Guarding the border: I am sanctified in the flesh

Chapter 125 Killing the enemy with one arrow makes the enemy fearful

"Yes, no problem at all."

Ye Wuchen praised: "Your idea is very good, our Dragon Shadow Guard is most suitable for surviving and fighting in such a place."

"There are mountains all around, stretching for hundreds of miles."

"As long as we hide in the mountains, the Shu army will never find us."

"Even if they found us, we would have left long before mobilizing the army to encircle and suppress us."

"What's more, with our Dragon Shadow Guard's intelligence capabilities, we can completely avoid the eyes of the Shu army, and even directly capture or kill them."

"Leave no trace."

After pondering for a while, Ye Wuchen continued: "The most critical point now is to persuade Pang Rong and Gu Cheng to cooperate with us in sending troops."

"Let's go then."

Lu Fan put away the exercises and said with a smile: "Let's go to them to discuss it now, and make a battle plan overnight tonight, and set off early tomorrow morning."

"it is good."

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Five days later.

On the third day of April, in the morning.

Two hundred miles to the southwest of Cangyun City, there are towering and endless mountains.

There are lush vegetation and flowers blooming on the mountain.

This is a large mountain range running from east to west, stretching for hundreds of miles.

There happened to be a road passing through the middle of the mountain range, as if it had been cut down by a heavenly sword, dividing the mountain range into two.

This road leads to Cangyun City of Dazhou in the north and Sunmu City of Shu Kingdom in the south.

In normal times, it is a bustling commercial road, and traders from all over the world come and go.

But now is wartime, and no businessman dares to take this road anymore.

"Da da, da da!"

The crisp sound of horseshoes came from a distance, especially clear in the silent wilderness.

"coming!"

Ye Wuchen glanced at Lu Fan beside him.

"Ah."

Lu Fan nodded.

He had heard it a long time ago, and he could tell that the food convoy was at least ten miles away.

According to the plan, two Dragon Shadow Guards have set up an ambush here.

The Longyingwei of the Zhennan Army is in the west, and the Longyingwei of the Southwest Army is in the east. They lie in ambush on the hills on both sides of the road, waiting for the food transport team to come to their door.

Grabbing food is the main thing, killing the enemy is the second.

"Da da, da da!"

The sound of hooves became louder and closer.

A group of people came from a distance.

In the front are dozens of officers on horseback, then soldiers on foot, and behind them are carriages, surrounded by many soldiers, with no end in sight.

The Shu army's grain transport team came.

The soldiers talked and laughed as they walked, with a relaxed expression, unaware of the imminent danger.

The Longying Guards of the Zhennan Army hid on the mountain, lined up without making any sound, their eyes were fixed on the grain transportation team down the mountain, and their sharp arrows were quietly put on the bowstring.

Lu Fan was on the far side, and he also began to draw his bow and arrows, aiming at the grain escort officer of the Shu Kingdom.

From the military uniform and style the other party was wearing, he could easily tell that this person was Xu Liang, a master of the first rank.

As long as this person can be shot and killed, the Shu army will be in chaos.

Lu Fan had already discussed with Ye Wuchen and Gu Cheng in advance, and Xu Liang handed it over to him.

Several second-rank masters of the Shu army were handed over to Ye Wuchen and Gu Cheng.

And so on.

The opponents Long Yingwei chose were all one realm weaker than himself.

As for the slightly weaker Dragon Shadow Guards, they were only responsible for dealing with ordinary soldiers.

This minimizes losses.

Moreover, the Longying Guard of the Southwest Army on the opposite mountain deliberately staggered the positions of the Longying Guard of the Zhennan Army in order to inflict maximum damage on the Shu army.

It can also hunt down the enemy better.

Seeing Xu Liang pass by him, Lu Fan let go of the arrow string in his hand.

"call out!"

A powerful piercing sound sounded.

The sharp arrow flew out of the string.

Ok?
Feeling the danger, Xu Liang turned his head suddenly, only to see a flash of cold light, and the sharp arrow had come to him.

It was too late to draw the sword, so he could only punch it out.

"boom!"

With a loud noise, Xu Liang flew out from the horse.

Blood was sprinkled in the air.

The screams followed.

Xu Liang's fist became bloody, and half of his body was covered in blood.

