After discussing countermeasures, we passed the stone carving area and arrived near the castle. I took a quick look at the situation first. It was indeed as I expected. There were already several gatekeepers standing guard outside the castle. At a glance, there were probably three or four people standing outside the city gate, all holding axes, spears and other weapons. There were also three lookouts standing on the city wall. They were a little free, and they estimated that the crossbows were placed nearby, guarding against us at any time.
The enemy's troop deployment was right in front of us, and Yunwen and I saw it clearly, but at the same time, we had also entered the enemy's field of vision, and there was not much time left for us to discuss other countermeasures. I hurriedly dismounted and prepared to implement the battle plan I had just formulated.
The opportunity for battle was fleeting and we could not delay, but we also knew that if we parted at this moment and something unexpected happened, failure in the battle might mean that this would be the last time we saw each other. So even though Yunwen was on the horse and anxious to leave, she still turned around and stared at me with her affectionate eyes. I also looked at her, but because of what happened before, I was no longer so calm and just forced a smile.
A flash of disappointment passed through her eyes, but she came to her senses immediately and said, "I don't know what happened that made me feel that something was wrong with you today. Maybe I'm too sensitive, but no matter what, I still want to tell you that if we fail this time, it may be a farewell of life and death. While I can still speak and you can still listen, I just want to tell you, Zhou Bo, I, I love you..."
I was stunned for a moment. Those three words should have made me ecstatic, but at this moment, it felt like a steel needle piercing my heart. She didn't know about the dirty thing that happened on Diaolou Mountain. She didn't know that I had betrayed her. Although she was deceived by her, a man should admit his mistakes. Even if the drug was very strong, didn't I fail to control myself at that time?
For a moment, her confession became the biggest pain in my heart. I felt so happy about it, but I also knew clearly that this love was a beautiful dream and could not withstand any thorns. This feeling was so complicated that I don’t know how to respond to her and what to do to repay her enthusiasm.
I want to say, me too, but I can't say it. As the events on Diaolou Mountain unfold scene by scene, can I really say it calmly?
Seeing me hesitate, she smiled bitterly and said, "I'm sorry, I may have scared you. I thought you were the same as me. It seems that I thought too much. OK, I'll leave first. Let's take care of ourselves!"
I nodded.
She turned her head and rode away. I watched her figure getting smaller and smaller as I walked away. My heart ached again, thinking how badly I had performed just now. But she was gone and it was impossible for me to save the relationship.
"I love you, too." I murmured, but she could no longer hear me and I could only recite it to myself.
Never mind all that. It's time to get down to business. I can't be so indecisive anymore, otherwise my actions will inevitably affect Yunwen's actions. If I make a mistake, Yunwen will be the one who loses her life. After all, if the crossbow cart is not destroyed, it will be easy for them to aim and fire continuously, shooting Yunwen to death. I have to intercept it in advance before the crossbow shoots.
So, I picked up a few fallen ghost vines nearby, tied them together, tied a fist-sized stone at the end, and measured it with a stride. My step was about 70cm, and I could walk about twelve or thirteen steps, which is about 10m. The city tower was about 5 to 6m high. According to the Pythagorean theorem, this distance should be enough, so I collected the loop first, ready to throw it out when necessary, and then approached the city tower area, hid next to a relatively close tree, calibrated the distance again, and found that it should be about the same.
This side was waiting for Yunwen's action. Soon Yunwen attracted the attention. The hyena people's attention was attracted by her and Sanfu, and they began to chase them. As I expected, the three guys on the city wall began to push out the crossbow cart, ready to aim and shoot at Yunwen.
Just as I expected!
Looking up from a distance, I realized that their attention was not on me, so I immediately swung the vine in my hand. The vine began to spin rapidly because of the stone at the end acting as gravity. I spun faster and faster, and was about to throw it out to hook the crossbow cart on the city wall, but at this moment I heard Yunwen's scream.
I was distracted for a moment, but saw that on the hyena side, Yunwen fell heavily from her horse, and the hyenas surrounded her. Sanfu was trying hard to protect his master. I wondered if I had affected her, because she had never fallen off Sanfu's back. Even if Sanfu had a bad temper, he would never let Yunwen make such a mistake.
The reason is not the dog days, I think it is Yunwen's distraction, and her distraction is probably because of me.
Just as I was thinking about this, there was a sharp sound of "whoosh", and a crossbow arrow pierced through and knocked Sanfu down. Fortunately, the dragon scales on his body were not pierced, but the explosive power of the Zhuge Crossbow was enough to make Sanfu's whole body fall down and fall heavily to the ground!
Once Sanfu fell, Yunwen would be in greater danger. I quickly retracted my gaze and continued to swing the vine in my hand, calming my mind. When I realized the time had come, I swung it out suddenly. The vine flew rapidly and obliquely toward the top of the city wall along with the stone, and because of the gravity of the stone, it wrapped around the pole of the crossbow cart several times.
After it was tied tightly, and before the hyenas could react, I pulled hard. At this moment, I found that my arm, which was dislocated in the early morning, seemed to have recovered now, and the symptoms of the fracture were obviously alleviated. However, I hardly took any other trauma medicines during this period, which surprised me. Now I only feel soreness and numbness in my arm, and some tingling when I exert force, that's all.
It seems that what Song Bailu said was right. There have indeed been major changes in our bodies. As for the reasons, I can only make slight guesses and cannot draw any conclusions.
Anyway, it happened that it required a lot of strength to complete the task, so I pulled hard, using all my strength, and the crossbow cart was pulled off balance. The handle had been pressed just now, and the arrow had left the string. At this moment, several arrows were fired in succession, and immediately hit the hyena people under the city wall. One was shot in the head, one was shot in the leg, and the other two ran away in fear.
I sucked with all my strength and drank loudly!
I used vines to pull the entire crossbow cart down from the city wall. It fell from a height of five or six meters and broke into pieces with a bang. The exquisite craftsmanship and the Zhuge Crossbow were also completely broken into pieces and turned into waste. The hyena people on the city wall were stunned. Perhaps they would never imagine that there would be such an operation as mine in their lifetime.
After removing the opponent's lethal weapon, I hurried to Yunwen. The horse's back was more than 2.3 meters high, so it was impossible for her to not be injured after falling. When she saw me coming, she sat up with difficulty. Her face was pale and she had difficulty breathing. The key point was that her right knee and calf seemed to be broken. She would scream in pain if she moved. I hurried over to help her up. She looked at me with her resentful eyes, and then she retracted her eyes after a moment.
"Sorry, I'm not in good shape either. I'm sorry to trouble you." Yunwen said.
The resentful and accusing look in her eyes had already let me know the reason why she fell. It was because my response was not enough that she was so distracted and out of shape, and therefore fell off the horse.
I can't do this anymore. Although the mistake has been made and cannot be undone, my feelings for Yunwen have not changed. I shouldn't hide my true feelings because of this. I feel guilty, but when have I ever lied to her about my feelings? Why should I hide it?
"Yunwen, listen to me, I didn't expect that you were the one who said that first. It surprised me. I thought I would say it first. I'm sorry for not letting you know at the first time, which made you upset and almost caused a disaster. I love you too, Zhang Yunwen, you didn't misunderstand anything. There has always been only you in my heart. Can't you feel it during this period of time?" I asked.
She smiled sweetly, tears streaming down her face, her beautiful eyes staring at me, caressing my face with her hands, mumbling, "You must love me to want to marry me."
Just as we were looking at each other, expressing our love for each other, the city gate suddenly opened and a lot of hyena people ran out. Yingchun, the armored monster, walked out from the city wall, along with Song Bailu, who was tied up and held captive with ropes.