Chapter 42: The First Encounter: The Scout War Begins
"Goo-goo-goo-"
At night, the black and misty area on the East Stone Mountain, although the moonlight is hazy, but the visual range is still only five zhang, which is still good eyesight, as for ordinary people, I am afraid that three zhang away has been unable to see clearly. Only a few owls stood on the branches of the trees in the forest, scanning the surroundings with their eyes that looked rather strange in the night, and occasionally there were a creepy and strange calls.
Suddenly, the owls on the branches of the trees changed their eyes, staring at the grass, and after the grass was stirring for a while, several figures came out one after another, and they quickly ran under the trees around them.
"Front...... Is there any movement? A very low voice rang out.
I saw a figure under a tree quickly glance into the distance, raised his right hand and waved it slowly, as if to indicate that there was nothing unusual in front of him.
Seeing this, several figures walked out from the place where they were buried and gathered in a circle. One of them lowered his voice and said, "You know what you're going to do, right?" ”
As soon as he finished speaking, another voice rang out.
"Isn't it just to pull out the stronghold of the Guangling Army in this East Stone Mountain? General Gong Yu is also true, the number of Guangling troops is very different from ours, just fight it directly, it is over, you have to be so troublesome......"
"You know what?" The figure who seemed to be the captain who spoke earlier rebuked in a low voice when he heard the words, "How can you play on the battlefield? Although the Guangling army is inferior to ours in numbers, it is a state capital soldier after all, and it must not be underestimated! As he spoke, he glared fiercely at the disapproving team member, and said in a low voice, "There must be a stronghold of the Guangling Army on this Dongshi Mountain, find it, and help General Gong Yu uproot it...... Remember, you will definitely encounter scouts from the Guangling Army on the way, be careful! ”
"Scout ...... of the Guangling Army" several figures chuckled inappropriately, seemingly not taking it to heart.
It turned out that these black shadows wearing standard cloth armor were actually scouts on the rebel side.
"Let's go!" The black shadow that seemed to be the captain whispered, and in an instant, several figures rushed around. However, at this moment, when one of these figures was speeding past a tree, a hand reached out from behind the tree, covered the figure from behind, and dragged it into the shadow with a thud.
"W-uh!"
After an abrupt low whine, there was no movement around.
[What sound?] ]
The Captain of the Black Shadow, who was about to leave, seemed to hear something, and stopped suddenly, his alert eyes constantly scanning the dark surroundings, and with the help of the hazy moonlight, it was not difficult to see that the expression on his face was slightly shocked.
[This place...... Someone?! ]
As if sensing the danger, the captain's forehead gradually oozed a little cold sweat.
Suddenly, his eyes shrank sharply. Because he was shocked to find that the team member in front of him, who was sneaking forward with a cat's waist, was suddenly pulled into a low bush, and then an imperceptible scream sounded, as if someone had deliberately tried to cover it up, and if he hadn't pricked up his ears intently, I am afraid it would have been difficult to notice.
[Someone...... In this place, there are scouts of the Guangling Army! ]
His complexion changed suddenly, and the captain hurriedly blew a warning whistle. Hearing this whistle, the dark shadows who were sneaking forward looked behind them in disbelief, and then quickly hid, making this dark forest lose no trace of people again.
[A scout of the Guangling Army?] ]
One of the dark shadows, nay, a rebel scout, hiding behind a tree, quietly drew his short sword behind his waist, and then cautiously aimed his eyes at the other side of the trunk. He didn't notice at all that a figure was silently hanging down from the trunk of the tree where he was hiding, and a pair of hands pinched his mouth from behind, and then squeezed it to the right.
"Click-bang!"
The faint movement of the severed neck bone and the corpse falling to the ground apparently alarmed the other rebel scouts in the vicinity, causing them to be extremely nervous. But looking around, the dark forest did not see a single enemy move.
"Whoosh-"
A figure flashed, and a rebel scout ran under the tree, looked at the corpse on the ground with a drastic change in his face, and subconsciously clenched his short sword, his eyes couldn't help but scan the surroundings alertly. Yet he ignored his superiority. On the trunk of the tree above him, a pair of eyes were faintly watching him.
