Volume 1: Entering Great Qin for the First Time Chapter 68: Short Weapons Engage

  The weather in Wuhan is unpredictable, and the sudden drop in temperature last night gave Jiuzhou a taste of a cold that he hadn't felt in a long time. So today's update is a bit late, please forgive me. Those who are interested can add the group mentioned in the introduction and announcement to chat.

  Tomul fell and the Hunnic horseman was shot almost simultaneously. At the same time as the first crossbow bolt flew out, a cold light also rushed towards the head of the last remaining Hunnic horseman.

  With this faint glimmer, two dark shadows emerged from under Tomur's body, swiftly and silently carrying a strong killing intent towards the last remaining Huns cavalry who were still in a daze.

  These two black shadows were naturally the two Qin army scouts who ambushed Tom earlier.

  After Tuomu, two Huns cavalry arrived at the same time, not only beyond Zhangmu's expectation, but also made the two Qin army scouts who were waiting for the rabbit to be caught off guard.

  Under all sorts of helplessness, the two had no choice but to hastily use Tomur's corpse as bait and hide themselves in front of Tomur, wanting to make a fatal blow when the two Hun cavalrymen came to investigate Tomur.

  Man proposes but God disposes. Two Hun cavalrymen came over to probe Tomur, one of them approached while the other stopped ten steps away.

  Tomul fell to the ground, and the Xiongnu cavalry who came to investigate were shot dead one by one. By the time the last remaining Xiongnu cavalryman realized something was wrong, that cold light had already reached his eyes.

  The Xiongnu cavalry had barely moved his head less than an inch when the cold light was fiercely inserted into his left eye socket. The two Qin army scouts who rushed to him even clearly heard the "puff" and "hiss" of the crossbow arrow piercing through the eyeball and entering the skull.

  A powerful crossbow bolt had penetrated deeply into his brain from the left eye at such a close distance, leaving less than an inch of the arrow tail exposed.

  "Ah!"

  The Huns cavalrymen who were shot in the head by crossbow arrows suddenly burst out a heart-wrenching and blood-curdling scream.

  In the silent night, this mournful sound was so earth-shaking that two Qin army scouts who had already rushed to his side were startled by this sudden appearance of a huge mournful sound.

  Upon hearing this mournful cry, Zhang Mu's heart was burning with anxiety as he rushed to provide support, but in the end, it was a case of man proposing and God disposing - they had startled the snake while trying to cut the grass.

  As expected, after this mournful cry, several shouts were immediately transmitted from the Xiongnu camp, and all the Xiongnu cavalrymen rushed out of their tents and galloped towards their horses.

  The Xiongnu cavalry scouts had been startled, and the Qin army's scouting soldiers were suddenly in a great hurry.

  "Bow!"

  A loud shout suddenly rang out!

  Upon hearing the loud shout, the Qin soldiers instinctively raised their strong bows and fired at their targets. With the campfire in the center illuminating everything, all the Xiongnu cavalrymen could see very clearly.

  The Xiongnu cavalry was startled by the sudden appearance of a loud shout that was clearly not in the Xiongnu language, and the leader of the Xiongnu scouts who heard the voice immediately changed color and roared: "Be careful, it's Qin soldiers!"

  As soon as the words fell, ten long arrows whizzed into the midst of the Hun cavalry who were hastily mounting their horses.

  "Ahh!" "Ahh!" A string of miserable cries rang out, and ten Huns cavalrymen who were just about to mount their horses fell to the ground with arrows in them. The warhorses, still saddled, were frightened and frantically raised their front hooves, neighing loudly.

  The remaining Xiongnu cavalry saw this and hastily sought to avoid the place, blindly shooting in the direction of the third brother's arrow.

  The "twang" was a bowstring, and the Qin army soldiers who had already shot an arrow did not hear Zhang Mu's order, and immediately reloaded their bows to continue shooting at the dodging Xiongnu cavalry.

  The second wave of ten arrows only hit a few horses because the Xiongnu scouts dodged, wounding several Xiongnu cavalrymen, but none were fatal.

