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"Empire Hegemony" Chapter 358
? Luyang Province, the command headquarters of the Second Army Corps of the Qinghe Army.
"General, we have lost several scout teams in the past few days, something is wrong."
Early in the morning, Li Lang, the deputy army commander, found Chen Ziang and reported the abnormal situation reported by the scout troops.
"Have you sent someone to look for it?" Chen Ziang asked.
Li Lang shook his head and said: "The people who were sent also disappeared without any news. They are preparing to send more scouts to search."
As a separate combat force, scouts and light cavalry are not in the camp most of the time, but are scattered and move freely within a hundred miles of the troop station.
Unless they need to replenish dry food, or have important information, they generally will not return to the camp.
Because most of the scouts move freely, and even their own people have difficulty finding their whereabouts.
Chen Ziang made a special rule, that is, within a week, the scouts who go out will come back on time to rest, and then go out with another group of people.
If there are scouts performing special missions and cannot return to the camp within a week, a return date will be agreed in advance.
But now there are several scout teams that didn't come back on time and disappeared directly, which is intriguing.
"Can you confirm where they went last?" Chen Zi'ang asked Li Lang, deputy army commander.
Li Lang walked to the simple topographic map of Luyang Province they had drawn, pointed to a large area to the east and said, "Near the Wild Wolf Forest."
The Wild Wolf Forest is a fairly vast forest in Luyang Province, where ancient wolf vines are entangled, and there are countless birds and beasts.
Generally, local hunters are only active in the outskirts of the Wild Wolf Forest, not daring to go deep into it, for fear of encountering powerful beasts or getting lost.
"Recently, I heard that there is a small group of unknown banners active there, so they are responsible for going to the Wild Wolf Forest to investigate. Now we can't be sure whether they encountered the enemy or got lost in the forest. Further investigation is needed."
"Several teams of scout brothers are missing, so it's impossible for them all to get lost?" Chen Zi'ang asked back.
"Don't send the brothers of the scout team to investigate anymore. There must be enemies in the wolf forest that we don't know about." Chen Ziang thought for a while and said.
"Aren't you going to send someone to investigate?"
"Several teams of our brothers have disappeared, and they may have been killed now. Sending people there will only cause more casualties."
"But if we don't send scout brothers to investigate, we won't know the specific situation of the enemy." Li Lang frowned.
Chen Ziang ordered: "Let the Ninth Banner Regiment go and find out who the other party is."
"Alright, send a cavalry flag regiment over there, even if the enemy is strong, they can retreat unscathed." After thinking for a while, Li Lang agreed with Chen Ziang's opinion.
Soon, the order was conveyed to the Ninth Banner Cavalry Regiment of the Second Corps of the Qinghe Army stationed outside the city.
"You bastards, take up your arms, there is work to do!"
Fatty Lu, the head of the banner, was practicing horse archery on the temporary training ground. After receiving the order, he threw the longbow and shouted excitedly.
The cavalry troops of the Qinghe Army are constantly learning and growing. After recruiting a large number of black cavalry troops, their tactics are also constantly innovating.
Originally, the cavalry units of the Qinghe Army could only charge and fight in close combat, but now they also have to learn the skills of archery on horseback to improve their combat effectiveness.
Fatty Lu, the head of the banner, also set an example, spending all day on the training ground, practicing archery boringly.
Fatty Lu would have wanted to throw the longbow long ago if he hadn't insisted on setting an example.
Now that I heard that there is a mission, Fatty Lu also has a fair and honest reason not to practice archery immediately.
The Ninth Banner Regiment of the Cavalry now has a large cavalry establishment. After incorporating nearly 30,000 black cavalry cavalry units, the Ninth Banner Regiment now has more than 45,000 cavalry, not including those injured in the last battle.
Such a powerful cavalry force, not to mention within the Qinghe Army, is one of the best even if you look at the rebels from all walks of life.
This powerful cavalry unit is Chen Ziang's current trump card. Once they are allowed to work together and form combat effectiveness, it will be enough to sweep away most of the enemies.
It's just that raising such a huge cavalry unit also requires strong capital, because raising one cavalry is enough to feed several infantrymen, and it's just horse feed.This item is a huge expense.
Fortunately, Chen Zi'ang and the others have now captured most of Luyang Province and seized countless money, which can support the cavalry's expenses.
However, it is precisely because Chen Ziang and the others have such a powerful cavalry unit that the surrounding enemies dare not provoke them easily.
Now the imperial court has issued an edict, that is, the rich and wealthy families and gentry can form their own troops to attack the bandit army.
Following the issuance of the imperial edict, countless troops sprung up like mushrooms after rain, and the rebels from all walks of life also felt obvious pressure.
Because of Chen Ziang's strength, these militiamen did not dare to attack, but a small group of militiamen still frequently attacked Chen Ziang's patrol team.
Especially now, hidden in the wild wolf forest are several strong militia troops.
Because they lacked cavalry, they had been hiding in the forest, ready to pounce on Chen Ziang and the others at any time.
These militia troops kept killing the scout squads of the Qinghe Army, trying to block the news of their existence.
But they also made a mistake, that is, the constant disappearance of the Qinghe army's scout squad in this area is itself an important piece of information, that is, there are powerful enemies hidden in this area.
Amidst the yelling of the officers one after another, the cavalry troops of the Qinghe Army quickly assembled, drove out of the camp in groups, and headed straight for the Wild Wolf Forest to the east.
Fatty Lu, the head of the Ninth Banner, did not take out all the cavalry, but only brought 20,000 cavalry from four banner battalions.
Even though there were only 20,000 cavalry, they marched in the wilderness like a stream of iron, with banners flying and smoke and dust filling the sky, which made people daunting.
The 20,000 cavalry unit led by Fatty Lu arrived at the outskirts of the Wild Wolf Forest in the evening after a rapid march.
"Master Banner, we found traces of enemy activities outside the forest."
On the one hand, Fatty Lu ordered the troops to choose a place with a water source to set up camp, on the other hand, he sent out rangers to search for the enemy, and soon found out.
Although the militia troops hiding in the wild wolf forest were extra cautious, the Qinghe army cavalry discovered the clues they showed.
In fact, the militiamen hiding in the forest were also a little flustered at the moment. They thought they were hiding well, but when they saw a large number of cavalry from the Qinghe army approaching, they were still shocked.
"Why panic, they are all cavalry, as long as they dare to come in, they will never come back!"
Facing the panicked militia units, the supreme commander of the militia along the way was calm and composed, without the slightest panic. (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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