Chapter 189 Boy Scout
Su Zhizhi even led a group of children to line up in an orderly manner, form a square formation and train soldiers.
When adults passed by, they jokingly called them "Boy Scouts."
Everyone found that the Boy Scouts were really useful. When the adults were busy, the children were quick-witted and could help a lot.
"You take these to the fields."
"These are sent to the foot of the mountain..."
"This jar will be sent to the tea garden..."
"This one is sent to the council chamber."
The kitchen team distributed the black plum soup to a group of little rascals, and then the little rascals dispersed in twos and threes and walked in different directions.
Su Zhizhi and Xue Che were responsible for delivering the black plum soup to the meeting hall.
The meeting hall was a temporary conversion of a large warehouse in the village and served as the temporary office for Governor Gu and County Magistrate Song.
When Su Zhizhi delivered the soup, Governor Gu, County Magistrate Song, Hao Ren, Bai Xun, Wu Yingniang, Wei Dashuan, and Qin Xiao were all there.
Everyone was thirsty, so they all poured themselves a bowl of black plum soup to drink.
"Zhizhi and Ache, sit down and have a drink too." Wu Yingniang waved the two children over.
Xue Che: "We just drank..."
"Okay, then have another bowl." Su Zhizhi would never treat her mouth badly.
Su Zhizhi and Xue Che sat on a small stool, drinking the sweet and sour soup to relieve the heat while listening quietly to the adults talk.
Governor Gu took a sip of the soup, put down the bowl and said:
"The imperial court sent General Yuan Chi of the Left Guard to Lingnan to annihilate the enemy over a month ago. I think if we hold on for a while longer, we'll be able to wait."
Qin Xiao calculated on his fingers: "The south is very mountainous, which is not conducive to marching. If they all travel by land, it will take more than two months. If they travel by water, they may arrive in ten days."
Hao Ren: "Our food and supplies can last for three months, but if the Mi Po army attacks, how long can we hold out?"
Wei Dashuan stood up, walked to the middle sand table, pointed at the small flags on it and said:
"Mi Po's army was divided into three groups. One of them reached Baiyun County. We sent a few soldiers with good Qinggong skills to investigate. There were about 13,000 soldiers. They were slow to move, so they were probably searching for food and fodder nearby."
"If this is the only force attacking us, we can hold out for half a month. But if they get reinforcements along the way, it will be hard to predict."
Su Zhizhi and Xue Che were so engrossed in listening that they even forgot to finish the black plum soup in their hands.
Boom boom boom!
There was a rapid knock on the door.
Bai Xun, who was closest to the door, went to open it.
Ni Tianji's figure rushed in with a burst of heat, and a shadow appeared under his brow:
"They are coming."
…………
The sun shines straight down.
Lingnan is like a boiling pot.
The cicadas were chirping at the top of their lungs, and the heat wave distorted the distant scenery.
Mi Po's army walked on the narrow path between the mountains, like a crawling black centipede.
"It's indeed a good place to hide. No wonder it took so long to find it."
Anara was riding on the elephant's back, his body swaying with the chair tied to the elephant's back.
They stayed near Baiyun County for more than a month, but found that there was no trace of people around and they had all run away.
We discovered that there were people living here two days ago.
If they hadn't searched carefully, they would probably have skipped this place and left directly.
"If there are enough food and supplies here, we can continue to advance after taking this place." said the deputy general.
Ana Luo scratched the dagger in his hand with his nails and laughed unruly:
"The northern front is almost reaching Jiannan Road, and the eastern front has also reached the eastern part of Lingnan. We can't be the slowest."
"Your Majesty, I heard that the imperial court sent Yuan Chi to lead troops south, bringing A Lüying with them, to support A Lüying as the new king of Mipo. Our forces are outnumbered by Dayu, so we should avoid direct confrontation with the southbound army and return to Mipo to preserve our strength."
Una rode on a war elephant nearby.
When Una was sent as an envoy to Chang'an and was rejected by Emperor Dayu, he passed the news back to Mi Po and led the envoys back as soon as possible.
Una knew that the new king Anaro had a bad temper, so in his letter he advised Anaro not to act on impulse but to take a long-term view.
However, when Una was halfway there, he heard that Ana Luo had led his troops into Dayu.
After Una entered Lingnan, he went straight to join Ana Luo's team and kept persuading them along the way.
Ana Luo lazily bent one leg and placed it on the broad elephant's back:
"Una, you've learned so much from the Dayu people, including their cowardice and hesitation. If we can't defeat them, we can leave, but since they've brought A Luying south, we must kill him before we leave."
Una couldn't persuade Anaro, so he had to give up.
Gu——
A giant eagle flew overhead.
