Book 16 - Chapter 3 – Inescapable Net (1/2)
Book 16 Chapter 3 – Inescapable Net
‘Whoosh!+’
The sound of bowstring
At first it sounded like the whistle of just one powerful bow, but it was actually four bows shooting together Because they were shooting simultaneously, it sounded as if it was only one bow
Fro on both sides of the bridgeheads, like flashes of lightning four powerful arrows shot down at an angle over a distance of , thein their ears, toward the two men’s backs and chests, so that they were practically surrounded by the arrows
‘Dang! Dang! Dang! Dang!’
Kou Zhong and Ba Fenghan brandished their saber waving their sword, while standing back-to-back, knocking down the four flying arrows attacking them from the front and behind
The saber and sword clashed with the arrows, creating sharp ringing noise reverberating along theacross the Luo River
The four arrows ricocheted and flen into River Luo
Kou Zhong felt the palhan, whose back was sticking to his back, “Who are these people? How come their archery skill is this forrave expression Ba Fenghan kept his gaze fixed on Wanwan’s face, whose jade countenance hid a delighted expression; he replied in low voice, “If I aht to be the ‘Iron Arrow Guardian’ under Tiele King, considered top ht that they would co shi+vered in fear inwardly The two blocked the arrohile standing on the ground, and it was already very hard; wouldn’t it be a lot h in the air? If the opponent only had one person, they could evade the arrow by rapidly taking a breath in the air, the skill bestowed by the Jade Annulus of He Clan But under four arrows shot together, and the opponents were top-level experts, whether they could block all four, was certainly a big questiontenderly, Wanwan said, “These four arroere just a greeting, a gift to you for your first hter caehead where Wanas standing
Kou Zhong turned his head to look at that direction, and saw one ehead The first one had flying hook hanging on his waist, a bit eccentric; he was Bi Xuan’s direct disciple Tuoba Yu
Standing by his side was the pretty Chunyu Wei; on her waist hung a slightly curved saber, which Tujue people love to use, most suitable to attack the enemy from horseback The expression on her face looked like she was angry, yet she was not exactly angry, it was
Tuoba Yu bowed respectfully with clasped hands toward Kou Zhong first; he smiled and said, “This ti, it is really because we have no alternative Last tio with this thief Ba Fenghan; too bad Kou Xiong turned a deaf ear But Xiaodi still think fondly of our friendshi+p, and to this day I have not interfered If Kou Xiong leaves i to stop you”
Kou Zhong sighed inwardly Although this Tuoba Yu’s appearance eird, he was definitely not a scoundrel [orig bad egg]; on the contrary, he was quite char Now that they had no choice but to face each other in life or death battle, thinking about itjoins hands with Yin Gui Pai, whose evil reputation spread far and wide, aren’t you afraid of har your revered master’s nahtly; displeased, she reproached hi it? We came to the Central Plains, ourhi else, it depends on our mood Ba thief is most repulsive, each time we intercept him, he desperately escaped, nearly infuriatesay? With hi as co to Ba Fenghan The only as to join hands with powerful sect like Yin Gui Pai, only then would they have the chance to acco, Ba Fenghan softly said, “I was s are not Tiele’s ‘Iron Arrow Guardian’, but Tujue martial art masters who have received Bi Xuan’s personal instruction”
Ied “How many are they?” he asked in heavy voice
This ti Tuoba Yu, hteen White Horse Riders’, ere trained personally by Bi Xuan, specializing in group-war siege technique; every one of them was dauntless beyond hu character, each tihan came across them, there was only one method he could use: flee to the wilderness
But after repeated battle, Ba Fenghan hteen White Horse Riders, hence Kou Zhong’s question
Shan replied, “Should be twelve er body shook Now he understood why Wanas confident that they could not slip away
If the other archers were as formidable as the four that just shot the arrows, as soon as they flew to the air, they would becoet of these hunters’ arrow He could not help regretting running up to the Tianjin Bridge
This was definitely a carefully laid trap
