Chapter 53: Night Attack
The further the convoy progressed, the more dangers came.
On the way, I encountered a finger-long poisonous ant, swarming in waves, and no grass grew in the place where it passed. Fortunately, there was a stranger in the team who was good at making the fire, and after burning countless poisonous ants to death, the convoy escaped.
There was also a disaster of earth cracking, and several people and horses fell into it, leaving no bones.
Wu Qian sat on the horse, and from time to time took out the charred ants and stuffed them into his mouth. Yes, it was those poisonous ants that were burned to death by a fire, and it was really delicious to fry them in oil.
Thinking about it, I don't know how much time there will be, in line with the principle of saving what can be saved, Wu Gen took the lead in testing the poison, but it set off a trend of eating ants among the group, and even Zhao Ling tried to eat a few.
A faint layer of fog appeared ahead, and the weather was cooler. On the contrary, everyone's hearts became tighter and tighter, because the appearance of these fogs also meant that they were not far from the fog.
On this day, the convoy arrived at the side of a small hill, where there was a shallow pool, shaped like a crescent moon, rippling blue waves. It's a quiet place that you won't find along the way, and it's just here to rest for a night.
Before evening, the mist came like a tide, and the shadows of the heavens and the earth were full of shadows.
Wu Yuan, Zhang Yuan and the others had just sat down, and Commander Chen came over, "Zhang Yuan, you take people to explore the surroundings, especially those foggy places, you must reconnoiter carefully, so as not to have enemies lurking in them." ”
Zhang Yuan's eyes narrowed slightly, and he stood up and said, "I have nothing to do, but I am tired on the way, and I also ask Commander Chen to let our brothers rest for a while, in case there is any situation, we can have the strength to deal with it." ”
Commander Chen's face turned cold, "As a van army, how can you push back like this, the nobles are about to rest, if you don't find out as soon as possible, how can you arrange defense." ”
"Yo, when will Commander Chen be able to command the mobile guards, it's only been a few days, he has been promoted, and he has also arranged defenses. We are just dogs scattered on the periphery, and we just need to make a few noises if there is any situation. A yin and yang strange voice sounded, needless to say, it was Wu Yan again.
Commander Chen sneered: "Wu Gan, don't rely on the nobles to summon you once and be arrogant and lawless, you will not be able to entertain people with color in the end." ”
"your stinking." As soon as he heard this, Wu Gan jumped up like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.
These days, the convoy was dull and depressed along the way, and when there was nothing to do, Sha Pestle joked about Wu Gan being summoned alone, and it was slowly heard, and it spread among the other van troops.
Seeing Zhao Ling in the car this time can be described as a hidden pain in Wu Gan's heart. Since I was a child, I have never behaved so badly, and every time I think about it, I am humiliated and depressed. Today, Commander Chen didn't open any pot and mentioned which pot, and he actually teased himself in public, where could he still endure it, and he stretched out his hand to draw his knife.
Zhang Yuan hurriedly grabbed the fried-haired Wu Gan and said to Commander Chen, "Okay, follow your lord's order, I'll leave immediately." ”
Commander Chen snorted, "Remember to investigate carefully, not perfunctory, especially in places with deep fog, you must find out clearly." ”
Zhang Yuan, Wu Gan, and Sha Pestle left the camp and galloped out.
On the way, Zhang Yuan sighed, "Wu Gan, Commander Chen is obviously embarrassed by you, bear with it, or focus on the overall situation." ”
Wu Geng's eyes looked around, and he replied, "There seems to be some snooping on the camp tonight, and there is always a little hairy in my heart." ”
Zhang Yuan's face was stunned, "But what did you find." Wu Jian never joked about this kind of thing, and the atmosphere couldn't help but become tense.
"Not yet, go further." The three of them ran straight to the foggy place.
A black mist appeared in front of him, like a black ribbon floating in the mist, as if a blot of ink had been poured into milk.
