Chapter 69: Ambush in the Valley
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The lights flickered, the chanting sounded, and the fire was warm.
Zhen Rong is working a **** young female believer, and there is a body that has been stripped like an sheep next to her, and the owner of the body is opening a pair of big eyes like Qinghong, observing the most primitive ritual in the world, and the eyes are so clear and pious.
Finally, after a violent tremor, Zhen Rong suddenly stopped, and lay on the woman under him, panting and sweating profusely.
"What the archmage said is right, this consecration ceremony really consumes his mana, looking at the current appearance of the archmage, the mana consumed will probably take a long time to make up for it." The big eyes blinked, and a ripple rippled.
Zhen Rong gradually came back to his senses, touched the softness under him contentedly, turned his head to look at the big eyes beside him, and handed over a kind look.
"This mage has consumed too much, and I need to rest for a while before I can enlighten you."
The big eyes blinked again, and bowed slightly.
Zhenrong stood up, walked to the window in this way, and looked at the night outside the templeβthe stupas near and far were shadowed, and they looked particularly peaceful in the sound of chanting.
"It's going to be the annual Buddha bathing meeting again, and after this time, I will probably be able to gather a lot of devout believers, as long as it takes a few more years, I can build Xiapi into a Buddhist paradise, and then maybe I have the opportunity to be a real protector." Zhen Rong set his eyes on the golden Buddha statue in the room again, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face again.
After a long time, after taking some divine medicine, Zhenrong became fierce again, and finally successfully completed the two daily consecration ceremonies.
Then, Zhu Rong hugged the two soft bodies and fell asleep deeply.
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In a long and narrow valley about ten miles away from the Futu Temple, a small army of more than 500 people has just arrived.
"Childe, this is the only way to get to the Geyishan Barracks from Xiapi City and Futu Temple, and it is a good place to set up an ambush." Mulan is wearing a helmet and armor, and she is heroic.
Liu Miao carefully looked at the surrounding terrain and nodded.
Xiapi City, Futu Temple and Geyishan Barracks are in the shape of an inverted triangle, but whether you start from Xiapi City or Futu Temple, if you want to go to Geyishan Barracks, you must pass through this valley artery.
Liu Miao did not shy away from taking out a bunch of divine arm bows from the system space, and ordered: "First distribute these three hundred divine arm bows, and you and I will take Yan Yunqi and these three hundred people to set up an ambush head-on." Then lay an ambush of a hundred men on each side of the valley, using ordinary bows and arrows. Be careful to hide your horse and not make any noise. β
"Good!" Mulan immediately went to arrange.
Soon, all the sergeants were in their places, and in the early hours of March there was still a chill, but the sergeants seemed to lie on the ground unconsciously. The valley quickly fell silent, and there was no unusual sound other than the slight sound of the wind.
Liu Miao is very satisfied, the elite soldiers produced by this system are really extraordinary, and their loyalty and execution are flawless.
Liu Miao and Hua Mulan also walked between the sergeants, lay down, and waited quietly.
About half an hour later, a scout from the rear came to Liu Miao's side and reported: "Lord, the fire is on!" β
Liu Miao stood up and looked in the direction of Geyi Mountain, and sure enough, he saw the firelight in the sky.
Xu Da finally began to attack, Liu Miao suddenly felt his blood boiling, and ordered: "Let the brothers cheer up, check the bow and crossbow again, and be ready to fight at any time." β
After a rustling sound, the valley was calm again.
The fire in the sky became more and more intense, and even the sound of fighting was gradually heard.
"Childe, can Xu Da successfully complete the task?" After a while, Mulan couldn't help but ask Liu Miao softly.
"Don't worry, Xu Da is fine, there is still a military advisor! There should be no general in the enemy camp who can defeat Xu Da, and the combat power of the Xuanjia Army is not comparable to the enemy soldiers, not to mention that it is still a sneak attack, and it is only a matter of time before the enemy camp is taken. β
Mulan thought for a moment and didn't speak again.
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"Uncle, Geyi Mountain is on fire!"
In the Futu Temple, Zhenrong was wandering in the sweet dream of the paradise of Buddhism, but was suddenly awakened by someone.
"What's going on?" Zhen Rong was disturbed by his dreams, and he was very unhappy, if he hadn't seen his nephew Zhen Xin coming, he would have been furious.
