Chapter 22: Burning the Enemy
Yun Qing looked at the Qinglan Mountains in the distance, and couldn't help but ask to increase the speed of the march again.
"I know you're in a hurry. But if we arrive like this, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers will be reduced to the limit. Yue Qingrou retorted again, she pointed to the infantry and said, "The cavalry is okay, but the infantry can't." β
But then she smiled again: "Okay, don't be discouraged. Graceful. β
"Yes." Wanrong immediately rode up and followed.
"You follow Yunqing and lead the Qingfeng Army to take the first step." Yue Qingrou ordered: "Remember, you are the main one, if you feel that something is impossible, tie up this guy for me, and ignore him." β
Yun Qing was overjoyed when he heard it, and this thousand Qingfeng Iron Riders were enough. The other party is not the elite army of the empire, it is just the private army of the East China Sea Gong, and the elite Cheng dΓΉ is definitely inferior to the Qingfeng army.
Then Yun Qing took the first step with Wanrong.
And Yue Qingrou followed Hong Xiao and the big man with the infantry.
Hong Xiao and the big man originally wanted to be with Yun Qing, but Yue Qingrou left Hong Xiao behind, after all, she was not familiar with Yun Qing's territory, which is now Longlin County, and needed Hong Xiao to explain the situation to him and act as a guide.
As for the big man, Yue Qingrou let Hong Xiao leave him behind with a word.
"It's not bad for this stupid big guy to be Yunqing's guard, and he's loyal enough. But the martial arts cultivation is still too poor, stay and I'll give you some advice. β
Just when Yun Qing was hurrying back, Ke'er and Jia Lin were ready to fight, and the army of Donghai Gong was almost in the Long Lin Territory.
Jia Lin looked at Ke'er standing on the top of the mountain, and admired it very much.
Although she can make Kerr's arrangement, she can do it even better. But after all, she followed the prince to the battlefield several times, and she also saw how the generals in the army commanded and responded to various situations in those battles. But Ke'er was originally just a maid, even if she was a descendant of the Yun family's guard family, but after all, more than thirty years had passed since the Yun family's army.
"Sister Jialin, now the people in the territory have evacuated the village, all the crops and fruit trees have been completely harvested, and the immature ones have been destroyed. What do we do next? Kerr frowned, pondering.
"The vanguard army led by Sun Hong, the son of the Duke of Donghai, has a total of 5,000 people. We now have only more than 2,000 people, of whom more than 800 are improvised militias, and it is impossible to win a head-to-head confrontation. Jia Lin sat down beside Kerr: "But since you have made so many arrangements, you should already have an idea, right?" β
Ke'er looked at Jia Lin with some hesitation: "I don't know if I can do it." We have now cut off all of their access to supplies. In this way, if he only has the vanguard army, he will not be able to get supplies. It's just that I don't know if I can do it, I originally planned to wait for them to arrive in three or four days before making a sneak attack. β
Jia Lin couldn't help but laugh when she heard this: "Ke'er, your idea is right. At most, they could only bring three days' worth of dry food and water. You want to wait until they run out of food before fighting, right? There's nothing wrong with that. Totally doable. Sun Hong, that guy, I already don't like him. Hmph, this time I have to teach him a good lesson. That guy was greedy for merit, and the distance between him and the rear army was more than half a month. Now your plan is going to make him suffer a big loss. β
"Is it really possible? I really don't have faith in my heart. Ke'er was still a little apprehensive in her heart.
"Don't worry, there's me." Jia Lin comforted her: "We only need to sneak attack, and we don't have to fight them head-on." β
"Okay, then let's go and decorate. According to their marching route, the first thing they had to pass through was the village of Yumen. Ke'er listened to Jia Lin's words and felt a little relieved.
Jia Lin patted her on the shoulder, and then shouted, "Pass the order and go to Yumen Village." Be diligent and make sure to make Yumen Village a grave for the enemy. β
"Roar! Longlin County will win! Under the leadership of the original Yunqing's 300 private troops, more than 2,000 people let out an earth-shattering cry.
Dozens of thick tree trunks were placed horizontally on the road to Yumen Village, and Ke'er carried hundreds of soldiers carrying bundles of firewood and grass in various houses.
"Sister Jialin, do you really want to do this?" Ke'er was a little unbearable: "What should the villagers do if they come back?" β
"Kerr. You have to remember, even if we don't. In the case of looting without supplies and people, they will inevitably burn the village to vent their anger, and instead of letting them burn, it is better for us to lay a trap and let the village cause damage to them. Jia Lin comforted her and said, "Don't worry, the villagers don't have to worry about their lives." Fortunately, His Excellency Ziyan had foreseen it. Large quantities of food and weapons were purchased. We don't have to worry about supplies at all, and the villagers don't go hungry. β
"Someone, dig me up here, and put a stumbling rope on me over there. Here and here, dig a trap for me. Jia Lin comforted Ke'er, and went to direct the soldiers to arrange again.
