Chapter 8: Ambush
The cold wind blew out of the mountains, blowing the silent early winter midnight. The cold moonlight shone on a team dressed in black armor and stomach glowing with cold light was advancing towards Ruixiang Mountain, this team came to the foot of Ruixiang Mountain, the leader stopped his pace, and then the whole team also stopped moving forward.
In an instant, at the foot of Ruixiang Mountain, three camps with horns rising from each other. The Cattle Regiment, which is divided into three columns, each of which has three detachments, each of which is divided into five detachments, each of which has 100 members, and the columns, detachments, and detachments all have the positions of captain and deputy captain.
After resting for a while, according to the scheduled deployment, a detachment of the third detachment was arranged to guard the necessary exit of Ruixiang Mountain, and then Lu Xian'an did not rush to send the remaining team into the mountain to search for the Eagle Guard who arrived at Ruixiang Mountain earlier than them. Now that the enemy is in the dark, we must first find out the movements of the Eagle Guard before we can make a decision. According to the established plan, a scout team should be sent to the mountain to explore the truth, when Lu Xian'an shouted loudly to ask who was willing to go, I saw that the first team of the team quickly walked out of a person, it was Guo Qi who clashed with Zhao Rong that day, Guo Qi after the military salute, and said loudly: "The last general is willing to lead the members of this team to go." ”
After Lu Xian'an glanced at the soldiers in front of him, he directly refused. First, because Guo Qi's emotions are very excited now, he is not suitable for reconnaissance tasks. The second is that Guo Qi's personality determines that he can only be a fierce warrior who charges into battle, and is not suitable for this kind of meticulous scout reconnaissance mission.
But after Guo Qi saw that Lu Xian'an refused, he directly knelt down on one knee and asked Lu Xian'an for his life, as for the captains of the other squads seeing Guo Qi like this, they all understood his mood at the moment, and it was not good to fight with him again, so he did not go out again to fight for this reconnaissance mission, and as Guo Qi's direct boss, Dong Benchu also understood what Guo Qi was doing at this moment. After all, this incident was all caused by him, and he himself was captured and imprisoned by the Eagle Guard, who he looked down on, which was a great humiliation for Guo Qi, Dong Benchu did not open his mouth to persuade Guo Qi, and waited silently for Lu Xian'an to make a decision.
And Lu Xian'an looked at Guo Qi, who was already kneeling on one knee, he didn't want to chill the heart of this warrior, seeing that he was desperately fighting for this reconnaissance mission, after a little consideration, he agreed to Guo Qi's request. Before Guo Qi left, Dong Benchu gave him another good advice, and also gave an explanation to the deputy captain of Guo Qi's team.
When Guo Qi led his troops to the three forks, he looked at the three mountain roads that led to the dark and deep mountains, and ordered the soldiers to investigate carefully. In the early winter, it is located in the north, and there is no trace of people in the Ruixiang Mountain, which is already inaccessible. After Guo Qi waited for a while, he heard the soldiers report that there were traces of people on these three roads. When Guo Qi planned to divide his troops to continue tracking deep into the mountains, he was stopped by the deputy captain Li Que and suggested that the results of the investigation be reported to Lu Xian'an before making a decision.
Guo Qi said: "I haven't found a young eagle guard yet, what do you want me to report to the captain?"
"But the captain only asked us to scout the movements of the Eagle Guard, and did not say that we must find any traces of the Eagle Guard. Moreover, this military exercise and competition has a bearing on the reputation of our Tiger Column, and we must act cautiously. ”
"That group of gentlemen still deserves to be treated so solemnly!"
"Captain, you have forgotten that when there was a clash that night, the hundred members of the Eagle Guard, but in an instant, they broke through the encirclement of our team. And I saw that they cooperated tacitly, and with just one look from Jiang Chen, the transformation of the formation was completed in an instant, which is really not to be underestimated. ”
“...... I'll go back and report to the captain before I decide, I'll have to give those bunches a taste of color. ”
After Guo Qi finished his cruel words, he had to lead the team to the temporary camp. After returning to the camp, he reported the results of the investigation to Dong Benchu. And Dong Benchu went to report to Lu Xian'an.
