Empire

The reputation of Chen Ziang and his 9th Battalion spread throughout the Qinghe Army, so that when soldiers from other battalions saw them, they would avoid them, fearing that they would provoke them.

The quartermaster has always been a lucrative position, but every time they saw the 9th Battalion go to collect food and rice, they were respectful and did not dare to deduct any of it, for fear of being beaten.

Chen Ziang and his men did not care about the changes in the attitudes of the various battalions of the Qinghe Army towards them, and they still carried out military training in their own way.

However, such leisure training days soon ended, because the scouts reported that the Far East Dynasty had sent the fourth prince Long Tian to lead an army of 100,000 to conquer them.

The Qinghe Army now also has more than 100,000 troops, but its combat effectiveness in the field is not as good as that of the Far East Dynasty.

Therefore, the Qinghe Army's headquarters decided to quickly capture several strong cities, relying on the strong cities as bases, defending the cities, and waiting for the enemy to tire themselves out.

One day, when Chen Ziang was instructing his soldiers in training, the messenger asked him to go to the headquarters to receive military orders

"Ziang, I now order your battalion to be the vanguard, enter the surrounding area of Guiyi Prefecture to scout the enemy and prepare for my army to attack the city."

Deputy Commander Chen Ru appointed Chen Ziang and his 9th Battalion as the vanguard to attack Guiyi Prefecture, and let him lead the troops first.

The vanguard's task is generally to open up roads when encountering mountains, build bridges when encountering water, and at the same time scout the enemy and provide intelligence for the army.

""I will obey your orders!"

Chen Ziang did not expect that he would receive such a task, and he agreed without thinking.

The reason was simple, because the 9th Battalion had been training hard for so many days, and they were just holding back their anger.

Moreover, the soldiers were well trained, but their actual combat capabilities were yet to be tested, and the vanguard unit was a good task.

"Ziang, don't underestimate the enemy. The garrison commander of Guiyi Prefecture is not an ordinary person. The 5th Battalion encountered them a few days ago, and more than half of the 5th Battalion was killed."

Seeing Chen Ziang's indifferent look, the deputy commander Chen Ru also kindly reminded Chen Ziang.

Although Chen Ziang is more likely to cause trouble, he is a rare warrior, and he is his man. He doesn't want Chen Ziang to make any mistakes.

"Deputy Commander, rest assured, I, Chen Ziang, will not let you down!" Chen Ziang's face showed a sharp confidence.

After receiving the military order, Chen Ziang quickly returned to the 9th Battalion's station.

"Woohoo——"

With the sound of the low horn, the soldiers of the 9th Battalion, who were undergoing combat training, quickly assembled. In just a few minutes, they were all in formation.

"I have good news for you all! From now on, you don't need to train anymore!"

Chen Ziang walked to the front of the team and looked at the group of fierce soldiers he had trained himself.

Every soldier who was caught in Chen Ziang's eyes stood up straight, with a cold look on his resolute face.

After hearing Chen Ziang's words, the whole team fell silent, showing good military discipline.

"I also have to tell you some bad news, that is, we are going to go to war, tell me loudly, are you afraid?!"

"Don't be afraid!"

Chen Ziang was answered by a loud and clear roar, the confident roar of a group of arrogant soldiers.

"good!"

"We will set off tomorrow morning. Go back and prepare now! Disband!"

Chen Ziang did not waste any more words and immediately announced the disbandment, because saying too much would leak military intelligence.

While Chen Ziang ordered the soldiers to prepare, he also called five thousand-man generals to his military tent and assigned specific tasks.

"Wang Hu!"

"The end is here!"

"You and Yang Zhong will stay behind and take charge of the third, fourth and fifth thousand-man teams, and follow the main force."

These three thousand-man teams are all the soldiers' families, and they are all the elderly, the weak, women and children, so Chen Ziang did not plan to take them with him, and let Wang Hu and Yang Zhong, two thousand-man generals, take charge and follow the main force of the Qinghe Army.

"Li Lang, Lin Yu, Zhang Bao"

"The end is here!"

"You will follow me to the battle. I will tell you later that each of you should bring five days' worth of dry food."

"promise!"

""Commander, who are we going to fight this time?"

When Chen Ziang finished assigning the task, Li Lang, who was eager to try, couldn't help asking.

Chen Ziang replied:"The deputy commander ordered us to be the vanguard of the attack on Guiyi Prefecture."

"Hehe, so they are going to attack Guiyi Prefecture. My hands have been itching for a long time."Zhang Bao, the general of the thousand men, had bloodthirsty fanaticism in his eyes.

"Listen to me, I don't care how you guys make trouble, but once the team is out, all actions must be under my command. If anyone dares to act without authorization, don't blame me for turning my back on you."Chen Ziang reminded

"Rest assured, my brothers know"

"Go ahead and prepare well. We have to win the battle this time, otherwise people will think we are bullying others."

Chen Ziang and his men prepared quickly. After a night's rest, he set out at dawn the next day with two thousand soldiers carrying five days of dry food.

Although they now have five thousand people in the 9th Battalion, three thousand of them are the elderly, the weak, women and children. This is also the current situation of the entire Qinghe Army.

Because most of these people who join the army have families with them, even the Marshal can't do anything about it.

The military order Chen Ziang and his men received was to be the vanguard troops, responsible for investigating the enemy's situation and making tentative attacks on the enemy.

But for Chen Ziang, being the vanguard troops is a good opportunity to gain credit, and he will not miss it.

Chen Ziang and his two thousand soldiers have all been through daily training, and long-distance raids are no problem.

However, Chen Ziang knew that this was a war, not training, and he had to conserve his physical strength, so the marching speed was not fast.

Their 9th Battalion only had ten horses, all of which were allocated by Chen Ziang to the scouts in the camp, and even he himself marched on foot.

These ten scouts were divided into���Three scout teams were scattered around their marching route to investigate the surrounding situation.

They did not encounter any enemies on the first day. The towns along the way had become ruins, and the fields were deserted. Looking around, there was a sense of desolation.

The villagers in the surrounding areas either joined the rebels or fled to the city of Guiyi Prefecture, so there were almost no people in the surrounding areas.

On the second day, Chen Ziang and his team did not follow the scheduled route to the city of Guiyi Prefecture, but changed direction and swaggered towards a place called Wen County under Guiyi Prefecture.

This Wen County was only a hundred miles away from Guiyi Prefecture. The 15th Battalion of the Qinghe Army had attacked it before, but returned in defeat.

Chen Ziang and his team swaggered towards Wen County. On the third day, the scouts of the Dynasty Army appeared around them.

Facing these scouts of the Dynasty Army, Chen Ziang ordered their scouts to drive them forward on the one hand, and ordered the soldiers to strengthen their vigilance and be ready to fight at any time on the other hand.

On the fourth day, Chen Ziang and his men had already reached the outskirts of Wen County, and the Wang Chao Army's scouts had also disappeared, probably going back to report the situation.

Wen County had previously been attacked by the Qinghe Army, and when they saw Chen Ziang and his men arrive, they immediately closed the city gates and prepared to hold on.