After Pei Yi and others passed through the canyon, they were replaced by those who had passed through and pulled the straw man at the other end of the canyon, so that the three personal soldiers who had originally pulled the straw man but failed to pass in time also held up shields decorated with branches and ambushed along the mountain wall.
After everyone had passed the canyon, Pei Yi ordered everyone to hide nearby and leave the straw man where it was.
For a moment, the canyon was completely silent except for the sound of arrows raining down. After waiting for a while, the people in ambush on the top of the mountain also noticed something was wrong and stopped shooting arrows.
At this moment, Pei Yi shook his hand and released the Saker Falcon on his arm. The eagle flew into the forest, stirring up bursts of bird calls. From time to time, the neighing of Zhuiyun and the running of several surviving horses could be heard, also coming from where the birds flew away.
The people who were lying in ambush on the top of the mountain rushed down the mountain to check. They saw only a few straw men with arrows stuck in them in the canyon. The leading man beat his chest and stamped his feet, saying, "Oh no! We've fallen into a trap! They've already run away." He then led everyone to chase in the direction where the birds flew away.
At this time, Pei Yi and others quietly came out from their hiding place, asked people to remove all the arrows on the scarecrow and put them aside, and then led everyone to the top of the mountain.
Since someone wants to die, he naturally can't let him go.
When they reached the top of the mountain, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but prostrate themselves in worship of their own general. It was surprising that they were so calculating. Fortunately, they were members of the Pei family army and not the general's enemies.
Otherwise, if they met such an enemy general on the battlefield, how could they have a chance of victory and survival?
It's too slim.
Fan Xingyang said bitterly: "I want to see who doesn't want us to return to Beijing."
Judging from the footprints they saw when they first came up the mountain, there were about a hundred people chasing down the mountain, and judging from the depth of the footprints, they were all experts.
The twenty men Pei Yi brought with him were the best martial artists among his personal guards. They were trained uniformly from the Pei family's secret guard camp and their martial arts were top-notch. However, their chances of winning were slim if they were to fight against a hundred people.
"Those people will soon realize that there is no one on the horse. They will know that we are not out of the forest yet and will definitely chase us back. For now, we can only outsmart them first and then use force."
Pei Yi looked around at the top of the mountain and saw that the pine trees in the forest were growing very lushly. Drops of shiny pine oil could be seen hanging on the bark that was scratched by animals. He already had an idea in his mind.
He ordered everyone, "Go 15 men into the forest to collect pine oil, and cut some bamboos to hold it in bamboo tubes. The more the better."
He said to the remaining people, "The five of you go pick up some dry vines. The more the better."
Then he went to the forest with Hua Manxi and Fan Xingyang to collect dry vines. They had limited ropes on the road, and they had used them all on the straw man mechanism under the canyon. Even if they wanted to make rockets, they could not make many arrows, so they could only use local materials.
Soon, the people who collected pine oil and vines came back one after another, bringing back a large number of bamboo tubes full of pine oil and dry and flammable vines.
Pei Yi picked up a banana leaf and put it on the ground, then took out an arrow and wrapped the vine around the arrow head until it looked like a carrot. He then took out a bamboo tube of pine oil and poured the pine oil on the arrow.
After that, he placed the prepared fire arrows on banana leaves. He would not let the arrows shot by his army miss the target, and even if they missed, they would burn the enemy to death.
He said to everyone, "You need to wrap the vines a few more times to ensure that the fire can burn longer. Wrap them loosely so that the fire can burn more vigorously. Once you understand, take action."
The people who were a little confused when they were sent to get pine oil now understood everything. They couldn't help but admire their general's strength. They all started to work, and soon there were large pieces of banana leaves on the ground, with a bunch of rockets soaked in pine oil piled on them.
And suddenly, a group of birds flew up from the bottom of the valley which had been silent for a long time.
Then the Hua Diao rushed up from the valley, and finally landed on Pei Yi's shoulder, stretching its head and rubbing it on Pei Yi's face.
Pei Yi patted its head and said, "Thank you for your hard work."
After waiting for a while, he estimated that many people had entered the valley, and then he said to the people who were divided into two teams: "Light the fire and shoot arrows."
Suddenly, the arrows that had rained down on the valley in the first half of the night, now carried rolling fireballs, and fell densely into the valley like falling meteors.
The rocket happened to hit the two ends of the valley. The people who were hit instantly turned into fire men, running around blocking the entrance and exit of the canyon. No matter which end the people in the middle ran out from, they would easily be contaminated by sparks or hit by rockets.
Finally, when a dozen bamboo tubes filled with pine oil were thrown into the canyon, a sea of fire suddenly broke out.
As a result, it is estimated that more than forty people were trapped in the canyon and burned to death.
There were still sixty people left, and they would have to fight face to face, but Pei Yi knew that he could not give them a chance to catch their breath.
So he rushed down with everyone.
Only Hua Manxi was left on the mountain.
Hua Manxi's mediocre kung fu is not enough for him to be used in a battlefield. If he were to go to a battlefield, he would need protection from others. It would be wise to lower everyone's combat power and keep them on the mountain.
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