Chapter 44: A Bold Plan
The Assyrian sentinel in the dense forest was successfully resolved, and more than a dozen people were killed and wounded on the Beiyan side. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Jiang Du asked everyone to change into Assyria's military uniforms, rest in place, and urgently treated the wounds for Shen Ying, Du Hangtai and others, and at the same time ordered Zhang Tiaoyue to return to the Red Dragon Fortress for help, and asked the fortress to send someone to bring the dead and wounded back for proper treatment.
By the time He Jun arrived, a full hour had passed, and Jiang Dao didn't talk to He Jun much, so he continued to walk forward with the rest of the members.
Because they were not sure if there was still an ambush in the forest, the speed of the group was not fast, and it took almost an hour to get out of this dense forest.
The faint lights of the barracks were already vivid, and the company camps all over the mountains and fields made people feel shocked. Jiang Du and the others just felt that there were many tents and the scene was huge, and there was nothing else, but they didn't know how thrilling the scene in front of them was for those intelligence officers who had been dealing with the Assyrian army all year round.
"Oh my God, there are almost 100,000 people here!" A middle-aged scout in his early 30s has a horrified expression.
"The terrain of the Red Dragon Fortress is dangerous, and it is estimated that 100,000 people will not be able to take it!" Chen Tong felt that the other party's expression was too exaggerated.
"Doll! Did you notice that little light in front of the barracks? The middle-aged scout heard the contempt in Chen Tong's tone.
"Those little yellow lights? What's wrong? Chen Tong frowned and said, there were a large number of small yellow lights in his sight, exuding a misty halo in the thick night, like a little star in the night sky, which was very beautiful.
"In the Assyrian barracks, every little yellow light represents a division!" The middle-aged scout looked at Chen Tong and said lightly.
Chen Tong's baby face turned pale all of a sudden, and there were 20 small yellow lights in front of him, and then he looked into the distance, shaking a little, he couldn't see the specific number, and he was afraid that there were hundreds.
An army of 500,000 is enough to bulldoze 10 Red Dragon Fortresses!
The other recruits also understood the meaning of the middle-aged scout, and they were all a little silent at the moment.
"How many people were there before?" Jiang Du suddenly asked in a deep voice.
"100,000 people!" The middle-aged scout looked up at Jiang Du, not understanding what he meant.
"And what do they usually eat?" Jiang Du showed a silly expression again, making him look a little stupid.
Zhang Tiaoyue took advantage of the dim moonlight to carefully observe Jiang Du's face, knowing that he was thinking about the problem again, but no matter how he looked at it, he still looked stupid.
"Assyria, Western Island, and Rus' occupied a lot of wheat fields on the other side of the Anbei River, and drove many Beiyan farmers to cultivate land for them, and the annual harvest, together with the supplies they transported domestically, was enough to feed the army along the coast." It was three o'clock in the morning, which was still early, so the middle-aged scout explained patiently.
"But there are 400,000 more troops at once, how to solve the problem of eating!" Jiang Du then asked.
"Well! The specifics are not clear. There are no more than two possibilities, one is to reserve the surplus grain every year and use the military rations during the war, and the other is to transfer grain from other places! ”
"That's right! One of my fellow villagers is the quartermaster of the Dragon Fortress, and that's how they deal with it. In the event of a famine, all localities will use these reserve grains to help the people! Another scout added.
"So, no matter how they solve the problem of eating, they will have a place to store food, right?" Jiang Du nodded, and said in a daze.
"That's right!" The two scouts seemed to have thought of something, and their expressions became a little excited.
"Why don't we go find out where they store their grain and burn it?"
Everyone's eyes lit up at once, and the solemn atmosphere before was swept away.
"I'll see it!"
"I agree!"
"Damn, this is cool!"
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I have to say that Jiang Du's idea is very bold, and it is also full of risks, and if he is not careful, he will be wiped out. However, no one wavered in their determination because of this, if this plan was successfully implemented, it would be able to save the fate of the Red Dragon Fortress, and it could even be said that it would save the fate of Beiyan. On the contrary, it was a fatal blow to the Triple Alliance.
To use an inappropriate analogy, this operation is like a deal, it is done, the enemy is in trouble, the whole country is happy, he became famous in a battle, and he lost money, but the loss of 81 lives can be described as a thousand profits!
The veterans look down on life and death, and the recruits are strong-blooded, do or not do it? The answer is unequivocal.
Seeing that everyone agreed with his idea, Jiang Du immediately began to count the number of people in the operation, considering that the other party's main grain storage area may be located on the other side of the river, and it is necessary to swim across the river, and when escaping for his life, horseback riding is also essential, so he needs to eliminate those who can't swim and ride horses, and as a result, 3 veterans were eliminated because they couldn't ride horses, but these (gentle) recruits, eating and drinking, oh, are riding, swimming, and fighting.
In the end, the three veterans were responsible for returning to the Red Dragon Fortress and informing the commander Zheng Xiong of the results of tonight's investigation, while Jiang Du took 81 members to find the grain storage place of the Assyrian army and set fire to it.
According to these veterans, the Assyrian military camp should also have a grain storage area, but it is impossible to find it in depth, and besides, the military camp is full of people, and it is impossible to store too much food. So after discussion, they decided to cross the river directly first, and then wait for an opportunity to find it.
The sound of the Anbei River is surging, the waves are rolling, the river is wide, but there is no difficulty for Jiang Du, he goes to the sea to fish with Jiang Honest all the year round, and has become a skilled water character, and when he arrives in the river, he is like a fish in water, breaking the waves and moving forward, and he will reach the opposite bank smoothly after a while. The others were also good in water, and one by one followed.
Jiang Du found a veteran who was familiar with the terrain of the north shore, determined the direction of the target, and then disappeared into the thick night wrapped in water vapor......
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Em City was originally the second largest port in Beiyan, at this time has been jointly occupied by the West Island and Assyria, mainly used to transport military supplies, of course, there are a lot of merchant ships coming and going from various places, for the three countries, even in the area under joint control, they do not want to have a picture of mourning, so the people's livelihood trade has been maintained without interruption, but the customs clearance procedures are more complicated.
Early in the morning, a huge fleet of 12 ships appeared in the sight of the garrison of Em City, the emblem flag on the building ship was waving in the wind, showing off its might, many guards and sailors on the deck, and the general stationed on the flag saw the eight-pointed star on the emblem flag, revealing eager eyes.
The big ships docked one after another, and the figure of old Gide also appeared on the dock. The guard greeted him very enthusiastically, and naturally took over the heavy "heart" of old Gide, and he was even more enthusiastic. Old Gide and the Keeper exchanged cordially, and the dock workers began to unload the goods.
At the same time, the guards also stepped down from the ship one after another.
The guard's eyes froze, and he found that the body of one of the guards faintly exuded an imperceptible murderous intent. (To be continued.) )