Chapter 10: The Hunter and the Prey

The forest was quiet, we all had bows in hand, ready for battle, although we knew that it was unlikely that we would encounter the enemy, but good training allowed us to maintain the best military qualities, and everyone did their work unambiguously. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

The time of the half-pillar of incense passed quickly, and we could not wait for the colleagues we should have met, and the lame herald's face became more and more solemn, and he turned back to give a look, and one of the soldiers wisely beat his horse back to summon the message.

"The next step is for us to do a small horizontal search, along this direction. In the event of an enemy situation, the original plan will be implemented. "The lame man motioned for us to march along the left front of the woods.

The woodland in front of the left was not flat, it was not a regular patrol route, perhaps the lame herald had discovered something, and we were asked to silence and slow down while we searched.

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The bushes in the forest are getting denser and denser, and the horses have to take a few steps to advance, and the terrain is not suitable for the passage of large groups of enemy troops, so even if they encounter the enemy, they may be invaded by small groups.

It was great to be able to fight my first encounter in my life, I was not nervous, and I grabbed the bow and arrow in my hand with a little excitement.

Sure enough, the lame herald found that the small fruits hanging on the bushes in the forest began to fall one after another, and it seemed that something was scraped off when it passed quickly.

"Something!" the lame herald was shaken and ordered us to start moving forward at a faster pace, looking for traces to track down what was going on.

We began to trot, occasionally straddle the bushes.

At that moment, I experienced the thrill of being a hunter, especially the excitement on the eve of harvesting the prey, and I couldn't help but want to whip it up again.

The captain's personal soldiers may have not fought for a long time, and they were overly bored, but at this moment they were chasing forward regardless of the formation, and the one who ran to the front still lifted the reins, and rose into the air in a dashing manner, crossing a section of dead wood that had fallen to the ground.

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Shout~

A cold short whistling sound, the sound of arrows passing through the air, was short and crisp.

Generally hearing this sound means that either the arrow has swept around you, or it is a hit arrow.

There was no luck on the battlefield, and a handful of blood flowers appeared from the neck of the brother who was flying in the air in front, and an arrow had been fiercely inserted into his neck, bringing him to the side by inertia.

The image of blood floating in the air was deeply engraved in my heart.

At this moment, my heart was like a giant palm, struggling desperately but unable to move.

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Shout~

Shout~

Shout~

Shout~

This was followed by a series of breaking sounds.

"Be careful!" the old gunmaid who noticed that something was wrong shouted next to me, and pulled my shoulders early, easily pulling me from my horse to her horse, and with a flip of her hand, the big iron pot behind me instantly covered the two of us.

Then I heard the muffled sound of bows and arrows entering the flesh, the clanging of bows and arrows hitting iron pots, and the shouts of lame heralds.

The old spear girl pulled the horse's head and turned a sharp turn, and after turning around, the iron pot turned around and blocked behind her, and then galloped a short way to the way she came.

The wind was whistling, and my consciousness gradually began to regain clarity, and I saw that I was still lying on the back of the horse, and the old girl lifted me by the shoulder and lifted me to the horse.

"It doesn't matter to you," the old gun girl asked calmly.

I gasped for breath, my temples were bulging and aching, and I hurriedly turned my head to look behind me before I could reply.

"Don't be afraid, we fell into a small ambush, and the other party has three or two kittens, which is estimated to be a sentry. They were all in the trees, and we couldn't catch up, and we were out of range of the bow and arrow. The old girl explained to me calmly, and even stopped, turning the horse's head again so that I could check on the situation.

We were a little away from the place of the incident, and when we looked at it from a distance, we did find that there were three or four figures still left in the trees, which should be the enemy soldiers mentioned by the old gungirl.

Under the tree there were two ownerless horses in circles, and one lay on the ground, which was our war horse, and two companions were shot.

The two colleagues who were hit by the arrow were lying on the ground, and one of them was hit by the arrow in the neck and did not move, and it was estimated that he was sacrificed. The other one didn't seem to hit the point, and was still struggling on the ground.

The lame herald and the mute herald both dodged the cold arrows, which should be the quality they have cultivated in long-term battles, and a few of them left the range of the cold arrows after a few circles, and when they saw that we were fine, they patted their horses to meet me and the old spear girl.

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"Are you all right?" asked the lame herald as soon as he came to us, his eyes shining thoughtfully at the old spear girl.

This round of cold arrows came very suddenly, because they were shot from trees, and it was much more difficult to guard against them than if they were shot on flat ground. Cripple people, as the captain's personal soldiers, can only dodge after a hundred battles, if they are replaced by ordinary horses, it is estimated that many people will be planted in this time.

Although the old gun girl and I were at the back of the line, she reacted so quickly and effectively and saved me at the same time, which was unexpected by the lame people.

"Master~" The cripple sighed, not knowing whether to praise the old spear girl or the enemy.

Without waiting for me to speak, the lame herald quickly made arrangements: "Dumb, you escort vigorously back, and the rest of the people are ready to snatch the wounded brother back." ”

I reflexively shook my head, signaling that I didn't want to go back and wanted to go to war.

As soon as the lame herald wanted to speak, the old spear girl interrupted him: "If you don't want to go back, stay here, he has good archery and riding skills, and besides, he can't suffer with me." Time is short, and if they have a secret outpost, it means that they have follow-up troops, and I can help if I stay here. ”

It may be that the master style of the old gun girl just now conquered the cripple, and he didn't insist that I go back first, waved his hand to let the dumb go back alone to interrogate, and then arranged for another person to go around to investigate in a circle, before turning his head to observe the situation carefully.

"They are masters, how did they climb the tree? There are only three or four people, and they shouldn't have come to ambush us. The companion next to him chimed in.

"They're not ordinary scouts, they're supposed to be the sentry guards, and we just happened to crash in. The lame herald observed and said, "I guess they didn't think that there were so many of us who could dodge their cold arrows." ”

"They had just blown their whistle to inform their companion to come back...... It's strange, it stands to reason that if they can't shoot us with a round of arrows, they should have to get off the tree and run away now? This is not their defense zone, it's very unreasonable..."

"It's really wrong, there are only two possibilities, either their large army will come to help immediately, or we have entered the encirclement, and they are not worried that we will be able to escape, so it will be dangerous for the dumb to go back alone. Another companion chimed in.

"What do you think?" said the old Gunmaiden looked at me with a smile, as if to see how reflexes I could make.

There was no room for distraction on the battlefield, so I forced myself to restore calm, and then followed their train of thought and analyzed: "It is unlikely to be surrounded, first: if a large army invades, it is impossible for us to immediately wind several groups of people who have not been able to send a warning signal back to the cavalry camp, at least there is still a chance to pull the arrows." Second, yesterday's patrol was still very normal, and today we didn't find any traces of a large invasion along the way, and if a large army came in today, how would they remove the traces? So I think it's just a small group of people coming in. ”

"I agree with Dali, since it's only a small group of enemy troops, then let's save people first. Everyone get ready, wait and grab people, the three of them shoot around the back on the left, vigorously and the girl drag back to shoot to cover, and the rest of the people use sideways horses with my right wing to save people, pull people back immediately, don't rub in, the other party is a master. The cripple immediately arranged the task, and he thought that with the advantage of numbers, the scouts of the Great Qing Empire had no reason to avoid the war.