The white scorching sunshine finally penetrated the layers of dense forest and projected onto the ground after exhausting the last effort.
The spots and floating light and shadow are a great test for vision.
The Bagas of the Qing army were in groups of three, walking cautiously among them.
One person is in front, holding a wooden shield and a scimitar; one person is on the side, equipped with a wooden shield and an iron bone; the person sandwiched in the middle is holding a bow and arrow.
The arrow is strung and the bowstring is half unstrung.
The bow must not be fully drawn, otherwise it will soon lose its strength and the arrow will lose its power.
These warriors who could fight tigers and wolves in the old forest were cautious and frightened at this time, as if they were afraid of something.
Just because their enemies are more terrifying than tigers and wolves.
Even if there are many companions around them, no matter how brave the warrior is, they are not willing to lose their lives easily.
Bahir Dar tried his best to open his round eyes, trying to see through this dense forest full of dangers.
Three days ago, they discovered a person who was moving strangely and immediately pursued him.
The gang soon discovered them.
A fight quickly broke out between the two sides.
As soon as he handed them over, Bahir Dar knew that this group of people must be scouts of the Xia army.
The two sides have fought countless times in various parts of North Korea, and they are already familiar with each other's combat effectiveness and fighting methods.
There were only seven or eight Xia army scouts in this group, but Bahir Dar still felt like he was facing a formidable enemy and immediately sent people to send messages to the surrounding areas.
In the end, more than 300 elite soldiers of the Qing army chased them and forced these Xia army scouts into the forest in front of them.
In the three days of fighting, the Qing army suffered more than forty casualties. Half of the Xia army's scouts were killed, and no one survived.
Going further, you will reach Imjin River.
Across the river is Xia Jun's territory.
Bahir Dar did not know the intentions of these Xia troops, so he could only lead his troops to bite them. If all these scouts could be eliminated, that would be the best.
As he walked, he sniffed twice and casually wiped the tree trunk beside him, and saw the blood on his fingertips that had not yet dried up.
This made his eyes light up, he whistled and pointed straight ahead.
Ba Yala immediately spread out and surrounded them straight ahead.
Deep in the dense forest, of the four Xia Army scouts who survived, only the youngest one was still intact. The other three were all injured, which seriously affected their actions.
"Gu Erchuan, it depends on you whether the military information can be transmitted back. Hurry up and find a way to cross the river."
The youngest scout, Gu Erchuan, was filled with tears and looked at his three teammates with great reluctance.
"Captain, let's go together."
Team leader Jiang Shangwu immediately started shouting and scolding.
"How long have you dared to act like a fool? If you can't leave, you won't be able to send military information back, and if you lose the battle, it will be a shame for us. Can you afford it?"
Another scout, Tang Zhifeng, was wrapping gauze on his arm and also started to persuade him.
"Gu Erchuan, listen carefully. The world is huge and the military situation is the greatest. If the army suffers a defeat because of us, even if we die, the captain will not spare us. You don't want to bring shame on the face of our reconnaissance team.
Bar?"
It's not that Gu Erchuan doesn't understand what they say. But watching his comrades die is definitely not humanly acceptable.
He was going to say something else, but Jiang Shangwu opened his backpack and took out a bunch of things and stuffed them into his hands.
"You have to go back alive no matter what, and you have to bring these things to the big guy's family. Listen, live well, you don't want to let the big guy's family know nothing, right?"
The things Jiang Shangwu gave him were personal belongings of all the comrades in the entire reconnaissance team.
Many people died, but their most precious things were preserved. Perhaps these were their families, their last thoughts.
Carrying a heavy burden on his back, Gu Erchuan finally figured it out.
He wiped the tears from his face, gave a final military salute to his three comrades, turned around and disappeared into the grass.
Jiang Shangwu and Tang Zhifeng finally breathed a sigh of relief and showed relaxed smiles.
"There are only three of us left, and we can't run anymore. Let's help Guerchuan stay here for a while."
Tang Zhifeng's face was full of ruthlessness.
"I won't die that easily. No matter what, I have to drag him down a few times."
The three Xia Army scouts who were seriously injured had already heard the shuffling footsteps of Xixi in the distance. However, they did not have any fear. They grabbed the weapons in their hands and made final preparations.
Guerchuan ran all the way without stopping, and finally reached the riverside.
The water surface, which is hundreds of meters wide, is a natural chasm in the eyes of many people. If it were him, there would be no good solution.
But as scouts, of course they have received training in swimming.
Gu Erchuan didn't waste a moment and took out the knife.
He cut down all the nearby branches and tree trunks as thick as an arm, and there were more than twenty branches. Then he tied these branches together with ropes, which weighed at least nearly a hundred kilograms.
Gu Erchuan dragged the bundle of wood and stepped into the river step by step. Then he lay down on it, using his hands and feet, and began to row towards the other side.
A gunshot suddenly rang out in the woods behind him, followed by lively shouts of killing.
Gu Erchuan knew that the captain and the others had reached their last moment.
He wanted to see through the dense forest and see the condition of his comrades. But his reason told him that he had to speed up.
A ghostly whistling sound suddenly reached his eyes, and then there was a clanging sound on his back.
Gu Erchuan looked back and realized that several Qing soldiers were standing on the shore, aiming at him with bows and arrows.
The sentence just now hit his backpack and was blocked by the contents inside.
But not every time, he will be so lucky.
There were suddenly more arrows from the Qing army, completely covering him.
Gu Erchuan was lying on the wood, with no way to escape, so he could only try to shrink his head.
He has a steel helmet on his head, so he is not afraid of the Qing army's arrows. He has a backpack on his back, which can also block him.
As for the exposed hands and feet, there is nothing you can do.
Guerchuan groaned in pain and his left leg twitched, obviously he was hit by an arrow.
He gritted his teeth and pulled out the arrow. In an instant, the water he was on was dyed red.
He didn't care about the wound at all, and paddled harder and harder, just to stay away from the enemy.
Seeing that he was getting further and further away, the Qing army became more anxious and shot arrows faster and faster.
The wounds on Gu Erchuan's body continued to increase, causing his speed to begin to slow down. But across the river dozens of meters away, the Qing army had no other choice but to continue shooting arrows in the hope of killing him with one hit.
Gu Erchuan looked towards the south bank, still twenty or thirty meters away.
He didn't know if he could hold on.
The Qing army behind him opened his bow again. Maybe in the next second, he would die here.
Bang bang bang bang bang...
In the end, the Qing army's bows and arrows failed to fire, and the Xia army's intensive musketry killed several Qing soldiers on the spot.
Separated by hundreds of meters of river, the Qing army's bows and arrows had little power, but the Xia army's muskets completely ignored this distance.
Under the intensive fire, the Qing troops had no time to escape.
When he heard the familiar sound of gunfire, Guerchuan's body went limp, and his consciousness began to become blurry.
In front of him, many Xia Army soldiers came across the water, getting closer and closer to him.