Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

Chapter 15 Mantis and Cicada
Black Tooth Changzhi stared at the enemies in the valley like a stone statue until he engraved everything in his mind.He turned and left, and walked at least a mile and a half on the winding mountain road, passing through brambles, branches, and tangled bushes, before he came to a big oak tree.The huge and dense canopy was enough to block the rain. Dozens of men in furs stood up in unison and bowed to Hei Chi Chang Zhi.

"The people of Tang put their camp on the rocky ground in the middle of the valley!" Hei Chi Changzhi broke off a branch, and began to explain while drawing on the muddy ground: "This has two advantages: first, you don't have to stand in the muddy ground." Stay overnight; second, occupying a high ground, the surrounding mud is also an obstacle for attackers! But there is also a disadvantage--" He paused for a while, and glanced at the surrounding subordinates: "The stone ground is a long strip , so the camp of the Tang people is also long, if we divide into two groups and attack both ends at the same time, the Tang people will think they are surrounded, and at that time—” Heizhi Changzhi swung his arm violently.

Everyone exchanged glances, and they all saw excitement from the eyes of their companions. They are all followers of the Black Tooth Changzhi family for generations. They have experienced hundreds of battles, and they know that the most important thing on the battlefield is not how strong you are, but how strong you are. It's about how strong it looks, especially at night, cowards can still rely on numbers during the day, but the only one they can rely on at night is themselves.

Wang Wenzuo was lying 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 in the ranks of soldiers.The continuous drizzle made the road muddy, and every step he had to work hard to pull his feet out of the mud. His greatest wish now was to have a wooden bucket filled with hot water, to soak his feet well, to come Roasted delicious chicken, and a clean bed, but in reality there are only fagots, buckskins, and dry biscuits hard enough to knock your teeth off.

"Master!" The curtain was lifted, and a familiar figure came in.

"Sancho? What's the matter?"

"Yuan Fei wants to see you, but he said he has something important to report to you!"

"Important matter?" Wang Wenzuo subconsciously grabbed the handle of the knife beside him: "Bring him in!"

"Lang Jun!" Yuan Fei knelt down, took out something from his arms, and put it in front of Wang Wenzuo: "I just found this on a tree in a nearby mountain depression!"

It was a translucent solid, about the size of a thumb. Wang Wenzuo looked at it, sniffed it up to his nose, and asked in an uncertain tone, "Is it pine resin?"

"Yes!" There was uncontrollable excitement in Yuan Fei's voice: "It's turpentine!"

"how many?"

"Many, many trees have traces of being hacked, just in the last day!"

Wang Wenzuo nodded and clenched his fists.A night raid must be set on fire, and what better arsonist on a rainy night than a tree branch covered in pitch?There is only one possibility for Yuan Fei's discovery. The Baekje people have already caught up, and they are lurking around, and may launch an attack at any time.

"You did a great job, Yuan Fei! It's even better than I expected of you!" Wang Wenzuo stood up, and gently patted the shoulder of the man kneeling on the ground: "When I get back to Sibi, I will definitely Report your achievements to your superiors and fulfill your original promise!"

Liu An was sitting by the brazier, warming his hands: "Wen Zuo, sit down and warm your body, the weather is really terrible, it's wet and cold!"

"Look!" Wang Wenzuo handed the rosin to the other party: "This is what the sentry found in the pine forest on the mountain. There are many, and the trees are everywhere!"

"Rosin?" Liu An also understood immediately: "Baekje people are catching up? Want to attack at night?"

"Well! It can only be this!" Liu An whispered: "But the number of people should not be too many, otherwise it would be impossible to go so fast and conceal so well!"

"Pass down the order and let the battalions strengthen their defenses at night!" Liu An threw the rosin into the brazier and ordered loudly, and then he said to Wang Wenzuo: "Time is running out, so I won't say more, Wen Zuo, you should go back quickly!"

The bonfire in the night, shining in the valley below, is like falling stars. In fact, they are brighter than the stars, and they don't twinkle.

For about a mile or so, Hei Zi Chang was condescending and calculated silently in his heart, but tree roots, stones and steep walls would be blocked in the dark.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 said in a low voice: "Split into two teams, I will take the lead in one team, and Mayu will lead the other team." Team!"

A short and thin man stepped out of the ranks. His thick beard and hair were connected together. He couldn't tell his age, but he was lean and graceful. He was a well-known local hunter with a pair of night eyes.

The raiders walked among the shadows, leaving a winding track down the valley below.Breathing frost and mist in the dark air, the rain had stopped long ago, the journey was hard and slow, because if you don’t pay attention, you will break your knees, but Black Tooth Changzhi seems to know where to put your feet instinctively. People step on the footprints 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 to the bone marrow.From time to time, bobcats howled from the mountains in the distance, and those animals who were good at hiding were like smoke flowing slowly in the mountains—soundless, breathless and deadly.

If only we could do as well as those bobcats!Hei Chi Changzhi thought to himself, he clenched the handle of the knife at his waist, and stared at the distant fire.The question is who is the hunter and who is the prey?

About four or ten minutes later, Heizhi Changzhi stopped. At this time, he could clearly see the dim yellow light from the enemy's campfire. In order to avoid being blown out by the wind, the sentinel piled the fire behind a big rock, next to it. There was an erected wooden stake, from the angle of Black Tooth Changzhi, half of the body could still be seen, it seemed that it should be a sentry dozing by the fire.He let out a long breath, it seemed that the enemy already felt safe, which was great.

"Two people? Or three people? There shouldn't be more!" Hei Chi Changzhi thought for a while, pointed to a subordinate behind him, then pointed to himself, drew a circle with both hands, and then pointed to a stone Behind the fire, the subordinate nodded knowingly.

(End of this chapter)