Chapter 289: Crossing the Water to Survive
At this time, don't run and wait for when, now there is no need for Wang Tianxing to remind him, even Zhen Qian can see that these people in black are not idle people, God knows why these people are still here. Now that he didn't have to think about it in a hurry, Zhen Qian could hear the sound of hurried chasing footsteps coming from the back of his head, and glanced at the river not far away, as long as he crossed the river, these people would not dare to chase and kill him.
I was thinking about crossing this wheat field from the ridge, and when I looked back, my heart was half cold, and the man in black behind had obviously considered that he was going to cross the river, and sent four people to outflank him from the left and right flanks, just blocking the retreat of Zhen Qian and Wang Tianxing.
"Zhen Lang, what should I do?"
Zhen Qian didn't want to think about it: "Keep running forward, there is a canal in front, and there may be strong men patrolling by the river!" ”
"Good!"
The two of them ran forward desperately, and the man in black behind them was in hot pursuit, Zhen Qian is now very glad that he has been exercising unremittingly in the past two years, running at high speed for nearly four or five minutes, his heart is not flustered or panting, his feet are like flying, and his speed is not weaker than those in black behind him.
"We're almost at the edge of the canal!"
Wang Tianxing glanced behind him, the man in black was still more than 100 meters away from the two of them, fortunately these people did not have a bow and crossbow in their hands, otherwise they would have died here today.
Looking at the canal getting closer and closer, a joy of escaping from the ascension to heaven welled up in my heart, I had never been hunted down and killed in several lifetimes, this time it was not a joke, those people in black were all outlaws, and I didn't have to think about it to know what the fate would be in the hands of these people, and I gritted my teeth and was a little faster.
"Not good!" Wang Tianxing suddenly shouted: "Zhen Lang, they have outflanked from the side!" ”
Zhen Qian didn't notice at all in his panic that the black shadow man behind him was not fast, but he was worried that the two of them would run away, so he scattered his hands in all directions, forming a semi-encircled circle and coming towards him.
"What to do!"
"Keep running!"
Wang Tianxing saw that the man in black was about to surround him, and wanted to reflexively fight the man in black, but was immediately stopped by Zhen Qian. Zhen Qian didn't think that two people could beat seven strong men in black, to be precise, one person could deal with seven people, Zhen Qian felt that he could protect himself at most when he faced a person, and now it was better to escape from this place first.
It is getting closer and closer to the canal, but Zhen Qian's heart has sunk to the bottom of the lake, there is no one on the side of the canal, and the boats that used to fill the canal are now gone, and he miscalculated.
"Run south!"
Taking advantage of the fact that the man in black behind him had not yet closed the circle, Zhen Qian did not hesitate to turn south, and was already almost at the edge of the canal, at this time, if he continued to run, he could only jump into the river, and it seemed that it would not work to the north, where the canal and the river converged, and it was likely that he would be blocked by the man in black before he ran to the river.
"Zhen Lang, if you run like this, you will definitely be caught up by the man in black!"
Zhen Qian wanted to shout loudly for help, but no one shouted loudly, he seemed to have really reached the point of exhaustion, and now he really hoped to see someone, even if it was a small boat, "It's really not good, we will jump into the river, we must not let them catch us?" ”
"Good!" Wang Tianxing nodded heavily.
The two had already come to the edge of the canal and ran south along the riverbank, the man in black behind them was still chasing after him, and the distance was getting closer and closer.
"Tianxing, we can't run anymore, if we run again, we don't even have the strength to swim across the river, so let's jump into the river!"
The two sides have been chasing for almost ten minutes, if the high-intensity running makes Zhen Qian feel a little unbearable, the man in black behind him obviously has no intention of letting go of the two, both sides are waiting for who will fall first, the situation is not optimistic for the two at all, there has just been a riot on the canal, and at this time, there is not even a ghost shadow, so naturally there is no rescue.
Zhen Qian is looking for the best place to cross the river, in fact, it is the same from where to go down the river, the early spring in Yangzhou is already full of willows and flowers compared with Luquan County, but at this time the river is still cold and biting.
What's more, Zhen Qian was worried that the man in black would chase after him and jump off the canal, and the situation would not be optimistic at that time, and he must be able to find concealment, even if it was to delay for some time!
A fork in the canal in the distance, which is very common in Yangzhou, where the river network is dense, is not very large, and it is covered with reeds that are more than one person tall and have turned green, which is an excellent hiding place, "There! See? We swam over and hid inside, and when it gets darker, the man in black won't be able to find us! ”
"Good!"
Wang Tianxing responded, and the two of them raised their arms in unison, turned around and shot towards the two black-clothed people closest to him.
Seeing the two people running wildly in front of him suddenly turn around, the man in black didn't have the slightest defense, but when he saw the two of them raise their arms, he naturally didn't think that the two were bluffing to scare him.
Two crisp bowstrings sounded, and the black-clothed man's instinctive body froze, blocking his cheek with one arm, and slashing in front of him with the other hand with a steel knife.
Nine hits out of ten shots within 20 steps, and five hits out of ten shots within 50 steps, this is the best result of Zhen Qian's hand crossbow. Turning around and shooting the enemy in a high-speed run, the hit rate is no longer important, Zhen Qian just wants to tell those people in black that it is enough for him to have a long-range killing weapon, so come up if you are not afraid of death!
The two crossbow arrows of chopsticks flew over in an instant, and they couldn't dodge it at all, they were already nailed to the arm of a man in black, a scream came, followed by another scream, one of the two men in black covered his arm, and the other knelt down, obviously being shot in the thigh by Wang Tianxing, saying that Wang Tianxing is also a special ghost!
The man in black behind him didn't expect that the two of them had crossbows in their hands, and the speed of the chase was half a minute slower, Zhen Qian didn't hesitate at all and said, "Jump!" After speaking, it was a beautiful take-off, a beautiful arc plunged into the water, dived more than ten meters underwater, held his breath and swam forward desperately.
The second sound of going into the water did not come from behind him, Zhen Qian was a little puzzled in his heart, he had a very bad premonition, surfaced and looked back at the shore, and saw a lonely figure on the river bank continuing to run forward, who was it not Wang Tianxing, at this moment Zhen Qian somewhat understood Wang Tianxing's intentions, and his heart was sour, and he couldn't wait to grab his collar and scold, "Fool, dive quickly!" ”
In just a few seconds, the stubborn figure was already getting smaller and farther away in Zhen Qian's sight, and there were four men in black running wildly behind him.
There were three men in black standing on the riverbank, two of them were just injured in black, one of them had already walked to the river as if he was about to enter the water, but he was stopped by the other two men in black, and pointed at Zhen Qian, who was more than 20 meters away from him, and didn't know what to say in his ear, so he waved the knife in his hand as if to demonstrate to Zhen Qian.
"They don't know water, do they?"
Zhen Qian couldn't say whether he was frustrated or happy in his heart, he actually forgot that few people in the north knew water, and he should have dragged Wang Tianxing into the water just now.
(End of chapter)