Chapter 139 Mistakenly Entering the Tiger's Mouth and Suspected Flower Realm
(Thank you to the 57th new leader, Brother Pan Chenghuzi...)
Maomao'er Ridge is a mountain 11 or 2 miles west of Huaiyuan Military Village. It is located on the north side of the walking road. It has arched hills and ridges. There is a peak on the east and west sides, but it looks like a huge cat.
When you stick your head out to peer into this sinister world, it is known as Maomaoerling among the people.
Maomaoer Ridge has deep forests, dense trees and rugged rocks; opposite is Changling Ridge.
In a dense forest near the horse trail, Zheng Hui was wearing a jacket with sleeves tied around his sleeves, looking at the empty gorge between two mountains not far away.
There was still some unmelted snow on the grassland on both sides of the gorge, and the early wind was blowing cold.
The entire journey from Huaiyuan Military Village on the west bank of Baijian River to Huangqiao Village is only twenty-two or three miles, and the road is relatively flat. Once the warning is sent on the gorge road in front of Maomaoer Ridge, horses on both sides will rush to help, and finally
It’s as quick as just a cup of tea.
Although business travel from Baijian River to the west is currently cut off, and few ordinary people will walk this section, more than a thousand rural soldiers are stationed in Huangqiao Village. In addition to patrols, there are still three or five teams transporting grain and fodder and rotating them every day.
Rural soldiers and horses passed through.
Considering that Xu Wujiang and others were in Huaiyuan, Huangqiao Village could quickly mobilize the elites, which meant that planning needed to be very thorough to ensure that this siege would not go astray.
Under Dong Cheng's strong pressure, Deng Gui was finally forced to agree to transport Xu Huai from Huaiyuan to Huangqiaozhai for trial.
After Deng Gui signed the warrant, he needed to immediately avoid Xu Wujiang and rush to Yuanhuai to convey the order to Tang Pan and Tang Qing, and transfer the elite soldiers of the Tang clan in advance to weaken the escort arranged directly by the Inspection Department.
In addition to the strength, it is also necessary to stagger the time between the escorting chariot and horse teams, the transportation of grain and the rotation of rural soldiers. All these links must be arranged tightly, and no deviation can occur.
In addition to Tang Pan, Tang Qing and others, Xu Xin'an has also led six soldiers of the Xu clan to be at Xu Huai's side for the past three days. This requires arranging manpower to create trouble and hold them back when escorting the carriages and horses out of the Huaiyuan military camp.
However, all of this was successfully implemented, and Zheng Hui quickly understood that the time left for them to actually make a move was still too short, and the opportunity was fleeting.
This time he did not dare to be careless and went to great lengths to personally lurk to Maomaoerling to meet Dong Qifeng and the others, just for fear of making mistakes in the smallest details.
At this time, the people who rushed to Huaiyuan from Huangqiao Village with Deng Gui's order to deliver the order had already passed in front of them for more than an hour, and Zheng Hui couldn't help but become anxious.
Fortunately, he didn't fret for too long, and he saw Tang Pan from a distance. Tang Qing led a group of horsemen and surrounded a carriage slowly approaching.
Formed from the Huaiyuan Township Camp, Tang Pan and Tang Qing were sent by Deng Gui to follow Xu Huai, so they cannot be expected to find a blood-stained dilapidated prison car to take Xu Huai to Huangqiao Village for trial.
Looking at Tang Pan and the others' slow pace, deliberately slowing down, Zheng Hui secretly felt that Tang Pan and Tang Qing were somewhat wary. At this time, they probably wanted Zhufengtang to escape from the Huaiyuan military stronghold as soon as possible.
, gather people to catch up, shall we?
Zheng Hui's heart was in his throat.
The team of carriages and horses to be escorted walked into the ambush section without any notice. The hidden stakes on the peaks on the east and west sides were also facing this direction at an angle that was just visible. They waved flags to indicate that there was nothing abnormal on the east and west sides of the gorge. Zheng Hui's mind
After I calmed down a little, I thought that if I couldn't kill this ferocious tiger today, it would really be unreasonable.
He lowered his head and said to Dong Qifeng: "It's up to you now!"
"Mr. Zheng, please sit still on the Diaoyutai and watch us avenge our dead brothers!" Dong Qifeng said through gritted teeth.
