Chapter 149 Yellow River Sniper

Chapter 149 Yellow River Sniper

Chapter 149 Yellow River Sniper
Xiao Xiahua hired dozens of Tuyuhun people at a high price to help them drive the horses. These Tuyuhun people were very professional and they managed nearly two thousand war horses very well.

The team headed eastward, first successfully bypassing the city of Mantou, and then continued to move northeast. They came to the bend of the Yellow River, where there was abundant grass and water, flat terrain, and fertile land. In fact, it was also very suitable for growing wheat, but the Tuyuhun people used it more for grazing.

But Xiao Xia and his men unexpectedly encountered a Tuyuhun tribe here. Although they tried to stay away from the tribe, many herdsmen in the tribe rode out on horseback and watched them from afar.

The guide Wang Xiaoping looked solemn, as this was obviously a situation he had not expected.

"There were no tribes here in the past few years. How come one suddenly appeared this year? Are the Tuyuhun people going to go to war with the Dangxiang people?"

"Does the war between the Tuyuhun and Dangxiang people have anything to do with the appearance of tribes here?" Xiao Xia asked puzzledly.

"Of course they are related. These tribes are dedicated to providing logistical support for the Tuyuhun army. Otherwise, why wouldn't other tribes come to such a fertile land? Because this is the military's territory."

"Will they inform the defenders of Stump City?" Li Wang asked from the side.

"I don't know. Logically, no. But it's hard to say. It depends on luck!"

Xiao Xia looked ahead for a moment and asked, "How far is this place from Tree Stump City?"

"About thirty miles!"

Xiao Xia looked at the sky again. It was just after noon, which was a very unfavorable time. If he slowed down, it would give the other party a chance to prepare. If he sped up, it would be a big problem if it was not dark when he arrived at Tree Stump City.

Xiao Xia looked at the other side of the Yellow River again. The river was not wide, so he wondered if he could cross it.
He turned around and asked the guide Wang Xiaoping: "Is there any way to get to the other side of the Yellow River?"

This sentence reminded Wang Xiaoping, and he quickly said, "The river is relatively shallow a dozen miles ahead, and the horses can swim directly across!"

"There's no flooding at this time of year!"

"It's only the beginning of March and the water hasn't risen yet. The big floods won't come until May or June, and now is when the water is the shallowest!"

Xiao Xia made a prompt decision and said, "Speed ​​up and cross the river from the south bank of the Yellow River!"

Xiao Xia took more than twenty soldiers and went ahead to monitor the Tuyuhun army.

Sure enough, after running for more than ten miles, they saw a ferry. The river here was wider, but the water was shallow. Xiao Xia urged the horses to go into the river, but the water was only up to the horses' stomachs.

At this moment, a horn sounded from the north, "Woo--"

Xiao Xia's face changed, he turned his horse and rushed to the shore, saying to his soldiers: "Follow me to intercept them!"

The soldiers followed Xiao Xia and ran northward
The commander of Shudun City was named Murong Demu. He received a report from the herdsmen saying that a strange army was coming from the south. It had only about fifty people and was driving two thousand horses towards Shudun City.

Murong Demu was very surprised. He didn't get any news. Could it be that the Dangxiang people were going to launch a surprise attack on Shudun City?

Murong Demu never thought that it would be the Sui army, because the Sui army would never come from the south. Murong Demu certainly would not sit idly by and wait for them to come. He immediately led 300 cavalrymen to meet them.

Three hundred Tuyuhun cavalrymen galloped all the way. At this time, Xiao Xia and more than twenty of his men found an ambush place and they prepared to ambush the enemy from the side.

Xiao Xia certainly knew the principle of shooting the horse first and capturing the leader first. He asked more than 20 of his men to shoot the horses of the Tuyuhun cavalry, while he himself dealt with the enemy's leader.

In fact, he only had one chance. If he missed the enemy leader, he would be in big trouble. In the end, he could only save his soldiers and give up his horse.

Including himself, there were only fifty-two of them. There was no way they could be a match for the other side's five hundred cavalrymen. Maybe the herdsmen here would also join the battle to steal the horses.

He and his soldiers had come out with untold hardships, and they could not sacrifice their lives for some war horses. Xiao Xia did not need this credit. He valued the lives of his soldiers more than two thousand war horses.

Xiao Xia looked to the south and saw that Li Wang and his men had arrived at the ferry and started crossing the river.

At the same time, the three hundred cavalrymen galloping from the north were getting closer and closer, raising dust and a large group of small black dots becoming clearer and clearer.

