I heard a woman's voice outside the house: "Humph, I am still thinking about this little maid!"
Jiang Shuo was overjoyed and shouted, "Xiang'er!" He hurriedly jumped out of the house, only to see a figure flying out of the back wall.
Jiang Shuo was about to give chase when he suddenly heard a loud noise at the front door. A servant from the village rushed into the inner courtyard and said, "It's bad. There is an army and horses surrounding the village. I'm afraid they are about to attack!"
Jiang Shuo was shocked when he heard this. He didn't know whether it was Liu Luogu and Li Guiren who brought Yiluohe or Li Linfu's eagle dogs. Why did they come so fast? He had no time to chase Xiang'er and ran straight out. Lu Yuxuan, Nan Jiyun and others also followed him out. Although everyone had lost their internal strength, their kung fu was still there, especially Nan Jiyun, whose magic shooting kung fu was still there. , holding a Tubo horn bow in his hand, the others also picked up their own weapons and followed Jiang Shuo.
Arriving at the gate, I heard people shouting from outside. Sure enough, there were quite a few. The whole family had been military households for generations. This villa was backed by rocks and faced the wilderness. The walls were more than ten feet high, and watchtowers were built at the four corners. It looked like a trumpet. In the castle, the banker who is good at shooting has boarded the enemy tower with a bow. The banker in the courtyard used rough wood to block the gate to prevent the troops from outside from breaking through the door and breaking in. More people are holding horizontal knives. Ready for battle.
Jiang Shuo said: "Brothers, let me go out and take a look first."
Everyone knew that Jiang Shuo was very skilled, and besides Jiang Shuo, everyone else had lost their internal strength, and they did not dare to ask Da to go out to inquire about the situation. Lu Yuxuan said: "Young Master, be more careful and don't fight hard. I think this Zhuangzi The buildings are very strong and can lead them to attack Zhuangzi, and then we can defeat them one by one."
Nan Jiyun said: "Lu Lang and I went up to the building with bows and arrows to protect the young master."
Jiang Shuo nodded in agreement, turned around and jumped out of the wall.
Everyone had been tossing all night, and it was already dawn before sunrise, when the stars were dim and the sky had not yet risen. Jiang Shuo saw more than a hundred cavalry coming, stopping two hundred steps away from the village. This was almost The archers in the enemy tower had reached the limit of their shooting range. One in the front row held a torch and the other held a long sword. The ones in the back row raised their crossbows. The iron arrows were already buckled on the crossbows, which shone coldly in the darkness.
Judging from the uniforms of these cavalry, they are those of the northwest frontier army of the Tang Army, not those of the Yan Army's Yiluohe, nor the private soldiers of the Xuanjia Army led by Luo Xishi. Jiang Shuo thought to himself that Lu Lang said that saints were taboo about border generals colluding with courtiers, so Li Linfu deliberately did not deal with the border troops. Now it seems that Lu Lang's judgment may not be correct. The Tang army in front of him was most likely transferred by Li Linfu.
When the Tang army on the opposite side saw Jiang Shuo leaping out of the wall, they were not in a hurry to attack. Instead, they slowly retreated a few steps. The cavalry needed distance to establish an advantage. It goes without saying that the crossbowmen could shoot from a long distance, and the cavalry with swords also needed a certain distance. Gaining an impact advantage by virtue of their starting speed, the calmness and calmness of this army reminded Jiang Shuo of the well-trained Shuofang army.
Jiang Shuo looked around, trying to find the leader, but he heard Nan Jiyun shouting from the enemy building: "Young Master, be careful!"
Immediately after the bowstring sounded on the watch tower, a white-feathered arrow flew towards Jiang Shuo, but Jiang Shuo did not avoid it. It turned out that the arrow shot by Nan Jiyun landed a few feet in front of Jiang Shuo, and there was only a soft "ding" sound. The feather arrow shot by Nan Jiyun collided head-on with another feather arrow, and the arrows made a light sound when they collided.
Jiang Shuo lowered his head and saw that the arrow was completely black, even its tail feathers were black. Fortunately, Nan Jiyun could see it so clearly from the enemy tower.
Then Nan Jiyun's arrow also exposed his position. Another black-feathered arrow was shot from the cavalry formation. This time it was directed towards Nan Jiyun on the enemy tower. Nan Jiyun shouted: "Here we come." OK!" Immediately, he drew his bow and shot a white-feathered arrow. There was another "ding" sound. The two arrows collided in the air again, and the two arrows, one black and one white, fell to the ground together.
