Chapter 33: The Boy
A quarter of an hour is enough time for everyone to make a choice.
It was a humiliating death that affected the family.
Or obey military orders and fight for the future?
It's not hard to choose.
With an order, all the inspections poured into the dense forest like a tide, without exception.
The mountain roads are narrow and the dense forests are quiet.
The inspections, which were still slightly formed in formation outside the dense forest, were also scattered one after another under the influence of the terrain of the dense forest.
Under He Ping's shouting, the scattered inspections also converged towards their respective formations, and the teams were scattered on both sides of the mountain path, heading towards Qili Village on the mountain.
"There are no footprints?"
Covered with snow, Chu Mu clenched his long knife, looked at the snow white covering the mountains and forests, and frowned.
The wave of arrow rain just now could not have appeared out of thin air, it must have been someone active.
The mountains and forests are covered with snow, and if there are people moving, it will inevitably leave traces.
But what catches the eye is that there are few traces.
The further you go into the mountains and forests, the fewer traces you leave behind, and faintly, you can see the traces of being artificially disguised, but as the distance progresses, everything seems to have fallen into the wind and snow.
Secretly attacked and killed the officers and soldiers who far outnumbered their own side, and retreated to calmly cover their tracks.
The threat index of this group of people, in Chu Mu's heart, seemed to soar in a straight line.
"Follow me, don't mess around."
Chu Mu turned his head to look at Xu Yuan, who was following him, and gave an order, and then looked at the surrounding inspection team.
Under the heavy reward, there will be brave men.
Like Chu Mu, there are not a few who want to find a chance to fight.
Like Li Gang, there are not a few people who are thinking about the future.
Everywhere you look, you can see a team with sharp weapons in hand, searching for the advancing team along the mountain path in the mountain forest.
From the foot of the mountain to Qili Village, there are only seven miles in total.
Obviously, at this speed, it won't be long before we can reach Qili Village.
And once you arrive in Qili Village, things are undoubtedly much simpler.
It has only been a few hours since the patrol was killed.
As long as you are a normal person, you will not know what will happen if you kill an official.
Escape is the only option.
But in a few hours, how far can you escape?
Not to mention, what do you eat when you flee to the mountains in this cold winter?
If you have to bring enough daily necessities, it will inevitably take more time.
"Be careful, if the traitor is trying to stall for time, there will inevitably be a cold arrow attack next."
Chu Mu stopped his steps and looked at the inspectors who were following beside him.
In the team he is in, most of them are newly recruited, and the few old fritters left are like all wiped out just now.
Team leader Li Gang is even more bent on making meritorious contributions, and now he doesn't know where to rush.
Therefore, Chu Mu's team, the rest are all new inspections like Chu Mu.
It can be said that they are all a group of oil bottles, and it is no wonder that Li Gang has disappeared.
With a word of advice, Chu Mu didn't pay attention to everyone's response, and turned his gaze to the dense forest.
The entire inspection team was advancing along the mountain road in a triangle, and the team he was in was at the corner of the triangle.
If it is really as he guessed, the traitor is delaying time, then his position is still quite dangerous.
As if confirming Chu Mu's guess, suddenly, just a dozen steps in front of Chu Mu, a patrol was puffed up, and he suddenly fell to the ground.
A cluster of arrows pierced almost the entire head, and the blood infected the snow, and the blood red was extremely dazzling.
"Enemy attack!"
The shouts rang out suddenly, and the originally quiet dense forest was also chaotic in an instant.
Chu Mu's pupils shrank suddenly, and at this moment, any emotions were instantly forgotten, and Chu Mu subconsciously looked in the direction where the arrow cluster was coming.
I saw a figure jump from the treetops, and then ran wildly in the dense forest, and under the cover of the trees, in just a few breaths, the figure disappeared.
Whoosh ......
This cluster of arrows, like an order, came suddenly from all directions.
Inexplicably, an indescribable sense of crisis suddenly enveloped Chu Mu's body.
Out of the corner of his eye, a black dot seemed to be speeding towards him.
Chu Mu subconsciously waved the knife away, and the sense of collision followed the blade and clearly transmitted to Chu Mu's heart.
The cluster of arrows that were broken in two fell on the snow, and the demonic luster that flickered on the arrow cluster was also clearly reflected in Chu Mu's pupils.
Chu Mu's back was cold, his throat seemed to be blocked by a foreign body, and his breathing seemed to be a little unsmooth.
Just now, he ...... It's almost gone!
Xu Yuan ran forward quickly, and looked at Chu Mu with his waist bent: "Brother Mu'er, are you okay?" ”
"I'm fine, be careful yourself!"
Chu Mu took a deep breath, and his eyes instantly locked on the man who was running away.
Distance him ...... A distance of thirty paces at most.
And in front of him, there were already a few bold inspectors rushing over.
Chu Mu did not hesitate, grasped the long knife tightly, and chased after the man.
Dozens of paces away, not too far.
After this wave of attacks, the traitors who exposed their tracks obviously lost their greatest advantage.
There are patrols with bows and crossbows to counterattack, arrows and crossbows whistling, and there are also patrols chasing and fleeing figures, wanting to cut off people's heads and fight for a future.
Running for more than ten steps, Chu Mu suddenly stopped his steps and shouted: "Be careful, there are still people in the tree!" ”
I saw that above the treetops, with the sprinkling of snowflakes, a figure jumped down like a swimming dragon.
The arm-long hunting knife directly sank into the body of one of the inspectors, blood bloomed, and the body fell heavily to the ground.
The inspector's eyes widened, and the luster in his eyes was visibly dim, and only the indescribable horror was engraved on his face.
The figure was still sturdy, and the hunting knife several feet long was as nimble as an arm in his hand.
In the blink of an eye, in a few breaths, the first few inspections fell in a pool of blood one after another.
It was only at this time that Chu Mu really saw his true face clearly.
The appearance of a young man looks much younger than Xu Yuan's age.
Dressed in a beast skin jacket, his face still shows traces of greenness, and his eyes are clear, but there is a trace of ruthlessness that does not match his age.
The young man looked at Chu Mu, but he didn't retreat, but rushed towards Chu Mu like an arrow from the string.
Suddenly, that indescribable sense of crisis once again enveloped Chu Mu's body.
Boom!
The blades collided, and the piercing sound of gold exploded in this dense forest, like the sound of urging life, accompanied by the blood-stained hunting knife, like a raging storm, covering Chu Mu.
In just a few breaths, Chu Muyan then took more than a dozen steps back, and the blade in his hand seemed to have an extra row of hideous gaps.
"Chase!"
"Quick, don't let him run!"
The shouting was close to the ears, and the stormy resonance of gold and iron also came to an abrupt end.
After Chu Mu reacted, the young man's figure, like a civet cat, shuttled quickly through the dense forest, and finally disappeared from view quickly.
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