After eleven days of hardships, the 2o1 Division Special Operations Brigade bypassed the "Helian Jade Wall" and appeared in Nanqiu County occupied by the Mongolian army.
Dozens of people were injured, three of whom were still lying on stretchers, but no one was dead or missing.
"Are you looking for a place to hide or follow us?" Ding Kui asked Li Tie.
"Master Ding, do you look down on your subordinates?" Li Tie's neck turned red. "My subordinates know that their strength is low, but as long as the master does not dislike him, he will never hold us back." He suddenly knelt on one knee in front of Ding Kui.
Ding Kui wanted to help Li Tie up, but he didn't help him the first time.
The second time, his waist sank slightly, his arms lifted up, and he pulled Li Tie up.
"It's not that I look down on you. The mission the team is going to perform is very dangerous. Everyone has been training intensively for half a year. Even so, Captain Xue and I don't have much confidence in completing the mission."
"Thanks to you along the way, we got here without landing. Your mission has been successfully completed. If you continue to follow us, you may be in danger of life; if you don't follow us, your safety will not be a problem. I hope you
Think carefully before making a decision." Out of confidentiality, Ding Kui did not specify what the brigade's mission was.
"When a brigade goes behind enemy lines and has no intention of returning from the original route, its subordinates certainly know how much danger it will face. As a soldier, as long as it is conducive to protecting the country, no matter how great the danger, the subordinates should go out.
Please do your part. I beg Captain Xue and Captain D to take me with you!" Li Tie could see that the special operations brigade was not prepared to return from the Great Swamp.
Ding Kui looked at Xue Chong. After all, he was not the supreme commander. His imperial-approved gold medal arrow could not be used for such a trivial matter.
"Well, Li Tie's strength is pretty good. He will have no problem with us covering him. Since he strongly requests it, let's bring him along." Xue Chong did not object.
"Okay, is there a safe temporary place to stay nearby?" Ding Kui took out a sophisticated map and showed it to Li Tie.
Li Tie quickly pointed to a white dot on the map and said: "This is a quarry that has been abandoned for many years. No one lives or cultivates nearby. There are many caves left by quarrying. We are hiding in it."
It won’t be discovered there anytime soon.”
"Well, it's more than a hundred kilometers away from Zhenbeiguan. It's far away from the main roads. Be careful not to be noticed." Ding Kui saw it and was satisfied.
"Okay, let's go out in the evening and rush over there overnight." Xue Chong ordered.
The area near the large swamp is deserted. In addition to a small number of troops patrolling, the Meng Army will also have magicians patrolling in the air from time to time. A thousand-man troops have no civilian cover, so the best option is to operate at night.
Night marching was originally a major training event for the special operations brigade, and with Li Tie, a guide who was familiar with the roads, it took them most of the night to arrive at the abandoned quarry.
The quarry is overgrown with weeds and gravel everywhere. It must have rained heavily not long ago, and there is still a lot of water in some of the larger stone pits.
"Hey, this place turns out to be quite large. There are at least hundreds of caves, and some of them have been modified to be habitable." That's why Ding Kui could see clearly in such a poor light environment.
"Disband, each choose a camping site, and be careful of caves that are prone to collapse." Xue Chong was sure that people could be hidden here at a glance.
Ding Kui did not go to seize the stone cave with slightly better conditions. He carried "Yue Shang" to a smaller stone cave and dug out a room-sized space with Ao Yu.
After all, the living environment in the abandoned quarry is better than the swamp. The special operations team finally found a dry campsite.
"Is it enough for you and Ding Yu? We didn't bring horses this time, and your movements will be greatly restricted." Xue Chong was not reassured.
"The fewer people there are, the easier it will be for us to move. We have to pick up tens of thousands of grandfathers when we go out this time. You don't have to worry too much about safety. You don't have to worry about the horses. I will find a way to contact the people in the Intelligence Department. They should
There is a way." Ding Kui pulled up the spy agency as a shield. With Ao Yu here, would he still need war horses?
"Well, it's true that if I go with you, it will be a hindrance, so you should go and come back early." To understand the enemy's situation, Xue Chong could only rely on Ding Kui.
The cautious Ding Kui still chose to travel at night, and it took him two nights to get to the vicinity of Zhenbeiguan.
"Well, there won't be too many troops stationed here. Judging from the size of the military camp behind the pass, there are about 20,000 people standing up to the sky." Ding Kui and Ao Yu flew invisibly in the air.
"Want to fly into the pass and have a look?" Ao Yu's dragon soul was carefully exploring the surroundings.
"No need for now. Let's sneak into the military camp at dawn and take a look."
"Wouldn't it be over if we fly in now?" Ao Yu was puzzled.
"That's an important frontline military camp. How could it not be protected from airborne intruders at night? We entered through the main entrance during the day. Meng Jun probably has never seen your stealth method." Ding Kui was not as reckless as Ao Yu.
At dawn, several large carts pulled by land oxen arrived in front of the gate of the Zhenbeiguan military camp.
"Liang Simao, why didn't you bring these vegetables here yesterday? The battalion officer was so angry. Be careful about the lives of all your villagers." shouted the officer in charge of guarding the camp gate.
The man in his forties who was walking at the front of the convoy explained to the officer with a grimace: "You can't blame the civilians for this, Mr. Deng. A group of military officers came to our village the night before yesterday. They refused to listen to my persuasion and pulled him over.
The four oxen that were used in the cart were slaughtered. Without the four oxen, it would be impossible to pull so many vegetables.
Yesterday, I traveled dozens of miles and visited several villages before I borrowed four cows. After this trip, I have to return them to them. I don’t know what to do next time. Please be kind and help me.
Please explain to the people, there is really no other way to waste this day's work, and the whole village will remember your kindness." As he spoke, he knelt down in front of the officer.
The officer quickly said: "Get out, get out, get out. You can tell the battalion officer yourself. I don't have time to care about your nonsense. Don't block the door here."
Liang Simao had no choice but to lead the convoy into the camp.
The last land cow trembled in its steps, as if the wheel behind it was hit by a pebble, but it returned to normal immediately.
No one noticed that there were two more people on the cart. Ding Kui and Ao Yu entered the Meng army's camp in such a grand manner.
Ding Kui took Ao Yu's hand and looked around the military camp, but they avoided the heavily guarded areas and chose passages with few people.
"Well, yes, this is a fodder yard." Ding Kui finally found his first destination, "It's just a little fodder. It seems there aren't many war horses here, four thousand? Five thousand? There are only twenty thousand troops stationed at Beiguan.