Chapter 223: Chasing

The spring breeze of April blew over the galloping warriors, and the setting sun shone on the lush vegetation. The trees were sparse in the fields, casting long shadows; the long grass swayed on the soil, rolling and undulating waves.

The black wolf Toltec was barefoot, crouching and moving quickly through the long grass. His eyes flashed with the excitement of chasing prey, and a large number of lightly armored militiamen followed behind him. The long grass in spring was more than one meter high, covering the barren fields and also obscuring the figures of the hunters.

At this time, if you listen carefully, you can hear continuous cheers coming from the distant battlefield, mixed with hymns dedicated to the gods, and echoing together in the high sky. Under the singing, a wave of low-key and fast-moving grass waves, with the rustling sound of shuttling, rushed to the southwest like a pack of wolves.

King Suanggua gritted his teeth and ran non-stop in the wilderness, like a wounded beast. Blood oozed from his right arm from time to time, staining the bandaged cotton cloth red and causing piercing pain. The young king was sweating and panting, and two guards carefully supported him on both sides.

After running for a long time, Suanggua stopped for a while and took a deep breath. The cruel battlefield was far away, the wind was filled with the fragrance of grass, and the fields were full of vitality. The king's face was no longer desperate for defeat, leaving only the perseverance that became more and more tenacious after the setbacks.

"Yuku, give me another can of the priest's powerful holy water!"

Hearing this, General Yuku hesitated slightly. Although the powerful holy water can suppress pain and make the tired warriors rejuvenated, it often damages the sharp mind. As the best warrior, he does not advocate these mysterious potions, but Yuku glanced at the sweat on the king's face and whispered to the guards beside him about his majesty's current situation.

"Bring the holy water."

The guard took out a soft cloth bag from the coarse linen bag, and then carefully took out the sealed pottery jar from the cloth bag. Yuku took the pottery jar, opened it and tasted it, and then handed it to the king.

Suangua drank the holy water in one gulp, the bitter taste echoed in his mouth, but his face instantly showed spirit. The mandrake flowers in tropical America brought strong analgesic scopolamine, and the fly amanita in the northern forest provided the spirit-stimulating fly agaric. With the cooperation of the two, in just a short moment, the injured and exhausted king turned into a brave and strong warrior again.

"Your Majesty, please continue to hold on! The sun is setting, as long as we wait until dark, it will be difficult for the Mexica to catch up with us!"

Yuku looked at the red sky, and hope rose on his face again.

Suangua smiled and nodded, patting the general on the shoulder. The blocking warriors could not hold on for too long, and they had to get back on the road immediately.

At this moment, Yoku's intact right ear trembled slightly, and his expression suddenly changed. He turned around abruptly, staring at the bushes in the north, then raised his right hand solemnly and shouted in a low voice.

"Raise your shield, be on guard!"

The guards quickly faced north and took a fighting stance. Two guards raised their shields and immediately protected the king in the corner. But in a moment, accompanied by the howling of wolves, a fierce rain of arrows passed through the long grass and shot into the air!

The black wolf Toltec stopped suddenly. He stood up, pulled the bow, and shot accurately! The outermost guard dropped his shield in an instant, covered his throat, and fell to the ground with blood. Then, Toltec continued to run a few steps and suddenly looked at Yoku in the middle of the army. The black wolf grinned and shot another lightning-fast arrow at the hound a hundred steps away!

"It's you!"

Seeing Toltec's appearance, Yoku's face turned pale and his heart sank. The hound took down his longbow without hesitation, jumped to the left, and dodged nimbly. Then, he quickly put on the bronze arrow, aimed slightly, and shot it fiercely.

The black wolf dodged to the right, dodged the whistling arrow, and put on the bow again. The two kept moving their bodies, like fallen leaves spinning in the autumn wind, shooting deadly feather arrows alternately! More than a hundred experienced tribal hunters also arrived one after another. They shot at each other with the bronze axe guards who took out their bows and arrows at a distance of a hundred steps, and then fell down together with blood.

After only two rounds of accurate shooting, more than twenty people on each side were shot and fell to the ground. Yoku's face changed again. He jumped back two steps, looked at the enemies who were gathering more and more, and the warrior leader who was about to break through the barrier two miles away, and shouted decisively.

"Bronze Axe Guards, skirmisher charge!"

Nearly two hundred guards shouted together. They dropped their longbows, raised their bronze axes, and rushed towards the hunters with wild shouts. The hunters in the front row only had time to fire a wave of feather arrows, and shot down more than a dozen Tarasco warriors again, before they were killed by the charging guards!

Although the tribal hunters were strong in archery, they were no match for the guards in close combat, and they were even worse in armor. Where the shining copper axe was swung, blood splattered and heads fell to the ground. Toltec changed to a war stick and killed a difficult warrior with a few moves. Then he saw Yoku with a dozen copper axe guards, killing the militia blocking the way in two moves and rushing directly towards him.

The black wolf's eyelids jumped, his heart trembled, and he immediately turned around and fled, shouting loudly.

"The water is coming, the beasts are running! Avoid the strong wind and the charge, bite like a wolf hunting!"

The leader let go, and the guards hunters also ran skillfully, running two or three hundred steps in one breath. When the guards stopped charging and turned back, the scattered hunters gradually gathered together again, chasing the retreating enemies from a distance and shooting arrows at them.