What shocked him even more was that the arrow didn't stop, and while he was dumbfounded, it hit his heart fiercely.

"boom!"

Xu Liang fell heavily to the ground, motionless.

"Shhhhhh!"

Continuous cracking sounds sounded.

Arrows rained down.

Unprepared, the Shu army fell in pieces.

The arrows in Lu Fan's hand kept shooting at several other officers.

No one can stop his arrow.

Coupled with Ye Wuchen beside them, the two shot their arrows in vain. In a moment, half of the dozens of officers in the front fell down.

On the opposite mountain, Gu Cheng and his masters stood at the far end, focusing on shooting the masters of the Shu army in the rear.

"what!"

The screams and howls were connected together, accompanied by bursts of screams.

The soldiers of the Shu Kingdom panicked and ran around.

But because he was in the middle of the team, no matter where he ran, he couldn't escape the rain of arrows.

After several consecutive rounds of arrow rain, most of the Shu army was killed or injured.

"withdraw!"

One head and one tail, the Shu army at the two ends of the team ran towards Cangyun City and Sunset City respectively.

He didn't even dare to stay for a moment, let alone stay and fight.

They were scared out of their wits.

After all, people stronger than them are dead, and they can only die if they stay.

"Shhhhhh!"

The rain of arrows didn't stop, and continued to shoot at the Shu army down the mountain.

This is a predetermined strategy.

Regardless of the fleeing Shu army, shoot and kill the Shu army blocked in the middle.

After a long time.

Lu Fan put away his bow and arrow, and jumped down from the mountain.

Ye Wuchen followed closely behind.

The two led the Long Yingwei of the Zhennan Army to chase and kill them in the direction of Cangyun City.

Gu Cheng took the Southwest Army's Long Yingwei and chased them in the direction of Sunset City.

"kill!"

The sound of shouting and killing was loud.

The chase lasted for more than half an hour, and the two Dragon Shadow Guards returned almost at the same time, meeting at the place where they had previously ambush.

The carriages transporting food were all parked in place, blocked by the surrounding corpses, unable to move.

"Clean up the battlefield!"

"Yes."

With Lu Fan's order, everyone began to clean up the battlefield.

The road was cleared out quickly, and everyone replenished their arrows, drove the carriage, along the mountain road, and entered the deep mountain.

On the way, the food was moved down, leaving 100 people to drive on with empty carriages.

The rest of them changed direction and transported grain to the other side of the mountain.

Doing so will not leave traces easily.

Even if the Shu army came to investigate, they could only follow the traces of the chariots and horses and enter the deep mountains.

But in fact, it is far away from the hiding place of the Dragon Shadow Guards.

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Outside Cangyun City, the military camp of Shu Kingdom.

Xue Ren, commander of the Shu army, was discussing matters with several generals in the tent.

"Report!"

A soldier ran in hastily, "My lord, the rations have been robbed."

"what?"

Xue Ren stood up in shock and shouted, "Quickly tell me, what's going on?"

"Yes."

The soldier said loudly: "In the southwest of the barracks, about [-] miles away, our army's grain transportation team was intercepted and killed. The grain transportation officer, Mr. Xu, was killed on the spot. Several other generals were also killed in battle, and all the military supplies were lost. gone."

"what?"

Xue Ren was stunned, and murmured: "How is it possible? That is in the territory of our Shu Kingdom? Da Zhou's army dare to fight there?"

"How many people are left?"

Deputy Commander Fan Li stood up and asked, "How many people did Da Zhou send?"

"There are less than 1000 left."

The soldier said: "As for how many people Da Zhou sent, I don't know."

"This bunch of trash!"

Xue Ren was furious and cursed, "You can't even do this well."

"Sir, calm down."

Fan Li persuaded: "The most urgent thing is to think of a way to deal with it."

"Ugh!"

Xue Ren sighed softly, and said: "The last time the army rations were mostly burned, and this time the army rations have been robbed. It will be very difficult to gather the army rations we need again."

"I estimate that the food nearby is not enough to supply and must be borrowed from afar."

"That would take a long time, plus the transportation on the road, it would take at least a month, and it wouldn't even be enough."

Speaking of this, he frowned, "Based on the rations our army has stored, it can last at most ten days, right?"

