The white scorching sunshine finally penetrated the layers of dense forest and projected onto the ground after exhausting the last effort.
The spots are speckled and the light and shadow are floating, which is a great test for vision.
The Qing Army's Bagaras walked in groups of three, cautiously.
One person is in front, holding a wooden shield and a scimitar; one person is on the side, equipped with a wooden shield and an iron bone; the person sandwiched in the middle is holding a bow and arrow.
"The Romance of Fairy Wood"
The arrow is strung and the bowstring is half unstrung.
The bow must not be fully drawn, otherwise it will soon lose its strength and the arrow will lose its power.
These warriors who were able to fight against ferocious tigers and wolves in the old forest were cautious and frightened, as if they were afraid of something.
Just because their enemies are more terrifying than tigers and wolves.
Even if there are many companions around them, no matter how brave the warrior is, they are not willing to lose their lives easily.
Bahir Dar tried his best to widen his small round eyes, trying to see through this dense forest full of dangers.
Three days ago, they discovered a group of people who were moving strangely and immediately pursued them.
The gang soon spotted them.
Fighting quickly broke out between the two sides.
As soon as he handed them over, Bahir Dar knew that this group of people must be scouts of the Xia army.
The two sides have fought countless times in various parts of North Korea, and they are already familiar with each other's combat effectiveness and fighting methods.
There were only seven or eight Xia army scouts in this group, but Bahir Dar still felt like he was facing a formidable enemy and immediately sent people to send messages to the surrounding areas.
In the end, more than 300 elite soldiers of the Qing Army caught up and forced these Xia Army scouts into the forest in front of them.
In the three days of fighting, the Qing army suffered more than forty casualties. Half of the Xia army's scouts were killed in the battle, and no one was left alive.
Going further, you will reach Imjin River.
Across the river is Xia Jun's territory.
Bahir Dar did not know the intentions of these Xia troops, so he could only lead his troops to bite them. It would be great if all these scouts could be eliminated.
As he walked, he sniffed twice and casually wiped the tree trunk beside him, and saw the blood on his fingertips that had not yet dried up.
This made his eyes light up, he whistled and pointed straight ahead.
Ba Yala immediately spread out and surrounded them straight ahead.
Deep in the dense forest, of the four Xia Army scouts who survived, only the youngest one was still intact. The other three were all injured, which seriously affected their actions.
"Gu Erchuan, it depends on you whether the military information can be transmitted back. Hurry up and find a way to cross the river."
The youngest scout Gu Erchuan was filled with tears and looked at his three teammates with great reluctance.
"Captain, let's go together."
Team leader Jiang Shangwu immediately started yelling and scolding.
"How long have you dared to act stupid? If we can't leave, we won't be able to send military information back, and if we lose the battle, it will be a shame for us. Can you afford it?"
Another scout, Tang Zhifeng, was wrapping gauze on his arm and also started to persuade him.
"Guerchuan, listen carefully. The world is huge, and the military situation is the greatest. If the army suffers a defeat because of us, even if we die, the captain will not spare us. You don't want to bring shame on the face of our reconnaissance team. Bar?"
It’s not that Gu Erchuan didn’t understand what they said. But watching comrades die is absolutely unacceptable to human nature.
He was going to say something else, but Jiang Shangwu opened his backpack and took out a bunch of things and stuffed them into his hands.
"You have to go back alive no matter what, and you have to bring these things to the big guy's family. Listen, live well, you don't want the big guy's family to know nothing, right?"
The things Jiang Shangwu handed him were personal items for all the comrades in the entire reconnaissance team.
Many died, but their most precious possessions were preserved. Maybe this is the last thought of their family.
Carrying a heavy burden on his back, Gu Erchuan finally figured it out.
He wiped the tears from his face, gave a final military salute to his three comrades, turned around and disappeared into the grass.
Jiang Shangwu and Tang Zhifeng finally breathed a sigh of relief and showed relaxed smiles.
"There are only three of us left, and we can't run anymore. Let's help Gu Erchuan stay here for a while."
Tang Zhifeng's face was full of ruthlessness.
"I won't die that easily. No matter what, I have to drag him down a few times."
The three Xia Army scouts, who were seriously injured, had already heard the sound of shuffling footsteps in the distance. However, they did not have any fear, grabbed the weapons in their hands, and made final preparations.
Guerchuan ran all the way without stopping, and finally, finally reached the riverside.
The water surface, which is hundreds of meters wide, is a natural chasm in the eyes of many people. If it were him, there wouldn't be any good solution.
But as scouts, of course they have received training in swimming.
Gu Erchuan didn't waste a moment and took out the knife.
He chopped down all the nearby branches and tree trunks as thick as an arm, as many as twenty. These wooden branches were then tied together with ropes, weighing at least nearly a hundred kilograms.
Gu Erchuan dragged the bundle of wood and stepped into the river step by step. Then he lay down on it, using his hands and feet, and started paddling to the other side.
A gunshot suddenly rang out in the woods behind him, followed by lively shouts of killing.
Gu Erchuan knew that the captain and the others had reached their final moments.
He wanted to see through this dense forest and see how his comrades were doing. But reason told him that he had to speed up.
A ghostly whistling sound suddenly reached his eyes, and then there was a clanging sound on his back.
Gu Erchuan looked back and realized that several Qing soldiers were standing on the shore, aiming at him with bows and arrows.
The sentence just now hit his backpack and was blocked by the contents inside.
But not every time, he will be so lucky.
There were suddenly more arrows from the Qing army, completely covering him.
Gu Erchuan was lying on the wood. He had no way to avoid it and could only try his best to shrink his head.
With a steel helmet on his head, he was not afraid of the Qing army's arrows. A backpack on the back can also act as a barrier.
As for the exposed hands and feet, there is nothing you can do.
Gu Erchuan let out a loud groan of pain, and his left leg twitched. It was obvious that he had been hit by an arrow.
He gritted his teeth and pulled out the arrow. In an instant, the water he was on was dyed red.
He didn't care about the wound at all, and paddled harder and harder, just to stay away from the enemy.
Seeing that he was getting further and further away, the Qing army became more anxious and shot arrows faster and faster.
The wounds on Guerchuan's body continued to increase, causing his speed to slow down. But across the river dozens of meters away, the Qing army had no other choice but to continue shooting arrows in the hope of killing him with one hit.
Gu Erchuan looked towards the south bank, still twenty or thirty meters away.
He didn't know if he could hold on.
The Qing army behind him opened his bow again. Maybe in the next second, he would die here.
Bang bang bang bang bang...
The Qing army's bows and arrows failed to fire in the end, and the Xia army's intensive musketry killed those Qing soldiers on the spot.
Separated by hundreds of meters of river, the Qing army's bows and arrows had little power, but the Xia army's muskets completely ignored this distance.
Under the intensive fire, the Qing soldiers had no time to escape.
When he heard the familiar gunshots, Guerchuan's whole body softened, and his consciousness began to become unclear.
In front of him, many Xia Army soldiers came across the water, getting closer and closer to him.
