Volume 1: The Seven Stars of the Twilight of the World Chapter 119 The Aftermath of the Tribulation
When the golden arrow leaves the string, there will be no more hesitation, and the target is directly aimed at the gap of the chain mail that is often broken, and the throat of the old general. Chang Poyu closed his eyes, just waiting to be killed.
Poof, the golden arrow tore through the flesh and pierced through the bones, and the person who was hit by the arrow did not make a sound.
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General Chang opened his eyes and looked again, the arrow stopped at an arm's length in front of him, and it was still stained with green viscous liquid, and it turned out to be a wolf rider orc on the side, stretching out his arm and blocking the arrow for him.
Obviously, the beast wolf rider underestimated the strength of the golden arrow, and did not expect that his thick-skinned arm would be directly pierced by this golden arrow. But he lowered his arm silently, as if it were not his own.
In the end, Chang Poyu was dragged off his horse by the wolf rider warrior, tied his arms to the back of another wolf rider, and turned around and quickly returned.
Yang Sheng was stunned, he never expected that there would be such a fork, and he wanted to rush over. Chang Poyu on the back of the giant wolf shouted, "Yang Sheng, Jinsha, news!"
Yang Sheng struggled, and watched as the wolf rider who was holding Chang Po quickly retreated behind the wolf riders, and returned the same way with half of the wolf rider team. The rest of the wolf riders continued to chase after them.
In desperation, Yang Sheng gritted his teeth and urged the horse to gallop, the war horse soared in the air with four hooves, galloping in the direction of Jinsha.
The wolf cavalry team carrying the captives did not dare to march too fast for fear of any more accidents. But thinking that I could finally go back and give the leader an errand, my mood was a little lighter.
The leader of the wolf rider cannot tolerate failure, and too many of their companions have had their heads cut off in public because of their failed mission.
The wolf rider, who was pierced by the golden arrow, looked at the golden arrow on his arm and wanted to cut off the shaft, but found that the shaft was wrapped in refined copper and was indestructible. I wanted to pull it out in pain, but when I touched it, it hurt my heart and lungs, and I grinned desperately to breathe. In the end, I had to give up, or go back and let the leader think of a way, maybe the leader saw his bravery and gave some reward.
Just when he was thinking about the beautiful things, suddenly, there was another arrow shadow in the air wrapped in the wind, and the orc warrior subconsciously raised his arm to block it, but this time, his luck was a little worse, and the arrow flew past his arm, with a muffled sound, hitting the eyeball. With a whoop, the orc rolled over and fell.
The screams alerted the other wolf riders, but when they looked up, there was another rain of arrows in the sky.
Compared with other wolf riders, this wolf rider vanguard has an advantage in speed and agility, and is also better at using tactics, but compared to other wolf riders, their physique is closer to that of human warriors, and a rain of arrows fell, and they fell to the ground one after another.
This sneak attack caught the wolf riders by surprise.
Their leader had made an elaborate plan to capture the white-haired old man alive. After cutting off the stone bridge retreat of this Tianyao lone army, the wolf knights quickly packed up the spies of the Changsheng army, and the leader also calculated the place where this army rested and set up an ambush in advance. Now that lone army that was encircled should have been completely wiped out, and there would be no more well-organized human troops within a radius of 100 miles.
However, this rain of arrows caught the wolf cavalry vanguard team that was specially sent out to capture Chang Po alive.
However, the strength of the elite wolf rider is not comparable to that of ordinary warriors. The remaining thirty or so cavalry troops quickly determined that the rain of arrows came from the mountain, and immediately set up a defensive formation facing the mountain, while the remaining ten wolf horsemen covered the leader who escorted Chang Po and galloped along the way they came.
High on the top of the mountain, along the junction of the mountain peak and the sky, a row of black dots slowly gushes out. This scene made the beast knights who had set up a defensive formation on the mountainside begin to panic a little, because from their point of view, there were at least hundreds of victorious elite horsemen, and these elite horsemen stood above the clouds as if they were heavenly soldiers and generals.
