Volume I, Dongyi Tribe 98

War is cruel, the king is ruthless, the loss is heavy, but the innocent are always ordinary people, soldiers on both sides, no one wants to take the initiative to participate in the war, so the use of strategy is born at the right time, just to minimize their own losses...

But there are two sides to everything, although some strategies may win the war, but the damage to oneself is also irreparable, of course, it is best to avoid it, but unfortunately, it is difficult to appear without a fight.

The early birds have insects to eat, the chirping birdsong began to spread throughout the mountains and forests, "fluttering" from time to time with gusts of wind, a new day is coming, at this time Mu San, who was meditating with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes, and he felt the sound from the other side.

The snoring around him gradually became less obvious, as if the light could not only drive away the darkness, but also take the silence away, and then Mu San got up and climbed to a tall tree beside him, looking at the other side.

The original roaring river momentum is already very weak, more like a cheerful look, the bluestone flowing through the river is rattling, people are no longer afraid, and they can't wait to go into the water to play, especially for the wooden imperial army who has been on the road all day and is busy until the middle of the night.

But it is often under the calm that there is a hidden crisis, although Mu San still can't see the situation on the other side clearly, but he is right, the alliance army at this time has already been assembled and ready to pull, judging from the basic neat order transmission, this alliance army is barely quite qualified, and the daily routine is very regular.

With the sound of the horn of departure, the whole 3,000-strong troops all sorted out their bags and moved slowly, and the vanguard of several hundred people moved quickly, they were lighter than the others, mainly to open the road, after all, there was still a large army in the rear, and it was impossible to move forward without a road.

And now even if the Central Plains battlefield has not used livestock to pull the cart, there are many suitable beasts on the mainland, but for the time being, the habit of domestication has not been formed on a large scale, and it can only be carried by manpower little by little, with the development of some tools, wooden wheels, and wheelbarrows driven by manpower, but this kind of thing has very high requirements for the terrain, and has been gradually promoted in the relatively flat continent, but in the mountainous area of the Eastern Regions, it is not particularly practical, and it is mostly carried by manpower.

This also caused grain and grass to become an important factor in limiting the scale of the war, and a war with a large number of people could not be fought at all, while the 3,000-strong troops of the Alliance Army were considered the best number of people who could bear it, and the action was fast, and the burden was not so great, and the special baggage troops only needed a small team to escort them.

Of course, baggage is also the top priority, and it has become the weakness of the enemy's special attack, just like Jiuli's defeat of the Jiang tribe and the key battle of officially basing itself in the Central Plains, it was the sneak attack plan proposed by Chi Songzi that laid the victory in one fell swoop, and also provided some new ways of war and successful experience for later.

As a member of Jiuli, the lord of the Eastern Regions, the Taiyun tribe is of course more familiar with this set of sneak attack tactics, but now that they are the attackers, they will definitely guard against the enemy using this to sneak attack, which has become a compulsory course for them, always learning the successful experience provided by Chi Songzi, and generals at the level of Shang Hao will not make such mistakes.

As the 800 pioneers overcame all obstacles, widened the marching route of the large army, and marched to the side of the big river, they stopped and waited for the arrival of the large army.

For them, the more difficult the road, the greater their workload, and it is indeed a great thing for them to be able to cross the river more easily, but without the order of the commander, they do not dare to cross the river easily for the time being, so they can only wait patiently.

After a long time, the sound came louder and louder, and the main force of the alliance army had basically reached the edge of the river, and the soldiers of the wooden army on the other side of the river had rested for a long time, and their spirits had been adjusted to the best state in all aspects, in order to prepare for the big battle that might occur later, and strive to strike the enemy to the greatest extent.

In order to grasp the fighter in time and quickly transmit it in place, Mu San arranged for the soldiers of the Mu Imperial Army to wait at every distance, just waiting for an order, you can complete this not-so-kind flooding plan.

Shang Hao, the commander of the Alliance Army, who had already received the news, went to the river from the Chinese army to investigate, guarded by his own soldiers, and the soldiers along the way continued to salute respectfully, which was a great honor for him, and he hurried away without looking back.

Among his impressions and the information he obtained, there was indeed a large river blocking the way, and he thought of many ways at that time, and finally chose to cross the river in the downstream area a little farther away, so he made a big detour, although it was more difficult to walk, but also to ensure safety, and it would not be so difficult.

But now, when I look at it, there is too little water in the downstream area, if I knew this, he would not go far downstream, such a water flow, the upstream area will not be turbulent, is it because the intelligence is inaccurate?

