"There's someone!" Aslan put away the dagger as quickly as possible and grabbed the bow and arrow beside him. Everyone followed Gan Luo's gaze and looked into the distance, and saw two black figures appearing more than 400 steps away. They were two
A strong-bodied shepherd without a mount approached the lake with his hands raised high.
"Kind brother, is this the Crescent Lake?" The black figure walking in front saw that everyone was very wary, stopped and shouted loudly.
The other person following him also stopped, his body slightly staggered from his companions, and his palms opened forward to show that he was not carrying a weapon and was not likely to be hostile.
"This is Crescent Lake. Who are you, and why are you here at the grassland of our Min people?" Aslan saw that the visitor was speaking Turkic, so he took a few steps forward to block Gan Luo, and replied in Turkic.
"We are the Xi people who live by the Suotou River, your good friends. After we lost our home, we went out to hunt, but unexpectedly we got lost!" The black shadow answered with a smile, his words full of bitterness. The sun was dark behind the clouds.
, so Li Xu couldn't distinguish his appearance. He just observed that he and another companion were both wearing black leather jackets and black boots, which were as eye-catching as two pieces of charcoal in the snow.
"This is Crescent Lake. We will reach our camp in a quarter of an hour by riding north. If you get lost, you can go to my felt bag and have a bowl of milk tea!" Aslan lowered the tip of the arrow and stopped pointing at the other party.
, but the words he answered were full of vigilance.
In fact, running north from here for two hours may not make it to the tribe. He said this just to prevent the ridicule from having any evil intentions. But after hearing his words, the other party seemed to be very moved, and sighed and said:
"The Xi people who have lost their home can still drink milk tea from their friends. Thank you, little brother. But I have to hurry up and return to the tribe, otherwise the elderly at home will worry about their sons!"
After saying that, he slowly turned around and walked through the snow in the direction he came from.
"Go more carefully, the road is slippery in the snow!" Xu Dayan shouted enthusiastically in Turkic language towards Xi Ren's back. Before the other party's figure disappeared, he turned around in a hurry and whispered to everyone: "Hold on.
Throw away the remaining donkey meat, and let’s get on our horses and go home!”
"Throw it away, why? There are only two of them, and they haven't even ridden a horse yet!" Duer raised a face full of surprise and asked in a low voice.
"They have never entered the range of our bow and arrow. It was such a cold day when we walked from the Xibu camp to here. We haven't ridden a horse yet, and the wild donkeys don't have the endurance." Aslan explained eagerly while checking the girdle of the war horse.
"Both of them are wearing black clothes, even the styles are exactly the same. Could this be a coincidence?" Li Xu added next to him, picked up Gan Luo, and jumped on the mount with the most deft movements.
After hearing what Aslan said, several other herdsmen did not dare to neglect. They threw down the uncut donkey meat, skin and head, tightened the girth of the horse, and jumped on the horse's back.
Duer and Basimi were in front, and Asilan and Calyx were stunned, sandwiching Li Xu, Xu Dayan and the two girls, and slowly began to accelerate. The group had just run five or six miles, when something suddenly happened behind them.
There was a rapid sound of horse hooves.
"Little brother, wait a minute, I'm going to your tent to ask for a bowl of tea!" the voice who asked for directions just now shouted loudly in the distance.
This person is so strong, Li Xu thought in surprise. Knowing that the people coming were definitely not ordinary herdsmen, they didn't look back, slapped their mounts and ran away.
The mounts of the eight people were not very good horses, and they were exhausted from the previous hunting. Even after throwing away all the donkey meat, the running speed quickly began to slow down. The "guest" behind them was getting closer and closer.
, not only can you hear the hoofbeats and shouts of horses while running, but sometimes the wind is strong, and you can even hear their shouts and curses clearly.
"After the man broke up, the woman carried Gan Luo and returned to the camp to report the news. Inform the clan leader that a large group of troops is coming!" Xu Da ordered with a sullen face as he saw that the pursuers were getting closer and closer.
His words have always been prestigious among the people. When the six men heard this, they took the horse's head together. They took the bows in their hands, turned their bodies sideways, and pointed the arrow points behind them.
In the distance, there is a black cloud pressing towards the top of the head, which is the color of the pursuer's leather jacket illuminated by the snow. There are only about twenty people coming, but they bring nearly seventy horses. You can change your mounts at any time along the way.
, no wonder they can catch up closer and closer.
"It's all my fault for suggesting coming to Crescent Lake!" Duer's teeth were chattering and he regretted it endlessly. They were friends of Li Xu and Xu Dayan, and they also shouldered the mission of protecting the two young men. Elder Etuo
He had secretly warned many times that the distinguished guests should not be put in danger under any circumstances. Everyone was extremely careful, but they did not expect that they would encounter a large group of ridiculing people while hunting.
"If we don't come to Crescent Lake, they will trample our camp tonight!" Li Xu mustered up all his courage and tried not to sound like he was trembling. "More than twenty people, more than a hundred horses,
This is clearly a scout sent by a large group of people!"
