Chapter 36: Qin Army
On the seventh day of the eighth month, Li He led a surprise army to set foot west of Luoshui again, returned to the area that was actually controlled by the Qin army, and continued their training to earn and kill Qin soldiers.
However, the surprise soldiers soon discovered that compared with the previous few days, the Qin army wandering in the wilderness not only increased to about a hundred, but also had a vigilance far exceeding before.
When Shi Chang Han Yan used his old trick again and took more than a dozen surprise soldiers as bait to seduce the Qin army in the wilderness, although the Qin army started to chase after him, when they chased outside the woods, they suddenly stopped and looked around vigilantly, looking at the movements in the forest, as if they were afraid to enter the unfamiliar forest.
"What's going on?"
Seeing that the Qin army's 100-man team finally seduced, he was reluctant to join Lin, and even gave up chasing them and turned around and left. Shi Chang Han Yan frowned unhappily.
A few surprise soldiers were left to guard, and Han Yan entered the forest and reported the matter to Li He.
After hearing this, Li He also frowned: "Can the Qin soldiers killed by us beheaded by the Qin army?"
It is impossible for the news to leak, because the surprise soldiers led the Qin army into the depths of the forest and wiped out the Qin army team after the previous several ambushes, and they also finished stabbing one by one after the war to ensure that no Qin soldiers were fooled by pretending to be dead.
But even so, after losing more than 500 people, the Qin army should have realized that a team was targeting their scouts, and at most they were not sure who the team was.
"You'll know when you go and check out our 'collection'." Li Ying reminded him.
That night, the surprise soldiers led by Li He and Geshi Chief, scattered to the ambush sites a few days ago, counting their collections, namely the weapons and armor seized from the Qin army.
To be honest, most of the Qin soldiers actually did not have any decent weapons, let alone armor. Before, Li He and others had seen a Qin army transporting food from afar. It was not so much a military soldier, but the Qin soldiers patrolling outside the camp were basically fully clothed and armored, so the surprise troops had seized many weapons and armored weapons.
Because they could not be transported away immediately, the surprise soldiers hid the seized spoils in various forests and covered them with branches and soil.
Nowadays, most of their collections have disappeared, and even the bodies of Qin soldiers buried in their pits have been dug out and buried again.
There is no doubt that in the two days after the surprise soldiers retreated to the east bank of Luoshui, the Qin army sent people to conduct a careful search of the nearby woods. Not only did they find the buried bodies of Qin soldiers, but they also found the trophy hidden from the surprise soldiers, and took most of them away.
"Damn it!"
"I'm still counting on those armors to exchange for some money to ask for a wife!"
Faced with the loss of many trophy places, the surprise soldiers were all angry and cursed the Qin army, but they didn't think that those things were originally belonged to the Qin army.
During this period, Li He and his leaders lit a bonfire, and then several people sat around the bonfire to discuss countermeasures.
It’s not that Li He has no idea, he just wants to train these talents. After all, he cannot be satisfied with commanding a surprise army of hundreds of people. His goal is to take charge of the general who is in charge of thousands of troops, the kind that is famous all over the world.
"You come first, Li Ying."
"yes!"
Under Li He's instructions, Li Ying thought for a moment and said, "It's actually no big deal to be able to see through our strange soldiers by the Qin army this time. There are only a few forests in this area that are conducive to ambushing. As long as the generals of the Qin army are not idiots, he can guess where the scouts under his command were quietly ambushed..."
"Um."
Li He nodded in a slight way.
Although Li Ying's personal strength in the surprise team is only mid-level, his mind is indeed more active than ordinary people, which is why Li He promoted him.
Perhaps feeling Li He's praiseworthy gaze, Li Ying cheered up and continued: "Now the Qin army is prepared and dare not chase into the forest easily. The measures we took a few days ago are probably not used. Since this is the case, we simply took the initiative and used the night as a cover to ambush the Qin army patrolling at night..."
This idea coincided with Li He. He nodded and said, "Is there anything else to add?"
Li Ying glanced at Han Yan, Wu Heng and others, and suddenly said with a smile: "If you want to say anything, our whereabouts may be exposed... Today, the Qin army could not seduce today. After returning, they will definitely report to the camp that they encountered a small group of soldiers wearing swords and deliberately led them into the forest..."
“…”
Han Yan, Wu Heng and several other soldiers looked at each other after hearing this. With the help of the fire, it was not difficult for them to see the helpless look on each other's faces.
Good guy, this guy has told everything, so what else can they say?
Just as Han Yan and others secretly complained that Li Ying was not authentic, Li He took a look at the latter with appreciation.
Just as he observed secretly, Li Ying was a very smart person, and it was worthwhile to have Li He trained him as his deputy during this period. Even when he returned to Beicheng a few days ago, he ordered Li Ying to do it.
"What else do you guys need to add?" Li He turned to Han Yan and asked him.
Han Yan held it for a long time before he put it in a sentence: "A sneak attack on the Qin army at night may be more beneficial to disperse the action..."
Isn’t this nonsense?
