Chapter 125 Finally started to retreat [Three-in-one]
More than a hundred people were dispatched at the same time, so the momentum was huge.
Even under Xia Hong's instructions, no one spoke.
But with more than a hundred people walking together, even the sound of footsteps on the snow becomes very loud together, let alone other sounds.
Fortunately, the northern slope where the rodent group is located is not far from the valley, less than two kilometers in total, and as the rodent group moves south, the distance is even closer.
With so many people out in a group, and all of them were in the logging environment, Xia Hong felt a rare sense of grandeur. He did not go around the redwood ridge, but headed north after leaving the valley, going directly along the foot of the mountain.
"Everyone stop, we're almost there!"
When they were still more than two hundred meters away from the north slope, Xia Hong raised his hand to stop the team.
Xia Hong had already given Yuan Cheng the use of the Jinghan. He did not bring the giant ax with him today, but held a long and narrow weapon in his hand.
The blade was covered with a scabbard. It was hard to tell whether it was a sword or a knife. Judging from the scabbard, it was only about an inch wide. It was about 1.7 meters long including the handle.
Such a weird weapon attracted the attention of many people when Xia Hong brought it out of the camp. However, there were more important things to do tonight, so everyone temporarily suppressed their curiosity and did not ask.
"As agreed before, Xia Chuan, Luoyuan, and Yuan Cheng, the three of you will take half of the people to guard the west side. Zhao Long, Zhao Hu, Zhao Bao, and the rest will come with me. Climb up the mountain wall and attack. Don’t worry about the rats that run away to the north. If they run towards you, just use arrows to greet them!”
"I understand, leader!"
Xia Chuan and the other six nodded solemnly and immediately dispersed to inform the people below.
Although the two teams have been divided before departure, Xia Hong's deployment must be made clear to everyone, otherwise problems will easily arise.
Xia Hong raised his head, took one last look at the terrain of the mountain wall, and looked a little solemn.
Having been here so many times before, he was already familiar with the terrain on the north slope of the mountain wall, and he had already made a plan to deal with this group of rodents.
The valley that Daxia took over from Rogge Camp is located directly east of Redwood Ridge, sandwiched between two large mountains in the north and south, both with a height of two to three thousand meters.
The two high mountains extend to the south and north respectively. Daxia's previous earth slope station extended from the south mountain.
The mountain extending out to the north is also four to five kilometers long. The two camps of Chen Ye and Lu Shang are located in this four to five kilometer long mountain.
Chen Yeying's camp is less than two kilometers away from the valley. The rodents now occupy the magpie's nest and are entrenched on the hillside directly above the cave where they camp.
The hillside is about a hundred meters above the ground. Only by climbing up the rock wall on the west side can you see the rodents on the slope.
Less than two kilometers south of the hillside is the valley; to the east is the higher, more mysterious and more dangerous depths of the mountains; to the north is the nearest Lu Shang camp, and beyond that is the arrow bamboo forest; to the west, down the rock wall, is Redwood Ridge.
"In the deep mountains on the east side, if the rodents are willing to go, that would be the best; if they are not willing to go, you can just drive them farther north. Only in the south and redwood ridge, you cannot let them go. You only need to guard these areas. Two passes are enough, it’s up to them whether they die or escape!”
That's right, the purpose of this operation, which has been planned for nearly a month, is not to eliminate this group of rodents at all.
Xia Hong's goal from beginning to end was just to drive them away.
There are nearly four hundred rodents. With Daxia's current strength, it would be unreasonable to think of wiping them all out.
Trying to drive them away is the best policy.
To the south is the valley, and of course rodents cannot be allowed to pass there; Redwood Ridge is their long-term activity area, and a small number of rodents used to be less of a problem, but once the number increases, there is still a possibility of being discovered in the valley, and the risk is too great , so it doesn’t work either.
Walking to the foot of the mountain wall and looking at the ten canes that had been arranged in advance, Xia Hong turned around and whispered to Zhao Long who was closest to him:
"Everyone must be quiet when climbing up. You must not make a single sound. Find your position after climbing up and wait for my order!"
Zhao Long nodded and whispered to Zhao Hu beside him: "Everyone, you must keep quiet when climbing up. You must not make a single sound. You cannot talk after you climb up. Just find your position and wait for the leader's order!"
Zhao Hu continued to pass it to Zhao Bao, and Zhao Bao passed it to others, and so on, until all forty-eight people heard the instructions, and everyone turned their attention to Xia Hong at the front.
Xia Hong didn't speak anymore and pointed at the cane.
The three brothers Zhao Long took the lead in choosing three canes to climb up, and then forty-eight people followed him, divided into ten groups, and all climbed up.
