Commanding the battle in the valley was a middle-aged officer with a mustache, surnamed Zhang, named Zhang Defu, who was one of the three brigade commanders under Li Zuoren and the most powerful right-hand man.

This time, in order to arrest the girl, the troops almost moved into the nest, and it was originally commanded by the division commander himself, but just now Li Zuoren suddenly received an order from the military department, hurried back, and temporarily handed over the command to him.

"Brigade commander, the other party has no way to retreat, and the division commander has explained that he wants to catch it alive, are we going to withdraw firepower?" Zhang Defu's adjutant asked.

"Don't withdraw first, there are still hundreds of people left on the other side, these individuals are very strong, there is no heavy fire support, I am afraid that you will have to pay a heavy price to take them, it is not cost-effective." The treacherous Zhang Defu shook his head and said.

The deputy manager was worried, "The gun has no eyes, what if I hurt that girl?" ”

Zhang Defu said impatiently: "Let the brothers on the front line be careful, if anyone hurts the girl, I will kill him when I go back." ”

The adjutant answered, turned around and was about to deliver the order, when suddenly a soldier on the front line came running to report:

"Sir, go and take a look, the other side has come with reinforcements, and they are putting ropes down from the cliff to save those people."

"What? And this kind of thing, how many reinforcements are there? Zhang Defu, who was sitting on a dead tree pole and drinking, stood up in surprise.

"The grass and trees are too abundant, and I can't see clearly."

"Useless rice bucket, let's go, go and have a look."

Zhang Defu came to the position where the two sides were fighting, and saw that on the cliff four or five hundred meters away, more than a dozen ropes hung down, some of which were still made of trees and rattans, and there were two or three rare figures on the top of the cliff, not as if there was a large army coming to the rescue.

However, although there were not many people who came to the rescue, more than a dozen ropes were densely crawled with people, and in the blink of an eye, dozens of people were rescued.

"Damn, trying to escape? It's not that easy, tell the machine gunners, shoot at the cliff and see how they still climb up. Zhang Defu was angry and ordered his subordinates.

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw that the adjutant next to him suddenly changed color on his face.

"What's wrong?"

"Brigadier, look...... Look at the back. The adjutant stammered.

"What?" Zhang Defu turned around in surprise, only to see that in the valley not far behind him, thick smoke was rising, covering the sky and the sun.

"What's going on? Who's setting the fire? Before Zhang Defu finished speaking, he saw a soldier running from the rear in a panic and reported:

"Oh no, sir, someone has set fire to the valley, and we can't get out."

Zhang Tefu was shocked, this valley is narrow, the cliffs on both sides are unclimbable, and there are many dead trees in the valley, once it burns, they can't avoid it, and the consequences are unimaginable.

"Tell me there's a fart, why don't you hurry up and put out the fire?" Zhang Defu kicked the soldier over and roared loudly.

But by the time he arrived at the scene, the fire had spread, and there was no water in the valley, and the trees were burning in the wind, crackling, and the whole valley was printed red.

The soldiers in the valley have long been unwilling to fight, and they are all extinguishing the fire, at this time, even if the enemy is completely annihilated, what if they are not going to be burned here in the end?

Even the soldiers who were fighting on the front line ran back after hearing the news.

When Zhang Defu saw it, he scolded angrily: "You bastards, what are you doing when you come back?" Hurry up and hold them off before they escape? ”

After speaking, while instructing the adjutant to direct the firefighting here, he led a team of machine gunners and rushed straight to the bottom of the valley.

However, it was too late, and the remaining more than 300 capable people at the bottom of the valley had already escaped, and only the last dozen or so people were still hanging on the cliff wall to climb.

Zhang Defu was so angry that he smoked, and he raised his gun and fired at the cliff, finally sweeping the dozen or so people down.

However, the other party also immediately cut the rope on the cliff, completely cutting off their retreat.

Zhang Defu had no choice but to call the satellite phone and ask the base to send a transport plane to rescue.

But there are thousands of people in this valley, how can they save so many at one time, and most of them are destined to die here.

Two hours later, in a deep mountain and old forest dozens of miles away, Yang Li and others who were immortal were hiding here, the mountains were high and dense, and they were not worried about being found for a while.

Even if it is found, it is impossible for a large army to come here in a short time.

This place was discovered when you came around, and it is very easy to hide.

Zhou Xuan, Yang Li, Lin Qian, Yun Lei, and the newly joined Sunset Sect sat around a crooked-necked tree, chatting happily.

Zhou Xuan had already introduced to the two parties, but he did not reveal the true identities of Meihu and others, but only said that he met friends in the capital.

