Chapter five hundred and sixty-four attacking the falcon
In ancient Xuzhou, the victory was exhausted, and there were only a few heroes. Think of the iron armor and double eyes, the black sweat and blood, and the empty jade tents.
——Excerpt from "Magnolia Slowly·Pengcheng Nostalgia" Sadura (Yuan Dynasty)
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After Bai Fu escaped from the Puppet Yan Palace, he went straight to the south gate of Fanyang City without stopping. After a brief fierce battle with the officers and soldiers guarding the city, he escaped from Fanyang.
All this was planned beforehand. Bai Fu deliberately exposed his whereabouts and diverted the enemy's attention away from Fan Yang.
According to the original plan, Bai Fu met with Iron Hammer at a hill thirty miles outside the city.
After the three of them met, Bai Fu asked, "Hai Ban, is everything going well?"
Tie Chui smiled and said: "As expected, brothers, everything will be done according to the plan.
Zhang Tongru knew that Cai Xide had great influence in Fan Yang's army, and was worried that Fan Yang's soldiers would not be able to work hard when capturing the lone wolf. Therefore, he did not dare to mobilize Fan Yang's army, and could only use the Yulin Army adapted from Shi Siming's direct line to set up an ambush.
A fire broke out in the Puppet Yan Palace, and the morale of the ambush army was shaken. The elite imperial guards who were ambushing here were not controlled by Zhang Tongru, so they were eager to protect them and evacuated immediately.
Without the elites of the Royal Forest Army, Zhang Tongru’s personal tribe is no match for the Lone Wolf and the disciples of the Tang Sect. In less than half an hour, they were dead and running, and they were completely defeated.”
Bai Fu said: "Can Lao Lang's family members be safely transferred?"
Lone Wolf bowed deeply and said solemnly: "With the help of Tang Clan, my family has been safely relocated. They will arrive in Chang'an by water. It is estimated that it will take about a month.
Bai Long, you saved the lives of more than ten members of my family. From now on, my old wolf’s life will be yours. I will go through fire and water without any hesitation!”
Bai Fu hurriedly lifted up the lone wolf and said: "Old wolf, we are all comrades in arms through life and death. Your family is my family, so why bother saying thank you.
By the way, why don’t you personally escort your family to Chang’an?”
There was a cold glint in Lone Wolf's eyes and he said: "Shi Siming is cunning and cunning. Based on my understanding of this person, I will definitely not let it go after suffering such a big loss.
There are many experts in Fan Yang's army. He will definitely send tracking experts to intercept and kill us on the road.
His target is on us, and only by leaving separately can my family arrive safely."
Bai Fu secretly said: "Lone Wolf is just a polite word. Lone Wolf and Shi Siming have no grudges per se. Whether to kill Lone Wolf and his family is not that important to Shi Siming."
He entered the palace to be assassinated and escaped with his body intact, which disgraced Shi Siming. He was the thorn in Shi Siming's side and the thorn in his flesh.
The lone wolf chooses to go with him because he is waiting for an opportunity to protect himself and Hammer Ban. Even if he dies in battle, he will have no regrets."
Thinking of this, Bai Fu felt great respect for Lone Wolf. This man had a cold face and a warm heart. He was indeed a man from Yanzhao.
Say it’s a hero, say it’s a hero?!
The three of them looked at each other, smiled, and cherished each other without saying anything more.
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Tie Chui said: "Old Wolf, how do we go next?"
Lone Wolf said: "This morning, countless carrier pigeons flew out from Fan Yang. All the troops and horses of various states and counties under Fan Yang's jurisdiction have probably been mobilized. From here to the south, there must be many ambushes on the official road.
If we want to survive, we can only abandon our horses, cross the mountains and ridges, and take a shortcut back to Eagle Castle. In this way, even if we encounter an enemy, the number of opponents will not be too large, and we will still be able to fight."
Iron Hammer slapped his thigh and said: "Without further delay, let's withdraw now!"
The three of them rode quickly to a valley and unloaded their equipment.
Tie Hammer stabbed the horse's butt with his dagger, causing the horse to neigh and gallop away. Bai Fu and Lone Wolf also followed Tie Hammer's example and let the horses go one by one.
The hammer rushed into the forest, followed closely by Bai Fu and Lone Wolf, and disappeared into the jungle in an instant.
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Deep in the dense forest, the three of them, dressed in camouflage woven with leaves and vines, were walking around.
Bai Fu looked up through the gap on the treetops of the jungle. In the cloudy sky, a small black spot appeared from time to time, hovering silently over the forest.
The three of them walked through the dense forest for hundreds of miles in one breath. They were quite tired, but they still could not get rid of their pursuers at high altitude.
Bai Fu held the python bead in his hand and tried to influence the falcon, but the distance was too far and he couldn't sense the falcon at all.
