Chapter Forty-Eight: The Night Jungle
"Stop. ”
The leader who was running at the forefront suddenly let out a low cry and raised his right hand, and in an instant, the thousand or so people behind him suddenly stopped.
"What's wrong?"
"There was a flash of fire in the dense forest in front of you just now, everyone be careful, there may be someone inside. The leader said softly as he stared at the dense forest in front of him, like a dark beast.
After hearing the leader's words, everyone looked at the dense forest in front of them, where there was no light, and then they suddenly realized that the dense forest in front of them was like a giant beast with its mouth open and waiting for its prey to enter.
"What are you afraid of, even if someone can do anything to us? Just these Englishmen?" said a man who walked behind him after hearing the chief's words.
"Let's send someone in first, it's not good if you fall into the enemy's trap. The leader looked quite cautious, and only reminded the people around him. "Go and see, and if anything is wrong, come out immediately, and beware of the traps. Then he said to the dozen or so people behind him.
"Yes. The dozen or so people said immediately. Then he quickly ran towards the dense forest.
"Cut. After seeing the leader's movements, the person who spoke just now cut off, looking very unhappy
The other side.
"What should you do now, you bastard, and now the enemy is coming, and it's been discovered that there are people here?" said a low voice, low but easy to hear.
Winters in Britain are really cold, let alone spending the night in such a place, the ground is still full of snow, and it is normal to feel cold when it melts. So when a person really couldn't stand it, he lit a fire with dead branches in the dense forest to keep warm. But who would have thought that at this time the Saxons came, and although they found and extinguished the fire at the first time, it was normal for that small pile of fire, as conspicuous as the sun in the night, to be found on such a dark night. This is a fatal mistake for these people, because there are too few of them, if they are discovered, they will not be able to play the effect of surprise soldiers, and if they collide with people, it will undoubtedly be looking for death. In this way, it is not surprising that the man just now would be so angry.
No one answered, apparently unable to refute the blame of the previous man.
"Okay, okay, now think about what to do. The other man picked up and said.
"There aren't many people here now, most of them are in the town, so the most important thing now is to call the brothers in the town, and then we can only take one step at a time, and wait for the arrival of reinforcements. The man from before wasn't talking, obviously knowing that now was not the time to blame, so he thought about it and said to one of the people next to him. "Be quick. ”
"Yes. Immediately a man took the order and ran in the direction of the town.
"Disperse and then seek an opportunity to assassinate those people, remember not to kill the enemy, we just need to hold them back, and without letting those people into the town, drag them until the king arrives with reinforcements. The leader lowered his voice and commanded the people around him.
There was no answer, only the scattered figures and the grinding sound of running through the jungle
The dozen or so figures who were sent out to reconnoiter walked cautiously in the dense forest, very cautious, after all, no matter who they were, they still cherished their lives. Although people like them live with their heads pinned to their belts, that doesn't make them afraid of death.
When they came to the place where they had just seen the fire, there was a small clearing, and they looked at it, and in the middle of the clearing, they could vaguely see a pile of fires that looked like they had just been extinguished. It has a black color and a foul smell, but no one can see it around it. It seems that the gang was extremely careful, and immediately extinguished the fire and hid it when they saw them coming. When I looked around, it was pitch black, and I couldn't see anything at all.
Sensing that something was wrong, they prepared to go back and report what they saw to the chief, but the moment they turned back, they were wiped behind the back by several figures who came out of nowhere, and they didn't even say the last word, they were silent. Then after the dozen or so people fell, those figures also quickly disappeared, if there were no dozen corpses on the ground and the small fire that had been extinguished, there would be no trace of anyone coming.
"What's the matter? Why hasn't they come out for so long, and they haven't heard a single sound, is there something unexpected?" said the Saxon chief, who had waited for a long time but had not seen anything, a little uneasy.
"Yes, they've been in there for a long time, but now there's no movement at all, it's so weird, if there were really people inside, and it's the English army, I'm afraid they'd have been killed by now. When he heard the chief's words, the people on one side replied approvingly.
"Hmph, if you want me to say, just kill it, even if it's the army of England, we have more than a thousand people on our side, and the army of the king of England is probably not even 10,000. "I have to say that these Saxons are quite aware of the current situation in England, after all, even if they are invaders, they still have to investigate their targets to make their actions more convenient, so they are still very clear about the current situation in England and the situation of the army. "Wait, if they don't come back, we'll just rush in. The leader thought for a moment and said. After all, there is no time for them to procrastinate now, and if it drags on longer, there is no guarantee that there will be no accidents. So it really can't be done, and they can only use their numbers to crush.
Time slipped by slowly, and the surroundings were still quiet, very silent, and even the sound of breathing and heartbeat from the thousand or so people could be heard in this empty place without a sound. It brings a touch of life to this otherwise dead environment.
"Don't wait, everyone come in with me, remember that everyone don't scatter, walk together, I don't believe they dare to attack while we are walking together. Finally, the impatient leader waved his right hand and said to the people behind him. Then he added with a sneer: "Don't waste time looking for those people, our target is Bagshott, so get there as soon as possible." And those people are probably here to protect Bagshott, I don't believe it, we are all in the town, they don't show up, as long as they dare to appear, with the advantage of numbers, we still have to take care of them? Of course, if they don't know whether they are alive or dead in the dense forest, it will be even better. ”