[69 Book Bar - www.] The wind blew the big flag on my back, and I flew higher and higher like a bird. Below, I had a clear view of the snake camp.
The place where the snake people are stationed is actually a valley. The southern Xinjiang is mountainous and densely jungled, but the population is not large. Most of them live in cities and villages in the plains. There are only a few sporadic hunters in those mountains.
In the air, I have had many thoughts. The valley is very big, and the mountain walls on both sides are as sharp as knives. It is impossible to attack from both sides. There is a forest in front of me. If I attack it with fire, I can only burn the forest and burn it.
They can't reach their camp. And with the forest blocking it, the empire's cavalry has no use for its strength. Camping here, it is easy to attack and defend. The leader of the snake army is really well versed in the art of war.
But why don't the snakemen attack with their entire army?
I just felt strange. Each time the snake people attacked, there were no more than ten thousand people, but when they came, there were at least tens of thousands of dust heads. On the flagpole, I saw the snake people's camp stretching for several miles, but when they came out,
There are no more than a few thousand snake people at most. Even if not all of them come out, there won't be that few snake people.
Could it be that this is a fake military plan?
I couldn't help but feel a chill in my heart. Could the Snake Man really make such a plan? If the Snake Man really only has ten thousand people, it would be a joke to entangle our hundred thousand troops here.
At this time, I was high up and had a clear view of the two armies. I could see that the snake men who had rushed out to fight were pouring out of the woods like a tide. The kite I was flying was held by a black-armored knight, and they were running towards the city. Outside the woods, there were already
Thousands of Imperial troops were waiting in full formation.
Almost all of this group of imperial troops were forward battalions, with some remnants of the Dragon Scale Army mixed in. They arrived at the woods, but stopped attacking. They must have known that the cavalry had no use in the woods, and they were definitely not snakemen.
opponents. But the defense may not last long. The snake-men's attack is like a violent storm. How long can they hold on?
At this time, the black-armored knight holding me had slowed down and the kite lowered a lot. The man's skill in controlling the kite was extremely skillful. I have also seen children flying kites, and they often fell headlong after taking them down. If this is the case
The kite also fell down, and naturally I still couldn't escape death. But the man slowly retracted the rope, and the kite lowered little by little, very smoothly.
The kite descended to a height of more than ten feet. I hung under the kite, which was already eight or nine feet above the ground. The black-armored knight waved to me and motioned me to put away the flag. I climbed up and grabbed it.
He took off the rope and pulled the spear out of the flag.
At this time, I felt a pain in my left shoulder. The gunshot pierced my arm, and the injury was not serious. Originally, it had the effect of the Forgettable Fruit, so I couldn't feel the pain. But by now, the effect of the medicine had worn off, and the wound was in excruciating pain.
The black-armored knight probably knew that I was seriously injured, so he waved, and several dragon-scale soldiers gathered around to help him pull the rope, while others made preparations to catch me.
When I got down to a height of more than ten feet above the ground, I heard a sudden cry from the snake-men in the woods, and a black crowd of snake-men rushed out.
The forward battalion remained motionless, and the dragon scale soldiers tightened their grip on the rope, seeming to have a lot of confidence in the forward battalion. A few people pulled harder, and as soon as the kite lowered, it began to fall faster, and I rushed straight to the ground. I was about to
I fell headlong to the ground. Although I couldn't kill anyone at this height, I still had to fall to pieces. Several dragon scale soldiers rushed over and held my feet. One of them shouted: "General Chu, let go!"
As soon as I let go of my hands, they lifted me up and ran forward a few steps, eliminating my forward momentum. As soon as my feet landed on the ground, and I had just stood firm, I felt the pain in my left arm, as if it was split, and I couldn't stand it anymore. Suddenly he fell to the ground.
Those dragon-scale soldiers surrounded me, and one of them helped me up and shouted: "General Chu! General Chu!"
