mtl008 Chapter 198 Launching a Raid
Chapter 198 Launching a Raid
The five soldiers and Han Zhibai stayed in the dark and observed secretly for a while before returning to the camp.
After returning, Han Zhibai had his hands and feet tied with ropes, and several soldiers took him into a shed.
In the shed, Li Benfu and others had their hands and feet tied up. Han Zhibai came in and saw them. He nodded at them, indicating that things had been done as planned.
Everyone was kept under strict guard in the shed.
On the other hand, the confidant reported what he saw in the narrow passage to Lord Peng. At the end, he expressed his own opinion:
"Although this group of people are holding envelopes, they chose to show up at this critical moment. I'm afraid there must be something fishy going on. I suspect they are in the same group."
Lord Peng said calmly: "Whether they are in the same group or not, we will know later. Inform them and be prepared for the battle!"
In the evening, when it was getting dark, three wounded men suddenly arrived at the reinforcement camp. Holding official seals, they indicated that they were sent by Qian Zhongsheng to meet the reinforcements. They said in a very emotional voice:
"We have been in Niutou Mountain for a few days and finally found you. Fortunately, we have accomplished our mission.
Lord Peng, the mountains are high and the road is long. This journey is full of dangers and we have lost many people.
An hour ago, we were walking in the forest when we were suddenly attacked by a group of ferocious wolves. The brothers were trapped in the valley and fought hard, their lives hanging by a thread. After discussion, we decided that they would protect a few of us while we escaped and sought help from reinforcements. "
"Then the situation is very critical." Lord Peng pretended to be shocked, and glanced at the injuries of the three people with cold eyes. The injuries looked serious, but not fatal.
The three of them nodded eagerly, "We hope Lord Peng can lead the troops to rescue us!"
Lord Peng did not hesitate and ordered his confidant: "Send a hundred elite soldiers to reinforce."
When the three heard this, they quickly exchanged glances. According to what they had seen during the past few days of surveillance, the total number of reinforcements was more than 300. Only a part of them had been sent at this time. It was less than the total number, but it was much more than they had imagined, which was 100 people.
They can kill these one hundred people first, and then follow the same method to lure another group of people into the trap. The more reinforcements die, the more advantageous it will be for them.
Soon, Lord Peng's confidant followed the three men with a hundred soldiers.
An hour later, the group arrived near the narrow passage. One of the three pointed to the narrow passage ahead and said, "Just walk a little further through this passage and you'll be there."
"Is that so?" Lord Peng's confidant smiled grimly, raised his knife and slashed, and a head fell to the ground.
When he took action, the two soldiers beside him reacted quickly and killed the other two bandits.
At the same time, on the top of Yixiantian Mountain, the ambushing bandits saw the soldiers right at the entrance of Yixiantian Mountain. They thought their conspiracy had succeeded and smiled happily on their faces.
There were large rocks placed not far behind them. All they had to do was wait for the right moment and push them down manually to kill the people underneath.
However, the next second, in the dim night, figures surging forward appeared in various places on the mountain. They approached the bandits silently in a circle.
When they were very close, some of the bandits realized something was wrong. Before they could even shout or resist, their necks were slashed by the long sword.
Hearing the faint sound coming from above, Lord Peng's confidants led their troops to retreat from the spot, far away from the narrow gap, and went to the woods behind.
As soon as they arrived, torches lit up in the forest, illuminating the surroundings. Among the soldiers, Lord Peng walked slowly in the middle.
After a while, a group of soldiers came down the mountain with a few survivors.
They tortured the survivors severely and found that their statements about the events at the mountain stronghold were almost the same as those said by Han Zhibai.
At this point, Lord Peng had an idea in mind, so he ordered his men to kill the survivors and return to the garrison to untie Han Zhibai and the others and restore their freedom.
After a night's rest, at dawn the next day, they packed up their things and, led by Han Zhibai, took a shortcut to Lianfeng Mountain.
After eleven days of non-stop travel, they finally arrived at the mountain next to Lianfeng Mountain Village.
They rested for a few hours during the day, and at night, the troops, guided by the moonlight, quietly marched towards the stronghold.
Two hours later, around midnight, the troops arrived near the outskirts of the mountain stronghold.
On the way here, Li Weikang and Chen Dawei drew a detailed layout of the village. Some entrances and exits were hidden in the dark, which they did not know until Qian Yurou told them.
According to the layout map, Lord Peng had already arranged the battle strategy during the day.
By the second half of the night, everything was quiet. It was the time of the day when people were easily tired and wanted to sleep. The soldiers went to their respective positions as planned.
Everyone took their positions, and several groups of soldiers knocked down all the people patrolling outside the village and guarding the gate of the village, and Lord Peng led his troops to launch a surprise attack.
As the clanging sounds of weapons clashed, the dark rooms in the village began to light up, the doors opened, and people filed out. When they saw the scene outside, some were so scared that they screamed and hid back in the house, some fled in all directions, and some turned pale and rushed forward with their weapons in hand.
In a house, Qian Yurou looked out through a cracked window. Under the warm yellow firelight, her pale face was flushed with excitement. She said with a smile, "I'm here, finally here, Xiaomei. It's very chaotic outside. Let's block the door. Don't go out yet!"
The two of them worked together to move the heavy objects and block the door.
After moving, Qian Yurou turned around, leaned against the heavy object behind her, and stared at the gap in the window with her red eyes. Tears fell like beads from a broken string, and in an instant, a small spot on her chest was wet.
The bloodless lips trembled and opened, revealing a faint smile of relief from the pain and torture, and the voice was neither sad nor happy:
"It's all over. Who said we can't go back? Look, I can take you and dad back soon. We can go back together."
After saying that, she fell to the ground softly, "Wuwuwu——"
outside.
Amid the chaos and fighting, Han Zhibai, Li Benfu and others stayed outside the village. After the riot broke out, the refugees heard the noise and ran out, and ran to the open space, where they were surrounded by them. Once they found bandits among the refugees looking for opportunities to cause trouble, they would immediately kill them.
Normal refugees would have no time to hide when faced with such a situation, let alone dare to approach the officers and soldiers. Anyone who moves unusually at this time obviously has ulterior motives.
In an inconspicuous corner, a stealthy figure quietly moved towards the periphery of the refugee crowd.
Li Weisheng saw it and pointed at the man, like a hunter seeing his prey, with a dangerous light flashing in his eyes, "It's him!"
Han Zhibai, who was standing next to him, looked over, his eyes flashed, he raised the bow and arrow in his hand, aimed, and shot with a whoosh, the arrow hitting the man in the back.
"what--"
Feeling the pain, the man yelled twice and ran forward desperately, but he didn't know that the arrows behind him were targeting him and were about to shoot at him.
One arrow hit the shoulder blade and the other hit the hind leg.
Li Weishen ran over and grabbed the man by the collar. As his head slowly raised up, Qian Wentao's face, grimacing in pain, was revealed.
The other companions saw it and exclaimed in unison: "It's that beast Qian Wentao!"