"Let seventy-one men guard a mountain that is nearly ten miles long. What are the people above thinking?"

"Isn't this obvious to let us die?"

When the orders of the senior military leaders were conveyed to the soldiers of the twenty-six tents, the grassroots soldiers became furious. You should know that according to common sense, it takes at least five teams of 100 people to work together to guard a mountain, in other words, five hundred soldiers. Only five hundred soldiers can roughly ensure the monitoring of the situation in the Dongshishan area. But now the senior military leaders have left them with only 71 people to guard Dongshishan. Not to mention ordinary soldiers, even the Chief Lu Min was a little angry.

But as the saying goes, the military orders are like a mountain. Although there are many dissatisfactions in my heart, the soldiers in the Twenty-Six Tents dare not violate the orders, so they could only go to Dongshishan obediently.

Dongshishan is a hill south of the Guangling River after passing a tributary of the Yangtze River. It covers a large area, two or three miles from north to south, eight or nine miles from east to west. Compared with the dangerous scenery of Mount Tai that Zhang Huang and others had seen, this Dongshishan is at best just a small earth slope.

However, this small earth slope is crucial to the first route, both for the Guangling Army and for the rebels. The reason is that on the official road on the west side of Dongshishan, there is a military camp for Guangling Army to use for farming. Now this military field camp is guarded by Yang Qi, the general of the first army, guarding the first road to Guangling.

It is not difficult to see from the map in the hands of Bo Chang Lu Min that if the rebels choose this route to attack Guangling, they must seize the military field camp guarded by Yang Qi, the general of the Guangling Army's First Army. If they want to seize the military field camp, Dongshishan, which is the local commanding height, its location becomes particularly critical.

It is not difficult to imagine that if the rebels conquered Dongshi Mountain and built camps on the mountain, the situation of the Juntian camp would become very embarrassing, because all their movements would be exposed to the enemy's noses.

It is also true that Shan Fu was a little confused about the military headquarters that actually handed over such a critical strategic position in Dongshishan to them with only 71 people to guard the twenty-six tents.

Fortunately, they were not alone in fighting, because Sunzhuang, which was close to the north of Dongshishan, Zouzhuang, which was on the northeast, and Jizhuang, which was on the north, were stationed with a small force of one army and a hundred people. In addition, more than 2,000 soldiers under the command of Yang Qi, the guardian of the military field camp, the First Army of the Guangling Army can be regarded as a key stronghold on this road.

Thinking about it this way, in fact, the role played by their twenty-six tents is mostly just a scout team that monitors the enemy's movements. Because once Dongshishan is attacked by the rebels, Yang Qi, the general of the military field camp, would never stand by.

Half a day later, Bo Chang Lu Min led the soldiers to Dongshi Village on Dongshi Mountain. Unlike the villages controlled by local tyrants such as Sunzhuang and Zouzhuang, the people living in Dongshi Village are all mountain people who live by hunting, and there are no private soldiers from any local tyrants. Therefore, when the order to withdraw people from Jiangdu was issued, the mountain people in Dongshi Mountain immediately packed their bags and fled to Jiangdu, and lived in the city under the arrangement of the government. The village they left behind became the stronghold of the twenty-six tents on Dongshi Mountain.

Of course, an ordinary village does not have any defense, so the soldiers in the Twenty-Six tents must be renovated and processed, such as strengthening the walls, adding guard posts, etc. Otherwise, if the rebels come to attack, it is very likely that General Yang Qi's reinforcements at the foot of the mountain will not have time to rescue them, and their Twenty-Six tents will be wiped out.

The matter of strengthening the village's garrison, Lu Min, naturally, would not hand it over to Zhang Huang and his treasures. After all, there are the strongest soldiers in his twenty-six tents in Yi Shi. If they were used to cut wood, Lu Min himself would not be able to convince himself, because that was too useless.

Lu Min handed this matter to the second Shishi chief Zhou Li and the third Shishi chief Zhao Yong, and asked him to command the nine soldiers except Yishi, and step up the matter of enhancing the village's garrison. As for Zhang Huang's garrison team, Lu Min personally led them to Dongshishan, and he had to hand over some things to these brave soldiers.

"What do you think is the most important thing to fight?"

On the way deep into the mountains, Lu Min suddenly asked.

"Strength? Is it right?" Xiao Liu, a young soldier among the members of Zhang Huangyi's team, looked at Zhang Huang with some excitement and replied casually. It has to be said that the strength of their companions a few hours ago really surprised him, so that he was so annoyed that Xiao Liu, who was commanded by a little ghost, was secretly glad that he was selected by Lu Min that day and became one of the other four soldiers of Yi's team. The sky saw that he was pitiful, but in fact, Lu Min just pointed it casually.

"Is it strength?" Lu Min, who was walking in front, snorted lightly, and did not say whether it was right or wrong. This made Xiao Liu murmured: Could it be that he was wrong?

"It's information!" Shan Fu said correctingly, "The military strategy says that only by knowing yourself and knowing your enemy can you be defeated in a hundred battles. Knowing yourself is to know yourself, and knowing your enemy is to spy on the enemy's situation..."

[This kid is indeed smart…]

Lu Min turned around and looked at Shan Fu with praise, and said in a deep voice, "No, no matter! When the two armies are fighting, intelligence is the most important. Just imagine, if you know the enemy's every move, is this battle considered to have won six points?"

