In the dense forest, a group of soldiers were sitting or lying down, swallowing choked rations. Everyone had panic and uncertainty on their faces.

Not far away, some soldiers were guarding, scanning the surroundings vigilantly, waiting for Pao Ze to finish eating and then it would be his turn to rest.

There is also a hint of fear in their eyes.

Since entering the forest for six days, their companions have been injured every day, but the enemy has been nowhere to be found, which makes them feel angry and helpless.

Therefore, a rumor spread among the military.

Many soldiers are saying that these barbarians are half-human and half-ghost existences. When they turn into half-ghosts, they will disappear without a trace. This is why no matter how hard they search, they can't find each other.<

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There is no basis for this rumor, but what they have experienced in the past few days has made many illiterate soldiers begin to believe it, and they are therefore fearful.

As a result, the morale of the entire army continued to decline. Every day, they were like a frightened bird. At the slightest movement, the grass and trees were all turned into soldiers, and they were so frightened.

Hengyu saw this scene. He was sitting in the middle of the team, slowly eating dry food, and his heart felt as heavy as a huge stone.

Although he didn't believe this rumor, he couldn't let the soldiers disbelieve it. Now that he was in such a situation, the battle situation was so unfavorable, and the confidence of the soldiers was greatly reduced. Even though he was helpless, there was nothing he could do.

If you want to improve morale, you can only reduce casualties and increase the number of enemies killed.

But for several days, he kept changing his tactics, racking his brains, but to no avail.

It is only because the barbarians are good at hiding and are familiar with this dense forest, and because they are small in number, fighting in a remote place, and their sight is blocked by the woods, they are at a disadvantage.

If he wanted to change the situation of the war, he could only increase his troops or destroy this dense forest, but he could not do either of these.

Therefore, he was extremely helpless, but he also knew that this situation must be changed as soon as possible.

If it drags on any longer, the soldiers will eventually collapse!

Must fight quickly!

This war must be completely resolved while the army still has fighting capacity!

After just thinking for a moment, Hengyu made a decision.

Based on their situation, if they want to completely annihilate the barbarians, the success rate is less than one ten thousandth.

Only taking the wrong path is the right path.

The method is to capture the thief first!

Although the Tianteng tribe is not enlightened, they believe in the king's order. As long as they capture their leader, they can intimidate the tribe and make them all surrender!

Thinking of this, Hengyu's eyes flashed with a cold light.

……

"General Situ, our army has suffered nearly 400 casualties in the past six days. The damage is huge!"

Situ Hongguang, who was slowly moving forward with the team, frowned when he heard what the deputy general beside him said.

More than four hundred people are not particularly large, but the problem is that the number has been increasing.

In other words, if they continue to delay, they will continue to reduce their numbers, so that their combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced, until they are completely defeated!

This situation is definitely not what Situ Hongguang wants to see.

He came here this time, but for the military examination, how could he bury his future in this wild forest!

Situ Hongguang suddenly waved his hand to signal the troops to stop. Situ Hongguang stopped and thought carefully, looking for countermeasures.

He once thought about why his predecessor Ying Guogong, such an amazing and talented man with almost no defeats, failed in this wild forest.

Only after personally leading his troops into the forest did he understand the reason.

It's very simple. Just because the predecessor Ying Guogong only wanted to annihilate the barbarians, this was a huge strategic mistake.

Unless tens of thousands of troops are deployed, or even hundreds of thousands of troops, it will be impossible to find traces of the enemy in this dense forest with only tens of thousands of troops.

Therefore, when the troops are insufficient, one should not try to annihilate them all and risk their lives!

That is, to capture the thief first, capture the king!

As long as the leader of Tianteng is captured, the remaining 20,000 barbarians are nothing to fear!

Thinking of this, Situ Hongguang clenched his fists fiercely and ordered, "Everyone speed up, the target is deep in the jungle!"

……

On the other side of the dense forest, a group of soldiers were moving forward in an orderly manner. On the outside was a group of sword and shield men, and in the center was a group of archers, all of whom were cautious.

In the center, Qin Yi was walking slowly with the team. The light flashed in front of his eyes, and a picture appeared. He immediately shouted, "Stop, there is a trap ahead!"

The soldiers walking at the forefront stopped immediately and did not hesitate at all to Qin Yi's order.

Immediately afterwards, several soldiers ran out of the team. They held long bamboo sticks and stabbed them at the ground.

In just a moment, the ground collapsed in two places, revealing a trap with sharp bamboo fragments at the bottom.

Everyone immediately turned around and looked at Qin Yi, their eyes full of admiration and gratitude!

Even Sun Xingling, Che Yuankai and others looked at Qin Yi in shock, astonished!

Even though this situation has happened several times and Qin Yi has warned him seven or eight times, until now, they still feel incredible and full of curiosity, not knowing how Qin Yi discovered it.

If Qin Yi was able to discover traces of barbarians because his eyes were like a falcon, then why did he discover the stationary trap?

In this regard, Qin Yi always smiled and said nothing and did not answer.

Everyone just thought it was a stunt that was difficult to spread and did not continue to ask questions.

"Change the route from the right!" Qin Yi shouted loudly.

Many soldiers followed Qin Yi's instructions, bypassed the trap from the right, and continued to move forward.

When passing by a huge trap, Qin Yi glanced inside and frowned slightly.

He knew that the barbarians must have discovered that assassination was impossible, so they turned to traps.

At the beginning, the soldiers and horses under his command did lose dozens of people because of the traps. Fortunately, he tentatively used the system to find the location of the traps. Unexpectedly, it was really possible, and he avoided further casualties.

But the problem is that casualties were avoided, but the marching speed was greatly reduced because of constant detours, which affected the speed.

Now that six days have passed, the troops are moving slowly, and the progress of the entire suppression of barbarians has also become delayed.

Of course, even if there were no traps to hinder him, if he could kill dozens of people every day by himself, it would take half a year at the earliest to completely annihilate the barbarians.

So Qin Yi knew that he had to find a way to solve the problem quickly.

After all, this battle must not be delayed!

The Chixinmen wanted to drag Linzhan to death here, thereby increasing the power of the Panlian Bandits.

Therefore, Qin Yi has thought of a way, that is, to capture the thief first, capture the king!

Of course, he also knew that the other survivors must have thought of this method, so they had to do it as soon as possible. After all, there was only one leader of the thief, and he had to get there before the others.

If the leader of the thief is captured by other members of the army first, then he will not be able to become the top scholar in martial arts just by killing hundreds of people.

Such a powerful identity must not be taken away by other guys!
Chapter completed!