However, Nan Jiyun also saw clearly the position of the archer in the formation and shouted: "Good boy, look at the arrow!"
The bowstring in his hand rang, and an arrow flew towards the man in the formation like a meteor.
The man also drew the bow and shot out the feathered arrows. The black and white arrows collided together again. However, if you listened closely, you heard the sound of the bowstring twice in succession. It turned out that the man had two feathered arrows in his hand when he was shooting. He first pulled the half full arrow and shot it out. The first arrow was fully drawn and the second arrow was shot. One arrow flew closer and shot down the white feather arrow shot by Nan Jiyun halfway. The second arrow was as fast as a thunderbolt and shot towards Nan Jiyun. Door shot.
Two arrows do not make the bow fully drawn twice
The arrow is shot out, but one is half full and the other is full. Therefore, the distance between the two bowstrings is much shorter than that of two consecutive bows. If you don't distinguish carefully, you may think that there is only one arrow, but Nan Jiyun is a great expert in using bows. How? Unable to tell the difference, he shook his head, dodged the second arrow, and praised: "What a trick!"
Nan Jiyun could have caught the arrow with his bare hands or fired an arrow back to knock down the incoming arrow. He shook his head to avoid it, which seemed to be a loss. However, the reason why he avoided it was to counterattack quickly. Almost at the same time as he avoided the incoming arrow, Nan Jiyun The horn bow in his hand was shot at the man downstairs again!
There was only one sound when Nan Jiyun opened his bow, but he shot two arrows in a row. It turned out that when he shot two arrows, one had the tail feathers clasping the string, and the other had the arrow cluster clasping the string, so that he could shoot two consecutive arrows in one stroke. arrow.
It is easy to control the aim of shooting when the arrow is buttoned on the nock, but the arrow cluster is easy to swing when the arrow is buttoned. Let alone ensuring the accuracy, it is not easy to shoot. However, Nan Jiyun took it at his fingertips. The two arrows were linked end to end, both accurate and ruthless, and flew towards the man go.
This one-shot and two-shot skill was more concealed than the one-and-a-half-shot shooting skill just now, but the man in the military formation also saw through Nan Jiyun's two consecutive arrows, and shouted: "Good archery skills!" Listen to what he said The voice was clear, but it was that of a young man.
The man shot an arrow and knocked down Nan Jiyun's first arrow, then stretched out his hand to catch the second arrow, put his backhand on the bow and shot again towards Nan Jiyun.
One shot after another, the movements were elegant and unrestrained, and the knights in the army and the dealers upstairs couldn't help but cheer.
However, Jiang Shuo suddenly flew up, leaping two feet high. He caught the arrow in the air and threw it towards the man in the formation with his backhand.
The two men were shooting at each other with black and white feathers. Everyone upstairs and downstairs were dazzled by the sight of them. Jiang Shuo was working hard when they saw Jiang Shuo suddenly take action. Although the force of his throw was fierce, the flight of the arrow was not as fast as the push of the bowstring. Just now The powerful arrows fired by Nan Jiyun's bow couldn't hurt the young man, so what's the use of Jiang Shuo's throw? Everyone felt that it was a pity that the exciting duel between the two was interrupted, and some even let out "ugh" sounds of regret.
The arrow thrown by Jiang Shuo didn't seem to be very accurate. The flight path was still a few feet above the young man's head, but suddenly he heard a "ding" sound and hit a feather in the air that fell towards the young man's head out of thin air. arrow.
Where did this arrow come from? Everyone was confused. There was no sound of the second person firing the arrow, nor did they hear the sound of the arrow breaking through the air. Some cavalrymen shouted in horror: "Ghost arrow! Oni Ya!"
The young man was also unprepared until the two feather arrows collided together and fell in front of him. He was suddenly startled and couldn't help but be stunned.
At this moment, the people from Jiangshuo were still in the air, but they shouted: "Nan Ba, Yao Lang, don't shoot anymore, we are all our own!"
Nan Jiyun was stunned and lowered his horn bow, but the young man in the formation said happily: "Young Master, it turns out nothing happened to you!" He pushed aside the sword-wielding cavalry in front of him, rode his horse and rushed to Jiang Shuo. The bankers on board were shocked when they saw it, thinking that Jiang Shuo was trying to harm Jiang Shuo, so they drew their bows and shot. Nan Jiyun shouted hurriedly: "Don't shoot arrows if you don't distinguish between ourselves and the enemy!"