The hunter and the prey inadvertently switch roles.
Instead of sending a second rain of arrows or charging, these high-flying warriors sent a trail of smoke and dust down the hillside from the top of the mountain when the wolf knights were confused.
The speed of this smoke and dust became faster and faster, and when the wolf rider warrior saw it, he was suddenly shocked, and in the smoke and dust, countless huge mountain rocks rushed out, and rolled down the hillside towards the wolf rider team.
The wolf cavalry was stuck on the mountain road halfway up the mountain, and there was no way to avoid it, watching their seemingly strong defenses be overwhelmed by the dust waves raised by the row of boulders.
The rumbling boulder tumbled and began to be mixed with the wails of the wolf riders, but whether it was the wail of the giant wolf or the screams of the riders, they soon died down, because most of the wolf riders were smashed directly under the valley on the other side of the mountain road by the boulders, and only the sound of falling into the river was heard. The fate of the wolf riders who were not smashed down the hillside was not much better, and they were squeezed into the cracks of the stones by the boulders stuck in the road.
The victorious horsemen on the top of the mountain rushed down from the hillside at this moment, and they brandished their swords to cut down the wolf cavalry who were still moaning under the cracks in the stones.
The ten wolf cavalry soldiers who escorted Chang Poyu out of the siege did not know that it was after waiting for them to be released from the ambush that the Chang Sheng army on the mountain could put down the pre-erected rocks, and what was waiting for these ten wolves to ride was another carefully laid trap.
They ran wildly, not noticing that behind the rocks on both sides of the road, there were many victorious ambushes. These warriors held a special triphorse rope in their hands, waiting for the wolf rider to pass by, the ambush let go of the wolf rider in front, only when the last rider passed, he pulled the rope violently, and the tripwire covered by the floating soil on the mountain road jumped up instantly, and the iron hook on the rope hung the skin and flesh of the wolf rider, and the momentum of the wolf rider rushed forward for a while, and the torn flesh was sprayed along the road with green plasma, but this did not affect the determination of the victorious warriors to avenge their comrades, and the wolf riders and riders who fell to the ground were stabbed to death with spears by the warriors who quickly surrounded them.
The wolf rider team started from the end of the team and was eliminated one by one, until finally the wolf rider who escorted Chang Po looked back and found that he was alone.
But even so, the giant wolf under his crotch finally had to stop, and on the mountain road, a row of square shields stood in front, between which were set up sharp spears, and behind them, a row of hard bows with a full moon.
The last wolf rider faced dozens of field formations of the standard of the victorious army.
Obviously, this wolf rider does not have the cunning of humans, and the order he received is to capture Chang Po alive, but now he has wings and cannot fly, but he can't think of using this hostage, but uses his leather armor to cover Chang Po's body, urging the wolf rider to pounce on the gun shield.
The commander of the victorious ambush was now visible behind his shield, sitting on a brown steed, holding a stiff bow in his hand, and on his head a distinctive helmet, which was topped with a symbol of flame. It was Geng Zhong, the captain promoted by Chang Polu, who was withdrawn from Shule.
Geng Zhong originally intended to force the wolf rider to hand over Chang Po's captivity, but he didn't think that this beast was really wild and untamable, and he actually wanted to fight to break the net.
The wolf rode close to the shield, but could not break through the wall erected by the shield.
Chang Poyu, who was tied to the wolf's back, had been upside down along the way, and at this moment the wolf rider stopped running wildly, and he was relieved, and when he saw the formation in front of him, he suddenly lifted his spirits.
"Geng Zhong, leave me alone, slaughter this beast. ”
The iron bow in Geng Zhong's hand was aimed at for a long time, and now with Chang Poyu's words, sure enough, the bowstring in his hand trembled, and the flying arrow passed through the gap in the shield and went straight to the wolf.
The wolf rider was concentrating on blocking the spear in front of him, but before he could react, he was shot in the forehead by an arrow.
