vstars Chapter 287 Ambushed!
Chapter 287 Ambushed!
At dusk, the setting sun is like blood.
Li Changsheng and Lu Wenqing, with fifty cavalrymen, rushed to the bank of the Bian River.
They found a relatively secluded cave in the mountains and forests, using it as a temporary place to stay at night.
After a simple dinner, Li Changsheng took a look around.
Then, sit cross-legged and close your eyes to relax.
Just as he was reviewing what had happened recently in his mind.
The ears suddenly moved slightly.
Immediately, he felt a sense of solemnity and murderous intent, like a rolling tide, surging from all directions.
Li Changsheng was suddenly startled and thought to himself, "Oh no!"
"careful!"
As soon as he gave the warning, countless arrows came like a swarm of locusts, covering the sky like a flood.
Before Lu Wenqing and his fifty personal soldiers could react, more than half of them were killed or injured.
The frightened war horses also became irritable and restless, some charging forward and some neighing to the sky.
Lu Wenqing hurried over to Li Changsheng and asked, "Master Yan, this is bad! We seem to be surrounded!"
Li Changsheng calmed down a bit and asked, "How many people are coming?"
"I'm not sure exactly, but there were people everywhere. I estimate there must be at least five thousand of them."
When he said this, a look of despair appeared on Lu Wenqing's face.
There were only fifty people on their side, and most of them were injured.
But the enemy had five thousand men.
The ratio of people is an astonishing one to one hundred.
This is a desperate situation where there is no chance of survival!
Hearing that the other party had no less than 5,000 people, Li Changsheng's expression couldn't help but darken slightly.
"We just arrived here tonight, and the camp we chose is very secluded. How did the court know about this?"
Hearing Li Changsheng's question, Lu Wenqing seemed to realize the crux of the problem.
"So, there are spies from the imperial court among us?"
Li Changsheng: "..."
At this time, he finally figured out the crux of the problem.
This is the prince Ying Qi, who wants to kill someone with a borrowed knife in order to monopolize Jiang Xiner!
Ying Qi made a big move to kill his love rival.
He actually had fifty elite personal soldiers, including the personal guard general Lu Wenqing, buried with him.
Thinking of this, murderous intent suddenly appeared in Li Changsheng's eyes.
"General Lu, while the enemy's encirclement hasn't completely closed, immediately tell everyone to mount their horses and follow me to charge out!"
After saying this, Li Changsheng jumped onto his horse.
Seeing this, Lu Wenqing hurriedly responded and shouted at the top of his voice, "Everyone, get on your horses and follow Master Yan to charge out!"
Just as everyone was hurriedly getting on their horses, a long horn blew from the surrounding mountains and forests, scaring the animals away and the birds away.
Immediately, another round of feather arrows came like an overwhelming force.
Faced with these ordinary feather arrows, Li Changsheng was naturally not afraid.
He swung his sword left and right to block and deflect all the arrows that were shot towards him.
Lu Wenqing and others are also elite cavalrymen. Each of them has considerable combat capability and is proficient in various horsemanship techniques.
Therefore, when they heard the sound of the arrow breaking through the air, they all hid in the stirrups!
However, the arrows were still too dense.
Humans are smaller targets and have elite armor on their bodies, so they can avoid attacks from feather arrows.
But the warhorse was a big target and was shot into a hedgehog on the spot.
It raised its front hooves, let out a desperate wail, and then fell heavily to the ground.
Some of the cavalrymen above were killed on the spot, while others were crushed to death by their horses.
Various screams were heard everywhere.
However, the situation was extremely urgent. Everyone was scrambling to save their own lives, and no one cared about rescuing their comrades who had fallen off their horses and were injured.
After they rushed out, there were only a dozen or so riders left beside Li Changsheng, except Lu Wenqing.
The remaining thirty or forty people were all buried in the mountains and forests.
Before they could even catch their breath, the pursuers swarmed in again.
Li Changsheng said: "You go first, I will stay behind to cover your retreat!"
Lu Wenqing was stunned when he heard this. He never expected that Yan Qing would take the initiative to offer to cover their retreat.
"Master Yan, I'll stay behind to cover your retreat!"
Li Changsheng gave him a meaningful look and asked, "Are you sure you want to stay and cover our retreat?"
