Chapter 44: Gong Yu is furious
The moonlight is hazy, and the mountains and forests of Dongshi Mountain are silent, or a few mischievous squirrels are scurrying back and forth on the branches, sometimes holding pine cones and other fruits, puffing out their mouths and nibbling.
"Goo-"
A few owls stood in the treetops, their green eyes staring at a qiΔ on the mountain, as if wondering if they could catch a few mountain rats to satisfy their hunger.
Suddenly, the squirrels on the branches seemed to sense something, and raised their heads vigilantly, their little eyes fixed on the towering bushes, and fled in a moment.
"Whoaβ"
With the sound of branches tumbling, six soldiers in leather armor emerged from the bushes.
These six are scouts of the rebels!
I'm afraid that everyone who sees it will judge it like this, after all, the black leather armor worn by those six people is clearly a sample of the leather armor of the soldiers of the rebel army and Wu Yueguo.
"Brother Tong, it's so dark here......"
A voice rang out from the group of six, coming from the mouth of the seemingly trembling young soldier at the end of the line.
The stout man in the lead seemed to be the captain of this team, glanced back at the youngest member of the team, and reprimanded in a low voice, "Little Sanzi, didn't I tell you to remember to keep your mouth shut during this trip?" To speak here is tantamount to being exposed to enemy scouts...... You kid don't want to live anymore? β
The soldier called Xiao Sanzi shrunk his neck in fear, and asked, "Brother Tong, are the scouts of Guangling so powerful?" β
"It's very violent!" The captain surnamed Tong licked his lips, glanced at the surrounding people vigilantly, gritted his teeth and inhaled, and said in a low voice, "In just two days, more than 400 of our brothers have died here, what kind of good kind do you think the other party is?" Shut up! β
"Oh, oh......" The little third son didn't dare to speak anymore, and followed behind the few big brothers in the team
The group quietly sneaked towards the west, and the footsteps were extremely soft.
Faintly, Captain Tong felt a faint humming sound.
"IβI'm not a mountain dweller here, but I'm here by chanceβhey! Set up the Longtan Tiger's Den, so that millions of thieves and soldiers are trapped here - no return! β
[Anyone?!] ]
Captain Tong narrowed his eyes, hid sideways behind a tree, and looked very covertly at the place where the humming sound came from, only to see that on a not uncommon rocky rock in the mountain forest, there was a soldier wearing gray earth-colored leather armor, facing away from them, sitting leisurely against a rock. He hummed a strange tune in his mouth, and wiped his sharp dagger in his hand.
"Fool who doesn't know whether to live or die!"
Behind Captain Tong, a scout snorted coldly, and unexpectedly pulled out a crossbow from behind him, aiming at the fool who was exposed in the hazy moonlight because he was in a rock.
But after half a ring, the scout still didn't pull the trigger, and his face turned unpleasant. There is no other reason, but from his point of view, he can't kill the enemy scout in the distance with one blow, at most he can only shoot the opponent's leg.
"If you can't do it, don't be strong." Captain Tong realized the embarrassment of his subordinates, pressed the crossbow machine in his hand, and took out the short sword from behind his waist.
Everyone guessed what he meant, it was nothing more than seeking stability, wanting to finish off the opponent with a short sword at close range, so as not to lose the accuracy of the crossbow machine at a distance and make the opponent flee, exposing the location of their own scout team.
The best is to kill the opponent without even having a chance to shout.
It is undeniable that during the course of their mission, there were many opportunities for the scouts to assassinate enemy scouts, and the combat methods were quite similar to those of the assassins who originated in the pre-Qin period.
After talking to the team members, Captain Tong quietly walked towards the stupid enemy scout who was still humming, and still sneered while sneaking into his heart: It seems that the scouts of the Guangling Army are violent, but there are also stupid ones, in such a quiet environment, they actually hummed a broken song by themselves and exposed their traces, what a novice!
Captain Tong shook his head disdainfully.
But vaguely, he felt that something was wrong.
[No, no...... In the past two days, the scout battle on Dongshi Mountain has been so fierce that more than 400 of our brothers have been killed in the battle, if that guy is really stupid and has died a long time ago, how can he still hum here? The guy ...... Could it be that he deliberately hummed to expose his position? ]
With a tense heart, Captain Tong immediately stopped, and carefully observed the road ahead with solemn eyes. Suddenly, his eyes narrowed unconsciously.
