Section 9: Ambush (I)

"In that case, I've found my way. Townsend memorized the exercise method and kept the notes close to him.

As he stepped off the roof, his mood was light, and his last worries about the imminent counterattack were gone.

Early the next morning, all the warriors sent by the tribes and villages arrived, and they were in better physical condition than Townsend had expected, all of them were of Orion origin, and they were armed with their own weapons, all sorts of tricks, and even a group of fierce hounds.

Time was too short for Townsend to transform their shortbow blowguns and scimitar throwing axes. He simply gathered them, clarified the authority of the leadership, and assigned people to manage them. Fortunately, Townsend's reputation for bravery has spread, and the warriors have the surname of respecting the strong, and the ability master Marcia passed by intentionally or unintentionally, so the warriors are very obedient.

Townsend was not a good old man, and he was quite embarrassed at this time - not counting the monkey and the captain, there were only fourteen spicy mercenaries, less than half of what he had before the accident. There were twenty guards on the side of the caravan, they were not very competent junior officers, although they all relied on knives to eat, but they had only been trained all night, how could they get there?

But it is necessary to fight back, and if there are conditions, we must fight, and if there are no conditions, we must also fight!

Townsend selected the best warriors among them and formed three ten-man squads, which he personally led as an elite team. The Monkey and the Captain each have two slightly inferior teams of ten, which will not be beyond their current capabilities. The remaining five teams each have a spicy mercenary as the chief officer, plus two guards from the camel team as deputies - except for a few elite rescuers, all the experienced people have been divided.

The remaining thirty warriors formed two reconnaissance teams and one baggage team. The reconnaissance team immediately carried supplies up the mountain under the command of the two groups on the mountain, and the baggage team began to receive war supplies from the camel caravans, and was also responsible for transporting them to the mountain during the battle, and they were equipped with more than 20 pack horses.

Another day passed, and these preparations were largely completed. During this period, the three tribes and the eleven villages all sent supplies in full, which were received and distributed by the camel caravan, while Townsend devoted himself to temporary training - at least the officers and soldiers should be familiar with each other, and the hunters were different from the soldiers, and there was a difference between hunting and fighting, and the enemy was not as easy to kill as wild beasts.

Townsend didn't know when the enemy would show up, so training was a race against time. He even went straight up the mountain with his three squads, the monkey and the captain were a little slower, and their squads dragged on for two days to keep up. The performance of the other squads was a little uneven, but they also went up one after another.

In fact, the criteria for going up the mountain are very simple, being able to communicate, know the commander and obey orders.

Townsend dared to do this because he knew that foreign wars that relied on his native and local soldiers were best fought. In Townsend's distant memory, it didn't take much brains, just push forward according to the textbook formula. Reconnaissance and liaison obviously have to take the first step, and then it is necessary to select the type of battle, determine the place of engagement, arrange the combat procedure, and control the rhythm of the battle.

Towngson's demarcated combat area had to be transformed, and in the process, the advantages of the local soldiers were immediately revealed. The warriors of the tribe were adapted to the alpine climate, and knew how to take advantage of all the conveniences, whether it was digging pits or laying stones, they did it faster and better than the mercenary guards, and the wooden spears were sharpened and the arrows could be poisoned.

After setting up the battlefield, Townsend also found a similar location, and all the staff practiced for a whole day. This is a dirt method, but after dozens of crawls, even the most stupid tribal warriors know their attack time and movement essentials. The last bit of trouble that plagued Townsend was solved, and he asked his men to continue practicing tactics while he focused all his time on ability practice.

Because the rest of the factors are not within his grasp, such as the appearance time of the enemy. But they didn't make Townsend wait long, and just as Townshend's ability practice paid off and he was able to awaken the poor ability power that was few, the reconnaissance news from the front came back.

"Sir, here they are!" said the monkey, excitedly, "we are still a day and a half away." ”

"It's a good time!" the silver light in Townsend's hand flashed, and a stone the size of a human head ten meters away was "banged" into the air. But he himself was unusually calm, and slowly stood up and asked, "The situation has been clarified?"

The whole team consisted of three hundred men with two hundred pack horses. The monkey nodded: "In terms of armament, they have thirty civilian knights, one hundred and sixty high-ranking armed mercenaries, as well as a dozen light horsemen and some assassins. The weapons were well-armed, the formation was complete, and the people in front let a few beasts out according to the commander's orders, and they were detected and killed in an instant, causing chaos at all. ”

"Oh, I'm really planning to destroy Warehouse Town. Townsend nodded slightly: "What about the others?"

"There were about seventy grooms, and they carried only short weapons and did not wear armor. The monkey replied, "There are two other chieftains, both dressed as nobles, and their guards wear plate armor, and there are a few stewards in light robes." There are also several guides, and it is difficult to tell. ”

"The deployment of armed mercenaries, and the movement of the whole team?"

"The armed mercenaries were all dressed in leather armor, with a waist knife and a round shield as standard, half with spears and half with longbows. The monkey replied, "Their procession is divided into two sections, the front and the back, with the center of gravity at the back." The Assassins were on guard during the process, and the light cavalry was ineffective for the time being, and was generally cautious. There were several places on the way where the terrain was not good, and they had unexpected attrition. ”

"This kind of combat power is stronger than the original Vulture United, the team composition is reasonable, and the tactics are also used. Townsend nodded again: "We only have such a few people, are we afraid?"

"Don't be afraid!" replied the monkey in no uncertain terms.

"Why?" Townsend asked his subordinates.

"Because we have the Chief!" the monkey puffed out his chest, "Whatever happens, the Commander is the best!"

"You said so, if I don't win and don't fight beautifully, won't I give you face?" Townsend smiled slightly, his confident gaze swept over the faces of his subordinates: "Three hundred men's equipment, two hundred pack horses, what fat meat!"

The little cringe of the warriors around him dissipated in the understatement of the strong, and was replaced by saliva.

Yes, the equipment of 300 people, the goods of 200 pack horses, this piece of meat is really fat!

"Let the people in front of them grind them, and people put on such a big posture, they can't be frightened by the slightest difficulty. Townsend casually picked up his helmet, and after turning around, his expression had become cold: "Order all officers to rush to the headquarters and participate in the pre-war meeting!"