Lu Xian'an was writing and drawing on a map of Ruixiang Mountain in the camp, only to see red circles circled one after another with a cinnabar pen on the map, which was the location where he estimated that the Eagle Guard might hide. Hearing a "report" coming from outside the tent, he interrupted Lu Xian'an's contemplation, and then said "Come in".
Lu Xian'an listened to Dong Benchu's report on Guo Qi's reconnaissance, pondered for a while, looked at the sky outside the tent, and then ordered the herald to summon the whole army to enter a state of rest, and then enter the mountain after dawn to start searching for the members of the Eagle Guard. Lu Xian'an also considered that the members of the Young Eagle Guard may have been broken into pieces and hid in various places in Ruixiang Mountain, and the members of the Young Eagle Guard are all spiritual, so the time of day at this time is more favorable to the Young Eagle Guard. The vast majority of the Tiger Column are ordinary soldiers, and these soldiers are elites selected from the Northern Legion, and they are good at teamwork and combat. Moreover, the vast majority of cultivation is only in the body refining realm, and there are also particularly outstanding ones in the rock realm, but the night vision ability is far inferior to the spiritual cultivation of the Eagle Guard.
The horn of the fifth watch sounded, the members of the Tiger Column had been assembled, and the battle plan of the Tiger Column had been issued to the hands of each squad leader. After leaving three squads to guard the road into and out of the mountain, the rest of the Tiger Column, led by Lu Xian'an, all entered the mountain and began to search for the Eagle Guards.
When he reached the three forks, Lu Xian'an looked at the geography of the mountains and rivers on the left and right, and recalled that he had marked the possible hiding places of the Eagle Guard, mostly concentrated on the road leading to Wolongling in Ruixiang Mountain in the middle, and Lu Xian'an's idea was to concentrate his forces to search the most likely hiding places first, and at the same time take into account the idle hidden places scattered on the other two roads. Immediately, two squads were drawn from the first and second detachments and advanced to the left and right.
And it was the team led by Guo Qi who walked the far left road to the drinking stream, and sometimes the world is so coincidental. When the white belly of the fish leaked out of the sky, Guo Qi led the team to the place where the Eagle Guards set up an ambush, and when he walked here, Guo Qi inexplicably felt a palpitation. When he led the team to walk vigilantly at the hillsides on both sides of the road, and did not find anything abnormal, Guo Qi immediately took out a map and looked at it, and found that this was also one of the places that Lu Xian'an marked on the map that might be hidden.
This hundred-person squad instantly collapsed in a huge pit that could accommodate about five hundred people, and at the bottom of the pit stood dense and sharpened ironwood found from Ruixiang Mountain, which was also Jiang Chen was afraid that the ambushed comrades would have casualties, so he deliberately did not sharpen the ironwood, but even so, some members of Guo Qi's team suffered some minor injuries, after all, even if the armor is tightly defended, there are always gaps that can be penetrated, and these ironwoods are even harder and abnormal, no different from refined ordinary swords.
Guo Qi's reaction was quite fast, and in the process of falling into the huge pit set up by the Eagle Guards, he had already taken out the communication tool in his arms and sent a signal to the sky. At this time, the members of the ambush Eagle Wei Chipeng detachment had already killed from the ambush, like a tiger going down the mountain to the side of the giant pit, twenty-five people all bent their bows and arrows, and one by one the arrows attached to the aura shot lightning towards the soldiers in the huge pit, and there were many more white spots on the armor of each soldier in an instant, Chen Mingzhi saw that Guo Qi had sent a signal, and saw that the Guo Qi team in the giant pit had been wiped out, and shouted "retreat", and those members of the Chipeng detachment did not hesitate to put away their bows and arrows and rushed towards the planned retreat route.
