Chapter 2256 Ambush (3 more chapters for the reward from the book friend "十年萌萌")
After three or four days of walking, they entered the desert from the Gobi grassland. Master Zhiren said, "I heard from the people in the village that after entering the desert, if we just head north for another three to five days, we will reach Gaochang."
Everyone was invigorated by what they heard and couldn't help but speed up.
After the lunch break, everyone drank some water and began to stagger forward. Manbao was taking a nap in the carriage. Because she was sleepy in the afternoon, her head was nodding. Suddenly, Koko's alarm bells rang. Manbao was startled and raised her head.
Zhou Liru, who was dozing off on the opposite side, was startled. "What's wrong with you, aunt?"
Manbao tilted his head, listening to Keke's emotionless report: "Unidentified forces have been detected within the scanning range, and it is determined that they will have a serious impact on the host's life and safety. Please take emergency measures after receiving the warning. Please take emergency measures after receiving the warning."
Manbao instantly woke up. With a serious face, she asked Keke in her mind, "What force is it?"
Koko said word by word: "Unclear..."
"Is it a human, a wolf, or something else..."
"People," Koko said in more detail, "They're 20 kilometers southwest of the host. Now the distance is only 19 kilometers. There are 189 of them..."
Koko paused, scanning two familiar creatures, and said, "One is someone the host met at the desert inn, and the other is someone he met while suppressing bandits. According to the name recorded in the video, the latter is called Erge."
Manbao immediately opened the curtain and shouted outside: "Enemy attack! General Nie——"
Lieutenant General Nie was startled, and the troops immediately went on alert. Lieutenant General Nie galloped over, but just as he reached them, a scout who had gone out to explore the route returned on a fast horse. He fell off his horse upon reaching them and shouted, "Sir, there's a group coming towards us thirty miles southwest. They're moving very fast and have no flags."
General Nie turned his head and looked at Zhou Man. When he saw her nod, he knew they were talking about the same thing.
He frowned. Without a military flag, they were not from the military camp. In a place like this, they could only be caravans and horse thieves, but they were moving so fast that it was obviously not a caravan.
He scanned the surroundings, immediately selected a location, pointed, and said, "Everyone, speed up and head towards that place. Quick!"
The carriage instantly picked up speed, and the soldiers and guards surrounding it quickly headed in the direction General Nie had pointed. This was a depression with high sand dunes, but they were not in the depression, but on the ridge of the depression.
The high sand dunes facing the south would block the charge of the cavalry. No one dared to ride down from them. If someone came down from them, both the horse and the person would easily fall off.
So they can only come from one direction...
Lieutenant General Nie ordered, "Second Brother Lu, take your men and set up an ambush with tripwires. Be sure to stop the horses ahead."
"yes!"
One of them called his soldiers, took the lasso and ran towards that place.
"Zhang San and Wu Si, bring your bows and arrows and ambush on both sides."
"yes!"
Only then did Lieutenant Nie look at Zhou Man and his companions, who had already dismounted from the carriage and were galloping towards him on their beloved horses. He twitched his lips and ordered, "Everyone, guard the carriage behind."
"yes."
Everyone changed their formation. Most of the soldiers stood in the front, and the carriages were pulled to the back, closely protected by the guards of the Bai and Yin families, with a small number of soldiers stationed on both sides.
General Nie ordered them to protect the drinking water. As for the luggage filled with gold, silver and jewelry, he took a look at Bai Shanhou and asked them to give up. This was agreed upon at the beginning. If they were unlucky enough to encounter horse thieves, they would not have to worry about the luggage. The most important thing was to protect the drinking water, which was their life.
After making the arrangements, he said to Zhou Man and the others standing behind him, "Master Zhou, why don't you get back in the car?"
Manbao refused, "We want to ride horses, and we can escape faster on horses."
"Then you guys go to the back too. It's too dangerous here."
That's no problem, Manbao and the others are very obedient, so they turned around and rode their horses backwards.
The carriages behind were all heading north, but they were on guard towards the southwest. General Nie's order was that if they could not resist, the drivers would take the carriages to the northeast. It didn't matter if they went a little off the road. They could then head northwest and return to Gaochang.
After everything was arranged, the scout rushed back again and reported, "Sir, they are coming!"
Nie and everyone else looked up at the tall dune. Sure enough, people soon appeared on it. Those who had just climbed the dune hadn't expected them to stop. The leader raised his eyebrows high and roared. The people who followed him up shouted "Oh oh" and rushed towards them along the back of the dune with long swords in hand...
"Woo woo, Erlangs, charge!"
There was a strange light in the eyes of the three leading men. The horse thieves shouted at each other, and everyone was in high spirits. The soldiers in the caravan were uneasy for a moment, and the horses stomped on the ground a few times, but General Nie stood firmly in his place, and everyone slowly calmed down.
Man Bao's heart was also lifted. He tightened the reins and finally reached out to touch Chiji's neck to comfort it.
Hiding under the sand, with only half their heads and eyes visible, the soldiers watched the horses gallop down and couldn't help but tighten their grip on the ropes. Suddenly, they heard General Nie shout loudly, and without thinking, they immediately tightened the ropes in their hands. The horses that were rushing down saw the ropes suddenly rising from the sand. Some of them stepped over them directly, while others tried to rein in their horses, but those who tried to rein in their horses tripped up the people behind them. Some horses didn't stop in time, and their legs got caught on the ropes, causing the horses to stumble and the people on them to fly forward...
The soldiers holding onto the rope felt a powerful pull that sent them careening forward. They realized they had tripped their horses, and without hesitation, they turned around, rolled down the sand slope, and then, climbing back up, ran towards the group...
The bandits lost more than 20 horses at once. Those who fell behind reacted and rode their horses to chase them. General Nie drew his long sword and shouted, "Let go!"
While thrusting the tip of his knife forward, he shouted, "My men, this is the time to make achievements. Charge—"
The soldiers shouted and followed General Nie to meet the charging bandits. The archers ambushed on both wings also rose from the sand and divided into three teams on the left and right to shoot arrows at the bandits...
It was the first time that Da Yu and his men had seen such a battle between soldiers and bandits. It was completely different from the battles between horse bandits and horse bandits, or between horse bandits and caravan guards.
Not to mention the passion, the casualties alone are very different.
When Dayu saw General Nie leading his soldiers to meet the bandits and join them in the fight, he hesitated for a moment and turned to ask Zhou Man, "Should we go and help?"
(End of this chapter)
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