Chapter 395 Waves and Undercurrents (Five Thousand and Four)

Frontline, Pasa Pass.

"No way, it's Erte again? This..."

"This must be a sin! Haha..."

"Okay, stop talking and get going!"

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Passing through the gate of the city where heavy troops were piled up and prepared for battle, the Changqiang Po camp group, who were somewhat dumbfounded, stepped into the wilderness again.

These days, the situation on the frontline is getting increasingly weird. Basically, there is no trace of the large army of barbarians. Instead, outside the military checkpoints, the activities of barbarian scouts are extremely frequent. This abnormal behavior naturally attracted the attention of Bran's military. However, Bran is currently on the defensive in terms of grand strategy. Apart from sending additional troops to various military points, there is not much that can be done.

It was under such circumstances that the Thunder Spear Regiment and other regiments arrived at the Pasa Pass one after another. However, there was no confrontation between Colo's Thunder Spear Regiment and Frey's Spear Breaker Camp as Elt had imagined. Originally, only Elt knew about Frey's other identity. He had promised to keep it secret, so how could others know that there was a legendary figure hiding here. Moreover, Koro and others did not stay at the checkpoint for long. After receiving the military order from the checkpoint headquarters, they left the checkpoint on the same day and went to station in three directions of the defense zone.

In the following days, Tang En and the others went on several small missions, and the situation was similar to before. Except for catching a few barbarian scouts who came to observe, they found nothing. In the end, they simply stayed at the checkpoint to rest. Originally, this peaceful situation should have lasted until the barbarians came, but today, a somewhat ridiculous thing happened...

Elt's previous injuries were not serious, and he had fully recovered after a week of rest, and his crippled epee battalion was successfully replenished and restored to its original state. So early this morning, he took the heavy sword battalion and another tomahawk battalion to patrol the defense area. Originally, this was nothing. Tang En and the others had done patrol missions like this many times without encountering any special situations. But just after lunch, Frey suddenly received an order from the headquarters, saying that Elt and the others were surrounded and needed to go to the rescue urgently...

After seeing this military order, Tang En and the others were speechless. You know, this is Elt's first combat mission after recovering from his injury, and others have patrolled dozens of times with no problem, but it was his turn to be attacked... No wonder Luke sighed, lamenting that Elt He must have committed too many evil deeds, and now he is seeking death.

However, even though they were joking, Elt was also their friend after all, and he naturally wanted to save them. So after hurriedly cleaning up, the spear-breaking camp immediately set off from the city gate and rushed to the scene of the incident.

That's what Tang En and others who set off in a hurry didn't know when they were running into the wilderness. Above the city gate, there was a middle-aged strong man wearing high-end armor standing silently, his eyes a little pitiful, as if he was looking at the dying person. It was not until the spear broke through the camp and disappeared into the mountains that he shook his head and whispered. The murmured words dissipated in the biting cold wind.

"Thunder Spear Formation Breaking Team... What a pity..."

After saying these words with unclear meaning, the middle-aged man turned around and was about to leave, but then he paused and looked to the west with a frown, where a man riding alone was rushing towards him. Although the speed was fast enough, he still He kept whipping up his whip and urging his horse forward, looking very anxious.

Scout...which troop was trapped and came back to ask for help? The middle-aged man thought so.

This situation often happens on the front line, just like the last time Elt encountered a barbarian team. After judging that they could neither win nor escape, they quickly sent scouts back to report for help. The military situation is on fire, and if there is a delay of one minute, the situation of the war is likely to change significantly. In this case, the scouts who were carrying a heavy burden naturally tried their best to rush back.

When they reached the city gate, the scarred horse finally couldn't bear the torture, whined and neighed, its front legs gave way, and it fell down with the raised soil. The man on the horse obviously did not expect this situation, and he fell down. However, fortunately, he was still agile and kept rolling after landing, avoiding the bad luck of being crushed to death by the horse.

After the city gate soldiers screamed in surprise, they rushed over. As soon as they helped the scout up, they heard a hoarse roar: "The barbarians are coming, the barbarians are coming..."

