Chapter 380: Battalion General

It was much easier than imagined to persuade the people of the township to leave. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

After the outbreak of the wolf plague, this first-class township was constantly attacked, and the first-level township had no reliable defense facilities, relying on the local garrison of 200 people in the town to protect it, and often wolves crossed the low wooden fence and entered the town to harm ordinary people. In the process of continuous resistance, the local garrison also continued to suffer losses and was unable to replenish them, resulting in a less and less optimistic situation in the whole town.

A small number of villagers could not bear it and chose to flee one after another.

However, wolves roam the entire secluded area, and leaving the colony means that there is no protection left, and if you encounter a wolf pack on the road, the results speak for themselves. No one knows how many of those who chose to leave made it to safety alive, and it is conceivable that some may have died on the way.

With such a large-scale wolf plague, it is not easy to escape from the disaster area.

The first-class township can accommodate up to 2,000 villagers.

When the Zhulu army arrived, there were only more than 900 civilians left in the town, plus the surviving more than 100 defenders, the total number barely exceeded 1,000, and it was already unsustainable.

Therefore, when the Zhulu Army extended an invitation to settle in the town and offered to escort them away, most of the villagers accepted the invitation without hesitation. Those villagers who were hesitant and undecided had to make up their minds in the face of the grim situation. It turned out that it was quite difficult to resist the wolves, so many people chose to leave, and continuing to stay behind was tantamount to asking for their own death, so it was better to leave.

Everyone in the town is willing to leave with the troops!

In addition to the rather bad situation of the township itself, there are two other reasons for such fruitful results: first, the battle just now took place outside the town, and the performance of the Zhulu Army gave the villagers great confidence, and the battle is the best advertisement; Secondly, the Flying Fish Territory is in Jizhou, and there is no need to face the threat of wolves after relocating, and for these villagers who have been terrified for a long time, a peaceful territory is more important than anything else.

The team needed to cross the Qing River before dark, leaving little time for everyone.

After a simple tidying up, the deer army escorted the villagers on the way home.

Carrying a large number of civilians on the road is much slower, and the risk of encountering wolves is greatly increased.

Qu Chen didn't dare to be careless, and scattered the four hundred-man team in all directions, guarding the periphery, and he took the remaining more than 100 people to answer in the center. The town's defenders have also been mobilized, and if a wolf breaks through the outer defenses, they need to step up and protect the ordinary villagers.

The defenders in the town are actually a group of militia.

Defending the militia in the town can also come in handy, and walking around outside, many people are broken in their hearts.

But the militia agreed.

They are all aborigines of the town, and among the accompanying civilians are their relatives and friends.

The most dangerous perimeter guard tasks are carried by the deer chasing army, and once a wolf pack appears, the first desperate ones are those who are guarding the periphery. The young general in blue, who looked very young, did not send the militia to the periphery, but only asked them to pay attention to protection on the inside line, which was already their protection.

Halfway through, when the sun was setting in the west, scattered wild wolves found the team and howled in the sky.

Soon, the wolves appeared.

Luckily, perhaps due to the heavy consumption of the battle during the day, or perhaps because there were no more wolves in the area, there were only about two hundred wild wolves roaming around the team. There are more than 1,500 people in the Zhulu army plus the township soldiers and civilians, and just looking at the number, more than 200 wild wolves do not dare to attack easily, they just follow from a distance, and from time to time they make a "whoosh" sound, as if they are summoning more companions.

The appearance of the wolves did the deer army a great favor.

The threat was imminent, forcing the villagers to reach their maximum potential, and the team marched faster.

After a few miles, the wolf pack grew to more than 300 individuals.

Seeing the prey continue to move away, the wolves slowly became agitated.

With five miles to go, the wolves finally lost their patience and launched an attack.

They were greeted by a head-on attack from the deer chaser army.

With a legion skill, Qu Chen gave a greeting gift to the wolves, and although the wolves were relatively scattered, this legion still killed more than fifty wild wolves. Before the battle was engaged, the wolves directly reimbursed one-sixth, which greatly dealt a blow to the arrogance of the wolves.

Immediately afterwards, the archers were mighty, and nearly a hundred archers took the initiative to move forward, and the sword and shield men and spearmen were in full array. After a short but fierce engagement, the wolves were forced to retreat, not daring to step forward easily, but they did not leave there, but followed from a distance, and the wolf howl continued to sound, hoping to summon more companions.

There were no dangers along the way, and after the sun set, the team came to the bank of the Qing River.

After crossing the Qinghe River, it is the boundary of Jizhou, so you don't have to worry about wolves attacking.

At the receiving point of the deer army on the opposite bank, more than 200 fishing boats were parked on the bank of the river, and it was obvious that the logistics transport fleet had arrived here. The more than 200 boats did not seem to be as many as the fishing boats that had been sent to the territory of the Montenegrin army in the past, but this time they were all medium-sized fishing boats, and their transportation capacity was even better.

