Chapter 564: The Beast Herd Appears

"Marshal, is the Wing Army planning to directly confront our army head-on?" Zhang Daring's eyes flashed, and he immediately thought of a possibility.

"If there is no movement of the fierce beasts, there are some possibilities, but now the group of fierce beasts around the camp is not small, and it is obvious that the enemy army has some intentions. In addition, the commander of the enemy army must know that he will confront our army head-on, and the wing army is not the opponent of our army at all, so according to the commander's opinion, Ruan Qiling will not do that. ”

"Then according to the marshal's opinion, what are the plans of the enemy army?" After Zhao Xu expressed his opinion, Li Jianran, the commander of the infantry battalion, asked directly.

"It is difficult to judge the behavior of the enemy army, and our army only needs to keep an eye on the enemy's movements, and we cannot let the enemy army use any special means to catch our army by surprise. Zhao Xu's thoughts jumped, and he kept thinking about how Ruan Qiling would start a war with the Night Army.

Not long after, another spy came to report that the Wing Army had all left the camp and rushed to the night army's camp, which naturally meant that the wing army was going to war with the night army.

"How far is it from our army and the camp?"

"Forty miles. ”

"Marshal, the Wing Army is coming from fifty miles away, aren't you afraid of exerting physical strength on the march?"

"They may rest halfway through, but they will definitely be able to hit our camp today. ”

"And what should our army do?"

"The whole army is ready for battle. ”

"Marshal, do you want to inform General Yan of them?"

"Yes, but it is not necessary to let them come directly to help, or let them act according to the opportunity, and try to deal a heavy blow to the enemy army at a critical moment, to ensure the safety of our army or to create conditions for our army to win. ”

"Does the marshal want them to be a wonder army?"

"Well, now the Wing Army doesn't know that General Yan is stationed in Chengguan with his troops. Since the war is about to start, the Wing Army will not easily know the news of General Yan's arrival. ”

"But Marshal, didn't the Wing Army pay attention to the movements of that army in advance?" Anyway, there were more than 30,000 people, and they were still coming from Windless City, Fang Quyin felt that the enemy army should know something.

"This matter cannot be determined, but Ruan Qiling must have paid attention to this aspect, perhaps he already knew about General Yan's arrival, or he was already ready to deal with General Yan. ”

"Since it is very likely that the Wing Army knows that General Yan is still stationed at Beast Ridge Pass with an army, why wouldn't it be better for the marshal not to transfer General Yan and them to the big camp and let them listen to the combat instructions at any time. ”

"No, if that army is brought in, the enemy will know that our reinforcements have arrived, which may affect our own battle plans. ”

"The marshal's meaning makes me elusive, and my subordinates admire it. Zhao Xu said this, the generals finally understood that Zhao Xu was betting that the enemy army did not know the possibility of the arrival of the Chengguan army, and it seemed that concealing this army was also beneficial and harmless to them, maybe the critical moment could really bring some chances to their main force, so thinking about it, many generals understood Zhao Xu's plan.

Next, Zhao Xu discussed tactics with the generals, and the tactics to be used by the night army still need to be adjusted accordingly according to the enemy's offensive mode, but the main tactics will not change. The infantry was in front, the archers were in the center, and the cavalry was in the rear, which was the conventional way of fighting. Once the two armies are engaged, presumably the winged army will also use infantry to take the lead when attacking, and then there will be a contest between cavalry.

Now the only thing that worries Zhao Xu and the generals is the shield soldiers of the wing army, and there is only one way to deal with the shield soldiers at the moment, so Zhao Xu specially ordered people to prepare a lot of fire oil and fire cotton for the soldiers of the arrow battalion to use, and the heavy responsibility of dealing with the shield soldiers should fall on the head of the arrow battalion.

In addition, there is another point that makes Zhao Xu and the generals more puzzled, in the battle of Windless City, the enemy cavalry was almost killed and wounded, how could the wing army organize another cavalry to come out. After discussion, Zhao Xu and the generals came to the conclusion that even if the wing army had cavalry, there would probably not be many people, and there would be no combat power at all.

The combat power of the Wing Army was actually not a problem that the Night Army needed to consider from beginning to end, and Zhao Xu and the others were only eager to know about all aspects of the situation. There was still some time before the arrival of the Winged Army.

Not long after, the news of the Wing Army's attack reached Beast Ridge City, and Yan Nantian received the news, but there were some problems with the content. The messenger only said that the Wing Army had the intention of attacking, but it was not certain that the Wing Army would definitely find the Night Army to fight, and the Wing Army was still some distance away from the Night Army's main camp.

After discussing with the generals, Yan Nantian understood the current situation. Before the two armies go to war, they must not act in a hurry, and everything must be done in a low-key manner. Either way, sending troops is the primary issue at the moment. Because it was still some distance from the main camp, they had to approach the main camp first.

