The war horse seemed to understand Xiao Dalin's thoughts, and it strode forward with its hooves, like the wind and lightning. Not long after, it carried him and arrived at the Xiaoqing River east of Mijiaji.
This section is very close to the ferry, but there are no beaches or mudflats, and the river is far below the normal ground. A long way away, Xiao Dalin saw Xiao Shiliu, the scout team he had sent earlier, chasing after him along the river bank.
Reluctant to give up. While chasing, he kept shooting arrows towards the river.
"Xiao Twenty-Two, go call people, stop putting out the fire, and come here to kill Song Dog!" Xiao Dalin immediately judged that Xiao Shiqi had found the target, and gave the order decisively before any scouts rushed over to report to him.
Immediately, while riding his horse and continuing to approach the river bank, Xiao Dalin quickly took off the riding bow from behind the saddle, strung the arrow, and stretched the bow arms into a half-moon shape.
The horse's hooves were very fast, and in just a few clicks, they arrived at the shore. A twenty-material super large ship that had just left the ferry and was going down the river immediately appeared in front of Xiao Dalin's eyes.
Xiao Shiqi led more than ninety Liao scouts and fired arrows at the big ship. Some people on the big ship also drew their bows and fought back. However, because of the strong wind on the river, the arrows fired by both sides were all killed before they could reach the target.
It was blown to pieces.
"Get out of the way!" Xiao Dalin roared, letting go of the bow and arrow. Then, without even looking at it, he threw the riding bow to the ground, dismounted, and quickly opened his right hand back, "Xiao San, take the iron arm bow.
Give me!"
"Yes!" Someone in the team of soldiers who had been riding closely behind Xiao Dalin agreed loudly. He took a five-foot-long giant bow from his back and handed it to Xiao Dalin with both hands.
In his hand, he quickly handed over an armor-piercing awl with a shovel-head-shaped arrow bundle.
"Song dog, don't leave!" Xiao Dalin ran a few steps along the road, yelled, stopped his feet, nocked an arrow and opened his bow to shoot. There was only a crisp sound of "bang", and the armor-piercing awl flew away from the string.
After a full sixty paces, we came to a side sail on the left rear of the ship.
Most of the sails of this era were made of bamboo strips or reeds. They were light and cheap, but far from strong. When hit by the shovel-head arrow of an armor-piercing awl, the surface of the left rear side sail of the big ship was
A huge hole was immediately torn open.
The big ship swayed and its course immediately began to deflect. The sailors on the ship were shocked and quickly lowered the left and right side sails at the same time.
Before the helmsman could adjust the bow of the ship, Xiao Dalin shot another arrow, with a "click" sound, tearing open a large hole in the main sail that was fully four feet long.
"Push your horse into the water and kill all the Song dogs on the boat!" Xiao Dalin succeeded in two consecutive blows, and his spirits were high. He raised his voice and shouted the order. "Anyone who dares to go into the water will be rewarded with two ingots, and he will be promoted to a general."
"Yes!" the soldiers agreed, and they all mobilized their mounts to rush towards the river. At the risk of drowning, they were carried by war horses and floated towards the ship.
Most of the Liao soldiers were not proficient in water, but war horses were born with the ability to swim. In the blink of an eye, a Liao soldier was carried by his mount and swam thirty steps away from the ship. While quickly removing his armor to lighten his load,
At the same time, he took out the knife and bit it in the water, preparing to board the ship and fight for his life.
Xiao Dalin, on the other hand, quickly put a long arrow with a kerosene ball on the bowstring, ran along the river bank for a few steps, drew the bow again and shot.
This time, his accuracy was slightly off. However, the rocket still landed on the deck of the ship, instantly splashing countless sparks around.
"Put out the fire!" Zhang Shouzhong was so anxious that he didn't bother to explain to Han Qing the reason for his late arrival. He personally rushed over with a bucket of river sand and covered the rocket and the surrounding sparks.
"Everyone, be careful. The person coming is Xiao Dalin, a fierce general of the Liao Kingdom. He is holding Yang Wudi's Iron Arm Bow. Yang Wudi was captured by him with his tricks back then. In the end, he committed suicide on a hunger strike!" Yang Xu!
