Chapter 110 Knowing oneself but not knowing the other
Zhang Kuo lowered his head to check the injury on his calf. The entire crossbow arrow passed across his calf, revealing a blood-stained arrow. Fortunately, it did not touch the bone. The explosive power of the crossbow arrow at close range is indeed stronger than that of a bow.
many.
He held the other end of the crossbow arrow with his hand, broke the arrow shaft with his thumb, and pinched the arrow with his other hand. He took a deep breath and closed his eyes, then suddenly pulled hard, and the muscles in his entire face twitched and twisted, but no sound was made.
.He threw the bloody arrow shaft aside and took a long breath.
The swordsman sitting nearby jumped twice in the corner of his eyes, then sighed and said: "The stone tower is surrounded by straight cliffs on all sides. This guy is cunning and ruthless and can't attack it. What should we do now?"
Zhang Kuo applied medicine to the wound and tied it tightly with linen strips. He slightly raised his head and raised his eyebrows and gouged him out.
"If it weren't for your unwillingness to do your best, how could we not be able to capture it?"
The swordsman looked startled, his eyes turned angrily, and he stood up from the ground and said, "What do you mean? I tried several unsuccessful attacks, but he used rocks to knock me down from the cliff. It's not like you didn't see it!"
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"It's one thing whether I saw it or not. It's another thing whether you can help or not." Zhang Kuo replied lightly, but he was still depressed. If such a war-fearing person were placed in the Tang army,
, he had been beheaded by the formation long ago.
"No one in the desert knows that I am a dignified Kan Tongtian. I have always been down-to-earth. No matter which caravan hires me, I will never gossip. Don't ruin my reputation!"
"Really?" Zhang Kuo smiled coldly: "Why were both of us injured when we were acting as cover and auxiliary attacker, but you, the main attacker, were unscathed?"
"You fart!" Kan Tongtian stretched out his hand and wiped his head and face, and what fell on his palm was just a few drops of sweat. "Look what this is..." He was stunned again for a moment. There was indeed no scar.
"My wound is inside. His crossbow arrow didn't hit me. It's just that his archery skills are not very good!"
"Not so good?" Zhang Kuo sneered and turned sideways: "I'm so far away and he can hit you! How could he not hit you!"
"His grandma's!" Kan Tongtian suddenly took out the horizontal sword from his back and held it in his hand. Zhang Kuo reached out and grabbed the boxwood bow. There was already an arrow on it. San'er, whose shoulder was bleeding profusely, held the barrier sword in both hands.
Squinting fiercely, he stared at Kan Tongtian like a leopard, and internal strife between the two sides was about to break out.
"I have known for a long time that you vulture Zhang Kuo is not a fuel-efficient lamp, but I didn't expect you to be so aggressive! My brother is already here! Does it mean that I have tried my best if I also lost my life?! What on earth are you planning!
Do you want to take this opportunity to get rid of us so that you can save the cost of this employment?"
Zhang Kuo moved his lips but did not speak. The boxwood bow in his hand remained as steady as a sculpture, without any tremors.
Li Siye, who was lying on the top of the rock, noticed the conflict here and squatted down from the ground with both hands. He was excited and surprised: "Their own people actually started fighting, but if they fight well, people's hearts are separated from each other by their stomachs, so they won't be cut open."
See how you can tell if it’s a red heart or a black heart.”
San'er's shoulder was dripping with brown blood. His wound had not been treated and bandaged, so he pinched it first. Seeing the blood dripping onto the ground, he held the barrier knife and advised:
"Boss, Mr. Kan, now that the enemy is on our side, we must not fight among ourselves. Otherwise, the bastard on the top of the mountain will take advantage."
Zhang Kuo took the lead and put down his bow and arrow, and said calmly: "I know this is Li Siye's plan to alienate each other. He deliberately hurt us but not you. He wants to make us suspicious of each other."
A look of surprise flashed across Kan Tongtian's face, and then he stopped his expression and inserted the horizontal knife into the scabbard, snorting: "You should have guessed it a long time ago! How could you be fooled by such a child!"
