Chapter 284 Division of Labor
Twice, twice already! Zhang Ji almost exposed his target twice. As a trained master, is he so careless? At this time, some of Tie Jinjue's subordinates had already suspected him, but Zhang Ji seemed to be normal. He had always worked wholeheartedly for Tie Jinjue and did not seem like a person with ulterior motives. This puzzled those who suspected him.
At this time, some of Tie Wandao's men thought that since the ambushers had already appeared, they might as well divide the work and cooperate. Some people would go specifically to find the ambushing stone throwers, while another part would walk along the high ground on both sides, waiting for an opportunity to attack Fei Cunyi and Fang Piaolan. The rest would ride horses and follow behind Fei Cunyi and Fang Piaolan to keep an eye on them, but keep a sufficient distance from them to ensure that they would not be hurt by the arrows shot by Fei Cunyi.
Tie Wandao's other subordinates also thought this method was feasible, so they immediately took action.
The reason why that group of people dared to go find the ambushers was because they discovered that the ambushers seemed very afraid of exposing themselves. It would be much easier to catch Fei Cunyi and Fang Piaolan if they got rid of the ambushers first. Although they knew that it was dangerous for them to be in the open while the other party was in the dark, they felt that they had bows and arrows in their hands, and as long as they were careful, they should be able to deal with those ambushers who were afraid to show up.
Xu Zilei and others rode their horses to the high ground on both sides, looking down at the road taken by Fei Cunyi and Fang Piaolan as they moved forward, and soon they saw their figures.
At the same time, Tie Wandao's men were following Fei Cunyi and Fang Piaolan on horseback from a distance. In order to prevent being shot by Fei Cunyi's arrows, those people never got any closer to them. They did not shoot Fei Cunyi and Fang Piaolan with arrows either, because Fei Cunyi could shoot arrows much farther than Tie Wandao's men. As long as Tie Wandao's men kept a sufficient distance from the two of them to avoid being shot by Fei Cunyi, they would definitely not be able to hit Fei Cunyi and Fang Piaolan even if they shot arrows.
Fei Cunyi looked at the high ground on both sides behind him and realized that the most dangerous people at the moment were not the people directly behind them, but the people on the high ground on both sides who were getting closer and closer to them.
Fei Cunyi and Fang Piaolan were walking on this road from east to west. Tie Wandao's men were walking on the high ground on both sides, getting closer and closer to the two people they wanted to capture. In order to temporarily avoid being seen by Fei Cunyi and Fang Piaolan who were in a low place, they moved to the north and south. They planned to walk to a place where they could shoot Fei Cunyi and Fang Piaolan with arrows, and then shoot arrows at the two from the edge of the high ground to catch them off guard. However, some of them would occasionally approach the edge of the high ground to see where Fei Cunyi and Fang Piaolan had gone.
Fei Cunyi was in a low place and could not always see the people on the high ground on both sides, but every time he saw a figure flash on the edge of the high ground, he would draw his bow and shoot an arrow diagonally upward and backward. However, because he was in a low place and was blocked by the edge of the high ground, the range of the arrow was extremely limited, so it was difficult for him to hit the people who occasionally flashed on the high ground.
Although none of the people on the high ground were hit by Fei Cunyi's arrows, one person was hit by a stone again. This time, the group of Tie Wandao's men who were specifically looking for ambushers had seen where the stone came from and chased in the direction it came from.
This stone was thrown by Zhang Ji.
(End of this chapter)