Xia Hong watched quietly from below. After everyone had climbed up, he climbed up at the back.
On the mountain wall, there is an area that is twenty meters long and only two or three meters wide. It is about a hundred meters away from the rodents on the north slope. There are only four trees in the middle, which does not affect the view much.
This area is already small. Although more than fifty people have been divided into two rows and they are all squatting, it is still full and seems a bit crowded.
Xia Hong squeezed to the front and took a look at the group of rodents not far away. Most of them were still sleeping, with only a few awake, and he felt a lot more relaxed.
Then he didn't speak, but took out a transparent elixir from his arms, and then looked at Zhao Long, who was nearest.
Zhao Long nodded, and immediately took out a pill that was exactly the same as the one in his hand, and then touched Zhao Hu next to him with his elbow.
Zhao Hu got the signal, made the same action, and then informed the next person.
Just like the process of passing the message, everyone else, after receiving the signal, took out the same elixir that Xia Hong had in his hand.
"Thanks to the green saliva fruit, the decoction jar has been combined with the formula of the primary detoxification pill. Otherwise, I would not dare to bring anyone here just relying on the Tengjiao saliva!"
Xia Hong thought to himself, with a look of joy on his face.
Saliva can only relieve the toxins of Tengjiao through nose sniffing, but cannot completely detoxify it.
But at this moment, after taking these primary detoxification pills in the hands of him and others, not only can they completely ignore the effects of Tengjiao toxins, but judging from the names, it is obvious that they are also effective against other types of primary toxins.
Green saliva fruit is the fist-sized fruit found on the tree where the dragon is entrenched during the last dragon hunt. After taking it back last time and using a decoction pot to identify it, the formula for the primary detoxification pill was immediately put together.
Even more fortunately, in the formula of the primary detoxification pill, the most consumed material is Tengjiao saliva. Although the green saliva fruit is very important, only a little bit is needed for each batch.
A batch of primary detoxifying pills can produce between 20 and 25 pills. Xia Hong used up all the green saliva pills in one go. He made ten batches in total. Each of the more than 100 people who went out tonight got two pills. , which is more than enough.
Seeing that everyone had taken out the detoxification pill, Xia Hong took the lead and put the detoxification pill into his mouth first, and the others followed suit.
When the elixir entered his stomach, Xia Hong gave the three brothers Zhao Long a look.
Zhao Long, Zhao Hu, and Zhao Bao nodded and stood up. They all took out a fist-sized piece of blue meat from their arms. There was a pure white round bead wrapped in the middle of the meat piece. There was a white air current surging on the bead. .
The three of them each took a special iron arrow, then put a piece of blue meat through the iron arrow and hung it in the middle. They drew their bows and arrows and aimed at the rats. Finally, they turned to look at Xia Hong. Obviously Waiting for his order.
Xia Hong was not in a hurry, but turned to look at the others, stretched out two fingers, and said loudly:
"Two things, remember!
1. As soon as the poisonous mist dissipates, everyone must shoot all thirty arrows in their body as quickly as possible while ensuring accuracy.
Second, rodents may burrow into the ground. If you have not finished shooting the arrows, you can flexibly find a position by yourself. Individually and cooperatively, no matter what method you use, as long as you can kill them; once the arrows in your hand are used up, run away immediately. , but you are not allowed to run towards the valley, you can only run towards Redwood Ridge! ”
"I understand, leader!"
Due to his experience in his previous life, Xia Hong had also thought about whether he should gather everyone together and fire alternately to form an uninterrupted rain of arrows. The impact and lethality should be stronger.
But after trying it once in the valley, I gave up immediately.
First of all, there were only more than a hundred of them in total. Their number was too small, and they took turns. The range of the arrow rain formed was too small, and it was impossible to cause much damage to the group.
Secondly, the alternating archery method seeks speed, not accuracy. Even if the rat is hit by the poisonous mist of the Tengjiao, its speed will not be lost at all. If the accuracy is not good, the arrows shot will basically be a waste.
After considering various factors, Xia Hong chose to let everyone play freely. After all, they are all in the logging realm, with a basic strength of more than 5,000 kilograms, and with the blessing of bows and arrows, as long as the hit rate is enough, hunting will be vacated. The rodents affected by the poisonous mist are not difficult to see.
"Do it!"
Just when he spoke, he had already alerted a few awake rats. When Xia Hong saw that some rats had begun to make moves in this direction, he immediately gave the order.
Phew… Phew… Phew…
As soon as Xia Hong finished speaking, Zhao Long and the others, who had already prepared their long bows to the full moon shape, immediately let go.