"Yes."

Fan Li also sighed, "This is only when the soldiers don't have enough to eat, they can barely last ten days."

"Otherwise we will fight!"

Another general, Pan Ning, interjected, "Whatever it takes, take Cangyun City within ten days, and then we will have food."

"Let me think about it."

Xue Ren fell into deep thought.

After a long time, he shook his head lightly, "It's too risky. What if we can't take it in ten days? What should we do? We can only withdraw our troops at that time. If the Great Zhou Southwest Army takes the opportunity to rush out, how can we resist?"

"Indeed."

Fan Li continued, "When our army's morale was at its peak, we couldn't take Cangyun City in ten days. Now that our morale is low, how can we take it?"

"What should I do?"

Pan Ning said: "We can't just do nothing and just wait?"

"Withdraw!"

Xue Ren made up his mind, "Let's go back and rest for a while, and then come back!"

"Oh?"

Pan Ning was stunned for a moment and asked, "When will the troops withdraw?"

"Tomorrow morning."

Xue Ren said: "Since you plan to withdraw the troops, the sooner the better, you will send an order later, so that all the troops can prepare early and leave after breakfast tomorrow."

"I agree."

Fan Li thought for a while and said, "There is just one thing that has to be guarded against."

"The Great Zhou army tried every means to burn our food and grab our food. The purpose is probably to force us to withdraw."

"Moreover, they may take advantage of our withdrawal to conduct a surprise attack on our army."

Speaking of this, Fan Li glanced at Xue Ren, "My lord, we have to take good precautions."

"If they dare to come, it's just what I want."

Xue Ren snorted coldly: "I will leave an ambush, and when the Zhou army pursues, I will give them a fatal blow."

"Yes."

Fan Li nodded in agreement, "Maybe so, we can take this opportunity to enter Cangyun City."

"Correct."

"exactly."

"good idea!"

Several other generals echoed.

At this moment, they felt hopeful again.

As long as you seize the opportunity, you can turn defeat into victory, and even win Cangyun City in one fell swoop.

At this time, on a high mountain less than two hundred miles away from the military camp.

All the Dragon Shadow Guards were sitting in groups of three or five, eating together.

Everyone looked excited, with joy written all over their faces.

While eating, I didn't forget to talk and laugh aloud.

"happy!"

"Enjoyed!"

"Good kill."

This was an unprecedented victory. Of the more than 1 Shu troops, only less than 2000 escaped, and the remaining 8000 people were all killed.

Including Xu Liang, the food transport officer, several second-rank masters, and more than a dozen third-rank masters, almost all of them were beheaded.

The seized food piled up into mountains, enough for them, the Dragon Shadow Guards, to eat for several years.

Lu Fan, Ye Wuchen, and Gu Cheng sat around together, talking and laughing.

"Sure enough, Commander Lu is the best."

Gu Cheng smiled and said: "This battle alone has established the victory for us."

"It's far from time to relax."

Lu Fan shook his head, "The Shu army still has an army of 10,000+, and there are countless masters. If they fight us hard, we will suffer heavy losses."

"I believe in your plan, nothing will go wrong."

Gu Cheng was not worried at all, "After all, you have already speculated about various possibilities and prepared corresponding countermeasures. No matter what the Chu army chooses, defeat will not be avoided."

"Ah."

Ye Wuchen answered: "The most important thing is intelligence. As long as we can grasp the things of the Shu army in time, we will make the most appropriate response and remain invincible."

"That's up to you."

Lu Fan smiled and said, "No one is more suitable than you."

"Okay, leave it to me."

Ye Wuchen readily agreed.

"correct."

Gu Cheng asked: "Do you think the Shu army will put all their eggs in one basket? Or will they choose to withdraw?"

"In my estimation, they will choose to withdraw their troops."

Ye Wuchen had been thinking about this issue for a long time, and blurted out at this time, "This is the safest way. After all, siege is too dangerous. If they fail to win, they will be in danger, or even hopeless."

"Yes."

Gu Cheng nodded in agreement, "However, in this way, they will retreat in a leisurely manner, and their combat effectiveness will not drop too much."

"Just like what Lu Fan said, if they retreat tomorrow, they will definitely leave an ambush. Firstly, they want to stop the rear, and secondly, they want to take the opportunity to severely injure us and turn the tide of the battle."

