The Heavenly Army completed the feat of leaving Pinghu Lake from the High Gorge, and then the army went out of Xiling Gorge, which happened to be near a relatively gentle mountainous area, camped here, spent the night, and prepared to turn north tomorrow morning and rush to the battlefield of Lianghe.

For some reason, this relatively flat area seems to be very suitable for human habitation, or as a place for farming, manufacturing, transportation, etc., but it is not inhabited and there is no business.

There is a high mountain at each end of the slope, one is said to be called Bison Ridge, and the other is called Lingbao Peak, and it is said that there are often cattle and leopards here.

Everyone doesn't care about it, anyway, if you stay overnight, you will have to pull it out tomorrow.

Mai Ke and Xiao Chaogui, Wormhole, Yang Wei and others met together and determined a few things.

The first thing is to establish a connection between the non-mountain range and the north and south mountain ranges.

It is this Wushan Mountain Range, which is right in the middle of China's vast territory, to the south, echoing with the Xuefeng Mountain Range, and to the north, through Tongbai Mountain, Funiu Mountain, and Taihang Mountain to form a united front.

Xuefeng Mountain in the south is already in the hands of the Heavenly Army, and Wushan is naturally connected with it, so Mai Ke decided to immediately join the three-in-one hub project between the two mountain ranges, open roads in the mountains, stack bridges in the water, and move forward, as always.

To the north, it passes through the mountains of western Hubei and connects with Funiu Mountain, waiting for the opportunity to leap into Taihang Mountain.

The second thing is to establish a permanent camp at the exit of Xiling Gorge, and send enough celestial troops to garrison here.

The main role is to protect the export of the Three Gorges Project.

At the same time, access to the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River from here is also restricted.

However, since this garrison camp was at the forefront of the current confrontation between the Celestial Army and the Manchu Qing Dynasty, it was not a simple defense.

This garrison force must be able to resist the large-scale attack of the Qing army, because this Three Gorges henceforth. It will inevitably become the key to connecting China's hinterland with the southwest, and people of insight in the Qing army will certainly fight for it at any cost.

Therefore, Mai Ke estimated that at least 50,000 elites would be placed here.

But that's one side of the story. More meaningful, more important, is the offensive side.

When the Celestial Army arrived here, it was not to build a defensive line here, but to build a bridgehead for attack, a springboard into the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River!

Although the current strategic arrangement precedes a decisive battle between the two rivers, the battle for the Yangtze River basin will not wait too long.

In fact, in Mai Ke's heart, the decisive battle between the two rivers has begun to brew, and the battlefield is the entire area south of the Yangtze River and north of the Yangtze River.

Therefore, the construction of camps here, the allocation of forces. To prepare for battle, it is necessary to kill two birds with one stone.

In addition to defending the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, it is also necessary to prepare for an attack to serve the decisive battle between the two rivers in the future.

Others should be put aside for the time being, and the configuration of the army must be in line with this need.

Mai Ke decided that the number of troops here was set at 100,000, and its structure was to have all sailors, all ships, plus 50,000 elite marines.

In this way, you can turn around and head north from here. Only 100,000 troops entered the battlefield of the Two Rivers.

However, Mai Ke, Xiao Chaogui and others are not in a hurry. They also have another source, troops coming down from the snowy mountains.

At the same time, several people determined that the Heavenly Army left behind along the way was the former Prince, the current Brother of the Heavenly Army, and the Christian Yi Cheng.

The third thing is the main mission of this Heavenly Army, and the remaining 100,000 people will stop their eastward march here and turn their heads north. Avoiding the Manchu garrisons in western and northern Hubei, they went to southern Henan, then turned to eastern Henan and engaged in a decisive battle between the two rivers.

After arriving in southern Henan, there the heavenly army came from the Great Snow Mountain. Finally, the Western Corps of the Celestial Army was formed, with a total strength of 200,000 troops, to undertake various strategic tasks on the decisive battle of the western front.

In all of these operations, the wormhole's animal allies work together until they are officially put on the battlefield, at which point the wormhole's animal armies will carry out separate missions.

A few people quickly talked about these things, and they planned to go back separately, rest for a while, and prepare for tomorrow's departure.

At this time, the sky is close to dusk, here is the east foot of the Three Gorges Mountains again, the sunset rolls down after the West Mountain, the twilight is covered by the thick figure of the mountains, and the darkness has shrouded the earth.

But when they got up and walked out, they all felt a sense of relief, at least for the time being.

It's a pity that the sky doesn't follow people's wishes, and as soon as everyone goes out, they hear a "moo" from Bison Ridge, and almost at the same time, there is also a "meow" from the top of the opposite mountain!

Immediately afterward, I heard a booming sound coming from Bison Ridge!

At the same time, swishing and swishing! Like a strong wind, it also sounded from the Spirit Leopard Peak!

The crowd wondered, what is this?

Looking at it, although it is blocked and it is not clear what it is, you can also see many animal genera rushing down from the two mountains, all of which are a series of blurry figures, and the speed is extremely fast!

