Su Tu let go of the hanging knife and let out a long sigh.
The arrow missed the vital point, and Zong Xu was still able to mount his horse despite the injury, indicating that his life was not in danger.
"Where are the Snow Wolf Guards?" He turned around and asked, "How many of them can come back?"
The guard looked hesitant and then replied: "Maybe, half of them won't come back."
Su Tu nodded: "When we return, we will reward their families generously. Boys of suitable age at home will be recruited into the Snow Wolf Guard as an exception."
"yes!"
Just after Su Tu finished speaking, another guard shouted: "Khan, look!"
He turned around and saw a figure flying towards this side of the battlefield.
Su Tu narrowed his eyes and returned to the crossbow.
The two guards struck at the same time, unloading dozens of arrows.
This time the opponent was approaching quickly, so he didn't have to worry about the range. Looking at the mountain pair, he pulled down his hanging knife and shot out the rain of arrows.
If you don't kill Zong Xu, if you kill her, it won't be a loss!
Crossbow arrows were fired towards her, Mingwei was extremely calm at this moment, her luck increased, she turned around in mid-air, and crossbow arrows passed by her side one after another.
Seeing that she didn't mean to stop, Su Tu wound up the string again.
The distance between the two sides is already within a hundred feet.
The power of the crossbow arrows has also reached its extreme.
This time, Mingwei avoided most of the crossbow arrows, and she knocked several others away with her dagger.
Because the crossbow arrows were too powerful, after knocking away the last crossbow arrow, she swayed and had to stop and adjust.
From such a close distance, she could already see Su Tu under the moonlight.
Just as she was about to jump up, Ning Xiu arrived and gave her a tug: "Don't go! The other party has a heavy crossbow in hand. This is very dangerous."
Mingwei frowned, extremely unwilling, but rationally knew that Ning Xiu was right.
At this distance, the crossbow arrows were extremely powerful, and it was a heavy crossbow that could fire dozens of arrows at the same time. Further forward, she might not be able to dodge them all.
Over there, Su Tu saw her stop and didn't fire the crossbow again.
Because he knew that if Mingwei stopped approaching, it would be difficult to shoot her from this distance.
Both sides knew it well and just looked at each other from afar.
Su Tu stood up straight, looked at her with a half-smile, and said loudly: "Miss Ming, my previous invitation is still valid. Are you willing to change your mind?"
Mingwei looked at him coldly: "Sorry, I'm not interested in sleeping with you."
Su Tu was not annoyed at all, and said with a smile: "It's okay if you don't want to be a princess. We Hu people don't break many rules. You can be any official you want."
"Forget it, I don't want to go to court smelling like sheep."
Su Tuji looked pityful: "You're like this, and I can't even think about opening up your side!"
Mingwei said calmly: "It's not certain who will show mercy to whom!"
Su Tu smiled and nodded: "Well, since we are destined to be different travelers, I won't hold back any more when we meet next time."
Mingwei curled up his lips: "Me too. You must not be chopped down by others first."
The words have been said here. The next time we meet, it will be life and death. There will be no other choice.
Su Tu felt very sorry. Although he hated her very much, he had never appreciated a person like this, even transcending gender.
"Then, goodbye. I believe this day will not be too far away."
After Su Tu finished speaking, he waved his hand. The guards stepped forward, raised their heavy crossbows, and retreated in an orderly manner.
Mingwei stood there, watching them slowly walk away until they could no longer be seen.
In the direction of the city gate, shouts of killing were everywhere, and it was the most intense time.
Ning Xiu asked: "Shall we enter the city?"
Mingwei nodded: "It's a pity. Let him go this time. In a few days, he will lead his troops to attack us."
Ning Xiu said: "There is nothing we can do about this. In our current situation, we can only take down the gravel slope first, and we can't spare the manpower to chase him."
"Um."
Ning Xiu heard her voice a little carelessly and asked, "What are you thinking about?"
Mingwei came back to his senses: "It's nothing."
We have too few chess pieces! That's all. There will always be opportunities, so there's no need to rush.
The siege did not stop until daybreak.
Most of the enemies were wiped out, and a small number fled into the grassland. In such a cold weather, there was no food in the grassland. Even if they managed to escape, they would die sooner or later.
Therefore, the Qi army did not send anyone to pursue them, but accelerated the cleaning of the battlefield and repaired various defensive facilities at the city gates.
They all know that taking back the gravel slope is only the first step, and the bigger test is yet to come.
Three months, they must stay here for three months before they can survive.
It wasn't until noon that Mingwei saw Yang Shu.
After a day and night of fighting, he just leaned against the wall and fell asleep randomly. The helmet had been taken off, but the armor on his body was still covered with blood.
Mingwei didn't wake him up and waved Ah Xuan to have a rest.
It was so cold that his hands were extremely cold.
Mingwei held his hand in her arms and knelt down beside him to watch over him.
Yang Shu didn't sleep for long, and he woke up when the smell of the gruel being cooked by the Tou Toujun came.
When he saw Mingwei, his first reaction was to smile, but he pulled the wound and grinned in pain.
Mingwei was amused by him: "Where is it hurt? I just slept like this, and I don't know the pain."
Yang Shu turned his head, pointed at his collar, and said in a begging tone: "This place hurts me to death."
Mingwei leaned over to take a look and said, "It's quite long. Fortunately, the bleeding has stopped. If it goes up a little bit, I won't cut your neck."
Yang Shu was dissatisfied: "You don't comfort me, but you still gloat about my misfortune."
"Where is the gloating? Isn't this telling the truth?"
The two looked at each other and suddenly laughed.
After laughing, Mingwei asked him: "Are you happy?"
Yang Shu nodded: "Happy."
Mingwei suddenly straightened up and held him in her arms.
Yang Shu was startled for a moment and then smiled again.
After the war, the city was filled with blood and corpses, but what he experienced was happiness that he had never experienced before.
Ah Xuan came over with porridge: "Sir, Miss Ming, drink some porridge to warm yourself up first."
Yang Shu was interrupted: "...won't you choose another time?"
Will you look at your eyes?
Ah Xuan looked innocent: "It's so cold, I'm worried that you're starving."
Bah! Everyone goes out to fight alone, but you are the only one bringing your family and hugging each other in front of so many people. Who doesn't care?
Ming smiled slightly and took the bowl of porridge: "You drink the porridge first. After you finish drinking, I will treat your wounds. With so many casualties, the military doctor will definitely be too busy."
Yang Shu was quickly comforted: "Okay." After looking at it, he pushed the bowl of porridge to her, "You drink first."
Ah Xuan reluctantly handed over another bowl: "I'll get it again."
When you are a follower, you must be conscious...
Ah Xuan recited it several times in his mind, resisted the urge to strangle his master to death out of jealousy, and went back to serve the porridge again.
Mingwei looked at his back and asked: "Speaking of which, Ah Xuan is not young anymore, so you haven't thought about asking for a wife for him?"
Yang Shu disagreed: "I haven't even asked for a wife, so what's his hurry? There's no reason to rush me."
Mingwei: "..."
You will have no friends if you do this! (To be continued)