Chapter 712: Ambush
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It's just that what is approaching them in front of them is the main army of the united enemy army, if it is a surprise attack, the five hundred soldiers brought by Yan Zhenhua can carry out the operation, but if it is to confront the main army of the united enemy army, Yan Zhenhua will not be overwhelmed.
The hero does not suffer the immediate loss, Yan Zhenhua gritted his teeth and said to Wu Zhendong: "This is the main force of the alliance of all countries, we need to report to the command as soon as possible." ”
The army is in front, whether it is advancing or retreating, waiting for the orders of the general headquarters.
Wu Zhendong nodded, although he didn't say anything, even if he responded to Yan Zhenhua's words and obeyed his command. After all, according to the title, Yan Zhenhua is higher than him, Wu Zhendong should naturally listen to the order, even if he takes 10,000 steps back, at least Yan Zhenhua no longer intends to do something beyond his strength, he should know how lucky.
With Wu Zhendong's approval, Yan Zhenhua didn't say a word, and immediately took Wu Zhendong and others, as well as his team of 500 people, to rush back to the base of the general headquarters of the Xinghua Army in the southwest highlands of Anhua City, and conveyed the military news that the united enemy army had sent the main army and was coming towards Loulan City to Zhao Bai and other high-level officials of the Xinghua Army's Anhua Army.
This news has unsurprisingly attracted the attention of the senior management of the Anwar Army. After a little discussion, Zhao Bai, as the commander-in-chief, naturally listed this military intelligence report as the first urgent information to deal with, and immediately sent a telegram to send the news back to Anhua City, the main city of the Xinghua Empire in the Western Regions.
Wei Siming, the city guard of Anhua City, ordered Anhua City to strengthen military vigilance, and at the same time sent people to Lou Lancheng to quickly inform Lou Lancheng of the news.
It's just that Wei Siming informed Lou Lancheng not for the sake of Lou Lanwang's safety, because, in fact, the Lou Lanwang who was greedy for life and afraid of death had long ignored his courtiers and people, and hid in Anhua City by himself, and survived under the protection of the Xinghua Empire. Therefore, Wei Siming didn't think of managing the life and death of the Blue King at all. On the contrary, Wei Siming wanted to remind Lou Lan City to strengthen its vigilance, just for the sake of the residents in Lou Lan City.
Either of the two opposing forces gains from war, but it is often only the soldiers who charge forward and the innocent civilians who suffer. Therefore, the coalition forces of various countries are going to attack Loulan City, once the city is lost, it means that the fate of these residents will only be handed over to the enemy army and let the enemy army slaughter them.
Therefore, the messenger sent by Wei Siming also shouldered a special task assigned by Wei Siming, and tried his best to advise the residents of Lou Lan City, so that they believed that the bad news of the imminent outbreak of war must give up the fixed assets in the city in order to protect themselves, bring the valuable items that can be taken away, and temporarily hide in Anhua City, or other places, anyway, as long as they leave Lou Lan City far away. Even if the homeland is lost, as long as the people are still there, the so-called stay in the green mountains is not worried about no firewood, and when the war is over, if you still want to return to Lou Lan City, then rebuild your home.
Under Wei Siming's special advice, the messenger said that he was full of energy, and he continued to move his mouth without being tired, just asking the residents of Lancheng to evacuate as soon as possible.
Perhaps it was because of the repeated persuasion of the messenger that most of the people gradually believed it, and it didn't take long for many of the residents of Loulan City to pack up their soft and valuables and leave the city for refuge with their families. Since war is really going to break out here in Loulan City, everyone really knows the cruelty of war, who would want to stay here and wait for the invaders' artillery fire to blow up their homes and take their lives? In war, human life is even inferior to ants on the ground.
However, even if there are residents who have been relocated everywhere in Lou Lan City, they did not expect that there are still some people who do not fully trust the messenger from Anhua City, and are unwilling to follow the advice and evacuate Lou Lan City immediately like most people. Many of them are lucky, thinking that war will not necessarily reach their doorstep, and that even if a foreign enemy enters the city, it will only be a political struggle for power and plundering the country, and it will not easily affect them, the helpless ordinary people.
