Red Mansion: Seizing Jiangdong, starting with pirates

Chapter 214: The Fall of Khan

Everything is just between lightning and flint.

Kah Khan didn't even notice Fang Yong.

He was boosting morale on the city wall, surrounded by several personal guards for close protection.

It is impossible for ordinary people to shoot arrows into this position.

However, Fang Yong's body rose up like an eagle, flying more than ten meters into the air against common sense, and shot an arrow.

At this moment, many people on the field looked at Fang Yong.

Since Fang Yong was wearing the clothes of an ordinary soldier, most people failed to recognize Fang Yong's identity.

The soldiers were simply stunned by this god-like act.

The sharp arrow made a sound of breaking through the air and shot straight towards Kah Khan's heart.

The chest is a bigger target than the head and is easier to hit.

Fang Yong's arrows are specially made arrows, which are larger and sharper than ordinary arrows. If they hit the target, it will be almost impossible to survive.

The personal guards around Kah Khan spotted Fang Yong the moment he jumped. After all, a person jumping more than ten meters high in the air is so conspicuous.

At the same time Fang Yong was shooting the arrow, the personal guard closest to Kah Khan stepped forward to block Kah Khan.

"Khan be careful!"

As soon as the guard finished speaking, before he had time to raise his shield, an arrow flew over, pierced through the armor with a grunt, and went through the guard's chest with undiminished force, then pierced through the armor on his back.

Because the speed was too fast, Kah Khan did not realize what was happening at this time.

Just then, an unexpected person appeared in front of Kah Khan.

It’s Gao Zhi!
While everyone else was attracted by Kah Khan's words to boost morale, only Gao Zhi was disdainful. He only thought about how to frame Deng Ren and take control of the army.
It was for this reason that Gao Zhi caught a glimpse of the actions of the personal guard next to Kah Khan out of the corner of his eye.

A light bulb suddenly lit up in Gao Zhi's mind, and he realized that someone was trying to assassinate the Khan.

He thought his chance to show off had come, so he instinctively rushed towards Kah Khan like his guards, only one step slower than them.

Gao Zhi did not want to die for Kah Khan.

He thought that with his personal guards blocking the way ahead, nothing would happen to him.

He was just trying to get a favor from the emperor and ended up with something good.

However, it was this instantaneous action that changed the situation on the grassland in a direction that no one could have imagined.

The arrow pierced through the body of the personal guard and hit Gao Zhi.

Since Gao Zhi was a step slower than the bodyguard, he was not shot in the chest, but only in the ribs under the armpit.

However, Fang Yong's arrow was too powerful.

The remaining force of the arrow directly shattered Gao Zhi's ribs, shot through, and then hit Kah Khan in the chest, penetrating three inches into the body.

Kah Khan fell down with great reluctance and disbelief.

"Sweat!"

"Sweat!"

The soldiers rushed over.

On the other side, after Fang Yong shot the arrow, he was not sure whether he hit the target or not, so he shot the second arrow, the third arrow...

Special arrows were fired into the room one after another. The guards tried their best to protect Kah Khan, and several guards were shot dead.

Bazin curled up his body, lying on the wall, and roared:

"Turn the gun around and shoot him!"

The soldiers were speechless as they looked at Bazin curled up like a dog, but because they were afraid of Bazin's past power, they still carefully turned the guns and loaded the shells.

When Fang Yong saw the turrets on the city wall spinning, his body suddenly turned into a flying shadow and he fled back to the army formation without hesitation.

He is indeed very strong, and can't be hurt by ordinary swords, bows and crossbows, but I can't say whether he can withstand cannons, and I dare not try. I guess he can't.

So when he saw the enemy's artillery rotating, Fang Yong immediately ran back.

After returning to the army, Fang Yong changed out of his soldier's clothes. The soldiers then realized that the god-like man who had just displayed his might was none other than the general!

Fang Yong's miracles had long been known among the military, especially among the veterans of the Huaiyin Army, who admired Fang Yong to the utmost. Now that Fang Yong had performed miracles among the army, naturally these soldiers respected Fang Yong even more!
Fang Yong didn't know whether Kah Khan was dead or not, but he felt that he had hit him, so he said directly:

"The leader of the bandits has been killed. All the generals, follow me to break into the city!"

The generals were extremely excited and shouted:
"General, you are so powerful! Kill the enemies and break the city!" The morale of the Huaiyin army was greatly boosted, and they attacked the city in full force.

The grassland soldiers and Han soldiers on the city wall were extremely panicked and had lost all morale.

Could it be that Kah Khan died just like that?

At this time, Kah Khan was carefully helped up by everyone.

The arrow pierced through three people. The first guard suffered the most damage. The arrow pierced through two layers of armor, and most of the impact force was released on his body. He was dead beyond death.

Although Gao Zhi, who was blocking the arrow from behind, was also pierced by the arrow, the arrow passed through the ribs under his armpit, so he was the least injured.

Finally, Kah Khan was hit in the chest by the remaining force of the arrow, which penetrated three inches into his body and damaged his heart veins. Blood gushed out freely and no god or ghost could save him.

The generals did not dare to pull out the arrow, so they had to cut it off, and then carried the dying Kah Khan down to get treatment.

However, at this time, Kah Khan opened his eyes weakly.

"No, help me...help me stand up!"

Kah Khan spoke intermittently.

With every word he spoke, a large amount of blood gushed out of his mouth.

He swallowed the blood desperately to prevent himself from showing any signs of weakness.

He is the eagle of the grassland and cannot fall down like this.

If he fell directly, the soldiers would lose all morale and the city would be breached.

The soldiers on the grassland also understood Kah Khan's idea, so they helped Kah Khan to stand on the city wall and play their final role.

Kah Khan stood up weakly, his face pale as gold paper, and he summoned his last bit of strength and said:
"The Han people's archery skills... their archery skills are not good!"

"When I have time...I'll teach you a few moves..."

These two short sentences made Kah Khan's veins pop out and his consciousness blurred.

He had a third thing to say.

If the soldiers fight bravely and kill the enemy, he will reward them handsomely.

But he couldn't say it.

Kah Khan's body shook and he had no strength left.

The guards around him hurried forward and carried Kah Khan away.

As soon as he lifted up the city wall, Kah Khan vomited a cloud of blood mist and fainted completely.

"Go find a doctor!"

"No, find the high priest!"

As soon as Kah Khan fell, everyone started to panic.

Li Hao managed to take charge of the situation relying on his prestige.

But he was a Han Chinese after all. Without the support of Kah Khan, the other tribal leaders were unwilling to submit to him.

Li Hao advocated finding a doctor to treat Kah Khan's injuries, but the grassland people did not trust the Han people and did not allow them to come to treat him.

Finally, the high priest of the grassland was invited out.

This is an old man wearing special clothes.

He had feathers, animal skins, and shells sewn on his body, and carried drums and bells, ritual instruments made of bones, and so on.

After seeing Khan's injuries, he placed a brazier in front of Kah Khan's bed without saying a word. After lighting it, he began to dance a mysterious dance while constantly beating the drum on his waist.

"Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!"

The rhythmic drum beats sounded, as if containing some ancient and mysterious power of the grassland.

Kah Khan suddenly reacted. With the vibration of the drumbeat, his chest twitched and then he spat out mouthfuls of blood.

Every time the drum was struck, Kah Khan spat out blood to the rhythm.

Seeing that Kah Khan's face was getting paler and paler, like a dead person, Li Hao could no longer sit still.

"No, can this be cured?"

(End of this chapter)