Chapter 18: Accidents on the North Ridge
After the man in black left, the Pakang militia in the forest were in shock, or froze in place, or hid behind the trees in a daze. Li Fan was also surprised for a while, but suddenly came to his senses and immediately asked Danya to launch an assault.
Danya was reminded by Li Fan, came back to her senses, and also realized that this was a good opportunity, and used the walkie-talkie to inform Wu Wei that Chen Meili and Lu Zhong would hide in the fog area, and the others would immediately launch an assault.
Three hundred people quickly rushed out of the fog area, surrounded the Dazon Hpakant militia under the cover of the dense forest, and opened fire fiercely, Li Fan and Danya also began to shoot at the giant tree with sniper rifles.
The more than 100 Pakang militia in the glade had not yet recovered from the accident just now, and suddenly encountered another unexpected attack, and most of them had no intention of resisting and fled to the dense forest in front of them.
It took only twenty minutes for Ronken's 300-man assault team to kill most of the enemy and occupy the glade, with several leaders of the Hpakant militia being the primary target, all killed, and the rest of the Hpakant militia fleeing into the dense forest.
Tanya got the walkie-talkie of the leader of Hpakant, took it with him to listen to the other party's call, and Wu Wei instructed the militia to unload ammunition and build improvised fortifications.
Li Fan carefully checked the ammunition supplies that had just been seized, and more than a dozen boxes of remote-controlled tree mines aroused his interest, so he immediately found Danya to discuss how to use these tree mines.
Danya said: "The tree mine exploded in mid-air, shooting a large amount of scattered sand, which can kill and injure many people, but it can only be used if it is pre-installed and waiting for the enemy to pass by, we will immediately engage in positional warfare, there is no time to go to the front to install, it should not be of much use!"
Li Fan said: "We are only 300 people, there will be thousands of enemies in front of us, we will definitely not be able to withstand it with conventional weapons, these tree mines can be thrown as bombs, and then detonated with remote control, the power is huge!"
Danya asked puzzledly, "It's so far away, this thing is quite heavy, how can you throw it over?"
Li Fan pointed to the dozen or so trees behind him and said, "This kind of tree is very tough, and it can be used as a slingshot to catapult tree thunder!"
After listening to this, Danya walked over and tried it, the toughness of the trunk was really strong, and she turned around and said: "Li Fan, I really admire you, there are such wonderful ideas, I have fought for so many years and I didn't expect this method!"
Li Fan smiled and said: "I practiced Go, and it is difficult to win without strange moves, so I often fall out of common sense, and time is running out, so find some people to start arranging catapult tree mines!"
Danya nodded, and asked Wu Wei to find dozens of people and tell them Li Fan's method, everyone was a little skeptical, but they still started to prepare as instructed.
The militia of Longken have been hunting in the woods for a long time, and they often use this very resilient tree as a hunting trap, so it is not a big problem to make catapults, and a dozen of them will be made in a short time.
At this moment, the Hpakant militia, who had fled just now, had already summoned a part of the militia who were attacking the village in front of them, and they were besieging the glade.
The battle was fierce from the start, but fortunately the Hpakant people only had light and heavy machine guns and no heavy weapons, so the Ronken commandos barely survived with the help of the newly repaired fortifications.
Li Fan saw that the woods in front of the fortifications were densely packed with Hpakant militia, and immediately notified Wu Wei to eject tree mines.
More than a dozen tree mines fell from the sky, and the Pakang militia were stunned, and before they could figure out what they were, the tree mines were detonated by the remote control, and instantly wailed all over the ground, killing and injuring hundreds of people.
The militia in the back did not know what was happening in front of them, and they came up to treat their wounded companions, and at this time more than a dozen tree mines flew in, and this time the casualties were even more severe.
The Hpakant militia besieging the open space lost most of their losses, and the militia attacking the village slowly withdrew after hearing about it.
Tanya and Li Fan climbed the giant tree and observed with binoculars, and found that the Hpakant militia had retreated to the col to the north, and Wu Wei took the opportunity to lead the assault team to rush out of the fortifications and wipe out the remaining wounded soldiers in the forest in front of them.
Li Fan used a sniper rifle to cover the Longken militia who rushed to kill, and saw the tragic scenes through the scope, and his heart shuddered, for him who grew up in a peaceful environment in the city, participating in this bloody tribal war really tempered his will and actual combat skills, and he also learned a lot of tactics and weapon skills.
