At this moment, Ren Baqian was controlling the remote control. At this moment, the drone could no longer be seen. Following his control, a bird's eye view of the forest appeared on the screen.
At this moment, a palm-sized box with two antennas was placed on the ground under his feet. It was the ground terminal, and it could transmit and receive data up to 1.7 kilometers. Within this range, he could transmit photos back. If he only controlled the drone, he could reach a distance of five kilometers.
It was a pity that there was no internet, and they could only rely on the ground to transmit data. They could only transmit photos within 1.7 kilometers. If there was an internet connection, he would be able to send the video directly.
Ren Baqian piloted the drone and advanced toward the forest. He kept taking pictures and transmitting the pictures back. On the screen, he could clearly see the silhouettes of some people in the shade of the trees below.
Ren Baqian smelled a burst of fragrance. The empress had already moved closer to his side and was looking at the photos on the screen together with him. The three captains were anxious, but they didn't dare to get close to the empress because they didn't know what they could see.
As the distance of the drone exceeded the data transmission range of the ground station, the screen stopped at the last photo. Ren Baqian zoomed in on the lower left corner of the location map and focused on flying the drone to take photos. He would check it again when the drone returned.
Many of the winged cavalry warriors turned their heads to look when they heard the noise of the drone taking off just now. They saw that strange looking thing fly into the sky and then disappear. Out of curiosity, they turned their heads to look at Ren Baqian, who was concentrating on piloting the drone.
Previously, the walkie-talkies and binoculars were already an eye-opener for them. In just one day, more than 400 people already knew about it. Their opinions of Ren Baqian immediately changed significantly. At this moment, everyone was curious about what Deputy Prefect Ren was up to.
At this moment, in the forest, the Great Xia general had a suspicious look on his face. Those aboriginals had stopped a few kilometers away and hadn't moved at all. What exactly were they doing?
Even when the scouts went out for a spin, they didn't react. Something was wrong.
Unable to restrain himself, he landed on a tree branch and looked into the distance. Unfortunately, he could only see some small black dots and nothing else.
As soon as he descended from the tree, a messenger ran over from behind. "Adjunct Liu, the commandant is asking what happened?"
"Those aboriginals stopped moving a few kilometers away. I am also very puzzled. However, since we are guarding the mountain pass, they must pass through here. Otherwise, they will have to make a big detour. Inform the Commandant that as long as they arrive, they will act according to the plan.
This general was Liu Canjun, who was refused an audience with the Azure Yang Sect's Sect Master. He was also the one who proposed the ambush.
The commandant was the highest ranking military officer in the vicinity of Yu City. He was in charge of a total of 4000 soldiers and horses. In Great Xia, there were more than a hundred of such military stations. They were distributed in various cities of Great Xia, with a maximum of 6000 soldiers and a minimum of 2000 soldiers.
As for the county towns, the military would send a battalion of 750 soldiers to be stationed and rotated there. On the other hand, a team of 150 soldiers was stationed in an ordinary county.
This time, the county commandant had gathered all the troops from Yu City, including the troops stationed in the various counties. This was because the higher-ups had already passed down an order to keep Qi Zixiao in Great Xia no matter what. Qi Zixiao and the winged cavalry had entered Mount Yuyang, which was right next to Yu City. They had no choice but to come. Otherwise, they would be accused of avoiding the battle. Not only would they be beheaded, but their entire families would also be exiled.
As for the Sect Leader of the Azure Sun Sect, he was currently with the County Commandant. His head was about to roll on the ground, so why would he care if he saw him or not? On the second day, the army sent troops to surround the Azure Sun Sect. They would either send reinforcements or kill the Azure Sun Sect first. His head was about to fall to the ground, so why would he care about anything else?
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Ren Baqian maneuvered the drone and circled above the forest. It flew deeper into the forest for a distance before turning back.
A group of winged cavalry warriors turned their heads and watched the drone land behind them. Their hearts were scratching like a cat. What exactly was that thing?
In particular, the three captains were as anxious as monkeys.
Ren Baqian ignored them, took out the memory card from the drone, inserted it into the card reader, connected it to the tablet computer on the remote control, and began to look at the photos taken by the drone.
The first few photos were taken at the beginning, and not much could be seen. However, as the drone gradually went deeper into the forest, more and more things could be seen through the shade of the trees.
"Eh!" Ren Baqian's finger stopped on the tablet computer. He looked at a photo and exclaimed in surprise. Following which, he enlarged the photo and saw a scarecrow in the shade of the trees. It was wearing the uniform of a Great Xia soldier, and it was really difficult to recognize it from afar.
