"What?"
Upon hearing the scout's report, Wang Ben's face changed with shock as he reacted the most strongly.
"How many bandits are there?"
"No less than three thousand."
"Three thousand?" Wang Ben frowned. If bandits attack, it will be a fierce battle.
The next moment, he immediately ran to Ying Zheng and knelt down to ask for instructions, "Your Majesty, please go back to the mountain immediately. I will lead two thousand troops, no, one thousand and five troops to stop the bandits at the foot of the mountain."
There are currently less than 3,000 troops, and the number of thieves and bandits is no less than 3,000. If they are all used to fight the enemy, the emperor will lack people to protect him, which will definitely be very dangerous. Wang Ben can only make up his mind and only need 1,500 troops.
Ying Zheng's contemplation was broken by the sudden information. He frowned. Seeing Wang Ben like this, he reprimanded, "This is like seeking death!"
No wonder Ying Zheng said this. The number of bandits is greater than that of his own army, and they also have weapons that can kill people invisible. Not to mention an army of 1,500, even if it is said that 3,000 troops are seeking death, it is not known that the 3,000 troops in front have been lost. , Can't even shake the thieves' soldiers?
Wang Ben's eyes were firm: "I know that I am seeking death, but the situation does not allow me to refuse. I can only die to protect your majesty's safety."
Ying Zheng was quite moved. Thinking about Li Zhao in Zhao Gao's mouth, he felt very angry and resentful.
"Can this weapon be used?" Ying Zheng glanced at the pile of fire guns next to him.
Wang Ben shook his head and said helplessly: "I was just playing around with it, but it can't be used."
Ying Zheng fell into deep thought. This weapon was unusable. It would be difficult to fight the bandits with primitive weapons.
Seeing that there was no movement from His Majesty, Wang Ben became anxious and urged, "Your Majesty, please return to the mountain immediately. With your ministers here, the thieves and bandits will not be allowed to set foot on the mountain." He had the spirit to regard death as if he were returning home.
Ying Zheng was moved by this, but ignored it and said angrily: "I, the Qin Dynasty, destroyed the six kingdoms and unified the world. When have I ever been afraid of anyone?"
"You don't need to say any more. I order you to immediately lead three thousand troops to respond to the enemy and capture all the rebellious people."
"I stand here on my own to see your grace."
When these words came out, the surrounding people immediately fell to their knees.
"Your Majesty, please think twice. The bandits are fierce and invincible. Please return to the palace immediately and wait for reinforcements to arrive."
Three thousand soldiers also knelt down and shouted at the top of their lungs, "Your Majesty, please think again!"
Ying Zheng looked at the loyal warriors and sighed with emotion. He couldn't help but speak: "I am the true warrior of Great Qin! However, I have made up my mind. I can't say anymore. Let's face the enemy!"
"His Majesty!"
"Don't say it again. Violators will be punished by military orders."
Wang Ben couldn't defeat the emperor, so he stood up, glanced at the bandits who had appeared one after another below, and immediately ordered: "I, soldiers of the Qin Dynasty, obey my orders and respond to the enemy immediately. I swear to protect your majesty."
"Wind, strong wind."
The sound shook the mountainside, and all the soldiers looked at death as if they were home.
This is a life and death situation. If the battle to protect the emperor is defeated and the emperor is captured, no one knows what the consequences will be, but everyone can be sure that the country will be in danger.
If he wins, all this will be avoided, but no one dares to say that he can win, and no one has much hope. They can only be determined to protect the emperor with death and wait for the arrival of reinforcements.
"Soldiers, we know that this battle is a battle to the death, but we still have to fight. Even if we die, we must die with honor and a worthy death. I give you a task, which is to delay as much time as possible and wait for reinforcements."
"Wind, strong wind."
"We will fight to the death to hold back the bandits and wait for reinforcements to arrive."
The soldiers roared loudly and were extremely heroic.
"Okay, the bandits' weapons are too powerful, and we can't fight. Follow my orders, gather both wings, and quickly go down the mountain to hold the only way."
Kuaiji Mountain is a dangerous mountain with abrupt peaks and countless cliffs. However, the only way to enter the mountain is a narrow place, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack.
As long as we hold this place, we can hold the mountain and delay it for enough time.
Wang Ben only led two thousand troops to guard key positions, while a thousand troops guarded the emperor's side.
Soon, we reached the mountain pass.
The mountain pass cannot be said to be wide, nor can it be said to be narrow. It is more than enough for a thousand people to line up and pass by without any defense. If you hold the two wings without special means, you are seeking death.
Wang Ben saw this and took defensive measures to defend this place.
Time passed, and from the perspective of the soldiers, every minute was so difficult. The sun was shining and the earth was suffering. The soldiers seemed to be tortured and kept breathing heavily.
