He Zhen now stood proudly beside the corpses of several women, muttering in a cold tone:
"Hey, they are just a group of insects, but they are so stubborn. What good will it do you to resist like this?"
After realizing the identity of the opponent and the gap in strength between the two sides, as expected, the combat effectiveness of the army skyrocketed.
This is the effect of inner hints. Previously, they only thought that their opponent was a rather mysterious team, so they were timid no matter what they did. After letting go, the result would naturally be crushing all the way.
They have absolute advantages in all aspects of strength, speed, and equipment.
He Zhen felt that it was impossible for him to make any mistakes this time. Similarly... Although he was originally in a hurry to deliver the letter, after knowing that the number of people on the other side was seriously insufficient, he was not so anxious anymore.
There were just dozens of vases-like women. If he was given another two hours, he would definitely be able to kill these women easily.
But...he never would have thought that these women, whom he looked down upon so much, had already set their sights on the head on his neck. If...if he continued to act so carelessly, maybe he would soon feel the pain.
It tastes good.
——
Of course, after He Zhen defeated a group of enemies again, he had time to continue thinking about the opponent's strategy.
In his opinion, the opponent is now absolutely aware of the gap in strength between the two sides, otherwise he would not have used such a tail-cutting tactic, but... as expected, there is still something strange about it.
He Zhen's habit of using his brain is the basis for his survival——
What's strange?
After seeing the enemy in front of him, He Zhen suddenly remembered something and slowly crouched down.
"Commander, what are you looking at?
Could it be that you discovered something?"
His deputy was lying aside, originally planning to set off again, but saw He Zhen frowning, so he asked curiously.
"Well...the injuries are all on the back...which means they have no intention of resisting at all?"
"Hmm...that should be the case, right?"
He Zhen speculated through the deep bones of the knife incisions on the backs of several women.
The deputy was a little confused and didn't know what He Zhen saw through this.
"It stands to reason that they are here to attract our attention and buy time for the more important troops to escape, but why don't they resist?"
"Oh, in this case, I remember they fought back at first——"
After hearing He Zhen's question, the deputy recalled:
"It's just that what you said, the commander, is indeed a bit strange...because although they fought back, they also moved away at once, as if they were intentionally attracting us to the other side of the ridge."
"Um?"
The deputy originally said there was no problem, but after hearing the last sentence, He Zhen suddenly realized something.
"Call the person who recorded our route to come over. I want to take a look at the map."
"Ah, yes!"
Map... He Zhen said so, but this is not a map in the conventional sense.
Thinking about it, they knew that they had just arrived, and this was Jiangdong. Even if they had the map drawn by Pang Tong, the map could not be transmitted to them, so they were completely blind to the situation in Xiejiaping Mountain.
But this does not mean that they cannot have the map - as He Zhen's order was issued, the deputy immediately brought a slightly thin-looking soldier. He held a scroll made of cloth in his hand, and got He Zhen's order.
After confirming, he immediately spread the scroll in front of several people.
An extremely clear route map was presented before the eyes of several people - streams, mountains, rock walls, cliffs, and various indicators were drawn simply but quite clearly.
Especially the trace that marked their current route of action - He Zhen looked at it thoughtfully and couldn't help but smile.
"I see, I just said that I always felt something was strange."
He patted the soldier's shoulder, casually took the pen from the other man's hand and marked it on the scroll.
"Fortunately, I kept an eye out and asked you to write down our route, so that it will be much clearer at a glance."
He wrote and drew on the map and soon ended the operation.
The deputy and the soldier looked at it immediately and discovered something fishy after taking it:
"Commander! This...are they running in circles?"
"To be precise, they are following us in a specific area, as if..."
He Zhen's eyes flashed, and he said with a sneer:
"It's as if they are deliberately avoiding certain positions. This behavior slowly forces them into our encirclement, but even so... they still haven't adjusted their route."
After He Zhen's explanation, the deputy suddenly became enlightened.
"Remember the first ambush we encountered?
When you and I split lanes to attack each other, we fought against a very powerful group among them in the first battle."
"There is such a thing."
The deputy nodded repeatedly.
"But soon after nightfall, our surprise attack forced the enemy team to a dead end and caused a considerable amount of damage to them. I faced off against the person I had fought with before, but this time I didn't hold back.
,Although he failed to kill her, he definitely hit her——"
"result…"
The deputy immediately understood and said:
"As a result, another team from the other side came to the rescue, which hindered our pursuit, and also caused us to go behind and block the team that came to rescue us."
"That's it. If I'm not wrong, they probably have two leaders. The one I cut before was one of them. After they rescued this person, another person led the team -
The reason for the detour was just to buy time for the injured person. As for whether she was recovering from her injuries or planning to escape..."
He Zhen pointed to the map on the ground and said, everything has been shown on this route, right?
The deputy looked at the soldier together and immediately understood what He Zhen meant:
"Commander! Then we will kill them directly and kill them all when they are not prepared!"
"That's natural. Go get ready and ask the brothers to put on their armor. If nothing else happens, there will definitely be an ambush from them along the way."
He Zhen nodded and gave the order as if he was sure of victory. Little did he know that the flaw he saw was just a small bait. He would not see it until they followed the route all the way deep into the mountains.
The great gift that Ying'er and Ning'er prepared for him.
——
A moment later, the night wind suddenly rose, filling the already cold mountain forest with a biting chill.
Heading into the depths of the mountain forest, He Zhen held a delicate leather shield in his hand - although the opponent's arrows were accurate, their lack of lethality was still caught by He Zhen. With such a small leather shield, with his
reaction, enough to protect him from the threat of hidden arrows.
The rest of the soldiers were also wearing helmets and armor. This lack of mobility only meant that they planned to crush them in the most cruel way, leaving no way for Ying'er and the others to survive.
