"We are all brothers on weekdays, but now on the battlefield, we are soldiers and must obey orders to the letter. If anyone violates the rules, I, Ye Ying, swear that he will be severely punished!" After Zhuge Ying finished speaking, Ye Eagle stood up and said decisively.
"Resolutely obey the orders of the head master and the chief military advisor!" Looking at Ye Ying's solemn look, everyone present knew that what Ye Ying said was true, so they replied in unison.
Looking at the brothers standing aside, Ye Ying had a look of relief on his face. He just hoped to have such a group of friends so that he could drink and have fun together on weekdays. But at the critical moment, it is the comrades who dare to risk their lives and protect their brothers from bleeding. Only such an army is invincible.
The Tieshan Battalion of the Songzhou Army was the only cavalry battalion, so in this operation to conquer the Flying Eagle Society bandits, the cavalry battalion became the vanguard. The commander of the cavalry battalion, Liu Chuan, was very excited because he had won this mission. He even had the idea of inflicting a heavy blow on the Flying Eagle Society before the arrival of the large army, and even breaking through their stronghold. You can show your face in the Songzhou Army.
Because of this mentality, Liu Chuan asked his soldiers to march quickly all the way, pulling the main force at the rear far away. He wanted to buy a lot of time for Tieshan Camp, so that he could have a chance to achieve his goal before the main force arrived.
There are some things in this world that the more anxious you are, the more impatient you are. Liu Chuan and his Tieshan Camp are currently in this situation.
Marching in plain and hilly areas, Tieshanying had a smooth journey and could cover a long distance every day. But trouble started as soon as we entered the mountainous area. Not only were the mountain paths narrow, but they were also very steep. The horses' walking speed dropped a lot in these places.
All the soldiers in Tieshan Camp are veterans with superb riding skills. This kind of mountain road will not bring them much trouble, but what makes them feel distressed is that they are still almost a hundred miles away from the Feiyinghui Village. They actually encountered bandits.
Liu Chuan never dreamed that these bandits would be so rampant that they would dare to leave their village and go so far away to attack officers and soldiers.
However, Liu Chuan and his Tieshan camp would not be polite to these bandits who came to their door. Seeing that the bandits were not far from his team, Liu Chuan immediately asked his brothers to mount their horses and rushed in the direction of the bandits. past.
After getting closer, Liu Chuan discovered that these bandits were actually cavalry. There were less than a hundred of them, and their weapons were very backward. Liu Chuan was very confident, but if his team caught up with the bandit, the battle might be over in less than half an hour.
But the next moment, Liu Chuan was disappointed by the actions of the bandits. These bandits rushed over with great momentum. When he was still about 200 steps away from the Tieshan Camp soldiers, he suddenly turned his horse's head and fled deep into the mountain.
"Don't let them go, shoot them with bows and arrows!" Liu Chuan was about to fly away when he saw the ducks in his hands. Of course, Liu Chuan was unwilling. He shouted loudly to his soldiers.
However, the bandits were still far away from the Tieshan Camp soldiers, and most of the arrows fell weakly to the ground when they were still some distance away from the target. Some of the long arrows fired by soldiers with stronger arms had already caught up with the bandits, but they lost their accuracy and failed to hit even one of the bandits.
"The first and second teams will keep the supplies where they are, and the rest of the teams will chase after me!" Liu Chuan was also experienced in battles, and he made arrangements in a blink of an eye.
Liu Chuan's soldiers had superb riding skills, and the horses they rode were imported from Simon. Logically speaking, they could catch up with the bandits quickly, but the reality was beyond everyone's expectations.
What Liu Chuan and his cavalry did not expect was that the bandits' riding skills were pretty good. More importantly, they were familiar with the terrain and were good at traveling through the mountains and forests. It didn't take long for these bandits to appear. Then he disappeared into the mountains and forests.
There is a big taboo in marching and fighting, which is "don't chase the enemy in the woods". Such unfamiliar mountains and forests are often where the enemy sets up ambush. When encountering such terrain, you generally cannot go deep into the jungle to pursue the enemy.
Of course Liu Chuan also understood this truth. Seeing the bandits entering the forest, he had no choice but to instruct his men to rein in their horses and retreat helplessly.
Although the bandits were not caught, nothing was lost, and the soldiers of Tieshan Camp were not particularly disappointed. After a slight repair, Liu Chuan decided to continue marching and wait until he reached the bandit's base camp before going to settle accounts with these hateful guys.
However, Liu Chuan's plan failed again. The team had just traveled a short distance when the bandit appeared again. He shouted loudly from a distance and charged towards the soldiers of Tieshan Camp menacingly.
Seeing the enemy, Liu Chuan had to ask everyone to stop moving forward, adjust his team, and prepare to fight the bandits. But the situation this time was surprisingly similar to the last time. The bandits stopped advancing not far from the Tieshan Camp soldiers, shouting and cursing within the range of the archers, and did not take the initiative to attack.
When Liu Chuan sent people to pursue them, these guys fled in a swarm like frightened rabbits in the forest. But when the Tieshan Battalion soldiers continued to move forward, these hateful guys appeared again.
After many times, Liu Chuan also understood the intentions of these bandits. They just wanted to use this method of harassment to prevent his team from moving forward and reaching Fuhu Mountain where the Flying Eagle Club was located on time.
Thinking of this, Liu Chuan changed his strategy and asked the soldiers on the periphery to guard against the bandits who attempted to harass, while the remaining soldiers continued to march forward according to the original plan.
