Chapter 146: No One Is Perfect
When he came out of the conference hall, An Xu's heart was a little heavy, the huge number of enemies and the urgency of time gave him a lot of pressure.
From General Zhang Quan's mouth, it was learned that Qianze's army was likely to send elite support, which added a lot of difficulty to the task.
Of course, the Huiye Kingdom also has a stronger main army, but now that it is surrounded by enemies, it has to be vigilant against several other countries falling into the ground, and Huiye does not dare to move troops at will.
The Silver Ridge Fortress is the last barrier in the west, and if it is also breached, then the western region will no longer be in danger, and it will also be affected by several other lines of defense.
"There is no room for loss in the Silver Ridge Fortress, and once it falls, thousands of people will be seriously threatened. Ladies and gentlemen, please! "This is General Zhang Quan's entrustment before leaving.
The goal of the mission is to basically wipe out the barbarian squads in the three areas within a week.
This is very different from the situation An Xu originally expected, originally thought that this was the territory of the kingdom in the end, and he led the team to fight guerrillas, just help the helpers, but he didn't expect to be entrusted with a heavy task as soon as he came.
Unlike the previous escort mission, the material station is not too far after all, even if it is besieged, it is supported by the Wang ** team, and this time they have to go deeper into the dangerous area, these places do not even have an outpost, and the small strongholds are all destroyed by the barbarian team.
There were only a few scattered medium-sized strongholds nearby, with a small number of troops stationed, and they also needed to defend some important areas, so they could not help.
So this mission, An Xu can only rely on his own team to complete it, and now there has just been a heavy snowfall, and many places in the mountains are frozen, and even replenishment is a difficulty.
An Xu is better, because of the relationship between the space ring, he carried a lot of dry food when he went out, just to prevent this from happening. But the other mercenary teams may not be the same, maybe they don't dare to go too far at all.
The most important thing is that there are too few people in his team, so he brought Lin Yicheng's guy with him as soon as he knew it, and one more person is better than one more strength.
In order to prevent accidents, An Xu asked Lin Yicheng to stay in the stronghold, and said beautifully, 'Every new member has to go through a test of staying in the stronghold', at first Lin Yicheng would rather die than obey, and finally had a chance to practice, so he actually wanted him to stay in the stronghold?
As a result, An Xu exchanged his team points for a bottle of Huoluo Elixir, telling Lin Yicheng that this was a reward for staying in the stronghold, and under the temptation of the potion, Lin Yicheng finally compromised.
In fact, this bottle of fire potion, An Xu had already kept for Lin Yicheng, as a classmate and friend, Lin Yicheng can also be regarded as a trustworthy person, like Lin Qingqing, An Xu must cultivate a group of core members of the team, so he will not hesitate to spend this money.
A newcomer like Ivan who joins the team is still in the investigation stage, and if he wants to use the potion, he can only redeem it with his team points, and after all, An Xu is not a saint, and he always has to take care of his friends. However, according to Ivan's performance, this mission will definitely earn enough team points.
I guess he will be surprised when he returns and discovers the potions in the warehouse, right?
In fact, the reason why Lin Yicheng stayed behind, An Xu also had a little other selfishness, Lin Yicheng is a child of the family, if there is really any danger, you can also use the power of the family, so that An Xin's safety can be guaranteed, which cannot be done by other members.
Just thinking about it, a person walked up to An Xu and stretched out his hand to An Xu: "Hello, I am the captain of the Hundred Refining Team, Ning Tianhao, please take care of me in the days to come!" ”
An Xu took a look, isn't this the captain of the five-star team?
The so-called stretching out his hand and not hitting the smiling person, not to mention that the other party gave An Xu enough face, An Xu put away the thoughts in his heart, shook hands with him and said: "My name is An Xu, I hope that the captain of the team, Captain Ning, as a senior, I still have to learn more from you." ”
When talking to Ning Tianhao, An Xu couldn't help but think of Liu Qinghe, the head of the Changhe Mercenary Group, the two had extremely similar tones and styles, and it was easy to gain the favor of others, maybe this was the so-called demeanor, which was much more clever than a villain like Xue Zhan.
