Chapter 486: The Eve

At about 7 p.m. on June 23, 1629, as the last of the special reconnaissance teams sent out to attack and harass, it was announced that the troops of the South Bank Army had officially entered a five-kilometer radius of Shabak. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info! East. Fang/Wen. Learn M member ははかい�� {To see the latest chapters, please go to:} Please search (product # book...... Net) to see the most complete! The raids along the way of the fastest novel were very successful in inflicting massive casualties on the troops they were intended to invade, with large numbers of officers and heralds being shot, and mines and incendiary white phosphorus incendiary bombs that could be thrown into the air. From time to time, small groups of raiding troops appeared and disappeared in front of the eyes of the Annan army, sometimes shooting accurately with rapid firearms, or throwing some explosive iron bumps, so that the Annan troops were now all soldiers, and once they heard the wind and grass, they would be frightened and flee in the opposite direction of the road, and the direction in which they fled was often laid with directional mines or deadly traps.

Zhao Ximin is about to go crazy now, although he has been beaten in various ways along the way, but until now, his soldiers have not been able to catch any of the attackers, not even the appearance of the attackers. There were rumors in the entire barracks that this was a heavenly soldier from overseas, capable of stealth or flight, and it must have been the Medeno people who had offended the heavenly court to attack them. Although Zhao Ximin scoffed at this kind of rhetoric, there was no way at all, he had nothing to refute these fallacies, so he could only let them spread. With the continuous blows during this period, the morale of the whole army dropped very much, and a large number of deserters appeared, and even one or two deserters with a scale of about 1,000 people appeared.

Panic is a good partner for rumors, due to the large number of officers and heralds in the South Bank Army killed and wounded, Zhao Ximin's order could not be spread, and the following situation could not be collected, and now the entire army is maintaining its movements according to a kind of inertia of advance. At first, there were many soldiers fighting with each other for the officer position that suddenly became vacant, but then they were killed one after another, and they were shocked to realize that the officer position was purely a life talisman, and whoever became an officer would die. Up to now, no one wants to hold the position of an officer, even if it was the most oily position in the past, no one has taken a look at it, and everyone is like a mirror in their hearts, even if they can get more money, the biggest tragedy is to spend their lives. If you are killed by those elusive heavenly soldiers and generals, let's not talk about whether there is a pension or not, even if there is a pension, what can you do? Can it be sent to his wife and children? Almost all the soldiers were content with the status quo, unwilling to take up various positions that they usually hated to sharpen their heads and drill into.

Ruan Wei lost a lot of weight during this time, which was caused by broken hands and feet and a bad mood at first. But now, the tens of thousands of people in his army were almost burned at the beginning, and several high-ranking officers under him have suffered heavy losses in the attacks of the heavenly soldiers and generals in the past few days, and the surviving officers basically dare not wear as if they were like a red envelope when they went into battle before, and now they can wear as much simplicity as they can, and they can be as dirty as they can, and they dare not have any appearance too different from the soldiers next to them. Even so, one of his generals had been shot at from a great distance a few days earlier when several soldiers had saluted him.

If you compare his regiment to a person, these senior officers under him are basically his brains, with the large number of casualties of these senior officers, the power to control the army has been seriously weakened, and now his troops of more than 40,000 people have fled to only about 33,000 people, and the phenomenon of desertion has intensified in recent times, at night soldiers are afraid of being touched by the special investigation team and dare not go to stand guard, the number of deserters is gradually increasing, Zhao Ximin talked to him about this matter yesterday, it is estimated that when he has to occupy the city and the port, It is estimated that there are 30,000 people, which is already very good, and more than 500 people have escaped from one of his own military camps. Now he had lost all confidence in the attack on Champang, and he felt more and more that the mission of attacking Champang was a huge mistake. If he didn't come out this time, he could still live like a native emperor in his camp. But now that he has come out, he has spread his hands and feet, and now the soldiers are loose and demoralized, and they are simply an army without a fight** walking dead.

