Scouts are soldiers who investigate the enemy's situation.
Many people may mistakenly think that scouts are mounted scouts, but in fact they are not.
Whether they are mounted scouts or on foot, they can all be called scouts - if we break it down, mounted scouts are also called scouts, and those on foot are also called spies. There is no higher or lower status between the two.
In the eyes of the world, scouts are only responsible for inspecting various dangers and enemy protective facilities, but in fact, excellent scouts are also responsible for mapping the landforms near the attack target, searching for water sources, and searching for unknown mountain trails.
, and even, if necessary, eliminate enemy sentries.
However, in the State of Wei and in King Su's army, the existence of "scouts" was slightly different.
Because in Zhao Hongrun's mind, he judged the "scouts" to be the most comprehensive elite soldiers.
Therefore, due to the personal preference of His Highness Prince Su, the experienced warriors in his army were successively awarded a fine iron dagger with two small seal characters of the Wei Kingdom engraved with "scout", and were given to them.
The title of "Honorary Scout".
From then on, under King Su's army, scouting became the highest honor for infantry and cavalry. Those warriors who received the title of "scouts" were gradually regarded as the best among the best.
Yes, under the command of King Su's army, there is no real scout team, because the tasks that those scouts are responsible for are all taken care of by the hidden thieves of the Blue Crows, and these hidden thieves are in the "Four Kingdoms Expedition".
He showed great brilliance in the "Battle of Chu".
On September 21st, hundreds of Qingya people went out in full force and went straight to Yishan and Wangwu Mountains. They were responsible for inquiring into the local landforms and the specific conditions of Pilao Pass, drawing battlefield maps, and assassinating the patrols on the two mountains.
Korean military sentry.
This move aroused the vigilance of the Korean general Jin Piao of Pi Lao Pass, so that two days later, Jin Piao quickly added troops to Yishan and Wangwu Mountain, bringing the number of Korean troops stationed in the two mountains to two to three thousand.
As a result, the Green Crows' search and assassination efforts were hampered.
It was at this time that Zhao Hongrun learned that the Korean infantry was actually so well-trained.
Therefore, Zhao Hongrun mobilized an elite thousand-man team from each of the Shangshui Army and the Yanling Army to prepare for a small-scale positional battle with the Korean infantry.
On that day, the thousand-man team under the command of Ran Teng, who had vaguely become the first elite thousand-man team of the Shang Shui Army, took over the task without hesitation, and headed straight for Wangwu Mountain with bags full of food on their backs.
Wangwu Mountain is the most extensive mountain range in the Pilaoguan area. It can be divided into five parts: middle mountains, low mountains, hills, basins, and plains. The mountain is slightly gentler than Yishan, but due to its wider scale and forest trees
It is lush and lush, so it is more suitable as a battlefield for scouts. Unlike Yishan Mountain, the Korean army defended it in danger. Even the Green Crows were unable to climb up the cliff under the strict defense of the Korean army.
Wangwu Mountain is located on the southwest border of Hedong County and Shangdang County.
Shangdang has been known as "partnering with the sky" since ancient times. To put it bluntly, the terrain of this land is generally high in altitude. It is for this reason that the "Pilao Pass" and "Tianmen Pass" are built against the mountains.
Like "Mengmen Pass", in recent decades, the Wei State has repeatedly attempted to attack Shangdang County from Hedong County, but they have always encountered obstacles at these passes and were unable to advance.
No, as soon as they reached the halfway point of Wangwu Mountain, the Shang Shui soldiers of Ran Teng's Thousand-Man Corps felt a sense of discomfort. Although they looked at Wangwu Mountain which was not very high, they felt very tired after climbing it.
It’s no wonder, after all, the Chu State where these people were born, and the Wei State where they currently live, have less hills and more hills, and most of the land is plain. Therefore, when these people come to Shangdang County, which is generally higher in altitude,
I feel vaguely short of breath and feel tired more easily than usual.
I remember the last time this happened, it was when King Su's army won the "Battle of Sanchuan of Wei and Qin" and crossed the eastern Qinling Mountains in order to warn Qin.
Of course, the altitude of the mountains in the Wangwu Mountain area is incomparable to that of the Qinling Mountains. However, you must know that the Qinling Mountains that King Su's army crossed at that time was actually only the eastern part of the Qinling Mountains, and it was part of the entire Qinling Mountains.
In the narrow sense, the part of the Qinling Mountains adjacent to Huashan Mountain is actually only one or two hundred feet high, even lower than the Wangwu Mountain we climb today.
After reaching the halfway point of Wangwu Mountain, Ran Teng's thousand-man team broke into pieces and dispersed into ten hundred-man teams. Under the guidance of several Green Crows from each group, they went deep into the mountain forest.
Ran Teng, a general of thousands, personally led a team of hundreds to act with him.
At noon, the centurions found a place to rest. The soldiers took out their dry food for the past few days from their bags: a bag of fried rice and a bag of palm-sized cakes as hard as stone.
The former is a regular food for soldiers who leave the camp, while the latter, the palm-sized pancake, is a food that was recently added to the diet of King Su's army: this pancake is a slight modification of Sichuan Luo's mutton pancake.
food, they made Sichuan Luo's sheep cakes into palm-sized
It is small, convenient for soldiers to eat with one hand, and it also thickens the thickness of this kind of bread. Therefore, when this kind of bread is air-dried, it is as hard as a stone, and it is as hard as a bite.
If it is broken into pieces and eaten dry, it will taste worse than the fried rice that you have long been tired of.
The only advantage is that it resists hunger. Just like fried rice, if you eat a handful and then drink half a bottle of water, you will definitely not feel hungry for most of the day.
