Who would pay attention to an owl flying silently across the sky at such a late hour? Most people probably wouldn't care even if they saw it.
If it weren't for the super strong spiritual perception that Yan Liqiang had developed through practicing the I Ching Xisui Jing, he probably wouldn't have had the feeling that he was being spied on, and would not have noticed a bird flying through the sky.
The mystery that had been bothering Yan Liqiang for several days was suddenly solved at this moment.
Yan Liqiang thought of the eagles and vultures he had seen flying in the sky before.
There were too many birds in the sky during the day, so even if Yan Liqiang had the feeling of being spied on, he was not sure that the feeling came from the sky. But at this moment, on such a night, when there were no birds in the sky, there happened to be an owl flying over, and that feeling suddenly appeared in his mind, which made Yan Liqiang lock onto the owl at once.
There must be something wrong with that owl.
If he was seen by ordinary animals or birds, Yan Liqiang's super strong spiritual perception would not have any special reaction at all. Only when he was secretly spied on by someone, Yan Liqiang would feel something.
Could someone be controlling these birds and flying animals to gather intelligence
If such a thing happened in Yan Liqiang's previous life, he would never believe it, because even the seemingly amazing animal magic of controlling goldfish on the Spring Festival Gala was achieved with extremely cruel means and props. But in this world, in the Silver Continent, all kinds of strange secret methods emerge in an endless stream, but Yan Liqiang dare not say that there is no secret method to control animals in this world.
Let's talk about myself. Can't I use the creation ability of the Temple of Heaven to give birth to Huangmao? Maybe other people also have some means to make these animals work for them and become their eyes.
He felt that he was being spied on before, and he almost fell into the deadly trap of the Black Wind Bandits just after leaving Ganzhou. At this time, the Black Wind Bandits had just arrived, and the owl came again. So, there is no doubt that the person controlling the owl must be in cahoots with the Black Wind Bandits.
Yan Liqiang hid in the dark and observed the owl carefully for a while. He found that the owl stayed on the tree for a while, observed the situation on the earth wall, and then flapped its wings and flew up, starting to fly around the sky above Huijiaji.
When the owl flew to the inn where Yan Liqiang and his companions were staying, Yan Liqiang noticed that the owl circled above the inn for a few more times, which made Yan Liqiang even more certain that there was something wrong with the owl.
Seeing the owl flying towards him again, Yan Liqiang, knowing that the owl's vision at night was very abnormal, quickly hid his body again, and only showed his head when waiting for the owl to fly past.
The owl flew back to the old tree and quietly watched the situation on the earth wall.
The sharp sounds of arrows breaking through the air and hitting the roof kept coming from the other side. The two sides were shooting at each other and making noises. Yan Liqiang squinted his eyes and looked at the owl. A few thoughts turned in his mind, and then he made a decision in an instant.
He ran out from his hiding place, and when a man from Huijiaji who was guarding the earth wall was not paying attention, he jumped onto the wall nimbly, then flipped down the wall and left Huijiaji.
There was a ditch not far outside the earth wall. Yan Liqiang, carrying a bow on his back and crouching, quickly came to the ditch and ran along it. After running a few hundred meters, he found a river in front of the ditch.
The river is not wide, only more than 20 meters, and the ice on the river surface has melted. The people of Huijiaji can survive here because of this river.
Yan Liqiang arrived at the river and touched the water. The water was icy cold. Yan Liqiang gathered the quiver and bow and arrows above his head, stepped resolutely into the river, and swam to the other side.
The cold river water slowly covered Yan Liqiang's knees, lower abdomen, and finally to Yan Liqiang's neck. In the end, Yan Liqiang had to hold the bow and quiver with one hand and paddle with the other hand to cross the river with difficulty. Fortunately, Yan Liqiang was a good swimmer and the water in this river was not turbulent, so he was only washed down a few dozen meters before reaching the shore.
At this time, Yan Liqiang didn't care whether he was cold or not. After getting ashore, he identified the direction and quickly ran towards a hillside in the distance.
We came to the foot of the hillside, passed through a poplar forest, then through a patch of bushes and thorns, then climbed over the top of the mountain, then came down from the top of the mountain, passed through a pile of rocks, and went around to the top of a small hill in front. The scene in front of us suddenly became clear.
