Chapter 4 Zuixiang (Mikami) Although the group of pursuers in Zuixiang were determined to capture Li Xu and others, they did not lose their due composure. When they saw the people in front suddenly stopped to bend their bows and arrows, they were also one hundred and fifty steps away from the opponent.
The shooting range of the horse-headed cavalry bow is shorter than that of the foot bow. One hundred and fifty steps is already a very safe distance. Although there have been masters of cavalry archery in the grasslands and the Central Plains who can kill people with arrows from three hundred steps away,
But those people are heroes who come once in a thousand years. In the eyes of Xi Ren, the four shepherds and two and a half-year-old boys opposite are obviously not among them.
"Little brother, we don't have any ill intentions. We just went to drink tea in your felt bag as promised! Didn't you say that the camp is near Crescent Lake? Why are you running far away!" The leader of the Xiren scouts who led the team was the one who had been there before.
The man who had greeted Li Xu and others at Yueya Lakeside had his identity revealed, but he still put on a pleasant posture.
"Shameless ridicule, don't think we are as stupid as you, knowing that there is a trap in front of you and still jumping into it?" Duer yelled. Recently, Xu Dayan was often seen helping the tribe to train troops. He already knew the duties of a scout in an army.
Why did Xu Dayan put forward very stringent conditions when selecting scouts for the Zhulin Alliance Army? Those who can serve as scouts in the army must not only choose good cavalry, but also be ruthless. Scouts must encounter large groups of enemy troops while exploring the road.
If you run away without fighting and encounter enemy civilians or sentinels, you need to kill them all to protect your side's whereabouts with this brutal method.
From Suotou Shuiliu Lang to the nearby Xi tribe, they sent so many scouts to explore the way, which means that their large army must not be far away, so their whereabouts cannot be leaked to passers-by under any circumstances. The so-called drinking tea,
They just wanted to capture everyone at the minimum cost. The few shepherds knew that their chances of returning home alive today were very slim, so they were not as scared as they were at the beginning. Now that they heard Duer scolding him happily, they also started to curse at the top of their lungs.
The grassland people usually have little communication with people and do not have a rich vocabulary, so they do not use many curses. They are just scolding and ridiculing people for not having the courage. They were kicked out of their homes by the Turks like dogs. They did not dare to retaliate, but went crazy to find other tribes.
Just biting randomly
The leader of the team, Xi Ren, learned from the other party's curse words that his identity had been revealed, so he adjusted his formation slowly and calmly. When Duer ran out of words, he responded with a smile:
"Now that you know we are here to fight, why are you trying to escape and surrender? For the sake of your cleverness, I promise not to kill you. We have twenty-eight people and you only have four men and two children. How can we beat you?
Neither of them will win. As for those two women, do you think I won't be able to catch up with them after delaying for such a short time?"
After saying that, he pointed at the empty saddled war horse behind him, signaling Aslan and others to see clearly that his side had enough horses for the relay. No matter how fast the two women from the Xi tribe ran, some of them would be trapped and their horses were exhausted.
"Advance, give him an arrow!" Xu Dayan ordered in a low voice. The opponent's arrogance was really arrogant. Let Li Xu, a man who can shoot from a long distance, shoot him with an arrow. No matter whether it hits or misses, it is enough to make this person no longer dare.
Underestimating your own resistance
Li Xu had long been itching with hatred. With his young mind and poor thinking, he didn't even consider that the Xi people's tribes were preparing their troops in order to sneak attack the Suo Tou Xi Department. All he was thinking about was what the leader of the Xi people's scouts on the opposite side was going to do.
Deceiving yourself, why did you pursue him so hard afterwards? When you heard Xu Dayan’s order, he raised his hand and shot out an arrow.
The leader of the Xiren scouts who was trying to persuade him to surrender did not expect that the opponent would shoot at will at a distance of 150 steps. When he heard the sound of arrows breaking through the air, he tried to lead his horse to dodge, but it was too late, so he waved the horse reins in his hand to pull the soft reins of the arrow shafts.
How could he possibly move Li Xu's hateful shot? The arrow was slightly deflected and pierced into his shoulder with a "pop" sound.
"Ah!" The scout leader screamed and fell off his horse. When the other scouts saw it, they immediately drew out their scimitars and rushed over with roars.
"First round, shoot!" Xu Dayan ordered
Li Xu followed the instructions taught by Uncle Jiu, quickly nocked an arrow, and shot another arrow. This time, his feathered arrow missed, grazing the top of the enemy's leather hat and flew over. Duer, his partner, was experienced, and he knew that he was not there.
He was sure of hitting someone a hundred steps away, so he traced the feather arrow on the opponent's horse. The Xi Ren scout who was charging at the front was brandishing his sword and shouting. The horse under his crotch suddenly let out a mournful cry and fell to the ground with a long hiss.
The scout on horseback was caught off guard and was thrown far away. His body shrank into a ball and rolled back and forth on the snow in pain. He was about to die.
"Second round, shoot!" Seeing that the enemy had already rushed within eighty steps, Xu Dayan gave the order in a deep voice.
Ba Ximi and Cai Diotai's arrow skills were not weak either. One hit a man, and the other hit a scout who was charging forward on horseback. In an instant, two more were killed, and the rest still rushed forward, shouting.