Facts have proved that Liu Chuan's strategy was very effective. These bandits harassed them many times. Although they slowed down the marching speed of the Tieshan Camp cavalry to a certain extent, they failed to stop the team from continuing to march towards Fuhu Mountain.
There was even one time when a few bandits charged too hard and accidentally entered the range of Tieshan Yun's soldiers' bows and arrows, and several of them were shot and wounded.
After doing this several times, the bandits saw that this trick was no longer effective, so they had to stop the harassment and let the Tieshan Camp soldiers move forward.
Liu Chuan was very happy to see that his strategy worked. He was even more confident that he could defeat the Flying Eagle Bandits in the upcoming head-on battle. But what Liu Chuan didn't expect was that he and his soldiers would encounter greater troubles later in the trip.
There were stops and starts along the way. More than 20 miles away from the original camp site, it was completely dark and the terrain in the mountains was complicated. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Liu Chuan found an open place and set up camp here.
The soldiers who had been traveling for a day were very tired. They quickly buried the pot and cooked a meal. After eating, except for the patrolling soldiers, everyone returned to their tents to rest early.
"Enemy attack!" Shortly after everyone fell asleep, the patrolling soldiers shouted a warning.
Upon hearing the sound, Liu Chuan immediately put on his clothes and ran out of the tent. Looking not far away, he saw countless torches and many people beating drums and shouting.
Liu Chuan immediately led people to rush towards the place where the noise was made, only to find that the group of bandits who made the noise during the day were the same group of bandits during the day. They did not carry out many attacks in the afternoon. They thought that these people had left without getting any benefits. Unexpectedly, At night they came out again.
There was no other way, so Liu Chuan had no choice but to send people to chase them, but these guys were very slippery and quickly disappeared into the darkness of the night. He didn't dare to let anyone chase him during the day, and Liu Chuan was even less willing to take risks at night, so he had to watch these guys leave.
Just as I closed my eyes after returning to the camp, these hateful bandits came again. They did not approach the Tieshan Camp tent, but shouted loudly from a distance. They also took some gongs and drums and beat them non-stop.
They sent people to catch up, but they disappeared immediately. Just as they were about to rest, they came out again.
As a result, the entire Tieshan Battalion soldiers were unable to sleep. Although they pulled some cloth to cover their ears to avoid being harassed by these bandits, the sound was too loud, even though everyone was already very loud. I was sleepy and couldn't fall asleep smoothly.
This situation gave Liu Chuan a headache. He wanted to ignore these guys, but they were so noisy. Also, he was not sure if they would take the opportunity to rush over when they were making a fuss.
In the end, they had no choice but to think of a helpless solution, and sent two teams of soldiers to set up defenses one mile outside the camp, while the others continued to rest in the camp.
In this way, no matter how loud the noise the bandits made, it would have much less impact on the soldiers resting in the camp. At the same time, since there were two teams of soldiers guarding the outside, they did not dare to launch a sneak attack.
Liu Chuan's method did successfully prevent the bandits from harassing them, but 30% of the soldiers in the entire Tieshan Battalion could not rest and had to take turns staying there all night.
Although the soldiers from each team took turns to guard the perimeter, after a hard night, the entire Tieshan Camp soldiers did not sleep for too long. When they broke out of camp at dawn, many people were still yawning.
The ones responsible for harassing the officers and soldiers this time were Qi Jiao, Shan Fu and a few soldiers with good riding skills in the White Tiger Camp under them. In order to complete this task, they brought almost all the good horses in Fuhu Mountain with them.
Seeing the listless appearance of the officers and soldiers getting up in the morning, Qi Jiao and Shan Fu, who often stayed in the mountains, glanced at each other and saw a look of pride in each other's eyes, because this time they had successfully completed Ye Ying's mission. assigned tasks.
The march went smoothly the next day. Liu Chuan and his Tieshan Battalion soldiers finally succeeded in reaching the outskirts of Fuhu Mountain after three or four hours of rapid march. Liu Chuan breathed a sigh of relief as he was not attacked by bandits during the day.
When they arrived at Fuhu Mountain, it was still dark. Although he wanted to make a success immediately, Liu Chuan knew that this was not a good time to launch an attack. He had to send scouts to Fuhu Mountain to find out about the bandits and make a plan before launching an attack.
Of course, they didn't get a good rest last night. At this time, the soldiers of Tieshan Camp were exhausted and their combat strength was only about 60-70% of the usual strength. This was also one of the reasons why Liu Chuan was not in a hurry to launch an attack.
Liu Chuan found a small hill to camp on the outskirts of Fuhu Mountain. The location was high and the view was wide, which could effectively prevent his soldiers from being harassed like last night. In addition, the location was high and the view was wide. Once an enemy sneaks up on you, you can detect it in advance and respond early.
Not to mention, Liu Chuan's choice did pay off. Perhaps the bandits last night saw that the location of Tieshan Camp was too high, and even shouting and beating gongs and drums could not affect their rest, so they did not carry out the attack again. , allowing the officers and soldiers of Tieshan Camp to sleep very comfortably.
This night was destined to be a restless night. The bandits of the Flying Eagle Society were unwilling to give up the opportunity to strike at the enemy while they were tired from a long journey.
At the second watch of the day, a group of dark figures suddenly appeared beside the mountain road where Tieshan Camp was stationed. These people were all wearing dark clothes, and even their swords were wrapped in black cloth. They had no torches, and their movements were very strange. light.