Lu Xian'an, who was not far away, saw the signal from the Guo Qi detachment on the left, and quickly ordered the troops to turn around and rush towards the left. When Lu Xian'an rushed to the left road, he saw the gray-faced Guo Qi detachment, and the officers of the military department and staff department who accompanied the team took a look at the soldiers in the huge pit, and then took out a notebook and wrote: On the first day of the military exercise, the Guo Qi detachment of the Tiger Column was out, and the Tiger Column lost a record of 100 soldiers.
Lu Xian'an looked at the tiger soldiers in the huge pit, his eyes were filled with anger, and the anger in his heart was not aimed at Guo Qi's detachment, but at himself, he never thought that the young man of the Eagle Guard would dare to take the lead in attacking him, and his inertial thinking made him not think in this direction, and these young men of the Eagle Guard just caught his blind spot in thinking, and killed 100 people in the Tiger Column on the first day of the military exercise.
Lu Xian'an, who had lost his mind, asked sharply to the soldiers in the huge pit: "In what direction did the people who attacked you go?" The referee of the military exercise sent by the military division on the side hurriedly stopped Guo Qi, who was about to speak, and said to Lu Xian'an: "General Lu, they are already dead, and it is impossible to speak again." ”
Hearing what the referee said, Lu Xian'an finally calmed down, and immediately sent his troops to follow the trails left by the young eagle guard when he retreated, and sent a herald to send a warning signal to the detachment advancing on the right to strengthen its vigilance.
At the same time, the Lei Diao detachment led by Zhao Xinchen quickly moved to the deep mountains after receiving the Chipeng detachment, and rushed to the meeting place. Finally, it swept away the dull atmosphere since coming to the north. After Zhao Xinchen and Chen Mingzhi joined Jiang Chen and the others, they did not make any stay at the meeting place, and quickly moved towards a cave that had been surveyed in advance, destroying all traces on the way.
In a dry and empty cave, the members of the Chipeng detachment who participated in the ambush excitedly told the rest of the teenagers about their brave performance and the embarrassment of Guo Qi's detachment, but in this ambush mission, the young eagle guard did not lose a member. While the rest of the team members were excited, Jiang Chen and the five of them were discussing the next course of action.
And Chen Mingzhi was also excited, and suggested to Jiang Chen: "How about we ambush the Tiger Column again?"
"But it is indispensable, our ambush was successful this time, because Lu Xian'an did not expect that we would take the initiative to attack in advance, and the Tiger Column will definitely strengthen its vigilance after this time, and this ambush can be successful, also because there is only a small detachment of the Tiger Column on the left side. ”
"The captain is right, and although we succeeded in the ambush this time, the whereabouts of us and the others were also exposed. Therefore, I still suggest that according to the original plan, we should break it up into parts, and take small groups as units, and each detachment will enter the predetermined hiding position. ”
"Xinchen, what are you afraid of, I think the tiger column is like that. ”
"I think what Brother Xinchen said makes sense, but I don't recommend dispersing the team now, I think General Lu must be more familiar with this Ruixiang Mountain than us, where is a good place to hide in this mountain, he must know better than us. ”
"Zuguang, what's your opinion?" Looking at Xin Zuguang, who was silent, Jiang Chen took the initiative to ask.
"I suggest that we act separately in detachments, and after the third day, we will hide in small groups.
One: We have successfully ambushed Hu Ben, General Lu will definitely be vigilant and send heavy troops to sweep the entire Ruixiang Mountain, and the actions of small groups will be easily broken by each of them. And the goal of the whole team's operation is too large, so the situation of the detachment is the most suitable.
Two: After three days of high-intensity search operations, even if General Lu still maintains vigilance, the members of the Tiger Column will definitely relax, and it is most appropriate to break the team into pieces at this time. ”
"I agree with Zu Guang's suggestion, but I am adding, the contact between the whole team will remain silent during these three days, and each will enter the area divided in advance according to the predetermined plan to move freely, and during these three days, you will be freely distributed, and you can find fighters to attack the Tiger Column in Soushan on your own. After the fourth day, they hid in small groups, and the whole team gathered at Yuntian Cliff before noon on the seventh day. I will now vote by show of hands. ”