Chapter 165 Chapter 6 Borrowing the King's Raft

With a long hiss, the war horse knelt down on its front hooves before falling down on the ground, throwing Zhao Zhi on the grassland. Xiang Shaolong and others dismounted one after another, and helped Zhao Zhi who was already exhausted. When Xiang Shaolong ordered to put down Wu Da who was tied to the stretcher on horseback, he couldn't help but feel at a loss. They fled day and night non-stop for three days and three nights, but they still failed to leave behind the enemy who was always near and far away, and now the most worrying thing happened, and some horses could not support them.

In the distance on the horizon is the Qinling Mountains stretching across the front. The wrinkled mountains make people feel even more exhausted. But as long as one can escape there, the chances of survival will be greatly increased, unlike hiding on the plain where there is nowhere to hide.I only want to go there, even if the horse is in the best condition, it will never be possible without an extra three days and three nights. Looking at the snow-covered peaks of the Qinling Mountains and the grasslands that separated them, everyone couldn't help feeling hopelessly sighing. Jing Shan, who was spying on the enemy, came back and reported: "The enemy in Chentou is still five miles away, and the speed has slowed down. I am really angry. We have arranged various methods to confuse them, but they were all seen through by that bastard Bai Fei. Not fooled."

Xiang Shaolong was troubled, so he went to visit Wu Da who was changing the dressing by Ji Zhao's second daughter. Ji Yanran got up and pulled Xiang Shaolong aside and said, "Wu Da has a fever all over his body, and his mind is in a daze. If he keeps bumping on the road, I'm afraid he won't be able to reach the Qinling Mountains." Xiang Shaolong was more troubled, and looked towards Qinling. This large mountain range stretching for hundreds of miles, like the hand of nature, has drawn the border between Qin and Chu. As long as they can go there, they will have the opportunity to fight and walk according to the terrain, and go to join Teng Yi and others.

But because he had to avoid the enemy, he couldn't march according to the original route. No one knew where he was now. Seeing him staring blankly at Qinling, Ji Yanran understood his intentions, pointed to one of the snow-covered peaks that was obviously higher and said: "If I guessed correctly, it should be Taibai Mountain, the highest peak in Qinling. From this point of view, we It deviated from the original route to the east by more than a hundred miles, no wonder I didn't catch up with Brother Teng!" Even under such circumstances, this peerless beauty still does not lose her lazy and elegant charm.Hearing her soothing and pleasant voice, Xiang Shaolong relaxed, and at the same time, his pride surged up. After ordering everyone to rest for a while, he dragged Ji Yanran up to a nearby hill, and looked around.

The sun is not behind the Qinling Mountains, and the fan shoots out thousands of afterglows of sunset. The enemy from the northeast was obviously in no better condition than them, so they stopped, and there was a faint neighing sound. A river came from the northwest, went east, and meandered through the left rear. Ji Yanran said: "I heard that there is a divine spring in Taibai Mountain, the temperature can be used for cooking, and it can also heal wounds and regenerate muscles. If you can go there, there will be hope for Wuda." Xiang Shaolong said: "That's the hot spring. The spring water has absorbed the heat of the magma of the extinct volcano, and it also contains a lot of minerals! So it has magical effects."

Ji Yanran was stunned and said, "What are extinct volcanoes and minerals?" Only now did Xiang Shaolong realize that he had slipped his tongue, put his arms around her fragrant shoulders and said, "I'll explain to you later, the first task now is to try to escape to the Qinling Mountains." Pointing to the big river flowing towards the Qinling Mountains, he said, "If Yanran were Bai Fei, what would she think if she saw such a convenient river?" Ji Yanran's pretty eyes lit up and said, "Of course I'm afraid that you'll cut down wood to build a raft and slip away along the river."

Xiang Shaolong said: "Then what will you do?" Ji Yanran said: "I will do both! On the one hand, I will send people to come here in the dark, and on the other hand, I will also cut down trees and build rafts, so that I can come over in the fastest way. If we can get to the front first, we will be caught in a trap. It's hard to fly with wings." At this time, a bird in a sparse forest in the distance started up and danced wildly in the sky. Xiang Shaolong smiled slightly and said, "Just a word from Yanran cutting down the wood for the raft will give me a sure chance of victory tonight."

