"Report to the battalion commander that the third platoon encountered local army scouts an hour ago."
Dou Xiaoqi is still the commander of the 1st Special Operations Battalion, but his rank is deputy captain, which is higher than other battalion commanders. Lei Feixiang is only a captain.
The First Battalion operates in the forest area in the northern part of Shibu County. It is the outpost of the special operations group and the entire army.
"An hour ago, um, Nanjing City still sent someone here. According to this calculation, the local army in Zhoucheng will camp near the county border tonight. Send the order, and the third platoon will withdraw immediately. The messenger eagle will inform the regiment leader."
The third platoon was specially sent by him to the border of Anyang County to prevent the local army from attacking.
He picked up his hammers and went to the center of the forest, where a piece of land was vacated. All the original trees were cut down by a battalion of officers and soldiers, leaving only the stumps on the ground.
"A long row."
"arrive!"
"A row of felled trees were dragged to the road, piled as high as they could, and I nailed them with crossbars at both ends."
"yes!"
A row of officers and soldiers immediately became busy.
"Four rows, five rows!"
"arrive!"
"Put away the dried branches and leaves and firewood for me. Don't burn your own people."
"yes!"
Dou Xiaoqi stayed in this forest for a few days and had already prepared how to deal with the local army coming from the city.
Going south from Anyang County to Shibu County, you can only take the forest-side road. If you want to take a detour, you will have to walk two or three days longer. The local army going south for reinforcements will inevitably pass by.
"Battal Commander!" The four platoon commanders ran over, "The trees in the forest have sprouted new shoots. The fire will produce thick smoke. The wind direction is uncertain now, which may affect us."
"Well, let's ask the magician accompanying the army if there is any way to control the direction of the smoke?"
The special battle group is composed of people from the Magic Guild of Giant Sheep City. Several magicians are disciples of Huan Qiao and specialize in water magic.
The fourth platoon leader came back to report again: "There is no problem, but..."
"you say."
"The local army from the city also has magicians." the fourth platoon leader mentioned.
"Very good, I'm starting to learn how to calculate the enemy! Can you think that I don't know yet? Hey, the enemy doesn't know what's real and what's true. I just need to scare them." Dou Xiaoqi tried his best to show off his sinister look.
"The battalion commander is both wise and brave. What's the clever plan?" The fourth platoon leader showed a flattering smile.
"That's a clever plan to settle the world! Get out of here, stop trying to flatter me, kill more enemies and I'll reward you with a nice drink." Dou Xiaoqi kicked the four rows of soldiers in the buttocks.
The First Special Operations Battalion is like an officer training camp. Officers who come out of here can become battalion commanders elsewhere. Therefore, the platoon leaders here change most frequently. The only one who has never changed is Battalion Commander Dou Xiaoqi. All the platoon leaders want to please him.
I hope he can recommend me to a better army in the future.
Xinying flew to the dense forest and arrived at a city in just ten minutes. This city was called Zhenyuan City. It was successfully attacked by Lei Feixiang and his troops a few days ago.
Things have to start with Lei Jiu's formation of the local army and the forcible recruitment of the most elite city defense troops in Shibu County. Zhenyuan City is located on the main transportation road, and the requirements for the city defense troops are relatively high. Lei Jiu took a fancy to it early and mobilized it all at once.
Most of the troops went to the county for training, leaving less than a third of the old, weak, sick and disabled.
Lei didn't want to give up Zhenyuan City, because it was the closest to Zhoucheng. If Shao Dianxi sent troops to rescue them, they would pass there first. It would not be a big deal to reduce the number of city defense troops.
The special forces are best at sneak attacks. After Lei Feixiang left Xinfeng City, he sent the fastest scouts to Zhenyuan City to get a clear picture of the city defense situation there in advance. The large force wasted no time in closing the city gates.
He arrived a moment ago and rushed straight to the city gate in his casual clothes.
The process of capturing Zhenyuan City was lackluster, like a strong man beating a baby. The only highlight was that the city lord tried to fight Lei Feixiang with a sword, but was killed by Lei Feixiang with a backhand and a shield, leaving himself with the reputation of risking his life to serve the country.
After the war, Dou Xiaoqi asked Lei Feixiang: "Why do you have to beat him to death? Can't you knock him unconscious and arrest him?"
"No! To respect him is to kill him! Have you ever seen a few city lords like him? You can tell by the way he holds the sword that he has not practiced.
Speaking of which, he was dedicated to serving the country with all his heart, and even though he knew he couldn't defeat me, he rushed forward to die. Since he made such a choice, I will help him, and he deserves to die."
"Didn't you set an example by doing this? If you capture other cities in the future, wouldn't those city lords all come to die?" Dou Xiaoqi didn't understand.
"Not everyone wants to die. The city lords in the south are living well. I am afraid that those who surrender with different intentions will wait for the army to leave and then secretly do evil. Even if you kill them, it will be difficult to kill them. I will give the city lords one more today.
Make a choice, and you will encounter less insidious villains in the future." Lei Feixiang patiently explained clearly.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, fat guy, where did you learn to twist and turn? Are you the same person when you were in Tianmen Town?" Dou Xiaoqi felt that he had to get to know Lei Feixiang again.
