choke element

Chapter 102 Pursuit

Midday on the moon.

Guo Ning slowly rode his horse along a ridge slightly above the water.

The ridge was obviously built artificially, but it has been abandoned for a long time.

Some places are still wide, and the horses can walk comfortably; some sections have collapsed on both sides, leaving a narrow passage in the middle, and it is obviously inclined.Even though Guo Ning was outstanding in riding skills, he had to ride the horse carefully so that the tall warhorse under his crotch would not sprain its hooves.

Since the excavation of the river channel in the former Song Dynasty and the construction of edge ponds, Hebei, which was originally a whole, has been divided into two major regions by the water, the north and the south, and the ponds between the two regions have only military functions, and most of them rely on the water. the Walled City.As the big gold conquered the domain, the military castles and fortresses were all abandoned; thus, this area inevitably declined and gradually became desolate.

The south side of the ridge was a paddy field about a few decades ago.But now there is chest-high grass growing, and when people and horses pass by, swarms of gnats in the grass are startled by the fire, and immediately buzz and fly up.

I can't see clearly in the night, but I can feel their small bodies flying around, even bumping into people's faces.Guo Ning's yellow puma was annoyed by the gnats, snorted angrily, raised its head and flicked its tail again and again.

Fortunately, the knights in front accelerated and did not wait for Guo Ning to urge the horse, the yellow pussy neighed twice, and then trotted.

A few miles further on, the team came down from the ridge and advanced along a half-dry stream.

The stream twists and turns and extends downstream to Anju.The section on the side of Xinqiaoying is called Jiju Spring.However, here in the upper reaches, several streams and rivers are connected to each other, and there are swamps and wastelands between the streams, and no one has named them.

The cavalry team walked along the stream, sometimes blocked by rough terrain, and had to cross the stream to reach the opposite river beach to continue; sometimes they even had to dismount and walk across the mud pond.

The night was dark, and the road was full of potholes and mud, making it difficult to walk.

The soldiers were drenched and almost exhausted.Many people were afraid that the horses would be tired, so they forced themselves to dismount and led the horses away with deep kicks and shallow kicks.

As a result, while walking, several people slipped and fell, all relying on their companions to help them up, otherwise, they might suffocate to death in the mud.

The place they passed was completely uninhabited, and only occasionally saw a few houses that had collapsed to the point where only the foundation remained, which made people know that this place used to be a certain fortress or a certain military stronghold.

Back then, this place used to be a stable place for soldiers and civilians to live, but the current situation changed and it was abandoned.

That's nothing.

Perhaps this year, many rich places in Hebei and the Central Plains will become ruins everywhere.Even the billions of soldiers and civilians on the land will all be turned into bones and buried under the flames of war.The situation is a hundred times more bleak than what you see at this moment.

While they were marching, another hurried whistle sounded from the rear of the team, mixed with roars one after another.

At this moment, the team was passing through a depression. Thousands of people formed an extremely long column, and they couldn't look at each other from head to tail.If the Mongols came out suddenly, it would be terrible!
Many officers and men suddenly trembled.

Ni Yi reined in his horse and took a few steps back to look at Guo Ning.

Guo Ning said calmly: "Let's not stop, and rush to the Ya'er Village ahead as soon as possible."

Speaking of this, he straightened his body on the horse, looked around at the soldiers, and raised his voice: "Go to Ya'erzhai to rest for the night, and tomorrow we will find a chance to give the Mongols a ruthless blow!"

Everyone suddenly said yes.

Guo Ning sat back on the saddle, and said to Ni Dao again, "It's okay to have Li Erlang behind you. He can stand it!"

At this moment, Li Ting, who had won Guo Ning's trust, was furiously drawing his bow and arrows, shooting at the hounds running back and forth.

But the hound ran wildly in circles among the crowd, moving extremely quickly.It was difficult for the arrow to hit the target. The sharp arrows shuttled through the air, and the arrows fell into the soil and water one after another.

Li Ting's archery skills were mediocre, but his arrows were shot very boldly, almost hitting the soldiers on the opposite side several times.

In order to avoid the arrow, the soldier turned sideways subconsciously.

As a result, the hound, which was finally surrounded, aimed at the gap left by his side, and rushed over.

In the past two hours, the Mongolian pursuers in the back followed Li Ting's men closely with the keen sense of smell of the two hounds.Li Ting thought of several ways, but failed to get rid of them. The two sides even broke out several encounters.

In terms of military strength, Li Ting is actually stronger.

But firstly, there is no way to deploy troops in the water, and every contact is a small-scale fierce battle of three to five people, or a dozen people; secondly, the soldiers have been fighting early this morning, and after running long distances so far, they are generally exhausted.The Mongols, on the other hand, are naturally tenacious and hardworking. Even though their eyes are blood red, they still scream and run wildly, like evil spirits.

So after several fierce fights, Li Ting's team suffered a lot.If it weren't for the Mongols' difficulty in shooting long distances with their bows at night, the number of casualties would have increased.

Li Ting became ruthless, determined to get rid of the hunting dogs first, and then plan to throw off the enemy, so he set up multiple traps along the way to catch animals.

