Chapter 75 Ambush
Qingshan County, Langya Ridge, with high mountains and dense forests, the mountains stand like awls of various sizes, which is quite strange.
In the depths of the mountain forest, Xiang Wuren, the fourth-rank Xiaoqi guerrilla general of Nanzhou who arrived secretly with his crowd, accompanied Yan Duo to understand the situation in the mountains.
Standing on the hillside covered by the trees, looking at the people lying or sitting in the shade of the trees all around, all of them have changed from the standard military uniforms of the imperial court, and put on variegated clothes. If they were not surrounded by weapons, It doesn't look like a team. They gnawed on the miscellaneous pancakes one by one, not daring to start a fire and smoke.
"There is a group of bandits in Langya Ridge. They are called Spike Bandits. I led my troops to wipe them out yesterday. When the target comes, let's raise the flag of Spike Bandits and pretend to be bandits to attack." Xiang Wuren pointed out. He explained to his subordinates in miscellaneous clothes.
Yan Duo sarcastically said: "Tens of thousands of horses, thousands of cavalry, dare to attack the regular army, even if I don't understand military affairs, I understand that there are fakes."
Xiang Wuren shook his head: "It's not important, as long as the opponent should be able to guess it, it's just an excuse. If it doesn't work, I will admit that I have already colluded with the bandits, and the people below obey orders and do not know the real situation." .” He stretched out his hand and asked him to look at the other side.
After crossing a hillside, the next step is the official road opened in the high mountains. He pointed to Wu Ren and said, "This is the place that must be passed to enter Canglu County. They, as for the matter of taking the head of the target in the rebellious army, I have to look to you, Master."
Yan Duo observed the terrain and nodded slightly.
The two went down the hillside, crossed the official road, and went up the opposite hillside. Not long after going deep into the forest, they came to the people hiding on the other side.
Yan Duo waved his hand to let Xiang Wuren do his own work, and he himself arrived at the foot of a mountain. There were dozens of monks standing or sitting here, none of them looked good. Someone was holding a token to threaten them, Yan Duo sighed lightly .
After hiding in the mountains and waiting for a long time, when the evening was approaching, the ambushing people became restless and got up one after another.
Yan Duo and others, who were sitting cross-legged at the foot of the mountain, were also alarmed. Yan Duo dodged and floated to Xiang Wuren's side during the ups and downs. Please get ready."
Yan Duo immediately turned around and summoned a group of monks to prepare...
The wilderness is desolate, the farmland is barren, and there are bones on the road. A group of thousands of people travels without hurry, and the four thousand infantry allocated by Feng Ruojie to his sister are already in place.
Sitting on the horseback, Niu Youdao looked around from time to time. Since entering Qingshan County, what he saw and heard was obviously far worse than that of Guangyi County. His eyes were full of people who were in dire straits. Occasionally, they could be seen lying on the road and smelling bad. No one cares about the dead body, and the clean bones that have been gnawed by something are not a rare thing.
It can be seen from this that the ability of the county guard here is more than a little worse than that of Feng Lingbo. It is no wonder that Feng Lingbo has enough manpower and dares to fight against the imperial court. Let me ask the people here that they have to try their best to escape to Guangyi County in order to survive. .
Lan Ruoting, who was also on horseback, took out the map from time to time to check, he suddenly turned his head and said something to Shang Chaozong, Shang Chaozong looked at the peaks rising at the end of the wilderness in front of him, raised his hand and shouted: "Stop!" At the same time, he gestured to Feng Ruonan to stop the march.
Feng Ruonan waved his hand to stop the march of the horses, and when Shang Chaozong and Lan Ruoting approached, he said indifferently, "What's the matter?"
Lan Ruoting pointed to the mountain at the end of the front, "Princess, the mountain in front is called Langya Ridge, the terrain is dangerous, and it is the only way to Canglu County. If anyone wants to harm us, this is the best way." The place to start!"
Feng Ruonan looked around for a while, and said calmly: "There is no one but the imperial court who can ambush thousands of troops here. Do you think the imperial court dares? The spies have not found any clues. What do you think?"
Lan Ruoting smiled and said, "Princess, it's better to be careful." He looked at Bai Yao who was beside him, "It would be the most appropriate if we can send a few mages who can come and go to investigate in depth!"
"Hmph!" Feng Ruonan snorted coldly in disdain. In fact, she didn't think there would be any harm in being careful, but she didn't like people on Shang Chaozong's side pointing fingers at her, and pointed at Niu Youdao, "Aren't there mages around you? Your sorcerer should go check it out."
Niu Youdao looked back, and immediately clenched his fist and beat his lower back, sighing, "I've been riding for a long time, when can I rest, my waist is almost broken!"
Feng Ruonan cast a contemptuous glance, "Cowardless, despicable villain!"
Since the other party made this request, Bai Yao didn't think it was a bad thing to be on the safe side, and turned to the Tianyumen disciple behind him and said, "You guys go and have a look."
Immediately, four Tianyumen disciples flew out of the sky, and a lift was almost a hundred feet away.
