Chapter 294: The Battle of Wei City (5)
Huang Biao's nerves became tense again, his task was very heavy, on the one hand, he had to lead an army of nearly 30,000 people, and after Zhu Wen launched a charge, he would follow the charge, and on the other hand, he had to command the special forces and scouts to complete all the tasks.
Intercepting the people is not a big deal, at this time there are very few people and merchants who go to the direction of Weicheng, and most of them choose to enter Weicheng early in the morning, unless there are special circumstances, and during this time, Zizhou is being conquered, and most of the people and merchants are avoiding the scene of fighting, so it is difficult for them to save their lives.
Therefore, there are not many pedestrians on the official roads around Weicheng, which also indicates that Qian Mu's task will not be very heavy.
This is an important situation that Huang Biao ignored, Qian Mu and Yang Xingmi's suggestions also made Huang Biao learn something, that is, to consider the problem very carefully, not to have the slightest negligence, often seemingly inconspicuous negligence, may lead to the failure of the entire operation.
Huang Biao was worried about the scouts sent by Chen Jingxuan.
During the march of the army, scouts reconnoiter in front, which is a common practice, not to mention that Xichuan's army has very good combat effectiveness, after all, these sergeants are all trained by Cui Anqian.
Scouts are not like ordinary people, they have very good abilities, and their observation and acuity are excellent.
Of any army, scouts are the most powerful.
It is impossible for the scouts sent by Chen Jingxuan to cross the Tenglong Valley, in the Tenglong Valley, it is a principle that cannot be violated, and it is definitely risky to do so.
There is no perfect strategy, and Huang Biao is also clear about this, having experienced so many expeditions. There were a lot of accidents, especially in the battle to exterminate Huang Chao, Huang Biao originally assumed the main responsibility of resistance and blocking, but he didn't expect this heavy task to fall on Zhao Laibao, but fortunately, Zhao Laibao successfully completed the task.
The ultimate requirement is that the news cannot be leaked, that is, the scouts cannot be found out about the soldiers in ambush in Tenglong Valley, and the only way is to kill all the scouts sent by Chen Jingxuan.
In order to be able to successfully complete the task, Huang Biao shrank most of the special forces and scouts, and many of the scouts who reconnoitred Chen Jingxuan's army were withdrawn, also in order not to reveal their whereabouts.
Chen Jingxuan's army quickened the pace of the march. This also made Huang Biao break out in a cold sweat, if Cui An hadn't thought of this, then the time for the iron-blooded soldiers to set up an ambush was very hasty, and it was difficult to prepare everything, and if they launched a charge rashly, the casualties would definitely be larger.
One hundred and fifty groups of scouts and special forces were withdrawn to one hundred and twenty groups, each group had four people, and the main duties of these four hundred and eighty people were to do so. It is to kill the scouts sent by Chen Jingxuan.
The battle between the scouts began at noon.
In terms of the quality of the scouts, the scouts of the Iron Blood Army are far superior to those of other armies, and I am afraid that the scouts of the army of the northern feudal towns. The quality is not as good as the scouts of the Predators, and if you want to become a scout of the Predators, you must go through devil training, and the daily training is continuous. The reason why many soldiers of the Predator Army distinguish scouts from special forces is because, to a certain extent. Scouts are trained more harshly than special forces.
Strictly speaking, scouts are selected from among the special forces, 150,000 iron-blooded soldiers, and the number of special forces has reached 5,000, but the total number of scouts is less than 1,000, which shows how high Li Rupei's requirements for scouts are.
It is a great honor to be able to become a special soldier in the Iron Army, and if you can become a scout, it is even more a soldier with extraordinary abilities.
The supply and equipment of the special forces are different from those of ordinary sergeants, and each person is equipped with a dagger that sharpens iron like clay, which is the envy of all sergeants, and at the same time, the salaries of special forces and scouts are also different from ordinary sergeants, their salaries are higher than twice that of ordinary sergeants.
Judging from the news from the scouts who were scouting at the front, Chen Jingxuan sent a hundred scouts to reconnoiter along the way.
This made Huang Biao a little nervous, if all the hundred scouts were killed, and no scouts went back to report the situation, would it arouse Chen Jingxuan's suspicions, and would it arouse the suspicions of Chen Jingxuan's advisers and officers.
But at this point, I can't think of so much, and killing these scouts has become the most important task before the ambush.
The slaughter began in earnest at noon.
The first group of scouts who were killed, a total of five people, were killed next to the official road two miles away from Tenglong Valley.
In charge of this killing mission, there are three groups of scouts, a total of twelve people against the other party's five people, two against one, and two people are responsible for guarding to prevent the other party from escaping.
