Chapter 111: Blasting
The distance of a few hundred meters is only a flash in the air for Yaqima at full speed.
The first wave of indiscriminate firing by the defending soldiers did not cause any damage to the reconnaissance cavalry of the 6th Division, except for a large cloud of smoke in front of the position, blocking their view.
By the time the defending soldiers reloaded their bullets under the captain's reprimand, the tall Yaqi horses were already less than a few dozen meters away from them.
"Shoot!"
The tall Yaqi horse was like a high wall that was quickly pressed over, and the faint cold light behind the white horse made the captain almost heartbroken, and when he saw his subordinates reloading in a panic, he couldn't care much, and immediately ordered to shoot with a strong voice.
"Bang bang..."
This time, the salvo was much more neat than the first time, but for the cavalry attacking in columns, the effect was not very large, and the reconnaissance cavalry of the sixth division only paid the price of two or three horses falling off their horses, and the sharp sabers in the hands of the knights had already swept the necks of these soldiers who had finished shooting.
Tall war horses galloped past, and the swords that reflected the cold light continued to wave.
The cries of despair and pain continued to sound, and when the first cavalry crossed the defending position, everything was already doomed.
Seeing his men fall under the other party's saber one by one, the tall captain was both desperate and regretful at the moment.
If it weren't for the mistake of his command, he gave up the immediate battle and chose to fight on foot, and they would never have lost so badly as cavalry.
It's a pity that everything is not if, although because of Ragustevich's ambitions, their unit has never given up training, but unfortunately this is a garrison force that has never experienced a real battlefield after all.
No matter how good the training from officer to soldier is, when it comes to the battlefield, it is inevitable to make some undesirable mistakes, and this kind of mistake is absolutely fatal on the fleeting battlefield.
Of course, the captain's despair and regret were only moments over, as a tall figure of swiftness soon approached him.
When the cold light flashed, the captain who was regretting it only felt that his gaze was slowly rising, and when he saw the headless corpse of blood spraying on the ground, his eyes darkened and he didn't know anything.
Needless to say, the guys who solved these blockades, the rest of the people who carried the explosives did not expect that their companions would all become dead souls in less than ten minutes, and when they saw the speeding reconnaissance company cavalry, they didn't even have time to light the lead, and more than a dozen people all stepped into the footsteps of their companions.
"Comrade Company Commander, there are people down there."
After dealing with all the enemies on the road, the cavalrymen who jumped off their horses saw the hemp rope tied to the side of the road, and then looked at the remaining explosive packets, and all the soldiers of the reconnaissance company broke out in a cold sweat.
"Cut the rope and send them to feed the fish."
The commander of the reconnaissance company didn't have time to rejoice, because he didn't want to fly into the sky, and if the enemy under the highway ignited the explosives at this time, then it was estimated that none of his people would be spared.
"Comrades above, don't, we surrender, pull us up, we are forced......"
Maybe it was luck, or maybe it was to prevent the explosives from accidentally igniting the bag when the explosives were planted, so the people who planted the explosives didn't carry anything to ignite the fire.
Although he guessed something from the screams of his companions, even if they had the intention of dying together, they could only stare dryly at this time.
When they heard someone say that they were going to cut the rope, they immediately shouted in horror for their lives.
"Company commander, what should I do, do you want to pull them up."
Although the true identities of these people are not yet known, it is certain that the purpose of these people is to prevent the Sixth Division from returning to the capital.
But in any case, although these scouts are veterans of a hundred battles, they are not the kind of bloodthirsty cold-blooded animals, and at this time, listening to the cries of those people below, they immediately felt compassion.
"Pull them up!"
Although the company commander was very afraid of getting out of the way, when he poked his head out and carefully looked at the situation under the cliff, he found that these people's hands were held high above their heads, and even in order to reassure the people above their heads, these guys had swept their bodies away from the place where the explosives were planted, and when the company commander of the reconnaissance company found that there was no danger, the soldiers pulled these people up.
"You're part of that, be honest, or I'll have people throw you all down."
When the guys who planted the explosives were pulled to a height of about 1 meter from the road, the company commander raised his hand to stop the soldiers from continuing to pull up, and asked the guys who saw life.
"I said, I said, we are a garrison with a special banner of the unit, and it was the general who sent us out to plant explosives to blow up this section of the road......"
Seeing that they were about to reach the top of the cliff, these guys who saw hope dared to hide it, spit out everything they knew, and even confessed that another team had gone to blow up a bridge in front of them in advance.
By the time the scouts sent this information back to the main force, it was already evening, and the main force was stopping to arrange camping.
"It seems that this Ragustevich really doesn't want us to go back smoothly."
Marshal Shi Yexuan, who received the scout's report, said fiercely while looking at the map.
"Yes, according to the information confessed by those people, it is estimated that the Ariana Bridge has been blown up at this time, but even if they blow up the bridge, we can pass from here, in this season, the water in this place can flow up to the waist, and people and horses can easily flow through, and they can not only delay us for a few hours, but they will not have the purpose of thwarting us at all."
Looking at the map, Ulitarov, who is well versed in geography, pointed to a river bend to the left of the bridge.
The Ariana Bridge is a large chain bridge at the junction of the Banner and the next province, although the Wuluwusu River below is a large river, but it is now the dry season, and many of the wider rivers can be crossed on foot.
"No, we can't go anywhere."
After listening to Ulitarov's words, Marshal Shi Yexuan looked at the bridge marked on the map for a while and suddenly said.
"Oh, old man, did you think of something?"
Seeing Marshal Shi Yexuan like this, Ulitarov was not surprised at all, he had worked with Marshal Shi Yexuan for half his life, and he had already understood the other party clearly, knowing that the marshal must have discovered something when he said this at this time.
"Well, come and see, who is in charge of the province on the other side of this bridge?"
Marshal Shi Yexuan pointed to the state capital on the other side of the Arianna Bridge, and said to Ulitarov knowingly.
Governor Hendrevsky...... You mean... Yes! I see, so it was. No wonder Ragustevich wanted to blow up the bridge at this time, it seems that the purpose is here! What a treacherous fellow. ”
After listening to Marshal Shiyexuan's questioning, as soon as Ulitarov said the name of the governor, he immediately reacted to Marshal Shiyexuan's guess, slapped the map on the table in a daze, and scolded Ragustevich's cunning.