There are torches and braziers on the earthen wall of Huijiaji. In the dark night, they illuminate the earthen wall of Huijiaji section by section. From a distance, the whole Huijiaji looks like a gray lump in the dark night, inconspicuous.
Riding on a rhino horse and wearing a black turban, Ali Gujin stood more than a thousand meters away, looking at Huijiaji not far away, his eyes flashing with seven parts of cunning and three parts of cruelty.
Aligujin did not have as good eyesight as Yan Liqiang, so at this distance, when he looked at Huijiaji, he could only barely see the human figures on the outermost circle of earthen walls of Huijiaji. Among those human figures, the people in Huijiaji were easy to recognize, because in Aligujin's eyes, those people were just a bunch of miscellaneous people like gray mice, their clothes were old and dirty, and their original colors could hardly be seen. But there was another group of people who were somewhat conspicuous on the earthen wall. They were all wearing the same official clothes, and the colors and styles were very different from those of the people in Huijiaji, so they could be recognized at a glance.
It seems that it is true. Sun Bingchen and his guards have entered Huijiaji.
Ali Gujin muttered to himself, and couldn't help but look up at the sky, as if there was something in the sky.
Everyone around him looked at Aligujin, and no one spoke. Only the rhinoceros horses were treading the ground uneasily or snorting from time to time.
Finally, after waiting for a while, Aligujin glanced at one of his subordinates not far from him. After receiving Aligujin's signal, the Black Wind Bandit let out a whistle, shook the reins, and rode his rhinoceros horse towards Huijiaji.
And rushing forward closely following that man were the one hundred Black Wind Bandits behind him.
The Black Wind Bandits let out all sorts of strange howls and pounced towards Huijiaji like a group of wild wolves.
Under the black veil, a cold look flashed across Aligukin's face. He wanted to see how many archery masters there were around Sun Bingchen and how powerful they were. Then, he would naturally find a way to deal with them.
Between retreating and continuing to hunt down Sun Bingchen and his group, Ali Gujin finally chose the latter. If he retreated just because of a battle, he would have a hard time explaining to everyone, so he had no choice but to chase after them. Fortunately, the Sadhu priest had expressed his full support in taking down Sun Bingchen's head, so Ali Gujin's courage grew again...
At this moment, there were a few more guards of the Sadhu Priest in his team. Those guards were all Fire Deadpools. At the same time, the Sadhu Priest himself also came here with his team and was at the back of the team.
For some reason, when looking at the inconspicuous Huijiaji again, Aligujin suddenly felt that the inconspicuous Huijiaji was a bit dazzling, which made him feel uncomfortable for some reason.
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Yan Liqiang looked at the one hundred Black Wind Bandits rushing over and frowned slightly. He originally thought that these Black Wind Bandits would come for a general attack, but he didn't expect that there were only one hundred Black Wind Bandits rushing over, and the formation of these one hundred people was very scattered. The distance between the large group of Black Wind Bandits and Huijiaji in the distance was just beyond the range of his bow. Combining these two points, Yan Liqiang suddenly understood something.
These Black Wind Bandits already knew that there was an archery master in Sun Bingchen's team.
But those Black Wind Bandits couldn't possibly know that they were that person, and they might even think that there was more than one archery master in Sun Bingchen's team.
That's why it's like this!
Looking at Ali Gujin in the distance, Yan Liqiang's eyes narrowed suddenly.
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When the Black Wind Bandits on rhinoceros horses rushed to 400 meters away from Huijiaji, they split into two groups, one heading to the left and the other to the right. They did not continue to rush forward, but instead rode their horses and ran quickly around Huijiaji at that distance. While running, the Black Wind Bandits on the horses raised their bows and shot the first round of arrows at Huijiaji at a huge angle...
"Be careful of arrows..." Zhenglu, the old man from Huijiaji, had come to the earth wall at some point. When he saw the Black Wind Bandits shooting the first round of arrows, the old man shouted at the top of his voice.
