Everything was confirmed, and it was correct. This was the hiding place of the cavalry. Meng Xiang did not want to wait for a second, drew out the large ring knife from his waist, and let out a long-suppressed roar.
"Kill me!"
"Kill!" The believers also shouted loudly, as if killing these two hundred cavalrymen would relieve the torture and fear they had suffered in the past two days. They jumped down from the hillside and rushed into the small village.
Among the willows.
Nearly ten thousand believers rushed into the willow forest from both sides. The originally small willow forest was soon trampled by the crowd and was swaying. The willow forest was only a hundred steps in diameter, and at this moment, it seemed that there were churchgoers everywhere, from east to west.
The two sides came together towards the middle. Soon, the willow forest in front was sparse, and a large open space and simple shacks in the middle could be seen. What everyone was thinking was that it would be difficult for them to fly now.
"Boom."
"Oh, ah ah."
A burst of noisy screams came. Meng Xiang turned around and saw a large group of cult bandits disappearing out of thin air in front of him on the right. The ground suddenly collapsed, and hundreds of cult members fell into several large pits that were as deep as one person.
In the middle, the pit was filled with sharp thorns cut from tree branches. Those who fell were stabbed and screamed in agony.
"What's going on?" Meng Xiang stopped in shock, and instantly realized that he seemed to have been tricked again. "Stop attacking! Be careful of traps." Meng Xiang shouted loudly.
Some of the cult members were charging so hard that they couldn't hold back their legs and feet, and they heard a continuous roar. Two more pits were trampled. More than 20 cult members fell into them, with blood dripping from the stabbings and howling incessantly.
"Don't move forward, watch your step." Everyone shouted. The charge suddenly stopped a few feet away from the edge of the open space.
Meng Xiang carefully moved to the side of the pit not far from him, and saw a dozen congregants in the pit wailing and moaning for help. Meng Xiang did not rush to rescue, but carefully observed the situation of the pit. He
Only then did we discover that the pit was covered with a thin layer of turf, and slender willows were planted on it to camouflage it. It looked no different from the surrounding slender willow forest. So no one noticed it at all. Fortunately, the pit was
There is only one person deep, and the force of the fall is not great. Otherwise, all of the believers who fell in would be dead. Even so, some of the believers who fell into the pit were stabbed in the stomach, and their whole bodies were strung on the wood.
If you stab it, you won't die for a while, but I'm afraid you won't survive.
Meng Xiang cursed in a low voice. He knew that this time he was afraid that he would be in vain again. Since the other party dug a trap, it meant that they were prepared. He once again felt the humiliation of having his IQ crushed. But he
Still hoping that Lin Jue and the others were still here. Looking up, through the sparse willow trees, it was quiet in the middle of the open space. There was no movement in the proposed shed. A few horses snorted leisurely and looked at them with their big eyes.
These strange humans in the surrounding woods.
Although we are so close to the clearing at this moment, it seems like we are so far away. Who knows if there are any traps ahead.
"Please be careful and test your way forward. Don't fall into the pit," Meng Xiang shouted.
Everyone didn't need to be reminded, and they knew how to be cautious. Everyone acted like thieves, lifting their feet lightly and stepping forward slowly. They stepped tentatively on the ground in front of them. Boom, boom, several traps were stepped on.
The sound of collapse came, revealing a huge pit and sharp thorns inside. But this time no one fell in. After clearing five or six pits on the road ahead, Meng Xiang and others were finally in the open space.
Once bitten by a snake, they are afraid of well ropes for ten years. Although the ground ahead is open, the bandits still dare not take it lightly. They are cautious as if they are playing a game of wooden figures, testing step by step and moving forward step by step. But
There were no more pits in the open space in the middle. Half an hour later, they finally gathered around the shed made of willow branches.
"Get out and die." Someone shouted loudly.
Meng Xiang frowned. He knew that there must be no one in the shed. This was just an empty city plan. The other party seemed to know that he would come, so he dug a trap to ambush. But their people must have run away long ago. Those horses
...It's just to make everything more realistic and attract myself to charge.
Sure enough, after everyone rushed into the shed, they found it empty. A congregant found a note on a wooden pillar in the shed and hurriedly brought it to Meng Xiang. Meng Xiang took it and looked at it, and cursed angrily.
Continuously, he tore the note into pieces.
'My defeated general Meng Xiang was fooled again today. I urge you to surrender immediately, otherwise you will die on the spot. Lin Jue warns.'