Although Wei Siming was helpless to learn from the news sent back by the informant that there were such people with such unrealistic ideas, he also knew very well that these people who had a fluke mentality just did not understand their situation and what their enemies were planning, and still pinned their hopes on the benevolent heart of the enemy. It's just that, no matter what their thoughts are, Wei Siming has no obligation to ensure their personal safety for these people.
Just as Zhao Bai and other high-ranking officers of the Anhua Regiment of the Xinghua Army were intensively preparing to deal with the attack of the coalition forces, on the other side, the Xinghua Empire's Mountain Eagle Special Combat Team, Qihada's troops, returned to the outer area of Hasara City.
First of all, Zihada sent people to find out about the situation in the vicinity of Hasara City.
After understanding, almost all the thieves near Hasara City have encountered a catastrophe, and there is not one in ten. Many people had to collect their swords, and a small number left the city of Hasara and the surrounding area. Only a handful of small bands of thieves remain.
However, Octavian's Roman legions were still sweeping, and his general, Gilles, led 6,000 Roman soldiers, camped in a valley and suppressed the bandits nearby.
Zihada came back with his troops, of course, not to appreciate how Gilles suppressed the bandits, he had to try to disrupt Gilles's banditry activities as much as possible and declare the existence of the Zihada Blade.
However, Zihada was still self-aware, and he didn't think of leading his 900-odd men to challenge Giles's 6,000 Roman army, so he still chose a side-by-side tactic. To do this, he needs to identify a target that he can target. After several days of investigation, Zihada finally chose a "favorite choice".
It turned out that almost every two days, there would be a batch of goods in this Hasara City, which would be transported to the northern land of ice and snow. Sensing this feature, Zihada immediately locked on to the caravan. Of course, Zihada's approach is still as straightforward and simple as before - rob the caravan again. As long as they succeeded, as soon as the news spread, as soon as the Roman legions learned about it, they would naturally understand that the Blade of Zihada, which they had been pursuing openly or covertly, was back.
Because of the huge losses of other bands of thieves, Zihada did not think of inviting other gangs to do this "business" together, and at the same time, it was also considered that under the pursuit and round-up of the Roman legions, it was necessary to join forces with other gangs, in fact, it may not be convenient and safe to act alone.
Zihada first sent people to understand the itinerary of the entire caravan, and then according to the characteristics of their movements, or whether there was a predetermined route, etc., and then formulated a specific robbery plan according to local conditions.
After a secret visit, Zihada finally investigated the date of the travel of the trading caravan in Hasara City, as well as the route it traveled, and therefore specially explored the terrain along the route of the caravan, etc., and then selected the time of the operation.
The place where the crime was committed was in a strange terrain, mostly valleys, cracked ground, and uninhabited. In that place, there are many nearby valleys and ground fissures, and there are many dangerous secret valleys, and the same human tracks are rare. After the robbery, they can enter the dangerous place and hide on the spot. Of course, more importantly, where the terrain is complicated, it is difficult for the enemy to surround them.
In Hasara City, another caravan of 1,000 people slowly left.
Why is there another caravan of 1,000 men? This is naturally unusual for this caravan.
In fact, this caravan was a decoy in the planning of Gilles and the wealthy families of Hasara City.
Therefore, after a long period of sweeping operations, Giles led the Roman army to attack everywhere and achieved remarkable results. It's a pity that the biggest target, the Blade of Zihada, was not caught by Giles, which made Giles very unhappy.
More importantly, Gilles did not exterminate the Blade of Zihada, the lord of Hasara City, and did not approve of his exploits. Giles's merits were not enough, so naturally he could not shine in front of the eldest prince Octavian.
Therefore, Gilles proposed to the general Lucius that he use bait to lure out the blade of Zihada, and then carry out the plan of encirclement and suppression.
Lucius listened to Giles's plan and personally found one or two wealthy families in Hasara City and asked them to send caravans to cooperate. In the city of Hasara, many wealthy families and huge riches were robbed by the Qihada Blade and suffered heavy losses, and they hated the Qihada Blade deeply. Therefore, Lucius's plan was supported by them.
Then, every two days, a caravan from Hasara City departs for the Land of Ice.