Although it was far away, Xiao Xia could still see clearly. Leading the group was a general wearing iron armor and an iron helmet, and behind him were ordinary cavalrymen wearing leather armor. There was no other general wearing armor.

"Leave the armored general to me!"

Xiao Xia gave an order, pulled out a wolf tooth arrow from the quiver on his back, hung it on the bowstring, and looked for the general's flaw with his sharp eyes. In fact, the iron armor of the Tuyuhun people was bought from the Central Plains. The flaws of the armor are basically in three places, one is the neck, and the other is the face. Shooting the face is easy to avoid, so there is only the neck, the seam between the helmet and the armor, and another flaw is shooting the armpit when the opponent raises the weapon.

Xiao Xia decided to shoot the general with two arrows.
Soon, three hundred cavalrymen rushed in front of them. Xiao Xia drew the bow like a full moon and shot an arrow. The arrow was as fast as lightning. The other party just heard the sound of wind, but it was too late to dodge.

"puff--"

An arrow hit him in the neck. Murong Demu screamed and fell off his horse. He was still in the air when Xiao Xia shot the second arrow. "Puff!" The second arrow hit him right in the middle of his eyebrows and pierced his head.

When Murong Demu fell to the ground, he had turned into a corpse.

More than twenty Sui army soldiers raised their crossbows and fired arrows. The twenty or so Tuyuhun cavalrymen running in the front were immediately thrown to the ground. The cavalrymen behind were so scared that they reined in their horses.

"Keep shooting!"

Xiao Xia shot arrows continuously, killing one person with each arrow, and he killed eighteen people in one breath.

More than twenty Sui soldiers also raised their crossbows and aimed at the cavalry soldiers. More than twenty arrows were shot, killing more than a dozen people.

The Tuyuhun cavalry, who were originally hesitant, were finally frightened. Without the restraint of a commander, they turned their horses around and fled in a hurry.

"let's go!"

Xiao Xia made an immediate decision and led more than twenty men to rush south.

The last batch of war horses also went into the water, and most of the horses in front had already reached the other side.

Xiao Xia and his men jumped into the water on horseback and swam to the other side of the river.

As they reached the other side, a soldier suddenly shouted, "Sir, they are coming again!"

Xiao Xia looked towards the other side and saw hundreds of people riding horses on the other side. None of them wore armor, but each of them held a spear and a sword.

"Not a Tuyuhun soldier!"

Xiao Xia shook his head and said, "It's the herdsmen from that tribe just now. They want to steal the horses."

They also came with three or four hundred people and had been watching from afar. When they found that the Sui army was not numerous, they could no longer suppress their greed.

Hundreds of herdsmen, armed with spears, urged their horses into the Yellow River, preparing to cross the river.

Xiao Xia immediately ordered: "Everyone leave your bows and crossbows behind, and leave ten people to string them for me, and the rest of you go first!"

Fifty crossbows and fifty pots of arrows were left behind, along with ten soldiers.

Xiao Xia could only draw the bow thirty times at most before his arms became weak. But it was different when using a crossbow, especially since there was someone to help him string the bow. He didn't have to exert any effort and all he had to do was raise the crossbow and shoot the arrow.

Xiao Xia raised a crossbow. It was his first time shooting a crossbow, but the feeling of using a crossbow was like the rifle of later generations, so he was more accustomed to it.

Xiao Xia pulled the trigger with his sword, and a crossbow arrow shot out powerfully. The killing range of a crossbow arrow was much farther than that of a bow and arrow. One hundred and fifty steps away, the leading Tuyuhun herdsman was shot in the chest by an arrow. He screamed and fell off his horse, and floated away with the water.

Having found the feeling, Xiao Xia did not stop. He shot one crossbow arrow after another. Every arrow hit a man and he shot forty-seven crossbow arrows in one breath.

Forty-seven herdsmen were shot in the vital parts and fell off their horses. Almost all of them were killed by one arrow. The herdsmen behind were terrified and turned around to flee, but thirteen of them did not escape. They were shot through the back of the neck by crossbow arrows and fell into the water.

In just a short time, sixty people were shot dead. The herdsmen were so frightened that they rushed to the shore and fled for their lives. They escaped completely in an instant.

The ten soldiers stared with their eyes wide open. They had never seen such a clean and efficient kill by a crossbow attack.

Seeing that there was no one on the other side, Xiao Xia led ten of his men to pull back the sixty unmanned war horses in the river, packed up the bows and crossbows, and led a large group of horses to chase after the team.

(End of this chapter)