I lowered my face and said, "Nonsense, that's a narrow escape. If you go, you'll only be in the way."
Since I was traveling lightly, I only brought a Baipi knife, and a pack of newly prepared gunpowder. I didn’t have time to try it after I prepared it, and I didn’t know if it worked. I pulled the rope to test its strength, and held the rope tightly with both hands.
, people hang on the city wall.
It was the waning moon, and the sky was too dark to see anything clearly. On top of the city, there were several torch lights, and soldiers were patrolling at night. Although the snake men never attacked at night, Wu Hou did not dare to take it lightly. This area is the vanguard.
In the camp defense area, tonight is also the night patrol of the fifth battalion.
When I was walking down the city, I suddenly felt confused. I looked at Qi Lie, and he seemed to believe that I was going to die, with a sad face. I cursed: "Xiao Lie, don't look like that, as if I'm dead."
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Qi Lie smiled bitterly and said, "General, be careful."
There is a three-foot-wide piece of land between the moat and the city wall. During the day, there was an attack by the snake people. There were pits and dents everywhere at the base of the city wall, and a lot of stones were piled up. I lowered the rope to the end and stepped on the soil.
I kicked hard and the person was thrown out like a pebble tied to a long rope. I put the rope in my hand. Seeing that I had crossed the moat, I released the rope in my hand and fell to the ground.
On the ground, there is no sound.
If it hadn't been for this moment, I would have been a little proud of my ability to be as light as a swallow, but of course I can't praise myself now. I looked back and saw that the rope was being retracted, and Qi Lie must have known that.
I have crossed the moat. It just looks like the long rope is like a snake swimming up the city wall.
I made a promise to him that before dawn, regardless of success or failure, I would definitely come back. At that time, he shot the rope with an arrow so that I could grab it and climb up the city. I didn't tell him that if I couldn't come back, I would
what to do.
I hope I have good luck. I looked up at the sky, and the waning moon had reached the horizon. It was deep at night. This kind of weather was the most suitable for stealing a camp, but no one from the Imperial Army would dare to steal a snake now.
camp.
The snake men's camp was two miles away. During the daytime attack, they set up a temporary camp seven or eight hundred steps away from the city. When I walked through that camp, I saw nothing but chaos everywhere. Shen Xiping's right army was
Military discipline is no longer strict, but it will not lead to such chaos.
Two miles of land is not very long. After this land, there is a large forest. There is such a large flat land in front of Gaojiu City, which is rare in southern Xinjiang, so the first generation city lord chose to build the city here.
If someone attacks, they will be able to see it from a distance. There are some cities in southern Xinjiang with dense woods on three sides. We have been ambushed several times, and we often don't even know anything when we get to the city. When we get to the woods, I look back.
I glanced at Gaojiu City. Under the dim starry and moonlight, I could only see a faint outline, but it seemed quiet and peaceful. I don't know why, but there was a sudden sadness in my heart.
Will I really not be able to come back?
I lowered my head and walked forward.
For some reason, when I feel sad, I think not of my parents or my brothers in the army, but of that woman.
The woman playing the pipa whom I saw once at Marquis Wu’s banquet.
In the woods, the moonlight was even darker, and I couldn't see anything clearly. I could only see a slightly whitish trace on the road. I walked forward carefully, but I still couldn't help but bumped a little. After walking for a while, I saw something in front of me.
Suddenly there was some light.
The early insects were noisy in my ears as if they were boiling. I opened a branch, and suddenly I heard some gentle sounds behind me.
Someone!
I jumped up and grabbed a thick branch above my head. I turned over and squatted on the branch. The series of movements was silent, and even I felt a little proud.
As soon as I squatted down, someone whispered: "What is it?"
As if in response to his voice, a bird of some kind flew up next to me. Even though the man's voice was very soft, I could tell at once that it was Qin Quan.
Qin Quan, the outpost of the Dragon Scale Army.
Someone on the side said: "It's the Night Owl."
I couldn't tell who the man's voice was, but he must be someone from the Dragon Scale Army.
Are they also coming to steal Shen Xiping's head? I hope they can succeed, so that I won't have to take risks.
Qin Quan suddenly said: "Why is there fire in the snake camp?"
I suddenly remembered. I didn't expect it at all just now. I only thought that there must be torches in the camp. But snake people are afraid of fire. How could there be the light of torches?
Above them, I just felt a little worried.
The man said: "Don't worry about that, let's go."
They had moved forward gently.
There were five of them in total, Qin Quan and that man were the leaders, and the next three followed them.
Should I call them?
While I was hesitating, Qin Quan and the others had already arrived at the edge of the Snake Man camp. I was about to catch up, when suddenly, two black shadows fell behind them.
That's the snake man!
Qin Quan and the others noticed it immediately. As soon as the two people walking behind turned around, two snake men jumped from the tree and wrapped themselves around their necks.
Even from such a distance, I could hear them making painful sounds, but soon there was the sound of bones breaking. I could almost see the snake man's green torso being tightened like a thick rope. Hold their neck and tighten it inch by inch until the neck breaks.
Those were the snake-men's patrols. It felt like a caterpillar crawled across my back, and I felt a chill. These snake-men actually sent out patrols. Are they still domesticated beasts? They are almost the same as humans. Same.
Qin Quan was walking in the front. He pulled out his knife with a "choking" sound and rushed towards the snake man. Maybe he wanted to rescue people from under the two snake men. The two snake men also carried knives. When Qin Quan rushed to them, a snake man's knife had been slashed down. Qin Quan seemed to dare not use the knife but he touched it head-on. He turned sideways, jumped up suddenly, and grabbed a branch above his head. With a kick, his body flipped up and he stood on the branch.
That action was similar to what I just did, but the branch he grabbed was lower than the one I grabbed, so it was faster. Presumably, Qin Quan wanted to escape from the top of those snake people.
Indeed, the escape route has been blocked, so the only option is to survive in death.
The snake man didn't expect Qin Quan to have such a skill. He looked at him blankly and didn't even come forward. At this time, several more snake men rushed out from the camp, and the other two dragons who came with him The soldiers of the Scale Army slowed down a step, and one of them was struck almost from the shoulder to the waist by the Snake Man's knife. He let out a long scream. Hearing this sound, Qin Quan's hand on the branch slowed down. He had originally jumped from the branch. Using his strength, he jumped backwards, only for a moment, the snake man stood upright and slashed at Qin Quan's vest with his knife.
The snake man stood up straight. He was already as tall as three people. The snake man even grabbed the branch with one hand and was suddenly taller than Qin Quan. Qin Quan was already slowing down, and the knife hit him in the back of the heart. He was about to He jumped out with the power of the branch, but was struck by the knife and fell like a stone, falling heavily to the ground.
The snake man had fallen to the ground, and with his lower body on the ground, he was almost as tall as a person again. It swam over and grabbed Qin Quan's feet. Qin Quan was stabbed on the back, but the man was still struggling. The snake man's
The knife was pressed against his back and cut hard.
Qin Quan let out a shrill scream. The knife was broad and big, like a meat-cutting knife in the kitchen. It cut through his soft armor and penetrated his back. Qin Quan's back was opened like a bag.
The snake man's left hand reached into Qin Quan's body and felt inside. Qin Quan just kept twitching. The snake man found a round thing inside his body and threw it into his mouth.