The breakout team went deep into the Gobi with the goal of bypassing the enemy camp.
They wanted to cross the border from other places until the breakout team penetrated more than 600 miles into the Gobi.
Then we went all the way south, but the further south we went, the more steep the terrain became, which was a huge test for the breakout team.
Because the water and dry food they brought with them were not enough, they could not last for long, so they were not careless on their way.
The weather is cold, the cold here is dry and cold, there is not a trace of rain and not a trace of snow.
The sand and stones were still mixed in the cold wind, and in addition to a chill, there were waves of stinging pain on people's faces.
The group headed south all the way to the inaccessible and increasingly precarious terrain, but this was exactly the result the team needed.
The more obstacles on the ground, the safer it is for them.
The breakout team had been marching safely for ten days since their departure. When everyone reached a hill, Song Hailong motioned for everyone to get down.
It turned out that there was a small military camp not far away. When Song Hailong saw this small military camp, he understood.
By this time we were almost reaching the border, and there were border guard camps on the border between the two countries.
Moreover, it is almost a small camp for ten miles, and a middle camp for a hundred miles. If the enemy is discovered at one point, the entire line will be penetrated.
As the saying goes, the beacon fire rises thousands of miles away, and the trumpets fill the military camp. If you pass through thousands of mountains, you can see it thousands of miles away.
If the border battalion finds the enemy, they will take action. If they find that the number of enemies is not large, they will blow the horn.
One is to warn the enemy, and the other is to notify several surrounding border guard battalions.
If a large enemy force is discovered, beacon horns are sounded, which is also a means for border guards to send messages.
As long as Guo Xun and others pass this hurdle, they will never encounter the enemies of Nanding Kingdom again if they go south.
Each border guard camp has about a hundred people, two sentry towers and one beacon tower.
If they wanted to pass during the day, they would have to force their way through the sky and the earth, otherwise it would be impossible for the sixteen of them to pass through.
So Song Hailong ordered the team to stay put and wait until the enemy was tired late at night before sneaking between the two border guard camps.
At midnight, Song Hailong led the team to prepare to cross the defense line.
Guo Xunze followed the team and used his spiritual consciousness to look around, but he didn't find anything strange.
When Guo Xun was puzzled, Song Hailong said:
"Everyone, be careful! There must be traps everywhere in this place. Ordinary traps are fine. Don't step on the thunderbolts."
The only six people in the breakout team who didn't know about Pili Lei were probably Guo Xun and the others. Cao He asked curiously:
"What is a thunderbolt?"
Song Hailong replied:
"Thunderbolt is a thing that can explode. It is usually buried in the soil. This thing is very powerful. Once it hits, it will not die but it will be half disabled. Our Tang Dynasty once suffered a big loss from this thunderbolt."
Hearing Song Hailong's words, everyone panicked, Guo Xun frowned, the thunderbolt could actually explode.
And it’s still buried in the soil! No wonder I couldn't sense it with my spiritual consciousness. It turned out to be buried in the soil.
"Then what should we do? If there are thunderbolts, we will definitely not be able to get through it!"
Ai Gufeng said worriedly.
"Don't worry too much. Thunderbolts are not found everywhere. They are rarely seen on ordinary battlefields, let alone in these inaccessible barren mountain borders."
Seeing that everyone was in panic, Song Hailong explained with a smile.
"Oh I got it."
The veterans in the other troops didn't even smile. They had seen Pili Lei before, but they had never been afraid of him. These new recruits were so cowardly!
Taking advantage of the darkness, the breakout team slowly approached the border line in order to better observe the surroundings.
Song Hailong divided the breakout team into four groups, with four people in each group. Each group was no more than ten feet apart, and they moved forward in this way.
At this time, a person in front of Guo Xun's group suddenly felt as if he had stepped on something.
At the same time, Guo Xun was keenly aware of a strange sound, a click.
This voice was so small that it was almost undetectable. If it weren't for Guo Xun's powerful spiritual consciousness, he wouldn't have been able to detect it.
Then Guo Xun shouted:
"Be careful!" He kicked the person next to him, but it was too late. The person stepped on the thunderbolt.
A huge explosion shook the sky, sparks flew and a huge bright light flashed past.
The powerful impact blew away the four people in Guo Xun's group.
The four of them fell heavily to the ground, and the one who stepped on the thunderbolt didn't even have time to scream.
His lower body was blown to pieces, his body was completely cut off from life, and he could no longer die.
The rest of the people were frightened out of their wits by the loud noise. They couldn't believe that Nanding Country would actually lay a thunderbolt on the border of this wilderness.
Soon afterwards, they heard two bright horns. When they heard the horns, everyone was filled with despair.
Song Hailong's heart skipped a beat when he saw this situation.
It’s over!
This time it’s really over!
The sentries on the border guard towers on both sides were chatting and joking to relieve the boredom of being on duty.
Suddenly, a flash of light passed by in the distance, followed by an explosion.
The sentries immediately blew their horns, and all the people in the military camp rushed out.
If the enemy were to invade in large numbers, they must have mobilized their troops and must have been aware of it long ago. How could they have waited until they stepped on the thunderbolt at the border defense line to find out.
So the people in the border camp just blew the horns and did not light the beacon.
When the border guard battalion further away heard the sound of the horn, they would first be on alert and stand still. If the sound of the horn was heard again, they would go to support.
Guo Xun struggled to get up from the ground. He shook his head. His head was buzzing and his vision was blurred. The explosion just now made his ears ring a little.
Then he found that he had been injured a little, because Guo Xun was physically strong.
Although he was very close, his injuries were not serious. There was only a long blood mark on his leg, which did not affect his movement.
Guo Xun quickly checked the conditions of several other people and found that one of the other three was dead and two were seriously injured.
The person who was seriously injured was his friend Yu Dafu. When the explosion occurred, Yu Dafu was right next to the person who stepped on the thunderbolt, so Yu Dafu was also very seriously injured.
At this time, other people in the distance were already frightened and did not dare to act rashly.
Song Hailong shouted loudly:
"Everyone, please don't move around and retreat slowly! Just return the way you came and you'll be fine!"
Guo Xun picked up the two seriously injured people and ran out along the same route.
The other three groups of people are also slowly retreating, but it seems that not everyone remembers the route they came from.
Someone in the group on the far left stepped on a thunderbolt again, and there was another explosion, but this time it was luckier.
One person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured. Finally, everyone worked together to exit the minefield.
But things are far from over.
As soon as they got out of the minefield, they discovered a long queue of bright fires on the distant hills to the left and right.
The men and horses from the border guard camps on the left and right were approaching them quickly.
