Chapter 312 Courage
He Xiaowu and Yun Chen's expressions changed at the same time.
There was only a "puff" sound.
The arrow broke through the air with the wind.
Yun Chen jumped up instantly and pounced on Huo Luyu.
He Xiaowu instinctively raised his hand and grabbed at the darkness. A sharp arrow flew into the car window and was tightly grasped in his palm.
The arrow came so suddenly and swiftly that the three of them had almost no time to react, and even He Xiaowu himself was confused.
He gripped the arrow and couldn't help laughing:
"Look, General Yun, I told you I—"
The next moment, blood splattered from his throat and the sound stopped abruptly.
This time, He Xiaowu didn't have a second hand to hold the arrow.
A long arrow pierced through the car board and stabbed into the back of He Xiaowu's head.
The sharp arrow protruded from his still-talking mouth, causing blood to flow from his mouth and nose, and he could only let out a soft "huh" sound.
Immediately afterwards, countless arrows flew over, piercing through the carriage, passing through He Xiaowu's body, and stabbing Yun Chen and Huo Luyu.
The horses neighed as they were pierced by arrows, and the carriage jolted and spun violently.
Yun Chen waved his sword to block the arrow while holding Huo Luyu tightly under him.
Hearing screams and fighting sounds coming from all directions outside, she wanted to get up and check, but she was pressed down by the dense rain of arrows and could not move at all.
Hua Jue's voice was heard outside, "Everyone, be alert! There's an ambush! Be alert!!" Then, in an even more terrified voice, he yelled towards Yun Chen's carriage, "Achen! Be careful!!"
Almost in an instant, Yun Chen understood what was going to happen.
She hugged Huo Luyu tightly, suppressed her grief, and pulled He Xiaowu's body over to cushion Huo Luyu's body.
The next moment, the horse fell over and tumbled down a low slope.
The carriage flipped forward, rolled in the air and fell, and rolled several times before it came to a loud stop.
As the world spun, countless arrows pierced Yun Chen and He Xiaowu's backs.
Huo Luyu was sandwiched between two arms, and only had some skin scraped off, without a single arrow wound.
"Luyu, stay here!" Yun Chen hurriedly instructed Huo Luyu, then picked up the Hidden Moon Sword and rushed out from the broken chariot.
The moment Yun Chen turned around, Huo Luyu saw that her face was pale and her entire back was covered with dense blood holes.
Yun Chen jumped out of the carriage, looked around quickly, and felt his blood run cold.
Countless black-scaled cavalrymen appeared out of nowhere like ghosts and surrounded the entire transport convoy.
The sky was filled with flying arrows and the cold blades wielded by the Black Scale Cavalry were everywhere.
Carriages were overturned one after another. The seriously injured soldiers who had almost sacrificed themselves once and should have returned home, some of whom were missing limbs and some were still unconscious, were all dragged out and hacked to death by the Black Scale Cavalry without any ability to fight back.
The military doctors and female doctors who were accompanying the team were all slaughtered by the Black Scale Cavalry.
Because they were only transporting seriously injured soldiers into the defense line, Yun Chen only brought out 800 people.
In just a short moment, all the corpses were scattered on the ground, and only a few dozen people were left standing.
Hua Jue led the hard fight, but was surrounded and attacked by seven or eight black-scale cavalrymen. His back was completely exposed and he was about to suffer a fatal blow.
Yun Chen rushed over at the fastest speed, broke the encirclement with a few swords, and pulled Hua Jue out of the pile of Black Scale Cavalry.
They had never expected to be attacked in the pass west of Guying City. Yun Chen and his men were outnumbered and had to retreat quickly.
Yun Chen and Huo Luyu were in the front, while Hua Jue and dozens of surviving Lion Army soldiers provided cover from behind.
Everyone rode on the only remaining horses and fled madly towards Guying City.
Yun Chen and Huo Luyu rode on the same horse, Huo Luyu drove the horse in front and Yun Chen blocked the arrows from behind.
