The fighting continued late into the night, and finally the enemy retreated leaving behind more than two hundred corpses. There were two more rows of corpses of teammates at the morgue outside the cave.
Due to heavy losses on both sides, the hunting group on the third night did not send any more sneak attacks. Probably due to excessive ammunition consumption, the artillery also stopped attacking. There were no lights on the mountain, and everyone was resting in rare silence. Chen Xingfa issued an order and agreed that everyone would drink a glass of wine to relieve their anxiety.
The hunting group's tent was equally quiet, with everyone silent and drinking. Since the beginning of the war, their losses have reached more than 500 people and more than 20 mechas. It is far from the confident plan of "wiping out the opponent in half a day" at the beginning.
The shooter on the mountain was really terrifying. At least one-third of the people were killed by the opponent. His role on the battlefield was almost the same as that of a strong guard-level warrior. All the clues point to one point, the other person is the person named by Finn Maris, the second prince of the Red Dragon Principality, to kill - Chen Xing.
The opponent has a flying dragon and can leave at any time. Even if they paid a heavy price and conquered the mountain, they still couldn't catch the opponent, and there was no strong person of the same level on their side who could fight them.
"Reporting to the commander, the leader of the Giant Ape Regiment would like to see you."
The voice of the messenger broke the silence, and everyone raised their heads and looked at Li Tianjiao who was standing next to the holographic sand table.
"Giant Ape Group?" Although Li Tianjiao felt very strange, he had no friendship with the Exiles Chapter, and it could even be said to be a hostile relationship. What is the purpose of the other party asking for a meeting at this juncture?
"Let him come in." Li Tianjiao made a decision. Since the other party is already here, it doesn't hurt to meet him and see what medicine he sells in his gourd.
After a while, the messenger brought the three people into the camp. Two of them are middle-aged men, one is tall and thin, with a shaved head and a black word "ape" tattooed on his shiny skull, and the other is tall and stout with a full beard. The leader was a woman, wearing a traveling cloak, with a black cloth covering her face, only her narrow eyes exposed.
The woman has a good figure, plump and toned, and her muscles are full of strength. Several young masters looked at it with wolf-like eyes.
"I am Yuan Laosan, the deputy leader of the Giant Ape Group. This is our new group leader, a guardian-level expert, Ms. Aqiaomu." The bald man introduced.
As soon as I heard the words "guardian level", everyone who looked at the woman's breasts moved away.
"So, what are you doing here, the three of you?" Li Tianjiao asked casually. He was born into a noble family and did not pay much attention to people from common people. Even though the other party was powerful, he didn't take it for a moment.
The woman did not answer, but looked at the bearded man who came in together, and introduced, "This is Jones King, the former leader of the Black Eagle Mercenary Group. His biological brother was killed by Chen Xing." The woman's voice was slightly louder. Husky, but full of magnetism, very pleasant to listen to.
"Ape Lao San's beloved general was also killed by him, and I happened to have something stolen by him some time ago..."
"So you are here to help us?" Li Tianjiao asked.
"No..." the woman shook her head, "I'm here to save you."
"What?" Li Tianjiao was a little in disbelief, "Save us?" After saying this, he laughed, and the other hunting group leaders also laughed.
"It seems you don't know how powerful he is." The woman sneered, turned around and left.
"Stop!" Li Tianjiao's face darkened and he stopped the woman, "This is not a place where you can come and leave whenever you want!"
The next second, the woman's cloak was lifted up, and a cold star flashed across Li Tianjiao's eyes. Her fine hair fell down, and a blood streak gradually appeared on her forehead. It took several seconds for Li Tianjiao to react, and he took a step back with a pale face.
"I'm here to save you," the woman said again.
"Ms. Aqiaomu, you are welcome to join us." Li Tianjiao said quickly.
"Very good." Aqiaomu put away his scimitar and walked to the middle of the room. Jones King opened a marching chair, and then stood in the back with Yuan Laosan. A Qiaomu sat down slowly, crossed his legs and raised them, "Push back the battle line two kilometers, prepare for defense, and wait for them to charge."
"Aren't you going to attack?" Li Tianjiao asked.
"Their supply lines have been cut off and they won't be able to hold on for long," Aqiaomu said.
Li Tianjiao looked at the other hunting group leaders, and they all remained silent, which seemed to be a tacit approval of the other party's proposal.
"Okay, we will adopt your suggestion." Li Tianjiao replied on behalf of the group leaders.
In the next few days, the hunting party did not attack again. Not only that, they also retreated two kilometers and began to dig deep trenches and build fortifications. Chen Xing saw this, and his worries grew day by day. Their food reserves are only enough for a month, and it has been seven or eight days now, and they cannot survive much longer.
On the eleventh day, a flying dragon appeared in the sky. Chen Xing immediately rushed out to cover with Wu Jinjian and Cassie. Although the opponent only has two SA anti-aircraft armored vehicles, they cannot be taken lightly. After firing more than a dozen rockets and disrupting the enemy's formation, Feilong successfully returned to the base.
"How is it going?"
Chen Xing rushed up immediately and asked the big cat who climbed down from the flying dragon.
The big cat didn't say anything, but took something out of his backpack and handed it to him. It was a bronze scepter, which Chen Xing had given away before in order to thank Tienuo, but now he had returned it, and the result was self-evident.
