There is a forest about 25 kilometers southeast of Chongguang City. If you look at this place from the top of a mountain in the distance, you can only see a forest and nothing unusual.
Even if you look down from the sky, you can still only see a patch of green.
But if you go deep into the woods, you will see a large group of people leading horses and walking silently in the woods.
They were wearing red button-up tops and white trousers. Except for the fact that the color of the tops was too similar, this outfit was almost exactly the same as the cavalry troops in Roan County.
If you are familiar with the costumes of the troops in various vassal towns in Nanhai Prefecture, you will know that these are the cavalry of the Guang'an Army!
A few years ago, Guang'an County and Luo'an County were actually the territory of Cheng Lingfeng, the garrison envoy of Luo Guang and the governor of Luo'an County. However, the troops stationed in Guang'an later rebelled, which eventually led to the separation of Luo'an and Guang'an counties. This not only interrupted the
Cheng Lingfeng continued to expand externally, which directly led to the outbreak of war within the Luo-Guang region.
In other words, the Guang'an Army and the Luo'an Army are actually from the same source. Not only are their military uniforms relatively similar, but their organization, tactics, and even numbers are very similar.
These Guang'an cavalry were marching silently in the forest. At this time, a cavalry galloped from the front.
Not long after, he arrived in front of one of the middle doctors wearing a double-breasted military uniform: "Master Fang, Luo Anjun's transport team has been spotted ahead!"
Hearing this, Fang Yuanxin said with joy on his face: "Where are they? How many people are there?"
We can't blame him for being happy or even asking questions in a hurry, but because he, Fang Yuanxin, was ordered to lead his army south to attack Luo'an County's supply line. It has been more than ten days, but he failed to encounter a transport team from Luo'an County.
Now that I finally met one, I was naturally a little excited.
The scout said: "They camped for the night near Li Xizhuang, about seven kilometers away from us!"
"The young men have carefully counted them. They have brought at least a hundred cars of luggage, about 300 civilians, and 400 soldiers to escort them!"
After the scout spoke briefly, he also took out a map that was obviously hand-drawn with charcoal. It contained not only brief map information, but also various detailed data.
After Doctor Fang Yuanxinzhong took it and looked at it, he laughed and said, "It's just the right time!"
"Send the order and set up camp on the spot. We will attack in the early hours of tomorrow morning!"
"Send a few more groups of reconnaissance cavalry to investigate, but they must not alert the other party. You don't need to get too close. The main thing is to grasp the direction of these people!"
"Let's set out earlier tomorrow and launch the attack when they first set off!"
“Maybe there will be unexpected benefits!”
Dr. Fangyuan Xinzhong was also an experienced cavalry officer, and he made arrangements with only a small amount of information.
He didn't immediately say to attack immediately, because it was getting dark now, and it would not be a good thing to continue traveling at night!
It is not mentioned that the enemy will attack during the march during the day, because the Luo An Army's transport troops are on high alert during the march. There will be reconnaissance cavalry and small patrol troops in all directions in the front and rear. They will be discovered if they get close enough, and then
People will immediately form a vehicle formation to defend on the spot.
Then it won't be an attack, but a forceful attack.
He thought that by taking advantage of the short period of time when the enemy had just set off to launch an attack, he might be able to find an opportunity.
That night, Lin Ziran and others who were camping near Li Xizhuang did not know that their transport team had been targeted by a cavalry regiment of the Guang'an Army.
But even if they didn't know it yet, because they were close to the front line, Lin Ziran and Hao Ren were still very careful. When setting up camp in the evening, they would personally inspect the camp to ensure the safety of the camp so that there would not be any obvious loopholes when the enemy attacked at night.
Relying on numerous horse-drawn carriages, this temporary overnight camp is more like a temporary defense line. The defense line built with horse-drawn carriages as the basis can effectively limit the enemy's charging speed, especially the effect of defending against the enemy's cavalry is quite significant.
Fortunately, the night was uneventful.
Early the next morning, after Lin Ziran finished dressing and freshening up, he had a simple breakfast and then discussed today's itinerary with Hao Ren.
The closer it is to the front line, the more dangerous it is, especially the official road on this road. Some sections are more dangerous, especially one of the canyons. You can tell at a glance that it is a good place for an ambush. There are also several sections. The road is close to a dense forest, and you have to be careful of enemies suddenly coming out of the forest.
For these sections of road, you need to be cautious and cautious.
After the itinerary was preliminarily finalized, the soldiers and civilian husbands from all departments also had breakfast. Hao Ren and his men began to assemble the vehicles and prepare to set off, while Lin Ziran also led the soldiers to start lining up.
During this process, neither Lin Ziran nor Hao Ren realized that on a hilltop more than a thousand meters away, several people were hiding under the trees. At the same time, they took out single-channel binoculars to observe Lin Ziran and the others.
At this time, someone came forward and said: "Sir, the scouts of Luo An's bandit army are here!"
Before dawn, he led his troops to slander us. Shortly after dawn, Guang'an Zhong doctor Fang Yuanxin, who arrived here to ambush, put down his telescope: "Oh, how long will it take for them to find us?"
The subordinate said: "We will be discovered in twenty minutes!"
Fang Yuanxin smiled: "Then ignore them for now!"
Then he said to his left and right: "It's almost time, let the brothers make final preparations, we will set off in ten minutes!"
"In this way, even if the enemy's reconnaissance cavalry discovers us, it won't matter!"
Bit by bit, Lin Ziran saw that Hao Ren was already in command and had prepared the convoy. He took out his pocket watch and looked at it, it was seven ten in the morning.
It’s good to be able to complete preparations at this point in time.
It's winter now, and it gets very late in the morning. It doesn't get fully dark until after six o'clock.
After dawn, they had to light a fire to cook and eat, and they also had to feed the horses and hitch the carriages, eventually forming a small convoy of more than ten carriages.
It's pretty good that these meals can be made in just an hour.
One of Hao Ren's men ran over: "Sir, we are ready, when will we set off!"
Lin Ziran said: "Let's go now!"
Set off early so that you can set up camp for the night earlier in the afternoon to avoid any accidents, so it’s not too late now.
Immediately, the transport team officially set off. However, they had only walked a few hundred meters, and there was still a convoy behind them that had not set off. Lin Ziran heard a rumble!
This sound is a bit abnormal!
Looking in the direction of the sound, I saw a sparse forest with a large number of birds flying into the sky.
Suddenly, Lin Ziran's expression changed drastically, and then he saw him draw his sword and raise it high, while shouting: "Stop moving forward immediately!"