Hearing the return of the scouts, Guo Rong, who was selecting new recruits in the Laoshan Wei military camp in the preset, did not say a word, and quickly left Laoshan Wei after handing over the specific matters to Dugufu and returned to the old city of Jimo.

Hurry back to the old city of Jimo, and when I see a few scouts covered in wounds, I chuckled mentally.

"Weihai or Rongcheng?"

Extremely uneasy, he subconsciously asked the question he was most worried about. Guo Rong even forgot the gap between time and time, so much so that he directly used the name of later generations.

"General, it's Rongchengwan!"

Whether it was in the previous military discussion or in Guo Rong's own deduction, Dongying's little man died in one of the worst situations when he landed on the peninsula, but at this moment, when he heard the three words Rongchengwan, Guo Rong's uneasy heart was put down.

The greatest fear stems from the unknown, and now, since the enemy has emerged from the shadows, then the soldiers will come to cover the water!

"Don't rush, speak slowly, be as detailed as possible!"

"Yes, General, at first we were ordered to ...... until ......"

At first, it was relatively calm, but listening to the Scout's narration, Guo Rong's face turned iron-blue, and he had already changed to purple and black.

The scouts traveled through the entire area from the west to the east, but from the east of Wendeng, there was no trace of half of the Tang people.

There is a saying that a beast will always be a beast, and what looks like a human may not be a real person, just like an island country can never become a real person.

The scouts attacked according to their own orders, and then found the traces of Dongying Xiaozi about thirty miles east of Wendeng County, and then followed according to their familiarity.

However, to the Scouts' surprise, they encountered an opponent they had never had before, their diminutive counterparts who were skilled in concealment, disguise, and assassination.

One side has a heart, the other has no intention, and without being familiar with the environment, the scouts of the Changying Army were ambushed by the Dongying Xiaozi.

Thirty scouts wearing chain mail and armor and wielding light weapons were confronted by at least 5,000 Dongying Xiaozi.

Thirty vs five thousand, it seems that anyone is dead, but Dongying's little boys also underestimated the combat effectiveness of the scouts, and in the case of almost certain death, six people survived.

They escaped, but they didn't know anything about the rest except that they knew that there were some unidentified companions, and that at least 5,000 Dongying Xiaozi had landed.

However, if this information is the only one, the soldiers may not be ambushed as they are when they march.

Although the equipment of the soldiers is more suitable for this kind of battle, it is still the same sentence, quantity and quality are always a relatively balanced relationship, and when the quantity reaches a certain level, ants can really bite the elephant to death.

After escaping by chance, the surviving scouts immediately divided their troops to contact the other two groups, reorganized and reconnoitred in the direction of Rongcheng Bay.

With the previous lessons, and more importantly, after discovering their peers, the scouts changed their previous style, wisps by wisps, inch by inch, and marched cautiously, and successfully explored from Wendeng County to Rongcheng Bay.

"On the coast near Rongcheng Bay, and about forty miles east of Wendeng County, the Dongying Xiaozi built two small fortresses and set up a large number of residences, and according to estimates, the total number of Dongying Xiaoqizi is probably more than 60,000."

"In the process of reconnaissance and advancement, I also easily killed a small camp of the opposing scouts, and it turned out that many of these guys knew Tang Yin, and they were very skilled, and after corroborating and interrogating each other, only the highest one of them was left, and the rest were all executed."

"What about the results of the interrogation?"

"Through interrogation, we learned that they were called scouts in Dongying, Yin He from the island country."

"Sure enough, those damn ninjas."

"Shogun, what is a ninja?"

Guo Rong was slightly stunned, he was too affected by later generations, and now he should be the ancestor of the ninja, the scout.

"It's nothing, you go ahead, and then, what else happened to the interrogation?"

"General, there was a coup d'état in Dongying two years ago!"

"What?"

Guo Rong stood up suddenly.

"Slow down, go as detailed as you can."

"Yes, Shogun, two years ago was the second year of Motowa, and the then Wa Kingdom King was assassinated What is the name of Emperor Saga, and then a child who is less than ten years old is raised as the new Wa King, what is the name of Otomo."

"However, according to the captured Japanese scout, the actual power of the imperial court of the Japanese State is in the hands of a mysterious Tang man, and the so-called assassination was also planned by this Tang man."

It sounds bizarre, but if you think about it carefully, after the Battle of Baijiangkou subdued the Wa Kingdom, for nearly a thousand years in the future, the little sons of the Wa Kingdom were honest like Sun Tzu.

