Chapter 602

If his method could coincide with the idea in Legion Commander Lord Xuan Lord Xuan Wuji's heart, then he believed the Lord Xuan Lord Xuan Wuji Legion would support him. Even if the Eternal Night Legion wouldn't explicitly take sides on the surface, his impression on Lord Xuan Lord Xuan Wuji was better than his brother Li Li Jian's, and that was enough.

"Send a scouting team composed of powerhouses to scout, and leave secret marks along the way—there must be a mark every hundred meters. Once an emergency occurs, the marks can be every ten meters, left frequently at short distances... to provide early warning for the army!"

"As long as we know roughly where the enemy kingdom's personnel are, we can eliminate them under the cover of night... Now is also the best opportunity for marching!"

"Excellent!"

Lord Xuan Lord Xuan Wuji clapped his hands; this coincided exactly with his idea, and a look of appreciation clearly flashed in his eyes. This appreciation was also noticed by Li Chun; he knew he had initially gained Lord Xuan Lord Xuan Wuji's recognition!

"Old Lei, what do you think?"

"Not bad, let's do it according to His Highness's meaning."

The three leaders refined various details of the plan and then issued the order.

Five of the strongest scouts in the Eternal Night Legion were to carry out the mission, and the leader was even Lord Xuan Lord Xuan Wuji's deputy general. The three of them instructed them to be careful, careful, and more careful along the way. Their goal was only to discover which area the enemy was in; the rest could be discussed completely.

The army would set off half an hour after the scouting team departed, and the entire army was forbidden from making any sound!

Steps were to be light, all walking on foot, and the limbs and mouths of horses and thunder beasts were to be wrapped in white cloth to prevent them from making sounds or frequent ground vibration noises that would attract the enemy's attention.

It was already afternoon, and soon it was evening.

At this time, the marching army also encountered a problem: without the sunlight in the canyon, they would completely lose their sight at night. If they used torches or other lighting objects at this time, they would likely be noticed by the enemy army in advance. But without light, the army would easily have visual errors, stampedes, and other sudden problems.

At the critical moment, Third Imperial Prince Li Chun took out a large number of fluorescent stones and distributed them quickly.

Fluorescent stones are a special type of ore that emits a faint light at night. To enemies in the distance, the light is not obvious, but for an army marching in secret, this faint light is enough. As long as they can see the direction of advance clearly, it is not so easy to have accidents.

As for the scouting team at the very front, they didn't need any light at all. Darkness is the best camouflage environment for the Eternal Night Legion's scouting personnel. Even after three hours of rapid movement, the spirit of this team remained without the slightest slack. The closer they got to the middle and tail of the canyon, the tighter their spirits became.

Finally, when passing another corner, obvious light appeared in front, and the captain at the head immediately said softly.

"Hide!!!"

The others immediately stuck to the dark shadows of the canyon walls, and their peeking gazes slowly looked over.

"Seems like a caravan?"

"Boss, what should we do? Should I go and make contact?"

The captain at the head judged the situation at this time. It was impossible for them to bypass it without anyone knowing. Even if they bypassed it, it was impossible for the army behind to bypass it.

"Observe more, I always feel it's a bit strange. Why would there be a caravan at this time?"

Chambers of commerce generally wouldn't spend the night in the canyon, choosing to pass through the canyon during the day to avoid many dangers that only exist at night, such as various poisonous creatures.

The canyon was long, but it didn't require a day-and-night route. A fast chamber of commerce could even pass through the canyon in half a day. It was just that they were a 400,000-strong army, so it was impossible for the entire personnel to pass through the narrow canyon in one day; the fastest they could pass was by noon tomorrow.

"Get closer and take a look. I think they are very likely disguised enemy soldiers."

The order to approach was issued, and the captain and another scouting personnel immediately moved flexibly and lightly, slowly approaching the caravan.

What made the captain suspicious was that while they looked like a chamber of commerce on the surface, the ratio of more than twenty people surrounding the campfire to only three vehicles on the side was really somewhat unjustifiable; besides, the cargo vehicles of a caravan were often open-top cargo carriages, while theirs were more like comfortable carriages for people to live in. The most important point was that the other party had no cargo!

This made the captain very suspicious. With no cargo, what were so many people doing here?

All signs indicated that the other party's purpose here was not simple! Although the other party had many people, the people on night watch had long since been lazy and fallen asleep, which gave them an opportunity.

Soon, the two got close enough to observe the situation in the three carriages. In one carriage were a man and a woman, sleeping sweetly while embracing each other; in the other two carriages were various martial armors, with no cargo at all.

"Captain, you're right, they are indeed disguised enemies. Should we...?" The other scouting personnel made a throat-slitting gesture with cold eyes.

The captain at the head nodded, his eyes also turning cold.

