The mantis stalks the cicada, followed by the oriole.
When you focus on one thing and ignore the danger that may exist behind you, danger will suddenly come in an unexpected way.
Sun Tu has made such a mistake now and will face such danger.
As he escorted the Liao spies forward, he was making plans in his mind. This matter would spread soon, and then I'm afraid some people would suddenly intervene and take away these few people from his hands. It's a spy. After all, just opening the mouths of these people is a great achievement, and no one will think that it is too much credit.
However, Sun Tu didn't take this matter too seriously. At this time, he was actually not very interested in finding out the Liao spies. After what happened before, he had already despaired of the Song Dynasty. It seemed to him that no matter how hard he tried, he was afraid that he would not be able to bring back this behemoth that was about to fall into the abyss. Unless he completely smashed it into pieces, everything would be up to him!
But this is by no means easy, not even much easier than contending with historical necessity. But now that you have made a decision, you should do it without hesitation, just to save those truly innocent people from disaster! Thinking of this, Sun Tu's eyes unconsciously swept to both sides of the street, where the people were looking at their group of people with timid and hesitant eyes.
Although their team has walked a long way, it is not too far away from the hotel and the tofu shop. The people here have seen with their own eyes how they move like thunder and capture everyone inside in one go. This kind of deterrence is Not small, so it is natural to feel fear.
Sun Tu's eyes swept across them, originally intending to look towards the front of the long street. But suddenly my heart moved, and I noticed something strange. There were actually three or five people leaning forward! This was completely inconsistent with the atmosphere of the scene, because at this time the people were shrinking back as much as possible out of fear and worry. Who would lean forward so boldly? They must have other intentions!
When this idea quickly arose, Sun Tu was already on guard. Just when his eyes were focused and he opened his mouth to let the people around him step forward to take someone away, a bang of a bowstring sounded from the side and the front, followed by the sharp whistle of a sharp weapon tearing the air.
As soon as the sound was heard, five sharp arrows had blocked all retreat routes for Sun Tu, who was on horseback, from three directions, and the leading arrow hit his throat directly. The speed and fierceness of the attack have already exceeded the height that ordinary military bows and arrows can reach. In just the blink of an eye, the threat of life and death is already in sight.
The guards behind him reacted quickly enough. When the arrow suddenly came, they already shouted and rushed forward with their swords drawn. But after all, they were half a beat too late. They were still two steps away from Sun Tu, and the arrow was only half a foot away from his throat. Moreover, the other party had already calculated everything in place. No matter whether Sun Tu was lying down or sideways, there would be arrows flying close behind him, making him unable to hide.
In addition, five people jumped out of the crowd on both sides of the street. They all showed short knives in their hands and stabbed Sun Tu's body without any scruples. This killing plot was carefully planned and almost cut off all Sun Tu's ways of survival. It seemed that he only had one outcome left - death!
From a high place on the other side, a pair of eyes stared closely at Sun Tu, who was in a state of mortality. There was madness, joy and more relaxation hidden in them.
As long as Sun Tu dies, the threat he has felt these days will disappear. As for the turmoil caused by assassinating high-ranking court officials in the street, he believes that the backers behind him can definitely resolve it. After all, he wants Sun Tu to die more than he does. .
But his wish was shattered in an instant!
If Sun Tu hadn't felt something strange moments before the assassination arrived and tensed up his body to take precautions, I'm afraid this attack would have killed him. But he was prepared, so when the arrow came, he reacted immediately!
Since it was impossible to dodge by ducking down, we could only find something to block the fatal arrow. But at this moment, it was too late to draw the knife, so he made a decisive decision at this dangerous juncture. He clamped the horse's belly with his legs and tightened the reins hard, causing the horse under his control to suddenly neigh and lift its front hoofs quickly. The body also rose up with the force, and suddenly stood in front of the arrow that was coming straight.
There was only a puff sound, and the arrow filled with power sank into the soft belly of the horse, but failed to penetrate the thick body of the horse. There was still half of the arrow body left outside, so naturally it was impossible. Sun Tu, who was behind him, was not injured at all. Sun Tu also took advantage of the situation and twisted his body to easily dodge the other four arrows, which were only for blocking purposes, without causing any damage.
But at this moment, the one with the fastest movement had already rushed in front of him, and the short knife stabbed his waist like lightning. But at this moment, he heard a clear shout, and Sun Tu, who was originally facing him, turned around with the horse on his hip and turned to face him. At the same time, the two horse hooves that had been flying high suddenly fell down, slamming hard on his chest.