With sharp eyes, he recognized the identity of this person from the giant bow held by Xiao Dalin, and reminded him hoarsely. (Note: Yang Wudi, also known as Yang Jiye, also known as Yang Chonggui.)
Immediately, regardless of his injuries, he grabbed his usual horn bow and ran to the left side of the ship, "Old thief, don't be so rampant, Yang is here!"
"Don't move. If the wound bursts, you will never go to the battlefield again in your life!" Before he could regain his footing, Han Qing quickly chased after him and held down his shoulders.
"Be careful! Squat down quickly, his target is you!" A clear female voice sounded immediately. In an instant, Han Qinghan's hair stood on end.
Without hesitation, he pressed Yang Xu's shoulders and quickly squatted down. There was a loud "bang" sound, and another armor-piercing awl was shot into the cabin behind him, penetrating up to two inches.
Jin Xiaochen and three soldiers rushed over with a shield each, blocking Han Qing and Yang Xu firmly behind the shields.
The woman who made the sound quickly stepped forward, snatched the horn bow from Yang Xu's hand, drew the string and shot toward the shore.
She has excellent shooting skills. Once she gets started, she can hit three arrows in a row. However, as a woman, her arm strength is inferior to that of Yang Xu and Han Qing. The arrows she shot did not reach Xiao Dalin before they could reach her.
, was blown off course by the river wind, and fell crookedly on the muddy ground beside the latter.
"Ji Ming, don't waste your time. He can't sink such a big ship even if he exhausts himself to death!" Han Qing finally had a chance to breathe, and gave Yang Xu another hand, whispering instructions.
Immediately, he turned his head and quickly raised his hand towards the woman who was shooting arrows, "Nvxia Ye, thank you very much. Please shoot the enemy soldiers chasing after you in the river to prevent them from getting closer. Leave other matters to me!"
"Okay!" Ye Qinglian agreed, turned the bow arm and aimed towards the river.
It was she who had made a sound in Mijiaji to remind Han Qing to set fire.
After boarding the ship, she felt guilty because of Dou Rong's presence, so she kept hiding in the cabin and refused to show her face.
But at this moment, seeing Han Qing in danger, she no longer cared about avoiding anything. She opened her horn bow and shot two arrows in a row, killing a Liao cavalryman who was closest to the ship in the river.
"Zhang Shouzhong, lower the sail and let the boat drift away with the current. No matter how slow the current is, it can still run faster than a person, and it can last!" Han Qing nodded to her, and then continued to give loud instructions.
After Zhang Shouzhong heard his order, he immediately had a backbone. He handed the fire-extinguishing sand bucket to his brothers, quickly adjusted his countermeasures, and directed the sailors to lower all the sails and let the ship drift with the current.
Without the sail to catch the wind, the speed of the ship was obviously slowed down. However, Xiao Dalin, who was standing on the shore, also lost his best aiming target.
Although the cronies under his command were all brave and fearless, they ultimately lacked independence when being carried by war horses to chase ships. Except for a few people who had some knowledge of water, the rest of them could not guarantee the direction at all and went into the river.
After that, it can only be carried by the mount and sink and float.
But the few Liao cavalrymen who had some water skills could not fire their bows and arrows in the water. Standing on the deck, Ye Qinglian condescendingly shot two or three arrows each and sent them back to their hometown one after another.
"Come here, hurry up and send the order downstream. No matter who it is or what means are used. Anyone who stops this ship will be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold. The Xiao family of Daliao will never forget his virtue of helping!" As he watched, the ship
At a slow and constant speed, he distanced himself again. Xiao Dalin was so angry that he shouted orders at the top of his voice.
"Yes!" the soldiers agreed, jumped on their mounts, and went along the river bank to pass the order downstream.
Xiao Dalin himself ran a few more steps and put the last armor-breaking awl on the bow arm.
He knew that his arrow had no chance of killing Han Qing. However, he could not swallow the bad feeling that his enemy had slipped away from him.
Therefore, no matter whether this arrow hits or not, he must shoot it to vent his hatred.
"My lord, be careful!" Just when the bow arm was fully drawn, several soldiers suddenly shouted and rushed up, throwing him to the ground and rolling him quickly.
"Boom!" The next moment, a crossbow gun landed five feet away from Xiao Dalin's previous foothold, exploding into a cloud of smoke and dust!