The rider on his back shook a few times and fell, and the giant wolf was suddenly stunned, and was tripped by several spears on the wolf's legs, and then another fierce stab, and the battlefield finally calmed down.
Chang Poyu, who was rescued, didn't care about his injuries and asked excitedly
"Geng Zhong, why are you here?"
"General Chang, Shule is no longer there, and that sandworm monster also killed more than a hundred of our Changsheng brothers, I wanted to take the path over the mountain to inform Jinsha, but I didn't expect to run into these beasts and catch General Chang. ”
Chang Poyu sneered, "What's just right, how can you get this well-arranged trap in a moment and a half?"
Geng Zhong was weak-hearted, so he could only pretend to be stupid and smile.
Chang Polu's face changed, and he pretended to be angry and blamed,
"Geng Zhong, you watched those broken brothers being brutally killed by these beasts, and you didn't come to the rescue! Seeing the boss being captured, you were indifferent, I really should have killed you!"
Geng Zhong was frightened, he didn't expect the old man in front of him to be so ruthless, he saved him, not only did he have no merit, but he also had to be convicted of killing his head! However, in front of the old handsome Chang Po, no matter how slippery he Geng Zhong was, he didn't dare to play with his eyes, after all, this old guy didn't rub sand in his eyes.
"The last will be convicted. Geng Zhong fell off the saddle and dismounted, kneeling in front of the old handsome.
How do you know that the old man waved his hand angrily, "Thinking that the war is urgent, don't talk nonsense, let's rush to Jinsha first, and your crime of killing your head will be counted at that time." ”
Geng Zhong almost didn't fall to the ground, but he didn't expect this old man to be in the mood to joke with himself, because he knew that according to this old man's upright temper, if he really wanted to kill him, he would fall to the ground on the spot.
Huo Ping, the overseer on the side, also rushed over, regardless of the heavy colors on his body, he kindly pleaded for Geng Zhong.
"General Chang is angry, this time thanks to Captain Geng Zhong's desperate rescue, this prison army has picked up a life, Lord Geng carefully arranged, not only to protect the general, but also not to let the brothers die in vain. ”
Chang Poyu watched as this master of the prison army, who was originally bent on killing Geng Zhong, actually began to intercede for Geng Zhong, and he could guess from the injuries on his body. It just so happened that he also wanted to get off the donkey down the slope, so he ordered Geng Zhong to take his men and run towards Jinsha City.
On the road, taking advantage of the fact that there was no one beside him, Chang Poyu quietly asked Geng Zhong,
"Are you so sure those wolf riders won't just kill me?"
Geng Zhong didn't dare to hide it anymore, "When he saw the general on the mountain, he calculated the distance, and if he wanted to help, it was too late to stop the wolf cavalry from catching up with the general. Moreover, these wolf riders had the opportunity to kill the general directly with their spears. Geng Zhong suddenly felt that he had lost his mouth, and after pleading guilty, he continued to report,
"In order not to force those wolf riders, in order to reduce losses, some traps were arranged along the way. ”
Chang Poyu was actually very satisfied with Geng Zhong's operation, not only because he successfully saved himself, but also because, although he only annihilated fifty beast wolf riders, Chang Shengjun himself did not lose a single soldier or general.
Recalling that along the way, although Tianyao's lone army was tenacious, it was almost wiped out, and Chang Poyu couldn't help but sigh, thinking to himself, Geng Zhong's treacherous nature seems to be more suitable for surviving in the cruel land of Northern Xinjiang.
Geng Zhong is worthy of being the little rabbit cub brought out by that kid in Tangshan, if he was in Tianyao at the time, maybe Lu Kefa wouldn't have to die.
But there was no more time left for Chang Polu to sigh, after another rapid march, at the end of the far mountain road, another lonely city of Jinsha showed its outline under the slanting sun.
Chang Poyu wanted to rely on this isolated city to quickly gather forces to build a second line of defense, and at the same time, he also had to find a way to transmit the current 100,000 urgent military information back to the Great Xia Imperial Court thousands of miles away.