Barbarians often come here, and as a frontline soldier, they have long been used to it. In more serious cases, they may have developed aesthetic fatigue. But in this recent weird atmosphere and this complicated and unspeakable tone, the meaning contained in these four words is naturally not as simple as it seems on the surface...

The barbarians are finally here...

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Tang En and the others naturally didn't know what was happening at the city gate behind them. The location where Elt was trapped was on the outer perimeter of the defense, dozens of kilometers away, so they were running wildly in the wilderness at this time.

At this time, we can see the advantage of spear breaking the camp. No matter how anxious the ordinary team is, they will never dare to march so arrogantly. After all, although rescue is important, if they are ambushed in this situation, the entire army will definitely be annihilated. But now that they have members of Gray Space acting as scouts, they don't have any worries about safety, so naturally they have nothing to worry about.

Two hours later, the Changqiang Po camp was approaching the outer perimeter of the defense zone. In fact, the so-called defense zone is the range that the level can roughly control. Of course, this does not mean that there are absolutely no barbarians here, but the probability is smaller.

When we arrived here, we were not far from the place where Erte's accident was mentioned in the military order, but the speed of the team gradually slowed down. Soldiers are not strong men, so they will naturally get tired after marching for such a long time. And from a safety perspective, this is also necessary. After all, even if the Gray Space members can detect the enemy earlier, the soldiers in this state will not have much combat effectiveness.

"Tsk, tsk, if we save that Elt guy again this time, he will definitely ask him to treat us to a drink." Although running so far, people in the gray space have long been used to it, and they even run farther than this during training. And it's weight-bearing, so of course you won't feel tired. So as soon as the team slowed down, David smacked his lips and suggested enthusiastically.

"That's necessary." Luke took over and said with a smile, "Haha, but before that, it's best to find a church for him to go to to get rid of his bad luck."

"Ha ha……"

Everyone couldn't help but laugh loudly when they heard this, and were really speechless about Erte's luck.

Tang En also chuckled twice when he heard this, shook his head, then raised his eyebrows and looked to the left. There was a young man in black armor rushing towards him. That was Os. Like Luke and the others, he was an old man from the first phase of the gray space... It was strange that he hadn't reached his destination yet, so why was he back? Could it be that barbarians were discovered?

Of course Tang En was not the only one to notice this. Frey, David and others discovered this situation one after another, and their laughter stopped, and they were all a little surprised.

Guessing, Os was already close, with a strange look on his face, and reported: "Brother Frey, soldiers from Bran's two battalions were found five hundred meters away on the left. Uh... they should be Elt and the others." Since they are the first Old man Qi, who lived and died with Frey in the mine [***], so the names are naturally different.

"What?" Frey was startled when he heard this, thinking that there was something wrong with his ears. Why did Elt come out on his own before they went to rescue him... Then he thought of something, and his face changed: "They have something now. How many people are there? Are there any pursuers found behind?"

Tang En and others also came to their senses at this time, all frowning, and their thoughts were similar to Frey's. Obviously, everyone thought that Elt and the others had broken through the encirclement on their own, and now they were leading the remaining soldiers to be chased by the barbarians.

Of course what everyone could think of, Aos could also think of it, his expression became even weirder, and he scratched his head: "It's a little strange... Erte and his two battalions are all in full strength, and judging from their speed, it doesn't look like they are being chased. Yes, um...it seems like he came back from patrol."

"Uh..." Everyone couldn't help but be shocked when they heard this. They all looked at each other in a daze.

Spreading his hands, Os turned around and said, "I've already informed Elt...oh, I'm already here."

Tang En looked up, and sure enough he saw a steady stream of soldiers coming from the hill on the left not far away, some with long-handled battle axes and some with heavy swords. In addition to the Gray Space members who were leading the way, there were two other people walking at the front. One is a strange man with a strong body and bronze armor, and the rest is the familiar Elt.

It's really him, what's going on...

"Hey, Brother Frey, Brother Tang En... everyone is here." After seeing the people here, Elt was also full of surprise, "Don't you have no mission today? Why are you here?"

Everyone was speechless when they heard this. Frey smiled bitterly and stepped forward: "We received an order at noon that you were trapped. Why don't we come to rescue you?"

