"Report to the battalion commander, an hour ago the third platoon encountered a local army scout. ”

Dou Xiaoqi is still the battalion commander of the first special operations battalion, but his military rank is deputy captain, which is one step higher than other battalion commanders, and Lei Feixiang is just a captain.

The first battalion operates in the northern forest area of Shibu County, and is the outpost of the special operations regiment and the outpost of the whole army.

"An hour ago, well, Nanjing City still sent people, according to this calculation, the local army of the state city will camp near the county border tonight. The order was given, and the three platoons immediately withdrew. The eagle informed the regimental commander. ”

The third platoon was specially sent to the border of Anyang County by him, just to prevent the local army from coming.

He picked up his hammer and went to the middle of the forest, where a piece of land was vacant, and all the original trees had been cut down by the officers and men of the first battalion, and only the stump on the ground remained.

"A long line. ”

"Here!"

"A row of cut trees were dragged down to the avenue, as high as they could be, and the two ends were nailed to me with crossbars. ”

"Yes!"

A platoon of officers and soldiers immediately got busy.

"Four rows, five rows!"

"Here!"

"Put the dried branches and firewood for me, don't burn your own people. ”

"Yes!"

Dou Xiao rode in this forest for a few days, and he had already prepared how to deal with the local army from the state city.

From Anyang County to Shibu County in the south, you can only take the avenue on the edge of the forest, and if you want to detour, you have to walk for two or three more days, and the local army that goes south to reinforce will inevitably pass through.

"Battalion commander!" the fourth platoon leader ran over, "the trees in the forest have sprouted, and the fire will produce thick smoke, and now the wind direction is uncertain, which may affect us." ”

"Well, ask the military magician, is there a way to control the direction of the smoke?"

The special combat group is equipped with people from the Giant Sheep City Magic Guild, and several magicians are disciples of Huan Qiao, specializing in water magic.

The fourth platoon commander came back again to report: "There is no problem, but ......"

"You say. ”

"The local army from the state city also has magicians. The fourth platoon leader said.

"Very well, I'm starting to learn to count the enemy! Can you think that I don't know yet? Hehe, the enemy doesn't know the truth, I just need to scare them. Dou Xiao rode hard to squeeze out a sinister look.

"The battalion commander is both wise and brave, and the clever plan is here. The four platoon leaders smiled flatteringly.

"That's called a clever plan to calm the world! Get out, come to the sycophants less, kill a few more enemies, and reward you with good wine. Dou Xiao rode and kicked on the four rows of long cheeks.

The 1st Special Operations Battalion is like an officer training camp, and the officers who come out here can become battalion commanders elsewhere, so the platoon commanders here are the most frequent, but the battalion commander Dou Xiaoqi has not changed, and all the platoon commanders want to please him, hoping that he can recommend himself to a better unit in the future.

Xinying flew to the dense forest, and only ten minutes came to a city, this city is called Zhenyuan City, which was attacked by Lei Feixiang a few days ago.

Things have to start with Lei on the formation of a local army, forcibly requisitioned the most elite city defense army in Shibu County, Zhenyuan City is located on the traffic artery, the requirements for the city defense army are relatively high, early by Lei took a fancy to it, all of a sudden sent most of the men and horses to the county town for training, only less than one-third of the old, weak, sick and disabled.

Lei didn't want to give up Zhenyuan City, because it was the closest to the state city, and if Shao Dianxi sent troops to save it, he would pass through there first, and it would not be a big problem to reduce the city defense army.

The special combat regiment is the best at fighting sneak attack warfare, after Lei Feixiang left Xinfeng City, he sent the fastest scout to Zhenyuan City, and felt the city defense situation there clearly in advance.

The process of capturing Zhenyuan City is lackluster, just like a strong man beating a baby, the only highlight is that the city lord uses a sword to fight with Lei Feixiang, and is killed by Lei Feixiang's backhand shield, leaving himself with a reputation of sacrificing his life to serve the country.

After the war, Dou Xiaoqi asked Lei Feixiang: "Why do you have to kill him?

"No! Killing him is respecting him! Have you ever seen a few city lords like him, and you can tell if he hasn't practiced by looking at the way he holds a sword.

Speaking of which, he is loyal to the country, knowing that he can't beat me, he rushed up to die, since I made such a choice, I will fulfill him, and he will die as he deserves. ”

"Didn't you set an example by doing this? In the future, when you capture other cities, won't those city lords all come to die?" Dou Xiaoqi didn't understand.

"Not everyone wants to die, those city lords in the south are alive and well, I'm afraid that those who surrender with different intentions will secretly make bad things after the army leaves, and it's not easy for you to kill. I will give the city lords one more choice today, and I will encounter a little less sinister villains in the future. Lei Feixiang patiently explained clearly.

"Tut-tut, dead fat man, where did you learn the twists and turns? Could it be that you were such a person when you were in Tianmen Town?" Dou Xiaoqi felt that he was going to get to know Lei Feixiang again.

"You can't just practice your body, you have to use your brain more, it's okay if you're stupid, you can learn from smart people. I often discussed with Shao Diancheng in the training camp, and he analyzed with me about the future attack on domestic cities, and I learned from him. ”

Lei Feixiang often has to go to the training camp to pick people, and he has a lot of opportunities to come into contact with Shao Diancheng.

