Seeing these athletes in front of him, Song Xin smiled with satisfaction and ordered Zhang Hu and others to wrap the horses' hooves in cloth and gallop out of the col. After they left, Song Yu and other ghost soldiers changed their appearance and dispersed into the mountains, looking for hidden enemy camps.
Song Xin originally wanted them to kill the enemy, but after careful consideration, he decided to give Zhang Hu and the others the opportunity to make meritorious deeds. Moreover, even if the ghost soldiers have puppets, killing people indiscriminately may reduce their luck. Song Xin didn't want to take this risk.
Soon after, Song Xin and his party noticed that there were messy footprints on the road. These footprints have obviously been covered up, and it can be seen that the people passing by are very careful.
Zhang Hu dismounted and checked for a while, then took out the map and compared it for a while, and reported back: "These people should have come from Baiya Ridge in the south."
"White Duck Ridge?" Song Xin took the map. This was their destination this time. Zhang Hu pointed out a small mountain for him. "There is a mountain road here that leads to the main road where we are. It's just that the road is rugged and secluded. I wonder if the enemy has a camp in Baiya Ridge."
Song Xin nodded, "Yes, Baiya Ridge overlooks the road. If a team is stationed here, they can come out to attack our army's food road after our army passes."
"Come on, let's go take a look. Maybe there will be something unexpected." Song Xin dusted off his hands and got on the horse.
Everyone got on their horses and followed the footprints on the road. Soon they discovered a hidden path among the weeds on the side of the road.
Soon after, night fell, a dark cloud covered the moonlight in the sky, and the mountains suddenly became dark. No one dared to raise a fire, so they had to move forward cautiously.
Suddenly, Song Xin's ears caught a faint sound. He whistled hastily, and the soldiers following him stopped immediately. Zhang Hu jumped off his horse, lay on the ground and listened for a while, then said solemnly: "Team leader! A large group of people is coming this way!"
"how many people?"
"A lot, no less than a hundred!"
Song Xin nodded and ordered the soldiers to quickly hide in the woods on both sides. Zhang Hu's men were all soldiers brought out by Wei Tong himself. They were well-trained and quickly hid in the woods, bringing down their horses to hide them. .
A quarter of an hour later, a messy sound of horse hooves came from far away, but Song Xin couldn't see where they came from.
Gradually, a group of people and horses passed by. Although the night was thick, it could not stop the heavy breathing of the people and animals. They were obviously climbing up the ridge. Song Xin's spiritual consciousness swept away and he saw about a group of troops, about a hundred or so people. They were obviously very careful. In order not to be discovered, they only held a few torches here and there.
"Hurry up! Follow me! We'll be at the camp soon!" A voice came from the night. A man with a big beard said in a deep voice. Song Xin frowned slightly. This accent was indeed from Lujiang.
There is a campsite nearby! Song Xin accurately grasped a key piece of information from the other party's words.
"Zhang Hu." Song Xin touched Zhang Hu beside him, "Let's fight out! Remember to leave a few alive."
Zhang Hu nodded and patted the two soldiers on the shoulders. They understood and quickly got into the night. After a while, several night owls were heard chirping in the woodland on the other side of the path.
The enemy officer commander who was walking frowned and waved his hand to stop the team. He looked around and listened carefully for a while. In addition to the sound of night owls in the forest, there was the sound of the wind rustling the vegetation.
"Sir, why don't you leave?" Song Xin heard someone ask.
"I heard a strange sound. Everyone, be careful of the enemy. Please follow me closely."
"Sir, I'm afraid this is Night Owl. Why are there enemy troops in this place?"
Song Xin raised his bow and nocked an arrow, aiming at the enemy officer commander. At this time, another night owl's cry came from the forest.
The enemy officer commander suddenly felt his scalp numb, and he noticed that there was clearly a hint of murderous intent in this cry. Before he could react, a sharp arrow flew from nowhere and shot through his head instantly.
Song Xin shot an arrow through the man's head in the forest.
Immediately afterwards, the sound of rapid horse hooves suddenly rose from all directions, and figures wearing strange black armor rushed out of the forest on both sides. At this time, Wu
The clouds drifted away, and the moonlight instantly fell on these people.
"Mountain ghost!" Someone shouted, because he saw the terrifying masks of Zhang Hu and others, like a group of ghosts coming out of hell.
Before the man could finish his words, his head was crushed by a huge horse's hoof.
The death of the officer and the surprise attack instantly weakened the fighting spirit of this group of people.
Under the night light, Zhang Hu and others surrounded these people and struck repeatedly, and the sharp blades began to harvest lives. The dull sound of the sword slicing through the flesh and the low scream soon filled the air along with the smell of blood. The enemy's swords and armor were like paper under the swords of Zhang Hu and others.
Song Xin was watching from a short distance away. When he saw someone escaping, he shot him to death with an arrow.
A quarter of an hour later, the road was stained red with blood, and only three or four of the hundred or ten people were left alive. The living people were all injured and frightened.
Song Xin walked up to a less injured prisoner and said, "Wake him up and ask where they are going."
