Chapter 303: Ambush
When the group was about to enter a dense forest, King Yan suddenly stopped Lin Yu and stopped his horse at the same time.
"Father? Why did it stop all of a sudden? Lin Yan turned the horse's head and came back to King Yan and asked.
King Yan did not answer Lin Yao's question immediately, but raised his hand to stop Lin Yao from talking, and after the pro-soldiers behind him caught up, King Yan carefully observed the surroundings, and then said to the captain of the pro-soldiers behind him: "Send a few people to investigate in that dense forest, pay attention to traps and ambushes!" ”
The captain of the pro-soldier pointed to the five people and motioned them to enter the dense forest, and the five people got off their horses, drew the long knife at their waists, and walked towards the dense forest step by step with their waists slightly arched, and paid attention to the movements up and down, left and right from time to time.
"Father! How did you find out something was wrong with this jungle? Lin Yao asked Yan Wang in a low voice.
"Didn't you notice that it was too quiet here? We have alarmed many birds and beasts along the way, but when we arrived here, they suddenly disappeared! ”
"So there's only one reason for this, there's an ambush here! Is it, Father? ”
"Not all, it's possible that there are very powerful large beasts in this dense forest!" When King Yan answered Lin Yao's question, he didn't forget to pay attention to the movements around him, and his eyes looked back and forth, left and right from time to time.
"Got it!" Lin Yao nodded, and also learned from King Yan to turn his head and look at the situation around him.
Suddenly, there was a sound of fighting in the dense forest in front of him, and after a while, a personal soldier ran out in a bit of embarrassment, panting and shouting loudly: "The prince retreats quickly, there is an ambush inside!" ”
"Don't panic just yet! Let's talk about what's going on inside! King Yan said calmly.
"Yes! Rajah! There are about two hundred masked people inside, they are all hidden in the trees and grass in advance, and there is a trap, the subordinates are the ones who touched the trap to attract them to make a move, the prince better leave quickly, seeing that they are about to catch up, those four brothers can't stop so many people! ”
"Humph! This king has never been a deserter! You'er, this battle, you come to command, try your skills! ”
"Father! This...... Yao'er is not good at learning art......"
"Don't talk so much nonsense! Now that the war is urgent, every moment of delay may be doomed, my father believes in you, you just have to do it! ”
"Yes! Father! The generals listened to the order...... "Lin Yao commanded more than 50 personal soldiers, and they were outflanked from the left and right in two ways, and he and King Yan took the remaining dozen or so personal soldiers to drag the enemy from the front.
After assigning the task, Lin Yao gave the order to start attacking. The little guy quickly climbed the tree with King Yan and a dozen or so soldiers, and said to them: "When the enemy is near, listen to my order and start firing arrows, don't stop for a moment, shoot all the arrows in the quiver!" ”
As soon as Lin Yao's words fell, he saw four soldiers from the Yan Wang's Mansion stumbling in front, followed by a group of people, all dressed in black and masked, holding big knives.
When the four pro-soldiers were about to reach them, Lin Yu shouted in that immature voice: "Release the arrow!" Immediately after, King Yan's arrow was the first to shoot out, and one of the arrows hit an enemy in the head. A rain of arrows followed, and the enemy soon fell. But those people also seemed to be very experienced, and after a sudden wave of attacks, they quickly hid behind the trees and never showed their heads again.
However, it didn't take long for those enemies to think of how to deal with them, and a group of people suddenly appeared behind them, fighting without saying a word.
Lin Yu ordered the people on the tree to come down, and did not come forward to fight the enemy, but only blocked the enemy's retreat and did not allow them to escape from the front.
In this way, the battle went on for about an hour, and almost all of the two hundred men were killed, leaving only one who was supposed to be their leader. The two soldiers escorted the man to the king of Yan and knelt down, and removed the black scarf covering their heads. The man kept his head down, as if he had not reacted to being captured alive.
"Tell me who you were instructed by to ambush and assassinate the king?"
The man kept his head down and kept silent, as if he was waiting to die.
King Yan felt that this matter was not so simple, so he spoke: "This king still has confidence in his soldiers, today you obviously released the water, it can be seen that you don't really want this king's life, why are you difficult?" Say it, maybe this king can help you? ”
The man listened to King Yan's words, raised his head and looked at King Yan hesitantly, and then said as if he had made some major decision: "Lord Wang, the little one is called Liu Qiang, he is a general, and the little one admires the Lord Wang is a big hero, and he doesn't dare to be disrespectful to the prince, but the little one does have a last resort, and today he also came with the heart of death!" It's just that this matter is extremely important, and the small one only believes in the prince! ”
King Yan saw from Liu Qiang's eyes that he was not the treacherous person, so he decided to believe him once, so he ordered: "All retreat to ten zhang away, and you also quit!" ”
"Yes! Father! Lin Yao retreated to ten zhang away with his own soldiers, and he watched King Yan quietly listen to the general speech named Liu Qiang, his face turned from red to white, and finally turned black like the bottom of a pot. King Yan seemed to have explained something to Liu Qiang, Lin Yao saw Liu Qiang nodding vigorously, and finally even had a smile on his face. King Yan turned around and called the captain of the pro-soldier over, explained a few words in his ear, and asked the pro-soldier captain to take that Liu Qiang to the depths of the dense forest.
King Yan walked to Lin Yao's side with a calm face, and when he saw the little face in Lin Yao's eyes full of worry, he couldn't help but soften, touched Lin Yao's head and said, "It's okay!" Aren't we going hunting? Let's go, it's been a long time delay! ”
King Yan ordered everyone to get on their horses, and with a wave of their hands, everyone went in the other direction.
"Father! Is it really okay? Although she is still young, she still wants to share her father's worries! Although Lin Yao was still young, he was a smart and sensitive child, he obviously found the suppressed anger of King Yan, he didn't know what the person named Liu Qiang said to King Yan, but his intuition had something to do with him.
"Hmmm! Ya'er is a good boy! Today's battle is not badly commanded, and the tactics are very successful, but there are also reasons for the enemy to release water, and the timing of the release of arrows is not very good, it should be earlier, so that if the attack goes down, more people will fall, and the end of the battle will be faster, and our own casualties will be smaller. King Yan changed the topic and analyzed the gains and losses of this battle for Lin Yao.