Chapter 2: Bloodshed on the battlefield and escape from the Immortal Gate
Chapter 38 Who are they?
"Jiang Feng!"
Ye Feng understood the reluctance in his eyes, and the moment the man was lifted away by the huge inertia, Ye Feng smiled evilly.
That person must have heard Ye Feng's words, because the moment he closed his eyes, there was a hint of gratitude in his eyes.
Maybe he was thanking Ye Feng for letting him know who killed him before he died, which could be regarded as respect for him as a strong man on the side.
Ye Feng floated down on the man's mount, and with a draw of the Overlord gun in his hand, the man's body hit the ground with a bang, splashing up a piece of yellow sand, declaring that there was no other name for him in this world.
Ye Feng was so fast that he almost killed the opponent's leader instantly. At this moment, Hong Ling and the others had just entered into battle.
But the battle here could not escape the eyes of others. Maybe they were paying attention to this side from the corner of their eyes.
"What are you looking at? Your opponent is me!"
At this moment, Hong Ling shouted loudly, waking up her distracted opponent.
Unfortunately, that man only had one more chance to see clearly how Hong Ling's bright silver gun pierced his chest.
Unable to wait for the man to scream, Hongling shook his hands and flew the dying man away.
Zhigao and Zhiyuan were a little slow because they were shooting arrows, so they didn't have time to arrive.
However, a few people were distracted by the shock of the leader's death, and they didn't react until the arrow was in front of them. Unfortunately, it was too late. I wonder if they would blame the leader in hell, or continue to follow him.
Four people were killed in the blink of an eye. In their eyes, the leader with superb martial arts skills could not even catch a single move. The remaining people were frightened on the spot. They were so timid that they had no desire to fight.
Just because they don't dare to move doesn't mean Hongling will let them go.
Easily picking out one person with a gun, the red caltrop horse did not stop, and shot through another person again.
Ye Feng was even more funny. He didn't care about the war horse or not. Anyway, those guys looked at each other and didn't move. He simply kicked off the war horse, flew up like a roc spreading its wings, and pounced on one person.
The man was so frightened that he dared not take it. He turned his horse's head and wanted to run away. Unfortunately, Ye Feng's gun was so fast that it hit him in the neck. The Overlord's gun shook and his head flew up.
The headless corpse spurted blood and was dragged by the horse for several meters before falling to the ground.
This scene was so shocking that the others lost any fighting spirit and fled in all directions with a shout.
It's a pity that they are surrounded now, and there is no way they can escape easily.
"Kill them!"
As the saying goes, when a wall falls, everyone pushes it down. Before, they were showing off their power and killing innocent people indiscriminately. Someone in the group behind them shouted, and more than a hundred people swarmed forward.
Needless to say, the result was that the frightened dozen or so of them were not enough to fill the gap between their teeth. They were all killed in less than a minute without Ye Feng and the others having to take action.
"We are so stupid, please be punished by the good commander!"
After killing those people, the remaining more than a hundred people, not knowing whether they had discussed it or not, all turned over and dismounted, knelt down on one knee, and drank in unison.
"Everyone get up!"
Ye Feng was naturally inconvenient to speak, so Hong Ling waved her hand and said.
"yes!"
These people responded simply and stood respectfully with a look of guilt on their faces.
"Gentleman! We are all ordinary swordsmen in Jinsha Town. We usually guard the caravans crossing the Jinpenzi Desert. This time we were hired by these people. We said we were helping to capture key criminals from the imperial court. I didn't expect that they turned out to be spies from the Wu Kingdom.
It almost put us in a state of eternal destruction.”
An old man who should have some prestige among this group of people bowed respectfully and said.
"I see!"
Hong Ling understood. No wonder these people turned against her immediately after hearing what she said. It turned out that they were just hired swordsmen.
But Hong Ling still didn't understand. Normally, if they wanted to intercept Jiang Meiliang, they couldn't just send out such troops.
They should be very aware of Jiang Meiliang's combat power. With just a few dozen of them, even Jiang Meiliang alone has no chance of winning.
Normally, it would be impossible for them to recruit ordinary swordsmen to do things, because just like the current result, once they know what they really want, they will definitely betray them.
But the fact is that they did recruit swordsmen. What made them make such a decision?
"When were you recruited?"
Hongling thought for a while and asked.
"Three days ago."
The old man thought for a while and then said:
"They said it was an emergency because of wrong intelligence. They originally thought it was just one person, but unexpectedly there were three helpers. They were worried that they would lose sight of one thing and let the traitors escape, so they recruited us and asked us to be mainly responsible for the siege."
Hong Ling nodded and began to make calculations.
Three days ago it was the time to enter Falling Star Mountain. They were well prepared and arranged perfectly in Jiangling City. If Ye Feng hadn't been immune to all kinds of poisons, he would have caught the enemy a long time ago.
This interception was obviously too hasty and the strength was obviously insufficient.
If they had already prepared for a decisive battle here, it would be impossible to send only such a team, which shows that the place they planned to kill was not here.
They already knew three days ago that they were going to pass through Falling Star Mountain. This was an excellent place to intercept and kill them, so why not gather all their forces here.
If they used flying pigeons to deliver messages, three days would be enough to mobilize people within a thousand miles to come, but why didn't a large army show up?
Does this mean that their original ambush location is more than a thousand miles away from here?
Are there any places thousands of miles away that are suitable for interception and killing?
"Jialing City!"
Hongling searched quickly in her mind, and suddenly an idea struck her, and she thought of a place.
Jialing City is the capital of the central and eastern province, the Queen was born in Jialing City, and her natal family is from the Jialing City Tu ethnic group. If the Sixth Prince wants to intercept and kill Jiang Meiliang, there is indeed a perfect place.
It is the fastest way to go to the capital by going down the Qingjiang River from Jiangling City and disembarking at Jialing City.
Jialing City is 1,500 miles away from here. Even if flying pigeons are used to deliver messages, three days is really too tight to get there.
In fact, there are quite a few of these people, and they should be regarded as a backup plan. It is unlikely that they only stayed here for three days, and it is not impossible that some of their whereabouts may have been leaked.
Hongling thought for a while and asked:
"Old man, did these people say where they came from?"
"These people are very mysterious. It must have been five days since they appeared in Jinsha Town. They didn't say where they were from, but their accents sounded like people from Jialing Province.
At first they said they were going to the capital, but they didn't carry any goods, they were obviously not merchants, and there were dozens of riders, so they didn't need any guards, so we didn't pay much attention."
After thinking about it, the old man added:
"At that time, they said they wanted to capture the traitor. Although the reward was extremely attractive, we were actually unwilling to participate in court affairs. But the man took out an official document and it was stamped with the seal of Dali Temple, so we believed it."