"Geyi Mountain is on fire, it is the direction of the barracks, and the sound of fighting can be faintly heard, there may be someone attacking the barracks." Zheng Xin hurriedly expressed his judgment.
Zhen Rong grabbed a piece of clothing in a random manner, wrapped it around his body, ran to the window to inspect, and found that it was indeed as Zhen Xin said.
"Xin'er, quickly send someone to Xiapi City to find Que Xuan, and ask him to take the county soldiers to Geyi Mountain." Zhen Rong commanded.
"The county soldiers are all infantry, is it too late to rush over?"
"There are 5,000 soldiers and horses in the Geyi Mountain barracks, I can't think of anyone who can capture it in a short time, it is estimated that some bandits are making trouble!" Zhen Rong said, "You order five hundred cavalry in the temple and go with Que Xuan, I will make a little arrangement, and then I will arrive." β
"Yes!" Zheng Xin immediately walked out.
Que Xuan's assembly speed was very fast, and when Zhen Xin led 500 cavalry to Xiapi City, Que Xuan had already taken nearly 2,000 soldiers out of the city.
Zhen Xin hurriedly rushed up and joined a team with Que Xuan. It is said that Zhen Xin led the cavalry, and in order to seize time, he should have taken the first step, but Zhen Xin was too timid to go alone.
The two men went straight to Geyi Mountain with their soldiers and horses, and soon arrived at the valley where Liu Miao was ambushed, but they did not realize whether there was a problem in the valley.
When he walked to the middle of the valley, Zhen Xin suddenly asked Que Xuan, "Brother, did you hear any sound?" β
Que Xuan has always looked down on Zhen Xin in his heart, thinking that Zhen Xin was suspicious again, so he said with disdain: "What other sound can there be?" The sound of the fight in Ge Yi Mountain. β
After speaking, he waved his hand loudly, "Speed up!" β
As soon as the words fell, he heard a dull sound of breaking the air, and he subconsciously turned sideways on his horse, and it was at this moment that a sharp arrow passed by him, and with a "plop" it drilled into the head of a cavalryman behind him, and the little soldier did not snort, and fell to the ground.
"There's an ambush!"
Que Xuan shouted, he reacted quickly, realized that the target was too obvious on the horse, so he quickly jumped off his horse and hid in the crowd of soldiers.
By this time, a dense stream of arrows had already followed, all burrowing into the crowd.
The arrows were extremely fast and powerful, far surpassing ordinary bows and arrows, often piercing the body of one soldier before killing a second person.
For a moment, the popping sound of arrows entering the flesh, the exclamations and screams of the soldiers were intertwined, and the soldiers of Xiapi County fell in rows like cutting wheat.
Que Xuan was soon exposed to the blow of the arrow again, and he had realized that he could not escape at this time, so he had to pretend to be an arrow, and fell to the ground, grabbing a dead body at random and blocking it in front of him.
And Zhenxin, who was the first to sense the danger, thought of running away as soon as he saw the flying arrows. I have to say that cowardice also has the advantage of being cowardly, and he really picked up a life because of this, he has already broken away from the army with a group of cronies at this time, and rushed out of the valley when he came.
The arrows from behind could not reach him, but soon there were feathered arrows on both sides of the valley, but not as dense as in the front, and although there were people around him who kept dismounting, fortunately the feathered arrows did not hit him.
But those small soldiers were not as lucky as him, whether it was the infantry led by Que Xuan or the cavalry brought by Zheng Xin, they were all covered by arrows.
The arrows were pouring in, and there seemed to be no sign of stopping. If someone calms down a little at this time, they can actually find that there are not many arrows shooting, at least compared to their numbers.
But at this time, where did anyone care about this, the soldiers had already been "killed" by Que Xuan, and when Zhen Xin fled, they were in a mess, and their only thought now was to escape, and they kept running away.
Since there were arrows flying from the front and sides, the only way to retreat was to return the same way, but the formation was too dense to run, let alone run without arrows. Many people gradually realized this, so some people began to instinctively lie on the ground and shout for mercy, and soon, except for a few soldiers who were still running away with a fluke mentality, the rest laid down their weapons and lay on the ground.
An ambush broke out and ended quickly.