After a pause, the leader of the mercenary group continued: "The ones who took the long way were Lin Xiao, the commander-in-chief of the Dorodo City Defense Army, his subordinate Yuan Zheng, and a few city defense army soldiers."
"Then let's..."
The people next to me asked, but they already had the answer in their minds.
The group leader has already said that if he pursues Liu Shaolan who takes a shortcut, he may not be able to catch up.
But Lin Xiao and Yuan Zheng, who are chasing after a long distance, have a high chance of catching up with them.
Moreover, even if he catches up with Liu Shaolan, what will happen?
Liu Shaolan is only the daughter of the city lord, not the lord of Dorodo. Even if she is captured or killed, it will not be of much use.
Lin Xiao is the commander-in-chief of the Dorodo City Defense Force, and with him is his subordinate Yuan Zheng, a commander in chief.
In this way, Lin Xiao and Yuan Zheng must be more valuable, far more than Liu Shaolan who took the shortcut.
"We are chasing Lin Xiao and Yuan Zheng! We must catch them or kill them, otherwise Dorado will be in chaos!"
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The leader of the mercenary group said fiercely, and then he whipped up his horse and took the lead on the original path to chase Lin Xiao and others in the distance.
Hundreds of members of the mercenary group followed, and waves of thick smoke and dust suddenly rose on the rather narrow road.
Lin Xiao fell behind Yuan Zheng and all the city defense soldiers.
The reason why he is at the back instead of at the front is because he can be the first to detect where the mercenary group is chasing and how far away it is from him and others. If the other party attacks with arrows again, he can also help the city defense army.
The soldiers resist a little, so as to avoid the city defense soldiers from being damaged.
After all, each of the ten city defense soldiers and five members of the Guards who came with them had their own role to play, and they couldn't be casually lost here.
"Commander, what should we do next?"
Yuan Zheng asked.
Because Yuan Zheng had already noticed the wandering mercenary group chasing from behind.
Seeing the scene of hundreds of people chasing after him, although Yuan Zheng was not afraid, the city defense soldiers and members of the Guards in front all showed fear.
"Into the forest!"
Lin Xiao said seriously.
"Into the mountains? Okay!"
Without hesitation, Yuan Zheng quickly nodded heavily.
He already understood what Lin Xiao meant. On the road without obstacles, whether he would be overtaken by the wandering mercenary group could only depend on luck and the horsepower of the horses on both sides.
But when you enter the mountains and forests, you have room to roll around and move around, and you can use it to your heart's content.
So Lin Xiao and Yuan Zheng turned their horses and led ten city defense soldiers and five members of the Guards into the forest.
The wandering mercenary group chasing behind saw this scene from a distance, and all of them showed angry faces.
The leader of the mercenary group said angrily: "Damn, these guys are so damn cunning, they are harder to catch than foxes!"
"Captain, are we going into the forest too?"
a subordinate asked.
"nonsense!"
A mercenary group of hundreds of people, following the footsteps of Lin Xiao, Yuan Zheng and others, also entered the mountains and forests.
But after entering the dense mountain forest, they discovered that Lin Xiao and others had disappeared.
The dense trees in the mountain forest are the best cover, and although the speed of horses is limited in such places, with the cover and protection of the trees, Lin Xiao and others can hide as much as they want.
Realizing his situation, the mercenary group leader's face instantly darkened.
But at this moment, an arrow suddenly flew from a distance and accurately hit the head of the mercenary group in the neck.
"There's an ambush! Get out of the way!"
The leader of the mercenary group shouted suddenly, then pulled out the long knife from his waist and cut off the arrows that flew in front of him.
But almost at the same time, the second arrow flew over accurately, and with a pop, it penetrated deeply into the neck of the leader of the mercenary group.
The arrow penetrated the flesh, and bright red blood spurted out along the arrow shaft, dyeing a large area of the mercenary group leader's clothes red.
"Captain!"
"The leader is injured!"
There were bursts of noisy sounds all around, including the frightened shouts of the mercenary group members.
But who would have thought that the third and fourth arrows flew together, and one accurately hit the left side of the chest of the mercenary regiment leader who was still riding the horse, hitting the heart with one arrow!
The fourth arrow hit the head of the mercenary regiment between the eyebrows with a bang!
There was a "thud" sound, and the leader of the mercenary group fell from his horse and died.
More than fifty meters away, Lin Xiao slowly put down the bow and arrow in his hand, with a cold smile on his lips.
However, Yuan Zheng did not put down his bow and arrow, and still launched a rain of arrow attacks against the members of the mercenary group together with the members of the city defense army.
The first arrow just shot was shot by Yuan Zheng.
The arrows fired by Yuan Zheng were intended to attract the attention of the leader of the mercenary group and make him avoid or block them.
The second arrow, the third arrow and the fourth arrow, these three arrows in a row were Lin Xiao's handiwork.
With three arrows per second and ten rings of arrows, how could the leader of the mercenary group have any hope of surviving?
At this moment, the mercenary group was in chaos, and they still couldn't find the enemy who ambushed them.
However, Lin Xiao, Yuan Zheng, as well as ten city defense soldiers and five Guards soldiers, shot arrows accurately, using sharp steel arrows to continuously take away the lives of the mercenary group one after another.
I know that up until now, the chasing party was still a mercenary group.
But now, the mercenary group has become a living target.
The positions of hunter and prey are reversed in an instant!
The arrows in Lin Xiao and Yuan Zheng's arrow pots were all empty. The ten city defense soldiers and five members of the Guards also shot all the arrows.
There are about forty members of the mercenary group still alive.
At this moment, the remaining members of the mercenary group were all frightened, crying for their fathers and mothers, galloping towards the outside of the mountain forest.
But more people are lost in the mountains and forests.
"We went over to search for loot and continued to pursue and attack with their arrows. This time we will catch them alive!"
Lin Xiao ordered coldly.
"yes!"
"As you command!"
Yuan Zheng, the soldiers of the city defense army and the members of the Guards immediately agreed, their tone was firm but their voices were kept low.
At this moment, the five members of the Guards all looked at Lin Xiao with admiration and reverence, as if they were looking at the living God of War.
There are hundreds of people in the mercenary group, and they only have seventeen people in total, so they are at an absolute disadvantage.
But now, the mercenary group broke up and ran away and became the prey, while the seventeen of them became the chasing party and the hunters.
Now, no one dares to doubt Lin Xiao's orders and command!
On the road, the convoy was galloping and several horses were galloping.
Liu Shaolan poked her head out of the car window worriedly and asked: "Ural, do you think Mr. Lin and Mr. Yuan will--"
Before Liu Shaolan finished speaking, Ural interrupted her very sadly.
"Miss, there are at least hundreds of enemy troops, and they are all armed. Mr. Lin and Mr. Yuan, I'm afraid..."
Ural's words made Liu Shaolan startled.
Then, Liu Shaolan's beautiful eyes turned slightly red, and big tears overflowed from her eyes.