But it gradually became weaker
"Third round, shoot!" Xu Dayan raised his hand and fired an arrow, hitting the opponent's horse head with one arrow. Aslan's feathered arrow was accurate and hard, and shot into the throat of a galloping scout, but the tip of the arrow came from
The other person's back of the neck is exposed
The horses' heads of Li Xu and others were originally pointing in the direction of their own tribe. After three rounds of shooting, without waiting for Xu Dayan's greeting, everyone clamped down on the horse's belly and ran away for their life. They turned their heads and fired arrows at the scouts. Although there were no arrows in the rush,
He missed the accuracy of firing the bow while standing still, but turned his head and fired back, taking advantage of both the wind direction and the horse's speed. If seen from a distance, the Xiren scouts chasing after Li Xu and others seemed to be actively chasing Li Xu and others.
The tip of the arrow came close, even though it was not hit, it still frightened and hurriedly
Some scouts cursed and bent their bows and fired back, but it was difficult to aim against the wind. The mounts of Li Xu and others were accelerating forward again. Their arrows often failed to reach them and were already blown away by the wind.
The scouts chased for three or five miles, unable to catch up with Li Xu and others, and unable to worry about their leader, so they retreated angrily. Xu Dayan immediately ordered everyone to slow down their escape speed, and let Li Xu's mount walk slowly to restore his strength.
Although the arrow hit the target unexpectedly, it did not kill anyone. After the scouts recovered their minds from the shock, they would definitely ride their horses to chase them. If everyone struggled with them on the road for a moment, they would be able to save the lives of the two girls.
Get one more chance to escape
The situation changed as expected. Half an hour later, the sound of horse hooves sounded again behind everyone. This time the scouts no longer tried to persuade Li Xu and others to surrender, but divided into two groups, one rushing straight towards them and the other diagonally.
He was heading north to intercept them, obviously intending to annihilate them all in one battle.
"We don't care about the outflanking in front. We'll first shoot a few arrows at the pursuers behind us and then slash these bastards with our swords to scatter them and grab the horses!" Xu Dayan estimated the number and distance of the opponent and whispered.
Order
The last thing the scout leader should do is to expose the total number of his own side in his pride. In the previous battle, including the one Li Xu shot and injured, at least six of the twenty-eight scouts could no longer join the battlefield.
The twenty-two people below were divided into two groups, and the number of people in each group would not exceed fifteen. They calculated the horse speed of Xu Dayan and others, divided their troops into two groups, chased and intercepted all the way, but Xu Dayan wanted to turn back.
Charge hard and let the blocked road have no time to turn back and join up with the pursuer.
After hearing the order, Li Xu and others took the horses again. This time, while the Xi Ren scouts were not paying attention, they rushed the horses' heads towards the enemy. When the Xi Ren scouts, who were responsible for chasing the prey from behind, saw that Li Xu and others stopped and continued to run away, they thought
They were going to repeat their old tricks, and once again they behaved like taking advantage and running away. They roared angrily, speeding up and rushing over.
"Shoot in turn!" Xu Dayan ordered in a low voice.
Li Xu and Duer bent their bows and set arrows, and shot at the two scouts who were rushing forward. One of the arrows hit the opponent's chest. The other arrow missed the other scouts because the scout's horse jumped diagonally while running.
The injured did not ask any questions and went straight to Li Xu and others to kill them.
Bahmi and Etuitai fired their arrows, and together they shot down a war horse. Xiren's charging formation was blocked by the fallen horses, and they were delayed for a moment. Xu Dayan and Aslan saw the opportunity, and each fired their arrows.
Knocked over an enemy
"Draw your sword, counterattack!" Xu Dayan shouted, hid his bow, drew his sword, and rushed towards the enemy first. Aslan rushed while hanging his bow at his side, waving his machete to protect Xu Dayan's left wing and drew it.
Ximi followed closely, and together with Asilan, caught Xu Dayan in the middle. When Li Xu rushed out, Duer and Ediotai followed the same pattern, one on the left and the other on the right, protecting him tightly.
The Xiren scouts did not expect that four shepherds and two and a half-year-old children would dare to confront them. They were stunned. The distance of fifty steps was just a blink of an eye.
Leng Shen's mistake could be fatal. The scimitar in Xu Dayan's hand was tilted horizontally, and he wiped it along the chest of the scout opposite him. With the help of the speed of the war horse, the sharp blade immediately cut open the thick leather clothes and skin at the same time.
A bloody gash more than a foot long broke out on Xi Ren's body.
"Ah--" The scout watched in disbelief as he was hit by a half-grown child. He screamed and fell off his horse. Xu Da didn't even look back. He wielded his knife and rushed towards the other scout, Aslan and Basimi, to greet him.
An opponent blocked the threats from both sides for Xu Dayan without worries. Xu Dayan's hands and feet were more nimble. He deflected the opponent's scimitar at the moment when the two horses stepped on each other, and then used the knife in his hand as a whip.
, backhand and withdraw
With one stroke, blood immediately appeared on the opponent's back. The scout did not dare to continue fighting. He grabbed his mount and escaped for more than a hundred steps. However, due to excessive blood loss, the frightened mount fell into the horse's belly.
Not knowing that his master was dead, he continued to run wildly, neighing and dragging the body with his stirrups, leaving a long and wide red mark on the white snow.
