"Turn out the fire, curfew!"
Every night, at a certain time, soldiers will come to convey the curfew order, asking all the civilians to extinguish the bonfires they raised and rest.
The temperature difference between day and night is huge in the desert, but in this season and with a tent, it is not unbearable.
"Okay!"
Xue San took water, put out the bonfire, and then got into the tent.
In addition, the three passers-by have their own simple tents. The civilians are in a hurry and are not nomadic, so the tents in the civilian camp are very small and can only be used to support them.
The soldiers’ tents looked good, and they looked like they were issued by the army.
"Your Majesty, I will sleep inside, and I will sleep outside."
Liang Cheng placed his blanket at the entrance of the tent and lay down.
Zheng Fan was not polite. Liang Cheng was a zombie and should not be afraid of the cold, but he still looked at Xue San curiously, "San'er, won't you come in and sleep?"
Xue San shook his head with a smile, picked up the wine bag he had secretly brought from the tent, and then pointed outside, "Sir, I'm sleeping outside. I've already dug the hole. I'm small, so I can't dig it." It’s convenient.”
After Xue San went out, Zheng Fan also lay down.
It’s just that I can’t sleep tonight no matter what.
The knife is placed under his blanket, and he can reach it with his hand. It seems that this cold object can bring real warmth to him.
"My Lord, please rest, we are watching." Liang Cheng said.
"Okay."
There was not much communication because Zheng Fan believed in Liang Cheng's judgment.
The task of the food transport team that I and others are currently undertaking is definitely not just as simple as transporting food.
Liang Cheng said that the baggage team he and others were currently in had a high probability of being used as bait, and they deliberately chose such a "death-seeking" terrain to camp tonight. No accident. If so, the bait should be activated tonight.
But now, even if you know it, you have no way to report it to the superior. This situation is a bit like the plot of the movie "Assembly". You are chosen by the superior to be a bait and sacrifice. of.
Even if you tell the centurion in the baggage camp, that centurion will probably get rid of you quietly first. Looking at the strange behavior of the cavalry in the past few days, If nothing else, the regular troops in the supply camp should be aware of their tasks.
As for protecting these innocent civilians, tell them the truth, and then take them to blow up the camp and escape...
First of all, this is a desert, far away from Hutou City on the border. After four days of walking, once the civilian team exploded and scattered, whether it was the barbarians or the Yan cavalry dealing with them, it was equivalent to a one-sided massacre. In the end, only a few people could return to Hutou City alive.
And if you really want to do this, Zheng Fan and the other three would directly become a gangster, and would also be implicated in the blind Siniang and the others in Hutou City.
So, no one is a saint, and Zheng Fan has never thought of letting himself learn from a saint. Moreover, from another perspective, if he is a little cold-blooded, he will use these two or three thousand people as bait. Directly annihilating the enemy has accomplished the purpose of the war, which may be a loss to these civilians, but to Daju...
This is a confusing account, and even those who understand it can only go It is "rare to be confused" to learn.
Zheng Fan kept telling himself in his heart that he was just a civilian, just a civilian, just a civilian...
On the battlefield, as long as he could save his life.
Hmm,
If conditions permit,
I don’t mind getting some benefits for myself as much as possible.
However, because of the long journey during the day, the physical exertion was really great. After lying down, Zheng Fan still felt that his eyelids were a little heavy, so he could only carefully keep his consciousness still slightly awake while trying his best to squint for a while. .
Liang Cheng, who was sleeping at the entrance of the tent, sometimes opened and sometimes closed his eyes;
In the small covered pit outside the tent, Xue San slowly sipped his drink one mouthful at a time. , licking his lips with his tongue from time to time.
Maybe,
For Zheng Fan, now is a kind of anxious waiting;
But for the two of them,
This is,
the biggest expectation in half a year
!
Let this night,
come deeper!
…………
A group of black shadows appeared behind the slope outside the camp.
The black shadows gathered here, and then began to disperse at an extremely fast speed. After slowly touching the surroundings of the camp, they unplugged the sentries in their own directions and began to sneak into the camp.
You can hardly say that they are well-trained, because everyone's methods of doing things are different, but they are indeed silent and infiltrated all the way without causing much commotion in the camp.
These are instincts developed during daily hunting.
