"If I had known this, I shouldn't have allowed the Song thief to come to this troubled water!" With some regret, Liu Siduan jumped on his horse and continued to chase Han Qing with Xiao Dalin.
Because they had been delayed for a long time just now, it took them a full quarter of an hour this time before they finally saw Han Qing's back again.
On the opposite side of a small river that was fifteen to six feet wide, he was holding a big black horse and standing side by side with two women. From the looks of it, he was not running for his life at all, but taking advantage of the opportunity.
"General Manager, there is a trap. Han must have set up a trap on the bridge." The scout leader, who had been ordered to follow Han Qing, immediately stepped forward to report to Xiao Dalin, his voice full of fatigue and fear, "They have crossed the river.
It took a while, but the bridge was blocked with bows and arrows. My subordinates organized the brothers to attack several times, but failed to succeed."
"Hmm -" Xiao Dalin's brows immediately wrinkled into a knot. His eyes quickly glanced at the wooden bridge, and sure enough, on the narrow bridge, he saw a few blood stains and the two corpses of the scouts who had not been able to snatch them back.
There were only three people on the other side of the river, and two of them were women. However, more than thirty elite scouts were unable to move forward even half a step. Normally, Xiao Dalin would have been furious when he saw his subordinates being so useless.
But today, he didn't feel that the scouts had embarrassed him at all. He turned around and looked to both sides, and asked again in a deep voice, "Is there no other way to cross the river? I don't think the river is very wide. If I can find a suitable
Go around the location..."
"I have searched for ten miles upstream and downstream, but there is no second bridge. The river is indeed not wide, but the river banks are steep, and the river beach is three feet high from the ground." The scout leader was very capable and gave the answer without thinking.
"Hmm -" Xiao Dalin pondered and rode his horse forward slowly. He walked to the river bank and leaned down to scan down. Sure enough, he saw that the river beach was extremely low and the river bank was as steep as a wall.
This is a very common landform in the plains north of the Yellow River. When the autumn floods come, the river water surges, washing the river banks extremely steeply. When winter enters the dry season, the river surface narrows, the water level drops sharply, and the river beaches and the ground on both sides
, there is a huge gap.
This kind of terrain, let alone riding a horse through the water, can break the horse's legs just by jumping from the river bank to the river beach. And detouring south to north, back and forth for more than 20 miles, after bypassing, Xiao
Darin wasn't sure if he could still bite his target.
"Let's just divide the troops into two groups. The general manager is here to attract Han's attention. I will lead the brothers to find a suitable place to go around and block him from behind!" Liu Siduan was not sure how many fire bombs Han Qing still had in his hand, so he left
He came to Xiao Dalin's side and suggested in a low voice.
"No, there are only three people on his side!" Xiao Dalin shook his head decisively to reject, and then began to assign tasks to the subordinates around him, "Xiao Qian, take your two brothers, dismount and seize the bridge. Xiao Feng, adjust the divine arm
Come over with your bow and suppress the other side, don't give Han the chance to throw fire and thunder bombs."
"Yes!" Xiao Qian, the commander of the soldiers, and Xiao Feng, the commander of the soldiers, immediately agreed to act as ordered. Not long after, ten burly men carrying divine arm bows were transferred to the bridge.
The Divine Arm Bow was a weapon donated by Xia King Li Jiqian a few years ago to seek support from the Liao Dynasty. It has a range of more than three hundred steps and can penetrate iron armor within fifty steps. (Note: The Divine Arm Bow can shoot through iron armor within fifty steps.
, that is, the improved Qingzhang Crossbow. Historical records record that it was originally made by Dangxiang people.)
It's just that it's quite troublesome to operate. It requires a strong man to sit on the ground and use his feet to open the bow arm, and another strong man to help load the crossbow.
Therefore, the Liao army carried the Divine Arm Bow, which could not be used in mounted combat. The Divine Arm Bow could only be raised when the enemy dismounted and formed a defensive formation to deliver a fatal blow to the enemy.
