Liu Ling left 15,000 men and horses to guard Dazhai, and personally led six small banners. Twelve thousand men and horses left Dazhai in the direction of Quanye City. These 12,000 men and horses, including a small banner's
The heavy armored infantry were slaughtered wildly. Wang Xiaoniu led the men and horses of three small banners, including one small banner's cavalry, straight to Dadaocheng.
Quanye City was built on a mountain in the woods, and the cavalry could not be used at all. But Dadaocheng is different. The terrain of Dadaocheng is relatively flat, and there is no city wall, which is where the cavalry comes in. Liu Ling
I'm not worried about Wang Xiaoniu. If he can't even take down Dadaocheng, there's no need to hand over the entire Liuqiu Island to him.
The army set out early in the morning and walked all the way.
The army is not marching very fast. There is almost no flat road on Liuqiu Island. An army of more than 10,000 people is walking through the mountains and forests. Because of the terrain, if the speed is too fast, the formation will be too scattered.
If there is a lack of connection, the situation will be difficult to control if a sneak attack by Liuqiu people who are familiar with the terrain is carried out. The army must maintain continuity, and then send out scouts to explore the sides, rear, and front of the army.
The location of Quanye City is not a secret. You can find out the way by buying the local aborigines with a few pieces of silver. Quanye City is the largest city on Liuqiu Island, and it is also the capital of Zhongshan Kingdom, so it is very famous. Even if it is not
Anyone who has been to Quanye City also knows how to get there. After checking the directions given by the surrendered troops and the people, the army began to advance after confirming that there were no mistakes. It can be said that this march is the smallest since Liu Ling personally led the army.
Once. Even when the Northern Han Dynasty was weak, Liu Ling could not go out with only 12,000 soldiers.
But the significance of this battle is very important. As long as Shang Dingtian is forced to surrender, Liuqiu Island can be stable for at least twenty years.
This is still a wild place. In fact, it is not of great significance to Liu Ling. The reason why it is of great significance is that it will play a big role in future development. Garrison in Liuqiu, and then serve as a large water fort or water fort for the navy.
Just build a large shipyard in Liuqiu, which will become an important base for the navy.
Moreover, if Liu Ling were more selfish, he would just forget about taking this place, but he would have another regret in his heart.
A small team composed of elite scouts from the Overwatch Council who were good at sneaking and the Han army explored the way in front of the team. Their team totaled thirty people, but they were divided into three front and rear teams. The front team had ten people and two from the Overwatch Council.
There are 8 scouts in the second team. There are 16 people in the second team, less than 300 meters away from the first team. There are only 4 people in the third team. The role of these four people is to quickly report back to the large group of people when the front scouts encounter danger. The third team
One team explores, the second team supports, and the third team is only responsible for running.
A scout from the Zhongshan Kingdom leaned back and tried his best to shrink into the branches of the big tree. He looked at the Han army scouts who were searching and advancing under the tree, and then turned to look at another big tree not far away.
His companion cooed a few times and imitated bird calls. His companion nodded to him and cooed twice in response.
This scout from the Zhongshan Kingdom reached out and pulled out the machete from his back. He was waiting for the scout leader's order and was always ready to jump down and kill those damn Han people. Killing the other side's scouts and making the Han army blind, this is Zhongshan.
After the Han army fumbled into the ambush circle, the 20,000 soldiers of the Zhongshan Kingdom would attack the Han army like a storm.
The scout leader of the Zhongshan Kingdom, Tongmu, took off the horn bow from his back, pulled out an arrow with a wind whistle attached to it, and aimed at the person at the front of the Han scouts. That person was wearing a black outfit.
, the Han scouts all searched and advanced under the command of his gestures.
The feather arrow was aimed at the Han scout leader, and his eyes gradually became sharp. This time he led more than a hundred scouts to explore the movements of the Han army, and the order he received was to immediately annihilate small groups of Han scouts when they encountered them.
Shang Dingtian led a total of five scout teams of this size, and there were three ambushes on this road. His team controlled the outermost area. This place is still fifty miles away from Quanye City, and if we retreat further,
Ten miles away is where the Zhongshan Kingdom's army set up an ambush.
Tongmu slowly drew the horn bow to full capacity, trying his best not to make any sound.
The dense branches and leaves blocked most of the sunlight, so the arrow clusters smeared with snake venom did not reflect any light. Chumu is one of the best archers among the high mountain tribes of Zhongshan Kingdom. He can hit his prey within seventy steps.