This bouncing distance is two to three hundred meters away. To Yuan Gang, it is a bit unscientific, and the envy in his eyes is slightly envious, but it is not incomprehensible.
On the way, Niu Youdao explained the way to him. This is just to glide with the speed of fire after being ejected. Yuan Gang couldn't see air wings, but if a monk like Niu Youdao was lucky, he could see the wingspan of a skimming monk. The color that exists in this form of energy is like wearing a filter to see it. The reason for this is related to the so-called dark matter that Niu Youdao once explained to him, and ordinary people cannot see it. For example, ordinary people cannot see ghosts, but cows can see them if they are lucky enough to see them. This is the so-called Dharma Eye.
And those who can plunder so far at one time, it is estimated that their cultivation base has reached the foundation building stage. The cultivation base of Jindan stage can glide a little farther, but that is also because the higher the cultivation base is, the more powerful the ejection force is, but when it is time to land, you have to land. There is no way, you just jump so high, and there is no blessing It is impossible to glide indefinitely, and to land is to find another leverage point to generate the gliding force for re-ejection.
However, if you stand on a high mountain and jump down, you can glide very far, but the gap between the Foundation Establishment Stage and the Golden Core Stage is not small, and air resistance cannot be ignored. Mass, air resistance and high-speed friction of the air wings when gliding at high altitudes, the loss of outward air force is actually very large. In the process of rapid passing, the mana consumption is also fast. After a long time, monks in the foundation stage can't bear it.
Relatively speaking, compared with the foundation-building stage, the Jindan stage has a higher level of cultivation and is more powerful, and its mana can be consumed for a longer period of time. At the same time, the density and strength of energy are not comparable to that of the foundation-building stage, and the friction loss during high-speed sliding is naturally smaller. , the continuous gliding time and distance can be compared with non-foundation period.
Even so, in the eyes of uninformed non-monk ordinary people, whether it is the Foundation Establishment Stage or the Golden Core Stage, that situation is no different from flying, which is enough to shock ordinary people and treat them like immortals flying into the sky and escaping from the earth.
If the cultivation level has reached a higher level, the Nascent Soul Stage, that is another matter. The so-called Nascent Soul Stage has the meaning of rebirth or rebirth, and the cultivation base has been cultivated to the realm of being able to transcend the physical body, and the energy can be freely. Executed in the space of heaven and earth, the problems faced by the Jindan stage and the foundation stage have been overcome for the Yuanying stage, such as the friction loss of air wings and the power propulsion in the air are not a problem, and those realms can be said to be real flying. , can fly freely between the heaven and the earth, it is really a god-like existence for ordinary people!
Niu Youdao's current cultivation is not as good as these people he saw in front of him, and naturally he can't fly so far, but it's no problem to easily jump up and down for tens of meters. Using the tension of the water to walk on waves makes ordinary people startled It's okay to be a heavenly being, you can show off.
Soon, the monks of Tianyumen disappeared in the mountains ahead.
The people here watched it disappear, but the people hiding in the mountains witnessed it.
"Not good!" Xiang Wuren complained.
Yan Duo, who was hiding under the cover of thorns, turned his head to look at the guerrilla general Xiaoqi beside him, "The other party wants to investigate deeply. There are so many people gathered here, I'm afraid they won't be able to hide!"
Xiang Wuren clenched his fists, fearing that the ambush plan had been shattered, he couldn't help but gritted his teeth and cursed, "Haven't the scouts who explored the road already checked back and forth several times, why did they send a mage to check again? You are so careful!" In order to prevent the spies from finding out, he had been hiding his men and horses deep in the mountains, and even now he didn't dare to get too close to the roadside, so he was more careful than ever.
Seeing the appearance of the four monks branching into the deep mountain to investigate in four directions, Xiang Wuren still had a glimmer of hope, and turned back to order: "Let everyone hide!"
The people around him quickly made a hidden gesture to the back, and there was a commotion among the people behind, looking for a place to drill.
After a while, the person who came to investigate had already flew over the woods, looking down and looking around. He had just noticed a bird flying up here, and when he looked carefully, he clearly noticed that the bushes and thorns were being waded by people. Traces, it is impossible for so many people to temporarily drill without leaving traces. If you follow some traces, you will immediately find some hidden people.
With a swish, the visitor drew his sword in his hand, and suddenly issued a warning, "Be careful, there is an ambush, withdraw!"
Some of the other three people who came with them also found something abnormal, and they flew back quickly upon hearing the sound.
The four mage spies drifted away quickly, Yan Duo and others slowly came out from the hiding place, Yan Duo turned his head and looked at the general, "We've been discovered, we've already alerted the enemy, an ambush is impossible, we can't hold back the other party's thoughts It is unlikely to catch up with the target again, so let's withdraw! The other party is too careful, please explain to Zhou Mu why he missed." He was worried that he couldn't find an excuse to stop.
"How do you know that the other party will definitely run away? People like Feng Ruonan may not be willing to run away, maybe there is still a chance!" Xiang Wuren gritted his teeth, then turned around and shouted: "Send the order, gather the troops, and rush!"