Although there is no evidence to prove that the flying team was attacked, everyone from Tieniu to ordinary bodyguards had guesses in their minds, but no one said it out loud.
From the moment they entered Jindi, the first company commander and all company soldiers were ready for battle.
Therefore, at the moment when they saw three sounding arrows, without the company commander's order, all the escorts took action spontaneously and rushed to the predetermined offensive and defensive positions.
The company commander and his deputy commander hurried up the hill. At this moment, he finally knew why the scout fired three red arrows!
I saw densely packed heads of people on the mountain roads at both ends of their camp, numbering at least more than 500 people.
Soldiers continued to pour out from all over the place, heading towards the camp.
All the escort's escape routes have been blocked by the opponent!
There was no yelling before the battle, no letter of challenge, and not even a harsh word from either side.
From the moment the enemy rushed into the firing range of the heavy crossbow, the battle quickly became intense.
"Send the order and ask the heavy armor squad to rush to positions one and two for me. Send three more boxes of grenades to position four and ask them to hit me hard!"
The company commander held a telescope, stood on the top of the mountain, and issued orders one after another.
After these two years of training, the bodyguards have grown a lot, and the Iron Armor Battalion is the elite among the bodyguards. They are very good in both combat awareness and mutual cooperation.
Although their numbers were far inferior to their opponents, they successfully withstood the enemy's first wave of attacks and defended all lines of defense!
But they forgot that the King of Jin also had a heavy crossbow.
Although it is a relatively bulky old-fashioned heavy crossbow and its shooting speed is very slow, its range and power are much greater than the portable heavy crossbows carried in a company!
Range is the truth. At this moment, Yilian finally realized how the bandits felt when they suppressed the bandits.
This feeling that others can hit you, but your own heavy crossbow cannot hit the other party, is really frustrating!
The first company commander had to order the bodyguards to shrink the defense line and use rocks as cover to avoid the opponent's heavy crossbows.
But there were too many people on the other side, and they were too well prepared.
In the process of shrinking the defense line, two masters of death secretly climbed up from the cliff behind and sneaked into the escort camp.
Their goal was not to kill people, but to sneak attack the escort's logistics office.
All the escorts' attention was focused on the front position, and they never expected that someone would climb up from the cliff, allowing the Death Soldier killer to take advantage of the loophole.
With two loud noises, the grenades and kerosene carried by the company were detonated.
The heavy crossbows were suppressed by the opponent. The first company could have relied on grenades and catapults to throw kerosene jars to hold its position. Now it could only fight with the enemy with bayonets.
However, the number of enemies was too great, and the company was quickly surrounded by thousands of Jin soldiers!
The fighting lasted from night to dawn, and the small valley was filled with corpses.
Most of them are soldiers from Jin Dynasty, but there are also many bodyguards!
At this time, the escort's defense line had shrunk to the last hilltop, and there were only less than twenty people left.
And there were twenty of them injured.
"Brothers, they are too well prepared. It seems we can't go back this time!"
The first company commander, whose left arm was bandaged, handed the deputy company commander a small note: "It's dawn, let's fly the carrier pigeon, we have to let the battalion commander know what we encountered!"
Now that the flying team's encounter is unknown, they can only use pigeons to send messages again.
But the doves could not be seen at night, and they were not released last night.
The deputy company commander nodded, took the note and left.
After a while, two homing pigeons took off and flew to the west.
However, they had not flown very far when the company commander and the others suddenly saw two black spots appearing in the north, flying towards them.
"No, it's Haidongqing!"
The pigeon farmer pointed to the black dots with a surprised look on his face: "How come there are sea greens here?"
"What is Haidongqing?" asked the first company commander.
"Haitongqing is a kind of eagle on the grassland, very fierce!"
The pigeon breeder quickly explained the origin of Haidongqing to everyone.
At this time, Haidongqing was very close, and everyone could see it clearly without a telescope.
I saw Hai Dongqing rushing towards the homing pigeon like lightning. The homing pigeon had no ability to resist at all and was caught by Hai Dongqing.
"I seem to know why the flying team didn't come back!"
Pilot Zheng Yuan put down his telescope and muttered to himself.
"You mean, Hai Dongqing attacked the flying team?"
The first company commander immediately understood what Zheng Yuan meant and turned to look at the pigeon breeder: "Can Hai Dongqing's claws scratch the fireproof cloth on the airship?"
"I don't know, but I heard that Haidongqing's claws are as sharp as iron claws and can easily tear open the stomachs of wild wolves and even scratch their bones." The pigeon farmer replied.
"Are there any carrier pigeons?" The first company commander heard this and said anxiously: "This news is too important. It must be passed to Tieniu as soon as possible, so that he can inform the husband to make preparations in advance!"
"There are still two more, but there is Haidongqing guarding the sky, so the homing pigeons cannot fly out." The pigeon farmer replied with a bitter look on his face.
"Whether it works or not, you won't know until you try it!" the company commander said with wide eyes.
"Then try it!"
The pigeon farmer had no choice but to ask the deputy company commander to write a new letter.
The company commander was not idle, and took advantage of this moment to ask the person with the best archery skills among the bodyguards: "Can you shoot them down with a heavy crossbow?"
"It's terrible, they are too far away and too flexible." The escort shook his head.
"Then take action when they come to attack the carrier pigeons!" the company commander said, taking off the crossbow from his waist.
Other escorts also followed suit.
The pigeon breeder quickly tied the note and released the two remaining homing pigeons.
The next second, two sea turtles discovered the homing pigeon, spread their wings and flew over.
But when they saw the escort below, the two sea turtles quickly changed direction and started circling around.
He waited until the homing pigeon flew far away before Hai Dongqing caught up with him.
The only two homing pigeons left were gone.
"Damn it!" The company commander was so angry that he punched the stone hard: "For now, we can only find a way to break out!"
After saying that, he raised his head and looked at the least injured bodyguard in the team: "Lianzi, you are the least injured. We will cover you and rush out later! Once you rush out, don't worry about anything. You must protect Haidong Qing."
The message will be sent back, do you understand?"
Lian Zi knew that now was not the time to be humble, so he nodded solemnly: "Don't worry, company commander, I will pass the news back even if I risk my life!"
The first company commander patted Lian Zi on the shoulder and pulled out the black knife with his backhand.
"Brothers, rush with me!"
…
In order to deal with the flying team, the King of Jin paid a huge price in the negotiations with the Eastern Barbarian envoys.
The ambush a few days ago and the eagle's escape had already made King Jin jump on his feet.
Therefore, it can be said that King Jin spent a lot of money by ambushing a company this time.
There were only more than a hundred people in the company, but he sent thousands of people over.
The disparity in strength between the enemy and ourselves was too great. Even though the company commander and others tried their best, the breakout operation still failed.
Lianzi didn't break out in the end.
Not a single person from the most elite company of the Iron Armored Battalion made it out alive, they all died in this strange land!