Chapter 52: The Blood of the White Tiger (8)
As night falls, the trees cast their shadows.
In this barren mountain and old forest, tigers and leopards roar, insects and snakes hiss, and people hold high torches to dispel the fear brought by the darkness.
More than 2,000 people from the Allied Forces of the Aristocratic Family have already chased into Cangmang Mountain, and another 6,000 to 7,000 people are rushing here. The continuous stream of torches from near to far is particularly spectacular.
"Chase! We must not let Sun Ce run away!"
Now that there was nothing to hide, Shen Lang ordered the stewards below to shout slogans to boost morale.
"Kill Sun Ce, and you will be rewarded heavily."
"If Sun Ce is let go, no one will survive."
A steward was panting and chasing after his team, while not forgetting the master's instructions, he was shouting hard to the servants under his command.
"yes!"
The servants shook the knives in their hands and replied, the cold blade reflecting the cold light under the torch.
At this time, only a soft "whoosh" sound was heard.
That was the sound of something sharp cutting through the air.
The young steward's voice stopped suddenly, he fell to the ground with a thud, and his body rolled down the mountain.
The servants nearby were all stunned.
There were no orders or shouts, just more and more neighing sounds in the air!
"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!"
Crossbow arrows continued to be shot from the left side, and in the darkness where no light could reach, it was as if the God of Death gently waved his scythe.
"Enemy attack!"
"Sun Ce set an ambush!"
People kept falling down after being hit by arrows. The servants shouted warnings at the top of their lungs while squeezing their bodies behind trees in fear.
However, the attack soon stopped and became silent.
Everyone was at a loss and stretched their heads to look at him timidly.
If it weren't for the corpses in the torch light and the remaining arrow feathers on the trees, everyone would even wonder if the attack just now was an illusion.
The sound just now alerted other nearby coalition forces, and people kept running over to investigate.
The Tiger Roar Camp had already quietly retreated into the darker night.
The moon was dark and the wind was high, and the noise just now didn't seem to disturb the tranquility of Cangmang Mountain too much. The insects were still chirping and the frogs were singing endlessly.
"Zhou He, you take 100 people there."
Han Dang leaned down and while observing whether the rebels were pursuing him, he whispered instructions to a village commander next to him.
"Take your orders!" Zhou He nodded after hearing this, then slowly stepped back to order people.
The Huxiao Battalion followed the clues and rushed all the way to rescue Sun Ce. During this period, they also encountered two waves of rebels. Although they defeated the enemies with great difficulty, they inevitably lost dozens of men.
Zhou He didn't know how many people were left under his command, but he thought it was pretty much the same.
"Follow me."
He spoke in a low voice, allowing the soldiers under his command to recognize his voice.
Watching a figure gradually leave, another commander beside Han Dang asked in a low voice: "General, what if the rebels ignore us and continue to pursue the lord?"
Han Dang sneered, the voice in the darkness was like a call from the underworld.
"No one in the world can ignore our Tiger Roar Camp. If Shen Lang is stupid, we will teach him how to behave! If dozens are not enough, we will kill hundreds. If hundreds are not enough, we will kill thousands.
, let’s see what else he can use to chase the lord.”
Everyone around nodded, and another person asked: "General, why don't we burn the mountain? If we set the fire now, the fire should not be able to catch up with the Lord and the others."
Han Dang glared at him so hard that he shrank his head in fear.
"This Cangmang Mountain has a radius of dozens of miles. Beyond Cangmang Mountain is Dangtu County. Some people have cultivated farmland on the mountain, some have planted fruit trees on the mountain, and some people make a living by hunting in the mountain. Burning Cangmang Mountain will not destroy tens of thousands of people.
People’s livelihood?”
The commander of the camp was so frightened when he asked the question that he lowered his head and clasped his fists, saying: "General, please forgive me, but it's my subordinate who didn't think well."
Han Dang sighed and did not blame him anymore: "What else can I blame? Tonight, we all serve our Lord with our lives! Do you have any complaints?"