His legion was originally managed by the high-pressure policies of his officers, and as long as there were no too many casualties among the officers and his own soldiers, there would be no change in the support of the entire army for him. But these strange soldiers under Ruan Reyi in front of him are inevitably too superb, and since then, his control over his army has almost dropped to zero. The reason why the troops in the entire Ruan Wei army have not yet begun to flee on a large scale is purely because they are being dragged forward by Zhao Ximin's men, and there is only a force of inertia left to support them to advance.

The area where the South Bank Army Corps is now stationed is located near the area where the Ito Corps was stationed not long ago, including the former Ito Corps camp, and Zhao Ximin only has a general idea of how far it is from the port of Champong at this time. Since all of the sentinel cavalry sent out by his entire regiment had been killed or captured by the special reconnaissance team, he had no idea how far ahead he was, how many enemies were waiting for him, or even who he was up against. All he knew was that there were no more scouts under his command to be sent out, and according to the rewards of his army and what he had seen along the way, these scouts were basically dead in the middle of the road, how strong were his enemies? These scouts are usually among the best in the battalion, although not everyone can fly off the wall, but one person will not fall behind in the face of the siege of a dozen soldiers, but at the moment none of these people have returned, according to the report of the subordinates, most of the bodies were found, and it can be determined that about ten people were captured. The one who can capture these people is undoubtedly the best in fist and foot kung fu, if so, how strong is the enemy's ability?

If you want to talk about what Zhao Ximin is most worried about, it is not actually how strong Ruan Rei's men are, but the two stunned people of the Ito Army. These Japanese are notoriously not afraid of death, and when they think about the war, they are honestly afraid of being stunned, stunned and stupid, and stupid and afraid of dying, their own army was originally only so strong in combat, and now tens of thousands of people have joined the second stunned, and the combat effectiveness has soared a little too much, and I don't know if it can be done.

Nearly 100,000 people were stationed in this vast plain, and the surrounding trees were cut down to make horses, fences, and makeshift houses, while the slightly dry wood was split and thrown into the fire. One by one, their auxiliaries were busy loading and unloading supplies, or pulling food out of the pockets containing the food, and many more were carrying the empty pockets and pouring them vigorously into the cauldron, trying to miraculously pour out a little more food from the pockets that had been emptied many times. In the cauldron were all kinds of wild fruits and vegetables picked from the woods, mixed with soup that had been diluted by an unknown number of times, churning in the cauldron. Not far away were soldiers with tattered bowls in their hands, staring at the soldiers.

The enemy department does not hate the cool knot, and the battle of the moon and the sun is the earth

Tomorrow we will face the army of Champa Port, maybe tomorrow there will be a battle, and no one wants to die or starve. But Zhao Ximin has no way to deal with things at all, now this situation has never faced an embarrassment, everyone knows that the emperor is not short of hungry soldiers, and it has always been the practice of all armies to eat a full meal before the war, but he really has nothing to eat at hand now. Every time he passed through the towns and villages, he would get a batch of food from the local gentry, but the next day at dawn the strange birds would fly over and burn all the food they had gotten, and by the way, they would vomit something that would explode, and beat his main army to the point of crying and crying. Now it has been two days since the last day of getting food, and he is completely at a loss for what the soldiers eat, and this South Coast Army is not a barbarian, if there is no food to eat, it can't eat people, right? He had to send people to hunt or collect wild vegetables and fruits in the jungle along the way, so that he could resist hunger and not starve to death, but it was difficult to say that he wanted to be full.

The enemy department is not hateful, and the Zhan Yuesun Dishu "Hehe," Xiao Lihua laughed next to him, "This is five or six kilometers, it is not much from our place, but if you are at the scene, you will not be able to see the other side." ”

The camp of nearly 100,000 troops was definitely a large area, more than three times larger than the area where the Ito Legion was stationed last time, and the campfire burned so brightly that it almost lit up the night sky, and this light could be seen even from the walls of Shabak, five kilometers away from the camping area.

