Great Tang princess

Chapter 732
After coming out of the conference room, Wu Zetian looked at the night sky above his head and shook his head slightly.

"Why is A Niang shaking her head?" Li Xian asked, "But are you dissatisfied with this battle plan?"

"My mother doesn't understand military affairs, why are you dissatisfied?" Wu Zetian smiled, "It's just a little emotional, this time I came here, I really saw the brilliance of this new army."

During the few days in the barracks, Wu Zetian really discovered that everything in the army seemed to be different from what he thought.

For her, it was as if she had come to another world, all of which were new and unexpected gadgets.

"Isn't this a good thing, my Great Zhou soldiers are so powerful, we will definitely be able to take down Tubo!" Li Xian has always been heartless.

Hearing what his son said, Wu Zetian smiled, but did not continue to say anything.

After so many years, this son looks old, and it is useless to teach him a lesson.

Anyway, it's not the material to be an emperor, so it's better to pin your hopes on the next generation.

In the past few days this time, Wu Zetian also took a good look at his grandson Li Chongrun.

This is the heir to the throne carefully cultivated by her daughter, so naturally she, the emperor, should take a good look at it.

Overall, it is not bad.

Although it is inevitable that some places are not stable enough, but after all, he is still a young man, and these problems can slowly change over time.

The key is character, which is already fixed and difficult to change.

Through these few days of observation, Wu Zetian discovered that Li Chongrun's character is really good, he has the blood of a soldier but he is not a pure reckless man, overall he is passable.

But after all, you are young, and you still need to exercise more.

This time, you can also take the opportunity to continue to observe more.

……

After nightfall, the barracks fell into silence.

Except for the occasional footsteps of soldiers on night patrols passing through the camp, no extraneous sounds of people can be heard.

At the same time, ten miles ahead of the camp, a group of soldiers in camouflage uniforms and painted faces were slowly patrolling.

This place is already considered a plateau area, with relatively few plants and an extremely wide field of vision.

Except for some special terrain with strange rocks, there is basically no hindrance to the vision.

On the small mound next to him, Li Chongrun was lying on a rock, watching the movement in front of him through the binoculars.

A soldier quietly came to the mound where he was, and asked in a low voice: "Platoon leader, I have touched everything around, and there is nothing abnormal! What should I do next?"

Li Chongrun put down the binoculars and thought for a while: "Take a break for an hour. If there is still no movement after the ugly time, I will shrink the investigation circle."

"Yes!"

The soldier below agreed, and quietly turned back to convey his order.

After giving the order, Li Chongrun put down the binoculars, looked at the front cover and shook his head, feeling that wearing this thing at night seemed to affect his sight a bit.

The grille cover of this telescope was made by Li Yuechen by the Academy of Engineering, just to prevent the reflection of the glass lens.

The structure of the cover is quite simple, that is, it is made of thin wood chips into a honeycomb shape and then glued together, and put on the outside of the telescope.

These veneers are all painted with ink, so they are pitch black, let alone at night, even under the sun, as long as the angle is not too tricky, basically there will be no reflections.

Of course, the complaints belong to the complaints, and Li Chongrun didn't dare to take off the cover.

Otherwise, if the opponent's scouts find out, it is very likely to cause losses to one's own side.

The other soldiers began to rest alternately, but Li Chongrun didn't. Instead, he looked around with a telescope from time to time, and took out a piece of dried pork jerky from his pocket, stuffed it into his mouth, and started chewing.

Scouts perform their missions and are likely to face the situation of surviving alone in the wild.

Therefore, I will bring more rations with me, especially those that can last longer.

The Qingdao military region generally uses dried smoked fish, while other military regions mainly use dried pork.

At the same time, their daily training also includes identifying various plants and bugs, and knowing what can be eaten and what cannot be eaten.

Of course, Li Chongrun and the others haven't reached that point yet, so it's good to eat what they carry first.

Li Chongrun, who was lying in the stone bed, looked around with a telescope every few minutes, and continued to close his eyes and take a nap for a while after making sure he was fine.

The other soldiers who were resting in rotation were also vigilantly watching all directions around them, and would report as soon as they discovered the situation.

