No one knew what had happened. This was the capital, the Kunwu Training Camp, and the mountain was guarded by the Imperial Army.
But Zhao Qianqiu's reaction couldn't be a lie, and neither could Chi Weisi's arrow. In the darkness, the screaming Imperial Army soldier who rolled down the mountain couldn't be a lie.
Without a doubt, this wasn't a test arranged by Zhao Qianqiu.
This was a true enemy attack!
"Careful, move away from the window!"
With no time to think, Wang Chong shouted and slashed at the oil lamp in the room. Pu! The wick of the lamp was severed, plunging the room into darkness.
Xiu xiu xiu!
Almost at the same moment that Wang Chong extinguished the oil lamp, a bone-chilling whistle echoed in the darkness. However, it wasn't a single arrow this time, but more than a dozen arrows whizzing in through the window.
Xiu! One of the arrows flew past Wang Chong's head, and the immense force it carried left Wang Chong's scalp tingling. He felt as if he had just brushed past the god of death.
Boom boom boom!
At the same time, a deafening explosion sounded from behind Wang Chong. More than a dozen arrows landed on the spot where Chi Weisi was pinned to. With a deafening rumble, a cloud of dust rose, and the entire wall collapsed.
Even Su Hanshan's face warped slightly upon seeing the fearsome might imbued within the arrows.
"Get down, all of you get down!"
Zhao Qianqiu had saved Chi Weisi by a hair's breadth. Kneeling on the ground, he spoke in a panicked voice. This wasn't a drill, and Zhao Qianqiu was certain that he wasn't the one who had arranged for these arrows.
At the very least, he wouldn't have arranged for the guards of the Kunwu Training Camp to be shot.
"Don't make a sound, leave this place with me!"
Zhao Qianqiu's voice sounded in everyone's ears. His voice was extremely soft, and it carried a hoarse and anxious tone.
But soon, Zhao Qianqiu's voice was interrupted.
"Don't move! The outside isn't necessarily safer than here. Those people are master archers of the Turks! "
It was Wang Chong's voice, completely different from usual.
When the arrows flew past, Wang Chong could clearly see that they were all wolf fang arrows.
These sinister arrowheads were like wolf fangs, full of sawteeth. Once they were shot into the flesh, the barbs on them would hook into the flesh, making it very difficult to remove.
Forcibly pulling it out would result in a piece of flesh and blood!
Only the Eastern and Western Turkic Khaganates in the north would use such arrows.
"… Sharpshooters have amazing eyesight. Being outside without any cover might not necessarily be safer than being here. There's a tiger corpse on the ground. Everyone, push the tiger corpse to the window and use it as a shield! "
In the darkness, Wang Chong's voice was steady and calm, which was different from his performance during the day. He didn't sound like a teenager, but like a veteran who had been through countless battlefields.
That kind of steadiness and calmness invisibly gave people a sense of stability and conviction.
"How could I forget? There are tiger corpses everywhere here. We can use tiger corpses to block arrows. Actually, this is the safest place! "
Upon hearing Wang Chong's reminder, Zhao Qianqiu also came to a realization. Tigers had massive bodies, tough bones, and immense strength.
Even though all of the tigers here had been killed by Wang Chong and Su Hanshan, their tough and dense bones served as the best shield.
Furthermore, there were even three Xuan Steel-armored tigers that Zhao Qianqiu had specially prepared to deal with Wang Chong. Furthermore, the tough armor of these tigers was the best shield against arrows.
Zhao Qianqiu's mind was in a mess, and all he wanted to do was to bring his students away from this place. Yet, he didn't think that this would actually be the safest place.
"Listen to Wang Chong's words. Push the tiger corpses to the windows, doors, and other places that are more vulnerable to attacks."
Zhao Qianqiu replied to Wang Chong.
Peng!
A massive tiger weighing around eight hundred jin slid along the ground, and with a loud 'peng', its back brushed against the direction of the arrow. Su Hanshan was the first to make a move.
His strength was even greater than Wang Chong's. In his hands, the heavy tiger corpses were as light as a feather.
Peng peng peng. As soon as Su Hanshan made a move, Zhuang Zhengping, Zhao Jingdian, and the others followed suit. Each of the tigers was 2.45 meters long, and with just a few of them, they had already blocked the entire wall by the window.
Not only so, they even stacked another layer on top of it.
Pu pu pu! A series of dull thuds echoed in the air. Almost at the same moment that everyone was done, another volley of arrows flew over.
Wang Chong's action of extinguishing the candles had played a crucial role. Unable to see the situation in the room, the master archers could only shoot blindly. Most of the wolf fang arrows pierced through the walls, only to be blocked by the tiger corpses.
"Be careful, the master archers of the Turk know how to shoot from afar! Be careful of their projectiles, everyone hide under the tiger carcass. "
Wang Chong didn't dare to get careless. He quickly pulled a heavy-armored tiger over and hid under its corpse. The massive size of the tigers served as the best cover. Hiding under the tiger corpses, Wang Chong was able to see through every part of his body.
Zhao Jingdian and Zhuang Weisi also pulled a few tiger corpses over and hid under them.
Unlike Zhao Qianqiu's previous attack, this was an attack from a true human expert. Everyone could smell the thick stench of death in the air.
Xiu xiu xiu!
A series of hair-raising arrows echoed in the air. As if responding to Wang Chong's voice, a total of fifty to sixty arrows shot down from the sky.
