The night was getting thicker in the wilderness, and the wind was getting stronger, whistling and blowing the little bonfires, but in the end it did not extinguish the fires that had been lit so hard. It was just that the constantly swaying light and darkness were in this starless and moonless night. But it seemed particularly weak inside, and the light could hardly shine into the darkness beyond the camp.
This gave the hundreds of men who had already been hiding on the side hills a chance to hide better. Coupled with the howling north wind, even their whispered conversations were completely covered up. stand up.
"Dad, is it really that old thief Gao Qiu?" A young man clenched his knife and stared at the small camp closer to him with eyes filled with hatred.
Next to him was a sturdy man with a rugged appearance, holding a steel fork tightly in his hand, and said solemnly: "Your second uncle and third uncle have been following them for several days, from Daming Mansion to here, they must be right. "As he said that, he looked back at the two men behind him.
The two men nodded at the same time and whispered: "That's the old thief, we can recognize him even if he turns to ashes. Unexpectedly, he actually left Bianjing this time, which just gave us such a chance to take revenge." "
"But can we really accomplish this with our small manpower? There are thousands of people over there..." Another person said with worry. As he spoke, he glanced into the distance, which was the camp where Sun Tu was standing.
"This is our best chance, and we have mastered the surrounding environment. Even if we don't succeed, we can escape unscathed!" The leading man said in a firm tone: "Everyone has seen that the people here are The defense is not tight, so as long as we move quickly enough, we will be able to retreat before alerting the military camp ahead."
At this point, he pointed his steel fork and decisively ordered: "Attack! Kill the night watchman over there first, and then go straight to the biggest tent!" As soon as he finished speaking, he was already leading the way, and he jumped like a cheetah. He came out and rushed towards the camp with only a few hundred people like lightning.
The others no longer hesitated, and stood up at the same time, rushing forward quickly. Each of these people had a strong figure and light steps. Even though hundreds of people moved at the same time, under the cover of the north wind and the dark night, they actually didn't make much noise. In just a moment, they appeared at the edge of the camp.
They are all good hunters for many years, and their cooperation with each other is extremely tacit. Without any further instructions from the leader, twenty of them took out their short bows at the same time, skillfully nodding the arrows and pulling the strings, and the arrows immediately crossed After crossing a distance of more than ten feet, he shot through the necks of the night watch guards standing beside the bonfire, and the arrow pierced the throat!
The raids of these people were indeed extremely sharp and fierce. At this time, there were only ten people keeping watch in the camp, but they had twenty people firing cold arrows, two of them taking care of one. Moreover, all of them had the ability to pierce through the enemy with a hundred steps, and almost every arrow hit a target. The vital point of the throat caused the ten soldiers to not only dodge, but even the screams before death were blocked in the throat. And their fallen bodies made no sound because of the soft snow below.
The Forbidden Army and Gao Qiu's guards were already exhausted after traveling for many days. They were all sleeping soundly in their tents. Naturally, they could not notice the assassination outside. So when those ten people fell, the camp was still a mess
The tranquility made the assassins who had already raised their hearts in their throats and prepared for the worst suddenly feel relieved, and their movements became even faster. The distance of ten feet passed in the blink of an eye. They all jumped up and easily He climbed over the half-man-high fence, raised his sword, and rushed straight to the big tent in the middle.
The leading leader had arrived in front of the tent in one quick step. He held a fork in his right hand and reached out with his left hand like lightning. As soon as he grabbed the tent curtain, he suddenly pulled it down and with a crash, it was made of a whole cowhide, which was impermeable to wind and rain. The entire tent curtain was torn down, and at the same time, he swung his body and rushed in. Before he had time to carefully analyze the situation inside, the steel fork in his right hand was already stabbing a black figure in the darkness who was about to get up because he heard the noise.
With a pop, the steel fork penetrated the body, but there was no scream as expected. At the same time, the man also felt the steel fork in his hand tighten, and his weapon was actually clamped by the target's body! This made him suddenly shocked. He knew that things had changed and he had found the wrong target!
"There is an assassin!" A sharp scream instantly tore through the tranquility of the night. At the same time, two cold rays of light on the left and right came straight like horses, attacking the man's neck and waist. It was almost impossible to see anything in the darkness, but the two attacking opponents were able to seize this opportunity to kill the enemy.
The weapon in his hand was clamped desperately, and the man who could not escape was immediately in great danger. He might be able to abandon the steel fork and retreat, but in this case, it would be difficult to parry the subsequent moves of the two men who were coming from the left and right.
What a fierce man, even in such a sudden and dangerous situation, he still did not panic. He suddenly shouted loudly, held the handle of the fork with both hands, and pushed forward with all his strength. He only heard the sound of popping and the screams coming again. He was already unable to move forward, but he strode forward at the moment when the two swords were about to arrive, causing the two swords to fall behind him. He actually used his strength to pierce the person in front of him!
