Section 43 Closing the Palace (3)

This wind-eroded soil forest area lies on the trade road from Polo City to Luntai City, and the place within a radius of more than ten miles is full of platforms and pillars made of earth and stone, the shape resembles a sky forest, and because there will be a strange sound when there is a windy day, it is called the Ghost Crying Forest by the walking merchants, except for the merchants who have to pass by, no one in the vicinity is willing to approach here.

Alke and the others who followed Lao Luo and even the ordinary soldiers of the scout battalion and the cavalry school did not have this taboo, the former because they knew and were not afraid, and the latter because they did not understand and trusted their own commander. So when the stars in the sky began to twinkle, the scout battalion to which Alk belonged had already completed all the ambush work, and some even got themselves some hot food on the top of the pillar of the wind-eroded earth forest before dark, and the two cavalry schools also hid their traces - this kind of wind-eroded terrain looks full of holes and wind, but it is difficult to find the law, these men who fight on horseback, when they get off the horse, they are also not uncles who can't move their legs, and the places where few people walk in the Ghost Crying Forest are not thrown rocks by them to block the road, It is insidiously digging countless horse leg pits in the ground.

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Some people say that the reason why people are human beings is because of their own imperfection but the pursuit of perfection, because of imperfection, it is inevitable to make mistakes, because to pursue perfection must be constantly tempted, so it is also inevitable that temptation will occur, no matter who can never make mistakes all his life is revered as "holy" or "god".

When an ordinary person makes a mistake, at most he is blamed by his family, complained by his neighbors, scolded by his friends, and at most provokes several enemies for life. Once a leader like Li Deming makes a mistake, the consequences are very unpredictable......

Li Deming led more than 6,000 men to this wind-eroded rock formation area. Yumu Duo, who was ahead of the way, stopped his subordinates, and ran to Li Deming's side, "King, there is the Devil Crying Forest in front, do you want to take a break and eat something, and send someone over to explore the way?" ”

"No, how many people are there in Luo Kaixian? This land is still ours after all! Order everyone to quickly rush through the Devil's Cry Forest, then rest and prepare to eat, and wait in the Devil's Cry Forest to ambush them! Li Deming simply ignored the proposal of the alchem wood, he had heard of the legend of the Ghost Crying Forest, but he had never cared, and ...... Although he withdrew from the banks of the Polo River, he did not think that he had lost, in his mind, the Turks and Qarluqs regarded themselves as coolies, but now, the cunning Turks and the two-faced Qarluqs did not use themselves as shields?

As for the soldiers of the Dingyan Army who were thrown on the banks of the Polo River, they had been subconsciously ignored by him. Not for anything else, although the number of people who were thrown on the banks of the Polo River was also counted as the Dingyan army, but most of them were miscellaneous and Han people, and for him, there were still too few party members in Xiazhou and even Suzhou, Guazhou, and Shazhou.

Well, whether his idea is correct or not doesn't care about it, the key is that Li Deming's old experience misled him, even if he had seen something new to him like the pine cannon, it didn't make him really wake up, and Luo Kaixian, a guy who was different from this time and space, was far from what he could guess.

The shape of the whole area of the Devil's Cry Forest is a jujube kernel type that is slightly larger than the east-west span from north to south, and the surrounding areas are either high and low mountains or barren land with quicksand and rocks, the north-south span is about twelve miles, and the east-west span is not less than eight miles, the inner earth and stone pillars are lined up, and the most spacious place in the middle of the passage has nearly 100 steps, but the narrow place can only accommodate a single horse, but in general, it is not a problem to accommodate the more than 6,000 people who retreated from the party.

When the wolfberry duotou opened the way into the Devil's Crying Forest, and had not yet galloped to the eastern exit, the end of the team of more than 6,000 people had completely entered. As for the break? The king didn't even mention it, where did you come from, lamb?

The night is deep, when the moon rises, the party people's team is slowly moving forward in the ghost crying forest passage, a few sounds listen to the night owl sound that does not belong to this world, the party soldiers who are careful to move forward under the moonlight are a little frightened, their own king is afraid of them dare not say, but their hearts are suspicious, and they are about to raise the speed of the horse to get out of this ghost place quickly, when they hear the sound of "fluttering" above their heads, and they have not had time to look up, The sound of crackling and falling to the ground, cursing and shouting in pain, and the neighing of horses sounded all around, and the party soldiers who were exhausted by the hurry instantly panicked.

"What's going on!?" The sudden trouble made Li Deming stunned.

Several party and aristocratic leaders around him were even more pale, and one of them had a better look in his eyes, and saw clearly that it was the debris falling from the earth and stone pillars, and said, "Isn't there really any ghost?" How can the soil and rocks on the mountain fall on their own? ”

"Nonsense!" Li Deming rode over and whipped it over, no matter what it was, didn't the nonsense at this time shake the hearts of the army? Who do you smoke if you don't smoke? After giving a few whips to the person who was talking nonsense, Li Deming shouted: "Everyone hold their shields above their heads and tell the front to speed up and get out of here immediately!" ”

Naturally, there were pro-soldiers who braved the rain of stones and soil to rush to the front to give orders, of course, it was inevitable that the gray head and dirt face plus the nose and face were swollen, and in the black soil forest, even if there were torches, they could not see far, and a few lucky soldiers saw the figure on the top of the dirt slope when they were dodging the falling rocks.

