readsfreenovel Chapter 281: Battle against Li Ji (1)
Chapter 281: Battle against Li Ji (1)
However, these assassins were mixed in with the slowly moving horses, with only half of their shoulders and a head exposed, making them very difficult to hit. Wu Sheng and Zhou Weide, two archers with poor archery skills, shot and injured the horses, causing the horses to become chaotic again, making it even more difficult to aim.
However, Su Mishun's hands and feet were weak and he dared not show his head among the herd of horses. No matter how Chu Xiaomu encouraged him, he just didn't have the courage to mount a horse and shoot arrows.
Zhou Weide said angrily, "Su Mishun, you are a half-dead brat. You should not have been dragged out of Jiaoshan. You should have been whipped to death by the supervisor surnamed He! Xiao Yier took dozens of whips for you. You might as well have been a dog!"
Seeing that it was difficult to get close to the group, the Claw tribe threw flying stones at the herders. These assassins used to hunt with flying stones for many years, and their aim was very good. Lin Zhen and Zhou Weide were instantly injured by the stones and had to dismount and hide.
Zhou Weiyi saw that his brother's arm was bloody and almost broken, and he burst into tears. Zhou Weide said angrily: "Xiao Yi'er, why are you crying? Everyone is going to die here, what is there to cry about?!"
Li Ji shouted loudly: "These are the child soldiers from Bicheng, quickly capture them!"
Zhou Weiyi stopped crying, took the bow and arrow from his brother's hand, and shot at the approaching members of the Claw Tribe.
Chu Xiaomu also took the bow and arrow from Lin Zhen, pulled the bowstring to its full length, and shot two arrows, killing one and injuring the other. He was very strong, and the arrows flew very fast, so the assassins who were close to him had no way to dodge.
Suddenly, he saw a flying stone thrown by the claw thorn towards him, and Chu Xiaomu ducked down to avoid it. The stone flew past his back, and with a sizzling sound, his thick military robe was torn by the flying stone, and his back was scratched painfully.
Chu Xiaomu was so frightened that he dared not even breathe, his heart beating wildly in his chest. He never thought that a stone thrown by Zhua Ji could have such great power. How could the young guys in his horse herding team be able to defeat it?
Another scream of pain was heard, and Zhou Weiyi was also hit in the shoulder by a flying stone and could no longer fight. Wang Gang hurriedly helped him off the horse to prevent him from falling off.
When Zhou Weide saw that his younger brother was also injured, he started to curse the people of the Claw Tribe loudly. After a few words, he turned to scold Su Mishun, saying that he was more timid than a mouse and a bedbug, and was extremely useless. He deserved to be abandoned in Jiaoshan by his own brothers. If it weren't for his brothers taking care of him, Su Mishun would have starved to death or been beaten to death in the Jiaoshan Mine.
Seeing that three people on his side had been injured, Chu Xiaomu also shouted anxiously to Su Mishun: "Shunzi, take action quickly, otherwise everyone will die here!"
Su Mishun yelled, and finally mustered up the courage to climb onto the horse's back. He fired arrows from his bow and killed the three closest assassins.
Chu Xiaomu shouted, "Shoot the one throwing the stone first!"
Su Mishun bent his bow and drew his arrow, and shot down two assassins who were spinning ropes and throwing stones in the distance. His archery skills were extremely accurate.
Li Ji let out an exclamation. He had never expected that there was someone in this horse herding team with such superb archery skills that he shot and killed or injured five of his assassins in succession. He became furious and threw a flying stone at Su Mishun.
Chu Xiaomu was closer to him, so he quickly pulled Su Mishun over and pinned him down, luckily avoiding the attack. The flying stones from the claw tribe thorns kept coming, and the two dared not show their heads again. When the flying stones stopped for a while, the two jumped on the horse's back and shot arrows, killing two more thorns. Su Mishun succeeded repeatedly and began to get bolder, but he knew that the leader of the claw tribe was too powerful, so he didn't dare to shoot him.
The Claw tribe members were helpless for a moment, and they were all so angry that they screamed. Li Ji saw the opportunity when Su Mishun got on the horse again, and was ready to use his spiritual power to kill this ignorant boy with flying stones. When he took out the snake skin bag, he found that the flying stones he brought had been used up and the bag was empty. Seeing that the ignorant boy from Bicheng shot and killed two assassins with a bow, Li Ji could no longer bear it. He threw away the flying rope in his hand, jumped up, stepped on the backs of the horses and rushed to the location where Chu Xiaomu and Su Mishun were.
The horses were frightened and immediately became chaotic. Some squeezed in, some trotted to the outside, and some turned in circles. Li Ji's tall body jumped back and forth on the horse's back, surprisingly flexible. Chu Xiaomu and his companions did not dare to confront him, so they had to hide under the horses' bellies and move forward with the horses. They often trained horses and played in the herd, so they were very skilled at slipping under the horses' bellies. In addition, they were familiar with the horses and were not afraid of being trampled by the horses.
When Li Ji jumped to where Chu Xiaomu and Su Mishun were, they were nowhere to be seen. He was so angry that he used his left and right claws to grab the two horses beside him to death. The wound on his chest was pulled, and a lot of blood oozed out. He grimaced in pain.
Seeing that he was taking his anger out on an innocent horse, Chu Xiaomu became angry and climbed onto the horse's back and shot an arrow at Li Ji. However, he knew that this arrow could not hurt this Claw tribe member, so he climbed down again and hid.
Li Ji grabbed the arrow shot by Chu Xiaomu, laughed loudly, and said, "You dare to stop me with such a little skill? If I don't skin you alive, how can I face the King Ling?" Then he jumped up and rushed towards Chu Xiaomu. His arms were stretched out, claws and fingers were spread out, like a strange big bird.
Chu Xiaomu hid under the horse's belly, not daring to show his head for the time being. Suddenly, he felt a chill under his feet. He looked down and saw that the water was half knee-deep. It turned out that the horses had entered the Shishui River. After walking for a while, the river became deeper and Chu Xiaomu could no longer hide under the horse's belly, so he had to climb on the horse's back. Just then, he saw Li Ji jumping towards him on the horse's back. He was shocked and quickly drew his bow to shoot at him.
Li Ji was not in a hurry. He grabbed the two arrows one by one with his hands, then jumped onto the back of the Qinglu horse that Chu Xiaomu was riding. He grabbed the back of his robe and cursed, "You guys are so brave, do you know who I am?" The military robes worn by Chu Xiaomu and others were already tattered and dirty, and some even had a few tattered animal skins hanging on them. Li Ji and his group of Claw people thought they were just a few herdsmen and could not see that they were soldiers from Bicheng, otherwise they would have grabbed Chu Xiaomu and killed him.
Chu Xiaomu fell into the hands of the Claw Clan's assassin, but he was not so scared. He cursed: "Of course I know, you are the Claw Clan's wild dog Li Ji!"
Li Ji shouted, "Where's that archer? Call him out, and I'll make you die a quick death!"
Chu Xiaomu tried hard to slide off the horse's back while shouting, "Shunzi, shoot him to death!"
Su Mishun climbed onto the horse's back a few feet away, drew his bow and shot an arrow at Li Ji, with the arrow going fast and accurately.