Chapter 53 Dismounting
On the top of the hillside, Di Lie knelt down on one knee, in a kneeling shooting position, and observed the rapidly approaching invading enemy through the scope of his sniper rifle.
If we count the straight-line distance, the distance between the two sides is about three miles. However, because there is a small forest at the foot of the mountain, the mountain road makes a small "C"-shaped bend. And this small bend extends the road by at least one mile.
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However, what Di Lie wanted to take advantage of at this time was not the extended distance, but that this corner could effectively slow down the cavalry. Moreover, there was a murderous intention hidden in that small forest.
Suddenly, Di Lie's expression became frightened, and he suddenly turned his head and shouted to Ah Shu who was weaving a "net bag" with branches and weeds behind him: "Don't worry about what you are holding, run to the woods as fast as possible and notify Zhang."
Rong, let go of the fleeing knights in front and pick up the pursuers behind."
Ah Shu was startled, but he quickly came to his senses: "Master is saying that those people are not coming for us, but are chasing the fugitives in front of us? But if that's the case, why do we need to carry them all across?"
Di Lie suppressed his anger and stared at this guy who still lacked the consciousness of a slave to a certain extent: "Because the fleeing knights in front are all dressed up as Song people, and those chasing behind are Jin soldiers! At this time, from this direction
, being chased by a large number of Jin soldiers, it is very likely that they are the group that attacked the Jin Army camp last night. Although they don't know that their attack has helped us a lot, but we know. You said,
How do we do that?”
Ah Shu hurriedly fell to the ground and apologized: "I understand, I'll go now." Then he turned around and ran down the mountain.
Di Lie continued to observe with the scope. Through the hazy smoke and dust, he could see about twenty riders galloping in front. These people wore large felt hats and green cloth trousers on the right side, and held simple
With swords, guns, bows and arrows, they desperately urged the horses that were almost frothing at their crotches to run wildly. The pursuing soldiers behind them were obviously dressed as gold soldiers, and the golden rat tails flying in the wind like snakes were gradually
It is extremely eye-catching under the clear sky.
It is true that the pursuers behind are Jin soldiers, but the fugitives in front are all covered with smoke, and their beards and hair are disheveled. Even in a scope with ten times magnification, their faces are difficult to distinguish. Di Lie's basis for identifying them as Song people is
The reason is that they dress on the right side - this is the most fundamental difference in clothing between farming people and nomadic peoples.
There was a huge disparity in the strength of the chasing and fleeing parties. The fugitives only had more than twenty cavalry, while the pursuers had no less than a hundred fine golden soldiers. And as the distance between some of the faster golden soldiers and the fugitives narrowed, they continued to separate.
Bows and arrows were fired, and the fugitives fell off their horses one after another. The strength comparison between the two sides continued to widen.
Although some fugitives turned around and reflected from time to time, and shooting with the wind also took some advantage. Unfortunately, in terms of mounted shooting, they were far from the golden soldiers who had been playing with bows and arrows on horseback since birth. As a result, not only did they not kill many
A golden soldier turned around to meet the enemy and relaxed his control of the horse. The golden soldier quickly caught up with him and shot down his horse with a burst of arrows.
In just such a short time, at least five or six fugitives fell off their horses and died, and the number of fugitives was less than twenty.
Di Lie secretly sighed, but in this situation, he couldn't do much to help, so he could only secretly work harder for them, hoping that they could still escape to that curve with their lives.
At this time, there was a rustle in the grass at Di Lie's feet, and Ah Shu jumped out with grass stalks all over his body, panting and wiping his sweat: "It's done, Chief Zhang Da already knows how to do it."
Di Lie nodded, said nothing, and continued to observe.
Ah Shu also focused his gaze on the distance. At this time, even without a scope, he could still see the looming horses and figures in the yellow mist less than two miles away.
