"My lord! Big things are not good! That lieutenant colonel at the wing headquarters was assassinated in the street just now! ”

A personal guard rushed in like a fire and shouted, and Zhao Hu and the others, who were chatting in the room, immediately jumped up when they heard it. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Zhao Hu immediately ordered: "The cavalry immediately blocked the four city gates, and ordered the whole city to be grounded!" The first brigade monitors laborers! The rest of the troops are scattered in small teams to patrol the streets and be under martial law! With that, he grabbed his sword and rushed out of the room.

As Zhao Hu's footsteps took a step, the sound of horns, horses' hooves, and passwords immediately sounded in the county magistrate's mansion.

When they came to the place where the lieutenant colonel was attacked, several cavalrymen had already controlled the scene in advance, but it was a bit excessive, because there was no one around for a long time, and they all ran home.

Seeing Zhao Hu coming, the cavalry immediately reported: "My lord, the attack was a crossbow shot from the house in front, we have searched the house, and there are no other traces in it except for the body of the original owner's family. ”

At this moment, several cavalrymen quickly galloped over from a distance.

Before the horse had completely stopped, the cavalry jumped down and saluted, saying, "My lord, three soldiers of the Wing who have been killed by crossbow arrows have been found on Fifth Street!" ”

"My lord, I received a report that five soldiers of the wing were shot dead by crossbow arrows at home!"

"My lord, the two soldiers guarding the gate at the wing headquarters were killed by crossbow arrows after we went out! The First Brigade has sent a squadron to be on alert and investigating! ”

Hearing this series of news, everyone was dumbfounded, and Sun Jie, who was counting the number of people with his fingers, suddenly shouted in surprise: "My lord, it's not good!" In this way, all the remaining personnel of the Fifth Wing have been killed! ”

"What?" Zhao Hu and the others were all taken aback.

"My lord, we need to catch the murderer immediately! You must know that this kind of thing happened when the adults were responsible for the defense of the city, and I don't know what the people of the Fifth Wing will think when they come back. Sun Jie reminded with a solemn face.

He was very worried now, on the one hand, he was worried about how to explain to the Fifth Wing, and secondly, he was worried about this mysterious organization.

Thinking of such a mysterious and rigorous organization staying in the city, and his own intelligence system actually knew nothing, what if the target of this assassination was an adult? It's really a cold sweat!

Zhao Hu immediately said: "Order that except for the first brigade, the rest of the troops will be transferred back to defend the city, and the cavalry will patrol the streets, and read out loudly that those who provide clues will be rewarded with a thousand gold coins!" The only ones who can go out are the ones who provide clues, and the rest of the people continue to be grounded! ”

The commanded cavalry immediately rushed into the street and shouted loudly.

At the time of the assassination, the Fifth Wing had already arrived near its destination.

The old man was colonel and the captain began to issue tasks.

"Who takes a brigade over there to bluff?"

The lieutenant colonels present, especially the majors who were captains, all shook their heads like drums.

Bluffing means that there is no need to go to war, there is no promotion without military exploits, and which of his subordinates does not want to make more meritorious contributions, running to perform such a task, I am afraid that he will complain to his subordinates to death.

The old colonel frowned, he was also very helpless, such a task without military merit could only be voluntary, otherwise he would be blamed.

At this moment, the third lieutenant colonel said loudly: "Sir, I'll go." ”

As soon as they saw someone coming forward, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and then they assigned a brigade to the third lieutenant colonel who was more difficult to promote to the next level or had already been promoted.

The Fifth Wing did not disrupt the rules of the establishment, and all of them ceded the task of front-line combat to soldiers who were easy to promote.

The third lieutenant colonel continued to advance with about 600 men with great fanfare, while the remaining soldiers of the 5th Wing began to disperse, slowly advancing with the help of the weeds that were one man tall all over the ground.

Weeds like this, which are still present in winter snow, are very common in this area, and it is not known why these plants are so vigorous that they would have withered elsewhere.

As the clock wore on, night fell.

The soldiers of the 5th Wing, on the orders of the officers, took out their dry rations and ate them, and then they each cleared the snow, spread their furs, and lay down on the ground to rest. The Fifth Wing had performed such a stealth attack on several occasions, so there was no confusion at all.

The officers and soldiers knew the battle plan, and now they were only a few kilometers away from the mountain bandits' gathering place, and in the early hours of the next morning, they launched a surprise attack.

As for why it wasn't discovered by the mountain bandits?

Is the mission of the third lieutenant colonel fake? He is the third-ranked officer in the wing except for the wing commander, and he is definitely a trustworthy officer. I must have been attracted by the old third lieutenant colonel.