"Ahh
The first scream, unmuffled, was finally heard, startling several owls standing on tree trunks, and they fluttered away. This series of noises made the rebel scout's face change again and again, and he couldn't hide his whereabouts anymore, so he lowered his voice and shouted, "Be careful, there are enemy scouts!" ”
In fact, it was already too late to say this, and several rebel scouts in this forest had already noticed this, but the problem was that they didn't know where the other party was hiding.
"Kuroko? Sunspot? Killed? Damn it! One of the rebel scouts, after whispering a few times to his companions, gritted his teeth in hatred, clenched his dagger in his hand, and scurried towards a towering bush in front of him.
Suddenly, he felt his right foot empty.
[Not good!] ]
He didn't have time to deal with it, he only heard a snap, as if something was cracking, and when he reacted, a sharp branch as thick as an arm shot out of nowhere and pierced his chest.
"Trapped...... Trap ......"
He only had time to say this before his head tilted and he lost consciousness.
"Fifth brother!"
A companion who was not far away changed his face when he heard this, and he didn't care about the others rushing over. Suddenly, I don't know what he stepped on, I just heard a whoosh, and his whole body was hung upside down and hung in the air.
And at this moment, a black shadow appeared unhurriedly behind a tree not far away, and the longbow in his hand was drawn, only to hear a pop, and the rebel scout who was knocked down was instantly killed by an arrow.
"Aqing? Is it Aqing's voice? ”
One of the rebel scouts turned pale and looked in horror at the forest, which had already swallowed up several of their companions, and retreated uncontrollably. At that moment, a hand silently reached out from behind him, covering his mouth and nose, and at the same time, the other hand, holding a blackened short sword, slowly crossed the short sword to his neck, and snorted it away.
"Woo-"
Another abrupt scream.
The rebel scout captain's head broke out in a cold sweat uncontrollably, because in a short moment, eight of his companions had died cleanly. That's not all, the point is, he didn't see a single enemy scout from start to finish.
[It can't be haunted, right?] I always feel that this place is a bit evil......]
He immediately turned around and prepared to retreat, reporting the situation here, but as soon as he turned around, he suddenly saw a big hand appear in front of him, grabbed his face, and an irresistible force forced him to retreat again and again, until he slammed into the trunk of a tree.
[Oops!] ]
The rebel scout captain was terrified, and grabbed the hand with both hands, intending to pull it away, but there was a sharp pain in his chest and abdomen, accompanied by the slightest coldness of the blade.
Although he desperately wanted to know what the man who killed him looked like, unfortunately, until he took his last breath, he couldn't get his wish.
"......" killed the black shadow of the rebel scout captain, Lu Min, the 26th tent commander of the First Army of the Guangling Army, silently stared at the enemy scout in front of him who was nailed to the trunk of the tree with his short sword, and only said in a deep voice after a long time, "Come out!" ”
As soon as the words fell, a few black shadows came out of the shadows not far away, it was Zhang Huang, Li Tong, Chen Dao, Zang Ba, Tai Shici, and Shan Fu.
"It's amazing......"
"yes, that's amazing......"
The Wang brothers looked at Zhang Huang and the others with adoring eyes, because in the scout battle of Fang Cai, they who were supposed to act as side assistants did not help in the slightest from beginning to end, and their uncle, Yi Shi Shi, and the other five companions of Yi Shi killed all nine scouts on the other side with an overwhelming advantage. That's not all, the key is that these people didn't let each other see them from beginning to end, it's just godlike.
Uncle Lu Min also looked at Zhang Huang with satisfaction, the six strongest soldiers of his twenty-six tents, the scout battle just now, it can be said that he guided these six recruits to ambush the enemy scouts, after all, some experience cannot be passed on orally, it must be experienced in person. Therefore, he passed on some of his experiences and experiences in scout warfare to Zhang Huang and others, such as how to hide their whereabouts, how to set traps, and how to assassinate enemy scouts quietly.
And what surprised him a little was that the individual strength of Zhang Huang and others was so strong that it made him feel incredible.