Soon, the cooing bird calls used for special communication among the Eternal Night Legion sounded.

The night grew deeper.

The bone-chilling cold wind in the canyon seemed to be able to penetrate the clothes on their bodies, and the terrifying whistling wind in their ears and the nightingale calls coming from above the canyon seemed to form a horror symphony.

The captain in the carriage felt a sense of urgency to urinate. Instinctively, he pushed away the woman clinging to his body, put on his clothes, and walked off the carriage. His hazy consciousness made him glance at his companions by the campfire, and then he unzipped his pants by the edge of the canyon to release himself properly.

With the release of the inventory in his body, his mind gradually cleared. He looked at his companions leaning by the campfire again, not at ease. They were all lying or leaning against the wall, sleeping soundly. It was another quiet and boring night; he was almost becoming degenerate in such days.

Especially after snatching a woman from a caravan not long ago, he felt himself becoming more and more degenerate.

"Wait, where is Gus on night watch? Slacking off again?"

The captain angrily fastened his pants and walked directly toward the campfire.

"Where is Gus?"

As the question was asked, the captain seemed to notice something strange? Because no one answered him.

"Good... sleeping against the campfire again. Sleeping so soundly, what if the enemy comes?" Seeing Gus sleeping on his knees, the captain was so angry that he kicked him directly. This kick also made the Gus in his mouth lie flat on the ground, and at the same time, a stone tilted from Gus's side.

"What's the situation?"

Only then did the captain suddenly realize something terrifying. Not only did Gus not wake up from the kick, but the surroundings were too quiet—so quiet that there wasn't even the snoring of his companions.

He didn't even hear breathing. Were they already dead?

He was scared and wanted to get his weapon, but he realized it too late.

Just at this moment, behind the captain, a man in black quickly stuck to him, grabbed his terrified head with both hands, and his vision went black. The next second, his neck was snapped directly.

"Captain, is everything resolved?"

Except for the scouting personnel who took action, the other four also appeared from their respective hiding places, and the captain asked coldly.

"All resolved, except for the woman in the carriage."

"Finish her! Then deal with the traces here... we continue to set off!"

"Good!"

After a scouting personnel also finished off the woman in the carriage, the others moved the corpses into the carriage, and the traces at the scene were processed once more, looking as if no one had ever been there at all, except for the campfire that was still burning and the three carriages parked around.

"Set off!"

"Yes!"

An hour later, the army followed the traces all the way here. According to the special marks of the forward personnel, it indicated that they had discovered enemy disguised personnel here and had specially disguised themselves as caravan members. Fortunately, they were discovered and killed by them.

After Lord Xuan Lord Xuan Wuji sent people to check, it was confirmed that the situation here was indeed disguised by enemy soldiers. The weapons in the carriage and the faces of those killed all proved that they were not people from the Chilperic Kingdom, but people from the Leyton Kingdom or the Taki Kingdom.

The beliefs and customs of the empire and the Chilperic Kingdom had already merged quite a bit a hundred years ago. Even the people between the two countries had a high degree of intermarriage. The faces of ordinary people in the Chilperic Kingdom somewhat resembled the Eastern faces of their Emperor Tianwu Empire. Only pure Westerners like those from Leyton and Taki had such tall, hooked noses.

"Continue to set off! Strive to rendezvous with the scouting team before dawn!"

The forward scouting team, after another two hours of marching, soon discovered another enemy camp!

This time there were many enemy personnel. The other party had built temporary wooden wall fences inside the Heavenly Danger Canyon and completely sealed the road. The wooden walls were a full three meters high, and added to that were equally tall wooden gates. The terrain inside the Heavenly Danger Canyon was very limited, so a frontal assault was clearly not a good method.

The forward scouting team had to stop here. The terrain inside the Heavenly Danger Canyon was limited. The other party had inserted torches on the wooden walls and on the walls on both sides of the canyon. In such a situation, even if the scouting personnel's concealment means were high, there was nowhere to hide, and they couldn't get close.

"What should we do now, Captain?"

"The straight-line distance from here to the wooden wall is at least 100 meters. We can't get past; we can only wait for Legion Commander and the others to come. Relying on the advantage of numbers, it's best to use fire attack. As long as the wooden wall falls, it will be our advantage."

"Rest in place for now."

"Yes!"

The five were also well-trained scouts and immediately rested in place. Almost no sound was discovered, and even their breathing seemed to become extremely slow.

Time approached dawn, and the army's forward scouts made contact with the scouting personnel. The scouting personnel leader briefly introduced the situation they had discovered and hoped that the legion commander would give instructions immediately.

In the rear, Lord Xuan Lord Xuan Wuji, Lei Yi, and Li Chun received the situation investigation from the forward scouting personnel: the enemy had built a temporary fortress in the Heavenly Danger Canyon.