Chapter 53: Results of the Exercise

In the depths of the night, a group of cavalry marched through the vast desert with the soft yellow sand under their feet.

"Battalion Commander Fang, how far is it from the other party's camp?" Feng Changqing walked in front of the troops and said softly.

"About thirty miles." Fang Minghong looked into the distance under the moonlight and replied.

In the middle of the moon, it was not yet midnight. "Order the soldiers to raise their alert and attack in half an hour."

"Yes"

The herald immediately rode his horse to deliver the order.

"When attacking, the Flying Cavalry is responsible for pinning down the opponent's main force, while your unit is responsible for capturing the opponent's chain of command. Battalion Commander Fang, are there any difficulties? Feng Changqing politely discussed with Fang Minghong.

Fang Minghong was the battalion commander of the Xiao Cavalry Regiment, and because the exercise was temporarily assigned to Feng Changqing's command, Feng Changqing was very polite to him.

"No problem." Fang Minghong considered the importance of raiding the opponent's headquarters in his heart, and quickly replied.

The night is getting darker, and the cold wind is slightly cool. A sentry soldier sneezed, rubbed his tired sleepy eyes, and suddenly noticed a figure flashing in the moonlight ahead.

The guards reacted excitedly, completely sleepy, and looked ahead vigilantly.

"Nothing, am I dazzled?" There was nothing in front of him, and the soldier looked intently and found no anomaly, muttering to himself.

The sentry looked at it for a few minutes, found nothing out of the ordinary, and continued to stand guard with his rifle in hand.

In the sand that the sentry had just been watching, there was a rustling sound, and two men stood up from the sand.

The one who stood up first made a gesture to the other, and then the two parted and quietly touched the sentry.

The sentry stood guard in place, not noticing the two extra figures behind him.

The two approached the sentry silently, and when they were still five or six meters away from the sentry, one of them quickly accelerated towards the sentry.

The sentry only noticed the abnormality at this time, and subconsciously grabbed the rifle, but before he could pull the trigger, he was stunned by a hand knife by the person behind him, and the rifle in his hand was about to fall, and was picked up by another person in time, which did not cause an accident.

"It's dangerous." The man who grabbed the rifle said with relief.

"Report to the regiment commander that the sentry has been resolved, and I continue to go deep into the barracks to check."

"Yes, squad leader." Putting the captured rifle aside, the other hurried away.

After Feng Changqing led his troops to Zheng Guosheng's camp, he sent more than a dozen groups of scouts to deal with the other side's sentries.

"Commander, deal with the target sentry."

Feng Changqing waited for the last scout behind a leeward sand pile.

"Order the troops, advance separately, and attack after reaching the camp a hundred meters."

"Yes"......

The camp sentries were pulled out, and more than a thousand cavalrymen, like blind men without eyes, were still asleep.

Suddenly, a shock came, and Zheng Guosheng, who was sleeping, woke up in an instant, picked up his personal saber and rushed out of the big tent, "Old Sun, quickly order the soldiers to get on the horse." Zheng Guosheng saw Sun Yanming, who also rushed out, and said loudly.

"What's the matter with the sentry on duty, let Feng Changqing's people touch it in silently." Sun Yanming said dissatisfiedly as he ran in the direction of Pi.

Next to the fence, Fang Minghong picked up his saber and shouted to the soldiers guarding the horse farm, "You have been captured, stay here and wait for the people behind you to hand over, don't do anything that violates the rules of the exercise." ”

Guarding the horses was a company commander under Zheng Guosheng, who was driving the horses when Fang Minghong's troops rushed in just now, but he was stopped by Fang Minghong on the spot.

"Planted in your hands, I won't cheat." The company commander guarding the horses was not reconciled.

Fang Minghong glanced at him, nodded, and asked the people beside him, "Did you find Deputy Brigade Commander Zheng and Deputy Brigade Commander Sun?" ”

"The brothers searched fifty or sixty tents, but found no trace of them."

