Chapter 51: Variables
Since that day, the battle between Davao and Haoge has been suspended for quite some time.
Haori wants to attack the city, but in the face of the momentum of the mountain and the towering city wall, the price paid will be very large, but it may not be able to break through. And without the barrier effect of the city wall, Davao's combat effectiveness is obviously inferior to that of the other party, so it is natural that it will not fight easily.
There are no big battles, small battles, but they are happening everywhere.
After gradually consolidating the base camp, the Haori army began to infiltrate everywhere. The surrounding local strongholds were attacked, including the fortresses on the border. As long as the long boundary line is occupied, it will be very easy to expand the land.
Naturally, Davao will not let his opponent be satisfied and send small forces to harass him. What bothers Sparker is still the lack of command. Because the battle took place in his territory, others were not far away to fight with all their might.
Small groups of troops harass, with great variability. It's good that the sneak attack is successful, if it hits the iron plate, it is equivalent to giving away the battle in vain. Therefore, the troops sent out basically did not contribute to the work.
With the surrounding strongholds destroyed, Sparky felt powerless. Fortunately, he had already ordered the personnel of the various strongholds to withdraw immediately. The place is small, but the vitality is still there.
This group of rat-eyed bastards, Lao Tzu was destroyed, can you still live long? Sparker looked at the leaders and nobles around him, and his anger burned wildly in his heart.
Being used as a meat shield and as a substitute for the dead, Sparker has no complaints. But the premise of being a meat shield is that there must be meat, and if the rear does not give support, how can it be a meat shield?
The only thing Sparker is happy with may be Feng Luo, who is temporarily wooed. Although the Haori army carried out effective infiltration, it paid a heavy price every time it occupied a key point.
In defensive battles, mysterious figures often appear and kill the opposing generals, thus causing the army to retreat. Some of the bases were maintained, and the lost ones also played a role in delaying time.
Others may not know what's going on, but Sparker knows that it's Feng Luo in action. He had to admit that sometimes, despicable and shameless means were more effective than righteous and bright operations, such as assassination.
Why is General Zhenguo invincible? Could it be that he is born to lead troops? Sparker somewhat understood. If you can beat it, you can use a strong attack. If you can't beat it, take a decapitation action.
"Thirty first-class horses, send them to Sting!" Sparker instructed the logistics officer, "Fifty of the attack and defense scrolls, and send them all together." ”
The logistics officer didn't say anything, wrote them down one by one, and then arranged them. As one of the Commander's henchmen, of course he knew that these things were not actually for Sting, but for the newly named baron.
Yes, Feng Luo finally waited for the documents issued by the king and officially became a baron. This also means that he can expand his army and build a territory in the light.
A knighthood, at the moment, doesn't seem to have much effect. Because the top priority at the moment is to recruit soldiers, but when there is a shortage of money and food, how can we recruit people? If you buy a small amount of things for the villagers, you can ask Sparker to keep accounts. The cost of the army is not so simple.
Feng Luo made five people form the Praetorian Guard, which became his core force. As for the people sent by Spark, including Sting, they were all temporary, and sooner or later they would leave, and they could not be relied upon.
There are not enough people, so the villagers come to make up. Soldiers are sent out on missions. There is obviously a shortage of people to protect the territory, so Feng Luo simply asked the villagers to participate.
Of course, the villagers can't fight head-on, and it's still okay to act as a sentry. On the mountains around the territory, Feng Luo found some secluded places with a wide field of vision and set up some dark piles.
Before dawn, the villagers went up the mountain with dry food and hid in hidden places to monitor the path at the foot of the mountain. The sun went down and the sky darkened, so I quietly returned to the camp to report what I had seen during the day. Occasionally, if an emergency is found, use fireworks to warn you.
More than a dozen villagers, although they are all women and children, have done a good job. A dozen soldiers were freed up for combat so as not to be overstretched.
In the battle of Fengluo, the first thing to consider is to protect yourself. Because in a big war, they can play a limited role, and the death of one is a huge loss for themselves.
Good steel is used on the blade, and Feng Luo lets the soldiers in his hands play the greatest role. In fact, it is very consistent with his concept of being an assassin. If you don't make a move, you have to take your life.
For example, the cottage was breached, and the people inside were already evacuating, but it was easy to be caught up by the enemy. Feng Luo excluded two squads, attacked the pursuers, and secretly sent people to set fire to the cottage.
The impact of the heavy cavalry made the stragglers dare not go out at will and retreat into the cottage to assemble. Before the assembly was finished, the fire broke out, and the enemy lost dozens of people, but not a single one of their own people died!
In addition to the most prominent battle in this battle, several other operations also had good results. The plans of the Haori army were greatly slowed down.
According to Qi Mingyuan's order, attacking Fute City was the final step, probably two months later. Prior to this, the surrounding land was gradually encroached upon, isolating the city of Foot.
As an important city on the border of Davao, Foote has an amazing defense. Ordinary scrolls do not have the slightest destructive effect on the city walls. What's more, there are all kinds of defensive facilities in the city, which will inevitably cause huge losses to the attackers.
Occupying the periphery first and isolating the city will not only limit the supply of supplies, but also put a huge strain on the spirit of the enemy army. There are people attacking the city from all sides, do the soldiers of Foote have the belief to live and die with the city?
Qi Mingyuan's strategy is very reasonable, taking into account the situation in Davao. But no matter how perfect a plan is, someone needs to carry it out. In the process of implementation, the accidents encountered are also unpredictable.
Feng Luo is the biggest variable encountered by Haori's army!
The sneak attack plan was destroyed, and the frontal battle was fought with heavy losses. In the infiltration operation, there were as many as 20 captains! Before they could go to the frontal battlefield, some of the colonels had already lost half of their captains.
In addition to the rush on the battlefield, Feng Luo still operates his profession: assassination!
He ran to the Haoyan army every now and then and chose an area to clean up. The starting point has changed dramatically, and there is no obvious sign of it. Even, no one knew from which position the assassins had come in.
Of course, since the heightened guards, there have been far fewer dead captains. There were all kinds of rumors in the army, but they were suppressed by bullets, so they did not cause panic.
The sun goes down, and Feng Luo moves again!
His current life is mainly cultivation. Assassination, the most used is the eight-armed divine fist. In actual combat, find your own shortcomings and make up for them in time.
The night watchmen in the barracks looked around with wide eyes, found nothing unusual, and continued to move forward. They had just left, and a man on the ground sat up. His position was just on the route of the other party.