At some point, a dark cloud floated over the sky, hiding the crescent moon behind his huge body. The already very faint moonlight on the ground was completely covered.

The soldiers walking on the winding mountain road suddenly made a noise. Although the voices of these people gradually lowered with the strong shouts of the officers, on this quiet night, the sound of the sound just now spread across the mountain and spread far away to the distance.

Seeing this situation, Jiang Tao's heart couldn't help but thrust his heart, and at the same time, he secretly scolded God for deliberately teasing him, asking him to lead a army of 10,000 to be trapped on the mountain road on this dark night. The current situation made them in a dilemma. They were stuck on the sheep intestinal path halfway up the mountain. I don't know what to do. On this steep mountain road, if there was no faint moonlight just now, they would not dare to move at all. Otherwise, if a person falls off and falls down a cliff dozens of feet high, it is not a single person. It is a chain reaction. If the trouble is not good, thousands of people will be lost. Therefore, the officers with some experience are ordering their subordinates to be calm and wait quietly for the moon to emerge again.

It seemed as if God had sensed their prayers, and the dark clouds left them in a short time. Everyone who had adapted to the darkness suddenly felt a light in front of them, and the clear mountain path appeared again in front of everyone.

However, some people with very sensitive vision immediately felt something abnormal, as if something was vaguely shaking on the top of the mountain above their heads.

However, their doubts were immediately interrupted by others who were urging them to travel, so this abnormality did not leave any deep impression on them.

Soon, the troops gradually returned to normal. Under the leadership of the vanguard troops who were the first to open the way, the road became more and more difficult as they climbed higher and higher. From time to time, there were bushes of shrubs blocking their way, and these difficulties were overcome by them in every way.

Gradually, the troops began to walk downwards. In front, at the foot of the mountain not far away, there was a flat valley. The peaks on both sides were steep and towering, and the peaks were covered with pine trees that survived tenaciously.

Seeing that there was no need to walk the male mountain road, many people couldn't help but cheer in a low voice. Under the leadership of the troops in front, the large army accelerated their pace and quickly reached the foot of the mountain, and began to smoothly pass through the narrow valley.

I don’t know what happened, but Zhongtian, who was at the forefront of the army, felt a strong feeling of uneasiness. The high mountains on both sides completely blocked the faint moonlight, and the rocky shadows gave a very depressing feeling. At present, they judged the road entirely by the flowing stream under their feet. As for where this stream leads, no one knows, but it is certain that the direction they are walking is the road down the mountain. As long as the direction is correct, there will always be a time to walk out of the valley. Logically speaking, everything is normal at present, but the more you move forward, the stronger the feeling of uneasiness in Zhongtian. Finally, he could no longer bear the pressure in his heart and still stopped moving forward.

The more than 2,000 soldiers under his command must have followed him. Seeing that he stopped, everyone stopped and turned their heads to him. Although the sky was dark and they could not see the eyes of their subordinates all day long, it was certain that those were all a look of doubt.

Their troops were walking in a relatively high position, so when they stopped, the large troops behind also stopped moving forward. Only the vanguard troops in front seemed to have not noticed the actions of the army behind and continued to rush forward in a hurry, and disappeared from everyone's sight in a blink of an eye.

A series of low and anxious voices came from behind one by one, and in a short while it reached Chengtian's ears. It was an inquiry from the Central Army, and the reason for the previous report to stop.

In fact, the reason why he stopped all day was a subconscious action, not because he discovered anything. However, since the Central Army's inquiry had already come down, if he didn't answer it well, he would be more beautiful after going back this time. Therefore, he hated and spread the news he made up as if it were later: "The terrain here is steep and is very suitable for ambushing the opponent's army. In this case, once our army is trapped in this valley, it will inevitably be wiped out. Therefore, I asked the vanguard troops to go first, and our large troops can pass by when they have nothing to do."

Soon, his words were quickly passed to Jiang Tao, the central army. He had been in the army for many years and was familiar with military tactics, of course he knew the situation in front of him. If the other party really had an ambush here, he would not expect to escape. Therefore, he was a little satisfied with the temporary decision of Zhengtian. After a brief consideration, he issued an order to rest for a while.