Chi…………
The moment the three special iron arrows rubbed against the bow, a burst of violent sparks erupted, instantly igniting the blue piece of flesh fixed in the middle.
The three iron arrows were like fireballs, moving forward at a very fast speed, pulling out a straight line of white smoke in the air, piercing the quiet night.
Zhao Long's arrow shot to the left, Zhao Hu to the middle, and Zhao Bao to the right.
The goal of the three people was to cut the entire rat group into three pieces and shoot directly at three places.
Of course, none of them were shooting into the open.
Pfft…………
The three brothers were of equal strength. Not only did they shoot the iron arrows at the same time, but the target distances were also not far apart. The three iron arrows almost penetrated the heads of three rodents at the same time. Under the silent night sky, only one sound was made.
The three rodents didn't even let out a scream, as sharp arrows passed directly through their heads and were nailed to the ground.
Bang…………
At the same time, the blue flesh on the iron arrow was just burned through, and the Tengjiao poison sac inside exploded instantly. Three thick white mist dispersed instantly, quickly covering the entire rodent group, and even continued to spread outwards.
"Zhizhizhi..."
"Squeak, squeak, squeak..."
"Zhizhi..."
………………
As early as when three rodents were shot and killed, the rodent group had been alarmed, but everything happened too fast. After the white mist spread, dense rat noises were heard one after another.
Different from the ordinary rat calls, hundreds of huge rodents roared together, and the sound was extremely frightening.
"Everyone, find your own goals, quickly!"
Although the white fog was thick, it became much lighter in a moment and had no impact on the sight.
Xia Hong gave an order, and forty-eight people, plus the three Zhao Long brothers, all drew their bows and arrows, and fired wildly at the rats in the white mist.
Whoosh... whoosh... whoosh...
Countless iron arrows flew past, and the group of rats closest to the crowd was already filled with arrows before they could react. Dozens of them even had their pupils shot through, killing them with one arrow.
The group of rodents who responded hastily raised their eyes to look at the people on the south side, opening their penetrating teeth, with a fierce look in their eyes.
"Squeak..."
A clear rat cry suddenly sounded, and the rodent group immediately began to move.
They actually braved the rain of arrows and moved quickly towards the south.
These evil beasts are not afraid!
Xia Hong could see clearly that the rats shrouded in the poisonous mist of the Tengjiao had slowed down their movements. In the first wave just now, everyone basically shot more than three arrows, although there were only a few who could be killed with one arrow. , but at least forty or fifty were seriously injured.
After suffering such a heavy blow, the rodents actually tried to rush towards him!
Could that bark of orders just now be that of the leader of the rat pack?
Xia Hong, whose eyes never left the group of rats from beginning to end, found no abnormalities among the rats. A fierce light appeared on his face and he shouted at everyone.
"Continue to shoot arrows at a faster speed, everyone press forward and find your own position!"
Clang…………
After Xia Hong finished speaking, he pulled out the extra-long weapon from his waist, took the lead and rushed out from the slope.
"Go!"
"Brothers, press forward with the leader. These beasts have been poisoned. They are so far away and want to kill them!" "The leader has already charged. We are still afraid of eggs. Let's get closer and shoot. I have just shot." Shot at both ends, these rats are not that powerful.”
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Hundreds of rodents are quite oppressive.
The clamor on everyone's lips was actually concealing the fear in their hearts.
The three brothers who were really quickest to rush out following Xia Hong were the three Zhao Long brothers. They were stronger and naturally had less fear in their hearts.
Others, with a few people taking the lead in shouting, also rushed out from the slope one after another.
Of course, when everyone rushed out, they didn't want to have a close encounter with the rat.
When the rodents rushed towards them, they had already gathered together from the original large group. Xia Hong ordered everyone to press forward for the following purpose:
The first is to find a position with a better view to shoot the arrow; the second is to shorten the distance and improve the accuracy; the third is to purely boost one's own momentum and put the greatest pressure on these rats from a psychological level.
Xia Hong has no doubts about Han Beast's wisdom.
Especially rats that have been dealt with several times, their intelligence is definitely not low.
The northern slope was only over a hundred meters away from them, with only four trees in the middle. After rushing forward for more than ten meters, the crowd automatically divided into four waves, each occupying a big tree. Using the big tree as a barrier, they began to Shooting arrows wildly at the approaching group of rats.
Whoosh... whoosh... whoosh... whoosh...
The sound of wind blowing from the iron arrows rang in his ears, and when he realized that he was only about ten meters away from the rat at the front, Xia Hong's eyes were a little stern, he put his hands behind his back, made a gesture to the rear, and continued to charge forward.
