Chapter 996.
To Sun Zhengheng and the group of feathered guards, Wang Chen’s battle results were incredible.
And in essence against these elite and strong horse thieves, he hadn’t even used a tenth of his power.
After stepping into the seventh rank, Wang Chuan’s perception ability had been greatly improved, darkness was not an obstacle to him at all, so no matter how secretive the horse thieves’ movements were, they would not be able to escape his insight.
Using only a Xuan Bing longbow and occupying a high point, Wang Dust was able to treat the area of a thousand paces in a radius as his hunting ground.
As long as he added mana to his arrows, the distance and speed of shooting would be increased to a terrifying situation.
Most of the horse thieves who died last night were killed for no apparent reason, and it all stemmed from this!
However, after the crisis of the horse thieves’ night attack was lifted, Sun Zhengheng and the Feather Forest Guards did not relax, as everyone believed that the real test was still ahead.
“According to the local guide, where we are currently located, we are still five days away from Xihai County City.”
During the break at noon, Sun Zhengheng held an impromptu meeting, gathering all the officers in the Featherwood Guards to confer.
He pointed to the map hanging on the wooden frame and said, “Fifty miles away is Lianyun Mountain, I’m worried that the horse thieves will gather their main forces over there to launch an attack on us.”
Lianyun Mountain was a mountain range that stretched across the West Sea Prairie, and it was also a place where the grassland horse thieves were entrenched and hiding.
The route taken by the peace party did not need to cross this mountain, but being close to Lianyun Mountain meant being close to the lair of the horse thieves, and the possibility of conflict breaking out at that time was extremely high.
Because once the Lianyun Mountain was crossed, it would be very close to Xihai County.
Sun Zhengheng concluded that the previous attack by the horse thieves was in preparation for this duel!
“Then we can’t go around farther?”
A Featherwood Guard officer gestured at the map, “Avoid Lianyun Mountain?”
“That would be a long detour.”
Sun Zhengheng smiled bitterly, “We don’t have time, the day of the princess’ wedding is set, once we miss it ……”
He didn’t say what the consequences would be, but did it even need to be explicitly stated?
The feathered officers shrunk their heads in unison.
“How about we take the initiative!”
Another officer gritted his teeth and said, “Split out two thousand elite cavalry to find the main force of the horse thieves and just crush them!”
Take the initiative to attack?
Everyone couldn’t help but look at each other.
“No way!”
Sun Zhengheng flatly rejected, “We have limited strength, we must not split our forces, and we don’t know exactly how many horse thieves there are, in case they unite, the consequences would be unimaginable!”
This officer’s proposal was very bloodthirsty, but it really wasn’t practical.
It should be known that there are tens of thousands of horse thieves in the West Sea grassland, although most of them are local herdsmen “part-timers”, they are all good at mounted archery and have a lot of experience in fighting, so they are by no means an easy target to deal with.
Once the 2,000 elite cavalry failed to defeat the enemy and suffered heavy damage, it would be the worst for the peace party!
As the main general of the team, Sun Zhengheng could not take such a big risk.
He couldn’t help but turn his gaze to Wang Duan, who was sitting on the side: “Taibao Wang, do you have any suggestions?”
Everyone’s eyes focused on Wang Dust in unison with anticipation and trust.
“My suggestion?”
Wang Dust smiled, “It’s very simple, just continue on according to the plan, and there’s no need to take a detour, once you encounter the main force of the horse thieves, you guys form up and hold on, and I’ll go alone to pick them all off and finish the job.”
What?
Sun Zhengheng and a group of feathered guards couldn’t believe their ears, suspecting that they had heard the wrong words.
Wang Chen wanted to pick off the horse thieves alone?
That wasn’t one or two hundred or a thousand, it was probably over ten thousand enemies!
Even a novel wouldn’t dare to write this!
Sun Zhenghuang was confused, “Taobao Wang, this is not a joke.”
“I’m not joking.”
Wang Dust said indifferently, “You don’t have to worry either, if you can’t pick me off, I can still run back.”
Sun Zhengheng was speechless.
Wang Chen was too confident, the bandits were just a bunch of clowns in his eyes, not worth taking seriously.
To say that Wang Chuan is too gullible, he is not wrong in saying that, a peak level of the fifth level of the Martial Sect is not so easy to kill, as long as they are not completely trapped to death, in the middle of the army to escape from the problem is not too big.
“It’s decided.”
Seeing that Sun Zhengheng had nothing to say, Wang Chen simply said it for him, “Dismiss the meeting, everyone get ready.”
Everyone’s eyes looked at Sun Zhengheng again.
Sun Zhengheng waved his hand and smiled bitterly, “That’s it then.”
Although he was the Featherwood Army Commander, in this team, Wang Dust’s status was higher than his, and it wasn’t for him to command the arrangements.
And the only one who could give orders to Wang Dust was Princess Qing Yun.
The problem was that Princess Qing Yun was also Wang Duan’s disciple!
Sun Zhenghuang think about it all head big, simply do not think about it, is nothing more than a soldier to stop water to cover the earth!
The peace procession continues to move forward.
The next day at noon, the distant rolling mountains appeared in the crowd’s line of sight.
Lianyun Mountain had arrived!
The atmosphere in the group steeply becomes tense, Sun Zhengheng sends out dozens of riders in a row to scout, searching for the possible main force of horse thieves, so as not to be caught off guard.
Newt ~
A hawk swept across the sky, circling uncontrollably above the peace party.
Its unusual appearance drew everyone’s attention.
“The horse thief’s tamed eagle!”
Sun Zhengheng looked up and said in a deep voice, “The enemy is likely nearby!”
The horse thieves on the grasslands were fond of keeping falcons for scouting the enemy, and the results were very good.
Beep~
As soon as his words fell, a sharp whistling sound was heard coming from far away.
Everyone’s face changed in unison.
This was the warning whistling arrow sent out by the scouts, indicating that an enemy had been spotted in that direction and that the situation was quite serious!
Sun Zhengheng immediately raised his arm and shouted, “Stop advancing and form a defense!”
The voice infused with qi energy instantly spread throughout the entire group, clearly reaching everyone’s ears.
Everyone in the peace procession was aghast in their hearts.
The caravan stopped, and under the command of the Feather Forest Guards, they quickly began to form a defensive car formation, and then unhooked all of the large shields and heavy crossbows that had been hidden underneath the car’s frame.
These solid shields were used to protect the people inside the formation, while the heavy crossbows were set up on the carriages to defend against the enemy.
Since everyone was prepared, the entire process was organized without any chaos.
Just after the carriage formation was completed, the scouts that were sent out earlier returned one after another.
All they brought back was bad news!
These riders had discovered at least five teams of horse thieves, numbering as many as three to four thousand, and these horse thieves were rapidly gathering in the same direction.
Due to the difference in power, the scouting riders didn’t dare to get too close, but what was certain was that the horse thieves on the West Sea Prairie had joined together and were preparing to make a big move.
As everyone had speculated earlier!
And the scout rider who returned at the end had several arrows sticking out of his body, and his entire body was dyed red with blood!