"Colonel, about a hundred feet further on is the boundary of Zhangchuan County." A scout ran over quickly.
"Let's go and have a look." Lieutenant Colonel Long Liao Wan urged his horse and rushed down the hillside first, while the dozen or so cavalry following him quickly followed up.
Although spring has returned to the earth, you can still feel the coldness in the howling wind on the edge of Mianshui River. Liao Wan is a captain under Pei Zilie. He has more than a thousand brothers under his command, but there are few horses in the army.
, so the cavalry actually only has what is in front of them.
With the arrival of spring, everyone knows that a big war is getting closer and closer, so it has become very important to obtain the enemy's intelligence in advance. While Xiangyang continues to strengthen its exploration of Zhangshan County, Wuning County and other places
, the Longzhong and Fangling garrison at the rear also began to send out scouts to test the Zhangchuan County area.
Especially for this mission, the main purpose was to find out the main march routes in Zhangchuan County. It was of great significance, and it was a cross-border reconnaissance. Therefore, Liao Wan did not dare to take it lightly and simply led the team himself.
After all, many of the young men under him have never experienced actual combat. If something unexpected happens, it will not end well.
"Look, Lieutenant Colonel." The captain leading the team pointed to a creek not far away, "After passing this river, on the opposite side is the territory of Zhangchuan County. According to our last investigation, it is over there.
There should be a camp behind the mountain."
Liao Wan frowned and looked around. The hill was not eye-catching. After all, it could be regarded as the remaining foothills of Jingshan Mountain. There were many undulating hills. If they hadn't just seen a group of returning soldiers last time,
The enemy scouts probably would never have thought that the enemy would have a camp there.
"Not only is this place not eye-catching, but you can strangle the river by rushing out of the mountain. It is indeed a dangerous place," Liao Wan said in a deep voice. He was also an old man who followed Pei Zilie into Sichuan. He could tell at a glance
The mystery lies in, "Zhangchuan County's guard Ren Zhong is a veteran after all, and he has some abilities."
"We didn't expose our whereabouts last time, otherwise their scouts wouldn't have gone back arrogantly even after we discovered our traces," General Zhuang said in a deep voice, "So there shouldn't be many enemy troops stationed here, and they can't be counted.
What kind of elite?"
"Whether it is an elite or not, we will find out if we go over and take a look." Liao Wan said with a smile, "Let's go!"
When more than a dozen cavalrymen rolled across the creek quickly, Liao Wan decisively ordered to dismount from the mountain. Two or three people were left to watch the horses, and the rest quickly followed Liao Wan up the hillside. They were all hot-blooded young men in their twenties.
, following the captain into the enemy's territory to investigate the enemy's situation, this is a very exciting thing for them.
Before Liao Wan rushed up the hillside, he bent down and buried his figure into the grass. The soldiers behind him also followed the same example. When Liao Wan stretched out his hand to push away the grass in front of him, it was not a large scale, but it was definitely well-designed.
The military camp appeared in front of us, and more importantly, wisps of smoke rose from the military camp, indicating that not only were pots being cooked in the military camp, but there should also be a lot of manpower.
"There must be about four to five hundred people." Liao Wan roughly calculated the number of military stoves, and Chen Shen said, "There are also forty or fifty war horses, which should be the enemy's scout camp."
Coming to this conclusion, Liao Wan did not dare to take it lightly. He was from the Nanchen Army. Of course, he knew that there were many scout veterans with strong personal abilities in the army. If he was provoked rashly, with the more than ten people he now has, it would be very difficult.
He escaped unscathed. Not to mention that this was Ren Zhong's army in front of him. This team was also quite powerful among the Nanchen army. Most of the soldiers in the army had participated in battles with Northern Qi and Northern Zhou.
The arrangement of the camp in front of him at least shows that Ren Zhong has made preparations to stop the Shu Han army as soon as the war breaks out. These four to five hundred people do not seem to be many, but they are enough to serve as an early warning, and Nan Chen's
Scouts can also spy on Shu Han's military operations at the first opportunity.
"Let's go and bypass this camp." Liao Wan gritted his teeth and said. Ren Zhong has already pushed his army to this place. You must know that more than ten miles north from here is Longzhong, so Liao Wan must know how to continue to the
How many such camps and lines of defense are there in depth?
The soldiers did not dare to neglect and ran down the mountain in a hurry.
At this time, a group of cavalry suddenly appeared on the west side. Liao Wan's pupils shrank suddenly, he secretly screamed something bad, and quickly mounted his horse.
This team was obviously the Nanchen scout team returning to the camp. Initially, they were surprised as to which team had to stop and rest at the gate of the camp, but they soon realized that the people in front of them must be their enemies.
This team of Nanchen scouts only had six or seven people, which was in line with the basic configuration of the scout team. When they saw that the number of the opponent was at least two or three times their own, they did not move forward rashly, but stayed with five people to monitor in place, and the remaining few
The individual will be notified directly of returning to the camp.
"Let's go." Liao Wan ordered without hesitation. He was able to deal with five people easily, but he could not be overtaken by the enemy's brigade no matter what.
Seeing the Shu Han cavalry retreating, the Nanchen scouts hurriedly followed, while Liao Wan rode his horse across the stream and jumped up the hillside. More than a dozen soldiers surrounded him tightly, and they were all very excited.
When the Nanchen scouts arrived at the creek, they were obviously hesitant and didn't know whether to continue moving forward. However, forty or fifty cavalry quickly rushed out from the mountain col and rushed towards this side in two directions. Apparently they wanted to
The Shu Han cavalry who discovered their situation must be driven out and killed.
"Captain?" General Zhuang was suddenly worried.
Liao Wan took a deep breath and made a bold decision in his mind: "Get rid of the two good equestrians. You take them back to report the news now. Don't go to Longzhong, go directly to Xiangyang, and send the cavalry over. I am here."
Going around, maybe we can seize the opportunity to eat these damn scouts at once!"
"But······"
Liao Wan glared at the general, who could only hand over his hand: "No!"
Watching the three people leave, Liao Wan drew out his saber: "My dear men, are you afraid?"
"Don't be afraid!"
"Set up the crossbow!" Liao Wan said coldly.
After the Battle of Xiangyang, the short crossbows equipped by the cavalry received more and more attention. This was mainly because although the Shu Han occupied the northwest racecourse, the training of the cavalry was definitely not a day or two, so the ones that could really be used were actually the original ones.
Those cavalry, so how to improve the cavalry's individual combat effectiveness has been put on the agenda, and the short crossbow is a very important part of it.
As the latest product of the Hanzhong Workshop, this short crossbow, which is based on the Zhuge Liannu, focuses on the speed of fire and the convenience of reloading. It is designed to allow the cavalry to fire as many crossbow arrows as possible during the charge, especially
When facing the Northern Zhou cavalry, this is the only way to shorten the strength gap between the two sides as quickly as possible. (To be continued)