Ana Luo looked up and raised an eyebrow in interest.
There was such a big eagle here, bigger than any eagle he had hunted before.
Anara put the dagger back on his waist and took the bow and arrow hanging on the elephant's back.
He narrowed one eye and drew his bow at the eagle in the sky.
call out--
The giant eagle above suddenly turned over and glided sideways, barely avoiding the arrows flying in the air, and then flew towards the distant mountains.
Ana Luo has been in contact with many birds since he was a child, and some birds of prey are very human-like.
Ana Luo felt that when the eagle turned around, it seemed to... glare at him?
"Interesting." Anaro licked his lips.
As the team moved further back, the mountains on both sides became higher and higher, forming a canyon below and a blind spot above.
The road ahead was getting narrower and narrower. From a distance, we could see a checkpoint ahead, which was half blocked by huge rocks, leaving only enough space for a carriage to pass through. The huge elephant could not get in at all.
"Stop." Anaro said.
Everyone noticed that something was wrong.
Everyone held their breath and waited, hearing a slight rustling sound around them.
It sounds like the wind blowing through the sand, or like insects crawling.
The sound of swish entered his ears, and suddenly, the two soldiers who were walking in front to explore the way covered their legs and screamed.
Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw two soldiers rolling on the ground. Their ankles were swollen and the skin three inches above their ankles was all red.
At the feet of the two soldiers, two scorpions with their tails raised were crawling towards them.
"ah--"
"There's a scorpion!"
"It's a poisonous scorpion—"
Immediately afterwards, screams were heard one after another in the team.
Hundreds of scorpions crawled towards them from all corners. Anyone who was pinched by a scorpion would immediately swell up in the wound and suffer unbearable pain.
Some soldiers fell to the ground, with other parts of their bodies stung by scorpions. Their bodies were swollen beyond recognition. After struggling for a while, they died on the spot.
Una and several lieutenants' faces turned pale.
Ana Luo also restrained the smile on his face.
"Retreat ten feet!" Ana Luo ordered, "Prepare the elephant formation."
The army turned around and quickly retreated from the canyon.
They retreated quickly, until they reached a point where the scorpion could no longer chase them.
In the cave on the cliff, Hua Erniang smiled triumphantly:
"If you want to come in, you have to survive this poisonous scorpion barrier."
Hua Erniang brought back two poisonous scorpions from the Five Poison Valley and carefully cultivated them in Heishan Township. She also collected a large number of local scorpions and fed them with highly venomous ones.
She tried to set up poisonous scorpions to block the entrance to Heishan Township.
Doctor Yu, who was standing next to him, did not relax his expression. He said vigilantly:
"They're back."
In the canyon, Mi Po's army reappeared after adjusting their ranks.
This time, it was not soldiers but war elephants that walked in the front.
Dozens of war elephants roared, and their thick, pillar-like legs stomped heavily on the ground, causing the entire canyon to tremble slightly.
The war elephant walked to the place where scorpions were everywhere, raised its feet, and stepped down, crushing several scorpions to pieces.
"They can actually make the elephants so obedient that they can even tell them which leg to lift."
Su Zhizhi lay behind a rock on the top of the mountain, her eyes wide open.
Po landed beside her, shielding her with his wings spread out.
The other Boy Scouts were also stunned.
Although there are elephants in Lingnan, they are rare.
Some of them saw elephants for the first time and realized that people actually rode elephants to fight.
Elephants are so big that even the smallest one is bigger than the strongest war horse.
It was also the first time that Xue Che saw a war elephant in person, but he remembered reading about it in a book:
"The southern barbarian nations use elephants as war horses. The southern barbarians have many jungles and mountains, and elephants can traverse them freely, whereas horses struggle. Furthermore, elephants can carry war towers, weapons, and heavy equipment. They use elephants in battle, so they are skilled in training them."
Boom boom boom.
The war elephants trampled the scorpions all over the ground, breaking their claws and shells into pieces.
Hua Erniang was itching to bite her as she watched from inside the cave.
It was a bad idea.
She hadn't expected them to use war elephants, which had thick hide and heavy weight, and destroyed all her scorpion cubs.
On the top of the mountain, Wei Dashuan took out a black flag cut into a Pythagorean shape:
"It's time for Hua Erniang to take a break. It's our turn."
Wei Dashuan made a few moves in the air with the chess piece.
A row of outlines appeared on the hills on both sides, like dormant giant beasts.
The thick wooden supports were deeply embedded in the rocks, and the iron chains on the wooden supports shone brightly, like a coiled python.
Ana Luo squinted his eyes and didn't understand what it was.
Una, who was watching from afar, felt a tremor in his brain:
"Oh no, it's a catapult!"
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