The first thousand five hundred and seventy-two chapters seize the black wind
Zhang Tiangang walked onto the road holding a telescope in one hand and a sword in the other. At this time, the two thousand soldiers of the Li Army who were escorting the grain transport team had begun to organize a resistance. However, before they could make any move, there was a loud popping sound.
The team's thousand fast crossbow soldiers each fired once, and nearly half of the more than two thousand Tibetan soldiers were dead.
Then he ordered another siege, and most of the remaining Li family soldiers were easily killed. In the end, more than a hundred people who were still alive were so frightened that they knelt down and surrendered under the leadership of a captain.
The more than two thousand ordinary people who were escorting the grain and grass huddled on the ground and knelt on the ground.
Zhang Tiangang lowered his head and looked at the two people lying at his feet. The two people seemed to be a father and son. Their four black eyes were looking at him motionlessly, showing fear and expectation. There were many in the distance.
The common people looked the same as them.
That's right, in addition to fear, these people also have expectations.
"Commander, they must die, otherwise they will reveal our whereabouts." A councilor whispered to Tian Gangtian.
Zhang Tiangang glanced at the more than 2,000 people who were huddled and surrounded, patted the counselor on the shoulder, and said: "I think you need to learn the discipline regulations of our Far East Army. There are clear provisions in the regulations. I
The Far East Army never kills such unarmed civilians."
Not to mention that the counselor's expression changed and he looked guilty. Zhang Tiangang continued to order: "Organize them and continue to escort the food and grass. When they get to the place, let them help us build fortifications and give instructions to the people below to be good to these people.
Some, as long as they don’t resist and are obedient, let them eat well and don’t kill them at will.”
Listening to what Zhang Tiangang said, the uncle and nephew at his feet looked ecstatic. At this moment, the middle-aged man really believed that the life of the people under the Far East Army was different from that of people in other places.
Zhang Tiangang did not kill the more than one hundred soldiers who surrendered. The captain who took the lead in surrender was named Huang Sifeng. This guy had a good attitude and was very obedient. Zhang Tiangang considered that this man could still be useful, so he did not kill him.
, let him continue to be responsible for organizing the more than 2,000 people to escort the grain and grass, and at the same time, let the more than 100 surrendered soldiers be responsible for transporting the small sling accessories and rifles and crossbows that their special forces carried along the way.
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After marching for more than twenty miles in a hurry, Zhang Tiangang ordered the special forces to take a short rest. Several counselors in charge of reconnaissance and several reconnaissance team leaders gathered around a wooden pier, bending over the map and having an intense discussion.
What.
When Zhang Tiangang walked over, everyone stood up to salute and say hello to Zhang Tiangang. Zhang Tiangang glanced at the wooden pier and saw a map spread out on it, and a helmet with paper feet.
"Whose helmet is this? According to the marching combat regulations, you are not allowed to take off your helmet at this time."
"It's mine, Commander-in-Chief." A counselor who was born in a noble family in Fanyang County and graduated from Fanyang College agreed first, and then pointed to the back of his head. He held a pencil in his ear: "Commander-in-Chief,
The humble position is just for convenience."
"You can hold the pen in your hand, but you are not allowed to take off your helmet." Zhang Tiangang criticized with a serious look on his face.
"I obey, Commander-in-Chief." The counselor picked up his own hand from the wooden pier.
He put on the helmet, then unhooked the compass box hanging on his chest from his neck, pressed it under the map, then picked up the monocular telescope leaning against the root of the tree, and used it to hold it down.
The other side of that map.
After completing this work, the counselor pointed with a pencil at the piece of paper, which was the route that several of their counselor officers had just determined on the map: "Commander, according to the intelligence previously provided by the prisoners and reconnaissance spies,
, we are located between Chencang County and Longguan. About a hundred miles to the west and southeast is Chencang City, and about a hundred miles to the northwest along the mountain road is Longguan."
"Very good. You guys deserve the most credit for being able to keep marching correctly this time." Zhang Tiangang nodded and praised sincerely.
Before, they were rushing through dense forests. Although there were people from the reconnaissance team leading the way, they still mainly relied on a few reconnaissance counselors to maintain the direction through the map. There was almost no deviation from the target route. To achieve this, marching in this era
It's not easy.
Of course, another reason for being able to do this is that the map drawn by Nie Xiaoyu has no errors at all. You must know that all maps in this era have considerable errors. Based on this alone, the Far East Army has already occupied a large area.
The advantages.
After a short rest, Zhang Tiangang gave the order and the special forces started marching again.
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"Commander, there is a ridge seven miles ahead, which is the No. 2 target point Heifengkou. There is a stream flowing horizontally in front and behind, so there is an open area in front and behind the ridge. Although it is not very big, it can just accommodate it.
