In the blink of an eye, the formation of the "Dangya Battalion" giant shield in the front, the crossbow in the center, and the sword and shield guards on both sides has been listed; The eighteen personal soldiers and Wei Chi Jiming were closely guarded around Qiu Yizhi, Zheng Miao and Lin Shuhan, and the remaining twenty-seven honor guards were also on standby, waiting for the enemy to attack.

Zheng Yu ran forward quickly, turned his head to check the movement behind him, and when he saw such a formation, he couldn't help but secretly admire in his heart: It is said that the old Youyan army is strong and fearless, and it really deserves its reputation, and with such equipment training, it is no wonder that it can compete with the Turkic cavalry that comes and goes on the grassland.

However, where could he have guessed: this army was not the Imperial Forest Army adapted from the old Youyan Dao army, but the newly trained Shanyin Xiangyong according to the formation of the old Youyan Dao army.

Suddenly, I heard a strange cry from the top of the mountain, and then from between the dense trees and grass in the mountain, countless arrows flew out and attacked Qiu Yizhi and the others.

Born to block the enemy's long-range attacks, the "Dangya Battalion" calmly raised its shield when it saw that the enemy's firepower was not fierce, and the arrows still left a weak, lazy and weak impact sound on the heavy steel shield.

When a burst of arrows was fired, someone reached out and picked up the arrows left on the ground, and couldn't help but laugh dumbly: "General, you see, these arrows don't even have arrows, aren't they just sharpened with bamboo poles!" ”

Zhao Chengxiao looked at it intently, and saw that what he said was true, the smooth bamboo pole was pointed at one end and blunt at the other, and he didn't even have an arrow feather, and he really couldn't understand how the archery shooter was aiming.

Qiu Yizhi, who was sweeping beside him, saw that the arrow of this vermilion arrow was black and red, as if it had been roasted by fire, and as if it had been simmered with poison, he hurriedly exclaimed: "Brother Zhao be careful, this arrow seems to be poisonous!" ”

When the army heard this, they were shocked, and when they saw that there were arrows attacking from the mountainside, they quickly put away their hearts to light the enemy, and raised their shields to carefully block the arrows shot from the mountain. Fortunately, this arrow was light and slow, and the soldiers of the "Dangya Battalion" carefully blocked it, and did not let it hurt the skin at all, otherwise I really don't know how to end up after being hit by the nameless poison in the wild land of Lingnan.

After a few showers of arrows, the enemy hidden in the mountains calmed down, leaving only the wind blowing from nowhere to make the trees and grass "sizzle", and it was not known whether the enemy was running out of arrows and planning the next attack, or retreating to the lair.

Suddenly, another strange wind blew, and the sky, which was still clear and turquoise, was suddenly covered by dark clouds, only to hear a few muffled thunders in the clouds, and the downpour immediately poured down, and splashed down along the direction of the mountain towards the sergeant under the command of Qiu Yi.

Qiu Yizhi had not yet had time to feel the vagaries of the climate, but he saw the trees in the mountains shaking unnaturally, apparently someone hiding in the bushes and coming down from the mountain, intending to sneak attack our army. Qiu Yizhi was afraid that Zhao Chengxiao would be accidentally attacked by the enemy, so he hurriedly shouted: "Be careful, someone on the mountain has come down!" ”

Qiu Yizhi didn't say anything, Zhao Chengxiao had already noticed this movement, and raised the wet command flag and pointed at the mountainside - the crossbowman hiding behind the giant shield fired a powerful crossbow and shot in the direction of the shaking branches.

Although the crossbowman shot the crossbow arrows, his eyes were so irritated by the rain that he could not open them carefully, and he could not aim carefully, and the mountains were high and dense, and he did not know how many enemy soldiers were killed and wounded by this volley—only a few painful moans came from the trees, and the trees that had been swaying stopped moving, leaving only the "rustling" sound of the pouring rain on the leaves.

The enemy seems to have stopped attacking, but now that the enemy is clear and dark, the regimental training under the command of Qiu Yi does not dare to take it lightly, and still stands in formation, for fear of revealing flaws and being taken advantage of by the enemy.

In this way, after confronting an opponent who didn't know what kind of identity he was for a long time, suddenly the bushes that had been calm moved again. The commander of the battle did not dare to slack off, and raised the order to order the crossbowmen to shoot at the bushes, and again aroused a wail.

However, after this shot, the shaking of the bushes did not stop in the slightest, but became more violent.

Zhao Chengxiao is also a person who has experienced a hundred battles, knowing that the enemy must be hiding in the dense forest, and wants to launch a surprise attack on our army with the terrain of the honor guard, so he hurriedly said: "The enemy army does not dare to show his head, they are all flies and mice, the army does not need to be afraid, stand in a firm formation, pay attention to cooperation, and take out the martial arts practiced on weekdays to win!" ”

Qiu Yizhi added: "The reward silver of each head is the same price as the Japanese coars!" ”

Zheng Miao, who was beside him, saw that the discipline style and combat style of the soldiers recruited and trained by Qiu Yizhi were similar to those of Lao Youyan's army, and he was extremely happy in his heart, and also shouted: "Everyone work hard to kill the thief, and I will double the reward here!" ”

Before Zheng Miao's words fell, he saw a small man jumping out of the grass three or four steps away from the giant shield of the "Dangya Camp", he held a dagger with a long hand in each hand, straightened his hands and flew towards the door of a soldier in front of him.

The shield-wielding sergeant had also fought with the Japanese Kou, and he had never seen such a deadly fight, so he subconsciously raised his shield and pushed it outwards to hit the dwarf on the ground. The man suffered such a blow, but did not seem to be injured, and then rolled over on the muddy ground, and rolled in under his shield, and the dagger in his hand was about to be plunged into the soldier's waist.

