Chapter 868: Reversal
Everything was confirmed, and there was no mistake, this was exactly where the cavalry were hiding. Meng Xiang didn't want to wait for a second, pulled out the big ring knife on his waist, and let out a long-suppressed roar.
"Kill Lao Tzu!"
"Kill!" The congregational also let out a whole ear of shouts, as if the siege of these two hundred cavalry would dispel the torture and fear suffered for two days. They jumped down the hillside and rushed into the willow forest.
Nearly 10,000 sect members rushed into the willow forest from both sides, and the willow forest, which was originally small in size, was soon trampled by the crowd. The willow forest was no more than a hundred paces in circumference, and at this moment, it seemed that the figures of the sect members were everywhere, closing from the east and west sides towards the middle. Soon, the willow forest in front of me was sparse, and you could already see a large open space in the middle and a simple shack built in the middle. All they thought in their hearts was that they would not be able to fly.
"Boom."
"Oops, ahh
There was a noise and screams, and Meng Xiang turned his head to look, just in time to see a large group of bandits disappearing out of thin air in front of him on the right. The ground collapsed violently, and hundreds of sect members fell into several large pits more than one person deep. The pit was filled with spikes made of tree branches, and the people who fell were stabbed and cried for their mothers, screaming again and again.
"What's going on?" Meng Xiang stopped in astonishment, and instantly realized that he seemed to have fallen for another trick. "Stop attacking! Beware of traps. Meng Xiang shouted.
Some of the bandits were rushing with strength, and they couldn't restrain their legs and feet, so they heard the sound of booming and rumbling. Two more pits were trampled on. More than 20 members of the sect fell into it, dripping with blood and crying for a long time.
"Don't go any further, watch the soles of your feet." The crowd shouted. The momentum of the charge came to an abrupt halt a few feet away from the edge of the clearing.
Meng Xiang cautiously moved to the side of the pit not far in front of him, only to see more than a dozen sect members in the pit wailing and moaning for help. Meng Xiang did not rush to the rescue, but carefully observed the situation of the pit. Only then did he realize that the pit was covered with a thin layer of turf, and a fine willow camouflage was inserted on it, which looked no different from the surrounding fine willow forest. That's why everyone didn't notice it at all. Fortunately, the pit was only one person deep, and the fall was not very large, otherwise these sect members who fell into it would be doomed one by one. Rao is like this, some of the members of the sect who fell into the pit were pierced through the stomach, and the whole person was strung on the wooden thorns, and he did not die for a while, but he was afraid that he would not survive.
Meng Xiang scolded angrily in a low voice, he knew that this time he was afraid that he would pounce again. Since the other party has dug a pit, it means that they are prepared. Once again, he felt the humiliation of having his IQ crushed. But he still pinned his hopes on Lin Jue and they were still here. Looking up, through the sparse willow trees, the middle of the clearing was quiet. There was no movement in the proposed shed. A few horses snorted leisurely, looking at the strange humans in the surrounding woods with their big eyes.
Although it was so close to the open space at this moment, it seemed like the end of the world was close at hand. Who knows if there is a pit ahead.
"Give me a careful test to move forward. Don't fall into the pit. Meng Xiang shouted.
People don't need to be reminded, and they will be cautious. Everyone was like a thief, raising their feet lightly and walking forward slowly. Tentatively stepping on the ground in front of him. Boom, boom, the sound of several traps being trampled down was heard, revealing huge pits and sharp ground spines inside. But no one fell into it this time. After successively eliminating five or six pits on the road ahead, Meng Xiang and the others finally found themselves in the open space.
Once bitten by a snake, he was afraid of the well rope for ten years. Although the ground ahead was already open, the bandits still did not dare to take it lightly. They cautiously seemed to be playing a game of wooden people, testing step by step, moving forward step by step. But there were no more pitfalls in the middle clearing, and after half an hour they finally gathered around the shed made of willow branches.
"Get out of here and die." Someone shouted.
Meng Xiang frowned, he knew that there must be no one in the shed. It's just an empty plan. The other party seemed to know that he was coming, so he dug a trap and laid an ambush. But their men must have run away. The horses...... It's just to make everything more realistic, to entice yourself to charge.
Sure enough, when everyone rushed into the shed, they found it empty. A member of the sect found a note on a wooden pillar in the shed and hurriedly sent it to Meng Xiang to see. Meng Xiang took it and took a look, scolded angrily, and tore the note to pieces.