"Oh, it's him! It's a pity that he's our boss, and he's still in the training camp. Dou Xiaoqi recalled the days of the royal outpost.

"No way, who told him to have such a background, if you are the master, do you dare to send him to the front line?"

"I don't understand very well, don't you let us correct the mistakes made by our family?" Dou Xiaoqi only dared to say these words to Lei Feixiang in private.

"It's okay for us ordinary people, your entire family together is only a hundred people, Shaodiancheng's family is ten times more than a hundred, can you correct a few? Master Ding told me that he doesn't want to make Shaodiancheng difficult, leaving him in the training camp is the best choice, and the dream that he can't complete can be completed by the students. ”

Lei Feixiang saw pity in Ding Kui's eyes, and felt more sympathy for Shao Diancheng, and now he can be regarded as fulfilling part of Shao Diancheng's wishes.

"What? There's movement in Nanjing. He received a secret letter from the front, "Order the whole army to carry out Plan No. 1 as soon as they see fireworks in the north." ”

At the same time as he conquered Zhenyuan Castle, he learned that Zhong Wei had invaded the county seat, and the order of the special combat regiment to harass the rear was changed to stay in Zhenyuan Castle, and if the local army came to attack, he would delay as much as possible.

After three days and three nights of rapid marching, the advance of the 1st Army Corps of Nandi came to the junction of Anyang County and Shibu County.

The forward commander Li Jingxian heard that the scout had been killed, and personally led 2,000 cavalry to the front of the army.

"Lord Li, in front of you is Shibu County, and it is here that our scouts were killed. ”

In order to form a local army with combat effectiveness, Shao Dianxi did not hesitate to promote a large number of generals from civilian backgrounds, and Li Jingxian was one of them.

Li Jingxian, who is nearly 50 years old, has participated in many wars against foreign enemies, participated in the local army during the invasion of the Three Kingdoms, and led the troops to garrison Daling County as a captain during the invasion of his own country.

It was on the battlefield that he blocked his own Northern Route Army and was promoted to a samurai, and successfully repelled many attacks by his own army.

Now he has been appointed as the division commander of the 3rd Division, and he is still the forward commander of this expedition, and Gongsun Mi sent the 3rd and 4th divisions to open the way for the army.

"How long ago?" he asked the Scout Captain with a serious expression.

"The battle took place after lunch, less than two hours from now. ”

Li Jing first looked around with a telescope and said, "I came into contact with our scouts two hours ago, and now there is no one nearby, which means that there are not many enemy troops." The 4th Division was ordered to advance in formation as a brigade, and report back immediately in case of any abnormality. ”

His descendants were in the rear, and at the forefront were the men and horses of the 4th Division.

Wei Lunhui, the commander of the 4th Division, is the cousin of Wei Shiwen, the captain of the Guard Army, and was the one who took the opportunity to be stuffed into the local army after Gongsun Mi's defeat in Zhushan County.

After receiving the military order, he showed a disgusted expression and said: "If there is an enemy situation, we will not wait for the 3rd Division to come up and ask our army to advance, and we will only report if we encounter any abnormality? Is it abnormal to be defeated by the enemy?"

This kind of complaint was just made in front of his subordinates, and he didn't dare to say in front of the heralds, although he was on the same level as Li Jingxian, he was the forward commander after all.

The staff officer of the 4th Division said: "Commander Li asked our army to advance in formation, and there was no stipulation on the speed of marching, so our division could be connected from brigade to brigade end to end and march slowly in a line, which could not only avoid being separated by the enemy but also wait for the 3rd Division to catch up, which was not considered a violation of military orders." ”

"That's great!" Wei Lunhui thought it was possible.

As a result, the original loose formation of the 4th Division became compact, and the 10,000-strong team was compressed into a few hundred meters long.

The pace of their march also slowed down, and it would have taken two hours to walk for an hour, and four hours for a two-hour journey. Seeing that it was going to be dark, he walked to the forest area where Dou Xiao was hiding.

"Report, the road ahead is blocked!" the scout spotted a large tree across the road.

"Blocked? What is blocked? Find a way to move away, so many people still can't clear the road?" Wei Lunhui was angry.

What the scout said was just *, what he was really angry about was that the 3rd Division had not caught up so far.

The two divisions were less than half an hour apart, and they dragged on for four hours without seeing anyone behind.

"A large group and a squadron are cleaning up ahead, it is estimated that it will not be clear until after dark, please prepare candles. The scout stubbornly reported.

"Why is there only one squadron to clean up? Pass my order, the first brigade will open the road as soon as possible, and the second brigade will also go to help, and be sure to leave this forest before dark. ”

Wei Lunhui saw that the trees on the side of the road were tall and dense, and there was an emergency, and his heart was furious.

The staff officer persuaded: "My lord, there is a strange thing that the road is blocked, if you spread out in formation to clear the road, it is easy to be ambushed, and it is better for the troops in front to form a formation." ”

They marched in formation, with soldiers on both sides shielding themselves in case of a sudden attack by the enemy.

"No, it's going to get dark if you drag it on, and it's easier to get ambushed after dark, so you have to open a road and get out of here immediately. Wei Lunhui insisted on his own ideas.

Seeing that the staff officer's persuasion was ineffective, the scout had no choice but to run back to give orders.