Volume 1 Chapter 54: Elves
The attack on the five corps of the Rakshasa Army in the west of Leopard Water City did not go as smoothly as the night attack on Huangying Mountain the day before, because the enemy had already prepared.
Despite having a threefold superiority in troops, the fierce offensive and defensive battles were fought from four o'clock in the afternoon to two o'clock in the morning of the next day, and it took ten hours before the general Jiang Qin fought in person and broke through the fence of the Rakshasas, and Cheng Pu led the army to break through and then broke through the massacre of the remaining Rakshasa army, and only more than 2,000 Rakshasa people who broke out of the encirclement fled to the direction of Qinglu City.
In this battle, the merchant army also paid nearly 5,000 casualties, and had to rest on the spot.
In the evening, the Pingbei general Ziyu led an army of 50,000 to join them, barely rested, and immediately convened a military meeting.
The meeting was very brief, there was no discussion, only Ziyu's cadres made a decision, ordered Xu Rong to lead 20,000 troops to continue to hold Leopard Water City, and monitor the enemy in Qinglu City; Yunzhong led the Flying Fox Regiment, together with Ziyu's general Yan Gang and 15,000 merchant troops, to garrison Huangying Mountain, mainly to prevent the Rakshasa Kingdom from sending reinforcements to Donghai Prefecture, and at the same time to hold the escape route of the enemy in Baishui County.
Ziyu himself led an army of 70,000 to the south to find the main force of Manro's Rakshasa army for a decisive battle.
As Jiang Qin said, Manro had collapsed after learning about the battle situation in the rear, and he didn't dare to march forward at all, nor did he dare to turn around to face Ziyu's pursuit, so he could only flow westward, but all the way was a city of merchant troops, and there were heavy troops in all key places, and Manro became a turtle in an urn.
At the foot of Huangying Mountain, it was busy, and Yan Gang was personally commanding the army, strengthening the fence on the basis of the camp of the Rakshasa people, and arranging bed crossbows in the direction of Baishui County and Qinglu City and Donghai Prefecture of the Rakshasa Kingdom.
Fei Na, Mu Ying, Lan Yu and others also joined the renovation work of the camp with the Flying Fox Regiment, Mu Ying and Lan Yu had the experience of commanding the army in the civil war of the Tushan clan, and had unique views on camping, which made Yan Gang look at the Flying Fox Regiment with admiration, and the two sides talked very happily.
Yunzhong was happy to hide and take Mo Li to Huangying Mountain.
A few days ago in the night, it was from here that the people climbed the Yellow Ying Mountain in the dark, and broke into the military camp of the Rakshasa Army from behind, which became the key to the victory of the battle, and it was at that time that the clouds found that there seemed to be something in the depths of the Yellow Ying Mountain.
Originally, his idea was to go into the mountain alone to check, but Mo Li insisted on following him, and Yunzhong didn't insist, but just warned Mo Li to run away immediately in case of danger.
"It's like you're a lot better than me. Mo Li pursed his lips, and Yun Zhong could only smile helplessly.
Huangying Mountain covers an area of three or four thousand square kilometers, the mountain is mainly pine trees, many trees are more than 1,000 years old, as high as dozens of zhang, covering the sky and the sun.
The deeper she went, the harder it was to see the sun, and in a dark and dark environment, even Mo Li felt a little nervous, Yun Zhong grabbed her hand, and Mo Li obediently followed behind Yun Zhong.
About an hour and a half into the mountains, music was heard in the clouds.
"Did you hear that?" Yun Zhong stopped and asked Mo Li.
Mo Li hit Yunzhong headlong, stood up straight with a red face, and shook his head.
"It seems that someone is playing the flute. Yun Zhong knew that his five senses were keen, which was different from ordinary people, so it was not surprising that Mo Li didn't hear a voice.
After walking a few hundred meters in the direction of the flute, Mo Li could hear it now, his face became a little pale, and the flute playing in such a dense forest knew that he was not an ordinary person when he thought about it.
"Why don't I send you down the mountain first?" Seeing Mo Li's nervousness, Yun Zhong said softly.
"Don't. Mo Li shook his head resolutely, with a stubborn expression.
Yunzhong nodded, took her in his arms, and continued walking.
The forest was getting darker and darker, and when it was impossible to see the fingers, the sound of the flute was indeed getting closer and closer, and the clouds felt that the person playing the flute might be within two or three hundred meters.
The flute stopped abruptly.
"Humans, if you go any further, will be pierced by arrows. A man's voice sounded, and although it was full of murderous intent, it was very gentle and beautiful.
Yunzhong stopped and said in a deep voice: "We are soldiers of the Great Shang Army, we have just recovered this land from the Rakshasa Country, and we are investigating, who are you and what do you want here?"
"What kind of big merchant country, Rakshasa country, we don't care if you humans call back and forth, but don't interfere with our lives. ”
Yunzhong heard the word "human" again, and looked down at Mo Li, the Tang girl with strong martial arts was already colorless.
"Aren't you human? I need to make sure you're not an enemy agent!" Of course, Yun Zhong didn't think that the other party was an enemy agent, but in a hurry, he thought of this argument and forced the other party to reveal his identity.
Sure enough, after a moment of silence, several torches lit up in the surroundings.
In the firelight, there were more than two dozen people, or two dozen creatures, in the clouds.
At first glance, the other party looked no different from a human, except that he was slender, with two pointed ears erected diagonally, snow-white skin, green hair, green eyes, men and women, but the men also had no beards, each holding a bow or arrow or a spear in his hand, looking at the two of them vigilantly.
"Humans," said one of the men who looked like their leader, "you should be able to tell that we are not human, that we Dryad will not degenerate enough to be spies for you humans, now, please leave, and forget everything here, and do not interfere with our lives again." ”
Yun Zhong said coldly: "This is the land of the Great Merchants, I must confirm that you are not a threat to my Great Merchants, you better let us go in and take a look, otherwise I will go back and gather the army to check." ”
The leader's face showed anger: "You're forcing us to kill you!"
Yun Zhong sneered: "At the beginning of one Heavenly Rank, five Earth Ranks, and the rest are all Xuan Rank, this kind of strength really can't keep me." ”
The leader of the tree elves also sneered: "I think it should be enough." He raised his longbow.
Mo Li pulled out her sword with a "rub", although she was afraid in her heart, she was not willing to retreat when she was in the clouds.
More than twenty dryads raised their weapons and surrounded them on all sides.
Yunzhong laughed, took out the No Return Treasure Knife, held the knife in his right hand, and held the shield in his left hand, protecting Mo Li.
Seeing that the conflict was about to break out, the leader shouted, "Stop!" put down the weapon in his hand and looked into the clouds: "Do you really want to go to our village to have a look?"
Yunzhong nodded: "Yes!"
"You have to think about it, here, you still have the power to resist, and when you get inside, you have no chance at all. ”
Yun Zhong said with a smile: "If you don't pose a threat to the Great Merchants, you won't do us any harm, and even if there are immortal level masters in your village, I will have a way to get out of the way." ”
The Dryad nodded, "You're pretty confident, though I don't know where your confidence comes from. I can take you into the village, but you must promise not to tell other humans about our village. ”
Yunzhong said: "I promise, as long as you do what you say, you will not threaten the big merchants, I will not disturb your life." ”
Mo Li said: "I also promise." ”
The leader of the Tree Elves nodded and said, "Come with me." ”