Chapter 1570: The base area behind the enemy and the special forces
Hedong, Taihang Mountains.
In a valley between some desolate mountains, a small river flows quietly through the valley, and the flow is not fast.
On both sides of the river, various simple buildings gather together, but they seem to have outlined the outlines of residential areas, and there is a lot of waste waiting to be developed.
The small river is called Baima River, and there is an abandoned small village next to it, called Baima River Village. It has been abandoned for many years, but at this time, camps with tens of thousands of people are being built.
In late autumn, it is cold and gloomy in the mountains, but by the Baima River and in the mountains, thousands of people who have begun to look like troops are busy, and under the command of some small bosses, they are proceeding in an orderly manner.
There was originally a small courtyard on the hillside. After repairs, it was now suitable for people to live in. At this time, under the big locust tree in front of the small courtyard, stood an eight-foot tall man who was as strong as an iron tower and as strong as a bear.
This big man is none other than the leader of these tens of thousands of people, or the infamous bandit leader of these tens of thousands of people. His nickname has been widely known in the Hedong area these days - Blood Knife.
Xuedao is the leader of a rogue bandit that has suddenly risen in Hedong these days. Under the encirclement and suppression by Li Yuan's army these days, he has been in many places and is surrounded by dangers. Several times, he only escaped from the encirclement after receiving advance intelligence from the Military Intelligence Bureau.
Yes, Xue Dao was one of the thousand dead soldiers selected and dispatched by Wang Junlin and Nie Xiaoyu. At that time, he led ten dead soldiers and came to the Hedong area according to Wang Junlin's order to secretly annex the bandits and bandits and continue to grow his power.
, this process lasted for more than three years. When Wang Junlin ordered the Far Eastern Army to start sending troops to attack Hedong, they jumped out and began to attack cities and plunder land. Although they rarely killed innocent people indiscriminately, they did a lot of burning, killing and looting.
It contained many soldiers and horses from counties and counties of Li Yuan Group in Hedong.
Just half a month ago, Xuedao received the latest order from the secret liaison officer of the Military Intelligence Agency, asking them to establish a base behind enemy lines.
People like Xuedao were trained in a special way by Nie Xiaoyu. They are real dead soldiers. They will not hesitate or discount the orders of Wang Junlin and Nie Xiaoyu. They will do whatever they are told, and they will not hesitate to wipe their necks.
of hesitation.
Therefore, Xuedao immediately strictly obeyed Wang Junlin's order and sent away most of the refugees. He only brought here 7,000 people who he carefully selected, who had killed people, seen blood, and were physically strong, and the families of these 7,000 people.
This place was found for them by the Military Intelligence Bureau in the Hedong area. It was most suitable for what Wang Junlin and Nie Xiaoyu said to develop a base behind enemy lines.
"The prince ordered you to secretly train your troops and wait until the critical moment to deliver a critical blow to Li Shimin." In the small courtyard, someone from the Military Intelligence Agency said to Xue Dao.
Xuedao's expression did not change at all, he nodded indifferently and said: "I understand, I will definitely act according to the prince's wishes."
The contact person of the Military Intelligence Agency added: "Five thousand sets of armors and weapons imitating the soldiers of the counties in Hedong, as well as two thousand war horses, and one hundred thousand stones of food, will be divided into twenty-five times and appear in various ways in order to prevent you from being exposed.
, we will deliver these things to the designated location, you can arrange for someone to pick them up. In addition, I will send you more than a hundred craftsmen this time. These craftsmen are all from the Yancheng weapons and equipment production base, but they are all treasures. You guys
You have to protect them."
Xue Dao's expression still did not change at all. He was vaguely similar to Nie Xiaoyu, the No. 1 Killer King. At this time, he just nodded and said: "I understand."
The contact person of the Military Intelligence Office was obviously used to the dead look of Xue Dao, so he didn't mind. He nodded and left.
After Xue Dao arranged the one hundred craftsmen brought by the liaison officer, he took several leading craftsmen and began to inspect the territory.
Finally, Xuedao decided to listen to the suggestions of several craftsmen and prepare to build a wooden bridge across the Baima River at the foot of the mountain.
