Chapter 129 Sweeping Mines in the Snow
Outside Yanmen Pass, at Shili Slope.
This is a vast snowfield, seemingly flat and harmless, but in reality, it hides deadly dangers.
The snow covered the horses' hooves, concealing all traces of evil.
"stop--!"
Tie Kui reined in his horse, his brow furrowed as he looked at the vast expanse of white before him.
According to the scouts' old intelligence, this area was the Northern Rong people's favorite place to ambush.
A few days ago, several brothers inexplicably broke their horse legs here, and some even had their soles pierced by poisoned hidden weapons.
"princess……"
Tie Kui turned around and looked at Tang Li, who was riding a mare and following in the middle of the group. Although his tone was respectful, he could not hide his worry:
"There's a minefield ahead. Are we really going to rely on this...this pack of dogs to scout ahead?"
Behind him was not a majestic cavalry formation, but a group with an extremely peculiar style—
More than twenty local dogs and wolfhounds of various shapes and sizes were frolicking in the snow with their tongues lolling out.
Some of them were sniffing each other's butts, while others were rolling around in the snow. They didn't look like proper "special forces" at all.
"Don't worry, General Tie."
Tang Li tightened her cloak around her neck, looking at the one-eyed old dog leading the pack with eyes full of trust:
"Their noses are more useful than our eyes."
She whistled a short, sharp whistle.
[One-eyed! Work has begun!]
Remember! You absolutely must stop that idiot who wants to step on the landmine!
The one-eyed old dog at the front twitched its ears and immediately dropped its playful grin.
[Woof! My little ones! Time to get to work!]
For the big bones! For the broth! Charge!
The pack of dogs scattered instantly, like a handful of beans being thrown out, advancing forward in a fan shape.
They stopped frolicking and instead lowered their bodies, their noses almost touching the snow, carefully sniffing every inch of the ground.
The black-armored guards followed behind, barely daring to breathe, each gripping their spears nervously.
"Woof! Woof woof!"
A large black dog running on the far left suddenly stopped.
It barked rapidly and wildly at a seemingly ordinary patch of snow in front of it.
A young cavalryman was preparing to ride past.
Seeing this, the big black dog panicked, pounced on the cavalryman, and bit down hard on the stirrup, forcibly stopping the horse.
"You beast! Let go!"
The cavalryman was furious and raised his whip to strike.
"stop!"
Tang Li shouted sharply and spurred her horse to the scene: "It's saving your life! Dig! Dig right where it's yelling!"
The cavalryman paused for a moment, puzzled, but still dismounted, took the shovel, and carefully dug away the layer of snow.
They dug less than half a foot deep.
"hiss--"
A collective gasp immediately filled the air.
Beneath the snow, a row of fist-sized barbed wire spikes was clearly visible!
This thing was crafted with extreme malice; its four spikes were spread out in a cross shape, and the tips glowed with a faint blue light—that was a deadly poison.
If a horse were to step on it, it would surely tear the skin and flesh, and the poison would reach the heart. If a person were to step on it, that foot would be completely ruined.
"It really exists!"
The cavalryman was terrified and broke out in a cold sweat. His eyes changed instantly when he saw the big black dog wagging its tail at his feet, eager to show off.
He crouched down and stroked the dog's head, his voice trembling:
"Good dog... what a good dog! If you hadn't stopped me, my legs would be ruined!"
[Woof! Nonsense! I'm after the bones!] The big black dog proudly raised its head.
With the first discovery made, the rest followed naturally.
Woof! There's one here too!
"Woof! There's a tripwire here!" "Woof woof woof! There's a big pit here! It's full of spikes!"
On the once silent snowfield, the incessant barking of dogs became the most melodious alarm.
Wherever the dogs stopped, the soldiers would go up and dig, and they were sure to find something deadly.
Barbed caltrops, tripwires, animal traps, horse pits...
The inescapable net that the Northern Rong people had laid out on this ten-mile slope was as clear as lice on a bald man's head in front of these keen-nosed dogs!
The black-armored guards followed behind the dog, digging and throwing things along the way.
Those traps that would have made it impossible for the army to move an inch were cleared out one by one and thrown into the roadside ditches.
The army's marching speed was not affected at all, and was even faster than usual!
...
Meanwhile, not far from Shilipo, in a dense forest on a high hill.
A group of Northern Rong soldiers, clad in white camouflage, lay prone in a snowdrift, intently watching the road below.
"Boss, they're here!"
"Hehe, once these swine bastards get into Shili Slope, our traps will cripple half of their horses!"
The Northern Rong leader grinned maliciously, gripping his scimitar tightly, waiting to witness the tragic scene of men and horses falling to the ground.
A quarter of an hour passed.
Half an hour has passed.
The Dasheng army below continued its steady advance; not a single scream was heard, nor was a single horse seen to fall.
Those Dasheng soldiers seemed to have X-ray vision!
Wherever they went, they stopped, then precisely dug out the traps they had painstakingly laid all night from the snow, tossed them aside, and continued swaggering onward!
Some soldiers even fed dried meat to the stray dogs leading the way as they walked!
"This...how is this possible?!"
The Northern Rong leader's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets; he rubbed them hard.
"How did they know where the traps were? The snow is so thick, even I can't remember the exact location, how could they possibly see them?"
"Sorcery! This is definitely sorcery!"
The soldier next to him trembled with fear: "Boss, did the Dasheng people hire a sorcerer? Or do they have clairvoyance?"
Watching his meticulously arranged killing formation being cleaned up like trash, the Northern Rong leader felt a chill run from the soles of his feet straight to the top of his head.
How can we fight this battle? All the traps are useless. Are we supposed to charge down and fight the Black Armor Guards hand-to-hand?
"Retreat...retreat quickly!"
The leader, without hesitation and with a look of terror on his face, issued the order to retreat:
"Go back and tell the commander-in-chief! There's a master in the Great Sheng army! Our traps... have all been seen through!"
At the foot of the mountain.
Tie Kui looked at the cleaned-up road, glanced back at the "heroes" gnawing on bones, and then at Tang Li, who sat calmly on horseback.
He took a deep breath and roared at the soldiers behind him:
"Brothers! The road is open!"
"This path was cleared for us by the Princess and her divine dog!"
"Full speed ahead! Slaughter those Northern Rong barbarians who only know how to use dirty tricks!"
"kill--!!!"
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