Unexpectedly, the two animals were extremely clever, and the trap was completely useless, and they still followed closely.

In the vast night, the two sides fought and walked, and it was difficult to judge the distance from each other.There are even times when the two teams are criss-crossing in complex terrain, and once their whereabouts are found, their lives depend on their fate.

This time, Li Ting led some people to crawl in the sewage pond beside the road.The people only showed their eyes and used reed pipes to breathe, waiting for the two nasty dogs to pass by, and then ambushed the Mongolian pursuers behind them.

In the end, God knows how the noses of those two beasts are so sharp?

As soon as they got close, the two dogs immediately barked.Fortunately, at this time, Li Ting's deputy, Shi Jiang, killed Hu Tai from a slanted stab, and killed the Mongolian Al Jinchi in the rear.

Li Ting didn't waste this opportunity.

I can't ambush people, can't I ambush dogs?
He immediately jumped out to deal with the hound.

It's a pity that more than a dozen people surrounded the two dogs, but it didn't go well.A dog looked at the gap on the spot, threw off its legs and ran away.Seeing that there was only one left, he had to get out again now.In this dark night, once it runs out of the crowd, how can it catch it?

Li Ting was furious, he rushed forward regardless, and grabbed the hound by the tail.

The hound barked and opened its mouth, biting Li Ting's throat.Li Ting covered it with his arm, and the dog's teeth were embedded in Li Ting's cowhide armguard, making it impenetrable for a while.

At that moment, a person and a dog rolled around the ground.

Fortunately, he reacted quickly. While the hound was biting the armguard, he drew out the knife with the other hand and slashed wildly, and the surrounding companions also came up to help.

In an instant, Li Ting got up again with blood on his face.

He danced with a saber flower and shouted sharply: "Hu Tai won't last long on the other side, follow me to support!"

As soon as the words fell, the Mongolian pursuers arrived again.

And Hu Tai, who was a little further away, really couldn't support it anymore.

With his oblique stabbing, there were only ten riders in total, but they ran into the main team of the Mongolian hundred households. The two sides were outnumbered, and half of the ten riders went away in an instant.

Hu Tai has a lot of experience in fighting, and when the situation is not right, he pulls his horse and leaves.

He was also from the army of the three states, and he was surrounded by a number of cronies and subordinates who were born and died together.In order to cover him, several knights jumped off their horses one after another, brandishing their spears to drive away the rushing Mongolian knights.

Unexpectedly, a giant man with yellow beard and yellow hair in the Mongolian army had already dismounted, stepped on the water and circled behind the reeds, and rushed to Hu Tai's side in a few steps.This giant man didn't wear armor, his rags were stained with blood, and there were several gaps on the blade of the ring knife in his hand.

Huga rushed to the side of Hu Tai's horse, stretched out his hand to grab the horse's mane, and swung his long knife upwards to chop.

The horse was hurt by the pull, and suddenly jumped up in fright, and Huga's long knife slashed across Hu Tai's thigh.The sharp blade tore open the skirt armor of the cowhide, and then penetrated into the flesh, cutting a chi-long wound from the thigh to the knee and then to the calf in one breath, exposing the white bones.

Hu Tai was also stubborn, and he only groaned and urged his horse repeatedly.As soon as the horse ran a few steps, Huga casually threw away the long knife with a curly blade, hugged Hu Tai by the waist, and threw him off the horse.

Poor Hu Tai's right leg was still wrapped in the stirrup. At this time, he fell down on his back and hit the ground on the back of his head. He immediately fainted, and was dragged by the horse again, and rushed between the swamp and the bushes.Those dense shrubs and branches have grown for an unknown number of years, and they are as hard as stones. Even if a war horse steps among them, one must be careful not to cut the horse's legs, let alone a person being dragged across?
Hearing the sound of rushing water, the smell of blood in the air became stronger in an instant.

At this time, several people who were covering Hu Tai were also dead on the ground, and Naminfu stepped on the pool of blood with a cold face, not feeling happy.All because there was only one hound left, so he whimpered softly in front of him.

In this environment, missing a dog is like missing an eye and missing an ear!When you are in a hurry, it is equivalent to missing a life!

Naminfu suppressed the anger in his heart, sneered and ordered: "Keep moving forward! We will keep a close eye on the enemy, and we cannot let them out of sight...but don't fight any more easily! Keep an eye on them, just keep an eye on them! Four The prince’s subordinates will be able to catch up tomorrow!”

Just as Li Ting pushed back a group of Mongolian knights who were chasing him, he took a breath three or four hundred steps away from Naminfu.

The sky was as black as ink, but everyone dared not light torches for fear that the Mongols would find out.I heard Li Ting sneer repeatedly: "Damn, this post-break job is really hard to do... Hu Tai is finished! We took ten lives and replaced them with a Mongolian dog!"

He laughed twice, and gritted his teeth again, the muscles on both sides of his cheeks swelled because of too much force: "However, since a dog died, the Mongols dare not approach at will... Let's hurry up and go !"

(End of this chapter)