From the outside, the helicopter's front nose had suffered significant damage from the eagle's impact.
Under the force of the powerful airflow, pieces of wood had begun to detach from the fuselage and fall away.
Although the people inside the cabin couldn't see this directly, the wind that entered through the fuselage gaps had made it clear to Zhang Tian that the helicopter was in danger.
He couldn't help but turn his head fiercely and glare at the various leaders in the cabin.
"It's all these country bumpkins, chasing an eagle? Chasing your sister!"
If they survived this, it would be a miracle.
One had to understand that the helicopter was currently at an altitude of a thousand meters. Otherwise, they wouldn't have encountered an eagle foraging.
Zhang Tian tried to slow down, allowing the helicopter to descend rapidly under its own gravity, but he couldn't completely shut off the engine.
Otherwise, the immense pulling force generated when restarting might cause the already damaged helicopter to disintegrate mid-air.
Eight hundred meters.
Five hundred meters.
Four hundred meters.
Bang!
Zhang Tian felt a violent tremor beneath his feet.
He looked down, "Damn it, my feet are in the air!"
Through the hole below his feet, he clearly saw scattered wooden pieces and the dense forest below.
If the internal supporting frame of the helicopter wasn't made of steel, he would have fallen through that hole by now!
The leaders in the cabin were all petrified, clutching onto whatever reliable objects they could find, trying their best not to make a sound, fearing they might disturb Zhang Tian.
"Zhang Tian, Zhang Tian, what's the situation? Report your estimated landing location!"
Fang Er's voice suddenly came through the walkie-talkie.
Zhang Tian glanced at the ground below and replied, "Report, Hole One, the helicopter is currently five li south of the County Prefect's mansion!"
"What's the current altitude, do you have confidence in landing?"
Fang Er asked again.
Just then, the helicopter shook violently once more.
The door to the rear cabin directly detached, and the powerful wind made the helicopter sway even more.
Zhang Tian could no longer respond to Fang Er.
He shoved the walkie-talkie into his pocket and, using all his might, tried his best to stabilize the helicopter's attitude.
Two hundred meters.
One hundred meters.
Bang~!
Another loud noise.
"Damn it!"
Zhang Tian cursed. The landing gear below was gone!
He saw the landing gear, broken into several pieces, falling straight towards the dense forest through the hole below his feet.
The helicopter was now very close to the dense forest below.
Until the sound of branches snapping came from outside, the swaying helicopter finally landed in the dense forest.
Zhang Tian shut off the engine immediately, and then, along with the seat beneath him, was flung out of the cabin.
The moment Fang Er lost contact with Zhang Tian, he felt as if he had plunged into an ice cellar. "This bastard, he's not going to crash and die, is he?"
This guy was considered his ace pilot.
"Hole, Hole One!"
Just then, Zhang Tian's weak voice came through the walkie-talkie.
Fang Er quickly asked, "How is it! Did you land? Where did you land? I'll send people to rescue you immediately!"
"Hole, Hole One, the helicopter, landed, in the dense forest, twenty li south, of the Prefect's mansion."
"Hold on!"
After ending the conversation, Fang Er immediately instructed Zhuzi, along with Zhang Tian's deputy, to lead the First and Fifth Divisions and quickly head south of the Prefect's mansion to search.
Landing in the dense forest, hopefully, it wouldn't be too serious.
By the time Zhang Tian and the others were found, two hours had passed.
When Zhuzi saw him, he laughed.
"Hahahaha, Zhang Tian, why don't you show off with your few strands of hair?"
Zhang Tian, at this moment, was hanging from a tree branch, his clothes reduced to rags.
His bare buttocks were exposed, with a few bloodstains on them.
"You bastard, hurry up and save me!"
Hearing the voice, Zhang Tian opened his eyes and weakly shouted to Zhuzi below.
Zhang Tian was then "picked" down from the tree by several soldiers, as if picking fruit.
Of the nine leaders, eight were found. Among them, Lemo's left leg was broken, and Ashina Bobi had a tree branch as thick as an egg inserted into his abdomen.
Apart from these two, the others only suffered minor injuries.
However, He Yiji Ke was missing!
His trace couldn't be found within three li of the forest.
Fang Er stood under a tree with a grim expression, looking up at the damaged helicopter held up by branches.
The helicopter was almost scrap from the outside, being made of wood after all.
He grabbed Balenggan and pulled him in front of him.
"Speak, what happened! How did you crash into an eagle?"
"My Lord, it was all Gezhiwoyang's fault. He asked General Zhang to chase the eagle, and then that eagle, realizing it, turned and crashed into us." Kanshu5.net
"Damn it!"
Fang Er was speechless.
He also blamed himself for not reminding Zhang Tian to avoid birds earlier.
All the injured were carried back to the mansion. Zhuzi led his men to continue searching for He Yiji Ke.
Among everyone, Ashina Bobi's injuries were the most severe, with the branch piercing his abdomen.
As he was carried into the mansion, he was visibly struggling to breathe.
Old Sun, who had been called over, placed his right hand on Ashina Bobi's pulse, examined him, and frowned, shaking his head.
Such an injury, piercing through the abdomen, had damaged his internal organs. The hope of saving him was slim.
"Please ask True Man Sun to do his best. Whether he lives or not depends on his fate."
Such a serious injury, let alone now, even in later generations, might not be curable.
The branch pierced his abdomen, and it had been two hours, four hours. It was a miracle he was still breathing.
The personal guards of the leaders who came to inquire, looking at their leaders lying on the bed, were very dejected.
Especially the subordinates of Ashina Bobi and He Yiji Ke, they were extremely anxious.
One missing.
One critically injured and dying.
If this news were to spread back, the tribe would surely fall into chaos.
The next morning, Fang Er visited the leaders' ward again.
The other people's injuries had begun to improve, only Ashina Bobi remained in a coma.
The branch had been removed, and the wound had been stitched and cleaned, but this fellow just wouldn't wake up.
Old Sun stayed by his bedside, checking his pulse every fifteen minutes.
"Old Sun, how is the situation?"
Fang Er asked worriedly.
Old Sun shook his head.
"Not good. His spirit is detached, and his vital energy is less than one-tenth."
"Can you pinpoint where he was injured?"
Fang Er pressed.
Old Sun slowly uttered two words: "Kidneys!"
"Fuck!"
This guy is going to die. If the Ashina tribe descends into chaos again, more people will have to be sent to quell it. Annoying!
"Is there any way?"
"What way is there? The kidneys are the seat of human essence. Once injured, the essence has nowhere to be stored. Without essence, the person is in danger!"
"Alas!"
"If only it were like your helicopter, where you could just replace the broken parts!"
"I just don't know when my medical skills will reach that level."
Old Sun sighed with a worried expression, speaking softly.
The doctor's heart, seeing a critically injured person on the verge of death, yet being powerless to help.
This feeling was like a top student encountering an unsolvable problem; it was incredibly frustrating.