In this way, more than half an hour passed, and the soldiers who were resting in rotation had just lay down for a while. When Li Chongrun picked up the binoculars to observe again, he found a few sneaky figures.

Li Chongrun, who had droopy eyelids, suddenly regained his energy, and started to observe carefully with a telescope.

In the field of vision, a dozen or so figures indeed appeared, slowly moving towards this side.

Take a closer look, these people are also wearing camouflage clothes similar to auspicious clothes. Although they look a little tattered and the colors don't match well, they can indeed play a certain role in camouflage.

Li Chongrun observed for a while, there were 13 people in total, and he didn't see more people in the follow-up.

In other words, most of these are enemy scouts, and they are also investigating the situation nearby to prevent night attacks from their own side.

Putting down the binoculars, Li Chongrun observed the distance between the opponent and himself.

Then he threw a small stone and hit the leg of the soldier below. When the other party looked over, he made several simple gestures in succession.

The soldiers below nodded, and immediately woke up the soldiers who were resting, and whispered: "If you find the enemy, hide immediately!"

The soldiers got up quickly and immediately hid themselves around.

These movements have long been instinctive in normal training, and this is the biggest difference between professional soldiers and part-time soldiers.

After the concealment was completed, the soldiers picked up their bows and crossbows one after another and started to go online.

The crossbows used by special forces are now mechanical composite crossbows with various accessories such as pulleys and shoulder rests.

Even soldiers responsible for sniping will be equipped with special scopes.

Of course, the scope of this era is in the final analysis a monocular that can be mounted on it, which is incomparable with the professional sniper scope of the future.

But anyway, something is better than nothing.

Li Chongrun also quietly took his bow and crossbow from the side, wound it up, and lay down on the spot waiting.

The place he was in was actually a blind spot, and normal people wouldn't look here unless they knew there was someone in advance.

The concealment is good, so he didn't change places, but set up a bow and crossbow in place, waiting for the opponent to come.

After a while, these Tubo soldiers quietly touched the vicinity and entered the pile of rubble.

Watching these people walk slowly under him, Li Chongrun, who was just above their heads, quietly moved his crossbow and aimed at one of them.

To catch the enemy scouts, you only need to leave one or two alive. There are 13 people on the other side, so there is no need to keep all of them.

These 13 people walked slowly past Li Chongrun's feet, while chatting in Tubo.

Seeing their relaxed looks, they obviously didn't expect that there was already someone waiting for them here.

Li Chongrun shook his head secretly in his heart, these people are indeed far from professional soldiers.

The station was too crowded, and I didn't even think about what to do if I met someone.

So he didn't hesitate anymore, aimed at the head of one of them and pulled the trigger directly.

With a sound of "Hoo...", the crossbow bolt cut through the air with a sound of piercing, and directly pierced the back of the target's head.

Before these Tibetans could react, they only heard a "puchi", and a bloody arrow came out of one of them's mouth!
Then the man's eyes widened, he fell straight on the ground, and his body twitched randomly twice.

Several Tibetans were shocked, but it was obviously too late.

The pile of rocks at the foot made a "crash", and a hand was already stretched out, holding an ax with a cold blade shining in it.

The arm protruding from the pile of rocks scratched the ankle of a Tubo man. The man subconsciously yelled, his legs softened, and he knelt down on the ground.

At the same time, there were several "咻咻" sounds, and four more people were shot by the crossbow arrows in an instant.

At this time, the few remaining Tubo people had recovered from their astonishment, and pulled out the shining scimitar from their waists.

However, at this time, more than a dozen figures in camouflage uniforms rushed out from all directions around them.

These people held black lacquered axes in their hands, only the blade gleamed with a cold light in the moonlight.

Several of the Tubo people were pushed to the ground before they could react.

The few Tubo people who were knocked down immediately heard the question from the other party: "Can you speak Chinese?"

One of them yelled loudly in Tubo, but the next moment his neck was chopped off by an axe.

Then he asked the next person: "Can you speak Chinese?"

The sharpness of professional soldiers is fully reflected at this moment.

At this moment, the remaining three Tibetans had already raised their scimitars and rushed towards the soldiers on the opposite side.

However, in the face of professional soldiers who received a lot of training every day, their hand-to-hand combat ability was too poor, and they were pushed to the ground without even making two moves.