After a cold noise, Zhou Xuan asked Yang Li: "Have you counted the number of people, are there any casualties this time?" ”

Lin Qian interjected: "There are only more than 300 people left, and nearly half of the casualties are killed. ”

Zhou Xuan sighed gloomily: "We are late, if we have earlier, we may be able to save the lives of more brothers." ”

Yang Li comforted: "I don't blame you, it's our bad luck, Miss Yun suggested going south, and it has always been day and night, never thought that it happened to encounter a team of the other party to collect materials, so it attracted the encirclement and suppression of the other party's large army." ”

Zhou Xuan let out an "oh", glanced at Yun Lei, who was silent, in surprise, and praised: "This suggestion is very good, do the opposite, don't say it's an enemy, you almost deceived me." ”

Yun Lei raised her head when she heard this, and her face was full of self-blame: "Don't comfort me, the main responsibility this time lies with me, if I hadn't insisted on going south, I wouldn't have been so exposed, I killed more than a hundred people." ”

Zhou Xuan disagreed: "That's not necessarily, maybe you will meet other armies, people have good and bad luck, you don't have to blame yourself, think that day in Dongting, you can save the lives of several people, no one will blame you." ”

After speaking, he laughed and said, "You are our military advisor now, so it's not okay to be so depressed." ”

Everyone also persuaded one after another, but Yun Lei's mood did not improve much.

"It seems that this girl is a person who admits death." Zhou Xuan thought secretly, but he didn't persuade him anymore, and changed the topic:

"Miss Yun, you and everyone's fate are now tied together, I have to say some things, although you have contributed a lot these days, but in the final analysis, these things are all caused by you, the dead are gone, let's not talk about more, the rest of these people are not enough to fight against the big army, I hope you can contact your father and ask him to send someone to pick you up, otherwise, we will not be able to get out of the border of Hubei Province."

Yang Li hurriedly continued: "Brother Zhou, don't worry, Miss Yun informed her father two days ago that her father would send a warship to pick us up, and she should be there soon." ”

"That's good, let's not go out for the next two days, just wait here quietly, so as not to cause more casualties."

Zhou Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly praised in his heart: "This girl is really careful, and everything has thought of her in front of her." ”

It's not bad to have such a female Zhuge in her team, but unfortunately, she can't follow her all the time, these people sacrifice so much for her, it's really not cost-effective.

There are more than 1,000 capable people who came out of the states, and now there are only two or three hundred left, and the losses are too great.

And most of these people died at the hands of the army, so it can be seen that the most terrible thing in the last days is not monsters, but people.

The next day, there was no news of Yun Shangye for the time being, and with nothing to do, he found Jesus who was fishing alone by a shallow pond.

"Brother, do you think my knife is still possible to be repaired?" Zhou Xuan pulled out the long knife behind his back and handed it over.

Who knew that Jesus didn't even look at it, and said lightly: "Your knife is also made of black iron, but the skill is not familiar, and there is some heat owed, there is no need to repair it, it is better to recast, if you can find me a tool, I can get it for you in half a day." ”

Zhou Xuan was overjoyed, and hurriedly asked what tools were needed, and Jesus said them one by one, they were all hand-made common things. So he made a careful note and prepared to go out and look for what he would use.

"If you can find some gold, I can make the quality of your knife to the next level, and it is not difficult to cut iron like mud and cut gold and jade."

Zhou Xuan was overjoyed, nodded and left, gold is not hard to find, the city's gold stores are everywhere.

By noon, he had gathered all the things he needed, found some coals, and built a makeshift stove in a cave.

Smelting, condensing, forging, and until dusk, the recasting of the broken flow is finally completed.

Looking at the sweat on the old man's face, Zhou Xuan thoughtfully handed over a towel, and thanked him for his success: "Brother has worked hard." ”

After speaking, he took the shiny new knife and looked at it over and over.

The blade of the knife had turned black, with only the edge reflecting a faint golden glow in the light.

Zhou Xuan found a steel pipe and cut it gently, and the steel pipe broke in response.

"Good knives!"

Hearing that Zhou Xuan was going to reforge the weapon, Yang Li, who came to watch, couldn't help but praise.

"Brother, your skills are really amazing!" The next sentence almost made Zhou Xuan fall down, "Brother, you are too old to bear it, it's time to accept apprentices, do you think I can do it?" ”

Not only did he hear the black lines on his head, but Jesus, who was drinking water, almost fell off his chair.

"I said, Brother Yang, can you not be so direct and tactful?" Zhou Xuan complained.

Yang Li laughed twice and said embarrassedly: "I'm stupid, but I'm sincerely apprenticed." ”

I thought that Jesus would be angry when he heard this, but I didn't expect the old man to be interested when he saw him like this.

"Do you really want to learn the art of alchemy? It's boring and hard to learn, are you sure you can stick to it? Jesus took a sip and asked.

"Absolutely no problem, I am a soldier, I am not afraid of hardship, as long as the master is willing to pay, I will definitely work hard." Yang Li patted his chest and promised.

Jesus seemed to be moved, nodded and said, "Okay, when the conditions are met, I will officially take you as a disciple." ”

Zhou Xuan regretted it after hearing this, he knew that he would speak, and as a result, this kid took the lead.

But it's all his own people, and whoever learns it is the same, even if he learns it, I'm afraid he won't have much time to strike iron in the future, and it's better to let Yang Li be in charge of everyone's weapons.

This novel comes from reading books