Bai Fu frowned and said, "Compared with this flat-haired guy and the eagle-eyed Hai Dongqing, I don't know which one is more powerful?"
Tie Hammer chewed a mouthful of leaves and said: "Of course Haidongqing is more powerful, the eagle-eyed falcon can search even at night, unlike this stupid bird, which has to retreat at night.
The eagle-eyed Haidongqing can fly hundreds of miles a day, delivering messages like a homing pigeon. It is not afraid of being attacked by other raptors, nor will it be shot down by humans. Soaring at high altitudes, it can not only identify people and horses, but also mountains and rivers."
Bai Fu said with emotion: "No wonder you always say that the hawk's eye is the eye of our scouts. One sea green is far better than thousands of scouts."
Speaking of marching at night, Lone Wolf said: "We can't be careless at night because there are no falcons for detection. They will definitely send hounds into the forest and they can track us at night."
Tie Chui said: "In this case, we cannot stay in this forest for too long. We must try to walk as far as possible during the day and rest at night. Otherwise, if we work day and night, we will be overwhelmed before the enemy arrives."
Iron Hammer was thinking about how to get out of the dense forest without being discovered by the falcon.
Bai Fu suddenly asked: "We are hiding in the dense forest. Can the falcon see us if it flies so high?"
Iron Hammer looked up at the sky and said: "In order to have a wider field of vision, trained falcons usually hover in the sky above a hundred feet. These falcons have sharp eyesight, far better than ordinary people.
It would be okay if we keep walking through the dense forest. Once we leave this old forest, it will be difficult to avoid its sight.
The Yanzhao area is mostly composed of gravel mountains. After leaving this forest, a hundred miles to the south, the mountains are steep and bare with few trees. The jungle is mostly shrubs, making it difficult to hide."
Bai Fu felt a headache. He took a deep breath and said, "This flat-haired beast is quite powerful."
The lone wolf furrowed his thick eyebrows and said in a deep voice: "We must kill this flat-haired beast first, otherwise we will have nothing to hide."
Bai Fu said: "In the process of tracking and searching, under what circumstances will the falcon fly to a low place?"
Iron Hammer said: "Usually when falcons are looking for food, they will drop to thirty or fifty feet, waiting for an opportunity to swoop down to kill. However, falcons are trained and will not be tempted to fall to the ground. Even if they need to fly low for reconnaissance, they will not be lower than thirty feet.
height of ten feet.
Their hearing is also extremely keen. As long as there is a slight tremble of a bow string or the sound of a crossbow arrow piercing the air, they will immediately flap their wings and fly high to avoid being hunted by the enemy. Even the eagle shooters on the grassland who are perfect with their shots are difficult to kill.
Falcon.”
Bai Fu asked: "When a falcon is scouting, how will it find food if it is hungry?"
Iron Hammer said: "When a falcon performs a mission, it only eats the food rewarded by the falconer. Unless it is performing a long-distance mission and cannot fly back to its owner in time, it will forage for food on its own."
Bai Fu and Lone Wolf looked at each other and felt disappointed. This forest was too small. Walk three miles further and you would be out of the woods. This distance is not far enough. The falcon does not need to forage in the wild. The plan of trapping the falcon is afraid that
Failed.
Bai Fu sighed: "If I can lure the falcon down to a distance of ten feet, I might be able to deal with it. But at a distance of twenty or thirty feet, I can't do anything."
Tie Chui smiled and said: "I made a special kind of hawk food for the hawk-eyed Haidongqing. The guy enjoyed it very much. We can try it, maybe we can seduce this flat-haired beast."
Bai Fu was overjoyed and said, "That's it!"
He did as he was told. Not long after, the lone wolf captured a hare. He peeled off the skin and bones of the hare with a hammer, chopped open the head with a knife, took out the brains, and mixed them with the hare's internal organs. Then he added unique spices to make it bloody.
The hare smelled extremely fishy.
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Bai Fu is invisible at the top of the umbrella of a towering tree, and the camouflage on his body is blended with the leaves and branches. Bai Fu shrinks his pores and hides his breath.
The falcon smelled the scent of the hare and lingered for a long time, hesitating again and again. After careful observation, no suspicious traces were found. The falcon finally couldn't help but folded its wings, swooped down, grabbed the hare with its talons, and flew past the hare.
In the flash of lightning, Bai Fu twisted the python beads in his hand and poured his thoughts into it.
"chirp"
The falcon's pupils suddenly dilated, and with a scream, it dropped the hare, flapped its wings, and fled. The falcon circled in the sky for several times, did not dare to stay anymore, and flew north in shock, disappearing in an instant.
A few eagle feathers fell in the sky, whirling and disappearing with the wind...
"Walk!"
Iron Hammer shouted loudly and led the two of them out of the dense forest and ran towards the ridge.