Chapter 21: The Chase
The time of a rain was enough for Wei Feng to figure out the composition of this caravan, in addition to the miscellaneous servants and the horsemen who drove the caravan, the largest number of people were these travelers, there were dozens of them, followed by the caravan guards, two squads of twenty people, plus a young captain, a total of twenty-one people.
There were some complicated lines on the long knife hanging from the captain's waist, and Wei Feng had also seen it on Zhai Zhiming's three-foot green peak, but the lines on his long sword were more fine.
In addition, there seemed to be two nobles in the carriage in the middle of the caravan, and Wei Feng didn't know how wrong this so-called nobleman was, so he would stay in a caravan that needed to cross mountains and mountains, eat and sleep, instead of being escorted by someone on the official road.
At this time, it was the eighth day of the caravan's departure, and the light rain did not stop intermittently after entering the mountains and forests yesterday, until now, listening to the conversation between the leaders, it seemed that there were still two days to go out of the mountain, and then they would arrive at the first big city along the way - Xihe County.
Xihe County is also in Yanzhou, and it is a rare big city, which is not far behind Changping County, which is prosperous in commerce, and even surpasses it.
Naturally, Wei Feng has never been there, but the size of Changping County is about the same as the small county town in the previous life, and even if Xihe County is bigger, how big can it be, so his sense of expectation is not high.
Since Bu Ji and the others accepted the rabbit leg handed over by Wei Feng yesterday, the relationship between the three of them has also become closer.
This kind of closeness is not obvious, and can only be reflected in some details, such as Wei Feng is no longer included among the people who Bu Ji deliberately avoided when he hit the water, and Wei Feng fell behind from time to time, and he could also find that Bu Ji was looking for his location with his eyes.
This morning, the caravan has been rushing non-stop until noon, and has not stopped to rest, which makes many travelers complain.
Wei Feng naturally knew the reason, because the continuous light rain caused the mountain road to be slippery, although he was in a hurry all morning, but the actual distance was not as much as yesterday, and there were still a few miles away from the next pool, he estimated the time, and took advantage of the crowd to hide in the mountains and forests without the team paying attention.
The mountains and forests on rainy days have almost become Wei Feng's home field, after all, he has been accustomed to this kind of terrain since he was eleven years old.
This mountain forest is called Mao'er Mountain Forest, and it is said that it borders 100,000 barren mountains, and the woods outside the barren mountains are shaped like cat's ears, hence the name.
The terrain of Maoershan forest is undulating but the slope is very gentle, if it is not for the height difference with the plain, it is not an exaggeration to call it a forest, this forest path is quite spacious, and the terrain is gentle, so the Shengshi Commercial Bank will choose this route.
Wei Feng walked in a clear direction to the northeast, which was the front of the team and the direction of one of the hares he had locked.
After a trot, he found a place where the leaves and branches were relatively sparse, summoned the longbow in the equipment column, and skillfully pulled out an arrow from his backpack, Wei Feng closed his eyes, raised his head to the sky and pulled the longbow in a certain direction, and released the bowstring casually.
The arrows whistled out, through the layers of branches and leaves, and crossed a parabola and disappeared into the forest, standing in Wei Feng's current position, it was impossible to see where the arrows flew, but the rain perception would faithfully feedback the results to him.
"It worked well, but unfortunately it almost hit."
The arrow landed a few centimeters to the side of a gray-haired rabbit in the distance, and the arrow nailed into the trunk of the tree with a "doo" sound, startling the feeding hare to jump away, and then in the next moment began to run wildly, escaping the arrow whose tail feathers were still trembling.
He's experimenting with a way of shooting that uses rain perception instead of his eyes, which would theoretically be much more accurate than normal archery methods.
Because the rain will feed back to Wei Feng not only the distance, but also the wind speed, humidity, and the movement status of the enemy, etc., which are not possible with the eyes.
It was his first attempt, and as a junior brother, the performance was much better than he expected, and he only needed to practice more, and this shooting method would be his new killer weapon.
He trotted to the location of the arrow to retrieve it, and then tried to search for a hare again, but as soon as he closed his eyes, he noticed that several people had intruded into his senses.
"Huh?" Seeing that he had not moved, the grey dog let out a suspicious cry.
"Shhhh Wei Feng didn't open his eyes, but just whispered to the dog.
"Woo" Canggou immediately approached Wei Feng, pricked up his ears and opened his eyes wide, and looked around vigilantly, although it didn't know what to be wary of.
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In the forest of Mao'er Mountain, a young man with blood-stained clothes was running forward, and a sword weapon piercing the chest and abdomen was particularly eye-catching.
There were three figures not far behind him, and from time to time a cold arrow whistled from behind, forcing the young man to only listen to the sound and distinguish the position, and then dodge.
In fact, it is difficult to control the accuracy of shooting with a bow when a person is moving, let alone shooting a moving target in an environment such as a mountain forest, unless it is a monk who specializes in archery, it is unlikely to hit.
The young man also knew this, but he didn't dare to bet, he was already wounded, and if he was hit by another arrow, he was afraid that he would definitely die.
The pursuers in the rear also knew this, so they had to shoot an arrow every once in a while, forcing the young man in front to dodge, so that he did not have enough energy and time to breathe, as long as he could not breathe, then the injuries on his body could drag him down sooner or later, and then he could take it effortlessly.
The young man in front of him was also very anxious in his heart, he fled all the way from the 100,000 barren mountains to this place, the sword qi in his body was raging, because of the continuous deterioration of his injuries, his strength had fallen from the Tuomai realm to the cave realm.
From this place to Xihe County, there is at least one day's journey, I am afraid that it will not be able to arrive, if it drags on any longer, I am afraid that I will not be able to use the Yuan Force, and at that time, I am afraid that it will be stronger than the ordinary body refining realm.
And the pursuit of the three cave realm monks behind him made him unable to breathe and deal with the injury at all, he secretly hated in his heart, he killed all the dangers in the 100,000 barren mountains, but he was unexpectedly targeted by these three wild wolves in the Maoer Mountain forest.
Wild wolf is the contempt of the 100,000 Barren Mountains Realm for those outlaw cultivators who are waiting for the opportunity to move, these people are mainly active in the mottled lake and the 100,000 barren mountains, and they have always done some murderous and overselling deeds.
No matter where they come from or what level of monks they are, as long as they feel that they have an opportunity, they dare to follow and wait for the opportunity to bite hard.
Feeling the little remaining Yuan Force in his body, except for the part that needed to be used to suppress the injury, the part that could be called was barely able to make a desperate battle, he was ruthless in his heart, gritted his teeth, and turned sharply under his feet, stopped his running pace, and hid himself behind a tree trunk the size of a bucket.