The above are the words on the note. Meng Xiang was so angry that he waved the big ring knife in his hand and shouted and chopped. He chopped the shed into pieces and collapsed. All the believers stood aside silently.
He dared not speak out for fear that the angry Meng Xiang would vent his anger on himself.
Meng Xiang calmed down after venting. He frowned and thought for a moment, thinking that Lin Jue and the others should not have escaped far. In this kind of terrain, where could they escape to? Two hundred horsemen and horses are actually not a small target. Where is that?
It disappeared without a trace easily. There must be traces to follow. So Meng Xiang immediately ordered everyone to search for traces around, especially the traces of horse hooves. Sure enough, in the direction leading to the north, there were clear traces of a large number of horse hooves.
Arguable.
"Chase!" Meng Xiang yelled.
Everyone followed Meng Xiang's footsteps and soon they rushed out of the thin willow forest and arrived in front of a swampy lake. Large tracts of cattails grew by the water's edge, and in front of them was a large area of sticky, black and smelly water. There was nothing in front of them.
One person. Someone discovered that the tracks of war horses disappeared into the mud on the shore. The direction of the tracks was heading towards the swamp. In the middle of the swamp, there were several horse corpses lying stiff in the mud with their hoofs upward.
Meng Xiang immediately understood that these people used horses to explore the road through this swamp. The horses were in front, and if they fell in, the people behind could take a detour. In this way, they could always find a way to pass through while exploring the road.
The passage. In other words, Lin Jue and the others were on the opposite side of the swampy lake.
However, even if they knew that they were not far away from the opposite side, Meng Xiang and others had no way to get there immediately. The other side had horses to explore the road, but he did not. Perhaps the only way was to go around from both sides.
But that would have to go through the thorny road-clearing process that we went through in the morning. It was impossible to cut down trees to get across. The water in this swamp was much deeper than the swamp on the way here. The trees were of no use.
Everyone thought Meng Xiang would give up and continue to besiege Lin Jue and others, but Meng Xiang ordered a detour again. Everyone thought Meng Xiang was crazy. Meng Xiang seemed to be really crazy. He was crazy. He was already crazy.
He has lost his last bit of sanity. If he continues to go crazy like this, everyone will be dragged to death by him.
"Mr. Meng, we can't do this anymore. We really have to evacuate. Otherwise, the consequences will be disastrous. Lin Jue is so cunning and cunning, which is really irritating. But this is no longer the time to act on impulse. Chief Meng should think about what to do.
How should I report to the Holy Duke to evacuate here instead of burying all the brothers in our five counties for one Lin Jue? In that case, the Holy Duke will definitely be very angry, very angry."
Several subordinates who accompanied Meng Xiang from the Yingtianfu General Altar to assist discussed and collectively advised.
"Why, are you going to disobey my order? Don't think that because we are brothers of life and death, you can dictate to me. You have all seen Li Yunqing's fate." Meng Xiang glared and shouted.
Several people hurriedly said: "For the sake of Chief Meng, we will go around like this, at least until dark. If the other party sets another trap, won't we be humiliated by it again? This terrain is not conducive to our advantage.
Manpower, so Chief Meng should stop his efforts. Don’t mess with things just for trivial matters. The overall situation is more important. Chief Meng’s life is much more valuable than Lin Jue’s gold. If we are trapped here, it is not worth it.”
Although Meng Xiang was extremely unwilling, after several attempts to persuade him, he had to consider the reality of the situation. If he continued to insist on his own way, it would indeed be inappropriate. The problem was that he no longer had any confidence in catching Lin Jue and the others.
Just when Meng Xiang was in a dilemma, fireworks erupted from the top of the sand dunes in the east. The green fireworks were extremely eye-catching in the sky. Meng Xiang and all the believers looked at the fireworks in surprise, and their hearts were sinking.
Sinking. The fireworks were an agreed signal to monitor the enemy situation in the direction of Yangwucheng. The launch of three green fireworks bombs meant that soldiers and horses were dispatched from the direction of Yangwucheng to kill. If the defenders in Yangwucheng fell
That's all, I'm just afraid of the reinforcements coming from the imperial army.
Meng Xiang finally woke up.
"Withdraw, withdraw all. Send a signal. The entrance must withstand the attack of officers and soldiers and wait for us to return for reinforcements." Meng Xiang shouted loudly.