"These tasks are quite arduous, we teams still have to take care of each other, I don't know if Captain An has decided which area to go to, maybe we can go all the way!" Ning Tianhao smiled, his eyes were very sincere, and he couldn't see that he had other intentions.
An Xu said: "I haven't thought about it yet, but there are relatively few people in our team, so we should go to the southwest!" ”
"The strength of a team is not judged by numbers, Captain An is too modest! But it's a pity, we've already discussed starting from the west, so let's go first, and I wish your team a triumphant return! Ning Tianhao said regretfully.
"Thank you, and I wish you all the best!" An Xu said goodbye, secretly smacking his tongue in his heart, due west is the most dense area of the barbarian squad, and it is also the closest to the camp of the main force of the barbarians.
Found Doudou and them in a corner of the fortress, Doudou, a living treasure, was still in the mood to have a snowball fight there, and several people were covered in snow, which attracted frequent sideways glances from the patrolling soldiers.
"Okay, don't make a fuss, and I'm not afraid of others seeing jokes! Get ready, we're going to leave in a while, this time it's going to be a long time, you have to be mentally prepared! An Xu pulled down the beans standing on the hay pile.
"Huh? What should I do if my clothes are dirty? And it's hard not to take a shower for too long. Xu Wei asked.
An Xu is trying to educate Xu Wei, they are here to fight, not to play, if it hadn't snowed before, it would be difficult to even drink water after entering the mountains, and they would still want to take a bath.
As a result, he turned his head and saw that Ivan also had his ears pricked up, as if he was interested in the question.
An Xu had a headache, and the other members of the team had more or less shortcomings: Doudou sometimes had a lot of nerves, Noel's accuracy was very worrying, Xu Wei was very timid and Fanny would go wild from time to time, in comparison, Ivan looked much more normal, with a cheerful personality and extraordinary strength, which made An Xu very relieved.
But there is a saying that makes too much sense, no one is perfect, no one is perfect, and An Xu didn't expect that Ivan actually had a cleanliness habit, and it was quite serious.
After the previous battle, there was no trace of Ivan for a long time, and An Xu thought that he went to the front to explore the way again, but later found out that he actually found a place to wash his body, saying that he was sweating after the battle, which would affect his strength.
Being a mercenary can do this kind of thing, it's a miracle, I really don't know how he used to be alone! No, maybe it's precisely because he's a person and doesn't care what others think, so he developed such a habit.
After some repairs, An Xu left the fortress with the team, the southwest is close to the hinterland, and it is relatively remote, there is no important stronghold, and the strategic value is also low, so the relative barbarian team is also less, and An Xu, who has a small family, is ready to start from here.
There are fewer people and the advantage of fewer people, that is, they are hidden, and they are just a few people, put on a white cloak and then go into the snow, it is really difficult to find their traces without careful observation, reducing the danger of being targeted.
But unexpectedly, An Xu and the others found that these barbarian squads were also too hidden, and when they escorted the convoy before, they wished that a barbarian squad would not appear, and when they wanted to find them now, they knew that it was also very difficult to pull them out of the mountains.
There was no harvest for half a day, and An Xu was also anxious, he didn't believe that there were so many barbarian teams, and he couldn't even find one, so he pulled the team to continue deeper.
Finally, after moving away from the fortress, they finally found some traces, and on the thick snow, there was a series of broad footprints, such footprints could not have been other than the barbarians.
As a mercenary, tracking footprints is a basic introductory skill, and some more experienced ones can accurately track the direction of their prey even without footprints.
The footprints in front of him were obviously left just now, probably because they didn't expect that someone would specifically look for them, and these barbarians didn't deliberately hide their footprints.
"Catch up, you shouldn't have gone far!" An Xu glanced at the terrain in front of him and quickly chased the team into the mountains.