Survive through the ancient apocalypse

People from other forces failed to get useful information from the villagers of Yejia Village. After special observation, they found that there were two groups of guards, each group consisted of ten third-level sentries and ten guides. The guides were of variable levels, but at least half of them were People are of three levels.The configuration of the two batches of guards is similar.After a rough estimate, people from other forces couldn't help but gasp.In these two groups of guards alone, there were thirty or so third-level sentinel guides, counting those left behind in Yejia Village, at least half a hundred.

Fortunately, this power is in the hands of Ye Mingze. If someone with big ambitions is replaced, wouldn't the entire Yangshan County be in the hands of one person?There is such a force in Yangshan County, and many forces that intend to expand their territory dare not be too blatant in doing things, for fear of waking up the sleeping giant tiger, not only failing to do what they should do, but causing a lot of trouble.

The entire Ye Family Village, counting the relatives and friends who later turned to Ye Mingze's family, has a total of more than 2000 people, which is not very powerful.It's just that the soldiers are good but not many, no one dares to underestimate them.

Ye Mingze was not too worried that something would happen to his family after he left, but he just asked the Ye family to pay attention.After all, the heart of harming others is indispensable, and the heart of guarding against others is indispensable.With precautions, if something unexpected happens, you won't be caught off guard.

In the past two years, the Ye family's livestock has increased a lot, some born naturally, and some were added later.Ye Mingze took away eleven carriages this time. Most of the goods he and Jiang Jingzhi brought this time were dried seafood for trading, and the others only brought enough rations and some bedding and other things to keep out the cold.

As long as he finds someone, Ye Mingze will definitely bring his father-in-law back to Yejia Village.As for the other relatives, he would take along those who were willing to go with him, and those who were not willing to follow them.

It's mid-September, and the maximum temperature during the day is around [-] degrees.Thanks to the sun, people travel at night and rest during the day.The temperature difference in the north is large, and it is less than [-] degrees at night, so it is comfortable to travel.

The caravan that Ye Mingze followed was going to the northern border county of Daxing Dynasty, where goods were exchanged with some nomadic tribes.The caravan is to buy some local specialties such as dairy products, beef and mutton, and fur.Since it is going to a border county, the safety factor is low, and the caravan is very large, and it may only go once every six months.

Ye Mingze and his party were arranged in the middle of the caravan.They are not full-time caravan guards, and they don't need to be outposts.Arrange a forward position so that they can play their role.

Ye Mingze had no objection to this arrangement. He would not entrust his wealth and life entirely on others, and the position in the front would make the sentinel guides he brought more vigilant.

During this journey, the most likely place to be ambushed is the canyon that Ye Mingze passed by last time.This caravan is a regular customer of this trade route and knows some important passes well.Every place that is prone to accidents must be carefully investigated.

Now it is different from when Ye Mingze came here. The sentinel guide had not yet awakened. He took advantage of the pioneers and understood the spiritual power of the guide to be awakened in advance. He managed to take down a group of trail cutters without thinking.

This time, all awakened sentinel guides know how to use their abilities.The robbers should send guides to prop up a large barrier to cover everyone.The barrier cuts out the sound, and also cuts off the sentinel's vision boosted by the guide.If you want to see the people in the barrier, you can only do it with real vision, that is, the vision of the sentinel when it is not boosted by the guide.

In this way, unless the caravan also puts up a barrier, the other party can see them, but they cannot see each other, which is too bad for the caravan.There is no way, the same way to support the barrier is the best way.The bigger the barrier, the more mental power it consumes, and the caravan has a lot of people, so it can only be divided into several teams.

The Ye family also divided into two teams, with two third-level guides supporting the barrier respectively.Under the blessing of the guide combined with him, the sentinel has a very wide field of vision, and the caravan can take action far away from the important pass.

When they were nearly three kilometers away from the pass, Ye Mingze marched to the front of the caravan, but Jiang Jingzhi did not follow and continued to stay with their people.This distance is completely within the envelope of Jiang Jingzhi's mental power, there is no need to follow Ye Mingze closely.

