The darkness was deep, the sky was not illuminated by stars and moons, the night insects in the grass were intertwined and whispered, and the soles of the feet in sandals snapped on the dead branches, and the continuous sound of insects came to an abrupt end.

One by one, the figures walked stealthily in the night, and after sweeping through the grass with short swords along the way, they observed for a while, and only then did someone break away from the team and convey the message that "no trace of the enemy was found" back to the main force behind, and after that, they stayed in place, resting on each other's guard, waiting for the army behind to come.

And out of sight, a pair of eyes, or even several pairs, were staring at them silently in a gap between a rock, behind overlapping leaves on the tree.

In the distance, between the hidden woods was a team marching on foot, and the several hundred-man teams that were sent into the forest as the advance were Urjus's cautious posture, even if they were ambushed, the real main force would not be damaged, and there was enough time for him to lead the heavy infantry regiment to evacuate.

After two miles in depth, the scouts did not find the ambush, and the first few teams sent into the forest were not attacked, and they hesitated for a while before directing the army to enter here, but they still let the hired barbarian cavalry and archers walk in front, and the auxiliary legions composed of free people walked on the flanks and behind, so as to maintain a buffer for the real elite team to be attacked.

"Notify the people in front, and then search for danger carefully, and the squadron and the team behind will slow down, and there is no need to rush."

Uraus commanded, his eyes raised and swept the surrounding woods, there was no fire in his sight, it was a pitch-black color, the dense trees made the black appear more deep, if he was ambushed here, he would indeed suffer a great loss, but the warriors of Rome have never been afraid of battle.

He thought.

There was a sudden noise in front of him, the shouts of people, and then the sound of weapons colliding, he hurriedly sent someone to the front to check, and the herald walked halfway and turned back: "It was a soldier in front who accidentally slipped and fell down the steep slope and broke his leg." ”

Call......

On horseback, Uraus nodded: "Let everyone cheer up and be careful about stepping on the air and falling down the steep slope." ”

He wiped the sweat stains from his palms and exhaled softly.

The noise in the distance continued for a while, and several barbarian archers and soldiers rescued their companions who had slid down the steep slope, and the last of them, whose footsteps stopped, glanced back at the grass behind him, drew his knife and tossed it away, but there was nothing inside. At this time, his companion, who had already gone up, called him, and then turned his head and climbed up the slope.

The sliding stones and broken earth fell in front of the grass that was picked up, and a little below were a few heads weaving branches and blades of grass, quietly staying in the dark, feeling the same relief after sensing the man's dissipation. Then, a figure that seemed to be the battalion commander made a gesture to them, and they untied the small jar behind their waists, and moved slowly, feeling it under the noses of the winding marching team above, and pouring the liquid from the jar on the branches and dead grass that had been prepared long ago.

Occasionally, a few wild fox cries can be heard in the mountains.

Uraus glanced back, the layers of his head on the quiet march, several horses pulling heavy ballistas drove past him, and the squeaks of the wheels creaked through the rough road, which seemed particularly harsh in the silence.

"...... always felt like the Celes were spying on us." He muttered, his brow furrowing.

The accompanying deputy corps commander tilted his head: "What are you talking about?" ”

In the distance, there was a terrible scream of "Ah-" and a blinding light flew through the forest.

……..

Time goes back a little bit.

At the top of the hill, the information conveyed by the different rhythms of bird calls and fox chirpings quickly scrutinized, deleted, and combined into a complete piece of information in Zhou Yu's hands, and after a while, he folded the plain silk and put it in his arms, and then took out the sheepskin map again, pointing to a place beyond the hills: "Brother will take the cavalry here to wait for work." ”

"Are you enough for one person here?" Sun Ce stood up, didn't say anything, and untied the ancient ingot knife on his waist: "It's better to use a knife for foot combat, take it." ”

Zhou Yu waved his hand: "I don't need me here." ”

"Huh?"

Sun Ce looked at this brother with some puzzlement, the latter made people light the torch, the orange fire spread, shining on the bridge of the straight nose, the handsome and beardless face, is a gentle demeanor, but the gaze is cold, he stands tall in the firelight, with the mountain breeze blowing, the hem of the robe under the armor is slightly raised, like a painting scroll of Confucian generals proud of the battlefield.

