Chapter Forty-Six: Back to the South
Unexpectedly, the next day, things went exceptionally well.
Early in the morning, after gathering the men and horses, announcing the decision to them, and explaining the reasons for the decision, most of them were willing to follow them to the south. Maybe people are like this, when they know that their destiny has been tied to the land where they are located, the planet where they are located, and they will not hesitate to lose and prosper.
Of course, there were 100 more who said they wanted to go back to camp.
"Okay, you guys go back!" Brother Zhen asked the more than 100 women who were going to go back and said, "It's just right, you go back, you can tell Mother Li where we are going." Tell them to be vigilant and prevent the Jones from spotting them and attacking them! As for us, if the situation improves, if we can recover the dungeon, I will definitely go to you! ”
"Okay, goodbye, Emperor!"
More than a hundred women went north. Brother Zhen waited for them to leave, and rested in the camp. They waited until night fell and divided into four teams, led by Brother Zhen, Zheng Xiaojie, Li Ling'er, and Jennifer. The four teams were five hundred meters apart, marching in unison and heading south-east.
They walked day and night for five days until they came to a mountainous area. This is the birthplace of the Cheongse River on the edge of the Lovers' Fortress, and you can reach the Lovers' Fortress by walking southeast from here.
But that's not where they're going. Straight to the south, they can cross between the lover's fortress and the dungeon, and then turn to the southwest, they can run to the jungle in the south and join the earthlings who escaped from the dungeon.
"Let's rest here for a day or two!" Jennifer suggests.
After a five-day long march, twelve hours a day, it is certain that the people are sleepy and tired. I also consumed a lot of dry food and other things that I carried with me, so it was necessary to stop for a day or two to replenish them.
"It's winter again," Li Ling'er said, "Are we going to spend the winter here and then leave?" ”
"Do you feel cold?" Brother Zhen asked.
"It's not cold!" Li Ling'er said with a smile. The south is really better than the north, and even in winter, the temperature does not reach freezing. For those of them who have spent more than ten years in the ice and snow in the north, such temperatures do not feel cold at all.
"So, we don't need to stop for the winter!"
After resting for a few days and preparing something to eat, they hit the road again. All winter, they went all the way south, and when spring and summer met, they were already approaching the mountains to the south. The unspoiled jungle, how many years of natural growth, almost like a primeval forest, made them very surprised.
"We're here!" Brother Zhen said. According to Liang Jingjing, who was brought back by Li Linger and Jennifer, this is likely to be the place where the earthlings who escaped from the dungeon are lurking.
"Shall we go into the jungle?"
"Of course!" Brother Zhen said. I haven't had a haircut and shave for a long time, and Brother Zhen has a stubble on his face, and he looks ten years older: "But let's not go too deep, just camp at the edge of the jungle!" ”
The camp of 20,000 people soon took root in this southern jungle. After settling down, Brother Zhen immediately sent a number of reconnaissance teams to search and inquire about the situation in the jungle. Ten days later, the reconnaissance team sent out returned. They searched the woods and discovered that the Jones were chasing the earthlings in the jungle.
"Looks like we've come at the right time!" Jennifer said. The scout team she led finally returned, and they were almost close to the center of the jungle, that is, the place where Qin Haoyang and Miranda had attacked respectively, and the Jones had planned to set up camp to force the earthlings to withdraw from the jungle.
"You mean, the Jones were going to set up a makeshift base there?"
"Yes!"
"This trick is ruthless enough!" Of course, Brother Zhen understands that camping in the jungle seems clumsy, but in fact it is ruthless. This is equivalent to dividing the entire jungle, and the range of activities that earthlings can move around suddenly becomes smaller: "But fortunately, it was not built in the end!" ”
"Yes!" Jennifer said: "But judging from some battlefield relics, the price paid by the earthlings to stop the Jones people from this action is not small." ”
Along the way, Jennifer saw the remains of many earthlings killed in the war in many places, some of which had long since decomposed, which was really miserable. It can be seen that the earthlings are in a dangerous situation, and there is no time or opportunity to bury the war dead.
"We buried some," Jennifer said with regret, "but we really couldn't bury it, so we had to give up." ”
Brother Zhen's face was gloomy, he knew that Jennifer and her mission were on their part, so naturally they couldn't take care of those: "We just avenge them, I hope they rest in peace!" ”
"What are we going to do next?" Li Linger asked: "Should we get in touch with our people?" ”
"You didn't meet any of our people?" Brother Zhen asked Jennifer and the others.
"We have seen it from afar," replied Jennifer, "but we did not lean on it, for fear of causing a misunderstanding." ”
Brother Zhen nodded, Jennifer is very sophisticated, their team, in front of the earthlings who came out of the dungeon, does not exist. If you appear in front of them rashly, it may really cause unnecessary misunderstandings.