Fro up, they could not see the situation on top of the buildings, while they were plainly visible to the enees of their situation need not beshi+ps ht of the Bridge, and these shi+ps did not seehan continued, “Why do they seeed again He had a faint feeling in his heart that the situation at hand was not as simple as it appeared on the surface; ie the enee
On both sides of the Bridge, the lanterns were suddenly lighted; the originally dark shi+ps suddenly had hted at the salanced down, they could not help sucking in a mouthful of cold air They knew that this ti down on the Daoqi, shi+ Feixuan and the others appeared together to help the this place alive
Both shi+ps started to leave the bank,with Tuoba Yu,on the north and south bridgeheads, plus the twelve White Horse Riders on top of the four e, forht in thewas hiding near River Luo dike west of Tianjin Bridge, watching a dozen or so strongthe shi+p to the middle of the river
As an ‘outsider’, he was able to see the situationat the eneement, he knew that theirby way of the river
But it was also the only escape route
Thinking to this point, without hesitation he quietly slipped into the river
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On the lookout deck of both shi+ps there were , all their eyes were staring coldly at Ba Fenghan and Kou Zhong, ere fully illuminated by the lanterns on the shi+ps, just like they atching a h the lanterns in their hands, there were alsoa stance that showed that they would never let the two men escape
Under similar situation, even with the addition of Tujue s, perhaps they still could not do much to Ba and Kou, two men
But since there were other martial art masters like Wanwan on the side, if they wanted to break the siege and escape, these archers on top of four buildings all around plus the ones on the shi+ps on either side of the Bridge would pose a deadly threat to them
No matter which way they choose, the only ‘barely available’ escape route was either the north or south bridgehead
‘Thud!’
Fro shi+p on the west ca down the floor; everybody’s ears were i, as acclaiu Clan, was sitting on an iht fro of river toward the twothe jasper staff in her right hand on the floor, she let out a shrill, filled with thick guttural laugh like a screeching owl, first, let out a dry cough, and finally spoke in her hoarse, cold voice, “Where’s Xiao Ba [ie Dugu Ba]? Did you two play a trick on him?”
Behind her stood more than a dozen people,was the beautiful Dugu Feng [phoenix] The only other one that Kou Zhong kneas Dugu Ce They were all smartly dressed; apparently these were the top u Clan
Merely these people would be h to deal with the two
On the other shi+p opposite the Dugu Clan’s shi+p were Tujue people under the leadershi+p of Tuli Their nule one of the Evidently they were all le one o them
Ever since Tuoba Yu and Chunyu Wei uessed that the ‘Tornado’ Tuli could not be too far behind
Anized: the ‘Twin Spears General’ Yan Lihui and the ‘Dauntless Lion’ Mu Tiexiong In the past these two conspired with Li Mi and Zu Junyan by kidnapping Zhai Jiao, and then in an abandoned village they plotted against Zhai Rang, which resulted in Zhai Rang suffering disaster, which eventually killed him [See Book 3 Chapter 2]
Thisaloud, he said, “Lao Furen [old madam], there’s no need to be worried; as soon as we capture these two kids, having the can be accoe, Kou Zhong drew a han, as standing behind him, “Looks like this is the Tiele conspiracy that kid Fu Qian was talking about”
Before he finished speaking, fro sleeves; four people swiftly cale’ Qu Ao, behind hiehu’er
The four of the as if they would definitely gobble the two round, on the river, all escape routes have been sealed tight, a heavenly trap earthly net that even if they greings they still could not escape
Only then did the two realized that the enemies actually represented four powerful factions, who had joined hands reement earlier to deal with the three of theer that led to the current situation
Since leaving Ren En’s nest earlier, their movements have already fallen under the ene toward the Tianjin Bridge, they mobilized men and horses from all sides, determined to intercept them at this transportation hub with roads open in all directions
And now finally theywith all their ht to the death, there was no other possibility This was beyond their iination
Wanwan’s pained and hazy beautiful eyes shot cohed faintly and said, “Nujia no longer has any business here, ladies and gentlemen, brilliant Seniors, please do as you see fit! Nujia has so important I have to deal with”