Because he vaguely saw that the pile of fluffy weeds in front of him, half a foot away from him, was very strange, as if someone had deliberately piled them up to cover something.
[Trap?] ]
Captain Tong's back suddenly stirred up a coldness, after all, if he hadn't sensed something was wrong in time, I am afraid that they would only have eight or nine people to lose in this pit.
[What a scumbag!] ]
Glancing at the enemy scout who was still humming behind the rocks, Captain Tong gritted his teeth in hatred, then turned and gestured to the team behind him: "We pass by on both sides."
The scouts behind him nodded knowingly.
So, the group carefully avoided the wrong pile of weeds and passed through its sides.
Suddenly, Captain Tong only felt that his front feet were empty, and the dirt that originally seemed to be the ground had collapsed, revealing a hole half a zhang long and one foot wide.
[How come?!] ]
Knowing that the situation was wrong, the frightened Captain Tong subconsciously reached out and wanted to climb the edge of the pit opposite, but the one-zhang-wide pit was definitely a length beyond his arm's reach, so that he only had time to scream before falling into the trap with one of his scouts.
At the same time, the scout on the other side of the weed pile also stepped on a hidden rope loop, and the whole person was hoisted upside down in a swoop, shouting in panic.
"There are traps......
One of the scouts screamed, and suddenly, a huge tree suspended by a rope flew from the side of the mountain path, and slammed into the scout and his companions, and the two of them screamed, and they were forced to fly out of the distance, and fell to the ground and passed out.
The youngest junior saw the five older scout brothers killed and wounded in an instant, their faces turned pale, and they turned to flee, when several arrows shot out from the bushes on one side, hitting him in the body.
There was a snap, and a young corpse fell to the ground.
"Little Sanzi!" The rebel scouts who were hung upside down screamed, and at this time, more than a dozen figures came out on both sides of the path, looking at the clothes, it was the Guangling army.
"I was played around by a bunch of fools who were played around by our single military division!"
"That is to say, isn't it over if you go in the middle, you have to be smart and walk from both sides."
"You kid, don't stand and talk without backache, that's our single military division's ability, I have already guessed the other party's thoughts, and you have to be tricked if it were you!"
"Tsk!"
Listening to the muttering of several subordinates behind him, the leading Guangling soldier chuckled, raised his hand and took out a short sword, ending the life of the scout who was hung upside down, and then commanded in a low voice, "Go to a few people, go and see those two guys who were hit by the giant tree, forget it if they die, and make up for it if they don't die." β
"Yes, Sun Shichang." The two Guangling scouts nodded, walked up to the two unlucky fellows who had been knocked off by the giant tree, killed them cleanly one by one, and then dragged the bodies away.
"There are two more under the pit!"
I don't know who shouted, and immediately four Guangling scouts walked to the edge of the pit, took out the crossbow machine and aimed at the trap and swished out a few arrows, but heard a scream mixed with angry scolding from the pit, and the last two rebel scouts also died.
"Drag the corpse away, clean the blood with mud and sand, and reload the traps...... You kid don't give Lao Tzu lazi, fill in the soil! β
After a low shout to make the scouts under his hands obediently obey the order, Sun Shichang walked to the figure behind the rock and said flatteringly, "Hehe, Shan Junshi, we have earned another wave of people!" Following his line of sight, the figure behind the rock was not Shan Fu, but who it was.
"Humph!" Shan Fu snorted a little proudly, thinking that he could easily kill the enemy's scouts without effort, this is the charm of strategy, how can a group of reckless men who only know how to shout and kill be compared?
"How many?" Shan Fu took out a wooden board the size of two palms and the thickness of a finger from his arms, and asked lightly.
"Six!" The Sun Shichang replied excitedly with a gesture.
"Only six?" Shan Fu frowned and muttered, looking a little dissatisfied, and carved a few strokes on the wooden board with a short sword with a lack of interest, which was a 'positive' word plus a horizontal. At this time, looking at the wooden board, it has already been densely engraved with the word 'positive', and a cursory glance at it shows that there are almost twenty of them. Doesn't this mean that this scout team of more than a dozen people has already ambushed a hundred rebel scouts?
