Before leaving the power dream on Thursday, the second battalion had been prepared to go to Tyranny County. So when the dreamer came out of the "night tent", Chen Chuang was already waiting outside with anticipation on his face, and the soldiers of the second battalion were also ready to go and lined up in the open space between the two levels.

The day before, Liu Yuanzhi took the rookies of the new barracks to escort the baggage team to set off, transporting the required grain and grass to Wanghui City, which was the forward base of the expedition to Storm County.

Earlier, Du Ziteng and Li Erhu had already taken the cavalry battalion and the "trapped camp" to Weixian to recover Wanghui City, which was only garrisoned by a small number of remnants, and other southern checkpoints, and agreed to wait for the arrival of follow-up troops in Wanghui City.

And the first battalion of Wuqiang was left in the two passes of Dongwei and Weidong again, and he watched with amazement as the comrades of the second battalion were lucky to join the expeditionary force.

Speaking of which, this is the largest military operation since the formation of the East China Sea, not counting the 500 heavy soldiers who have no combat effectiveness, the cavalry battalion, the "trapped camp", the second battalion, and the recruit battalion, the four standard battalions have a total of 2,000 troops, and only Wu Qiang's first battalion and Zhao Meng's garrison battalion remain in the East China Sea, as well as the second battalion of recruits who have just been recruited.

According to Sima Fuqiang's combat power algorithm, with the recruit battalion as the basic combat power without rank, that is, a unit, the weakest recruit battalion is 500 combat power; The second battalion is the standard E-rank combat effectiveness, that is, three times the basic combat strength, and the overall combat strength has reached 1,050. The strongest cavalry battalion and the elite forces of the "trapped camp" in the E+ rank are equivalent to four times the basic combat power, each with 2,000 combat power.

In total, the total combat strength of this expedition will reach 6,000. Compared to the average E-rank evaluation of the mob army that invaded Tail County, the Eastern Navy of 2,000 people can compete with the 3,000 mob army.

Assuming that the total strength of the mob army is the same as that of the original Weixian rebels, with 20,000 troops, deducting about 2,000 of them and about 3,000 of them who have already been lost at Weidongguan, then the total combat strength of the mob army is about 30,000, which is five times that of the Eastern Navy.

In this way, the Eastern Navy's expedition to Tyranny County is like sending it to death, but this is not the case. First of all, the southeast of Bangxian County is facing the official army of Duzhou Prefecture, and it is inevitable to arrange most of the combat power in that area, and the area adjacent to Weixian County in the northeast can have a combat power of 10,000 is already considered far-sighted.

Then 6,000 against 10,000, the Eastern Navy is still in a weak position, and it may seem a little troublesome to others, but in the eyes of the three top decision-makers of the Eastern Navy, this is not a problem at all.

Because it is impossible for the mob army to concentrate all its military strength in one city, as long as the other party notices this expeditionary force, it will eat up the scattered forces of the mob army scattered in the northeast cities of the storm county one by one, and it is believed that it can reduce the opponent's combat strength by 2,000 or even 3,000.

And in this process of fighting to feed the war, the rookies in the new barracks will also grow up, at least reaching the standard of the E-rank, then the combat power of the Eastern Navy will increase to about 6,500.

The most important thing is not these, the dream man has a secret weapon, that is, Huang Zhi's "inspiring" aura, which can increase the morale of the soldiers of the Eastern Navy by at least ten percentage points. In this way, the combat strength of this Eastern Navy will be increased to more than 7,000 in actual combat.

And the dream people of the East China Sea team are also a combat force that cannot be ignored, and after Sima Fuqiang's preliminary estimate, the overall combat strength of their team is currently close to seven hundred. In other words, if they encounter an ordinary army of one or two hundred people, they can easily defeat the opponent.

Combining the above factors, the overall combat strength of the Eastern Navy led by the Dream Man will exceed 8,000, and as long as they do not have a decisive battle with the main force of the mob army, waiting for an enemy army will not pose a threat to them at all. Sima Fuqiang and the three of them made the decision to send troops to the county after considering these many factors.

After experiencing the battle of Luoyang-Tiger Prison held by Li Shiming, the three stinkers were even more confident, and they firmly believed that combat power could not represent ability.