After the fugitives left several more corpses behind, they finally escaped to the curve at the foot of the mountain. At this time, the fugitives could be seen obviously exhausted, swaying on their horses. And the golden soldiers chasing behind them were all
They are elite sentinels, each equipped with two horses, and can be exchanged for riding. This advantage is really obvious.
Di Lie estimated that if he hadn't inserted a shoulder, this group of fugitives would never have been able to escape three or four miles before being overtaken by the Jin soldiers and killed.
When this group of fugitives passed the bend, the leading knights kept looking into the grove, feeling a little moved. But in the end they gave up their plan to hide in this palm-sized grove and continued to gallop on their horses.
At this moment, the horse of the leading knight may have been too tired, or it may have rushed too sharply around the corner. Suddenly, the horse lost its front hoof, and the leading knight was violently thrown away.
As soon as the leading knight fell, more than ten riders behind him reined in their horses. One of them shouted: "Brother Guan, are you injured anywhere?"
Brother Guan struggled to hold himself up, his left foot was slightly lame, he shook his head and said: "I can't make it, my foot is broken, and the horse... I'm afraid it won't survive either. Brother Gao Liang, please take the brothers and escape quickly, I
Even if I die, I will stand in your way."
Brother Guan then took out his saber and looked at its shape. The blade was curved, the blade was wide, the spine was thick and the blade was thin. It was strong and strong, but it was a hand saber among the eight-color military knives of the Song Dynasty.
The knight named Gao Liang cried out sadly: "No! You are the second in command. If you don't leave, who can escape without permission?"
Brother Guan was about to say something, but then he sighed: "You can't escape now even if you want to, let's all fight to the death with the golden dog!"
But no, in just a short while, the pursuers of the Jin Army rushed to a distance of less than twenty steps from everyone. At such a distance, not to mention that the men and horses were exhausted, even if the men and horses had not lost their physical strength, they were absolutely
Unable to withstand the violent attack of the golden soldiers.
The fugitives looked at each other, dismounted one after another, drew their swords and bows resolutely, formed a semicircle, and assumed a fight to the death.
The Jin Army cavalry also slowed down their horses and gradually gathered together. Some lifted their bows and pulled the strings, adjusting the power of the bows. Some pulled out their scimitars and stretched out their black and yellow thickly coated tongues to lick the blades. Each one was covered with scars.
His ugly face showed the playful look of a cat chasing a mouse.
Just as the golden soldiers riding tall horses were approaching step by step under the pressure of dark clouds, a thunderbolt suddenly sounded, and the entire sky suddenly turned blood red...
Along the winding mountain road, the Jin Army cavalry, which gradually gathered like a long snake, was blown into two pieces by a burst of flames. Black smoke rose into the sky, and broken limbs were flying all over the sky. The blood of the men and horses was like
It was like throwing a huge boulder into the stinking ditch, and it splashed everywhere. The miserable howls of the dying men and horses made people feel as if they had walked into a Shura field.
Ah Shu, who was lying in the grass, saw this nightmare scene again, and his muscles couldn't stop convulsing. No one knew better than him the feeling of doomsday, as if the earth was shattering. He had also fought on the sidelines of this Shura field.
Fortunately, he survived. However, he also suffered from a sequelae, his ears would buzz from time to time. Thinking of this, Ah Shu couldn't help but glance in a certain direction, feeling stunned. He held the hand in his hand.
With such a terrifying thing, will this master be the Terminator of the Jurchens?
In just this one blow, the Jin soldiers were killed and more than 20 horsemen were injured. The others who were closer to the center of the explosion, whether they were people or horses, were in a dazed state. And those farther away from the periphery were in a dazed state.
Jin Bing was also frightened out of his wits by the violent sonic boom and concussion. He didn't even know that the weapon in his hand had dropped.
When a person is frightened, the immediate reaction is to be stunned, but when a war horse is so frightened, it turns into a frightened horse, which is about to run around like crazy. As a result, the entire Jin Army's cavalry team was in a mess, with people everywhere.