In the battle of Huangqiao Village, Dong Qifeng had twenty men, five of whom were killed on the spot, and one who later died of serious injuries. It can be said that the casualties were heavy, and almost all of them were attributed to Xu Huai, the wild tiger.
Zheng Hui said that he should get rid of the evil tiger first, and Dong Qifeng raised his hands in agreement.
Otherwise, if people like Xu Wujiang are really forced into the deep mountains and old forests, I really don't know how many lives will be taken in order to successfully kill this man-eating evil tiger.
Although the number of men Dong Qifeng could bring out this time was not slightly more than the number of escort troops, he was full of confidence.
When strong men fight each other, life or death usually ends in the blink of an eye.
Most of the escorts were loose, but Tang Pan and Tang Qing were the rising stars of Tongbai Mountain and it was difficult to deal with them.
When they came out, Tang Pan and Tang Qing, if they were smart enough, would immediately untie Xu Huai who was imprisoned in the carriage. However, their hands and feet were tied up with hemp ropes for a long time, their blood vessels were difficult to connect, and their muscles and bones were stiff.
Even Xu Huai, who they fear the most, will find it difficult to return to his peak condition in a short period of time.
Then they have nothing to fear.
Dong Qifeng led seven men onto their horses and headed out of the dense forest. The eight cavalrymen who were ambushing on the other side of the hill also rushed out and blocked the escorting team of horses and chariots in the gorge.
Zheng Hui also walked out of the dense forest and found a rock to sit down, wanting to enjoy the assassination show. When he saw Tang Pan, Tang Qing stopped his horse, gathered the escorting people in front of the carriage, and formed a guard formation with swords and shields.
He couldn't help but have a ferocious, teasing smile at the corner of his mouth.
However, Tang Pan and Tang Qing led people to surround the carriage, but did not rush to get into the carriage to untie Xu Huai. Zheng Hui frowned slightly, thinking that these two people were frightened by Deng Gui's strict order.
Why don't you release Xu Huai and fight side by side?
Or maybe they haven't realized yet that they are facing a carefully planned hunt?
After all, they are a bunch of mindless and vulgar warriors! Zheng Hui thought contemptuously.
Tang Pan quickly untied a bamboo tube from the saddle. The bamboo tube was stuffed with a mixture of dried cow dung, mugwort, cotton and linen. When it was lit, thin black smoke would rise into the sky. It was specially used in the army to warn patrols.
Although Dong Qifeng was a little hesitant, he also urged his horse to advance. When the two sides were approaching fifty paces, Zheng Hui was sitting on a high place and saw the roof of the carriage suddenly opened, and saw four figures standing up, four bows at the same time.
When shooting an arrow from the bow, the movements are so fast and uniform that it looks like they have been practiced skillfully.
"These people have been secretly prepared for a long time!" Zheng Hui saw this scene and couldn't help shouting. He saw four feathered arrows like meteors, shooting at Dong Qifeng who was the most forward on the horse.
In his haste, Dong Qifeng only had time to swing his sword to knock down two arrows that hit his face, but he still watched helplessly as the other two arrows shot hard towards his left armpit and right chest.
Even though Dong Qifeng was wearing armor, the hidden archers were all armed with walking bows. They could shoot forged iron arrows with clusters of sharp blades from a distance of more than forty paces, with astonishing penetrating power.
Zheng Hui could only see Dong Qifeng forcefully turning the horse around to avoid the second wave of sharp arrows. There were two arrows hanging from his left armpit and right chest and they hid on the side of the saddle. He was obviously injured by the arrows, but not just injured.
We just know how deep the arrow wound is.
The carriage roof can be opened quickly and is obviously specially made.
Zheng Hui's heart was in his throat. The scene before him was because Xu Wujiang was worried that Xu Huai would be assassinated, so he took such precautions, or was it completely a death trap to lure them into biting the hook?
It couldn't be a trap, it couldn't be a trap. Zheng Hui's mind started to change in an instant.
Xu Heng’s death will not be false.
It is also impossible for Xu Wuqi to be the spy placed by Xu Wujiang and others around Xu Wufu.
Otherwise, if the Xu family had been so divided before and Xu Wuqi had stepped forward to support Xu Wujiang, he would have been able to firmly control the Xu family's soldiers. Why would there be any need for counterintuitive tactics?
You don’t need to be so ruthless to fight within a clan, right?
And Tang Tiande is also weak-minded and only wants to protect himself.
