Chapter 52: Crossing the Bandit Zone
"Captain, if you want me to say that you shouldn't show mercy to your subordinates, the helmsman surnamed Qiu is not a good thing at first glance, and his grandson, it is not a good thing, people like them who bully the weak and are afraid of the hard, they should cut down the grass and eradicate the roots of him." Liu Piaoyi pouted and said.
"We've been away for a long time, why are you still thinking about that grandfather and grandson?" Ling Xia looked at Liu Piaoyi with a headache, and saw that although Qiu Haopo was cowardly, he had to intercede for his grandfather before he died, and Ling Xia was moved by compassion at that time.
He stopped his angry subordinates, accepted the five hundred gold coins handed over by the other party, and then let go of Qiu Xianchi and those people, but he didn't expect this move to make Liu Piaoyi feel unhappy, she pouted and blocked Ling Xia's little temper all the way.
"Captain, in front is the bandit suppression area of the Fangs Division of the War Guards, I just took someone over to survey the terrain, and I also caught a bandit to probe the wind, according to that person, the front is the territory of Linjiabao, and at this moment there are two 10,000 people of the War Guards attacking Linjiabao.
Now the two sides are in full swing, the battle guards have blocked all the roads, and the Linjiabao side has also blocked the mountain roads in the past, in this case, we can't pass through it at all, the troops on both sides are too wide, and they can't go around, so they can only wait for them to collect their troops and truce. ”
After hearing this, Ling Xia opened the map of Mei'an Province to check: "Linjiabao is the second largest bandit force in Mei'an Province, there are more than 20,000 bandits in the whole fort, and the fangs division only sent 20,000 troops to suppress the bandits, and there is no chance of winning at all." ”
After speaking, Ling Xia asked casually: "How long have they been at war?" ”
"It's been almost a day, at first it was just a small collision, and now the vanguard has begun to be dispatched, but the main force has not moved." Lao Cui replied.
"It's a typical steady and steady way of playing." Ling Xia shook his head: "It seems that the captain of the Fangs Division has some brains, knowing that the strength of the two sides is almost the same, and he does not dare to blindly lead the troops forward, this tactic tests the patience of the generals on both sides, and it is the most time-consuming."
According to this speed, it will take another day to start a frontal battle, and it will take another day to divide the winners and losers into a war, so if we want to wait until the end of the war, it will take two days at the earliest, which is too long, and we can't afford to wait. ”
Analyzing this, Ling Xia carefully studied the map of Mei'an Province, Linjiabao is located at the junction of Mei'an Province and Zhongmiao Province, with a territory of about 100 miles, as long as you can pass through the battle zone between Linjiabao and the Battle Guards, you can enter Zhongmiao Province.
"Put on your uniform, let's go to the side of the battle guards." Ling Xia said in a deep voice.
"On the side of the Guards?" Lao Cui and the others were all stunned, and after a moment of silence, Liu Piaoyi couldn't care about her anger, and couldn't help but ask: "Captain, weren't you our whereabouts exposed before?"
Although in the current situation, it is the most appropriate way to show your identity from the side of the battle guards, but we don't know if the other party recognizes our token, everyone belongs to two legions, and they are in different identities, will the other party buy face?
Even if the other side gave our legion face and agreed to let us go over from their garrison area, wouldn't our whereabouts be completely revealed with such an excuse? If you want me to see, let's wait a little longer, it's a big deal to wait two more days. ”
"Let's take the road through Mei'an Province this time, and we can't blatantly announce our identities." Ling Xia said incomprehensibly.
"I've all put on military uniforms, and as soon as I appeared, I knew that I was a soldier, and I didn't announce my identity, so how did we get over?" Shangguan Hui looked at Ling Xia with some puzzlement, not only her, but other people around him, including the soldiers, and even Peng Lie looked at Ling Xia with a curious expression.
"Let's just swagger and fool around." After speaking, seeing that everyone had puzzled expressions on their faces, Ling Xia explained with a smile: "The ten legions that were recruited to suppress bandits this time were all temporarily recruited.
A legion of such a size, after it is formed, it will be busy integrating training, and after the training, it will be pulled to the battlefield to suppress bandits, facing different faces every day, and there are many soldiers who died in battle to alternate, so who dares to guarantee that they can remember the appearance of everyone. ”
"Shhh
After everyone gasped, they looked at each other with shocked expressions, they had already heard the meaning of Ling Xia's words, and after a moment of pause, Liu Piaoyi asked in shock: "Do you want to pretend to be someone from the Fangs Division and swagger out?" Oh my God, this is crazy, if the Fangs are discovered......"
"They can't find it." Stopping Liu Piaoyi's words, Ling Xia's eyes showed a hint of wisdom: "The battle curtain of tens of thousands of people has been opened, and everyone's eyes are focused on Lin Jiabao at this moment, who will notice us." ”
After convincing everyone, Ling Xia put away the map and took out his armor from the cloth pocket on the side of the horse's back, saying that it was armor, but in fact, except for the chest guard copper armor on his chest, which was made of copper material, the other parts of the material were all pieces of iron, which were at best a little harder than leather armor.
"This armor is so deceptive, it looks unique on the surface, the pattern is exquisite, it can be worn lightly on the body, and it makes a lot of noise when you walk a few steps, isn't this just a piece of thin iron and thin wire to cover the clothes, and it is comfortable to wear a few more layers of leather armor."
