Chapter 43: The Scout Troop

  Ten minutes later, everyone was ready to attack again. It was now close to dusk, the sun was setting in the west, and it was estimated that after this wave of attacks, today's battle would be over. Because after dark, the Yellow Turbans' grain transport teams would definitely withdraw.

  This time, except for the five snipers and the seriously injured Guan Hong, Wang Qiang, Liang Xiaoxue, and Qin Lang's girlfriend who had no strength value left, everyone else was fully prepared to participate in the attack. The reason for this was that with Tang Kun having acquired the Evil Spirit Roar skill, he could now independently face those 4th-level auxiliary troops. Therefore, he expanded his attack range to two logistics teams and led He Ming, Xue Zhongchi, Jiang Qin, and eight others, plus all the soldiers, to deal with one logistics team. It was clear that he didn't want to compete with Zhou Yue for the 4th-level auxiliary troops. After all, for Zhou Yue, who had already reached 32 agility points, killing those auxiliary troops was as easy as slaughtering them!

  It's worth mentioning that Tang Kun specifically designated ten soldiers to choose agility when adding free points, so they don't need Qin Lang and Zhou Yue to attract hatred.

  And the other team was still led by Zhou Yue and Qin Lang, including Zhao Dashan, Li Dan, Zhang Ying, and the six people under Qin Lang's command, because neither Qin Lang nor Zhao Dashan could face ten auxiliary soldiers alone.

  Tang Kun's allocation is clearly dividing the entire team into two levels, in short, it's the difference between elite and miscellaneous soldiers. In fact, Zhou Yue's team is almost a loose sand, each fighting for themselves.

  But just as Tang Kun was about to give the order to launch the attack, a burst of intense gunfire suddenly rang out from several li away, where the parked vehicle fleet was located. Then, in approximately six or seven seconds, it returned to calm!

  This sudden situation instantly disrupted everyone's attack plan, and everyone was stunned. In the rear convoy, Tang Kun had left ten elite soldiers to guard them, so how could they suddenly open fire? What exactly happened?

  "Everyone hide, no orders, nobody is allowed to move on their own!"

  Tang Kun quickly gave orders, because at this time it was unrealistic to go on the highway and rob the grain convoy. If they were ambushed by the Yellow Turbans, they would almost be cut off from their rear.

  The place where everyone was at the moment was a small ditch about one meter deep, so it wasn't too much trouble to hide. However, in front of them, there was a gentle slope leading towards the direction of the convoy, and they didn't know what had happened over there. Tang Kun tried calling out with his radio, but no one answered. He had to send out the five snipers to advance to the small hill to observe. Soon, the results of the reconnaissance were transmitted back. The ones attacking the convoy were a group of scouts from the Yellow Turbans, about eight or nine people, all infantrymen with swords and shields. There didn't seem to be any archers among them, but judging by speculation, there must have been an archer hiding in the shadows. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been possible for the ten fully armed and elite soldiers to be annihilated in just a few seconds.

  What's even more frightening is that this group of scouts didn't appear from the direction of Red Mountain, but rather from the north. In other words, they had already explored the northern region and were on their way back when they encountered the crowd's convoy. If it weren't for this convoy serving as a warning, these people would likely have become the targets of the scouts' slaughter. After all, there are clearly archers in this group who can see everything within a 600-meter radius; at that time, aside from a few exceptions like Zhou Yue, who else could have escaped?

  As everyone's mind was turning with various thoughts, Zhou Yue suddenly said to Tang Kun: "Tang Lianchang, let me go take a look. If possible, I'll lure this scout team in another direction, and then you can return to the convoy and withdraw!"

  As soon as Zhou Yue spoke, Liang Xiaoxue beside him couldn't help but gently tug at his sleeve corner, her face revealing a terrified expression. Although she hadn't truly witnessed the killing power of the Yellow Turbans' archers, over the past day, she had come to understand many things.

  In the distance, Tang Kun fell silent for a moment. In fact, he was also thinking of sending someone to lure away that group of Yellow Turban scouts. Since it was already late in the day, they naturally couldn't camp outdoors where danger lurked everywhere. It would be best to return to Ning County by car, but those Yellow Turban scouts were bound to head back to Chishan City from their current direction. If they were discovered, what awaited them would almost certainly be disaster. Even though Tang Kun was now extremely confident, he still had to be wary of that terrifying archer.

  "Are you sure you can escape back?"

  "There shouldn't be a problem!" Zhou Yue said calmly, then patted Liang Xiaoxue's head. He was now at 32 agility points and thought that dodging the lock-on of the Yellow Turban archers from several hundred meters away would be no issue, and it would be very easy to lead this scouting party away!

  However, Zhou Yue didn't have such a selfless awakening. His true intention was still to figure out the attributes of that Yellow Turban archer. As the saying goes, "know yourself and know your enemy". If he wanted to complete his level 5 task, this was an indispensable stage. Escaping would be meaningless, no matter what, he had to choose to face it head-on.

  "Alright! You go ahead and distract that scouting party, we'll wait for you on the rural highway ten kilometers away for an hour. Hopefully, you can escape early." Tang Kun finally nodded in agreement.

  At this moment, Zhou Yue didn't stay for long, but leaned in close to Liang Xiaoxue's ear and instructed: "If I don't come back, remember to strengthen your own strength, don't trust anyone, be harsh on yourself, the world has changed, remember!"

  After finishing speaking, Zhou Yue jumped out of the small ditch and ran all the way, disappearing into the sunset as red as blood. Behind her, Liang Xiaoxue had already burst into tears.

  Through that small hill package, Zhou Yue went towards the direction of the setting sun at a moderate speed, but even this moderate speed was enough to make all long-distance runners in the world sweat, three kilometers distance, he only used a short five minutes to run it all.

  The reason why Zhou Yue chose to head west was not that he wanted to escape, but because he knew that the archers of the Yellow Turbans had too strong observational abilities. He was in the west, just in time to take advantage of the dazzling light of the setting sun for concealment. In this situation, the vision of the Yellow Turban archers would be greatly discounted, but on the contrary, Zhou Yue's field of vision would be greatly enhanced.

  At this time, Zhou Yue was already on the same straight line as the team, about 1,500 meters away. At this distance, he could clearly see the bodies of the ten soldiers with binoculars, as well as the ten Huangjin army scouts who were walking slowly southward with a very relaxed expression. Among them, nine were knife-shield infantrymen, and the last one was an archer of the Huangjin army. This was also Zhou Yue's first time seeing the full appearance of this archer. He seemed to be always on high alert, even at this moment, he was protected by the other nine knife-shield infantrymen. If you looked from the front, it would be very difficult to discover his existence. No wonder yesterday at the entrance of Tianhe Community in Chishan City, Zhou Yue couldn't see the shadow of those two archers.