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Chapter 616 Sneak Attack
"General, we have been marching for a long time in order to hurry. The soldiers are exhausted physically and mentally. They should take a break for a while." The battalion officer of the First Infantry Battalion, sweating profusely, trotted over and said to Zhao Guirong.

Zhao Guirong looked back at the soldiers, and found that the soldiers were sweating profusely, and their expressions showed sleepiness.

"Temporarily rest here and start cooking." Although Zhao Guirong was eager to march, the soldiers were only human after all. Marching in the unfamiliar mountains and forests was very exhausting, so the soldiers could only rest first.

When the soldiers of the First Infantry Battalion saw that the general agreed to rest, they cheered for a while, and then urged the cooking soldiers to set up a stove to cook.

"Send sentries to defend the surrounding area to prevent enemies or poisonous snakes and beasts from appearing." Zhao Guirong still sent out scouts cautiously.

The soldiers serving as scouts scattered around the official road with a sad face. The whole battalion could rest, but they were the only ones who continued to wander.

In the jungle, hunters lurking one after another are approaching the Kyushu Army who lost their vigilance.Maybe it was easier for the Kyushu Army to conquer Lang Son this time, so the soldiers of the Kyushu Army didn't think there was anything difficult to deal with with the Zheng family in An Nanguo, because the main force of the Zheng family went south to Changyu Lei at this time, and there were only scattered local troops in the north. That's all.

"Mother Xipi, I have been walking for two days. The enemy has not seen a single one. Many comrades have died at the mouth of poisonous insects in the jungle. When will we be able to reach Gaoping so that we can finish this war as soon as possible. I want to go back to the south of the Yangtze River It's here." A sentry held a Dreiser rifle and said to another sentry who came with him to investigate in this direction.

"Of course this mountainous place is not as good as the gentle village in the south of the Yangtze River, but if you want to accumulate military exploits and get promoted, you still have to come here to practice." Another sentinel said, "In the past, we would have no chance of being promoted. Now it's fine, as long as If you are brave in battle, you will have extra salary, and you can also accumulate military exploits, and be promoted by virtue of your military exploits."

"If I can be a captain, I will be satisfied. Even if I do something like a battalion officer, I don't have that ability." The sentinel said.

Suddenly there was a rustling in the jungle, which alerted the two sentinels.They looked at each other and approached the jungle one after the other with muskets in hand.

"Who is it, come out quickly!" A sentry walking in front held up his rifle and was about to pull the trigger.

At this time, a cold light flashed in the dense forest, and a poisonous arrow sank into the throat of the sentinel, and came out from the back of the neck with blood.The eyes of the sentinel who was still talking just now gradually lost their luster. He wanted to shout, but his throat was pierced, and he couldn't even utter a word before he died, only a dry rustling sound.

"There is an enemy..." The sentinels who followed were shocked when they saw their companion died tragically, and they were about to fire a warning shot.

However, a sharp dagger protruded from behind him and cut his throat!The dagger that was splashed with cold light had a purple luster in the air, obviously also coated with poison.

The two sentries were dealt with silently!

After they fell to the ground, dozens of people appeared in the jungle one after another.

"In our jungle, they are no different from ordinary prey." One of the natives retracted the poison dagger and looked indifferently at the two cold corpses on the ground.

"Don't take it lightly, their strength does not lie in fighting alone, but in destroying the enemy with dense firearms." The Zheng family soldier said.

"Hmph, in the jungle, how can firearms be used better than our silent bows and arrows? Is this the powerful musket you are talking about?" A native picked up the Dreiser rifle on the ground and played with it in his hand.

"Their muskets are weird, you have to be careful..." Zheng's soldiers quickly reminded.

Bang!
A crisp gunshot resounded through the forest, startling a group of birds in the forest.The native who accidentally pulled the Dreiser rifle was so startled that the rifle fell to the ground.

The faces of the surrounding natives and soldiers of the Zheng family turned pale.This is great, as soon as the gunshots are fired, their concealment is likely to be gone!
"I..." The native blushed for something bad, and didn't know how to apologize.

Zhao Ronggui and others, who were resting, heard a gunshot in the jungle, and many soldiers immediately grabbed the muskets around them, facing the lush jungle back to back.

"Everyone, don't panic, maybe it's just that the sentinel encountered some wild beast." Zhao Ronggui restrained everyone in time, and he also pulled out the sword at his waist, watching around vigilantly.

In the jungle just now, the vegetation swayed for a while, a fierce tiger leaped past, and sank into the forest again.

"It's a tiger!" A soldier shouted after witnessing the tiger flashing past in the forest.

"Sure enough, I just encountered a beast." Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.It doesn't matter if it's just a tiger, but there are thousands of them, and everyone has weapons on them, the king of the forest is no threat to them.

It was probably judged that the sentinel had encountered a wild beast, so everyone relaxed and continued to rest.However, as the general, Zhao Guirong was still not so relieved, and said to a small team leader: "Take your team to meet the sentinels over there. Even if they encounter wild beasts, they may need to respond."

"Obey!" The team leader immediately led a dozen of his men into the jungle in that direction.

"There are quite a lot of ferocious beasts here. I have seen poisonous snakes, tigers, and wild elephants all along the way."

"Our Chief Secretary of Yunnan also has a lot of ferocious beasts, which are commonplace for us Miao people. In some villages in deep mountains and old forests, there are still many people playing with poisonous insects."

"Really, you can play with things like poisonous insects, so you're not afraid of being bitten by poisonous insects?"

"I'm lying to you, I'm the bastard you said, let us call it practice Gu."

The soldiers who were resting couldn't help chattering, thinking that everyone agreed that they were beasts, and it would be fine as long as someone drove them away.

"It's just a beast?" After sending out a small team to meet the sentry, Zhao Ronggui still felt a little uneasy.

This feeling of uneasiness is not because Zhao Ronggui discovered something unusual, but just an intuition of danger brought about by years of fighting.

"All of you cheer me up and go patrolling around." Zhao Ronggui assembled his own guards and asked them to serve as sentries temporarily.

Just after Zhao Guirong sent a small team into the jungle, this small team encountered the natives and Zheng's troops in the jungle, and there was a lot of gunfire!The natives and Zheng's troops thought that they and others had been exposed, so they started to attack ahead of time!
The local people and Zheng's soldiers lurking in the surrounding area rose up, bows, arrows and muskets in the forest fired at the Kyushu army in the open!

"Enemy attack!" The soldiers of the Kyushu Army who reacted this time hurriedly picked up their muskets again, looking for cover to fight back, and the stoves and iron pots were scattered all over the ground in a panic!
(End of this chapter)