Everyone saw the gesture and immediately understood it. The iron arrows fired from behind were all raised a little higher and no longer pointed at the front of the rat group.
And Xia Hong here has already collided with the leading rat.
The extra long weapon in his hand could be identified as a knife from the end.
But as a knife, its blade is really too narrow, only about an inch; and at the same time, it's too long, measuring 1.7 meters with the handle. If it weren't for the blade, it would look like a long stick from a distance.
Compared to the large knives they used previously.
No matter how many people looked at this knife, they all thought it was weird.
However, Xia Hong, who charged forward with a knife in both hands, quickly made everyone understand the terrifying power of the long knife in his hand.
The moment he was about to come into contact with the first rodent, Xia Hong's body suddenly accelerated, his hands moved horizontally, and the long knife moved from right to left. As his body rushed forward, he suddenly pulled it diagonally, bringing out a sharp blade.
The rat that was hit by the poisonous mist of the Tengjiao slowed down and its reaction slowed down. Faced with the sudden increase in speed, the rat could only dodge in embarrassment.
Compared with other cold beasts, it is only one meter long and naturally more flexible. With a slight jump, it hid towards the flank.
Tear…………
However, its body escaped.
But the tail was too late to take away.
Not to mention Xia Hong's basic strength for the moment, the sword light is 1.5 meters long, and its attack range is far wider than imagined. With one strike, the rodent's long tail can be cut off almost without any suspense, and even its body can be cut off. Many parts of the second half were chopped off at the same time.
Pfft…………
The rodent, whose tail was broken and lost its balance, only fluttered on the ground a few times before being shot through the skull by Zhao Long from a distance and nailed to the ground.
"Chief, what's the name of this sword? It's so powerful!"
Zhao Long, who killed the rat with one arrow, looked at the sword again with surprise in his eyes.
"The instrument knife."
Xia Hong said the name of the weapon in his hand, and without looking back he continued to rush towards the other rats on the side. He slashed with both hands in the air, and the sword light he brought out directly cut two or three rats along the way into two pieces. Son, there are even more people whose tails have been cut off.
The rodent has a small body, a long tail, flexible movements, and is much faster than other cold beasts. It is obviously a bit inappropriate to use that heavy giant axe. Before helping Zhao Long and the others to shoot the three 10,000-pound iron-tied bows, Xia Hong was thinking about what weapon he should use.
A broadsword can be used, but its advantage is not obvious against a swarm of rodents.
Xia Hong thought for a long time and finally thought of Yi Dao, one of the four types of Tang Dao.
As the name suggests, the ceremonial knife first appeared. Because of its length and exquisiteness, it could highlight the solemn majesty. For a long time, it was used as a ceremonial instrument for the royal family or important occasions, and it had little practical significance.
However, in the Ming Dynasty, a famous general combined the ceremonial sword with the spear and developed a method of use suitable for killing generals and capturing flags on the battlefield. Only then did the ceremonial sword have practical significance, and this weapon was promoted again.
The Yi Dao is best suited for rushing into formations to defeat many enemies with a small number, and because of its long blade, the attack range is wide enough and is very effective against speedy enemies.
To deal with long-tailed, fast, and large-population cold beasts like rats, the Yi Dao is simply the best weapon.
These are not just Xia Hong's guesses.
At this moment, Xia Hong was using his actions to prove how powerful Yi Dao was in restraining rats.
As time slowly passed, the rodents became more and more affected by the poisonous mist of the Tengjiao. Their speed became slower and their reactions became slower.
Xia Hong's sword was almost invincible, slashing all the way along the way. Even if the body of any rodent it encountered was not cut open, at least a section of its tail would be broken off, and in the worst case, its head would be cut off directly.
Even if some of them were lucky enough to survive Xia Hong's sword, they would not be able to escape the subsequent rain of arrows that claimed their lives.
Xia Hong rushed forward. In less than ten minutes, it was estimated that the people in Dashu only shot four to five rounds on average, and there were more rat corpses on the ground
Fifty or sixty.
Including the previous wave, sixty or seventy of the rodent group were dead, and over a hundred were seriously injured, which was almost a quarter of the rodent group.
"I don't believe it. I'm not afraid of killing you evil beasts!"
Although his original intention was to expel them, if there was a chance to kill them all, how could Xia Hong let it go so easily? After thinking to himself, when he saw that the group of rats did not retreat, Xia Hong's face became more fierce, and he turned around and shouted at the people behind him. ：
"Keep pressing forward and kill them all if you don't run away!"
Xia Hong's body rushed harder. After hearing his shout, the rest of the people surrounding the four big trees also moved forward again and launched a new round of offensive.