After complaining, Ling Xia touched the chest guard copper armor on his chest, and barely showed a trace of satisfaction: "Well, this chest guard copper armor is not bad, it is genuine, and the pattern is also hand-sketched by the blacksmith, and after wearing it, I finally feel a little safe."
It seems that if I want to wear armor made of copper all over my body, I can only wait until I am promoted to the commander of the regiment, and an officer of that rank is qualified to wear armor of that quality, and I have to climb up for that suit. ”
In the gap of complaining, Ling Xia looked around, and saw that everyone else had all changed into military uniforms, and after tidying up, he ordered to set off towards the combat zone, which was much more dangerous than Ling Xia imagined, and as soon as they entered the combat zone, they encountered a group of bandits.
There are only a dozen people on the other side, who are attacking several battle guards, seeing Ling Xia and them, those battle guards shouted for help with excitement, since they have caught up, how can Ling Xia ignore them, and let Liu Piaoyi and Shangguan Hui rescue those officers and soldiers.
Those bandits were very clever, after seeing Ling Xia and them, they let go of the soldiers of the Battle Guards in their hands, turned their heads and ran back, glanced at those people, Liu Piaoyi did not chase them, but returned to the team after saving them.
"You're doing a good job, there's no need for us to be stuck here at this juncture." After praising Liu Piaoyi, Ling Xia led everyone to ride forward, and the rescued soldiers pointed in the direction where the bandits had fled, and shouted with a blank face: "Why don't you chase and kill those bandits?" ”
When these people finished shouting, they found that Ling Xia and the others had already gone away, and after coming back to their senses, these people looked at the direction where the bandits had fled, and then looked at the direction where Ling Xia and the others left, and sighed casually: "Forget it, no matter what, the other party saved our lives." With that, the soldiers rushed towards another battlefield.
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"What are the waves?" Ling Xia frowned and asked.
"This is the seventh wave, and it's not a way to go on like this." Lao Cui squinted his eyes in response.
After entering the combat zone, Ling Xia and the others successfully mixed in the ranks of the battle guards, although they traveled half the way, but during this they encountered several warring teams, seeing that the soldiers were in danger, Ling Xia could not ignore them.
In desperation, Ling Xia and the others could only help, just now, they had just annihilated a group of more than 40 bandits, saved more than 20 battle guards, saw the battlefield filled with gunpowder, and listened to the horn sound of the enemy and us dispatching troops, everyone was silent.
"The main battlefield is ahead, and both sides are dispatching large-scale troops, shall we continue to advance?" Lao Cui asked Ling Xia in a solemn tone.
"Pass the order, go forward at full speed, if you encounter the besieged battle guards again, tell everyone to leave it alone, the main battlefield is no better than the edge, and you can't get out if you fall in." Ling Xia said in a deep voice.
After the order was conveyed, Ling Xia shook the reins of the horse and rushed towards the front in the first place, everyone did not hesitate, seeing that Ling Xia had already taken the lead on the road, they all followed the gallop, leaving only a puff of dust gently raised.
Because Ling Xia had explained it in advance, when everyone encountered the besieged battle guards, they no longer paid attention to it, and in this way, the itinerary was really much faster, and the main battle area of tens of thousands of people was simply led by Ling Xia to cross over.
Seeing that a few miles more was about to rush out of the war zone and enter the boundary of Zhongmiao Province, suddenly, a team of people and horses was in front of Ling Xia's team, and when Ling Xia saw the leader in front of the team, his heart suddenly felt a thrill.
I saw that the leader was wearing a copper battle skirt, a copper armor chest guard on his chest, and a pair of cooked copper combat boots on his feet.
The reason why Ling Xia was nervous was because he had guessed the identity of the other party, although Ling Xia had never seen that commander, but according to the commanders who followed him, it was not difficult to guess the identity of this person, and that person must be the general in charge of the main battle zone.
If other generals stood in the way, Ling Xia still had a way to fool the past, but in the face of the commander in charge of the main battle zone, he had no bottom in his heart, because the other party only needed to stop him and ask for the number of his team, and then check with those commanders behind him, he would be exposed.
Sure enough, he was afraid of something, the more worried Ling Xia was that the other party would notice him and the others, but the person saw Ling Xia's side, and the captain glanced at Ling Xia's team, and made a gesture, signaling them to come closer and speak.
Looking at the gesture of Captain Wan, Ling Xia lowered his head, wanting to pretend that he didn't see it, he didn't want to be discovered by the other party at this juncture, once the other party couldn't find the number of Ling Xia's team, he would identify them as spies.
At that time, even if Ling Xia took out the token of the S.H.I.E.L.D. and then explained his identity, the other party would not believe it, after all, he did not cross the border through normal channels, thinking of this, Ling Xia refused to move.
"Hey, what's your hundred-man team doing? Didn't you see Master Wanfu asking you to come over? Ling Xia's abnormal behavior also made the other party suspicious, and after a commander finished shouting, he actually rode a war horse towards Ling Xia's side.
Looking at the commander on the other side getting closer and closer, a cold sweat broke out on Ling Xia's forehead, and he was about to be demolished, what should I do?