July 24th, night.

The Pioneer Camp quietly withdrew from the North of the City, and the two battalions of the Mixed Brigade followed in the North of the City.

The two battalions of the Mixed Brigade will conduct routine exercises in the north of the city to confuse the Tianfeng tribe on the opposite side. The spies of the Tianfeng tribe cannot get close to the camp and cannot find them at all. The soldiers trained in the camp have quietly changed a group of people.

The first battalion of the Pioneer Camp left all the Qingfeng Horses and Mingguang Kai in the north camp, and replaced them with the previously spare equipment and mounts. The four cavalry battalions that went on the expedition all put on bandits' clothes outside. All of these clothes were contributed by the bandits' attacks in the battle of the bandits' attacks and the captured bandits.

Yes, this time I attacked, I was dressed as a bandit.

Because we have to cross the grassland and enter the depths of the basin, in order to reduce the risk of exposure, the four cavalry battalions will be divided into four batches and will advance to the large camps in the west of Tianqi Tribal Town according to different routes. The coordinated communication between the cavalry battalions will be completed by the Military Information Department through hummingbirds.

At the same time, the five squadrons of each battalion will be separated, each squadron will be two kilometers apart in front and behind.

The west of the town is about 160 kilometers away from the banks of the Friendship River. Therefore, it takes three days to spend on the marching time, and it is still the premise that everything goes well on the road without any accidents.

Because it is in the grassland, the endless fields, with neither hills nor woods, there is no hidden place during the day. Therefore, the cavalry battalion did not adopt the method of marching in the day and night, but marched normally. If you encounter single herdsmen along the way, you will kill them all.

Lei Xun, the Military Information Department, led the Second Military Information Group to do a lot of preparations before. The four routes of march selected by the Military Information Department bypassed the base camps of various nomadic tribes.

Ouyang Shuo went out with the army. His position was between the Second Squadron and the Third Squadron of the First Battalion of the Pioneer Battalion, and the one who followed him to protect his safety was the newly established lord guard. As for Lin Yi, he led the First Squadron and explored the way forward.

On the 25th, at 5 a.m., it was just dawn.

The two thousand troops, with the help of the North Sea Fleet, successfully crossed the Friendship River. After that, the four cavalry battalions had to part ways until they reached their final destination before they could meet again.

On the first day, because I passed through the territory of the Tianlian Tribe, which had been exterminated, everything went smoothly. Although this area had been taken over by the Tianfeng Tribe, there were not many herders arranged. The Tianfeng Tribe just used this area as a ranch.

Therefore, on this day, the troops were moving at a relatively fast speed, and without the burden of infantry, they walked more than 60 kilometers. At 7 o'clock in the evening, the scattered squadrons gathered together again and rested on the spot.

The two logistical tools, marching tents and military ration pills, began to exert their power again.

When leaving in the morning, each soldier took a marching pill and did not have to eat any more during the day and at night. He did not have to make a fire to make rice, so as to minimize the risk of exposure. As for drinking water, enough water for three days had been prepared in the backpack. In addition, Ouyang Shuo's storage bag also contained a batch of drinking water.

Tomorrow, the troops will pass through the territory of a medium-sized tribe, and the risk factor will be greatly increased.

At five o'clock the next morning, each squadron set out in turn, maintaining a distance of two kilometers in front and back, just to take a little more while there were few people in the early morning.

At noon, Ouyang Shuo rode a black whirlwind and led his personal guards to the road. At this moment, a group of herders appeared in front of him, about seven or eight people driving the flock of sheep, as if grazing.

"Sir?" Wang Feng, the captain of the guard, immediately rushed to Ouyang Shuo.

Ouyang Shuo of course understood what Wang Feng meant and nodded.

Wang Feng met and made a gesture to the rear. So, half of the members of the guard immediately left the team and rushed towards the herdsmen like a group of hungry wolves.

When the herdsmen saw the pro-guard rushing over, they thought they had encountered bandits and immediately fled in panic.

The horses that ordinary herders ride are naturally not green horses. Green horses are also rare in nomadic tribes, and have not yet spread to the point where herders who grazed can ride.

The attack of the pro-guard team was very strategic. They did not pounce directly on the two sides, but first detoured to form an encirclement circle to surround the herdsmen and prevent fish that escaped the net.

The surrounded herder panic was panicked and muttered and didn't know what he was saying. It was probably some words begging for mercy. While saying it, he kept pointing at the flock of sheep not far away. It means that the flock of sheep can be taken away, and begging all the heroes to surround them.

Unfortunately, what they encountered was not the bandits who robbed money, but the Shanhai County official army.

