Chapter 830: Hunting
It's night.
The lights in the Feixiong army were bright, and a red silk banner flying in the wind was erected at the mouth of the valley early.
The horses are no longer sneaky, but swaggering back and forth at the mouth of the valley, splashing countless dust.
"After the valley rises tomorrow, I will be the first to ride and chisel the formation, you must escort the city lord out of here, in case ......"
Xiao Ran stood on the hill not far away, looked at the dusty valley mouth outside, and said in a deep voice to the eight deputy generals beside him.
"Commander, this must not be!"
The lieutenant generals were startled, in their opinion, the matter of protecting the city lord should be done by Xiao Ran.
Whether it is cultivation or experience in facing the enemy, Xiao Ran is the best choice.
Xiao Ran waved his hand, these lieutenants were all from the Xiao family in Dragon City like him, so what they thought, Xiao Ran knew very well.
"Sima Rulong can't be what is rumored by the outside world, if he is really a simple-minded reckless man, even if the Sima family is powerful in Nanmang, he will not be able to achieve the position of commander of the Feixiong Army. ”
Xiao Ran looked at the horsemen who were whizzing around the valley outside, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.
Once the city lord changes into the armor of an ordinary dragon scale iron knight, then he, the commander, will definitely become the main target of the Flying Heroes' army's 'care'.
In this way, the city lord under his escort became a live target in the eyes of the Feixiong Army.
And Xiao Ran also knew that in the Feixiong Army, there was a sect disciple who cultivated in the realm of human xuan.
He was no match for that disciple at all.
These three thousand dragon scale iron horses, in fact, when they were forced into the valley by the Feixiong Army, Xiao Ran, who had experienced a hundred battles, knew that it was over.
"Tomorrow, I will be the head of the cavalry and chisel the formation, and you will protect the city lord in the rear army, but if there is a chance, don't miss it. ”
Xiao Ran clenched the dragon scale long knife at his waist in his right hand, this may be the last time he will be on the battlefield.
"Then Commander, where should we escort the city lord after we break out of the siege?"
One of the lieutenants had a cold face, and before the war started, he said some frustrating words about death, and it would not be easy for anyone to change.
"Go north, outside the northern foothills, the imperial dynasty has a horse camp, where it may be able to meet you, after the first line of heaven in the northern foothills, the army of Nanmang will not be able to help you. ”
Xiao Ran thought about it for a moment, the closest imperial army from here might be the Tanma Camp in the north.
But what he didn't know was that the Tanma Battalion had been almost wiped out long before them.
After discussing for a moment, they turned and went down the hill.
Different from the hustle and bustle outside the valley, although there are three thousand dragon scale iron riders in the valley, the silence is terrifying.
All the dragon scale warriors understood that their lives were sealed when the banner at the mouth of the valley was raised.
In the big tent of the Chinese army, Xiao Qingling carefully wiped a slightly slender dragon scale knife, and his eyes were as plain as water.
When she came out of Dragon City, she had no intention of returning alive.
Trapped in the valley, she didn't think about how to break out of the encirclement, rather than die in the valley with grievances.
That's why she agreed to Sima Rulong's envoy and put forward those two requests.
In this life, she was born Xuanhe, but she has experienced many experiences that she couldn't think of before.
From a pawn at the mercy of others, to a vassal king who dominates one side, from a weak woman, to a battlefield.
The thing she regretted the most was that she couldn't see the young man before she died.
I heard that he elected the new emperor to win the throne, and I heard that he killed the big man of the sect in Tiandu, and he shouted back to the Ziling real person......
One thing after another, every one fell into her ears, and she had no other emotions except for amazement.
The gap between them widened with the earth-shattering news.
"You told me in Dragon City that I could use the knife in my hand to snatch it back if I was owed it in this world. ”
Xiao Qingling brushed the blade with one hand, and the sharp blade left a thin red line on the slender palm.
"But, how should I pay what Xiao Qingling owes you?"
Xiao Qingling put away the dragon scale knife that Tang Ming handed her casually in the Dragon City Lord's Mansion, and her eyes gradually became firm.
Xiao Qingling was bent on death, but Sima Rulong was not idle.
His 1,600 scouts were already scattered in all directions around the Dongchu Mountain Range, and as long as there was the slightest movement, his side could react in time.
As Xiao Ran said, if he Sima Rulong relied on the brilliance of the Sima family, it would definitely be impossible for him to sit in this position today.
"Eighteen thousand horsemen, six thousand to guard the mountains and forests to the north, I estimate that if they want to break through, they will definitely go in the direction of the first line of sky. ”
Sima Rulong said to several lieutenants around him while biting a fat leg of mutton.
"Commander, isn't it a little too much to look up to them, just three thousand of them, and they still want to break through the Feixiong Army, it's unlikely, right?"
At the bottom right of Sima Rulong, a deputy general with the same burly figure sneered, seemingly disapproving Sima Rulong's scruples.
"You know a fart, is this Feixiong Army Lao Tzu in charge or you in charge?"
Sima Rulong glared, and shouted at the deputy general like thunder.
"Cai Yang, you lead the 6,000 left army to the mountains and forests in the north, remember, don't let people see a trace. ”
Sima Rulong wiped his greasy hand twice on the tiger skin skirt around his waist, and then threw a palm-sized token to a young lieutenant general on the left.
