Chapter 289: Ambush
Flon lay in the shadows of the woods, condescendingly and silently watching the path that crossed the Cullo Mountains in front of him.
Fren is the forward observation post of the special operations team led by Rhodes, and counting today, he has been ambushing in this relatively secluded but well-seen place for the third day.
This is the middle section of the Kuluo Mountain Trail, one of the Thirteen Trails of Kulun - and the so-called Thirteen Trails of Kulo refers to the thirteen sections of the Kulo Mountain Trail that cannot be bypassed, and not far ahead, the special operations team has already arranged an ambush circle.
As Rhodes said, if there is an ambush, it is necessary to ambush in the middle of the Kuro Mountains - an ambush here, the transport troops cannot escape, and the vigilance is often the lowest compared to when you have just entered the Kuro Trail and when you are about to leave the Kuro Trail.
Compared with going over the mountains and mountains, the terrain on the Kuluo Thirteen Trail is relatively flat, and due to years of development, the beasts and poisonous insects here have been almost cleaned up, which is not bad as a trade route.
But in any case, the Kulo Mountains are too long—to cross the entire Kulo Mountains, it takes nearly five hundred miles to take the Kulo Trail, and in this case, no matter how smooth the path is, the speed of the large army is not fast.
Unlike this special operations team led by Rhodes, an elite small unit was able to accelerate forward in complex situations - although the march was a little more difficult, it grabbed two days and laid an ambush in advance.
According to calculations, the convoy will arrive in the ambush area today or tomorrow.
Looking back at the sun that had already begun to set, Flren twisted his neck - it looked like the convoy wouldn't be there today.
Night will soon fall, and Fren's task will no longer be to spy on the path, but on his own captain, Rod.
That's right, Fren was Qurieta's old subordinate—and in this operation, out of more than ninety people, there were five guys like Fren.
Queletta gives Fren the task of spying on Rhodes and, if necessary, using Noxtola's special communications to report back to him to determine if Rhodes is acting according to his plan.
On top of that, Queleta also asks for Fren, if given the opportunity, on the premise of completing the mission...... Kill Rod.
The killing here does not mean that Fren will do it himself, but that he hopes to kill people with a knife and let Rhodes die under the attack of the convoy - in Quareta's opinion, Rhodes is indeed very powerful, but no matter how powerful a person is, he is not able to face the Noxian Legion of 4,000 people who are fully armed and formed.
Do you think you're the Infinite Sword Master?
And along the way, Rod's performance was decent, and even made Flen have the strange idea of "could it be that this thing was a Noxus staff officer before".
Well, in fact, there is some truth in Fren's guess - when he was in Azeroth, Rod's job was actually really the military-political general counsel of Stormwind City, and if this title was placed in Noxus, he would basically be the chief of the Noxian General Staff.
While in Callando, Fren had been away from the team for more than half a day on the grounds of radiation reconnaissance, and had used Noxtola to secretly deliver news to Queleta.
In the five days following entering the Kuro Mountains, communication between Fren and Queleta was completely cut off.
However, in Fren's opinion, there should be no big problem, because at least for now, everything is fine with Rhodes and everything is going well.
While Flon was thinking about Rod's possible next move, there was movement in the distance on the path in front of him.
Seemingly...... It's a big team.
Flon immediately became nervous.
The next moment, Furlen pulled out his telescope and began to look around.
The foliage of the trees was layered on top of each other, and while Fren's observation point was well placed, it was not enough to accurately gauge the number of people coming - but it was certain that it was the regular army of Noxus.
The standard Noxus black Kai and sharp blade, the leading soldier also pulled two wurm dogs.
The wurmish is a special breed of dog that is said to have dragon blood and is a specialty of Noxus – a wingless, wolf-like carnivore that inhabits the northern part of the capital of Noxus.
Wild wurmers are fierce pack hunters, and Noxians are very fond of taming them for use in military operations, as a caretaker, or simply as an expensive (but dangerous) pet.
Fren frowned.
If nothing else, this team is the target - the rare thing like the wurm doesn't appear very often, and he had entered Carlando when he sent the news, and at that time, there was no other special team in the whole of Carlando except for the troops that transported the Fando light horses.
Theoretically, being able to pull two wurms to clear the way, this team should be the transport force of the Fendo Light Horse.
But the strange thing is that he has observed the camp left by the transport force many times, but there has never been a trace of a wurm.
You know, the feces of an animal like wurms smell amazing, and it's impossible for the camp where wurms lived without leaving traces!
All in all, the only explanation is...... The unit got two wurms in Carlando!
Damn it!!!
The nose of the wurm is not an ordinary spirit, and the noxians domesticated wurms are the most sensitive to the smell of human sweat, it is summer, as long as the wurms are close, all the ambushes will be exposed!
Without the advantage of ambushes, this special operations team of Rhodes wants to take down this transport team...... It's almost impossible!
Just as Flren was at a loss, Rod's voice came from behind him.
"All outposts retreat, put the convoy in the ambush circle, and everyone stay away from the trail to avoid exposure!"
"But ......"
Fren subconsciously wanted to refute.
"No, but, carry out the order, prepare to block the entrance!"
Fren instinctively felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong - in fact, in the case of possible exposure, it was indeed a better choice to directly hide all of them, retract the outpost and prepare for a night ambush, but Rhodes made this decision so decisively that Fren was a little panicked.
It's a pity that Fren didn't have time to think at this time - it is his duty to obey orders, especially in such a moment of sudden change, if everyone keeps their own ideas, the whole team will be a mess.
So, Fren retreated.
And Rod, who was standing in the rear and watching everyone retreat to the ambush site, smiled at this moment.
Raven was right, the Noxians would temporarily give up thinking in times of emergency, leaving the decision to the top of the equation – a line of thought that is actually quite correct and the most efficient – but if the top commander of a team has a problem with himself, then this is the habit...... It's deadly!
I've been waiting for a long time, and this is what Rhodes has been waiting for.
"Wurm ...... A cautious opponent isn't always that annoying. ”