"Hurry back to all places, block them, and don't let them rush into our camp!" Mai Ke roared, and he rose into the air, and at the same time, said to Xiao Chaogui: "You are east and west!"

Mai Ke quickly turned to the thin line, and when he looked closer, good fellow, there were cows all over the mountain!

There is not much difference between a bison and a domestic cow, even if it is larger and more robust!

The biggest difference is that their horns are particularly sharp!

Xiao Chaogui went to the east and saw a group of leopards!

I saw that this leopard is not only huge, but also very sensitive!

They're faster, and they're already in trouble with a patrol squad of the Celestial Army!

A squad of squads, in the blink of an eye, was wiped out by these vicious leopards!

All twelve, without exception, were torn apart by them!

Just as the smoked badger was just rising, I heard someone shouting in the cave, beckoning everyone to continue to escape into the depths of the cave!

Mai Ke immediately issued instructions: "Zeng Huo! It's your turn, attack!"

Zeng Huo was waiting anxiously, his position was behind the smoked badger place, this was the only way for the enemy to escape, and when he heard Mai Ke's instructions, he waved his hand: "First shift, go in!"

Whoosh! Whoosh!

One by one, figures leaped into the main cave, each wearing a gas mask on their heads.

Of course, it's not really anti-virus, it's just something like a mask that blocks smoke from entering the breath.

And they also have a thousand people here, and there is no need to go in them all, so they are divided into three shifts, which can take turns to go in to carry out tasks, each shift lasts ten minutes, and then the people are replaced.

As a result, the smoke in the cave had little effect on them.

As soon as Zeng Huo's men entered, the enemy ran towards them in a daze, and many of them fell to the ground in the middle of the run, unable to get up again.

At this time, there was no one to support them, because everyone was too busy to take care of themselves.

Although they saw that the Heavenly Army was waiting for them, the courage to fight against them was no longer left, and there was only one thought left in their minds, and they hurried to escape from the thick smoke, even if it fell into the hands of the Heavenly Army, it was like choking to death by the smoke!

So, he ran to the feet of Zeng Huo and the others, and exhausted their last bit of strength, and then fell down in front of them.

Even if some people are still reluctant to post a station, they will be easily subdued by the soldiers of the Heavenly Army.

For those who fell to the ground, the Zeng Huoren who waited for the rabbit was unceremonious!

One catches one when it comes up, two catches a pair when it comes up, and no one will slip through the net.

While everyone was arresting people, they were happy in their hearts, and secretly said, this work is more interesting than a smoked badger!

At this moment, a group of people rushed out of the smoke fiercely, and the one who took the lead was none other than Snake Da!

This kind of smoke doesn't seem to have much effect on him, unlike others, who have no combat power, but he wields the soft whip in his hand.

Although the other Celestial Army bravely intercepted and left all the people who followed Serpent, the Serpent escaped and burrowed into an even narrower hole, which was pitch black and unclear, so the Celestial Army had to abandon the pursuit.

Subsequently, these special forces who were miners and charcoal burners entered the main cave, and smashed the large stone that used the blue at the entrance of the cave as a gate to disperse the smoke in the cave, and then the battlefield was cleaned.

The results of the battle in Cave No. 1, the Heavenly Army lost 200 people, and the Viking team lost 1,000 people, except for the snake escape, the rest were either killed or captured, although the losses were larger, it was considered to have completed the task.

It is a pity that the leaders of the international column, not a single one was caught, and it is not known when and by what means they escaped.

Looking at the captured Norse warlords, seven or eight hundred people were neatly lined up, lying on the ground, most of them had not yet woken up from their smoky coma, and knowing that their lives were not in danger, Mai Ke did not activate the spirit rhino to treat them.

Until now, many people still think it is incredible, a local method smoked badger, I didn't expect Xiao Li to be so big, and from this link, the comparison of casualties between the enemy and us is zero to hundred.

I knew that the smoked badger was so effective, and if I used this method more, wouldn't everyone be happy?

Needless to say, the enemy side also benefits!

It's better to be smoked and captured than to die on the battlefield.

Mai Ke celebrated the victory with this side, and Zuo Zongtang and Sheyi Primal were sulking!

I didn't expect the first cave to be defeated by the Heavenly Army in this way!

That way? Smoked badger way!

If it weren't for the back-to-back position they were in, I am afraid that they would not be able to escape!

That smoke is so wicked!

It was originally a close situation, but in the end, they were defeated and lost, and if there was no way back, several of them would have stayed there.

In the end, only Zuo Zongtang, Zhang Zhidong, Sanyou, Sheyi Ling, and a snake were the same.

Now they are in Cave No. 2, which they have escaped from the core route of the mountainside, from Cave No. 1.

This and the core route are only known to Sheqiling, although he led a few people to get through guò, if others look for it again, there is still no clue.

Deterrence was half satisfied, half dissatisfied.

(To be continued......)