The war horses were jumping around wildly, kicking their hooves and shaking their buttocks. Most of these Jin Army elite riders, who were said to be able to sleep on their horses, were actually thrown off their horses.
At this time, several golden soldiers were carried by the roaring horses and plunged into the woods. As a result, the horses' eyes were scratched by the sharp branches. This made the situation worse. The violent horses shook and overturned their owners.
He came down, rushed into the woods, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
The Jin soldiers, who were dizzy after falling, managed to get up from the ground with difficulty, but were suddenly killed by two figures who suddenly appeared in the forest and cut their throats and disembowelled them with sharp wrist-opening knives.
There was an agile golden soldier who, when his horse went crazy, hugged a tree branch that was protruding from the tree in time and was not knocked down. Because he was condescending, the golden soldier witnessed this horrifying scene. In shock, he
Jumped down from the tree, turned around and ran away.
Suddenly a wrist-removing knife flew out of his hand and hit the golden soldier's shoulder. The golden soldier rolled over and struggled to get up. A figure rushed from behind and knocked the golden soldier to the ground.
Jia Hu!
Jia Hu rode on the back of Jin Bing and punched the kuntou. The Jin Bing was also a fierce soldier. Although he was beaten to a bloody head, he did not faint. Instead, he suddenly exerted force,
He flew Jia Hu off his back. Then he gritted his teeth and pulled out the scimitar from his waist, slashing it hard at Jia Hu who was getting up in a panic. Unexpectedly, a big hand stretched out from behind Jin Bing and grabbed him.
The knife's wrist was forced back, slitting his carotid artery...
Jia Hu glanced at the corpse with lingering fear and said with a wry smile: "I didn't expect these golden dogs to be so difficult to deal with. Fortunately, Dalang took action in time."
Zhang Rong exhaled a long breath and marveled: "That bag weighing more than ten kilograms is really impressive. In just one move, he killed more than twenty elite sentry riders with golden dogs. It was a certain family with a pestle.
If you go into battle, you won't be able to kill so many... Not only that, but you will also stir up a whole group of golden soldiers trying to defeat them. If you attack at this time..."
Jia Hu was startled when he heard this and said hurriedly: "Da Lang, you can't... If Leader Yang and the brothers hadn't left, they could have joined forces with the heroes outside the forest to charge forward, but now it's just the two of us.
people……"
"I know, it's a pity." Zhang Rong said as he picked up the Jin Bing's scimitar and chopped off the heads of the Jin soldiers he killed one by one.
At this time, Jia Hu took off a pair of bows and arrows from a golden soldier, took out an arrow from the quiver, broke off the arrowhead, then opened the bow and set an arrow to shoot at the leader named Brother Guan outside the woods.
Although Brother Guan and his group of escapees were not affected by the explosion, they were stunned by the earth-shattering noise. Brother Guan was in a daze when he was suddenly hit by an arrow. His whole body was shaken, and he finally came back to his senses.
I checked my body subconsciously and found everything was fine. Then I looked at the ground. Hey! The arrow was gone. I glanced towards the woods and vaguely saw a man wearing a left-cut Hu suit and a Song Dynasty bun doing hand gestures to me.
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Brother Guan's heart moved, and if he realized something, he immediately signaled to the brothers around him to retreat. In this way, one by one, and soon, the remaining ten fugitives retreated step by step into the woods. Then Zhang Rong and Jia Hu
At the signal, we quickly retreated to the foot of the mountain.
At this time, the Jin soldiers were busy calming the horses. Although they saw the prey fleeing, they were unable to stop them for a while. However, these elite Jin soldiers were also very determined. As long as the horses were not lost and the purge was completed, they could catch up with these animals.
Nanmanzi. After all, this section of the road is flat and there is no way to hide. Moreover, the prey now only have two legs, while they still have four or even eight legs.
It was under such circumstances that Brother Guan and his group of fugitives evacuated safely and disappeared at the other end of the woods under the noses of the pursuing Jin army.
Chapter completed!