"Yes!"
Cai Yang took the military order with one hand, and immediately turned around and walked out of the big tent.
What Sima Rulong thinks, it is estimated that in the entire Chinese army tent, only he Cai Yang knows.
The three thousand dragon scale iron horses in Dragon City are already the meat of the Flying Male Army's mouth, but if they want to break through the barrier with all their heart, according to their current ability of the Flying Male Army, it will be difficult to stop.
Once they broke through the defense line of the Feixiong Army, the only place to escape was the first line of heaven at the northern foothills.
If Cai Yang guessed correctly, after the start of the battle tomorrow, the commander will deliberately reduce the defense in the north.
In this way, the Dragonscale Iron Rider could only flee towards the north, and when they fled into the dense forest, it was time for his 6,000 left army to shine.
Sima Rulong's rugged appearance makes it easy for people to ignore the strategy in his belly, in fact, aside from the status of the Sima family in Nanmang, this man can stand out in the Nanmang army, and it has nothing to do with the Sima family.
The 6,000 left troops quietly left the camp and quietly entered the dense forest to the north under the cover of night.
......
"Head, there's movement!"
Just after the 6,000 Left Army thought that they had quietly entered the mountains and forests in the north, ten miles away, Zhang Chongshan flashed to Tang Ming's side.
"What's wrong?"
Tang Ming was taken aback, looked at Zhang Chongshan, who was panting, and asked in a deep voice.
"For some unknown reason, all of Nanmang's scouts withdrew. ”
Zhang Chongshan said to Tang Ming with some doubts, even if Sima Rulong is really a straw bag, but some things on this battlefield don't need to be carefully planned at all.
Scouts patrolling, this is a normal thing, especially at this time, surrounded by dense forests, not scouting is equivalent to putting his neck under the enemy's butcher's knife.
"Retreat?"
Tang Ming frowned slightly, he also felt a little strange, although he had been in the army for less than a month, he still knew a little about something.
"Yes, there is no one left, it seems that there is something unusual about the Feixiong Army!"
Zhang Chongshan pulled the withered grass on his head twice, there must be demons when things are impermanent, this sentence he comprehended with the fate of countless robes.
Nan Mangfei's army withdrew from the scouts for no reason, there must be some big move.
"Head, do you want us to touch it and take a look?"
Zhang Chongshan came to Tang Ming's side and looked at Tang Ming with burning eyes.
He has been in the army for six years, and he has encountered a lot of wars, large and small, but before Tang Ming appeared, he was still just an old soldier.
It was only a few days to follow Tang Ming, and if all the exploits scattered on the road were won, he would at least be a centurion now.
"There can't be too many people, just you and me and Lao Li, let's touch it and take a look. ”
Tang Ming thought about it, it was obviously not a wise move to touch it now, but the Feixiong Army had a change at this time, and it was impossible for him to be indifferent.
"Gotta do it!"
Zhang Chongshan raised his crossbow in his hand, turned around and beckoned Lao Li to come, and the three of them discussed it, and then asked the others to retreat again.
"Scouts have been exploring for five miles, and if they encounter abnormalities, they must not be greedy. ”
Tang Ming gave two explanations to the 'dumb man', they only had a total of thirty-eight horses, so Tang Ming couldn't be careless.
The dumb nodded, although he was not good at words, but after contact in the past few days, Tang Ming found that this guy was still a normal person in the army.
The three of them each had two crossbows hanging from their waists, and Tang Ming gave up the Hundred Refining Waist Knife and put on the scimitar he got from Nanmang.
The figure disappeared in place like a spirit fox, and the dumb glanced at the three people in the distance, and then led the people to sweep backwards.
In the dense forest to the north of the mountain, a black torrent gradually penetrated into the woods, and on the opposite side of the torrent, three almost inconspicuous black dots rose and fell between the dense trees.
"Head, why do I feel panicked?"
Lao Li swept behind Tang Ming, and said to Tang Ming in a somewhat solemn tone.
The further he went, the more clearly he felt that it was as if a depressed breath was pressing on his chest, and it was even a little difficult to breathe.
"Don't say it, Lao Tzu...... I felt the same way, as if I had run into some beast head-on. ”
Zhang Chongshan also sneakily touched Tang Ming's side, and was about to call himself 'Lao Tzu', but after seeing Tang Ming's eyes, he immediately changed his mind.
"I seem to understand why those scouts are leaving the jungle!"
Tang Ming gently raised his crossbow, and a spiritual light flashed in his mind.
Sima Rulong is really not a simple character.
Although this trick is not clever, it is really not easy to be detected when placed on ordinary people.
If it weren't for Tang Ming's previous life being penetrated by those intrigues and ways of doing things, he would definitely not be able to understand it for a while now.
Pose as if the two armies are facing each other, and then open an opening in the north, and when the dragon scale iron cavalry rushes into it, the Feixiong army in the dense forest can easily wait for work.
If you run into an ordinary general, you can also hold the Beishan dense forest with 6,000 left troops.
It's a pity that this time he is up to a guy who has never played cards according to common sense, and when he met Tang Ming, Sima Rulong was destined to fail.
"Go five miles further, let's lie dormant first!"
The corners of Tang Ming's mouth showed a bloody sneer, without his cultivation, although he was constrained everywhere, it was not difficult to kill one or two people silently.