Suddenly, outside the mountain pass, an order to assemble rang out. It was the bandits who were about to attack.
Wang Benke could hear more and more thieves running towards this side, making all kinds of unpleasant noises, but they did not dare to act rashly and stared at the entrance.
"Follow my orders. Just wait for the bandits to enter and then rush forward to fight with them. We must not let them get too far away from us."
This is the only strategy available today.
"promise!"
Wang Ben led the deputy general to a high place and had a clear view of the situation at the bottom of the mountain.
I saw that two thousand people had gathered below, and more people were filing in this way. They were holding the same magical weapons, and the round holes were all pointed at the mountain pass.
In less than two quarters of an hour, three thousand people had already gathered. They were well-equipped with blue magical weapons. It could also be seen that the thieves had gone to great lengths to ambush them.
Wang Ben's expression was stern, his eyebrows furrowed, and his eyes fixed on him.
They thought that three thousand people was their limit, but seeing more and more bandits, Wang Ben frowned even more.
This is different from the information obtained. There cannot be only three thousand bandits. Judging from the current situation, there are four thousand.
Yes, in just a few breaths, four thousand people had gathered and densely surrounded the mountain pass. However, they did not launch an attack immediately. Instead, they checked the terrain and sent people to tentatively walk in. , but without exception they were ambushed.
This seemed to be an unsolvable trend, but Zhang Liang, who was standing high up, curled his lips and showed a disdainful smile.
He said something in the deputy's ear. Soon, the deputy led a group of people towards the tent camp. After a while, there was a rustling sound in the woods.
Wang Ben's eyes also fell on this place, and he frowned.
The next moment, he saw a passing chariot and a traveling horse.
"No, the thieves are very cunning, and they have such weapons." Wang Ben's face turned ugly.
The car is the base, which is the best weapon to advance defense when the two armies are fighting. Together with the horse, the defense effect is even better. In other words, with these two weapons, the bandits can steadily advance into the mountain pass, greatly reducing the chance of an ambush. Harmful.
This is the best way to break up the ambush at the mountain pass. In this case, such a favorable position will become very limited.
"General, what should I do?" the deputy general frowned and asked solemnly.
Wang Ben's forehead formed the word "王", and his body tensed up. The next moment, he clenched his fist with unusual force, as if he was determined to give up.
"The only solution now is to hold on and fight to the last man."
"Even if we are defeated, we will kill most of them."
The deputy general stood up straight, bowed deeply to Wang Ben, and said solemnly: "General, I will not disappoint you, but please protect the emperor from here immediately, and let me kill the thief!"
The lieutenant knelt down, his attitude extremely sincere.
Wang Ben did not move. He patted the deputy general's shoulder lightly and sighed, "You and I have worked together for many years, but you don't understand my character. As a general, life and death are determined by fate, but you cannot shrink from the battle. Do you understand?"
The deputy general was in awe and bowed deeply again.
"General's justice!"
Wang Ben didn't answer. He looked far away and felt deeply, then smiled bitterly.
"I have killed countless enemies throughout my life as a general. Faced with this situation, I have no way to break it. It is really ironic!"
"On the other hand, Li Zhao is good, but I am far behind him."
"How ridiculous! A hundred troops were attacked by thousands of thieves, but they killed five thousand thieves and were unharmed. Look at me again, with three thousand troops in hand, there is no chance of winning, and the whole army may be annihilated."
"Haha! It's so ridiculous."
The deputy general heard that the general was being self-sarcastic, extremely self-sarcastic.
"That's all, as a general, there is nothing to fear from death."
What the two people talking didn't know was that just as the thieves were gathering one after another and gathering densely at the mountain pass, there was one place that looked very strange.
In the dense forest not far away, the weeds are lush and lush, enough to cover a person.
It is still here, and there are big birds flying and landing, having a great time; small birds chase and shuttle among them, and there are wild animals stopping, watching the gathering of the mountain pass with interest, but they can't startle them.
But what they don't know is that among the weeds, things covered with green grass branches and leaves are moving, not very fast, but without affecting the surrounding animals.
They were like grass worms, approaching the mountain pass.
Inside the mountain pass, high up.
Sonorous!
Wang Ben's sword was unsheathed, its edge flashing, "Let's go, follow me to kill the enemy!" His face showed determination.
His expression was impassioned, and his spirit of heroic sacrifice was rippling.
"Promise, I am willing to accompany the general for a journey. If there is an afterlife, I will still be the general's pawn." The deputy general's sword was also unsheathed and pointed directly at the foot of the mountain, with a strong intention to fight to the death.
"Walk!"
However, just when they were about to leave, they suddenly heard a loud "bang" sound. The two of them stopped in a hurry and looked down in confusion. This sight really shocked them.