It was not difficult for the new army, which had long been discussed how to march and where it could hide on the way. Now it's just a matter of marching at a speed similar to that of the Winged Army, and then wait for the situation to develop.

The 30,000 night troops were all lightly armed, many of them only carrying a weapon, and under the command of Yan Nantian, the whole army quickly left the city and headed straight to the east.

Two hours later, the army reached a fork in the road, and at the same time received new news from the side of the main camp, that the winged army had reached a position less than thirty miles from the main camp after resting for a while. Except for the time to transmit the information, it may not be even twenty miles away from the night army camp. Such a close distance is enough to prove that the Wing Army is not pretending, but really wants to start a war with the Night Army.

Yan Nantian called the generals together, and now was the time for them to decide which way to go.

"The spies said that the Wing Army has no intention of using fierce beasts to attack our army, so does our army still need to go a long way to continue to go around?"

"General Xing, it is a strategy to flank the wing army in front and rear with the main force, no matter how the wing army intends to fight the main force, we naturally have to continue to carry out the previous plan," said a general who Lin Xuanzhong did not know.

"Since the Wing Army has no intention of using the fierce beast to attack, then let's take the path we determined before," Yan Nantian nodded, agreeing with the general's statement.

"Then let's hurry up, the journey to the rear of the wing army is not short, and we can't delay time. ”

After reaching an agreement between the top and bottom, Yan Nantian directly ordered the army to turn left and enter a dense forest. More than 30,000 people could not maintain formation in the forest, and scattered to follow the general leading the way in front.

The forest was overgrown with weeds, and some herbs could be seen from time to time, but now that it was the march that was in front of me, it was the thorns that stood in front of it that were more noticeable. The route marked on the map was already winding, and now the road under your feet was still uneven and full of thorns, and it would take a little effort to continue.

Under Yan Nantian's instructions, the soldiers in front were responsible for opening the road and finding a good way to go, and the movement could not be said to be small, so they naturally frightened back many fierce beasts around.

Just now, at the same time that Yan Nantian received the news, Zhao Xu also received a message. It turned out that the Wing Army was not only simply marching, but also many people were busy driving away the fierce beasts, but there were only a few fierce beast groups, and each fierce beast group was not large, so it was only now that some sentry detectives detected it.

Several of the beasts were now within twenty miles of the camp, and they were all under the watchful eye of the Night Army's sentinels. Behind the herd, some winged troops on horseback scattered to drive the beasts towards the night army's camp. By the time the sentry sent back the news of the appearance of the fierce beasts everywhere, Zhao Xu and the other generals could already hear the sound of some fierce beasts running.

"Marshal, several groups of fierce beasts driven by the Wing Army have gathered together, less than ten miles away from the camp," when Zhao Xu and the generals discussed why the Wing Army only drove a few groups of fierce beasts, a spy hurriedly ran into the big tent and brought back the latest news.

"How many fierce beasts are there in total?" Zhao Xu was surprised by the speed at which the Wing Army drove away the fierce beasts, but he wasn't too worried now.

"About a thousand. ”

"Thousand," Fang Quyin muttered, and then asked, "What kind of beasts are they?"

"There are some bulky beasts with hard bodies, such as armored beasts, swift beasts, and brute bull beasts," the sentinel said the names of several low-level beasts.

"Marshal, what are the Wing Troops doing driving so many low-level fierce beasts over?"

"It may be to disrupt the deployment of our troops and undermine the morale of our army before the official start of the war. Originally, Zhao Xu was surprised by the speed at which the Wing Army drove the beasts, but after clarifying the approximate number of those fierce beasts and their overall strength, Zhao Xu calmed down.

In Zhao Xu's opinion, those low-level fierce beasts have great destructive power, but their lethality is not strong, so the intention of the wing army is extremely obvious.

"Then how will our army deal with it?"

"Block or avoid those fierce beasts," a gleam flashed in his eyes, and Zhao Xu continued: "Let's go, let's go out and have a look first." After speaking, he took the lead in leaving the big tent of the Chinese army, followed by a group of generals.

Outside the camp, the sound of those fierce beasts running became clearer, according to the volume of the sound, the group of fierce beasts was not far from the night army camp, and the ordinary soldiers around had noticed the abnormal movement coming from the front of the barracks, and before they knew the situation, they couldn't help but get nervous.

After a brief discussion, Zhao Xu decided to let those low-level fierce beasts pass by avoiding the fierce beasts, because if he forcibly resisted, it might cause some unexpected situations. After making a decision, without further ado, Zhao Xu immediately ordered some generals to pass on the news of the arrival of the fierce beast, and at the same time mobilize the deployment of troops, temporarily leaving a few large empty passages for the fierce beast to pass.

After some of the generals left, another spy came to report that the group of fierce beasts was less than five miles away from the camp, and the actual number was less than a thousand, and there were some heavily armed winged troops behind the herd, which were not many, but those winged soldiers were dressed very strangely, and almost their entire bodies were wrapped in armor, and it was they who drove so many fierce beasts here.