Chapter 15: Surprise Attack
Jiang Yu found several ruts, as well as some horseshoe prints.
Three carts, nine horses! Jiang Yu quickly judged the number of carts and horses from the marks on the ground.
The snow was still falling, and there wasn't much snow in the rut marks and horseshoe prints. Jiang Yu judged that the many ruts indicated that they were probably Lian's family's convoy, and the lack of snow in the rut prints indicated that they had just passed here. It should be just a short distance ahead.
After Jiang Yu briefly judged the direction, he held his breath and followed. Soon a convoy appeared in front of his eyes, and as he expected, it was really three cars and nine horses. In addition to the three horses pulling the cart, the other six horses were manned, and two of them were guarded to the left and right of the carriage. The weather was cold, but those who rode horses didn't seem to have the slightest chill, just looked at the woods on the left and right, intentionally or unintentionally, whether there was any danger lurking.
Jiang Yu relied on his bright eyes and tracked and observed from afar. He noticed that the six people who were riding horses were at least masters of the fivefold aura realm, similar to the brothers of the Lian family. Fighting two people, Jiang Yu still depends on luck, and now he has to face six at once, and he has no chance of winning. And most importantly, if Xiao Ruo is among these three carriages, then he doesn't know who is sitting in the other two carriages and how strong his means are. The person named Lian Xiu who Lian Feng said when he died must be a person who is more powerful than their Lian brothers combined, and that person must be in the convoy, but according to the cultivation, it can't be these six people outside.
Jiang Yu estimated that this place was still more than a day away from Lian's family's destination, that is, Muyun Town, and he still had time to think of countermeasures.
The sky gradually darkened, but Jiang Yu's eyesight was not affected, this is the wonder he found before, even in the dark night, his eyes still see far away, still see clearly.
The people in the convoy stopped to light a fire and rest, I don't know if it was alert or whatever, no one got down from the three carriages, but the six people clearly delivered food to the people in the three carriages, that is, there were people in the three carriages.
"It seems that we can only wait a little longer!" Jiang Yu gnawed on the snow and grass roots, hiding in the shadows, and said in his heart that he would do it in the second half of the night, in that case, the probability of success would be higher.
After a while, the six men changed a little, four gathered around the fire to rest, while the other two looked for a hidden high place to stand sentry. Seeing this, Jiang Yu knew that his opportunity had come.
Jiang Yu waited patiently for another half an hour, and then quietly went to find his target. His goal, of course, was to take out the two men who were on guard first. Although the place where those two people were hiding was relatively hidden, they had not escaped Jiang Yu's sight since they had never escaped.
Jiang Yu's first goal was to hide in a big tree that could not be surrounded by more than a dozen people, and on top of that big tree there was a tree hole platform dug by passers-by before, ventilated on both sides, free to come and go, and a wide field of vision. At this time, the watchman was meditating cross-legged in the hollow of the tree. Jiang Yu quietly climbed up to the tree next to the ancient tree and roughly calculated the distance between himself and the tree hole.
Jiang Yu knew that his thunderous slash speed was extremely fast, but at a distance of thirty zhang, there was still a high probability of missing to attack a person in the Spiritual Qi Realm fivefold, but Jiang Yu also knew that if he got too close, he would most likely be discovered.
The snow is getting heavier and the wind is getting wilder. The snowflakes carried by the wind hit Jiang Yu's face. Seeing this, Jiang Yu was secretly happy in his heart.
"God help me!" Jiang Yu waited on the tree, and suddenly, a gust of wind rolled up, causing the snow to fall from the surrounding trees one after another. And at this moment, the thunder in Jiang Yu's hand slashed out!
Thunder slash, there is a thunder whistling sound when breaking the sky, that is probably the most significant shortcoming of the thunder slash, and at this moment, the thunder and whistling is hidden under the fury of the wind, and the swift thunder slash is found by the sentry man, it is already in front of his eyes, he has no time to react, the blow penetrates his throat, he didn't say a word, he fell, and died after a few convulsions.
After Jiang Yu made that blow, he didn't see if he hit the target, and quickly fled. He knew that the sound of the wind could drown out the sound of thunder, but it could not hide the position of his attack, if he accidentally missed and didn't leave in time, being bitten by one person would be equivalent to being bitten by all of them, after all, his speed was not as fast as any of them.
Jiang Yu followed the retreat route he had thought of before and hid in a safe place that he had found in advance. He had never done anything so exciting, and after calming down a little, he was sure that the blow he had just hit had hit, because the man had not made a noise, and he did not see any reaction from the five people. He quietly walked around the four in the middle, towards his next target.
Compared with the uprightness of the sentry just now, the second sentry is more cunning. He hid in a crevice under a boulder, which was nothing, except that the boulder was at the top of a conical mound. The mound was much taller than the average tree. After observing the terrain, Jiang Yu found that he could not climb the tree and use the thunder slash method. For the cunning sentry was hiding in the blind corner of the crevice, and could not see him, let alone attack him.
