Dynasty Conquest

Chapter 558 The Lost Far Eastern Army
In the dark night without stars, the lights in Yang Yanxu's military tent are brightly lit. The city turned into ashes in the daytime makes Yang Yanxu sleepless. He is holding a dim yellow lamp at the moment, looking at the huge map, guessing the main force of Hanhai soldiers location.

Since encountering some small-scale Hanhai cavalry in the border area of ​​the Teutonic province, their army has penetrated hundreds of miles, and the Hanhai people disappeared without a trace, as if they had disappeared out of thin air.

The Far Eastern Army on the North Road reported frequent successes, and Lin Nuoyan on the South Road made slow progress, but he also gained a lot. Only they had penetrated hundreds of miles into the Teutonic Province on the Middle Road, but they did not even see the shadow of the Hanhai people. This is an unusual situation.

Although Yang Yanxu had never led troops before, he was sure that the Hanhai people must be hiding somewhere in the Teutonic province with ulterior motives.

I have to say that Yang Yanxu is still very talented in military affairs. Although his guess is not detailed, it is also close to ten. What he doesn't know is that the Hanhai people have already laid a net at this moment, and the 30 internal guards he leads have already Stepped into the trap of the Hanhai people.

"I want to see the chief!" The voice of General Guan Ping of the Internal Guard came from outside.

"General Guan, the commander-in-chief has already rested. If you have anything to do, come back tomorrow." The guards in charge of protecting the tent tried to stop Guan Ping.

"I have an urgent military situation to report to the chief, and I would like to ask this brother to be more accommodating."

The guard's attitude was very firm: "No, no, the chief executive has been exhausted for the past few days, and it's hard for him to sleep soundly. You'd better come back tomorrow."

Hearing the quarrel outside, Yang Yanxu raised his head and guessed that it was already ten in the morning, and it must be no small matter for Guan Ping to come to him so late, so he opened his mouth and shouted outside: "Yang Ling, I haven't fallen asleep yet, let General Guan come in. "

Hearing the voice from inside the military tent, Yang Ling, the captain of the personal guard, got out of the way and let the internal guard general Guan Ping into the military tent.

"General Guan, do you need to come and report in the middle of the night if there is a peace matter?" Yang Yanxu, who had already sat firmly behind the case, asked in confusion when he saw the eager Guan Ping.

"Master Chief, please forgive me for coming late at night to disturb your rest, but the general does have something important to report." Guan Ping, as a general of the Internal Guard, seemed to have lost his usual composure, and spoke briefly and quickly.

"Tell me, what's important." Yang Yanxu glanced at Guan Ping and said lightly.

Guan Ping clasped his fists and said: "Master Chief, we have lost contact with Marshal Liu on the North Road for many days, and the scouts we sent to the north have not found any news of them."

"Haha, what am I supposed to be, General Guan, there is no need to worry about this matter. The Far Eastern Army is progressing rapidly, advancing hundreds of miles every day. I am afraid that they have won too many victories and they are too lazy to report continuously. Given their marching speed is too fast, you It is reasonable that the scouts sent out by the police did not find them, maybe they have already hit the Largas province." Yang Yanxu laughed, and did not take this matter to heart.

"But Mr. President, I haven't contacted you for five consecutive days. I wonder if something happened to them?" Guan Ping expressed his guess.

Yang Yanxu waved his hand and said: "General Guan, you are worrying too much. Although Liu Wenwu lost so many provinces in the Far East, he is still a veteran. Besides, he still has 15 troops under his command. What do you think can happen?"

Seeing that the doubts on Guan Ping's face did not disappear, Yang Yanxu continued: "General Guan, just rest assured, you have been quite tired these days, you should go back and rest early."

Seeing that Yang Yanxu issued the order to evict the guests, Guan Ping had no evidence but relied on his own guess, so he could only retreat resentfully.

"Still too young..." Seeing Guan Ping's leaving back, Yang Yanxu shook his head helplessly.

Although the Imperial Guard is now the emperor's pro-army and the most trusted army, the emperor has promoted many young officers as senior generals, but their experience and military ability are still far behind those veterans who have been fighting all the year round .

Yang Yanxu didn't take Guan Ping's doubts to heart, because he still trusted the Far East Army. After all, it was a former frontier army, and the commander Liu Wenwu was also considered a veteran of the former court, so nothing would happen to him.

But Yang Yanxu didn't know that it was his unfounded belief that eventually led to his failure.

After Guan Ping left Yang Yanxu's tent, although Yang Yanxu's words made some sense, he was still worried. He rushed to the scout camp and woke up the sleeping commander of the scout camp flag.

"You send five scout teams to go to the north immediately. I need to know the situation of the Far East Army—" Guan Ping ordered.

The sleepy-eyed battalion commander of the Scout Banner felt distressed: "General Guan, look at it's dark, and the brothers just fell asleep, why don't you wait until tomorrow morning to set off again, look?"

Guan Ping shook his head: "I know the hard work of the brothers, but this matter concerns the overall situation and cannot be ignored. We have lost contact with the Far East Army for several days, and we cannot delay any longer."

Seeing Guan Ping's resolute attitude, the Battalion Commander of the Scout Banner could only bite the bullet and agree. After all, Guan Ping is one of the twin stars of the Internal Guard Army, and his little Battalion Commander of the Scout Banner really didn't dare to disobey his orders.

Soon more than 50 scouts who were sleeping soundly were woken up. The feeling of being woken up in the middle of the night was extremely uncomfortable, but due to Guan Ping's identity, they could only greet Guan Ping's ancestors cordially from the bottom of their hearts. Eighteen generations.

"You are divided into five groups. Go to the north to search for me. No matter what, you must bring back the news of the Far Eastern Army, understand?!" Guan Ping looked at the assembled more than 50 scouts and explained before leaving.

"Understood..." Many of the scouts hadn't woken up, and they answered weakly. Who would want to do such a drudgery in the dark.

"As long as you find information about the Far Eastern Army and bring it back, I will reward you with fifty gold coins!" Seeing the reluctance of the scouts, Guan Ping worried that they would be passive and sabotage, so he drew a big cake for them.

Hearing the bounty of fifty gold coins, these scouts and light cavalry who were sleepy before suddenly became energetic. They had to work hard to earn fifty gold coins for fifty months.

"General Guan, don't worry, even if we run to death, we will still contact the Far Eastern Army." A ten-man commander assured him, patted his chest.

Soon more than 50 scouts disappeared into the darkness with torches. Guan Ping looked at the north and muttered: "I hope my guess is wrong."

The scouts and light cavalry were encouraged by the rewards, and they didn't care about any hard work. You must know that fifty gold coins is a real fortune for them at the grassroots level.

"This General Guan is really generous. He actually took out fifty gold coins all at once." The scouts galloped to the north while galloping, feeling that they must have made a profit this trip.

The ten scouts whipped their whips loudly, and reminded: "Stop talking, speed up, if it is taken by other teams, our trip will be in vain."

Several teams of elite scouts ran towards the north holding torches, hoping to contact the Far East Army as soon as possible, and then come back to receive the reward. , so their forward speed is very fast.

After they ran for dozens of miles, it was almost dawn, and they rode their horses to a high hill, ready to take a rest. This is their professional habit. Resting at a high place makes it easier to find the surrounding enemies.

"My darling, what's that?" When they rode up to Gaogang, they were stunned by the scene before them.

(End of this chapter)