Chapter 4 Forty, the fragrance of wood flowers
Among the men and horses sent by the Southeast General Hall this time, there were about 300 "Xinying".
This is a unit that can only be found in the Southeast General Hall, and its role is to transmit information on the battlefield.
Unlike the average Nightblade members, the people in this unit are very firm in their belief in the righteousness of Nightblade. To be a member of this army is a great honor for Yefeng.
Although they will not face the enemy on a frontal battlefield, they often have to carry out missions that are more dangerous than battlefield combat.
Penetrating the enemy's sphere of influence to ventilate and report is a common occurrence for them.
And when they enter the "Shin Eagle", they swear that they will never be captured by the enemy. If they don't have a chance to escape, don't expect their companions to rescue them, the only thing they need to do is to end up with their own lives.
Having such an intelligence transmission personnel is simply a gift from God to the Southeast General Hall.
And the three hundred "letter eagles" brought by Chang Ao this time have been equally divided among the teams of people. That is, for every three hundred people, there is one "letter eagle".
After Jin Xu and Chu Shang were left behind by Deng Jiang, they didn't do nothing. They sent two five-person Shin Ying to pass on the situation to Gong Yi and Chang Ao respectively.
This is done just to increase the success rate of the delivery. After all, they are in the enemy's sphere of influence at this time, and who can be sure that there will be a second ambush.
However, the waiting time is always the hardest for anyone.
A certain Jin Shaoxia has been venting his irritability, and the unlucky one is the tree on the side of the road.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
The trees that had been cut down made a pleading sound.
"Alright, just wait quietly, don't cut it." Chu Shang couldn't stand the noise that had lasted for nearly half an hour any longer, and said to Jin Xu with some annoyance.
"Deng Fentong has been gone for a long time, but he still hasn't returned! It's better to let me bring some people to answer than to wait here. ”
"If you are really worried about the division, don't talk about it again. He was afraid that you would be impulsive, so he deliberately didn't take you there. ”
"Alas!" Jin Xu angrily plunged the knife back into his waist.
It's not that he figured it out, it's just that it's because ...... His hands were blistered.
Just then, a voice came from ahead.
Everyone began to be vigilant, although everyone hoped that it was Deng Jiang, but after all, it was always right to be careful.
"Xu'er, Shang'er, I have already found out that there are indeed several caves ahead, although the northern hall is disguised, but in one cave, a heavy gate is still faintly visible."
The person who came was none other than Deng Jiang, who, with his concealment skills, finally discovered the entrance to the Northern Hall disguised as a bear's den.
However, he could only wait and see from afar. Because, he was quite sure, at the mouth of the cave, there were also creepy traps.
In fact, the traps in the Northern Hall are very cleverly set up, because as long as you follow a certain pace, you can not trigger the trap at all.
But for outsiders, this is tantamount to a pipe dream.
After deliberation, the three decided that they could only use the bows and arrows of the cavalry battalion as a temptation. Of course, such an effect must not be accurate, because after all, there is a big difference between the impact of the arrow and the weight of the person.
But he couldn't let his subordinates die in vain, and although Jin Xu angrily proposed the idea of looting the people from the neighborhood, he was immediately rejected by the other two.
Even if they take different paths, Ye Feng is Ye Feng after all, if he harms the people for the sake of killing each other, what is the difference between it and the dog officer who loots civilians all day long.
However, Deng Jiang also put forward another idea - waiting for Chang Ao's main formation.
Because in the follow-up troops, there are men and horses who drive the beasts to fight, so it may be better to let them test it.
It's just that Chu Shang estimates that this force, the "Wild Beast Battalion", which joined Yefeng because of the exclusion of his fellow clansmen, may not be willing to do so.
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Gong Yi finally cleared all the obstacles in the road.
During the whole process, no subordinate dared to step forward to help, because they knew that Gong Yi, who was extremely angry, did not distinguish between the enemy and me.
"Everybody get on your horse and get ready to go." Gong Yi looked at the remaining more than 3,000 people and said.
"Should we tell Pi Shuai what happened here?" Zilu asked respectfully.
"Just leave two letter eagles, and the rest of the people will continue to attack with me."
"Yes." Although they are both divided into different systems, in the eyes of everyone, Gong Yi's status has surpassed that of any night marshal.
In this way, the cavalry mounted their horses one after another and followed Gong Yi to gallop along the main road.
After walking for a short time, a lot of wood carvings and plants suddenly appeared in the middle of the road ahead.
Gong Yi cautiously stood on the horse, and as a gust of wind blew in his face, he couldn't help frowning.
The wood carving flowers are actually fragrant!
"Order, order people to set fire to these wood carvings, be careful of poison." There are so many masters who are proficient in poison in each main hall, although Gong Yi can't use it, he can also distinguish one from the other.
"Whew!"
On his orders, several cavalrymen lit torches and threw them at the wooden carvings in front.
Since the location of the North Hall was originally chosen, all the winds here are blowing outward.