Sun Tu's mount is naturally a horse in the army. It runs extremely fast and has amazing strength. Now he is pedaling with sudden force despite being seriously injured. This force has the force of breaking mountains and cracking rocks. He is now firmly on the ground. The name appeared on his chest, causing his sternum to explode and his body to fall down like mud. Then the horse's hoof stepped on him again, trampling him to death on the spot.
It was only at this time that several others arrived in front of Sun Tu, and were so shocked by the tragic scene in front of them that they slowed down their movements. In just this moment, the sword on Sun Tu's waist was unsheathed, and a cold light flashed, hitting one of them on the neck, and immediately chopped off his whole head into the air, and then Sun Tu's body also jumped off his horse. He stood up and avoided the stabbing attacks that followed.
It was only then that the horse fell heavily to the ground, and blood continued to gush out, staining a large area of the bluestone floor red. The horse, which Sun Tu used as a shield to block a fatal blow and then trampled one person to death, finally fell seriously injured. The situation looked really bad.
But Sun Tu had already escaped from the absolute danger just now. Although the man was in mid-air, the knife was already in his hand. With a turn of his wrist, he had protected his whole body and cut away all the short knives that were thrust in front of him.
At this time, the soldiers from the rear rushed up quickly, shouting loudly: "Protect the general, capture this moment!" They surrounded and killed the assassins. Seeing that the assassination failed, Sun Tu wanted to counterattack after landing. The reaction of these people was also very fast and decisive. With a whistle, they turned around and rushed into the crowd.
The crowd was even more panic-stricken at this time. This was a situation that the people of Bianjing had never encountered before. Someone was actually assassinating someone in the street, and the person who was killed was the high-ranking officials of the imperial court who were shouting and cheering from behind.
official. Originally, they were a little unsure of what to do, but when they saw the assassins suddenly running towards them, they immediately let out bursts of screams, quickly scattered like a group of disturbed ants, and fled away.
And this was exactly what the assassins wanted to see. Their clothes were no different from those of ordinary people. As soon as they threw away their weapons, they blended into the scattered crowd, causing the guards to pursue them. For a moment I didn’t know which way to pursue.
Sun Tu reacted quickly at this time and immediately shouted: "Secure the prisoner first, and then some people go to the restaurant over there!" He could see clearly that those cold arrows that almost killed him came from that restaurant. second floor window.
At that moment, more than a dozen people rushed decisively towards the restaurant over there and rushed in. Everyone inside was so frightened that they screamed and begged for mercy. Sun Tu, on the other hand, had retreated in front of Di Yingyang and the prisoners, holding the knife across his chest, always alert to a possible new round of assassinations. When he was almost killed, he didn't dare to relax at all.
Behind him, Di Yingyang's face turned white and red, and his breathing was rapid. His eyes were scanning around, but he didn't know what he was looking for or what he was looking at. In his more than thirty years of life, he had never encountered such a situation. He was actually assassinated on the streets of Tokyo. Even though these assassinations did not come directly towards him, these threats still went straight into his heart, making him not only afraid, but also a little unspeakably excited: "San... Saburo, who are they and why do they want to assassinate them?" For you?"
"I don't know. I have many enemies, but not many can do it and dare to do all this." Sun Tu didn't dare to be too distracted and thought about it at this time. His eyes were still focused on the fleeing people in front of him. Sweeping, just in case someone takes advantage of the chaos and catches me off guard.
But under such tight defense, there were no more assassinations until several soldiers quickly retreated and surrounded him. In this way, even if another cold arrow attacked, it would be difficult to pose any threat to him.
"Let's go." The man on the second floor of the restaurant in front sighed rather reluctantly: "Sun Qianli is really great. This will not kill you, but it will expose my murderous intention. They must be sent out as soon as possible. Tokyo..." As he said that, he quickly went downstairs and dispersed with the people outside before the soldiers arrived.
After a while, the originally noisy streets became empty. Except for a man and two horses lying on the ground, only Sun Tu and others were left. After a while, the subordinates who searched the restaurant over there also came back. In addition to escorting more than ten people in the building, two of them also held three short crossbows and two pots of arrows.
No wonder the sudden arrow was so overbearing. It was not fired from a bow, but from a crossbow. In this way, today's assassination is even more serious. After all, crossbows are no more than knives and guns. They are forbidden items expressly prohibited by the imperial court!
"General, someone opened the rear window on the second floor of the restaurant, and they left footprints of someone leaving." A soldier came forward to report: "But to prevent them from committing fraud, we also locked everyone in the restaurant Brought them all.”
Sun Tu nodded: "Take the person back first, and then talk about it after interrogation." After this incident, he was convinced that someone in the capital wanted to kill him, so he had to investigate carefully to see what the reason was.