The battle between the Black Wind Bandits and Huijiaji continued. In less than ten minutes, the Black Wind Bandits on horseback had already approached two hundred meters outside Huijiaji. The bows in the hands of the Black Wind Bandits on horseback had changed from projectiles to flat shots. As a result, the accuracy of the Black Wind Bandits' bows and arrows was greatly improved. For a while, they were evenly matched with Liang Yijie and his men stationed on the earth wall of Huijiaji. Arrows flew back and forth, and both sides suffered casualties...
In such a contest, after getting close, one side riding on a rhinoceros horse keeps moving, taking advantage of speed, which makes it exponentially more difficult to aim and hit the target. The other side has the advantage of defense behind the earth wall and can dodge and defend against the opponent's arrows. It is hard to say who has the advantage.
From a distance, Yan Liqiang discovered that Liang Yijie and the archer from Huijiaji were suppressed by several Black Wind Bandits at the same time. The Black Wind Bandits were staring at Liang Yijie and the archer on the Huijiaji arrow tower. As long as Liang Yijie and the archer showed their bodies to aim, the Black Wind Bandits would shoot arrows at them...
Yan Liqiang was sizing up the battlefield while crawling on the ground, carrying his horn python bow and quiver on his back, and crawling step by step towards a pile of rocks on the hillside in front of him. The sharp edges of the rocks on the ground scratched the wet clothes Yan Liqiang was wearing, and left bloody marks on his arms and legs. Yan Liqiang gritted his teeth, looked at the rocks with a determined gaze, and approached them little by little.
Finally, Yan Liqiang came behind the rocks on the hillside and finally stood up.
This pile of rocks, some as big as several cows and some as small as millstones, were scattered on the hillside, just completely covering Yan Liqiang's figure.
Yan Liqiang bent his waist and lowered his head. He groped among the rocks for a while and finally found a suitable shooting angle.
The shooting angle was right at a basin-sized gap left between three rocks. Looking through the gap, the Black Wind Bandits were more than 500 meters away, diagonally opposite the gap...
Yan Liqiang half-knelt on the ground, licked his lips, took the horn python bow in his hand, laid it flat, pulled out an arrow, and put it on the bowstring. The cold and sharp iron arrowhead shot through the gap as big as a washbasin and aimed at the large group of Black Wind Bandits...
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Ali Gujin frowned and watched the battle in the distance, with doubts in his heart. If the guards around Sun Bingchen were only of this level, how could his two hundred men be easily slaughtered? What about the archers around Sun Bingchen? What about the archery expert? Where did he go? Could it be that the previous battle was too intense and the archery expert had not recovered yet
This is not impossible. Kyudo consumes a lot of physical strength, especially the strength of the arms. Even for a master of Kyudo, if he draws the bow too many times in a short period of time, the strength of his arms will be consumed too much and it will be difficult to recover in a short period of time.
Thinking of this, Ali Gujin's eyes turned cold, he turned his head, glanced at the other person beside him, and nodded slightly.
The man whistled and rushed out on his rhinoceros horse. The one hundred Black Wind Bandits behind him also rushed out after him. The black mass of people, like a pack of hungry wolves, pounced on the earthen wall of Huijiaji.
If the archery master beside Sun Bingchen did not appear, then this tentative feint attack would become the main attack, and they would take advantage of the situation to attack Huijiaji and then chop off Sun Bingchen's head.
As a noble of the Uli tribe among the seven Shatu tribes, Aligujin has always been confident in his ability to lead troops in battle, knowing that the situation of war is ever-changing and the shape of water is ever-changing.
Behind the black scarf of Ali Gujin, a cold smile appeared. He even began to imagine how his status in the Wuli tribe and the entire Shatu seven tribes would be improved after he took down Sun Bingchen's head. That Sun Bingchen was the mortal enemy of the Shatu people...
An arrow from the darkness, like the call of the god of death, shattered Aligukin's fantasy and froze the smile on his face.
With a sound of "Puff..."
A large ball of blood exploded on Ali Gujin's neck, and the splattered blood immediately splashed onto the black scarves of several Black Wind Bandits around him. Ali Gujin fell off his rhino horse immediately because an arrow suddenly grew out of his neck...
(End of this chapter)