Chapter Eighty-Eight: Before the War
Outside the city of Hebei, the banner hunting, the camp tent is neat, just looking at the battle, no one can imagine that this is an army that was formerly a bandit. Zhou Ping's military training is really effective, the bandits' already fierce combat effectiveness coupled with the discipline of orders and prohibitions, although the number of people is only about 1,000, but there is already a faint smell of elite.
In the handsome tent, Zhou Ping sat on the main seat, and his body was a Confucian robe that showed his identity as a strategist, not that he didn't want to wear armor, but the full-body armor worn by the main general was really a rare thing, and he could only give up.
The figures with heads and faces who followed him on the expedition were lined up in two columns below, one column was led by Dong Bai, the commander of the Hundred Beast Battalion, and the other column was Liu Scaryan, the commander of the soldiers on the cottage side.
The two women took the lead, although it was a bit yin and yang, but both of them had convincing ability and skills, and everyone present was also convinced.
"Good teacher! The sentinels placed by the other party on the southwest, north and south sides of the city have all been uprooted, and the sentinels on the east side have also been figured out, and they will all be cleared before the time comes! ”
Ma Dali, who had just joined Zhou Ping, loudly reported his achievements in the past two days, as a vanguard army, his task was to clear all obstacles for Zhou Ping's main force, and in terms of results, he did a good job.
"When you don't need it, borrow thirty people from your Hundred Beast Camp and clean up their people as soon as possible!"
Throwing out a simple wooden talisman, Zhou Ping said vigorously to the horse.
Although a few more sentinels will not change the balance of strength between the two sides, this is a siege after all, and to uproot the opponent's sentinel is to destroy the opponent's eyes and ears, and the strategic significance is far more important than the comparison of forces.
"Yes!"
After receiving the talisman, an undisguised joy appeared on Ma Dali's face. Although I haven't seen much of the Hundred Beast Battalion, as a high-level member under Zhou Ping, I must have known the relevant information, and I have the opportunity to command this group of half-human and half-tiger warriors, needless to say, I am happy in my heart.
"Dong Bai! Has the opponent's troop deployment been figured out? ”
After dealing with Ma Dali's pioneer camp, Zhou Ping turned his head to look at Dong Bai, her Hundred Beast Battalion was not only a sharp knife for raids, but also a powerful scout. As early as the time of Zhou's parallel army, half of the Hundred Beast Battalion had been quietly scattered throughout Hebei County, and when Zhou Ping led his troops to arrive, the soldiers of the Hundred Beast Battalion who had been scattered had just returned with their own information.
"It is clear that except for the other party's initial attempt to send people to block the advance of the horse commander in the west, they have not had any offensive action, and the people who were originally scattered in various villages have also withdrawn to the city with their baggage, which seems to be the intention of the fortified wall, and the number of people who withdrew is more than 3,000 people, as for the total number of soldiers and horses in the city, it is roughly estimated that it is not less than 5,000 ......"
Zhou Ping knew this information at the first time, but it was the first time that he shared it with other generals in the military meeting. After a pause, Dong Bai continued.
"In addition, we also checked with many villagers and inquired, the old man we arrested is indeed the master, but in recent years, many things in the family have been taken care of by their eldest young master, Wang Shi, and now there should be no real power."
"Since the so-called eldest young master of the Wang family is guarding the city, then this Wang master is not caught in vain - put him outside the camp gate, find people to take turns to shout, it doesn't matter if it is dirty, it probably means that your father is in my hands, and if you don't want your father to die, surrender quickly."
Not only Zhou Ping, everyone present had a little smile on their faces, obviously this kind of rude trick is very much to their liking, although there is a high probability that the other party will not surrender obediently, but disgusting and disgusting the eldest young master, interfering with the other party's military heart, is still a good thing.
A few more trivial orders were issued, Zhou Ping announced the disbandment, and the generals dispersed one after another, but Dong Bai still remained in the tent. But everyone is used to it, in their eyes, Dong Bai is the same as Diao Chan, even if there is no name at this time, she and Zhou Ping are also sooner or later, and even more specially ordered the guards outside the tent to stay away.
"What, is there anything else?"
is different from the somewhat dirty ideas of outsiders, the actual relationship between the two is not to mention a layer of window paper, and even Zhou Ping has not even entered the courtyard gate that day, and is still in that faint hazy stage - on the one hand, Dong Bai's somewhat awkward young lady's temperament, on the other hand, Zhou Ping is not as active as he is to Diao Chan, this Dong Bai looks like a military general, but in fact, he is only sixteen years old, and he is still young.
Zhou Ping asked, but saw Dong Bai rushing to Zhou Ping's side in three steps and two steps, she whispered two words in Zhou Ping's ear, Zhou Ping's face changed slightly, and he subconsciously looked around and looked at Dong Bai.
"Really?"
"Although the brother who sent the news has just returned, it must be true that he is covered in bruises. As long as the people in the Hundred Beast Camp want to run, ordinary people can't keep up even if they shoot horses. ”
"That's ......"
Zhou Ping's eyelids drooped, but he thought about it unconsciously.
It is not only people who are moistened by the true qi between heaven and earth, almost all living beings have the opportunity to rely on their true qi to cultivate, but whether it is talent or cultivation speed, people are much better than other living beings. Therefore, in many cases, these creatures have either become natural treasures that assist human cultivation, or they are like gluttonous people who cling to the powerful lords everywhere, or they are like Crane Dao people, who have a good relationship with the local rulers while acting as a prestige and blessing in the countryside.
"So this young master Wang only invited a few boys under the Crane Dao people, and did not invite the Crane Dao people themselves?"
"It should be."
The reason why Zhou Ping dared to attack Hebei City, which had been run by the Wang family for more than ten years, with only a thousand people, relied on the fact that his own side was strong enough, whether it was himself, Dong Bai and the Hundred Beast Battalion, they could greatly reverse the disadvantage in terms of troops, but the other party had a few more boys under the Crane Dao people, and all this became confusing.
The Crane Dao person is a crane, so the boy under it is naturally also a crane spirit, Zhou Ping, who is familiar with the "Taiping Technique", knows that although these spirits cannot have the abundant true qi of human beings, they have a lot of natural advantages.
Take the crane spirit as an example, let's not talk about other skills, these crane spirits will definitely be able to fly. In the face of the crane spirit that can fly, the warriors of the Hundred Beast Battalion, who currently only have the form of tigers, have suddenly become decorations, and only Dong Bai and himself have the strength to fight.
Dong Bai can use a flying axe to maneuver with the crane spirit, but he definitely can't be the main force. So if you want to break these crane spirits, you can only rely on his thunder and lightning with one hand, but he is a strategist, and flying in the air and circling with the crane spirits who are already good at flying is a bit of a risk.
Alas, I thought that I would only need to use myself to turn into a humanoid discharge coil to capture this city, but I didn't expect this young master of the Wang family to toss such a play.
"It's a little hard to do......"
Rubbing his forehead, Zhou Ping raised his eyes to look at Dong Bai, and the little girl also had a sad face.