In this caravan, Ye Mingze is the most capable.Without the blessing of a guide, Ye Mingze's maximum field of vision was less than three kilometers. He maximized his five senses a little earlier to prevent mistakes.

The five senses are not good at this point. The field of vision is blocked by objects, and if someone hides behind, he cannot see.The spiritual power of the guide is not the case. When encountering obstacles, the spiritual power will only be weakened, and will not disappear.Although mental power can only be felt roughly, it is not as clear as eyes can see.It's a pity that the wizard's spiritual power coverage is too small, and it is rarely useful in practice.

Although the barrier can block the vision of the guide's enhanced sentinel, but if you pay special attention, you can still detect some clues.The problem is that everyone in the caravan, including Ye Mingze, did not find anything after scanning from a distance.This is why I have to observe with the real vision.There is no guarantee that there will be no ambush ahead.Everyone in the caravan thought so.

Until it was very close to the pass, no one found anything.The caravan wanted to pass directly and quickly, but Ye Mingze opposed it.The caravan was located near the entrance of the canyon that Ye Mingze encountered last time.This canyon is different from the passes encountered before.This canyon is not deep but very narrow. If there are people ambushing on the mountains on both sides of the canyon, once they enter the canyon, it will be difficult to deal with it.

"Then what are you going to do?" The caravan leader didn't act arbitrary.

"Separate some people to search on the mountain. Divide into two groups, one team to check the west cliff, and the other team to search the east cliff. Don't worry about this. Before sending people, first check everything within the range of the caravan's bow and arrow. No problem, go up to the mountain to investigate." Ye Mingze put forward his own opinion, "My people will move together, either search the mountain, or stay behind."

"Okay, then you can search the mountain, and I will send another 50 people." After discussion, several leaders of the caravan made a unanimous decision.

Although the cliffs on both sides of the canyon are steep, they are only more than [-] meters high.The cliffs slowly decrease in height from the middle of the canyon to both sides until they become ordinary hillsides.When I reached the gentle slope, I no longer saw the first stone on the surface.

A lot of vegetation on the mountain has died, but no one has cut it down, and the effect of blocking the line of sight is also very good.There are two groups of people going up the mountain, the guide is in the middle, and the front and rear are sentries.When Ye Mingze was walking towards the canyon, he had a feeling that there might be an ambush here.Since this thought could not be expelled from his mind, he had to make sure that everything was safe and he would not rush into the canyon rashly.

The people led by Ye Mingze were responsible for searching the western hillside.Everyone was paying attention, but they still found nothing when they reached the top of the mountain.The vegetation on the top of the mountain is not lush, and it is much sparser than that on the mountainside.It's not easy to hide people here.After staying for a while, everyone went forward to search carefully.Go all the way to the other side of the hillside entrance at the exit of the canyon.

After checking, the two teams went back the same way.But Ye Mingze couldn't calm down in his heart. When he walked over the cliff again, the feeling of impatience became stronger. Could this be the so-called intuition?Can you be more straightforward and just tell him where the thief is hiding?

Ye Mingze didn't give up, and stagnated on the top of the mountain.He inadvertently swept across the opposite cliff, and didn't notice any abnormalities, but it always gave him a feeling of incongruity.Ye Mingze simply observed carefully.The cliff is not as smooth as it was cut by a single knife, as if it has been cut by countless blades, there are many uneven places.

Once people pay attention to it deliberately, those artificial traces can still be discerned.Ye Mingze noticed that many places on the cliff are different from the uncanny workmanship left by nature.These man-made signs are well integrated into the surrounding environment, and it is impossible to detect them without careful inspection.Ye Mingze signaled others to take a look, and everyone came to the same conclusion that the cliff had been changed.

Ye Mingze brought people back.The caravan is ready to set off, and they will head towards the canyon as soon as Ye Mingze and the others arrive.