Unexpectedly, a reason he made up temporarily made Jiang Tao agree. This made Chengtian an unexpected surprise. In addition, the depression caused by the steep environment just now was diluted a lot. The troops had been marching for two hours, and took this opportunity to give them a rest. Fortunately, the soldiers of his troops were wearing clothes that were dried during the day, unlike other soldiers who had just landed, and now they were still falling from water droplets. Therefore, after hearing the orders from Chengtian, they happily led the troops to squeeze into a pile and sat down.

But at this moment, a sound of war drums suddenly came from the front, and then there was a terrifying cry of killing.

The people who had just sat down were frightened and bounced up from the ground. They held their waist knives and looked nervously at the dark valley ahead, wondering what to do.

Chengtian was also shocked and sweated. He did not expect that what he said casually would become a reality. He heard the shouts of killing in front of him, and it would be better for the enemy to touch 20,000 to 30,000 troops to create such a momentum. Fortunately, he stopped in time after feeling something was wrong, otherwise it would be a fate to join the vanguard troops in front. In this narrow valley, there was no room for maneuver. The soldiers at the bottom of the canyon were simply lambs to be slaughtered and had no power to fight back. Therefore, even if he led his troops to kill, he could only increase casualties. The enemy was on the top of the cliff, and no matter how many people he went up, he could not reach the other side's hair. Therefore, the first thought that emerged from Chengtian's mind was to retreat.

It seems that Jiang Tao's thoughts are too similar to those of Tiantian today. When he had the idea of ​​retreating all day long and was about to let the soldiers squeeze back from the edges of the cliffs on both sides, he saw the large army turning back as a whole and began to retreat slowly.

Now, Shantian was both surprised and happy. What was happy was that Jiang Tao decided to retreat so quickly. What was shocked was that his troops had now become a defender, and behind him was an enemy army that was like a wolf or a tiger. In this unfamiliar environment, it was not a very pleasant thing to be chased by the other party.

This army of more than 10,000 people, except for the three thousand vanguard troops surrounded by the enemy, the remaining more than 7,000 people turned around and retreated in this narrow valley. Fortunately, everyone was lightly equipped and had nothing else except a waist knife in their hands. Therefore, the retreat was quite fast. In a short time, the original team had already seen the hillside opposite under the bright moonlight.

But they never expected that there would be an ambush from each other where they had just walked past.

With a low drum sound, everyone's past suddenly became bright, and at the exit of the valley, a dazzling light suddenly lit up. The light was so bright that the soldiers who had already adapted to the darkness suddenly disappeared. In front of this sudden ambush, the soldiers who were temporarily blind were in panic. A feeling of the arrival of the world surged into their hearts, causing them to turn around and run backwards involuntarily.

But facing the dense army behind, how could they run over? So, in the chaos of the troops at the front, the soldiers were crowded and pushed each other, many people were seriously injured and died of death. In just a few minutes, the entire vanguard army was in a mess, causing them to completely lose their combat effectiveness. What he could do now is to squeeze back desperately to gain a temporary psychological sense of security - this sudden searchlight hit them with too much mental blow to them, and the temporary blindness caused them to lose their minds. In the absence of reason, the instinct to survive made them the root of the chaos in the army.

Li Ming, who personally led his troops to ambush these uninvited guests, did not expect that dozens of portable searchlights could make the opponent's troops in chaos. He was just now ready to fight with the opponent, but now it seems that the enemy's troops have completely lost their combat power, which made him not know what to do for a moment, so he rushed up like this? This is not in line with his original intention. He originally wanted to fight a beautiful ambush battle and let the Ranger's crossbow make another great contribution on this battlefield. If he rushed forward to fight, wouldn't he be abandoned by his strengths? Therefore, in short,

After thinking about it, Li Ming decided to follow the original plan. After ordering the troops to take their place and set up the formation, they quietly waited for the enemy's counterattack. In fact, the only ones attacking the opponent's troops were Li Ming's more than 30 personal guards and masters such as the Saint Wang, Zhuang Ya, and Chen Yu. They used the steep mountain to forcefully knock down the rocks on the cliff, and then let the drummers who were ambushing the mountainside in advance beat the drum hard, creating the illusion of a large army ambushing the enemy, allowing them to quickly retreat, while Li Ming's large army took the opportunity to block their retreat and ambush them.