Today, the strategy has been implemented twice, and this is the third time. If the Zihada Blade does not appear again, Gilles will have to retreat to Hasara City until the Zihada Blade reappears.
The caravan was guarded by a centurion of the Roman legions, along with his centurions. For the authenticity of the bait, the caravan merchants, are the real merchants. The goods are also real, but the quantity is not much, and most of them are some items with large quantities and relatively small value.
Centurion Gabriel was the captain of the caravan's guard, and as a person who knew the inside story, Gabriel's heart was uneasy. On the one hand, Gabriel hoped that the Blade of Zihada would appear and complete the mission, but on the other hand, Gabriel was worried that the Blade of Zihada would appear and they would be defeated and die.
The caravan left the city of Hasala, walked for a day and a night, and then entered a rift valley about two kilometers long.
Gabriel looked at the tall and thick rock walls on either side, and felt a sense of oppression in his heart. The uneasiness in his heart became much stronger. Perhaps, many people have similar feelings, and everyone seems to be unable to bear it, and they begin to talk to the people next to them to relieve their tension.
"My lord, will we run into robbers this time?" asked Gabriel, one of the merchants in the caravan.
Gabriel smiled slightly and said, "I heard that the first two caravans did not encounter robbers, so we should not encounter them." Rest assured, in three days, we will be at our destination. ”
"Again, we're not going to be that unlucky. The merchant laughed.
Gabriel looked at a large eagle on his arm, as well as several large eagles flying in the sky. If he encountered a robber, Gabriel would let go of the eagle and let it go above him, immediately alerting the Roman legions in the distance. In short, this eagle is Gabriel's life-saving eagle. Of course, even if Gabriel's eagle had an accident and the caravan was attacked by a large group of men, the eagle above would notify the Roman legions in the distance that someone had attacked the caravan. The difference is that the former takes the initiative to send signals and is faster, while the latter requires the eagle to judge itself and will be slower. Perhaps it would be after the caravan had fallen that the Roman legions would get the news......
Gabriel's mind was a little confused and he didn't want to speak. Still, he ordered the escorts to be careful of their surroundings. They had walked more than a thousand meters and had already seen the exit.
Whoa!
Suddenly, Gabriel heard the sound of arrows breaking through the air, and jerked his head up, and on the rocks on either side of the rift, a team of crossbowmen shot arrows at them.
"Enemy attack!" shouted Gabriel, parrying arrows.
The entire caravan was in a panic.
Gabriel moved quickly and untied the eagle, which soared into the sky. Then he jumped off his horse and hid at the bottom of the caravan's wagon. Many people, seeing Gabriel's actions, also learned.
Because there were enemies on both sides, there was no way to hide on both sides of the rift, and the rock walls were too high for Gabriel to fight back, so they had to choose this method.
After a rain of arrows, the enemy stopped for a short time, and Gabriel ordered the caravan to move at full speed and break out of the rift as much as possible.
"Run, get out!" said Gabriel, climbing onto his horse and galloping toward the exit in front of the rift. They know that they can only be relieved if they leave the rift.
Just as Gabriel was leading more than thirty guards to run, getting closer and closer to the exit, a human wall blocked them.
Qihada led more than 100 special combat personnel to guard the exit.
First, a round of grenade attacks...... Countless explosions startled the horses to move forward.
Gabriel landed on the ground and continued to charge forward.
Zihada's subordinates, continuing to shoot at them with submachine guns.
Since he decided to rob, Zihada never thought of mercy again, and ordered the soldiers to shoot the caravan and the people in the caravan without hesitation.
Bang bang bang...... A cold bullet that did not hesitate to take the lives of the members of the Roman caravan.
Five minutes later, the gunfire stopped, and the Roman caravan was silent.
Zihada led his men into the rift valley to collect the spoils of war. One of the soldiers walked up to Gabriel, searched Gabriel, found a bronze medal, and hurried to Zihada.
"Sir, we found something important. The soldier presented the bronze medal to Zihada.
When Zihada saw the bronze medal, he was shocked and shouted to the people in the rift: "This is the token of the centurion of the Roman legion of the Roman Empire, it may be a trap for the enemy, and it should be evacuated as soon as possible." ”
At this time, four or five big eagles in the sky also heard a sharp whistling. (To be continued.) )