On a hilltop a few miles away from Erlang Mountain, two escorts looked at the black smoke billowing from Erlang Mountain, their faces pale, and their hands holding telescopes could not stop shaking.
They originally came to investigate the enemy's situation and did not know Guan Erliang's mission until Guan Erliang and others unfolded the balloon and prepared to inflate it.
At that time, the two thought they could witness Guan Erliang bombing the enemy with their own eyes, but who knew that they actually witnessed Guan Erliang and others being ambushed.
"Quickly go!" The tall escort hurriedly packed up his things: "We must report this matter to Miss Xiaoyu quickly!"
"That's right!" The short escort also came to his senses and followed to help.
After a while, the two of them ran down the mountain regardless of safety.
In Xihewan, Guan Xiaorou rubbed her hands and walked back and forth in the house, glancing at the door from time to time.
Ninth Princess sat cross-legged behind the table, picking tea leaves one by one with wooden tweezers, looking much more calm than Guan Xiaorou.
But the small clay oven next to it betrayed her.
In the small pot on the clay stove, the mountain spring water had already boiled, but the Ninth Princess did not notice it at all. It was not until Qin'er who was standing aside reminded her that the Ninth Princess came to her senses, took down the small kettle, and pinched a handful of tea leaves.
Go in.
"Sister, don't worry, come and have a cup of tea."
While the Ninth Princess was making tea, she called Guan Xiaorou to sit down.
"Wuyang, it's already this time, how can I still think about drinking tea?"
Guan Xiaorou sat across from him upset.
"But what's the use of being anxious?"
Princess Ninth picked up a small tea cup and handed it to Guan Xiaorou: "Drink tea!"
"I'm not thirsty, Qin'er, you drink!"
Guan Xiaorou put the teacup in front of Qin'er and asked anxiously: "Wuyang, do you think second brother and the others can succeed?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a female escort hurriedly ran from the front door, stood at the door of the hall and said: "Madam, your highness, Xu Gui is here!"
"Xu Gui? Let him in quickly!"
Guan Xiaorou quickly stood up.
The Ninth Princess also put down the tea cup.
Xu Gui was one of the bodyguards who witnessed the battle at Erlang Mountain. He didn't know Guan Erliang's actions, but Ninth Princess and Guan Xiaorou knew because they were the ones who sent Xu Gui.
Now that Xu Gui is back, it means that Erlang Mountain has achieved results.
"Madam, Your Highness!"
After Xu Gui entered the house, he bowed his head and saluted.
"How is Erlang Mountain?" Guan Xiaorou asked anxiously: "Did the second brother blow up the gangster's baggage train?"
On the way back, Xu Gui had already guessed Guan Xiaorou's intention of sending him to Erlang Mountain. After hearing this, he lowered his head and said, "No, the enemy ambushed Erlang Mountain in advance. The second brother...the second brother has been killed in the battle..."
Xu Gui said, recounting the battle process.
"Second brother..."
Guan Xiaorou couldn't stop crying when she heard that Guan Erliang lit the grenade box before he died.
Guan Erliang is her cousin, three or four years older than her. They grew up together. Guan Erliang was also one of the few people who did not laugh at her.
After the rise of Jin Feng, many relatives in Guanjiawan came to Guan Xiaorou to try to get in touch with each other, hoping to find a good job. However, Guan Erliang, who had a better relationship with Guan Xiaorou, never came. Instead, he honestly participated in the open recruitment of the escort agency.
, become an ordinary escort.
Later, he was promoted to a core position because Zhang Liang felt that he was an honest person.
The Ninth Princess also looked very ugly.
There are only three hot air balloons left in Xihewan, and now another one has been destroyed.
This makes the already serious situation worse.
However, the Ninth Princess has a stronger psychological endurance and knows that now is not the time to be anxious and sad. Seeing that Guan Xiaorou is not in a good mood, she calls Qin Ming at the door: "Inform the Second Company to escort the Eagle to Gray Sheep Ridge. Captain Qin, you should also be prepared."
, the enemy’s hot air balloon must not be allowed to enter the village under any circumstances!”
Gray Sheep Ridge is also the only way to Xihewan, but it is too close to the village and the error tolerance is too low, so the Ninth Princess did not choose to ambush here at first.
Now the enemy may have passed Erlang Mountain, and the Ninth Princess can only choose here.
In order to prevent the enemy from ambushing in Gray Sheep Ridge, the Ninth Princess directly dispatched a company of escorts to escort the Eagle.
"yes!"
Qin Ming agreed and turned to look at Qin'er: "Qin'er, protect your highness!"
His job is to be the captain of the Ninth Princess's bodyguard, but there is a real shortage of people in Xihewan right now, and the Ninth Princess also intends to support her own people, so Qin Ming has been given more and more tasks recently.
When Qin Ming was away, Qin'er temporarily served as the captain of the personal guard.
Seeing Qin'er nodding, Qin Ming turned around and left.
The Ninth Princess called the female escort at the door again and ordered:
"Go tell the three village chiefs to evacuate as soon as possible. Leave things alone and evacuate people first! Within an hour, there can be no more idlers in the open space in the village!"
The enemy is coming fiercely, and the Ninth Princess cannot guarantee that the Eagles and others can stop all the enemy's hot air balloons.
For safety reasons, when the warning was first received, the Ninth Princess ordered the three village chiefs to evacuate the people.
Except for the escort, everyone else scattered and hid in the surrounding mountains.
It is not easy for villagers to save some belongings. After receiving the evacuation order, many villagers began to pack up their belongings.
Previously, Ninth Princess thought that even if Guan Erliang could not blow up the enemy's baggage train, he could still cause chaos for a while, so she did not urge him.
Now the situation has changed, and the Ninth Princess has to give death orders to the three village chiefs.
"The gangsters are coming soon. If you don't want to be burned to death, please be patient and leave quickly!"
"Big black dog, it's not like you're running away from famine. Why are you putting a millstone on the car? How can the gangster burn the millstone for you?"
"Lao Er Zhou, if you can't catch a chicken, don't catch it. Just carry your mother on your back and leave. If you don't leave, you won't be able to leave!"
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In the village, the old village chief was leaning on a cane and jumping very fast on one foot.
When he saw the villagers Moji, he went up to them and beat them with his cane.
On the other side, the escorts had long been prepared to fight at any time. After receiving Qin Ming's order, the Second Company immediately set off to protect the eagle and headed straight for Gray Sheep Ridge.
Gray Sheep Ridge is very close to the village and can be reached by horseback in half an hour. When they reached the foot of Gray Sheep Ridge Mountain, they saw someone on the top of the mountain.
"These brats really want to ambush us?"
The commander of the second company sneered and drew out the black knife with his backhand: "Brothers, kill them and show them some color!"
"kill!"
The escorts of the second company shouted loudly and jumped off their horses eagerly.
They are a well-organized company, and they are confident of fighting even if they face an enemy twice their size.
And Gray Sheep Ridge is a small hill, so it is impossible to ambush so many people.
Just when the escorts of the second company were forming up and preparing for a big fight, five or six hot air balloons slowly flew over the top of the mountain and drifted toward them in a dangling manner.
The company commander's expression changed and he roared crazily: "Disperse quickly! Eagle, protect the hot air balloon!"