Chapter 5: The Walk
The pine trees of the Hillsbrad Hills are extremely oily, smoke small and unusually resistant to burning, making wood unsuitable for use as torches. Gelder led a group of people through the pine forests, cutting down branches from time to time, and burning them one after the other, hundreds of torches, and the mountains and forests were illuminated as bright as day.
A group of people were mighty and amazing, and Cheng Xiaotian followed behind and shook his head. If you march like this in the dark, you can see it from a few kilometers away, and this is not the same as being a target for the enemy! If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't think of a reason, Cheng Xiaotian would have wondered if Gerda was the enemy's traitor.
But as a bastard, he can't remind him now, and people won't believe him as a stranger at all.
"By the way, who the hell are you? I don't think I've ever seen you before. The thin man in front asked again, this time Cheng Xiaotian had already thought of his words.
"I'm a friend of his, visiting friends from out of town." Cheng Xiaotian said with a smile, and as he spoke, he stretched out his hand and grabbed the front, wrapping everyone in, who it was, guess it yourself......
"Oh." The thin man nodded, and his doubts vanished.
Cheng Xiaotianxin said, you are too easy to fool, right......
The farmer in the countryside was honest and upright, and as soon as he heard that he was a friend of someone in his village, the thin man immediately became enthusiastic and talked to Cheng Xiaotian. Through talking with Cheng Xiaotian, he learned that this thin man was the nephew of the village chief, named Rosen Xavier, a single person, and he did not rely on four or six things, of course, the latter was Cheng Xiaotian's conclusion through observation.
After about three hours of conversation, the group finally arrived at the destination of the trip, Lao Xiongling.
The Alterac Mountains stretch like a prone dragon, high into the clouds, and the snow on the summit does not melt all year round. The mountain range extends here a remnant vein, like a dragon's claw, that is, the Old Bear Ridge, which is entrenched by a gang of bandits.
As the name suggests, there are bears on Old Bear Ridge, but that was a few years ago, since the gang of syndicates entrenched on the ridge, the bears on it are dead and running, and now they can't be seen.
"Quick, quick, the enemy is up there!" Gerda stood at the intersection of the hill and waved vigorously with his torch, and the villagers rushed past him one by one.
By this point, they had approached the enemy's camp, and the atmosphere began to become oppressive as they stopped talking to each other.
The syndicate bandits, numbering about fifty men, were the most vicious of the world, each with the blood of nearby villagers on their hands. Thinking that they were about to be able to slash the enemy, the villagers' faces began to become hideous, and their expressions were also a little nervous, although they were all fierce northern men, but after all, they had no experience in war.
The crowd finally finished, and it was the turn of Cheng Xiaotian, who was in turmoil, and Gerda slapped it with his palm as usual, and then was stunned, this person is ......
Cheng Xiaotianxin said, your father was also the number one person back then, a famous general of mankind, and in your generation, the craftsmanship of your old Haas family seems to have been lost. Just found out now? It's late!
"Kill!" Cheng Xiaotian coldly burst out with a thunderous shout, and rushed forward with a hoe and a torch.
The villagers were frightened, and a few of them were sitting on the ground, who is this? The voice is loud enough.
Not only was the voice loud, but the next more amazing scene appeared, only to see a figure as fast as lightning, and rushed past among them with a "swoop", "taking the lead" and going straight to the top of the mountain. The strong wind blew through the crowd, and a few more people sat down, this must be faster than the "black cloud", right?!
Rosen-Xavier's eyes were sharp, and he was familiar with Cheng Xiaotian, so he recognized it at that time, and hurriedly shouted: "Everyone, catch up!"
The villagers reacted and hurriedly got up to chase after them, but where could they catch up? Just a few steps out, Cheng Xiaotian had already rushed up the mountainside with a torch. Lao Xiongling is two thousand meters high, and in the blink of an eye, Cheng Xiaotian has already crossed half the distance.
"Don't rush in! Come back and follow the troops! Gelder folded her hands and shouted, "Watch out for the ambush!" ”
Who knew that it was okay if he didn't shout, this shout, Cheng Xiaotian ran faster. Ambush? I'm afraid that even the pit has been dug up there, just waiting to bury you people.
Cheng Xiaotian secretly slandered himself and jumped on Lao Xiong Ridge.
Old Bear Ridge is a gentle mountain, with dense coniferous forests on the slopes, but there are no trees at the top of the mountain, showing a gentle arc, similar to Zidane's brain. Now on the edge of the "bald", dozens of dark shadows are jumping around the mountain path, busy in full swing.
Dressed in shabby armor, these men skillfully nailed wooden sticks to the pavement and then sprinkled them with dead branches and leaves to cover them. Their movements are skilled, sophisticated, and methodical.
As early as an hour ago, these syndicate troops found that a large group of men and horses had been killed, and they began to prepare early, and these wooden sticks were already the third line of defense. In fact, in the minds of these veterans, those farmers who have little insight will definitely not even be able to break through the second line of defense.
The leader of this squad was a first-order warrior, and he was sitting on a tree stump, leisurely drinking a bowl of broth, glancing back at his men from time to time. His shield and sword were leaning on either side, seemingly casual, but in fact they were in good hands.
"Are you here?" The captain muttered and asked, taking a "ziyo" after asking.
"It's still at the bottom of the mountain." The sentinel stared at the torch group below the mountain and replied slowly.
"Why is it so slow?" The captain was a little dissatisfied, these people were too grinding, and when the killing was over, it was time to delay sleeping.
In the next second, the weakness of the sentry's eyes suddenly widened, and he looked down the mountain into a stupor. I saw a torch at the bottom of the mountain suddenly break away from the large army and run to the top of the mountain, as fast as an arrow from the string, dragging a long bright line behind.
He thought he was dazzled, so he closed his eyes and shook his head, in his mind, it should be a firefly flying in front of him and hallucinating, how could anyone run so fast? But the reality was cruel, and when he opened his eyes again, the torches that had been on the mountainside were already approaching the top of the mountain.
"Enemy attack!" The sentry subconsciously let out a miserable scream, got up and pulled out his waist knife with a "poof".
This shout was terrible, and all the syndicate troops were frightened, and the squad leader was stuck in his throat with a mouthful of soup, and he was immediately choked to death, and coughed heartbreakingly.
"What the hell is your name?!" The squad leader was furious, he was still at the foot of the mountain just now, and the enemy attacked in a few seconds? You tease me!
As soon as he cursed, he heard a dense "boom" sound on the slope over there, and their first ambush was triggered. It was a piece of wood hanging from the canopy of a tree, and the mechanism was held by a thin rope, straightened against the ground and blocked on the road, and if someone kicked the rope, dozens of logs would immediately fall down.
The sentry saw a gray figure carrying a torch from under the falling wood, and the rain of wood fell immediately. But don't think about hitting people, the wood rain has not yet landed, and the ghostly shadow has already rushed to the second ambush.
The first ambush is a falling log, and the second is a trap with branches cleverly formed into a support, and the whole trap will collapse when the enemy reaches the middle of the trap.
Grey Shadow rushed up with torches, and the pit collapsed, and dust flew up. However, don't think about trapping people, the gray shadow actually jumped over in the void, and the falling wood and earth and stone behind him landed at the same time, smashing the ground and dust. (To be continued.) )