Their enemies are literally waiting for them to take their bait.
Rather than running away as Pang Tong thought...
The change occurred after Wei Yan entered the dense forest and burned an incense stick.
…
"Uh! Ah!!!"
After the shouting sound came from nowhere, the miserable cry of a soldier spread throughout the dense forest.
"What's going on! Zhang Ying! How is the situation?"
"General! It's a trap! A soldier stepped on the trap! No...the injury is a bit serious..."
Just when Zhang Ying was replying, no one could breathe at all, and a clearer and tearing cry suddenly came from Wei Yan's side.
"Ah!! My... my legs!!"
Wei Yan had no time to pay attention to Zhang Ying's side and immediately turned around and rushed towards the direction from which the sound came.
Sure enough, when Wei Yan arrived, he saw that a soldier's thigh had been torn off by a trap used for hunting in the mountains. The soldier was holding his thigh and howling twice a moment ago, but now his face was pale with pain.
I was about to faint at the sight of it.
Seeing this scene, Wei Yan tightly clenched his fist and the knife in his hand——
"Send scouts out to eliminate traps first! If you find any traces of the enemy, report them with a coded signal immediately!"
Wei Yan ordered like this, but his movements were not slow at all——
It was too late, but it was too soon. Just when everyone thought Wei Yan was going to lead the army to advance more carefully, Wei Yan suddenly turned around and threw the knife in his hand.
The long blade spun and flew into the forest, but what was unexpectedly heard was the muffled sound of someone being stabbed.
Everyone showed incredulous expressions, but Wei Yan pouted towards the opposite side, and soon the soldiers around him understood his intention.
Several skilled soldiers rushed directly into the forest where Wei Yan had thrown his spear just now. Not long after, they dragged a muddy Jiangdong man to the side.
"General...this...has passed away."
In fact, needless to say, Wei Yan's sword was extremely precise and penetrated directly into the enemy's vest, killing him on the spot.
Wei Yan nodded, took the knife handed back by the soldier, and walked towards the recovered enemy corpses.
After looking carefully, Wei Yan suddenly frowned...
"wrong…"
"Ah? General, what did you say?"
Wei Yan's muttering made the soldiers guarding him just now a little confused.
"Are you sure there's no one else in the forest?"
"Hmm... um! It's absolutely true, General, we only found this person's body there, and no trace of anyone else..."
"so…"
Wei Yan slowly revealed his findings, but his words shocked everyone present.
——
It seemed that he had not heard Wei Yan's voice for a long time. After Zhang Ying also sent out scouts, he quickly turned around and conveyed the message to Wei Yan in code:
"General...but what trouble did you encounter?"
"Zhang Ying, the situation has changed, we will leave immediately!"
The sounds of the secret codes are so varied that people without training will naturally not be able to understand them.
But Zhang Ying felt the urgency in Wei Yan's signal.
Coming out of the mountain?
Zhang Ying was stunned.
what happened?
Wei Yan, who thought he had a way to deal with it just now, suddenly gave up?
In fact, how could Wei Yan be cowardly?
He considered himself to be highly skilled in martial arts and his ability to command troops was top-notch among Liu Bei's. There were very few reasons for him to back down, and now it was naturally one of those very few——
In short, to be on the safe side, Zhang Ying led his troops to meet with Wei Yan first.
But after arriving at the scene, Wei Yan's expression looked a little ugly.
"The scouts have been sent out?"
"Uh...yes...yes."
"So General, what happened?"
Zhang Ying was still a little confused, but at Wei Yan's request, he sent out the secret signal first and quickly retrieved the scouts.
During this period, Wei Yan explained everything:
"Not the defender of Le'an... This person is not the defender of Le'an we have seen before."
Wei Yan pointed to a corpse on the ground. Even though the corpse was covered in mud, Wei Yan still saw the problem.
"Not the defenders of Le'an? Then..."
Zhang Ying also suddenly realized the crisis in Wei Yan's words.
Yes, as Wei Yan said, because he was the first to break the city, he was naturally more familiar with the equipment of the Le'an defenders.
However, the attire of this person on the ground is very different from that of the Le'an defenders. It can even be said that this person's attire does not belong to the category of Jiangdong soldiers and horses at all.
It seems a bit... a bit...
"I'm afraid they are the people of Shanyue mentioned by Zilong..."
Wei Yan gave the answer.
And even if no one can verify this answer, it can still give everyone enough reason to retreat.
"Not just...five hundred soldiers and horses...is...is it..."
Zhang Ying's words made many soldiers who didn't understand intuitively understand the problem.
In other words, at this moment, they are no longer facing the situation of numerical superiority before. Before they understand the enemy's intelligence, if they advance rashly, they will most likely be killed by a group of enemies who are more familiar with the mountains and forests than they are.
In turn, defeat each one.
All in all, the current situation no longer allowed Wei Yan to make any mistakes.
Making the decision to retreat was his duty as a general.
"Retreat before we are surrounded by enemies..."
Wei Yan said to everyone extremely seriously.
But...it seemed that those who responded to him were not his own soldiers, but...
——
On the other side, another half an hour passed, and Pang Tong could barely see the outline of the foot of Dahua Mountain clearly.
I also saw the road that Wei Yan and others should have taken to go up the mountain.
"Faster!"
Pang Tong urged, and he took the lead in rushing out of the formation.
He had a bad feeling and had to confirm it himself.
After a while…
Looking at the extremely silent Dahua Mountain, Pang Tong remained silent.
Similarly, he stood where Wei Yan had stood before and discovered the so-called "secret" beneath his feet.
However, unlike Wei Yan, Pang Tongyi saw the problem at a glance.
"It's broken! Wei Yan fell into the trap!"
Liu Feng and others, who arrived late, only heard Pang Tong's exclamation. Before they could understand the current situation, they were first surprised by the changes in the mountains.
A scream came from nowhere and rushed down from the mountain. A chill hit him and Liu Feng's expression changed drastically.
"Military advisor! What...what's going on?"
"Hurry up and take people up the mountain to rescue Wei Yan and the others! This is a trap! They were deceived by these fresh footprints - under the footprints, there are traces of another group of people. I'm afraid...the number will not be less than two thousand."
When Pang Tong said this, he clenched his teeth. Listening to the faint screams coming from the mountain, he could only pray that Wei Yan could hold on for a while longer.
After receiving the order, Liu Feng did not dare to neglect at all, and led nearly two thousand vanguard troops directly up the mountain.
Pang Tong quickly arranged the scene. The army was divided into three, led by various lieutenants and lieutenants. They tried their best to search for traces of Wei Yan and others in the largest possible range.
But... Pang Tong never thought that this was the beginning of his nightmare.
