Chapter 963: Fire in the Night, Intercepting the Quartet
Chapter 963: Fire sets the prairie fire at night, intercepting and killing from all directions
"The remaining brothers, get on your horse with me and get ready to herd the sheep!"
"Go and tell Erhu! At three o'clock in the ugly hour, I want to see the mountain on fire! Since those people are hiding well, then force them out! My brothers are all noble, there is no need to go up the mountain with them to fight to the death!" "
Half an hour later, the Xin family army, who had finished their rest, followed Xin Qiji's order and headed towards the predetermined location...
"ah……"
Qingqiu suddenly exclaimed, "Miss, look, there is indeed a fire on the mountain!"
"Shen Chou, you lead fifty people to protect the princess! The rest are waiting with me to intercept the enemy!"
Shen Tang looked at the fire that was gradually igniting in the mountains, with a cold murderous intent in his eyes!
"Princess, please wait here for a moment! If there is a fire in the mountain, the people ambush in it must be fleeing in all directions! The Xin family army will definitely ambush in the other three directions, and then order the cavalry to chase them! If you want to deploy troops in our direction, just We need to pass through the official road in the mountains, which will alarm the people in the mountains, so our direction is the main direction for the enemy to flee!"
"Since they dare to intercept and kill them, it's not rude to come back without reciprocating!"
"Then...Brother Shen, be careful! Qingqiu, let's put armor on for Brother Shen!"
The guards on the side have already taken off the armor from the horseback. What Shen Tang is carrying is a black armor! Its wings are slightly smaller, but the patterns on the hood are exquisite and extremely beautiful! The overall armor is extremely compact, and the armor leaves are in the shape of Cross-shaped braiding! The rest of the arm guards, neck cape, etc. are all available! This armor is called Shunshuishan Wenjia, which is an improved version of Zhuqishan Wenjia. In comparison, the armor leaves are more sophisticated and the overall body is more coordinated!
"Brother Shen, we are hiding here, so we shouldn't encounter enemies! If you go to intercept and kill them, it would be better to bring more people with you! Just leaving a few guards is enough!"
Looking at Shen Tang, who was dressed in black armor, Zhao Ling's eyes were filled with watery brilliance. If she didn't still have some sense, she could hardly help but pounce on him to suppress her racing heart!
That day, he was wearing the same black armor and stood in front of her to save her from the abyss! She... was so in love with Shen Tang's appearance at this moment!
Shen Tang thought for a while, then nodded and said, "Okay! I will leave twenty personal guards for the princess.
Moreover, we won’t be too far away from the princess!”
At this moment, the mountain has exploded! Not to mention humans, even the birds and beasts cannot bear the fire in the mountain!
"Where is the fire..." Halfway up the mountain, the leader shouted angrily!
"It's not good, it's not good! There are dozens of fires at the foot of the mountain, and it can't be extinguished at once! Moreover, it won't take long for the fire to spread. Let's evacuate quickly. If we don't evacuate, we will." It's too late..." A man ran up and yelled in fear!
Just as he spoke, the original sparks gradually turned into fire dragons, and gradually spread to the surroundings!
"This... this is not a sky fire, someone set a fire secretly, and we were discovered!"
After calming down and checking the direction of the fire below, the leading man finally discovered something unusual!
"Impossible. Only a few of us here know the specific purpose. Who can leak the information?"
Someone next to him said.
The leader gritted his teeth and said, "Now, no matter what the reason is, we have to withdraw first! Otherwise, we will all be burned to death in this mountain before long! However, since we have been discovered, then There is probably an ambush of troops from the other side in the secret! Now, we can only take a gamble. We only have two days to ambush here. It is not easy for the other side to mobilize their troops. If they just want to scare us away, then we still have To survive, if the other party’s troops have already arrived, then let’s just wait to die..."
"Then which direction should we go!"
"Going west is the way back, but once we enter the boundaries of Chengdu Prefecture again, we will return to their territory. If the other party investigates carefully, it will be difficult for us to escape! Five hundred soldiers and horses go north, and five hundred soldiers and horses go south! The rest of the people
Wait, follow me down the mountain from the official road to the east! Even if they have soldiers and horses arriving, they can't cross over, so at least that one can only be to the east of us! It's only a few dozen miles away from the inn. If we are lucky, not only can we
Complete the mission and still survive!"
As the order was issued, the two soldiers and horses rushed in panic towards the north and south directions! There were fires all around, which brought great panic to these people, although the leader had warned that there might be an ambush in the dark.
However, the apparent danger still made everyone lose their patience.
After reluctantly waiting for the order to evacuate, the two troops headed north and south in a panic almost instantly.
"Let's wait another quarter of an hour! When these people arrive at the foot of the mountain, even if there is an ambush, they will be able to attract some troops first.
At that time, we will head northeast down the mountain and enter the official road!"
"Ah, ah, ah..."
Sure enough, the two soldiers who were the first to go down the mountain had just arrived at the foot of the mountain and finally got out of the sea of fire. What awaited them was dense arrows and cold blades!
"Let's go! Everyone, please stop disrupting the formation!"
The remaining two thousand soldiers and horses quickly went down the mountain toward the northeast. However, although they only waited for a quarter of an hour, the fire at this moment had already started a prairie fire! Gas wood chips even ignited the leather armor and clothes of these people.
The sound of frightened wailing broke the tranquility of the dark night!
The group of people gritted their teeth and finally rushed out of the sea of fire, but they injured as many as five or six hundred people!
"Everyone, run west as fast as possible..." As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the sound of intensive horse hooves behind him...
If it were the previous terrain, the cavalry couldn't move at all. They occupied the high ground and could easily destroy the invading enemy troops.
However, now they were forced out of the hill by the sea of fire, and even their weapons were insufficient. Under such circumstances, fighting a cavalry team was no different from risking death.
"what to do!"
Someone yelled in fear!
"Fight..." the leader roared in despair! Fighting is the only thing they can do now!
Not long after, a dense group of cavalry rushed out of the darkness, reflecting the light of the fire! The leader who fell at the back of the team winked at a few people around him, and quietly retreated toward the east!
Moreover, the moment the two sides fought, they took several hundred personal guards and fled eastward crazily!
They knew very well that there was no possibility of victory in a battle with the other party.
Therefore, the only chance is to let some soldiers and horses hold back these cavalry and buy them time! As long as they escape a few miles and leave the range of the barren mountains and sea of fire, they will be the only ones who can survive by running away.