Chapter 234: Stumbling and Meritorious Service
"Sorrento, how many places are there to stumble?" Mo Shen came to a factory at the very end of the stockade.
"Your Highness, according to your instructions, a hundred tripwires have been made, but do you really want to go to war with Gatu?" said Sorrento, hesitating.
"Come with me to the war room. Mo Shen said with a smile.
In the war room, Mo Shen saw that everyone had arrived and began to say: "You all know that the attitude of Misty Mountain is very clear, and it will not come to our range if you kill them, and now their people are all placed near the Falling Bay and Raven City, so we will lose the opportunity to fight."
So I called you here today to study the next countermeasures, my idea is to ambush some of the Gato patrols, transport teams, according to the intelligence, the number of Cato patrols will not be too many, each team is about 30 to 40 people, and the number of convoys is about 80 people.
Relatively speaking, we are now relatively speaking, whether it is military expenses or military rations, weapons and armor are enough, but the only thing that restricts us is horses, the number of horses in the north itself is limited, and the number of war horses is very small, even if we have cultivated cavalry but there are no horses, cavalry can only be used as infantry.
So I set my sights on Cato's body, as far as I know, Cato's patrols are generally equipped with elite cavalry with heavy horses, while the transport team is not, although there are about eighty people, but the cavalry is only about thirty people, but these cavalry are not elite, the rest are mainly infantry, and there are few archers.
But since I chose to do it to Cato, then I am naturally prepared, you come here, the jungle between us and Shadow City and Oldenburg, this is the area where the Cato convoy has passed after all, the jungle has little impact on us, but for the Cato army who are good at horse warfare, it is undoubtedly a nightmare.
The army of Cato who have lost their horses cannot fight on land, and I have asked Sorrento to lead people to build a triphorse rope, a rope made of iron, which is tied between the trees, and if the strange soldiers of Cato charge, they will make them turn on their horses, and finally why should I fight Cato's convoy.
The reason is also very simple, first of all, the transport team of the Cato army, in addition to transporting food, the most important thing is horses! Then the transport team is also responsible for the transportation of slaves, these people have soldiers from that country, and I have a relationship with the Lion Realm, you all know that if you want to buy horses from the Lion Realm, it is very troublesome.
And now the Duke of Allama, because he can't spare his hand for the time being, has not attacked us, but once the situation in the Lion Realm is stable, our current army number will .......... It's not enough at all, so tell me what my plan is!" Mo Shen said as he looked at everyone.
"Your Highness, I support your plan, the power of the tripping horse rope is indeed a disaster for the strange soldiers, under the special terrain, and as long as the height is set, the damage to the horses is very small, but Your Highness, if the Shadow City side sends troops............" Sorrento did not continue.
"This is the second point I said, the reason why Shadow City turns a blind eye to the Cato army is because they need supplies, the territory of the Raven is different from the Lion Realm, the commanders of each city fight their own battles, and the Shadow City is remote, it is not easy to obtain supplies, and even other cities will deliberately increase the price.
Because the city lord of Shadow City, Arnoldus's father, but the current king Gregory's own brother, if it weren't for Arnoldus's father who died early, the throne would not necessarily be Gregory, so suppressing Shadow City also has the king's meaning in it.
Three days ago, I asked Mr. Elo to go to Shadow City, and Count Arnold of Shadow City agreed to my request, he will not send troops to help the Gatu army, the contract has been signed, what we need to pay is that they will give us the dinar according to the market price, and then we will help him free of charge, buy military rations in Dawn Furnace City, and transport it over. Mo Shen said.
"Your Highness, will there be any problems in our relationship with Xiaolu City?" asked Deyoer.
Mo Shen shook his head and said: "No, Duke Aldemar will not only not have a bad relationship with us, but will also support our approach, and he doesn't want to pay a premium for military rations, but he wants to show it to the king and other commanders, but don't forget, if Shadow City continues to let Gatu's army develop, then in the end, the first one will threaten him."
And by us, we are simple businessmen on the surface, this Count Arnoldus knows, and he will say to the outside world that he will give us a profit, but in fact, he will buy it at a low price, and in this way, with the containment of Shadow City, Xiaolu City will be safer!"
"If this is the case, Your Highness, your plan can be implemented, and more soldiers can be recruited by fighting to feed the war. Djoll thought for a moment and said.
"Very well, since you all have no opinions, the base camp of Teacher Elo will be handed over to you to guard, Teddy will protect me closely, Djoor, you lead fifty soldiers, now go to the place I have marked, arrange the tripwire, I have already greeted Count Adnos, let's do it at dusk today."
Dispatch thirty archers, twenty shield soldiers, and twenty cavalry, and ambush on the right side of the map, and follow orders!" Mo Shen said.
"Your Highness, if you don't let me go with you, I'm worried about .........," Oro said worriedly.
Mo Shen said with a smile: "Teacher, the base camp is our foundation, although the plan is very thorough, but it is inevitable that there will be no special circumstances, Misty Mountain has to be guarded against, I can rest assured that you will be handed over to the teacher." ”
Luo Luo didn't say much anymore, he knew that Mo Shen would let him stay because he trusted him, as Mo Shen said just now, Misty Mountain was always a threat.
After Mo Shen's military order was issued, Deyoer and the others were still very efficient, setting off in the morning, and the tripwire had been arranged at noon, and ten soldiers were specially left to hide so as not to be destroyed.
When the sun was about to set, Mo Shen led the team to the ambush point in person and ordered everyone to hide.
As it grew dark, the soldiers who had been scouting ahead returned and reported the location of the Cato convoy.
Mo Shen sneered: "It's really arrogant, in this kind of sky, you dare to be so unscrupulous, no matter what, today this is your burial place, everyone is on guard, retreat from the range of the tripwire, the infantry retreat five meters, the archers retreat ten meters, the cavalry and other enemy cavalry are entangled in the tripwire."
Immediately raid the enemy's rear-release archer positions, but remember not to fall in love with the battle, retreat after a wave of raids, and when the cavalry withdraws, the archers release their arrows!
"Command!" the soldiers shouted.
Everything was as Mo Shen expected, Cato's convoy talked and laughed all the way, the military discipline was lax, and the cavalry rushed up the hillside without even looking at it.
Mo Shen sneered slightly in his heart at this time, and the next moment a scream came.
Mo Shen roared: "Cavalry charge! Infantry shield battle, archers prepare!"
The cavalry of the Cato army were stumbled by the stumbling horses, and at that moment they were confronted with a long sword, and before they could react, the shield slammed down on their bodies................
At this time, the rear escort soldiers of the Cato army did not know what was happening, and saw that twenty cavalrymen set up their cavalry spears and rushed in, and immediately suffered countless casualties, and after the cavalry spears were abolished, the cavalry drew their heavy sabers, slashed left and right, and killed more than a dozen archers, and returned without looking back.
At the same time, Mo Shen ordered again: "Archers, let's go!"
Mo Shen was not idle, holding the gentian bright silver spear in his right hand, stabbing left and right, and killing five soldiers of the Gatu Army one after another, Ding Dong congratulated the host on killing ten people in total, rewarding strength +1!
The corner of Mo Shen's mouth smiled slightly, now the strength has reached 27 points, it is dark, this battle is over, quickly clean up the battlefield, this operation, all the enemies were killed, and three of them were injured, but they were all slightly injured!