In this way, tens of thousands of people live on the east side of the Baima River, and the wide land on the west side of the Baima River can be transformed into fertile farmland. The weeds and shrubs on the south side of the Baima River can be set on fire at night and extinguished before dawn.
After more than ten days of burning, a thick layer of ashes can be accumulated on the land south of the Baima River. These ashes can then be buried in the soil. After one year, by the beginning of next spring, the habitat there will have changed.
Ripely, and the first crops grew here.
Two of these one hundred craftsmen are specifically responsible for building water conservancy projects, including the pedal waterwheels and wind-powered waterwheels that have been widely spread in Fanyang County and nearby counties under the Far East Army.
Once it is done, these fields are paddy fields.
According to Wang Junlin and Nie Xiaoyu's estimation, although they were winning steadily on the northern battlefield, they were not making much progress on the east and west sides, especially since the east side was blocked by Li Shimin.
With the Li Yuan Group's financial resources, military strength and talent pool, it would be difficult for the Far Eastern Army to defeat Hedong and Guanzhong in a short period of time, especially in the war with Li Shimin.
In addition, the place where the Blood Knife is located is too deep into the hinterland of Hedong. It is not easy for the Military Intelligence Bureau or the Fanyang Chamber of Commerce to send food and grass in, and they need to develop secretly here for a long time, so they cannot always rely on the Far East.
With the support of military rations and grass, he needs to be self-reliant and have enough food and clothing.
Besides, if you cannot rely on your own efforts and have enough food and clothing, it is not true
Is the base area behind enemy lines good?
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In a barren mountain near Tongguan, Poison Eagle stood on the top of the mountain, looking at the cottage in the valley below him. His heart was filled with a sense of accomplishment, but his eyes were filled with the fire of ambition.
His original name was Wu Xiaoyun, and he was originally a centurion commander of the Far Eastern Army's special forces. Under normal circumstances, it would be impossible for him to become a general in less than ten years, and this possibility was too small.
Just nearly a year ago, after Guanzhong was captured by the Li Yuan Group, Zhang Tiangang, the commander-in-chief of the special forces, read the "Pamphlet on Developing Base Areas Behind Enemy Lines" that Nie Xiaoyu had handwritten for a thousand dead soldiers, and expressed his intention to take the initiative and reported to Wang Junlin
Please order me to send a group of people to sneak into the Guanzhong and Hedong areas.
Naturally, Wang Junlin would not dissuade Zhang Tiangang's enthusiasm. He agreed, but made modifications to let the special team members concentrate on doing things in Guanzhong. He also allocated a sum of money to let the Military Intelligence Agency, Wulin Guild, Xiaoyu Theater, Fanyang Chamber of Commerce and other departments
Cooperate fully.
After Zhang Tiangang was approved, he immediately selected a hundred special team experts through proactive reporting and assessment and selection, divided them into ten groups, and all of them sneaked into the Guanzhong area.
Wu Xiaoyun was the leader of one of the groups, and he took the initiative to ask for help.
Because he knew that this time, lurking deep behind enemy lines and developing base areas, although hard and dangerous, there were great opportunities amid the risks. This was an opportunity to make great achievements.
Five of the ten masters of the special force brought by Wu Xiaoyun have died, and now there are five more with him. Unlike the dead soldier Xue Dao, he is following the path of elite special warfare, so there are currently only a thousand soldiers in his village.
, and none of these thousands of warriors have family members, they are all desperadoes, and many of them are mountain bandits, horse thieves and thieves.
Wu Xiaoyun was born in a martial arts guild and was very familiar with the martial arts world, so he took the nine special force masters he brought with him to select those gangs and then go to them. He gathered more than two thousand gang members through various methods while causing trouble.
While escaping, he was also training according to the training mode of the special forces. He was tempered and strengthened through fighting again and again. The process was very dangerous and hard.
If the Military Intelligence Bureau had not secretly provided intelligence, they would have been surrounded and killed by the Li Yuan Group's army several times. If it were not for the sufficient food, armor, ordnance and weapons provided by Fanyang Chamber of Commerce and Xiaoyu Theater, the team would not be able to hold on now.