At the same time, he twisted his body again with his fork, picked up an enemy weighing hundreds of kilograms, turned around decisively and swept it out, causing all the subsequent sword moves of the two swordsmen behind him to fall on his companions. This time, the man was extremely dead. Not only was his body pierced by a steel fork, but his chest and abdomen were stabbed several times, with blood and flesh flying everywhere. The two swordsmen were also hit hard by their companions' bodies and fell out in a panic. One of them even hit the tent pole next to him. With a click, the pillar as thick as the man's leg was cracked. .
All this seems complicated, but it is completed in the moment when the rabbit rises and the falcon falls. It was only then that someone following the man rushed into the tent, and he heard him shout: "Old thief Gao Qiu is not here, retreat quickly!"
The few people who came in behind were shocked at first when they heard this, and then hurriedly turned around and rushed out. Their reason has always been suppressed by hatred, knowing that saving lives is more important than revenge. Now that they have failed to succeed in a single blow and are trapped in a military camp surrounded by officers and soldiers, leaving first is the best choice.
At this time, all the Forbidden Army soldiers in the surrounding tents had woken up with screams and shouts. Many of them had rushed out of the tents in panic, carrying their weapons before they even had time to put on their armor. Come. When they saw the assassins outside who were about to leave, they even shouted angrily: "Where are you going, thief!" They stabbed at them with all their strength with their swords and guns, and some people also detoured to block their way.
for a while
, the whole camp was boiling and chaotic, but there was only a small tent located in the upper left corner of the camp. There were thirty or forty people guarding the door. Everyone was on full alert and did not dare to relax in the slightest. Moreover, some of them were holding battlefield weapons. The divine arm bow, a weapon that kills enemies, is pointing far ahead. If anyone dares to take advantage of the chaos and get close, they will fire arrows to kill the enemy without hesitation.
In this small tent, Gao Qiu was sitting in his arms with a livid face. On his left and right, there were four calm men guarding him. The weapons in their hands were all unsheathed. With so many layers of protection inside and outside, unless a large army came to attack him, there was no way he could be harmed at all by Lieutenant Gao.
Gao Qiu's face was livid not only because of anger, but more out of fear. He had received news that an assassin had actually broken into the Chinese army's tent and seemed to have succeeded in killing someone. If he hadn't saved a hand, I'm afraid he would have died by now.
"Who dares to assassinate me? Is it someone from Sun Tu?" Gao Qiu asked in a cold voice after calming down for a while.
"It doesn't look like it. There was some reaction from the military camp over there, and the people who came were all wearing civilian clothes." A guard raised the curtain and looked at the battle outside, and said casually. Although it was still dark outside with only a few swaying bonfires illuminating it, and the figures were still very messy, his eyesight could still clearly see the appearance of the twenty or thirty assassins who had been surrounded, and they were all not members of the Forbidden Army.
This answer made Gao Qiu slightly surprised and at the same time slightly relieved: "Fortunately..." In fact, the reason why he gave up the better tent of the Chinese army and came to sleep in such a small corner tent was to guard against it. Sun Tu would be detrimental to himself. After all, he and Sun Tu had a lot of hatred, and they had seen each other's cruel methods. But at the same time, a new question arose in his mind: Where did these assassins come from, and why did they assassinate him like this
"Keep a few alive." Gao Qiu quickly made a decision and ordered immediately.
But at the same time as this order was passed on, there was a sudden sound of arrows piercing the air outside, followed by a burst of screams. This made Gao Qiu frown suddenly: "Shouldn't we keep them alive? Once they use the crossbow, they will lose control!"
"Lieutenant, it's the assassins who have accomplices outside. They killed many of our brothers with bows and arrows!" his subordinates hurriedly reported back.
This group of assassins have made a lot of preparations for this assassination, and they even have a clear way out. So even if they failed and were surrounded by more than ten times the number of officers and soldiers, they still did not give up. At the same time, the companions who had been arranged to meet outside also decisively fired arrows to kill the enemy, quickly opening up a bloody path for them.
After learning that this was the case, Gao Qiu finally couldn't bear it anymore: "Leave them here, life or death!" If these assassins were allowed to escape, where would he lose his face? What's more, what annoys him even more is that after a while, Sun Tu's camp, which is only two or three miles away from here, is still silent and unresponsive, as if they don't even know that there is a fight here. Like a ball.
This is exactly what happened. The two camps in the wilderness formed a strange and strong contrast. On one side, there was a loud killing sound, and several camps were on fire. On the other side, there was no movement at all, only a few figures. Walking out of the tent, looking from a distance...