Water Margin people

The Crusaders immediately ran behind the carriage to avoid the gunfire.

They wanted to fight back, but the Qi army was only two or three hundred steps away, and they were all infantry, so these two or three hundred steps were an uncrossable gap.

"Shoot the horse!"

Xin Qiji gave another order, and they had no way to stop the enemy who hid behind the carriage, but the enemy did not untie the reins that were pulling the horses when they rested.

The horses were hit and fled, neighing in pain. The soldiers hiding behind the carriages panicked and pulled the carriages one by one, not wanting them to leave.

"Quick, kill the horse! Kill it!"

The baron immediately ordered that they must not lose the carriage as cover.

The soldiers immediately began to attack the horses and killed all the horses pulling the carts.

"Pretty smart! Get ready to set fire!"

Seeing that the enemy was killing their horses and preparing to resist, Xin Qiji did not attack forcefully, but directly ordered the use of incendiary bombs.

The soldiers immediately took out incendiary bombs and began to attack. As the explosions sounded, kerosene splashed everywhere, igniting all combustible materials.

"what!"

The soldiers who were splashed with kerosene immediately wailed and kept trying to put out the flames on their bodies with their hands. However, the burning kerosene was not so easy to extinguish and instead burned in their hands.

"go!"

When Xin Qiji saw that the fire was over, he did not stay long and left with his men.

After the flames were ignited, the raging fire illuminated the dark sky.

The infantry troops in the front discovered the fire in the rear and realized that the baggage train was attacked, so they hurriedly went back to provide support.

Lu You watched all this, holding a rope in his hand that led directly to the road.

The road was shallowly dotted with mines and explosives, but because time was tight, everything was kept simple and they were easily discovered.

But at this time it was dark and vision was obstructed, and the enemy was anxious to go back for support, not expecting that there would be an ambush on the road they had just passed.

"Boom boom boom."

As Lu You pulled the rope, the mines and explosives on the road exploded.

The huge explosion made the soldiers dizzy, and the blast wave blew away the surrounding soldiers.

The soldiers who were knocked unconscious by the explosion had no idea which way was going on. They didn't know what was happening and just gathered together. When people are scared, they tend to huddle together for warmth.

Lu You did not charge forward either. This wave of explosions could only kill or injure a few hundred people at most, and did not hurt the enemy at all. The enemy was just stunned by the sudden attack, and they still had the strength to fight after they reacted.

Philip I and his men chased for a long distance, but eventually lost the trail. Even though they searched very hard, they could not find any trace left by the Qi army.

"Your Majesty, the enemy's traces disappeared right here!"

The knight pointed to a cut bush and said.

"Your Majesty, there are words on this tree!"

A soldier pointed to a tree nearby and said.

King Philip I immediately led his men over and saw large Chinese characters carved on the tree: "The Monkey King was here."

"what is this?"

Philip could not understand Chinese at first, but his intuition told him that this should be text.

Everyone shook their heads. They couldn't understand the writing. It was not any kind of writing they knew. It was completely different from their Western writing and was not even in the same system.

"It should be the language of Qi!"

Philip I thought for a moment and said that he would immediately have the cover of the book removed so that he could take it back.

"Boom boom boom!"

A dull explosion sounded from behind.

"Oh no, we've fallen into a trap!" Philip I immediately realized that something was wrong. They were tricked by the enemy, whose goal was to attack their rear troops.

King Philip I immediately led his army back to provide support, but what he saw was the army that was dazed and had dazed eyes, and the baggage that was burned to ashes.

He didn't even see the shadow of the enemy, which made Philip I very angry. He had just led his troops out and suffered such a heavy loss. He didn't know what kind of gossip there would be when he returned.

"Where is the enemy?"

Philip I looked at the soldiers angrily and shouted, but the soldiers were already frightened and stammered, unable to utter a complete sentence.

"Your Majesty, it's getting late, why don't you rest first!"

Someone suggested that it was already completely dark, the enemy was too treacherous, and it would be too risky to chase them now.

"Set up camp where you are!"

Philip I ordered.

The soldiers began to set up camp and rest, but Philip I took people to check for traces left by the enemy.

"Are these what the gun left behind?"

King Philip I looked at the bullet shells left on the ground.

“It’s actually brass!”

The knights picked up a few bullet shells and looked at them. They were left behind by the State of Qi.

Brass is also a rare resource throughout the West and can be considered a precious metal.

"They have been lying in ambush on this mountain, watching us!"

Philip I looked at the hill not far away. He could imagine that all their actions were under the eyes of Qi.

"Qi will definitely launch a surprise attack tonight, so be alert!"

Philip I said to the knights around him that since Qi had won, the night would definitely not be peaceful, but as long as they were prepared, they did not have to be afraid of Qi.

Philip I was very confident because, judging from the traces, there were only more than a thousand people in Qi. Because of this, Qi only dared to launch a sneak attack and did not dare to charge head-on, even if it had the advantage.

After Xin Qiji and Lu You reunited, they had no intention of launching another night attack and led their army towards the lower reaches of the Po River.

They knew very well that they were now isolated and could not stay in one place for long. Once they were surrounded, they would be in trouble, so it was important to move to another place after each shot.

King Philip I stayed in his tent all night with his eyes wide open, his hand on the hilt of his sword, ready to fight at any time.

But this night was very quiet, with only the occasional cry of a night owl echoing.

After dawn, everyone was exhausted both physically and mentally.

Philip I was at a loss. He thought he had found the enemy's trace, but it turned out to be an illusion; he thought the enemy would not attack, but the enemy attacked their rear; he thought the enemy would attack at night, but the enemy did not come at all.

"Where exactly is the enemy?"

King Philip I didn't know what to do. The enemy was like a ghost, seeming to be right next to them, yet also very far away.

Just when Philip I was at a loss, a cavalryman came hurriedly from the direction of Parmar.

"Your Majesty, the enemy has attacked a camp outside our city! His Majesty the Emperor wants you to return immediately!"

The cavalryman looked at Philip I and said.

"What? Attacked the camp outside the city?"

Philip I looked very unhappy. Yesterday's enemies actually went directly outside the city.

"Didn't I ask for increased security?"

King Philip I looked at the cavalry and questioned them. When he left yesterday, he discovered traces of the enemy and ordered them to be on high alert.

"We stepped up our guard, but the enemy came too suddenly, and there was no time to prepare at night."

The cavalry said helplessly that the city of Parmar was so large, and there were several camps outside, so they could not guard it all. (End of this chapter)