148. Unexpected attack
Thirty-six mercenary groups stayed in the luxurious Duke's Palace for two days, and on the third day, when the sun was rising, the mighty procession left the Duke's Palace and headed for the mountain road of the Heavenly Snow Palace.
Tianxue Palace and Hu Tiancheng are only thirty kilometers apart, but they are separated by a White Sun Mountain, and the inner realm is also divided into two sections, one side is noisy, and the other is singing and dancing.
A total of thirty-five military trucks were arranged for this trip, and in addition to the duke's guards, it was basically two mercenary regiments and one car.
Ye Yuan and Saria sat in the same car, while the other team of mercenaries was the Hammer of the Rock, and the head of the regiment was the retired special combat soldier king of the Yue Kingdom, who was only twenty-five years old, but his whole body exuded a fierce momentum.
Although the straight-line distance of Tianxue Palace is only thirty kilometers, if you take the mountain road, you have to climb hundreds of kilometers of mountain roads, and even it takes two days to drive.
According to Li Chunqiu's description, these two days were his most dangerous time, if even so many mercenaries couldn't protect his safety, then the only thing he could rely on was Ye Yuan.
Ye Yuan immediately promised that as long as he could enter the Tianxue Palace, see that person, and figure out everything that had happened recently, he would be a protector again and escort Li Chunqiu to the monarch safely.
Along the way, the mercenaries were on guard against sudden attacks, but in Ye Yuan's car, the king of special operations did not dare to be lonely, and whistled at Salia and said, "Hey, Rose, how do you maintain it, you are still so tender when you sleep in the open air, I thought you were a model at first glance." ”
But Saria ignored the other party, her eyes looked out the window, and she kept an eye on the movements around her.
The king of special operations soldiers said with a smile: "This is the foot of the mountain, the other party will not ambush here, and it is a good place to start when it is halfway up the mountain." Relaxed, we were able to chat happily for hours. ”
Hearing this, Ye Yuan couldn't help but glance at him, he was right, there was nothing to ambush at the foot of the mountain, the vision was good, the escape route was clear, and with their tactics similar to that of a group army, they would soon be able to form an effective counterattack. This soldier king still has a bit of knowledge.
Saria was holding her rifle, still expressionless, not giving the other party a word.
"Don't be so restrained, my name is Ruan Baizhan, what about you? ”
In the mercenary group of the Yue Kingdom, the Blood Rose is relatively famous, and their conspicuous military uniforms can be seen at a glance, but this special combat soldier king doesn't know that the most beautiful is the Rose Queen Salia.
"Stinky boy! is harassing our regiment leader, be careful that I pinch you!"
Salia didn't speak, but the female soldiers beside her were dissatisfied with Ruan Baizhan's accosting, and clenched their fists and said.
Ruan Baizhan looked at the female soldier who was five big and three thick, and actually stood up, walked up to her, and mocked: "You pinch it." ”
This is a provocation, but in the violently shaking carriage, this one is as steady as Mount Tai, and this kung fu is simply handsome.
But at this moment, a flash of fire rose into the sky, and then there was a violent shaking.
At this moment, Ruan Baizhan was still standing in the carriage, and he could still stand in ordinary bumps, but this time the carriage was tilted entirely, and the people sitting in the carriage were all on their backs, let alone standing.
Ruan Baizhan fell down in an instant, but he spun sharply under his feet, trying to deviate from the female soldier, but he pounced on Saria's body, and the two just hugged each other and rolled down.
The truck fell to the side of the road, and the two trucks in front of the outside were surrounded by flames, killing most of the mercenaries.
The other party really attacked at the foot of the mountain, which was really unexpected, Ye Yuan escaped from the carriage at the first time, looked at the ground, and found that it was a big explosion caused by a war mine!
There is more than one way to get in and out of Bairi Mountain, and in order to avoid possible attacks, Li Chunqiu's itinerary is highly classified. The other side was able to plant mines in advance, is this because the information was obtained in advance?
At this time, those mercenaries and guards also quickly came out of the carriage and quickly gathered in front of the duke's car, but except for the wind, they didn't see half of the ambush soldiers around!
Ruan Baizhan and Salia also ran out of the truck with a disgraced face, and the female soldier looked at Ruan Baizhan with hatred and said in a mocking tone: "Who pretended to be an expert just now and said that he wouldn't attack here?"
Ruan Baizhan smiled awkwardly, and then said to Salia: "I guess this is just a temptation by the other party, don't you see that there are no ambushes? They should have set up mines at each crossing to slow down our speed so that they can pursue." ”
Salia didn't listen to Ruan Baizhan's words, just looked around, nervous, she smelled a trace of abnormal smell in the air, but she couldn't tell what it was.
"This gasoline really stinks, let's go over there, I'll protect you." Ruan Baizhan was still teasing Saria, but when he heard this, Ye Yuan's face changed.
At this moment, Duke Li Chunqiu was surrounded by guards, checking the casualties, and he wanted to determine the next route, as well as the scouts.
At this time, Ye Yuan came to Li Chunqiu's side in a few steps, and dragged him away from the still burning truck.
When they were approached, the guards didn't react, and when they wanted to shoot with guns, Li Chunqiu had already stopped.
"Ye Yuan, what did you find?" Li Chunqiu asked in a low voice.
"You keep them away from the truck and change the route! immediately!" Ye Yuan looked very anxious.
Li Chunqiu naturally trusted Ye Yuan, if Ye Yuan hadn't insisted on following Saria's convoy, he would have meant to keep Ye Yuan by his side.
Li Chunqiu's words naturally worked, and the group gave up the first few trucks and concentrated in the back ten trucks.
In addition to those who were killed, there are now five hundred and seventy mercenaries in the team, plus a hundred guards, and these ten cars can't sit at all.
So only the captain can get on the bus, and the others will be escorted forward with the car.
But not long after the diversion, some people in the group became uncomfortable, others vomited violently, and some convulsed.
Seeing this, the convoy had to stop, and the team doctor began to deal with the condition, of course, the abnormal body was left behind, and the rest continued to move forward.
"What's going on?" Looking at the patients who were left behind, Salia couldn't help but ask Ye Yuan softly.
"The smell in the air just now is hydrogen sulfide, which stinks at low concentrations, but at high concentrations, it has no smell and can kill people in an instant. Ye Yuan replied lightly.
"How can this be? Why is it so poisonous?"
"It's a car, there is a highly toxic gas hidden in the car, when it explodes, the gas reacts and drifts along the smoke, with the help of the smoke, most people don't notice the poisonous gas, but this reminder reminds me. ”
Ye Yuan naturally said Ruan Baizhan, but this somewhat funny soldier king looked at Ye Yuan curiously and asked, "How do you know so clearly, are you a doctor?"
"He's the doctor. Salia's added words made Ruan Baizhan speechless for a moment.
"How can there be highly toxic gas in the car......?
Before Salia could say the following words, Ye Yuan had already added to herself: "That's right, there are undercover agents among our people, and the duke didn't dig them out last night." ”