I took off Shen Xiping's head from my waist, handed it to a Dragon Scale Soldier next to me, and said, "This is General Shen's head..."
While I was waiting to say anything, those Dragon Scale Army soldiers suddenly knelt down on the ground and said, "General Chu, if General Chu is ordered to do so in the future, my Dragon Scale Army officers and men will definitely die without mercy."
I was speechless, but next to me I heard Qi Lie shouting: "General!"
His voice was ecstatic. I turned around and saw him leading my horse and running towards me. When he came to me, I said, "Who wants to come out to fight the snake man? Are you crazy?"
Qi Lie must have known that I would say this, and said: "General, don't worry, that was a strategy set by Lu Tongzhi and Mr. Zhang, and I also had some ideas."
I looked at the forward battalions lined up in a row, and there were some fortifications made of tree branches piled in front of them. Lu Gongxing stood in the middle of the army, holding a flag in his hand. My mind brightened, and I said: "Use gunpowder? "
He smiled and said: "Exactly."
I struggled to get up, and Qi Lie wrapped my arm, helped me get on the horse, and said, "General, go back."
I said: "Brothers of the Dragon Scale Army, take General Shen's head back first. I want to see it again."
The dragon scale soldiers bowed to me again, jumped on their horses and ran towards the city. I turned the horse's head and looked at the vanguard camp arrayed at the edge of the woods. The snake men at the front were already far away from the vanguard camp. It's only a few feet away. I don't know what Lu Gongxing's idea is. If the firewood is burned, I'm afraid it won't be able to stop the snake man's offensive.
Lu Gongxing waved his flag, and the entire army immediately retreated in an orderly manner, still in an orderly manner, and gave up all the fortifications to the snake men.
What exactly does he want to do?
Before I could ask questions, the first group of snake men who rushed up had already arrived at the fortification. Qi Lie was a little restless and said, "Don't let anything happen."
As if in response to his words, suddenly, there was a loud noise, and the earth seemed to tremble. Even though my horse had been battle-hardened for a long time, it made people stand up in shock. I grabbed the reins and led the horse. But Qi Lie shouted excitedly: "General, it's done! It's done!"
There was thick smoke billowing from the fortification just now, and the firewood was also burning. There were snake-man stumps everywhere on the ground. Several snake-men rushed out with fire all over their bodies, but the fire on their bodies was too strong and they were burned within a few steps. There were a bunch of people. Only one or two snakemen broke through the fire formation, but they arrived in front of the waiting forward camp. No matter how stupid the snakemen were, they would not change their ways and charge again at this time.
My horse was frightened by the loud noise and spun around. I tightened the reins and the horse stopped. Qi Lie helped me hold the horse aside and said: "General, is it okay?
I murmured: "What a great friend Zhang Long."
I didn't expect that the power of gunpowder was so powerful. At this time, the smoke and dust had dispersed a little, and I could clearly see the place where the loud noise had just been made. It was flat just now, but now it seemed like a deep trench had been dug. The corpses of hundreds of snake-men were piled in one place, and tongues of fire spurted out from time to time. Across the two-foot-wide area, a group of panic-stricken snake-men were looking around, trying to get in.
Neither the attacker nor the defender could have imagined such power.
At this time, Lu Gongxing said: "The whole army listened to the order and retreated into the city one by one. There should be no confusion."
The vanguard battalion had arrived in front of me. Several centurions who were friends with me nodded to me, and couldn't hide the smiles in their eyes. Even Pu Anli showed some respect for me.
Lu Gongxing retreated at the end. The last row of forward battalions held long spears and did not dare to neglect, but the snake men seemed to be frightened and refused to pursue them. Several snake men who rushed out of the fire formation stood blankly in front of the fire.
Killing these snakemen is easy, but it's really unnecessary.
When Lu Gongxing saw me, he smiled and said, "General Chu, congratulations on your escape. You have achieved full success."
I said, "General Lu, how did you seize the opportunity so well?"