In addition to figuring out some of the circumstances, these reconnaissance teams also had some unexpected gains. Due to the tension of the war, Jones and Earthlings did not have time to clean the battlefield. This time, guns and ammunition were everywhere, and they picked up a lot of them. weapons, which is exactly what the 20,000 people of Brother Zhen are particularly lacking.
Summarizing the situation detected by several reconnaissance teams, Brother Zhen came to the conclusion that the Jones were rounding up one of the earthlings with all their might, and the earthlings were following behind, seemingly trying to relieve the rounded up team, but they couldn't get close to the powerful Joneses.
"This is the map I found from a deceased," Jennifer said, pulling out a bloodstained map and spreading it on the ground. She drew on the map with a pen: "The pursued earthlings fled roughly from this direction...... This is the Jones man who follows them! Behind them are the earthlings who want to rescue, but they can't get by, the Jones have a mothership in the air, and the rescue force is blocked on the ground......"
Brother Zhen looked at the map and was silent. From Jennifer's guidance, he could see the Jones people's intentions. They want to eat the earthlings in front of them, and when they eat the earthlings, they will turn around and clean up the other earthlings who are now harassing behind them, and finally catch them all.
"We have to hurry," Brother Zhen looked at for a while and said, "Look, in a few days, this group of earthlings will soon approach the edge of the jungle and be driven out of the jungle!" Once driven out of the jungle, in the open area, they will soon be wiped out! So we have to start now, or it's too late! ”
They immediately set out and drove along the edge of the jungle. After a day and a night of traveling, we finally arrived at the predetermined location. They arrived early, and the tracked Jones and the tracked earthlings were almost a day's journey away.
Here, the jungle has come to an end, and there is an open field in front of you. On the opposite side, there is a rolling hilly area. This open space is not very large, but as soon as you enter this open field, it is completely exposed.
The purpose of the Jones is to drive the team of earthlings into this open field and destroy them in one fell swoop before they can run over the open field to the opposite hilly area!
However, for the sake of prudence, Brother Zhen still sent two reconnaissance teams to meet them from the flanks to find out whether his judgment was correct. Half a day later, the reconnaissance team came back and reported that the earthlings who were being chased were coming here, and Brother Zhen's judgment was correct!
"Good!" Brother Zhen smiled coldly. This open field in front of him is the graveyard of the earthlings preset by the Joneses, and now he wants to turn it into the graveyard of the Joneses!
He ordered Li Linger and Jennifer, with half of the people, to set up an ambush in the opposite hilly area: "You try to hide as much as possible, try to get as close to the open ground as possible, and wait for my signal!" ”
"We can even set up an ambush in the open field!" Jennifer said.
"Will this work?"
"Of course!" Jennifer replied with confidence. The open land was not completely flat, and she decided to send some people to dig a pit in the low-lying part of the open field: "The Jones people must not have imagined that a large group of killers would suddenly appear underground!" ”
Brother Zhen agreed, and his people here followed Jennifer's example and began to dig the pit.
"Alright, let's go into the jungle!" He and Zheng Xiaojie led people into the jungle to find a place to hide.
Brother Zhen didn't expect that after they entered the jungle and ambushed, Xiang Zidan appeared with more than 200 of her people. Not far from the ambush they were in, they dug a trench at the edge of the jungle......
At that moment, Brother Zhen was really excited. When he was a child, he was kidnapped by Zhao Mengyao, and it was Aunt Zidan who duel with Zhao Mengyao and rescued him. When she was in the dungeon, Aunt Xiang Zidan was in charge of managing their children. At that time, when everyone discriminated against Brother Zhen and ignored him, Xiang Zidan had been very patient and secretly taking care of him, and he had always been grateful.
Later, when his mother, who was cloned into a little girl by the Joneses, always followed him and chattered, making him annoyed, Aunt Xiang Zidan always relieved him so that he would not be too embarrassed.
He had thought that in this time of chaos, he would probably not meet any acquaintances in this jungle. Unexpectedly, the first person he saw turned out to be Xiang Zidan, of course he was very excited.
However, instead of showing his excitement, he calmly walked out of the lurking place. He greeted Xiang Zidan very calmly and told her who he was.
Xiang Zidan's excitement, of course he saw it. Half the size of the boy when he ran away has now become a tall man with a beard on his face, Xiang Zidan is naturally surprised and happy. And the Xiang Zidan he saw, although his face was covered with gunpowder smoke and dust, he was still so beautiful, but he had already revealed the posture of a middle-aged woman, which couldn't help but make him sigh in his heart.
Brother Zhen could see that Xiang Zidan's trip was to conduct a battle of honor. Two hundred Earth warriors with weapons and equipment far inferior to those of the Jones people could not rescue their compatriots who were hunted down at all. They are just unwilling to be slaughtered like this, and they are determined to die!
But now, he came with 20,000 men. Therefore, he confidently said to Aunt Xiang Zidan: "Destroy this Jones army!" ”