Chapter 4: The Journey of the New Era IX
The operation went smoothly and there was no suspense. But the ominous feeling pressed in his heart seemed to be unable to wave, Lingfeng walked in with the whole army, carefully inspected the corpses of the people, asked his subordinates to clean up the number, and listened to the dwarves loudly scolding the goblins and goblins, Lingfeng nervously followed his subordinates and counted the corpses: 1, 2, 3...... 45,46...... 89...... Seeing the number increase, the heart is beating faster and faster: it's just a little bit worse.
A feeling of success in sight filled Lingfeng's whole body, and his palms couldn't help but sweat, and from time to time he straightened his armor, preparing to meet the moment of victory, "98,...... 101。 Report to the corps commander, there are only 101 corpses!"
As if she had been slammed with a wooden stick, Lingfeng couldn't help but shake and almost sat on the ground, such a contrast made her mind blank for a while, but then, the fire on the top of the cliff and the collapse of the surrounding entrances made her quickly sober up.
As if it were day, the light of the twin moons was replaced by the light of the torches, and the loud crumbling sound of the collapse was mixed with the strange cries of goblins and goblins, and the fighting dwarves quickly ordered their troops to form a circle around the spirit phoenix.
"Alright, now we're victorious!" Cheers of joy emanated from the cliffs, and countless bows and crossbows looked down on the hunters who had become prey, and the remnants of the mercenary forces "shepherded sheep".
The leader looked at his prey with a grin: "Miss Lingfeng, I can't imagine that we will turn defeat into victory." ”
Lingfeng glared at him fiercely, forced a breath, and asked, "Where are you from?" At the same time, his eyes kept looking around, looking for an opportunity to get out of the predicament.
"Don't be delusional. Miss Lingfeng. The person who came interrupted her coldly: "I'll tell you why you failed." It's actually quite simple, we came here three months earlier, and at that time, one of you draftsmen was working here, and he actually found a path that we didn't find. In order to take advantage of this path, we have adopted the tactic of delaying, constantly using our squads to attract your attention and constantly pestering your army. It's just that you can't go back to Bailie to learn about the new paths on this map. ”
Lingfeng, who heard this, was shocked, and she immediately understood the other party's plan: after learning about the hidden path, the other party let the draftsman go, in order not to attract the attention of the Double Moon Empire because of the disappearance of a small person. When the troops were divided to drag her, the other party used the path to constantly practice the anti-encirclement tactics, and when the tactics matured, they were delayed by them for many days, and they couldn't return to the imperial capital, so they naturally couldn't get a new map marked with this path, and when they came here according to the old map, the judgment was bound to be wrong, and it would become inevitable to fall into the trap.
Tears of remorse were left in her eyes, and Lingfeng, who was covering it with one hand, gritted her teeth unwillingly, she could have avoided it, even if she didn't bring the old map back to Bailie, she could have gone to the Surveying and Mapping Department to take a look, just to go...... But she didn't.
"All right, my young lady, sorrow aside, then let's talk. You want your army to die with you. Or strip naked, become our sex slaves, and let me spare your men. The vicious wolf finally bared its fangs, as if he didn't mind the roar of his prey.
"Interesting!" Gu Yue, who was watching the play from the magic water waves, couldn't help but blurt out: "Poseidon, is the side job of the shepherd mercenaries ......?"