It's like Li Tong, this guy can still break the neck of the enemy scout even when he hangs upside down on a tree branch, and his arm strength is unbelievably strong; Chen Zhi was even more amazing, obviously standing behind the enemy scout, the other party was stunned and did not notice his storage, and he easily covered his mouth and nose and cut off his neck; Tai Shi Ci is the same, in the face of the enemy scouts who have fallen into the trap and are hung upside down, he doesn't even have to show his face, a bow and arrow can accurately hit the heart of the enemy scout in such a dark environment, killing him with one blow. As for Zang Ba, the guy who pulled an enemy scout behind the tree to assassinate him at the beginning, Lu Min was secretly surprised by his grasp of the timing.
Oh, and Shan Fu, this guy who seems to be weaker than the others, was able to create a trap after listening to his own explanation, and successfully killed an enemy scout, which was also greatly unexpected by Lu Min.
Compared with these people, Zhang Huang, the guy who suddenly jumped out from behind the tree and killed the enemy scouts with a thunderous force, did not seem to have the slightest novelty in assassination methods. By now, Uncle Elder Lu Min also had a general understanding of his strength, and he really didn't have much interest in him killing the enemy's scouts in this ordinary way. After all, the difference in strength between the two sides is too far, even if Zhang Huang singles out these nine scouts, it will be an easy matter. And he, Lu Min, took a lot of trouble this time, just to make these boys familiar with the way of scout warfare, and not to kill more than anyone.
[This kid has potential......]
Lu Min looked at Chen Zhi deeply a few times, and it is not difficult to imagine that among Zhang Huang and others, I am afraid that Chen Zhi has the highest score in his heart.
But having said that, for Zhang Huang and the others, Lu Min was still extremely satisfied, and after nodding, he lowered his voice and said, "Well done, Uncle Ben is very satisfied, just according to this momentum, it is impossible for the rebels to only send this small group of scouts to infiltrate, from today onwards, a few of you will each bring two novices to ensure that there will be no enemy scouts in this mountain forest!" Although there are only seventy-one people in our twenty-six tents, we still have to dominate this Dongshi Mountain no matter what, and monitor every move of the enemy army for General Yang Qi of the military field camp! ”
"Huh? Do you want to bring a newbie? ”
"Domination? It's hard for just a few of us. ”
As soon as Lu Min's words came out, Li Tong, Chen Dao, and Shan Fu complained. It is not difficult for them to assassinate the enemy scouts in this mountain forest, after all, his individual strength is several grades stronger than the rebel scouts, and the problem is that it is difficult to bring a novice.
"Less nonsense!" Lu Min said with a tiger face, "One with two recruits, be sure to ensure their lives at the same time, let them be familiar with the hunting and counter-hunting between the scouts!" ”
To be honest, Lu Min also knew that his order was a bit difficult for a strong man, but he also knew the strength of the six soldiers under him. If he were an ordinary soldier, he would never give such a lot of pressure, but these boys, that's another matter.
"The six of you alone will not be able to defend this huge eastern stone mountain, unless you train all our brothers in the twenty-six tents!" Lu Min gradually revealed the true purpose of his heart.
Yes, he taught Zhang Huang and the others the experience of scout warfare, not only to let these six imps harass the enemy, but more importantly, he still wanted to train the entire twenty-six tent soldiers into a qualified scout. And this matter, he Lu Min alone can't do it.
Facts have proved that Lu Min's initial judgment was not bad at all, Zhang Huang and the others learned what he taught in just half a day and half a night, and turned into a terrible scout who could not resist the enemy scouts in the dark, and let these people and boys help train his team of 100 people together, which is much more effective than just him leading nearly 100 recruits to hunt and kill enemy scouts in the night.
"Shut up, it's an order!"
Lu Min endured the joy in his heart and shouted with a tiger face. He deeply realized that as a Shangguan, it would be a great blessing if he could have a few subordinates who could share their responsibilities.
"Yes......"
A weak response sounded in the forest.
At the same time, Gong Yu, the general under the command of Shen Xing, the commander of the rebel army, who had to build a camp at the other end of Dongshi Mountain in order to attack Dongshishan and the military camp, probably never imagined that the more than 200 scouts sent tonight to control Dongshishan would not only be unable to complete the task, but most of them would not be able to return to the camp alive.