Chapter 616: Southbound (13)
The dark clouds are combined, and the stars and the moon are lightless. The weather was not good tonight, and the clouds obscured the stars and moon, and although it was not so much that you could not see your fingers, if you were more than ten steps away from each other, you could only barely see an outline, and if you were farther away, you could not see anything. The wind blows the rustle of the grass and trees, even if it is an old soldier who has been in battle for a long time, it is inevitable that the grass and trees will feel like soldiers in this environment.
Xu Le and his entourage, dressed in black robes, carefully walked through the forest. After Xu Le was the pioneer Xiaoliu was broken, the two of them stepped away one after the other, so as not to be plotted against her. Although he expected this trip to be dangerous when he went out, he never thought of learning from the green forest people and doing night raids, so he did not prepare night clothes. These three-collared black shirts were still prepared for them by Lin Wangsan. Fortunately, he has a lot of money, even if he prepares it in a hurry, the three clothes and the soft boots under his feet are extremely decent, and it has no effect on walking through the woods and grass.
Xu dared to do things without capital in troubled times, and he was extremely good at night walking. However, Xu Wei is on the right path of a military general, and he has never learned this ability. When Xu Dang taught Xu Le's skills in Xu Jialu, he also passed on the night walking kung fu. At the beginning, I just wanted to make up for my regrets to avoid the loss of the Xu family's skills, and then the fun of teasing my grandson, but now it comes in handy. Xu Le walked between the woodlands as light as a cat, even if he was close to Xiao Liu, he couldn't hear much sound, let alone other people.
Buli is also a good night walker, her small body can't wear heavy armor to make it impossible to move long soldiers, and she can't play much role on the battlefield of thousands of troops. But on occasions such as night walking and even sneaking into night attacks, this light body is a natural advantage, and ordinary people only have red eyes.
Although Xiao Liu's skills are not as good as these two, he is not an idle person after all. There are others who are also thin in stature, and when they perform light skills, they take advantage of others more. If he and Han Yue change positions, the little door god sneaks in at night, and I am afraid that the news will leak out after half a mile.
Acting in a pitch black environment, it is not easy to avoid making noises and guard against bandit scouts and ambushes. Rao is Xu Le's stunt, and he doesn't dare to be careless.
Xie Jiu sold his family cleanly, and even the bandits' camps and surrounding arrangements were clearly described, and the confessions of other soldiers were cross-referenced, so it was confirmed that what he said was true. According to his description, the Xie family's subordinates, who were on duty at night, were divided into two batches: light and dark. Ming Sentinels patrol the sentry with swords and spears, looking like an elite, but in fact, within the ministry, their status is not high. Most of the time they are outcasts, and what really works is the secret sentry that hides in the grass and woods.
Once the sentinels are dealt with, these outposts can be the first to call the police, allowing other bandits to deal with them. This is still a normal duty arrangement, once you encounter a real enemy, the real night battle elite will be dispatched.
The number of these elite soldiers is small, but they all have extraordinary skills, and their ears and eyes are far better than robes. In the battle of the Great Army, the role of these people is not too great. But when it comes to night attacks, they're all good hunters. Thinking that Xie Yongzhi led the troops and the last thief leader who was entrenched in Parrot Continent, this group of elites killed hundreds of opponents overnight. The thieves were killed, but they didn't know who they died in and thought that there were ghosts and gods, and thousands of people were frightened.
For today's Xie family, these elite soldiers can no longer be cultivated with one less than one, and they cannot be easily lost, so they are usually not sent. This time, Xie Yongzhi used Xie Jiu to lure Xu Le and his party to come to Parrot Island to throw themselves into the net, and these elite killers would naturally be sent out.
He was not afraid of these so-called elite skills, but he was just worried that once these people found out about their whereabouts, they would be in the way of rescuing Han Yue. It was because he was extremely careful all the way, and even mobilized the six senses around his body to the limit, and he was extremely vigilant in the jungle, although his travel speed was fast, but he did not neglect his vigilance because of this, and along the way, he had found three traps, and he successfully avoided them.
The distance to the location of the trilogy was getting closer and closer, and the three of them became more and more vigilant. As he was walking forward, Xu Le suddenly stopped, and the two behind him stopped at the same time without commanding. The three of them could already smell the strong smell of blood in the air, and they knew that something was wrong. They were all martial artists, and they were all too familiar with the smell of blood, and they knew that such a strong smell would never be emitted by one or two corpses, and there would be at least five or six corpses nearby to have such a heavy smell.
Fire between water bandits is commonplace, and many people are worried about such a treasure as Parrot Island. It is common to fight for territory, and thieves are not officers and soldiers, so night battles and sneak attacks are all habitual methods. However, since Xie Yongzhi and others occupied Parrot Island, they have really fought a few tough battles, and the bandits with names and surnames in the vicinity have been uprooted one by one, and the rest also know that the people of Parrot Island are not easy to mess with, and they dare not come to send them to death, so it is unlikely that this will happen. After all, these troops of the Xie family are not real thieves, and now they are the great enemy, it is impossible to distribute fire for goods like ordinary water thieves, how can so many people die in a good way? It's suspicious.
The three of them groped for the smell of blood, Bu Li and Xiao Liu both tensed their bodies, ready to fight at any time, but Xu Le was relatively relaxed. Like Buli, he has night eyes, and although his vision at night is not as good as that during the day, it is not too far behind, so he was the first to find the location of the dead body.
