Chapter 193 [Encirclement] (I)
The falcon was hovering at a low altitude, and Tan Zicong saw his pet coming overhead, his heart was overjoyed, he whistled, stretched out his left arm, and motioned for the black feather to stop on his arm.
The falcon circled at low altitude for several weeks, landed slowly, and when it was still about three feet above Tan Zicong's head, it accelerated sharply and rushed straight to Tan Zicong's front door. This change was extremely hasty, and Tan Zicong saw that this falcon was abnormal, and looked at it fixedly, but saw that half of the falcon's head was only left with white bones, which frightened Tan Zicong and screamed.
Tan Tiande paid attention to the actions of the falcon, and saw that it actually attacked the former owner, so he hurriedly raised his gun and fired, the car jolted at this time, Tan Tiande's shot was not accurate, the bullet passed by the right wing of the falcon, and the falcon had already flown in front of the car.
Peng! But it was Yan Tianxin who pulled the trigger, and the shotgun blasted the eagle falcon in the air into flesh, the feathers flew in the air, and the shattered flesh and blood fell like rain, Tan Tiande and his son hurriedly bowed their heads, Rao is still a lot of flesh and blood fell on them.
The driver was taken aback by this sudden situation, subconsciously stepped on the brakes, the car behind was too close, and he didn't expect the front to brake suddenly, and then it was too late to brake, and the screeching brake sound was followed by a dull impact.
Tan Tiande's withered body lay heavily on the back of the front seat, almost squeezing out a mouthful of his old blood.
Tan Zicong took out a towel to wipe off the shredded flesh and blood stains on his face, and scolded angrily: "Blind your dog's eyes, how did you drive?"
The convoy stopped, and Luo Lie's heart became more and more uneasy, and he looked up, only to see that a team was outflanking them in front of them. There was an ambush in front and a chasing soldier in the back, and this ambush on the Gobi turned out to be prepared.
After Tan Tiande learned about this situation, he immediately understood that reality could no longer allow them to escape to the place they wanted to go, so he immediately gave the order to go down, set up a defensive camp on the spot, and let go with the other party.
The vehicle was used by them as a cover, and four machine guns held the front and rear. However, the cavalry that pursued them slowed down noticeably, and the team directly in front of them outflanked their retreat as they approached.
Luo Lie kept all the lights on, hoping that the light of the lights could play a role in blocking the other party's progress, as the other party approached, they could already see the general situation of this team through the telescope, this is a strange team, the team is not composed of people, but cattle and sheep, at least more than five hundred.
It was the first time in Tan Tiande's life to see such a strange scene, those cattle and sheep seemed to have fallen under some kind of spell, all moving in the same direction, Tan Tiande could conclude that these cattle and sheep were all cursed like the falcon just now, that is, the virus that Luo Lie said, he said loudly: "Everyone listen to me, as long as you enter all living creatures within range, you will be killed!"
Ma Yongping personally led the army to block the end of Nanyang Street, and he had to remedy it, and he believed that it was still too late to remedy. The army is still under his control, he has enough weapons and ammunition, and with Ma Yongping's order, the fire network woven by artillery and machine guns has turned Nanyang Street into a human purgatory, and it is better to kill a thousand by mistake than to let one go.
And when Ma Yongping cleaned up Nanyang Street, the west gate of the new Manchu camp also appeared in a situation, Ma Yongping found that he still underestimated the impact of this strange disease, he was able to usurp Yan Tuojiang's military power is naturally not incompetent, after judging the situation, Ma Yongping immediately ordered the blockade of Danyang Bridge, Shengyang Road, Tianxing Street, thus forming a line of defense to isolate the West Gate, and at the same time sent a mobile regiment to go out of the North Gate to bypass outside the West Gate, forming a blockade outside the West Gate to prevent zombies from escaping.
Although there were many infected people, the Xinman battalion was heavily garrisoned after all, and there were 25,000 troops that could be mobilized in the city alone. Although Ma Yongping's method of killing a thousand by mistake rather than letting one go is extremely cruel, it is a correct countermeasure at this very moment, and Ma Yongping still can't figure out why these soldiers contracted a strange disease, whether this strange disease is related to the curse of the coffin in Heishui Temple.
Although the soldiers in the city were afraid, and some people also thought of zombies from these crazy people, Ma Yongping was not negligent in propaganda and pacification, only saying that these soldiers were infected with a disease, which was transmitted through bites and blood, so that everyone did not need to panic too much.
The chaos in Xinmanying lasted until 2 o'clock in the morning and gradually subsided, and the two most severely affected areas of Ximen and Nanyang Avenue no longer had the phenomenon of infected people actively rushing into the blockade line. Ma Yongping did not choose to take the initiative to attack, but everyone did not dare to take it lightly, and everyone realized that this may be the calm before the storm.
Luo Hunt and the others soon realized that not only in front of them, but also on their right side, thousands of cattle and sheep were slowly approaching, gradually forming a huge encirclement around them, but this encirclement was not yet fully formed, and there was still a gap on their left side.
