Chapter 20: Ambush
The patient's treatment went smoothly, four or five consecutive doses, coupled with the assistance of Amu with the pill to enhance the body's resistance, four days later, Amu's grandmother's condition has basically recovered, and I believe that after a period of recuperation, she should be able to fully recover. Similarly, in the past few days, Xiao Jian's own wounds have also recovered extremely quickly, and even the two most serious wounds on the abdomen and chest have been healed by seventy or eighty percent, although they can't fully exert their strength, but there is no obstacle to daily living activities.
After eating breakfast on this day, Xiao Jian and the three of them politely refused Qiao Wanshan's repeated retention, and embarked on the return journey back to the Shenlong Tribe.
Since there was no urgency, the three of them were not busy rushing home. Along the way, the horse is reined, and the horse is slowly moving. While chatting and talking, while watching the scenery in the mountains, it is very relaxing. It didn't take long for the Black Snake Valley, the junction of the Shennong Tribe, the Qinglong Tribe, the Fire Tribe, and the Fire Cloud Tribe, to be in sight.
"Let's be careful, this Black Snake Valley is a dangerous terrain, this is the place where several of our tribes must pass through to contact other tribes, if anyone really controls this valley, it is basically equivalent to choking the throat of the other tribe and other tribes, and it is precisely because of this, although the two tribes have fought repeatedly here, but because of each other's equal strength, no one can exercise real control here, for a long time, this is the most sensitive area on both sides, and there are many battles between us and the Fire Clan, this is the most important battlefield。 After so many years of fighting, I don't know how many people have died here. Looking at the Black Snake Valley in the distance, Amu, who was walking in front, suddenly grabbed the reins of his horse, stopped, and said to Xiao Jian behind him.
Xiao Jian also stopped and looked at the Black Snake Valley that Amu had said. I saw that about half a mile ahead was indeed a deep valley, the valley was very narrow, a mountain road no more than two meters wide from the bottom of the valley to the front of the road, because of the twists and turns of the valley, there was no end of the road. On both sides of the valley are cliffs as high as dozens of zhang, as steep as a knife and axe - such a dangerous terrain, it is really a one-man pass, and ten thousand people cannot be opened. The last time I passed here, I was in a hurry and I didn't know the history, so I didn't pay much attention to it, but I just thought that this place was beautiful and unusual. Now when I hear Amu talk about the long-accumulated hatred between the two clans, I can't help but be careful. "In such a place, if people are blocked at both ends and form a front and back attack, it is really heaven and earth that should not be called ineffective. Xiao Jian thought so in his heart, and said, "Let's wait until we enter the valley, try to speed up as much as possible, and don't stay in the valley to avoid any accidents." ”
"Yes!" Amu and Ashika agreed at the same time, and the three of them simultaneously grabbed the horse's stomach with their feet and whipped the horse's buttocks. The horse, which was also very humane, immediately raised its hooves and galloped towards the valley ahead.
The three of them had just entered the valley, and before they had time to go far, they heard a rapid and chaotic sound of horses' hooves in front of them, and saw a small team of seven or eight people in front of them, constantly whipping the horses that had sat down, and rushing straight towards the three of them, without the slightest intention of stopping.
"It's not good! Brother Xiao, it's from the Flame Clan!" When he saw the outfit of the person who came, Amu suddenly became nervous and exclaimed.
"Don't panic, let's lean behind the rocks over there first, they are menacing, it seems that they are aimed at us, they are prepared, our retreat is estimated to have been blocked by now. ”
After all, Xiao Jian is a veteran of the battlefield, although the incident happened suddenly, he was also in danger, and in the shortest time, he quickly checked and scanned the surroundings, and immediately made the right decision. Two zhang away in front of the three of them, there is a boulder about one zhang high on the side of the road on the right, if you can hide behind the boulder in time, you can not only avoid direct collision with the opponent's war horse, but also can most effectively avoid being attacked by the enemy.
As soon as the three of them came to stand under the boulder, the seven or eight people who rushed towards them had already rushed to a place only a foot away from them. "Phew!" The two people who rushed to the front grabbed the reins of the war horse, and the war horse that rushed forward at high speed suddenly stood up, neighed, and stopped. Seeing that the two people in front of him were no longer advancing, several people who followed closely behind also reined in their horses and surrounded them.
"Yo, isn't this Miss Zuo of Zuo Liancheng's Zuo Dan family?So anxious, where are you going?" a middle-aged man with a fat figure and an obscene appearance raised the long sword in his hand and asked in a strange manner.
"What do you want to do, get out of the way, let's get over!" Xiao Jian was the eldest of the three, and in this situation, he naturally couldn't let the two children come out, so he shouted. At this time, his right hand was behind his back, and when he found out that the situation was not right just now, Xiao Jian had already pulled out his gun and opened the safety in his hand. This is likely to be the first battle since he crossed into this world, and the other side is outnumbered, maybe there are reinforcements behind, and these enemies in front must be dealt with in the shortest possible time, otherwise once they fall into the encirclement, with the current strength of the three of them, I am afraid that there will be more than one luck.