After Shibaliwu was captured by Chen Zixiao and the others, other core figures of the Tang family were either dead or disabled. Tang Pan and Tang Qing were the only two obstacles that could prevent Tang Tiande from completely controlling the Tang family. He had the intention of killing someone with a borrowed knife, but he would never do it.
Fake.
It must be that Xu Wujiang and Yakshahu took such precautions when they saw that Dong Cheng was not in Huaiyuan to interrogate Xu Huai, but rushed to Huangqiao Village to inspect the military affairs and warned them to be vigilant.
That must be the case.
Zheng Hui also didn't believe that having four more elite archer guards around Xu Huai would change anything.
It was just a few more casualties among Dong Qifeng's men.
It would be better to teach these rough warriors more lessons to avoid being difficult to control.
However, at this moment, Zheng Hui suddenly saw two hidden stakes deployed on the left and right peaks wildly waving the signal flags in their hands, signaling that men and horses were coming out of the mountains on the left and right, as if the last straw was suddenly pulled away from his hands, Zheng Hui
Hui was so frightened that he almost fainted.
How could it be a trap?
How could it be a trap?
Did Xu Wufu really use his eldest son's life to cooperate with Yakshahu and Xu Wujiang in their cruel scheme?
Zheng Hui felt his mouth was full of fishy taste, and when he opened his mouth, a large mouthful of blood spurted out.
At this time, he saw the vegetation swaying in the forest behind him, and it seemed that several people were quickly approaching him from there. He sat down on the ground like a limp, with no thoughts of struggle in his heart. There was only one thought.
But even if he can escape for a while, he will never be the enemy of Yasha Fox in this life...
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Dong Qifeng suppressed the panic in his heart and stretched out his hand to break the arrow shaft so as not to hinder his hands and feet.
Seeing Xu Huai walking out of the carriage, without any armor, holding the Moon-penetrating Bow, which was much wider and longer than an ordinary walking bow, behind his back, standing against the back wall of the carriage, looking over with cold eyes, Dong Qifeng was roaring in his heart.
:
How could this be a trap?
How could this be a trap?
The seven cavalrymen on the left and right all dismounted in panic. They had all seen Xu Huai's invincible archery skills in the battle at Huangqiao Village, not to mention that there were four elite archers around Xu Huai with shooting ranges, and their penetrating power was much stronger than that of cavalry bows.
The Zhemu-stepping bowman stared at him eagerly.
At this time, the escorts led by Tang Pan and Tang Qing also took off their hoods to protect them from the wind and snow. They were no longer as loose as when they first entered the gorge. Seeing that they quickly dismounted, they drove their horses to the slopes on the side of the road, and at the same time, they also
He quickly untied the carriage and used blocks to support the wheels and fix them as a backrest for the sword and shield array, so as to better protect Xu Huai and others more closely behind them.
Where are these people, the stragglers from Tang's family who were replaced?
Looking at each of them with solemn faces and fierce eyes, they are clearly warriors who have experienced bloody battles and are as hard-hearted as iron.
In Tangpan, Tang Qing escorted Xu Huai from the newly built Huaiyuan City, crossed the river and passed through the Huaiyuan Military Stronghold before going west. Zheng Hui sent people to watch him before and after. Even after leaving the Huaiyuan Military Stronghold, Xu Wufu and Xu
According to the plan, Chen and his son will look for opportunities to cause trouble and entangle the guards brought by Xu Xin'an - if there is any abnormality in this process, the spy they arranged will fly over one step ahead to summon the message.
The spies they planted were clueless, and the only possibility was to change a group of people when the escort was passing through the Huaiyuan military stronghold. After the construction of Huaiyuan City, the military stronghold became the garrison of the Huaiyuan rural camp.
, this is the only place they can't penetrate!
Seeing this scene, no matter how stupid Dong Qifeng was, he understood that they had completely stepped into the death trap set by Xu Wujiang, Yaksha Fox and others.
If the escorting men and horses had not been replaced by strong soldiers, and Xu Huai and four elite archers were hidden in the carriage, Dong Qifeng could have made a bet to kill Xu Huai first before the ambushes on both wings came to kill him, and then fled to the mountains.
How are they going to play now?
Seeing that there was no wind in the trees on both sides of the mountains, Dong Qifeng knew that their choice of Maomaoling to assassinate was part of the opponent's plan. How could they break out of this dragnet and escape to heaven?
