There is a space for passenger planes in the late Ming Dynasty

Suidezhou, on the city tower.

Lin Feng stood on the city tower and observed carefully with a telescope. A dozen miles outside the city gate, the endless Qin army tents had been set up.

As a strong army that fights all year round, the Qin army has a very standard camp, with fences, sentries, and archery towers, and even water reservoirs to prevent water leakage.

After observing the enemy's situation, Lin Feng took another look at the defenses on the city tower. Thirty new stainless steel artillery pieces made by Zhenming Ordnance Factory were all installed on the city wall, exuding the unique luster of metal.

On the city tower, the officers and soldiers of the 1st Mobile Combat Brigade stood upright and energetic, holding the newly issued Type II fire guns in their hands. Some mobilized civilians also went up to the city tower and were carrying rolling stones, hammers, etc. to defend the city. supplies.

"Sir, our Suide city now has enough supplies to defend the city. We have enough food and grass for more than half a year. Our officers and soldiers are well-armed and have high morale. Even if the entire Qin army comes to attack, we are confident that we can hold it." Song Jilie said at the side.

"I'm afraid that the Qin soldiers will not attack the city, but will bypass the Suide city and attack Jiazhou behind it." Lin Feng looked outside the city and said worriedly.

"To bypass Suide City, we must cross the Wuding River. We have arranged sentry horses at several places where it is convenient to cross the river. If there is any situation, Hongtu's cavalry battalion will rush to intercept it." Wang Qin continued, saying that he had already He handed over the affairs in Baodou and returned to Jiazhou to take up the post of chief of the Staff Department.

"It's south of Suidezhou. If the Qin army crosses the river from there, we won't intercept them." Lin Feng pointed to the south direction outside the city and said.

"Yes, by crossing the river from the south, the Qin army can press against Wubao, and then follow the river valley along the bank of the Yellow River directly to Jiazhou." Wang Qin responded.

"Ji Lie, have the Wu Bao battalion mentioned last time withdrawn?" Lin Feng asked.

"We are still on the way to evacuate. We were planning to evacuate two days ago. Sun Zhengnan, the magistrate of Wubao County, said that the people of the county are willing to support him and asked us to stay a few more days to help train the Wubao people's strong team. They want to rely on their own strength to defend the city. "Song Jilie replied.

"Immediately send someone to inform them to camp nearby. Suide Fort should have enough troops to defend the city now. Leave one unit to maneuver outside. Once the Qin army crosses the river to attack Wu Fort, we will have to snipe them and then mobilize our troops for a decisive battle inside the city." Lin Feng said.

"Yes, we cannot let the Qin army go north along the Yellow River to attack Jiazhou, otherwise we will be very passive." Song Jilie also agreed.

"Guo Zheng, you Tingfeng Guards need to step up your investigation to find out where the Qin army's food routes are." Lin Feng continued.

"Yes!" Guo Zheng accepted the order.

Lin Feng's Zhenming Army and Sun Chuanting's Qin Army finally met head-on. The battle had not yet started, but the sentinel-horse battle was already in full swing.

About three or four miles outside the Qin Army's camp, a team of ten Zhenming Army sentries were approaching for investigation.

"Head, a group of Qin army sentry horses are coming." A sentry on guard at the edge came to report.

"How many are there?" He Yao, the chief of the Zhenming Army's sentry cavalry team, asked.

"About twenty people."

"Withdraw!" He Yao ordered.

The Zhenming Army's sentry team had just begun to withdraw, when another team of more than thirty interceptors came in front. This was a carefully designed ambush by the Qin army's sentry horse team, which was prepared to leave this team behind.

"Raise your guns and fire a volley. After the shooting, immediately rush out and evacuate at full speed towards Suide City." He Yao ordered.

"Bang bang bang!"

There was a volley of fire cannons. Due to the close distance, the hit rate was pretty good. Seven or eight people from the Qin army's sentry horse team were shot down.

However, the Qin army's sentinels responded quickly, and they also fired a wave of arrows. Two or three of the Zhenming army's sentry horses were also shot and fell from their horses. At this time, He Yao no longer cared about rescuing the wounded. He led the remaining team members, waved his saber, and rushed out.

