Nanming Engineer

Chapter 59
It was Wang Huan's idea to choose the time of noon to march. What he wanted was to take advantage of the time when everyone was taking a nap after dinner, and hurry up. The fact that Pingjingguan is a dangerous place but unguarded always made him feel uneasy and uneasy. .So Li Tingyu and others set out on the road sweating profusely, regardless of the scorching sun.

From last night till now, although Wang Huan has been flustered all the time, but luck is very good, the team is hardly seen by anyone, and Xiaofu Yexing's action time well covered the traces of the brigade.

Look at the front, the official road has gone out of the deep mountains with high mountains and dense forests, and it suddenly becomes clear in front of you. There are only some hills and slopes on both sides of the road, which are not high. According to the map, walk forward for more than ten miles, which is Wuchang Road , the road there is much smoother, and it only takes five or six days to reach Xiangyang, and when it arrives in Xiangyang, will Yichang be far away?

Thinking that in half a month at most, he would be able to take a group of brothers on a big boat upstream and return to Sichuan, Li Tingyu's mouth couldn't close his mouth with joy, and he smirked all the way, his beard bouncing up and down. , There is no solemn and solemn general's style at all, which made Li Yan keep whispering, but Li Tingyu turned a deaf ear to it and continued to go his own way.

With joy, Li Tingyu took the lead and walked in the front, carrying a heavy burden on his back, walking like flying, his joy was beyond words, and those who followed him had to trot to keep up with his pace.

Just at this moment, the exploding firework in the distant midair was so clear and dazzling in the daytime that everyone in the queue was shocked, and immediately stopped in their tracks, looking at the firework that symbolized the alarm. Fireworks stayed for a while.

Li Tingyu, a veteran in the battlefield, was the first to smell the danger. He turned around immediately and shouted at the people behind him: "Run! Run up the mountain!"

As soon as the voice fell, a thunderous sound sounded behind the woods on the hillside on the right side ahead. Everyone was an old soldier who had been on the battlefield. Hearing the sound, his face immediately turned pale. He knew the sound as soon as he heard it, no matter how familiar he was. However, that was the loud noise made by the horseshoes of the cavalry group charging!

In order to pretend to be merchants, it is inconvenient to carry long weapons. Everyone only has some weapons such as short swords and waist knives for self-defense. This place is located on relatively flat hills with gentle slopes everywhere. The cavalry rushing down from the heights can use the terrain to protect themselves. , unstoppable, not even a scrap of the flesh and blood of 50 people will be left under the horses' hooves. Only by running away, running desperately into the mountains and forests, can there be any hope of survival.

The cavalry was still on the other side of the hillside, and they couldn't even see their shadows at this moment, but the rumbling hoofbeats were already deafening, and Li Tingyu was sweating. He listened carefully in the midst of his busy schedule, and his face turned paler: this sound, I'm afraid There are more than one hundred rides!

Wang Huan, Chen Ergou and others were walking in the middle of the team. They had not yet walked out of the mountains. When they saw the fireworks in the sky, they already felt that the situation was not good. They threw down the cloth on their backs and drew out their short swords. Then they heard the sound in front of them. There was a moment of confusion, and someone shouted: "Go back quickly, there is a cavalry ambush ahead!" Wang Huan made a quick decision, pulled Chen Ergou and Xu Goudan who were still confused beside him, called to the other young monks, and rushed forward without looking back. Climb up the hillside on one side.

At this moment, at the corner of the hillside, Suler had already appeared with his cavalry. At this time, his face was livid and furious. Erji, this idiot, told him not to move lightly, not to move lightly, unless Do not listen!This is great. The fireworks must have been set off by someone who was not thinking about life or death when he was chasing the three southern barbarian groups in front of him because his movements were not clean and fast enough. Idiots also know that fireworks in the army are used to send messages and warnings. After Li Tingyu saw such an obvious message, how could he not run away?
When he rushed out with the horse team in a hurry, he only saw several figures in front of him turning around and running wildly, and after a few more steps, he would be able to return to the mountain path. How can he not be annoyed by the pursuit?