The desert conditions are harsh. These barbarians are warriors tempered by nature. Even the Yan Kingdom's cavalry relied on sophisticated equipment and tactical discipline to resist in the Yan-Barbarian War a hundred years ago. Because of this, the men in the camp who were holding hoes before could not be their opponents.
Three black shadows crept into a tent, with three people lying inside. The black shadows crept to the sleeping civilian husband.
In the darkness, it seems that only a little light in the eyes can convey each other's meaning.
The three of them started almost at the same time. They covered each other's mouth with one hand first. Before the civilian husband under his hand could wake up, the other hand held a knife and cut directly to the neck!
"Pfft! ""puff! ""puff! "
No screams were heard, not only here, but also in many other places. This kind of infiltration and night attack is proceeding in an orderly manner.
These three After the black shadow finished solving this problem, he came out quietly and moved to the next tent.
First he lifted up the tent cloth and took a look at the number of people inside. One of the black figures was a little surprised, this one. There was a person lying at the entrance of the tent.
As a last resort, we had to deal with this one first.
The shadow squatted down,
like an assembly line. Just like the old master, the next step is just a simple repetition.
First reach out and quickly press the other person's mouth. The other person seems to be awake, but it's okay. He holds the other hand. The knife cut directly into the neck of the person below him!
"Click..."
The dark figure was stunned for a moment.
This time, he wiped his neck and felt like he was sharpening a knife with a whetstone.
And the blood was as expected. The hot liquid did not splash out.
Almost instinctively, the black shadow slashed the man's neck back and forth several times with the knife.
" Click... click... click..."
My God, is this a human neck, so hard?
However, Heiying's doubts did not last long. , because a hand suddenly grabbed his neck.
“Bang! "
The crack of bones was heard.
The black shadow's neck was pinched, and the head and shoulders began the most intimate contact in their lives.
The two black figures outside the tent seemed to have heard the noise coming from inside. They were extremely surprised and were about to take action. Unexpectedly, a head gradually poked out from the ground behind them.
A smile appeared on Xue San's lips, and he jumped up from the small pit where he was hiding in the ground. After reaching a certain height, the daggers he held in both hands moved forward to harvest!
"Poof! ""puff! "
Two black shadows fell to the ground.
Xue San twisted his neck. It had been a long time since he felt like killing someone.
If he hadn't known The environment did not allow it at this time, and Xue San really wanted to moan comfortably, so it was best to learn how to howl like a wolf a few more times.
Aww, aww, aww...
At this time, the tent was opened from the inside. After opening it, Liang Cheng and Zheng Fan walked out together.
Liang Cheng was still holding a bloody head, and at the same time, he said to Xue San:
“Cut off the head. . ”
“Okay. ”
At this moment,
a harsh whistle sound broke through the false silence tonight.
The gate of the camp was penetrated. The shadows opened, and suddenly the sound of galloping horses came from outside.
The front and back doors of the village., more than a thousand cavalry roared in. They roared, roared, filed in, and rushed into the camp.
The checkpoints in the camp have long been eliminated, and the peripheral defenses have also been solved a lot due to previous penetrations. In this situation, the two groups of cavalry moved forward smoothly, one after the other. Rushed into the main camp area.
The sleeping peasants were awakened. Some were at a loss and didn’t know what was happening. Others saw the barbarians rushing toward them one after another wearing animal skins and riding horses. He was so frightened that he started shouting.
As Liang Cheng had foreseen, the camp was successfully blown up during the enemy's surprise attack.
Originally, there were hundreds of regular troops in the main camp area. However, due to the scattering of their own civilians, their formation was broken up. They were directly overrun by the barbarian cavalry and then hacked to death.
The camp under the night suddenly became a horse farm full of barbarian cavalry. They waved their sabers and wildly and wantonly chopped down the fleeing prey in front of them.
Kill the prey first, and then enjoy the wonderful moment of dividing the spoils.
Liang Cheng walked in front, Xue San followed, and Zheng Fan walked in the middle. After leaving the tent, the three of them went straight to a corner of the camp, where there was a pile of "food and grass" behind a wooden cart. There was also a camp fence, which was considered a simple fortification, and it was also the point where they stepped on it before nightfall.
Zheng Fan clenched the knife in his hand tightly and was on high alert.
Xue San was sitting on the wooden cart, dangling his short legs.
