The April spring breeze blew through the galloping warriors, and the setting sun reflected the lush vegetation. The woods are sparse in the wilderness, casting long shadows; the long grass sways on the soil, creating undulating waves.
The black wolf Toltec walked quickly through the long grass with his bare feet and low body. His eyes sparkled with the excitement of chasing prey, and he was followed by a large number of lightly armored militiamen. The long grass in spring is more than one meter high and spreads over the barren fields, hiding the figures of the hunters.
At this time, I listened carefully, and the cheers were endless, coming from the distant battlefield, mixed with hymns dedicated to the gods, and echoing in the high sky. And under the singing, a low-key and fast wave of grass, with the sound of rustling, is rushing towards the southwest like a pack of wolves.
King Suangua gritted his teeth and ran non-stop on the wilderness, like a wounded beast. Blood seeped out of his right arm from time to time, staining the bandaged cotton cloth red, and causing bone-chilling pain. The young king was sweating and panting, and two guards carefully supported him on the left and right.
After running like this for a long time, Su Angua stopped for a moment and took a deep breath. The cruel battlefield has gone far away, the fragrance of green grass is in the wind, and the vitality is sprouting in the wilderness. The despair of defeat has disappeared from the king's face, leaving only the perseverance that has become stronger after experiencing setbacks.
"Yuku, give me another jar of the priest's powerful divine water!"
Hearing this, General Yuku hesitated a little. Although the powerful divine water can suppress pain and rejuvenate tired warriors, it often damages their sharp minds. As the best warrior, he did not admire these mysterious potions, but His Majesty's current situation...Yuku glanced at the sweat on the king's face, and whispered instructions to the guard beside him.
"Bring me the divine water."
The guard took out a soft cloth bag from the burlap bag, and then carefully took out the closed clay pot from the cloth bag. Yuku took the pot, opened it and tasted it, and then handed the pot to the king.
Su Angua drank the divine water in one gulp. The bitter taste reverberated in his mouth, but his face instantly brightened. Datura flowers from tropical America provide powerful analgesic scopolamine, and Amanita muscaria from boreal forests provides psychoactive muscimol. With the cooperation of the two, in just a few moments, the injured and exhausted king turned into a brave and strong warrior again.
"Your Majesty, please continue to persevere! The sun has already set, and as long as it gets dark, it will be difficult for the Mexicans to catch up with us!"
Yuku looked at the red sky, hope rising again on his face.
Su Angua smiled and nodded, patting the general on the shoulder. The samurai who blocked them couldn't hold on for long, and they had to get back on the road immediately.
At this moment, Yuku's intact right ear swayed slightly, and his expression suddenly changed. He turned around suddenly, stared at the grass in the north, then solemnly raised his right hand and shouted in a low voice.
"Raise your shield and be alert!"
The guards quickly faced north and assumed a fighting stance. The two guards held their large shields high and immediately protected the king in the corner. In just a moment, accompanied by howling like a pack of wolves, a fierce rain of arrows shot through the long grass and shot from the sky!
Black Wolf Toltec stopped suddenly. He stood up, drew his big bow, and shot accurately! One of the outermost guards dropped his shield in an instant, covered his throat, and fell to the ground with blood splattered on him. Then, Toltec continued to run a few steps, and suddenly looked at Yuku in the middle of the military formation. The black wolf grinned, and aimed at the hound a hundred steps away, he fired another arrow like lightning!
"It's you!"
Seeing Toltec's appearance, Yuku's face turned pale and his heart sank. The hound took off the long bow without hesitation, jumped to the left, and dodged nimbly. Then, he quickly mounted the bronze arrow, aimed slightly, and shot it with the same sharpness.
The black wolf dodged to the right, dodged the whistling arrows, and returned the arrow with his bow again. The two of them kept moving, like fallen leaves spinning in the autumn wind, shooting arrows of death alternately! More than a hundred experienced tribal hunters also arrived one after another. At a distance of a hundred steps, they shot at each other with the bronze axe guards who took out their bows and arrows, and then fell together bleeding.
After only two rounds of accurate shooting, more than 20 people from both sides were hit by arrows and fell to the ground. Yuku's expression changed again. He jumped two steps back, looked at the enemies that were gathering more and more, and the samurai commander who was about to break through the barrier two miles away, and shouted decisively.
"Bronze Ax Guards, skirmishers charge!"
Nearly two hundred imperial guards shouted in unison. They dropped their longbows, raised their bronze axes, and rushed toward the hunters with wild shouts. The hunters in the front row only had time to send out a wave of feather arrows and shoot down more than ten Tarasco warriors again before they were rushed into the formation by the charging guards!
Although the archery skills of the tribal hunters are strong, they are far from the opponents of the guards in close combat, and their armor coverage rate is even worse. Wherever the shining copper ax was swung, blood splattered and heads fell to the ground. Toltec put on his war club and killed a difficult warrior with a few moves. Then he saw Yuku leading a dozen copper-axe guards, killing the militia blocking the way, and rushing directly towards him.
Hei Lang's eyelids twitched and his heart trembled. He immediately turned around and ran away, shouting repeatedly.
"When the water overflows, everyone will run away alive! Kill across the wind, bite tight and don't let go!"
The leader relaxed, and the guards hunters also ran away skillfully, taking two to three hundred steps in one breath. When the guards stopped charging and turned around to retreat, the dispersed hunters gradually gathered together again, chasing the retreating enemies from a distance and firing arrows.
