Chapter 436: Alone in the Arrow Forest
Rushing down from Chiyang Mountain, the cold ice quickly climbed over the eastern wall of the new capital and entered the city.
Then, he walked directly through the city, all the way to the south gate.
Although he knew that there were thousands of Praetorian Guards in ambush outside the southern city gate, he did not choose to detour from outside the city and rushed to the southern suburbs from Chiyang Mountain in the eastern suburbs.
Because in that way, the distance will be more than doubled, and it will give Zheng Yong more time and opportunity to hunt down Lu Yuanfeng.
Seeing that he had reached the south city gate, the cold ice figure did not stop at all, and he jumped up the city wall several feet high with only one jump.
But it happened that a lieutenant who was patrolling the city passed by with a group of soldiers, and immediately rushed up to the cold ice with a shout.
Where did Han Bing have time to entangle with them, he just stretched out his hand casually and snatched the long sword that the general was wielding in his hand.
Then he jumped off the wall and fell out of it.
And before his men could hit the ground, a rain of arrows fell from the city walls.
He hurriedly swung the long sword in his hand upwards and fired away the falling arrows.
At the same time, his body, which was still in mid-air, also flipped sharply, and rushed forward several feet away, not only avoiding the arrows that were still shooting from above, but also directly crossing the moat and falling to the opposite bank.
After landing, he continued to run forward without stopping, until countless torches suddenly appeared in front of him, illuminating the otherwise dark night sky as bright as day.
But this didn't stop the ice from rushing forward, but instead made him run much faster.
Shen Yunpeng looked at the black figure that was rapidly approaching his position like a ghost, and glanced at the eunuch Yu Gonggong of Cining Palace who was standing beside him with the corner of his eye, and couldn't help but curse Han Bing, this little bastard who was a thief!
Since he was not blind, this kid should be able to see that the situation was wrong, but he still rushed forward so desperately, it was simply a deliberate attempt to get along with him, the Commander!
Although his sister Qingluo had persuaded him not to be an enemy of Han Bing anymore, Shen Yunpeng was already involuntary at this time. In any case, he couldn't just let the cold ice go in front of Father-in-law Yu.
Seeing that this young man who was going to enter the arrow forest alone had entered the firing range, Shen Yunpeng gritted his teeth violently, and immediately waved his hand and gave the order to release the arrow.
I heard a loud "buzz" sound, and hundreds of crossbow arrows shot towards the cold ice in unison!
Just when the crossbow arrows were less than a foot away from the ice, his body that had been rushing forward suddenly froze, and then jumped straight into the air for more than a kilometer, just enough to make the crossbow arrows fly almost against the soles of his boots.
But in an instant, the second bolt of crossbow arrows swooped down on him like a flying locust with a loud "buzz".
At this time, the others were in the air, and the crossbow arrows were also shot into the air.
The rain of arrows was coming, and he immediately used his left foot to put it on the surface of his right foot, and used a "ladder cloud vertical" with great flexibility, and raised his body more than two feet higher, easily avoiding the second wave of crossbow arrows.
Immediately afterward, a third bolt arrived, shooting at the ice, which was more than three feet above the ground.
Seeing that the arrow was near, Han Bing did not take any dodge action, but suddenly sank his body downward, and the whole person fell to the ground like a heavy stone.
As a result, all the crossbow bolts flew above his head.
And as soon as his man landed, he seemed to have turned into a flying arrow, and rushed forward.
The chain crossbow used by the Praetorian Guards does have many advantages, such as a small bow, easy to carry, can be fired continuously, and is fast......
However, this crossbow also has its inevitable drawbacks
First of all, the bolts fired are all in a straight line, without any arc, making them easy to dodge.
Secondly, only three bolts can be fired in a row, and it is not easy to reload.
Finally, the biggest flaw is that the firing range is short, and the farthest cannot exceed the range of 30 zhang.
It was from the actual battle of the last attack on the flyover that Han Bing had a very clear understanding of this kind of chain crossbow, so he chose this way of dealing with it now.
He could guess that with the Praetorian Guard's well-trained training, it would naturally not be just one team of Praetorian Guards to cast crossbow arrows, but at least two teams of archers should take turns to fire in succession.
Therefore, after the first round of archers has fired three crossbow arrows, the second round of archers will come forward to fire. But when these two rounds of archers alternate, there will be a very brief gap in between.
And this gap is an opportunity for ice.
