Chapter 272: Ambush
After a long night, Tang Ming finally had a great understanding of everything about Bai Xiaolan, and accepted her advice, and did not rush to enter the valley. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
At the darkest time before dawn, Tang Ming and Li Dazhui discussed and decided that Li Dazhui would take ten lightly wounded soldiers from the sharpshooter battalion to climb to the top of the valley while it was dark. The sniper's thoughts, Tang Ming, taught Li Dazhui some basic points.
Li Dazhui listened eagerly, he had no idea that the flintlock pistol could be used to fight like this. Although the premise is that there must be a commanding height and enough places to hide them, but at this moment, what is being fought is jungle warfare, and on the peaks on both sides of this valley, Li Dazhui and the men of the sharpshooter battalion can do it.
Ten infantrymen acted as Li Dazhui's auxiliaries, carrying ammunition and guns for them, each carrying only a little dry food and fresh water, and quickly disappeared into the mountainside under the cover of night. Zhu Yong was very envious that Li Dazhui could lead his troops into battle, and he was willing to follow him to see what kind of sniper warfare Tang Ming was talking about.
But the injuries on his body now did not allow him to follow, and besides, Tang Ming also needed someone to protect him, so he could only envy in his heart.
As soon as Li Dazhui left, Tang Ming asked the soldiers to make a fire to cook, and he and Zhu Yong got back into the carriage together. Bai Xiaolan was also in the carriage at the moment, and when she saw Tang Ming coming, she said with a smile: "Master Hou is very confident in his subordinates, although your fire system is very powerful, do you think it is safe to assassinate with only twenty people going up the mountain to assassinate?" ā
Tang Ming smiled and said, "Don't be suspicious, don't be suspicious, Brother Li is deeply relieved to do things, Miss Bai can wait with peace of mind." ā
Seeing that Tang Ming didn't feel nervous at all, although Bai Xiaolan was still relieved, she was silent and stopped talking. From the time she chose to take refuge in Tang Ming, it meant that her life and life were also in her hands, and whether she lived or died was out of her control.
In fact, Tang Ming didn't necessarily fully believe Bai Xiaolan at the moment, he who had fought countless times with Jianwen's Bright Sect, knew his tricks. Although Bai Xiaolan explained her life experience very clearly, after all, it was only her side of the story.
Tang Ming didn't have a way to verify it, and he naturally wouldn't put his heart on Bai Xiaolan if he had doubts.
After a night of silence, the camp ushered in a new day, and the soldiers seemed to be very leisurely, talking and laughing and making breakfast. Although the ingredients are very simple, the cooks in Tang Ming's family can always come up with new tricks, and the soldiers have been able to eat such meals in the army once upon a time, so every time they set up camp to cook, it is also the happiest time for the soldiers.
Marching and fighting are the most boring, and Tang Ming doesn't like the lifeless march, and when he is free, he always likes to let the sergeants talk and laugh. According to his words, it is only in this way that the soldiers can have more contact with each other, and they can have a more tacit understanding when killing the enemy on the battlefield.
The cooked rice was served in the carriage, and Tang Ming brought a small bowl to Bai Xiaolan and motioned for her to eat. The porridge made of sweet potatoes and rice is a mixture of red and white, which makes you feel appetizing.
I didn't know Bai Xiaolan about sweet potatoes, my nose inhaled gently, a faint sweet fragrance, and I tasted it curiously, and Bai Xiaolan couldn't stop talking anymore.
Soon a bowl of sweet potato rice porridge entered Bai Xiaolan's stomach, and after eating, she realized that she was not eating well, and secretly glanced at Tang Ming and Zhu Yong, seeing that the two of them didn't notice themselves at all, and only cared about dealing with the sweet potato rice porridge in their respective bowls.
After eating, it was already dawn, and Tang Ming ordered the team of six hundred people to start entering the Dajia Valley in turn. Cavalry escort in front and behind, sharpshooter battalion and all the wounded in the center, the procession slowly marched along the mountain path in the valley.
The sound of horses' hooves echoed in the early morning valley, and the procession of hundreds of people lined up in a long snake because of the narrow mountain path, which was a mile long in front and behind. The soldiers all looked serious, and the laughter and laughter of the earlier were long gone, and at this moment they were vigilant in addition to being vigilant.
Three hours later, the team had reached the middle of the valley, and there was no ambush along the way, and Bai Xiaolan in the carriage was full of questions?
The Church of Light ambushed Tang Ming here, this news is absolutely reliable, and she also decided to defect to Tang Ming after being confirmed, but at this moment, her team has reached the middle of the valley, but there is no sign yet, this situation makes Bai Xiaolan very puzzling.
Tang Ming looked very calm, from the moment he entered the valley, he closed his eyes slightly and rested with his back to the carriage. On the surface, there was really no nervousness, but if you looked closely, you could still see the uneasiness in his heart as his breathing became more and more rapid.
It is said that Li Dazhui set off more than two hours earlier than the team, but he did not hear any gunfire all the way in this valley, which was greatly beyond Tang Ming's expectations. Things didn't seem to be as smooth as Tang Ming imagined, and the atmosphere in the valley at this moment was also weird, and he opened his eyes slightly and looked at Bai Xiaolan opposite, Tang Ming couldn't help but doubt her at this moment.
But at this moment, on the cliff to the left of the valley, a gunshot suddenly broke the quiet valley.
"Bang!"
The sound of gunfire still echoed in the valley, but it startled countless birds in the valley to flee with their wings. Tang Ming in the carriage had a happy face, and finally waited for the gunshots, indicating that Li Dazhui did not have an accident, and Bai Xiaolan was not lying to him, and the depressed atmosphere was dispersed with the continuous gunshots.
Bai Xiaolan was also slightly relieved at this moment, if there was no enemy in ambush in this valley, then he didn't know how to explain it to Tang Ming later.
The three people in the carriage breathed a sigh of relief, and the cavalry guards outside and the wounded of the sharpshooter battalion were not calm. Tang Ming hadn't mentioned to them beforehand that there would be an ambush in the valley, and the sudden sound of gunfire startled them.
The cavalry on the road could not spread their formation at all, and they could not even turn the horse's head, and the only thing they could do when they encountered an ambush at this time was to dismount immediately and hide behind the horse. After a small commotion, the team quickly calmed down.
After all, they were all experienced veterans, and after hearing a few gunshots, they immediately recognized it as the sound of a flintlock pistol. Flintlock pistols are now only available to those in their own ranks, which means that the people who shoot are fired by those in their own long ranks.
Besides, although the gunshots were still ringing out, they still hadn't been attacked after so long, and the soldiers who had come back to their senses looked at the place where the gunshots rang out.
Zhu Yong suddenly stretched his head out of the carriage and shouted: "All the soldiers obey the order and continue to move slowly, and the cavalry all dismount, hold your shields high and be vigilant against the high ground on both sides of the valley in case there is an ambush." (To be continued.) )