Chen Xing stared blankly at the scepter in his hand, his last glimmer of hope gone. But he doesn't resent Tienuo. If he thought about it in his shoes, he would make the same decision. Friendship is always relative. It is impossible to sacrifice a brother who has been with you for many years for a friend who met by chance. Anyone who would do this must be out of their minds.
After the big cat came back, another five or six days passed. During this period, the enemy did not launch another attack, but carried out artillery bombardments every few hours, which continued to damage their morale.
There was no news of Lao Ji who went out to ask for help, so he probably ran away. Chen Xing didn't have much hope for this. If the Thunder Fire Group didn't even come, what other war group would come?
Anxiety spread among the army. Every time they saw Chen Xing talking to the leaders of Big Mao, the team members would whisper to each other.
"They have flying dragons that can leave at any time, but we are in dire straits." "Probably not, the boss is not like that." "Oh, when it comes to life and death, who cares about the other?" "Husband and wife are meant to be. Birds in the same forest fly apart when disaster strikes, even husband and wife do this, let alone us?"
Some people even avoided taboos and talked loud enough for everyone around them to hear.
"Why does our leader always offend people?" "I thought I could live a good life for a few days, but ended up fighting every day."
Resentment grows day by day. If the enemy had not made it clear from the beginning that they would not accept their surrender, they would have rushed over with a white flag.
Seeing the performance of the team members, Da Mao frowned and lowered his voice and asked Chen Xing, "Boss, what should I do?"
Chen Xing was stunned when he heard the familiar words. Suddenly, he seemed to have returned to his previous life. At that last moment, the big cat asked him the same question.
Looking around, the team members are all looking here, some are confused, some are wary, some are full of distrust, and some are flashing hostility.
Chen Xing knew it was time to make a decision.
Should you go or stay?
He can ride the flying dragon and leave now, leaving more than two hundred lives here for the hunting group to vent their anger. Anyway, he has plenty of money and can hide in a safe house and spend ten years safely before returning to mainstream society. Probably Ye Yang Bailiu and Su Na are still waiting for him, and they will live a happy life from then on.
Thinking about it this way, it seems pretty good...
"Call everyone here." Chen Xing said, his voice hoarse with a heavy heart.
Half an hour later, all members of the master group gathered at the top of the mountain.
Chen Xing's eyes scanned everyone's face. They have different looks and expressions. The only thing they have in common is deep exhaustion.
"Bring my flying dragon here." Chen Xing said to the big cat. The latter hesitated for a moment and silently led Chen Xing's horse over.
Looking at the flying dragon spreading its wings, the team members' eyes became increasingly dim. At this moment, who doesn’t want to ride on a flying dragon and escape?
"Brothers, you have done a good job." Chen Xing said in a deep voice.
"In these days of fighting, he was brave and fearless, risking his own life and repelling several enemy attacks."
"I'm proud of you."
"So..." He paused and clenched his fists, "I will fight side by side with you until the last moment!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Xing suddenly pulled out the dagger, turned around and cut off the reins binding the flying dragon, and then kicked the dragon on the neck. The flying dragon felt the pain, let out a "croak" sound, fluttered its fleshy wings and flew away into the sky.
He might be able to escape and, with luck, live to old age. However, no one can truly escape death, because death is an inseparable part of life.
Will he regret it when he gets old and lies on the hospital bed waiting to die?
Even if he goes back, can Ye Yang Bailiu still think highly of him?
Can he still think highly of himself?
Human beings are destined to die. Instead of living an ignoble existence like a humble ant, it is better to live a vigorous life!
The wolf howls in the wilderness, the dog eats human feces, he is a wolf, not a dog!
He didn't desert in his last life, and he won't do it in this life either!
"Captain..." Wu Jinjian said, and with a "choking" sound, he drew his sword, "Following you is the greatest honor of my life!" Then he raised his head, cut off the reins of his mount, and let it fly. Walk.
"We are brothers. If we want to walk together, we will die together!" The big cat untied the reins of the mount and kicked it on the butt. The flying dragon looked up to the sky and screamed, fluttering its wings and flying high.
"Boss, we will follow you to the death!" "We will die together!" "Long live the leader!"
In an instant, the team members were red-faced and excited.
"Ta-ta-ta!" "Ta-ta-ta!" "Ta-ta-ta!" "Ta-ta-ta!"
Suddenly, there was intensive gunfire in the distance.
"Look over there, there is someone, someone is coming!" "Feilong, Feilong is back!" "It's Lao Ji, Lao Ji is back!"
In the afterglow of the setting sun, a flying dragon shuttled through the hail of bullets and headed towards the top of the mountain.
"Lao Ji, come on!"
Everyone waved their hands vigorously and shouted loudly. At this moment, an armored vehicle sped over. The missile rack on the roof of the car slowly rotated, and then with a "boom" sound, an anti-aircraft missile shot into the sky.
"boom!"
A huge fireball ignited in the sky, and the screams of the flying dragon echoed through the wilderness.
For a time, everyone's hearts fell to the bottom. Huge despair shrouded people, making it hard to breathe.
"I have always believed..."
In the deathly silence, a calm voice sounded.
"There are only frogs boiled to death in warm water, not wolves starved to death!"
"Brothers, follow me and fight out!"
"Breakout!"
Like sparks falling into the oil depot, the blood was instantly ignited, the mountain boiled, and the sound of killing shook the sky.