All the men in Huijiaji had already skillfully hidden behind the earth wall when the old man started shouting. Many of them even picked up the crude wooden or rattan shields beside them and used them against their heads.
High-angle projectiles will increase the range of the bow and arrow, but the accuracy will be much worse, because the arrow falls in an arc. So under normal circumstances, as long as you stick close to the earth wall or behind the arrow, and as long as you are not too unlucky, you can ignore the high-angle projectiles.
The guards around Yan Liqiang and Sun Bingchen also knew this. When they saw the Black Wind Bandits start to throw, they quickly got behind the earth wall.
But there were also two people fighting back. One of them was Liang Yiji, and the other was an archer from Huijiaji. That archer was the one whose bow and arrow were shot in half by Yan Liqiang.
Liang Yijie stood fearlessly behind the earth wall. When the Black Wind Bandits drew their bows, Liang Yijie also shot an arrow. Meanwhile, the archer from Huijiaji shot an arrow at the Black Wind Bandits from the arrow tower behind the earth wall...
Arrows from both sides fell almost at the same time.
The first round of arrows shot by the Black Wind Bandits either hit the earth wall or flew over the wall and hit the roof behind it, hitting no one. The only arrow that landed behind the earth wall was blocked by a wooden shield and did not penetrate the three-inch thick simple wooden shield.
The arrows shot by Liang Yiji and the archer from Huijiaji all hit the target. At the same time, one of the two groups of Black Wind Bandits who were running around Huijiaji fell off their horse, and another horse fell over, throwing the Black Wind Bandits on the horse away.
This round of rain of arrows marked the beginning of the contest between the two sides. The Black Wind Bandits did not gain any advantage, but instead lost two people at once. Everyone on the Huijiaji side cheered at the same time.
Liang Yiji was wondering why Yan Liqiang beside him didn't take action. He turned around and saw that Yan Liqiang had left the earth wall at some point, carrying a horn python bow and running away.
Seeing Liang Yijie turning around, Yan Liqiang just made a reassuring gesture to Liang Yijie, then ran into an alley in Huijiaji and disappeared in the blink of an eye...
If it was someone else, Liang Yijie might still suspect that the man was deserting the battlefield, but in the previous battle, Yan Liqiang had already proved his strength and bravery, so Liang Yijie would not think that Yan Liqiang was going to escape at this time. Sun Bingchen just said that Yan Liqiang could move freely and deal with any problems on his own, so Liang Yijie did not care about Yan Liqiang...
Just as Yan Liqiang was immersed in the darkness, the Black Wind Bandits on the opposite side, riding their rhinoceros horses, circled and moved closer to the earthen wall of Huijiaji.
In the blink of an eye, the two sides, one attacking and one defending, one behind the earth wall and the other on the rhino horse, started shooting arrows at each other...
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Yan Liqiang was running quickly in the shadows of the low houses in Huijiaji, immersing his body in the darkness. In just a short while, Yan Liqiang made a big circle and came to the earth wall on the other side of Huijiaji.
Just when Yan Liqiang was about to quietly climb over the earth wall, he suddenly stopped and hid himself behind a pile of firewood made of harvested shrubs. The feeling of being spied on that had appeared in the past few days once again gently passed through his heart, like throwing a stone into a pond, causing ripples and making Yan Liqiang's heart suddenly shudder.
The feeling of being spied on was only fleeting and then disappeared. After a few seconds, Yan Liqiang quietly raised his head from the gap between the bushes and looked around.
There was nothing unusual around. Huijiaji was still the same Huijiaji, and no one was lurking in. However, there was a black dot flying in the sky.
It was an owl, hovering in the air above the earthen wall where Liang Yijie, Sun Bingchen and his guards were stationed. After flying for a while, the owl landed directly on a big tree not far away, staring at the battle between the two sides...
(End of this chapter)