The mountains are hazy, the water is hazy, and the night is also hazy.
The evening breeze passed by, making the dead wood cave whimper, which sounded like a chateau. In addition, the occasional nightingale's cry made people feel a little creepy.
For the sake of caution, Qi Yu ordered all his subordinates to travel under cover of night. No one was allowed to light a torch without an order.
After walking out of Lixu, they found that the road under their feet was winding and difficult to navigate. As a last resort, everyone had to abandon their horses and go deep into the mountains on foot.
Overcome thorns and thorns and forge ahead.
One can imagine how miserable this trip was.
If it were an ordinary-level military operation, it would be natural for Lord Laoqi to personally take action, and the generals below could handle it. However, this time it is different. It concerns the safety of his beloved wife, how can he not do it personally?
As a man, shouldn't that be the case?
"Master Qi, this mountain road is really difficult to navigate. In my opinion, we should light a torch?"
"No! It took a lot of effort to hide in the dark. If your whereabouts are exposed, wouldn't you give the initiative to the other party? It's not clear yet. If you can keep a low profile, don't make it public."
This is a question of having your cake and eat it too.
If you want to avoid being passive, you must keep your actions concealed. Only in this way can you possibly take advantage in subsequent games.
It's worth paying a price for this.
Huang Fei thought for a while and then gave up the idea of marching quickly.
At this moment, there was suddenly a muffled sound coming from the front. It seemed that someone had fallen into a deep pit. And then, there was another scream that sounded like it came from the bottom of the well.
After that, it immediately returned to calm.
Seeing a sudden strange phenomenon, Huang Fei immediately drew out his sword and jumped in front of Qi Yu.
After being alert for a long time, I realized that everything was normal and there was no so-called enemy attack.
What's going on?
Shicai, what happened?
Huang Fei saw nothing strange, so he relaxed and went to investigate.
Soon, there was an answer.
"Master Qi, there is a ground thorn trap hidden in the middle of the path ahead. The soldier walking at the front lost his awareness and fell down carelessly."
"Oh? Take me to see it quickly!"
"yes!"
"..."
After getting closer, Qi Yu quickly made a closer inspection.
He first felt the moisture of the soil at the entrance of the trap, and then looked around it.
"This trap was dug not long ago. Let's look quickly to see if there is a corresponding large mound of soil around it."
"yes!"
Qi Yu's guess was very accurate.
In a large ravine about a dozen feet away, I found a pile of newly dug soil.
In this way, it is considered right.
According to Qi Yu's estimation, this fortification should have been completed in a hurry more than a month ago.
Inferring from this, the force entrenched here should not have been here for too long. This mound is proof.
Of course, this is just a logical inference. Whether it is true or not needs to be confirmed by facts.
Qi Yu thought for a while and ordered: "When we go forward, we must pay close attention to similar mounds. Once discovered, we must find the corresponding traps to avoid further casualties."
"Yes! Sir!"
"In addition, the traps must be marked to alert the infantry behind them so that they don't do this again."
"yes!"
After everything was arranged, Qi Yu ordered to continue moving forward.
After walking less than a hundred feet, the second trap was discovered.
What is surprising is that there is a corpse that has not yet decomposed. After identification, that person is the missing scout sent out not long ago.
I really didn't expect that he would die here.
Presumably the same is true for other people waiting.
Qi Yu straightened his clothes, bowed deeply to the trap, gathered some earth to offer incense, and finally gave the order to move forward again.
In the next half hour, Qiong Jun discovered and avoided more than fifty hidden traps.
If calculated according to this ratio, there should be no less than three to four hundred 'landmines' in the barren mountains at our feet.
This level of fortification cannot be accomplished by a hundred people.
"According to my estimate, it would take more than a thousand people at least. Otherwise, it would be extremely difficult to do it."
"What you said is a bit conservative. In Huang's opinion, it should be much more than this number!"
It can be seen that Huang Fei does not particularly agree with Qi Yu's guess.
He has supervised mining matters, so he still has experience in fortification.
Huang Fei believed that the other party had more than two thousand troops at least.
But at the moment, we only have a few hundred people on our side, so how can we resist it?
Even if you use all your means, you may not always be able to make a profit.
While he was hesitating, he suddenly saw faint firelight coming from the distance. Judging from its appearance, it looked like a cottage.
Qi Yu took out the telescope and looked at it for a while, then said: "That fire is most likely the enemy's lair. Let's take advantage of the darkness to quietly touch it, and then do something cheap."
The cheap act mentioned here naturally refers to rescuing Liu Quan.
As for how to kill the enemy, that is still a second thought.
Huang Fei looked at the fire, gritted his teeth and said: "Master Qi, leave it to Huang to save people. Even if I risk my life, I must rescue the eldest lady."
Qi Yu felt his heart heat up when he heard this, and said with emotion: "Brother Huang is really loyal, it's really not a waste of our friendship!" After praising him, he said rationally: "Don't be anxious or impulsive. Since they adopted
If they get a kidnapping ticket, it means they have ideas to discuss, and they will never fight for no reason before the matter is implemented."
The implication is that Liu Quan's safety is not in danger for the time being.
Indeed!
If they really wanted to take his life, they would have killed him at the scene of the ambush. How could they wait until now?
Makes sense!
Without this layer of worries, Huang Fei, who planned to save people, seemed much more relaxed.
Okay, let's get on our way first.
Let’s talk about the rest later.
After walking for another half an hour, we approached the light.
Sure enough, this is a hidden cottage.
Looking around, I saw that the outposts in the village were standing tall and brightly lit, and all the strongholds were heavily guarded.
Judging from the entire layout and momentum, it clearly has a military feel.
Qi Yu put down the telescope and said seriously: "The people in this village are definitely not ordinary thieves. They are most likely well-trained troops. What you do next must not be rash and radical."
Huang Fei nodded and said, "Why don't you let me have a look first?"
Feel it out?
Well, this method works!
Qi Yu agreed: "You must be careful."
Huang Fei smiled calmly and said, "Just take a look!"