It is not easy to find a goal at night. Could it be that more than 200 people are silly wandering around for one goal? Of course, the team is more efficient in action.
But Li He was not dissatisfied and nodded and said, "It's right. From tonight, Han Yan, Xu Wu, Wu Heng, Gao Yun, and Hou Yun, you five will each bring thirty surprise soldiers and act on their own. I will lead the rest."
Han Yan and five other Shi Changs were stunned when they heard this. After subconsciously glanced at Li Ying, a little excitement appeared on their thoughtful face.
"yes!"
The five of them held their fists and took the order. At Li He's instructions, they each selected their team members, leaving only Li Ying, Hu Feng and Hu Ben.
"How about you feel dissatisfied?" Li He threw a branch into the bonfire, and turned to look at Li Ying.
Since Han Yan and the other two could understand his hints, Li Ying had no reason to understand.
"How could it be?"
Facing Li He's inquiry, Li Ying smiled and said, "My surprise army is respected by the strong, and the bravest one can get the unanimous support of the surprise army. However, if I am only at the surprise army, I will be criticized if I force myself to train the fox and fox ben, and fox fen is not bad."
In order to mark the surprise troops as the "Li Family" in the future.
He just didn't say that.
Li He turned his head and looked at Hu Feng and Hu Ben, but saw Hu Feng smiling silly, while Hu Ben immediately expressed his opinion: "I listen to Brother Li."
How to say, there is no need to worry about the loyalty of the Hu family's children, but it is really too immature. The fox is honest and dull, and the fox is impulsive and reckless. This personality is not suitable for taking charge of the surprise troops.
As for Hu Fen, let’s make sure that he will not fall to the next hundred.
“This is nature.”
Li He said with a smile, this guarantee made Hu Feng and Hu Ben very excited.
In the following days, Han Yan and the five-member teams, Li He and Li Ying, were dispatched at night every day, searching for the Qin army patrolling with torches under the night, waiting for an opportunity to attack them until the sky was bright, and then they returned to the forest where they made an appointment. While cooking and filling their hunger, they brag about the harvest of the night, and then ate a full meal and took a nap, and acted again at night.
Although the Qin army was prepared, the Qin army had no good idea for such a group of guys who had no trace and had strong individual combat capabilities, so they could only send additional patrol personnel.
However, the result was the same, and many soldiers were still lost every night.
It’s not that there were no Qin soldiers surviving the hands of the surprise troops. The Qin army patrol team took the initiative to attack the Qin army patrol team, unlike the previous ambush in the forest. When the Qin soldiers who were shocked saw something wrong, they turned around and fled early. Naturally, the surprise troops did not dare to chase them too deeply, so as not to be surrounded by the Qin army that came to hear the news.
This also made the surprise troops gradually absurd rumor among the Qin army, saying that the Rong Kingdom of Hexi used witchcraft to summon a group of ghost soldiers, holding ghost soldiers holding sharp swords, coming and going without a trace, killing people invisibly. Once they were caught, few people could escape.
I'm afraid Li He and others did not expect that such absurd rumor would appear in the Qin army.
Finally, this incident hit the Qin army's commander Ying Qian.
On this day, he recruited the Qin generals under his command to the central army tent and was furious in front of everyone: "So far, our army has lost more than a thousand soldiers, but it is not even known who attacked them?! Can anyone tell me who is constantly attacking our soldiers?"
The Qin generals under the tent looked at each other with their heads down. It was not that they were not dedicated to it, but they really couldn't find the group of attackers who came and went without a trace.
Someone whispered: "It is said that it is a group of enemy soldiers who use swords as weapons, and the number may be more than a hundred..."
"What else?"
Ying Qian was not satisfied with this answer and stared at him and asked, "What is the origin of the other party? A man from Wei? A man from Rong? A man from Shaoliang? Ah?"
The generals under the tent lowered their heads and remained silent.
Seeing this, Ying Qian's face became more and more angry.
At this time, an aide beside him bowed and said, "General, there are rumors about these attackers that have caused quite a lot of panic in the army. Some people may have suspected that it was the ghost soldiers and ghost generals who were attracted by He Rong using witchcraft, so they came and went without a trace..."
"Do you believe this nonsense?" Ying Qian sneered.
The staff member shook his head and said seriously: "I just feel that even if the army has not arrived, we should not delay any further. We should immediately use troops to Herong's North City Pass, capture it as soon as possible, and severely destroy the morale of Herong. The "ghost soldiers" who attacked our soldiers naturally cannot be real ghost soldiers, but after a few days of searching, it can be seen that the other party is very good at this. Instead of spending energy on these minor people, it is better to capture the North City Pass as soon as possible... This is the top priority."
Ying Qian stroked his beard and pondered for a moment, then nodded with deep understanding: "As you said... I ordered the soldiers of various battalions to attack Luoshui Fortress tomorrow..."
As he said that, he turned to look at the generals under the tent, his tone increased, and he shouted in a deep voice: "I will definitely capture this city!"
"Abide by the order!"
The generals under the tent responded with a solemn expression.
Chapter completed!