Because Wang Shunchen left an arrogant message, one team was faster than the other.
Originally, the distance between each team was less than 200 miles. Otherwise, if an accident really happened, it would be too late to connect.
The purpose of the initial interval was to avoid being discovered by the Qingtang and Xixia people. Once they entered the no-man's land, Wang Shunchen took the lead, and the speed behind them became obviously faster.
Later, the guide even directly pointed out the stronghold of the horse bandits, and the pathfinder team went directly to annihilate it.
No one could predict the accident ahead, so they were all eager to join together to avoid Wang Shunchen's recklessness.
Therefore, in less than ten days, all five pathfinder teams were reunited.
"This is the specific situation. Fifty miles ahead, there is a large settlement. Shun Chen and I have been observing it for the past few days, and we initially estimate that the number of Dingkou is more than a thousand."
"Such a population, not only here, but also in Xixia, is not considered a small tribe or ethnic group."
"I learned from the guides that some said they were originally from the Xiaoyue clan, some said they were squeezed out by the Uighurs who were fighting for power, and some said they were descendants of Tuqishi, Turks or Tuyuhun."
"In any case, one thing is certain. These people have little heft and rely on Huangtou Huihe to survive."
"Due to the living environment of this place, no one pays attention to the nobles of Huangtou Huihe. In addition, it is on the trade road, so it also needs such a force to control it."
"Huangtou Huihe only collects a certain amount of goods from here every year as the price of occupying this place..."
"Of course, it is impossible for these guides to know the real situation. They are all hearsay. This is the general situation. What should we do next?"
Zhe Keke just briefly introduced the situation because he arrived earlier than the other three pathfinder teams.
As for Wang Shunchen, he has never been very good at this aspect, and no one expects him to explain things clearly to everyone.
It has been many years since the establishment of the second batch of escort battalions in the early years, and they are all too familiar with each other.
It’s clear who is good at what.
Although the official arranged for them to explore the route and did not specify who would take the lead, in the hearts of the five of them, they all knew who had the best ability to command operations...~ It should be said that who was stronger in this aspect.
Zhong Jianzhong is the leader in everyone's mind. This has been proven.
Whether it was Di Shuai, Ouyang Gong, or even Zhang Dun and Su Che, they all recognized that Zhong Jianzhong was a handsome man.
Zhong Jianzhong could always deduce the results of many fictitious battle cases of the official family in the middle.
Officials also know this.
How many times have we practiced with the New Army stationed in Bianliang, and Zhong Jianzhong commanded the battle, and their guards won more and lost less.
Zhong Jianzhong gradually established a leading province.
"Based on the current location and the general direction map of the official government, this is definitely not the capital of Huangtou Uihe. As for whether it is Huangtou Uihe, I am not sure. Maybe it is really a descendant of the Xiaoyue clan of the previous dynasty."
"The location is roughly equivalent to the location officially named Delingha."
"In the official plan, this will be the second large-scale barracks station for sending troops to Shazhou. Therefore, we must clean it up."
"Before the cleanup, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble for future operations, we need to share all the intelligence in accordance with the New Army's operational staff method, and then work together to draw conclusions about the identity of this gathering place."
"Once we fight, we must report our battle plan... Of course, this does not affect our fight. It is our right to act expediently."
After Zhong Jianzhong finished speaking, he presented all his observations and judgments along the way.
Some were analyzed from the information left by the front team, some were sent out to scout the horses themselves, and some were deceived from the guides.
Including how many tribal gathering places are closest to this passage, how far away they are, when did Tubo and Uighurs begin to appear intermittently, when did they become purely Uighurs, etc.
Other teams began to share information. Most of them got it from the guide.
Overall, there should be no main force of Huangtou Huihe here. This is very beneficial to their battle.
Because bandits frequently appear in this passage, there are almost no tribes that are too close together. Because it is wild, Huangtou Huihe doesn't care much about it.
This gives their actions a high probability of success.
The sharing of intelligence and the final decision on combat were very fast and took a very short time.
To be honest, since everyone has reached this point and is only thinking about completing the tasks assigned by the government and the court, who cares whether he is a Huangtou Huihe? Even if he is, so what? Just fight him.
The combined number of the five teams is nearly 300, and they are all comrades who are very familiar with each other. Not to mention that they are equipped with about five times the number of firearms...
"According to the official markings, there should be a larger gathering place a few hundred miles ahead. So, what I mean is that for this encirclement and annihilation, it is best to adopt an attack and kill battle plan, and try to avoid exposing firearms
Come on, wipe out everyone in this stronghold!"
"Of course, if you have to, you can use firearms, but you must achieve total annihilation, and you must not escape a single living person..."
There was no mention of women and children in the construction, so everyone automatically ignored it.
In the face of the task of opening up the flanking attack on the Xixia Channel, nothing mattered.
Officials have said that iron-blooded soldiers must never show compassion during war.
"I suggest that Wang Shunchen's team, Zhe Ke's team, Zhou Dong's team, and three teams carry out the attack and killing mission. Gao Jingting's team and I, equipped with one man and two cavalry, are responsible for intercepting the outside and carrying out the robbery and killing of those who escaped!"
Although several people are accustomed to carrying out Zhong Jianzhong's orders, Zhong Jianzhong still uses "I suggest" when explaining the battle plan.
Seeing that no one objected, Zhong Jianzhong said it again.
"With this gathering place as the center, all the goods carried by the five teams are surrounded into a circle to block the goods to a certain extent. Of course, this refers to the goods we robbed from the bandits."
"Even those runaway horses and overburdened camels can be used as interceptors."
If there is a shortage of personnel, goods will be used to make up for it.
Spreading out from the gathering place, once the fighting starts, the fleeing people will not follow the usual route.
With more than a hundred of them, it would be difficult for them to surround such a large gathering place, even if they were riding war horses.
Of course, it will never be easy for more than 150 people to attack and kill more than 1,000 people.
But after Zhong Jianzhong explained the battle plan, no one objected.
Also, Zhong Jianzhong is almost arranged according to each person's personality characteristics.
"In this attack, we can only win but not lose. If one person escapes, it is a failure for our operation."
"At the least, it will cause all five of our troops to be handed over to the hands of Huangtou Huihe, at the most, it will directly affect the overall strategic encirclement of Xixia by the officials and the court."
"If you have no objection, we should take action on this matter sooner rather than later tomorrow night!"