Chapter 435 [The Nightmare Begins]
The rainforest was shrouded in darkness, so quiet that not even the chirping of insects could be heard. The hungry soldiers eagerly awaited the news that supplies were about to arrive.
The guards scattered in a corner of the rainforest were patrolling with great anticipation, when suddenly the aroma of food reached their noses.
One of the guards at the end of the team felt his nose twitch, suspecting he was hallucinating from hunger. He couldn't help but ask his companions, "Hey, do you smell the aroma of roasted chicken?"
——"I smell it, it smells so good!"
——"I wonder which team caught the pheasant and is eating it all by themselves!"
The sergeant in the team slammed the red tasseled spear to the ground and said, "I can't stand it anymore. Let's go over and see if we can get a share!"
The aroma of the roasted chicken was so fragrant that everyone was drooling. Post-battle fatigue and hunger had relaxed their composure. Without hesitation, the group headed towards the scent. "Let's go and see! If he doesn't give us a bite, we'll report him to the Crown Prince. He's now stuck with fried insects!"
The soldier at the end suddenly realized that they were getting further and further away from the main group and couldn't help but ask, "Could it be the enemy?"
Others disagreed: "Our people have set so many traps in the rain forest, and we have a large number of people, 4,000 of them."
"If they want to kill us, they'll have to send more people in. With so many enemies unfamiliar with the rainforest, they're bound to fall into a trap, right? None of our traps are working, so doesn't that mean no one's coming?"
The soldier who had raised the question just now stopped talking because they had already seen a middle-aged rough man in coarse clothes and unkempt appearance sprinkling salt on a roasted chicken on tree branches.
Beside him were a rough wooden bow and an iron spear. Judging from his clothes, this rough man looked like a hunter who came to the rainforest to hunt.
The rough man sensed someone approaching and turned around to find five tall and strong soldiers standing behind him.
He was so frightened that he sat down on the ground with a look of horror in his eyes: "My dear friends, I just came to the rain forest to hunt."
The sergeant was even happier when he heard this. Doesn't this mean that the roast chicken belongs to someone in their team?
"Oh, so they're not ours. I was wondering why this location is so far away from our main group."
Seeing that he was just a poor man, the sergeant's expression suddenly became arrogant: "This is the temporary camp of the eldest prince. A hunter like you showing up here rashly must be a problem! Come and arrest him!"
However, after he said this, the guards following him did not respond.
He looked back and saw that the four people he had brought were lying on the ground in a mess.
Before the sergeant could even turn around to look at the rough man, his neck was cut off.
The rough man was one of the captains of the 100 teams brought by Wen Qiaojiang and Li Li. He squatted down and wiped the blood off the knife with the dead man's clothes.
The second member of the navy team he led also gathered around and quickly searched the dead body on the ground.
The team members all had expressions of satisfaction and excitement on their faces.
"We have such an advantage in this battle. It's a completely one-sided massacre. The other side has no way to resist."
"I told you it's right to follow Boss Wen Qiao. He has so many powerful friends. I can't imagine where we'll end up in the future."
"Yes, ever since we met the Crown Princess and her friends, every battle we've fought has been easy. If we still use our old fighting methods, tonight will surely be a dangerous night."
The rough man listened to the team members' sighs and felt the same way. They had thought that after being framed and exiled, they would have to live a life of exile, but they didn't expect that they would be doing so well now. "Perhaps the prince led our Xin family army to fight for the people, accumulating blessings, so that we can meet such a group of noble people."
After spending almost a year together, the Xin family soldiers have genuine respect and admiration for Jiang Lili, Wen Qiaosheng, Zhixing and others.
"You newcomers should work hard and don't let Governor Wen down for cultivating you!"
He glanced at the roasted chicken on the branch and said, "Let's go, take the bait and continue to trap other enemies!"
--"yes!"
Similar crushing massacres took place in every corner of the rainforest.
As time goes by, the number of troops available to the eldest prince is rapidly decreasing.
In the temporary command camp, Wen Qiao saw one of the team leaders coming to report the situation and quickly asked, "What's the situation now?"
The man replied, "The Crown Prince has discovered that his soldiers have been killed one after another. They have become disorganized. The Crown Prince is currently mobilizing his remaining troops to form a protective circle and evacuate to an open area."
Jiang Lili fiddled with the loudspeaker in her hand and glanced at Sheng Zhixing who was dozing off. She blinked and suddenly had an idea. "How about using some tricks to make them even more chaotic?"
Wen Qiao liked Jiang Lili's various clever ideas the most. Her train of thought was unique but surprisingly effective: "Tell me about them!"
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The First Prince's men were finding their own bodies in the rainforest one after another, and now everyone was in a state of panic. The First Prince's deputy general had gathered all the men together, but some of them died on the way to receive the orders.
The soldiers gathered around the eldest prince have now protected him tightly.
Sheng Wei was originally very confident in his control of the rainforest and had already regarded it as his own territory. However, after hearing that the net they had laid failed to catch anyone and his men were assassinated one after another, Sheng Wei began to question his life.
The deputy general analyzed, "Prince, judging from the current situation, it seems that a group of assassins with excellent coordination are lying in ambush in the rainforest."
After hearing this, Sheng Wei questioned, "There's an assassin. What are all of you doing here? If everyone punches the assassin, he should be dead, right? Find the assassin!"
The deputy general lowered his head even lower. "The enemy is elusive and always manages to escape flexibly. They also led our men into the trap we set. Now, more than 20 soldiers have fallen into the trap while chasing the assassin hiding in the dark."
After hearing this, Sheng Wei became even more furious. They had painstakingly set up a tight net, but they didn't catch a single enemy. Instead, their own people fell into the trap.
After the eldest prince calmed down, the deputy general asked weakly, "So, should we wait here for reinforcements to deliver supplies, or should we send someone out to capture the assassin?"
"What do you have a brain for?"
Sheng Wei kicked the deputy commander hard. "There are more than 3,000 men left now. 500 of them will protect me, and the remaining 2,500 will be divided into groups of 50. We can take turns resting and patrolling to catch assassins. That's more than enough, right?"
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