"I'm afraid we can't go now. I found that there are abnormalities on the cliffs in the east, but we can't see the cliffs in the west. I guess it should be the same as the ones in the east." Ye Mingze stopped the caravan from setting off. The gang of robbers should have dug passages in the sides of the mountains, and there should be quite a few of them.”

"Really?" The group of people who were in charge of checking the eastern mountain wall were full of disbelief. If this is the case, it would be terrible.Either they were too unlucky to be the first targets of the trail cutters.Either the people who were robbed in front were wiped out, and no one survived, otherwise this trick should have been known long ago.

Seeing is believing, the team decided to go up to the top of the eastern mountain again to see if the cliff on the opposite side was really what Ye Mingze said.

Seeing the ugly faces of the sentry guides, everyone in the caravan knew that what Ye Mingze said had become true.In order to be able to pass through the canyon in the bright evening, the caravan spent the day in the wild today.

Caravan trips are naturally well-prepared.In order to prevent being exposed to the violent sunlight, a layer of tarpaulin was covered outside the tent. Under the double protection, the scorching sun could not do anything to humans.Even though the sentinel guides walked quickly, it took a lot of time to search back and forth twice, and now the sky is getting dark.

Whether or not to do it tonight, everyone in the caravan was discussing.

"It will be dark soon, and it will be inconvenient to move at night."

"It's even worse to wait until tomorrow morning. You can act in an hour or two in the morning. If the problem is not solved within this period, wouldn't it be unfair to be exposed to the sun? What? You said to wait until tomorrow evening to act, and those people are not Fool, seeing that we have been slow to move, are they still staying where we are and waiting for us to find them?"

"That's right. If I were a robber, I would definitely send someone to watch at a high place. Maybe when our people entered the mountain just now, they received a message from the watchman, and now they are waiting for us to take the bait."

Everyone expressed their opinions, and finally the leaders of the caravan discussed and decided to act tonight. The longer the delay, the greater the risk. Before the robbers react, they will kill them first.

This time there are more people.After making the plan, the caravan retreated a certain distance and moved to a relatively hidden place, leaving only a team of guards to guard it.The others were divided into two teams according to their strength.Ye Mingze's team of sentinels has a small number of guides, but their ranks are generally high.The other team has a lot more people than Ye Mingze's team, but its overall strength is not as good as Ye Mingze's team.

This is still under the condition that Ye Mingze has assigned a small team of people, otherwise the gap in strength will be even greater.Ye Mingze originally didn't want his people to disperse, but under the persuasion of several leaders of the caravan, he thought about it carefully, and finally dispatched a small group of people.Before leaving, let them be careful and not ignore anyone.

When they came to check just now, they didn't see anyone. If the robbers were smarter, those guards would return to the stronghold after seeing them going up the mountain.

Digging a tunnel in the middle of the mountain, there must be a lot of movement. Even if they are very cautious, it is impossible to erase traces afterwards, and it is impossible to leave no traces.

Sure enough, Ye Mingze and his party walked two or three miles deep into the forest, turned to the back of the cliff, and found many traces of human activities.This is the back side of the mountain wall, the terrain is much lower than the top of the mountain, and it is covered by trees. Even if someone goes up the mountain to check, they can only let go of the five senses to observe near the top of the mountain, and it is difficult to find anything abnormal.

Walking in the mountains and forests, it is impossible not to make a sound.Originally, everyone wanted to sit on the larger spiritual body, but the sound of feet stepping on the branches was gone, and the sound of friction with the branches and leaves of plants and trees was unavoidable.Everyone simply stepped on the ground directly, which can also save energy and energy.

Fortunately, the mountains and forests are not quiet. Although half of the plants are withered, there are still many insects and birds singing.Everyone walked carefully, and the sound of their steps was hidden in the wind and grass, which did not attract the attention of the robbers.