Although theoretically, ambushing in the valley is the best solution, in fact, this section of the valley is steep and normal people cannot climb, let alone attacking on the mountainside. Except for some martial arts people, ordinary soldiers cannot complete this task. Therefore, Li Mingcai set up suspicious soldiers in the valley, making them afraid to advance. He set up a formation on the hillside behind them, and used the trumpet-shaped terrain that entered the valley to fully utilize the advantages of crossbow arrow strikes and prepare to attack them all in one fell swoop.

Although the panic and chaos caused by Li Ming's searchlight to the opponent's troops was very strong, the opponent's team was very long after all, and the one that could really affect was the hundreds of people in front. Therefore, after a brief chaos and congestion, the large troops in the rear gradually controlled the situation ahead. Under the strong organization of several officers, the large enemy troops gradually calmed down. At this time, Jiang Tao, who was in the central army, also crawled in front.

Hearing the report of his subordinates and seeing the dark figure on the opposite hillside, Jiang Tao felt completely desperate. Judging from the movements in the valley just now, the number of enemy ambushers will definitely not be small. Forcing a breakout in such a narrow place is no different from going to die. Therefore, he must not retreat at present. Although the ambush in front of him is also amazing, it is an empty place. As long as his troops forcibly rush out of the mountain pass in front of him, he can fight to the death with the opponent's death with excellent weapons and the courage to die. At that time, it is really possible that who will win.

So, after a brief thought, Jiang Tao immediately organized the first group of suicide squads to prepare a quick commando position, and at the same time, he also tested the combat effectiveness of the opponent's army so that he could arrange a more reasonable combat method himself.

Although he knew that he would die if he rushed out, the well-trained dead soldiers still showed strong combat power. With Jiang Tao's order, the vanguards shouted neatly, raised their waist swords in their hands and ran towards the exit of the valley.

Seeing that the enemy stopped the panic of the troops in such a short time and began to organize an effective attack, even Li Ming couldn't help but admire the other party's commander. Good commanders can only reflect their value on the battlefield, which is exactly the quality that Li Ming's current officers lack.

The team of soldiers ran very fast, with a distance of more than 100 meters, and it took more than thirty seconds to get under their feet. Soon, they rushed into the trumpet at the entrance of the valley.

Li Ming sighed slightly, shook his head as if he couldn't bear it, raised his right hand and waved it gently.

As a war drum sounded, the rangers who had already prepared pulled the trigger in their hands at the dead soldiers who rushed out of the valley.

A neat whistle sound passed by the quiet night sky. With just this sound, the rain of arrows covered the exit of the entire valley. Then, the dead soldiers who were running out suddenly fell to the ground, none of them spared.

Jiang Tao, who was standing in the valley watching the results of the battle, was immediately shocked. He originally thought that his 300-man vanguard could fight with the other party for a while, but he did not expect that they would be shot and killed without even touching the other party's shadow. It seems that the enemy wants to use bows and arrows to destroy their troops. Judging from the density of the attacks of the bows and arrows just now, the opponent's archers must account for the majority. So, how many arrows did they bring? How long can they last for a bow and arrow strike of this density? After seeing the opponent's combat method, Jiang Tao began to consider specific countermeasures.

After the first round of attacks, the enemy shrank into the valley and stopped coming out. This made Li Ming feel a little strange. Are the enemy scared? Judging from the momentum of the first charge, it is not like that at all. So, what will the enemy do? It is about to dawn, and the situation is even more unfavorable to them. Once he brings a large army to completely surround them, they have no hope of escaping. If he wants to make the other party's commander, he will never choose to stay in the valley to resist stubbornly. Therefore, Li Ming estimated that the other party's commander must have some wonderful countermeasures. Thinking of this, Li Ming couldn't help but feel a little excited.

Just as Li Ming was waiting a little impatiently, the enemy's second attack finally began again.

However, this time, only more than a hundred people rushed out of the enemy. They raised their waist knives and rushed out of the valley with loud shouts, and rushed towards Li Ming's position.

Li Ming was stunned for a moment, more than one hundred people? Didn’t the other commander see the strength he showed just now? The more than three hundred people just now could not stop his crossbow attack, let alone more than one hundred people? Thinking of this, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth. It seemed that the other commander was experimenting with a new breakthrough plan. Although he had not seen it yet, he must have his own countermeasures. It seemed that he had really encountered an opponent.

