Dynasty Conquest

Chapter 144 Assault Troops
The cold wind was piercing, and the knee-high snow in the Black Mountain forest made it extremely difficult for the soldiers of the Nanchuan Army to move forward. From time to time, some people slipped and fell, and then cursed.

The icy air made people breathe white mist. The soldiers put their bare hands into their sleeves with their efforts. The armor was cold, and the hand holding the stabbing gun was already numb from the cold.

Liu Erhu, an ordinary sergeant under the command of the Linchuan Corps, defeated his opponent with his bravery during the sergeant selection a few months ago, and became the only sergeant in his ten-man team. This is both an honor and a responsibility.

This time going north to capture the Black Mountain Iron Mine, Liu Erhu's centurion was selected as the vanguard. In addition to his centurion, there were nine other centurions marching forward on their left and right sides.

The task of the vanguard is to clear the checkpoints and patrols set up by the dynasty army in the forest for the army, and open the way for the corps to advance.

In the past two hours, Liu Erhu's [-]-man team, led by Sergeant Major Luo Han, had wiped out two patrol teams of the Dynasty Army.

Liu Erhu touched the bloody head tied around his waist and showed a satisfied smile. It was the head of a ten-man commander of the Dynasty Army. After the mission was over, he could exchange it for thirty copper coins when he took it to the clerk.

Thinking of going back to Mucheng and having a good drink again, Liu Erhu showed a satisfied smile on his face. As a bachelor, he has no worries, and only spirits are his favorite.

Suddenly there was a "cuckoo" sound ahead, Sergeant Liu Erhu's expression turned serious, and he withdrew his thoughts. He clenched his right hand and raised his fist above his head, making a stop gesture.

Under the light of the snow, the ten-man team following behind Liu Erhu clearly saw his hand gestures, and immediately grasped their weapons nervously and squatted down in a defensive formation.

The ten-man leader, Ko Da, was also a veteran, and he moved to Liu Erhu's side with a low waist: "Erhu, what's the situation?"

Liu Erhu pulled out his saber, held it in his hand, and replied in a low voice: "The scout team has issued an alarm."

Kodak turned to the ten-man team and whispered: "Get ready to fight!"

Liu Erhu's ten-man team, except for the ten-man leader and him, the sergeant, are all recruits from the Sangganhe Battle. Although they have been trained, they are inevitably nervous at the moment.

Feeling a recruit beside him gnashing his teeth, Liu Erhu smiled and patted him on the shoulder: "Don't be nervous, it's fine."

Perhaps it was Liu Erhu's composure that infected the recruit. The recruit reluctantly nodded, his face relaxed a lot.

Liu Erhu thought of how nervous he was when he first got up with the Eight Commanders in the imperial mausoleum, and now it has become a memory.

On the left and right sides of Liu Erhu's ten-man team, all sneaking troops stopped, lying in the icy snow, staring at the forest ahead, waiting for orders.

Soon Liu Erhu saw the chief sergeant of the centurion leading a few sergeants towards the forest in the distance, their figures stretched out in the shadow of the snow.

In the quiet forest, apart from the howling wind, only the nervous breathing of the soldiers remained.

About 10 minutes later, the sergeant major of the centurion came back. Sergeant Liu Erhu saw that they were dragging two dead men, but they couldn't see clearly from too far away.

"All the chiefs of ten go to the chief of hundreds to gather." Someone whispered an order.

The ten-man leader, Ke Da, pushed the sergeant Liu Erhu: "I'll go back as soon as I go, and now you are in charge of commanding."

Liu Erhu nodded, and took over the command of the ten-man team. According to the Nanchuan Army's regulations, if the commander is absent, the top sergeant of the unit will take over the command, so as to avoid the loss of control of the unit due to the absence of the officer.

Kodak went there for 10 minutes, but to Sergeant Liu Erhu, it seemed that a long century had passed. The snow nestled in the nest had melted a lot due to the heat of his body, and the black military uniform became a little damp.

Sergeant Liu Erhu hates fighting in such weather, he prefers the warm summer, because his hometown in the southern province is like spring all the year round.

Just when the sergeant Liu Erhu got a little impatient with the wait, the leader of the ten men, Ko Da, returned to the ten-man team with a solemn expression.

Sergeant Liu Erhu couldn't wait to ask, "What order does the centurion have?"

Kodak's voice was low: "Our scout team lost two people, and we may have been exposed."

Hearing Kodak's words, the sergeant Liu Erhu was startled. You must know that the scouts of the Thousand-Man Squad are the best of the best. They were all broken, which shows the strength of the enemy in the dark.

"The Commander of Thousands ordered that the whole army rush forward and must occupy Heifengkou before dawn."

Heifengkou, a mountain pass located in the northern part of the Heishan Forest, is somewhat dangerous and is the only way for the Nanchuan Army to attack northward.

While Kodak was speaking, the two teams of ten on the left had already rushed towards the dark forest ahead.

Now that the chief of a thousand people has given the order, as subordinates, they must resolutely implement it.

"Target Heifengkou, in battle formation, let's go!" Sergeant Liu Erhu stood up and gave an order to the ten-man team behind him.

Sergeant Liu Erhu took the lead and jumped out holding his saber, followed by several sword and shield warriors, the ten-man leader Kodak walked in the middle, and the four bayonet soldiers followed the friendly troops ahead in a simple formation, advancing quickly .

In the forest several miles behind the advance thousand-man team, the main force led by Corps Commander Lin Chuan is advancing with difficulty.

The advance thousand-man team only carried simple equipment so they marched quickly, but as the main force carrying heavy equipment such as crossbows, marching at night like this was simply torture.

Looking at the slow-moving troops, Lin Chuan was secretly worried. At this speed, he didn't know when he would reach the Heishan Iron Mine Area.

Now that it has entered the sphere of influence of the Dynasty Army, the longer it takes, the greater the chance of being discovered by the Dynasty Army. Just now Lin Chuan has been rewarded from the front and two scouts have died. Now the advance team of thousands is speeding up. Catch up with the Dynasty scouts and prevent them from bringing back news from here.

Sith frowned, and walked to Lin Chuan's side step by step, "General, this is too slow."

Sergeant Major Tu Yue nodded with deep understanding: "Why don't I lead a banner battalion first, I'm worried that the advance team of thousands of people won't be able to take down Heifengkou."

Lin Chuan nodded after pondering for a moment, "Be sure to wipe out all the enemies in Heifengkou, and not let them send the news of our arrival back to Jiuyuan Province, otherwise our surprise attack will fail."

"General, don't worry, with me as a sergeant, none of the enemies in Heifengkou will be able to escape."

Lin Chuan was still worried, "I hope—"

Soon, a banner battalion was separated from the marching team, and under the leadership of the regiment sergeant Tu Yue, it jumped over the slow-moving troops and rushed forward quickly.

Lin Chuan turned his head and ordered: "Speed ​​up the march—"

"The general has an order, speed up!" Soon, the orderly rushed back along the marching column.

"General, don't worry too much. The advanced thousand-man team is all elite, and they will definitely be able to complete the task."

Perhaps seeing the worry in Lin Chuan's eyes, Sith comforted him.

Lin Chuan nodded, looking at the dark forest in the distance, but he still felt a little uneasy, which was his keen intuition as a soldier.

(End of this chapter)