"You can't just train your body, you have to use your brain more. It doesn't matter if you are stupid, you can learn from smart people. I often discussed with Shao Diancheng in the training camp. He analyzed with me how to attack domestic cities in the future. I
I learned it from him."
Lei Feixiang often goes to training camps to select people and has many opportunities to contact Shao Diancheng.
"Oh, it's him! It's a pity for him. It turns out that he is our superior, and he is still in the training camp." Dou Xiaoqi recalled the days of the royal outpost.
"I can't help it. He has such a background. If you were the master, would you dare to send him to the front line?" Lei Feixiang also felt sorry for Shaodian.
"I don't quite understand. Why don't we correct our family members when they make mistakes?" Dou Xiaoqi only dared to say these words to Lei Feixiang in private.
"We ordinary families can do it. Your entire family can support only a hundred people. In Shao Diancheng's family, the number is ten times or more than a hundred times. How many corrections can you make? Master Ding told me that he doesn't want to let Shao Diancheng die."
It's hard to achieve success, so keeping him in the training camp is the best choice. The dreams he can't realize can be realized by students."
Lei Feixiang saw regret in Ding Kui's eyes, and sympathized with Shao Diancheng even more. Now he has fulfilled part of Shao Diancheng's wish.
"What? There is something going on in Nanjing." He received a secret message from the front, "Instruct the entire army to execute Plan No. 1 as soon as they see fireworks in the north."
When he captured Zhenyuan City, he learned that Zhong Wei had already invaded the county town. The order for the special forces to harass the rear was changed to stay in Zhenyuan City and delay the attack as much as possible if the local army invaded.
After three days and nights of rapid march, the vanguard of the First Army of the Southland arrived at the junction of Anyang County and Shibu County.
The forward commander Li Jing first heard that the scout who opened the way was killed, and personally led two thousand cavalry to the front of the army.
"Lord Li, ahead is Shibu County, where our army's 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 with 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. He joined the local army during the invasion of the Three Kingdoms, and led troops to garrison in Daling County when his own country invaded.
It was on the battlefield when he was blocking his country's Northern Route Army that he was promoted to a general-killing warrior and successfully repelled many attacks by his own army.
Now he was appointed as the division commander of the 3rd Division, and he was also the vanguard commander of this expedition. Gongsun Mi dispatched the 3rd and 4th Divisions to clear the way for the army.
"How long ago?" he asked the scout captain with a serious expression.
"The fighting happened after lunch, less than two hours ago."
Li Jing first looked around with a telescope and said: "We had contact with our scouts two hours ago. Now there is no one nearby, which means there are not many enemy troops. Send an order to the 4th Division to advance in large groups. If anything unusual happens, immediately
Give back.”
His direct subordinates were at the rear, and the men of the 4th Division were at the forefront.
The commander of the 4th Division, Wei Lunhui, was the cousin of Wei Shiwen, the captain of the military academy. After Gongsun Mi was defeated in Zhushan County, Wei Shiwen took the opportunity to infiltrate the local army.
After receiving the military order, he showed a disgusted expression and said: "If there is enemy situation, we will not wait for the 3rd Division to come up and our army will advance. What abnormality must be encountered before reporting back? Is being defeated by the enemy an abnormality?"
This kind of complaint was only made in front of his subordinates. He did not dare to say it in front of the messenger. Although he was on the same level as Li Jingxian, he was the forward commander after all.
The staff officer accompanying the army of the 4th Division commented: "Commander Li required our army to advance in formation, and there was no prescribed marching speed. Our troops can connect the brigade end to end, and move forward slowly in a line, which can avoid being separated by the enemy and allow us to wait.
The 3rd Division caught up, which is not considered a violation of military orders."
"That's great!" Wei Lunhui thought it was feasible.
As a result, the originally loose formation of the 4th Division became compact, and the team of 10,000 people was compressed into a few hundred meters long.
Their marching speed also slowed down. A one-hour journey took two hours, and a two-hour journey took four hours. It was getting dark before they reached the forest area where Dou Xiaoqi was hiding.
"Report, the road ahead is blocked!" The scout found a big tree across the road.
"Clogged? What's blocking it? Find a way to move it away. Why can't the road be cleared with so many people?" Wei Lunhui got angry.
What the scout said was just *. What he was really angry about was that the 3rd Division had not caught up yet.
The two divisions were less than half an hour's journey apart, and they walked for four hours without seeing anyone behind them.
"The first squadron and the first squadron are cleaning up at the front. It is estimated that we will not be able to clear the road until dark. Please prepare candles." The scout reported bravely.
"Why is there only one squadron cleaning up? Send my order, the first squadron will open the road as soon as possible, and the second squadron will also help. We must leave this forest before dark."
Wei Lunhui felt very anxious when he saw the tall trees and dense forests on the roadside and the sudden situation.
The staff officer advised: "Sir, there is something strange about roads being blocked. If you disperse your formation to clear the roads, you will be easily ambushed. It is better for the troops in front to form a formation."
They marched in formation, with soldiers on both sides holding shields to guard against sudden enemy attacks.
"No, it will get dark if we continue. After dark, it will be easier to be ambushed. We must open a road and leave here immediately." Wei Lunhui insisted on his own idea.
Seeing that the staff's persuasion was ineffective, the scout had no choice but to run back and deliver the order.