Wu Yan stopped, turned over and dismounted, and silently stared at the black fog in front of him. On the ground next to the black fog, black areas appeared on the ground, like giant pythons.
The horse was uneasy, and without urging it, it stepped back on its own. Needless to say, Ma, even Zhang Yuan and Sha Pestle felt a burst of discomfort, their hearts throbbed, the hairs on their bodies stood up, and their qi and blood kept rolling.
Wu Yan didn't say a word, his hand clutched the reins tightly, and his eyes looked at the black mist with some confusion. Zhang Yuan and the others could naturally see the abnormality, but they did not have a trace of discomfort.
Could it be that Zhao Ling was right, there was really some strange ghost aura on his body. Wu Gen's face was pale, and cold sweat oozed from his forehead, so he concealed his uneasiness.
Zhang Yuan looked around and said, "Hurry up and take the Guyuan Dan, there is already a fog here, so as not to be tricked." "Before leaving, everyone was given ten Gu Yuan Dan, in order to deal with the current situation.
Wu Gen pretended to take out Gu Yuan Dan, but when he reached his mouth, he slipped into his sleeve. I just want to see if I can withstand the fog with my physical body alone.
The three of them rode their horses, avoiding the black fog and surveying along the road. After walking for a few miles, the situation was not too bad, these obscure fogs were intermittent, and there was still a passage in the middle.
Although the shape still changes, most of them move slowly, and as long as you take precautions, you can't hurt anyone. Wu Gen found that some of these black fogs were fading, as if they were clash with the aura of the surrounding heaven and earth, so that they gradually disappeared.
It seems that although the fog is weird, it is not without restraint. This heaven and earth will be slowly purified, and there is no need to worry about drifting far away to a place where people gather.
Moreover, the human race has been dealing with obscurity for many years, and has also accumulated a lot of ways to deal with it, and this Gu Yuan Dan is one of them.
"Did you hear the crow of the crow?" Wu Yan suddenly raised his head and asked.
"What a crow calls." Zhang Yuan listened carefully, the surroundings were silent, and he glanced at Wu Yan a little strangely.
"Smack." The sand pestle snapped, "Don't be suspicious, this ghost place, let you say this, even I feel a little crazy." ”
Wu Yan bowed his head and was silent, and suddenly a spirit was excited. Crows, crows, in Aoki's courtyard, what alliance leader, once asked about the whereabouts of a woman. I've also asked about it, but Aoki has been silent about it, and the time has passed.
Could it be ......
"It's not good, there may be people who are not good for Zhao Ling." Wu Gen was sure that Fang Cai had heard correctly, that is, the crows.
"What, who is bad for the nobles." Zhang Yuan was taken aback and hurriedly asked.
Wu Yan looked at Zhang Yuan, "I don't know either, but I always have a bad feeling." Lao Zhang, to tell you the truth, if there is an enemy attack, go back at this time, the three of us alone may not be of much use, can you go back? ”
"Let's go, go back to the camp, no matter what, we have to go back and see." Zhang Yuan turned around and ran back. Wu Gen and Sha Pestle glanced at each other, and they also followed closely.
After running for half an hour, the three of them saw from a distance that thick smoke was billowing in the direction of the camp, and there was a faint sound of shouting and killing. Zhang Yuan's heart sank, the camp had been attacked.
"Prepare your weapons, act carefully, and dare to attack nobles here, it is not easy to think about it." Zhang Yuan's face was solemn, and he turned around and instructed the two.
Thinking about it, Great Xia has been at war with Zhao for so many years, and he has tried not to behead nobles, even if he is captured, he must treat them properly, which is an unwritten rule that all countries follow. If anyone dares to attack and kill a nobleman, then he is a thief in the world, and he will be killed wherever he goes.
When they got closer, they found that the camp had been surrounded by people, and more than 100 thieves were rushing towards the camp. The thieves were all dressed in black and wore a mask that looked like a crow's beak.
One of them, in the middle of the thieves, was sitting on a horse, silently observing the changes in the battlefield.