During this time, Flying Fish completed the upgrade of fishing boats, and all small fishing boats were replaced.

Seeing the return of the deer army with the villagers, the fishing boats rowed to the north shore.

The villagers crossed the river first, and the deer chasers stayed last, beware of possible attacks by wolves.

After suffering a big loss before, the wolves did not dare to approach after all.

On the bank of the river at the junction point, smoke soon rose.

The villagers were told that after a full meal here, they would re-board the boat and return to their territory overnight by water. The villagers were not surprised by this, they had just escaped from the disaster area, and wherever they were taken, it was at least better than staying where they were. Along the way, the Deer Army has been dutifully protecting everyone, and after arriving at the contact point, many details can be felt that the territory is very well prepared, which makes everyone full of curiosity and longing for the upcoming settlement.

While waiting for dinner, the villagers sat around and discussed in low voices.

More than a dozen villagers gathered around a middle-aged man, with different expressions, some excited, some lonely.

"We were still in Youzhou in the afternoon, and now we are already in Jizhou."

"yes."

"Has anyone heard of the Flying Fish Collar we're going to?"

A teenager said with great interest: "I know! On the way, an elder brother in the army told me that the flying fish was led by the sea, and the fishing boat would take us back by sea......"

A few adults smiled bitterly, this kid didn't understand at all, what everyone cared about was actually the strength of the territory.

"It's really not famous, but the strength is definitely not bad." The middle-aged man said.

Everyone suddenly became interested, and said, "Does Brother Han think so too?" Tell me about it! ”

The middle-aged man, known as Brother Han, is the leader of the town's militia and has a reputation among the villagers.

"How strong is the Flying Fish Leader's army, have you seen it?"

"See."

"That's amazing!"

Everyone nodded, and the combat effectiveness of this unit called the "Rock Battalion" in the face of the wolves left a deep impression on everyone. Their town was harassed by wolves for not a day or two, the militia in the town was so hard to defend with the help of the fence, but the rock camp had a clear advantage in the field, and the difference in strength between the two was already very obvious.

The fact that more than 500 rock battalions dared to go deep into the disaster area was a manifestation of their own strength.

"You know only one thing, but you don't know the other."

The middle-aged man lowered his voice and said in a deep voice: "Do you know that the blue-clothed martial artist has a legion technique? ”

"Legionnaire?"

"That's right, the legion skill is the skill to kill dozens of wolves at once!"

"When I was young, I served in the border army, and everyone knows that the border army often fights with foreign races and is the elite unit of the imperial court. There are many powerful people among the border army generals, and only particularly strong generals can use the legion skills, and in the years when I was a soldier in the border area, I only saw one such person, and that was our battalion general. ”

"Battalion general?"

"Exactly! When I was a soldier, among the battalion generals in the border army, there were few who could use the skills of the legion, and all of them were big men in the army! ”

Everyone gasped.

The Han Dynasty implemented the battalion system, the more famous is the southern army and the northern army, the southern army guards the palace has never been light, the northern army has eight battalions in the Western Han Dynasty, the Eastern Han Dynasty is streamlined into five battalions of tun cavalry, Yue cavalry, infantry, Changshui, and shooting, often used to quell local rebellions, and the five battalions of the northern army were dispatched during the Yellow Turban Uprising, which is the main force to suppress the Yellow Turban Uprising.

In order to prevent foreign races in the border areas, there were also battalions stationed, and the Eastern Han Dynasty often sent Chi Prisoners (prisoners who were released from the shackles) to the border counties, and these Prisoners were serving in the military. In addition to the central forbidden army and the border army, the Han Dynasty also had the practice of setting up battalions in the inner counties, as an important military support force, the more famous ones are the Liyang battalion, the Huya battalion, and the Yongying battalion.

The battalion is a national standing army set up in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the battalion general is the general who commands the battalion.

The battalion will be a general term, specific to the individual, and the official military position may be such and such a general, school captain, metropolitan lieutenant, etc.

It is not difficult to see from the military system of the Han Dynasty that the battalion generals are already senior generals of the Han army.

Many battalion generals can't use the legion skills, but the young generals in blue use them very slippery, and they feel so powerful.

In the troubled times, like a wanderer, what ordinary people hope for most is a peace. But a peaceful life needs to be guarded by strength, and it is undoubtedly a joyful thing to have a strong army to protect it.

The middle-aged man continued: "Not only is that young man in blue powerful, but the Rock Battalion is not weak......"

At this time, two soldiers of the Deer Chasing Army came over and told the middle-aged man that Qu Chen asked him to come over.

"General."

The middle-aged man was brought to Qu Chen and gave a military salute.