I saw that in the place where thieves and bandits gathered, a thick smoke rose rapidly, followed by several screams and chaotic sounds, and then the people around them collapsed one after another as if they were possessed by evil spirits. It seemed so inexplicable.
"What's going on?" Wang Ben asked quickly.
The deputy general also looked confused. When he was about to make a guess, he saw an incredible scene.
From the sky above the bandits, hundreds of bamboo tubes fell from the sky. The bamboo tubes were burning with blazing fire, which was particularly conspicuous even under the scorching sun.
Judging from the appearance, the bamboo tube is no different from ordinary bamboo tubes, except that it is cut into sections and is quite heavy. They saw clearly that the bamboo tube was thrown out of the dense forest, and parabolas appeared in the air.
"This is a bamboo tube."
Below, the thieves also saw this scene, and they all looked up curiously, not knowing where they were coming from.
Immediately, the bamboo tube was smashed down at the place where the thieves gathered. Suddenly, it made a "snap" sound and rolled in the crowd, but the fire did not go out and rolled to the surroundings.
"What's this?"
"No, hide quickly!"
But, it was already too late. The bamboo tube suddenly exploded, like a scorching sun bursting into flames. The fierce light swept across with terrifying air waves, making countless "bang bang bang" sounds, followed by thick smoke, which quickly covered the thieves. .
Ahhhh!
Suddenly, countless screams were heard, accompanied by panic. At this moment, the team was all in chaos.
The carts and horses that had just been pushed over became obstacles and were smashed down by them, turning into pieces.
In the crowd, countless people fell down in grief, their bodies being shot by small and terrifying things that erupted from the bamboo tubes, screaming in pain as if they were being killed by the king of hell.
For a time, this place became a hell on earth, extremely tragic.
However, this was not over yet. Immediately afterwards, another round of densely packed bamboo tubes came down from the air, exploding everywhere, which was shocking.
The thieves could no longer see who was with whom. They ran as hard as they could, trying to leave the place, but it was too late. There was a "chunk" sound from somewhere outside, and invisible terror was killing them.
In an instant, blood flowed into a river, pieces of meat flew everywhere, and the scene fell into collapse.
"What's going on? What is that?" Wang and Ben, who were about to fight to the death, saw such a tragic scene and couldn't move away, staring fixedly down.
There is a feeling that even if you are not in it, you will break out in a cold sweat.
What they saw in front of them was that the more than 4,000 thieves who had high morale and were unbeatable fell apart in an instant. Under the constant attacks from bamboo tubes and in the thick smoke that could not be dispersed, they fell and escaped. Escape, screams and screams, extremely chaotic.
In other words, such a team that could kill them was smashed into pieces like this, and it could no longer be said to be invincible. This only happened in a moment.
It really frightened them.
"Who on earth has such means?" Wang Ben couldn't figure it out at all.
"General, God is helping our army, it's just the right time." Wang Ben's murmur was interrupted by the deputy general. He suddenly came back to his senses and his face showed joy.
"Yes! At this moment, when the bandits are defeated, it is the time for our army to attack."
"Quickly, pass my order and come out to kill the thieves." Wang Ben screamed wildly, appearing extremely urgent, but as soon as he finished speaking, there was also an urgent cry in the dense forest, "Brothers, draw your swords, open the way for those with machine guns and concealed weapons." , kill me."
Suddenly, green grass bugs stood up in the jungle grass, and swords with cold light appeared on the green grass. The sword was raised, and the bugs moved, taking quick steps, and rushed towards the chaotic bandits.
"Is this a savage?" Wang Ben felt chills watching this scene, but he knew that this was definitely not a savage, "Li Zhao?"
Wang Ben finally recognized it. He counted carefully and found that there were exactly one hundred and one Green Grass Savages. Aren't they the ones Li Zhao belonged to?
"As expected, he is the warrior of our Great Qin, he is truly brave!"
Wang Ben could no longer suppress his excitement. He jumped down from a high place and shouted, "I am a warrior of Great Qin, follow me out of the mountain to kill thieves." Then he rushed out first.
His courage was inspired by Li Zhao, his pride was inspired by Li Zhao, his self-esteem was hurt by Li Zhao, and he could not lag behind Li Zhao.
"kill!"
Two thousand troops broke out of the mountain and surged towards the battlefield. There were screams everywhere they passed, and a real river of blood was forming.
"Report!"
Halfway up the mountain.
Ying Zheng clenched his hands, and his palms were covered in cold sweat, which was caused by nervousness. His eyes never left the mountain, but he could only see the desolation of the long autumn.
Hearing the scout's report suddenly, he seemed even more nervous. He quickly calmed down and asked, "Speak quickly!"
"A great victory, Your Majesty, a great victory."
(End of chapter)