At a glance, it can be determined that there are at least eight corpses piled in one place, and there are obvious traces of drag on the ground, and it is obvious that someone killed someone and dragged the corpses here. If it was the Xie family's internal fire, it would definitely not be so troublesome, and if you don't ask, you can know that the murderer must be the opponent of this group.
The Xie family's subordinates take the city and the official warehouse as their main goals, and they are no longer rich businessmen, and they don't do much to rob their homes. There are not many enemies, but every enemy is a ruthless character. It is not uncommon for someone to find a strong soldier to seek revenge here.
Although it is the rival of the Xie family, for Xu Le, this is not good news. The opponent's opponent may not be a friend, not to mention that what he wants is to act secretly to ensure the safety of Han Yue, if there is a daredevil, make Xie Yongzhi mistakenly think that Han Yue is useless and start harming, wouldn't it be terrible? Instead of rejoicing at the intrusion of others, his face became even more ugly.
Buli and Xiaoliu also came over to help Xu Le examine the body. Five of the corpses were dressed in leather armor, and at first glance it was clear that they were the sentinels who acted as substitutes for the dead. The other corpses were dressed in black shirts, and Xu Le thought they were the hidden stakes among the thieves, but then he realized that his judgment was wrong. These black-shirted corpses were all equipped with crossbows, and they were well-made and powerful, not much inferior to the weapons equipped by the eagle soldiers they had encountered in Chang'an.
The Xie family's business is not as good as before, and the texture of the armor and spears of his subordinates cannot be guaranteed. For example, this kind of exquisite crossbow is also an extremely precious weapon for the Xie family, and there are not many of them in the ministry. The guards around Xie Yongzhi who can hold this kind of crossbow are those elusive night battle elites, and it is impossible to equip them with dark stakes. Could it be that these people are not hidden piles, but those elite soldiers?
Xu Le leaned down and prepared to examine the corpses of the two, but Bu Li's movements were faster, and he had already grabbed a dagger from one of the corpses and handed it to Xu Le. When the dagger was unsheathed half an inch, you could feel the chill of the forest. Everyone is no stranger to weapons, especially Bu Li, who is a good hand with a dagger. She stretched out two fingers towards Xu Le, indicating that this dagger was made of at least twenty refining refined iron. Don't look at the short size, which is not conducive to battle, but such a dagger can often cover the March salary of ordinary soldiers.
Those who can be equipped with such weapons must be those legendary warriors who are skilled in night battles. I thought they were hunters in the night, but I didn't expect them to become prey at this time, and the corpses were killed here silently. Xu Le didn't think that these people were really invincible in their magical skills, but after all, they were familiar with the terrain when they had been entrenched on Parrot Island for a long time, and they were indeed experts in night battles. It was not uncommon to kill them, and it was not an ordinary thing to do, as a result of which a few people did not alarm the brigade and did not allow them to raise the alarm.
Bu Li pointed to the wound, his little hand was gesturing there, and Xu Le and Xiao Liu were also observing. All three are experts at killing people, and they don't find it difficult to judge the wounds and speculate on the killer's methods. The three of them looked at the wound and deliberated on the situation, and Xu Le's brows gradually furrowed. He could be sure that the men had died at the hands of the same man, and that the murderer was not only skillful, but also possessed a sword worthy of the name of a sharp-nosed sword.
It's not surprising at all, after all, there are many treasures in the world, and it can't be that Xu Le alone has them. Judging from the wounds of the black-shirted men and the weapons on their bodies, they were killed before they could defend themselves. This kind of means is not possessed by ordinary good hands, and their nocturnal skills and agility are by no means ordinary people. Even among the hundreds of thousands of troops in Jinyang, there are very few fighting generals who have this means, and the appearance of such people in Parrot Island is inevitably unsettling.
Bu Li even found a leaf from the corpse of a black-shirted man, proving that this person was hiding in the canopy before, thinking that it was extremely hidden, but he didn't expect to be killed without waiting for a reaction when he was touched behind him. Xu Le also found that there were two bodies without heads, which were obviously cut off.
He gestured in the direction, and vaguely depicted the scene in his mind. A skilled warrior secretly climbed the big tree and first ended up hiding in the tree, and then jumped down, taking advantage of the condescending convenience to swing his sword, and easily cut off the heads of the two sentinels.
The place chosen for these posts is a hundred-year-old tree, and the body of the tree is extremely tall. Even these elites who are good at night battles have to work hard to climb trees. When jumping from the canopy, you need to use equipment such as hooks or thick ropes. But this martial artist who kills people relies on his own means to jump down and kill people. Although Xu Le is well-informed, he has never heard of such a supernatural light body kung fu.
They were in a forest, and the wind rustled the leaves. Xu Le looked up at the big tree in front of him, estimating that if he jumped from such a high height with his skills, would he be able to stand on his feet calmly and unscathed? Han Xiaoliu's eyes widened in disbelief, he didn't believe that there were such strangers in the world. Bu Li frowned, although she was very lightweight, but jumping down from such a high tree, I was afraid that she would also hurt her bones. The three of them imagined that someone was moving around in this kind of forest and killing people like mowing grass, and they couldn't help but feel a little nervous in their hearts.
Just when the three of them were pondering who the person who came was sacred, he actually had such a powerful light body kung fu, and on the canopy of the big tree behind them, a pair of tiger eyes had firmly locked on Xu Le. The visitor hid in the tree for a long time, but he never found a suitable opportunity and did not act rashly.
Until this time, seeing that the three of them were all looking unwilling, it was the perfect opportunity for a sneak attack that he raised the treasure knife in his hand above his head, flew down from the canopy, and slashed towards Xu Le!