The dim moonlight shone on everyone's faces, still blurry.
Han Dang knew many of them, because he and Cheng Pu had always been the ones to check the selection of the Tiger Roar Camp.
But now he still couldn't distinguish their appearance, he could only see clearly a pair of twinkling eyes.
Everyone clasped their fists and worshiped: "I will have no regrets even if I die!"
Han Dang nodded and said lightly: "Okay!"
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When receiving the news that the left wing was ambushed, Shen Lang discussed with several family heads and ordered the left wing to increase its preparedness. The coalition forces should not pay too much attention to it and continue to pursue Sun Ce.
They believed that this was Sun Ce's chess piece left to hold them back. If they searched extensively, they would have fallen into Sun Ce's trick.
The night is as dark as ink, just like the mood of the family heads at this time.
how so?
More than 10,000 people surrounded and suppressed Sun Ce, which was a sure thing.
Many of them had already thought of the celebration banquet, of Sun Quan bowing his head and apologizing to the noble family, or of the noble families in each county raising their flags of rebellion, and they broke through Jianye and supported Liu Yao.
But how could it become like this?
Sun Ce is like a loach. He is obviously in this big net, but he can't catch it no matter how hard he is caught. Even the soldiers and horses around him are fighting more and more!
The remaining six to seven thousand troops also chased here, which was already their family's wealth. They no longer cared about hiding their secrets or preserving their strength. The heads of the families ordered them to go up the mountain to pursue them, and they wanted to kill Sun Ce at all costs.
!
Everyone was scared.
However, it didn't take long for them to discover a simple truth: the faster they rush, the slower they go.
Each attack by the Tiger Roar Camp cost the coalition forces dozens of lives, which was really a drop in the bucket for the nearly tens of thousands of coalition forces that were here and now.
But what about three times, four times, ten times, or a dozen times?
More than six hundred of them have died.
Who wants to wait to die?
Whenever the left wing was attacked, they would fight back with bows, arrows and hand crossbows while slowly retreating to the right wing. Those who only had swords in their hands would be even more decisive. When they saw something bad, they would immediately turn around and run away.
Fear is contagious.
For a moment, there seemed to be a spectacle of tens of thousands of people being chased by hundreds of people.
Ridiculous!
"Catch them! Kill them!"
Shen Lang's eyes were red and his face was ferocious. The heads of the aristocratic families also realized that if they didn't kill this tiger with its claws and teeth, pursuing him would be a joke. Fortunately, they only had more than 300 people.
"Let everyone surround you, don't give them a chance, and try to eliminate them as quickly as possible."
After receiving the order, the coalition forces changed their direction of advance. Countless torches searched the left wing. The large number of friendly troops gave them courage, and the mouse turned into a cat.
"Over here!" A group of troops from the coalition forces discovered the Tiger Roar Camp and shouted while pursuing them.
The Tiger Roaring Battalion quickly retreated while firing sporadically with crossbows.
The enemy was extremely jealous when they met, and was attacked by the Tiger Roar Battalion hiding in the dark. The fear of the coalition forces has now turned into anger.
"Don't let them run away!" The coalition forces of five and six hundred aristocratic families were in hot pursuit.
"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!"
A torch in the dark is the best target.
Another burst of arrows struck from the side, which stunned the allied forces of the aristocratic families who were focused on the front. The team was cut off in the middle by the arrows. Everyone took cover and the team was divided into two halves.
The more than 300 members of the Tiger Roar Battalion who had been fleeing now drew their swords and came back to fight. The more than 200 aristocratic family coalition troops in the first half of the team were quickly eaten by the Tiger Roar Battalion, leaving no bones left.
"withdraw!"
Soon, everyone in the Tiger Roar Camp disappeared into the night again.
The allied forces of the aristocratic families who were hiding behind the tree did not dare to come forward to pursue him. They did not know whether the crossbow arrows above their heads were gone.
Many people and horses heard the noise and gradually appeared in the field of vision.
Chapter completed!