Ji Yanran was stunned and said, "Are you really going to build a raft to escape? It's just that the forest here is sparse, and if you need to build a few rafts that can carry so many horses, you won't be able to complete it in a whole night. By then, the enemy will come early." Xiang Shaolong's hand moved to her soft waist, kneading it greedily, and pretending to be casual, he said: "Don't we understand each other a little bit? How come the talented girl Ji couldn't guess her husband's intention this time? " With a tender moan, Ji Yanran threw herself into his arms, hugged him tightly with all her strength, and said fascinatedly: "There is a sympathy, what love story is more fascinating than this."

At the same time, Fangxin knew that after three days and three nights of running away like a bereaved dog, Ailang finally regained his confidence. Things started too suddenly, and I was caught off guard because of being off guard.But in this desperate situation of life and death, Xiang Shaolong was finally inspired to fight. ◇◇◇◇◇◇ The moon tonight is a size larger than when I escaped from danger three days ago, but due to thick clouds and more clouds, the night is even darker. Murder is everywhere in the forest. Xiang Shaolong waited on the other side of the river which was far away from the enemy, with his arrows on his crossbow, ready to wait.The horses were taken far away to give them as much rest as possible.

When the crescent moon reaches the mid-heaven, the bird flies in the direction of the enemy, indicating that the enemy's ground troops are sneaking in their direction. At this time, the war horses on both sides have reached the point where their oil is exhausted and their lamps are exhausted. If they want to do anything, they can only rely on the strength of their feet. There was a sound of water, and the shadows of more than a dozen rafts appeared upstream, floating along the water. Sure enough, both land and water attacked at the same time. Because Xiang Shaolong and others were in danger of a big river, they didn't take the opponent's land attack to heart at all, and because they had deliberately made noise in the sparse forest half a mile away from the shore earlier, creating the illusion of cutting trees to build rafts , the enemy didn't know it and went in, and decided to take this place as the target of attack. When they knew the timing, they had enough time to deal with the enemies attacking along the river.