The men in black split into two groups, avoiding the heavily defended front of the convoy, and rode horses from both sides of Crescent Lake towards the camp.
These men were clearly trained in battle formations, and their movements were methodical, and the offensive was continuous. In addition to the attacking forces on both sides, there were also some people who kept running around the camp, and arrows flew into the camp like rain, covering the cavalry attack.
The landing point of its arrows is extremely tricky, and it cooperates with the cavalry tacitly, and it falls exactly five steps away, and a dense layer of arrows has been inserted on the ground in the camp.
The first to be unable to hold on was the outer van army, which was quickly dispersed in formation. The men in black were armed with knives or hammers, and they rushed and killed repeatedly, and many of the soldiers fell off their horses, or were beheaded, or died under the trampling of horses' hooves.
The guards in the core rode heavily and did not rush to attack, riding on their horses and coldly looking at the men in black galloping in the camp. The heavy cavalry surrounded the Zhaoling carriage in two circles, and the people in the inner circle held shields and relied on other carriages to build a defensive line, forming a black shield wall.
The outer circle was led by an officer, in a sharp formation, and was already fully armed. The arrows landed on the heavy horseman, and they were bounced off by the heavy armor.
Seeing that the box army was scattered, the defense line was left and right, and there was a gap in front of the battalion, the officer glanced back and took the lead in drawing his long sword and raising it high.
Choking, the sound of drawing swords was everywhere, and thirty heavy horsemen slapped their breastplates with their sword blades, and the sound of swords and armor slamming into each other was uniform, and the sound became louder and louder.
"Kill." The officer yelled, and the heavy cavalry slowly started.
The officer's choice of timing was quite wise, and although the heavy cavalry was brave and the defense was strong, the disadvantage was that the acceleration was slow. If the van army is blocked in front, such a narrow distance, it is difficult to speed up and exert the power of heavy horses, but it is easy to be entangled by the opponent.
The heavy horse's hooves struck the ground faster and faster, like a sharp sword.
From the air, two black torrents collided together, and the head of the front suddenly turned on his back, and the horse that had lost its owner fled in all directions. After all, the heavy cavalry is better than the man in black on the opposite side, both in terms of equipment and force. Under the flying light of the sword, more than a dozen black-clothed people fell on the spot.
Ordinary swords and arrows obviously have little effect on the thick armor of heavy horses.
But something strange happened, and the fallen men in black, as long as they were not broken into a few pieces or trampled into pulp, staggered up from the ground, roared and continued to attack the heavy cavalry.
A shrill whistle sounded, and the men in black scattered, slid along the edge of the heavy horse, circled around and regrouped.
"With ink arrows." One of the men in black shouted. Soon, the man in black, who had just wandered away and was shooting, took out an arrow wrapped in yellow paper from the quiver behind him.
The yellow paper opened, revealing the blackened arrows. On the body of the arrow, there are intricate patterns. At the tip of the arrow, a blue glow shimmers.
The men in black apparently valued the arrow, and took it out and shot it with a full bow. The scream of the ink arrow piercing the air rang out, and it flew towards the heavy cavalry that was still hunting the lone man in black.
In such a chaotic scene, many arrows have missed the target. But the rest of the arrows landed on the heavy horseman, and compared to the difficulty of the sword and arrow, the ink arrow easily shot into the armor, and at the breach, the blue light flashed and spread towards the whole body.
The blue light and black armor complement each other, which is a little weird. Some of the heavy riders who were shot fell and never got up, and some of the less injured bodies shook and screamed and attacked their companions.
Caught off guard, the formation of the heavy cavalry became chaotic, and with this blow alone, more than a dozen people fell, and the rest hurried away from those companions who were covered in blue flames.
"Bang bang bang." Several projectiles exploded in the heavy horse, and a cloud of red smoke and dust filled the air. Wherever the smoke and dust went, the blue flames extinguished, and the heavy horses that were controlled by the blue flames fell one after another.