Zhang Kuo slowly sat back on the sheep's felt, raised his injured right leg, frowned and muttered slowly: "Since we can't attack, there is only one way to go for now, and that is to squat down, with his dry food and
Water should also be used up quickly..."
"Boss, boss." San'er squatted a few feet in front of him, the blood on his shoulders was still flowing, and the crossbow arrow was properly inserted into the shoulder bone.
He said pitifully: "Boss, can you help me pull out the arrow first?"
Zhang Kuo was stunned and waved to him: "Come forward."
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"I'm going to pull it out, just be patient."
"Um!"
A scream like a slaughtered pig echoed in the wilderness, and the tone hit the natural tuning fork of the wind-eroded rock mountain community. After being stretched and folded, it changed its flavor, like the tortured souls in the eighteenth level of hell. It was sad and gloomy.
Li Siye, who was lying on the top of the rock, heard the screams and felt a dull pain in the wound on his back.
"It's so miserable."
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"I still have my previous plan, to guard him until he starves to death and is trapped on top."
"But what about water? Without water, we will be the first to die." Kan Tongtian spread his hands and said.
"Bleed the camel."
"No! Why didn't you tell me to bleed your horse? A few people drink two camels! They will drink it up in a few days!"
The corner of Zhang Kuo's mouth twitched: "We have killed two horses."
Swordsman Kan Tongtian turned his head and looked at the fat black man tied to the rock tower in the distance, then gave up the idea and decided not to risk his life again.
"In my opinion, your method of keeping him dry and exhausted is simply not possible! You have already said that he has no dry food, and you will wait until he is weak! But look at it now!" Kan Tongtian pointed at the top of the rock in the distance with the corner of his mouth pulled.
Li Siye: "Still alive and kicking now!"
Zhang Kuo's worries were revealed, and he suddenly fell into deep thought. He was called a vulture in the desert, and he was naturally notoriously difficult to deal with. Many caravans from the Central Plains or the Western Regions were chased by him and driven into the depths of the desert.
He was in a desperate situation with no water or food, and was thrown away in one pot. This tactic worked in his hands many times and never failed.
But something unexpected happened this time. His prey was cunning, difficult to deal with, and well-prepared to the point of despair.
Not to mention the caltrops and animal traps, where does his endless supply of food come from? How many water bags does he have? The dry food usually carried by people walking in the desert is biscuits, which can be stored for about fifteen days after being dried.
Cured meat can also be stored for twenty days. Twenty days have passed since the hunt in the oasis began. What on earth is going on?
The only reasonable explanation he could think of was that Li Siye knew in advance that someone was going to ambush him in the desert and knew the series of plots, so he could take precautions and make adequate preparations.
It must be like this, he encountered a tough encounter that he was well prepared for.
When Zhang Kuo thought of this, his thoughts became clear. So what if you are prepared? Sooner or later you will die in my hands, Zhang Kuo!
"Vulture, why don't you speak?"
Zhang Kuo raised his head and forced out a dry smile, and asked the swordsman Kan Tongtian: "In your opinion, what should we do?"
"Why don't we withdraw..."
"Absolutely not! You must not return the business you accepted, as that would break my rules! Besides, he killed Sha Jin, and I will kill him!"
Zhang Kuo gritted his teeth and was determined.
"No, no, no! I didn't mean that." Kan Tongtian wrote on the ground with a grass stem in his hand: "We just pretended to evacuate, and then found a place to hide, waiting for him to come down from the rock tower and prepare to escape.
, and then attack in a roundabout way!"
Zhang Kuo lowered his head and thought for a while, then shook his head, pointed around and said:
"Look at the location he chose. There is only one solitary wind-eroded stone tower within four or five miles around. Where are we going to hide? How many miles away are we hiding? Can you predict which direction he will escape? If it were before, we
I still have the ability to give it a try, but now..."
He lowered his head and looked at the arrow wound on his leg, and then pointed at the disabled man behind him. The implication was very clear, could he catch up with the tiger?
The stubbornness in his heart did not allow him to do this. This place was not only Li Siye's natural defense tower, but also his cage. He wanted to consume him to death here! He wanted to watch him helplessly and not leave his sight for a moment until