Chapter 156: Ambush
"I'm sorry, Lee, I haven't seen half a figure after looking all night, I guess the group of rangers hid in a ravine." David returned to camp with a depressed and exhausted expression.
"And who's behind you?" Belikov asked with some confusion.
"Behind us?" David was taken aback, turned his hair back, and now a figure appeared not far behind him.
"Damn, how did he touch it?" David was taken aback and hurriedly ordered his cavalry to catch the man.
"David, you don't think you're embarrassed enough!" Li yelled a little unpleasantly, and then said to the figure, "May I ask why Your Excellency is here?" ”
"Captain Okov of the 3rd Squadron of Icyrian salutes you, Your Excellency. We have been ordered to wait here for your arrival and deliver the information of the Rune supply convoy into your hands. Aukov saluted Lee and took off his hood, revealing his face.
"Is there anything that can prove your identity?" David said with an unkind face, anyone who is targeted will not feel good.
"The Icylian Ranger never leaves anything on them that can reveal his identity." Aukov said after glancing at David.
"In response to your words, I believe in your identity, please come to my tent, I need information about the Rune." Lee beckoned to Okov, and Belikov stepped forward to pat David, who was a little embarrassed, and took him and his men to rest in another tent.
Ten minutes later, Okov walked out of the camp and descended to the back of the hill, while Belikov came behind Lee.
"Do you want me to lead someone to ...... him", David then gestured with a throat-slitting gesture.
"If you want us to be hated by a bunch of cunning rangers." Li shook his head and continued: "Although they are a group of routed troops, after all, they are the elite troops of Gondor, so we don't want to make any extraneous branches. ”
"But now that our every move is under the watchful eye of that group of White City executives, it's a terrible feeling." Belikov said with some unhappiness.
"There are gains and losses, and this guy has brought a lot of useful information. Maybe we'll be able to do it with ease. Go and see if David has rested, and if he has not slept yet, call him up, gather all our soldiers and numberers, and we will begin to move. Li said with some excitement.
Okov found that the eyeliner without heels was behind him, and immediately returned to the place where Hu Bin was hiding. Then he asked Hu Bin: "Sir, why did you ask me to tell the true information to those lords?" ”
"After all, we represent the White City, and we can't leave these guys with a handle, otherwise if this matter is exposed, it will bring a lot of criticism to the regent. You may also be charged with it. ”
Hu Bin's words made Okov break out in a cold sweat, but Okov still asked a little unwillingly: "Sir, do you just let them bypass the trap of the Rune people and sneak attack the real supply convoy?" ”
"Who said that if you tell them the true information, you can't use it, as long as you tell them the news I asked you to say, you can look forward to the next development, I'm very optimistic about that lord." Hu Bin said with a faint smile, and Okov saw deep malice behind this smile.
"I'm sorry, sir, but I still don't understand. Isn't our purpose to prevent them from enjoying this credit exclusively, since those lords are going to sneak up on the real supply convoy, why don't we go with them, didn't you say before that we can't just expose our strength? Okov was a little confused by Hu Bin's words.
"Nope. We're going to wait for those people to set off, and then we're going to attack the fake convoy, and if anyone wants to fish, we have to get enough bait. Hu Bin's order made Aukov's brow furrow deeply. When I was about to ask something, I suddenly saw a figure rushing out.
"Captain! Ah, sir. You're there too. "It turned out to be a ranger soldier who approached him.
"What's the matter?" Okov saw that his subordinates had interrupted the conversation with Hu Bin, and asked a little unpleasantly.
"The Runians have sent out a large number of rangers, and the team on the other side of the supply convoy can no longer keep an eye on them, and they are asking you what to do next." The soldiers quickly reported the news.
"Sir?" Okov was just about to reply, when he suddenly remembered that Hu Bin was still here.
"As expected, let's withdraw everyone, we don't need to monitor the situation there, give you an hour to prepare, and we'll leave when the time comes." Hu Bin ordered categorically.
"Yes!" Okov seemed to want to say something, but the soldier had already accepted the order and went to convey it to the others, and finally he sighed deeply, the person sent by the military headquarters to command this time really did not understand him.
An hour later, all the rangers were ready to go, Hu Bin stood outside the stronghold and looked at this elite army, his heart was hot, and he wanted to receive them all under his command, but unfortunately after this mission, his military power was about to be handed back, after all, he was not the real Lord of Gondor.
"That's fine, and I don't feel sorry for the loss." Hu Bin had no choice but to comfort himself like this.
Hu Bin's knights' subordinates were also ready, and after a night's rest, they were full of energy, and the full-body composite plate armor that needed to be taken off in a hurry was already neatly dressed. And those rangers now know that the knights they were able to hurt before were completely lucky, and they suspect that even a strong crossbow will not be able to easily hurt those soldiers in the iron shell.