The mountain range in this area is very wide, and there are many villages living in it. Some of them have little interaction with the outside world, and they even live a life like a paradise.
Most of these villages were created during troubled times in history. In order to avoid war disasters, enemies, whole families, entire clans, or entire villages migrated to the mountains, settled down, and multiplied from generation to generation, eventually forming natural villages here one after another.
The valley that the Military Intelligence Agency selected for Wu Xiaoyun is a small village, but it is unknown when it moved out of the mountain. Judging from the terrain, it is far more secretive than other villages. If you go to the end of the valley, you will find dozens of
Spring water, large and small, gurgled out from the cracks in the rocks, gathered into a large waterfall, fell into the mountain stream, and finally gathered into a small river in the valley.
Dozens of sturdy thatched huts stand beside the river. The valley is full of people who are busy building houses. The five surviving special brigade masters each have 200 people under their command. In addition, because this place is already
On the edge of Guanzhong, some materials, food, armor, and craftsmen Fan Yang Chamber of Commerce were able to send them into the mountains relatively easily and began to play a role.
Under the leadership of craftsmen, these one thousand people started working on it themselves. In just half a month, a small soldier village valley had begun to take shape based on the original small village.
"Gang leader, the people from the Military Intelligence Agency are here again." A master of the special operations team led a man dressed as a businessman up the mountain and said to Wu Xiaoyun.
In order not to trigger an all-out suppression campaign by the Li Yuan Group, Poison Eagle and his gang decided to disguise themselves as a gangster gang, called the Poison Eagle Gang, and he was the gang leader.
The official from the Military Intelligence Bureau who came was obviously of high rank. Wu Xiaoyun took the initiative to salute him. The other party nodded politely and said: "Brother Wu, you can give up this place."
"Give up? Are you kidding me? We spent so much effort to make this place look like this." Wu Xiaoyun frowned.
The visitor seemed to have expected Wu Xiaoyun's reaction, saying: "First of all, it is not hidden enough here, and secondly, a Jianghu gang with thousands of people suddenly appeared in the Guanzhong area. It is difficult not to be suspected by Li Yuan and his gang of our Far East Army."
Wu Xiaoyun frowned tightly. He had also thought of these questions, but it was impossible to avoid being suspected at all.
The visitor said: "You should know about the famous Iron Sword Gang in Guanzhong!"
Wu Xiaoyun nodded and said: "I know, Guanzhong Iron Sword Liu Gang is a master who has broken through the martial arts period and has good strength. The Iron Sword Gang heard that they were close to the Guanlong nobles, so they never joined the martial arts guild."
The visitor smiled and said: "A few days ago, Mr. Chong took a group of masters from the Wulin Guild to secretly go to the Iron Knife Gang. Now the leader of the Iron Knife Gang, Liu Gang, has become a puppet. You and your people will go to the Iron Knife Gang in batches."
Chief rudder."
Wu Xiaoyun perked up, his eyes sparkled, and he said with a smile: "Yes, what I need to do is occupy the magpie's nest."
Paused
After a while, he added: "With the relationship between the Iron Sword Gang and the Guanlong nobles, they will definitely not be suspected by Li Yuan's gang. They will definitely play an important role at the critical moment."
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On October 20, Day 14, on the official road from Chencang in Guanzhong to Dashanguan and Longguan, a large number of soldiers were driving the working people along the road. The grain transport teams on this road either used wheelbarrows or manpower.
To resist the movement, heavy supplies of troops were flowing back and forth.
Some people who looked like military officers were holding whips, and from time to time they would whip at those they thought were cheating and slipping. The people who were hit gritted their teeth without saying a word, and walked a little faster. There was a tense and busy atmosphere on the road.
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In the dense forest to the east of the road, several scouts from the Far Eastern Army's special forces stood on a hilltop and looked toward the east.
From their position, the road to the east is just a thin line looming in the mountains and forests. As for whether there are spots on the thin line, it is completely beyond the reach of the human eye. But the leader among them
The squad leader is equipped with a telescope.
