Chapter 19: Ice Traps
Before dawn, Qin Feng woke up.
The huge pressure of survival overwhelmed him, he had to live no matter what, if he died, he didn't dare to guarantee that he would not cross again, or wear it back, he couldn't afford to gamble!
"Captain, wash your face!" One of the soldiers who was waiting for Qin Feng walked into the camp tent with a helmet filled with water.
Qin Feng was already fully dressed, he turned around and saw that there were ice cubes in the water in the helmet, "Where did you get water?" ”
"Riverside!"
"The river is frozen?"
"It's knotted, it's very thick, and it took a little bit of a spear to poke a hole in a cup of tea!" The orderly said.
Qin Feng walked outside the tent and saw that the snow had stopped, but there was a thick layer of snow on the ground.
"Here, blow the trumpet and assemble, order the men to make a fire and make food, and set off in an hour!"
"No!"
At this time, Juniper walked over, clasped his fists and asked, "Captain, do I still want to go north along the Wanshui River?" ”
"No, I'll wait for the west this time!"
The sky was gradually getting brighter, and the soldiers were gobbling up food after receiving the food, in order to last a little longer, Qin Feng didn't dare to let this group of people eat openly, so he could only let everyone eat six points full.
"Captain, five cavalry came five miles to the northwest, it should be the Jiangdong Army scout!" Juniper, who received the news, immediately rushed over to report to Qin Feng.
Qin Feng stood up in shock, "Five miles to the northwest?" ”
"Yes!"
Qin Feng's brain was running at high speed, and the appearance of this team of scouts showed that the Jiangdong Army was at most fifteen miles away from here!
"Order, let everyone gather immediately and prepare to go, you and your people stay here to set traps and ambush circles and wait for enemy scouts to come, try to catch them alive!"
"No!"
The camp soon became lively, and every man searched for his own team, sacks of grain were loaded onto the backs of mules and horses, and the tents were soon put away and carried on mules.
When Xiao Qiao was helped into the carriage by two maids, Qin Feng found that her face was haggard, with dark circles in both eyes, and she didn't seem to have slept well last night, no wonder, she must have been hit hard when she heard the news that Jiang Dongjun announced that she was dead, and the issuance of this order was definitely what Zhou Yu meant.
That shows that her life and death are not so important in Zhou Yu's eyes.
"Let's go!" Qin Feng waved his hand and rode a horse to take the lead at the front of the group.
In the team, Yang Hong and Yan Xiang rode horses and found that the direction of the team was not right, last night they had already discussed with Qin Feng that they wanted to go all the way west to Jiangxia, but now they are going to the east, and to the east is going to the sphere of influence of the Jiangdong Route Army, isn't this self-defeating?
The two hurriedly hit their horses and caught up.
"Captain, Captain!"
Qin Feng turned his head to look, beat his horse to the side and let the team move on.
Yang Hong arrived first on horseback, "Duwei, haven't we already decided to go west to Jiangxia?" How could the soldiers march in the exact opposite direction? ”
At this time, Yan Xiang also rode over, Qin Feng said: "I received the news just now, the Jiangdong Army scouts were found five miles to the northwest, the Jiangdong Army is only fifteen miles away from us at most, if our army is to the west, isn't it getting closer and closer to the Jiangdong Army?" Once the Jiangdong Army learns that we are heading west, they will definitely change direction and intercept it! I have calculated, even if the two armies march at the same speed, the closest distance between the Jiangdong Army and our army may only be about three miles, do you think our army will be able to get rid of the pursuit? ”
Yang Hong and Yan Xiang looked at each other, and Yan Xiang couldn't help but say, "The Jiangdong Army is coming so fast!" However, even if our army advances eastward, it will not be able to jump out of the Jiangdong Army's sphere of influence, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu have enough time to dispatch troops and horses to encircle and intercept us! ”
Qin Feng told the two of them the news he had gotten from the Jiangdong Army scouts last night, which made them all change their colors.
Yang Hong lost his voice and said: "In this way, wouldn't it be more dangerous for me to go east, and it will be difficult for me to escape from the ascension to heaven?" ”
Qin Feng found that Yang Hong and Yan Xiang didn't seem to be good at military strategy at this time, he said: "It seems more dangerous to go east, but in fact, it is not, at this time, several groups of people and horses of the Jiangdong Army are still assembling and have not yet crossed the river, we have enough room for maneuver, only by mobilizing all the men and horses of the Jiangdong Army can we have a chance to jump out of the encirclement!" ”
These words made Yang Hong and Yan Xiang quite impressed with Qin Feng.
"Hurry up, speed up, don't rub it off, the Jiangdong Army can't wait fifteen miles away from me, if you don't speed up and get rid of them, you will be caught up!" Qin Feng rode his horse and galloped wildly on the side of the team, shouting as he galloped.
Hearing that the Jiangdong Army was not far from here, the soldiers panicked and sped up their speed, and many people were even pushing the people in front with their hands, wanting to go faster, so the team was a little chaotic.
Qin Feng roared; "Don't push, don't crowd, people in front of you speed up!"
In the midst of shouts, the team came to the river, which was frozen and completely walked away.
However, the ice was slippery, and many people fell down not long after they reached the ice, and struggled to get up and continue walking.
Qin Feng and the others also quickly got on the ice, and before he reached the middle of the river, he heard a clicking sound, turned his head to look, and saw that the ice not far away had cracked.
"It's not good, the ice is going to be crushed······"
Before he could finish his sentence, he heard a few commotions, and the ice collapsed in several places, and seven or eight soldiers were transferred into the river.
"Ahh Some shouted in surprise, and the other soldiers retreated in fright.
