Dongning Province is sparsely populated and covered with dense forests.

Standing on the hilltop, one can see a dense mass of withered, yellow trees all around. Beneath the trees, fallen leaves cover the ground, and the grass grows in a haphazard, disorderly fashion.

Kulunbu was stunned by what he saw. "Where are the soldiers from Dongning? Why are they running so fast?"

Yes!

Just as Kulunbu and his men came from the valley to the hilltop, the thousands of Dongning soldiers around them had vanished without a trace.

The mountains and forests are dense and boundless.

Hidden in the mountains and forests, it is quite difficult to find them.

"I refuse to believe it!"

Kulunbu's eyes flashed with ruthlessness as he coldly ordered, "Search the mountains! If you find any Dongning people, kill them all, leave no one alive!"

Thousands of grassland bandits and cavalrymen, divided into countless small squads, rode their warhorses into the mountains and forests.

The grassland bandits squinted as they surveyed their surroundings, but they did not see a single Dongning soldier.

Gradually, the search area for the grassland bandits and cavalry expanded.

Meanwhile, the grassland bandits and cavalry became increasingly dispersed.

At this moment, several Dongning soldiers, hiding in the thickets of the forest, squinted at the grassland bandit cavalry riding on horseback not far ahead.

"Captain, five people!"

A soldier whispered a reminder: "There are no other grassland bandits around!"

"Let's take another look!"

The captain took a deep breath and said, "Find the exit route!"

"yes!"

Several soldiers quickly responded.

Immediately, they all began to get busy with their own tasks.

After confirming that there were no other grassland bandits around, the captain whispered, "One person, one of them, and be quick!"

After you're done fighting, don't linger, just leave!

"clear!"

Several soldiers quickly gripped their bows and arrows, aiming through the weeds at the grassland bandit cavalry in the distant mountains and forests.

"beat!"

At the captain's command, several soldiers released their bows.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

The arrow left the bowstring and hurtled through the air!

In an instant, it pierced the chest of the grassland bandit cavalry.

Several grassland bandits were struck by arrows from the shadows and instantly fell off their horses.

One of the grassland bandits, who narrowly escaped being shot, shouted loudly, "We've found the Dongning people! We've found them!"

A commotion arose from the distant mountains and forests.

The sound of hooves thundered as cavalrymen galloped toward them.

When over a hundred cavalrymen arrived, a centurion hurriedly asked, "Where are you?"

"There!"

The grassland bandit cavalryman pointed to the spot where the arrow had come from.

"superior!"

The centurion snorted coldly, and the grassland bandit cavalry around him immediately surrounded him.

However, when they arrived at the patch of grass, they were shocked to find that it was now empty.

It turned out that after the soldiers of the Prince's Palace Guard fired an arrow, they did not hesitate at all and left the place directly along the pre-determined escape route.

Strike once, then move to another location!

This is also the principle of guerrilla warfare in the mountains and forests!

"It's numb!"

The centurion was somewhat angry, and he brandished his scimitar, slashing directly at the weeds.

However, this downward swing of the knife has caused trouble!

The curved blade struck the rope, instantly detonating the thunderbolt hidden beneath the weeds.

boom!

A loud bang instantly killed five or six grassland bandit cavalrymen nearby.

Even the centurion was blown to pieces, beyond recognition, and was dead beyond any doubt.

The explosion in the forest alerted the cavalry of the grassland bandits further away.

In an instant, hundreds of cavalrymen surrounded them.

When they arrived, there was no trace of any Dongning army soldiers left.

"What happened?"

When Kuntai arrived, he immediately asked.

The surrounding cavalry immediately gave a brief report on the situation.

Listening to the report, Kunertai's face darkened, and he had a bad feeling.

Could it be that these Dongning soldiers are just going to play along with them in the mountains and forests?

To Kunertai's surprise, his idea came true!

Shortly after the explosion here, similar tactics were being repeated in the distant mountains and forests.

Dongning is covered with dense forests that stretch for miles.

After breaking into smaller groups and infiltrating the mountains and forests, the Dongning army soldiers were like lone wolves in the forest, hiding in the shadows.

They spotted a lone grassland bandit cavalryman and launched a direct attack, biting through the enemy in one strike.

Like sparrows flying in the mountains and forests, they move about in groups of three or five, unpredictable and ever-changing.

Sometimes they gather together, sometimes they disperse.

They ran incessantly through the mountains and forests, attacking lone grassland bandit cavalrymen.

This tactic is known as "sparrow warfare" in mountain guerrilla warfare!

At first, the grassland bandits and cavalry were somewhat angry, running around in all directions, trying to find the whereabouts of the Dongning army.

However, the guerrilla warfare in the mountains and forests, which began at noon, continued until evening, and the grassland bandits' cavalry had already lost as many as three or four hundred men.

However, the Dongning army did not suffer many casualties.

"It's numb!"

Kulumbu was furious when he heard the news. "Gather everyone and set up camp!"

He knew he couldn't afford to be alone anymore.

Otherwise, in this mountain forest, being slowly bled dry by the Dongning army, even the toughest grassland bandit cavalry would probably not last long!

Under Kulunbu's orders, thousands of steppe bandit cavalrymen split into several groups and set up camp on the spot.

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