Chapter 746: The Sound of Drums and Horns (18)
Zhang Xi's whole body was covered with thatch, and even his head was camouflaged with thatch, when he lay motionless on the ground, even if he approached, it was extremely difficult to find that under this pile of unkempt thatch, there was actually a big living person hidden.
Since entering May, the war between Liaoxi and Langya has become more and more intense, and when the main generals of the two sides began to deploy troops, it was the scouts of both sides who took the lead, and this mountainous area on the border of the two sides was a vital place for the scouts to fight for. Whoever controls this mountainous area can cover their military secrets to the greatest extent and further spy on the other party's actions, and for Liaoxi County, this is the case, since Langya enters Liaoxi, this section is mostly mountainous and hilly, and across this mountainous area into Langya, it is an infinite rich plain area.
The scouts on both sides have been strangled here for nearly a month, as far as Zhang Xi knows, his own side, has lost nearly 100 excellent scouts, the other party is not good at stubble, when Zhou Yu Tanfeng and Gao Yuan reached an agreement, completely withdrew from Liaoxi County and retreated to Langya County, leaving behind in Langya is the famous general Hu Yanchao and the only remaining 10,000 Yanguo Standing Army, this group of troops who have experienced the baptism of blood and fire, has always been the commander of the Southern Group Army of the Eastern Army, Ye Zhongzhong, as the number one enemy.
The sacrifice of more than 100 lives, of course, is not without gain, at least now the scouts of the Eastern Army have controlled most of the area and established dozens of supply points, which have completely blocked the passage for the other party's scouts to enter.
Of course, the other side will never give up, these days, batch after batch of other scouts have infiltrated here, trying to destroy the supply points here, and once again expelling the scouts of the Eastern Army from this area.
Zhang Xi has been in ambush here for a whole day. This morning, he found some cleverly disguised traces. Seeing those cover-ups, Zhang Xi knew that this was a veteran, and along these traces, he searched all the way here, and here, he finally found the other party's nest, which was a tree hole hidden in the dense grass, an ancient tree that had grown for an unknown number of years, and near the ground, there was a large hole large enough to accommodate a person. Due to the cover of thorns and thatch, it is extremely difficult to spot these things without picking them up.
What made Zhang Xi angry was that in this cave, he found three nameplates, which were the things that his scouts carried with him to identify themselves, and the nameplates appeared here, which naturally meant that they were dead, that is. This enemy has at least three brothers' lives on his hands.
This made Zhang Xi decide that he must kill this guy and avenge his brothers.
He carefully restored the traces of his entry one by one. Then choose to ambush on the left, this lurking point is extremely hidden, since the other party has left some of his supplies here, he will definitely appear here again to resupply. Wait for the rabbit. Sometimes it seems primitive, but sometimes it's the best way to do it.
They can kill up to three of their brothers. That skill must be extremely skillful, and it is better to wait here than to chase his trail and fight him in the woods.
Waiting requires patience, a long and boring wait, often can get the maximum harvest, Zhang Xi is not lacking in patience, this is also the reason why he has been able to survive since he entered this mountainous area, the first batch of scouts who entered with him, and now there are few who can survive.
A day's ambush did not make Zhang Xi feel any irritation, he would just gently reach out and knead his already sore thighs, and he had to keep his blood flowing in order to launch a fatal blow at the most critical moment.
The sky has darkened, Zhang Xi took out a small piece of mutton jerky from his arms and chewed it slowly in his mouth, although the moon is high in the sky, but in this dense woods, there are only some vague fish that have slipped through the dense shade, leaving round spots on the ground. The forest was extremely quiet, the insects and ants were chirping, and they could be heard clearly, Zhang Xi almost thought that today's day was going to be wasted, at this time, the other party had not come back, which meant that the other party must not have more than this supply point, and today, he would definitely not come here.
He was ready to evacuate temporarily.
Just as his body moved, a very small sound in his ears made him instantly quiet, and he still had half-chewed dried mutton in his mouth.
In the woods ahead, a faint shadow appeared, and the figure that flashed by, if it had not happened to touch a branch and made a very slight sound, he would have almost ignored it.
It's back. Zhang Xi did not have any ecstatic feelings, but was extremely calm, for them, great joy and great sorrow are a kind of extravagant feelings, which will make them lose their calm judgment.