If they compete with the enemy in the speed of building rafts, they will definitely lose due to the large number of disadvantages. Now just look at how the other party has built more than ten rafts in just a few hours, you should know the situation. However, although there are as many as 500 people on the other side, but to achieve this efficiency, they must put all their hands into it!Moreover, the offensive was launched immediately after the raft was built, there was no rest time in between, and it took three days and three nights to rush, but everyone on the other side must be exhausted.And they rested for at least a few more hours, but the comparison in this aspect is very beneficial to them. Without Xiang Shaolong's instructions, all the arrows were directed towards the enemy, condescending, taking advantage of everything. Although there are only twenty of them, they are spread widely on the cliffs of nearly a hundred feet, hiding their bodies with stone bushes, so as to stand in an invincible position. There were shadows of people on the raft, and they all bowed down on the raft, those on the outside protected their bodies with shields, and those on the inside bowed their bows and set up arrows, serving in strict formation. Xiang Shaolong and others kept silent and let the enemy approach from a distance.Five feet, four feet, three feet... The first raft came into close range, and two of them stretched out long poles to prevent the raft from hitting the big rocks on the bank, especially in this section of the river where there are many rocks and the water is fast. Xiang Shaolong chose this section of the river to ambush, there is a certain reason for it.In the mysterious sparse forest on the opposite bank, the sound of killing suddenly resounded all over the sky, and the torches were ignited blazingly, illuminating half the sky red. Xiang Shaolong knew it was time, he pulled the trigger, and the crossbow shot down through the air, the enemy on the first raft who was standing on the pole let out a heart-piercing scream, and was carried by the powerful arrow and fell into the river , opened the prelude to the war here. The enemy was startled but not confused, they held up their shields one after another, and shot blindly at both sides of the bank, of course they couldn't hit anyone. Xiang Shaolong wanted them to do just that, he didn't shoot any more arrows; he just shouted and put on a show. "call!" There were screams, and people on the first raft were seen flipping and falling into the water. It turned out that Xiang Shaolong blocked the river with more than a dozen giant vines at the bend of the river, the people on the raft bumped into the giant vines, and the speed of the raft was like galloping horses, how could they stay on the raft. The crossbow bolt was fired. The people on the second raft met the same fate. They were thrown into the water one after another, and their shields and bows flew to nowhere. Rows of crossbow arrows shot into the river, and blood gushed out continuously with the screams, and flowed downstream at the same time as the two empty rafts. Seeing that the momentum was not right, the third raft hurriedly leaned aside. Unexpectedly, the subsequent rafts could not keep the momentum; they slammed into the previous raft, and immediately someone fell into the water, and the people on the raft turned eastward. Fall to the west. Arrows were sent down like rain, and the other party was already exhausted, so they fell down one after another. The river was only two feet wide, and two rafts blocked it in front of it. The dozen or so rafts that followed immediately crashed into a ball. With the screams, people panicked and jumped into the water to flee for their lives. Two more empty rafts floated downstream. Xiang Shaolong knew it was time, said hello, and led the crowd away triumphantly. After running for nearly half a mile, they met Wu Guang and Ude who were downstream, and the latter reported happily: "We hooked four rafts, we can go." When the men and horses got on the raft, the raft left with the current.Zhao Zhi was so excited that he kissed Xiang Shaolong wildly. Ji Yanran sighed: "Only Xiang Lang can come up with this plan to defeat the enemy and borrow a raft. Unless Bai Fei can really fly this time, he will never catch up with us again." Xiang Shaolong looked up at the magnificent starry sky, smiled and said: "Don't forget that they still have nearly ten rafts, but counting fifteen people on each raft, they can only have more than a hundred people chasing them at most. A person can block ten with one, even if they are all masters, we make a discount to block five with one, and then deceive them to be exhausted, so we will give them another lesson at Qinling Mountains, so that we can take the opportunity to have a good rest It is also a joy to save some energy to appreciate the glaciers in the Qinling Mountains." Wu Yan who was next to him was stunned when he heard it, he didn't expect Xiang Shaolong to still refuse to give up after the victory.Xuanyou was gearing up for it, because she had had enough of it these past few days.Suddenly, they hoped that the enemy would catch up. ◇◇◇◇◇◇ The further one goes to the Qinling Mountains, the denser the forest becomes. The journey that would have taken three days to complete was completed in one night. In the early morning, they abandoned their rafts and landed on the shore, and deliberately walked for a while. After placing Wu Da and Ma'er, they left Zhao Zhi and Wu Guang as guards. . Xiang Shaolong and Ji Yanran sat comfortably behind a pile of rocks, their shoulders touched, and they couldn't help feeling the sweet feeling of sharing weal and woe. Xiang Shaolong saw his wife's eyes sparkling, and asked, "What is my talented girl thinking about?" Ji Yanran rested her head on his shoulder, and said charmingly: "I was thinking that if people didn't let go of their reserve back then! If they had the audacity to promise each other, now they are still stuffed in the girder, and they still miss you, it would be miserable. gone." Xiang Shaolong was moved for a while and said: "Then I am miserable too, and I will be tortured for the rest of my life by the big defect of not having a talented woman as a good wife." Ji Yanran said, "You don't know how? Men put their careers first, and they are born with the temperament to love one another, so stop coaxing them." Xiang Shaolong laughed and said: "It seems that such a thought will not benefit you at all, and what I said is from the bottom of my heart, but I forgot that you are worth twice as much gold as my head." Ji Yanran said angrily: "Du Bi is such a person, taking someone's life is not enough, but also wanting to humiliate his wife, I will find him to settle the score later." At this time, the signal of birdsong came. The enemy finally came. I don't know if a few rafts were damaged by the collision last night, but only seven rafts came, and each raft was crowded with twenty people, so that the rafts were all submerged in the water, and the speed was slow. As soon as the raft turned a corner, it bumped into Xiang Shaolong and the others who had abandoned the three rafts that were tied together on purpose and left them across the middle of the river, and they immediately became a mess, all seven rafts were thrown into a mess.Three of the rafts immediately tipped over and sank, in a panic. After turning over and disturbing, the enemies jumped into the water one after another and climbed up to the shore. Xiang Shaolong gave an order, and the iron guards lying around immediately fired arrows. Just as Xiang Shaolong expected, these enemies did not close their eyes for three days and three nights, and after working hard all night, their morale plummeted, and when they were suddenly ambushed, everyone ran for their lives in all directions, and even lost the will to resist. Blood stained the river red. Those who wanted to go ashore couldn't avoid the crossbow arrows, and people in the water couldn't escape the catastrophe. In a blink of an eye, nearly thirty people were hit by the arrows, and more than a hundred people were routed and fled upstream.In the confusion, it was not clear who Fei Fei was. Xiang Shaolong pulled out the bloody waves, took the lead and rushed out, and killed the dozen or so people who were lucky enough to climb ashore. The enemy didn't know if they were intimidated by Xiang Shaolong's prestige, and when they saw him appear, they didn't want to fight, they all jumped back into the water, desperately scattered and fled upstream, the situation was extremely chaotic. The expected pitched battle didn't happen. Xiang Shaolong stopped his subordinates from chasing and killing the enemy, Shi Shi ran away. The four-day pursuit has finally come to an end.