Fang Minghong looked up at the sky, the Oriental Morning Star had already risen, less than half an hour before dawn, if he waited until dawn and let Zheng Guosheng gather his team, it would cause a lot of trouble for his side to win the exercise.

"Can't wait any longer, gather the team, and rush into the barracks with me one more time." Seeing that Zheng Guosheng's troops were rushing towards the racecourse, Fang Minghong immediately made a decision.

"Old Sun, how is the situation of the troops now?" Evading Feng Changqing's pursuit all the way, Zheng Guosheng asked Sun Yanming beside him.

"Feng Changqing, this kid is too thief, he is staring at the crowded team, just now he gathered a force of two hundred people, and he was targeted by a group of cavalry, if we hadn't separated quickly, we would have been captured by them now." Sun Yanming said.

Zheng Guosheng's team was originally the largest number of people assembled, and was forced to separate four or five groups of men and horses by Feng Changqing's cavalry, but now there are only more than forty people around him, Zheng Guosheng's troops are like this, and the situation of other soldiers who can't find the commander of the unit can be imagined.

"I really underestimated Feng Changqing, I didn't expect him to give me this hand." Zheng Guosheng said.

"Don't think about these useless things, hurry to the racecourse, maybe you can turn defeat into victory."

"Lao Tzu has been fighting for so many years, but he can't be defeated in the hands of a descendant. Quick, hurry to the racecourse. Zheng Guosheng knew in his heart that it was impossible to turn defeat into victory, but he couldn't wipe his face and admit defeat directly, so he wanted to get ahead of Feng Changqing's troops, control the horse farm, gather cavalry troops, and not let himself lose so ugly.

Fang Minghong led his more than 300 soldiers to leave the horse farm and rushed to the barracks again, along the way, Fang Minghong met five or six groups of thirty or forty soldiers, and at first captured them, and later in order to catch Zheng Guosheng, he directly scattered the gathered soldiers, and did not let his subordinates catch the prisoners, and rushed forward.

"Battalion commander, the two people in front of you seem to be Deputy Brigade Commander Zheng and Deputy Brigade Commander Sun." Fang Minghong was leading the troops on the way, when suddenly a soldier reminded him, looking forward, a group of more than forty people really had their own goals this time.

"Lao Zheng, it's not good, they seem to recognize us." Sun Yanming, who didn't have time to dodge the chasing soldiers in front of him, reminded.

Needless to say, Zheng Guosheng also understands that he can't run away.

After Fang Minghong found out about Zheng Guosheng and Sun Yanming, he was not polite, and immediately ordered his cavalry to surround them.

"Deputy Brigadier Zheng, Deputy Brigadier Sun, finally let me find you." Fang Minghong rode up to the two of them.

"I am willing to lose the bet, go, and take me to see your head Feng." was surrounded by Fang Minghong and his subordinates, and it was impossible to escape, so Zheng Guosheng admitted defeat alone.

The capture of Zheng Guosheng and Sun Yanming marked the end of the exercise, and their soldiers quickly stopped resisting and accepted the fate of defeat after receiving the news.

In an open space in front of the camp, Zheng Guosheng and Sun Yanming met Feng Changqing who had defeated them.

"Head Feng, what you did this time is a bit unauthentic. I walked around the desert with my troops for three days, wanting to have a decisive battle with you, but you were better to give me a sneak attack while I was unprepared. As soon as Zheng Guosheng saw Feng Changqing, he immediately asked.

"Soldiers are impermanent, water is impermanent. The most important thing in a war is to win at the lowest cost, so there's nothing wrong with me taking a sneak attack. Feng Changqing chuckled.

"I can't talk about you young people, if you lose, you lose, there's nothing to say, next time Lao Zheng will compete with you to see who kills more enemies."

Many middle-level officers like Feng Changqing have listened to Li Mingyuan's lectures, and in more than two months, they have also learned a lot of new terms and new knowledge from Li Mingyuan, so Zheng Guosheng does not argue, but he is also normal.

"I'm happy to accompany you." Feng Changqing smiled and bowed to him, and then went back to the camp to report to Li Mingyuan.