Seeing the two of them lying on the ground, I called Yunwen out, and the two of us crossed carefully. To prevent the two wooden men from getting connected quickly, I threw the two wooden men's heads into the backyard of a house. Then I led the way in front, and Yunwen followed behind, and slowly began to move towards the rest of the street.

No matter what kind of battle it is, it's all about resources. Even in hand-to-hand combat, physical strength is ultimately limited. Therefore, it is necessary to fully understand your own combat resources. Now I only have about 5 pieces of the Master Talisman Wood, 4 pieces of the Five Elements Talisman Wood, and another chance for me to convert the spiritual energy in my body into physical energy. Therefore, these ten attack opportunities are all my combat resources.

Yunwen and I walked as close to the wall as possible, which could not only hide most of our bodies, but also prevent us from being attacked from the front and back when danger occurred, reducing the probability of being hit.

I first saw the Wooden Man Company yesterday and took note of some of them. Their movements were not very smooth and they were rather slow, but they had brains. They were from the Milong Camp before, and a large part of the Milong Camp were the Jinyiwei, the Imperial Guards, or the personal soldiers of some princes' palaces. In modern terms, there are spy agencies, military agencies, and security agencies, so they are good at many things, and I could get a glimpse of their hunting techniques yesterday.

Furthermore, I made a rough estimate and found that basically all of them were equipped with cold weapons for close combat, except for twelve people who were holding bows and crossbows, three of whom were crossbowmen and nine were archers. Occasionally, I heard a few of them shooting arrows, and the arrows made a relatively hollow sound in the quiver when they took them, which showed that they did not have many bows and arrows, definitely no more than ten. As for the crossbowmen, I saw clearly that the manager had only five crossbow arrows, so their long-range attack resources were at most ninety-five times, but they were also the most threatening group.

Having anticipated all this, I won't be unprepared next time. I am now holding Yunwen's delicate hand tightly, hiding in the darkness, listening to the wind and noises around me.

"Zhou Bo, there were people patrolling outside just now. Do you think Sister Bailu would have been captured if she came out on her own?" Yunwen said.

I thought about it and replied, "It's very possible, but I can't be sure. Bai Lu's intention is definitely not to destroy herself. She may want to go out of all the houses and courtyards under the cover of night to find out if there are other basements. Then she can know whether Yingchun is staying in this city, so there is a possibility that there will be no direct conflict."

"I hope so." Yunwen responded softly.

At this time, I heard some movement on the flat roof fifty steps ahead. With my sniper's hearing, I knew the number, direction and distance of the other party as soon as I heard it. I went straight into the room, pointed my sword at them, and used two pieces of Tianshi talisman wood to take care of two of them. Then I asked Yunwen to wait for me while I went to the roof to see the situation.

The two archers now had maggots all over their bodies. Luckily, they had more arrows in their quivers, so I took their bows and arrows, as well as their quivers. I sorted them out and there were a total of fifteen arrows, which I took away.

However, while I was sorting these out on the roof, I heard a humming sound coming from the river bank not far away, and there were also subtle but frequent creaking sounds. The wind was originally from the northeast, and it was blowing in the opposite direction of the river, but now I could faintly hear changes in the thickness of the wind as it blew, which showed that the wind was blocked and the rhythm of the sound had to change, similar to the principle of some musical instruments.

This feedback made me fully understand, and I was shocked! It seemed that all the wooden men were now staying on the river bank, and the humming sound on the river bank did not sound like it was made by the wooden men. The sound line was thin, so it was probably the sound of Bai Lu.

Therefore... Bai Lu was caught! No wonder the manpower layout was so scattered just now, it turned out that most of them hit the river bank to prepare for the sacrifice.

"Oh, the Song sisters have a unique surname, and it's given away for free." I sighed.

I immediately came down from the roof and told Yunwen about the situation and asked her to wait for me here. I planned to go to the riverside sacrificial area to rescue people, but Yunwen refused to do so. I knew she didn't want me to fight alone and hoped to live and die with me. I also knew she didn't want to cause me trouble, but I promised to save her life and would never let her be threatened.

