Twenty kilometers outside the city of Yinta, there is a circular earth slope of about several square kilometers. The dirt slope has no name and is overgrown with lush trees and other vegetation. If you go northeast from the dirt slope, you will soon reach Yinta Castle, and to the southwest is the grassland of Yima Pingchuan.

This grassland also belongs to Yinta City, which is a paradise for herdsmen. At the junction of the dirt slope and the grassland, there is an abandoned and dilapidated monastery, and the monks inside have long since disappeared. These days, the monastery is very lively, not with monks, but with soldiers.

It is not true to say that these people are soldiers, they do not have the uniform of the Yinta City Guard, they wear all kinds of colors and are unruly. In fact, they are more like the bandits who occupy the mountain on Zhangmu Mountain, which is 200 kilometers away, but they are not as vicious as those bandits.

These are the mercenaries hired by the rebels of the Silver Tower, and the remuneration of these mercenaries is enough to cost Lige and them a thousand gold victor, and they have promised them that all the spoils of the battle will be owned by them, so they finally found this team in the mercenary market who are willing to fight this tough battle.

The leader of this mercenary army is named Taru, a tall and burly man. He is especially famous in the nearby mercenary market, with the nickname of Taru the poisonous snake. The nickname fits his personality very well, he is ruthless and scheming.

The mercenaries led by Taru the Viper are naturally known as the Fangs. Since their formation, the Poison Fang Army has experienced dozens of battles, large and small, and each time it ended in victory, so they have very rich combat experience and battlefield fighting spirit.

Moreover, after so many battles, although some members died from time to time, more people were added, and their fangs slowly expanded from more than 20 people at the beginning to more than 100 people. The employers who hired them ranged from a gentry landlord or farmer at the beginning, to the current leader of the rebel army in Bangcheng.

Although Silver Tower City is only the smallest and most remote state city in the Scorching Sun Federation, if they help the rebels win the war, their popularity will be even higher. In particular, the combat effectiveness and gold content of their fanged army must have increased several times, after all, it is a war for the state city, and some people may not be able to meet it once if they are mercenaries for a lifetime.

The Fangs had set up camp outside the temple, and it was a military tent, although it was not very neat, but it could see some military atmosphere. The dilapidated monastery was the place where they housed their horses, and if they were seen by the Dharma believers, they would definitely be given a bad reputation for dishonoring the Buddha.

In the evening, the convoy of the Lion King Squadron drove out of the gate of Silver Tower City one after another. Cheng Lei looked ahead thoughtfully, the victory or defeat of this battle was even completely related to the belonging of Yinta City, so his heart was also heavy.

"Report to Command, Viper 6 and Viper 11 have discovered that there is a rebel outpost near the city gate, and it has been resolved." A report from the Viper team came from the headset.

Zheng Bin saw that Cheng Lei didn't speak, so he picked up the walkie-talkie: "The command received it, the viper team closely observed the situation along the way, and reported it immediately if it found an abnormality!" ”

"Viper 1 received, personnel are being organized for reconnaissance. Complete. ”

Zheng Bin saw that Cheng Lei was still pondering there, so he didn't bother him. took out a box containing cigarette rolls from Cheng Lei's pocket, stuffed one to Cheng Lei's mouth, and lit it for him with a lighter.

Cheng Lei came back to his senses at this time: "Yo, Comrade Lao Zheng has given me a full range of services, which is rare." Come on, pinch the uncle's shoulder again. ”

Zheng Bin smiled and punched Cheng Lei: "Get out of your uncle, kick your nose in the face, right?" Tell me, what do you want to be so engrossed? ”

"Of course, I think about how to fight this battle, we have too few people, too many people on the other side, and the encirclement tactics are unrealistic, so what should we do? And according to intelligence analysis, the other party is still some veterans who have experienced many battles, and they have rich combat experience, and they are not at the same level as those subordinates of Xilin. Cheng Lei said with a sad face.

Zheng Bin looked disdainful: "I know you must have figured out a way, otherwise it wouldn't be so easy, let's talk about it." ”

Cheng Lei smiled bitterly: "What's the way, let's take one step at a time, I hope the previous combat experience can be used." We learn to fight all day long, and when it's time to actually fight, we can't stop fighting, right? After speaking, he took a deep puff of cigarette and looked a little pensive.

When he was ten kilometers away from the destination, Cheng Lei ordered all vehicles to turn off their lights, and the moon was very round and bright at night, so they were not afraid of not being able to see. At a distance of five kilometers, all the vehicles stopped, and everyone got out of the car and lined up.

In front of a team of more than 40 people, Cheng Lei's face was very calm: "This is our first battle since we came to this world, and it is also the most critical battle. This is mainly related to the question of whether we can stand in this world, do you have confidence? ”

"Yes!" Everyone's voices were deep but powerful.

