Chapter 073: Ambush
"Let them have a fight, it's a good sport. Maggie pulled his horse back to Qi Lang's side, motioned for him to slow down, and the pair of red-faced and thick-necked brothers went to the front of the team to fight.
With the addition of this rough duet to the accompaniment of the trip, Lieutenant Colonel William had a great appetite, and before dinner time came, he called Felix in and enjoyed the food served by the military of Mesburg. Taking advantage of this short free moment, Meggie can just praise her subordinates.
"You did a pretty good job. Maggie smiled and raised her short eyebrows, "Absion probably never thought he would be counted down by a sergeant, he must have remembered your name, that's exactly what you expected." ”
Hearing Maggie mention Absion, Qi Lang couldn't help but hate the root of his teeth, and only nodded "hmm", really couldn't come up with a more ideal expression. When Maggie saw Qi Lang's appearance, she thought that he was hurt by Quill's swearing, and persuaded him understandingly: "He is that annoying virtue, don't you see it, I mean Quill's words?"
"It's bearable......" Qi Lang smiled awkwardly, "but sometimes, I really feel as if I've offended him somewhere." ”
Meggie smiled grimly: "It's not your fault, you can rest assured." But I have to admit that the color of your skin is a little difficult for him to accept, because of the Oriental...... You know I didn't mean that, but you Orientals did offend him. ”
Qi Lang sighed helplessly: "As expected. In the eyes of you Westerners, we all look the same, so I'm a scapegoat, am I?"
Maggie shrugged her shoulders and apologized to Qi Lang on behalf of Quill, and then explained, "About fifteen or sixteen years ago, Quill was in his twenties, a fledgling soldier, and during an expedition of the Whirling Front, he encountered a tribe in the east. He was defeated and taught a lesson by an oriental master. It's a shameful kind of lesson. Maggie then stretched out her hand and made a few gestures on her face, as if she was going to use a knife to carve a few frightening scars into the snow-white dough.
Although the word handsome had nothing to do with him in the first place, until then, he was at least a human being. Maggie said with a smile, seemingly a little schadenfreude, "We don't dare to mention this in front of him until now, but you have to understand the root of the whole thing." He is somewhat biased, but certainly has no ill will towards you, I assure you. ”
Qi Lang scratched his head and muttered in a low voice, "This explanation couldn't be more wonderful." But if that is still innocent, should I call him a saint?"
After camping and resting for the night, the team had already left the territory controlled by Meesburg and followed the forest trail at the western foot of the Neville Mountains all the way north, and it was estimated that after another three or five days, they could return to the sphere of influence of Shach.
Now, the two brothers had finally reconciled and were at the front of the line again talking and laughing. Of course, Dodim would still warn Quill from time to time to prohibit him from telling nasty jokes in the presence of the lady, but Qi Lang could see that the relationship between the two sworn friends was unbreakable, and he would not persuade him to say anything more if they had a quarrel next time.
At times, Qi Lang found the brother duo to be incomprehensible. Dodim is calm, rational, and full of wisdom, while Quill is rough, brutal, and lacks self-control. I really can't figure out why Dodim would be friends with someone like Quill? Qi Lang felt that it was a blind choice, just like an unreasonable stupid guy like Owu, he would definitely never accept such a friend in his life.
Recently, the rainy season has caught up with many landslides in many parts of the mountain road, and it is quite difficult for even a sturdy horse to walk alone, not to mention an extra carriage with chests of good wine and a wine bag and rice bag. Qi Lang, who was in charge of driving, had been complaining in his heart about the stinginess of the Ministry of Military Affairs, if two dragon monsters were called, this journey of more than 1,000 kilometers would be completed in less than two days, how could he suffer so many crimes?
And at this moment, Dodim suddenly shouted in front: "Alert! There is an ambush!!"
Qi Lang was shocked: this is the territory of the Luman Empire, Mesburg in the south is jointly defended by the 25th Regiment of the Whirlwind Army and the White Cha Army, not even a fly can fly over, and the cliffs of the Neville Mountains in the east are a natural barrier, how can the enemy break through here, and how can he judge the delegation's itinerary so accurately?
However, Qi Lang didn't have time to think about it anymore, because there was already a loud bowstring on the top of the mountain, and a rain of arrows was spilled on his head!
"Quill, Maggie, the top of the mountain!" shouted Dodim, drawing his glittering sword in his hand, jumping off his horse and rushing towards the carriage.
