Chapter Fifty-Three: Gathering Troops and Taking the Initiative

When the first rays of the morning sun shone on the barracks, the soldiers were ready to put on their armor and get ready. 、

Li Chengzhou stood in the center of the high platform, Meng Biao on the left, Fang Changge on the right, and Fan Qingyan behind Fang Changge.

There are four phalanxes standing in the barracks square, from the largest to the smallest, 700 people from the Sanzi Battalion, 500 people from the Jinwuwei, 200 people from the Imperial Forest Army, and 19 people from the Shadow Guard. There are still 500 people in the end

The leader of each phalanx stood at the front of the phalanx.

Fang Changge is the most familiar with these etiquette things, and sometimes Li Chengzhou even wonders if Fang Changge is making up it every time.

But looking at his momentum is very real.

After some prayer heaven and earth.

With some more sacrifices, such a simple ritual is completed.

Thus began the procession of nearly 1,900 people.

The team walked on the charred road, and a fire swept the way to the sea ferry, and there were even corpses on the charred ground that had not yet been collected.

According to the spies, the enemy unit was forced into the sea ferry by the fire, never came out, and seemed to have disappeared at the other end of the sea ferry.

The troops marched until noon and arrived at the sea ferry.

Jin Ding went to check and found that the charred ground still maintained its original appearance, and it did not look like it was destroyed for the second time after being passed by.

After investigation, Meng Biao also agreed with Jin Ding's statement.

So he ordered the whole army to quickly pass through the canyon and go to the opposite forest to hide.

When passing through the canyon, the soldiers smelled an extremely bad smell - this is the consequence of Li Chengzhou's burning corpse, which is simply a tragic situation in the world.

Meng Biao quipped: "Your Majesty, you are really a master of fire, I don't even sigh to myself." ”

Li Chengzhou smiled awkwardly: "Isn't this also a helpless way." ”

More than 1,900 people came to the forest opposite, and Li Xiaojiang consciously took the shadow guard to explore the way, and there were 5,000 people on the opposite side, and after the heavy damage of the fire, they couldn't go far.

The rest waited for the spies to recuperate, waiting for the spies to report back.

The soldiers of the Sanzi Battalion were originally unruly, but after staying in the barracks for a period of time, they are now forbidden by order not to make noise or make noise. Now the difference is only the training of the enemy side of the formation.

Due to the disparity in numbers between the two sides, the soldiers of the Scattered Word Battalion received armor and weapons again.

Now there are 200 people in the Imperial Forest Army, each armed with a sword, shield, spear, and crossbow.

Jin Wuwei has 200 sword and shield men, 200 spearmen, and 100 crossbowmen.

200 sword and shield men, 200 spearmen, and 300 crossbowmen in the Sanzi battalion.

Fang Changge and Meng Biao also heard that there were also capable people in the Fire Ox tribe, and they could even get help from a small country.

But they don't take them seriously, they are nothing more than powerful barbarians, and their weapons can't even break their own armor.

As the spies returned one by one to report on what they had discovered, the surrounding map appeared in Meng Biao's mind.

When one of the spies returned, it was said that the discarded leather shield had been found.

Meng Biao immediately judged the enemy's position and continued to walk eastward, leaving a mark for the spies who had not yet returned to guide the direction.

As the team progressed, more and more things were discarded along the way, and even arrows were found.

Meng Biao even more determined that this path was correct.

So they continued to send spies to explore the way first, and the large army slowly approached.

The spies are like radar, going out, detecting the situation, returning and going out.

The cycle goes on and on, constantly guiding the troops in the right direction.

There are spies reporting back that enemy sentries are spotted ahead.

Meng Biao immediately asked the troops to stop, picked out fifty good men from the Royal Forest Army, and scattered them into the forest, probing the location of the sentries and the specific number of people inside.

A total of nearly 70 spies repeatedly probed and made the investigation of this unit clear.

The sentries who were napping did not notice the rustling in the grass, and they passed through the gap between the sentries and saw a wide clearing.

This group of barbarians cut down the forest to make siege weapons, and nearly 4,500 people endured hunger, all buried in weapons, and they only wanted revenge.

The spies brought the news to Meng Biao.

"It just so happens that they've cut down all the trees and have no cover, and our crossbow bolts are more effective."

"As long as we can fire a few rounds of crossbows before they attack, we can win at a very small cost!"

"What do you think?"

Meng Biao asked several other military commanders for their opinions.

Wang Ping, who is usually silent, stood up.

"Maybe we can besiege on three sides? to defeat them. ”

"They are starving now, and they can easily collapse under crossbow bolts and encirclement."

Li Xiaojiang poked his head over: "Ah, yes, yes, yes!" When the time comes, the people will also be brought into the charging team, as long as there are more people, and the other side flees in fear, it will be the same as a lamb to the slaughter! ”

Meng Biao glared, and Li Xiaojiang remembered that General Meng seemed to be at odds with General Wang, so he shrank his head and slipped away.

However, Meng Biao could not deny that General Wang's method was not good.

At present, the most taboo thing for the great enemy is disunity.

"General Wang's method is also very good, a few of you come here, let's discuss it."

The spies went in and out to report the latest developments, and they would not be discovered by the barbarians.

The rest of the soldiers rested in place.

Several military commanders are discussing tactical approaches.

Meng Biao originally wanted to ask Fang Changge to give advice, but Fang Changge refused, and Meng Biao had the final say in the military, so he didn't ask.

Meng Biao began to play freely, and under his leadership, a fresh tactical method was born.

Fang Changge once again refused to look at the tactical approach.

"General Meng, if even you can't reassure me, then Datang really has no one to use, and it won't be able to exist."

At this time, Li Chengzhou passed by, and Meng Biao remembered that there was still this cheap emperor who didn't look at it.

So he asked Li Chengzhou to look at it, Li Chengzhou looked at it, and before he even finished it, he applauded.

Li Chengzhou thought in his heart: Fang Lao doesn't watch it, and I can't watch it, otherwise what if I lose, what should I do, and it is more reliable to leave professional things to professional people.

Looking at the perfunctory two, Meng Biao felt not ease, but heavy pressure.

If you lose, you will simply be ashamed of the trust they have placed in you. If the foundation of Datang is destroyed in his own hands, he is a sinner.

Worried, Meng Biao gathered his soldiers together and, according to the tactical method, asked the commanders to bring their troops to the best positions.

At this time, the barbarians just changed a group of sentinels.

The Shadow Guard roams the battlefield like a ghost.

He easily slit the throat of the sentry who had just changed his guard, and said goodbye to this beautiful world without making a sound.

The phalanxes walked the explored route, gradually approaching the army of the Fire Bull Tribe in the center.

The warriors who were rushing to prepare siege weapons did not realize that the sentries were gone, nor did they realize that danger was approaching.