Chapter 109 Preparation
There is no sun today, but there is a slight cool breeze, and there is no coolness of spring, but there is still a winter atmosphere.
Su Ming stood on a hill in the Red Mountain camp of the Flower Tribe, and quietly looked at a canyon not far away.
The trees under the canyon had already been cut down by the Flower Tribe, so that a road to the Red Mountain had been opened up to transport the hematite that had been excavated.
Now there is only a small mountain trail and clumps of weeds that fill the void left by the felling of trees.
The grass that is more than half a person high, in this cold wind, is constantly blown and bent over, and sways from side to side from time to time, it looks like a large-scale dance from a distance, and the layers are extremely soft.
"Su Ming, the news just brought by the reconnaissance team is that the army of the Flower Tribe will arrive at noon today, and the number of people is almost 30,000. And brought a large number of bows and donkey cavalry. Hei Er walked up from the bottom of the hill, came to Su Ming's side, and told him the news he had just received.
"Only 30,000 people came, it seems that they don't know the situation here yet, the tree tribe and the vine tribe have joined forces with us. It just so happens that we can take them by surprise. After hearing the specific situation of the Flower Tribe's troops, Su Ming was also very happy, and his tone couldn't help but be a lot more relaxed.
Su Ming and the others have been waiting here for another four days, even the armies of the other two tribes have been here for two days, and now they have finally waited for the army of the flower tribe.
And the number of people who came here was only 30,000, you must know that the vine tribe sent 25,000 troops, and the tree tribe sent 35,000 troops, and they added up to more than 60,000 people.
A comparison of the number of troops on both sides can find that Su Ming and their side occupy an absolute advantage, and the other party does not know the specific situation on this side, and there is no reserve force and no defense.
Su Ming could even imagine what a wonderful expression would be on the face of the leader of the Flower Tribe, when the warriors of the Flower Tribe passed by, and the allied forces came out from their side or behind.
"Hei'er, have you already arranged everything below, and have the two tribes notified them?"
Su Ming looked into the distance and asked Hei Er, although his side seemed to have an advantage now, but in the face of this battle of nearly 100,000 people, Su Ming couldn't help but feel very nervous. Keep asking about the preparation of the site to soothe your emotions and ensure that all plans are carried out smoothly.
"Don't worry, someone has been sent to inform them, and all the preparations we need to make have been made, and now we are waiting for the other party to arrive. "After the adjustment of the past few days, Hei Er has come out, and now he is constantly communicating with the leaders on both sides, wholeheartedly studying and studying the tactics of the brigade army, and there are precautions.
Although the population of the Fire Tribe is less than 10,000 now, there is no chance to see such a scene and participate in it.
If you study it well now, you can fill in and improve the experience of the Fire Tribe in commanding a large army to fight, and when you have the conditions in the future, you can make your own brigade fully prepared for marching and engagement.
Two days ago, when the Vine Tribe and the Tree Tribe arrived, Su Ming and Hei Er had a detailed discussion with them, not only reaching the conditions for giving them smelting technology after the war, but also formulating a strategy to attack the Flower Tribe together.
In the end, they politely declined the invitation to move the camp to them, and the meeting ended, and each of them proceeded according to plan.
Now, according to the information they have learned, all this is still within Su Ming's expectations, at least these two tribes did not arrange warriors to outflank them, but hid in other places on both sides of the valley according to the plan.
Now both tribes are still abiding by the agreement, and everyone is united and working together.
Su Ming believed that as long as everyone continued to follow the plan formulated, they could give the Flower Tribe a fierce attack and complete the respective goals of the three parties gathered together.
"How's the preparation for the back road?" Su Ming still looked at the valley in the distance, but he tilted his head sideways, lowered his voice and asked softly to Hei Er.
This is also to prevent unexpected situations from happening, such as one of the tribes falling to the flower tribe and causing the defeat of this battle, that is, if you are not careful, you will be caught in a dead situation.
