Chapter 023: The Barbarians Are Moving

The 3,000-man commander Zuo Sledgehammer was a bearded man of about forty years old, with a scar on his face, giving people a very fierce feeling.

The other 500 captain of the 3,000-person team is named Qin Chuan, who is thirty-seven or eighteen years old, and he is not particularly strong, but he gives people a very capable feeling.

The five hundred elders before Mark were called Shi Xiong, and during the latest mission, he was accidentally hit by an arrow from a barbarian, and it happened to fall on the vital point, and there was no way to continue to hold his position for the time being.

"Lao Qin, you also know this little stone, so I won't introduce it much. Xiaoshi is still very young, if there is anything you don't understand in the future, you can bring him more! The three of them gathered, and Zuo Sledgehammer did not say anything serious first, but told Qin Chuan first.

Actually, it's not that Sledgehammer doesn't know Mark's strength, but personal strength and command ability are not exactly the same thing. Moreover, the key is that this kid is too young, barely able to be eighteen years old.

However, above the appointment, he left a sledgehammer had to be executed. Therefore, in order to ensure that the task is not affected as much as possible, Zuo Dazhui can only tell Qin Chuan first, Qin Chuan is also his old subordinate, I believe that with Qin Chuan on his side, Mark should not poke himself too big.

"Boy, no more. In the future, please take care of the two seniors, the kid will definitely obey the orders and not embarrass the two! At this time, Mark naturally had to take the initiative to make a statement first. Mark's attitude, Zuo Sledgehammer is still quite satisfied, it's okay, this kid didn't his tail because of his promotion, otherwise, he would really find an opportunity to beat it in the future.

"Alright, I'll talk about this mission!" Sledgehammer Zuo stopped talking nonsense, and directly began to introduce and arrange the task this time.

It turns out that in recent times, the actions of the barbarians have been much more frequent than in the past, and in some places that were not very important in the past, there are often teams of barbarians. In some key areas, the frequency of barbarians is even higher.

Although, there are not many barbarians who appear every time, and they are more like a group of scouts. However, the frequent appearance of barbarians obviously indicates that the barbarians will make new moves next.

Since that great war ten years ago, the barbarians have stopped a lot. However, after ten years of accumulation, it is estimated that the strength of the barbarians has almost recovered. On the barbarian side, the living environment is relatively harsh, and with the resources they have, they cannot feed the excessive population.

In this case, the barbarians had to go to other regions to plunder, among which the Great Qin State was their most important target of plunder, because comparatively speaking, the Great Qin State was the richest, and once it was successful, it would have many benefits.

Ten years is enough time for these barbarians to recharge their energy and regroup.

The movement of the barbarians naturally attracted the attention of the high-level. In order to further clarify the intentions of the barbarians, this mission was born. In fact, the 3,000-man team of the Shanzi Battalion was not the only one who carried out this mission. Even, it can be said that it is not only the Zhenmanguan side that has action. The other two passes, Suoman Pass and Yumen Pass, will send men and horses to reconnoiter at the same time to find out the situation.

In fact, what Mark didn't know was that when their village was infiltrated and destroyed by barbarians, there were more than ten barbarian infiltrations in the border pass area almost at the same time. The damage in other places is obviously worse than in Mark's hometown.

After all, for so many years, although it has been said that barbarians may have infiltration, the probability of infiltration is still very low. Therefore, it is impossible for many villages to defend all the time, especially some newly established villages, which are even less defensive.

These situations were quickly reported, and while arousing the anger of the border soldiers, they also attracted enough attention from the high-level that the barbarians were going to do something.

From Zhenman Pass, there are two routes to reach Huangsha Canyon. The Yellow Sand Gorge, located outside the pass, is one of the main passages when the barbarians attacked the barbarians on a large scale. The barbarians know this, and the border pass is also very clear.

This time, a team of 1,000 people was sent to inspect the Huangsha Canyon, firstly to see if the barbarians had taken any actions in the Huangsha Canyon, and secondly, to check whether the soldiers in the Huangsha Canyon could still be used normally. The military village in Huangsha Canyon is the first line of defense in Huangsha Canyon, and in normal times, there are no soldiers stationed here, but people come to see it regularly.

However, this time the situation is a little different, so if there is no problem with the soldiers, Mark and their thousand-man team will probably be required to be temporarily stationed there. At this point, Zuo Sledgehammer also made a decision with Qin Chuan and Mark. Because of this situation, there is no official order in it.

Therefore, when they went back after a while, Qin Chuan and Mark had to convey their spirits, and asked all the sergeants to be ready to be stationed and bring enough heavy food and grass. Although, Vice General Zheng Hong, who is in charge of logistics here in the later stage, will continue to arrange people to transport, but at the beginning, they still need to carry some of the materials themselves.

At the same time, considering that the village may not be used for a long time, there will be places that need to be repaired. Therefore, this time there will be a lot of material needs. Therefore, when Mark and the others set off, they will have a lot of things to bring.

The request was conveyed, Zuo Dazhui did not say anything else, and directly asked the two to go back and implement it immediately, and two days later, the whole team set off and went to Huangsha Canyon to perform the task.

Mark soon returned to his tent, where several hundred chiefs were already waiting. Mark didn't talk nonsense either, and directly conveyed the military orders and requirements. Immediately, the entire barracks became lively, and a tense atmosphere quietly arose.

Two days later, everyone quickly assembled, and according to the specified time, they left Zhenmanguan without hesitation and went straight to Huangsha Canyon.

This time, because of the large number of materials accompanying the trip, in addition to the official members of the 3,000-man team, three hundred auxiliary soldiers were also arranged above, who were specifically responsible for transporting relevant materials. Nearly thirty wagons, carrying a large amount of supplies, followed the middle of the procession, and they made a detour of the procession.

Mark's five hundred people were arranged at the front, while Qin Chuan's five hundred people were at the back, protecting the supplies just in it.

According to the rules, Mark arranged scouts in advance.

The scouts were released twenty miles first, and if there was no situation, some of them would turn back and report, and the others would continue to move forward. In the present situation, all actions must be done with extreme caution, and the slightest negligence can lead to very serious consequences.

Of course, Mark, who is no longer a recruit, knows these rules very well. Moreover, before this operation, the five hundred commanders of Qinchuan did not forget the advice of Zuo Dazhu, and when Mark took the initiative to ask him for advice, he still taught Mark a lot of marching experience, which greatly benefited Mark.

"Da Da Da!"

Several scout figures returned from a distance, heading straight for Mark.