Eyes. However, when he aimed at the Han people who were more than twenty steps away, he became nervous for no reason. His palms were covered with sweat, and a layer of fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.
Tongmu took a deep breath and forced his heart to calm down. He told himself that he must not let this group of Han scouts pass, and he could not let the large army ambushing ten miles away be discovered by the Han people.
Just when he was about to give up his finger, he suddenly felt something strange behind his back, and then a fishy smell came into his nose. He is an outstanding hunter of the mountain tribe and has absolutely keen intuition.
.So, at the most critical moment, he made the most correct choice. He gave up sniping the Han scout and instead jumped under the big tree.
However, his movements were still a little slower.
A huge black leopard bit him on the back of the neck. The huge head shook, and his neck bones cracked twice. He died before he could even cry out. The panther was loose.
Opening its sharp fangs, the body fell vertically from the tree branch.
Without even looking at the corpse, the Black Panther jumped directly from the big tree where Tongmu was hiding to a nearby tree, and then tore off the Zhongshan Kingdom scout's head with one gulp amid his screams.
Blood gushed out from the neck that had been bitten by the fangs, and the jagged wounds looked particularly horrifying.
The Liuqiu scouts who were waiting for orders on the trees in the distance suddenly heard a scream. They subconsciously looked towards where their companions were hiding. However, death was already very close to them.
A Han army scout wearing dark green clothes quietly appeared behind a refugee, covered his mouth, and stabbed a sharp dagger into his aorta. It took less than a second from insertion to withdrawal.
In a second, the green-clothed supervisor had slipped out to avoid the splash of blood.
Liu Ling valued the supervisory guards and intelligence, so he taught the supervisory guards how to use protective colors. It seemed that the Han army only had thirty scouts exploring the road, but in fact, the number of scouts Liu Ling invested far exceeded the number of soldiers ambushing here.
Asking for help. The Black Panther discovered Liuqiu Ren ambushing in a tree a few hundred meters away, and the supervisory guard responsible for cleaning up began to assassinate him quietly. The assassins everywhere seemed so skillful in doing these things.
One by one, corpses fell from the trees. The one who ran farthest was killed by a black panther after running for thirty meters.
Three miles away, the second team of Liuqiu scouts in ambush were unaware of the massacre taking place here.
The thirty Han army scouts who looked very dedicated simply ignored the falling corpses and continued their duties, still moving forward as if they were cautiously exploring the road.
So, they once again deceived the second team of Liuqiu scouts three miles away.
The Han army's assassination team of more than 600 people was composed of assassins from the four surveillance guards and carefully selected scouts from the Han army. Their mission was the same as that of the Liuqiu scouts, which was to kill their foreign counterparts. In contrast,
Generally speaking, the Han people are more professional than the Liuqiu people in these murderous activities.
The war has actually started from this moment on.
Two supervisory guards wearing dark green clothes escorted a prisoner to Liu Ling, and they kicked the Liuqiu scout until he knelt down.
"Your emperor is so powerful, how many people are ambushing him in front?"
Liu Ling asked with a smile.
The Liuqiu scout was stunned for a moment, and then started to curse in native dialect. The translator said to Liu Ling in embarrassment: "He said that Shang Dingtian is waiting for the prince with hundreds of thousands of troops in front. As long as the prince dares to attack Quanye City, he will
Let the prince..."
"explain!"
"Let the prince never come back."
The translator wiped his sweat and spoke carefully.
Liu Ling smiled, pointed at Na Liuqiu and said: "Tell him, I am very happy that Shang Dingtian has brought hundreds of thousands of people, because... I am here to slaughter the clan. And tell him, don't think about being a hero, they
Someone in the Zhongshan Kingdom had tipped me off a long time ago, otherwise how could he be caught so easily? I was told about every move they made. Even without his answer, I knew all about the ambush in the Zhongshan Kingdom. I asked him, just
I want to see if your patriarch lied. But...it seems that the old man with the white beard didn't lie to me."
The translator repeated Liu Ling's words, and the Liuqiu scout immediately became frightened and angry. He jerked away, but the two supervisory guards could not hold him down. The scout pushed the translator away and moved towards the distance.
He ran out quickly. Liu Ling loudly ordered to fire arrows, and dozens of feather arrows flew past Liu Qiuren's body. However, Liu Qiuren was very lucky, and only one arrow shot on his shoulder.
.He rolled on the ground a few times, disappeared into the jungle.
Liu Ling put down the bow in his hand and smiled and said: "Order the army to rest where they are for half an hour!" (To be continued)