Only then did Li Chongrun jump down from the top of the pile of rocks, and immediately counted the number of people, and found that they were right.

The soldiers next to him came to salute: "Platoon leader, take them all! No one in our army was injured!"

"Is there anyone who can speak Chinese?" Li Chongrun asked.

"There are three people, and the others are resolved!"

Li Chongrun nodded: "Take these three people, retreat a mile, and interrogate them separately! Bury these corpses on the spot and clean up the battlefield!"

"Yes!" The soldier agreed with a salute.

After conveying the order, several people left immediately with the three captured Tibetans.

The remaining soldiers immediately started digging holes in place.

Don't worry about the tools, Li Yuechen won't forget such an excellent product like the engineer shovel.

As early as several years ago, the Academy of Engineering had already started research.

This is not a high-tech thing, and many soldiers in the logistics force are worthy of it.

Special forces are also equipped according to the number, and they can also apply at any time when performing tasks.

……

Early the next morning, Li Yuechen probably exercised after getting up.

Since it is in the military camp, it is impossible to exercise as much as usual, so it can only be regarded as a warm-up.

With the sound of military drums, the entire barracks also woke up.

During the war, soldiers did not need to run exercises in the morning. After getting up, they cleaned up and washed, and then went directly to the cafeteria to eat.

After the soldiers finished their breakfast, Wu Zetian and others who had finished washing came out to gather and went to the cafeteria for dinner.

Such a scene made the foreign envoys who came with them feel puzzled again.

The emperor actually queued behind the soldiers to eat?

Of course, no one explained this to them. They could only finish their meal in doubt, and then they were invited into the carriage and went to the frontline headquarters.

If there is no accident, the general offensive will be launched today, and the entire army will have to move forward for nearly twenty miles. The frontline headquarters is behind the large army, and they can observe the battlefield with binoculars at any time.

When they arrived at the frontline command post, it was just past the hour.

The so-called frontline headquarters is a large platform built of wood.

There are more than a dozen snare drums behind them, and orders will be passed on through these big drums.

There is a sand table in the middle of the table, and there are many chairs around it. A group of high-level military officers are already waiting here.

The foreign envoys were arranged on the side table, and binoculars were temporarily given to them so that they could see the battlefield.

They can see here, on the hillside a few hundred meters away, the enemy army is densely packed.

It seems that there is no formation, but facing this side, the atmosphere is extremely depressing.

And in front of the big stage are the soldiers here, a total of four square formations, all soldiers are wearing camouflage uniforms and armor, holding spears and large shields in their hands.

On both sides of the phalanx are cavalry in light armor, holding spears and long knives in their hands, and their shields are smaller than those of infantry.

And on both sides of the phalanx, there are two rows of thick iron pipes placed diagonally. The open end is facing the enemy army on the opposite side. I don't know what they are.

At the end is a group of soldiers wearing camouflage, but the difference is that the weapons of these soldiers are very simple, basically only an ax and a bow and crossbow, but not many.

The difference between this group of soldiers and other soldiers is that a white cloth is wrapped around the right arm, and there is a red cross on the white cloth.Many soldiers were holding stretchers in their hands.

Wu Zetian, Li Xian and Di Renjie all boarded the podium under the guidance of the guards.

Looking at the dense enemy army on the opposite side, Li Xian, who has always been heartless, also felt a little depressed.

Can't help asking: "The number of enemy troops is much larger than ours. Can I be safe waiting here?"

This gap, which is visible to the naked eye, is indeed very frightening.

Especially Li Xian, who has hardly experienced any storms since he was a child, is more likely to feel scared in this situation.

Li Shouli on the side smiled: "Uncle, don't worry, this place is very safe!"

Li Yuechen smiled and pulled his mother to sit next to him: "Don't be afraid, Auntie. Don't worry about the number of people on the other side. More than half of them are slaves without fighting power. It won't help much."

Wu Zetian smiled: "With you here, what am I afraid of?"

Although she has never experienced war, she also walked through the murders at every step when she was young, so there is nothing terrible about it.

At this moment, the three Tibetans who were tied up were brought to the platform, and the one walking in the front was Li Chongrun.

(End of this chapter)