We have three thousand troops." During the march, a reconnaissance team leader from the advance team sent out in advance hurried back to report to Zhang Tiangang.
Zhang Tiangang looked delighted. The journey went very smoothly to the destination. The plan has been going very smoothly so far.
He immediately ordered everyone to speed up: "Although we killed all the soldiers who were escorting grain and grass during the day, and although we forcibly led the two thousand people on the road without any escape, they failed to reach their intended location.
, it is very likely that we have already alerted the enemy, we are not afraid of accidents, we are afraid of mishaps, and this dark outlet must be in the hands of our army, otherwise it will be difficult to achieve our strategic goals."
After the order was passed on, the first and second detachments of the special force, each with a thousand people, began to run and march in silence. Only the third detachment, with a thousand people, was left behind to drive the people and the grain and grass carts forward, and there were still some people who wanted to push.
They were carrying accessories for small trebuchets, carrying light crossbows, and boxes containing explosive packets and grenades. They could not move faster, but they were moving forward at the maximum speed behind them.
The captain named Huang Sifeng who surrendered commanded more than 100 surrender troops and organized more than 2,000 civilians to follow them with a grain truck. At the same time, he did not forget to flatter Wu Zhifei, the third captain of the special forces escorting the rear team.
: "General, is this location important?"
"Very important." Wu Zhifei did not have a bad attitude just because Huang Sifeng was a surrendered prisoner. He had participated in the first training session at Fanyang Military Academy and had professional training in this area. He had seen this map before: "This ridge
There are relatively narrow roads on both sides. Only here can we deploy our troops. This kind of place where we can advance, attack, retreat and defend is our Far East Army's combat regulations.
It has been repeatedly emphasized that we must win. This is also the ‘good location’ in ‘the right time, the right place, the right people’.”
"Oh." Huang Sifeng responded simply, although he was still a little confused, he just felt that the Far East Army was really stupid.
Wang Junlin has always wanted to build all the Far East Army into a professional army, so his requirement for the various arms of each battalion under his command is to be as professional as possible, and to achieve this goal is mainly achieved through familiarity with their own work regulations.
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"Enemy troops found in the front! Just behind the mountain." At the same time, when the two thousand special forces soldiers in the front were less than two miles away from the Black Wind Pass, the No. 2 target location, the scouting horses in front suddenly ran back and reported that there was an army of the Li Family Army.
Rushing towards Heifengkou from the direction of Longguan.
"How many enemy soldiers are there? How far away are they?" Zhang Tiangang asked nervously.
If the opponent seizes the Black Wind Pass first, they can only attack the enemy troops in horizontal formations in columns from the road. Although this is not impossible, it may increase the difficulty of the attack and cause the loss of a lot of manpower for no reason.
"There are nearly two thousand people and horses, rushing towards Heifengkou from the opposite road. I can't see the exact number of people, but it is a little more than two miles away from Heifengkou."
"The whole army is marching quickly." Zhang Tiangang roared, and he took the lead and started running with his troops. The soldiers of the special forces were wearing helmets and weapons, and the whole army ran forward quickly.
By the time Wu Zhifei, the captain of the Third Special Forces Team behind him, rushed to the destination panting with provisions, more than 2,000 civilians, a small trebuchet, and accessories for rifles and crossbows, the 1,000 people who had arrived earlier were already on the mountain.
They spread out from behind to form a horizontal line, while the other two thousand soldiers of the second detachment sat on the ground and took a final rest before the battle.
They carried fifty small crossbows this time, and now they have carried the parts of thirty small crossbows onto the ridges on both sides, and began to assemble the small crossbows and deploy small crossbow positions.
The newly arrived third team, more than 2,000 civilians, and more than 100 prisoners did not have time to rest, so they moved and assembled other parts of the trebuchet in accordance with the instructions sent by Zhang Tiangang, and then deployed the trebuchet company's position.
"The commander-in-chief really got it right. These enemy troops should be a stronghold set up by the enemy in front to store grain and grass. The grain and grass team that we killed during the day did not arrive on time, so they came to pick up the enemy and check it out by the way.
"Yes." Shi Tiefeng, the leader of the first squadron, walked down the ridge, put away the telescope leisurely, and said to Zhang Tiangang.
Zhang Tiangang said with a smile: "Their marching speed is too slow. But I don't know how many there are. Our army does not need to get close to the forest on the opposite side. We only need to guard this ridge. Also, if their number is small, you don't want to
We are anxious to expose all our troops so as not to scare them away."
Shi Tiefeng, the captain of the first squadron, said solemnly: "Don't worry, Commander. As long as our squadron fights the enemy in this kind of terrain, the general will have confidence that as many enemies as come will be killed."
It was now afternoon, and the field of vision was already clear. More than two thousand civilians and more than one hundred prisoners stood behind, nervously and curiously discussing the situation ahead.