novelsite Chapter 561 By the way, was I deceived?
Chapter 561 By the way, was I deceived?
Just as the Northern Xinjiang Guiyi Brigade was fighting against the Rakshasa Barbarians, the battle between the New Jiangnan Camp, the White Lotus Sect, and the Han Army in the land of Jiuzhou in the south of the Yangtze River was becoming more and more intense.
Let’s talk about the Han army first. The navy sent out surprise troops to fight in Fuzhou, forcing the Jinling army to send part of its troops to return for reinforcements.
The Jinling Army has a strength of 4 people, of which 1 are from Fuzhou. These people are the soldiers sent to Fuzhou to support.
These soldiers were all recruited from county soldiers, civilians, and rural regiments. It's hard to say what their original combat effectiveness was, but their current combat effectiveness is definitely different from before.
At least, they are more powerful than the original county soldiers.
However, it was extremely difficult for these [-] troops to face the Han Army Marine Battalion.
The first is that most of the operations of the Marine Battalion are moved by navy ships, and the distances for operations on land are relatively close.
Not to mention that the place where the Marine Battalion itself fights is the coastal area. Whether it is evacuating or moving, it is very fast.
Of course, this has absolutely nothing to do with the other thing.
In the land of Fuzhou, there was a threshing floor outside the town. At this time, the Marine Corps battalion was resting here after a quick attack.
This is a military operation they carried out. To put it simply, it means returning to various places to eliminate local ruffians and bandits, attack powerful landlords, and ensure the interests of the people of Fuzhou.
Then, take the opportunity to take advantage of the support of the [-]-strong army for fun.
"Captain Huang, Captain Huang, thief, the officers and soldiers are here."
At this time, the Marine Battalion, which was resting, suddenly heard someone shouting, and then the wine hurriedly received them while handing them water and asking questions.
"Fellow, what's going on? Don't be anxious, speak slowly!"
This fellow was not polite, drank the water directly, then took a long breath and said quickly:
"The officers and soldiers are almost here. We are only ten miles away from Nanxiang Town. Their people are thick and dense. There are many more of them than you. You should run away quickly!"
This fellow's words can be said to be full of worries about the Han Army's Road Battle Camp. It's not that they don't know the strength of the Han Army's Road Battle Camp. There are simply too many officers and soldiers coming, and they are afraid that these Han Army Road Battle Camp soldiers will be damaged.
So in their opinion, the soldiers of the Han Army Marine Battalion should run first if they can. As for the other things, they will talk about it later.
After hearing the news, the sacrificial wine immediately nodded.
"Thank you fellow for the information, otherwise we would have suffered a big loss."
With that said, Jijiu took out a tael of silver and handed it to the fellow.
"We need to retreat immediately. You can keep this and buy some clothes for the child."
When the fellow villager saw that he was offered money for offering wine, he was displeased and refused directly.
"You gave us the land and burned the loan sharks. How can I still ask for your money?"
Then he pushed the sacrificial wine and said in an anxious tone: "We won't accept the money, you'd better run away quickly!"
Seeing the fellow's anxious look and solemn tone, Jijiu could only retract his hand, nodded and said: "Thank you, fellow, we'll leave now!"
Soon, the road fighting battalion prepared its army and set off to leave.
About an hour later, the army arrived in a hurry, but was blocked on the road and could not move forward.
"What happened again?"
The general who led the team was angry. He had been chasing this Han army for more than half a month. He was going in circles every day, which almost made him, a native of China, faint.
"Sir, there are people blocking the road in the town ahead."
"What are you afraid of if the road is blocked? Open it with my stick."
"But there are so many old people!"
"what?"
Old man, this problem is not small. Even the army does not dare to push and push at will, let alone kill people at will.
You want to say that this kind of thing was done by dandies, guest troops, or the royal family of Daqian, but the Jinling Army and the Fuzhou Army are absolutely not allowed to do it.
Otherwise, it would be a stab in the spine.
After all, there are old people here. They who are generals can not care about them, but those who are soldiers cannot care about them.
It can be said that if the general dared to order the old man to be killed in full public view, he would definitely die.
As for whether he was sentenced to death by the imperial court, killed by a superior officer executing military orders, or whether he was hit by several arrows in the back during the march and then reported as dead in battle, it was all possible.
This general dared to say that as long as he dared to give orders, even if there were no enemy troops, he would be killed by an arrow in the back under the heavy protection of his personal guards.
As for why he was sure of this way of death, it was entirely because the general died like this four days ago.
That's why he, as a deputy general, can command the entire army.
The general dismounted and quickly crossed the army to the old men blocking the road.
"Everyone is well, elders. I have been ordered to suppress the bandits and bring peace to the people. Please don't misunderstand me, elders."
Upon hearing this, several old men looked at him suspiciously, and then carefully looked at the army behind him. They seemed to confirm their identities, and then suddenly realized, and then seemed confused.
"It turns out that the generals are here to suppress bandits, but the generals who just passed by said that there are no troops behind them?"
When the general heard this, he immediately became excited. He had heard it just now, and the old man was talking about just now.
This means that the Han army passed not long ago.
So he immediately said excitedly: "Sir, don't be surprised. Those people just now must be thieves. We were ordered to come and exterminate them."
After hearing this, the old men were silent for a while, seeming to be thinking. Then they realized that what the general said seemed to be right, and they quickly got out of the way.
"I see, we have been fooled by these thieves. Generals, please please please!"
The general watched the group of old men leading the villagers out of the way with some doubts in his heart.
Because he always felt something strange, but he didn't know where it was.
"General, that group of thieves was walking eastward along the road, but they were divided into two parts. Those walking along the road were more numerous, and a small group of people walked toward the mountains to the north!"
After hearing this, the general's eyes narrowed, and he immediately put aside the doubts in his heart. After all, there were more than a thousand thieves, and with such a large number of people, people in this town should not lie to him.
Moreover, the old man also said that a small group of thieves ran into the mountains to the north, so of course this small group of thieves were not simple.
So he asked directly: "Elders, do you know where that small group of people entered the mountain from?"
The old people were hesitant and did not dare to talk for a while, but the general seemed to understand something, so he persuaded:
"These thieves fled in panic under the pursuit of our officers and soldiers, and that small group of people must be their leaders, and those who took the main road must be the abandoned sons of the thieves."
"Elders, think about it. If we eliminate the abandoned son of the traitor, we are treating the symptoms but not the root cause. But if we eliminate the leader of the traitor, that is the root cause."
Under the general's words, one of the old men pointed him in the right direction.
The general was very satisfied and immediately gave the order with a wave of his hand.
"Go, into the mountains!"
Three days later, the ragged officers and soldiers walked out of the mountain, while the general was a little confused.
Three days, three whole days!
He killed three tigers, six leopards, and five bears in the forest.
However, he just didn't see a single Han army traitor.
No, he didn't even see any trace of the Han army's traitors.
"Speaking of which, was I deceived???"