"If I step on the mound, I will most likely be discovered by him!" Jiang Yu knew that he was under the crack in the stone, but he couldn't see the man, so he wasn't sure if the man had slackened. And with Jiang Yu's cultivation, it was obviously impossible to jump from the woods under the mound to the highest part of the mound and then rush in to raid.
"What can I do!" Jiang Yu's brain quickly thought about all kinds of possibilities, and finally he chose the method that he thought was the safest. He went back to the hollow in the tree, stripped the dead sentry of his clothes and put them on, and then went under the mound and walked upside down, at an angle he had chosen so that the snow hit his back.
The moment he stepped on the mound, out of the corner of his eye, he caught a person poking his head out of the gap to take a look, and then quickly shrank back. Jiang Yuxin said that it was dangerous, but fortunately he was not reckless. The man came out to see it, and then retracted it, indicating that he really regarded himself as an accomplice. and did not defend himself.
Jiang Yu walked up with his back on his back, and as soon as he reached the high place, he heard the strange words of the people inside: "Everyone is cultivating for the sake of five times, and you are still afraid of wind and snow? No, it's still half an hour before the shift changes, why did you come here so quickly!"
When Jiang Yu heard this, he didn't answer, but rushed into the crack in the stone at an extremely fast speed. At this time, the man was squatting in the crack of the stone to make a fire, seeing his accomplice suddenly rush in, murderous, he instinctively stood up, but his head hit the boulder, and at the moment of his pain, Jiang Yu's dagger had pierced into his heart. And for fear of him shouting, Jiang Yu's hand had already blocked his mouth.
All in one go, without any superfluous movements. Jiang Yu himself was surprised by his sneak attack talent.
"There are at least four more!" Jiang Yu sat in the gap, thinking about how to kill the other four masters of the Fifth Spiritual Qi Realm, the person who was killed just now, revealed a very important information before he died, that is, the shift change time of the sentry, there is still half an hour, that is to say, their own time is only left for this small half an hour, if they find that the sentry has not returned or is dead, then they will be completely vigilant, and their own sneak attack will not be of much significance.
Jiang Yu thought about it carefully, the four people rested around the fire, even if it was the best condition for themselves, that is, the four people were asleep, then he would rush over to kill two people at most, and the other two would definitely entangle him, and the master in the car would definitely take action, so he would be sent to death. And he also considered another situation, that is, when the guard is changed, kill another one. That way you won't expose your position, but the benefits are too small. Unable to serve the purpose of truly weakening the enemy.
Just when Jiang Yu was puzzled and resentful of his strength being too weak, the sword spirit suddenly resurfaced. Jiang Yu's actions just now, the sword spirit was in his eyes, and he was surprised by Jiang Yu's reaction and decisiveness. And he also had confidence that Jiang Yu would survive.
"I'll give you an idea. ”
"Do you have any good ideas, rush over and hack them all to death?" Jiang Yu asked rhetorically. He said in his heart that according to the temper of this sword spirit and what he said before, this seems to be the sword spirit's favorite and most likely choice.
"Hmph, don't listen. The sword spirit said in disgust.
"Tell me about it, I'll see if it works. Jiang Yu said. The sword spirit was silent for a while, and said, "That stupid martial art you used before. ”
"That's a thunderbolt!" Jiang Yu corrected.
"Forget it, whatever it is, the amount of aura you use is not right. Sword Spirit directly pointed out Jiang Yu's mistakes.
"The amount is wrong, how can you say it?" Jiang Yu asked.
Seeing Jiang Yu asking for advice, the sword spirit said a little proudly: "The amount is too big, every time I use the five-wire bipolar sword spiritual qi, it is too extravagant, in my opinion, one trace is enough." ”
"A trace of fear is not fatal. "Jiang Yu was afraid that the power was not enough, so he used the aura of the five silk double sword heart to ensure the killing, but the consequence of this is that the consumption is extremely high, with his current cultivation, if he uses it six or seven times, he will be exhausted, and at that time, he will be exhausted first without others to fight.
Hearing Jiang Yu's worry, the sword spirit snorted and laughed twice, and said, "What are you doing as a bipolar sword heart? The aura of the bipolar sword heart is the sharpest weapon in the world, better than all weapons, and your current bipolar sword spiritual qi can penetrate at least ten people with a single trace." Don't you know?"
"This ......" Jiang Yuxin said that he knew that the power of the Dual Polar Sword's Spiritual Qi was very great, but he didn't expect it to have such penetrating power.
The sword spirit added: "Simple penetration may not kill people, but as long as you can hit the vital point, your stupid martial arts has a fatal flaw, that is, the whistling sound is too loud, and if you only use a trace of aura, this shortcoming will be reduced to a minimum!"
"That's right!" Jiang Yu agreed with the sword spirit's statement, in such a snowy night, the sound was originally very mixed, if the aura used was reduced to one-fifth of the original, then the noise made by this move would also be reduced a lot, in such a snowy night, it could be considered a silent existence. And the sound becomes quieter, which means that the other party will find out about this trick very late, and it will be difficult to judge their correct position. And with his own eyes, it is not difficult to lock on to the vital points of those people. In this way, he is really hiding in the dark, and those in the bright can only wait for his slaughter!