When I was in a dilemma, I suddenly thought of a solution.

"Yunwen, you want to help me, right? When our Fenglang Battalion is performing a mission, we usually cooperate and cover each other, which can greatly improve combat efficiency. Now I also plan to let you cooperate with me, so that you can really help me." I said.

When Yunwen heard that she could help me, she immediately became excited and nodded and asked, "Okay, I'll listen to you. You know how to fight, but I don't. Please teach me what to do."

"It's simple," I said.

Then I handed her the bow and quiver, and she took them with some confusion, asking, "What is this?"

"This is the position I used to do, the sniper position. What you are responsible for now is the sniper cover. You will hide on the roof in a while. When you see me in danger, shoot an arrow immediately. Even if you miss, it will attract the enemy's attention and buy me time to resolve the crisis." I asked.

Yunwen took the bow and tried to pull it, studying it up and down. If you didn’t know her, you would think she was an expert based on her expression and eyes.

Of course, archery is basically difficult to master without professional training, especially this kind of Ming-style small-tip bow, which can only be used by ancient border troops after professional training. There are some requirements for drawing the bow and shooting arrows. Moreover, the initial velocity of the arrow is very fast and the explosiveness is strong, which is impossible for novices to master. Naturally, I don't expect her to do anything for me, just find a reason to keep her safe.

"I understand. I will protect you here." Yunwen said with her head raised.

I secretly sighed and said, "Okay, then I'll leave it to you. Remember, you can only stay in the dark. No matter what the situation is, stay there well. If I'm in danger, don't come down if you can't save me. Otherwise, I can't save myself, nor can I save you."

She thought about it for a moment, and probably thought that what I said made sense, so she nodded seriously.

So I took her to the backyard, and after some stacking, she climbed onto the roof via my shoulders, carrying the quiver and hiding on the roof. I felt a little relieved, as I had finally fooled her.

But it's all for her safety. Even if she knows I'm lying, she probably won't blame me.

Then I walked out of the house and headed towards the river bank. Soon when I passed a street, I could see those wooden men surrounding a person. The person was kneeling on the ground. Looking at his figure in the moonlight, I could immediately recognize it was Bai Lu.

The wooden man in the lead held up the Guan Gong sword and muttered something. Because the voice was very low, I could only hear something like: "Lord Antelope, please accept this top-quality item..."

The rest were just like the buzzing of bees, but I couldn't make out what they were mumbling.

To catch a thief, you must first catch the leader. Kill the leader. Only when the group is leaderless can you save people and accomplish your mission. As the saying goes, the five elements counteract each other, and it is common sense that fire counteracts wood. These people's bodies are made of wood, so just attack them with fire.

The hand gesture has been unlocked. I directly found some burnt five-element rune wood pieces and made a fire gesture. I hid in the dark, pointed the Golden Palace Sword at the leader, and muttered to myself: "I'll give you a bomb to play with. Fire!"

The wood chips immediately rotted, and at the same time, the Golden Sword condensed fire energy, and suddenly a flaming bird flew out, its body red, and it flew past the wooden men and crashed into the leader, exploding with a bang! The leader was immediately covered in flames, burning with a crackling sound.

Succeeded.

I was about to rush out to save people, but I was suddenly stunned by the scene in front of me! I saw the leader slowly walking towards the river, the fire burned for a moment and then went out, and I had just rushed out of the hiding area and was basically exposed, and I immediately felt something was wrong.

I saw the leader put out the fire in the water, walked to the shore, raised his hand and pressed down hard. With a few thumps, arrows rained down from behind. There were several of them, two of which hit my shoulder blades and one hit my lumbar vertebrae. I immediately knelt down in pain.

My only hope was that the nine-tailed white fox would come to save me again and help me escape from danger, but...

The moonlight was bleak and the cold wind was howling. On a tall tree by the river bank, a fox with nine tails was hanging by its neck. When the wind blew, it was still swinging like a pendulum. It was particularly clear from this angle.

My eyes widened and my whole body trembled, and the leader turned his head and looked at me expressionlessly, even though wood has no expression.