Before the second round of archers had time to stand in their positions and fire their crossbow arrows, Han Bing had already rushed forward more than twenty zhang, and he was only a few zhang away from the Praetorian Guard soldiers holding crossbows in the front row!
At this moment, another wave of crossbow arrows shot like locusts flying in the sky.
This time, however, the archers had been ordered to seal the area within three feet above Ice's head, so that he would not leap into the air again to avoid the arrows.
It's a pity that although the person who ordered the arrow knew how to act when it came to chance, he didn't figure out the specific path of the cold ice after all.
I saw that the young man's forward momentum had not changed, but somehow, his whole person had jumped up and flew upwards for more than ten feet.
Those crossbow arrows that were originally intended to be at a height of no more than three zhang naturally all failed.
The next wave of crossbow arrows was aimed at the ice that had flown above the heads of these archers, and shot almost straight into the air.
And then, everyone saw an incredible scene
I saw that Han Bing had been holding the long sword that had been in his hand to snatch the deputy general of the city guard, and casually threw it lightly in front of him.
Immediately after, his whole body actually took another big leap forward in mid-air, and his toes just touched the blade of the long sword.
Then, with this power, he took another great leap forward, and flew directly over the heads of the archers and swooped down behind them.
At this time, the archers no longer had the heart to care about the cold ice, but one by one, their eyes widened as they looked at the large canopy of arrows that were falling from the sky
Shen Yunpeng's pair of tiger eyes were originally staring at Han Bing's body from beginning to end, and seeing that this young man's body was flexible and weird, and the tricks were endless, he secretly warned himself, this time don't be tricked by this kid again!
But what I didn't expect was that in the end, he, the commander, was still tricked by this kid!
Seeing that the batch of crossbow arrows that the Praetorian Guards had just shot not only missed, but also fell from the sky and fell on the heads of his own people, Shen Yunpeng quickly tore his throat and shouted: "Get out of the way!"
Fortunately, his shout was still timely, and the Praetorian Guards who had just reacted hurriedly scattered when they heard the sound, but there were still a few slow ones who were injured by the crossbow arrows that their own people had just shot.
Just when Shen Yunpeng was about to give another order, reorganize the formation, and prepare to encircle the cold ice falling from the sky, he suddenly felt a strong wind coming, and it turned out that the young man had already pounced directly on him!
It was only at this time that he, the commander, suddenly remembered that he was going to draw his sword and fight.
It's a pity that it's a step too late.
However, in the blink of an eye, Shen Yunpeng was knocked off his helmet by a parting arrow casually swung out by Han Bing, and at the same time, his hair was scattered. And his entire huge body was also pushed vigorously and fell backwards.
When he, the commander, got up from the ground with difficulty, brushed away the messy hair that was covering his eyes with his hand, and finally pulled out the sword at his waist and stabbed towards the cold ice quickly, he was shocked to find that a frightened old face of Grandpa Yu was facing the tip of his sword that was shining with cold light!
Startled, Shen Yunpeng hurriedly put away his sword and retreated, and at the same time, he yelled at Han Bing with a fierce look: "What are you doing?!"
Han Bing loosened the hand that was pinching the back of Grandpa Yu's neck, and let the old eunuch's feet that were originally hanging in mid-air fall to the ground, so that he could catch his breath.
Then, the bad boy grinned at Shen Yunpeng and said, "I'm going to take this old eunuch to meet another old eunuch for a while." If Commander Shen is unwilling to let him go, then I will only take his head away, how about it?"
After that, he didn't wait for Shen Yunpeng to react, then he picked up the Yu Gonggong in his hand again and strode forward.
The Praetorian Guards who were in front of them naturally didn't dare to move, and they all stared at their commanders.
Shen Yunpeng also widened a pair of bulging tiger eyes, looked at the arrogant back of the cold ice, opened his mouth for a long time, but only shouted: "Let go!"
When the Praetorian Guards who were in the way heard the order, they immediately dispersed quickly and uniformly to both sides, making way for a straight passage in the middle.
But at this moment, the weapons in the hands of these Praetorian Guards were all pointing diagonally forward, as if waiting for another order from the main general, and they immediately stabbed the bold young man in front of him into a hornet's nest.
In the face of this kind of battle, the thin lips of the cold ice couldn't help but hook slightly, and continued to stride forward as if no one was around.
His left hand held the back of the neck of the father-in-law Yu, but he raised a right hand, waved it in the air, and laughed loudly: "Thank you!"