The members of the personal guards, who had not experienced the baptism of blood and fire, had already developed a heart of iron and stone. They all had expressionless expressions. They rode on the horse, bent their bows and arrows, and shot all the herdsmen in one volley.

According to Ouyang Shuo's original intention, of course he did not want to hurt innocent people, especially civilians. However, this action was really important and could not tolerate any accidents. His hands were already covered in blood.

The herdsmen looked shocked at the sharp arrows inserted in their chests. They could not understand why these bandits were not as rumored, robbing money and not killing their lives, and they were reluctant to let them go a long way to live, even if they were captured and taken to the bandit camp as prisoners.

The guard did not take care of the flock of sheep that fled everywhere, but rode a horse to the herdsman's corpse, pulled out the Tang sword, and added a knife to each corpse to ensure that everything was foolproof. After that, the guard took out the prepared shovel from the backpack, dug a large pit on the spot, buried the herdsman's corpse, and covered it with a layer of weed to make a simple disguise.

By the evening, the herdsmen's relatives found that they were missing and did not go home. In addition, they were looking for a place where the bodies were buried successfully, it would probably be one or two days later. Even so, it was only considered a bandit attack and could not attract the attention of the tribe's senior leaders.

This is just a small episode during the march. Similar things happen from time to time on the four cavalry battalions. This set of handling methods was also formulated in advance by the Military Affairs Office and gave detailed explanations to each soldier. This is the value of the Military Affairs Office. They are responsible for formulating very detailed combat plans and taking into account all kinds of small details as much as possible.

At night, the team stopped again. Tomorrow, they would enter the territory of the Tianqi tribe. The west camp of the town is located on the edge of the western edge of the Tianqi tribe, and is fifty kilometers away from the Khan Tent next to the Shenjuan Lake.

After entering the Tianqi tribe, I obviously felt that there were more herders. Occasionally, I could meet soldiers from the west of the town patrolling the border. At this time, try to avoid them as much as possible. If you can, you can't avoid them, so you can only kill them.

But in this way, when the number of people in the west of the town is counting at night, you will inevitably find that there are fewer people, which will arouse alertness. However, there is nothing to do. It is not so easy to sneak into the other party's hinterland, especially a large army.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the divisions stopped ten kilometers away from the western part of the town. If they move forward further, they would enter the core area of ​​the western part of the town. If they break in like this during the day, it would be like seeking death.

In order to hide their whereabouts, the squadrons dispersed again and hid in the herdsmen's homes. As for the original owner of the herdsmen's homes, the fate can be imagined. The two thousand troops were like a giant beast, secretly lurking outside the camp in the western part of the town, eyeing it covetously.

In the evening, after routinely counting the number of people in the town, the centurion in the west of the town found that some soldiers patrolling the border did not return to the camp on time. In this situation, they were immediately reported to the Thousand-Man Commander, who then reported to the Thousand-Man Commander Lakshin.

After hearing the report from the commander of the thousand-time captain, Lakshin frowned and asked, "Can anyone be sent to check it out?"

"Reply to the general's words, the general has sent a team of 100 people to investigate the border. The general feels that something is strange, so he comes to report to you first." The commander of the thousand-time men did not dare to neglect.

The western part of the town has not experienced war for many years, and such disappearances of soldiers have rarely occurred. Thinking of the Khan's previous instructions, Lakshin naturally did not dare to take it lightly.

"Give me instructions and keep on guard tonight and strengthen patrol efforts at the sentry." Lakshin decided to be careful.

For some reason, Laxhin always felt a little uneasy in the past two days. He was like being targeted by a ferocious beast, but he could not see the ferocious beast. This made Laxhin very uneasy. Today's disappearance of the warrior further aggravated this uneasy mood.

But before the genus, Laxhin was still calm as usual.

"Here!"

...

Ten kilometers away from the west of the town, there is a very inconspicuous herdsman tent.

At six o'clock in the afternoon, Lei Xun, who was dressed up as a herdsman, lifted up the tent, walked in, and said respectfully: "Sir, as expected, the western part of the town has indeed increased its vigilance."

It turns out that this is where Ouyang Shuo settles.

Ouyang Shuo nodded, and the enemy's reaction was not beyond his expectations. According to Lei Xun, the commander of the western part of the town, Lakshen, is not a simple person. "Contact each battalion and act according to the plan tonight."

"Here!"

At seven o'clock in the evening, Ouyang Shuo walked out of the tent, rode on the black whirlwind, and took advantage of the night, under the guidance of Lei Xun, and began to check the stations of each unit one by one. Every time he stayed at a station, Ouyang Shuo would take out buckets of hot turbulent oil from the storage bag and distribute it to the soldiers.
Chapter completed!