Chapter 53: Dilemma
Such a grand team came out to hunt, in fact, it was just to join in the fun, and the main one who really started hunting was King Fu, and everyone else helped him catch the prey. When they saw prey, they shouted loudly, beat the grass and bushes, etc., and drove the prey to King Fu's horse, so that King Fu could use his archery skills.
It's a pity that with such a huge team, the footsteps and drums alone have scared away the small animals in the mountains. Six or seven hundred people were lively for a long time, and only some soldiers found a wild dog, and drove it to King Fu's horse with shouting. The kung fu kung fu of the blessed king was commonplace, and he bent his bow and shot an arrow, but he didn't miss, and was barked loudly by the wild dog, which almost scared the lucky king and fell off the horse.
Of course, fortunately, Hu Kuan was beside him, and when he saw the situation, he hurriedly helped King Fu, so he didn't fall. The wild dog took the opportunity to slip away from the horse and burrow into the grass.
After eating this fright, King Fu couldn't help but be unhappy, and threw his bow and arrow to the ground: "Don't play, it's not fun at all!"
Hu Kuan looked at the direction in which the wild dog fled, his eyes flashed, and he smiled: "The prince doesn't need to be discouraged. There's a reason you can't shoot that dog. It wasn't a wild dog, it was a hunting dog, very agile. Lord, this shows ......"
King Fu suddenly became interested: "This shows that someone is hunting nearby! His grandmother's, no wonder this king pounced, it turned out that there were untouchables who were making trouble, disturbing this king's interest!
Hu Kuan smiled and said, "Then, Lord Wang, do you want to ......?"
King Fu waved his fat hand and said, "Of course, Sect Leader Hu, let your soldiers search carefully, drive the cheap bones here here, and this king will personally ask for the guilt!"
"Don't worry, the prince!"
Hu Kuan immediately passed the order. A few fast horses immediately galloped towards the scattered Imperial Army and Wolf Guards, conveying the order. Suddenly there was a stir in the wilderness.
Of course, Ling Ye's team of 100 also received this order, and people talked about it for a while. Everyone was from a poor background, and now when they heard the order to go and make it difficult for a few hunters, they couldn't help but be resistant. The prince hunts for fun, but other hunters hunt just because they want to support their families. Just because you happen to be here, you have to ask people for their crimes?
Que De noticed everyone's movements, and shouted with a calm face: "You all know how strict the military discipline is, so I don't need to say more." Execute the order!"
The crowd dispersed, pretending to beat the grass. Although they belong to the wolf guards, they have no weapons at the moment, and all they hold in their hands is a stick, which is basically just to scare the small animals.
Lin Yuannan followed behind Ling Ye and said in a low voice: "It's really majestic to be a prince!"
Ling Ye said lightly: "Why else is it the prince?"
Lin Yuannan said in a low voice: "Brother Ling, don't you know, the princes of the empire are basically empty titles, without any real power, no army, and no prestige. Don't you think it's strange that Hu Kuan is so stammering with a prince who has no real power?"
Ling Ye sighed: "I don't know about this. Now that I'm listening to you, I'm starting to think that it's really unusual!"
What does Hu Kuan want to do?
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Ling Ye didn't want to embarrass a few hunters on their side, but others wouldn't think so. Soon after, the soldiers of the Left Battalion of the Imperial Army, scattered to the east of the wilderness, shouted, "Over there!
"Stop, don't run!"
"Don't let the arrows go, catch them alive!"
With the shouts of the soldiers, the two figures ran desperately across the wilderness. They were like two frightened fawns, like headless flies, panicking and running around. The soldiers of the left battalion shouted and chased after them, and the officers leading the team also fired arrows from time to time, although they were not intended to shoot them, but they also caused a deadly intimidation. The two of them ran even more panicked.
King Fu immediately saw this scene, and excitedly lifted the reins of his horse: "It's over there! Quickly send an order, let your people block their way, and drive these two untouchables to the king's horse!"
Hu Kuan smiled and said, "Don't worry, prince!"
The order was laid, and the soldiers circled back from the front, blocking the way of the two fleeing men, forcing them to run towards King Fu. The two people who fled for their lives were not stupid, they saw the flag over there from a distance, and of course they did not run to that side, but desperately fled to the southwest.
Scattered to the southwest were the hundred-man team where Ling Ye was. When Que De saw them fleeing towards us, he shouted: "Stop! Don't let them run away from us! Remember, if we let them run away from us, our whole team will suffer, and if it is serious, it will be a dead end!"
Under his shouting, everyone could only reluctantly raise their sticks and shake them in front of them, shouting loudly. Someone shouted, "Don't come here!"
The two fleeing men seemed to recognize this side, and still ran straight towards this side. One of them cried out, "Please, let us go!
The voice turned out to be a woman, and it didn't sound very old. Ling Ye stared at it and recognized it as two young men and women, not knowing if they were brother and sister or husband and wife. They were dressed in old clothes, mostly sewn with animal skins, and carried simple bows and arrows in their hands, and one or two hares and pheasants hung from their waists, so that they could tell at a glance that they were indeed hunters.
Que De shouted: "Turn your head and go elsewhere!
The huntress continued to plead, "Please, we will die if we turn back!"
There was a rapid sound of horses' hooves, and King Fu took the lead, and Hu Kuan and King Fu's personal guards were behind, galloping over like the wind, and it was only a mile away from here. King Fu looked at the two hunters with his bow and arrows in his hand, and shouted excitedly: "Here you are!
Hu Kuan raised his anger and shouted: "Block, block them! Don't let any of them go!"
Under his shouting, the Imperial Army and the Wolf Guards on the north and south sides surrounded it, forming an encirclement from a distance. In front of the two hunters who fled for their lives were Ling Ye's hundred-man team, and behind them were King Fu and Hu Kuan, who were galloping over.
Surrounded on all sides, where else can you go?
Ling Ye took a breath, and his heart slowly sank. From the bottom of his heart, he sympathized with the two hunters and was very willing to let them escape. Who knew that such bad luck could happen when they went out hunting? Who knows what King Fu would do with them?
But according to the military order, there is no way to let them pass. Que De made it very clear that if they were allowed to escape from this side, the whole team would be punished by Hu Kuan. With Hu Kuan's viciousness, the punishment will definitely not be light, especially when he wants to die in the middle of the night.
What happens if you give him an excuse at a time like this?