Chapter III. 149. Personal safety is guaranteed

Since Bai Wenyan and Shen Guiye parted from Xuanyue Mountain, it seemed that they had completely evaporated from the world, and there was no news at all; However, this old lady has always been a loose character of the divine dragon, and there is the most fundamental difference between him and those who have a relatively fixed range of activities. So every once in a while, there will always be a few young men on the rivers and lakes who are eager to break out, swaggering and deceiving as the eldest disciple of the Yan Sheng Gong......

Although everyone knew that their words were extremely unreliable, because no one in the entire Huayu Continent could know the exact whereabouts of a Heavenly Spirit Veiner; Therefore, whether Bai Wenyan is still in the world has always been a hot topic after tea and dinner among people in the rivers and lakes; And those impostor young people will not live long at all......

Today, this Yan Shenggong, who has always been a divine dragon, stood side by side with a man in white in a cave on Bashu Road, and the two of them were observing Shen Gui of the Western Army of Dudou Town in the Valley of Forgotten Worries.

After listening to the gossip of the man in white, Bai Wenyan pointed to Shen Gui, who was the size of an ant in the distance, and said to the nosy man in white:

"Hey? I said, "You're big enough!" Seeing that the Zhuhai Sword Pool was burned into ruins by Zhu Yuntao, do you still have the leisure to get involved in the matter between the two of us? Since I, Bai Wenyan, have arrived in time, even if Da Luo Jinxian comes into the world in a while, I will definitely be able to save his little life! If you are really uncomfortable, you should take care of the idle affairs of your junior brothers! Tut-tut, look at your Zhuhai Sword Pool, what kind of stuff have you taught over the years! I originally thought that your ancestor Yue Haishan was stupid enough; I didn't expect you apprentices to be stupider than him! ”

It turned out that this man in white was also a disciple of Zhuhai Sword Pool! But if this is the case, why did he just see the disciples of Jianchi being slaughtered by Zhu Yuntao's men, but he didn't stop it, and he didn't have any anxiety or anger!

"This is my Jianchi family matter, so I won't bother your old man. But since Shen Gui is this kid's life, you must save it; Then even if your old man helps, the protagonist is also him Shen Gui, not our Zhuhai Sword Pool...... I said Bai senior, today's favor, I'm afraid you can't sell it! ”

"Oh, the toad yawns, you kid is not small! From top to bottom, do you owe me less favor to Bai Wenyan? And without the words of the old man, Yue Haishan, the founder of your family, is afraid that at this age, he is still doing those shady things! ”

After finishing speaking, Bai Wenyan was like a scoundrel, and spat hard outside the cave; In the next instant, the Heavenly Spirit Vein disappeared into the cave; The man in white who stayed in place also shook his head and smiled bitterly, and kicked his feet on the rock wall, like a goshawk falling from the sky, swooping towards the Haishan Hall in the distance......

At the same time, Urge and Qi Yan, who were divided into two routes, had climbed the cliffs on the east and west sides respectively; According to the above marks on the topographic map, there are two simple bamboo towers with a wide field of vision and condescending in the position not far from them, which are the 'guard posts' selected by Hong Feng himself; according to Shen Gui's preliminary assumptions, these four points are indeed the most perfect lookout and sniper positions; since the enemy's commander is a veteran of battle, he will definitely not give up occupying the observation position!

However, whether it was Urge in the East Mountain or Qi Yan in the West Mountain, they thought that after reaching the top, they would face a bloody battle after walking a few steps, but no one expected that both sides would all pounce!

The most fundamental reason why Shen Gui's plan was wrong was because he was not from a military background. Although his tactical thinking is advanced enough, his vision and pattern are broad enough; But when it comes to the practical application of the heat and the ability to adapt on the spot, it is a hard kung fu that can't be shortcut at all!

It's like saying that a doctor who has been reading medical books for decades will definitely encounter strange problems that he has never thought about when he really uses a knife on the body of a living person!

There is still a huge gap between application and theory.

And the reason for Shen Gui's misjudgment today is so simple that it is ridiculous!

In fact, as early as when Shen Gui was young, when he followed Wu Chengfeng to practice martial arts, he had already touched on this reason; After being separated from each other by a certain distance and taking the lead in secretly attacking, the next move is neither to observe the results of the battle, nor to quickly carry out a second pursuit; Instead, you should hide your own hiding and leave the position of the shot, which is the top priority.

In layman's terms, it's a shot and a different place.

This principle also applies to the small guerrilla forces on the battlefield! Except for the unique archer cavalry of the Mobei grassland, all ranged attack classes that are lone on the battlefield will immediately turn into fish on the chopping board as long as they are approached by melee troops! Moreover, this huge gap in strength is not a problem that can be completely solved by improving the combat capability of individual soldiers. Because each soldier, without affecting his own activities, has its own strict upper limit on the weight of the burden and the specifications of the equipment! Therefore, these crossbowmen can only carry a talisman short sword with them at most; Moreover, the real meaning of this short sword is not to enhance the lethality of the crossbowman in close combat, but more like a functional strategic tool!

