However, there were not many options for Mana Wu, and in the end, the result of Mana Wu's careful consideration still made him discouraged for a long time.

Of course, it may be a little early to think about this at this time, although Mana Wu believes that it will be their side in the direction of Bengang's troops, but until the last moment, he also has a fluke mentality, looking forward to the goal of Bengang people is not himself.

Similarly, even if the other party's target is himself, Mana Vulture, as a warrior's heart, of course, doesn't want to get closer to Bengang so easily, he still has some other ideas.

When the mana was entangled, the assembly action on Bengang's side had been completed, and as the warriors of the various clan members were in place, the warriors of Bengang Hongtang were also ready, and a group of more than 3,500 people marched all the way in the direction of the northeast coast.

At the same time, to the west of Chicken Coop Harbor, a group of slightly smaller people than Ben Harbor also headed northwest.

Although the scale is smaller than that of Bengang, there are nearly 2,000 people dispatched by the Whale Department of Jilong Harbor, of which 1,000 are Hongtang musketeers with a new type of arquebus, and in terms of actual combat power, it may not be worse than that of Bengang.

Now the number of whale divisions can be called the first of the three, with a scale of nearly 4,000 people, which is about to catch up with the scale of the shark and leopard divisions together. It's just that among the elite of the whale department, there are 1,500 people, and nearly 20 warships are stationed in the Ryukyu Kingdom to resist the Japanese Satsuma army that is unwilling to lose, and now there are only 2,000 people who can be drawn.

If you look down from the sky, you can see two huge streams of people, one east and one west, along the thorns and foothills along the way, heading towards the vast wilderness, until they meet at a certain point west of the Ali Mountains on Dayuan Island.

This is the largest operation in the history of Hongtang, and it is also the longest time span and land span set by Hongtang's participation department, totaling nearly a month of action time, and hundreds of miles of primeval jungle, opening up a road for life.

This operation was a major test of their Qixintang's logistical work, although the Hongtang team members and the Bengang indigenous warriors each carried two grain belts filled with edible fried noodles for ten days, there were still twenty days of rations that needed to be provided by the logistics office for these team members, and they followed closely behind the two teams.

Coupled with the time required for the return journey, it is necessary to provide at least thirty days of food for Hongtang and the indigenous fighters, especially in the later stage, after getting farther and farther away from Bengang Jilong Harbor, the greater the pressure on this logistics, which is a serious challenge for the members of the logistics department who have never had experience in this area.

In the early stage of the journey, the two teams, whether they lived in the jungle or the unknown tribe hiding in the middle of the tribe, were not hindered too much.

There were many crises lurking in the primeval jungle, and now the Hongtang members in the brigade are very far from the indigenous warriors who have been shuttling between them since childhood, and the impact is no longer as unbearable as when the Hongtang team members first came, although there are still many Hongtang team members or natives, who have been bitten by poisonous snakes and poisonous insects or have various small accidents, but they still can't stop everyone's progress.

It wasn't until the two teams stepped out of the area covered by their respective strongholds that their troubles began to grow.

Bengang, on the other hand, went farther to the northeast, and walked nearly a hundred and fifty miles in five days, and in the jungle and meadow behind them, a road that could be distinguished at a glance had been formed. Many trees that had grown for an unknown number of years were uprooted and pushed to the sides of the road, and the grass was trampled by more than 3,000 people.

It's just that in the direction they are heading, there are many indigenous people, and they are the tribal spies from the surrounding indigenous tribes who came to investigate the movements of Hongtang's team. On the way forward of Hongtang, there were also many traps, which brought a lot of trouble to Hongtang's team.

Judging from the newly dug traces of these traps, the owners of these traps probably did not have any good feelings for the Hongtang team that came from afar, but because of the huge size of the Hongtang team, they could only make some resistance in secret.

The first wave of frontal attacks was on the fifteenth day of the Bengang team's entry into the jungle, when the 200 indigenous warriors and 100 Hongtang members who were in the vanguard were struggling among the rotten branches and damp soil of the primeval jungle.

Arrows rained down, and the oncoming rain of arrows caught the indigenous warriors and Bengang team members off guard were killed and injured countless times, except for the occasional traps in the past ten days, which made this team feel the malice from other clans, and the rest of the time, there were really not many people who dared to give the Hongtang team such a direct blow on the spot.

This made Hong Tang and the indigenous warriors somewhat relaxed, and the consequence was that when the attack began in the early stage, it brought a heavy blow to Hong Tang and the indigenous warriors.

"Enemy attack!! Take cover!! ”

At this time, while shouting the slogan, he led by example and ran to hide behind a big tree, avoiding Wu Qitian, who was shot by feather arrows one after another.

Wu Qitian, formerly known as Wu Gouzi, was one of the original team members who followed Li Tianyang and them to Dayuan Island. It's just that he didn't use his skills to learn at the beginning, and he only learned to fight and fight hard with Wu Jie, and he didn't want to use his brain at all, even if he was trained by Li Tianyang's side for a long time, he was still just a company commander, and compared to other team members in the same period, he really didn't mix well.

At this moment, he was lucky enough to avoid the rain of arrows, Wu Qitian did not have a trace of joy on his face, but with a little annoyance, he couldn't stop muttering: "Unlucky, not only will I lose my credit this time, I'm afraid I will be scolded again!" ”

When Hongtang's team came back to their senses and raised their muskets, bows and arrows to counterattack, the direction of the arrow rain came from the dim woods opposite, and at this time, the building had already been empty, and there was no longer a shadow of the other party.

After a few times, the marching speed of the Hongtang team slowed down suddenly, less than half of the usual time, but fortunately, in addition to the previous time when the damage was not prevented, the Hongtang team not only suffered little loss in the next few attacks, but also used the advantage of the musket to give the opponent a lot of damage.

(End of chapter)