'Meng Xiang, the defeated general, is another one today. Advise you to surrender immediately, or die on the spot. Lin Jue respectfully. ’
That's the word on the note. Meng Xiang was furious, brandished the big ring knife in his hand and slashed indiscriminately, slashing the shed to pieces and collapsing. All the sect members stood silently and did not dare to speak, fearing that the angry Meng Xiang would sprinkle his anger on his head.
Meng Xiang calmed down after venting, he frowned and thought for a moment, thinking that Lin Jue and they should not have fled far. With this kind of terrain, where can they flee to? Two hundred horsemen is actually a big goal, where it is so easy to disappear without a trace. There must be traces to follow. So Meng Xiang immediately ordered everyone to search the surroundings for traces, especially the traces of the horse's hooves. Sure enough, in the direction leading to the north, the footsteps of a large number of horses' hooves were clearly discernible.
"Chase!" Meng Xiang yelled.
Everyone followed Meng Xiang and followed the footsteps, and soon they rushed out of the fine willow forest and came to a swampy lake. Large expanses of cattails grow at the water's edge, and in front of them is a large area of sticky black and smelly water. There was no one ahead. It was found that the tracks of the war horse had disappeared into the mud on the shore, and the direction of the footprints was towards the swamp lake. And in the middle of the swamp, there were several horse corpses lying in the mire with their hooves upward.
Meng Xiang suddenly understood that these people had used horses to explore the way through this swampy land. The horses are in front, and if they fall in, those behind can take a detour. In this way, you can always find a passage that you can pass through. In other words, Lin Jue and they were on the opposite side of this swampy lake.
However, even though they knew that they were on the opposite side and were not far away, Meng Xiang and the others had no way to get there immediately. The other party has horses to explore the way, but he doesn't. Perhaps the only way to do this is to go around from both sides. But it was going through the morning of overcoming obstacles and opening the way. It is impossible to cut down trees to get over, and the water in this swamp is much deeper than the mud on the way to come. Trees are useless.
Everyone thought that Meng Xiang would give up and continue to besiege Lin Jue and the others, but Meng Xiang once again ordered a detour. Everyone thought Meng Xiang was crazy. Meng Xiang seemed to have really gone crazy, he was so angry that he had lost the last of his senses. If you continue to follow him like this, everyone will be dragged to death by him.
"Meng Shouzao, we can't do this anymore, we really have to evacuate. Otherwise, the consequences are unimaginable. That Lin Jue was extremely cunning, and it was really annoying. But this is no longer the time to be impressed. Meng Shouzao still thinks about how to evacuate here and how to return to the Holy Bus. Instead of burying all the brothers of our five-county branch altar for the sake of one Lin Jue. In that case, the Holy Father would be very angry, very angry. ”
Several subordinates who accompanied Meng Xiang from Ying Tianfu General Altar came to assist after discussing and collectively persuaded them.
"Why, will you also disobey my commands? Don't think that we are brothers in life and death, so we can point fingers at me. You have all seen Li Yunqing's fate. Meng Xiang glared and shouted.
Several people hurriedly said: "I'm waiting for the sake of Meng Shouzao, and it will be at least dark to go around like this." If the other party sets any more traps, will we be humiliated again? This terrain is not conducive to us to give full play to our advantageous manpower, so Meng Shouzao should stop it. Don't mess around for the sake of small things. The big picture counts. Meng Shouzuo's life is much more expensive than Lin Juejin, if he is lost here, it is not worth it. ”
Although Meng Xiang was extremely unwilling in his heart, after several persuasions, he also had to consider the realistic situation. If we continue to insist on going our own way, there are indeed some things that should not be done. The problem was that he had no confidence in catching Lin Jue and them now.
Just when Meng Xiang was in a dilemma, fireworks appeared from the top of the sand dunes in the east, and the green fireworks were extremely eye-catching in the air. Meng Xiang and all the sect members looked at the fireworks in amazement, their hearts sinking, sinking. The fireworks were the agreed signal to monitor the enemy situation in the direction of Yangwu City, and the launch of three green fireworks bombs meant that there were soldiers and horses coming from the direction of Yangwu City. If it was those defenders in Yangwu City, I was afraid that it would be the imperial army that came to reinforce it.
Meng Xiang finally came to his senses.
"Withdraw, withdraw. At the signal, the entrance must withstand the attack of officers and soldiers, and wait for us to go back for reinforcements. Meng Xiang shouted loudly.