"How can we lure them away with just a few of us?" Qiu Ling'er wondered.
He Jinran scratched his head, looking just as troubled.
Without thinking, Qiu Yan was about to show herself when her younger brother grabbed her elbow.
Qiu Xu shook his head at his sister.
"I'll do it!"
Before his sister could even object, he had already slipped a bamboo tube into Qiu Yan's hand.
Then, his entire body flew out and landed in the middle of the mountain road, perfectly avoiding the trap.
"Ah Xu!" Qiu Yan cried out urgently.
Looking again, Xiao Ran and Nineteen also rushed out.
Qiu Yan had no choice but to let him go.
She opened the bamboo tube and looked inside; it contained several bullets.
Qiu Ling'er looked worried. "Sister, I'll go help."
"You're not allowed to go!" Qiu Yan grabbed her sister's wrist as fast as she could. "We'll just watch from here."
"Brother and Xiaoran, you must be careful," Qiu Ling'er said with some worry, clasping her hands together in a prayer-like gesture.
"They've arrived?" Hu Yanxun looked at Qiu Xu and the other two who had suddenly appeared, and murmured in bewilderment:
"So it was the three of you." Then look at nineteen.
"How come he's here too?" Could it be... Qiu Yan also escaped?
He frowned, his face darkening.
"Huyan brat, come out!" Qiu Xu shouted loudly towards the mountain peak.
Huyan Xun cursed inwardly, "You little brat, I'll kill you later."
Despite his cursing, he remained silent, thinking that Qiu Xu was clever and might be bluffing him.
He was only waiting for the troops of Dongjin to come to him so that he could wipe them out in one fell swoop.
Suddenly, the clatter of hooves came rushing in...
They're here, they're here...
Hu Yanxun felt his blood boiling.
In the mountains, an army of over a thousand men, led by Ling Qi and Ling Ba, was galloping on horseback...
Then look at Qiu Xu, who is standing straight in the center.
What exactly is this kid up to?
Huyan Xun was somewhat confused about the situation.
Seeing that the three of them couldn't lure Huyan Xun out, Qiu Xu deliberately stepped on a trap, causing it to miss.
Seeing the serrated animal trap inside the snare, He Jinran felt a slight pain in his foot.
"A mere trap!"
Huyan Xun, standing atop the mountain peak, was completely dumbfounded.
So, the people of Dongjin knew about their carefully planned trap.
"Giddy up!" With the sound of hooves, Ling Qi and the others came into view.
The next moment, Qiu Xu shouted a sentence to Ling Qi and the other soldiers on horseback.
"General Gu, there's a trap here! Don't come any closer!"
“Huyan Xun is right at the summit!” He Jinran echoed.
Unable to distract the others, the two had no other choice.
However, the sound of hooves was too chaotic for Ling Qi, Ling Ba, and the others in the distance to hear, so the three of them could only run towards the direction of the hooves.
Until Ling Qi and the others saw the three people, they began to pull on the reins and stop...
Huyan Xun was stunned. He asked himself in a low voice,
"Gu Qian is here?"
How could that be? Didn't he already send them away?
Could it be that they discovered their whereabouts and turned back?
He suddenly stood up.
Watching the approaching footsteps grow ever closer, he sternly addressed Qiu Xu and the other two:
"They've come at the perfect time! They've come! This Xiongnu chieftain will capture them all in one fell swoop!"
That being said, Huyan Xun instinctively felt intimidated upon hearing Gu Qian's name.
As for why?
They were just some barbarian tribes, while Gu Qian's army outnumbered them by dozens of times.
Furthermore, his trap has already been exposed.
Who exactly saw through it? A ruthless glint appeared on Huyan Xun's face.
You ruined his plans!
If he finds out who it is, he will surely tear this person to pieces.
"Before you speak, you'd better consider your own abilities!" Qiu Xu finally saw Hu Yanxun appear, and a faint smile appeared on his lips.
Huyan Xun suddenly shot an arrow at Qiu Xu.
"Go to hell!"
But Qiu Xu caught it with his bare hands and broke it in two.
Following closely behind was a barrage of arrows.
"Xiao Ran, be careful!" Qiu Xu said as he began to fend off the rain of arrows, as did Shi Jiu.
The three of them were in a rather precarious situation.
While dodging arrows, Qiu Xu also had to keep an eye on He Jinran's safety at all times.
In just a moment, he was covered in bruises.
It is evident that the enemy's arrow rain was fierce.
He Jinran was already covered in wounds.
Nineteen, thanks to his strong physique, didn't utter a sound even when injured, and broke off the broken arrow to continue blocking...
At this moment, if they are not careful, they could be pierced by arrows and become cold corpses.
This scene left Qiu Yan and Qiu Ling'er breathless.
"Sister, I'll go help!"
"No!" Qiu Yan grabbed Qiu Ling'er's arm tightly, her voice trembling, "My sister needs your protection!"
"Sister." Qiu Ling'er then realized that she had been so focused on winning that she had neglected her sister's feelings, and tears welled up in her eyes.
"I'm sorry, sister. Ling'er just didn't want to see anything happen to brother and Xiao Ran."
"It's alright, they're here, Ling'er, don't be afraid. They may be injured, but they'll be fine." Watching her younger brother and Xiao Ran weave through the rain of arrows, Qiu Yan hugged Qiu Ling'er tightly to calm her fear.
Qiu Ling'er nodded earnestly, her eyes glistening with tears. "Sister is right, they'll be alright."
Dust billowed, the sound of horses' footsteps faded away.
In the blink of an eye, if Qiu Xu and his two companions had arrived even a moment later...
The army will fall into the trap and suffer losses.
In a flash, the three of them darted around the trap, spinning rapidly. By this time, they had already reached the end of the trap. Finally, they made a gesture to Ling Qi and Ling Ba, indicating that they should stop.
"stop!"
The horse stopped abruptly and let out a fierce neigh.
Fortunately, Ling Qi and the others saw Qiu Xu and his two companions; otherwise, the horses would have been unable to stop.
However, some horses couldn't stop moving and fell to the ground, howling in pain.
Fortunately, we avoided a trap.
Then, the rain of arrows disappeared.
Qiu Xu looked up again, but there was no trace of Hu Yanxun.
That's right, as soon as Huyan Xun heard that Gu Qian had arrived, he made a hasty retreat.
"Ah Xu? Your Highness?" Ling Qi and Ling Ba were extremely surprised. They dismounted at the same time and helped the three people off the horse.
Ling Qi and the others carefully examined the three of them.
We saw that Qiu Xu had scrapes on his face and an injury to his shoulder.
Xiao Ran was covered in wounds, including an arrow wound to her abdomen.
Despite having two broken arrows in his knees, he stubbornly refused to fall, his legs trembling.
"Cousin, there's a trap." Qiu Xu said, and just like before, he stepped into a trap, revealing a serrated animal snare.
This situation terrified Ling Qi, Ling Ba, and their generals, causing their legs to buckle.
He Jinran added:
"This section is full of traps, and it's more than two miles long."
"How long is two li?" Ling Ba looked at it and felt a little scared.
Ling Qi suddenly felt unwell. "We almost had Huyan Xun bury us and our horses alive."
Looking around, Zhan Yue and her group of personal guards all turned pale.
"You've really suffered." Ling Qi, Ling Ba, and the other soldiers behind him couldn't imagine what had just happened to Qiu Xu and the others.
Just to warn them of the trap ahead, the three of them nearly lost their lives.
The soldiers behind him were also extremely grateful.
"How did you know there was a trap here?" Ling Ba pressed.
Qiu Xu glanced at the distance and said, "That's my sister."
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