With such a tight deployment, the scouts on the other side had no hope of survival.
However, the tenacity shown by the other scouts was still beyond the expectations of the special forces and scouts.
Chen Jingxuan's scouts, no one has prepared a bunch of fireworks, if there is an emergency, light fireworks to warn other scouts that there is danger here.
If it weren't for the two-on-one and the opposing scouts didn't have time to light the fireworks, the battle would have had a lot going for it.
After the first killing operation, Huang Biao immediately issued an order after hearing the report, every three groups of scouts were combined into an action group, and twelve people were used to deal with the scout team composed of five people on the other side.
The best opportunity must be seized, so that the other party does not have the slightest preparation and strength to fight back, no matter how much it costs, and the other party's scouts are not allowed to fire fireworks to warn.
It was at this time that the brutal battle began.
The fight between the scouts is not as grand as the momentum on the battlefield, and there are not so many swords and swords, but this kind of fight is far more tense than the fight on the battlefield, after all, both are the elites of their respective armies, and with a little negligence, the situation may be reversed in an instant.
The responsibility of the Predator Army is even greater, they must kill all the scouts of the other party who are found by them in the shortest possible time, and they must not let the other party show any warning, if in the process of fighting, the slightest negligence may let the other party launch fireworks to warn the rest of the scouts and the army behind.
In the process of fighting, the scouts and special forces of the Iron Blood Army also paid casualties.
Half an hour passed, and according to the statistics, the special forces and scouts of the Iron Blood Army killed more than 70 scouts of the other side in total, and did not let the other party send any warning signals, but because the requirements were too strict, the special forces and scouts of the Iron Blood Army also paid the price of fifteen deaths.
Such a price is unbearable, it takes a lot of energy to train a special forces and scout, and there are few casualties in the battles on weekdays.
Hearing the report of the data situation, Huang Biao felt a little painful, but this is a matter of no choice, and it is a price that must be paid.
More than seventy scouts were killed, and there were still more than twenty scouts on the other side, but none of these scouts had entered the key parts, and there was still a certain distance from Tenglong Valley, and these scouts were too close to Chen Jingxuan's army, and the special forces and scouts of the Iron Blood Army would not do anything.
What reassured Huang Biao was that the army under Chen Jingxuan did not stop marching, on the contrary, the speed of the march accelerated, as if it was in a hurry to rush to Weicheng.
The scout has not come back to report the situation, which makes the strategists under Chen Jingxuan's command have a trace of worry, some strategists thought of suggesting that the army temporarily stop the pace of marching, let the scouts reconnoiter the situation ahead, but such a suggestion, the strategists did not put forward, looking at Chen Jingxuan, who was a little impatient, and the army that was making a quick march towards the front, the strategists knew that if they put forward such a suggestion, they would definitely be reprimanded.
When there were still five miles away from Tenglong Valley, the officers in the army also found that the situation was wrong, and many scouts sent out did not report the news, could it be that there was something ahead.
The officer who couldn't help it directly found Chen Jingxuan and reported the suspicions in his heart.
Who knew that Chen Jingxuan didn't care at all, it was only fifteen miles away from Wei City, maybe the scout had already arrived at Wei Cheng's station and was resting.
Chen Jingxuan believes that if there is any special situation, the scouts will come back to report, if there is nothing, there is no need for the scouts to run back and forth, and this place is very close to Weicheng, if there is really any trouble, the officials of Weicheng will also come to report the situation.
Chen Jingxuan, who was full of confidence, even reprimanded the officer who reported it, saying that the army was about to arrive at its destination, so don't be harsh on the scouts at this time, for so long, it is indeed very hard for the scouts to go around to investigate.
It's hard for the officers and strategists to say anything, maybe what Chen Jingxuan said is the actual situation, this place is indeed very close to Wei City, and the fast horse can reach it in a quarter of an hour at most, and the army will be able to reach it in more than half an hour.
The army began to move towards the Valley of the Dragons.
There is no distinction between the front army and the Chinese army, and the one at the forefront is the two thousand soldiers who are the most brave and good at fighting under Chen Jingxuan, followed by the 10,000 troops who surrendered, followed by the 5,000 soldiers from Xichuan, behind the 5,000 soldiers were nearly 10,000 soldiers who surrendered, and the more than 30,000 soldiers at the back were all Xichuan's army.
Such a queue arrangement was made by the strategists and officers after careful consideration, and as for Chen Jingxuan, he was naturally among the more than 30,000 Xichuan sergeants behind. (To be continued......)