"Ah!" Two screams sounded from the direction of the horse's head at the same time. Li Xu turned around and saw Eru and Tao Kuo Tuosi holding bows and arrows. They didn't listen to Xu Dayan's arrangement and took the lead to escape.
"Why don't you leave?" Xu Dayan saw the two girls turning their horses' heads forward, and fire immediately burst out from their eyes.
"People will not abandon their friends and run away alone!" Eru and Tao Kuo replied loudly. The hands holding the bows were trembling, but their tone of voice was extremely firm.
"Go away, don't hinder us here. Go back to the tribe, otherwise all the men in the tribe will die because of you two!" Li Xu, who had always been gentle, suddenly raised his eyes and shouted. He suddenly realized that Gan Luo was still there.
On his horse, he picked up the robe and threw the little wolf and the robe fiercely into Tao Kuo's chest, "Go back and inform Chief Xier that there is a large group of people coming to attack!"
Neither Tao Kuotosi nor Gan Luo had ever seen Li Xu look so fierce. They were so unprepared that they were so shocked that they could hardly make a sound. Eru's mind was spinning fast. She looked at the black clouds flying quickly in the distance and immediately
Understanding that what Xu Dayan and Li Xu said was not exaggeration, he turned the horse's head, grabbed the reins of his sister's horse, and fled towards the camp as quickly as possible.
"Six people, shoot in three waves! Fuli and Durr shoot the first round. Basimi, Caitiaotai shoot the second round, and Asilan and I shoot the third round. After three shots, we left quickly, while
Shoot back arrows while running!" Xu Maogong ordered with a straight face, as calmly as a general approaching battle.
"Young man of the Han family, you dare to tell me to get lost, I won't be done with you until this battle is over!" Tao Kuo's crying and cursing voice carried against the wind and spread far into the hearts of everyone.
"I hope I can live!" Li Xu smiled bitterly, slowly opened his bow, and aligned the arrow tip with the nearest enemy in a straight line.
Although the group of pursuers were determined to capture Li Xu and others, they did not lose their due calmness. Seeing that the people in front suddenly stopped to bend their bows and arrows, they also took the horses' heads 150 steps away from the opponent.
The shooting range of the mounted bow is shorter than that of the infantry bow. One hundred and fifty steps is already a very safe distance. Although there have been good mounted archers in the grasslands and the Central Plains who can kill people with arrows from 300 steps away, those people are
A once-in-a-thousand-year-old hero. In the eyes of Xiren, the four shepherds and two and a half-year-old children opposite him were obviously not included in this category.
"Little brother, we don't mean any harm. We just went to drink tea in your felt bag as promised! Didn't you say that the camp is near Crescent Lake? Why do you have to run far away!" The leader of the Xiren Scouts who led the team was the former one.
The one who greeted Li Xu and others at the Crescent Lake. Now that his identity has been revealed, he still maintains a pleasant posture.
"Shameless ridicule, don't think we are as stupid as you, knowing that there is a trap ahead and still jumping into it?" Duer yelled. Recently, I often see Xu Dayan helping the tribe train troops. He already knows the responsibilities of a scout in an army.
What is it? The conditions Xu Dayan put forward when selecting scouts for the Zhulin Alliance Army were very harsh. Those who can serve as scouts in the army must not only be good at riding and shooting, but also be ruthless. The scouts encountered large groups of enemy troops during their exploration.
If you want to leave without fighting, you need to kill all the enemy civilians or sentinels when you encounter them, and use this brutal method to hide your side's whereabouts.
Since the Xiren tribe wandering from Suotoushui to the nearby area sent so many scouts to explore the way, it means that their large army must not be far away. Therefore, their whereabouts cannot be leaked to passers-by under any circumstances. The so-called drinking tea
, just wanted to capture everyone at the minimum cost. The few herdsmen knew that the chance of returning home alive today was very slim, so they were not as scared as they were at the beginning. At this moment, hearing Duer scolding happily, they also yelled at the top of their voices.
Got up.
The grassland peoples usually have little communication with people and do not have a rich vocabulary, so they do not have many ways to curse. They just scold and ridicule 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 discovered, so he was not worried. He slowly adjusted his formation, and when Duer ran out of words, he responded with a smile.
: "Now that you know we are here to fight, why are you running away? Surrender. For the sake of your cleverness, I promise not to kill you. There are twenty-eight of us and you only have four men and two children.
Boy, no matter how hard you fight, you will never 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. However, no matter how fast the two women from the Shandong Tribe ran, some of them would get tired of their horses.
"Adhere, 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 interested.
Dare to underestimate your own resistance.
Li Xu had long been itching with hatred. With his young mind, all he could think about was how the scoffing leader opposite him deceived him in the first place and how he pursued him afterward. After hearing Xu Dayan's order, he raised his hand and shot an arrow.