The battle was temporarily stopped, Li Fan and Danya asked the Longken militia to move all the supplies and vehicles into the fog area, and the personnel also retreated to the fog area to rest, and asked Wu Wei to take a dozen people to the front woods to investigate the enemy's situation.
Everyone rested in the fog area, ate and drank water to treat the wounded, while Li Fan and Danya seized the time to study the next plan. After resting for about an hour, Wu Wei sent a message on a walkie-talkie that the militia of the Hpakant tribe did not fight back, and there was no one in the forest.
Danya and Li Fan were very puzzled when they heard this information, it stands to reason that the thousands of people from the Pathant tribe who went to Beiling did not ambush and should come back to attack the village, how could they not see people?
Danya used a satellite phone to contact the village chief on duty, who said that he had sent a dozen people out to investigate, and so far found no signs of the enemy launching a second offensive.
Tanya suspected that this was the enemy's suspicion that he might sneak out from some unexpected direction and attack suddenly, so he ordered the village chief to send more men to a farther place to investigate carefully, and ten more people were sent to investigate the movement of the Hpakant militia troops in different directions.
After more than two hours passed, Wu Wei first sent a message that he had seen the Hpakant militia retreating along the same road in the woods far away, and many of them were missing arms and legs, and they were marching very slowly.
Hearing this information, Danya and Li Fan were even more confused, the enemy would actually retreat without a fight, and so many people were injured.
The two were thinking about it when the village chief called and sent the people to the North Ridge to investigate and returned, saying that the Hpakant troops were planning to use explosives to blow up a gap in the North Ridge, and rushed over from the gap to encircle and suppress the village.
The Hpakant militia attacked him with grenades, intending to detonate the remaining explosives by the way, which angered the man in black and rushed into the Hpakant army with swords to slaughter.
Not only did the Hpakant militia not hurt a single hair of the man in black, but they also killed and injured thousands of people, and the rest fled with their heads in their hands.
The man in black dismantled and destroyed all the explosives buried on the North Ridge, and his anger did not subside, and he killed all the hundreds of injured Hpakant militia in the forest before leaving.
After listening to this call, Li Fan and Danya finally understood.
It turned out that the Hpakant militia had suffered heavy losses from the man in black, so they retreated without launching a second round of attacks.
Tanya ordered the commando team to return to the village with all the supply vehicles, leaving a dozen people to continue to observe the enemy situation.
In the evening, when the assault team returned to the village, Danya gathered the leaders of the tribe in the ancestral hall for a meeting, Li Fan did not participate this time, but called Wu Wei to a room where no one was there to talk.
"Have you ever seen the man in black with a sword before?"
"Brother Fan, I've lived in this village for decades, and I've never seen that person, and I haven't heard of it, could it be that it just appeared recently?"
"Then have you heard of any of the more secret and strange places near the village?"
"This is there, I heard the elders in the village say that Beiling has seen a little ruins of ancient buildings, I don't know what age it is, and the specific location is not very clear, there have been several mudslides on the mountain, and it may have been buried!"
"Is there anyone in or near the village who knows the kung fu of the Yellow Dragon Kingdom?"
"The militia in the village can work a little harder!"
"I'm talking about more powerful and outstanding kung fu, not ordinary fighting skills!"
"I haven't heard of it, not only is there no one in the village, but the entire tribe has not heard of anyone who is particularly good at kung fu, Princess Danya has learned some kung fu passed down from the family, and it seems that it is only a little stronger, not particularly powerful. Brother Fan, which man in black do you think uses kung fu? No, how can there be such a god's kung fu, we all think he is a demon and uses demon methods!"
"What do you say?"
"The old man of the tribe said that some people in the south of the Greenstone Country are not normal people, they have learned the demon method, and they can perform demon magic that ordinary people can't understand, but they haven't seen it near the Emerald Mountain and Pachong City in the north, and there are no such people in the Longken tribe and the Pakang tribe!"
"If those tribes have people who know how to sorcery, they should be able to easily unify the entire Greenstone Country! Why didn't they invade your territory and the Hpakant tribe?"
"It stands to reason that this should be the case, but I don't know why, those people never dared to come to the north!"
Li Fan lowered his head and pondered for a while and said, "Maybe there are things or people in the north that they are more afraid of, such as the man in black!"
Wu Wei thought for a moment and said, "Could it be that the man in black was sent by the southern tribe?"
Li Fan shrugged his shoulders, indicating that he didn't know either.