"Trapped?" Elt scratched his hair and looked confused, "No, we just finished patrol and are about to go back."

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As soon as the two parties met and exchanged news, they were both a little confused.

"This is a wrong order from the command staff." The big man in bronze armor, the commander of the Tomahawk Battalion, Taka, said indifferently.

"Impossible." Frey shook his head in denial without hesitation, took out a piece of written military order from his arms, pointed at it and said, "Look, there is a rescued team here, well, that is the number of your team. If it is a mistake by the command headquarters, If so, how could it be so accurate?"

"Oh? Then what do you think is going on?" Not all Bran officers have a good impression of the Gray Army. Elt only became familiar with them because of his rescue and Frey's relationship. This Taka didn't care about the Gray Army in the first place, but now he was denied by Frey, and his tone was a bit harsh.

Frey frowned and glanced up at him: "Captain Taka, we are looking for the reason now."

Taka curled his lips and said, "I don't think it's necessary to go to such trouble. It will be clear when we go back now."

"I'm afraid you won't be able to go back!" Tang En, who had been silent all the time, suddenly took a deep breath and ordered, "David, Michu, Luke, and Os, now you lead people to explore in four directions, a distance of ten miles!" Ten miles away, this is far beyond the investigation range of ordinary teams. However, David and the others did not hesitate, nodded and turned to leave.

Once the army goes to war, various instructions and messages are mixed. Giving the wrong order, this may happen naturally. But Tang En and the others would not think so, because it brought back some bad memories for them. Bo Lai's understatement of 'gave the wrong order' made them surrounded, and they fought for dozens of days. , traveled hundreds of kilometers before finally crawling out of the pit in the mine and saving a small life. For this reason, Gray Space has experienced its only attrition. How dare they be careless now?

"What do you mean?" Taka's face darkened and he shouted angrily, "This is not because you are playing a war game in the ravine. You are doubting the command and violating the military regulations of soldiers!"

Tang En seemed not to have heard anything, and then said: "Also, I suggest that the team find a place to hide immediately to avoid emergencies."

"Okay." Frey is also a decisive person. Although he may not believe that the situation will reach that point, the situation in front of him does make him suspicious, and this is enough for him to agree to Tang En's suggestion.

"Absurd! Do you know what you are doing?" Taka looked at Frey funny as if he were a lunatic. He spread his hands and mocked, "I admit that most people in the Bran army have no good impressions of you Gray Army, including Me too. But this is the fucking front line, a battlefield! We won’t be so mad as to stab our own people in the back, haha, but you, I think you are addicted to the persecution!"

This biting sarcasm did not make Frey angry. He looked at it and said calmly: "It's precisely because this is a battlefield! What are you worried about? You just found a place to take shelter. If you are sure that no accident happened, you will come back later." If so, will hundreds of your men die with you because of your stubbornness?"

"You fart!" The calm words are not as powerful as shouting, but as long as the reason is sufficient, it will definitely make people feel at a loss for words. Taka opened his mouth, but in the end he could only respond with a curse word.

However, Frey ignored him after he finished speaking and ordered the soldiers to get into defensive formation and prepare to set off. Taka's face was gloomy and he muttered words such as 'crazy' and 'I just won't leave' without making any reaction.

Erte was now caught in the middle, looking around at Frey and Taka, feeling a little embarrassed.

At this moment, the figures of David and others had not disappeared in all directions. On the right, the scouts sent when the team was advancing were rushing back. On the way, they bumped heads with Luke who was going in that direction, and then the two of them rotate at the same time.

When Tang En and Frey saw this, they looked at each other and their hearts sank.

Sure enough, as soon as the members of the second phase of Gray Space arrived in front of them, they said urgently: "Three miles away on the right, there are about five hundred barbarians heading this way."

"Fuck!" "Damn it!"

Tang En and Frey's expressions changed, they clenched their fists and cursed at the same time.

Elt reluctantly suppressed the turmoil in his heart, secretly made a decision, and said: "I know there is a hidden place around here, everyone, follow me." Then he turned to the stunned Taka and said, "Let's go, no matter what, We can’t stay here any longer.”