Lu Wenqing was stunned when he heard this, but the words had already been spoken, so there was no reason to take them back.
So I had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "Of course I'm sure!"
Li Changsheng said, "Well, you stay and cover us!"
After saying that, he turned and left without looking back.
Only Lu Wenqing and others were left, disheveled in the wind.
Looking at the dark mass of pursuers, they were coming like dark clouds pressing down on a city.
At this critical moment of life and death, several cavalrymen, driven by the instinct of survival, fled in all directions.
Soon, Lu Wenqing was the only one left.
Seeing that Yan Qing had already gone far away, Lu Wenqing no longer pretended to be a lone hero.
He also ran away quickly.
Moreover, a feather arrow hit him right on the butt.
He cried out in pain, and his speed in escaping reached the limit of his body.
Li Changsheng did not go far. He was now standing on the top of a tree in a dense forest, staring down.
He waited for the pursuers to pass before jumping off the treetop.
Following the opposite direction of the pursuers, they continued to go deeper into the mountains and forests.
After walking for less than half an hour, a familiar figure suddenly came into view.
Wu Heita from Black Wind Village!
Could it be that Ying Qi wants to use Wu Heita to get rid of me, his love rival?
……
At this moment, a deputy general checked the corpses nearby and came forward to report to Wu Heita.
"Captain Wu, we've found thirty-five bodies and captured three prisoners!"
Wu Heita asked, "Has Yan Qing's body been found?"
The deputy general shook his head: "No!"
Wu Heita cursed.
"Damn it! This bastard runs pretty fast!"
"Bring those three prisoners here. I want to interrogate them thoroughly!"
Soon, three prisoners were brought in.
Wu Heita pointed at one of them and asked, "Who brought you here, and what is your purpose?"
The prisoner was quite resolute, and faced Wu Heita's questioning with a dark face and no words.
"Haha, you're quite courageous. Do you think I can't punish you if I don't speak?"
Wu Heita sneered and swung his shiny machete, hitting the prisoner's head fiercely.
"Crack!"
A bloody head flew out on the spot.
Moreover, it fell right in front of the other two prisoners.
Looking at their companion's bloody head, both of them were immediately filled with horror.
Wu Heita wiped the blood that had splattered on his face vigorously and shouted angrily, "If you don't want to be like him, you'd better answer my questions now!"
"My patience is limited, so I'll ask this one last time. Who brought you here, and what is your purpose?"
Looking at his companion's bloody head, coupled with Wu Heita's ferocious threat.
One of the prisoners' psychological defenses completely collapsed, and he shouted hurriedly: "Don't kill me, don't kill me, I'll tell you, I'll tell you, I'll tell you!"
"His Royal Highness sent Yan Qing and Lu Wenqing to bring us here to survey the terrain."
"In order to marry the eldest daughter of the Jiang family, Yan Qing signed a military order before King Zhao to capture Hulao Pass..."
The scout told everything he knew, pouring out everything at once.
I heard that [Yan Qing] actually dared to issue a military order to capture Hulao Pass.
This made Wu Heita want to laugh.
"Haha, you really don't know your place just because you have a little bit of ability."
"The King of Zhao's army of 300,000 couldn't take Hulao Pass. It's ridiculous that this kid can take it with just empty talk!"
"That King of Zhao is truly a fool. He actually believed such nonsense that could fool a three-year-old child. He is simply desperate and seeking medical help!"
Upon hearing this, the deputy general hurriedly agreed.
"Who says it isn't true? This King Zhao is so lustful and blinded by his own thoughts. I think we should just change his name from Winning All to Losing All!"
Hearing this, everyone present couldn't help but feel proud and burst into laughter.
After a burst of laughter, Wu Heita gave instructions to the deputy general beside him.
"General Wang, take these two prisoners back and hand them over to the general. Let's see if we can dig out some valuable information!"
"Everyone else, keep searching. Even if you have to dig three feet underground, you must dig out Yan Qing for me!"
Looking at the bloody hole on his palm that had not yet healed completely, Wu Heita gritted his teeth in hatred.
Last time, it was this guy named Yan Qing who not only left a bloody hole on his palm.
He also took away all the credit he had earned, leaving a bad impression on the general that he was incompetent.
This time, no matter what, I must avenge my previous shame...