At this moment, one of the sword and shield warriors who had been ordered to advance to the second row raised his sword and slashed at the wrist of the dwarf. I don't know if this little man didn't see the opponent on his side in a hurry, or if the move was too violent to retract, so that his wrist was strong and touched the blade of the sword. The sword was so sharp that it could not be called cutting iron like clay, but it had no obstacle in cutting flesh and bones, and in the blink of an eye it cut off the left hand of the short man holding the dagger.

The dwarf was so brave that he didn't even look at the wrist of his left hand, which was spurting blood, and then he stabbed out the dagger that he was holding in his right hand and stabbed it in the chest of the sergeant of the "Dangya Battalion".

Of course, the man who had just cut off the man's left hand could not watch his companion being killed, so he cut off the little man's right hand again with a single sword.

In this way, both hands of the dwarf were cut off, and he was reduced to a wasted man, but this man's fighting spirit did not diminish at all, and he barely supported his body with two rolling pin-like smooth arms, and with a jump of his legs, he fell on the back of the "Dangya Battalion" sergeant, opened his teeth and bit at the back of his neck.

The sergeant grinned in pain, and really wanted to put aside the big shield in his hand and pull down the man lying on his back and beat him severely, but the training and discipline he had endured over the past year had taught him that he must not cause a gap in the queue because of the pain of one person.

Then the sergeant cried out in pain: "Quick! Get this guy down for me! Fast! But he still stood in the middle of the queue with his shield in his hand.

Several powerful men behind him heard his cry, and hurried to save the little man who was dying, and was about to drag him off the back of his companion. However, this man's teeth desperately bit his opponent, only biting the neck of the "Dangya Battalion" sergeant to blood, but he still couldn't pull him down.

In desperation, one of the soldiers had no choice but to draw his sword and cut off the dwarf's head from the neck—his mutilated corpse lost its brain command and immediately wilted, while the lone human head still hung on the opponent's neck with the bite of his teeth.

When the army saw this unknown opponent playing like this, they were all shocked, and the only remaining star and the slightest bit of the enemy's heart disappeared, and they concentrated on meeting the opponent's challenge one by one.

Sure enough, after this dwarf, forty or fifty naked enemy soldiers jumped out of the bushes, also armed with short knives and daggers, and fought against the officers and soldiers. Fortunately, although these people are extremely brave, they do not know the tactics of coordination, and the village warrior regiment has practiced the sword skills taught by Wei Chi Jiming proficiently, and after a while, they have killed all the enemy troops who will attack, and gradually built a low wall made of corpses in front of the "Dangya Battalion" soldier shield.

Suddenly, another gust of wind blew from the top of the mountain, blowing away all the dark clouds that covered the sky, and the sun shone again in the blue sky.

The army looked at the corpses under their feet, and at the trickle of blood, mud, and rain next to the corpses, and they couldn't believe what kind of fight they had just experienced in the storm, as if they had a nightmare.

However, this nightmare has not yet woken up.

I only heard the "Iron Head Jiao" who was guarding Qiu Yizhi shouting: "Be careful, there are people climbing up the cliff!" ”

Qiu Yizhi was startled when he heard this, and quickly turned his head to look, and sure enough, he saw a thin short man standing on the edge of the cliff as steep as a knife and axe, this person was dark, only a rag was draped around his waist, and he clenched the dagger in his hand, and was about to attack behind a strong crossbowman.

Qiu Yizhi was about to call the crossbowman to be careful, but Yu Chi Jiming, who was beside him, saw the opportunity very quickly, and with a wave of his hand, he spilled five copper coins and hidden weapons, all of which hit the half-naked thin man's face, and two of them shot into the man's eye socket impartially, mercilessly blinding the man's eyes.

The man was blind, and in anger he slashed aimlessly with his blade in his hand, when he stumbled and fell from the edge of the cliff.

Then I heard a crossbowman who had gone over to check on the situation exclaim, "My lord, it's not good, there are still people on the cliff!" ”

Qiu Yizhi hurriedly and cautiously moved to the edge of the cliff and looked down, but saw that there were dozens of people hanging on the cliff like geckos. These people originally wanted to attack from behind while their comrades on the other side of the road were fighting with the enemy troops, but they did not want to drench the cliff rocks with a heavy rain and make them too late to climb up from the foot of the mountain.

However, now that their whereabouts have been exposed, they can no longer attack upward, and they are unwilling to retreat, and they are in a dilemma for a while, which is extremely embarrassing.

Qiu Yizhi didn't hesitate at all, and was afraid that there would be enemy attacks on the mountain, so he bypassed Zhao Chengxiao and commanded directly: "The crossbowman put down the crossbow, take out the spear, and stab these mountain rats for me!" ”

When the crossbowmen received the order, they tiptoed the precious crossbow machine on the ground, took out their spears from behind the huge shield of the "Dangya Battalion", and the two of them shared one, and stabbed the enemy soldiers who tried to sneak attack one by one along the cliff and cliff.

At this moment, Zheng Yu, who was known as "going back to rectify the army", was late and said: "I have people under my command who know the terrain figures, saying that these people are all Shanyue barbarians, and they have made a surprise attack in a dangerous place here, which is obviously a long-planned plan, and I ask the Third Highness to leave here quickly!" I have searched ahead, but it is flat and safe. Your Royal Highness, let's come to the front army! ”

Of course, Zheng Miao couldn't leave his own army lightly, and while asking Zheng Yu to lead the way, he asked Qiu Yizhi to order the team to continue to move forward.

Of course, Qiu Yizhi knew the stakes, and personally commanded with Zhao Chengxiao, gathered up the formation, carefully guarded the surrounding movements, protected Zheng Miao and the guard of honor, and walked slowly forward along the mountain trail at his feet.