Chapter 247: Ambush the horse thief
After the secret meeting, the horse thief hero Ivy went to contact the nearby field bandit troops, and then led his troops all the way south into Jasmine Village's territory.
Since Yuan Mu's troops were in Xianglin City, he chose to attack Jasmine Village first, and when Yuan Mu returned from Xianglin City to help Jasmine Village, Ivey would go to destroy the territory of Xianglin City.
He believed that with the speed of his own troops, Yuan Mu's troops would be led by him. As for whether those wild bandit troops will be caught by Yuan Mu, that is not a question that Ivey needs to consider.
The Frostblade Thieves were sent by Ivey to Fox's territory as a force to contain Fox. Fox City's troops are the most powerful of the three, but because of the large number of subordinate villages, it is also easy to contain, and there is also a need to provide them with information.
Ivy draws attention to the actions of the bandit troops in the field, and he leads the elite army of horse thieves to sneak to Wheat Straw Village, an important location in Jasmine Village's territory.
Wheat Straw Village is a small village that is about to become a Level 0 city, it is very wealthy, and there are several mining resource points around, and the resources of these mining resource points will be transported to Wheat Straw Village first, and then from Wheat Straw Village to Jasmine Village.
In Ivey's opinion, Yuan Mu didn't know about his existence. He is in the dark, and Yuan Mu is in the light, so the first attack must attack an important location. As for directly attacking Jasmine Village, he never thought that even if he could capture it, he didn't want his troops to suffer big losses.
Ivey's horse thief troops are very fast, and Wheat Straw Village soon comes into their sights. The crops in the farmland outside the village are tall and ripe for harvesting, and the buildings in the village are gorgeous, and there is a smell of wine, which makes it seem that it is indeed a very wealthy village.
The village also has its own guards, who have spotted the arrival of the horse thieves and are preparing for defense in a panic.
Ivey observed, and soon laughed, "Rush in and tell Yuan Mu that we are coming." ”
The horse thieves rushed towards the wheat straw village excitedly, the guard force had almost two squadrons, which was already a lot in such a small village, but they were vulnerable in front of the elite of their six or seven squadrons of horse thieves, even a few low-level defenses were useless.
Seeing a large group of high-ranking horse thieves rushing towards them, the guards of Wheat Straw Village seemed to be even more panicked. The horse thief soon approached the village of Wheat Straw, and the horse thief sword and shield soldiers rushed to the front, followed by the scimitar warriors.
The upgraded arm of the horse thief archer, the horse archer, shoots arrows at the guards in the village, and the number of horse archers is still very large, there are more than two squadrons, which is also Ivey's trump card unit. Soon the horse thieves broke through the gates and destroyed several sections of the city wall - the defenses of Wheat Straw Village were very low and very easy to destroy.
Seeing that the city wall could not be defended, the guards directly abandoned the outer defenses and withdrew to the interior of the village, and the horse thieves roared into the village and began to plunder the buildings next to it.
"My lord, do you want to attack?" In a tall building in Wheat Straw Village, Delia saw the horse thief entering the village and asked Yuan Mu.
"Don't rush, wait for more horse thieves to come in."
Yuan Mu was very patient, and after discovering that the threat of Jasmine Village had grown on the master's map, he led most of his troops back secretly, while Ivey was still contacting the bandit forces in the field.
Later, Yuan Mu saw a red straight line on the map and guessed that there was a force moving quickly. Along this straight line, Yuan Mu guessed the goal of this army, so he led the troops to Mai Straw Village to ambush first. Not only in the wheat straw village, he also has some arrangements outside.
Outside the village, Ivy did not notice anything unusual, and he himself led his troops into the wheat straw village, and he wanted to directly destroy the village and kill the inhabitants of the village. Because it has not been recognized by the system, and there is no town hall, the buildings in the village need to be destroyed.
Yuan Mu saw Ai Wei, and the blood moon beside him also saw it, and he was a little surprised. Although Yuan Mu didn't know Ivey, he did, it was Ivy who defeated him and captured him in the horse thief camp, and Ivey also thought about recruiting him.
"My lord, that's ......"
Blood Moon reported to Yuan Mu, Yuan Mu was stunned when he heard it, and laughed again: "It turned out to be an acquaintance, and I took his benefits last time, and this time I even sent it to the door." Our troops were about to be discovered, and the order was given to start the attack. ”
Yuan Mu ordered, and the troops hidden in the buildings all over the village rushed out.
Nightingale and Ravenfeather Shadow Guard are the first to act, leading the Phantom to raid from the shadows of the building. The bear roared, lifted the covered straw, and pounced on the horse thief from the barn and supply warehouse. The archer unit shoots at the high buildings, and the rainbow also casts spells with the mage unit in a safe position.