The two chatted about other topics, and then went back to their respective rooms to rest.
The night was fine, the next day just after breakfast, a sentry reported, the retreating villagers met Dan Tuo and a large number of Longken militia he brought on the way, and they were returning together, and they could reach the village around noon.
Li Fan thought that everyone would be very happy to hear the news, but he didn't expect that everyone was silent for a while, and some people even deployed their subordinates to take more precautions.
Danya saw that Li Fan was very puzzled, and said:
"Danto's temperament changed dramatically a few years ago, and now no one knows whether he brought people to support or to take the opportunity to exterminate his fellow brothers. Li Fan, when Hpakant's troops withdraw to Hpak Chong City, the border should be passable, you and the beautiful Lu Zhong don't need to wade into this troubled water, let's leave this place of right and wrong quickly!"
Chen Meili and Lu Zhong didn't speak, they both looked at Li Fan, Li Fan thought for a while and said, "Danya, I saved Dan Tuo's life, how about staying and helping you reconcile?"
The leaders of the village were originally a little depressed, but they felt a little hopeful when they heard Li Fan say this, and they all retained Li Fan without waiting for Danya to speak.
Danya was silent for a while, and said, "Li Fan, I don't want you to take risks, you better leave!
"Unrelated?" Li Fan smiled and continued: "Danya, you are my friend, how can you say that your friend's business has nothing to do with me?"
When Danya heard Li Fan say this, her eyes moistened, and she didn't say anything more, and deployed everyone to strengthen their vigilance and prepare to meet Dan Tuo and his team.
At noon, a large number of Longken militiamen, several pickup trucks, and dozens of trucks came out of the forest in the distance. There was a person sitting in the passenger seat of the pickup truck at the front, it was Danto.
Seeing that Dantuo's team had arrived, the militia in the village retreated behind the fortifications, giving way to a vacant lot at the entrance of the village, and at the same time making various preparations for countermeasures.
Since Danya is a tribal princess with a noble status, she did not leave the village, but sat in the ancestral hall of the village and waited for Dantuo to come to see her.
After a while, the group came to the open space in front of the village, and Danto got off the pickup truck and walked into the village surrounded by a group of soldiers.
The village soldiers and villagers all hid behind the house and watched Dantuo and his team quietly, not even daring to say anything about the children.
At this moment, Li Fan walked out of a house, stood on the side of the road and looked at Dan Tuo who came over with a smile.
Dan Tuo recognized Li Fan at a glance, and immediately walked up with a smile on his face and hugged Li Fan, saying:
"Brother Li, on the way, I heard that you rescued Princess Danya and helped everyone fight off the Hpakant militia, our entire Longken tribe is very grateful to you!"
Li Fan listened to Dan Tuo's sincere words, saw the few soldiers behind him, and finally put down a stone in his heart, knowing that Dan Tuo had no intention of killing each other, he said with a smile:
"Dan Tuo, you received the news and immediately brought people to the rescue, Princess Danya and the villagers of several nearby villages were very moved, the princess is now waiting for you in the ancestral hall, let's go see her together!" After speaking, he took Dan Tuo's hand and walked into the ancestral hall together.
Seeing Dan Tuo come in, Danya didn't stand up, but coldly observed how many people he had brought, and the result was unexpected, only four soldiers followed behind.
After Dantuo entered the ancestral hall, he first took four soldiers to kowtow to the tablet of his ancestors, and then brought four people to Princess Danya, knelt on one knee without saying a word, and said:
"Princess Danya, a few years ago, I had a strange disease, and my mind was a little confused, which caused you to be captured and imprisoned by the Hpakant tribe, it was my fault, from today on, I Dantuo swear to the sky, and I am absolutely loyal to your Princess Danya's family, if you violate it, you will never recover!"
Seeing that Dan Tuo and his four soldiers swore allegiance as soon as they entered, Tanya and the people in the village breathed a sigh of relief, and the tense atmosphere was swept away, and laughter filled the entire village.
The villagers brought several large tables from the back of the house, put the prepared wine and food on the table, and Danya, Dan Tuo, Li Fan and others sat down as guests and hosts, talking and laughing while eating, and the division of the Longken tribe for several years was completely over.
After lunch, Danya and Dan Tuo immediately invited all the soldiers and Li Fan to a meeting in the side room of the ancestral hall to study the next step.
After a period of discussion, almost everyone's opinion was to immediately build fortifications to prevent the Hpakant militia from attacking again, but Li Fan remained silent.