"I'll it! How many people have to be? Li Yuan was a little nervous, pointing to the night sky in the west that was red by firelight, Qian Longzhou pursed his lips, "This is normal, there are thousands of people without a shore, and at the moment this is 100,000 people, which is definitely such a big bunch." He gestured to the illuminated area of the night sky, "I thought it would be bigger." ”

"Hehe," Xiao Lihua laughed next to him, "This is five or six kilometers, it's not big from our place, but if it's at the scene, I guarantee that we can't see the other side." ”

"Seriously, why don't you go on a night raid?" Li Yuan asked curiously, "Last time, Ito was beaten to the ground by your night attack, this time there are 100,000 people, and the night attack is guaranteed to have an effect." ”

"Isn't it?" Xiao Lihua pouted a little unwillingly and said, "I and He Yayun have applied to Beiwei, but Brother Bei didn't let it at all, saying that it was the opinion of the Joint Staff Committee, and the army here has already overwhelmed the border, and there is no big difference between this night attack and not the night attack." But this kind of night attack is very demanding for personnel, after all, there are still many new recruits in the special investigation team, and if something happens, it will not be good if there are dead and injured people. ”

"How can you say that? A night attack is the best time to accumulate combat experience, and if you don't go out at this time, will you still go out to fight in broad daylight? Farther away, a veteran of a veteran sniper team said while holding a telescope and looking into the distance.

"That's what I said." Xiao Lihua shrugged his shoulders and said, "But Brother Bei said that the experience gained in the continuous attack battle during this period of time is sufficient, and there is no need to take the risk of night raid operations, so he directly vetoed it." ”

"By the way, I'm surprised when you talk about this period of time," Qian Longzhou said as if he suddenly remembered something, "Didn't the Joint Staff Council say that there was no need to capture prisoners?" Why are you still taking prisoners all this time, and every day you have to go out and help you transport the prisoners back? ”

"I said it's boring for you to say this." Xiao Lihua was stunned, and saw He Yayun, who had been holding a telescope and staring into the distance, next to Qian Longzhou, and said, "Tell He Yayun about this, he has captured the most prisoners." ”

The corners of He Yayun's mouth twitched, and he put down his binoculars, "It's hard to say about this matter, if you want to say that the few I caught last time, you really can't blame us, people can pee on the heads of our latent team members, and they don't have much will to fight, as long as they fall behind, they will immediately surrender and kneel and beg for mercy, and the three disciplines and eight points of attention are not allowed to kill prisoners, you can't let me give orders that violate military discipline, right?" ”

"It's true, in fact, it's nothing to catch some prisoners, you can learn more about the situation," Qian Longzhou smiled, and was about to speak when Xiao Lihua interrupted, "Understand the situation of the egg." Xiao Lihua said as he danced with his hands, "We have several groups of intelligence agents who have mixed into this army before, and we have already figured out the situation inside, these prisoners are often just able to wield knives and cut people, and it is almost impossible to say what the composition of the troops is." ”

"No, aren't they called Scouts? Was it specially sent out to reconnoiter the intelligence ahead? Qian Longzhou couldn't help but be stunned, "How can you not even figure out the situation of your own army?" ”

"Well," He Yayun pouted again, "We did our previous job too well, and we killed all their experienced scouts, so their army had no scouts to send out to do reconnaissance, so we sent out some people who only knew how to ride horses." ”

"It's been a long time or are you doing too well?" Not far away, an elder laughed, and He Yayun shrugged his shoulders and said, "Blame me?" ”

"Hehe, I don't mean that," Qian Longzhou smiled and explained, "They should pull out the camp early tomorrow morning and start heading here, theoretically they will be seen around twelve o'clock at noon." As he spoke, he looked at the elders standing under the gas lamps beside him, "Are you ready to beat them?" ”

"Afraid of what?" "yes, what's there to be afraid of?" He Yayun saw that the elders next to him were talking about this lightly, and said with a smile, "I don't think there's anything to be afraid of, we have defeated tens of thousands of barbarians under the port of Zhancheng, and these armies in front of us are ** old-style armies that can't even be defeated by barbarians, neither loyalty to the emperor nor any combat effectiveness, and it will be one-sided after the battle begins, and everyone will be ready to rush out to catch prisoners in tomorrow's battle, and there is no need to worry at all." ”

He Yayun's words also represented the opinions of most of the elders, and everyone echoed them, each looking at the night sky in the distance and continuing to chat.

The posterior department is not cool, and the trick is not to refer to the study