Lightly-armed hunters have excellent physical strength and are good at running. Under the command of Black Wolf, they pursued closely and repeatedly harassed the imperial guard's formation. Once the guards turned around and charged, they immediately fled. This was repeated several times, and after traveling several miles, the longbow hunters lost nearly two hundred people, and the guards also suffered nearly half casualties.
"A bunch of cowardly hyenas!"
Yuku stood among the sparse woods, staring at the "wolf pack" hanging behind. His face was filled with anger and his eyes were on fire. The sun god is about to sink into the abyss, and the setting sun dyes the clouds in the sky, making the road ahead in the west appear more crimson. The chasing hunters were defeated and could not disperse, so the guards could not gallop at full speed. However, the large group of pursuing soldiers in the distance had already broken through the barrier and accelerated towards this side!
General Yuku looked up to the sky and let out a long sigh. He knelt down on one knee before the king, then bowed deeply to the left and right, and spoke sincerely to the guards.
"My loyal brothers. If the condor of Tarasco wants to survive, it can only offer more sacrifices to the three gods! For the survival of the royal family, for the support of generations, and for the loyalty of the praetorian warriors , please stay here and work hard until dark! After dark, you can freely choose your own path!"
Seeing this farewell scene, Su Angua closed his eyes. The young king covered his face with his left hand, letting tears fall down his face.
The remaining hundred bronze ax guards looked at each other for a while, and all showed determination to die. They knelt down one after another, kowtowed to the supreme king, and then saluted the respected general. Then, these last elites of Tarasco turned around desperately, raised their large shields, and faced the approaching enemy.
Yuku counted his breaths in silence and spoke in a deep voice.
"Your Majesty, let's get on the road quickly!"
Su Angua nodded silently, and with the support of the last two guards, he continued to escape to the southwest, towards the direction of hope and life.
The bone arrows whizzed through the air and hit the strong shield, making a muffled sound. The elite guards relied on the sparse woods to form scattered formations to cover each other. A group of rash hunters rushed into the forest, but within a moment, they were chopped down to the ground by the persistent bronze axe guards.
Black Wolf Toltec frowned. He looked towards the enemy formation and saw that the enemy general was gone. He looked at the sky again, and the setting sun filled the sky with red light, like a generous promise from the God of War. Toltec gritted his teeth, took one last look at the warrior captain running behind him, and shouted to his left and right in a deep voice.
"I, Toltec, have been chasing for so long, and I must not let the prey escape from my eyes! You stay here, shoot at the enemy, and obey the control of the Holy Eagle Warrior Commander! Now, the brave black wolf will personally attack and kill the cunning Capture the hound to the Wolf King!"
After saying that, Black Wolf Toltec took a deep breath and ran quickly without waiting for the guards to warn him. He used superhuman speed to fly around the front of the enemy, and then suddenly plunged into the sparse woods. Mottled shadows flashed under his feet, and the dark red sky reflected in his eyes. The black wolf enjoyed running in the wind, chasing the escaping opponent alone, no matter how strong the opponent was!
Less than half an hour later, the warrior captain Bertard led hundreds of elite warriors and hurried forward. He looked at the guards defending in the forest, thought for a moment, then waved the flag and pointed to the left and right sides. The Mexican warriors immediately divided into two teams, relying on their numerical advantage to outflank the enemy's flanks. Then, the warrior commander looked around at the loose formation of hunters and asked loudly.
"Toltec? Where did Toltec go?"
"Dear Chief Commander, Lord Black Wolf just abandoned his troops, detoured from the south, and went to hunt down the enemy commander alone!"
A tribal leader kowtowed to the ground and replied respectfully.
"What? Hunting down the hounds alone!"
Bertard suddenly changed his color and cursed in a rare way.
"Abandoning the legion, throwing life and death lightly, you are a wolf cub who doesn't make people worry! When we catch up with the enemy general, we still don't know who is chasing whom!"
Black Wolf is a junior he personally promoted. He is the most outstanding talent among the civilian followers, and has always been the most loved by His Highness. It is related to the long-term plan... Thinking of this, Bertard gritted his teeth and made a decision. He shouted orders to the lieutenant.
"This place is under your command! Defeat the remaining enemies and kill them without mercy!"
Then, the warrior captain carried a long bow on his back, abandoned the chasing guards, quickly bypassed the fighting army formation, and rushed into the forest like a tiger or wolf. He soon discovered the moving tracks in the woods and ran after them quickly.
At the end of the long trajectory, the hound Yuku stopped again and looked at the arrow disappearing in the forest above his head. He made a low-key gesture and asked the two guards to cover the king, then turned around again. The peerless warrior's face was as dark as the bottom of an endless dark lake, staring deeply at the pursuing black wolf.
A hundred steps away, Toltec shook the longbow in his hand. He looked excited and grinned heartily.
"Yuku, I, Toltec, have finally caught up with you! Don't run away anymore, let's have a showdown to see who is the bravest warrior!!"
Yuku looked like a sculpture and made no sound. He was silent for a moment, then took out a jar of divine water from his arms, pulled off the sealed pottery lid, and drank it completely for the first time. Then, an abnormal blush appeared on his face, and majestic power quickly surged through his body.
The hound felt the sudden vitality and inexplicable excitement, and finally couldn't help but reveal a sinister smile before hunting!
