noffsinger Chapter 417: Offense and Defense Changed
Chapter 417: Offense and Defense Changed
Seeing their brothers dead, the guards became furious. As long as they caught up with the carriage, they would slash at the carriage with their knives, regardless of whether they hit anyone or not.
Now, Lu Laosan and Sun Cui, who were at the end of the team, were in trouble.
Their horses were the slowest running and were now bearing the brunt of the guards' wrath.
The swords hit the carriage one by one, making a loud noise.
It would be fine if there were other families in the team with extra men to resist.
Unfortunately, Sun Cui was pregnant and had never held a knife before, so she didn't dare to resist at all.
Every time the knife hit the carriage, Sun Cui in the carriage screamed in fear.
She wanted to shout for help, but just as she lifted the curtain, she saw a guard riding over on horseback and slashing at her hand with a knife.
This knife almost scared Sun Cui to death.
She screamed, quickly withdrew her hand, backed away into the carriage, and never dared to come out again.
Lu Laosan also noticed this situation. He swung the reins desperately, hoping that the horse would run faster.
However, the horse had suffered a great loss recently, and now this speed was already its limit.
No matter how hard Lu Laosan whipped the whip, the horse couldn't go any faster.
He heard the sound of horse hooves getting closer and closer, and when he turned around, he saw that the guard had caught up with him again and was raising his knife to chop at him.
The situation was urgent, so he had to suddenly lie down with his upper body, narrowly avoiding the knife.
At this moment, he felt extremely regretful that he had not taken good care of the horse in the past few days.
At the same time, he secretly swore in his heart that if he could escape this today, he would treat the horse as his ancestor in the future.
Fortunately, the road ahead became narrower and the guard was forced to retreat again.
Seeing this, Lu Laosan breathed a sigh of relief and shouted for help ahead.
But everyone is running for their lives now, so the team can't stop.
In front, Lu Qingqing heard his crying cry for help, but did not look at him.
He just focused on holding the bow and arrow, aiming at the guards who were following him like hyenas.
At this moment, the team must get rid of these people as soon as possible.
Thinking of this, Lu Qingqing did not stop shooting arrows with the bow in her hand.
Although these arrows were not intended to rescue Lu Laosan, they did restrain the actions of the guards.
After shooting several arrows in a row, Lu Laosan looked at Lu Qingqing as if she were a savior.
Lu Qingqing accidentally caught a glimpse of it and was disgusted.
This guy is already old, but he still looks at people with puppy eyes like Qin Lang. It’s enough!
Lu Laosan had no idea that he was being disliked. He was driving the carriage away while dodging the swords of the guards from time to time.
Fortunately, the road became narrower from time to time, so Lu Laosan never got into any trouble.
However, as he dodged, the reins in his hands unconsciously tightened in all directions as his body swayed.
Fortunately, the horse was smart and just followed the convoy in front of it without being restricted by the reins.
In the middle of the team, Master Yan looked back from time to time and saw that the guards behind him were following closely, and he felt anxious.
If we run forward a little further, we will probably encounter soldiers lying in ambush. The people behind us must be eliminated as soon as possible.
Soon, the opportunity came.
There is a wider bend ahead, which can accommodate about two carriages.
Upon seeing this, Master Yan drove his carriage to the spot in a hurry.
At the same time, he called out to Li Rui who was driving behind him.
"Xiao Rui, stop in front of me and let the others go first!"
Li Rui listened to his master's words and suddenly pulled the reins to the right.
The carriage ran forward a few steps due to inertia and stopped abruptly.
"Chai Quan, you drive the car. The rest of you, quickly prepare your weapons and kill those soldiers behind us!"
Master Yan whispered, without stopping, taking out a bow and arrow from the carriage.
At this time, the teams behind passed the bend one after another and caught up with the team in front.
Qu Hong and his companions on the carriage had already prepared their weapons, ready to attack at any time.
Master Yan raised his bow and arrow, aiming behind him.
Listening to the sound of horse hooves getting closer, he gradually drew his bow and arrow.
As soon as Lu Laosan's carriage turned, it saw two carriages parked in the open space next to it.
He was stunned at first, and when he realized what was happening, he almost cried with joy.
If it were possible, he would have kowtowed to them.
Lu Laosan wanted to thank Master Yan, but they ignored him.
Seeing the carriage in front running away, he hurriedly drove to catch up.
At this time, Master Yan saw the leading guard who had just turned the corner and revealed his figure.
"Whoosh!"
With a sharp sound, the arrow shot towards the leader of the guards at an extremely fast speed.
"Boom!"
The leader of the guards didn't expect there was an ambush at the corner. He was caught off guard and was shot through the heart by an arrow, falling off his horse.
"Big brother!"
"Brother Qi!"
The other guards cried out in surprise when they saw their leader being shot dead.
Master Yan didn't give them a chance to react and shot the second arrow, knocking another person off his horse.
At this time, Li Rui also drove to catch up with Lu Laosan's carriage.
Chai Quan whispered, "Master, stand firm!"
As he spoke, he flicked the reins and the carriage followed.
Now, Master Yan and his companions were at the head of the convoy.
After their grief and anger subsided, the guards continued to chase the convoy.
Only then did they realize that the people in this carriage were no longer as easy to bully as the people in the previous carriage.
After losing several companions in succession, the remaining three began to get scared.
They looked at each other, then turned around and started running back.
Master Yan had been paying attention to their situation and when he saw this, he ordered Chai Quan to turn around.
At the same time, another arrow was shot, and the first man was knocked off his horse.
At this moment, offense and defense have changed!
Chai Quan drove the carriage to chase the remaining two guards, but he saw that the speed of the carriage could not catch up with the two guards.
Master Yan called out to his eldest disciple, and the two jumped off the carriage.
He dragged over two horses that were left on the road because their owners had been shot.
One of them jumped on his horse and chased after him.
Before they had run far, the last two guards were shot dead.
Master Yan and his companions did not stop. In addition to the horses they were riding, they also pulled the ropes of the two empty horses and began to chase the convoy back.
At this time, the convoy in front encountered trouble.
Lu Tianming looked at the barricades placed on the path in the distance, and then at the officers and soldiers whose clothes could only be seen behind the barricades, and his heart sank.
He had hoped that there would be no one blocking the road, but he didn't expect to encounter one!
But now that we have come this far, we cannot retreat any further.
Besides, there might be soldiers chasing us from the rear!
There is a wolf in front and a tiger behind, and you can't move forward or backward!
Lu Tianming exhaled and shouted to the team behind him:
"There's a checkpoint ahead set up by soldiers. We have no way out!
Everyone will get off the carriages and charge forward according to the formation we practiced every day. Do you understand?"
"understood!"
Everyone responded in unison.
The officers and soldiers ahead had already discovered them and were extremely nervous at this moment.
Before, Commander Yu was bored waiting here and insisted on catching those refugees for fun.
The prince's personal guards took away most of the officers and soldiers, saying that they wanted to protect Commander Yu.
Their leader went up to dissuade them, but was rebuked by the guards.