At the same time as the fire ignited, thick smoke also wafted out and drifted towards Gongyi's men and horses.
"Not good! Cover your mouth and nose! Exit first! Gong Yi suddenly realized something, turned his horse and gave orders to everyone.
Gong Yi was suddenly very glad that he had met a night marshal under the old ten sages in the Southeast General Hall-Qiyang.
He was the No. 1 master of drug use in the Southeast General Hall, and he had also traveled all over the world and gained a lot of knowledge.
It was such a coincidence that Qiyang once mentioned this poison to himself - "fire pet".
The peculiarity of this poison is that it is not usually toxic, only aroma. However, once it encounters fire, the green smoke will turn into highly poisonous. No contact is required, as long as the exposed part of the body comes into contact with this green eye, it will be poisoned.
Poisoned people will first feel feverish and then become delirious. Then, wherever it comes into contact with the body, the skin will be opened.
When Miyayi saw the smoke that was getting thicker and thicker, he knew the enemy's strategy.
How insidious! Hide the poison in a hollow wood carving to lure the enemy into setting it on fire, and then the real killer moves.
Despite his clever strategy, Gong Yi's heart was a little more disdainful.
Everyone in the Southeast General Hall has a special feeling - one day they will be able to fight on the battlefield.
So, they didn't come here to compete with these inhuman objects.
Everyone was angry and annoyed! Since the southeast hall, there has never been such a grueling battle.
An enemy is not injured, but his own side has lost thousands of people, and this kind of defeat is not comfortable for anyone.
Everyone was getting angry, and after suddenly seeing the fire, Duan Xuan and Qin Zhen rode away.
"Two bastards!" Gong Yi was really angry this time. To everyone's surprise, he drove his horse towards the smoke and fire.
"Palace Commander! Cannot! Zilu shouted eagerly.
But Gong Yi couldn't hear it at all.
Everyone has weaknesses, and Miyayi is no exception. His weakness is his companions. Because of his early experience, he could no longer bear the fall of his companions around him, so if it weren't for the Seven Sages to come forward to save him, Gong Yi would have returned to the field long ago.
This time he led troops to attack the Northern Headquarters, and he refuted it vigorously, but no one supported it. That's why he took the initiative to invite Ying to come, hoping to reduce the casualties of his own people. But in the day after arriving here, he had already lost so many subordinates, and Gong Yi was completely filled with anger at this time.
However, the war horse did not lose his mind like him, and instinctively stopped as he approached the scorching flames.
A person who loses his mind will not distinguish between friend and foe. The next moment, Gong Yi looked down at the war horse under his crotch with cold eyes, and suddenly he took an arrow from the saddle and stabbed it into the right eye of the war horse.
The war horse struggled due to severe pain, but Gong Yi, with his superb martial arts, immediately jumped off the stirrup. And when he dismounted, he also pulled out the saber he was carrying and directly cut the throat of the war horse.
"Plop!" The horse fell to the ground.
Gong Yi didn't even look at it, and continued to run towards the fire.
"All the soldiers obey the order! Come with me to help the palace commander! Zilu didn't care if Gong Yi would make a move on herself at this time, and forcibly gave the order.
In fact, with Gong Yi's prestige, even if Zilu didn't give the order, the soldiers were ready to step forward.
Duan Xuan and Qin Zhen on the opposite side looked at Gong Yi and Zilu and their subordinates, and a trace of admiration also rose.
"Let's go, don't look at it. Even if they can carry it again, so desperately, the 'Fire Pet' will also take their lives. Duan Xuan turned his head a little reluctantly.
"It's a pity...... A hero. Although Qin Zhen's face was expressionless, his voice was equally regretful.
There is nothing to say, there is nothing to look at, and many of the enemies who stupidly used their weapons to pick apart the wooden carvings have already fallen.
The poison of the "Fire Pets" is so fierce that they can't survive it.
"If Gong Yi knew where the road ahead of him led, I am afraid that he would still be annoyed." Duan Xuan said with a wry smile.
Qin Zhen nodded, because he also felt that Gong Yi was a little worthless to die like this.
In fact, the main road does lead to a certain part of the northern main hall, but it is not connected to other facilities. Because the road leads to only one place - the northern grain fields.
It was a fertile land inhabited by ordinary people, and in this troubled world, it was like a paradise.
No one in the Han Court knew about the existence of this place, not even the civil and military who had a cooperative relationship with Ye Feng. Because it was a joint decision of several wise and old: all the refugees who were homeless and nowhere to go were housed here, and the only exit from the grain fields was also concealed, so it was almost completely closed.
The people who live here will take the initiative to give a certain amount of food to the northern Yefeng on time every month as a thank you.
The two sides have been cooperating and mutually beneficial, but this peaceful day was broken by the enemy who came to attack.
Gong Yi sacrificed more than a thousand cavalry, and what he desperately wanted to attack was just an ordinary village.
This is the mockery of the benevolent in troubled times.