The Wa Kingdom would send a huge number of envoys to the Tang Dynasty every few years, and for more than a hundred years, these envoys to the Tang Dynasty were also respectful, and they did not show any rebellion against the Tang Dynasty at all.

Under normal circumstances, with the character of these Dongying Xiaozi, they may sometimes be rebels, and they will not suddenly revisit their godfathers until they find another more powerful godfather.

The problem is that even if you want to learn from Da Fengxian, you should do it in the weakest period after the Anshi Rebellion, but after the Anshi Rebellion, these little gentlemen of the Wa Kingdom are still one of the most honest foreigners.

Right now, Dongying Xiaozizi suddenly backstabbed his godfather, such a large angle turn, it must be unrealistic without any special reason, in this way, this is normal, not to mention such a big thing as a palace coup, it is pointless to conceal it, the reason why Guo Rong and Datang don't know is completely because they didn't care about it before, and if they want to know, they can always figure out the truth.

Although it looked normal, Guo Rong always felt that something was not right, and he couldn't help frowning.

Seeing that Guo Rong was suddenly thoughtful, the scout in front of him asked in a low voice with some uneasiness.

"General, is there something wrong? Probably not! ”

"How?"

"Although that guy ran away in the end, these words that came out of his mouth were basically verified by other people, and there should be no problem."

"It's okay, by the way, does the captured island man have a name?"

"Yes, it's still a very rare surname, what is Kang."

"Yuankang!"

A scout behind him added softly.

"Oh oh oh, yes, yes, it's Yuankang!"

In fact, when he heard the word source, Guo Rong suddenly remembered a text in his textbook when he was a student, which said that there is a kind of crab called samurai crab on the coastline of Japan.

From that article, two surnames are mentioned, Taira and Genji.

If Guo Rong is not mistaken, the source seems to be the surname of the royal family of the island country, that is to say, the guy who was inadvertently caught by them should be a member of the royal family of the island country.

No wonder I always felt weird just now, whether it was a scout or a ninja, it was not as magical as in film and television dramas, and its status in the island country was not as important as in film and television dramas.

The ninja boss of an island country knows too much information, but if this person is replaced by the dispatch army of the royal family, everything seems to go naturally.

"Yes, since the coup d'état occurred two years ago, the imperial court of the Wa Kingdom has begun to expand its armaments and wars, and until this year, a total of 100,000 Wa soldiers have been concentrated."

"And since the second half of last year, it has come to Jiaodong in batches, and this year with the sea ships of the Jiaodong Navy Division being sent to Rongcheng, there have been two full batches of 60,000 people, and the earliest arrival has been close to 70,000."

"Did you ask for their orders?"

"I asked, the order they received after they arrived was to wait in Rongchengwan honestly, and they have not received orders from other people."

"Then it's okay......" This is probably the only good news I heard today, "has the captured guy been brought back?" ”

Originally, the scout's expression was quite calm, but at this moment, his mood was greatly reduced.

"The company commander feels that this person knows a lot, plus this guy answers what to ask in the face of interrogation, and he answers very quickly, and he seems to be extremely cooperative, considering escorting him back for a good interrogation, maybe he can get more information, but ......"

"This guy was very cooperative all the way, and he helped lead the way when we were scouting, and then the reconnaissance was completed, and he was also very cooperative when we returned, and then we let our guard down."

"When we were about to get to the dock fort in the western part of the Japanese people, that guy somehow suddenly broke free, and then we were directly exposed to the side of a Japanese army of hundreds of people."

"And then, how did you get back in this situation?"

"After being exposed, the company commander with a platoon of brothers pushed up in the back......"

The scout didn't say anything directly, but Guo Rong could obviously guess what happened, this is the consistent style of the little guys, after all, there is no difference between the butt and the face, and there is only one in the world.

The only thing that Guo Rong regrets is that if he can bring it back, he will definitely be able to dig out more insiders, and maybe he can dig out the so-called Tang man who controls the power of the island country.

It's a pity that there is no chance now, Guo Rong slowly walked in front of the other party and patted him lightly on the shoulder.

"Don't worry, we will remember this feud and the enmity of the people of Wendeng, and wait a few days, it will make them pay back with interest, not only that, the island country of Dongying, which is just a small land, dares to covet my Datang, and when the time comes, I will personally take you to Dongying to kill them, and let them know that Datang Tianwei is inviolable."

"Yes, General!"

While choking in response, the six-foot-tall man with a blood-soaked bandage on his head welled up in tears, and after dozens of breaths, Shi Chang, who had calmed down a little, continued.

"After the company commander led people to block the attack, the rest of us were divided into three roads in squads and left in three directions."