"If we continue like this, we will lose......" Putting the plank back into his arms, Shan Fu frowned and said, "If a dozen of us are only a few lone people, then we will lose face...... Why don't you tell your brothers to light a bonfire and lure more enemy scouts over? β
"This ...... Isn't that good? Sun Shichang, who knew what Shan Fu was anxious about, suddenly couldn't cry or laugh.
So far, the Shan Fu Scout Team has captured 93 enemy scouts.
-- At the same time --
Another rebel scout squad was also cautiously lurking ahead.
As he walked, the leading scout captain stopped, turned around and whispered to the members, "The front is almost the territory of the Guangling Army scouts, so be careful...... Not? You guys...... Do what? Halfway through that, the scout captain looked in surprise at the five men in front of him who had a slightly wrong expression: the men had turned their weapons on him after their faces had changed drastically.
[Could it be ......]
Subconsciously feeling a little bad, the scout captain turned around suddenly, but what caught his eye was a sword light.
The sword light was cold, churning, and when it dissipated, the five scouts who were still alive turned into six corpses at this moment. Maybe the scout captain still had a breath, but he was also lying in a pool of blood, unable to move, but still had words in his mouth.
"Good...... Fast...... Who are you? β
He stared wide-eyed at the young enemy scout standing with his sword in hand, and even before he died, his mind was full of the swift sword shadow of Shicai.
"Zhang Huang!"
Although he knew that the corpse that had long since lost its life could not be heard, the young scout of the Guangling Army who killed them still announced his name.
After sighing slightly, Zhang Huang took out a wooden board similar to Shan Fu from his arms and carved the word 'Zheng' on it.
At this time, several figures came out of the bushes on one side, and in a deliberately suppressed exclamation, they dragged away the bodies of the rebels and buried them on the spot.
So far, Zhang Huang's scout team has captured 121 enemy scouts.
-- At the same time --
"Don't come, don't come......"
A rebel scout looked around in horror, as if in his eyes, the pitch-black mountains and forests here were like beasts that devoured people.
It's no wonder, after all, their scout team of eight people has inexplicably disappeared seven people, and they can't see anyone alive or dead, as if they were dragged to the underworld by a ghost.
Frightened, he didn't even notice that a pair of hands reached out from the dark shadow behind him, his left hand covering his mouth and nose, and the short sword in his right hand sliced his neck with a snort.
Faintly visible in the moonlight, the ghostly man with assassin skills pulled out a wooden board from his bosom and carved a few strokes on it with his short sword.
Up to now, Chen Zhi has single-handedly captured 110 enemy scouts.
-- At the same time --
Zang Ba was leaning against the trunk of a tree, carving something into a wooden board with his short sword.
At his feet were the corpses of several rebel scouts, blood flowing and warm.
Up to now, Zang Ba has single-handedly captured 91 enemy scouts.
-- At the same time --
The other rebel scout seemed to hear the screams of his brothers in other positions, and walked extra cautiously as he sneaked in.
But even so, there is no escape from the disaster.
Without warning, a hand reached out from behind the trees they passed, pulling the rebel scouts at the end of the line behind the trees.
It was only a distance of more than a hundred paces, and when the scout captain turned his head because he wanted to give some orders to the scouts under him, he was shocked to find that there were seven subordinates following him, and at this moment, there was an empty area behind him.
"Goo-"
He swallowed his saliva, a chill coming from the bottom of his heart.
Before he could react, a sharp blade pierced his heart from the back. He tried to shout to warn the rest of the team, but his mouth was covered by a hand, and no attempt was made for him to no avail.
"Tsk! Another poor ghost! β
The guy who killed the scout captain groped for a while with his body, and when he found that he had only found two copper coins, his face immediately pulled down, and he muttered as he took out a wooden board from his bosom and carved it.
Up to now, Li Tong has single-handedly captured one hundred and three enemy scouts.
-- At the same time --
Another small party of rebel scouts appeared, a squad of twelve.
It may be because of the screams of people being killed from time to time in this Dongshi Mountain, these people are extremely cautious, watching and listening to all directions, and always paying attention to their surroundings.