But if there is boiling water, it will be very different. If this kind of dough fried with mutton fat is soaked in boiling water, it will definitely be called a rare delicacy.
The embarrassing thing is that in the current situation, the soldiers of Shangshui did not dare to light fires and boil water. Firstly, they were afraid of attracting the attention of the Korean soldiers in the mountains. Secondly, they were afraid of causing forest fires, although some Korean soldiers could be burned to death.
, but I believe they can’t escape either.
While the soldiers were frowning and gnawing on the thick noodles, Ran Teng, the general of thousands, was asking Duan Pei, the leader of the Green Crows, about the information of the Korean soldiers.
Duan Pei didn't say anything at first, he just called a member of the Green Crow Army and handed Ran Teng a large, bulging bag that he had prepared.
Ran Teng took the bag in confusion and took a look inside the bag. Only then did he realize that the bag contained a complete set of soldiers' equipment.
It is undoubtedly the equipment of the Korean infantry.
He poured out the soldiers' equipment from his pocket and took stock of it carefully.
A set of leather armor, a shield, a long sword, and a crossbow.
Bending down, Ran Teng picked up the long sword from the ground and pulled the sword out of its scabbard.
When he saw the long sword being slightly unsheathed, Ran Teng's expression felt a little wrong, because he felt that the sword was thick, sharp, and of high quality.
Frowning, Ran Teng clenched the long sword and slashed at the trees on the side.
With a "click" sound, the blade of the long sword immediately embedded itself into the tree trunk, almost burying the entire sword body.
"What a sharp iron sword!"
There was a hint of surprise in Ran Teng's eyes. After pulling out the long sword from the tree trunk, he looked at it carefully.
He had a vague feeling that this iron sword made in South Korea was not much inferior to his sword.
Frowning slightly, Ran Teng called a soldier and asked him to hold the long sword and raise it straight. Then he pulled out the sword from his waist and slashed hard at the long sword.
There was a "click" sound, and the long sword in the soldier's hand was struck hard by Ran Teng, causing it to tilt downwards, but it did not break.
"Take it!" Ran Teng said in a deep voice.
The soldier was stunned for a moment, looking at the sword in his hand in surprise.
Because in his impression, the enemy soldiers they had encountered so far were not as sophisticated as them in terms of weapons and equipment, so he felt that even holding a sword with one hand would be enough, since the long sword would be broken by their weapons anyway.
Unexpectedly, this long sword did not break.
"Come again." The soldier licked his lips, held the sword with both hands, and raised the sword with all his strength.
Seeing this, Ran Teng struck hard at the sharp edge of the long sword again, blade to blade.
This time, there was only a "bang" sound, and the blade of the long sword was indeed cut off, but Ran Teng's frown did not relieve him at all. Because he found that after cutting off the long sword, there was something in his hand.
The sword also had a cracked chip, about the size of half a fingernail on the little finger.
Ran Teng was a little unbelievable. You must know that their weapons had just been replaced and were the most sophisticated military-made weapons in the Wei State. Unexpectedly, this kind of the most sophisticated military-made weapons in the Wei State could not compete with South Korea's long-term weapons.
The sword only has this level of advantage.
"..." Ran Teng turned to look at Duan Pei, only to see Duan Pei say lightly: "Try the crossbow again."
Ran Teng frowned, picked up the Korean crossbow from the ground, flicked it a few times, loaded the crossbow arrow, and aimed it at a tree ten steps away.
As he pulled the trigger, there was a pop sound, and the crossbow bolt fired from the Korean crossbow in his hand actually penetrated the trunks of two trees and was deeply nailed into the trunk of the third tree.
Seeing this, Ran Teng's mouth couldn't help but grow bigger, because he felt that the strength of the Han Nu was not much inferior to that of their Wei Nu.
"It looks like it will be a fierce battle..."
Putting down the Korean crossbow in his hand, Ran Teng let out a long breath, then picked up another Korean crossbow bolt from the ground and looked at it carefully.
When he discovered that the Korean army's crossbow arrows were still double-winged arrow clusters, he breathed a sigh of relief.
At this time, Duan Pei told Ran Teng: "The Korean army's melee infantry is basically a long sword and a light leather shield. Let's call them 'sword and shield soldiers'. We, the Green Crows, have been fighting with them."
After dealing with each other, the strength is not weak. Although it is not as fierce as the Qin people, you can also see that the weapons and equipment of the Korean army are much stronger than those of the Qin people. Especially the swords and crossbows of the Korean army are not inferior to mine.
How big is Wei...don't be careless."
Just as he was talking, a member of the Green Crows suddenly came flying from a distance and said in a tight voice: "About three hundred feet away on the left front, a Korean army sword and shield soldier, numbering more than a hundred people, was found, coming towards this place.
"
"Hmm." Duan Pei nodded and turned to look at Ran Teng.
He also felt a little helpless, because in the past two days, when the Korean infantry was not prepared, the Green Crows easily hunted down many Korean soldiers who strayed from the team, but in the past two days, on this Wangwu Mountain,
As soon as the Korean army was dispatched, it was a hundred-man army, so that the Qingya people did not dare to lift their tiger beards easily, and could only wait for the elite of the army to come to support.
"The Centurion...?"
Ran Teng licked his lips and ordered his soldiers to prepare quickly to meet the enemy.
As both regular armies of the two armies, the sword and shield soldiers of Wei State challenge the sword and shield soldiers of South Korea. Who will win and who will lose?
Just a moment later, a hundred-man troop of the Korean army appeared on the left front. Because the forest area was densely wooded, the soldiers of both Wei and Han gave up their crossbows and started direct hand-to-hand combat.
"superior!"
Pointing his finger at the oncoming Korean infantry in front, Ran Teng, a thousand-man general, shouted sternly.