On a quiet night, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse. A team of black-clothed people was rushing from Qinghe County to Heluo City. They had been in a hurry for two days and one night. In addition to a short rest and eating, the rest of the time was to rush on the road.

Chen Qi is the captain of this small branch. He is just in his early forties and is at the peak of his life. As the full length of this team, he is also one of the small leaders of the Chen family. He probably knows what plans the family is making now. He agrees with this decision of his family.

Although he is not the blood of his family, as long as he gains power, they can still be divided or external personnel. In life, busyness is nothing more than fame, wealth and power. Now a great opportunity is in front of him, so how can he not seize it? When Chen Qi thought of the happy days after the event was completed, he was so excited that he couldn't sleep.

"Hurry and hurry!" Although the team members were already very tired, Chen Qi understood that it was the time to grab the time.

He knew that like himself, there were at least twenty teams rushing from surrounding cities to Heluo City, and they were just one of them. However, he believed that as long as he could arrive at Heluo City in advance, it would be a great achievement. When he was rewarded in the future, he would definitely be mentioned. Although he dare not say that he was standing in the temple, there should be no problem to be a fourth- and fifth-rank military officer.

He ran for another half an hour, and now he was very close to Heluo City. If he was in a hurry, he would have about an hour to go. But the more he was, Chen Qi became calmer. The situation in Heluo City is not clear now. If he rushed in, if he encountered a situation and they were the tired army, there would definitely be trouble. It would be better to take a rest for a while before entering.

The team was ordered to stop in the woods, first opened several open spaces nearby, and then lit several bonfires. Although this was a danger of exposing the tracks, it was already early winter and Heluo City was located in the north. It was very cold at night. If you don’t light a fire source when you rest in the forest, it won’t take long to reduce the number of employees at least half.

Moreover, the fire can deter the night beasts that are hungry in winter. Compared to the possibility of being discovered by the enemy, the effect of catching a fire on a cold winter night is too great. However, Chen Qi sent a few smart team members to the periphery to guard the outside world and arranged to replace the team members.

There is a lot of dry firewood in the woods in winter, and just pick up some nearby and it will be enough to burn for a long time.

Unlike the Western Yi, the number of crystal columns in the Zhendan Kingdom is relatively small, but the size is much larger. Those huge crystal columns cannot get close to them. If non-experts enter the bright range of the crystal column, they will have nosebleeds within a quarter of an hour. If they stop for another quarter of an hour, they will probably not be able to come out.

Therefore, the people of the Zhendan Kingdom do not consider using crystal columns to keep warm at night.

A bunch of fires started to burn, and about a dozen people were sitting around the fire or lying. Chen Qi was the captain of the team, so his strength was naturally the strongest in the team. He was not very tired, but he was a little energetic anyway.

There were a series of gurgling night owls in the woods. From time to time, a pair of green eyes wandered in the nearby darkness, and then suddenly disappeared. Chen Qi was sniffing out a cold fog, and couldn't help but smile. He seemed to have seen a good life in the future on the fire. He had an official hat and his official uniform, so his wife and children had a great life. At that time, the encephalopathy must have enough money to treat it.

As he thought about it, he became a little dazed. Before he knew it, time had passed for a long time, and the woods became quieter, and the ugly gurgling sound of the night owl disappeared. Those pairs of green eyes had not come out for a short time.

It's so quiet! Chen Qi was hitting Ke Jian, and the team members were all asleep at this time. In just two hours, they would get a great rest. Then they marched quickly and would definitely be the first to reach Heluo City.

Chen Qi was squinting his eyes and was about to fall asleep, but his heart moved, and then the cold air couldn't stop coming from the bottom of his heart. Something was not right, it was too quiet here, which was unreasonable.

"Get up, get up, get up, get up." Chen Qizheng yelled a few times.

Some alert team members immediately turned over, squatted on the ground, pressed the ground with one hand and held weapons with the other. Others with poor alertness rubbed their eyes, muttered and rubbed their eyes to stand up, and the change occurred at this time.

A buzzing sound suddenly sounded in the woods in front of him, and Chen Qi's hair stood up. The sound was so familiar to him that it was the sound of the shaking of the bowstrings. Without thinking, he immediately lay on the ground, then rolled up quickly, and turned out the range of the fire. The alert team members almost made the same move as him.

Just as they rolled out of the range of fire, a dark feathered arrow fell near several fires like rain.

The screams rang almost at the same time. Half of the team members with poor vigilance were nailed to the ground by arrows, and some of them barely avoided the vital points. Although they did not die, they at least lost their combat ability.

Chen Qi was rolling up and hiding behind a big tree. The moment he stood up, he saw clearly the situation in the field. Thirteen team members were not saved, and more than twenty other team members were seriously injured. Several teammates with minor injuries were rolling and crawling out the range of the fire.

The staff lost nearly 40% at once! Chen Qizheng's face became quite ugly.

What is the identity of the enemy? They have touched it so close. They have not noticed it at all. Can the team members who were sent out to be responsible for the guards grow up by eating shit?

However, the situation at this time could not tolerate Chen Qi thinking too much, and he shouted: "People who have the power of water element should quickly turn off the fire."

All the fires were extinguished from several water columns, but the second wave of arrow rain flew over again. Although the Chen family's team was prepared for this time, three people were still killed by arrows.

All the fires were extinguished, and the woods became very dark again. The tall evergreen leaves blocked most of the moonlight. Now everyone in the trees was in an extremely poor view, and the field of vision could not even reach two meters.

There was no other sound in the forest except those wounded who were moaning. Chen Qi was afraid to move around. There were many broken small dead branches in the woods that were against the sky. As long as you took a casual step, you would definitely move one or two. The sound of broken branches was definitely not obvious during the day, but in such a quiet environment and in such a crisis, if you make a little sound, you might get yourself a death talisman.

What should I do now? Chen Qi was breathing gently, trying not to make any noise.

Because he felt that the enemy had surrounded him, the sound of dead branches breaking from time to time came from the front.

Have we been killed? He rushed up so boldly. Chen Qi was squinting his eyes. He grabbed the branches of the big tree with his right hand, then gently swung it and silently arrived on the tree. (To be continued)

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