At this time, the team leader carefully stretched the length of the metal tube to adjust the focus, and at the same time whispered a series of numbers: "...Seventeen grain trucks, eleven ordnance trucks, judging from the shape, it should be
It's an arrow, and there are about a thousand people escorting it..."
As the leader of the reconnaissance team continued to call out several times, the people beside him squatted on the ground and recorded the numbers read by the team leader into a small book with charcoal pens. They were like this on the top of the mountain.
The climb lasted a day, and it was not until the sun turned west that they packed up their things, turned around and walked east. Not long after, their figures disappeared into the mountains and forests.
These scouts were wandering in the forest, bypassing dense forests and cliffs one after another. It was obvious that this was not their first time here. After walking for several miles in the forest, the leader of the reconnaissance team gathered
He stopped and took out a black iron box from his arms. Several others watched as he carefully placed the box flat in his hands and then gently opened its lid.
"It's okay, I'm not lost. I just want to make sure that we have been walking in the northwest direction." The leader of the reconnaissance team reassured his companions around him. He carefully put away the black iron box and strode forward again.
The others followed closely behind the team leader without saying a word. This black iron box is the latest equipment required for reconnaissance. It is said to be the new research result of the Gewu Research Department established by the Momen gang.
That's right, this is nothing else, it's a compass with low technical content and very simple to make.
The compass was invented just when Wang Junlin was about to order the war against Hedong and Guanzhong. After Wang Junlin heard about this, he personally ordered the relevant ordnance factories in Yancheng to seize the time to produce a batch, and gave priority to the equipment department to produce them.
One batch is for use by the Military Intelligence Agency and military reconnaissance cavalry and spies. The members of the special force were also issued just before they came to Guanzhong this time.
The scouts of these special forces shuttled through the inaccessible wilderness forest, occasionally picking up one or two birds and pheasants, and the screams and scurrying sounds of small animals.
They had walked less than ten miles northwest from the top of the mountain before, and suddenly a vision suddenly opened up in front of them. A camp of about 3,000 people suddenly appeared in front of these special force scouts. It was hidden deep in the dense forest.
There were also flaming red military flags flying on the top.
There are many fresh wooden piles around the camp, which look like freshly felled trees. There are also hundreds of special forces soldiers surrounding the camp, who are sorting out bundles of wooden boards, as well as mountains of barrels and barrels.
Box. They all performed their duties. Except for various hidden sentries, open sentries, and mobile sentries, almost no one noticed the few scouts who had just returned to the camp.
That's right, the camp here is the camp of the three thousand special forces led by Zhang Tiangang, which has not appeared on any battlefield these days.
As the strength of the Far East Army continues to increase, the special force has been expanded several times in the past few years and now has a strength of 5,000. This time, 1,000 people were secretly led by Li Jing on the eastern battlefield, cooperating with Yuchi Jingde and
Li Shimin fought.
Another thousand people followed Wang Junlin. While protecting Wang Junlin, they also directly listened to Wang Junlin's dispatch.
Considering that the troops of Zhou Hu, Shangguan Hu, Jiang Mulang, Wu San, and Su Changqing were relatively weak, the main force of the special force's 3,000-strong force was personally led by Commander Zhang Tiangang, cooperating with Shangguan Hu, Zhou Hu and others on the western battlefield.
He acted on the top, and at some point he had quietly arrived behind Longguan, in the enemy's hinterland.
The leader of the reconnaissance team did not say much to others, but took the information he had gathered and went straight to the central tent of the camp. He ran to the door and said to the sentry: "The leader of the ninth reconnaissance team came back from a mission and reported to the camp.
Commander’s report.”
Zhang Tiangang quickly called the team leader in, and the latter first carefully reported to Zhang Tiangang what he had seen today. Then he respectfully submitted the report on the enemy's situation they had observed.
After Zhang Tiangang carefully asked the leader of the ninth reconnaissance team a few questions, he asked him to retreat.
There were many high-level officials of the Special Forces Brigade in Zhang Tiangang's account, as well as many counselors. These counselors who were from Fanyang College or Fanyang Military Academy immediately picked up the data and began to calculate.