"Good! All the members of the three combat teams took all the weapons, equipment and supplies they needed to carry, and set off in the direction of two points! After Cheng Lei gave the order, the three teams set off under the leadership of the captain.

Cheng Lei turned around and said to Zheng Bin: "Lao Zheng, you are here, take them to guard our chariot." Gold and medics, come with me. ”

Zheng Bin wanted to say something, but he gave up when he thought that no one was in charge here, so he could only silently wish Cheng Lei and them a victory.

A five-kilometre march in full gear was nothing to the special forces, but some of them had to carry portable howitzers, bazookas, and heavy machine guns, which slowed them down a bit.

Within the scheduled time, they arrived at their destination, which was called the No. 1 highland by Cheng Lei. Condescendingly, below the southwest side of the dirt slope is the temple built against the slope, and looking down from the dirt slope, you can just have an unobstructed view of the other party's camp.

"All of them fanned out, with bazookas and heavy machine guns arranged on either side and in the center. Viper 1 for reconnaissance. Cheng Lei was very calmly arranging the intercom with McRie.

"The opposing camp was visually measured at a distance of 400 meters, and there were four sentinels on the left flank, two on patrol and two sitting on the ground. There are five sentinels on the right flank, three are on fire, and two are on patrol. The Dark Whistle has not been found for the time being. The Viper Squad leader immediately reported the general situation.

"Continue to observe, and report any changes immediately."

"Yes!"

Cheng Lei has also been holding a telescope to watch the other party's dynamics, and the situation is exactly what the Viper Squad Leader said. But he always felt that there was something he hadn't seen, so he didn't give the order to do it when everyone was ready.

Cheng Lei didn't announce his move, and everyone could only lie in ambush motionless. The hot days and cold nights made them suffer a lot, but compared to the hardships they had endured during their previous training, it was nothing to suffer.

Lisheng is the second leader of the Fangs, and his marksmanship is extremely accurate, making him one of the best marksmen in this mercenary army. When the first two dozen of them formed this mercenary army, he made great achievements with his accurate marksmanship. Therefore, Li Sheng slowly climbed from a lonely and unknown pawn to the position of the second leader of the Poison Fang Army, which can be said to have worked hard step by step.

The battle for power in Silver Tower City is a very hot topic in the mercenary market right now, and many mercenary leaders are fighting for this opportunity, and finally the Poison Fang Army snatched the opportunity with its strong strength and previous brilliant achievements. As ordinary soldiers of the Fangs Army, they are very proud of this, not to mention the second leader Lisheng.

Instead of attending the feast set up by the great chief Taru in the evening, he went to the dilapidated temple that served as a stable to check the diet and health of the horses. In this world, horses and guns are the most important materials for an army. War horses are the legs of the army, and firearms are the fists of the army, both of which are indispensable.

Lisheng walked past the horses, some of them were chewing hay, some were dozing, and when they heard someone coming, the most they could do was raise their eyelids. The two soldiers, who were in charge of feeding the horses, sat on their chairs and snored, too sleepy after a hard day's work. Lisheng didn't wake them up, I don't know when they received an order from the city, they were going to enter the city to fight, and the soldiers should rest more.

After looking at the war horses, Lisheng went to the material storage place again, and their materials were all transported by carriages, so there were still a few carriages outside the storage of materials, but the horses pulling the carts had already been led to the stables.

There were soldiers on duty at the storage place, and after accepting the soldier's salute, Lisheng stepped into the room. It was a temple meditation room that had been cleaned by the soldiers, and it was neatly arranged with guns and ammunition, as well as heavy weapons.

Their heavy weapon was a small lightweight, two-person cannon, which they called a sentry cannon because it fired a cannonball with a sound similar to that of a whistle. The firing range of this kind of gun is generally less than three kilometers, which is enough to cope with various situations of battle.

There are a total of six of these sentry guns, which are the treasure of their fangs, and in the arms market, the sentry cannons are more sought-after than the red clay cannons, which can be said to be priceless. Because the red clay cannon is too bulky to transport, it is extremely inconvenient to transport, while the sentry gun is extremely light and easy to carry.

A few days ago, Feibo, a diplomat in Silver Tower City, had also taken a fancy to their poisonous fangs and six sentry cannons when he was negotiating with Taru, so he finally made up his mind to hire the poisonous fangs as mercenaries to assist them in usurping power.

Of course, the decapitation team selected and directed by Lisheng himself is also one of the important factors. This decapitation team was selected by more than a dozen soldiers with good marksmanship, and then taught and guided by Lisheng before it was finally formed. Its main function is to select the enemy's commander or officer to shoot and kill in the battle, so as to achieve the goal of capturing the thief and capturing the king first.