Nanming Engineer

Chapter 114 The Scull Shield
The scout rode out from a ray of sky, and his expression was a little tired, because on the way, apart from seeing a few mountain people staring blankly at him, he didn't even meet a ghost. On the official road for hundreds of miles, Pedestrians are almost extinct, and the common people know that the war is imminent, who would foolishly run into the swords of officers and soldiers?
So this scout was bored and traveled all the way like a tourist, but he didn't find anything suspicious. Originally, he was a little nervous outside this line of sky, thinking that there might be an ambush in such a dangerous terrain. I didn't find anything unusual, so I couldn't help but feel relieved.

But as soon as he left the valley, he saw a city wall standing in front of him.

The scout was startled, reined in the horse, and rubbed his eyes in panic, where did the city wall come from?
Taking a closer look, you can't help but take a breath of air. There is a city wall in front of you. It is a shield wall composed of hundreds of oars and shields!Neatly lined up hundreds of steps away, figures were shaking around the shield wall, and some were still shouting: "Someone is coming! Someone is coming!"

No, there is an ambush!

The scout reacted quickly, immediately turned the horse's head, turned around and was about to run.

When he turned around, he was stunned again. At the exit of Yixiantian, a group of strange men in white robes holding crossbows had already formed a line, looking at him covetously.

Where did they come from?The scout wondered.

But there is no time to think, staying here will only wait for death. The scout is also a veteran, knowing that even if he must die today, he must make a breakthrough. The leg spurs pinched the horse's belly, and the horse suffered from pain and galloped.

Standing in the middle of the queue, Ma Xintian looked coldly at the scouts who were already desperately fighting, with murderous intent flashing in his eyes, and faintly shouted: "Let go!"

With the crossbow in his hand, a crossbow arrow came out of the string, and shot at the scout running on horseback like lightning. The sound of bowstrings beside him was heard, and dozens of crossbow arrows were released at the same time, immediately shooting the scout into pieces with both men and horses. hedgehog.

The horse that had been hit by the arrow ran a few steps and then fell to the ground. It turned several somersaults on the ground and slid to Ma Xintian's feet.

Ma Xintian leaned over and pulled out the crossbow arrow stuck in the corpse, wiped the blood on the corpse, put it back into the quiver, patted the horse's neck with regret and said, "It's a pity for this horse."

He waved, and the men in white robes immediately cleaned the battlefield, dragged away the corpses of men and horses, covered the blood stains with sand, and restored the valley mouth to its normal appearance.

Wang Huan was on the hillside on the side of the scull shield, watching the whole process of shooting. There was a big red flag behind him. As soon as the people on Kuafu Mountain saw the big flag down, they would immediately light the fuse and blow it up. mountain.

"Come on, the scouts usually go out thirty miles from the army. It's still early today. Yang Zhan will definitely be able to reach the Black Valley before dark. When the time comes, we'll see if he dares to come in." Wang Huan said to the person standing behind him. Zu Bian and others said: "I order everyone to act according to the plan, don't panic and make noise, and those who make chaos will be killed immediately!"

"Yes!" Zu Bian and the others clasped their fists and answered loudly.

"We'll estimate the time later, and let one of the live ones go home, otherwise Yang Zhan will be suspicious and it's not good to stay here." Wang Huan said with narrowed eyes.

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Yang Zhan felt a little uneasy in his heart. The journey along the way was as calm as expected, and the army was dispatched with great momentum. After these days, Shizhu must have received the news. Seeing that he had arrived in Fengdu County, he would It takes seventy or eighty miles to reach the Longevity Valley. There are several dangerous passes on the road, all of which are undefended. It seems that Qin Liangyu has given up resistance and is waiting to die.

There is a huge disparity in power, even if the god of war is resurrected, there is nothing he can do.

However, from early morning to noon today, Niu Sicheng, the former vanguard officer of the army, reported back that none of the dozen or so scouts released came back, which is a bit wrong.

The scouts in my army are all veterans who survived in the mountains of corpses and seas of blood. All of them are superb in riding and martial arts. Even if they are caught in an ambush, some of them can escape alive.

Yang Zhan rode away from the brigade and climbed up a high slope on the side of the road. Looking far ahead, he saw the shadows of the mountains in front of him, one mountain after another, stretching endlessly. It seemed that any place seemed like a good place to set up an ambush, and his heart became more and more disturbed. .

He was brave in battle, but he didn't rely solely on his bravery, otherwise he wouldn't have taken the position of lieutenant general, so after thinking for a long time, he sent his own soldiers to recruit Niu Sicheng, a former vanguard officer, to discuss matters.

As soon as the soldiers left, Niu Sicheng came.