Ke'er looked at Jia Lin, who was skillfully commanding the soldiers, and her heart also plucked up her courage: "Uncle Wang, let all the hunters set traps together, no matter what traps, as long as they can kill and injure the enemy, they will be arranged." What needs to be built, let Uncle He lead the blacksmiths to build it quickly. The enemy will be here tomorrow night. In any case, give them a head-on blow and let them know that the people of Longlin County are not easy to bully. β
"Okay girl, leave it to us." A middle-aged man with a big beard and a bow and arrows on his back heartily agreed: "Did you hear it?" In the past, we all hunted wolves and hunted bears, and today let those rabbit cubs know how powerful our dragon is to lead hunters. β
Most of the militia gathered were hunters from all over the Dragon Realm, and in addition to the fact that most of the hunters were physically strong, most of them also had excellent archery skills and had good combat effectiveness without training.
Now this group of hunters cheered, and began to rack their brains to arrange all kinds of traps, to take the words of the king hunter who took the lead, even if a high-level spirit beast came in, it had to go around without eating.
A day passed, and Kerr and Jia Lin led the soldiers to hide in the arranged retreat.
Night slowly fell, the sound of horses' hooves was already heard in the distance, and Ke'er's heart was beating faster and faster with the sound of horses' hooves, after all, it was the first time to face this situation, and her nervous palms were all sweaty.
The sound of horses' hooves stopped abruptly, and Sun Hong looked at the tree trunks piled up on the road blocking the way with a gloomy face.
"Damn, these countrymen are still playing this hand." Sun Hong waved his hand with a cold face: "Come on, move those tree trunks for me." β
"Yes, young master."
Soon, the trunk was removed, and when Sun Hong was about to give the order to go in, a strategist beside him said: "Young master, slow down, since they have an arrangement, I'm afraid there will be an ambush." β
"Ambush? Hmph, with these countrymen, what ambush can there be? Well, be careful. A few of you, go find out. Sun Hong then ordered a few soldiers.
The soldiers walked around the village and soon returned: "Young master." There was no one in the village, the road in the village had been cut off, and it seemed that the villagers had fled. β
"What? All fled? Damn, those are slaves who can be exchanged for gold. Forget it, it's okay to escape, we just went into the village to rest. In addition, you can take someone to fill in the dug road for me, and make sure to finish it before dawn, so as not to delay the march. Sun Hong waved his whip angrily.
After Sun Hong led the army into the village, he also went into a few houses to take a look.
I saw that there were no pots and pans inside, and it was obvious that all of them had been taken away, only the neat firewood and grass piled up in the house had not been taken away.
Sun Hong's face was gloomy and he was about to drip ink: "What's the matter?" This situation is clearly long gone. It was not at all a temporary withdrawal that heard the news of our imminent arrival. How did they get the message? Would any of the surrounding nobles dare to deliver news to them? β
At this moment, a terrible scream sounded in the dark night.
It was a soldier who stepped on a trap set by a hunter.
With the screams of this soldier, as if the screaming mechanism had been activated, Sun Hong's soldiers began to fall into various traps one by one.
The reason for this is that the dozen or so houses and roads at the entrance to the village are not equipped with any traps, but the depths of the village are already full of traps.
The soldiers were cautious at the beginning, and when they realized that there was no danger, they hurried to find a place to rest one by one, until someone stepped on the trap.
Ke'er was overjoyed when she heard the shouts in the village: "Sister Jialin, they have taken the bait." β
"Well, everyone prepare, light the fire, and release the arrows." Jia Lin immediately ordered the soldiers to release the rockets.
Countless rockets rained down.
Countless houses were on fire, and the piles of firewood and grass in the streets were also on fire.
The houses in the village were originally wooden structures, and they soon burned down.
It was only at this moment that some soldiers discovered by the light of the fire that the house was thickly covered with a layer of sun-dried thatch.
The fire is getting bigger and bigger, and the soldiers of the Eastern Navy in the village are getting more and more panicked, but the danger in this village is not only the raging flames, but also the traps everywhere.
"Damn, I've been tricked, hurry up, withdraw." Sun Hong did not go deeper, he rested in the house at the head of the village. At this time, the fire was together, and he was suddenly shocked.
After coming out and seeing the sky-high firelight, his face was blue and white: "Quickly retreat, quickly retreat." Damn, I'm going to sell everyone in the Dragon's Landing to the grasslands as slaves. β
The fire burned all night before it stopped, and Sun Hong counted the number of people, and his face was even more ugly.
Before the enemy was seen, more than 200 people had already been lost, and more than 300 people were even wounded by Cheng DΓΉ.
"Damn, from now on, all the villages that pass by, all burned down. All! Sun Hong shouted angrily. xh118