The arrow pierced the sky, forming a perfect parabola.
The King of Xirong, who was directing the battle, heard a murmur. He inadvertently looked up and saw a small black dot flying towards him.
No! It’s a cold arrow!
The King of Xirong just wanted to dodge, but it was too late. The feather arrow accurately shot into his left chest, with such force that it penetrated both the front and rear armors. The triangular arrowhead was covered with blood.
Things happened so quickly that by the time the people around King Xirong saw clearly, the arrow had already penetrated his chest.
"Ahem..." Blood dripped from the corner of King Xirong's mouth. He swayed twice, then fell off his horse and stared at the city wall in the distance. There was a man still maintaining an archery posture.
How is it possible? Let alone ordinary bows and arrows, even bed crossbows are difficult to achieve such a long distance. Otherwise, this place would not be chosen as the command post.
Die with your eyes open!
"Your Majesty!" The guards got off their horses one by one, and one of them put his hand on King Xirong's neck. He had no pulse and was helpless.
King Rong Di and King Chi Di were shocked. They were ready to rush into the border city and were waiting for the vanguard to seize the city wall and gate. At this critical moment, King Xirong was shot to death!
"The king was shot to death, the king was shot to death by the enemy..."
I don't know who shouted, and the Xirong soldiers who were fighting in full swing turned around to check. The king of Xirong was no longer on the horse, and several of his guards also dismounted and formed a circle. It seemed that the king was really dead!
The soldiers of Xirong unanimously chose to stop attacking the city and fled backwards. They did not need any magic horses, chariots, or ladders.
The most surprised person was Ji Lin. She covered her mouth with one hand and looked at Ji Jie who had returned to his normal posture. How could it be possible? A person more than two hundred feet away could see nothing like an ant with the naked eye. The difference is that he can shoot so accurately!
Ji Jie turned around and glanced at the surprised Ji Lin, pretending to be helpless and said: "Hey, it seems that I don't even want you if I don't want you. My hard days are coming. Oh my god, why don't you blow a breath?" , how nice it would be to blow away the arrows I shot!"
Ji Lin clenched her fist and gave him a pink punch, and said angrily: "What do you mean? It seems that I am at a disadvantage. Please, it is my eldest princess who is at a disadvantage. If you dare to say such things again, I won't show you." Off your skin!"
"Uh-huh, let me tell you, she must be a tigress!" Ji Jie performed even harder: "How will I live from now on? God, please have mercy on me!"
"Hahaha..." Everyone around burst into laughter. Ji Lin blushed, threw her arms and ran away.
Looking at King Rong Di and King Chi Di again, they came over at the same time and said kindly to the retreating soldiers: "You are not allowed to retreat. We finally reached the bottom of the city. Isn't this a waste of all our previous efforts? Come back and continue fighting!"
Just kidding, can the soldiers of the Xirong tribe listen to you, King Rongdi, let alone King Chidi?
King Red Di drew out his scimitar and was about to kill the retreating people. Suddenly, he found dozens of pairs of vicious eyes staring at him at the same time. He was stunned and did not dare to take action. Also, the master of these people was shot to death, you still want to It's a bit unkind to rush people to fight for their lives.
When King Rong Di saw this, he smiled bitterly and could only accept this fact.
In the eyes of the two of them, this was really a pity. They could take the border town in one go, but if they retreated at this time, their previous efforts would have been in vain.
A group of people returned to the camp to defend. Some Xirong people returned to their hometown with the body of King Xirong for burial. Most of them stayed. The reason is simple. The food has not been obtained yet. At this moment, the loss will be more if you withdraw from the war, and they will all take advantage of the king. Life, if you can't bring back the food for the winter, how can you explain it to your fellow villagers?
The Rongdi people always bring their own dry food when fighting. It has been more than a month since the siege, and the soldiers have almost eaten their rations. On the one hand, the Rongdi King sent people to borrow food from the Xiongnu King and the Qin State, and on the other hand, he sent a small group The cavalry plundered on the spot to meet their urgent needs.
Of course Ji Jie would not let them succeed, and also sent several cavalry squads to patrol the surrounding villages and towns day and night. When there was an enemy situation, he would immediately send a signal, and the surrounding squads would rush to the rescue and surround and annihilate the Rongdi people who were snatching food.
The King of the Huns probably would not agree to lend them food. As for the Qin State, even if it were borrowed, it would take at least ten days to transport it from the Qin border to here, or even longer. Ji Jie watched the sky at night and concluded that there will be a good weather in the next few days. The first snow this winter, this snowfall comes one month earlier than previous years, and it will be heavy.
On the one hand, he quickly sent people to Yandu to ask the King of Yan to deliver winter supplies as soon as possible. On the other hand, he cut down trees on the spot to make firewood and collected hay, and also repaired the houses and tents as soon as possible.
On the other hand, at the Rongdi camp, it was as usual, no one was preparing for the winter.
Ji Jie broke into Ji Lin's tent. The latter was startled. He held the hilt of the sword tightly with his small hands and looked at him with a scared look on his face and said, "What are you doing here? Why didn't you pass by my door before coming in?" allow?"
Ji Jie shrugged and said with a smile: "Sister Lin, wife, given our relationship, do I still need your permission to come here?"
"Who is your wife, get out of here!" Ji Lin blushed and said, "If you don't get out, I won't be polite to you!"
Ji Jie hummed: "It seems that our eldest princess is trying to be a swindler. It turns out that you are a person who can't afford to lose in bets! Okay, I, Ji Jie, know you. Since you can keep your word, I can too." Don’t regret it if you don’t keep your words!”
After saying that, he was about to turn around and leave. Ji Lin quickly stepped forward, like a child who had done something wrong, and whispered: "I'm not going back on my word, you... don't force me... I will fulfill my promise to you." It's just that people are not ready yet..."
We should have said a few nice words to end the marriage. Just as Ji Jie was about to speak, a messenger came and reported: "To General Huwei, two people came outside the city gate. They claimed to be brother and sister, and they said they were yours, General." Good friend, let me make an announcement!"
"Siblings?" Ji Jie frowned and asked, "What do they look like?"
The messenger replied: "The woman is about ten years old, wearing a goose-yellow robe and a bamboo hat, and her face cannot be seen clearly; the man is a child of seven or eight years old, with a tiger-like head and a tiger-like brain, although they are wearing our clothes." They are the clothes of people from the Central Plains, but it can be seen that they are not from the Central Plains, they are either Rongdi people or Huns! By the way, I heard that woman call her brother Achi!"
Achi? The son of the King of the Huns, that woman must be his sister, Princess Rouyue.
What are they doing here?
"Let's go and have a look!" Ji Jie led the messenger to the city gate.
"I'll go take a look too!" Ji Lin followed. Her expression changed when she heard they were siblings. Moreover, Ji Jie didn't notice that the way she looked at her also changed a lot.
However, he felt a hint of gunpowder in the air.
Women, I really don’t know what will happen if the two of them meet.