The cold light of the instrument sword rustled, and the iron arrows flew in the wind and rain.
There are only two sounds on the entire northern slope of the mountain wall, one is the squeaking sound of rats, and the other is the sound of speeding iron arrows.
Moreover, it is obvious that the voice of the former is getting smaller.
"Drill into the ground and dream!"
After cutting off the long tail of another rodent, Xia Hong suddenly glanced at the flanks with his peripheral vision and found three or four rodents with their teeth open, gnawing frantically on the ground. Realizing that they wanted to burrow into the ground, he immediately rushed towards them. passed.
Whoosh... whoosh... whoosh...
Under the influence of Tengjiao's poisonous mist, the speed of these rodents burrowing into the ground was not even a fraction slower than before. Before Xia Hong could pass by, three iron arrows shot through the air from behind, directly from those rodents. Passed through the mouth.
The powerful penetrating power of the iron arrows directly pierced their heads, and more than half of them came out from the back.
"Leader, retreat, the rats are retreating!"
Xia Hong, who was already in close combat with the rat in front, failed to notice what was going on behind him. Hearing Zhao Long's shout of surprise, he quickly stopped and looked up into the distance, a joyful look on his face.
Sure enough, many rodents had already begun to escape to the west, and other rodents also began to follow.
So scared!
"Slow down first and give them time to go down!"
After these rounds of offensives, Xia Hong knew without looking that everyone should have only about ten arrows left. Rats began to retreat, and the hit rate of follow-up shots was definitely not high, so he immediately ordered everyone to slow down.
At the other end, Wu Yangyang came down from the west side of the mountain wall, thinking that he could escape the swarm of rats. Before he could enter the redwood ridge, two iron arrows with poisonous sacs were exactly the same as those on the north slope. Came over.
The two rodents at the front of the row were directly driven away by iron arrows. The poison sacs exploded, and the white smoke that had gradually become thinner was replenished again.
"Kill!"
Xia Chuan's cold and crisp voice sounded, and he had been preparing for a long time. The other forty-eight people, who had already lost their patience, drew their bows and arrows, and fired another round of wind-like rain of arrows at the group of rats that had just fled hastily. .
"Everyone continues to shoot. Don't let them come back. Move to the south and don't leave a way for them."
As soon as the hurried and messy group of rats turned around and tried to return to the top of the mountain wall, Xia Hong's cold and stern voice came from the top of the slope.
Accompanying his voice were dozens of iron arrows that shot through the air.
The redwood ridge on the west side is blocked, and the mountain wall on the east side is also sealed.
Moreover, Xia Hong also led everyone to the south.
The end of the rodent colony seems to have come.
Of course, they still have one way out, which is to the north.
"I want to see if these evil beasts will run away or not!"
Xia Hong looked around everyone, and specifically checked the arrow pots on everyone's backs, and found that most people still had seven or eight arrows left. His mind moved slightly, and a bold idea came to his mind.
But after looking at the group of rats, I found that about two-thirds were left, and I immediately dismissed all the thoughts that had just arisen in my mind.
"Xia Chuan Luo Yuan, continue to speed up and keep them all here!"
Xia Hong shouted to the people on the west side, and then gave the same order to the people behind him. As before, he rushed towards the group of rats below with great momentum.
The extra-long instrument sword showed its power again. Just like on the north slope, Xia Hong entered an uninhabited area and kept pressing the outermost rodents on the east side inward. After a while, he killed six or seven of them.
The rats on the outside kept retreating and squeezing in, obviously scared.
But when Xia Hong saw this situation, although his hands worked hard, his heart became more and more drumming, and even his face became slightly ugly.
"Aren't you afraid of being killed by these beasts? They still won't run away!"
Xia Hong didn't know whether he was afraid of rats or not.
But in his heart, he was really panicking!
Because he clearly felt that there were fewer and fewer arrows shooting from behind him.
Zhao Long's wave of arrows were immediately gone.
Of course, there are still many arrows from Xia Chuan and Luo Yuan's group.
But the current good situation was formed by attacking from two sides.
Once the rodents realized that there were no arrows on the east side, the outcome would be dire.
Without a bow and arrow, the logging realm is in a close fight with the rat. Even if the rat is hit by the poisonous mist of the Tengjiao and its strength is greatly reduced, it will be a dead end!
"Don't leave yet!"
Xia Hong gritted his teeth and moved forward. After killing a few rodents, he rushed forward for a while.
It wasn't until he was almost ten meters away from the rodents that he could see them from a distance.
The rodent group on the northernmost side finally began to retreat.
"Huh..."
(End of chapter)