The sudden attack caught the horse thief troops off guard, and Ivy was even more surprised, he knew the information of Yuan Mu's troops, and he immediately understood that he was ambushed, and the troops here were Yuan Mu's main force.
"Retreat, get out of the village first!"
Ivy immediately ordered his troops to withdraw from the village first, his horse thief troops, although they were highly mobile, needed space to attack the enemy's weak points with more fights or long runs, and this kind of fighting in the village was to weaken the advantage of the horse thief troops. And since Yuan Mu has an ambush, it must be dangerous here.
The horse thieves also wanted to withdraw from the village, but the troops pouring in from all over the village had dragged them down, and the roads in the village were narrow, and their horses were not suitable for charging and accelerating.
Seeing that there was still chaos, Ivey forced himself to calm down and fully command the cannon fodder troops to delay time, and the important troops withdrew first. He saw that Yuan Mu's troops were encircling near the city gate, and understood that Yuan Mu wanted to keep all his troops here.
Despite being ambushed, Ivey still wants to take most of his troops with him. Without these troops, not to mention that this mission cannot be completed, his position in the Black City will also be greatly affected.
Yuan Mu's troops always wanted to keep the horse thieves in the village, but Ivey had also been through many battles and had strong command skills. Under his command, the cannon fodder troops blocked the intersection, and the main force slowly broke away from the battle with Yuan Mu's troops.
But at this moment, a horse thief scout rushed to Ive's side and hurriedly reported: "Lord Ivey, a force has suddenly rushed out of the farmland outside the city, and is fighting with our troops guarding outside the village, and we are surrounded. ”
"What?" Ivy was taken aback, and when he came to Wheat Straw Village, he saw the tall crops in the farmland outside the city, but he didn't expect to be ambushed at that time, so he didn't pay attention, Yuan Mu actually hid a force there, and wanted to block their retreat at a critical moment.
Seeing that the troops in the village were approaching again, Ivy couldn't care about saving most of the troops, so he hurriedly rushed to the city gate with his personal guards, the double-sword guards and the horned scale raiders. He knew that if he was not decisive, he might die here, and now he had to retake the gates to save as many horse thieves as possible, and it was too late to destroy a few more walls.
Ivy soon came to the city gate, which was very narrow, and the gap in the wall that the horse thieves had destroyed during the attack on the village was also very small. It was Ursa who attacked the horse thief forces outside the village, but under Ive's attack, Ursa could only protect himself.
However, it is not him who is the strongest here, but the knife tooth who keeps running and rushing. The blade was too big to hide in the farmland, it had been attacked from afar by Yuan Mu's news, and the horse thieves guarding outside could not stop its collision, and the city gate had been taken by Ursa.
Ivy had always hated the walls, his own troops roaming the wilderness, and the most hated them when they raided villages, and the current situation made him even more disgusted with them. Zong Ma personally led his troops to fight for the city gates, he is now a level 6/4 hero, and the Twin Sword Samurai and Hornscale Marauders around him are also very powerful troops.
The Twin Blade Samurai is an upgraded class of the Scimitar Samurai, and they can also block with the Twin Swords in addition to dealing more damage than the Scimitar Samurai of the same level. The Hornscale Marauder is an upgraded class of Pegasus Marauders, and it is also a rare class, except for the plunder skills, all attributes are much higher than the Pegasus Marauders, and the attack can also trigger the Split.
Ivy met the knife fang, he had already heard of the huge boar, and he didn't dare to face the knife fang, dodging and attacking at the same time. Even when riding a horse, he was very nimble, constantly changing directions, and under the cover of the horse thieves around him, the knife teeth could not touch him, and the knife teeth were so angry that they kept screaming.
The Twin Blade Samurai and the Horned Raiders seized the opportunity to retake the gates, and some of the horse thieves immediately fled from the gates. Seeing that Yuan Mu's troops in the village had surrounded him, Ivy gritted his teeth, gave up the remaining horse thieves in the village, and asked his subordinates to attract the attention of Daoya, and fled away with the horse thief troops himself.
Yuan Mu chased to the city gate and looked at the horse thief troops in the distance with a light smile.
"My lord, I didn't guard the city gates, let them run." Ursa came to him embarrassedly.
"It's okay, I've already said that you can protect yourself, and the rest of the Taosno two will be solved. There are already a lot of horse thieves in the village, hurry up and clean them up, and we will catch up. ”
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Ivey and the rest of the horse thieves fled in the direction they came, stopping to rest until they were far away from Wheat Straw Village.