He was a little skeptical about this now, it stands to reason that in this season, there is plenty of rain, although he has never been to this big river, but now the water flow should not be so slow, it should be more or less dangerous, it looks more like a river in autumn and winter.

However, he didn't expect it to be the Mu Imperial Army now, after all, no one dared to believe that they could get here in such a short time, unless they flew over, but there was a faint uneasiness in his heart.

After thinking for a while, he immediately ordered that the vanguard of eight hundred people continue to move forward and test, regardless of whether he is in danger or not, he will only know after the trial.

The vanguard leader was ordered to go, and quickly organized the team to go down the river, shoulder to shoulder, treading the water together, and at the same time his expression became nervous, from time to time upstream and downstream to watch and investigate, Shang Hao did not leave, his eyes stared at the vanguard army crossing the river without blinking.

However, seeing that the vanguard only looked left and right, but ignored the situation under their feet, although the river was now only to the crook of the leg, clear to the bottom, and much less dangerous, it was precisely like this, which made people feel that they could see it at a glance, and their vigilance would be relatively weakened.

Suddenly, a pioneer soldier broke his ankle, then screamed, and his body rushed forward, even with a few people in the back row, and he made a splash.

The vanguard army, who was already a little nervous, heard such a voice, and they all screamed, for fear that there would be some terrible unknown danger, only Shang Hao who was staring at him from a distance saw the reason for the development of the matter, and he was also startled at first, and it seemed that there was no danger in the careful view, maybe for the Eastern Regions, which was born with a lack of water, water was still a nightmare in the hearts of most people, even if it was such a small river.

Take the few people who fell, screaming, slapping, fluttering, converging together, in this shallow river with only the crook of the legs, it makes people feel funny to watch, if it weren't for someone around them to pull them up, maybe they would really be drowned, maybe they were scared to death by themselves, I didn't look at the situation around them after they got up, and I couldn't help but laugh dumbly.

Shang Hao felt a little emotion in his heart, he was still too cautious, everything was a false alarm, and he was about to arrange for a large army to follow, and a mutation was born again, a pioneer soldier jumped out of the water, and at the same time shouted holding his feet and shouted.

The others thought that he had accidentally bumped into it, and kept laughing, ignoring it, and moving on, but they didn't know that someone was constantly being stabbed, although it was not fatal, but it was full of pain, and the terrible screams resounded in the sky.

Compared to the Mu Imperial Army on the other side of the river, who couldn't help but snicker, the alliance army was talking about it, what was in the water, could it be something unknown, it was terrible, and Shang Hao couldn't figure out what it was, so he had to temporarily stop the order for the troops to move and quickly let people go to investigate.

Fortunately, the leader of the vanguard army is still a relatively good general, and the others are panicked, but he can still keep his composure, personally investigate forward, and finally found some traces, it turns out that there are some sharp stones and other traps hidden in the river, and I don't know when they exist.

Now that he has found the reason, he is no longer so afraid, the vanguard army finally quieted down, under the leadership of the team leader, carefully investigated, this area of traps is really not a few, he did not think that it was arranged by the wooden imperial army in advance, because in his impression, the wooden imperial army is impossible to come here now, and it is full of traps, and such traps are actually not very effective, just rely on this to hurt the enemy, it's ridiculous.

So he only thought that it was left in the river at some point, just clean it up, in order to ensure the smooth passage of the large army, the vanguard army worked hard to sweep everything away, Shang Hao saw that the vanguard army crossed the river smoothly, and did not ask any more, ordered the large army to pass, but the worry in his heart seemed to be heavier, he could only shake his head and not think about it.

This is Mu San's plan, he is now more and more grasped by human nature, and the commander of the alliance army is cautious, so he created a simple trap to induce the other party, so that the other party can be hurt a little, in order to dispel some doubts about the smooth passage, and at the same time can cover up his ultimate goal.

Of course, this will also involve the communication between the leader of the vanguard army and his commander, he only judges by his own thinking, and conceals the objective facts, covers up the intelligence, and only treats it as a general obstacle in the river, this is the difference between the troops, because in the wooden army, there is never such a situation, no middle-level cadre is allowed to judge the battle situation by himself, as long as it is uploaded and issued, the others have the commander and the deputy marshal.

I have to say that this is the luck of Mu Yujun, and at this time, Shang Hao's worries are getting stronger and stronger, he always feels that something big will happen, in order to cross the river safely as soon as possible, looking at the wide river, he finally couldn't help it, and made a very wrong decision, which made him regret it a lot.

That is to cross the river together, which can not only save time, but also relieve the tension in your heart, but alas!