The captives in the mountain stronghold did not lie. Sure enough, on the next day, the people sent by Longchuan Tusi met Qin Huaiyu's army.
Yunluoke sent someone to take a look, but he didn't believe what they said. How could the military camp be occupied? There were thousands of people here, and there were thousands of civilians nearby. The civilians wouldn't interfere in other matters, but if the army from the foot of the mountain attacked, the civilians would definitely go to help.
Among these thousands of civilians, there must be at least a thousand young and middle-aged people. In other places, young and middle-aged people may not be soldiers, but here in the mountains, these are all soldiers, and they are all qualified soldiers. If you can't fight, you will not be able to survive in the mountains at all.
But what was the situation now? Yunluoke could see clearly that there was no one from their camp left. There were people in the houses of the surrounding people, but they were all Tang Dynasty soldiers. As for the original people, they had probably been dragged down the mountain long ago.
"The enemy is spotted, all ready..."
Yunluoke punched the nearby tree hard, and it was this punch that caused the Tang army below the mountain to discover them. Yunluoke sneered, "You guys are just bluffing. We are still hundreds of meters away. What can you do to us? And we are still up there."
Just when Yunluoke was feeling complacent, the crossbow arrow was fired from the foot of the mountain.
They had seen this kind of tool before, and even had it in their own village. Even if they stood here and didn't hide, at most one or two people would die. How could it cause them too much harm?
But today's situation made them dumbfounded. When this thing was shot into their camp, a red light flashed in front of their eyes, and more than a dozen people flew out directly. Those who were lucky could hang on the big tree, while those who were unlucky flew directly to the bottom of the cliff and lost their lives.
Look at those hanging on the big trees, their bodies are covered with wounds and their whole bodies are covered in blood. It is common sense in those mountains that if a person is injured like this, there is no point in pulling him back.
"Run, retreat up the mountain quickly."
Yunluoke finally tasted the power of the Tang Dynasty army. In the past, as the most powerful general under the Longchuan chieftain, he did not take the Tang Dynasty army seriously, but today, just one encounter and more than a dozen of his men died.
"Be careful, General."
Just as he was running back, the injured soldier behind him shouted loudly. It turned out that a crossbow arrow had already flown over, and there were more than a dozen following behind. These people didn't understand what was going on. One shell after another exploded, and some exploded directly in the air, causing greater damage.
Yunluoke was the most powerful general under the chieftain of Longchuan. He had led his troops to fight many battles in the past. Whether it was against the Han people living at the foot of the mountain or against the armies of other chieftains, Yunluoke had basically never suffered any defeat. But now this guy didn't even know how he died.
When he felt sore all over, the miserable appearance of the soldier appeared before his eyes. When he opened his eyes again, his whole body was covered in blood. He never dared to believe that he would become like this.
As for his elite troops, they had no other concerns at this moment and just ran back as fast as they could. In the past, as long as he was injured in the battle, his men would do their best to transport him back, but today these people were too frightened and they couldn't imagine that others had such weapons.
So these people left Yunluoke behind and ran back. No one dared to look back, as if they might lose their life here if they looked back. Yunluoke looked around in disbelief. At least more than two hundred people died here in the just encounter. Although there were still many injured, could they still survive with such injuries?
Is this the invincible Tang army? Although Yunluoke was reluctant to admit it, the pain in his body made him realize the huge gap between the two sides. He wanted to tell Longchuan Tusi not to resist, but unfortunately his eyelids were getting heavier and heavier. When he closed his eyes, he would have no chance in this life.
Although Yunluoke was dead, many of his men survived. These people ran to the mountain stronghold desperately, and along the way they took care of the troops along the way, asking them to guard the place at all costs. However, when the troops along the way saw their frightened looks, they asked what they had found at the foot of the mountain.
But the people on the mountain had never seen this before, so they could only regard everything below the mountain as a devil. You have to know that people in the mountain are still very superstitious, much more superstitious than those below the mountain. When they heard the word "devil", many people were still quite scared.
When did the Tang army become a demon? Didn't they say they were about to attack us? Could it be that they're now turning into demons and attacking us?
No one knew how to verify this information, but another piece of information was spread, that is, all the strongholds at the foot of the mountain had been captured by the Tang army, and from this moment on, their contact with the mountain had been cut off.
For those on the mountain, the loss of contact with the base didn't matter. After all, it had been severed before. But all the strongholds were no longer in our hands. How could anyone believe this? Although we had fought in the past, at most we would lose one or two, and at most three or four. But now, before the war even started, all our strongholds had been captured. This meant that our strategic depth was greatly reduced, and the enemy could attack us from within our strongholds.
This news spread quickly throughout the mountain like a terrifying rumor. Originally, the people on the mountain had great confidence in the four chieftains. In history, the Han army had never taken advantage of our mountain. They also wanted to let the Han people suffer in a few months. No matter what dynasty you are from, the rules on the mountain will never change.
But this situation has dealt them a heavy blow. Before we could even figure out what was happening, we'd already lost our base at the foot of the mountain. You know, being chosen as the first base at the foot of the mountain meant we could attack or defend. Now it's been directly occupied by the Tang army, and everyone feels their homes are unsafe. Maybe tomorrow morning, when we open our eyes, the Tang army will be standing right here. Only the first line of defense is safe; the rest are hopelessly out of control...