Breaking out of the encirclement of the Qin army, He Yao ordered the horses to be turned around, taking advantage of the fast firing speed of the distributed No. 2 musket, and fired two or three shots in a row, killing and wounding more than a dozen horsemen, forcing him to pursue them. The Qin army sentries and horses immediately dispersed.

He Yao then led the remaining five or six cavalry and withdrew to Suide City.

This kind of sentinel-horse battle was happening all the time. After both sides lost hundreds of people and felt the pain, they narrowed the distance between detectives and no longer approached the other side's camp for investigation.

Because the Zhenming Army's sentry horses were equipped with more advanced Type II fire guns, it must be seen that the Qin Army's sentry horses suffered greater losses.

The Qin army's camp, Governor Sun's commanding tent.

"Nearly 200 people were lost in the two-day sentry horse battle?" Sun Chuanting asked.

"Yes, the sentry horses of the Zhenming Army are very powerful, and the firecrackers they distribute are very advanced. This is the firecracker we captured. Please take a look at it, Mr. Futai." Chinese Army Staff General Liu Rendahui reported and handed over the seized firecrackers. A type II electric fire gun.

After taking it, Sun Chuanting looked at it carefully and said: "This is a flintlock gun. The design of the gunpowder import is very clever. Can we imitate it?"

"Sir, imitation should be possible, but it will take time. I guess I won't be able to catch up with this battle." Liu Renda responded.

"Although the scale of the Battle of Sentinel Cavalry is small, it can show the combat effectiveness of an army. The combat effectiveness of the Zhenming Army of the Lin Thieves seems not to be underestimated. At least it is not weaker than our army. Fortunately, our military strength still accounts for "Excellent, can you tell me how to attack the Lin bandits?" Sun Chuanting asked.

"Sir, I will observe that this Suide City is a state city after all. The city walls are tall and the main force of the bandit army is concentrated here. The defense is very tight. If Suide City is attacked by force, the casualties will be huge. The general's opinion is to leave some parts behind. The troops were used to contain Suide's enemies, and then they concentrated their forces to cross the Wuding River and capture Wu Fort.

Wubao is a county town, the city wall is not that high, and there are definitely not many defenders, so it is easier to capture. Then they went north along the Yellow River to attack Jiazhou City.

If Lin's Zhenming Army wants to return to defend Jiazhou City, they also need to cross the Wuding River. We can send a force to watch them and attack the enemy halfway across the river. ” Marco suggested.

"General Ma's suggestion is good. Avoid the enemy's heavily defended Suide City, attack its weak links, fully mobilize the Lin bandits' army, and strive to defeat the enemy's main force in the field." Sun Chuanting agreed. "Sir, it is good to send troops to attack Fort Wu, but our food road will be lengthened and we need to send special troops to protect it." Lieutenant General Zuo Guangxian reminded.

"That's natural. Please ask Lieutenant General Zuo to lead 2,000 people to protect our army's food road. General Ma, you lead 3,000 people to stay here, plus the 2,000 people from Yan'an Guard, pretend that the main force of our army is still there. , confronting the main force of Lin thieves outside Suide City.

Mr. He, take five thousand of the main force of our army with me to attack Fort Wu. You increase the intensity of dispatching sentry cavalry, be sure to shield the battlefield and cover our army's crossing of the Wuding River. "Sun Chuanting ordered.

"Understood!" the generals said.

Suide City, state government hall.

"Sir, the Qin army has suddenly increased the intensity of shielding on the battlefield. It is now difficult for us to detect the enemy's movements. It is estimated that they will make big moves." Song Jilie came over to report.

"Tell me, what actions might the Qin army take?" Lin Feng asked.

"Judging from the current situation, the Qin army has two offensive directions. One is to concentrate all its forces to attack Suidezhou City, and the other is to cross the Wuding River to attack Wu Fort. But they can mobilize both virtual and actual directions in both directions. us.

If the direction is misjudged and our main force fails to catch up with the Qin army's main offensive direction, there may be danger. "Wang Qin took the words and analyzed it.

