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发信人: dantao (涛涛), 信区: Emprise
标 题: 书剑恩仇录6-7
发信站: 紫 丁 香 (Thu Jul 30 12:05:22 1998), 转信
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发信人: skyandfly (飞飞☆黄金之翼~~千亿的星辰 千亿的光芒), 信区: Emprise
标 题: part6-7
发信站: BBS 水木清华站 (Fri Jun 26 00:53:58 1998)
** 7 **
"Enemy soldiers are chasing us," Chen shouted. "Hold them off for
a while!"
"Excellent!" Zhang Jin exclaimed. 'Leopard' Wei galloped up as
well and the two charged at the Manchu horsemen. As Chen
watched in surprise, Wen, Luo Bing, Xu, Zhou Qi, and Yu Yutong
galloped passed him with cries of greeting on their way to engage
the Manchu troops. Xin Yan raced up behind, leapt off his horse
and kowtowed before Chen.
"I have arrived, master," he announced, standing up.
Wen and the others quickly killed or dispersed the Manchu
troops, but in the distance they could see a much larger force
heading towards them. They rode back to Chen.
"Which way shall we go?" Wen asked.
Chen looked at the size of the pursuing enemy force and decided it
would be best to try and lead them away from the main Muslim
army to the west.
"South," he said, pointing with his hand. The others complied
automatically. They were all riding good horses, and slowly drew
away from their pursuers as they galloped across the featureless
desert stretching out about them. Chen wondered why General
Zhao Wei would send such a huge force after the two of them,
and suddenly recalled Zhang Zhaozhong's remark: "I think this girl
is the one the Emperor wants." As he considered the significance
of this, he noticed another column of soldiers riding round to head
them off from the south. The heroes reined in their horses,
uncertain of what to do.
"We must make some sort of cover quickly, and wait until dark to
escape," said Xu.
"Yes," Chen agreed. "Travelling across the desert in daylight is
impossible." They dismounted and used their weapons and bare
hands to dig a large hole in the sand.
"You go in first, sister," Luo Bing said to Princess Fragrance. But
not understanding Chinese, she simply smiled back and made no
move.
The Manchu troops gradually closed in upon them, and Luo Bing
grabbed Princess Fragrance and jumped into the hole with the rest
close behind. Wen and the other heroes had brought bows and
arrows with them and they quickly fired off a volley of arrows,
downing a dozen or so soldiers. As one column of Manchu troops
galloped up to the mouth of the hole, Wen shot an arrow at the
commander which hit him in the chest, passed right through him
and flew on for several dozen yards further before falling to the
ground. The other soldiers were so frightened by this
demonstration of power that they turned and fled.
The first attack had been beaten back, but looking round them, the
heroes saw they were completely surrounded.
"This hole is deep enough, but we should start making it bigger,"
Xu said. Seven or eight feet below the loose sand was firm earth,
and Chen and the others dug away at the sides, piling the sand up
on top as a defensive wall.
Zhang Jin pointed to the dead Manchu soldiers lying just beyond
the hole. "Let's go and collect their weapons," he suggested to Xin
Yan. The two leapt out of the hole and collected seven or eight
bows and a large batch of arrows from around the corpses.
Only now did Chen have a chance to introduce Princess
Fragrance to the heroes. When they heard that she was Huo
Qingtong's sister, they all welcomed her, but the language barrier
made it impossible for them to talk to her. Chen rested for a while,
and gradually his strength returned. He ordered the other heroes to
keep a close watch on the Manchu forces and told them they
would try to break out after nightfall.
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安 忍 不 动 如 大 地
静 虑 深 思 似 密 藏
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