July 24th, night. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The pioneer battalion quietly withdrew from the Chengbei camp, and the two battalions of the mixed brigade followed and settled in the Chengbei camp.

Early tomorrow morning, the two battalions of the mixed brigade will conduct routine drills in the camp north of the city to confuse the Tianfeng tribe opposite. The spies of the Tianfeng tribe couldn't get close to the camp, and they couldn't find it at all, and the soldiers who were training in the camp had quietly changed a group of people.

In the first battalion of the pioneer battalion, all the green worm horses and Mingguang armor were left in the camp north of the city, and they were replaced with the equipment and mounts that were spared before. The four cavalry battalions that went out on the expedition were all dressed in rogue clothes. These clothes were all contributed by the rogue who captured the siege of the city.

Yes, this time I attacked, and I was dressed as a rogue.

Because they had to cross the steppe and enter the depths of the basin, in order to reduce the risk of exposure, the four cavalry battalions would be divided into four groups and march according different routes towards the large camp in the western part of the tribal town of Tianyan. The coordination between the cavalry battalions will be done by the Military Intelligence Division through the Hummingbird.

At the same time, five squadrons of each battalion will also be separated, each squadron, two kilometers apart from each other.

The camp in the west of the town is about 160 kilometers away from the banks of the Friendship River. Therefore, it will take three days just to consume the time on the march, and this is still on the premise that everything goes smoothly on the road and no accidents occur.

Because it is in the grassland, an endless field, there are no hills or trees, and there is no hiding place during the day. Therefore, the cavalry battalion did not march day and night, but marched normally. Along the way, if you encounter a lone herdsman, all of them will be killed.

Lei Xun, the director of military intelligence, led the second military intelligence team to work in detail, and a lot of preparatory work had been done before. The four routes chosen by the Military Intelligence Department bypassed the base camps of the various nomadic tribes.

Ouyang Shuo went out with the army, and his position was between the second and third squadrons of the first battalion of the pioneer battalion. As for Lin Yi, he led the first squadron to explore the way in front.

On the 25th, at five o'clock in the morning, it was just dawn.

A force of 2,000 men, with the help of the North Sea Fleet, crossed the Friendship River in the morning light. After that, the four cavalry battalions had to go their separate ways until they reached their final destination, when they could meet again.

On the first day, because I passed through the territory of the Tianlian tribe that had been wiped out, everything went well. Although this area has been taken over by the Tianfeng tribe, there are not too many herders. The Tianfeng tribe only uses this area as a pasture.

Therefore, on this day, the overall speed of the troops was relatively fast, and without the drag of the infantry, they walked more than 60 kilometers. At seven o'clock in the evening, the squadrons scattered in front and back regrouped and rested on the spot.

The two logistical weapons, the marching tent and the military ration pill, began to exert their power again.

When they set out in the morning, each soldier was given a marching pill and did not need to eat again for a day of the day. There is also no need to make food at night to minimize the risk of exposure. As for drinking water, the backpack has long been prepared with enough water for three days. In addition, Ouyang Shuo's storage bag also has a batch of drinking water.

Tomorrow, the troops will have to pass through the territory of a medium-sized tribe, and the danger factor will be much higher.

At five o'clock in the morning of the next day, the squadrons set off in turn, keeping a distance of two kilometers between the front and back, just to take advantage of the small number of people in the early morning to walk a little longer.

At noon, Ouyang Shuo rode the black whirlwind and hurried away with his personal guards. At this moment, a group of herdsmen, about seven or eight people, appeared in front of them, driving the flocks of sheep and seeming to be grazing.

"Your Excellency?" Wang Feng, the captain of the personal guard, immediately rushed to Ouyang Shuo.

Ouyang Shuo certainly understood what Wang Feng meant, and nodded.

Wang Feng gestured to the rear. Immediately, half of the members of the guards broke away from the ranks and pounced on the herdsmen like a pack of hungry wolves.

When the herdsmen saw the guards rushing towards them, they thought they had encountered a rogue and immediately fled in panic.

The horses ridden by ordinary herdsmen are naturally not frog horses. The green worm horse is also a rare commodity in the nomadic tribe, and it has not yet flooded to the point that herdsmen can ride it.

The attack of the pro-guard team was very strategic, they did not pounce directly, but first detoured to both sides, forming an encirclement to surround the herdsmen and prevent fish from slipping through the net.

The herdsmen who were surrounded were panicked, and they didn't know what they were talking about, probably some words begging for mercy, and kept pointing to the sheep not far away. It means that the sheep can be taken away, and I beg you to take their lives.

It's a pity that what they encountered was not a rogue who robbed money, but the officials and soldiers of Shanhai County.

The members of the guards, who had not experienced the baptism of blood and fire, had long been trained to be hard-hearted, expressionless, riding on horseback, bending bows and arrows, and shooting all the herdsmen off their horses with only one volley.

