Chapter 998: Retreat (4)
Adou was almost knocked out of breath, but fortunately, the thick quilt finally had an effect, so that Adou was not thrown to death.
The dagger on his waist was carefully drawn, and after cutting the rope, Adou finally untied it. When he slowly got up, he realized that there was a mess all over the ground as far as his eye could see. Those guards who did not have time to protect themselves were scattered everywhere one by one, all bleeding from all seven holes, and none of them were alive.
Taking a deep breath, Adou finally relented, looking at his dead subordinates one by one, and a deep anger suddenly erupted in his chest.
"Boom ......"
The sound of explosions in the air was still ringing, and Adou suddenly looked up, and everywhere he saw was fireworks from the explosion of arrows. The other five balloons scattered in the air were quickly hit, staggering and slamming to the ground.
The rumbling sound sounded continuously around Adou's body, looking at the hot air balloons that fell one after another, Adou's heart was extremely angry.
The bow that never left his body was taken off and held in his hand, and Adou followed the place where the arrows came out, and immediately locked on to the location of the sneak attacker. After running wildly, Adou lurked alone with full of anger.
A moment later, Adou spotted the enemy, and more than thirty enemies hid in the tall weeds, constantly firing arrows into the air. Without any hesitation, Adou aimed his sharp arrow at the little boss who was constantly urging his soldiers to shoot arrows.
"Whoosh......"
The sharp arrow shot like lightning, piercing the little boss's neck in an instant. In the midst of the splattering of blood, the sharp arrow did not stop, still hitting another enemy.
"There is an ambush, retreat......"
More than thirty enemy soldiers shouted in panic and fled.
The bow and arrow in Adou's hand swung a few times at will, and he was about to shoot it, but he found that it was not necessary. At this moment, he had already discovered that there was another group of people from elsewhere sneaking up on the hot air balloon in the air. Without any hesitation, Adou rushed up to retrieve his magic arrow, and then quickly searched for the next target.
Alone, it is obviously impossible to completely drive away all the enemy attackers. As he moved forward, Adou took out a signal arrow from his bosom, lit it, and shot it into the sky to warn Incheon Jiexiong.
It wasn't until Adou attacked three groups of sneak attackers in a row that Incheon Jiexiong's side began to react. His 3,000 elite soldiers began to rush towards him, and this began to scare away all the enemy attackers.
Instead of wasting time on the attackers, Adou quickly returned to the place where the balloon had fallen.
Eight out of ten hot air balloons were directly destroyed, to the point where they could not be repaired. Only two hot air balloons survived the sneak attack, but they were also no longer able to take to the skies for combat.
The number of dead officers and soldiers of the Dongjiang Army was as high as nearly 100, and such a large casualty was the largest casualty of the Dongjiang Army in the Wa Kingdom. When Adou was organizing the survivors to save themselves, Incheon Jiexiong arrived later, and he was shocked to see such a miserable end for the Dongjiang Army!
At the same time, Incheon Jiexiong was also glad that he did not sit on the hot air balloon with the Donggang Army. It was also the first time he discovered that the invincible existence of hot air balloons also has its nemesis, and it is not absolutely safe.
"General Adou, how can I help you?" Incheon Jiexiong ran to Adou's side and asked directly.
"Arrange for me twenty horses and two carriages, as fast as possible." Adou was full of murderous intentions, and when he heard Incheon Jiexiong's inquiry, he unceremoniously put forward his request.
"It's okay right away, General Adou, please wait a moment." Incheon Jiexiong didn't dare to delay at all, and immediately ordered his subordinates to do it.
The dead officers and soldiers of the Dongjiang Army were loaded into the carriage, and the wounded were also loaded into the carriage. The rest mounted their horses, and Adou said to Incheon, "General Ben must now rush back and report to the commander-in-chief, and you should stay here for the time being and wait for the commander-in-chief's order." ”
After saying that, Adou didn't wait for Incheon Jiexiong to respond, and rode away on horseback.
Looking at the departing Dongjiang Army, Incheon Jiexiong's face was full of bitterness. originally thought that with the existence of those hot air balloons of the Dongjiang Army, it would be possible to take Heiankyo without much effort. Now it seems that this is nothing more than wishful thinking on his part. Those seemingly powerful hot air balloons turned out to be so vulnerable.
"Lord, what should we do now, do we really have to listen to that Adou, let's just stay here and wait?" Nobi Koji was beside Incheon Jiexiong, worried.
"What else can we do?" Incheon Jiexiong's tone was full of helplessness.
Of course, he knew that if he continued to stay here, he would inevitably be attacked by Heiankyo. But he couldn't retreat, he couldn't escape, and without Mao Wenlong's protection, he Incheon Jiexiong has now become a thorn in the side of the Japanese court.
Neither staying nor leaving, Incheon felt that he was very distressed.
"Lord, we must not stay where we are and wait, the one who just attacked the Dongjiang Army must be the assassins sent by Heiankyo. They have apparently discovered our presence, and if we remain where we are, we are afraid that we will be greeted with a devastating blow. Yebi Xiaoci bowed his hand and spoke.
"It's not to go, it's not to stay, you can tell me, what else can the master do?" Incheon said fiercely.
"Lord, we can find a more suitable place to stay, and only with adequate preparation can we achieve the smallest sacrifice." Nobi Xiaoci patiently explained.
"The smallest sacrifice is not for us." Incheon Kaixiong suddenly came to his senses.
"My subordinates will go and arrange it immediately." Yebi Xiaoci bowed his hand.
Incheon didn't say much, waving his hand to signal Nobi Xiaoci to step back.
At the same time, Cao Jie, who was defeated and left, was full of joy, and this sneak attack actually knocked out eight hot air balloons of the Dongjiang Army. Xinye Cao Jie is very happy, which is enough to prove that his improved sound arrow is indeed unstoppable.
With such results, it was enough to prove that Nino Caojie's invention was correct, and he immediately sent someone to send the news back to Heianjing. He again asked the emperor to give him military power and send troops to attack the 30,000 soldiers and horses of Incheon Jiexiong.
Adou, who hurried back to Nagasaki, was very anxious, and the loss he suffered this time made Adou feel that he could not face Mao Wenlong.
Night was quietly falling, but Adou was like an arrow, looking at those exhausted subordinates, but he continued to shout: "Don't stop, continue to hurry, we must try to reach Nagasaki before dawn." ”
"Yes, General!" Everyone responded violently, and not one of them showed a look of reluctance.