The other party is really an extremely old guy, even if he returned to his lair, he didn't show up rashly like this, but after the tree hid for a long time and confirmed that it was safe, he walked out again, and this person finally appeared in Zhang Xi's field of vision, it was an extremely burly guy, a head taller than Zhang Xi, nearly half wider. Good guy, Zhang Xi couldn't help but shudder in his heart, if this is hand-to-hand combat, he will never be able to please him.
He seemed to be wounded, and he walked with a limp, it seemed that he had just experienced a battle, and he could come back alive, but he was afraid that the brother with whom he fought was no longer there at this time.
Zhang Xi's hand slowly touched the crossbow on his waist, pulled out the crossbow little by little, and held the dark dagger in his right hand.
The man walked to the tree hole, but when he bent over, he turned around, and a touch of moonlight through the tree shone on his face at this time, showing his face clearly in Zhang Xi's eyes, Zhang Xi saw doubts in the other party's eyes.
Not good! Zhang Xi knew in an instant that he had just breathed a little heavier because he saw the blood stains on his body, and this alert guy immediately sensed that something was wrong, and there was no longer any hesitation. When shooting the crossbow, his hand shook slightly, which made except for the first crossbow that was shot at the man, the other two squares were slightly off the target, of course, this was not because of his poor archery, on the contrary, his three crossbows nailed the space for dodging left and right in the opposite direction, Zhang Xi didn't expect to be fatal with one blow, he was going to force the other party into the hole in the tree. He wanted to dodge the three crossbows, but there was no other way to go but to fall down and hide in the hollow of the tree.
Riding a crossbow to shoot, Zhang Xi was already close to the ground and swooped over, as he expected, the other party could not avoid it, his body was short, like a ball, and rolled directly into the tree hole in the grass, snatching several sounds, three crossbow arrows shot at the same time, and he didn't know that he was nailed to the tree.
Zhang Xi grinned, in the hole, there will be a small surprise waiting for the other party, when he exited the tree hole, there were several thistles buried there, there is nothing terrible about thistles, but the spikes of these gadgets are infected with poison, not fatal, but in a very short time, the other party is unconscious, they have done experiments on cows, strong as cows, but only a dozen times of this kind of small thorns, then turned over and fell to the ground.
Zhang Xi didn't believe that the other party was stronger than a cow.
Sure enough, there was a muffled sound in the cave, as a scout, in order to maintain agility and mobility, they are not armor-piercing, once this kind of gadget is hit, there is no one who will not be injured. He scooped up a stone of more than ten catties in one hand, which he had already aimed at before, and with a muffled cry, the stone smashed towards the stone cave with the sound of the wind.
Weng Zhongzhi turtle, all of them are moving forward according to their own ideas.
With a bang, the stone was blocked, and Zhang Xi's figure disappeared at this moment, and he hid himself again. Now, all he needs is to wait.
After counting the time, a figure staggered out of the tree hole, Zhang Xi still did not move, looking at the figure of others, he knew that the toxin began to attack, he counted silently in his heart, and when he counted to eight, the tall figure of the other party finally slammed and fell to the ground.
continued to count to thirty, the other party still did not move, Zhang Xi suddenly rushed out, the short dagger in his hand pierced the other party's calf, the feeling from his hand made him clearly know that the other party had indeed entered a deep coma, a person who was still awake and a person who was in a deep coma when he was stabbed, the reaction of the muscles was completely different.
After confirming this qiē, he finally walked in front of the man with confidence, turned him over, touched him in his arms for a while, and even took out a nameplate, the blood on it had not completely dried up, Zhang Xi was furious, and he wanted to stab the knife down, the knife went to the other party's chest, but he took it back, and grabbed a living one, which was more valuable than a dead one.
He took out a rope from his body, tied him up firmly, gagged him even in his mouth, and stuffed him back into the hollow of the tree, and it was impossible for a man who had been poisoned to wake up without sleeping for a day and a night. He decided to find a few teammates and move the big guy back, it was impossible for one person to transport him back, he didn't know if there were other accomplices hiding in the woods.
Emerging from the hollow in the tree, carefully disguised, he let out a long breath, and then he felt extremely tired. I was trying to take a good rest, but I suddenly raised my head, and on a hill in the distance, a little fire suddenly appeared, accompanied by a sharp whistle, and he was suddenly shocked in his heart, there was a sentry post established by the Eastern Army, and it was also a supply point for them.
Without thinking about it, Zhang Xi pulled his feet and ran over there. (To be continued......)