Lorraine leaned in at this time and whispered to Hu Bin that he sensed the spell fluctuations of the long-range communication magic at the Lord's Camp of the Numbered One, and Hu Bin was waiting for this news, and his plan could finally be implemented.
"Let's go!" Hu Bin commanded the soldiers in front of him, and at the same time, Li said the same thing to his soldiers and many numbered people in the camp.
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"Lee, are you sure that the information that the ranger said is true?" Belikov looked at the huge Lunesian supply team in the distance, and said in a deep voice, no matter how you look at the protection of the Lunes in such a big way, they don't want to protect a team of empty vehicles.
"Calm down, Belikov, that ranger shouldn't be joking about this information, if this information is wrong, unless we all destroy it here, what awaits him is the sanctions of the military department. The credibility of the White City side will also be hit. Learn from David and see if he's not very calm. ”
Belikov was a little surprised when he saw David's calm appearance, at this time David should have been worried about this and worrying about the place, when did he become so bold.
Hearing Li's words, David smiled bitterly: "I'm just nervous and can't open my mouth, Li, they are really going over, do you really think that the supply convoy is really behind?" ”
"It's worth the gamble!" Lee was silent for a long time, and did not answer David until the group was moving away.
"Then I'll take a gamble with you!" David secretly breathed a sigh of relief, revealing a confident expression. This made Belikov, who was secretly observing him, feel a sense of disobedience. But he couldn't tell him exactly where he was violated, and finally thought that he was too nervous and had a delusion.
Ten minutes later, the trio were pleasantly surprised to find another convoy slowly moving in, the wheels of the cart sinking deep into the dirt, which made them more and more sure that the Lunes supplies were loaded on the cart.
Li saw that the convoy gradually entered the ambush circle of his own people, and there was a hint of surprise in his heart, in his opinion, the troops near the convoy were not his opponents at all, maybe before the troops in front of him came back to help. He could destroy all the supplies by himself, and Li seemed to see a large amount of military exploits and wanted to beckon himself.
"These Icylian rangers are really powerful, and they can detect such important information with a small number of people, I must see if I can recruit them when I go back." Li secretly made up his mind. Even if you spend all the accumulated military merits, you must get these elite Icyrian rangers, their role in reconnaissance is simply too great.
"Lee, they've come into our ambush." David said with some impatience.
"Hold your breath. Wait for them to get a little bit deeper. Lee's joy was already on his face, but he still suppressed his impulse to make the ambush more certain.
As the distance between the two sides gets closer and closer. The situation in the supply convoy became clearer and clearer, and suddenly, a Rune man dressed as an officer in the convoy looked at the location where Li was lying in ambush, and at that moment Li clearly saw the Lune's gaze on him, secretly said badly, and then shouted behind him, and led his men to attack. A large number of soldiers and numberers took off their camouflage and rushed towards the convoy.
What Lee didn't notice was that David, who was still very close to him, quietly slowed down and distanced himself further and further. Looking at the backs of Li and Belikov charging together, David sighed secretly: "I'm sorry, you are all going to be buried here today." ”
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"There are really a lot of people, it seems that the Luen people have made a bloody investment, so many troops are dispatched to protect, the consumption must be not small, how many gold coins do you need!" Hu Bin said with a distressed face, while Okov listened with a pained look at his commander who felt sorry for the enemy, if Hu Bin was not an elf, he would even wonder if Hu Bin was a spy sent by the Lunes.
"Sir, are you sure we're going to do it in front of this convoy?" Looking at the subordinates who had been following him for many years, Okov asked with some difficulty.
"Of course not now, we're going to wait for a moment." Hu Bin said lightly, giving Okov a sunny smile, it seems that he is in a good mood.
But Okov was not in the mood, in fact he was already in a terrible mood.
"Sir, what exactly are you talking about, I need to warn you that the supply convoy will soon be out of our reconnaissance range." Hearing that it was not time to do it, Okov's heart dropped slightly, but he began to worry that they would miss the opportunity that Hu Bin said, although Okov did not understand what that timing was.
"You will know, since the supply team is about to go away, then we will follow, anyway, we have reserved a few ambush points in front, we just need to run faster, we will not lose these military achievements." Hu Bin said that he was really ready to transfer the troops.
"Sir, it's going to take a few minutes for these people to pass, we need to wait until they're far away to act, or they'll be discovered." Okov has been a little numb by Hu Bin's training, he feels that the only thing he should do now is to close his mouth and resign himself to fate, anyway, if something really happens, it will be the elf who bears it, I hope that he can keep his position after this mission, and the daughter of the head of his village is still waiting for him to propose to her after he is promoted.
"What am I thinking?" Okov rubbed his face and found that Hu Bin hadn't noticed his crankiness, and that he would have to wait until the orcs were defeated.
