Chapter 15: The Great Chase and Escape I

Sure enough, soon, the sound of horses' hooves could be heard in the distance, and it was getting denser and closer. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The situation is critical, and this official road will be besieged from both sides at any time. I grabbed Xuan Si and said, "Go to the mountain." Xuan Si nodded, and the two of us started their light work and headed towards the mountain to the west.

The horses' hooves rumbled, and the officers and men of the brigade were already in sight. Xuan Qi and I even sped up, and we were already on the mountain road. The mountain road was not rough, the mountain was gentle, and the cavalry soon shortened the distance, and dozens of horsemen took the lead in bending their bows and arrows, and the arrows began to fly towards us. A force of cavalry had already divided into two lines, and surrounded them on both sides.

Xuan Si and I have risen and fallen a few times, and we have already turned the corner of the mountain, and the arrows behind us cannot threaten us for the time being.

The two of us did not dare to slow down, but rushed forward with all our strength, and there would be a glimmer of hope when we rushed out before the cavalry encircled. Only by rushing over this lower hill and up the higher hill in front of them would the cavalry lose its advantage.

Soon the cavalry on both sides had reached the bottom of the hill and began to charge towards the hillside. As I ran, I observed that the hill on the left was steeper and should be some distance away before we broke out of the ridge and would not pose much of a threat, while the hill on the right was gentler and the cavalry would certainly be in front of us before we rushed out. Now the only way to slow down the cavalry was to find a way to slow it down.

I saw that there were large and small stones everywhere on the mountain, and shouted: "Stone! right!" Xuan Si had already understood, and hit a stone of more than 100 catties with one palm. The stone rumbled down the hillside, tumbling all the way, and smashed into a cavalry horse that had rushed halfway up the mountain. Suddenly, the people turned on their backs and made a mess, and the cavalry behind hurriedly reined in their horses to dodge.

In this way, Xuan Si and I ran wildly, pushing or smashing all the way, and the large and small stones kept rolling down the hillside on the right.

In this way, the speed was much slower, but the pursuers behind him had already caught up. Fortunately, the mountain road is narrow, and it is only allowed to ride a horse.

The cavalry in front of him was already bending his bow and arrows at this time, and with a bang, an arrow shot over and flew past Xuan Si's side. Xuansi was furious, picked up a fist-sized stone, and smashed it towards the cavalry, but it was right in the middle of the door. The cavalry screamed and fell off his horse, and the cavalry following behind tried to avoid it, but it was too late, and the horse's hooves fell directly on the cavalry who fell to the ground. A terrible scream seemed to be more than lucky.

After a while, the cavalry on the hillside on the right had already rushed up, getting closer and closer to us. The cavalry on the left hillside saw that the horses could not rush up for a while, so they dismounted one after another, drew their swords and rushed up the mountain beam.

I smashed a small stone with one palm, grabbed the gravel with both hands, and a celestial maiden scattered flowers and threw it at the cavalry on the right who was about to rush up the mountain beam. In the midst of the screams, several horses and horses had fallen with their horses, and there was a great chaos on the hillside.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, I shouted, "Hurry up!" and I had already rushed over the last section of the mountain beam, using my hands and feet together, and climbed the slope full of strange rocks. I turned around and popped out a pebble and hit the fast horse that was chasing after Xuansi, and the horse neighed, its front hooves weakened, and it fell to its knees. Xuan Si saw the opportunity and jumped up.

The two of us turned and fled towards the mountain. The mountain is even steeper, and the horses can no longer rush up.

At this time, many cavalry had gathered on the mountain beam, and a group of officers and soldiers dismounted one after another, shouting to draw their swords and rush upward. Some officers and soldiers untied their bows and arrows and shot them at the mountain.

Suddenly arrows rained down. I pulled Xuan Si behind a boulder before I dodged it. Fearing that they might hurt their own people, they put away their bows and arrows one after another, drew their swords and rushed up.

Xuan Si and I pushed a boulder hard and rolled it down. As the boulder rolled, it hit the blocking rocks and splashed countless pieces of rubble. Along the way, the officers and soldiers shouted to dodge, and some were hit by boulders and gravel blocks that could not dodge. The sound of screams, shouts, and the sound of stones colliding and rolling were mixed together, and the officers and men were suddenly in chaos.