Liang Cheng silently looked down at the barbarian head hanging on his waist and licked his lips.
"Eat it if you want." Xue San joked.
Liang Cheng shook his head, "It's not fresh anymore."
"Why didn't you eat it just now?"
"Afraid of him barking."
"Hey, it didn't take long. Why are you so picky about your taste?"
"When you eat, there is no scream of prey in your ears to accompany it, so too much flavor is missing. ."
Xue San curled his lips and silently uttered three words: poor and exquisite.
Immediately, Xue San turned to Zheng Fan behind him and said, "My Lord, why don't we sneak out now? It's still too dangerous here."
Zheng Fan heard this Yan, shook his head and said: "I trust Liang Cheng's judgment."
This baggage team is a bait. Now the fish has taken the bait, and the fishing net should be coming soon.
Although it seems a bit cruel to use the lives of thousands of civilians as bait, since the matter has been arranged, what Zheng Fan and others need to consider is to be prepared in advance. How to protect yourself as much as possible, and at the same time, get something of practical benefit.
For example, the heads of these barbarians!
As for escaping, it’s a joke. What’s the difference between escaping now and defecting to Japan in 1949?
Seeing Zheng Fan’s insistence, Xue San stopped trying to persuade him and replied.When he turned over, his eyes met with Liang Cheng's, and there was a hint of understanding satisfaction in both of their eyes.
My lord, don’t be pedantic.
After everyone guessed the fate of this team of civilian husbands, they did not clamor to tell everyone so that everyone could save their lives, but directly talked about another matter.
"When I was escorting the grain and fodder the day before yesterday, I heard the two soldiers say that the heads of the barbarians can be exchanged for rewards or military merit."
Xue San's mouth was smashed several times. Next, I thought to myself: After all, he is the master who can draw himself and others. Although he is inevitably a little flustered and uncomfortable because he is an ordinary person, his heart is really dark.
"Woooooo!"
Two barbarian cavalry came after a soldier. The leader rode up and chopped down the soldier. At the same time, He saw Zheng Fan and the other three standing in front of him between the wooden cart and the fence.
"Woooooo!"
They let out excited screams, and then continued to urge the horses under their crotches to run again, launching a charge towards the new prey.
Liang Cheng stood up silently, while Xue San closed his eyes and moved his earlobes slightly.
Zheng Fan couldn't help but swallowed. He had only learned from some information that the cavalry was the absolute king in the cold weapon era;
Although it was just two horses charging here. Come, but the impact is no less than if you were standing in the middle of the road and an off-road vehicle was driving towards you at full speed.
The sound of horse hooves, mixed with the sound of breathing, began to gradually slow down...slow down...and slow down...
Time seemed to have been adjusted to a slow rhythm at this time. .
However, Zheng Fan still did not choose to run away or evade, but continued to hold the knife in his hand tightly in a way that did not seem to be so standard.
The distance is getting closer.
Xue San moved first.
His body first rushed downwards quickly, and then bounced up on the front of the horse in an incredible way.
The barbarian knight subconsciously swung his sword over, but it missed the mark. However, Xue San had already appeared beside him, and was still going up.
Hold the dagger in your hand backwards, lift your wrist, and pull it diagonally!
"Bang!"
The dagger penetrated the barbarian cavalry's chin and disappeared instantly.
The barbarian cavalry felt that his vision was blood red, and then he lost consciousness.
On Liang Cheng's side, he waited for the cavalry to rush in front of him before moving.
Perhaps, in the view of the barbarian cavalry, the man in front of him would turn into flesh under the iron hooves of the horse under his crotch. However, this man punched out in an incredible way, Hit the horse on the head.
"Bang!"
The front legs of the war horse bent down directly, and the terrifying inertia threw the barbarian cavalry forward.
Liang Cheng directly grabbed the opponent's animal skin clothes on the back and pressed him against the car board.Shi suddenly raised his head and looked at Zheng Fan:
"My lord!"
"Ahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!"
Almost instinctively,
Zheng Fan raised his sword and slashed it directly at the completely subdued barbarian cavalry in front of him!
"Poof!"
Blood spattered,
Zheng Fan's face was splashed,
red and hot. , hot,
Zheng Fan opened his mouth, his eyes widened, and his body swayed a little,
Slowly, he tasted another kind Taste,
Sweet...