Niu Sicheng is Yang Zhan's brother-in-law, a fair-skinned and tender son-in-law. Yang Zhan originally wanted to take him on a risk-free expedition, in exchange for some military merits, so that he can be promoted and reused in the future, so as to stop the nagging of the tigress at home, but he didn't want to Encountered such a strange thing, so before Yang Zhan called, he rushed to the door.

It is a serious crime for a vanguard officer to leave his post without permission. Even if his head was chopped off on the spot, no one would dare to say anything, so Yang Zhan's face turned cold and he became a little annoyed.

Niu Sicheng didn't want to either. He was wearing a shiny chain mail, a red cloak, an iron helmet, and a beautiful peacock feather on the top of the helmet. With Bai Shengsheng's handsome face, he looked good. The skins have fascinated many women, but at this moment, they don't care about the military discipline.

"Brother-in-law, I have sent out twenty scouts, but none of them have returned. There must be an ambush ahead. We can't leave anymore!" He shouted anxiously.

Yang Zhan wanted to slap him and shouted coldly: "What nonsense are you talking about? Yelling is not allowed in the army, it should be commensurate with your official position."

Niu Sicheng was a little afraid of this brother-in-law, so he quickly changed his words: "Junmen, stop advancing first, if there is something wrong in front, it will be too late to regret!"

Yang Zhan's face turned black, and he said angrily, "The enemy's situation in front is not clear yet, and you disturb our army's morale. How can you entrust us with such a big task? Once the army stops, do you just stand in a daze on this mountain? What do you use?" Think about it!"

When marching and fighting, the most taboo is confusion in the army. If the mood is disturbed, it will become a rout, and even the gods of Daluo can't greet you.Niu Sicheng murmured and dared not speak.

Yang Zhan snorted angrily, lifted the reins, and cursed in a low voice: "Useless stuff! Let's go, I'll go to the former army to see it myself."

After all, he galloped his horse and led a group of pro-army forward, and Niu Sicheng hurriedly followed.

The middle army and the front army were five miles apart, and they arrived in no time on horseback. When they arrived, Niu Sicheng's front army actually slowed down and moved slowly like a snail.

Yang Zhan was furious. Niu Sicheng couldn't beat him, but several lieutenants Qian Zong could still beat him. He lifted the whip and was about to order some of Niu Sicheng's leading soldiers to be tied up for military punishment, but he heard a loud voice in front of him. Shouting: "A detective horse is back!"

When Yang Zhan heard this, he put down his whip and shouted angrily, "Let Tan Ma come!"

The soldiers lined up the passage, and a scout came from a distance. When he got close, he got off his horse and walked quickly to Yang Zhan's horse. In the Black Valley, outside the valley there are soldiers in formation, with large shields and crossbow arrows for defense."

Sure enough, there was an ambush!
Niu Sicheng's face was pale, Yang Zhan also frowned, and asked aloud, "How many soldiers are there?"

The scout responded: "Biaoxia walked around the valley entrance and saw hundreds of oar shields. The number of people behind the shields is ominous. There are dozens of soldiers with bows and crossbows."

Yang Zhan was stunned and asked: "Dozens of people? Hundreds of shields?"

The scout said: "Yes, those dozens of people shot with crossbow arrows, and Biaoxia hurriedly turned around to escape, so they were not injured by the arrows."

"There are no cavalry chasing you?" Yang Zhan was a little disbelieving.

"No." The scout said: "It seems that the soldiers who set up an ambush under the mark don't have any horses."

"What about in the valley? Did you find someone setting up an ambush on the mountains on both sides?" Yang Zhan asked again.

"Biaoxia walked slowly through the valley, deliberately observed the mountains on both sides, and found no sign of an ambush." ​​The scout replied.

After hearing this, Yang Zhan lowered his head and thought for a while, then laughed loudly and said in a rough voice: "Hahaha, old lady Qin Liangyu, you want to trap me with suspicious soldiers, but you don't know that I have experienced hundreds of battles, and I have never seen any conspiracy. Can this empty city plan deceive me?"

Niu Sicheng didn't understand yet, but seeing his brother-in-law so happy, he must have known something, and quickly asked: "Sister... oh no, Junmen, could it be that there aren't many people in the Black Valley?"

Yang Zhan snorted and said: "If Qin Liangyu really had a heavy army laying an ambush, she would definitely kill all our scouts and cover the battlefield. How could she let someone come back alive to report the news? She is trying to deceive me by pretending that there are heavy soldiers in an ambush, so that I will know the difficulty And retreat, how could you deceive me with such a mere plan?"

"Besides, she can't be an anti-dog. She has dozens of crossbowmen and a hundred shields. She wants to pretend to be a heavy soldier. How can she succeed? Instead, I found out the truth. Forgive her, behind the shield, there are thousands of troops, so what ? There are three thousand tigers in your front army alone, and it is easy to wipe out those chickens and dogs of hers, so why not be afraid?"

(End of this chapter)