Quill was even more agile in battle, summoning Ardis and rushing to the cliff to the east with the one-horned leopard. Maggie ripped Felix off his horse, carefully placed him behind a boulder, and set up her steel wing bow and fired at several suspicious targets at the top of the hill!
At this time, Qi Lang also quickly drew out the short sword of Xiang Jin, and stood in front of the canopy, blocking the arrows flying in the air. Lieutenant Colonel William is said to have reached the level of a high-ranking warrior, but he may have been frightened at this moment, because his trembling in the car can be felt even outside the car.
Several pure-blooded war horses had already been stabbed into hedgehogs and fell down in neighing. With the help of Dodim, Qi Lang was still very well guarded here, and the red horse was only hit by two arrows in the buttocks and was not hurt too much.
But the enemy in ambush was clearly prepared, and before Quill and Ardis could reach the top of the mountain, the real means were used!
"Boom!"
After the explosion, the rocks loosened, and more than a dozen boulders weighing more than two tons fell!
"Quill, help me!!" Dodim shouted, charging at the falling rocks!
The target of those boulders was Lieutenant Colonel William's carriage, and with the current situation of the war horse, they would definitely not be able to escape this meteorite rain falling from the sky!
"Bastard!!" Quill scolded viciously, and if it weren't for Dodim's rise to the occasion, he might have chosen to sit back and watch the boulder slap the nasty lieutenant colonel into a meat sauce.
Quill jumped down, slashing through like a sword light, and landed beside Dodim in the blink of an eye.
"Thunder and thunder!" he roared, gripped the hilt of the Violent Tiger Sword with both hands, raised it high above his head, and slashed forward with all his strength!
The cyan sword body seemed to burst open, scattering into two or three electric beams like thick vines, and struck towards the falling boulder!
"Boom!" There was a loud bang, and the three boulders that bore the brunt of it had been shaken into a cloud of smoke and dust, spreading harmlessly in the air.
"Gale breaks the sea!" At the same time, Dodim also launched an attack on several other boulders!
Dodim seemed to have slashed out hundreds of swords in an instant, and the sword light converged in one place, like a storm suddenly visiting the narrow mountain path. The other two boulders were split into pieces and floated in mid-air for a few moments, then scattered with a thud.
Finally seeing the true strength of the master, Qi Lang was almost stunned!
Quill really didn't say much, in the face of more than a hundred mutant liger beasts, he still had absolute strength to protect himself, even if they were second-level terrifying creatures described in "Military Common Sense", it would never be possible to hurt a strong person like Quill.
And Dodim's ability is not inferior to Quil's, his sword is also powerful, it can chop such a large boulder into pieces, and his combat level must have reached the level of a beginner Douzun!
However, the number of boulders falling was too much, and the joint attack of the two masters only slowed down the momentum of their fall, and the stones rolling down from the flanks were even more than they could take care of!
"Be careful, Qi Lang!" Dodim shouted, with obvious panic in his voice!
It's too late! Dodim and Quill didn't have time to come to their aid, and the nearly ten tons of rocks had already hit the wagon!
The war horse immediately turned into a puddle of bloody mud, and the carriage completely fell apart, and was carried down the cliff by the boulder!
However, just as Dodim ran to the edge of the cliff in a panic, Qi Lang emerged from the grass on the side. He was followed by the grizzled Lieutenant Colonel William. It turned out that Qi Lang rushed into the carriage at a critical moment, forcibly picked up the wine bag and jumped out of the window, and narrowly escaped the catastrophe.
Quill looked a little disappointed, but before Qi Lang could take a closer look at his expression, the angry captain had already rushed back to the top of the mountain.
The surroundings finally calmed down, and all that could be heard was the one-horned leopard roaring fiercely overhead.
The enemy who had been wounded by the arrow had withdrawn, not even a corpse had been dropped, but Maggie must have hit a few, as there were a few pools of blood left on the top of the hill according to Quill's report.
Lieutenant Colonel William quickly regained his martial spirit, he looked hatefully at the crumbs of wine bottles on the ground, and gritted his teeth and cursed: "These villains! These despicable villains! Are they the ambushes of the Otto Empire?"
"I'm sorry, Lieutenant Colonel, but we can't make that conclusion yet. After rounding the hilltop, Dodim was now back in front of Lieutenant Colonel William, "because we didn't catch it alive." But I suspect it was Badge who ambushed us, and the smell on it would prove my point. And if my judgment is correct, it has a lot to do with the Otto Empire. ”