This is something that Su Ming and they absolutely do not want to see, so they still have to prepare early, so even if this plan fails, they must evacuate the personnel safely so that they can continue to fight the enemy.
This is also the reason for refusing to move the camp into their barracks, all for their own safety.
Even if it does so, it may cause them unhappiness, but if these risks can be avoided, it will be worth bringing Su Ming to them.
"There are plenty of tents, weapons, food, donkeys, etc., and they are all ready, so that we can evacuate at any time if something happens. Moreover, I also dug a lot of traps on the mountain road, which can definitely delay the pursuit of their cavalry and win enough time for us to evacuate. ”
Hei Er was also very happy when he said this, with a smile on his face, especially Su Ming's suggestion to dig the trap pit, after the test, the effect obtained was very obvious.
So Hei Er arranged for the slaves on the Red Mountain to dig countless traps on the road leading to the place where the escape materials were placed.
As for why the slaves were not accepted by the other two tribes, it was also to confuse the scouts of the Flower Tribe.
Even in order to maintain strict secrecy, the liaison with the coalition forces and the reconnaissance of the surrounding situation were carried out by the warriors of the Fire Tribe.
As for the people of the Ma tribe and the tooth tribe, they have been building fortifications, and until now, Su Ming has not told them that a large number of reinforcements have arrived.
If it weren't for the prepared evacuation supplies, especially the war donkeys and other mounts, which were enough for everyone, they would have thought that this was a battle to the death, and they were about to despair completely.
"That's good, I hope I don't need them in the end. Su Ming's tone was a little embarrassed, and he continued to look at the canyon in the distance, but his eyes were full of incomparable determination.
It will be the place where this great war will begin and end.
It is destined to be a sea of corpses and blood, and blood flows.
Because this is Su Ming's choice, it is the place of revenge of the Fire Tribe.
Looking at the Red Mountain from afar, the leader of the Flower Tribe anxiously waited for news of the exploration troops.
He had reached the way to the Red Mountain, in front of the long canyon.
But this place was so close to the other two tribes, he was afraid that Su Ming and they had already made contact with them, or even reached an agreement, it would be troublesome.
Although he wanted to attack now, the other party did not continue to flee after discovering them, but instead built fortifications, which was too abnormal.
You know, even if they armed all the slaves on the Red Mountain, but in their low combat power, in their eyes, it was a joke.
Despite their huge number of 20,000 men, the leader believed that he could defeat them with only 5,000 warriors in a single battle, and he had 30,000 in his own hands.
What he was afraid of was that the Fire Tribe had reached an agreement with them to have a large number of ambushes in the vicinity, which was the trouble.
But he had to take down the Red Mountain, because this was the only hematite they had found, and if they lost it, then they would not be able to forge and produce black iron weapons, and they would not be able to improve the strength of the tribe, and the smelting technology in their hands would not have the slightest effect.
"Chief, our reconnaissance team is ahead, and there are no large groups of troops in the territory of the other two clans.
Moreover, we also found a large herd of war donkeys and other supplies on the back side of the Red Mountain. At this moment, a warrior captain ran up to the leader and told him what he had just discovered.
"Are you sure there are no large groups of warriors from the other two clans?" the leader immediately said anxiously, his tone a little urgent, "Also, you said that a lot of supplies were found behind the Red Mountain, how many?"
"I'm sure I did it myself, and there are no traces of a large army in front of me.
As for the supplies, I didn't see them clearly because they were far away, but the number was clear, there were at least two thousand war donkeys, and two hundred two-horned horses from the Fire Tribe. The warrior captain answered the chief's question in the affirmative.
Indeed, he went to investigate in person, and what he found was also true.
That's because they didn't expect that the armies of the Vine Tribe and the Tree Tribe were not in their own territory, but had already entered the territory of the Flower Tribe early, and they also carefully processed and camouflaged the traces, so they couldn't detect the traces of the armies of the two tribes.