I took the opportunity to distance myself from Xuansi. In this way, while running and pushing boulders, you must also pay attention to dodging the random arrows fired by officers and soldiers from time to time, and you have stopped and walked, and you have already crossed the mountainside, and scattered snow has begun to appear.

The officers and soldiers in the back suffered the loss of the rolling stones, but they also learned to be obedient and scattered all over the mountains. Xuan Si and I saw that the rolling stones were useless, and we were just trying to climb upwards at the moment.

The snow is getting thicker and the climb is becoming more and more difficult. The distance between the pursuers was also slowly widened, and the number of people became smaller and smaller. There were no more arrows, and the pursuers who were chasing closer had apparently finished shooting all the arrows.

The pressure on Xuan Si and I suddenly decreased, and the distance between us and the pursuers became wider and wider.

The sun was setting in the west, and Xuan Si and I finally climbed to the top of the mountain, only to see the mountains towering and snow-capped. And our escape has only really begun.

There were only a dozen or so pursuers left behind us, following us from afar. Xuan Si and I were already tired and hungry, but the dry food in the bag was exhausted, but it was too late to buy it today. At that moment, I had to grab a few handfuls of snow to satisfy my hunger, and dragged my heavy footsteps towards the deep mountains.

At this time, it was completely dark, the north wind was blowing, and the pursuers behind him were gone. In this icy and snowy night, I couldn't find a place to sleep for a while. Xuan Si and I could only find a larger stone in a pine forest and rest against the stone wall.

The two were hungry, tired, and cold, and they were worried that the officers and soldiers would catch up, so they had to be vigilant at will, and they did not dare to sleep too soundly. I woke up like this, woke up, but I couldn't fall asleep anyway.

The eastern sky had begun to turn white, and I could see a little farther away. Xuansi and I embarked on the road of escape again, and the pine forest in front of us was endless, but we could only keep moving forward.

He staggered and didn't know how long he walked, but he didn't meet his pursuers. The sky slowly became gloomy, the wind howled, and the clouds became thicker and thicker, as if it was going to snow.

I climbed up a mountain beam again, and saw a white ribbon under the mountain beam from a distance, which went around the mountain and saw no end in sight. Xuan Si and I couldn't help but be overjoyed, this is a frozen river. We ran like crazy to the bottom of the hill.

I don't know how many times I fell in the snow, but Gensi and I finally arrived at the river. Xuan Si picked up the long sword in his hand and was about to stab it into the ice, but I hurriedly grabbed her hand and said, "Don't use the sword, it will break! ”

I turned around and found a rock with an acute angle from the hillside and threw it down into the ice. After dozens of strokes, a hole was finally smashed out of the thick ice, and a large fish more than a foot long jumped out and fluttered on the ice, followed by another one. The ice cave is getting smaller and smaller, but there are already more than a dozen big fish jumping up.

Xuan Si and I didn't dare to make a fire, so we could only simply process the fish and use our swords to cut the fish flesh one by one and send it to our mouths. Although it still has a great fishy smell, it can barely be swallowed.

When I was full, I filled the bag full of dry food with fish, and I was not afraid that the fish would spoil because it was freezing in the cold. For fear of being discovered by the pursuers, Xuansi and I didn't dare to walk directly from the river, so we had to go into the deep mountains and old forests again.

At this time, there were snowflakes in the sky, and sure enough, it was snowing. I estimated that the hour was already past noon, and I had to find a place to shelter from the wind and snow as soon as possible to spend the night.

Climbing over another mountain beam, we finally found a swarthy hole in a cliff, two or three feet above the ground. I used my hands and feet together, climbed up first, took out a fire fold and lit it, and walked in, and it turned out to be a natural cave.

The cave is not too big, about a dozen zhang deep. Xuan Si and I looked around, and there were no traces of wild beasts living in the cave, so I was even more relieved at the moment.

On this day, I didn't even meet the pursuers, and Xuan Si and I had a rare good sleep.