Ming Dynasty: I, Emperor Chongzhen, swear not to go to Meishan

Chapter 6 Who is the prey?

Li Guo led his troops to track down the escaped Red Lady in the woods. Several old hunters were able to track her according to the footprints left by the Red Lady at first. However, the deeper they went into the dense forest, the fewer the footprints on the ground. In some places, no footprints were even found. It took a long search around to find the direction in which the red lady was escaping.

"ah……"

During the search, a soldier suddenly let out a shrill scream, which startled all the companions around him. When he got closer, he discovered that this brother was unlucky and accidentally touched the trap set by Orion. The beast mechanism was used to pierce the thigh with a sharpened bamboo thorn.

"ah……"

As the search continued, another miserable howl suddenly sounded. A rebel soldier was unlucky again. He touched the mechanism and was pierced through the chest with a sharpened bamboo gun, killing him on the spot.

"ah……"

In less than half a stick of incense, six rebel soldiers touched the trap one after another. The lucky ones were only injured, and the unlucky ones were killed on the spot.

"Everyone, be careful."

The old hunter in front who was responsible for tracking and opening the road realized what was happening and quickly reminded his companions to be careful of the traps set by the red lady.

"ah……"

The sound of a bowstring suddenly sounded, and the old hunter who warned his companions to pay attention was pierced by an arrow shot from an unknown source, piercing his throat and falling down with a scream.

All the rebels were so frightened that they either lay down on the grass or hid behind trees. It didn't take anyone guessing to know that Red Lady was hiding nearby. She not only set up many traps to trap them, but also shot them with bows and arrows.

At this time, they remembered that the red lady's martial arts skills were very terrifying. Even Liu Zongmin, recognized as the most powerful general in the rebel army, was beaten by her until she gave up the sword and gave up. She was also a marksman with perfect shots. Whoever she wanted to shoot depended on her mood. .

What's the matter, just now they were hunters chasing the Red Lady, and now it's suddenly reversed. They have all become prey. They must always be wary of various traps and beware of the Red Lady's deadly arrows.

"Erdan, Erdan, where did you die? Ah..."

In a clump of waist-high grass, veteran Liu Dagen found that his nephew Erdan who was following him suddenly disappeared, and he quickly called out in a low voice.

Erdan didn't respond, as if he had evaporated from the world. He suddenly smelled a strong fishy smell, crawled over to take a look, and immediately screamed in fright.

His nephew Erdan was lying on his back on the grass, blood spurting out from his slit throat, dyeing the grass beneath him red.

"Liu Dagen, why are you howling? Ah..." A small leader stared at Liu Dagen, who was screaming uncontrollably, and roared angrily. Unexpectedly, an arrow whizzed towards him and penetrated into his chest.

The rebel soldiers lying around were all pale with fear. They all shrank their bodies and tried desperately to hide.

Perhaps they were really not afraid of fighting the enemy with open swords and guns on the battlefield, but in this dense forest, among the waist-high weeds, they were already nervous enough without seeing the enemy.

But the enemy is hiding in the dark, setting up all kinds of deadly traps and killing them silently. No matter how bold the person is, they cannot bear this kind of psychological pressure and feel scared.

On the other side, several old hunters who were good at tracking were hiding behind a big tree, looking at the body of a companion.

"Pang Hua was killed by breaking his neck bones using heavy techniques."

"You mean..."

The faces of the other old hunters suddenly changed, with a hint of fear in their eyes, and they even turned around nervously.

The implication of her companions is that when Red Lady kills people, in addition to laying traps, she mostly uses bows and arrows to hunt targets from long distances, and uses heavy techniques to break people's neck bones. She is brutal and violent, but simple and effective.

In other words, the method of killing was not Hong Niang's, and the murderer was someone else. It also meant that there was not only Hong Niang's enemy hiding in this dense forest, but also a very powerful master.

"Well……"

The old Orion who had just spoken suddenly let out a scream, covered his neck with his hands, showed a pained expression on his face, opened his mouth to say something, and then fell down on the grass.

Only then did the other old hunters see clearly that there was an arrow stuck in the back of the neck of their fallen companion. They were immediately frightened out of their wits and instinctively flew or rolled to one side.

"ah……"

The old hunter who flew to one side let out a shrill scream and fell heavily into the grass. There was an arrow stuck in his back.

"Well……"

Another old hunter who rolled to avoid opening his mouth to say something, maybe begging for mercy, but was killed by a young man in rebel uniform who broke his neck bone.