Dynasty Conquest

Chapter 242
After a day and night of fierce fighting, the large-scale battles in the Changchuan Valley area had ceased, and Xia Ge had regrouped his troops. Although he lost more than [-] soldiers, his strength should not be underestimated.

Zhou Dingfang's regiment of the central army and about eight provincial garrison flag regiments from the surrounding reinforcements have surrounded Xia Ge's troops.

Although Xia Ge led the troops to rush left and right many times, trying to leave the Changchuan River Valley, but faced with the encirclement organized by the experienced Zhou Dingfang, he was still unable to break out, and now he has been compressed into a forest less than ten miles long and wide.

Now Xia Ge's troops have established a simple line of defense relying on forests, highlands and other terrains, temporarily blocking the attack of the Central Army, but more important problems are plaguing Xia Ge.

That was the issue of food. According to the original plan, Xia Ge's army would withdraw immediately after eating up three provincial garrison flag regiments in the Changchuan River Valley, in order to attract Sapphire's main force.

However, Xia Ge did not lose money by stealing chickens. Instead of eating up the three provincial garrison banners, his troops were suddenly attacked and surrounded by the central army.

Originally, Xia Ge had a chance to break out of the siege, because his army was comparable to Zhou Dingfang's Central Army army, but at that time it was caught in a melee, and it was impossible to gather the troops. When the troops were gathered, reinforcements from the nearby provincial garrison flag regiment arrived. , really made Xia Ge very depressed.

Standing on the edge of the forest, looking at the Central Army who were digging trenches and erecting barbed wire outside, Xia Ge punched the tree trunk with a fist in his heart.

Now that there are many wounded and sick in the army, and they are about to face the danger of running out of food, facing the iron wall set up by the Central Army, Xia Ge was beaten back several times when he broke through the encirclement.

"Another provincial garrison flag regiment has arrived." Sergeant Major Luo Ting said solemnly, pointing to a distance not far away.

Xia Ge looked in the direction of Luo Ting's finger, and another provincial garrison flag regiment of about [-] people arrived at the opponent's camp. In just one day, there were seven or eight provincial garrison flag regiments to reinforce the central army. Now The disparity in strength between the enemy and the enemy is getting bigger and bigger. If you don't break through as soon as possible, then what is waiting for Xia Ge's army will be destroyed.

"We must break through tonight, we can't wait any longer." Xia Ge had already made up his mind.

Sergeant Major Luo Ting nodded: "I'll organize a battalion of sergeants, who will be in charge of the assault battalion then."

"This is the only way to do it now. Remember, leave the military badges of these soldiers and bring them back to Wood City..." Xia Ge reminded.

"Well," Luo Ting turned and walked towards the forest.

As a special existence in the Nanchuan Army, sergeants are responsible for assisting officers at all levels in training troops in peacetime, serving as vanguards in war, and performing specific military tasks.

The sergeants are not only highly qualified in military affairs, but also powerful in combat. They are all promoted by veterans of the grassroots units. They have rich combat experience, are brave and good at fighting, and are the strongest backbone of the entire Nanchuan Army.

A group of sheep-like soldiers can turn into a group of howling wolves under the leadership of a sergeant, and if a group of sergeants form a combat unit, its lethality is enough to kill the enemy army several times.

Therefore, every time the war came to the most difficult time, it was these sergeants who came to turn the tide of the battle. The sergeants had become the most important trump cards for the commanders of the various units of the Nanchuan Army.

In a temporary clearing in the forest, three thousand sergeants in black armor and full of murderous aura stood solemnly.

These three thousand sergeants were dispatched from various units. Although their armor was torn and their faces were still stained with dark red blood, although they looked exhausted, the murderous aura revealed by them was chilling.

"Is this your sergeant?" Lan Yu asked curiously as he stood beside Xia Ge with a look of surprise.

Xia Ge smiled and nodded: "Speaking of which, Brother Lin Chuan came up with the sergeant system. I really admire Brother Lin Chuan."

Xia Ge accidentally rescued Lan Yu when he was attacking the garrison of the dynasty's province. Lan Yu had lived in Mucheng for a while, and Xia Ge knew Lan Yu.

Hearing Xia Ge's praise of Lin Chuan, Lan Yu felt a sense of pride in his heart. It turned out that Lin Chuan had become so outstanding.

"Can we break out?" Lan Yu asked.

Although it was his father's troops who were surrounded outside, Lan Yu was worried about the Nanchuan soldiers.

Xia Ge nodded: "We will definitely be able to break through, our Nanchuan Army is not a vegetarian."

"But I heard that the troops outside are from the First Corps of the Central Army, and they are one of the most elite troops under my father's command."

"Miss Lan Yu, don't worry, as long as I live, I promise to send you to Brother Lin safely." Xia Ge said with a smile.

Hearing Xia Ge teasing herself, Lan Yu blushed immediately, and at the same time felt extremely proud and proud that Lin Chuan had such a good brother.

While Xia Ge and Lan Yu were talking, Sergeant Major Luo Ting walked up to the sergeants and stood still.

"Brothers, according to the old rules, we are about to perform a dangerous mission. Everyone may die. If you don't want to participate, quit now and return to the original unit. If you stay, you will not be allowed to leave here until the end of the mission. Unless you're dead."

Sergeant Major Luo Ting stood in front of the sergeants and his voice was loud, every sergeant could hear clearly.

"If you want to quit now, take a step back!" Luo Ting shouted at the soldiers.

"Okay, it's all good." Sergeant Major Luo Ting's face was also bright when he saw that no one had quit.

Lan Yu asked puzzledly: "Aren't they afraid of death?" According to Lan Yu's knowledge, even in the elite Central Army, they couldn't treat death like this.

Xia Ge replied seriously: "Because they are sergeants, they are the sharpest knives in the entire army. Since they choose to become sergeants, they are ready to die in battle."

Lan Yu nodded and fell into deep thought. She finally understood why the Nanchuan Army was not wiped out in the face of countless encirclement and suppression attacks by the Dynasty Army, but instead became stronger and stronger, because their soldiers dared to fight.

The breakout began when the sky just darkened, and all the troops Xia Ge concentrated were ready to open a gap in the northeast direction of the encirclement.

Just when Xia Ge's troops took advantage of the cover of night and moved to the edge of the forest to prepare to break out.

At Zhou Dingfang's legion headquarters, he also issued an order for a full-scale attack. Zhou Dingfang's central army troops jointly reinforced the provincial garrison flag regiment, and prepared to launch an annihilation battle against the besieged rebels at night.

One of the commanders of the two sides planned to break through, and the other planned to attack, and they both chose the same time point.

In the dense grassland, under the orders of their respective commanders, the soldiers of both sides lay on the ground like wriggling insects, approaching each other's camp, thinking that the distance between them was getting closer and closer without anyone noticing. An encounter was inevitable.

(End of this chapter)