Chapter Eighty-Six: Chasing
Just as the assault team penetrated into the enemy's flank to scratch their tongues and explore the reason for the enemy's night fire, the other two places in the surrounding area were also in their own troubles.
The first is the Houjin Forward Battalion, who originally planned to let their men put guns outside all night to disturb the clothed soldiers in the camp.
The plan went well, but the sudden continuous sound of guns in the east really frightened the minions, and because of the bullet pressure of the Jurchen cavalry at the two gates, there was no major disorder.
According to the next plan, as long as everyone knows that they have been attacked at night, then they can justifiably retreat during the day.
However, who knows, just after the officers leading the Houjin Forward Battalion thought that the overall situation had been decided and they could rest, with the rebellion of a small group of Koreans, the entire camp suddenly fell into a camp roar.
Tents were constantly being burned, and the soldiers in the camp were complaining and revenge, and it was simply a mess, and the commander of the forward battalion had no way to quell the riots because he sent most of his cronies to carry out the secret plan.
Slowly, the camp became ablaze, and the forward battalion commander had no choice but to withdraw from the camp with a small number of cronies and some Goryeo soldiers and horses who still kept their sanity.
After waiting outside the camp and completely separating from the rebels, they will start to slowly quell the rebellion and guide the troops back to normal order.
However, before they could get ready, the place where the group of cronies who went out to the east suddenly rang out with heavy gunfire and incessant explosions.
The extremely fast firing speed of the grenade launcher and the strong explosion sound of the high-explosive bomb made these turtles, who had never seen the new weapons of the Huaxia Kingdom at all, think that they had really encountered the large army of the Huaxia Kingdom.
Listening to the non-stop sound of "artillery", Hou Jin Jun believed that at least a dozen cannons were firing non-stop.
In any era, artillery cannot exist alone, it must be assisted by infantry.
According to the Houjin Army's own establishment, since there are more than a dozen artillery pieces, the infantry responsible for covering and attacking must be more than 1,000 people.
Several Jurchen leaders of the forward battalion of the Houjin Army looked at their current messy posture, let alone an enemy with a scale of 1,000 people, even if a small army came to raid, they couldn't stand it.
As soon as these people are combined, they can simply run away, and they are going to escape in the plan anyway.
So, under the leadership of this group of commanders, the Houjin army, which was still in a state of listening to orders, turned to the south in the dark night, and the soldiers in the camp who were in the state of camp roaring were all old oilers, who were just putting on makeup before, and now they saw that their masters had run away, where were they willing to stay and wait for death, and they all ran away.
Their neat and neat run confused the 2nd Reconnaissance Company, which was monitoring the enemy's movements outside the two Shantou Towers.
Originally, this wave of enemies just didn't sleep well in the middle of the night, and they went out of the camp to play with guns and cannons, and while they were playing, the people left behind in the camp began to play camp roaring again.
Okay, it's even more fun now, and I actually ran away collectively.
But it was bitter to the comrades of the 2nd reconnaissance company who stayed behind.
The original task of the 1601st Battalion's reconnaissance company was to closely monitor the movements of the enemy's forward, confirm the specific direction of the enemy's attack, and then wait for the main enemy force to encircle and annihilate the main force of the enemy army entering the mountain with the large force.
Therefore, even if there were many good opportunities to do it before and take out part of the enemy's forward battalion, the 2nd Reconnaissance Company did not do it.
However, today, in this strange night, this wave of the forward battalion of the Houjin Army actually fled directly under a series of abnormal actions.
Leaving the reconnaissance 2 company there was messy in the wind.
Seeing that the enemy had suddenly fled, the officer on duty, who had been monitoring the enemy, immediately reported to the officer.
An officer put down the binoculars in his hand, turned to the company commander on the other side of the artillery mirror and asked, "Company commander, what should we do now?" โ
The company commander glanced around at the officers who were staring at him together, and said in a deep voice, "Pack your bags, continue to track this group of enemies, and we must not let them escape from our sight." โ
"Yes." After receiving the order, all the personnel in the camp of the 2nd Company began to pack and pack their bags.
Moreover, since the enemy had fled and there was no need to hide their tracks, they lit a bonfire together, and then hung lanterns on several of the leading horses as a guide to illuminate the way.
The company commander squatted in an open field, holding a kerosene lamp, carefully observing something on the map.
When everyone was busy packing up, a platoon commander came over and said, "Company commander, I think that since the enemy has fled, we should take the opportunity to clean up this group of enemies, and we can't let go of this group of Houjin Tartars in vain. โ
The company commander put away the map and explained, "We can't make a blind decision yet, I don't know why the enemy is fleeing, what if it's a trick to lure the enemy?" After all, we have to think about the lives of these dozens of comrades.
Also, you must know that although we have absolute air supremacy during the day because of the falcon, but now it is night, and we are at the lowest point in time.
In addition, as the eyes of the General Staff Officer, we bear the heavy responsibility of gathering intelligence for the advance of the whole army, and although we have the right to make decisions on the spot given by our superiors, in most cases, we must abide by the instructions of our superiors and act together with the overall plan of our superiors.
Now the task assigned to us by the higher authorities is to monitor the forward battalion of the Houjin Army and prepare for the encirclement and annihilation of the enemy's large forces in the future. โ
"But, company commander, now that the enemy's strikers have run away, isn't this a big change?"
"It's a big change, but, don't worry, the commando team has already exchanged fire with the team sent by the enemy, and we can only make corresponding adjustments after they catch their tongues and know the source of everything that happened tonight, and have complete information."
Hearing the explanation, the platoon commander was still a little unwilling, "Company commander, I'm afraid that there will be changes later, what if something happens in the middle?" โ
The company commander showed a smile, "So, you have time to grind your tongue here, why don't you go and help pack up your salutes, everyone hurry up and follow the enemy closely, then you can have enough time to deal when something happens?" โ
โยทยทยทยทยทยทโ
Seeing that the platoon commander didn't speak again, the company commander gently comforted, "Don't worry, among the royal army, there are not one or two who have a deep blood feud with Houjin, and we will definitely completely clean up the cancer of Houjin." โ
After that, the company commander no longer paid attention to the expression of the platoon commander, and turned to lead his war horse.
Although there was light from the fire, the sight was still not as good as during the day, so the reconnaissance company, which was supposed to be packed in five minutes, took a full quarter of an hour to prepare this time.