These arrows didn't come in through the windows. Instead, they shot from above into the depths of the sky before piercing through the ceiling and ceiling of the palace and striking the ground.
Due to the immense force behind the arrows, the tips and tails of the arrows trembled when they struck the ground, leaving everyone shuddering in fear.
The arrows were simply too powerful. If not for Wang Chong's warning and the group hiding under the tiger corpses, they would have been struck by the arrows.
But now, no matter how dense the rain of arrows was, the group remained unfazed.
— — The ferocious tigers that Zhao Qianqiu had used to assault them had become their greatest protection at this moment. This was something that no one could have expected.
Xiu xiu xiu! After a wave of arrows, another wave followed. This time, a total of sixty to seventy arrows shot down from the ceiling. The range of the arrows covered the entire room. Even the area outside the door and the walls were shrouded by the rain of arrows.
Hearing the sound of arrows falling to the ground, everyone couldn't help but rejoice in their hearts. If not for Wang Chong's warning, they would have already fallen into the range of the arrows.
Without any place to hide, it was as if they were completely exposed to the rain of arrows!
After several volleys of arrows, as if confirming that no one could survive in the room, the other party's attack soon left.
However, everyone's complexion was awful.
"Turkic master archers … Why would there be Turkic master archers here?"
Hiding under the armored tiger corpse, Wang Chong's mind was in turmoil, and his heart felt heavy. This was the first day of recruitment for the Kunwu Training Camp, and Wang Chong didn't expect that a Turkic master archer would assault them in the middle of the night.
There were quite a few Imperial Army experts in the Kunwu Training Camp, and if they were to force their way in, they would surely suffer heavy casualties. Yet, Wang Chong didn't expect the other party to employ the tactic of a master archer.
There was no need for the Turkic master archers to engage in close-quarters combat. In fact, they didn't even need to enter the perimeter of White Tiger Peak. They could easily target the entire White Tiger Peak from a distance of several li or even several mountains away.
The guards stationed by the royal court on the peak posed no threat to them at all. Everyone was a living target.
However, this wasn't all that Wang Chong was concerned about.
In his previous life, Wang Chong had never heard of the matter of the Kunwu Training Camp being assaulted by Turkic master archers. Wang Chong couldn't help but wonder if the matter had been suppressed back then, or if it was due to him that the future had changed once more, resulting in the appearance of these Turkic master archers.
"The Three Great Training Camps were appointed by the Holy Emperor to groom talents for the royal court. It seems like not only the royal court, even the Turkic Khaganate is paying attention to this matter. "
Wang Chong's heart turned grim.
The royal court had established the Three Great Training Camps to select elites from the nobles, nobles, and officials.
Such a huge matter had never happened before. As a potential enemy of the Tang dynasty, it was impossible for the Eastern and Western Turkic Khaganate to not pay attention to it.
Wang Chong knew that he had neglected this matter.
At this moment, what Wang Chong was worried about was whether this matter had caught the attention of Ouzan and the Goguryeo Empire.
"Instructor Zhao, how many master archers are there in the Kunwu Training Camp?"
Sticking close to the tiger corpse, Wang Chong's mind worked furiously, and he abruptly turned around to ask.
"There are more than a dozen archers, but there are less than five master archers! Furthermore, they are scattered across the four bases. "
Zhao Qianqiu replied bitterly.
Zhao Qianqiu understood what Wang Chong meant. The only ones who could deal with master archers were master archers. However, this was only the first day since the establishment of the Kunwu Training Camp. Other than a few master archers, there weren't any master archers stationed in the other bases.
In the first place, this matter wasn't within the scope of the training camp's defenses.
From the very start, the purpose of the training camp's defenses was to prevent others or those with ulterior motives from infiltrating the camp. Who could have thought that the Turkic Khaganate would dispatch master archers?
Even though Zhao Qianqiu possessed extraordinary strength, he was completely lacking in archery. He was completely helpless against these master archers several li away.
Xiu xiu xiu!
Amidst the darkness, the deafening buzzing of the bows and arrows filled the skies. Screams of agony echoed endlessly in the darkness. It was hard to tell how many master archers there were.
A master archer could shoot fifty to sixty arrows from a distance of several li in a second. If ten of them were to shoot five to six hundred arrows in a second, that would be five to six hundred.
As long as there were twenty master archers, they would be able to create more than a thousand arrows, covering the entire White Tiger Peak.
The aura of death followed them like a shadow. In that instant, everyone's complexion turned awful.
"Wei Hao, you can only rely on yourself now!"
Wang Chong panicked.
Everyone had their own connections. In the entire Kunwu Training Camp, other than Zhao Jingdian, there was another person Wang Chong was concerned about — Wei Hao.
Kunwu Training Camp was surrounded by four training bases — Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise. Wang Chong had no idea which mountain Wei Hao was assigned to.
Since the Turkic Khaganate had launched an assault, it was unlikely that they would only target White Tiger Peak.
Wang Chong could only hope that Wei Hao would be able to avoid the danger upon noticing it. Under the pressure of the rain of arrows, this was the best solution.
"Aooo! — — "
Just as Wang Chong's mind was whirling, a wild howl suddenly sounded from the darkness. The reverberating howl shook the entire forest.
Hearing this wild howl, Wang Chong's face immediately warped.
It was the howl of a wolf!
Furthermore, it wasn't the howl of a single wolf but the howl of a pack of wolves!
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