"Three directions?"

"Exactly!"

Guo Rong nodded, in this case, leaving someone to block, and then dividing the troops to retreat is indeed no way, as long as there are people all the way out, passing on the information is considered victory, and the chief who appeared in front of him already represents everything.

"Where's the direction?"

"I took people in the direction of Weihai Bay in the northwest, and after passing Weihai Bay, I bypassed Muping, and I didn't get rid of them completely until I got close to Muping County, and there were only three of us left in our class at that time."

"What about the other two?"

"One way to the west goes straight to Wendeng County, and the other way goes from the southern coastline."

"Wenden?"

Hearing this name that he was extremely familiar with, Guo Rong knew that the team of scouts who went to Wendeng was probably more than lucky.

As for the reason, it is very simple, there is a problem in Wendeng County, or rather, there is a problem in Wendeng County from the beginning.

Let's ask, if there is no problem, how can Wendeng County, where hundreds of thousands of Wendeng people disappeared without a trace, ignore it!

If there is no problem, tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers have been stationed under Wendeng County for more than half a year, and even large-scale walled cities and dock forts have been built, how can Wendeng County be unheard of!

Only the last team along the southern coastline will definitely be pursued from the situation of a few people in front of them, and there is a great possibility that there will be many bad luck.

Guo Rong is now very glad that he finally changed his plan before Lu Xiaobing left, and gave Lu Xiaobing advice not to divide his troops easily, and now it seems that this may be the key to deciding the outcome of the battle.

It's just that the total number of Dongying Xiaozi, which is close to 70,000, is still a big number, and Guo Rong immediately reacted that there is another very important factor that he hasn't asked yet.

"According to your observations, how are the Japanese people equipped? How much iron armor, how many iron weapons. ”

"Except for a few people, most of them have no armor, only colorful uniforms, and the armor rate should be less than 20%!"

"As for the blades, some of them are holding the standard weapons of our Tang Army, such as spears, spears, and rifles, and there are a small number of angular bows, but more than sixty percent of them use bamboo guns."

"It is precisely because of their poor equipment, with our inner chain mail and inner and outer armor and holding light soldiers, with their height and weight can still suppress several times the Japanese people, if they are the same equipment as our army, it is impossible for us to escape from their hands."

Guo Rong nodded, many things that don't sound normal often become normal when they get to Dongying Xiaozi, for example, no one likes to pout more than Dongying's Xiaozi.

It's the same thing with weapons and armor here.

The Tang Army's standard weapon, Dongying's little swords, can be used, which is nothing more than using the horizontal knife of the Tang Army soldiers as a Mo knife, the spear of the Tang Army soldiers as a spear, and the Tang Army's infantry lance as a horse lance, but the Tang Army's small sword with a stomach Dongying really can't be used.

The height of the Tang recruits is basically six feet above, but those little soldiers in the island country are not even five feet, and with their height, they can't wear the heavy armor of the Tang army's foot soldiers.

Of course, it's not that you can't wear it.

Anyway, except for the chain mail, everything else is divided into parts, even if the chain mail is hard to wear, it can actually be worn, but for them, the upper body of the Tang Army's heavy armor is enough to protect their whole body, and the skirt armor and falcon tail of the lower body are completely wasted, and the scruples of defending the waist can directly squeeze their balls.

In other words, even if you wear it, you must know that half a set of Tang armor, including the cuirass, back armor, and waist, weighs dozens of pounds, and in terms of the size of the little ones, they will exhaust themselves to death without fighting for half an hour.

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Of course, theoretically, Li Shidao can customize it for the little people in the island country, but even Guo Rong feels that it is time-consuming and laborious to customize them, not to mention, the key is waste.

After asking about the details he cared about, Guo Rong took the scout chief and the two of his men who sent the key information down to rest.

And Guo Rong himself asked Zhi Muyu to open the map, and he quietly looked at the map and began to think.

Judging from the information summarized in front of him, although the number of people on the island is large, reaching nearly 70,000, but with the two battalions led by Han Xiang, Lu Xiaobing also has 6,000 troops on hand, if he can calmly respond to the battle, it may not be easy to destroy the enemy, but it is not difficult to be undefeated.

As for the opportunity for victory, it is naturally in his own place, the more people he can provide to Lu Xiaobing, the stronger the strength, and the greater the hope of Lu Xiaobing's victory.

Extending along this line of thought, Guo Rong began to calculate the number of troops he could mobilize.

After thinking about it, Guo Rong found that according to his changed transfer, Mo Lingjun's side was probably under more pressure.