"Maybe it will turn defeat into victory."

"But what they don't know is that Lu Fan has thought of it a long time ago, and there is a way to deal with it."

"It is absolutely impossible for the Shu army to withdraw back to the Kingdom of Shu unscathed."

"Even if they go back, they have to shed a layer of skin."

"Humph!"

Gu Cheng snorted coldly and said, "This is the price they should pay!"

"The total strength of the Shu army is still more than 20."

Lu Fan analyzed: "Among them, there are at least 8 to 4 troops, and these people have almost no combat power. After removing them, there are only [-] to [-] people left, including tens of thousands of wounded soldiers."

"In other words, the real combat strength of the Shu army is only 10 people."

"If they divide up [-] troops and lie in ambush in the rear, it will give us Dragon Shadow Guards a chance instead."

"We only need to face [-] elite Shu troops."

"The other 5 people, let them wait."

"Anyway, we have already made a plan with Pang Da people before, and we must receive a signal from us to attack before we can send troops."

"The ambushes of the Shu army are useless."

After a short pause, Lu Fan continued: "We just need to follow the original plan and keep harassing the Shu army during their retreat."

"Yes."

Gu Cheng answered: "According to what you said, they are still ambushing the Shu army at the same location as last time. They suffered a loss there once, so they must never have imagined that we would dare to ambush there."

"Even if you think about it, it doesn't matter."

Lu Fan said: "Because it is the best place to ambush, the Shu army can only be beaten passively at the foot of the mountain, but they are still unable to win. If they chase us, we will withdraw. If they leave, we will chase and beat them."

"After all, we have few people and act fast."

"As long as you drag the Shu army down and grind him for a few days, the Shu army's ambush soldiers will naturally lose their temper and will retreat hastily."

"When the time comes, we will send out the signal again, and the Pang Da people will lead the army to send troops from the city, and attack us back and forth, and the Shu army will be in chaos."

Speaking of this, Lu Fan glanced at Ye Wuchen, "You go and watch the ambush of the Shu army, as soon as they retreat, you immediately send a signal."

"no problem."

Ye Wuchen said with a smile: "This plan is very good, we will surely defeat the Shu army."

"Yes."

Gu Cheng echoed: "Maybe after this battle, the victory will be established and the Shu army will be terrified. If they want to attack my Dazhou again, I'm afraid they will have to think carefully."

"hope so."

Lu Fan nodded slightly, "No matter what, as long as we can win this battle, the Shu army will definitely suffer heavy casualties. It is impossible to recover within a few months. This will undoubtedly give us more time."

"Yes."

Gu Cheng agreed very much, "At that time, we can free up our hands to support Zhennan Pass and Fenglei City."

"Ah."

The three looked at each other and smiled, and the hero saw the same thing.

Fighting side by side in the past few days has made the two Dragon Shadow Guards cherish each other.

The victory of today's battle has made them trust each other even more, and they have a tacit understanding with each other.

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The next day, in the morning.

The army of the Kingdom of Shu marched on the road outside Cangyun City, heading towards Sunset City.

Commander Xue Ren and several generals rode in the middle of the team.

"Report!"

A young officer rode over and said loudly, "General, none of the scouts we sent out came back."

"what?"

Xue Ren and several generals looked at each other, and they all understood what the other party meant. There was an ambush ahead.

The Great Zhou army was really whimsical, they even bypassed layers of defenses and sneaked into the territory of Shu Kingdom, wouldn't they be afraid that they would all die here?

But in any case, this trick is extremely effective.

It really hurts them.

The most important thing is that they don't know how many people Da Zhou sent.

And the Great Zhou army seemed to know their actions well.

How is this fight going?
It doesn't work if you don't fight.

The road ahead is the only way they must pass. If they make a detour, it will be too far away. I am afraid they will starve to death if they cannot reach Sunset City.

What's more, with so much luggage, there is no way to walk up the mountain.

"Sir, what should I do?"

Several generals were watching Xue Ren, waiting for him to make up his mind.

Xue Ren knew that he had to make a decision immediately, and could not wait or delay.

