Chapter 900 The mantis catches the cicada and the oriole is behind
Chapter 900: The mantis stalks the cicada, but the oriole follows behind
Half an hour ago.
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The movement of soldiers and horses disturbed many small animals in the forest, and they fled in all directions, as if they had never experienced such a strong stimulus.
The large group of people were walking through the mountains and forests. It could be heard that they had actually slowed down their pace and lowered their voices, but they still seemed a little out of place in such a secluded forest.
It took about one or two sticks of incense to pass. As the soldiers and horses moved further and further away, their footsteps became smaller and smaller. The lowlands in the forest that they trampled seemed to be the same as before, without any changes.
Although it is April, the fallen leaves accumulated over the years have turned into soft humus, accumulating under the trees, and from time to time - however, is this really the case?
As if there was some signal, a clear whistle suddenly came from the secluded forest, a sound like the cry of a bird. If you don't deliberately distinguish it, you really can't hear it. This is actually a whistle blown by humans.
Immediately after the whistle spread through the woods, the thick fallen leaves, messy weeds, and low shrubs that were originally integrated into the forest began to "act" one after another.
In an instant, the entire forest came alive.
Of course - the haystacks that were moving quickly through the rooms couldn't be any strange living creatures. They were all living people, people who had been hiding here for a long time and had been waiting for a long time.
Peng Hu was the last one to stand up from the thick pile of rotten leaves on the ground. The moment he stood up, all the "bush" looked towards him.
While spitting out the fresh mud in his mouth, he wiped his face covered with dirt with his hands without scruples. There were still a few soft leaves on his head, but none of these affected his firm belief.
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"Are you sure it's the enemy's main force? Are there any fish that have slipped through the net?"
"There are 1,800 people, less than 2,000. It seems that they have divided their forces in front."
Someone answered immediately.
Peng Hu frowned, turned around and confirmed:
"Which direction did the other people go?"
"Boss Peng! They seem to be detouring from the west side, marching towards the back of the village from the steep north wall of the mountain shade!"
"Hmph! But that's it... Mr. Lu has already expected this. The soldiers and horses on the Shanyin side will be handed over to Zhao Xiongyuan and Miss Lu. With their strength, it should be no problem to deal with so many Soochow soldiers and horses -
Let's go! Gather the brothers along the way and act according to the master's instructions. Don't let any accidents happen!"
If anyone among the Shanyue people believed in Zhao Yun's strength the most, except Yi Xiaotian and the others, it was Peng Hu... Fei Zhan had never seen Zhao Yun take action, but he could tell that Zhao Yun was a real practitioner.
There is also the killing atmosphere of the battlefield, but Peng Hu has seen with his own eyes how Zhao Yun killed a tiger with one shot. Although he also killed another tiger with the power of an arrow, in the final analysis, he
As a hunter in the mountains, I am very familiar with how to kill such beasts with the simplest weapons.
But Zhao Yun relied on his martial arts skills, and Peng Hu was a little scared just imagining that one shot, which was powerful enough to weigh a thousand pounds, not to mention that the other party could clearly see that he had withdrawn his strength.
This is why, when Peng Hu took Yi Xiaotian and others to the village later, Peng Hu did not do anything rude to Yi Xiaotian and others: On the one hand, they did not have the will to fight, but the other reason was that Zhao Yun was there.
With a ruthless man by his side, Peng Hu felt that even he and Fei Zhan had no chance of winning against Zhao Yun, let alone others.
"yes!"
Following Peng Hu's instructions, everyone around him agreed.
After Peng Hu said this, he shortened his stature and led a group of about hundreds of people in the grass, and quickly pursued the direction of the march of the soldiers and horses without a trace of hesitation.
Faintly, the original tranquility in the forest was gradually replaced by a sense of solemnity - as the saying goes, the mantis stalks the cicada, with the oriole behind. I originally planned to take this opportunity to suppress the bandits and gain a share of military glory."
The "regular soldiers" never thought that they who wanted to be hunters were the real prey.
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On the other side, about a cup of tea had passed since Zhou Tai led his team and rushed down the steep cliff with the belief of victory. Several figures suddenly appeared on the originally unreachable cliff.
"General Zilong, do you want to wait any longer?"
Ying'er stood not far behind Zhao Yun with a nervous expression and asked in a low voice.
Just like Peng Hu and others' decoration, Zhao Yun was surrounded by Sun Shangxiang's maidservants and a mixed team of Shanyue brought by Fei Zhan behind him. There were nearly five hundred people in total, and they were all ready at this moment.
Zhao Yun slowly raised his right hand, indicating that everyone should continue to hide their figures, especially Ning'er and Ying'er beside him.
The two of them looked at a loss. They didn't know why Zhao Yun didn't give the order to follow them even though the enemy troops were already heading towards the village.
Seeing that the two of them were a little slow, Zhao Yun and Lu Lingqi didn't say anything nonsense and directly pulled the two of them beside them. They quickly crawled to the ground and their figures disappeared from the cliff.
Before Ying'er could say anything, she just felt Zhao Yun's generous arms pressing on her back, and Ying'er fell into a trance.
But Zhao Yun definitely didn't mean to take advantage of the situation.
As they held their breath, there was a loud sound from under the cliff again.
Immediately afterwards, there was a sound of slight footsteps going around under the cliff, and along with a long sigh, the owner of the footsteps seemed to have left far away again.
"This...this is..."
Ying'er was shocked, and then she noticed her gaffe, and felt a little guilty for her random thoughts just now.
Zhao Yun gave the order again, and everyone stood up.
"The opponent is a general who is extremely experienced in the battlefield. He keeps enough troops at the rear to hide the traces of the army's march, including searching to see if anyone is following them. These are things that only those with strict military management will take to heart - since it is
Sun Quan’s general, Miss Ying’er, do you have any idea of his identity?”
"Ah...ah?"
As if she was still immersed in the accident just now, Ying'er seemed a little slow, but when she heard Zhao Yun's inquiry, she hurriedly answered:
"Sorry...I...I'm not very clear. I know too little information. I can't tell based on this alone..."
Realizing that she had not been able to help, Ying'er looked a little disappointed, but it was obvious that Zhao Yun didn't care about these things at all:
"That's what I expected. The other party's behavior can be said to be radical and bold, but under this radical behavior, it can be seen that he has a cautious attitude. Wu Hou's men are indeed full of talents."
"Without further delay, it's time to set off! If we delay for too long, it will only put the gentleman and the eldest lady in danger."
Zhao Yun gave the order, and the men and horses behind him quickly followed Zhao Yun's footsteps towards the bottom of the mountain - completely different from the Soochow people's desperate behavior of rolling down the mountain. Each thick hemp rope had already been tied to the tree.
He was thrown down the cliff by Zhao Yun and others.
Hundreds of people were pulled by hemp ropes, jumping on the steep cliff, and came to the bottom of the cliff safely and quickly.
After quickly organizing the army, under the leadership of Zhao Yun and Lu Lingqi, they slowly followed the direction in which Zhou Tai and others were advancing.