According to Ouyang Shuo's original intention, of course, he didn't want to hurt innocents, especially civilians. However, this operation is really important, and there is no room for any accidents, and his hands have long been stained with blood.

The herdsmen looked at the sharp arrows stuck in their chests with shocked expressions. They couldn't understand why these gangsters didn't want to let them live even if they were taken to the camp as rumored, and they didn't want to let them live, even if they were captured and taken to the camp as prisoners.

Instead of caring about the fleeing flock, the guards rode up to the herdsmen's corpses, drew their Tang knives, and mended each corpse to ensure that nothing went wrong. After the work, the guards took out the shovels prepared in advance from their backpacks, dug a large pit in the spot, buried all the herdsmen's corpses, and covered them with a layer of weeds to make a simple camouflage.

In the evening, the herdsmen's relatives found them missing and did not return home. Coupled with the time it takes to go out to search, even if you can successfully find the place where the body is buried, it is estimated that it will be a day or two later. Even so, it was only identified as a rogue attack, and it could not attract the attention of the tribe's top brass at all.

This was just a small episode on the march, and similar things happened from time to time on the march of the four cavalry battalions. And this set of handling methods was also drawn up in advance by the Military Affairs Administration, and each non-commissioned officer was given a detailed explanation. This is the value of the Military Affairs Agency, they are responsible for drawing up very detailed battle plans, and all kinds of small details are taken into account as much as possible.

In the evening, the procession stopped again. Tomorrow, they will enter the territory of the Tianyan tribe. The camp in the west of the town is located on the western edge of the Tianyan tribe, fifty kilometers away from the sweat tent next to the Shenqi Lake.

After entering the Tianyan tribe, I obviously felt that there were more herdsmen. Occasionally, you can encounter soldiers from the western part of the town patrolling the border. At this time, try to avoid it if you can, you can't avoid it, you can only kill.

It's just that in this way, when the number of people is counted in the west of the town in the evening, it will inevitably find that there are fewer people, which will cause alarm. However, there is no way to do it, where is it so easy to sneak into the hinterland of the other party, especially a large army.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the various units stopped one after another ten kilometers away from the camp in the western part of the town. If you go further, you will enter the core area in the western part of the town, and it is tantamount to killing yourself to break into it during the day.

In order to hide their whereabouts, the squadrons were scattered again and hid in the herdsmen's homes. As for the original owners of the herdsmen's homes, the fate can be imagined. The army of 2,000 men, like a giant beast, sneaked outside the camp in the western part of the town, eyeing it.

In the evening, the centurion in the western part of the town, after a routine count of the number of people, found that some soldiers patrolling the border did not return to the camp on time. This situation was immediately reported to the commander, who in turn reported it to the commander of the western part of the town, Lakshin.

After listening to the report of the commander, Rakshen frowned and asked, "Have you sent someone to check?" ”

"Back to the general, the last general has already sent a team of 100 people to the border to investigate. The last general felt that something was wrong, so he specially rushed to report to the general first. "The commander did not dare to slack off.

The western part of the town has not experienced war for many years, and such disappearances of soldiers are rare. Thinking of the previous Khan's entrustment, Lakshin naturally did not dare to take it lightly.

"Order, go down, the whole battalion is on alert tonight, and strengthen the patrol of the sentry post." Lakshin decided to be careful.

In the past two days, for some reason, Lakshin always felt a little restless, he was like being targeted by a fierce beast, but he never saw the trace of the fierce beast. This made Lakshin very uneasy, and today's disappearance of the fighter has further exacerbated this uneasiness.

But in front of his subordinates, Lakshin was as calm as ever.

"Whoa!"

……

Ten kilometers away from Daying in the western part of town, there is a very inconspicuous herdsman's tent.

At six o'clock in the afternoon, Lei Xun, who was disguised as a herdsman, lifted his tent, walked in, and said respectfully: "My lord, as expected, the western part of the town has indeed strengthened its vigilance. ”

It turned out that this was the place where Ouyang Shuo stayed.

Ouyang Shuo nodded, the enemy's reaction was not beyond his expectations. According to Lei Xun, Lakshen, the commander of the western part of the town, is not a simple person, "Contact the battalions and act as planned tonight." ”

"Whoa!"

At seven o'clock in the evening, Ouyang Shuo walked out of the tent, rode the black whirlwind, and took advantage of the night, under the guidance of Lei Xun, to begin to check the stations of each department one by one. Every time he stopped at a station, Ouyang Shuo would take out barrels of fierce fire oil from his storage bag and distribute them to the soldiers.

In the grasslands of July, the stars twinkle in the night sky, and the cool monsoon wind blows green waves. By the light of the stars, one after another of the cavalry came out of the herdsmen's tents and put barrels of fierce fire oil on the backpacks of the war horses. The rucksack has been specially modified to fit two buckets of fierce fire oil on each side. (To be continued.) )