Suddenly, but a sound of breaking wind was heard, and one of the scouts fell to the ground with a thud. Looking closely at him, his neck was pierced by a sharp sword.
[Who?] ]
The eleven remaining rebel scouts looked around in horror, and their hearts were in disbelief: in this dark mountain forest with less than four feet of vision, someone could kill their companions with a bow and arrow?
At a distance of about six or seven zhang from them, Tai Shi Ci glanced at the eleven figures who were almost only hazy black dots, and drew a line on the wooden plaque with his short sword. Then he bit the plank with his mouth, took the arrow and drew his bow, aiming again at the black dots that looked thinner than his fingers from a distance.
"Whoosh-"
"Click-"
It's another life's worth of money.
Up to now, Tai Shi Ci has single-handedly captured 126 enemy scouts.
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"Unbelievable! Unbelievable! β
In the early morning of the fourth day, Gong Yu, the general of the rebel Left Route Army, was completely enraged by the battle report in front of him.
"More than six hundred scouts...... As of today, our army has lost as many as more than 600 scouts, while the Guangling army has only lost a few dozen people? What the hell are you scouts doing?! β
The general of the scout battalion who was questioned by Gong Yu lowered his head and did not dare to reply, and there was a panic in his heart: If it was known that we only killed nine people on the other side, I am afraid that I would not even be able to save my head.
With a bitter smile in his heart, the general in charge of the scout camp raised his head, clenched his fists and said bitterly, "General Hui, it's not that the brothers in my battalion are not dedicated, but those scouts in Guangling are too violent!" Although the last general guessed that those scouts were based in Dongshi Village, if the scouts of our battalion were close there, they were all ambushed and killed by the other party, and the last general ...... The last general is hard to blame, and he is willing to be disposed of by the general! β
Gong Yu kept his face calm and didn't say a word.
As the most important favorite general of the coach Shen Xing, Gong Yu has always paid attention to his appearance, and he has never been so angry as he is today. But this time he couldn't bear it anymore, and sent more scouts three times, with a cumulative increase of 800 people, this kind of force that could affect the outcome of the battle on the battlefield was swallowed by the Guangling army without warning, and only a few hundred people escaped without any gain.
This simply makes no sense!
[No wonder Yang Qi has the courage to start touching the strength of our army these days...... Originally, he should have shrunk in the turtle shell of the military camp, and he would always be frightened by the possibility of our army crossing the East Stone Mountain to attack Guangling! ]
Gong Yu pinched the bridge of his nose anxiously, he knew that in this scout battle with the scouts of the Guangling army, they Wu Yueguo had lost, and they had lost completely, God knows where the Guangling army found a group of soldiers who were good at ambushing and assassinating, and had extremely strong individual strength.
[This can't go on......]
Gong Yu frowned and pondered, he knew very well that if the Guangling army lost its scouts in Dongshi Mountain, it would be tantamount to becoming blind and deaf, and their Wu Yue Kingdom would have the upper hand; But on the other hand, if the scouts of the Guangling Army were allowed to occupy Dongshi Mountain, this would undoubtedly make him be restrained by Yang Qi step by step.
Although the number of people is several times that of the other side, if they cannot get the enemy's intelligence in time, it is tantamount to the enemy in the dark, and if it is not good, it will be overturned. Lessons from the previous car and the division of the latter car, how many battles in history were won by outnumbering the enemy? He didn't dare to take such a risk.
Taking a deep breath, Gong Yu said in a deep voice, "Call 'them' to come, call 'them' instead of the scout camp ......"
"Them?" The generals in the room were stunned, and then seemed to understand something, and their expressions were a little strange. One of the generals asked tentatively, "Isn't the general referring to ......?"
"Yue Yi Min Clan!"
There was a slight inhalation sound in the room, and the generals looked at each other.
In their impression, most of the people of the Yueyi Min tribe are a group of strange guys with strange paint on their faces and bodies, and they will babble and scream when they are excited, but it is undeniable that these people are extremely good at fighting in the mountains and forests, they can use knives, bows, traps, and poisonous blowguns to kill invading enemies. At the same time, it was also a strong ally made by Xu Zhao, the emperor of their Wu Yue Kingdom.
The Yue Yi Min people, the tiger and wolf soldiers in the mountains and forests!