He served in the border army, the border army is a strong man, and the middle-aged man knows that Qu Chen's strength is unfathomable, and this military salute is very solemn and serious, and he does not respond to the story because Qu Chen is too young.

Qu Chen is not a person who doesn't know what to do, so he solemnly returned the salute.

Qu Chen told the middle-aged man that the Panshi camp would rest for the night tonight, and tomorrow he would cross the river again into the disaster area to try to pick up more victims. However, they were new to the town, and they were not familiar with the nearby terrain, and now there were wolves everywhere, so it was inconvenient to send sharp soldiers to reconnoiter in advance, so they hoped to find a few guides from the people in the town and lead the troops directly to the surrounding strongholds, so that the Panshi battalion would not take some unjust roads.

At the end, Qu Chen emphasized: "We will ensure the safety of the guide." ”

The middle-aged man readily agreed, and volunteered to be a guide.

After dinner, the villagers boarded the fishing boats, which went down the river, turned south after entering the Bohai Sea, and returned to the Flying Fish Territory overnight. The soldiers of the Rock Battalion seized the time to rest and recharge for tomorrow's operation.

After the soldiers went to sleep, the lights in Qu Chen's tent were still bright.

With the help of a guide, the deer chasers no longer have to run around like flies like they did on the first day, and whether they can find a stronghold or not depends on luck. Qu Chen asked the guides to draw a general topographic map and the location of the stronghold on the white cloth, simply divide the area to be searched, and plan the route to be taken the next day in advance.

Nothing was said all night.

In order to have more time to search, at dawn, the remaining rock camp buried the pot early to make rice.

After breakfast, the troops, with the help of their own fishing boats, quickly crossed the Qing River.

A new round of search begins.

With a guide leading the way, the search efficiency of the deer army has been significantly improved.

By noon, the troops had arrived at four system villages and two system townships, but had gained very little.

Several villages were deserted, and the villagers had long since left.

There were quite a few people in the two townships, but these two were second-class townships, with wooden walls surrounding the strongholds, and the militia stationed in the towns was relatively large. Unlike lord towns, system towns need to take into account the number of vassal territories at the same time, and system towns only need to hold one stronghold, and the defense force is relatively concentrated. Although he suffered from the attack of the wolves, he did not have much problem holding the stronghold.

The villagers in the town did not have a strong sense of crisis, and the invitation of the deer army failed to get an enthusiastic response.

As the saying goes, it is difficult to leave the homeland, and the hometown can still stay, and many people are reluctant to move their nests.

In addition, there is a general fear among the villagers of leaving the stronghold, and for ordinary people, the wolves are simply too scary, and staying in the stronghold will make them feel more secure. The most important thing is that there are only more than 500 people in the Zhulu Army, and the villagers do not know the combat effectiveness of the Zhulu Army, and the troops of several hundred people are running around in the disaster area, which looks very risky.

Not all villagers are content with the status quo, and some want to leave quickly.

Wolves aren't the only threat, and the Xianbei people's move south is even more worrying.

The fences and militia could hold back the wolves, but no one expected them to hold back the Xianbei. Compared with the burning and plundering of the Han peoples in the Han area, the threat of wolves is a minor nuisance at best. Knowing that there were wolves everywhere, there were still many people in the disaster area who ventured to flee to the inner county, just because they were worried that the Xianbei cavalry would suddenly kill.

Dozens of people from each of the two township strongholds accepted the invitation and decided to leave with the Rock Battalion.

Although he was not satisfied, Qu Chen had no choice but to lead his troops to continue to rush to other strongholds.

After running a few more towns, the number of villagers in the team increased to more than 200.

The sun and shadow are slanting westward, it is not early, Qu Chen collects his troops and returns to the camp.

Today, with the help of a guide, the harvest was much less than on the first day, which made Qu Chen realize that it was not as easy as he had expected to enter the disaster area to bring in refugees. Now that I think about it, there was some luck in returning home yesterday, but luck doesn't get so good every day.

The harvest was not good, but for the first time, a soldier was killed.

During the day's operation, the Zhulu army encountered wolves three times, one of which was ambushed by wolves, and the Rock Battalion did not have time to line up, three soldiers were killed and more than 20 were wounded. This ambush is a wake-up call for the Rock Battalion to understand how brutal the battlefield is.

Casualties could not stop the determination of the Deer Chaser Army to complete the mission, and the operation continued.

On the third day, more than 300 people were received.

On the fourth day, more than 200 people were received.

This kind of efficiency could not satisfy Qu Chen, and he decided to change his strategy.

(Last month, he said that he would pay off the 22 more he owed, but he only paid back 1 more, and the festival was broken.)

There is no state, I can't hold it back, and my hair has fallen out N......

It's strange that you haven't been condemned, and your generosity makes the cat ashamed.

21+3 chapters of the monthly pass is more, 24 chapters, I'll pay it back slowly. )