The iron arrows in the cowhide shield are no stranger to Qin Mo, who is half a bandit and half an army, among which the longer one is the sleeve arrow commonly used among the bandits, and the shorter one is the blowpipe arrow, also known as the blow arrow, the mouth arrow.

In fact, there is a certain degree of difference between the two, compared to the killing range of the Hidden Arrow, which can reach 30 paces, and may also cause penetrating fatal wounds. The power of the blowpipe arrow is relatively small, and the lethality is not very impressive after being broken in half, but if the arrow body is quenched, the lethality will be doubled.

More importantly, compared with the sleeve arrow, the blowpipe arrow is more convenient to carry and hide, especially after quenching the poison, the lethality is even much higher than the sleeve arrow, so the blowpipe arrow has become a necessary weapon for the self-defense and even the killing of the knights and dart masters who walk the rivers and lakes.

It's just that neither Qin Mo nor Gouzi, nor even Ding Li, who has not yet arrived, never thought that the horse thieves in the Black Wind Cottage would use a large number of sleeve arrows and blowpipe arrows as attack weapons, and they had made preparations for an ambush in advance.

At this moment, even Qin Mo was silent, not because he was sad for the dozen or so scout brothers who died, what made Qin Mo have some scruples was that through the report of the gang leader in front of him, there were hundreds of iron arrows similar to those in the cowhide shield on the scene, and Qin Mo did not dare to act rashly at all, but at this moment, the shouts of the guards on the side of the official road attracted the attention of Qin Mo and the others.

"Vice General Qin! It's Brother Dog, Brother Dog is still alive! ”

This shout is undoubtedly more like a sound of heaven for Qin Mo, and the dog's survival can be regarded as good news for the vanguard army whose morale is already low, at least it can be regarded as a blessing in misfortune.

However, when Qin Mo strode to the side of the official road, the scene in front of him made Qin Mo also heartbroken, in addition to the dog, there were also four surviving scouts, the dog was kneeling on the ground at the moment, burying his head deep in the dirt on the ground, crying and crying.

Among the other four scouts, one was laid flat on the ground, and an arm that should have been attached to the shoulder was lying quietly in the arms of the other companion, seeing this scene, Qin Mo's body couldn't help but tremble obviously, and his left hand was slightly raised, as if he wanted to completely cover up the traces of the severed finger, but he could still feel the heart-rending pain endured by the scout with the broken arm in front of him.

"Someone!" Qin Mo's eyes were lowered, and his tone was a little trembling, but there was an irresistible firmness: "Divide a group of people and send this injured brother back to Giethoorn Town safely!" Be sure to stay safe! Also, remember, find the best doctor, and make sure this brother survives! ”

"No!" A group leader stepped forward with a dejected expression and clenched his fists to receive the order, then turned around and waved at his men, and after throwing the horizontal knife he carried to his subordinates, he personally stepped forward to lift the scout with the broken arm.

"It's all my fault! It's all my carelessness! Brother must pay you back, pay you back, one arm, definitely, must pay you back! Finally, when the dog, who still had a trace of consciousness, heard that his subordinates who had been with him for a long time were going to be sent back to Giethoorn for treatment, he slowly raised his face and cried and kowtowed to the severed-arm scout who had long been unconscious.

Although the words were intermittent, they also made Qin Mo and the others understand, looking at the severed arm that was obviously not stained by the sludge, presumably the severed arm scout had been poisoned before, and in order to save his life, the dog cut off his arm with his own hands.

"Stay in place! Scatter five groups of brothers and investigate the situation around! Qin Mo's brows were tightly locked, he didn't know what to do right now, and the dog looked like this, Qin Mo had no choice but to stay in place, then forgot to glance ahead, sighed deeply, and commanded in a deep voice to the guy who was still holding a cowhide shield behind him: "Bring some brothers, go over and collect the corpses for the brothers over there, what's the matter, you can't let our brothers in the Southern Navy expose the corpses to the wilderness." ”

"Understood, Vice General Qin!" The head of the cowhide shield guy also had a solemn face, and after nodding, he glanced at the dog who was still kneeling on the ground and kept sobbing in a low voice, sighed lightly, and turned to leave.

It wasn't until near noon that the second team of the Southern Navy finally appeared, the baggage team headed by Xu Hong, although the second regiment was temporarily under the command of Xu Hong, but Xu Hong was obviously only interested in his bed crossbow team, and the original captain of the second regiment, Xiao Lizi, although he was now demoted to the team, but he did the work of a captain, and he was proud along the way, and Xu Hong did not interfere with him, if it were not for Xu Hong's bed crossbow team being escorted by the second regiment mixed in the middle, it would have become two unrelated teams.

Along the way, Xiao Lizi didn't mumble and complain halfway, and even felt that Ding Li was a little too partial to the dog, and even gave such an important credit to the dog, and at that time Xiao Lizi begged for a while, even if he was to let him and the dog be in the vanguard together, but Ding Li couldn't agree in the end.

It's just a complaint, Xiao Lizi can understand Ding Li's hard work in his heart, the second regiment has not been promoted to captain so far, although the two brigades have the intention to compete for the position of captain, but Xiao Lizi has an almost unshakable position in the second regiment, and Ding Li asked him to re-lead the second regiment, his intention is naturally that blind people can see it, and fools can guess it, it is nothing more than to let Xiao Lizi take advantage of this opportunity to clean up the Black Wind Cottage and be promoted back to the position of captain.

