Seeing that this method worked well and actually rescued the person, Li Guang was overjoyed.
In one breath, Li Guang speared more than ten soldiers out of the formation. Only then did Jia Feng realize that this was not breaking the formation, but running away.
"Release the arrows!" Jia Feng finally gave the order, and arrows rained down on the men in the formation.
Li Guang and his soldiers immediately brandished their weapons to deflect the crossbow bolts fired at them. Li Guang then took the opportunity to throw two men away, and they never had another chance.
Several soldiers had already been hit by arrows and were quickly riddled with arrows.
At this time, Li Guang still had two soldiers by his side, who were gritting their teeth and persevering.
While Li Guang was firing his crossbow, he was looking for an opportunity to throw the two men out again. Distracted, he neglected the horse's rump, and a crossbow bolt struck Di Nu's horse right in the rump.
With a neigh, the Di Nu horse kicked wildly, leaped over the armored chariot, and galloped forward.
Oh no! The horses are startled. There are towering mountains ahead, and if there's a canyon, they'll fall and be smashed to pieces.
Li Guang pulled hard on the reins, trying to control Di Nu, but to his surprise, the horse actually slowed down and eventually stopped.
Sure enough, there was a cliff ahead. If we ran any further, we would fall off.
Li Guang wiped the sweat from his brow and began to examine Di Nu's horse's injuries.
The arrow was shot at an angle towards the horse's rump, the arrowhead lodging between the horse's skin and flesh. It did not cause much damage to the Di Nu horse, and Li Guang breathed a sigh of relief.
After tying up the horse, Li Guang gritted his teeth and pulled the arrow out of its rump, causing the Di Nu horse to neigh in pain once more.
This is a minor injury for the horse. After returning home, applying some medicine will resolve the issue.
Li Guang looked around; they were now quite far from the mountain they had just been on.
What should we do now? Should we return to the inn to rejoin the soldiers, or go back into the mountains and find a way to get in and destroy the cannons?
Judging from the current situation, the defenses on the mountain are extremely tight, and it is now very difficult to destroy the artillery on the mountain.
Or we could send troops back to Hanyu Pass now, ambush them on the road, seize the cannons, and then destroy them.
This would be too difficult. If troops were sent here, it would mean crossing the border, and the neighboring country would definitely send troops here, which would inevitably lead to a major war.
Li Guang pondered for a long time but couldn't come up with a good solution, so he took out his binoculars and looked around.
In the valley ahead, there is a stream, and beside the stream, there is a small thatched hut. Upon closer inspection, there seems to be wisps of smoke rising from the hut.
Li Guang was surprised to find that people lived in the valley; ordinary people wouldn't live there.
By this time, Li Guang was already starving, and it would be best if he could get some food.
With that thought in mind, he led Di Nu, the horse, toward the thatched hut in the valley.
What the telescope could see, the naked eye could not. Li Guang led his horse for quite a while before finally arriving near the thatched hut.
"Senior brother, when will the person you're waiting for arrive? If they don't come soon, this pot of wild boar meat will be overcooked and won't taste good."
"Don't worry, my brother will be here soon. I always eat his food, but this time I'll let him try my wild boar meat."
"Senior brother, you've been talking about your brother a lot these past few days. Who exactly is he? I've never heard you mention him before."
"You'll find out when you meet my brother."
Upon hearing the conversation inside the thatched hut, Li Guang was overjoyed. Wasn't that the Taoist priest's voice? How could he be here?
He came to Shuixian Village a while ago, saying he had something important to do in the northern frontier. Could he be waiting for me here?
Thinking of this, Li Guang quickened his pace and soon arrived at the thatched hut.
The door to the thatched hut was open, and the aroma of wild boar meat wafted out.
Li Guang tied up Di Nu's horse and went into the thatched hut.
The thatched hut was simply furnished; apart from a stone table and a few stone stools in the center, nothing else was found.
On the stone table sat a large pot with charcoal burning underneath. The wild boar meat inside was steaming and smelled delicious.
Two old Taoist priests sat beside the stone table. One was a Taoist priest he knew very well, and the other was a slightly younger Taoist priest who looked to be over eighty years old.
Upon seeing Li Guang arrive, the old Taoist priest stood up and began to introduce him to another old Taoist priest.
"This is my brother, named Li Guang."
Another old Taoist priest stood up, began to scrutinize Li Guang, and then spoke with surprise:
“Senior brother, you didn’t say your brother was a very young general, but this man is not young at all; he is at least forty years old.”
Upon hearing this, the old Taoist priest burst into laughter.
“Junior brother, you may not know this, but this person is my brother. He disguised himself so that he wouldn’t be recognized.”
Only then did Li Guang remember that he had undergone a disguise and now had a completely different face, but the old Taoist priest still recognized him at a glance.
"Master Dao, I never expected to meet you here," Li Guang said excitedly.
“Young brother, I knew you would come here, so I had my junior brother catch a wild boar and specially cooked a pot of wild boar meat for you to enjoy.”
At this moment, Li Guang was completely convinced. He never expected that the old Taoist priest knew he would come here and had even prepared wild boar meat for him. Even a god wouldn't have this ability.
"How did you know I would come here, Daoist Master?"
"Haha, when I went to Narcissus Village last time, I knew that you would come to the northern frontier to destroy the cannons made by the barbarian soldiers."
Fortunately, their precautions were in place, which prevented your operation from succeeding and destroyed the artillery; otherwise, things would have been much more difficult.
Li Guang was taken aback, not understanding what the old Taoist priest meant.
"Let's not talk about that now, young man, hurry up and eat something, you must be starving."
Li Guang was indeed hungry and began to devour the wild boar meat.
To be honest, when you're hungry, you'll eat anything. When Li Guang was eating meat, he didn't even consider the taste of wild boar.
Seeing that Li Guang had already started eating, the two old Taoist priests were not to be outdone and began to feast on their food as well.
After eating in silence for a while, the group slowed down, and Li Guang began to savor the taste of the wild boar meat.
The wild boar meat cooked by the old Taoist priest smelled delicious, but it had a gamey taste that Li Guang didn't like.
This may be related to the fact that no seasonings were used when cooking wild boar meat. In the wilderness, it is already quite an achievement to be able to cook wild boar meat.
I didn't detect the gamey smell at first, which may be related to hunger.
But the two old Taoist priests didn't care about any of that. After they devoured the wild boar meat in the pot, only half of it remained.
Only then did the old Taoist priest slowly speak.
“Young brother, we have known each other for more than two years, but you still don’t know my name. My Buddhist name is Kongxu, and my junior brother’s Buddhist name is Puqing.”
We were originally three fellow disciples, plus a junior brother whose Dharma name was Pufeng, but we didn't invite him today.
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