Han Qingnai was a general and had led troops to confront the Liao Eastern Route Army for several months. How could he not know the power of the Divine Arm Bow?
Seeing the strong men sitting on the ground stringing the divine arm bows, they immediately drove the horses away, and then took Dou Rong and Ye Qinglian with them and quickly hid their bodies behind the bridge-suppressing stone beast at the head of the bridge.
After the strong men finished loading the divine arm bows, they stood up and looked for the target. Where could they find it? All they saw was an empty bridge deck and two huge bridge-holding stone beasts on the other side.
The God's Arm Bow is powerful, but it can only be used for direct shooting and cannot deal with targets hiding behind obstacles. When Xiao Qian, the commander of the personal soldiers, saw this, he immediately changed his tactics. "Everyone, raise your shields, get on the bridge, and rush over directly. Capture them alive."
Han Qing!"
"Yes!" The Khitan warriors under his command agreed, and immediately picked up a two-foot-square shield designed for riding, and quickly rushed onto the bridge.
Xiao Feng and ten strong men held up five divine arm bows to cover. As long as Han Qing dared to show his head, he would immediately shoot him through.
It was too late, but it was so fast. In the blink of an eye, Xiao Qian led a hundred Khitan warriors and rushed to two-thirds of the bridge. The dark figure quickly blocked the sight of the divine arm archer.
At this moment, Han Qing, Dou Rong, and Ye Qinglian suddenly appeared from behind the bridge-suppressing beast. They first shook the fire stick in their hands towards Xiao Dalin who was watching the battle on the other side, and then ran away.
"Blow the trumpet and order Xiao Qian to slow down and be careful of the trap at the end of the bridge!" Suddenly remembering the scout's reminder, Xiao Dalin decisively gave instructions to his cronies.
He has been in the army for many years and has rich experience. The traps in his memory are only snagging ropes, pits, crossbows, nail boards and the like. Therefore, he firmly believes that as long as his soldiers slow down and fight steadily, they can discover and resolve the traps in time.
Xiao Qian, the commander of the soldiers under his command, did live up to his trust. Before the horn sounded, he had already ordered the team to slow down, and then sent two dead soldiers ahead to slowly explore the road, just in case.
All responses were satisfactory, but they had forgotten why Xiao Pai'an and others died.
Before the two dead soldiers who were exploring the road could reach the vicinity of the bridge-holding mythical beast, fire suddenly shone under the bridge deck. Then, there was a loud "boom" and half of the bridge deck rose into the air.
"Shhhhhhhh-" The war horse under Xiao Dalin's crotch screamed and raised its front hooves, knocking him to the ground. Almost all the horses around him made similar movements, knocking off the Khitan warrior on his back.
, screaming and running away in all directions.
The ground heaved and trembled, and could not regain its calmness for a long time. Xiao Dalin was thrown so hard that stars appeared in his eyes, and he held his head with both hands to prevent being trampled by the horse's hooves.
The soldiers around him also ignored each other, holding their heads and curling up into a ball. It wasn't until the echoes of the explosion dissipated that someone finally recovered, crawled to his commander and helped him up.
"Damn it, damn it!" Xiao Dalin was frightened and ashamed, and cursed angrily.
At this moment, he also somewhat believed that Xiao Chuo's accusations against Han Qing might not be malicious rumors.
There are endless killing moves that make it difficult for people to guard against. If Han Qing hadn't been reincarnated and experienced calamity, where would he have learned it?
"Bridge, bridge..." Liu Siduan got up from the ground half a beat slower than Xiao Dalin, pointed at the river bank and shouted loudly.
Xiao Dalin turned his head when he heard the sound and looked at the wooden bridge. He saw that the bridge deck, which was more than thirty feet long, had collapsed by at least twenty feet.
The soldiers he had previously sent to seize the bridge, including the commander Xiao Qian, were all missing.