  Two consecutive volleys of only ten arrows made the Xiongnu scout leader realize that he had encountered a small Qin army scout team, not a large Qin army. He looked in the direction of the most incoming arrows and shouted,

  "They're on the mountain! Only ten men, Xiongnu warriors, mount up and charge to tear apart these damned Qin soldiers who only know how to hide in the dark!" With that, he rushed out of his hiding place and ran straight for a war horse.

  The Xiongnu leader's roar was heard clearly by Zhang Mu.

  "Agreed!"

  Zhang Mu let out a loud shout and shot an arrow at the Xiongnu leader, who was charging towards him on horseback. He then turned around and ran towards the mountain pass where he had released his warhorse earlier.

  The four scouts of the Qin army from the north and south also heard Zhang Mu's order, and hastily shot an arrow, following Zhang Mu's shadow running towards the mountain pass.

  The Xiongnu scout leader heard the sound of the arrow and rolled over to avoid Zhang Mu's arrow, then quickly got up and rushed towards a war horse that had already untied its reins. The rest of the Xiongnu soldiers also heard their leader's words and rushed out from their hiding places, rushing towards the war horses.

  The arrows shot by the scouts of the Qin army from both sides all flew towards the war horses, and the Xiongnu war horses that were hit went crazy and desperately tried to break free from their reins. In an instant, they kicked several Xiongnu soldiers who failed to dodge in time, breaking their bones and making them cry out in agony as they lay on the ground.

  Five long arrows shot from the mountain pass hit these obvious targets, ending their suffering.

  Taking advantage of Zhangmu's gathering interval, the remaining twenty or so Xiongnu scouts also rushed onto their war horses, drew bows and shot arrows towards the mountain pass, and then, under the leadership of the scout leader, they charged forward with axes and knives, shouting and yelling.

  The Xiongnu scouts understood their situation, they had firelight in their tents, the Qin army could see them clearly and shoot them one by one from the dark, but they couldn't see the specific location of the Qin army.

  It's too late to extinguish the fire, and they can only desperately rush up and kill the Qin army with a much larger number of people than the Qin army in order to have a chance of survival.

  At this time, Zhang Mu and others had already reassembled in the mountain pass, and several people who were waiting in the mountain pass got on their horses, lined up and waited for Zhang Mu's order. The Huns scouts did not know the specific location of the Qin army at all, and the arrows they shot out also deviated by 108,000 miles.

  "Xiao Wu's archery is the best, you must not let any of the Xiongnu scouts escape in this battle!"

  "What's going on..."

  "Kill!"

  Xiao Wu had barely spoken when Zhang Mu and nine others galloped their horses forward, charging to meet the Xiongnu scouts who were rushing towards them.

  "Crossbow!"

  Zhang Mu let out another loud shout on the warhorse of Benz.

  "Bang" nine loud and clear sounds, nine eight-inch long crossbow arrows shot towards the Xiongnu cavalry charging on horseback.

  In the faint light of the fire, both sides are now only thirty steps apart, and can vaguely see each other's figures. The Xiongnu cavalry saw that the Qin army, which had been hiding in the dark, finally appeared, and they all shouted and whipped their war horses to charge over.

  "Ahh!" "Ahh!" A string of miserable cries, eight Xiongnu cavalrymen rushing over were shot by the powerful crossbow arrows shot out by the Qin army in the dark, crying miserably as they fell off their wildly running war horses, rolling on the ground a few times before losing all signs of life.

  Suddenly attacked by Qin army's strong crossbow, the Huns cavalry rushing over was a bit disorganized.

  "Scatter!"

  Zhang Mu gave another brief order.

  Upon hearing the order, nine Qin cavalry scouts hastily discarded their crossbows and drew out their long swords. Three riders formed a triangular formation with one rider in front and two behind, charging forward like an arrowhead.

  Three small triangles, with Zhang Mu's three riders as the core, vaguely formed a larger triangular arrow-shaped assault formation, and charged fiercely at the remaining more than ten Hun cavalry.