Therefore, in the Zhenxi Army, the number of personnel of this 'infantry ranger bow team' responsible for special tasks is very limited; and in Zhu Yuntao's original formation concept, they should have been the 'archer cavalry' in the Bashu Dao area, which can ensure their own safety while maintaining long-range lethality; if necessary, they also need to divert the enemy's elite troops and fight a kite battle with them chasing each other, so as to pull enough space for the frontal battlefield.

However, everything is inseparable from the words 'adapt to local conditions'! The topography of the Bashu region is really not conducive to the march of horses; Therefore, after several reorganizations, the more than 100 Mobei equestrian masters who Zhu Yuntao had worked hard to recruit have become today's 'creeping tigers' from Bashu Dao!

These 100 crossbowmen were originally hung on the steep cliffs and made a living by collecting and selling medicines; Therefore, long before they joined the army, they already had extremely strong psychological quality and amazing climbing skills; After Zhu Yuntao's training and selection, he finally became a killer in the Zhenxi Army!

If the five hundred armor soldiers of the elite battalion are an incomparably sharp sword; Then these 100 'mountain crossbowmen' are the hidden weapons in the Zhenxi Army, and they seal their throats with blood!

According to their historical combat habits, they will only choose the advantageous position with the best view when their own side is attacking; When the first round of attacks is completed, or when they are standing still, they will quickly retreat to the next advantageous position.

In this way, not only the melee units sent by the enemy to search for crossbowmen are destined to be the first to pounce; Moreover, they choose a second-level advantageous position to ambush, and they can also take into account the direction of the previous attack at the same time, and wait for the opponent's search force to enter the trap......

This way of thinking, if it is placed in the intrigue of the neighborhood, even a three-year-old child cannot be deceived; However, once the two armies face each other, they can often take advantage of some small advantages......

And those decisive conditions that can influence the direction of a battle are often made up of countless small advantages!

Urge has lived with Li Xuanyu on Zhongshan Road in Youbei for ten years, so of course he is quite familiar with those hunters who shuttle between the deep mountains and old forests all day long; And Qi Yan is not only the 'Future Star of the Snitch Realm', but also from the Orion family! Therefore, although the two of them knew that time was pressing and every second was competing, neither of them went straight to the 'Sword Pool Warning Position' marked on the topographic map......

Whether it was Urge or Qi Yan, they were all extremely cautious, and they ran headlong into the crossbowmen of the Zhenxi Army, who were also cautious and waiting for an opportunity......

Needless to say, the old and experienced Urge naturally did not need to say much, and after relieving the initial surprise, he immediately pounced on the opponent's bow and crossbow team of more than 20 people like a tiger entering a flock of sheep; In less than a cup of tea, the entire crossbow squad was wiped out......

But the war on the other side is not so clean. It wasn't until Urge had already left the stronghold in the East Mountain that the encounter on the West Mountain officially began! Although with Qi Yan's skills, it certainly cannot be compared with Urge; But he has far more ghost ideas in his head than Urge!

He has studied art with the thief king Chu Zhi since he was a child, and naturally he has also practiced a silent lightweight method; So although he also met these Zhenxi Army crossbowmen unexpectedly, no one on the other side was aware of the visit of this uninvited guest!

Qi Yan used the fingertip knife he carried with him to secretly cut the throat of a soldier, and then quietly changed into his Zhenxi military uniform!

As the so-called art masters are bold, it seems that the psychological quality of this thief is also a top tough! The outermost outlying outpost was silently assassinated by Qi Yan, and all the remaining crossbowmen were now nervously preserving the best sniper positions that had been reduced to bait; So Qi Yan actually used this almost child's play method to cut the throats of more than 20 crossbowmen one after another!

And at this moment, the battle in front of the canyon road has also reached a white-hot stage!

When the two sides just fought, Shen Gui struggled to dance the Spring Rain Sword, and really beat back the Zhenxi Army that had already stepped into the Valley of Forgotten Worries; However, his mission this time was to delay time, not to kill and injure the enemy's living force, so he blocked the enemy's team at the mouth of the canyon and safely resisted the attack of the opponent's four people; Even if he made a move as a last resort, he only wanted to hurt the enemy, not kill people.

Don't get me wrong, he didn't do this because he was kind-hearted and pure-natured; Rather, it was because he preferred to face four lightly wounded men who were exhausted; I don't want to face those new forces with a lot of physical strength......

However, this little bit of his caution was completely dissolved by the elite battalion before he could enjoy it for a while......