1848 Not the News You Want to Hear
The cooperation is off to a good start, but there is an important problem - the strength of Susan's forces is too weak at the moment.
They can't expect their troops to be compared to the Shenlong mercenaries, in fact, there are few such powerful teams in the world. But you can't have so few warriors!
With Dustum in number, there were only twenty men, including the wounded, and the force was weak enough, if it could be called a force.
But Dostum said optimistically: Of course, when he and his eldest brother Zaerdari started together, there were a little more people than that, but the guns were not as abundant as they are now, so ......
Hey, the old guy is optimistic.
Fortunately, Gao Longzang and Hanhai had plans in advance, and they were not only interested in Susan's current troops, but also the rich political-military legacy brought by Zha Erdali.
Gao Longzang and the others have learned that Zaerdari is different from Sharif, and among the large and small warlords of Afuhan, he can be regarded as a relatively enlightened one. This can also be seen in his reluctance to rely on foreign forces.
Therefore, in terms of domestic governance, Zaerdari is also more enlightened than Sharif and others, and has won the support of the local people. Although there are always many irrational and uncivilized aspects of warlord management, 50 steps is better than 100 steps. Compared with other areas ruled by warlords, the common people of Ku Province are still very satisfied and content, and are willing to accept the governance of General Zaldari.
It's a great legacy!
In the final analysis, even the mutinous Najib had a bad heart because he fell in love with this inheritance.
Najib also knew that with his 500-strong army, he could not control a city, and it would be even more difficult to survive between the warlords and the central army. However, if Zardari's estate is fully benefited, then the situation is completely different. At that time, he will get the support of many people in the province, and then have a certain amount of capital.
Now, of course, Gao Longzang and they have to fight this idea.
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He led everyone out of the valley and picked up a lot of missing guns and ammunition. Although it is heavy, it is nothing to the powerful warriors of the Shenlong mercenaries. Even if each person carried five guns and hundreds of rounds of ammunition, the march speed was faster than ordinary people.
These guns and ammunition are also prepared for Susan's comeback. They were to return to the densely populated areas of the province and recruit more fighters. For a while, they couldn't buy too many weapons, so they had to use what they had.
"Thank you for helping me do this kind of thing." Susan said with some gratitude.
Gao Longzang smiled: "We are mercenaries, and it is natural for us to serve our employers. ”
Susan was speechless.
As for Dostum, he can't continue to insist on sending Susan abroad. Because he also knew that it would be impossible for them to leave the mountains alone. However, if you follow Gao Longzang and them, you can find a way to live, and you can also ensure that the only bloodline of the eldest brother continues.
In addition, Gao Longzang also ordered the Shenlong mercenaries to clean up the battlefield as quickly as possible, and threw most of the enemy's corpses into a deep pit in the cave. Then, he threw down the rocks and covered them.
It's a small trick of deception, and Susan and the others don't know what it's about. All told, five or six hundred corpses of Sharif's army were thrown down - all those killed in hand-to-hand combat.
In the final analysis, it was Gao Longzang who tried not to expose it too early.
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Soon after they left the high ground, Gao Longzang's prediction came true—many of Sharif's troops rushed over one after another. Because the command of Sharif's army suddenly lost contact with the previous troops, it was shocked and anxious, and at the same time sent thousands of people to concentrate and support that battlefield!
But when they got there, the soldiers were stunned - all dead!
The nearly 1,000 people who besieged the heights here at the beginning are gone!
About 400 corpses, another 600 or so missing, and of course Susan and the others are missing - there is not a single living person here!
"It can't be!" The commander of Sharif's army here was furious, "We have sent a thousand people, how can we let her escape!" And, what about our people? Where is our team of six hundred?! ”
The devil knows where. In fact, the guys were all dead, but their bodies were hidden.
The corpses that could be seen at the scene were all shot dead in the fierce battle, and there was no clue.
What would they think if these people saw that 600 corpses had been killed in hand-to-hand combat? I'm sure I'm guessing there's a powerful elite coming. Therefore, Gao Longzang's disguise is still very important.
So, Sharif's army could only guess: was there some strange team that came and rescued Susan? Then, the remaining 600 troops went in pursuit, but they still can't be contacted?
In short, this is just a guess, and the Sharif army has no answer. It was impossible for them to dig in the area to find the missing 600 people - after all, it was easy to throw large stones into a deep pit, but it was too difficult to get out of a deep pit, even with large excavation equipment.
With this confusion and uneasiness, Sharif's follow-up forces retreated, and began to pursue Susan again in the area. How did they know that Susan had already quietly left this mountainous area under the protection of the dragon mercenaries!
It took a whole day for everyone to get out of the mountains. And everyone kept marching in the south-west direction, because there was much farther from Sharif.
The whole province of Ku, which at this time was divided into two parts—the north-eastern half of the province, which was occupied by Sharif's army, and the mountainous areas in which the battle had been fought were also in this range; The south-western half of the province was occupied by the Afuhan Central Army.
Although the Central and Central Army, which took advantage of the fire to rob, was equally hateful, after all, it represented the official Afuhan, so it was somewhat scrupulous and not so brutal.
At the same time, Zaerdari did not violate the laws of Afuhan, and the war was also provoked by Sharif, so there is no reason for the Central Army and the official to blatantly pursue Susan and them.
It was past nine o'clock in the evening, and everyone walked into the security field. They even secretly crossed a blockade line of the Central Army. This blockade line also means that the control range of the Central Army has reached this point, and it is impossible for Sharif's army to rush over, otherwise it will directly fire at the Central Army. Even if Sharif was ambitious, he would not have made such a reckless and rash move at this time.
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"Whew...... Finally breathed a sigh of relief! Susan was in a trance for the rest of her life, and her heart was really like a dream these days, "I don't know what the overall situation in the province is now." A few dozen kilometers ahead is the city of Asada, a big city in the province of Kumi, where I used to live for a long time. ”
Looking further south, Susan muttered to herself in a daze.
At this time, Gao Longzang received a message and said with a smile: "The situation in the reservoir province? I do know something, but this news may not be what you want to hear. ”