Even if the members of the Xuanjia Army are D-rank elite cavalry, coupled with Li Shimin's personal aura of deification in the Xuanjia Army, its 1,000 people are only more than 10,000 combat power, which is still a fraction of Dou Jiande's 100,000 army. However, Li Shimin repeatedly used the Xuanjia Army to beat opponents who were several times or even ten times his own combat power, which is the role of the commander's ability in determining the surname.

Although they didn't dare to be arrogant enough to think that combining the wisdom of the three of them would be able to surpass Li Shimin, the king of Qin, who had a large number of staff members of the Tiance Mansion, it was still possible to do half of him. Li Shimin can defeat an opponent whose combat power is several times that of himself, so the Donghai team retreats to the next best and only wants to defeat an opponent twice as much as himself.

In other words, the three stinkers believed that they could still have the upper hand against half of the mob army if they commanded it properly, so they came.

Du Ziteng and Li Erhu, who were released solo for the first time, were very excited, because this represented the trust of the people in their dreams in their abilities, and they took out twelve points of energy to clean up the remaining mob army in Wei County. When the Dream Man led the follow-up troops of the Eastern Navy into Wei County, the task of the two of them had been completed and they were on their way to Wanghui City.

Two days later, the dreamman caught up with Liu Yuanzhi, who was one step ahead, near Weinancang, and joined the new barracks and the baggage team. At this time, the herald confirmed that the mob army in Weixian had been wiped out by Du Ziteng and Li Erhu, so the Eastern Navy chose the shortest valley road to Wanghui City. On the evening of the fourth day of entering Wei County, the 2,000 men and horses of the Eastern Navy met at Wanghui City.

After a little rectification, the next day they immediately headed southwest, and on the ninth day of Dongzhou time, they entered the territory of Storm County. This night's time was consumed in the middle of the journey, if it weren't for the upcoming Zhou Night, the dream man really didn't dare to make the decision to go on the expedition easily, after all, the time spent on the road was too much.

Although they were full of confidence in the expedition, once they entered the territory of Storm County, they still encountered a lot of trouble. Liu Yuanzhi is a tail county expert, but his understanding of the neighboring storm county is not so deep, although he still knows a lot more than the person in the dream, but after all, there are still some gaps, such as he doesn't know the road.

It is said that it is better to read 10,000 books than to travel 10,000 miles, many things can not be completely figured out by looking at books, you must go to it in person, and people in this dream also have a deep understanding of this.

Even in the "real" world where information is extremely developed, Sima Fuqiang has encountered such embarrassment. He had driven alone to a completely unfamiliar city, thinking that with the map in his hand, he would be able to easily find where he wanted to go. But who knew that when they reached the vicinity of the land, they were dazed by a bunch of forks without road signs.

Because the number of forks he actually encountered was more than marked on the map, and the actual width of the road was not visible on the map, he could not distinguish which fork was the so-called Xth junction. After going back and forth several times, I finally had to stop at every fork in the road to ask for directions, and finally drove the car to its destination.

After that torture, if he was driving a vehicle without a car navigation system, he would no longer dare to drive to an unfamiliar place in an unfamiliar city, and would rather choose to take a ride.

At this moment, on the Dongzhou continent without satellite positioning, Liu Yuanzhi is in the same trouble, although he has prepared a map of Storm County, but after passing through several forks in the road that have not been marked on the map, no one is sure that he has taken the right route. Each of the forks in the mountains looks so similar that it may lead to a dead end, or to a place in a completely different direction.

If it weren't for the "spatial impression" of Sima Fuqiang, who had just reached the B rank, they didn't know how many unjust roads they would have to walk out of the mountainous area in the northeast of Bang County. But by the time it was dusk that day, not only Liu Yuanzhi himself had completely lost confidence in the matter of recognizing the road, but even Sima Fuqiang had exhausted his energy because of the frequent launch of "climbing high and overlooking", and there was a sequelae of testing the "murderous release" with Zhang Wei at that time.

After settling the captain who had a headache, Huang Zhi had to organize the first military meeting to discuss how to get out of the predicament at this time.

"It would be ridiculous if we went to Violent County this time because we got lost and miscarried." Huang Zhi was the first to express his worries, looking at several senior commanders of the Eastern Navy and his dream mates.

Zhang Wei also looked at the way from the northeast with annoyance, "This is our mistake, we should have brought a few prisoners of war from the mob army here." ”

"It's useless to regret it now, didn't we take it off guard in order to travel lightly and fight the storm and earthquake." Huang Zhi was thinking about the problem at hand.