Looking back at the previous photo, he saw that only the first few rows of soldiers in the forest were real, while the rest were scarecrows.
Since Ren Baqian could see it, the empress could naturally see it as well. Her eyes revealed a suspicious look.
What were they doing with these dummies in the forest?
Ren Baqian continued to flip through the photos. From time to time, he would delete some photos that were blocked by the trees. At the same time, he enlarged some other photos for a closer look.
"Look here, there's a horse-tripping rope. And here, these people dug a hole here, but they didn't cover it well, so it's exposed … And here, there's a beast trap." Ren Baqian enlarged the photos while talking to the empress. Not far away, when the three captains heard their conversation, they felt as if their hearts were being scratched by a cat. The words "I want to take a look" were written all over their heads.
As he saw more and more photos, Ren Baqian always had a doubt in his heart. It was impossible for the other party to only arrange a few hundred people to intercept them, right? If they only set up those traps, they would at most hinder their advance. Then, what was their purpose?
"There are people here!" Ren Baqian suddenly said. He saw many soldiers halfway up the mountain in the depths of the forest. In front of them, there were many large stones and freshly chopped tree trunks. In addition, there were also many wooden barrels.
Some of the soldiers were holding long spears, and some were carrying bows. All the soldiers had a piece of cloth tied to their arm. It was colorful and varied.
After going through more than ten photos in a row, there were at least a thousand people waiting halfway up the mountain. It seemed like they were ready.
As he continued to look, he saw a lot of firewood in the gaps between the rocks and the bushes at the bottom of the mountain.
"Are they going to set a fire?" Ren Baqian looked at the scattered firewood and felt a little puzzled.
As the drone began its return journey, Ren Baqian's eyes widened when he saw another angle of view.
Behind the trees in the forest, there were many small wooden barrels. There were also scattered firewood in the surroundings. In particular, on both sides of the path that everyone was taking, there were not only firewood and wooden barrels, but also a small number of archers lying in ambush on the trees. All of these were captured clearly.
Ren Baqian immediately knew what the other party was going to do and guessed what was in those wooden barrels. If there wasn't any firewood, he might not have thought of it. However, with the addition of firewood, it was too obvious. Furthermore, he knew what was going on with the cloth tied to the arms of those Great Xia soldiers.
The other party was obviously going to use a few hundred people to pretend to intercept them and then pretend to escape toward the mountain pass. If the winged cavalry were to catch up, they would intercept them at the mountain pass. Those rocks and archers were prepared for this purpose.
If Ren Baqian didn't guess wrongly, the wooden barrels were filled with oil or flammable substances like animal fat. If they set fire to the surroundings and the back of the barrels, in addition to the fact that it was late autumn in Great Xia, the air was dry, and a large number of fallen leaves were spread in the forest.
The wooden barrels that were prepared on the mountain were the same. On one hand, they could set fire to obstruct the winged cavalry. On the other hand, the oil was very slippery and could more or less impede the winged cavalry's speed.
The same was true for those traps.
If the winged cavalry really barged in like this, it could be imagined that even if they were all Earth Wheel experts, they would still lose some men due to the fire, thick smoke, and their interception.
Even if the winged cavalry could rush in and kill the other party, those mounts would probably be turned into roasted lambs, and the rest of the journey wouldn't be easy.
For the sake of Ren Baqian and the others, the other party directly set fire to the forest and burned the mountain. It was really vicious.
"After luring us in, they want to set fire to the forest and intercept us halfway up the mountain," Ren Baqian said to the empress. The empress nodded her head slightly. She had seen those photos just now and could naturally guess what was going on.
After looking at them, she turned around and returned to the back of Qi Shui. Ren Baqian waved at the three captains and showed them the photos one by one.
They had heard what Ren Baqian said before, but they couldn't see the photos and didn't know what the other party's arrangements were.
When they saw the photos on the screen, they were shocked by the scene that seemed like they had seen it with their own eyes. They subconsciously turned their heads to look at that strange thing. The three of them could guess that this scene was brought back by that strange thing, but they couldn't figure out how exactly it did it.
At the same time, the tablet in Ren Baqian's hand that allowed them to see these photos made them feel like a divine artifact. It was even more divine than the binoculars.
As the photos were shown to them one by one, the three of them frowned at first. Following which, they flew into a rage and said, "Bastards, they actually want to burn us to death. We must cut them into eight pieces."
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