eyes were affectionate, and from time to time she threw a look of tenderness to Xiang Yu. She opened her mouth softly, and with a gentle dance, a nightingale's song escaped from her small, rosy lips like cherries.
"Yu Ji, you are getting more and more beautiful." After the woman danced, Xiang Yu got up and walked to her side, took the pipa and put it aside, took her hand, and said to her with tenderness: "For many years, I have always thought that reclaiming the land from the hands of the Qin people is the purpose of my life, until you appeared, I found out that I was living in the world, not only to defeat the Qin people and recover Great Chu, but also to meet you!" ”
Yu Ji gently leaned her head on Xiang Yu's chest, and said to him softly: "Since the concubine first saw the general, she was attracted by the general's heroism, and the concubine and the general lived and died together in this life. The general goes out on the expedition, and the concubine will wait for you in the tent to return; When the general returns, the concubine brings tea and pours water for you. The concubine just hopes that the general must take care of himself on the battlefield, and you must remember that I am waiting for the general! ”
Xiang Yu said "um", took Yu Ji in his arms, and the two hugged each other tightly. Xiang Yu reached out to hold Yu Ji's chin, slowly leaned down, and leaned over to Yu Ji's cherry red mouth.
"General Xiang, General Xiang Ye under Pei Gong's account came to ask for a meeting!" Just as Xiang Yu and Yu Ji's lips were about to touch together, the voice of the guards came from outside the tent.
Xiang Yu smiled helplessly, straightened up and grabbed Yu Ji's shoulders and said softly: "This Ye is a talent, I have to see it, you and I have to warm up at night." ”