Although he thought so, Li Ming, a hundred soldiers, still did not intend to let go. With his right hand waving again, the hundred people fell not far from the first group of suicide squadrons.

What puzzled Li Ming next was that the enemy's commander sent three consecutive suicide squads of more than 100 people. Of course, these people were all in a pool of blood under the attack of the Rangers.

Suddenly, Li Ming understood the other commander's thoughts, which made him feel ashamed and admired.

The plan for attacking crossbows is to be practiced in advance. After the Rangers fixed a position, the direction and angle of the crossbows in their hands were fixed. Such a ranger team with a square array could cover and strike a fixed area. But the problem now is that the rangers' formations are fixed. Once they temporarily change the direction of the strike, the entire covered area will change. Therefore, every time they shoot, the rangers will have to fire a crossbow. They do not aim directly at the enemy, but use the arc attack of the crossbows to carry out large-scale deep attacks on the enemy.

But in this way, the contradiction arises. No matter how many people the enemy enters the attack area, his own square formation will have to be launched in one round. The opponent's commander obviously takes advantage of his own loophole and sends 100 suicide squadrons to die each time in order to consume his crossbow arrows. This method may be really useful for ordinary bows and arrows, because under normal circumstances, each archer's arrow bag can only carry at most twenty bows and arrows, and no matter how many, there will be no place to carry them. Therefore, if you strike like this, at most twenty rounds, the archer will inevitably run out of arrows. By then, the price of one or two thousand people will be exchanged for hand-to-hand combat with the opponent. This loss is very worthwhile for them who have been trapped in the valley.

However, they encountered Li Ming, and the rangers attacked them.

Under normal circumstances, each Ranger must carry four crossbow arrows, which is enough to cause difficult-to-heal his enemies. You must know that a total of sixty crossbow arrows, with precise strikes, can cause at least more than fifty casualties to the opponent. For any unit, I am afraid that it will not be willing to encounter them.

Since he saw through the thoughts of the other commander, Li Ming disdained that his troops could carry out sixty rounds of cover strikes, which would be enough to eliminate more than 6,000 enemies. I believe that the other commander could not withstand such a strike.

Thinking of this, he suddenly had another thought.

So, after a round of strikes, he issued a new order to which battalion of rangers: "From now on, the attack plan is divided into two. If you hear the gong, the rangers in the first row will aim and shoot the enemy directly, and the rangers in the back row will be on standby. If you hear the drum sound, cover the attack according to the original plan." Originally, Li Ming did not need to pay attention to the other party, but although the crossbow arrows can be reused after they are recovered, there will still be some loss. Moreover, Li Ming did not want the other party to send soldiers to die. Although he had already lost the kindness to the enemy, he was still a little uncomfortable to let him slaughter soldiers who had no power to fight back. He was afraid of being able to beat the other party earlier, and letting them surrender earlier was Li Ming's real goal.

In the valley, Jiang Tao, who had been counting the opponent's attacks silently, suddenly found that the enemy had changed its attack method. When his small army rushed out, the enemy no longer covered the attacks on a large scale, but became direct shooting. As waves of blood flashed through the chests of the suicide squad members, Jiang Tao was surprised to find that the opponent's officer seemed to have seen through his intentions. Judging from the accuracy of the enemy's archers' strike, if he continued like this, the entire army would probably be buried in his hands. Due to the long distance and the moonlight was very dark, Jiang Tao never saw clearly that Li Ming's troops were using crossbow arrows, not long bows and arrows.

Since the opponent's intention to consume the opponent's attack was discovered by the opponent, Jiang Tao did not need to send troops to die. Therefore, after ordering the troops to sort out the formation, Jiang Tao stopped the attack order, and the boring offensive and defensive battle between the two sides came to an end for the time being. Only the corpses and crossbow arrows at the entrance of the valley were still faithfully recording the massacre that happened in this place just now.

The sky gradually became brighter. Although the valley was still very dark, at least the other party's expression could be seen clearly. On the opposite hillside, under the morning glow, the neat formation of the enemy army appeared clearly in the eyes of the soldiers trapped in the valley.

Faced with this situation, Jiang Tao had completely lost the courage to attack. The difference in strength between the two sides was so great that he had never expected in advance. In such an unfavorable situation, if he ordered the soldiers to die, he would really feel a little ashamed of his old subordinates who had been for many years.
Chapter completed!