Arrows from the Black Scale Cavalry kept flying, most of them were blocked by Yun Chen's sword, and some hit her back.
Suddenly, Huo Luyu heard Yun Chen groan in pain.
A black and gold arrow of a peculiar shape hit Yun Chen's back.
Huo Luyu was very anxious, fearing that Yun Chen was injured in a vital part, but now was not the time to stop and check his injuries, so she could only drive the horse faster.
He ran and ran until the Black Scale Cavalry was slowly left behind and Guying City was right in front of him. Yun Chen finally couldn't hold on any longer and slowly fell to the side.
Hua Jue, who was behind, saw Yun Chen fall down, and rushed forward with all his strength to catch him with his body, but an arrow stuck in Yun Chen's body pierced his chest and he fainted instantly.
Huo Luyu hurriedly reined in his horse and jumped off before the horse stopped. He fell down awkwardly and ran towards Yun Chen and Hua Jue using almost all his hands and feet.
She helped the motionless Yun Chen up, and her face immediately turned pale, and her whole body felt as if she had fallen into an icy cave.
Yun Chen's body was covered in blood holes and knife wounds. The deepest one hit his back, and the wound had begun to turn black and blue.
Huo Luyu and dozens of Lion Army soldiers hurriedly lifted Yun Chen and Hua Jue and rushed towards the medical hospital.
When he was halfway through the run, he heard the sound of war horns coming from the Lion Army camp not far from the city.
When Huo Luyu and the others finally ran into the medical academy and Rong Yi came to greet them in shock, everyone realized:
When Yun Chen went to send the wounded, the main force of the Black Scale Cavalry suddenly advanced three hundred miles towards Guying City, with a strong offensive momentum.
At the moment, Huo Gannian has not returned from the Shagu hunt for food and fodder, and Yun Chen is seriously injured and unconscious. Rong Yi has no choice but to take on the responsibility of temporary commander and prepare to organize the army for war immediately.
Just as he was about to leave, worse news came.
Huo Gannian and others were unable to find food and fodder in Shagu and were ambushed instead, so they urgently asked for help.
Rong Yi was stunned. "What's going on? General Yun was attacked while transporting the seriously wounded westward, and General Huo was ambushed in Shagu, northeast?! Impossible! The Black Scale Cavalry were all stopped by our Lion Might Army outside the southeastern front of Guying City! How could there be so many enemies inside the pass?!"
No one could answer Rong Yi's question.
This was the first time he had encountered such a serious emergency since he joined the army.
Huo Gannian, the stabilizing force, was gone, the invincible Yun Chen was defeated, and even his brother Rong Jiang was not by his side.
Since he joined the army, he has always had a superior above his head. This is the first time that there is no one around him and he needs to make a decision alone.
Rong Yi's mind went blank.
At this time, a white and delicate hand holding a teacup was steadily extended in front of Rong Yi.
Huo Luyu was covered in dirt, all covered in blood from Yun Chen.
Although she looked disheveled, her eyes were firm and calm.
Huo Luyu completely empathized with Rong Yi's situation.
When the Huo Gang went deep into the dense forests of the southeast to hunt down Yu Yangji, they were ambushed by the Black Scale Cavalry. Members of the Huo Gang were killed or injured. In the end, only Huo Luyu was left. He took the unconscious Huo Gannian, Yun Chen and Hua Jue to survive in the forest and barely escaped the pursuit of the Black Scale Cavalry.
She will always remember the despair, helplessness and collapse, but also the boundless courage and unprecedented pride that arose from the bottom of her heart after she escaped from the desperate situation.
She handed a cup of hot tea to Rong Yi and said softly:
"General Rong, do you remember the first time we met? You are a true hero forged on the battlefield, and you must be much more powerful than me. When you win, I will treat you to a beef hotpot and a jar of the best black plum wine."
After a moment of hesitation, the gloom on Rong Yi's face disappeared.
He looked at Huo Luyu with a sharp gaze, and became energetic again, saying with great determination:
"Then it's a deal, Miss Huo Er—no, Huo Luyu."
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