--arrow!

Seeing the arrows flying through the air, Qingden frowned sharply. He pressed his back against the wall of the alley next to him, raised his head slightly, and looked out of the garbage heap where he and Nagakura were currently hiding.

At the entrance to the west side of the alley, I don't know when three more warriors appeared with double swords on their waists and holding broads and bows.

Beside the three archers, two warriors shouted urgently to the people still alive in the alley: "Take those who are still alive and leave quickly!" - these two warriors were the "retreating people just now"

The Peace Party".

It turned out that the retreat of the two of them just now was not to escape, but to find support.

After seeing their companions being chopped down by Qingden like melons and vegetables, the two of them knew that if they continued like this, their entire army would be annihilated sooner or later.

We can no longer fight! We must withdraw! Withdraw as much as we can - with this idea in mind, the two men hurried back to the nearby stronghold to bring in reinforcements.

The reason why the bearded man "led" Qingdeng here was because they had a small stronghold located here... This is why they were able to dispatch 18 people at once to intercept Qingdeng.

Since it is only a small stronghold, there are not many helpers available.

These three archers holding bows and bows were all the reinforcements they could bring in after running back to the stronghold in a hurry.

"Tachibana Aoden's swordsmanship is too strong. Fighting with him in close combat is completely asking for death. You must use bows and arrows to suppress him." - At the strong request of the two people who came to rescue the soldiers, the two of them found

The three reinforcements who came brought the only three sets of bows and arrows stored in their stronghold.

After all the arrows they had just shot fell into the air, the three archers quickly touched their right hands to their lower backs, took out a new arrow from the quiver hanging on their lower backs, and stringed the arrows.

People with sharp eyes can see that the level of archery skills of these three archers is uneven by just observing the arrow changing movements of these three archers.

The archery skills of the two young men standing on the left and right were average at first glance, and the movement of changing arrows was extremely jerky. One of them even almost dropped the arrow in his hand.

Only the middle-aged man with a thick beard standing on his chin moved very quickly and skillfully. He took out a new arrow from the quiver and put the new arrow on the bowstring smoothly and in one go.

You can tell by looking at him that he is a skilled archer.

And the next performance of this middle-aged man with a beard on his chin also showed the demeanor of a "master of archery".

As soon as Qingteng poked his head out of the garbage heap where he and Nagakura were hiding, the "middle-aged man with a beard" immediately focused his eyes, glared viciously in Qingteng's direction, raised his bow and shot!

Woo——!

The extremely harsh and sharp sound piercing the air echoed through the entire alley again.

The arrow with a brown shaft turned into a brown beam, cutting through the atmosphere of the alley. This slender beam shot straight towards Qingdeng's head, which was sticking out of the garbage pile.

Qingden, whose pupils shrank slightly, retracted his head behind the garbage pile with a speed and movement that seemed like a conditioned reflex.

Poof!

The arrow sank deeply into a large sack containing an unknown object in the garbage heap - the place where the arrow hit was less than 2 inches away from where Qingden had just poked his head out.

——The guy with the beard on his chin is a master of archery...

Qingdeng's heart sank slightly.

The appearance of the reinforcements and the shouting of "Take those who are still alive and leave quickly!" made those still alive in the alley wake up from a dream.

They hurriedly dragged their companions who were still breathing and alive, and fled in a hurry towards the direction where the reinforcements appeared...that is, the alley on the west side.

Seeing this, Yongcang hurriedly said to Qingden beside him:

"Mr. Tachibana, what should we do now? If this continues, these people will escape."

"..." Qingdeng did not respond to Yongcang.

Qingdeng, who was concentrating on thinking about ways to defeat the enemy, now had no time to pay attention to any unimportant information from the outside world.

For Qingdeng, the outcome he least expected to see was naturally that the group of people escaped successfully and failed to capture a few survivors.

The biggest problem facing Qingdeng now... is "how to deal with the opponent's shooting support".

A total of three archers guarded the entrance of the alley to cover the evacuation of their companions. One of these three archers was very skilled in archery.

The garbage pile where Qingto and Nagakura are currently hiding is very large and thick. As long as they hide behind the garbage pile, they don't have to worry about being hit by arrows.

But if you casually show up or leave this garbage dump, you will definitely be shot by these three archers.

The Japanese Japanese bow, also known as the "big bow", has a total length of more than 2 meters and is extremely powerful.

Qingzhen remembered that in his previous life, he had heard of an experiment to test the power of the Japanese bow: After adding 23kg of force to a Japanese bow and equipping it with heavy arrowheads, a high-speed camera was used to record that the Japanese bow only moved 34 times per second.

With a muzzle velocity of 1 meter, it can easily penetrate the human body up to 30cm.

If you are hit by an arrow shot by a master... then there is a high probability that your body will be pierced by the arrow.

Unfortunately - the enemy happened to have a person with a very high level of archery skills.

After seeing Qingteng looking deep in thought, Nagakura conspicuously tightened his mouth and stopped speaking. At the same time, he also slowed down his breathing, for fear that his every move, every word and every deed would be harmful.

Influenced Qingdeng’s thinking.