"Hey, who is this, so good-looking?" asked another young man in his twenties next to the fat man. This man was richly dressed, obviously much better dressed than the others, and appeared to be the leader of the group.
"You don't care who I am, I don't want to be your enemy today, get out of the way and let us pass, otherwise don't blame us for being rude. Since the other party has drawn his sword in his hand and surrounded the three of them in the middle, he is obviously here to deliberately find fault. Since this is the case, Xiao Jian is no longer polite when he speaks.
"You're not kidding, are you?" hahahaha...... the young man in fancy clothes looked up and laughed wildly, "There are only three of you, and there are eight of us, and you're still not polite to us?" If you want to go over, you can leave Miss Zuo behind, and the two of you will each cut off an arm, and I can let you live. Young Master Ben is now lacking a warm bed concubine, this Miss Zuo is not a golden flower of your Shenlong tribe, the golden flower naturally has to match Prince Charming, today Young Master I am happy, I will accept you first, tomorrow we will visit the church to get married, you can rest assured, follow Young Master Ben, I am sure that you can eat and drink spicy, hahahaha...... His wild laughter has not stopped, and when the three of them came, there was a sound of horses' hooves.
"Shut your stinky mouth, with your cowardice, you are worthy of my sister?" As soon as Amu heard the other party's foul language, he suddenly became angry, pulled out the long sword in his waist, and was about to rush forward to fight hard. Asika was even more angry with his silver teeth, his willow eyebrows were upside down, and his face was pale.
"Wait!" Xiao Jian raised his left hand to block Amu, and then said in a low voice: "Wait a minute, I will count one, two, three, I will find a way to kill a few of them in the shortest possible time, and then we will rush forward together, and strive to get rid of them as soon as possible." ”
"Okay! As long as we get out of this valley, a mile or two further on, it will be the territory controlled by our Shenlong tribe, and we will be safe when we get there. Amu didn't know what way Xiao Jian could kill a few people on the other side in the shortest possible time, but chose unconditional trust.
"Do you want to let me let you do it? I'll count three times, if you don't let me again, we're going to do it!" Xiao Jian didn't want to talk nonsense with them at all, and immediately began to count.
"One, two、......"
"Hahahaha...... Do they really want to do anything with us? It's really 'the old birthday boy hanged ,......'" The obscene fat man seemed to hear the most ridiculous joke in the world, and immediately burst out laughing.
"Three!" Before the fat man's words were finished, Xiao Jian pulled the trigger as soon as he raised his hand. "Bah!!" Four crisp gunshots rang out one after another, and the four men in front of them were shot in the chest almost simultaneously, the bullet went through their chests without hindrance, and then rolled, opening a large hole in their backs and flying towards the opposite rock, bursting with sparks. Several people who were shot were hit by the huge kinetic energy of the bullet. Tumbling off the horse's back at once. With such a short distance, the other party was defenseless, and Xiao Jian didn't need to aim at all.
The sudden change caused the people surrounding them to be in a panic and retreat in panic.
"Rush!" Xiao Jian shouted, waved his horsewhip in his hand, and "snapped" twice. Whipping Asika and Amu's horses hard, and at the same time clamping their legs into the belly of the horse, the three horses suddenly rushed towards the valley like arrows from the string.
Maybe you can't help but wonder when you see this, since this Xiao Jian has a gun in his hand, just kill them directly, why do you have to run away? In fact, this question is not difficult to answer, firstly, Xiao Jian does not want to hurt too many people, so that the two ethnic groups that are already as deep as the sea add new hatred, and secondly, he has crossed into this world, and the total remaining pistol bullets are only about 20 rounds, and he has no ability to produce them. But if they stopped and fought hard, first, they didn't know what the opponent's combat strength was, and secondly, they couldn't figure out how many reinforcements they still had, and their injuries had not yet healed, so how could they dare to make a mistake easily? Besides, heroes don't suffer immediate losses, if they have the opportunity to get rid of the enemy, why do they have to succeed as heroes and fight to the death without much chance of winning when the enemy is strong and I am weak.
Ignoring the angry shouts and curses coming from behind them, the three of them rode their horses all the way and rushed forward desperately. Once the people behind chased closely, Xiao Jian turned his back, raised the pistol, aimed at the chasing soldiers behind, and made the appearance that he was about to shoot, perhaps because he was frightened by the power of the pistol just now, as long as Xiao Jian raised the gun in his hand towards them, they immediately became panicked, quickly pulled the rope, and then turned over and dismounted, hid behind the horse, and did not dare to move. waited until Xiao Jian walked away, then turned over and got on the horse again, desperately chasing after him. The strange thing in Xiao Jian's hand just now was really terrifying, just a few sounds, and a few people on his side died inexplicably, and they didn't even have time to react. Of course, they didn't think of using bows and arrows to attack from a distance, but this valley was crooked, and they were shooting arrows on horseback running at high speed, and they couldn't aim at all, and after trying a few times, it had no effect at all, so they had no choice but to give up.