Chapter 434 [Cat and Mouse Game]

Jiang Lili poked her head out from under the heavy protection of five Xin family soldiers. "Panda's subordinate, Rat, has already gone to investigate. Once he finds their trace, Rat will lead the way for Xin Che, and Xin Che will lead his troops to stop them."

Wen Qiao felt refreshed when she saw that her cheap brother-in-law was not around Jiang Lili. She jokingly said, "No wonder I didn't see your bodyguard sticking around you today."

Jiang Lili hugged her backpack tightly, blushing slightly. "Don't tease me, I can protect myself! I won't hold the team back!"

Wen Qiao shrugged: "It's okay, it's the same as if I'm here."

"Set off!"

On the way, Wen Qiao observed today's weather conditions. It was cloudy, humid, the soil was damp, and the road was a bit slippery.

Looking through a telescope at this time, one can faintly see the edge of the eastern rainforest. Observing from a distance, the rainforest is completely silent, without even a trace of flying birds.

She discussed with Jiang Lilisheng Zhixing, "Why don't we act after dark? We have animals to lead the way and infrared equipment, so surprise attacks are very advantageous at night."

Sheng Zhixing agreed deeply after hearing this: "I think this proposal is feasible!"

Jiang Lili absolutely agreed with the commander's order: "I will sort out the infrared equipment and distribute it to the team leaders of each team."

In this raid, the eldest prince brought one hundred Xin family soldiers and two thousand foreign soldiers. The two thousand soldiers were divided into one hundred groups, each led by a Xin family soldier.

These Xin family soldiers are brothers who have been through thick and thin with Xin Che, and even after Xin Che was exiled, they still followed Xin Che wholeheartedly. They can be completely trusted, so Jiang Lili and others have been training them to use modern equipment for combat.

Taking Sheng Zhixing's physical condition into consideration, Panda said, "Old Sheng and I will set up a temporary camp on the edge of the rainforest. We'll be responsible for organizing the intelligence reported by our animal friends and dispatching our animal troops."

[Once you're confident you've captured the eldest prince, we'll send Old Sheng over to teach this rebellious son a lesson!]

"Okay, then let's wait until dark and have the animal sentinels observe the situation at the Crown Prince's place."

Wen Qiao felt very at ease when he saw his classmates with clear division of labor and full sense of accomplishment. This kind of team atmosphere makes people feel strong.

Jiang Lili and others felt the same way. It was great to be able to fight side by side with partners they had known for many years.

An hour later, everyone arrived at the edge of the rainforest, found a secluded location, and began to build a temporary camp.

The animals around Panda whose hometown is in the eastern rainforest are now dredging the fish to return to the sea. Their figures disappear into the rainforest one after another, and they go to contact their relatives and friends.

*

In the eastern rainforest.

The rainforest, which was originally sparsely populated, was now filled with people hiding everywhere. In just one day, the eldest prince's subordinates had set up various traps in the rainforest. If anyone broke in, they would die if they were not careful!

In front of the bonfire, the subordinates of the eldest prince Sheng Wei handed over five skewers of roasted grasshoppers: "Eldest prince, please have something to eat."

Sheng Wei glanced at the fried grasshoppers, a look of deep disgust on his face.

The guards around the eldest prince stared at the five skewers of roasted grasshoppers and swallowed their saliva quietly.

They had been in the rainforest all day, their supplies were gone, and everyone was starving.

At first, some people were able to hunt rabbits, pheasants and other game, and one piece of game was enough for two people to share.

But there were a total of 4,000 people hiding in the rainforest, including 700 to 800 wounded. Everyone was exhausted after the battle of Anemone City. If two people were to share a pheasant, 2,000 pheasants would be needed, which was no different from a swarm of locusts.

At the end of the day, all the animals in the rainforest seemed to have disappeared, as if they were deliberately avoiding them, and no one knew where they had hidden themselves.

The eldest prince's people could only pick some wild fruits and fry some insects to fill their stomachs. Except for the eldest prince, no one was full.

"Guji~"

When Sheng Wei was hesitating about frying the insects, his stomach growled loudly. The other lieutenants pretended not to hear and looked up at the sky or the ground.

He couldn't help but snatch the five skewers of fried insects and asked as he ate, "Why is there no news about the five thousand men who were sent out to retake the camp?"

The deputy general quickly reassured him, "Maybe they're on their way to deliver supplies to us."

"Don't worry, First Prince. Five thousand men against the Third Prince's thousand men, who are nothing compared to him. How can we lose?"

Sheng Wei nodded. "Come to think of it. If I can't even win, I might as well not live anymore."

He then asked, "What about the other 5,000 people who came to support us?"

The deputy general pulled out a small note from a carrier pigeon from his sleeve. "I came here for this very purpose. A quarter of an hour ago, we received a message from a carrier pigeon saying they are only thirty miles away from the eastern rainforest. If we hold out a little longer, they will be here with supplies!"

The soldiers around were encouraged by the news.

Sheng Wei's expression finally brightened a bit: "Alright, spread this news quickly to boost morale!"

*

As time passed, the sun in the sky gradually set in the west, the sky darkened, and dusk enveloped the entire rainforest.

In Jiang Lili and Wenqiao's temporary camp, various animals came out of the rainforest one after another and came to Panda to "report the situation". Some animals even stayed in their camp after reporting the situation and chatted with other animals in the camp.

The makeshift camp suddenly became as lively as a zoo.

Jiang Lili looked at the small animals scrambling to report the news. "How can these animals be so cooperative? It looks like almost all of them are out there, right?"

Panda shook his head in a humane way. "They say the four thousand people hiding in the rainforest have no food, so they're using local resources to plunder the rainforest. They're eating any non-venomous animals, even insects. Everyone's avoiding them, not daring to show their faces."

When they heard we were going to capture these people, everyone became very enthusiastic, asking us to quickly drive away these bad guys who had destroyed their homes.

“It turned out to have caused public outrage.”

Jiang Lili stroked a little squirrel that had jumped onto her shoulder and said, "The eldest prince is indeed guilty of his own evil deeds."

With the active intelligence provided by the animal sentinels, Jiang Lili and the others have learned the specific location of the eldest prince and the distribution of ambushes in the rainforest.

Wait until it's completely dark.

Wen Qiao led his men into action, and under the guidance of the animals, they went into the rainforest separately.

A silent slaughter game is being played.