After a night of silence, when the sky was just dawn and they could not see the surrounding situation clearly, under the leadership of the officer, the soldiers, whose clothes had been frozen hard, carefully moved their bodies, took out the dry food with chili peppers and nibbled on it, and began to continue to sneak with their whole bodies hot.

The soldiers were a little tired, not because they were cold, but because they didn't sleep well, who called it winter, and they had to get up at least a dozen times a night to move their bodies, so as not to freeze.

But everyone doesn't care about such a sad thing, practicing in the snow topless is the basic skill, and now wearing a thick leather coat is not a good thing.

This sneak will continue until the bandits gather or are discovered by the bandits, but even if they are discovered by the bandits at such a distance, it is not a big deal, and the bandits will not be able to escape anywhere at all after a few kilometers of distance.

The soldiers of the wing who followed the third lieutenant colonel on the other side of the hill to show off their might, although they were a little regretful, they also knew that since their exploits could not be broken through in a short time, it was normal to give up the opportunity to their brothers.

At the same time, they were also a little happy, after all, they didn't have to eat dry food and lie in the snow overnight like the brothers on that side.

On his side, it was completely in the style of a regular march, and at night, he erected his tent, lit a bonfire, and had a hot dinner. If it weren't for the sneak attack of mountain bandits, I'm afraid it would be a camping activity.

At dawn, the soldiers gathered for morning exercise, and several lieutenants asked the third lieutenant colonel with a puzzled expression: "Sir, the lower officer thinks it's a little strange, even the blind can find out about our march with such fanfare."

"Especially the bonfires at night, you can see them for hundreds of miles, why are there no mountain bandits to attack at all? Could it be that the information is wrong? It's just that a hundred or so mountain bandits gathered here? ”

The third lieutenant colonel looked at the snow-covered mountains and forests around him and frowned.

"It's really strange, but we sent dozens of rounds of spies to confirm that there are indeed thousands of bandits gathered here, well, whether there are so many bandits here, it is certain that there are bandits gathered, as long as the wing captain attacks on the side, you can know.

"Although the victory in this battle can be said to be ours, and we are not responsible for the attack, we still have to be careful not to be exploited by the mountain bandits, and the total annihilation of Major Mark is the reason for taking it lightly at the last moment."

"Yes!" Although the lieutenants did not think that Mark's new recruit could be compared with their own veterans, they also thought that the words of the third lieutenant colonel were reasonable, so they wholeheartedly agreed.

"Okay, after the soldiers have finished their drills, they will spread out to the left and right sides in the formation of the squad, and we will make a posture of searching the mountains to attract the attention of the mountain bandits, so that the wing captain can take advantage of the situation to attack." The third lieutenant colonel said.

"Yes." The lieutenants were busy receiving orders.

The soldiers who received the order were happy, and their mission this time was to attract the enemy's attention, so in addition to being alert to the enemy's traces, they could also take the opportunity to hunt and change their food.

Seeing the soldiers entering the mountains in twos and threes, a meaningful smile appeared on the face of the third lieutenant colonel.

On the main side of the Fifth Wing, everyone galloped quickly in the grass.

Everyone who was prepared and alert for an attack in the grass felt a little weird, because not only was there no attack, but not even a single critter had been encountered.

No sound could be heard except for the footsteps, breathing, and churning of the grass of his own people.

The old colonel who felt that something was wrong immediately shouted to stop, and everyone immediately subconsciously gathered in a circle, nervously paying attention to the surrounding environment.

The environment here is a small flat land full of tall weeds, which look yellow and green because the weeds can't bear the snow, and the surrounding mountains are slightly higher mountain forests, covered with snow and white.

This geography has always been like this, there is nothing peculiar about it, except that the temperature here is relatively high, the weeds are very wet, and the ground is a little muddy. However, this climate is also common in this area, so everyone does not care.

As soon as everyone stopped, a feeling of uneasiness came over everyone's hearts, because it was so quiet that not even a bird called or the wind could be heard.

The old colonel looked around with a frown, but found nothing.

The old colonel couldn't help pacing back and forth a few steps, and then the old colonel noticed the softness of the soles of his feet, squatted down and grabbed a handful of mud mixed with snow water with his hands, rubbed his fingers, and found that it was a little greasy. The old colonel's face changed, and he immediately shouted eagerly: "Evacuate!" ”

Hearing this order, everyone couldn't help but be stunned, although they didn't understand how to evacuate suddenly when they were about to attack, but the perennial habit made them obey the captain of the wing, and immediately turned around and ran.

Unfortunately, at the same time as the old colonel gave the order, countless rockets suddenly shot out from the surrounding mountains and forests. The soldiers of the wing couldn't help but raise their shields with a sneer on their faces, and carry out a rocket attack in this snow? Could it be that those stupid mountain bandits want to set the snow-soaked weeds on fire?