Since the captain was not there, Xiaofeng unscrupulously expressed his opinion, "Otherwise, every time we encounter a fork in the road behind, we will send a team of cavalry to explore the road first, so that we can avoid making a wrong way." ”

Regarding Xiaofeng's unrealistic statement, Huang Zhi really wanted the captain to give him a little bit, but he still endured it, and just asked, "You can run faster than a horse, or will you go exploring the road tomorrow?" ”

Xiaofeng didn't understand Huang Zhi's words, but replied confidently, "My physical strength is limited, I can't be tired to death when I run back and forth like this." ”

"Oh, you also know that tired, the cavalry is not tired?" Seeing that Xiaofeng was full of lanterns that were not lit or lit, Huang Zhi had to make it clear. "That's not the point, the most important thing is that we don't have so much time to waste on finding the way. According to the plan before departure, we should arrive at the storm early tomorrow morning, but we have not yet walked less than half the way, and at this rate, we will not be able to reach it the day after tomorrow. And how can you catch them off guard? ”

At this moment, Zi Xiaofeng honestly shrank back and quietly waited for the others to speak. However, the other team members are not professionals, and they don't know anything about marching and fighting, and even Zhang Wei, a specially trained special soldier of the reconnaissance force, is powerless, so they naturally have no good advice.

Although Zhang Wei is a professional, there is still a big difference between modern military and the era of cold weapons, and there is no satellite positioning system on the Dongzhou continent, and there are no special tools such as satellite real maps. The key is that the maps of the Cold Weapon Age were not made according to real scale, and both the terrain drawing and the marking of road locations deviated greatly from the facts, otherwise he could have confirmed the correct road through the ability to read maps with the military cartography he mastered.

In the dream, people had nothing to do, so Huang Zhi set his sights on several generals of the Eastern Navy.

Needless to say, Chen Chuang has been cultivating this guy from the town guard, and his military theory and experience are completely in the same vein as the three stinkers. Huang Zhi and Zhang Wei can't help it, and he is naturally not much better.

Li Erhu is even more choking, he is a fierce general who can only charge into battle, and he never cares about trivial matters such as marching and camping. He knew all the roads he had walked, and he could never be counted on if he had not traveled, because it was said that he could not even look at a map.

As for Liu Yuanzhi, if he had a way, he would have used it earlier. After all, he belonged to that kind of academic officer, and he had read a lot of books, but his practice was still a little insufficient, and the rebels in Chuwei County did not give him the opportunity to practice. At this time, the Eastern Navy gave enough opportunities to practice, but it was a little too late to sharpen the guns in battle, and they couldn't count on him for the time being.

Out of respect for the person in the dream, Du Ziteng didn't speak until he saw that everyone had nothing to do, and he didn't speak, "Lord Shixin, there is a way in the end, but there are some risks in it." ”

"Oh? Tell me about it! Huang Zhi was immediately interested.

After all, he is a veteran general who has been in battle for a long time, and Du Ziteng does have experience in this area, "In the past, when we marched and fought, if we encountered unfamiliar roads, we usually went to the nearby villages to find someone to lead the way. ”

"Oops! How did I forget to ask for directions to this trick! "Huang Zhi is also dark under the light, the easiest way is not to use, but to think farther.

Du Ziteng didn't think it was easy to ask for directions, "Lord Shixin, the last general thinks that it is quite risky to find someone to ask for directions. Because we, as outsiders, have invaded the territory of Tyrant County. Regardless of whether the mob army wins the hearts of the people or not, we are outsiders after all, and the locals are most likely unwilling to lead the way for us. ”

"It's a possibility." Huang Zhi nodded, local protectionism exists in ancient and modern times, both in China and abroad, and it is not an isolated case. Just like your own child, even if he is a scoundrel who loves to cause trouble, and fights with the neighbor's children and suffers, no matter who is right or wrong, the first thing parents feel sorry for is their own children.

Since Du Ziteng would bring this up, he obviously has a way to deal with it, Huang Zhi didn't ask, just looked at him and waited for the following.