Zhang Hu stepped forward and kicked the man in the face. The man was in pain and woke up instantly. He saw a group of people wearing weird armors around him and started shaking with fear.
"You...are you mountain ghosts!?"
Zhou Zhong whispered in Song Xin's ear: "This is a legend among the mountain people. Mountain ghosts hide in the mist in the mountains in the middle of the night, and they specialize in catching and eating people walking at night."
After hearing Zhou Zhong's explanation, Song Xin took advantage of the situation and said, "Yes, we are mountain ghosts!"
The prisoner's mouth opened wide in fright, and a wave of heat rushed into his crotch in an instant.
"I am the Mountain Ghost General. I was patrolling in the middle of the night. I didn't expect to encounter you blocking my way, just in time for me to have a good meal." Song Xin said in a strange voice while holding his throat.
"Grandpa Ghost, please spare me." The prisoner was so frightened that he shivered on the ground. It was unlucky enough to meet a mountain ghost, but unexpectedly, I also met a general. Those scary guys behind him must be his ghost soldiers.
"Well, you look like you're so skinny that you don't have enough fat to fit between my teeth!"
When the prisoner heard this, he immediately raised his head and asked, "Grandpa Ghost, don't you want to eat me anymore?"
Song Xin snorted, "Hmph! Why are you so anxious! I can take you back and fatten you up before eating you!"
Zhang Hu and the others suppressed their laughter, but fortunately the ghost face blocked their laughter. The prisoner hurriedly said: "Grandpa Ghost, I can't gain weight even if I eat a pound of corn a day. Grandpa Ghost, there are still many people in our camp. Why don't Grandpa Ghost eat them?"
Song Xin frowned slightly. This guy really didn't hesitate to betray his comrades. He continued, "Well, where is your camp!"
The prisoner quickly pointed out the path to their camp. Song Xin nodded with satisfaction and said, "Hey, thank you very much."
"Grandpa Ghost, are you going to let me go?"
"Let you go!?" Song Xin sneered and asked at the same time: "Who is your leader?"
The man was stunned, why would a mountain ghost ask such a question? Zhang Hu saw him in a daze, slapped him on the back of the head, and deliberately said in an angry voice: "I'm asking you something, tell me quickly!"
"The villain is a subordinate of General Chen Lan..."
"How many of you are there in Baiya Ridge?"
"I don't know. As soon as we came in, we were dispersed. I only know that there are two groups of people in our camp. The officer was shot to death by you. There is another group in the camp." He looked at a man lying on his back not far away. corpse.
Song Xin nodded, "Then what are you doing out at night?"
"We received orders to assemble at Snake Chuan Gorge."
"Snake Crossing Gorge? Where is it?" Song Xin recalled the map and confirmed that he had never seen this canyon.
"Behind our camp, there is a branch road that can lead there." The prisoner did not dare to hide it and told Snake the way through the gorge.
It turns out that a few miles east of here, there is a path leading to a canyon several miles long and more than three feet deep, called Snake Chuan Gorge. Passing through this canyon will lead you around to the back of your camp.
"It seems they want to attack our army's rear." Song Xin immediately made a judgment.
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Lu looked at Song Xin eagerly, "General Ghost, can you let me go?"
Song Xin raised his sword and chopped off his head. The prisoner's head rolled to the ground, his eyes still wide open with a look of disbelief on his face. This kind of person who betrays his colleagues at any time is bound to be a disaster if he is left alive. Zhou Zhong and others also immediately killed the remaining severely injured prisoners.
Zhang Hu suggested: "Why don't we take a small path to get in front of them and ambush them secretly in the canyon."
However, Zhou Zhong said: "If the enemy army were to ambush our rear, they would have a lot of manpower. Isn't it too risky for us to go there with dozens of people?"
After listening to the two people's opinions, Song Xin nodded, "What you two said is reasonable, but we still go over to investigate. Take off these people's clothes and gather their weapons. I want to take them away."
Zhang Hu didn't understand Song Xin's intention, but he still followed it. Finally, before Song Xin left, he put all the people's clothes and weapons into a storage ring and took them with him.
Everyone got on their horses and ran towards the direction of the camp pointed out by the prisoner. The road became narrower and narrower, with a cliff on one side and overgrown weeds on the other. It was already midnight, the mountains were filled with mist, and no one could be seen within a few feet. They could only listen to the sound of horse hooves in front of them to avoid getting lost.
Fortunately, these war horses have been tempered with spiritual energy and have sensitive senses, which prevented everyone from getting separated.
After a while, they saw a spot of light hidden in the fog.
Song Xin took a look at the map and said, "It's the camp he mentioned. Look, they don't know that their own people have been attacked."
As he spoke, his consciousness swept over him, and he was shocked to see that it didn't matter. This is not a small team. There are more than 500 people in the camp opposite. It seems that there are other enemy troops gathering here.
Looking at this camp again, it was very solidly built, with trenches dug and defensive horses set up. It was obvious that they had not been here for more than a day or two.
"Zhang Hu, we caught a big fish in the middle of the week."