"If the information given by the governor is correct, there should be a Great Qin army that echoes the army in front of you, since it has already come, let's destroy them all."

Sun Ce nodded: "I said before that you were in command, then I will take the cavalry there and wait, you take care." With that, he left two hundred soldiers with his guns and went down the mountain from the rear. Zhou Yu's gaze was withdrawn from the departing person, and his right hand was raised casually, and the moment the soldier lit the arrow soaked in fire oil, the raised hand fell, "Send the Great Qin people a ride." "The flaming rocket shot out over the woods.

The light of the fire made a blinding arc over the hills, then fell, through the overlapping foliage, and below, a Roman soldier on the march heard the thud, raised his head, and with a flaming arrow, pierced into his eye sockets, "Uhhh

"There's an attack!"

"It's the Cyrius—"

In the extremely fast reaction, there were already voices shouting in the army, and at the same time as the shouts sounded, Uraus, who was in the main heavy infantry regiment, drew his sword and roared: "Form a formation-"

The moment the exit was ordered, there was no expected rain of arrows around the surroundings, but the light of the torches shone brightly in the darkness a little farther away, and everywhere around, in the shaking vision, the trees under the steep slope on the side suddenly burned, and quickly extended into a long fire dragon.

"There's a fire over there, too!" The deputy commander pointed to the other side of the hill and shouted in fear.

"Don't panic, get out of here immediately." Urjus's worries finally became a reality, but after all, he still maintained the quality of a general, and when the fire burned around, he still calmly issued an order and commanded the army to change its strategy: "Auxiliaries!" Inform the auxiliaries to immediately dig a ravine to block the fire from approaching. ”

One order after another was issued, the cavalry around the herald became less and less, the elite heavy infantry composed of veterans relied on experience, and had formed a formation to guard against possible attacks, the auxiliaries and brute cavalry before and after did not have that quality, and received orders in a panic, only part of the ditches were dug in the past, but the fallen leaves and dead branches that had accumulated for a winter became damp after a spring rain, and the flames burned along the tung oil, bringing up a huge smoke, and the auxiliaries who went down to the steep slopes did not have time to wave their shovels, and were swallowed up by the smoke that rose up, Countless coughing voices kept sounding inside, breathing became extremely difficult, and those who were lucky enough to run out kept bleeding tears and snot on their faces, and the people inside fell one after another wailing in a moment.

In order to protect Uraus, who was in the middle, a look of fear finally appeared on his face at this moment, and the heavy infantry around him also tightened their formation, desperately looking at the fire that spread on all sides, watching the auxiliaries or barbarians who were on fire on their bodies rush out of the smoke, trying to climb up, and then being swallowed by the flames on his body, his body gradually burned and curled, and twitched on the ground until it was pitch black.

"Go to the heights-" Uraus gritted his teeth and roared, tears were smoking, and his horse rushed past the soldiers towards the highest point in front of him, more Roman soldiers and brute horsemen galloped with him in a panic, and the huge fire and smoke on both sides and behind frightened them a lot, and frantically pushed the people in front of them wearing heavy armor and shields, and the barbarians' war horses were also frightened in the smoke, throwing off the people on horseback, and crashing wildly in the crowd, and the people behind were still constantly impacting, the mountain road was not very open, Many screamed and rolled down the steep slope as they were pushed, falling into the flames that spread upward, and let out a terrible wail.

Uljus, who rushed to the front, pulled the reins abruptly, and an arrow flew past him, and when he raised his gaze, there was someone standing in front of the straight mountain path, on the rock a hundred paces away.

In the dazzling firelight, sparks filled the air, Zhou Yu pinched the silk handkerchief and covered his mouth and nose, the corners of his mouth below should be smiling, he raised his other hand, shook it gently, and then turned around and jumped off the rock, dozens of soldiers appeared, pushing the rock he had just stood on.

It was a boom boom .......and a boom tumbling down the slope of the mountain road, Urjus jumped on his horse, his head hit a nearby tree trunk, and the moment his eyes went black, he only heard a huge sound, and the mournful roar of the war horse, and in a trance, the huge horse body was smashed to the ground, crushed under the rock, and made a dying struggle.

Then, his vision went dark.

Soon after, the entire hill formed a firelight, and the red sky could be seen for dozens of miles.......