Du Ziteng didn't seem to want to say it, but when he saw Lord Shixin's expectant gaze, he could only awkwardly say the method he had used, "In the past, the rebels in Weixian County didn't know how to cherish the people, and when they asked for directions, they refused to say it, or they were directly beaten up, forcing the other party to lead the way; Either they tied up his family and coerced him to lead the way before he could be released. I don't think Lord Shixin will use these unscrupulous methods. ”

Only then did Huang Zhi understand what Du Ziteng's so-called risk was, "Hehe, that is." If you make a move, maybe there will be a stubborn tough guy who will deliberately take you to the wrong path and mislead you to the military plane. ”

Du Ziteng nodded again and again when he heard this, "The last general has encountered something that was deliberately led to the wrong way. ”

Li Erhu, who was listening drowsily, also came to his senses at this time, "I know this, we were killed miserably that time!" ”

Seeing that Li Erhu was about to go on, Du Ziteng hurriedly waved his hand to stop him. What the rebels did was not a glorious thing at the beginning, and I don't think Lord Shixin was interested in knowing so much detail.

With a solution, Huang Zhi also breathed a sigh of relief, "Then tomorrow we will find a guide nearby to lead the way, General Du, you are responsible for finding nearby villages, but remember not to disturb the other party, I will be responsible for finding a guide." Okay, that's it, now adjourn. ”

"It's better for the last general to send scouts overnight to find the village, so as to save some time." Du Ziteng found Huang Zhi alone after the meeting ended.

Huang Zhi touched the short beard that had just grown on his chin in the past few days and thought about it, "It's okay, after all, it will take some time for me to convince the guide, so I'll leave this matter to you, which can save some time." ”

Early the next morning, Sima Fuqiang, who had recovered his energy, found Huang Zhi and asked him if he had found a way to deal with it last night. Huang Zhi briefly explained the things at the meeting to him, and then he said with a smile, "Hehe, with you coming out in person, you don't need to worry about the guide at all." ”

When the two of them walked out of the tent, Du Ziteng was already waiting there, and hurriedly came over to report, "In a valley south of the fork in front, we found a village. Shixin-sama, you can go there and find a guide. ”

"Got it, you go and get busy with you, and I'll take care of the rest of the rest." Huang Zhi patted him on the shoulder, and then asked the captain to gather the dream people of the East China Sea team to go out together. After all, it would be more convenient for this kind of thing to be brought forward by a dream person in civilian clothes, if the other party saw the soldiers of the Eastern Navy in military uniform, he would first have hostility, and it would make Huang Zhi spend a lot of time.

After about ten minutes on horseback, the dream people came to this small village a few miles away. Because of the treasure of weapon bags, the dream man does not have to carry weapons with him like other soldiers, so it looks like a group of passing merchants.

Unarmed, they entered the village under the pretext of begging for water, which did not disgust the villagers, but warmly beckoned them into the house to rest because of Huang Zhi's presence.

Huang Zhi identified a middle-aged uncle who looked like he should be Orion, and began to exert his "social" ability, starting from pulling family routines, chatting all the way to the north and south, and the topic was finally led to the mob army. Soon, he succeeded in provoking Uncle Orion's dissatisfaction with the mob army, and made the other party take the initiative to say that someone should clean up these rebels who lawlessly brutalized the local people in the violent county.

In this way, when Huang Zhi further mentioned that the mob army invaded Wei County and was annihilated by the righteous Eastern Navy, Uncle Orion had already applauded, and then hoped that the Eastern Navy could come here and save them from fire and water.

The words have already been said to this point, and they only have to pierce the layer of window paper, Huang Zhi sighed, "Alas, in fact, the Eastern Navy is already on the way to the Storm Earthquake Pass, but because I am not familiar with the place, I can't find the right route, I'm afraid that this expedition will end without a problem." ”

"How so?" Uncle Orion's disappointment rekindled a new hope, "This gentleman, do you know where the Eastern Navy is now?" I can show them the way! No one knows this area better than I do, and I know a short way to the Storm Pass, and if I set out at this time, I can reach the front of the Pass in the afternoon. ”

Huang Zhi secretly made a V-shaped gesture to his teammates behind his back, "That's it!" ”

Xiaofeng couldn't help but complain in Wanyue's ear, "This is the highest level of fooling people!" We originally came to beg someone to lead the way, but now it's good, he is crying and shouting and begging us to lead the way for the Eastern Navy! In the future, we have to be careful of this guy, don't let him cheat and sell it, and help count the money! ”

"Smack!" Xiaofeng was hit on the back of the head, and when he turned around, he was surprised to find the captain glaring at him.

"You talk a lot!" Sima Fuqiang reprimanded him in a low voice, "Be careful to be heard, you missed a big thing!" ”

(To be continued)