Qin Feng immediately shouted: "Don't panic, spread out, spread out, don't gather together, the weight is too heavy to frack the ice surface, spread it all out!" ”
He continued to shout: "Huang Yi, Huang Yi! ”
"Captain, I'm here!" Huang Yi led the horse and walked over quickly.
Qin Feng ordered: "You quickly take someone to pull up the brothers who have fallen, go quickly, if you are late, there will be no one!" ”
"No!"
Qin Feng continued to yell at everyone: "The others continue to move forward, don't stay, the ice can't withstand too much pressure, there are chasing soldiers in the rear, staying here is a dead end, if you can't walk steadily, just sit on the ice and slide over, so it's more stable!" ”
After listening to Qin Feng's words, many soldiers began to sit on the ice, sliding forward with their weapons, which was really steady and fast.
Qin Feng immediately walked to the location of a hole in the ice, the three soldiers were plopping in the icy and biting river water, he immediately beckoned to a few soldiers around him, "Quickly stretch out the spear and pull them all up, quick!" ”
With that, he took the three-pointed, two-edged knife from his horse, reached over, and shouted, "Catch it!" ”
The soldier seemed to see a life-saving straw, and immediately hugged the blade with both arms, and Qin Feng pulled the person up from the water with a forceful pull, and several other soldiers also followed suit when they saw this, and soon pulled the other two soldiers up.
Under the organization of Qin Feng and Huang Yi, the seven or eight soldiers who fell into the ice cave were rescued.
The matter is not over, these people are soaking wet, and they are bound to catch the wind and cold when they are walking in wet clothes, which is a fatal disease in such a time.
"Quartermaster, go and find the quartermaster, pass on my order, and ask him to give each of these soldiers a set of clothes and a roll of felt cloth to wrap themselves!" Qin Feng gave orders in an orderly manner.
"No!"
After a chaotic rush and roaring, he finally crossed the river with his soldiers and horses without casualties.
After only half an hour, Juniper and his men caught up.
"Lieutenant, I caught a Jiangdong Army scout, killed three, and the other one ran away on horseback, I wanted to chase it, but I was afraid that I would bump into the Jiangdong Army Brigade before I could catch up, so I gave up the pursuit!"
Qin Feng listened to Juniper's report and asked, "Where is the scout who was caught?" Interrogation? ”
Jun Song said: "I have been interrogated, and the scout confessed that this time the Jiangdong Army has a thousand elites, led by General Zhou Tai!" ”
Zhou Tai?
Qin Feng's eyes froze, judging from some historical information obtained in his previous life, Zhou Tai's strength was among the top few figures in the Jiangdong Army, and his talent in leading troops was not very clear, only that he had been by Sun Quan's side for a long time, and had saved Sun Quan in danger many times.
"Leave him alone, give you a task, you bring people so ······"
Juniper was shocked after hearing this: "Du Wei's clever plan, should I kill it again?" ”
Qin Feng thought about it, "Hmm······ It seems that you can think of some way to frustrate the spirit of the Jiangdong Army! ”
After the snowfall, the snow was deep, and it took an hour for Zhou Tai to lead his army to the foot of Xiaoluo Mountain.
"Captain, this should be the camp left by the thief leader Qin Feng, looking at the scale of this camp, I am afraid that there will be no less than three thousand people!" The captain of the navy observed the camp and said.
Zhou Tai was puzzled: "A few days ago, the general received a secret report from the scouts, didn't he say that there were only more than 1,000 people?" How can there be more than 2,000 people out of thin air? ”
"The captain doesn't have to worry, if what I expect is correct, it should be the defeated Liu Xun! With so many defeated soldiers, maybe the right to speak in this group has already changed, maybe the thief leader Qin Feng has already been killed by the new thief leader! ”
Zhou Tai Weng said: "General Zhou has an order, no matter what, Qin Feng must be caught, he must see people alive, and corpses must be seen when he dies!" Under the command, follow the trail and continue the pursuit! ”
At this time, the scout came to report: "Captain Qiqi, I found that the bandit army is crossing the river to the east!" ”
The military engaged in the army frowned: "Why did the bandit army go east?" Could it be that these people will not know that if they go east, they will be completely besieged by our army? ”
"Hahaha······ A few thieves are just capable of robbing homes and houses, and there can be smart people? The order was given, and the whole army crossed the river to continue the pursuit! Zhou Tai ordered loudly and walked forward.
On the ice, Qin Feng's team suffered some losses here, and the Jiangdong Army didn't know about it, and the Jiangdong Army had been drilled, and it was also lined up in a neat line when pursuing at this time.
The long procession walked on the ice, and even made the sound of neat footsteps.
There were many pits on the ice that had been poked by spears, one after another, if you looked closely, you would definitely know that someone had done something here, but Zhou Tai and the others were in a hurry to chase after Qin Feng's gang of bandits, so they didn't pay attention at all.
"Click, click, click······"
Zhou Tailema stopped and turned his head to watch: "What is the sound?" ”
"Bang dang" suddenly made a loud noise, and it was "puff puff pass ······" A series of sounds came, and the ice finally couldn't bear the huge weight and resonance and collapsed one after another, one after another, and in just a few breaths, nearly two hundred Jiangdong soldiers fell into the river one after another.
The other soldiers of the Jiangdong Army who did not fall into the river scattered in fright, and many of them had not yet adapted to walking on the smooth ice, and fell down one by one.
Seeing this, Zhou Tai yelled: "Don't run, don't run, save people, save people, save people——"
Jiang Dongjun was messing around on the ice, and some people wanted to find ropes or other things to save people, but they couldn't find them, like headless flies.