Lightly-armed hunters have excellent physical strength and are good at running. Under the command of Black Wolf, they pursued closely and repeatedly harassed the imperial guard's formation. Once the guards turned around and charged, they immediately fled. This was repeated several times, and after traveling several miles, the longbow hunters lost nearly two hundred people, and the guards also suffered nearly half casualties.

"A bunch of cowardly hyenas!"

Yuku stood in the sparse woods, staring at the "wolf pack" hanging behind. His face was filled with anger and his eyes were blazing. The sun god is about to sink into the abyss, and the setting sun dyes the clouds in the sky, making the road ahead in the west more crimson. The chasing hunters were defeated and could not disperse, so the guards could not gallop at full speed. However, the large group of pursuing soldiers in the distance had already broken through the barrier and accelerated towards this side!

General Yuku looked up to the sky and let out a long sigh. He knelt down on one knee before the king, then bowed deeply to the left and right, and spoke sincerely to the guards.

"My loyal brothers. If the condor of Tarasco wants to survive, it can only offer more sacrifices to the three gods! For the survival of the royal family, for the support of generations, and for the loyalty of the praetorian warriors , please stay here and work hard until dark! After dark, you can freely choose your own path!"

Seeing this farewell scene, Su Angua closed his eyes. The young king covered his face with his left hand, letting tears fall down his face.

The remaining hundred bronze ax guards looked at each other for a while, and all showed determination to die. They knelt down one after another, kowtowed to the supreme king, and then saluted the respected general. Then, these last elites of Tarasco turned around desperately, raised their large shields, and faced the approaching enemy.

Yuku counted his breaths in silence and spoke in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty, let's get on the road quickly!"

Su Angua nodded silently, and with the support of the last two guards, he continued to escape to the southwest, towards the direction of hope and life.

The bone arrows whizzed through the air and hit the strong shield, making a muffled sound. The elite guards relied on the sparse woods to form scattered formations to cover each other. A group of rash hunters rushed into the forest, but within a moment, they were chopped down to the ground by the persistent bronze axe guards.

Black Wolf Toltec frowned. He looked towards the enemy formation and saw that the enemy general was gone. He looked at the sky again, and the setting sun filled the sky with red light, like a generous promise from the God of War. Toltec gritted his teeth, took one last look at the warrior captain who was running towards him from behind, and shouted to his left and right in a deep voice.

"I, Toltec, have been chasing for so long, and I must not let the prey escape from my eyes! You stay here, shoot at the enemy, and obey the control of the Holy Eagle Warrior Commander! Now, the brave black wolf will personally attack and kill the cunning The hound is captured by the Wolf King!"

After saying that, Black Wolf Toltec took a deep breath and ran quickly without waiting for the guards to warn him. He used superhuman speed to fly around the front of the enemy, and then suddenly plunged into the sparse woods. Mottled shadows flashed under his feet, and the dark red sky reflected in his eyes. The black wolf enjoyed running in the wind, chasing the escaping opponent alone, no matter how strong the opponent was!

Less than half a quarter of an hour later, warrior captain Bertard led hundreds of elite warriors and hurried forward. He looked at the guards defending in the forest, thought for a moment, then waved the flag and pointed to the left and right sides. The Mexican warriors immediately divided into two teams, relying on their numerical advantage to outflank the enemy's flanks. Then, the warrior commander looked around at the loose formation of hunters and asked loudly.

"Toltec? Where did Toltec go?"

"Dear Chief Commander, Lord Black Wolf just abandoned his troops, detoured from the south, and went to hunt down the enemy commander alone!"

A tribal leader kowtowed to the ground and replied respectfully.

"What? Hunting down the hounds alone!"

Bertard's color suddenly changed and he cursed in a rare way.

"Abandoning the legions, throwing life and death at the mercy of others, you are a wolf cub that won't let anyone worry! When we catch up with the enemy general, we still don't know who will be chasing whom!"

Black Wolf is a junior he personally promoted. He is the most outstanding talent among the civilian followers, and has always been the most loved by His Highness. It is related to the long-term plan. Thinking of this, Bertard gritted his teeth and made a decision. He shouted orders to the lieutenant.

"This place is under your command! Defeat the remaining enemies and kill them without mercy!"

Then, the warrior captain carried a long bow on his back, abandoned the chasing guards, quickly bypassed the fighting army formation, and rushed into the forest like a tiger or a wolf. He soon discovered the movement track in the woods and quickly chased after it.

At the end of the long trajectory, the hound Yuku stopped again and looked at the arrow disappearing in the forest above his head. He made a low-key gesture and asked the two guards to cover the king, then turned around again. The peerless warrior's face was as dark as the bottom of an endless dark lake, staring deeply at the pursuing black wolf.

A hundred steps away, Toltec shook the longbow in his hand. He looked excited and grinned heartily.

"Yuku, I, Toltec, have finally caught up with you! Don't run away anymore, let's have a showdown to see who is the bravest warrior!!"

Yuku looked like a sculpture and made no sound. He was silent for a moment, then took out a jar of divine water from his arms, pulled off the sealed pottery lid, and drank it completely for the first time. Then, an abnormal blush appeared on his face, and majestic power quickly surged through his body.

The hound felt the sudden vitality and inexplicable excitement, and finally couldn't help but reveal a sinister smile before hunting!