"There's someone up there! There's someone up there! Where did the wild people come from to mess with ghosts on it! A few whining voices shouted, the hoarse cries adding a layer of fear to the panicked crowd. Then the same shouting rang out in all directions.

It's just that when I saw it and shouted it, it didn't serve any birds.

The soldiers of the scout battalion who were lying in ambush above were originally cautious when they threw stones to hide their tracks, but now that they were discovered, they simply let go of their hands and feet, and saw that there were party members passing by under their feet, as long as they felt that they could smash them, they threw down the stones and the like that they had worked so hard to carry before, and as for those that could not be smashed...... Bow and arrow greeting!

Li Deming had the intention to organize people to defend on the spot, but how could the soil and rocks falling from the cliff of more than 100 meters be able to withstand by a mere shield? Organize archers and condor archers to shoot arrows upward, not to mention that the sky is dark and unknown, even if the arrows are only shot, how powerful can they be? Organize thugs to climb up and cut people? Then you have to be able to see the path clearly.

The helpless party members can only desperately flee to the east exit after all kinds of unsuccessful attempts and attempts, and what can Li Deming do without scruples about splitting the head and covering the face with stones and soil blocks and bows and arrows from time to time? He could only be coerced by his men and flocked to the east.

When the swarming party members were about to approach the eastern exit of the Devil Crying Forest, they found that there were piles of dead tree trunks and rotten wood on the ground, as well as a faintly familiar and pungent smell.

The alchemy Muduo who opened the way hurriedly stopped his subordinates, "Stand back!" Back off! Stand back! There is an ambush! ”

It's just that it was too late for the alchem to greet him, and a huge fireball that had once seemed familiar rolled down from the top of the high slope next to it, and the dead branches and broken trees scattered on the ground even caught fire in an instant, and the raging flames completely blocked the exit to the east, and more than a dozen soldiers who dismounted to move the dead branches ran out of the fire with a wail, and a few who wanted to go forward to fight the fire were hugged by the panicked soldiers and were involved in the flames together......

"Quick...... Tell them to roll on the sand! The ones he brought with him were basically his own henchmen, and Yu Muduo cried out in distress.

It's just that no one in the messy passage can hear what he says clearly, and the soldiers next to him are still desperately using their shields to resist the falling rubble, the burning flames force people to keep back, and the horses are even more nervous neighing, and the dozen or so soldiers fell to the ground without moving, and suddenly, several cold arrows shot down.

"Get out of the way...... Checkmate! A soldier jumped up from the horse next to him with a shield in his hand, and shouted and knocked the alchemy off his horse, and the cold arrow of the surprise attack still persistently pierced the chest of the alchement and the back of the pro-soldier.

Immediately followed by the stone clods pouring down, the guards next to them rushed to the front desperately, pulled the alchem out of the stone clods, and dragged the people away from the earthen wall.

Naturally, someone reported all this situation to Li Deming, who was still coming, and the King of Song Feng Xiping almost couldn't get up and get off the horse without a breath, and rubbed his forehead fiercely before he came to his senses, and almost gritted his teeth and asked, "The east exit is blocked?" How about the alchemy flowers? ”

No matter what kind of news he wants to hear, Yuki Duo grew up with him and became close to his playmates.

"Report to the king, the thief used an armor-piercing arrow, and General Yumuduo's right chest and shoulder blade were pierced by an arrow, and he was already unconscious."

Li Deming, who was anxious, looked around through the shields of the guards, "Are you waiting for death here?" There is not only one way out of the east, go in a different direction! ”

In fact, there is no need for him to say, the leaders of the teams below are also testing in all directions, and thousands of people have been knocked down, and the remaining party members who can still run on horseback are like trapped beasts and rats in a cage, but they are either blocked by rocks, or inexplicably cut off the horse's legs, but they dare not easily get off the horse and run, they have been running for most of the day, and now the rice and water have not entered, and they are afraid that they have not been stoned to death by two legs, and they will be tired to death first.

Seeing that the horses of the party were running slower and slower, and the sound of the tired horses panting and wailing could almost be heard on the top of the cliff, the white circles of his eyes waved at the soldiers, "Blow the trumpet, inform Hasna and Fisher that they can assault!" ”

So the long and short sound of the brass horn resounded through the Devil's Cry Forest.

Almost as soon as the sound of the brass horn fell, accompanied by the rapid and rhythmic sound of horses' hooves, Hasna was the first to burst out from the hidden place, this guy's nickname came from his fighting style, except for the first capital led by the black boy Naga, Hasna's five hundred people were all the most savage guys, and they were directly inserted into the tired party soldiers and horses, and everywhere they went, it could really be said that people were turning over.

Old hunters who like to hunt in the mountains and forests know that the most difficult thing to provoke in the mountains and forests is not tigers and bears, but wild boars.

No matter what era, the style of the warrior generally follows the commander, with the mountain boar of Hasna taking the lead, the seventh cavalry school is like a group of crazy wild boars directly broke up the already chaotic party ranks, facing them in armor and holding long knives, they are exhausted and have no power to fight back.

Under the chaos, Li Deming was guarded by a group of guards to retreat to the opening to the west of the Ghost Crying Forest, and as soon as he saw the direction of the gap from a distance by the moonlight, he saw a huge fireball slipping from the top, and the volume of the rattan ball and the flames firmly blocked the gap.

"Oops, I'm dead!" Li Deming couldn't hold it anymore, the continuous losses and the series of blows directly eliminated his will to win, and then his body fell off the horse's back with a crooked body.

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