"Hey, I said why this caravan is so troublesome. I saw them go up the mountain to check just now. It has been a long time since they finished checking. Why haven't they acted yet?" It was one of the people who were on guard just now who spoke.

"I think this group of people is more cautious, and it will take a while before they act. That's okay, this matter is out of our control. We can just be optimistic about this side." Then there was no more words.

Ye Mingze was naturally the leader of the west team, and he signaled everyone to turn to the direction of the voice.It is estimated that the robbers never expected that someone would wander into the mountainside and talk casually without setting up the barrier. It is really careless.With this out, everyone turned a corner and found the source of the sound easily.

The entrance of the passage is also considered hidden, blocked by a few big trees, and it is easy to be ignored if you are not paying attention.None of the guides in the team amplified the Sentinels of their partners, and the five senses of the Sentinels blessed by the spiritual power of the guides are easy to be noticed by others.In this way, the sentinel's field of vision suddenly narrowed a lot.In order not to startle the snake, it is understandable to do so.

There were only two people who spoke just now. I don't know how many people are guarding the entrance of the passage. Everyone can only hide nearby and listen patiently.At first, the sound of cups being placed on the table could be heard from time to time, but later on, except for the sound of wind blowing grass, there was no sound coming from inside.

Ye Mingze picked out a few of the most powerful sentries, while the others stood guard around.Several people approached the entrance carefully. From the outside, the entrance of the passage was blocked by tall trees and vegetation, and its true face could not be seen at all.When they got closer, they realized that the entrance of the cave was not covered, and it was so wide open facing them. They were not used to this change for a while.

There is no one in the cave, it is estimated that a cave was dug inside.Ye Mingze walked in front, always paying attention to both sides of the passage.Sure enough, after walking a few steps, they saw a faint light coming from the mountain wall on the left.The door was unlocked, only ajar.Ye Mingze called out the killer whale, made it shrink to the smallest size, and got into the door to check.After receiving the news from the orca, Ye Mingze couldn't help laughing and crying. The people guarding the passage stayed there until they were drunk and sound asleep. This is too disrespectful.He was afraid that the sound of "creaking" would wake up the people inside when he pushed the wooden door open, so he signaled Jiang Jingzhi to expand the barrier and wrap the wooden door in.

The two guarding the passage were unknowingly solved by several people.Afterwards, Ye Mingze walked forward for a while and returned to the entrance of the passage without seeing anyone else.

Ye Mingze arranged for some people to hide near the passage, and the others followed him in.When he came out this time, Ye Mingze equipped each sentry with a shield.Last time I only brought a bow and arrow, no shield.It was safe last time, at least there was no trouble in the north.This time, the Daxing Dynasty all went their own way, the road was full of risks, there was no shelter, and there was no sense of security.Before setting off, Ye Mingze discussed with the weapon craftsman, and finally made 26 shields as tall as a man and a half.

The shields are all made of third-grade wood, and each side is not light in weight.Before humans mutated, a shield of this weight could not be held for a long time.Now holding it in the hands of a third-level sentinel is like carrying a wooden stick, without affecting the action at all.

Starting from the entrance of the passage, there was only dirt and no stones on the road for a long time.It is estimated that the extension of the cliff rocks to the mountainside is not long.Going forward for a while, the passage turns to the right.This passage is very spacious, and it is no problem for four or five people to walk side by side.

Ye Mingze looked around the corner, and found that there were six guards at the end of the passage, three sentries raised their bows and faced the canyon, and the other three guides were probably responsible for providing quiver, waiting for the sentries to shoot the arrows. Change them anytime.

Ye Mingze was in a difficult situation. Depending on the situation, he could attack these six people at most. The people at the other end of the passage would have to fight head-on.

Without hesitation, he signaled the eight sentinels with the best archery to come out and form two rows of four.After the first row of shots, squat down immediately to facilitate the second row of supplementary shots.

Sure enough, as Ye Mingze thought, not all the sentry's archery skills were good enough to seal their throats with a sword, and the screams of a few people before they died alarmed everyone in the passage.