The Wang brothers tilted their heads and thought for a while, then nodded suddenly. As for Zhang Huang and others, they were not ordinary soldiers, how could they not know these things? The reason why they didn't speak was just waiting for Lu Min's following text.

"And this way, the role of scouts in war is particularly important." Without disappointing the expectations of Zhang Huang and others, Lu Min finally began to explain what they wanted to hear: "It is not simple to act as a qualified scout. Be bold and meticulous. You must keep these four in your heart. When to advance and when to retreat, you must also have a degree in your heart." As he said that, Lu Min stopped and chose a tree after looking around.

He walked to the tree, picked up a sharp stone from the ground, drew a piece of inconspicuous position on the trunk, and then turned to the soldiers behind him, "Make a mark, this is what the scouts should do at any time. Leave marks in places they have been to facilitate finding a way back and contacting companions, but remember not to use the daggers you carry with you, as it will expose your position to the enemy's scouts. Generally, scouts are used to leaving marks after walking about the same distance, while experienced scouts can judge the position of the other party based on the distance between several marks, set up an ambush in advance, and kill it. This is very important, remember it in your heart."

Zang Ba touched his chin with interest. After all, he was wondering why the boss Lu Min didn't use the weapon he had given was not used, but he picked up a broken stone to keep a mark. After hearing this, he suddenly realized.

"But this situation is not constant. Sometimes, you can also deliberately leave marks to lure enemy scouts to snipe you, so as to wait for the effort and kill them." As he said, Lu Min demonstrated to use a short sword to draw an arrow on the trunk of a tree. Compared with the inconspicuous mark just now, the arrow now feels dazzling no matter how you look at it. It is not difficult to imagine that any scout who sees this arrow will feel that this must be a mark left by the enemy scout.

"Will the other party's scout be fooled?" Li Tong felt a little incredible.

"Of course." Lu Min smacked his lips and said with a chuckle, "Any war of equal force is particularly critical. Sometimes, the number of scouts sacrificed by both sides is even higher than the battlefield. All scouts shoulder two missions, spy on enemy intelligence and kill the enemy's scouts as much as possible. If the scouts from one side in a battle are wiped out, it will be a disaster. To make an inappropriate analogy, it is like the current role of my twenty-six tents in Dongshishan is to act as General Yang Qi of the Military Field Camp.

Eyes, every move of the rebels within the scope of his surveillance. If we successfully spy on the enemy's garrison, then General Yang Qi can lead his army to attack him unprepared and severely slash the rebels' arrogance. On the other hand, if my 26 tents were wiped out, General Yang Qi would lose his eyes to monitor Dongshishan for him. He would have no way to know that at that time, there would be only two ways left for him: either send more scouts to compete with the rebels for this Dongshishan, or retreat from the military field camp..."

"Retreat?" The Wang brothers widened their eyes and said in unimaginable voice, "Just just because they lost the scout, they were going to retreat from the military field camp? As far as I can tell, it is a military camp with extremely strong garrison power!"

Lu Min glanced at the Wang brothers and said expressionlessly, "No matter how strong the military camp is, it is just a turtle shell. Don't think that the rebels will have no choice but to use it."

"I don't believe it..."

"Okay, let me ask you, what if the rebels crossed Dongshishan and attacked Guangling directly after killing all our scouts?"

"Isn't there still General Yang Qi's military field camp?"

"The problem is here!" Looking around at the soldiers, Lu Min said in a deep voice, "If all the scouts on his side were killed in battle, General Yang Qi had no way to know the situation in Dongshishan, and most of them would not dare to attack easily. At this time, the rebels took the opportunity to cross Dongshishan and attack Jiangdu on a small road. Not to mention that General Yang Qi had two thousand soldiers, even if he had 20,000 soldiers and was dozens of miles away from Jiangdu, he didn't know that the rebels had a surprise attack, what help could he do?"

The Wang brothers were speechless and fantasized in their minds for a moment, and were immediately frightened to the point of being ashamed.

Looking around everyone, Lu Min lowered his voice and said in a serious tone, "The scout war is the most critical link on the battlefield and is related to the victory or defeat of the entire battle. Because of this, it is also the most tragic and cruel. If it were not for the top elite soldiers, they would not be able to shoulder this important task. Because the scout is the eyes that monitor the entire battlefield! The eyes of the army!"

Lu Min taught Zhang Huang unreservedly these brave soldiers whom he valued. If possible, before the sun sets today, he hopes that Zhang Huang and others can understand the importance of scouts and their combat methods.

The scout war is a fierce confrontation between the two sides' scout hunting and anti-hunting, and the combat methods are extremely effective. Zhang Huang, Zang Ba, Taishi Ci, Chen Dao, Li Tong, and Shan Fu are all the best. Zhang Huang, Zang Ba, Tai Shi Ci, Chen Dao, Li Tong, and Shan Fu are all the strongest soldiers in his twenty-six tents. If they can become a qualified scout, then the pressure they put on the enemy is extremely strong. After all, the scout is a very special group of troops, and in some cases determines the movement of the entire army. If these little ghosts can kill the rebel scouts one by one, even though the rebels have several times the strength of the troops, they may be worried about being ambushed by mistake and not daring to step over the line.

"It sounds...it sounds interesting." Zhang Huang grinned, and the other members of the Black Feather Crow also showed an enthusiastic expression.

Traps, ambush, assassination, and all-out scout wars are undeniable. This is of great appeal to the fledgling boys like Zhang Huang, not to mention that this important task is also related to the survival of the entire army.
Chapter completed!