Black Teeth Changzhi stared at the enemy in the valley like a stone statue until everything was engraved in his mind. He then turned around and left, walking on the winding mountain road for at least a mile and a half, passing through thorns, branches and tangled shrubs, before he came to a big oak tree. The huge and dense tree canopy was enough to block the rain. Dozens of men in furs stood up and bowed to Hei Te Changzhi.
"The people of the Tang Dynasty placed their camps on the stone ground in the middle of the valley!" Hei Te Changzhi broke a branch and started to draw on the dirt while explaining: "This has two advantages: first, you don't have to stand in the mud. Stay overnight; secondly, occupy the high ground. The surrounding mud is also an obstacle to the attackers! But there is also a disadvantage-" At this point, he paused slightly and glanced at the surrounding subordinates: "The stone ground is long. , so the Tang people's camp is also long. If we divide into two groups and attack both ends of them at the same time, the Tang people will think that they are surrounded. At that time -" Hei Te Changzhi suddenly waved his arm.
Everyone exchanged glances and could see the excitement in the eyes of their companions. They have all followed the Black Tooth Chang family for generations. They have experienced hundreds of battles and know that the most important thing on the battlefield is not how strong you are. It's about how strong you look, especially at night. During the day, the coward can still rely on the number of people, but at night the only one you can rely on is yourself.
Wang Wenzuo lay on the deerskin, his whole body aching. Although he had a horse, in order to avoid attracting poisonous arrows from the Baekje archers on the hillsides on both sides, he had to march on foot and hide himself among the ranks of soldiers. The continuous drizzle made the road muddy, and he had to work hard to pull his feet out of the mud every step he took. His biggest wish now was to get a wooden bucket filled with hot water, soak his feet, and take a bath. Roast a fragrant chicken and have a clean bed, but in reality there are only bundles of firewood, deerskin and dry biscuits that are hard enough to knock teeth off.
"Master!" The door curtain was opened, and a familiar figure came in.
"Sancho? What's the matter?"
"Yuan Fei wants to see you. He said he has something important to report to you!"
"Is it important?" Wang Wenzuo subconsciously held the handle of the knife beside him: "Bring him in!"
"Lang Jun!" Yuan Fei knelt down. He took out something from his arms and placed it in front of Wang Wenzuo: "I just found this on a tree in a nearby mountain col!"
It was a translucent solid, about the size of a thumb. Wang Wenzuo looked at it, brought it to his nose and smelled it, and asked in an uncertain tone: "Is it rosin?"
"Yes!" There was irrepressible excitement in Yuan Fei's voice: "It's rosin!"
"how many?"
"Many, many trees have marks of being chopped down, just in the last day!"
Wang Wenzuo nodded and clenched his fists. A night attack would definitely involve setting fire, and what better thing to set fire to on a rainy night than a tree branch covered in pine resin? Yuan Fei discovered that there was only one possibility. The Baekje people had already caught up and were lurking around, possibly launching an attack at any time.
"You did a very good job, Yuan Fei! Even better than I expected from you!" Wang Wenzuo stood up and gently patted the shoulder of the man kneeling on the ground: "When I return to Sixi, I will definitely Report your merits to your superiors and fulfill your original promise!"
Liu An was sitting next to the brazier, warming his hands: "Wen Zuo, sit down and warm yourself up, the weather is really terrible, it's wet and cold!"
"Look!" Wang Wenzuo handed the rosin to the other party: "The detective found this in the pine forest on the mountain. There are many of them, and they are everywhere on the trees!"
"Rosin?" Liu An also understood immediately: "The Baekje people are catching up? Are they going to attack at night?"
"Well! It can only be this!" Liu An whispered: "But the number of people should not be large, otherwise it would not be possible to be so fast and concealed so well!"
"Send the order and ask all the battalions to strengthen their defenses at night!" Liu An threw the rosin into the brazier and ordered loudly. Then he said to Wang Wenzuo: "Time is running out. I won't say more. Wenzuo, please go back quickly!"
The bonfires in the night shine in the valley below, like falling stars. In fact, they are brighter than the stars, and they do not twinkle. Sometimes they stretch and swell, sometimes they search for gloom, otherwise the black teeth are always in the mood at this time.
About a mile or so, Black Teeth Changzhi was condescending and silently estimated in his heart, but in the dark night, tree roots, rocks and steep walls would be obscured. He should have gone there in person during the day, and he couldn't help but secretly regret it, but he quickly got rid of the regret, turned around and whispered: "Divide into two teams, one team will be led by me, and the other team will be led by Mayu. Team!"
A short and thin man walked out of the queue. His thick beard and hair were connected together. He could not tell his age, but he was lean and lean. His movements had a kind of elegance unique to cats. He was a famous local hunter and had a pair of night eyes.
The attackers walked among the shadows of the trees, heading toward the valley below, leaving a winding trail. The breath formed frosty mist in the dark air, and the rain had stopped long ago. The journey was difficult and slow, because if you didn't pay attention, you would break your knees. However, Hei Te Changzhi seemed to instinctively know where to stop. People step on the footsteps of their predecessors and move forward with difficulty.
The rain had stopped long ago, and the northwest wind blowing from the Gaima Plateau passed through the valley, like a sharp razor, straight into the bone marrow. From time to time, the howls of bobcats can be heard from the distant mountains. Those animals that are good at hiding are like the slowly flowing smoke in the mountains - silent, breathless and deadly.
I wish we could do as well as those bobcats! Black Teeth Changzhi thought to himself, he clenched the handle of the knife at his waist and stared at the fire in the distance. The question is who is the hunter and who is the prey?
About forty minutes later, Heijia Changzhi stopped. At this time, he could clearly see the dim yellow light from the enemy's campfire. In order to avoid being extinguished by the wind, the sentry piled the fire behind a big stone and next to it. There was an erected wooden stake, and from Heijia Changzhi's angle, half of the body could be seen. It looked like it was a sentry taking a nap next to the fire. He let out a long breath. It seemed that the enemy already felt that he was safe, which was great.
"Two people? Or three people? There shouldn't be more!" Black Teeth Changzhi thought for a moment, pointed to a subordinate behind him, then pointed to himself, drew a circle with his hands, and then pointed to the stone. Behind the fire, his subordinates nodded knowingly.