"Hopefully the pressure on the Rune is strong enough, or I'm really going to have to fight hard." Hu Bin didn't notice that his subordinates almost set up a flag next to him. There was actually a hint of solemnity buried beneath his seemingly relaxed exterior, and even when the time came for him to come, his forces might not be able to attack 100% successfully.
"Sir, there's a situation!" Aukov suddenly saw that the convoy not far away suddenly stopped moving, and the cavalrymen who had been guarding the convoy seemed to have received some orders and rushed to the rear. Okov's heart moved, could this be the timing of what the chief said.
"Don't get excited, wait slowly, it's not time for us to show up." After Hu Bin saw the convoy stop, he immediately let go of his clenched palm. secretly made a celebratory gesture, but his face was still light.
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"Shoot the arrows!" Belikov shouted orders his 50 archers to fire arrows at the accompanying guards near the convoy, and many of the Lune soldiers were stunned by the sudden attack, drew their weapons and fell stupid on the spot, killing many of them with a round of arrows.
But before the second round of arrows hit, the soldiers, awakened by the screams, finally remembered what they had to do, and most of the soldiers quickly hid behind the transports, and a few rushed in the direction of the rain of arrows, of course, all of them fell in the second round of the archers.
The officers of the Rune, though shouted loudly the order to counterattack. But few of his soldiers dared to show their heads and shoot arrows at the opposite side, but they soon could not hide, because Li had already led people to rush up.
Lee was a little surprised, the reaction of the Rune people was just too bad. These convoys behaved not at all like regular troops, but like a group of militias. But the attack had already begun, and Lee couldn't care about these strange places.
"The Lunes may think their decoy tactics are successful, and no one will pay attention to this team. So I sent a group of recruits to make a show to deter possible mountain bandits. Li could only comfort himself in this way, but he was not without preparation, at least David and Belikov's cavalry had not yet been used.
As soon as the infantry of the two sides came into contact. The Lunes' front almost collapsed. The numberers used all sorts of tactics to slaughter a large number of Rune soldiers as soon as they came up. As soon as Lee came up, he found the Lune officer who was commanding loudly, and the guy drew his sword and stood guard when he saw that the enemy was coming to the door.
A soldier under the unidentified numbered man suddenly rushed at Lee's prey, but the Rune officer killed the soldier with two swords, and the Rune officer made a defiant gesture towards Lee, ignoring the slaughtered subordinates around him.
Lee was annoyed by the contemptuous attitude of the Lune officer, who had lived a life as a lord in the fields, but had always fought against the stragglers of the desert people near his territory, and his personal martial arts skills had never been reduced.
Li broke directly into the officer's attack range, and the shield blocked the opponent's tricky stabbing path, and he was about to pass his sword from behind the shield, but the opponent was already prepared, and began to retreat halfway, making Li's attack miss.
"That's what you're supposed to be." Officer Lune's difficulty gave Li an inexplicable sense of reassurance, and Li also used his energy combat skills to directly split the officer's shield with a sword ray, and plunged the long sword into the enemy's chest and throat.
"It's just an aborigine." Lee drew his sword, knocked down his opponent's corpse with his shield, and then searched for his next favorite target, while the numbered people around him sighed as Lee devoured their most valuable target, making them even more desperate to slaughter the Rune soldiers.
There was a sound of horses' hooves, and the numberers in the field, very alert, broke away from the battle one after another, and looked in the direction from which the sound came, only to find that it was David and Belikov who were rushing with the cavalry.
"You bastards leave me some!" Belikov rushed into the battle group and shouted loudly.
"Bastard, who let you out." Lee roared angrily when he saw Belikov rushing up.
"We're going to feed ourselves too, aren't we, Lee?" David reined in his horse as he passed Lee, and said to him, and his cavalry joined in the final extermination of the Lune soldiers.
"Well, anyway, there are no accidents, I'd better go and see those supplies, after all, I have to destroy these materials before the troops in front rush back to support." Seeing that the Rune had fled, Lee gathered his weapons and headed for the nearest transport.
"Something is wrong, there must be something wrong." On the way to the transporter, Lee's instincts kept telling him that something was wrong. The pack horses on the transporter had been frightened by the battle on the battlefield, but the heavy wagons and the sturdy reins had trapped them in the cart, and they could only kick and neigh on the ground incessantly, and struggle even more fiercely at the sight of a stranger approaching them.
"Shut up!" Li Yijian put an end to the struggling pack horse and vented the panic caused by the sudden warning in his heart. He looked at the cart full of goods and reached for the canvas on it.
"By the way, it all went so smoothly, it almost seemed like it was planned." It wasn't until Lee's hand touched the canvas that Lee understood what was wrong.
Lee lifted the canvas covering the goods, revealing the contents of the goods. (To be continued......)