After counting the remaining troops in frustration, there were only more than three squadrons left in the horse thief army, less than half of the original number. Most were trapped in Wheat Straw Village, and Ivy estimated that they had been eliminated or captured, and a few had been lost in other directions.
"Yuan Mu, I'm ......"
Ivy gritted his teeth, puzzled, he never imagined that he would be ambushed. Yuan Mu should still be in the territory of Xianglin City, even if he came back secretly, he could ambush him so accurately.
"Did Yuan Mu's troops chase after you?" Ivy asked the horse thief scout who had just returned from behind.
The horse thief had a bad attack and suffered heavy losses, and the horse thief scout was also very depressed, and said weakly: "My lord, Yuan Mu's troops left Mai Straw Village to pursue us, but they are far away from us. ”
Ivy sneered, the speed of the horse thief was very fast, how could Yuan Mu catch up, and just as he wanted to boost his morale, the horse thief scout from the north rushed to report: "My lord, there are a lot of ghost crow scouts in front!" ”
"Ghost Raven Scout!?"
Ivy was shocked, the appearance of a large number of ghost crow scouts represented Yuan Mu's troops, when did Yuan Mu's troops run in front of them, this is the way they came, could it be that they were ambushed again?
Thinking that Yuan Mu suddenly ambushed them in Wheat Straw Village, it was not impossible to ambush them in advance here. Yuan Mu's troops were still chasing behind, no matter how many troops there were in front, they couldn't be entangled by them.
"Leave immediately, go to the ......" Ivy looked at both sides, there was a river to the west, and the road was not easy to walk, and immediately made a decision: "Go east and enter the territory of Fox City." ”
The horse thieves immediately set out and galloped eastward, approaching a few hills without far. Ivy was just about to lead his troops around the mountain, but suddenly a barbarian army rushed out from the side of the mountain and rushed straight at them, led by a black-armored Minotaur in Caiden, who was none other than Tausno!
Tao Snow smiled and led his troops to charge towards the horse thief, the ghost crow scout was just a front, there were not many troops there at all, just to make Ivy change direction in a panic. It's not easy to ambush in the north, it's just right here.
Quickly slaughtered into the unprepared army of horse thieves, Tausno was even more unrelenting, chasing Ivey.
The horse thieves outnumbered Tausno's, but their morale was low and they had no intention of fighting. He was still chased by Yuan Mu's troops, and he didn't dare to fight with Tao Snow's troops, so Ivy could only abandon part of his troops, leaving some of his personal guards to block them, and continued to flee by himself.
After running for a long time, Ivy was a little confused, he had just come to the territory of Jasmine Village, which was far from the original destination, there was no road built by the city, and the map was not clear, only that it was still in the territory of Jasmine Village.
After counting the remaining troops, there were only more than two squadrons left, and Ivey said in frustration: "Find a place to hide first, Yuan Mu should not be able to catch up with us for the time being." ”
The horse thieves found a small forest around, and Ivey stationed his troops to rest and recuperate, and sent many horse thief scouts out to investigate. The danger was not yet gone, he wanted to know the nearby roads and think of an escape route.
After waiting for a while, the horse thief scout returned, but the news of the report made him tremble. The scouts spotted a number of ghost crow scouts searching the area, in all directions, as if Yuan Mu had identified them as hiding here.
Behind the ghost crow scouts, they also found Yuan Mu's troops, and Yuan Mu's troops had already half-surrounded them. Ivy was already a frightened bird, and immediately called the troops, and found a random direction to break through, but soon encountered a force, which was the strongest army.
The two strong forces held them back, and Tao Snow also arrived, and soon defeated the horse thief forces, and Ivey was surrounded in the middle, waiting for Yuan Mu's arrival. Yuan Mu saw Ivey's talent and said not to kill him if he could.
Yuan Mu came, and his subordinates made way for Yuan Mu, and Yuan Mu also saw Ivey in the middle.
"If you're trying to recruit me, then it's a dream!" Ivy yelled at Yuan Mu fiercely.
"I had this plan, but after thinking about it, the territory still doesn't welcome you. I'm just a little curious, you know I was the one who attacked your old camp, right? ”
Ivey glared at him and didn't speak, which was considered a tacit acquiescence, and Yuan Mu laughed and said, "Then why don't you go to Zhuo Geng the Conqueror first to take revenge?" I just took the opportunity to attack your camp, and Drogon the Conqueror wanted to kill you. ”
Ivey said angrily, "If I find him, I'll tear him apart, just like I did to you." ”
"So you don't know? Drogen, the Conqueror, is now also a bandit, and a native of the Black City......"