In the dark mountains and dense forests, the cry of owl beasts could be heard one after another. The heavy armored infantry regiment of the Fourth Battalion had been marching in the dense forests all day.
Although there were two short breaks, it was so late that the warriors wearing metal armor were inevitably a little exhausted, and some laggards began to appear in the team.
Although the sky above was filled with stars, it was pitch black in the forest, and the team could only slowly move forward.
If you want to climb the mountains on the west side of Dashan Col, you still need to take a very long detour.
From time to time, the nocturnal little beasts in the forest are frightened and emerge from the bushes, and occasionally they are surprised by a group of gray mountain magpies that have returned to their nests.
Baron Sidney was walking at the front of the team, leaning on a silver cane. He had been riding a horse all day during the day, and when walking on the mountain road at night, he naturally had more physical strength than other warriors. Especially for this reason, Baron Sidney was also
The bushes covered with thorns on the hillside were very messy.
His meticulously combed light blond hair became a little greasy and messy, and there was an oval leaf on his head.
A squadron leader following Baron Sidney said tactfully: "Lord Baron, why don't we let the team rest first."
Baron Sidney looked at the dark mountains and woodlands, shook his head slowly and said, "Let the soldiers hold on, this is not a place to rest. We need to climb to the top of the mountain in one go."
The squadron leader had a grimace on his face. Seeing Sidney walking forward without looking back, he could only give an order to the soldiers behind him: "Let everyone follow!"
In the dark mountain forest, there are countless tree and vine traps buried between the bushes and dense forests. If the soldiers are not careful, they will be tied up by their ankles and hung in the tree by the tree and vine traps. Although this kind of trap is not enough to kill people,
They died, but even if they rescued the soldiers from the trees, most of them were covered with bruises, resulting in a certain degree of attrition.
In the pitch-black night, this dense forest was like a terrifying monster opening its mouth into the abyss, swallowing up the fighting power of the Fourth Brigade bit by bit.
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He Boqiang gently pushed Suldak and his eyes fell on a hanging tree vine on the left.
Surdak understood immediately and quickly bypassed the tree vine. He turned back to Red Sock Garcia and whispered: "Indigenous hunters have set up a lot of traps in the forest. We have to be careful."
Red Stocking Garcia passed the news to his companions behind him, and followed Suldak's footsteps to avoid the tight tree vine.
Suldak walked behind He Boqiang and complained to He Boqiang in a low voice: "Actually, we can find a sheltered cliff to rest. After walking for a whole day, everyone's physical strength has dropped drastically. It is simply unrealistic to fight all night.
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He Boqiang cautiously groped forward, carefully dealing with the traps in the trees ahead.
In fact, He Boqiang has no experience in this. He can detect the traps in the woods purely by being cautious and skeptical of everything that appears in front of him. Those traps that are deliberately disguised will always be slightly different from the surrounding environment.
Disharmony, He Boqiang relies on this to identify traps in the dense forest.
He Boqiang walked in front of the team. He walked very slowly, so the second team slowly fell behind the team.
The slope of the mountains is getting steeper and steeper, making the road more difficult to move forward.
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"Woo"
A shrill whimper came from the dense forest.
One of the heavily armored warriors who fell behind asked his companions softly:
"What's that sound?"
The companion beside him dragged his heavy legs and replied feebly:
"It sounds like hyenas. Over here in my house, these guys like to hang out in cemeteries. They eat everything."
The heavily armored warrior touched the weapon at his waist, his slightly uneasy heart slowly calmed down, and he said jokingly:
"Including bodies buried in graves?"
The companion next to him stopped, with a sluggish look on his face after being frightened, and his voice was a little cold:
"And the gravediggers in the cemetery."
The heavily armored soldier followed his companion's gaze and saw a pair of blood-red eyes staring at them greedily in the dark forest.
The two soldiers were busy trying to catch up with the troops walking in front, but another pair of blood-red eyes lit up in the darkness, and then pairs of blood-red eyes opened from the darkness, and there were dozens of pairs at once.
The two warriors wanted to warn the front, but they didn't expect that those eyes only attracted their attention. Two huge shadows appeared from behind them, and a pair of hairy paws rested on the shoulders of the two warriors.
The heavily armored warriors thought there were companions behind them filming them, and quickly turned around to look back. Unexpectedly, what was waiting for them was a bloody mouth, biting their throats like lightning, and throwing them both to the ground.
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After a few struggles, his body straightened up and was dragged into the darkness by the two huge shadows.
'crunch'
A sound of tearing that made the bones ache came from behind.
He Boqiang felt a little chill on his back.
At this time, the other heavily armored warriors who were behind the team also felt something was wrong, and they looked behind to avoid the sound.
I saw pairs of blood-red eyes following closely behind. The closest pair of red eyes had already revealed the general outline of its body. It was clearly a hyena with spotted manes all over its body. They opened their blood-red eyes.
Each hyena is as big as a calf with its big mouth, and its white fangs are bared outside, reflecting a penetrating light in the dark night.
"There are hyenas..."
Someone shouted out in the darkness, and the whole team stopped and everyone looked back.
Sure enough, many hyenas emerged from the bushes in the forest. Pairs of blood-red eyes appeared one after another in the darkness. For a while, it was unknown how many hyenas were following behind.
The leader of the Sixth Squadron of the Fourth Battalion stood up immediately and shouted in a deep voice to the soldiers in the last row:
"Everyone, keep quiet and don't shout. The shield warriors in the team come to the back. The long archers are ready and listen to my orders!"
The soldiers of the Fourth Battalion of the 57th Heavy Armored Infantry Regiment were all well-trained veterans. When someone gave an order, the soldiers immediately picked up their shields and quickly formed a shield wall. Members of the second team were also mixed in. He Boqiang raised his arm and
Suldak took the first step to block him behind him, holding up a square shield with one hand.
After all, everyone is a well-trained warrior, and the formation speed is very fast.
The longbow archers in the middle of the team immediately loaded the longbow strings carefully and carefully, then lined up on the battlefield, placed stainless steel arrows on the bowstrings, and pointed them at the dense forest behind.
The squadron leader gave the order immediately and decisively: "Get ready, shoot the arrow!"
A hail of arrows shot out from the team and disappeared into the forest in an instant, followed by the wail of hyenas.
Just when the squadron leader wanted to order the long archers to fire a second round of arrows, the hyenas also burst out from the dense forest behind.
"Ouch~"
They desperately rushed towards the shield wall formed by the soldiers at the rear, and someone in the team immediately shouted:
"No, they're coming."
"Block them, and the spearmen will form a formation behind..."