It's just that the actual situation is much more severe than Liu Ce expected.
After the leader of the Lotus Church made arrangements, he pointed to the woods where Liu Ce and the others were hiding, and said to Zhang Yu: "Reinforcements will arrive tomorrow. No matter what, we must hold on today."
After saying this, he greeted the people around him and started preparing to go down the steep slope, while Zhang Yu led the people to the nearby woods.
Before they entered the woods, Zhang Yu suddenly raised his hand to stop everyone in their tracks.
Before Liu Ce and the others hid, they had carefully sorted out the traces on the ground and tried their best to restore them to their original state, but Zhang Yu still saw the clues.
Liu Ce's mood suddenly became tense. The person who came was not good.
Zhang Yu lowered his body and looked carefully in the grass. After looking for a long time, he stood up and pointed forward.
"The people in front of me also stayed in these woods."
After speaking, he waved to the two people beside him.
The two men immediately revealed their weapons and carefully walked into the woods, one on the left and the other on the right.
After checking in the woods and making sure there was nothing unusual, the two of them walked out and reported to Zhang Yu.
Zhang Yu nodded slightly after listening.
"Okay, let's go in and have a rest."
Zhang Yu led the people into the woods, dispersed in twos and threes, and leaned against the tree trunks to rest.
They took a rest, but Liu Ce and others hiding on the treetops became nervous.
The enemy was right under their feet. They didn't dare to move in the trees for fear of disturbing the people under the trees.
But now Liu Ce had to wait, at least for an hour, until the leader of the Lotus Husband and his men were far away before he could launch an attack. Otherwise, if the other party turned around to reinforce him, he would be at an absolute disadvantage.
At this time, Zhang Yu squinted his eyes and planned to take a nap, but suddenly he felt a drop of something sticky and cool falling on the back of his hand.
Coincidentally, there were two people hiding in the big tree Zhang Yu was leaning on.
There was an enemy under their feet, so the two of them were naturally nervous. They sweated when they were nervous, and the sweat dropped accidentally, and by chance it fell on the back of Zhang Yu's hand.
Although Zhang Yu noticed something was wrong, he did not say anything, but squinted his eyes and pretended to sleep.
While pretending to be asleep, Zhang Yu carefully searched the trees not far away, and soon discovered something unusual.
Although there seems to be nothing wrong with some branches, these branches are obviously bent downward.
This is not the normal growth of branches.
There can only be one explanation: there is something heavy on the dense canopy.
If there are heavy objects under these conditions, it probably means there are people hiding in the tree canopy.
Zhang Yu remained calm, secretly calculating in his heart that since the opponent had an unknown number of people and was condescending, he would not have an advantage.
So the safest way now is to withdraw from the woods first to avoid being caught off guard by the opponent.
After waiting for another quarter of an hour, Zhang Yu stood up and lazily moved his body, stretching.
"Okay, it's time for us to work. Follow me."
As he spoke, Zhang Yu was the first to walk out of the woods. Although the people behind him didn't know what he was doing, they could only follow him out.
When they reached the steep slope, Zhang Yu pointed to the distance and said loudly, "Have you seen it? We need to focus on those places and send a few people down later to see if there are any ambushes."
After speaking loudly, Zhang Yu lowered his voice again, "Listen, everyone, there is an ambush in the woods, and the enemy's situation is unknown. We can't rush in, so now we can only wait here. When it gets dark, they may take the initiative to attack."
Then he turned to the person next to him and said, "You should immediately go up to catch up with the leader and explain the situation here to her clearly so that she knows what's going on."
After the arrangements were made, he deliberately raised his voice and said, "You guys should go over and search carefully."
Liu Ce in the woods noticed something was wrong.
Zhang Yu hurried out and must have discovered something.
Liu Ce's mind moved, he imitated a few bird calls, and he was the first to gently slide down the tree.
Hearing the signal he sent, more than a dozen Liu family guards quietly landed on the ground.
After falling down, Liu Ce immediately led them to retreat.
He led the people out of the woods silently and walked down the mountain for about three or four miles before Liu Ce stopped and said, "Everyone, we may have been exposed in the woods just now."
"They came in and hurried out. They must have noticed something."
"They hid on the steep slope and did not come in or attack us. I think they must be waiting for dark."
"So now we have to adjust our plan. They will definitely rush into the woods after dark. If they find nothing unusual in the woods, they will definitely relax. Then it will be our opportunity."
Everyone immediately followed Liu Ce's instructions and dispersed to rest and prepare for the counterattack at night.
The sun was setting in the west, and Chen Xiaobei had already accompanied the prince, Xiao Jingyun, to the edge of the chain bridge.
Standing at the bridge, Xiao Jingyun had mixed feelings and was filled with emotion.
"It is really rare and rare that such a magnificent project can be built in such a barren mountain and wild ridge."
After hearing his emotion, Ma Xiaoyi who was next to him quickly answered, "Your Highness, this is all thanks to Chen Xiaobei, who led us to repair it."
Xiao Jingyun looked at Chen Xiaobei with approving eyes, and cast out his doubts, "Chen Aiqing, can you tell me how you got over the first rope."
Chen Xiaobei didn't hide anything. He pointed to the big tree next to him and recounted his experience of throwing a rope over it.
After listening to his story, Xiao Jingyun was greatly surprised.
Obviously, the method of ejecting from a tree was far beyond Xiao Jamyun's cognition, so he was naturally surprised.
At the same time, he also had a little more appreciation for Chen Xiaobei in his heart.
Chen Xiaobei didn't care, "Your Highness, let's leave quickly. There is a small forest not far ahead, and we must go there to rest."
Ma Biao had doubts about this arrangement, "Brother Xiaobei, if it's not too far from the top of the mountain, should we rest on the Iron Chain Bridge?"
Chen Xiaobei shook his head.
"Let's cross the bridge. After crossing, we will set up two mines at the end of the bridge. We won't have to worry about being attacked by the enemy."
In fact, there is another reason that Chen Xiaobei did not mention, that is, standing in the dogwood forest, one can be condescending and can clearly see the two kicks rising up the steep slope, if there are any.
Xiao Jingyun turned to look at Ma Biao, "Chen Aiqing is more familiar with the situation in the mountains, so we should follow his arrangements."
After leading everyone across the chain bridge, Chen Xiaobei turned around and started laying landmines.
Huang Ying squatted beside him holding a torch, watching all this intently.
"Brother Xiaobei, what do you think will happen if he steps over and misses this thread?"
Chen Xiaobei smiled slightly.
"If you step over one mine, what about the two or three?"
"Besides, there can't be one person from the other party, right? How come there are so many people and no one happens to be able to meet them?"