Xu Hong, who was escorted by the second regiment, did not bother with any leisure along the way, because all his thoughts along the way were put on the bed crossbow that was completely covered by straw mats in the convoy, and when he thought that the bed crossbow developed and manufactured by himself was about to be put into the battle to encircle and suppress the Black Wind Mountain, Xu Hong seemed to be able to see himself standing behind the fifteen bed crossbows, waving two command flags and not commanding, making dozens or even hundreds or even hundreds of Black Wind horse thieves fall under the iron crossbow.

Although Xu Hong was born as a scholar, it did not affect his yearning for war as a man at all, especially when he had a certain amount of power and could even dominate a war to some extent, so he was immersed in fantasy and didn't notice that the whole team had stopped, and although the mount under his crotch had also stopped, Xu Hong's body was still swaying rhythmically, and it seemed that the mount was still moving forward slowly.

The second regiment stopped moving forward not because of the enemy attack, and there was no need to be vigilant, but a group of brothers who took the lead in the road brought back a shocking news with a gloomy face, the scout team led by the dog sent by the vanguard army was ambushed by the horse thieves of the Black Wind Mountain, sixteen brothers died on the spot, and one brother was forced to break his arm to survive, and what he encountered now is the group of people sent by the vanguard army to escort the scout with a broken arm.

When Xiao Lizi heard the news, his first reaction was not to believe it, but when he rushed to the front of the team and saw the severed arm scout with his own eyes, and also recognized that the other party had been mixed with himself and Gouzi and others on the dock a long time ago, he immediately felt like his head had exploded. Especially when Xiao Lizi learned from the escort that there were several people who were familiar with him among the brothers who died, Xiao Lizi was suddenly stunned, and even he didn't know how he staggered back to the team and walked in front of Xu Hong.

"What's going on?" It was only at this time that Xu Hong broke away from his fantasy, looked at Xiao Lizi in surprise, and then looked around, then Xu Hong realized the abnormality of the matter, and hurriedly jumped off the horse and walked quickly to Xiao Lizi, stretched out his hand to support the shoulder of Xiao Lizi, who was a little lost and depressed, and asked in a deep voice: "What's wrong?" Brother Lizi, you're talking, what's wrong? ”

"Ambush, ambush." Xiao Li Zitou also frowned, and he didn't even glance at Xu Hong, for him who had not experienced life and death, the sudden change was indeed difficult for him to accept, otherwise he would not have bowed his head to find Xu Hong.

Saying that, Xiao Lizi suddenly trembled under his legs and almost fell down, thanks to Xu Hong, who was quick-eyed, hurriedly grabbed his arm, and then Xiao Lizi slowly raised his eyes, and he spoke again with blurred tears, but this time he opened his mouth, and he choked up with tears: "The vanguard army, the scout team sent, was ambushed, died, and sixteen brothers died. ”

"Huh? How can it be? Xu Hong's first reaction was also impossible, the Southern Navy encircled and suppressed the Black Wind Cottage, and it was a large-scale dispatch, if the Black Wind Cottage was to retreat on the top of the mountain to defend it, it would be expected by Xu Hong and others. But now I heard that the other party dared to take the initiative to ambush and attack the Southern Navy, which Xu Hong and others did not expect too much before, and even if Ding Li reminded him before sending troops, the dog who led the scouts who was eager to make meritorious contributions did not pay attention to it at all.

However, Xu Hong's reaction was very fast, seeing that the soldiers around him instantly focused their attention on himself and Xiao Lizi, Xu Hong immediately realized that he must not be as flustered as Xiao Lizi, otherwise the whole team would be panicked, and in exchange for the overall morale would fall.

"What are you afraid of in an ambush?! Isn't it just an ambush? Xu Hong suddenly raised his arm and waved a few times, deliberately shouted unconvinced, and then swept over the people who were looking at him, Xu Hong raised his hand and pointed at them in a circle and shouted: "What do you see?" Isn't it right to say that Ben joined the army? Isn't it just a group of horse thieves, isn't it just an ambush set up in advance? What's the big deal? ”

As he spoke, Xu Hong seemed to suddenly become extremely excited, turned around and walked quickly to a donkey cart with a bed crossbow, easily boarded the donkey cart with the help of the coachman, first bent down and slapped a few times on the straw mat covered with the bed crossbow, and then straightened up again, and asked loudly at the people around him: "Do you know what our Southern Navy brought this time?" It's a bed crossbow! It can fire a bed crossbow from a distance of 400 paces! What if the horse thieves in Black Wind Mountain were ambushed? I don't believe that they can also have these 400 steps of bed crossbow as an ambush? ”

After that, Xu Hong raised his feet and jumped off the donkey cart, slapped a few more times on the straw mat, and continued to shout with a heroic posture: "Brothers, this is going to war, death and injury are inevitable!" But don't be intimidated by an ambush by a gang of horse thieves! Who are we? It's the Southern Navy! What do we have, a bed crossbow that can easily kill people four hundred paces away! Are you still afraid of the horse thieves in the Black Wind Mountain? ”

"Don't be afraid!"

"I'm afraid of a ball!"

"Whoever is afraid is no egg!"

Xu Hong's rendering of the atmosphere had an effect that even exceeded his expectations, but he didn't expect that the words he played improvised would arouse everyone's fighting spirit, listening to the noisy cursing, Xu Hong walked to Xiao Lizi and patted the other party's shoulder heavily, whispered a few words, and then turned around and jumped on the horse's back, picked up his arm and waved forward, and shouted loudly: "Brothers of the Southern Navy!" If you don't set foot on the Black Wind Mountain on this trip, you will not return to the camp! Let's go! ”