"Yes, the Qin army shielded the battlefield in this way just to prevent us from detecting their true movements. If the main force of the Qin army went to Wubao, it would be meaningless for our main force to stay in Suide." Song Jilie continued.

"Ji Lie, you guys should find a way to continue to increase the intensity of the investigation. Let your original battalion stationed in Wu Fort go back first. I feel that they are more likely to attack Wu Fort. When I get back, I will personally investigate and determine the main direction of their attack. " Lin Feng said.

"Sir, it's too dangerous for you to go in person." Wang Qin and Fang Xiaoyu both dissuaded.

"I don't need to get close to the Qin army's camp. We control this hilltop, right?" Lin Feng asked, pointing to the hilltop four or five miles away from Suide City on the map.

"Yes, this area is within the control of our sentry horses, and the Qin army's sentinels cannot penetrate it." Song Jilie replied.

"Okay, Fang Xiaoyu, please bring a small group of personal guards. Let's go to this mountain to check the situation of the enemy camp." Lin Feng explained.

"Sir, that hilltop is still seven or eight miles away from the enemy camp. Even with a telescope, you can't see clearly." Song Jilie said.

"I have my own way, let's go." Lin Feng did what he said and led a group of personal guards out of the city.

On the top of an unknown mountain outside Suide City, Lin Feng asked Fang Xiaoyu to guard the passage while he came to the top of the mountain. The drone was taken out from the passenger plane space.

After some debugging, the drone took off smoothly. The description of this drone states that the control distance is about one kilometer, but considering the electromagnetic environment of Ming Dynasty, it is estimated that it will not be a big problem if it is farther away.

Sure enough, the drone flew more than three miles and was still controllable. Lin Feng controlled the drone to climb to an altitude of about a hundred meters, set up automatic hovering, and then turned on the camera.

Pulling the camera in slightly, you can clearly see the situation in the Qin Army camp on the control screen.

Within four or five miles outside the camp, there were densely packed Qin army sentries and cavalry. No wonder they couldn't penetrate at all.

Then Lin Feng saw that the south gate of the Qin Army Camp had been opened, and batches of soldiers and horses were heading towards the Wuding River in the south.

At the same time, about two or three guards from Yan'an Guard were entering the camp. It seemed that Sun Chuanting planned to use the guards to pretend to be the main force of the Qin army.

Lin Feng continued to observe for half an hour. The Qin army's troops were still rushing to the Wuding River to gather. It seemed that the main force was undoubtedly preparing to leave the camp.

At this time, the red light that the drone was about to run out of power also flashed. Lin Feng quickly took the drone back into the passenger plane and plugged it into the socket for charging.

The main force of the Qin army was out of camp preparing to cross the river, so it had only one goal: to attack Wubao County.

Now it is too late to send troops to the river to intercept, so we can only rush across the river from the north to reinforce Fort Wu.

Lin Feng immediately returned to Suide City with his guards and summoned the generals on the city tower.

When Wang Qin, Song Jilie and others arrived, Lin Feng said: "After my special investigation, I found that the main force of the Qin army was organizing a river crossing fifteen or six miles south of Suide City, and their target must be Wubao.

Wang Qin, you immediately lead a battalion of the 1st Mobile Brigade and cross the river from the north to immediately reinforce Wu Fort. He also notified Hongtu's cavalry battalion to move to the rear of Wubao to ambush, and be prepared to attack the Qin army from the side.

Jilie, Suide City will be left to you. The Qin army summoned some Yan'an Guard soldiers to pretend to be the main force. Even if they organized an attack on Suide City, it must be to contain the main force of our army.

There are still 1,600 people on your side, plus the mobilized ministries, etc. As long as you are careful, you should have no problem defending the city. " Lin Feng ordered.

"Understood!" Several people said at the same time.

"Sir, what about you? Are you staying here?" Song Jilie asked.

"I will stay here to observe the enemy's movements, and will rush to Fort Wu later. You must guard Suidezhou. You must not leave the city to pursue without my order to prevent being taken advantage of by the enemy." Lin Feng explained.

"Understood, I will definitely guard Suide City, as long as people are in the city!" Song Jilie said.

(End of this chapter)