Although Nan Jiyun was not the leader of the village, he spoke with dignity. When the archers on the enemy tower heard this, they lowered their arrows and did not shoot.
At this moment, the young man threw away his bow and arrow, jumped off his horse, rushed in front of Jiang Shuo, crossed his hands and saluted, "Qi Yao pays homage to the young master. Fortunately, the young master is fine."
It turned out that the young man who was shooting was none other than the young marksman Wang Qiyao who had been separated from Jiang Shuo and the others!
Jiang Shuo also said happily: "Yao Lang, why are you? Where did you get the army and horses, and why did you surround the whole village?"
Wang Qiyao said: "Young Master, where do I have military horses? These are the soldiers borrowed by the two generals Cheng Qianli and Pugu Huai'en. After we separated from you, Young Master, we met two generals. They said that you were here The village was tricked by a female gangster, and they wanted to bring troops to rescue them, so I came with them. I didn't expect you, young master, to be here in such a good manner."
Jiang Shuo said: "It is true that Quan Xingjian was drugged and imprisoned. However, it was a blessing in disguise that I found some leaders! Now that they have been rescued, Quan Daxian has also repented, and we are preparing to leave this place."
Wang Qiyao was dumbfounded when he heard this. This matter was so complicated and strange. How could he understand it with just one short sentence from Jiang Shuo.
Jiang Shuo said: "Yao Lang, this is a long story. I will explain it to you in detail later. Let's not talk about it for now. Where did you borrow the army?
Why did you get here so quickly? "ap.
Wang Qiyao said: "Isn't it a coincidence? We happened to meet the envoy Guo Jun returning to Shuofang. These cavalry are the Shuofang army led by the envoy Guo Jun."
Jiang Shuo said happily: "Where is the Guo Jun envoy?"
But I heard someone shouting: "Look, I'm here!"
A man rode forward, it was Guo Ziyi, the envoy of Shuofang Army Zhenwu Army. It turns out that according to traditional Confucian filial piety, if a court official's parents pass away during his reign, no matter what official position he holds, he must resign and return to his ancestral home to observe filial piety for his parents for three years, which is called "Ding You". It is said that three years is actually twenty-seven months, and the general Ding You was not relieved of his military duties, but he still had to return to his place of origin to observe mourning, and the time was probably less than twenty-seven months.
Last year, the Tang army was defeated by Tubo in Shibao City. The deputy general was beheaded. The commander-in-chief Huangfu Weiming was imprisoned again this spring. Things were tight, so Guo Ziyi ended his mourning early and resumed leading the army. By coincidence, he was leading his army passing by Qiyang and bumped into Cheng Ang and Pugu Huai'en. When he heard that Jiang Shuo was in danger, he ordered his troops to rescue him.
At this time, Nan Jiyun also saw that he was a friend rather than an enemy, so he went down to the enemy tower, ordered the village guest to open the door, and came out with Lu Yuxuan, Xie Yanchang and others.
Jiang Shuo introduced Nan Jiyun: "This Puzhou Yaolang is named Wang Qiyao. He is a brother of my Caobang. Although he is young, his skills in archery are already well known."
Then he said to Wang Qiyao: "Yaolang, this is the Nanba of Weizhou that I often mentioned to you!"
Wang Qiyao said happily: "I don't know where the sharpshooter came from. It turned out to be Nan Ba! I still can't figure out the unique skill of this "Ghost Arrow" move. It's obvious that I only heard the sound of a string and two arrows in a row." , when was this third arrow shot? "
Nan Jiyun laughed loudly and said, "Yao Lang's two arrows are very powerful, but he still doesn't know much about the tricks on the battlefield." He didn't hide anything when he said that, and drew out three feather arrows, The first two arrows are buckled on the bowstring one by one, pointing directly at the center of the horn bow, while the third arrow is resting diagonally on the shoulder of the horn bow.
He aimed at the wall of the villa and loosened the bowstring, only to see the two arrows in the middle shoot out straight, and were nailed end to end to the wooden fence of the villa. The third arrow shot in a curve, flew high into the air, and fell again. The sound of the arrow breaking through the air as it rose was completely covered by the sound of the two arrows from the front, but it made no sound when it fell. A moment later than the two arrows shot directly, there was a soft "pop" sound, and it penetrated the top of the wooden fence. The force of the fall caused the nail to penetrate several inches into the wood. If it were to shoot someone, it would be enough to penetrate the head.
Nan Jiyun laughed and said, "This third arrow is all about ingenuity, it's nothing more than a trivial skill."