But he still thought about it, and looked at the two generals beside him, "Master Pan, Sir Ma, you two will each bring [-] elite soldiers to the mountain to encircle and suppress the Great Zhou Army. Be careful."

"If the enemy army is powerful, you must protect yourself, as long as you hold the opponent back."

"When our army passes through smoothly, you will retreat in time."

After finishing speaking, he waved his hand, "Go."

"Yes."

The two took the lead.

"The army moves on."

"Yes."

The young officer led the way.

At this time, Lu Fan and the Dragon Shadow Guards had already ambushed on the mountain in advance.

However, the difference from last time was that the two Dragon Shadow Guards joined forces, both on the same side of the mountain.

This can better deal with various emergencies.

"grown ups."

Qin Yu hurried over and said: "The Shu army sent two troops, divided into two groups, one went to the opposite mountain, and the other came to our side, it seems that they want to encircle us."

"Ah."

Lu Fan nodded and asked, "How many people are here?"

"Almost 4 people."

Qin Yu expressed his judgment, "2 people per route."

"2 people?"

Gu Cheng on the side frowned, "If they find that there is no one on the opposite mountain, they will probably attack this side at the same time. Should we retreat? Temporarily avoid their edge?"

"No need."

Lu Fan didn't hesitate at all, "Since they dare to divide their forces, they will give us a chance."

"From the opposite mountain to here, after all, we have to make a detour, which can give us enough time to beat the enemy."

"In other words, we only need to face [-] enemy troops."

"Based on the location we occupy, when the enemy army approaches us, we can shoot at least ten rounds of arrows."

"How could we give up such a good opportunity to wipe out the enemy so easily?"

"What's more, we have already chosen a retreat route, and we are much more familiar with the vicinity than the Shu army."

"Even if the enemy troops surround us, we can retreat calmly."

Speaking of this, Lu Fan looked at Gu Cheng, "Also, the Shu army doesn't know our strength, so they may not dare to go too deep. Maybe they are just deliberately holding us back to cover the retreat of the army."

"Okay, listen to you."

Gu Cheng clenched his fists, "Then have a hearty fight with them!"

"Ah."

Lu Fan nodded and said to Qin Yu, "Go and inform everyone, prepare to fight."

"Yes."

Qin Yu trotted away.

"Go, change positions."

Lu Fan and Gu Cheng stood up and came to the other side of the mountain, facing northeast.

I happened to see groups of Shu soldiers showing their heads from a distance.

The soldiers gave up the main road and took the mountain road instead, encircling them and slowly approaching the mountain.

Densely packed, all over the mountains and plains.

There are at least tens of thousands of people.

There were not many trees on this hillside, but Lu Fan specially arranged for people to cut down all the trees.

The purpose is to have a good vision, to be able to see the enemy clearly, and not to leave a place for the enemy to avoid bows and arrows.

In addition, the felled trees have other uses.

At this time, the Dragon Shadow Guards also changed positions and came to the same side as Lu Fan, lined up.

With their bows in hand, they set up their arrows and aimed at the Shu army at the foot of the mountain.

The Shu army is slowly approaching their range.

"call out!"

A cracking sound rang out.

Lu Fan shot the first arrow, and a Shu soldier fell in response.

"Shhhhhh!"

The sound of piercing the air continued, and a round of arrow rain fell into the formation of the Shu army when the Shu army had no response.

Hundreds of Shu troops fell instantly.

"what!"

An exclamation sounded.

The rest of the Shu army turned around and ran, and didn't stop until they ran far away.

"stop!"

With Lu Fan's order, the rain of arrows stopped immediately.

But the Shu army didn't intend to move. They neither advanced nor retreated, but stayed in place, as if they were deliberately wasting with the Dragon Shadow Guard.

"How to do?"

Gu Cheng looked a little dazed, Shu Jun's reaction was completely beyond his expectation.

"The other party obviously wants to hold us back so that the Shu army can pass through."

After thinking about it for a while, Lu Fan understood the other party's intentions, and said with a sneer, "How can I do what they want?"

"Commander Gu, take the Southwest Army Long Yingwei and go to the place where we ambush just now, and continue to ambush the Shu army."

"Our Zhennan Army Dragon Shadow Guard is still guarding here, keeping an eye on these people, as long as they dare to show their faces, they will definitely die!"

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(End of this chapter)