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After a few more days of walking, a large-scale outbreak of dysentery suddenly broke out in the army, and thousands of soldiers suffered from fever, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea and other symptoms.

After the military doctor's examination, he said that the soldiers were due to excessive exhaustion, unclean diet, and the change of seasons, and their bodies were susceptible to invasion, as long as they had a good rest and took medicine in time, they would be fine.

There are many towns and cities along the way, and it is not difficult to replenish clean food and medicine, but these soldiers should not travel long distances in any case, and they need to rest on the spot, and Qiu Guhan is in a hurry to return to Beijing within the "half a year" period, and it is impossible to wait in place.

Therefore, Qiu Guhan let these soldiers stay in the town to recuperate, and he took the remaining 10,000 troops on the road.

Looking at the dwindling team, Qiu Guhan's face became more and more cold.

For he was convinced that the reduction in numbers was not a coincidence, but a conspiracy by Autumn Nightstring to reduce his protective layer so that his men could ambush him halfway.

How to ambush?

I guess I still want to use those "birdmen", right?

So, where exactly will the "Birdman" appear?

After walking for a few more days, the journey has already passed halfway, and it will take another half a month to reach the region of Tianzhou.

But at this time, a river appeared in front of it.

This river is not a big river, but this year's rainy season is particularly long and violent, and the river level has risen and expanded sharply, and the water is turbulent, submerging and collapsing the bridges on the river.

Qiu Guhan had to garrison the river and send people to find a bridge and a boat to cross the river.

However, the people in this area say that there is no way to cross such a rapid river now, and they will have to wait at least a few days for the water to slow down.

Qiu Guhan had to wait patiently.

In order to speed up the march, he did not let the army carry too many supplies, but only supplies along the road, so that when he stopped, the supplies were insufficient, and there were only scattered villages in this area, and it was impossible to raise the price of enough military rations.

Therefore, he sent some of his soldiers back to the towns they had passed through to purchase military rations.

Because the terrain by the river was damp and uneven, it was not suitable for camping, and the remaining thousands of soldiers had to be scattered and camped, and most of the camps were far apart.

Qiu Guhan patrolled by the river, first looking at the camp tents that were far away, and then at the mountains on both sides of the river, and twisting his eyebrows.

It seems that even God has helped Qiu Yexian this time!

When the soldiers had set up camp and packed up, it was getting dark.

The wind is strong by the river, and the wind is hunting.

All tents were arranged in a circle almost every few to shelter from the wind and to take care of each other.

At this time, bonfires were lit in the open space in the center of the tent circle, and the soldiers gathered around the campfire to boil water and cook, which was very lively.

The bonfire in front of the main tent is particularly striking and enthusiastic.

Wu Gongzi cooked the medicinal porridge and tasted it himself, and there was no problem with the back end to Qiu Guhan.

After eating two bowls, Qiu Guhan felt a little tired, but got up and went back to the tent to rest.

At this moment, on the other side of the river, on the top of a high mountain peak, there was a group of sharp eyes, like nighthawks, staring at the most dazzling bonfire.

They are the "birdmen" that Qiu Guhan has been looking for and guarding against along the way.

They have been waiting here for a long time.

In Yuji Mountain, they were considered successful, but they didn't expect Prince Xing to have such a big fate, and he was still alive after being missing for so long, and he also took advantage of his predicament to fight a wonderful turnaround, and the winner was determined by one chess, so that they never had a chance to make a move again.

With Prince Yuki already in control of the overall situation and pursuing them with all his might, they could only completely lurk, and then, with the help of their accomplices in the army, quietly left Yuji Mountain, looking for suitable ambush locations along the way, preparing to find another opportunity to kill Prince Yuki.

And not long after they left Yuji Mountain, they received a secret letter from the emperor.

This letter boosted their morale and confidence.

They did not rush to make a move, but sent people to observe the movements of the imperial army along the way, and at the same time took a step ahead of the imperial army and looked for the most suitable sniper location in front.

In the end, they found that the river in this place was swollen and in a hurry, and the number of imperial troops had been greatly reduced by the time they came here, which was a good place for them to snipe.

Although the river has expanded, the widest place is only more than 20 zhang, and both sides of the river are high peaks, plus the wind is strong, others can't pass, but they have "wings"!

They fly over the river from the peak on this side of the river, and when they reach the opposite bank, they climb up to the peak on the other side, and they can lurk well.

Just like now.

They stared condescendingly at the bonfires, but Prince Yuki couldn't see them at all.

Of course, at such a distance, they can't see Prince Xing, but there are people in their army!

Their comrades burned the bonfire as loud and violent, and told them that Prince Xing was here.

When the camp was asleep, they would fly over the river, descend on Prince Yuki's tent, and kill Prince Yuki, who was still recuperating from his wounds, with their bows and crossbows.

Prince Yuki's side is indeed heavily guarded, but who can guard against attackers from the night sky?

Gliding in the night sky is quite a dangerous thing, but they have been driving the glider for so long and have been training here many times, not only are they perfect, but they are also adapted to such an environment, so they are very confident in this operation.

Eventually, as they waited patiently, the campfires in the barracks were extinguished one by one, and at last only the most basic lighting and precautions remained.

The barracks also fell silent.

After waiting for more than half an hour, the "birdmen" felt that the soldiers of the whole battalion should be asleep and ready to act.

They began to warm up, move their muscles and bones, and install gliders.

Then, one by one, they jumped into the air, opened their "wings", and flew towards the bonfire, which was still the most obvious.

They manipulate the organs on their chests and waists to adjust the size and amplitude of their "wings" so that they can control the speed, height, direction, angle, and so on of the glider at a certain distance, so that they can glide above the destination with great accuracy and land accurately.

Their multi-day live-action training has yielded good results.

Most of them glided above the main tent with great accuracy, slowly folded their wings, landed slowly, and then lay on their tent necks like geckos.

The main tent was tall, about a foot high, and the campfire was blown back and forth by the night wind, and could not reach the top and rear.

And in the middle of the night, except for the range illuminated by the bonfire, the soldiers on night duty did not see the flying shadows above the tent, and their ears were filled with the sound of "whirring", and they did not hear the sound of someone falling on the tent not loudly.

Although the wind was loud, the "birdman" held his breath and remained motionless until the soldiers patrolling around the main tent had gone a little farther, then he took out his knife and slowly and silently cut open the tent.

After cutting out the cavern where they could see inside, they pulled out their crossbows and aimed their arrows at the inside of the tent.

The captain, who was lying on the top of the tent, whispered "ready", then put a hand into the cut hole and polished the flint in his hand.

The moment the flint was lit, everyone saw the shadow lying on the couch.

In an instant, the bows and crossbows in their hands fired in unison, all of which shot towards the people on the couch.

At that moment, the fire was extinguished.

But it was enough for them to see that the figure on the couch had been shot, and many arrows had been hit.