Tan Zicong originally thought that they had a slight advantage in numbers, but seeing the cattle and sheep that kept appearing, the little numerical advantage of his own side suddenly disappeared, and he was frightened by the crazy eagle falcon just now, and he still hasn't recovered from the horror, and can't help but imagine the scene of the surrounding cattle and sheep attacking him, and said in a trembling voice: "We are about to be surrounded." ”
Tan Tiande said: "The big deal is death, what is there to be afraid of!" At the critical moment, Lao Tzu's bones are obviously harder than his son's. In fact, he was also scared in his heart, but in front of his son, in front of so many subordinates, he had to stand up straight and not lie down!
The defensive strategy they were supposed to adopt was no longer realistic, and they had to take the initiative to attack and implement the breakout plan before the encirclement was fully formed.
Luo Lie has a different view on this, he thinks that he should turn to the rear to attack, in Luo Lie's view, the cavalry in the rear is the focus, capture the thief first capture the king, as long as the cavalry in the rear is repulsed, those cattle and sheep may retreat without a fight.
"Perhaps, you actually said that it was a matter of life and death?" Tan Zicong said loudly, his emotions became excited by fear, and he pointed to the gap on the left side and said, "It's too late to rush over now." ”
Luo Lie said: "Have you ever wondered why there is that gap? Is that gap a trap?" He wondered very much in his heart, if those knights were infected, why did they have such a clear mind, obviously according to the established tactics.
Tan Zicong said: "Do you think zombies have brains? Do you still know strategy and tactics?" He didn't despise Luo Lie, but saw that there was still a way out, why did he give up his life and seek his own death? He turned to his father and said, "Dad, tell me if this is the truth?"
Tan Tiande was extremely hesitant in his heart, what his son said made sense, but Luo Hunt's speculation was also possible, if these zombies were wise and they knew how to arrange their troops, this gap that had not yet closed was a terrible trap.
Tan Tiande finally made the decision to march towards the gap after thinking about it for a long time, it is much easier to deal with cattle and sheep than to deal with zombies.
Luo Lie couldn't hide the disappointment in his heart when he heard his final decision, Yan Tianxin glanced behind him and said, "They chased us all the way to drive us into an ambush. ”
Luo Lie nodded.
Yan Tianxin said: "What should I do?"
Luo Lie looked around and found that the speed of the enemy's approach had slowed down significantly, and the speed at which the gap on the left side was closing more and more slowly, he could almost conclude that it was a trap, and the feeling of oppression in his heart became stronger and stronger as time went by.
After Tan Tiande made his decision, his team quickly assembled and advanced towards the gap, striving to break out of the encirclement before the gap closed. Tan Tiande turned his head and saw that Luo Lie and Yan Tianxin were still staying in place, with no intention of following, Tan Tiande's heart couldn't help but become heavy. Although he recognized Luo Lie's wisdom and ability, but at the moment of life and death, he could not fully trust his judgment, he single-handedly established the Red Stone Village, and led this group of brothers to cross the Ganbian for so many years, not only with courage and luck, but also every time life and death were at stake, his decision-making played a key role.
Obviously, the gap is in front of him, and he has no reason to give up the near and far, and the easy to take the difficult.
They were getting closer and closer to the gap, and at such a distance, they could already be sure that those slow-walking cattle and sheep would not have time to complete the encirclement of them, Tan Tiande secretly breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that Luo Lie's judgment was wrong this time.
Tan Zicong ordered loudly: "Brothers, increase your horsepower and break out of the encirclement!" The front was flat, there was no ambush to hide at all, the machine gunners on both sides aimed at the cattle and sheep teams on the left and right to shoot, and the bullets pulled out a line of fire in the night sky, and the cattle and sheep who were shot in the head by the bullets fell one after another.
Tan Tiande hurriedly ordered them to stop firing, although they were out of trouble, they couldn't waste bullets casually.
Tan Zicong laughed and said: "It's not a good thing to be too suspicious, I don't believe him." ”
Tan Tiande couldn't help but look behind him again, Luo Lie and Yan Tianxin were thrown in place, they really didn't come over, but they didn't come over, the cavalry team in the rear, and the surrounding cattle and sheep all stopped advancing. Tan Tiande suddenly felt that something was wrong, and he was about to give the order to strengthen the vigilance. The grass in front of them made a rustling sound, which increased rapidly in a short period of time, and the grass in front of them was undulating like a wave, and thousands of rats in the grass rushed towards them.
Everyone couldn't help but change color, a mouse is certainly nothing to be afraid of, but there are thousands of mice in front of them, and the black pressure is surging from the grassland, and the scene is thrilling. If they were attacking zombies, cows and sheep, they could at least easily target them, but now they're rats, which are small and move fast.
Without waiting for Tan Zicong's order, his subordinates had already aimed at the dense swarm of rats and opened fire. Tan Tiande yelled: "Retreat! Retreat!"