Su Le shouted: "Fire the arrows! Don't leave the Nanman!" He nocked the arrows and pulled the bow. The two-stone hard bow was stretched like a full moon. He gently released the finger with the iron wrench, and a wolf-tooth arrow was filled with arrows. The anger shot out like lightning.

The cavalry around them followed suit, and a rain of arrows, with the sound of piercing through the air, enveloped the fleeing crowd with their backs.

The dozen people walking at the front had already walked out of the mountain road and wanted to turn back and escape, but the slowest ones were also the slowest. As soon as the arrow rain came, there was a rain of blood immediately, and everyone was nailed to the back by several wolf-fang arrows. , The screams continued, and he fell to the ground.

The big burden on Li Tingyu's back had a magical effect at this moment. He was strong and carried the thickest cloth on his back. In a hurry, he forgot to throw it away. Four or five long arrows accurately hit his vest, but all Blocked by the big baggage, the Songjiang cotton was of excellent quality. All the wolf-fang arrows were blocked by the cotton. The most powerful arrow among them could penetrate the thick cloth, leaving a little skin trauma on the skin of the vest.

Li Tingyu only felt his back go cold, he was so startled that his feet moved several times faster, before the second wave of arrows hit, he took three steps at a time and ran into the mountain path and into the jungle beside the road.

Su Le and others rode their horses to the mountain pass, only to see a dozen corpses on the ground, and one or two people still alive, groaning in pain on the ground, Fu Quan and others got off their horses, drew a knife and cut the throat of the person who made the sound, turned his head and asked : "My lord, the mountain road ahead is narrow and steep, and horses can't walk, what should I do?"

Su Le jumped off the horse expressionlessly, dropped his bow and drew his knife, and uttered a few words: "Get off the horse, chase after!"

The cavalrymen under their command picked up their weapons and threw their stirrups down to the ground one after another. They didn't say anything about the formation, and they swarmed into the mountain road with strange screams in their mouths, chasing after the figure who was running faintly in the jungle beside the road.

Su Le saw that his subordinates had no formation and were scattered like scattered soldiers, so he couldn't help frowning slightly. Fuquan understood his intentions best, seeing his displeasure, he hurriedly chased after him, and defended his subordinates: "My lord, The Nanman is very weak, and when they saw our great Qing soldiers, they would run away with their heads in their arms, and the sons and daughters can be more casual, and there will be no serious problems."

Fu's body was full of energy and his breathing was long. Even when he was running fast, he had no trouble breathing when he spoke. Suler looked at him approvingly and said in a cold tone: "That's a big mistake, Rabbit." If you are anxious, you will bite someone, let alone a human being. That Li Tingyu dared to kill people and seize wealth among my army is enough to show that he is a bold and reckless desperado, and he is also cunning and deceitful. To deal with such a person, you have to be full of energy. Don't be careless. Send an order to all the sons and daughters to be vigilant. If someone is careless and is kicked off by a rabbit, then wait for me to report to the prince and banish his whole family!"

Fuquan shuddered, quickly promised, turned his head and loudly conveyed Su Le's order to the soldiers who followed him, and the soldiers shouted the order loudly in all directions. After a while, all the Qing soldiers scattered all over the mountains and plains got Su Le's order. Le's order.

In fact, the Qing soldiers scattered out of formation, which was also a helpless move, because when Li Tingyu fled up the mountain, he had already shouted and issued an order to let all the people run away, one person in one direction, and there were people everywhere on both sides of the official road. The figures running among the mountains and forests, let alone Qing soldiers, even Li Tingyu himself didn't know where his subordinates went.

"Everyone finds their own way of life. If there is any life left, we will meet at Kuimen!" Li Tingyu, with a loud voice and full of confidence, climbed up the hillside with hands and feet, and at the same time roared loudly for the last time, he His voice could reach straight through the sky, and his reverberation echoed throughout the valley.

This loud voice is like a beacon that guides hunters in the dark. Originally, the mountain was full of fleeing people. The Qing soldiers here and there didn’t know who to chase. This voice attracted nearly one-third of the Qing soldiers. Su Le gritted his teeth and chased after the front, and Tian Xiong next to him kindly reminded him that the person who never forgot to let out the lion's roar even when he was hit was Li Tingyu.

(End of this chapter)