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The hidden place Elt mentioned was not that far away, but within a few minutes, everyone reached their destination.

This is a small canyon surrounded by hills. From the outside, it looks like the rest of the wilderness. But after passing through the slightly narrow path, there was an open space that suddenly opened up.

The surrounding hills can ensure concealment, and the open space is enough for the 900 people of the third battalion to live. What's even more valuable is that the roads leading to the outside are all narrow paths, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack. They are indeed in excellent terrain.

After arriving here, Frey and others did not hesitate, placed the soldiers in the open space, and then quickly climbed up the hill on the other side. After reaching the top of the mountain, the view is extremely wide, and you can also see the place where they were just now.

As far as the eye could see, everyone was a bit silent.

At this time, the mountain road there was filled with rows of barbarians wearing simple animal skins. From their current angle, they could only see the backs of the barbarians, but they could confirm that the number was indeed about five hundred. This number is not large, but it is enough to destroy Elt's epee battalion and Taka's battle ax battalion in a short time.

"Those who are passing by must be passing by... This is a battlefield, yes, that's right..." After seeing these five hundred barbarians, Taka looked a little lost and kept whispering.

"Your mother is passing by. You don't have eyes. They are obviously going to the checkpoint in this direction." Luke glanced at them and cursed unceremoniously.

"Impossible!" Taka turned his head fiercely, his face a little tangled, "Will the headquarters still harm us? And how can they determine the movements of the barbarians!"

"To be precise, it's not you who are at risk... but us!" Frey's face was solemn, and the evil spirit flashed away. "In terms of time, it is impossible for a normal team to arrive here in such a short time starting from the checkpoint. . In other words, if we hadn't been faster, we would have had no choice but to collide with these five hundred barbarians halfway."

Erte's heart moved when he heard this. He looked at Tang En beside him and couldn't help but nod. He knew what abilities these people in black armor had, and these people were all the scouts for the spear breaking camp. Without the safety hazard, the team would naturally move much faster.

"And it is very simple to determine the movements of these barbarians." After a pause, Frey then said gloomily, "Don't forget, we are now guarded by several regiments of elite troops in the east, west, and north directions. As long as they give a little guidance, Not only can the time be easily determined, but it can also induce barbarians to follow this path.”

"That's ridiculous! Do you mean to say that the headquarters and the elite corps conspired to launch such a large-scale battle just to eradicate a mere three hundred of you? Is this necessary?" Taka still shook his head in disbelief, but after listening to Fu After Lei's analysis, the previous satirical intensity was lost. The fact is obvious. A wrong order was a coincidence. However, there are countless wilderness mountain roads, but these barbarians chose this one. Is this also a coincidence?

"I don't want to talk nonsense to you anymore!" Frey no longer had the patience to continue explaining. He raised his head slightly and showed his scornful attitude for the first time. "In fact, they do have this need!" After saying that, he glanced at Elt. , there was some inquiry in his eyes.

Raising his hand, Elt looked at Frey with a magnanimous look, and said categorically: "I swear to the God of Light... I didn't say that!"

If it was really a persecution, against an ordinary battalion, only 150 barbarians would be needed to trap and kill them. But who is Frey? He is the captain of the Thunder Spear Breaking Team, the signature elite team that once championed the Three Armies and was the face of the Thunder Legion. If you want to persecute such people and don't show some ability to keep things under control, you are simply asking for humiliation.

This is where Frey's confusion lies. It can be said that except for the operation to rescue the Heavy Sword Camp, the Changqian Po Camp has basically not fought in these days, and the actual combat effectiveness is not known at all. In this way, it is natural to have some doubts about Elt, the only one who knows his true identity.

After looking at Elt intently for a few seconds, Frey nodded and solemnly said: "I'm sorry."

"It's okay." After shaking his head, Elt said with a wry smile, "If it were me, I would be so suspicious."

After finishing his words, he patted Taka on the shoulder who was a little confused, "I can't tell you the specific reason...but if it is really a frame-up, they do have this need!"

"..." (To be continued.)