Chapter 223: Ambush

Therefore, Yi Xingchen ordered the whole army that the whole army must maintain a high degree of vigilance. During the march, the Xinghua Legion had to avoid the crowds and try to avoid the enemy's message. If you encounter civilians who have left the country, you must take action against them to ensure that the other side does not expose the Xinghua Legion.

In addition, the Xinghua Legion's marching speed should also be faster, and it must win quickly! Only in this way, even if the Xinghua Legion is inadvertently leaked and Wangdongcheng gets the news, it will not have time to prepare for the battle in advance.

Seize the opportunity to win more with less.

At the same time, in order to avoid taking the wrong path, Yi Xingchen asked Xinghua Manor to send three guides. Although these three guides are relatively young, they are all familiar with Wangdong City. Among the three, one of them is a member of the Hing Wah Chamber of Commerce and is a native of Hing Wah China, while the other two are locals who have left the country.

When the guide was in place, Yi Xingchen immediately ordered the legion to advance from the camp. Yi Xingchen asked the guide to lead the way, but he never took the sunny avenue, only looking for some unknown trails and marching secretly.

Despite this, along the way, as Yi Xingchen expected, the Xinghua Army really encountered many civilians who left the country. Even civilians could easily tell that the Xinghua Legion was not their army leaving the country.

In order to prevent any of them from running to the government to report, Yi Xingchen ordered the army to arrest the civilians they encountered one by one. Of course, Yi Xingchen's purpose is only to prevent civilians from informing, not to kill, so for these civilians, the Xinghua Legion tries not to kill people, but first gives civilians two choices: First, tie them to a tree and wait for luck. to see if it will be saved; Follow the army of the Xinghua Legion. Become a civilian husband of the Xinghua Army and go to the army together.

Faced with the threat of weapons, most civilians chose the latter - to accompany the army and become the citizens of the Xinghua Legion. After all, no one wants to be tied up in the wilderness, that's a dangerous thing to do. Not to mention that under the scorching sun, the water will be lost and killed, and there may be fierce beasts. So. In such an uninhabited place, waiting for passers-by to see and call for help is as low as waiting for death.

Therefore, most of the civilians who were caught leaving the country would make a wiser choice. It's just that there are still some uncooperative people who think they can challenge Yi Xingchen's majesty, but they don't choose either, thinking that they can resist. For this kind of people, Yi Xingchen is not soft-hearted. Send them all away.

In this way, the Xinghua Legion went all the way. Finally, there was no danger, and even, when passing by a small mountain village, Yi Xingchen forcibly ordered all adult men in the village to become husbands and hostages. In order to completely dispel the villagers' desire to resist, all their villagers, once the news leaks, will kill all the hostages, and no one will be left.

After another three days, the Xinghua Legion had penetrated deep into the jurisdiction of the Dongli Kingdom. When the legion stopped camping and resting, the guide told Yi Xingchen that they had entered the jurisdiction of Wangdong City, and further on, it was the plain, and it was also the center of Wangdong City, which would be a densely populated place, and I was afraid that it would be impossible to try to keep it secret in this way.

Yi Xingchen immediately asked the guide and learned that if they went at full speed, they would be able to reach Wangdong City in about two hours. Hearing this, Yi Xingchen thought about it, so he was not in a hurry to continue advancing, but ordered the troops to hide in a small forest for the time being.

Yi Xingchen believes that the next step is the most critical moment. In order to ensure a smooth surprise attack, the Xinghua Legion needs a surprise attack.

But this is a completely unfamiliar country after all, and although there are guides who are familiar with the terrain to guide them, their understanding of the Wangdong City army is relatively limited. And, as the guide said, they couldn't rely on the old methods if they were to be able to avoid the eyes and ears of the enemy.

How can we make such a large number of soldiers "move forward invisibly"? In the end, Yi Xingchen thought of two methods.

One is to attack a group of soldiers who have left the country, and then have the soldiers of the Xinghua Army change into the uniforms of the soldiers who have left the country and disguise themselves as soldiers who have left the country, so that they can approach Wangdong City without the enemy knowing;

However, both methods are risky, and the most important point is that they do not know the exact time when Wangdong City will close the city gates. If you can't get into the city safely before the gates close, and are forced to stay outside the city, you don't know what will happen at the moment.

It's a pity that it is not easy to know the closing time of the city gate, because Yi Xingchen and the civilians they caught along the way are mostly mountain people, and the range of activities is not large, and they do not often go in and out of Wangdong City, so few of them are familiar enough with Wangdong City, and Yi Xingchen can't get the information he needs from them.

Just when Yi Xingchen was worried, on the avenue, in the distance, there was a grain transportation team looking at Dongcheng slowly walking over.

The scouts of the Xinghua Legion soon discovered this grain transportation team, and quickly ran over to report to Yi Xingchen.

"How many people are in this food transport team?" When Yi Xingchen heard the scout's report, he didn't care at first, and was only immersed in whether he needed to expel spies and try to find out the closing time of the East City Gate. But soon, Yi Xingchen finally reacted and immediately asked the officers for their opinions.

"According to the observation of the scouts, this grain transport team is guarded by about more than 100 soldiers, and its strength is not weak. Eli said.

"Are you sure to eat this team?" Yi Xingchen asked again, meaning to act in secret, as far as possible not to alarm Wangdong City.

"We want to eat this team, it's hard not to make a little noise. Charlie said.

Yi Xingchen understood what Charlie meant, if he wanted to ambush and raid this grain team in the shortest possible time, he would inevitably need to use the riflemen of the Xinghua Royal Legion. It's just that with the use of guns, the movement must be not small, and it is difficult to guarantee that it will not alarm Wangdongcheng. But in front of him, this is the best opportunity for the Xinghua Legion to change its clothes and sneak into Wangdong City, and Yi Xingchen doesn't want to let it go.

"Do it! Faster, Wangdongcheng may not be able to react. After destroying the grain transport team, he immediately changed his clothes and went to look at Dongcheng. Yi Xingchen ordered.

"Yes!" replied Charlie in unison with Eli and the other officers. They went down at once and ambushed them with their army.

The location of the ambush of the food team was deliberately chosen to be far away from the settlement. The Xinghua Royal Regiment set up an ambush on the side of the road. When the grain transport team entered the effective shooting range, the Xinghua Royal Regiment took the lead in shooting.

Bang bang bang...... (To be continued......)