Although the robbers were alarmed, no one was seen running out.They could wait patiently inside, but Ye Mingze could not.If this group of people is not dealt with, the canyon will not be able to pass through, and if it is detoured, it will take a long time.Besides, in today's world, if you avoid this group of people, how do you know that you won't encounter another group of robbers in other places?

Ye Mingze only assigned a small team of sentry guides to another team, but let them take away ten shields.Now there are sixteen shields here.Since the shield is relatively large, only three sides can block the entire passage tightly.

Ye Mingze first arranged for six sentries to go ahead.Since there are no more than six people standing side by side in the passageway, they are divided into two rows.A row of three people squatted forward in front, their shields clinging to their bodies.The people in the back row staggered their bodies, leaned back slightly, stretched their arms forward, and their shields blocked the bumps of the shields of the people in the first row.

As long as there are not many third-level sentries among the robbers, these third-level wooden shields will be difficult to shoot through.

The configuration of the six people behind is the same as that of the six people in front.The six people in front began to move towards the front of the passage, and the people in the last two rows followed.

The robbers didn't know what their plans were, and no one showed up.Soon, everyone came to a crossroads.The passage where Ye Mingze and his party are located is east-west, and the fork is north-south.

Ye Mingze signaled the front and rear rows of sentries to change directions. The first row of shields faced north, while the second row was just the opposite. The two rows moved towards the fork in unison.After the two rows of people occupied the fork, the others quickly distributed on both sides of the east-west passage.At this time, there was a sound of fighting and killing from the opposite mountain wall, and it is estimated that there has been a hand-to-hand combat.

There was a fierce exchange of fire over there, and there was no other sound except the sound of footsteps here.Completely different situations, but equally nerve-wracking.

Ye Mingze asked the people in the second row to stand still at the fork, and the people in the first row moved north carefully.Until a fork is encountered again.

Before Ye Mingze could think about his next move, the six people at the fork jumped out voluntarily.Machete cut on shield, only one person

A not-so-deep mark was left on the shield, and the others passed without a trace, but the momentum caused the sentinel holding the shield to shake.

Seeing this, the six people pushed their shields forward together, and the robbers who hadn't retreated were pushed out for a certain distance, and some even fell staggeringly.Immediately, the two men holding the shields in the middle retreated, leaving room for the sentries behind to fight.

Hearing the sound of fighting, the robbers in other passages could no longer sit still and joined in one after another.The passageway is so big, so many people can squeeze in at once, and they can't display any abilities.Ye Mingze asked the people in the north to retreat slowly, and the battlefield was chosen near the crossroads.

There were nearly 50 robbers in total, and they were evenly distributed in the passages on the north and south sides of the intersection.Sentinels and guides are split in half, and only the sentries can fight.Among them, there are five third-level sentries, and the rest are first- and second-level sentries.

Those third-level sentinels were the most threatening to Ye Mingze and his party, and they became Ye Mingze's focus.The passage is narrow, and the two sides were still clearly separated before, but fighting with each other has turned into a fight.Ye Mingze has a larger number of people and is much stronger than the robbers.At the beginning, the robbers took advantage of the narrow passage and could barely support it.As the fighting continued, the number of robbers gradually decreased and gradually declined.

In times of troubled times, Ye Mingze had someone make amends for those robbers who did not die, and no one objected.The ancients were actually more indifferent to human life than modern people.If you were a modern person, you might still be hesitant.The general environment can affect people very much, and the education that modern people have received for many years does not support them to use a knife easily.Although the Daxing Dynasty would not disregard human life, it was indeed relatively contemptuous.

After leaving the passage, Ye Mingze and his party joined the guards outside.Ye Mingze divided his team into small teams, each with ten people, and asked them to spread out and look for the remaining robbers on the nearby hills.This time, the sentries were not afraid of being noticed, and under the blessing of their respective guides, let go of their five senses and searched separately.