Nagakura has one thing that can be considered an advantage - he is very self-aware of his own IQ level, and he never forces himself to do some intellectual work that he cannot solve at all.

When encountering intellectual tasks that are difficult for him to solve, he will avoid them or simply let others handle them for him.

The two brothers Nagakura and Harada... can be regarded as the "idiot duo" in "Aoto Squad".

However, although both of them are stupid, their stupidity is in different directions.

Harada's "stupidity" is due to his lack of education and lack of habit of using his brain to think about problems. Whenever he encounters something that requires using his brain, he will habitually give up and escape.

Nagakura's cultural level is quite good, he knows a lot of Chinese characters, and he can also recite a few famous quotes from Han classics such as the Four Books and Five Classics. His "stupidity" is simply because his brain is not bright enough...

…

After Qingden pondered thoughtfully for a moment, he raised his hand to touch the wakizashi hanging on his left waist, but in the end he touched nothing - he had forgotten that his wakizashi was still on the one he had just worn.

Inside the stabbed dwarf.

"Nongcang, please lend me your wakizashi."

Although Nagakura didn't understand why Aoto suddenly wanted to borrow his wakizashi, he immediately pulled out the wakizashi from his waist without saying a word and handed it to Aoto.

After receiving the wakizashi from Nagakura, Aomori raised the wakizashi, stuck the flat blade out of the garbage pile, and used the smooth and bright blade surface as a mirror to view the scene outside the garbage pile.

Although the image reflected on the blade surface is slightly blurry... it's barely enough to be seen.

Those who were still alive, along with the injured who were still alive, all escaped from the alley and disappeared from Qingdeng's sight.

Only the three archers were left at the entrance of the alley - it was easy to see that the three of them were trying to cut off the retreat of their companions, prevent Ayoto and Nagakura from pursuing them, and buy enough time for their companions to evacuate.

"Mr. Tachibana." Nagakura, who was inspecting the scene reflected on the blade with Aomori, said with a hint of anxiety in his tone, "It's troublesome... all those guys have escaped!"

Compared to Nagakura's anxiety... Qingto is much calmer.

"...Who said that?" Qingdeng said calmly, "Aren't there...there are three people still here?"

After saying that, Qingden tilted the side of his hand slightly, and then stared meaningfully at the figures of the three archers reflected on the blade.

Nagakura, who understood what Qingden meant, stared and smacked his lips a few times: "Mr. Tachibana, do you... want to capture those three archers alive?"

"Other than that, there is no other way. I am chasing people and killing people today...I don't want to work in vain. I have to find a way to catch someone who can be used for questioning and deception.

The only thing that can be said is the eloquence of information."

After finishing speaking, Aoto handed the wakizashi in his hand back to Nagakura.

——About 20 meters...

While using the blade of Wakizashi's sword to examine the scene outside the garbage dump, Ayoto roughly visually measured the distance between them and the three archers.

There is a straight alley from the garbage dump where he and Nagakura are hiding to the entrance of the alley where the three archers are.

The length of this straight alley is about 20 meters.

If you want to capture the three archers alive, you must try to survive their shots and pass through the 20-meter distance.

As long as we can manage to cross the 20-meter distance and reach the three archers...then the next thing will be easy.

Qingdeng suddenly realized that he had experienced many firsts today.

It was the first time I saw the Western swordsmanship of this era.

This is the first time I have to deal with so many enemies single-handedly.

The first time I faced an archer.

Qingdeng's initial idea was to find a shield that could be used to block arrows.

Looking around... Qingden actually found something that could be used as a shield - a large wooden board nearly 2 meters long and 1 meter wide.

This large wooden board was thrown into the rubbish pile where Qingdeng used to hide. It looked like it was leftover scraps after renovating the house.

After thinking about it again and again, Qingdeng gave up the idea of ​​using the big wooden board as a shield.

Although this wooden board is large, its thickness is really too thin...the thickest part is only about 3 centimeters.

Such a thin wooden board... Qingdeng felt that it was too reluctant to use it to block the arrows shot by the bow...

At this time, Qingden suddenly caught a glimpse of the empty sake bottle lying at his feet.

Looking at this sake bottle...a flash of inspiration occurred - a bold idea suddenly flashed through Qingto's mind.

Qingden raised his head and looked at the houses on both sides of the alley.

"...Nagakura, put your ear closer. Now I have thought of a plan that I need your help with."

Qingden put his lips close to Nagakura's ear and whispered something to Nagakura in a low voice.

"... Mr. Tachibana." Nagakura looked at Qingden blankly, with an expression as if he had heard some shocking secret, "Are you... not taking too much risk?"

Qingdeng smiled fearlessly: "It's strange - I forget when it started. I became less and less afraid of death."

Qingdeng put his hand into his arms and took out the pocket paper he carried with him. While wiping off the remaining blood and fat on the Dingguishen Sword, he poked his head out of the garbage pile again and quietly observed that it was still at the west side of the alley.

The three archers who did not leave.

"...I understand." Nagakura nodded solemnly, "Mr. Orange, I wish you good luck in martial arts."

The corners of Qingdeng's lips raised: "I accept your good words."

Qingdeng threw the paper on the ground after wiping the blade of the sword and said calmly: "Let's get started."
To be continued...